This stone chamber is very large, so big that even though it is filled with more than twenty huge stone pillars, it still looks spacious.
But there were no windows, just a few big black holes in the ceiling that served as ventilation vents.
It was terrifyingly cold.
Thales stared blankly in front of him.
A sturdy figure, wearing a star-blue cloak, stood in front of a stone pillar with his back to him.
On the side of the stone pillar facing the strong figure, a grotto was dug.
There are two large stone jars side by side and six small stone urns inside.
"Your grandfather, Eddie Brightstar, is buried here." A heavy and majestic voice came from that figure.
"To be honest, I don't like being in the same room with him. The way he looks at me is always full of disappointment and accusation. After my mother passed away, I avoided him even more."
Thales was neither too unfamiliar nor familiar with this voice.
"Come here."
Thales took a deep breath and adjusted his mood.
He walked towards his nominal father, the High King of the Stars, His Majesty Kessel Brightstar.
The Iron-fisted King, Kessel V, wore a nine-star crown, held an eternal lamp in his right hand, and held a crystal-encrusted scepter with a shiny tip in his left hand.
He turned his head and glanced at Thales.
This sharp look actually made Thales breathless.
"Starting from the second king, John I, every supreme king and queen of the stars will be buried in this stone chamber after their death and cremation." Kessel's voice seemed extremely low.
As if he was afraid of waking something up.
Kessel stretched out his hand and put it on the large stone jar on the left, with a name engraved on it:
[King of Changzhi, King, Eddie L.K. Shining Star, 595-660]
Kessel looked at the second large stone jar on the right, with another name on it.
"This is my mother - she died when I was fifteen."
[Queen, Natalie J.F. Shining Star, 604-642]
He, His Majesty the Supreme King, touched those small stone urns again, with a complex expression that was difficult to understand.
"And the children of the kings who have not succeeded to the throne, and have not been enfeoffed or changed their surnames, are in these small stone urns."
Thales was startled. He turned his head slightly and saw, as expected, that there was a grotto on the four sides of each stone pillar. There were two large stone jars in each, and occasionally there were several small stone urns next to them.
This is the royal family's cemetery?
Kessel lowered his head and looked at a small stone urn, and Thales also looked at it.
[Starry God of War, Liberator of Sodara, Duke of Star Lake, John L.K. Bright Star, 613-660]
"This is Uncle John, the only one in the family who has ever traveled around the world."
"He was his father's younger brother and was almost raised by his mother - so I insisted on placing him in my father's grotto."
Kessel touched the stone urn, and Thales was surprised to see a smile on his face?
"He is well-informed, has extraordinary skills, is humorous, and can tell jokes like no one else."
"When I was young, as soon as he came back, my twin brother and I loved to pester him and listen to him tell his love story with Princess Suye - until my mother exposed him with a cold face. At that time, I thought he was the most powerful person in the world.
people."
"John's marriage almost made his father angry to death - God, he actually married an extremely powerful female knight! I think John should have finished the hugging and kissing part of the wedding with his feet off the ground."
"After John became a knight, he would often come back to the capital to visit us, and would bring small gifts to little Constance from time to time. But since his wife passed away, I rarely see John's smile."
Thales felt the atmosphere in the stone chamber and did not dare to breathe out the atmosphere.
Kessel was immersed in the past and turned around after a minute.
"This is brother Midir." Kessel looked at another stone urn, his eyebrows slightly frowned: "The person who should have inherited the throne."
Thales heard the familiar name and quickly looked towards the stone urn:
[The eldest son of the king, the crown prince, Midir·t·e·稨星, 622-660]
"He has the best relationship with his father. He is the only one who can match his father during the chess game. He usually doesn't talk much and always watches our brothers playing with a smile. He is very smart and very popular. Everyone says that he
He is the best crown prince and the best brother to me."
"But when I was sixteen years old, I came back from the maid's room in the middle of the night and accidentally saw him sitting dejectedly in the atrium, drinking alone with a sad face. At that time, I just thought it was strange that he was also depressed sometimes?"
"Now I finally understand him."
Thales looked at the stone urn and thought about the rumors about Midir Bright Star.
This is Jini's savior, the person Gilbert admires, the person Yodel wants me to be, the person "better than him"?
Next stone urn.
[The Sword of Light, Second Prince, Horace M.E. Bright Star, 623-660]
"This is Horace. The Tower of the End still contains his highest sword speed record during his student days - as of the last time I heard, no one has been able to break it."
