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"Captain! Lord God Bird! I beg you, I don't want to go to that damn White Gull Tower, it's too, too scary..." Tommen hugged the tree tightly, refusing to leave.

Abner raised his eyebrows and said, "If you say that, I need you even more."

Tommen yelled, "No, no! Lord Bird! It's not scary at all! I was wrong!"

"Oh? Since it's not scary, why don't you follow me?" Abner put his hands on his hips.

Tommen: "..."

Realizing that he had fallen into Abner's trap, he said in frustration, "Master Shenniao...you are so courageous and you speak nicely..."

Abner chuckled and said, "Can you speak something that the kings can understand?"

Tommen picked at the bark and whispered: "I dare not go, I am afraid to see that scary child again..."

Abner frowned, "I just want to know who that scary kid is, and now I can only rely on you."

"Huh?" Tommen looked up, "But the guards there also said they heard..."

"No, Tommen, I only trust you, because you look so..." Abner thought for a moment, and said, "Kind."

Tommen's eyes lit up, he let go of his hand, and exclaimed excitedly, "You praised me! Master Bird!"

"Ahem." Vince coughed to suppress his smile.

Abner glanced at Wen Si and said, "Drink more mint tea if your throat feels uncomfortable."

"Ahem, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Wen Si picked up a cup of hot tea casually.

Abner coaxed Tommen a little longer, and finally coaxed him up the road to the White Gull Tower.Wins and Keener return to town to attend to business.

When they arrived at the White Gull Tower, even without Richie, the guards did not dare to neglect, because standing in front of them were His Highness, the son of Wang Fu, and the acting knight commander. , They also respectfully handed over tea.

Abner pushed the tea away and said, "That's unnecessary, now take us to the top of the tower."

The guard was taken aback, "My lord, what are you doing there?"

Abner glanced at him, "What should I tell you first when I go there?"

The guard lowered his head and said repeatedly: "No, my lord, it's just... the top of the tower is dirty and broken, and no one has been there for several years. I'm afraid it will dirty you..."

"Oh?" Abner glanced at him again, narrowing his eyes, as if he had seen him in the backward time.

Abner approached him and asked, "How many years? How many years? Three years?"

The guard's face turned pale, and his body trembled uncontrollably, "My lord...what are you talking about..."

Abner glanced at him coldly, he was right, he was involved in the murder of Adrian.Abner patted him heavily on the shoulder and said, "Take us to the top of the tower quickly, otherwise I will clearly tell you who went to the top of the tower a few years ago."

"What's going on?" A rough voice came from the room, and Abner saw that it was Algernon who was wearing a black cloak.

"Good morning, my lord, Your Highness and I greet you with the blessings of the kings." Abner bowed politely.

Sean: "..."

He poked Abner and whispered, "Can you say hello normally, it's disgusting."

Abner didn't answer Sean, walked straight to Algernon, and said, "Can you please take us to the top of the tower?"

Algernon moved his lips, looked at the people behind Abner, leaned forward, and said, "I don't know if His Highness and Sir Aureas came here, and I'm not far enough to welcome them. I don't know if a Tanndiano breakfast can be forgiven?"

Tanndiano breakfast is the richest breakfast for people living by the sea. The freshly caught Tanndiano fish is hollowed out, stuffed with various spices, and eggs mixed with small pieces of chives and onions are spread on the On the fish, grill it on fruit charcoal. While waiting for the fish to be cooked, prepare the venison stew with peas and the egg tart sprinkled with nut slices. When you smell the aroma of the fish, squeeze the lemon juice on the fish.Pour a glass of wine at this time. The wine in Cargallos is the best, but most of them can only drink "Tianxia Tanuki".

Abner was so obsessed with the taste of the fish that he ate three tandianos, venison soup and egg tarts without a bite.But now, he felt that the only thing he could eat was egg tarts.

"No, thank you, we don't need to eat now, but to take a look at the top of the tower." Sean refused.

"Oh? Since His Royal Highness is going, how dare I disobey it, come and bring the keys." Algernon said, and soon a guard brought a bunch of keys.

A group of people walked up the dilapidated stairs, Algernon said: "Your Highness, with all due respect, what is there on the top of this tower that makes you so eager?"

Sean was speechless for a moment.

Abner sighed, patted Sean and said, "Your Highness, don't be too sad. Although you dreamed that the Duke was on the top of the tower, it was a dream after all. We can just go up and have a look, and don't bother Alger too much. Mr. Farmer."

Algernon said quickly: "Your Highness, just say what you need."

Sean glanced at Abner and said, "Then let's look at the top of the tower first."

Abner looked at the key in Algernon's hand, a rusty copper key with more than a dozen seagulls on it.He squinted his eyes and looked out the window. Dozens of birds were hovering around the window, chirping.

When the group was about to reach the top of the tower, Abner suddenly shouted: "Oops, I forgot one important thing!"

