Ember Gun

  Chapter 192 Ending

   "So where's Lorenzo? I thought he would come."

  Yawei stands in a corner of the magnificent hall, where all the glory and brilliance are stored here, accompanied by the slow and shallow repertoire of the orchestra, the warm and solemn power envelopes here.

  Arthur...or the Duke of Phoenix shook his head.

"He was temporarily isolated by us. Although I have trust in the demon hunter,... the resurrection is still too weird, far beyond our understanding, whether it is us or Lorenzo himself, both It needs a process of acceptance."

   "The process of acceptance? I have also heard about it. In fact, with Lorenzo's bad personality, he probably didn't have any repulsive psychological reactions."

Yawei said.

  The Duke of Phoenix glanced at the old butler. He didn't seem to expect that he was also so familiar with Lorenzo, or at least familiar with that bad character.

   "Yeah, it's a vain life. This neurosis must live happier than before."

The Duke of Phoenix sighed, his eyes turned to the center of the hall, the warm light shed, and the girls looked sacred and light under the shower of light. Maybe the heavens loved this moment, even the gloomy sky was rarely clear. .

   "Seleu really hopes that he can come and witness everything. Although she didn't say it, she really thinks so... This is a girl who likes to keep all her thoughts in her heart."

Yawei looked at the figure walking on the red carpet. Under everyone's attention, she walked farther and farther. The woman on the endless steps smiled at her, and then stretched out her hand.

  Here is the sacred and solemn Platinum Palace, the power center of the entire Old Dunling, and even the entire Inervig.

  Today’s ancient ceremony will unfold here. This is the moment when the Duke of Stuart transfers power. With the Queen’s grant, Seleu will truly inherit this century-old glory today and become the youngest duke.

   "Is that so?" The Duke of Phoenix sighed, "Actually I have been unable to figure out one thing, but I understand it now."

"What's up?"

  "About the difference between Eve and her."

   Yawei was taken aback, his eyes were a little weird, and he didn't seem to understand why he said that.

"You may not know that Lorenzo, the **** before, did not hesitate at all when he wanted to cut my daughter. But when he switched to Seleu, he took Lawrence to blew himself up... Actually, the plan is far from like this. "

  He said slowly.

   "But when we look at it like this now, it's just that we complicate him. Except for those different identities, they are just ordinary people."

  Ordinary people? It's really hard to think of Lorenzo as an ordinary person

"Think about it, Yawei, a girl, at the darkest and most ignorant age when she was in the darkest and most ignorant age...that was when the emotions were the most intense and the purest, a person fished her out of the sea of ​​suffocation, and brought her She went to the world of light, and taught her strange things all the way. Anyone who changes will feel a little strange, maybe it is longing, maybe it is love..."

The Duke of Phoenix said that he chuckled here. It's a **** of a story, but life is like this. It's like the only meteor in the dark, so you chase the falling star like a fool, because it's the only one in the dark. Light.

"We once had such a hypothesis that the erosion is mutual. While demons are eroding humans, in fact, humans are also eroding demons. The two sides are influencing each other, but the human influence is too weak... Maybe Lorenzo The same is true, he was also influenced by Seleu, although he didn't realize it."

   "What effect?"

  Yawei is a bit curious.

   "Humanity."

  The Duke of Phoenix replied.

"I have always regarded Lorenzo as a beast, or a machine, because he has always been so efficient and cold. What kind of bad words are funny is just to make us relax our vigilance, but only then did I realize his struggle... ...Struggling between humanity and animality."

   "Although it is not clear what they have experienced, it is true. Seleucid has taught humanity through mutual influence."

  It seemed that something funny came to mind, the Duke of Phoenix continued.

  "Can you believe it? Lorenzo is still a philanthropist, and most of the money he makes is donated to the monasteries that raise orphans."

   Yawei's expression is very unexpected, it is difficult to associate this matter with that demon hunter.

"So that's it. At that time, he was very happy. As long as Seleu died, he would have no weakness at all. He became pure will, but it was also sad. When Seleu died, he really became a bloodthirsty. Beast. It's the girl who connects his relationship with the world."

