"When His Highness Suril fell in a pool of blood, the look in his eyes..." Michael pressed his chin against his daughter's forehead, filled with grief, "I know that we have committed an unforgivable sin... I could have
Stop her..."
"Then why didn't you?" King Nunn raised his head, gritted his teeth, and interrupted the crying man word by word: "You just stood there and watched Suriel being murdered by that woman?"
"Or maybe you are also looking forward to it in your heart, looking forward to Suriel disappearing as soon as possible," the last sentence, King Nun almost roared out: "Looking forward to the obstacle between you and that woman disappearing?"
The officer was shocked!
He looked at King Nunn with trembling and frightened eyes. At that moment, Thales truly felt the fear, sadness, and helplessness in Michael's heart.
And the deepest despair and numbness.
There is also the fear of being told something central.
Michael's expression gradually changed.
He slowly lowered his head, his face twisted ferociously, and finally punched the ground beside him, shouting in grief and anger:
"No!"
The officer gasped violently and his expression changed several times.
"I want to surrender to you!" Michael gasped, his head almost touching the ground: "But Adele... Adele put a dagger against her neck, crying and forcing me to take them away...
She never wants to stay in this place again..."
"But I can't... I know I can't! I'm from the North, I'm a Blade Guard, and I'm Suriel's brother and subordinate!" Michael's cry became more and more obvious, "I can't!"
"Forgive me, Adele..." Michael was trembling. He held his head and cried weakly on the ground like a child: "I can't!"
"Yet you didn't say anything and allowed Suril to rot in lies and deceit," King Nun said with a numb expression. "You also brought this child, the sin of you and that woman, back to my palace!"
Michael put down his hands and looked desperately at his daughter, looking at her motionless face.
"but……"
"Alex," he said in a trembling voice, as if his jaw was twitching: "Alex, she doesn't know anything!"
"She is innocent!"
Michael held his daughter's face, gritted his teeth and closed his eyes in pain through tears.
Little Slippery lowered her head in fear, but she felt Thales' hand tremble slightly.
She raised her head in fear and horror, and saw Prince Star with his lips pursed tightly, staring at King Nun intently.
His eyes were cold and angry.
"Why, do you feel wronged?" King Nuen let out a sly smile that was both taunting and crazy: "Do you feel pain? Do you feel that your whole world has collapsed?"
"Because I killed your daughter?"
Michael took a sharp breath and looked into the eyes of King Nun.
Thales took a deep breath and watched Michael's movements quietly.
"Keep this feeling in mind," King Nunn's voice was rich and heavy, containing a chilling meaning: "That's what you deserve."
Michael held his daughter in his arms. He gritted his teeth, his eyes were red with tears and excitement, and he growled in pain.
"Coward, coward, if you feel aggrieved," King Nun didn't care about this enemy who was so close, "come and avenge her!"
Michael's fists were clenched by him, like a beast with extreme anger. His eyes were mixed with hatred and pain, despair and madness, and various emotions were intertwined.
Hearing this, Thales frowned.
He looked outside the hall.
Where is the White Blade Guard? Where is Nikolai?
If Michael really rises up and assassinates the king...
Damn it.
Michael looked at the king, his breathing slowly became heavier, and his fists began to tremble.
But the king looked at his officer with fearlessness, as if what he saw in front of him was not a strong warrior who was a former White Blade Guard, but a weakling in shackles, unable to resist.
"Come on, kill your king," King Nuen's eyes flashed with complex colors, and he snorted softly, saying slowly: "Just like back then, you used your incompetence and cowardice to shake the peace and harmony of the world.
weak……"
"Like killing Suriel."
At that moment, Michael's expression was shocked, as if he had been struck by lightning!
He opened his mouth slightly, his lips trembling slightly, as if he was about to say something.
But Michael slowly shut up at the end.
His face turned pale, and then he swayed and collapsed to the ground again.
Sobbed silently.
The little slipper exclaimed.
The king said no more.
Thales tried his best to adjust his breathing and control his emotions.
Today's Hall of Heroes gave him too much shock.
For a moment, the only sound left in the hall was Michael's irregular sobs.
After a long time, King Nun chuckled with unknown meaning.
"Go away," the old king said tiredly: "Don't appear in front of me again."
Michael looked up numbly.
"Byrne Michael - just live like this until you die," King Nunn raised his eyes, his eyes dim and his eyebrows trembling slightly, "You will always live in guilt, regret, loneliness, and painful torture, and you will never be able to win.