Sean turned and glanced at him, "What?"

"Hey, I'm going back to the carriage to get it now," Abner glanced at Sean, then pulled Tommen and said, "Toman, come with me, it's too gloomy here."

"Oh...ok..." Tommen scratched his head and followed Abner.

"Don't worry about me, I'll be right back!"

Abner and Tommen went downstairs, and when they were some distance away from the others, Abner asked Tommen in a low voice, "Where did you see that ghost child?"

Tommen trembled and opened his mouth wide, but Abner quickly covered his mouth and said in a low voice, "Keep your voice down."

Tommen swallowed, nodded, and replied in a low voice: "I got up that night to relieve myself. I was in a daze, and I didn't know where I was going. Suddenly I heard a child crying. At that time, I wondered why there was a child here. , I was wondering if some child was curious about this tower, sneaked in at dusk, and locked the door at night, so I couldn't get out. I would look for that child, 'Son, where are you? Don't be afraid, I will take you back Home...' I asked softly."

Abner: "..."

Abner smiled and said, "You are so kind."

Tommen scratched his head, his cheeks flushed slightly, "Hey, Lord Godbird, I'm really embarrassed by your praise."

The corner of Abner's mouth twitched, and he asked, "And then?"

"Then I suddenly saw a hand protruding from the wall. I looked closer and found that the hand was covered with hair. I didn't think too much about it at the time. I squatted down and asked softly, 'Child, is that you?', At this time, there was another cry from inside, but this time, I felt that it was not a cry, but a laugh, and I thought the child's voice was rather special..."

Abner: "..."

"You are so kind."

"Hey, Master Shenniao, your words are really nice."

"..."

"I asked again 'child, is that you?', the child was still crying and laughing, and I touched his hairy hand to comfort him."

Abner shuddered, and looked Tommen up.

"Suddenly he grabbed my hand tightly, and I was thrown to the ground. At that moment, I felt something was wrong. I wanted to get up and leave, but suddenly a horrible face appeared from the hole where I stretched out my hand," Tommen said. Shake, "His face is covered with hair, his eyes are completely black, with a faint light, staring at me closely, I trembled in fright, he grinned at me, and said, 'Aren't you going to take me home Is it?’ Then I didn’t know how to break free from that hand, and ran away trembling.”

Abner was silent, patted Tommen on the shoulder, and said slowly: "Toman, you are actually very courageous."

Tommen grabbed Abner's hand and said excitedly, "Really, Master Bird? Shanna said that she likes brave men the most."

Abner: "..." There is still a big difference between courage and bravery.

But in order to coax Tommen, Abner nodded and said solemnly: "You are really brave, but can you recall what else you saw?"

"Master Shenniao, are you going to use that supernatural power?"

Abner quickly waved his hand, "No, no." Kings, he can't guarantee that he can hold on.

Tommen thought for a while and said, "I remember that the wall was closer to the end of the corridor, and that floor was quite high...I really can't remember the rest."

Abner smiled, "That's enough, thank you, Tommen."

Tommen blushed, "Hey."

Abner rummaged around in the carriage, only to find a handkerchief, and it was a woman's. He thought for a long time but couldn't remember which girl it was. Maybe it was given to him by a girl after he hit up a conversation, maybe it was a handkerchief. He asked the girl for it with a deadpan face.He suddenly thought of Oreas and shuddered, wanting to slap his former self.

Abner and Tommen walked up to the top of the tower, while Sean and the others were still walking around on the top floor. Seeing Sean's helpless look, he must be a little tired.

Seeing Abner coming, Sean asked, "What important things did you go to get?"

The corner of Abner's mouth twitched, then he took out the handkerchief with a smile, and said, "This."

The atmosphere froze suddenly, and Abner was weighed down by the heavy atmosphere, feeling the piercing gaze from Aureas.

"Oh." A chuckle from Algernon broke the silence.

Abner glanced at him coldly, and then turned to Sean: "It seems that His Highness didn't see anything special, why don't we look down layer by layer, and please forgive me."

Algernon's face froze and he looked at Sean.

Sean nodded and said, "Yes."

"Then please wait a moment, Your Highness, while I go to get the key." Algernon sighed softly and walked down the stairs.

Abner looked around at the room on the top of the tower. There were no bloodstains or crosses here, but the dilapidated furnishings were still the same, only more dilapidated.

"What's going on here?" Sean asked.

Abner narrowed his eyes, "Adrian was tortured here for three days, and in the end he became ugly and had his legs chopped off."

Sean was taken aback.

After a while, there was the sound of heavy footsteps and the clang of brass keys.

Abner turned around and saw Algernon walking towards here carrying hundreds of keys.

Abner grinned, "My lord, why didn't you let the servants deliver it?"

Algernon's face sank, "I'm worried about so many keys."

"Then... can I trouble you?"

Abner whistled.