The Duke of Phoenix looked at the girl under the light, she was bowing, her vision seemed a little tranced, maybe many years later, there will be a girl with red hair standing here, inheriting the honor of the phoenix. It is unspeakable to think about it like this. Of emotion.

   "In everyone's life, there are always a few special people, right, that can make you give up that stubborn ideal."

  His speaking speed is very slow, and he looks at Yawei.

  "Who is that person to you?" Yawei said.

   "Of course it is Eve, she is my last warmth."

  He made no secret of his love for his daughter, although this love seemed incomprehensible to Eve.

  "It is not so much guarding the human world, but rather guarding her world. The rest of human beings just happen to live with her under a sky."

  "Does it mean to protect everyone incidentally?"

   "Of course, you don't pay us wages."

  The two old guys talked and laughed, rare and relaxed.

  But the face of the Duke of Phoenix immediately became cold. He looked at Yawei on the side, his eyes full of majestic scrutiny.

   "You should know what I want to ask next, right."

  The old butler nodded, as if he had a warning about it.

   "When Seleu contacted you, I had a hunch... I thought I could hide it for a lifetime. As long as I die, no one will know the truth."

  The old butler looked forward complicatedly, the girl who stood upright like a swan behind the crowd.

"This is the information Lorenzo got after he woke up. At that time, he failed to stop Lawrence. He captured Seleu and successfully used her as a link to spread and erode... But the large-scale demonization did not appear. Those who were under our surveillance. The Stuart group on the list is safe and sound."

  The Duke of Phoenix said slowly.

   "Although Lorenzo is a neurotic, as a detective, some of his words do make sense. Eliminating all the impossible, the remaining answer, no matter how incredible, must be the truth."

  He said solemnly.

   "Seleuc is not Stuart's blood at all, right?"

  That is a terrifying secret, causing huge waves.

  Everything seems so ironic, Seleu is receiving the award of glory, and at this moment the so-called glory is just a deception.

  But the old butler seemed very calm, but simply responded.

"Yes."

  He talked and laughed.

"In fact, this is a lie full of loopholes. How could the blood of the noble Stuart fall to Gallunaro? Even if it does, the angry enemies will be killed...It's just a self-deceiving joke. "

   "Why do you... why do you do this?"

  The Duke of Phoenix asked puzzledly.

In fact, the conversation between the two can't change anything at all. Seleu is the last Stuart, and Yahweh is the last waiter of this ancient family. As long as he is sure of Seleu’s identity, others will not be able to find out the difference. As for The weird memetic pollution, the power of the demon will not appear in the public view.

   "You are the guardian of this bloodline, but in the end you tarnished this glory... just to keep Stuart going?"

   Yawei shook his head, shining reflected in his cloudy eyes.

   "No, it's not such a Duke of Phoenix. The glory is never attributed to any bloodline. Even if the old Duke of Stuart is still alive, he will agree with my decision."

  "What decision, can you find someone to solve the issue of extinction?"

  He looked a little angry.

   "You shame Navis Stuart."

  Navis Stuart, he was awarded to everyone in the war, and then made outstanding achievements in the glorious war. That is the man recorded in the history of Inervig.

  This was a stern rebuke, but it was like a big joke in Yawei’s ears. He smiled happily, and then looked at the Duke of Phoenix.

   "No, no one will blame me, especially Navis Stuart. On the contrary, he will praise me because I did what he always wanted to do."

  The Duke of Phoenix looked at him puzzledly, and then Yawei continued talking.

  "Do you know? His real name is Navis Dodd, the son of a blacksmith."

  The terrible truth was revealed, and Yawei said it lightly.

  The Duke of Phoenix was reminded of the previous rumors about the Stuart’s family, the warning from the already-destructed Baskerville, the broken puzzle pieces were integrated, and his face was shocked.

  After a brief shock, he asked.

   "That means those are true."

   "Of course it is true, but everyone is united and hugged tightly. No one has leaked the secrets. So Navis Dodd became Navis Stuart."

   Yawei continued talking.

   "Yes, this is the truth. In fact, Stuart's blood has long been cut off. In the castle a hundred years ago, he died with the old count."