Forgive and never find peace."
"This is your punishment... for Suriel."
Michael chuckled like crazy. He looked down at his daughter and suddenly started sobbing again.
"Get out!" The next second, King Nun roared angrily: "Take your sins with you...get out!"
The little slippery head trembled again, and if it hadn't been for Thales' support, she would have almost fallen to the ground.
Michael stared at King Nunn with his eyes blankly. After several seconds, he unconsciously held Alex's body and stood up slowly.
He turned around numbly.
"The child you are holding is Walton's shame and a symbol of betrayal." The king looked at his back with terrifying eyes: "She is not allowed to be buried, and she is not allowed to defile my land..."
"If I find out that you buried her anywhere within the territory of Exeter...even if only her ashes remain, I will send people to dig her out and feed her to wild dogs!" King Nun ended him coldly.
if.
Upon hearing this cruel decision, Thales also sighed and frowned at King Nunn.
Michael held his daughter in his arms and trembled suddenly.
But he still gritted his teeth and took one step at a time...
Walk forward with difficulty.
"Miss Alex..." The little slipper sniffed and subconsciously wanted to follow, but was held back by Thales.
"No, don't," Thales shook his head and whispered, "It's over."
"That lady of yours."
The little slippery head trembled suddenly and looked at Thales helplessly and aggrievedly.
But Thales just looked at Michael's back quietly, motionless.
Nicolai appeared at the door of the hall, looking at Michael with a complicated expression.
But Michael just stared down at his daughter with a gloomy face, turning a blind eye to and turning a deaf ear to everything around him.
Until Nicolai's voice came slowly:
"My blood is the oath, my body is the proof, my blade is the witness, my soul is the sacrifice..."
Michael suddenly raised his head and came back to his senses.
He stopped and looked at Nikolai blankly, listening to the rest of the words spoken by the Fallen Starman:
"Resist powerful enemies and fight hundreds of battles until all blood is shed."
"Defend life and sacrifice without fear until humankind is extinct."
"Guard the future, honor the faith, until the sun and the moon dim."
"Inherit hope and bloom glory until all things sleep forever."
Michael closed his eyes in pain and tears flowed out again.
"Have a safe journey, my blade-sworn brother," Nicolai finished reciting the oath. His eyes were subtle and he looked at Michael with a painful expression:
"In "Book of Legends", your story ends here."
Michael took a breath and showed a tearful smile.
He moved forward numbly.
A brush with his old boss.
"Don't forget your Majesty's words," Nicolai said calmly to Michael behind him without looking back, "If we find out that you dare to bury her within the borders of the country..."
Michael chuckled in confusion.
The next second, Michael held the girl's body in his arms and walked out of the Hall of Heroes as if unconscious, with a dazed expression on his face and a distracted look in his eyes.
Walk out of the place he was sworn to guard.
Thales watched Michael's figure disappear from the door.
Then, the prince of stars gasped lowly, turned around, and asked what he had been suppressing for a long time and wanted to say:
"Why?"
King Nun raised his gloomy gaze.
"Alex...that's just a little girl who doesn't understand anything," Thales left the little slicker's side and walked towards King Nunn, with an ugly expression on his face: "Whether it's Suril or Adele, these things have nothing to do with it.
What does it matter to her? She doesn’t even know anything.”
King Nun chuckled.
"Send her away, isolate her...you obviously have a better way!" Thales controlled his breathing.
"Ah, I discovered another characteristic of yours," King Nunn sneered, with a sad and calm tone: "You have a superfluous sense of justice... Who taught you these things?"
"This has nothing to do with justice," Thales clenched his fists, and the children in the abandoned house appeared in his mind, with their ragged clothes and sallow faces: "She is just an innocent child."
They didn't deserve that fate.
"Every day she lives is an insult to the Walton family and a threat to our cooperation," King Nunn replied quietly: "This is a necessary move and the best choice."
"You can come up with a thousand reasons to defend your behavior," Thales snorted: "Political needs, interests, confidentiality, revenge, punishment, impulsiveness, or even saying that you are forced by your position.
, last resort, the best choice..."
"But none of this can justify or defend what you did," Thales looked at King Nunn and gritted his teeth: "You poisoned an innocent twelve-year-old girl to death and ended her future. Nunn
En Walton.”