Kessel flicked the stone urn and snorted: "He is the only extreme master in the family, and he even has a majestic nickname. My father often lamented that since the 'Oath Keepers' Midir IV and '
After the wolf enemy Prince Keira, the Bright Star royal family finally has a third extreme."
"He has a very bad relationship with brother Midir. When playing chess with Midir, he always likes to use his finishing power to bounce the opponent's pieces away in secret - but even so, he can't beat the smiling brother Midir.
He often told us that had he not been born a year later than Midir, he would have been the one who should have become the crown prince."
"One month before his death, he received an invitation to be the inheritor of the Tower of the End. If he passes, he can become one of the eight ultimate inheritors of the Tower of the End."
"This is Bancroft and Hyman, my twin brothers." Kessel looked at the two stone urns placed side by side with complicated eyes: "It is said that the careless maid mixed up the order of birth, and the father could not see it.
The two doctors were arguing about which baby had the bigger head, so the mother simply tossed a gold coin and used the image of King Tormund I to decide that Bancroft was the third prince and Heyman was the fourth."
"That gold coin is now placed in my mother's stone jar together with Midir's first perfect political assignment, Horace's first swordsman trophy, and the baby wraps when Constance and I were born.
inside."
Thales took a step closer and saw two small stone urns clearly.
[The Third Prince, Bancroft·n·e·Bright Star, 624-660]
"The endless and endless quarrels between them at the dinner table when they were young were simply a nightmare for our whole family - Midir joked that Horace was probably frightened by them and went to the Tower of the End to learn
Artistic."
"Bancroft likes painting and sculpture. He donated half of the National Research Association's arts department funds. But his love of vanity is not bad, probably second only to his love of money - when we were children, we often
He said that he should marry into the Shoukadel family, and the dowry alone would be enough for him to live in for a lifetime - but when he went to the Southern Islands, he proposed with a sketch, and actually married a Miss Shoukadel."
"Heiman is the most handsome among the five brothers. He is also good at music and poetry. Both commoners and aristocratic girls like him more. Every time he goes on the street, he attracts screams and flowers. Because of this, my father
He was designated as the number one leader of the Star Envoy to the Holy Tree Kingdom - it's a pity that he failed to marry an elf - otherwise his father might have passed the throne to him to strengthen our elven bloodline since Midir IV.
Woolen cloth."
Kessel held his scepter and looked at the fire in the eternal lamp.
"We five brothers were once so good - I still remember when I was a child, we had a group fight with the three visiting princes from the Suye Dynasty. Horace was in charge of the attack, Midir was in charge of defense, mainly to protect me, and the twins were on the flanks.
."
"But when I grew up, everything changed."
"Midir still has a smile on his face. I have the best relationship with him, but I always feel that he is getting more and more unhappy. Horace has been murderous since he came back from the Tower of the End, and always wants to show off in front of his father. I still feel that he is getting more and more unhappy."
I remember that he took me to Hongfang Street and scolded me for five minutes in the Royal Council. Bank didn’t care much about brotherly matters, but he would walk around every time he saw the four of us. Heyman posted on Hela
He looks like a little follower around Si, but that smile really makes me sick."
But Kessel's smile faltered.
"But none of that matters anymore."
"Now, they are reunited here."
Kessel went to the last urn.
Thales lowered his head and clenched his fists slightly.
[The eldest daughter of the king, Constance·n·e·Bright Star, 642-660]
"This is Constance, our little sister." Kassel lowered his head, with a heavy voice, as if he didn't want to say more: "She is the only consensus among our five brothers - we are willing to sacrifice everything to protect her happiness and
Smile."
Thales sighed, closed his eyes gently, and imagined his aunt, the eldest princess, who withered at the age of 18.
"The Bright Star family was born to bear the fate of the stars." Kessel said calmly.
Thales opened his eyes, listened to Kessel's heavy breathing, and thought about the king's purpose for doing this today.
The two of them sat in the empty stone room and didn't speak for a while.
"Boom"!
The king suddenly slammed his scepter on the ground!
Thales was shocked.
"I don't know how much you know about us, and I don't know what your imagination is about the name of Bright Star." Kessel V's voice was low and stern, but there was no trace of his father's feelings.
"But it's not an easy title."