   "But what about this? The Duke of Phoenix."

   he asked rhetorically.

   "The bloodline has long been severed, but Stuart's glory continues in this world, doesn't it? And it's getting worse.

  Glory never belongs to blood, it belongs to human will, even if it is dead, someone will always pick it up and wipe it and move on.

  The will is stronger than the blood, and it will never be killed. "

  The Duke of Phoenix breathed fiercely, and as expected, the human heart was still much more complicated than the monster, and he was too much to think. The words hammered his heart like a heavy hammer, and he barely asked until the end.

   "But... why?"

  Why are you so obsessed with this? The past is a hundred years ago, why is it still so stubborn?

   "Because we want to continue Stuart's name and continue its glory, this is the only way we can repay the war granted at that time."

  Let this name continue, is the only way they can remember the old earl.

   "And it is no longer as simple as a surname, it represents the same will, and the people connected to it."

Yawei's voice became heavier and heavier, accompanied by the music rising in the hall like godly words.

   "Stuart will not perish, nor will he perish, as long as there is someone who is willing to follow this way, he can be named Stuart."

  The applause was thunderous.

Everyone celebrated the moment when the honor was granted, and it was also at this moment that the Duke of Phoenix noticed countless gazes. He suddenly raised his head and found that there were familiar figures in the witnessing crowd, and they looked at them with smiles. He nodded.

  It is them, those who swear in the war, those Stuart groups.

  This is Seleuc’s award. Each family has sent representatives, and they are never absent.

As Arthur, he felt the unknown for the first time. For the unknown of Old Dunling, for the unknown of Inervig, he had never imagined that this power would be so powerful and hidden so deeply, in that strange feeling. , He realized something.

   "Did you choose Seleuc?" he asked.

Yawei nodded.

   "Everyone likes this girl very much. Although she is a little headstrong, she is a girl..."

  He slowly said that the ancient will has linked them together, just like a cleansing mechanism that links these lunatics together.

  The Duke of Phoenix looked at Yawei in awe, and looked at the people in the crowd who signaled to him.

   "I will keep it secret."

   "Even if you say it's okay, no one will believe it, just like Baskerville."

Yawei said calmly.

  The ceremony was over, and everyone gathered around to celebrate the young duke.

   "By the way, please transfer this to Lorenzo."

  It seemed that he was thinking of something, Yawei took out a badge, which was the emblem of Stuart's family, and sixty-one swords interlaced into round shields.

   "Seleu said that she finally awarded Lorenzo."

  The Duke of Phoenix took the badge, his voice hesitated.

   "You should know that she did not have the power of a duke at the time, and the queen had long imposed restrictions on your arbitrary grants."

   "Of course I know, and even if the queen admits it? Lorenzo is a witcher, a madman who fights with demons... He is destined to hide in the shadows and fear light.

  Besides, it is really granted to him, he will definitely add a strange prefix when introducing himself. "

   Yawei continued speaking, smiling.

"This is only due to the approval of a wayward child. He will not appear in Stuart's history, nor will he be recorded. At most, he will be a part of the wild history, but that will be many years later. Thing."

   "Does this make sense?"

  The Duke of Phoenix does not understand, the unknown honor, this is just a beautiful illusion.

   "Yes, it is meaningless. He will not exist in any position, but on the contrary, he will be meaningful and will always exist in that precious position."

"where?"

   he asked curiously.

"here."

Yawei stretched out his hand and tapped the Duke of Phoenix on the chest lightly.

   "Here with her."

The old butler left, just like everyone else, surrounded by the girls with honors, celebrating all this, the Duke of Phoenix was a little dazed in place, the ancient secret just revealed, so understatement, like a chat in the afternoon. Generally relaxed, but the reverberation slowly reverberates at this moment, shocking people's hearts.

  I don’t know how long it took before he slowly lowered his head and looked at the badge in his hand.

Unlike the normal Stuart emblem, there is an extra sharp sword on the round shield of the sword, the 62nd sharp sword, and the 33rd existing grantees are destined to be hidden in the dark. The swearer.

  (End of this chapter)