"Just to punish her father for his mistakes," Thales said with disgust: "Do you feel happy? Do you feel revenge?"
"Ha, you are sometimes more sophisticated than the most cunning noble," King Nun sneered, with a mocking look on his face: "Sometimes you are more naive than the most stupid idiot."
Thales ignored his smile.
"I have seen someone take out his anger on a child before," Prince Xingchen lowered his head and clenched his fists. "He couldn't face his own failure and shame, so he vented his anger and hatred on unrelated children."
"You're not much better than that kind of coward," Thales gasped, remembering the flesh-penetrating feel on his right hand: "Do you want to know his fate?"
King Nuen's eyes turned cold.
"Don't forget," the old king straightened up and snorted coldly: "If it weren't for the birth of that girl and the sin behind her, we wouldn't have gone south to the stars - and you wouldn't be standing here.
"
"Fuck you, Nunn," Thales said unceremoniously: "We understand each other, put away those boring lies of yours."
"In that case, regardless of whether there was an assassination or not, whether Prince Suriel died or not, Exeter would invade, sooner or later."
"So you are pitying her?" King Nuen sneered lowly: "I said, you'd better get used to this kind of life early, little prince... just like your enemies won't do it because you are a seven-year-old
Innocent child, I will show you mercy."
Thales looked at him, suddenly smiled, and shook his head.
"Kaslan may be wrong. It's not that you have changed or that you have grown old," Thales said mockingly, "It's that you are like this."
"Soulil, Moral, Perfit, Michael - do you know why they suffered such tragedies?"
King Nun frowned.
"If the Walton family has used such means and methods to govern your country and treat your vassals and subordinates in the past decades or hundreds of years," Thales said coldly: "Don't expect them to use loyalty and loyalty.
I will repay you with integrity."
"Your sons...the reason why they died like that is because you are such a father."
After Thales finished what he wanted to say, he looked at the king in front of him.
He actually felt at ease.
There is no accusation at all, and the king's consciousness and burden are not offended by Exeter.
King Nuen looked at him steadily and said nothing for a long time.
Until the old king's face turned serious, and he looked straight at Thales with extremely complicated eyes.
"You think this is cruel, don't you?" The king said softly: "You haven't seen anything more cruel."
Thales frowned slightly.
"You," King Nun spoke slowly with the unique majesty of a king: "Come to me."
Thales took a deep breath.
Damn old man.
What to do again?
He slowly raised his head, looked directly at King Nuen, raised his legs and took a step forward.
But he didn't even take a step forward.
"It's not you," the king's sword-like gaze passed over the Prince of Stars and shot coldly behind him.
King Nuen said coldly: "I said..."
"It's that kid."
Thales was stunned.
His pupils shrank suddenly!
Thales turned his head blankly and looked at the little slippery man behind him.
The little slippery man who had been holding his breath and dared not speak out realized something.
She shook violently.
The little slipper glanced at the king in disbelief, then looked at Thales as if asking for help.
She seemed to have never experienced such a scene before. She was very panicked and frightened, and was almost crying.
"Don't let me say it a third time." King Nun looked at her with a face as cold as ice.
Little Hua Tou trembled all over and did not dare to raise his head.
But years of experience still made her walk toward the king tremblingly with fearful steps.
Thales looked at everything in front of him doubtfully.
The little slipper stood in front of King Nun, staring at the ground and trembling.
"Ever since Suril was assassinated, I have protected Alex very closely," the old king said calmly: "Most people don't even know the name Alex, they only know that this person exists."
"Fortunately, not many people know this secret, this truth." King Nun's eyes were terrifying and his tone was firm:
"From the kitchen to the bedroom, from the guards to the maids, everyone who knows Alex has been eliminated on your way here just now."
"Only the last one left."
The little slippery head shook violently!
Tears slipped from her eyes: "No, I didn't see anything, I don't know anything..."
King Nun lowered his head, raised his right hand, and looked at the black ring on it with a subtle look.
Thales' breathing accelerated instantly!
He vaguely knew what the old king was going to do.
Thales hurriedly walked towards King Nun: "Hey! You..."
But before Thales could take even two steps, a strong hand grabbed his shoulders from behind!
Pain came from my shoulders.
"Stay well," Nikolai, the "Meteor Star" behind him, stopped him coldly: "Don't cause trouble, little prince."
Taylor suddenly felt that half of his body could not move.