"It represents glory, history, power, and more importantly, sacrifice."
Thales was speechless, he didn't know what to say in reply.
Nothing seems right.
"Are you ready?" Kessel finally turned his head, his sky-blue pupils sharp and oppressive, staring straight at him.
"Starting from being named the Brilliant Star, fighting for the stars, dying for the stars, and..."
Kessel looked at the six small stone urns and his eyes darkened:
"Born for the stars."
Thales' breathing stagnated, and then became rapid.
Fight for the stars.
Die for the stars.
Born for the stars?
This sequence……
Thales thought anxiously: So, becoming a shining star and living is far more difficult than fighting and dying?
His Majesty the King's eyes were fixed on him.
"I'm waiting for your answer." The king said slowly and carefully.
It cannot be questioned or defied.
Thales swallowed his saliva.
He couldn't stand the current atmosphere. The time traveler smiled reluctantly and said:
"Crying about dying for a certain country, it really sounds like a war."
But Kessel still looked at him with burning eyes.
All right.
Thales took three deep breaths, opened his eyes, and said in a low voice:
"No."
Kessel's brows raised slightly.
"Before leaving Hongfang Street, everything I did was to struggle and survive in this damn world." The time traveler said disappointedly.
"I have never thought about all this, the royal family, the conspiracy, the heir, everything." He said sincerely: "I am not ready to play these games at all. It is obvious that people will die at every turn, but you can still talk and laugh calmly."
"I am more accustomed to dilapidated houses and hard beds, huddled in the corner in the cold and hungry, working hard for myself and my friends to survive, instead of in a luxurious room, drinking and eating while weaving conspiracies without changing my expression.
, take life, and... provoke war or respond to war."
"I am not ready to become Thales Bright Star." The time traveler exhaled and lowered his head: "Everything is accidental, I am not ready for anything."
In front of his eyes, Aixida's figure seemed to appear again, smiling at him and saying, yes, this is a coincidence.
There was a long silence.
Kessel looked at Thales, but the originally majestic and inhumane king suddenly showed a complex and profound expression that the time traveler had never seen before.
"Work hard for yourself and the survival of your friends - this is probably the entire mission of Canxing."
"It doesn't matter."
There seemed to be emotions flowing in the king's eyes, and he said slowly: "I was not ready back then."
Thales raised his head in surprise and saw Kessel V speaking with sarcasm and hatred in a powerful voice:
"And fate will prepare you."
He shook off his cloak and took a long step forward.
Thales followed Kessel to the side of the stone pillar.
It was also a grotto, but it was empty and there were no large stone jars.
There are only two small stone urns.
"This will be my burial place," Kaiser bent down expressionlessly, caressing the two stone urns, and said calmly:
"But there are already two stone urns."
Thales' brain stopped for a few tenths of a second.
He remembered Gilbert's words about the Year of Blood and looked at the two small stone urns:
[The eldest daughter of the king, Lydia · g·k · Canxing, 656-660]
"I still remember when Lydia was just born, I held her in my arms and was more helpless than she was. When she grew up, she would run around and never calm down."
[The eldest son of Wang, Luther K.K. Shining Star, 659-660]
Kessel put down the eternal lamp and hid his eyes and expressions in the shadows. Only his lips were moving and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised: "Luthor is very well-behaved and quiet. He never cries - this is bad.
, because we don’t know when he’s hungry.”
"These two children have always been a big worry for Keya and Ji Ni - I have always been happy and free."
The High King of the Stars put his arm around Thales' shoulders.
Thales was startled.
"Fortunately," Kessel's words were chilling to the heart: "They no longer have to worry about their children."
Thales listened to Kessel with horror:
"Because they will always be here."
"Don't cry or run around."
"Always."
The king's hand suddenly tightened and clasped Thales' shoulder.
The pain in his unhealed left shoulder was still there, but Thales endured it and remained silent.
"See, this is what fate has prepared me for."
Looking at the two small stone urns, Thales gritted his teeth and gently clenched his fists.
These are - my sister and brother?
At this time, a long and heavy bell suddenly sounded outside the stone room where the stars and kings were buried.
"Go." His Majesty Kessel Bright Star let go of Thales.
"Gilbert and Jinnie are waiting for you outside the door," the king stood up, regaining his sense of majesty and oppression, and said with a cold face, "They will prepare everything for you."
"Just like fate, everything has been prepared for you."
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