"No, you saw the scene just now, the secret, right?" King Nuen said slowly to the little slicker in an old and deep voice:
"And you are one of the few people who know Alex exists."
Little Slippery looked at Thales' fate and burst into tears. She looked at King Nunn's expression again and trembled again in fear!
"Please, Your Majesty," she cried: "I will be very good, I will always be in the castle, I will not say anything..."
King Nun continued to rub the "Triumph" on his finger and smiled softly.
Thales gritted his teeth and looked at the little girl in front of King Nun.
No.
Damn it.
Thales glanced at Nicolai hatefully, and then looked at King Nun.
"Guess," the next moment, King Nun sneered, holding the little slipper's hand firmly: "What will happen to you?"
"Nun!" Thales struggled desperately, but under the suppression of the leader of the White Blade Guards, his resistance was of no avail.
King Nun's face was cold, and he pulled Little Slippery's hand towards his right hand.
No.
Little Huitou was so frightened that he almost cried: "No...no..."
Thales gritted his teeth, pulled out the jc dagger from his waist, and swung it towards the Fallen Star at a strange angle!
The fourth set of attack styles of Northland military swordsmanship.
Ambush style.
Then……
Thales opened his mouth in surprise.
He saw King Nun stretching out his right hand and placing the ring on Little Slippery's palm.
The little slipper stared blankly at his palm, looking at the silver and black gemstone ring on it.
"This is the token passed down from generation to generation by the Walton family, 'Triumph'," King Nun said coldly and calmly:
"From now on, you are the last bloodline of Walton."
"It's me, the granddaughter of Nun Walton, the King of Exeter and the Grand Duke of Longxiao City."
"She is Prince Suriel Walton, the daughter of Marquis Gerst of Vine City, and the only daughter of Adele Walton."
Thales and Little Slippery both looked at King Nun blankly.
"Thelma Alex Suriel Walton." King Nun whispered: "This is your name."
The little slipper let out an unconscious sigh and turned pale.
After a few seconds, she finally realized what King Nun's words meant.
The little girl wearing glasses held "Triumph" tremblingly and took a step back in fear.
Nicolai let go of Thales, let go of the dagger he was stabbing at himself, and snorted coldly.
But Thales had no time to care about his attitude.
He got up from the ground, looked at King Nuen in surprise, and then looked at Little Slippery, who was in a state of confusion, frightened and helpless.
"You must forget everything in your past, whether it is your origin or the girl you served." King Nun continued his emotionless but powerful words:
"You will obey my instructions and become a young lady of the Walton family."
"You will marry that boy as a condition for Bright Star's support and protection of the Walton family, as well as the connection between the two families."
"You must fear him, obey him, serve him, assist him and support him in the name of Thelma Walton."
The little slipper glanced at Thales tremblingly, his eyes filled with tears behind his glasses: "No..."
But King Nun interrupted her plea.
"Remember your first middle name - Alex, it will forever remind you of your true identity..."
"Remind you, this night changed your destiny."
"But this is also a warning," King Nun's eyes flashed: "If you have any threat to the interests of Bright Star and Walton, that boy can reveal your identity at any time... A bloodline ritual can
Destroy everything, trust me, you won't like that."
The little slippery head was so frightened that she even forgot to breathe. She only took a breath when her strength ran out.
"And you, Thales," King Nuen turned his head and looked at the Prince of Stars with a deep expression: "Today I will expose the biggest secret and the most terrifying past in this family in front of you."
"'Triumph' is only the first lock, this is the second lock - now, you can take over Walton with confidence."
"Our covenant remains valid."
Thales was shocked.
He looked at Little Slippery.
"Whether it's for profit or for your ridiculous compassion, you have to protect her and protect her identity," King Nunn's voice suddenly became tired and hoarse: "Just like you protect Walton."
Little Huatou came back to his senses, looked at the ring in his palm, and began to tremble.
"No, please, Your Majesty..." Little Huantou cried out in fear: "I'm afraid... I don't know anything... I can't..."
"I'm not asking for your opinion!" King Nuen suddenly turned his head and looked at Little Slippery, causing the latter to pause in his words. A sharp look flashed in the king's eyes: "Do you understand?"
The little slippery boy was so frightened that his glasses were crooked and he could only nod mechanically.
King Nun showed a faint smile.
Thales stared at this scene blankly, feeling a lot of things in his heart.
"Okay," the old king sighed and said slowly: "Tiles, you already know everything you need to know..."
King Nun raised his eyes and said in a tired tone: "Go back to your room."
Thales gasped and clenched his fists.
He glanced at Little Slippery Tou again, looking at the other person's helpless and pitiful eyes.
Then he gritted his teeth and turned around to leave.
"And you," behind Thales, King Nunn said to Little Slippery in a deep voice: "From tonight onwards, you will sleep in Alex's bedroom..."
Thales clenched his teeth tighter and tighter, and the little slippery scream came from behind him.
"If you ever feel bored, just think about today and the previous owner of your bed..."
Thales's breathing slowly accelerated, and he could imagine the expression on the little slippery head at this moment.
"Think about Alex's fate, think about the painful convulsions all over her body before she died..."
Thales closed his eyes gently, his steps became slower and slower, and the sobbing sound of Little Slippery came from behind.
"Think of all the people who died from this, and think of how lucky you are..."
Thales stopped and took a deep breath.
"Both the servants and the kitchen have been cleaned out again, but you will have new servants soon, so you'd better act decently..."
"enough!"
Under everyone's surprised gazes, the Star Prince turned around and stared angrily at King Nun and the sobbing Little Slippery Tou.
Thales gritted his teeth and strode forward, grabbing Little Slippery's wrist.
Then without any explanation, he pulled her to his side.
He could feel that Little Slippery's wrist was still trembling.
"Don't be impatient, Thales," King Nuen waved away Nicolai who was about to step forward, and said slowly: "You will have plenty of time in the future to get along with your fiancée slowly."
"That's it for now," Thales looked at King Nunn coldly: "Tonight, she has to stay with me!"
After saying this, he pulled his little slipper's head and walked out of the hall with a heavy face.
The little slipper pressed his glasses that were about to fall off and let Thales pull him away, looking back in horror from time to time.
"Tiles," King Nunn said calmly from behind: "Where are you taking my granddaughter?"
"I can't stay with you anyway!" Thales said unceremoniously as he walked: "A bunch of lunatics!"
King Nun's laughter came from behind, but this only made Thales feel even more bored and his thoughts were confused.
"Tiles Bright Star," the king's laughter came from behind: "The first night..."
"Be nice to your fiancée!"
Without looking back, Thales dragged the little slicker out of the hall, ignoring the frowning expressions of the white-blade guards.
Just move forward decisively.
Until the little slipper came back from his dullness and panic and spoke silently.
"Um..." Little Huitou timidly pulled on his clothes: "You are..."
"My name is Thales." Thales said coldly.
"Miss Alex, is she really..." The little slipper sniffed and said aggrievedly: "Is it really...?"
"Well," Thales replied decisively with a straight face: "She is already dead - she was poisoned."
The little slippery head trembled violently.
Thales frowned.
"Poison to death..." Little Slippery's eyes were distracted, and he began to mutter nervously:
"In the 207th year of the Imperial Calendar, Duke Skarch killed the Fourth Knight with a poisonous arrow... In the 489th Imperial Calendar, Earl Kate Nantes and Princess Leslie were both poisoned at their wedding... In the 721st Imperial Calendar,
Emperor Eddy III was poisoned and fell into a coma... In the year 1171 of the Imperial Calendar, the 'Poison Emperor' poisoned Lord Reddy Sodara to death at the negotiation table... In the year 218 of the End Calendar, Archduke Lloyd Alessio was killed by the 'Mourning Archduke'
'Poison killing... In the 359th year of the end calendar, the 'Beautiful Archduke' Lacey Anrenzo died under a cup of scented tea. In the 660th year of the end calendar, the Star King-Prince was killed by bluegrass..."
"That's enough!" Thales shouted angrily decisively, interrupting her whisper: "Stop thinking about this matter!"
Only then did the little slipper come to his senses.
Thales pulled her and continued to move forward.
"Well, we should go back..." Little Huitou said hesitantly.
"You can't go back," Thales interrupted her decisively, shaking his head and saying:
"According to Nunn, a lot of people died there just now, and it is definitely not suitable for you to live there."
The little slipper's head trembled slightly.
Thales walked along, sighing silently in his heart.
"But, I'm afraid that we..." Little Slippery said hesitantly again.
"You don't have to be afraid, there are no bastards like Nunn here," Thales said silently, "But I can only protect you for a while..."
"No, I mean..." Little Huantou said softly with a cry: