After the holy sword is broken

It was only when he returned to Dock Town that Alger realized that it was already approaching early summer.

The temperature has risen quite a bit, and walking in the sun is warmer than the dwarf mechanical city with a heat furnace.

The weeds on the side of the road were also more lush than the last time he saw them.

The townspeople passing by on the street have already changed into lighter clothes.

The bard in the middle of the street... the same one.

It's really rare that a bard who advocates wandering will actually stay in one place for a long time. Is there anything particularly attractive to him here?

The poet also saw him, those magnificent and mysterious purple eyes seemed to contain the mystery of the starry sky.

Alger saluted him from a distance.

There was always a smile on the corner of the poet's mouth, he glanced at Burgess again, lightly moved his fingertips, and struck out a string of light notes on the strings of the lute.

When they approached the street where the poem of truth was located, the pedestrians around gradually decreased, and Alger keenly noticed that there was an extra magic barrier here.

"Alger?" A member of the religious order saw them, glanced at a certain point of nothingness in the air, and then waved to them.

"Come here, come here, stand here."

Alger stepped forward quickly, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

"There are distinguished guests..." The priest just said something vaguely, and then pulled Alger's sleeve to make him stand still: "It's too late to explain, don't ask, let's get over this scene first."

Alger was confused, but he still took Burgess and stood beside the teacher.

There were circles of silver ripples in the air without warning.

The silver ripples continued to ripple and expand, and four horseshoes stepped out of the ripples neatly side by side.Then, there are four horse heads and horse bodies.Then, a gorgeous unmanned carriage drove out slowly.

This is the high-level teleportation magic solidified on the carriage.

"Fire Fortress?" Burgess frowned.

"You know it?" Alger asked in a low voice.

"This is the carriage of the princess, known as the 'moving castle that never falls'. How did you come here?"

As soon as Burgess finished speaking, the carriage stopped at the gate of the poem of truth.The door opened, and a female servant stepped out of the carriage, respectfully holding a hand extended from it.

That hand was white, delicate and well maintained.There are no ornaments on it, not even the nail polish that is popular among noble ladies.

The owner of the hand, stepped on a pair of black leather boots, stepped out of the carriage, let go of the skirt in his hand, and the long cloak that was draped outside was slightly stretched.

Long crimson hair, crimson eyes, and even the cloak are deep red.The color of scarlet is so rich that it is close to pitch black. It should be a warm color, but it is noble and calm.

Except for the bright red lips, the only bright color is the ornament on her hair, a bright red butterfly.

The energy fluctuations emanating from it clearly showed that it was a magical item, but the image of this butterfly was so vivid, as if a real butterfly was resting in her hair.

She glanced here, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and walked slowly.

"Secret Borgins, so you are here."

"Your Highness." Burgess lowered his head and saluted briefly.

"Since you left the Royal City, I have been thinking about it. Unfortunately, I haven't heard any news from you. Even the carrier pigeon that carries my thoughts doesn't know where to fly."

Burgess didn't answer, but said instead: "The bluebells here are beautiful."

The princess looked around.

"It seems that I missed the flowering period. It's a pity. But the carnival flowers in Wangcheng's midsummer are also beautiful. Do you want to share with me?"

"After the flowers wither, there will be another season. I want to wait for them to bloom again."

The princess slowly looked away and nodded slightly: "Then, at least please don't forget your subjects, the people of Yamutaris love you very much."

Burgess should be.

The princess turned and walked into the gate of the poem of truth.The crimson hair and crimson cloak set her off like a quietly burning flame, slowly flowing on the ground.

"Does it look good?"

Alger suddenly heard the question from the people around him, and turned his head to look, it was Burgess who had just had a good talk with the princess.There was a bright dissatisfaction on that handsome face.

"She's the princess?" Alger recalled that Borgins' "Moon God's Favor" was bestowed by the prince.

"That's right, she is that Princess Serrad, Prince of Lesings Timor, Duke of Gelcarion, the third heir to the imperial throne, and my lord, Princess Tianas Sinde."

The current human empire allows princesses to be conferred titles.

As the emperor's only daughter, Tianas is extremely favored.In addition, she has a very high talent for warlocks, and she is far ahead of her brother in the intensive study of secret arts.Therefore, the noble honor imposed on him is more than that of the two princes.

The fief under the name of the queen is vast and most of them are rich.The Yamutaris Plain entrusted to Borgins is part of the fiefdom to which her Duke title belongs.

Immediately afterwards, Burgess snorted softly and whispered in his ear: "Don't look at her as pretty, this woman is full of nonsense.

"Why don't you know I'm here, even if you didn't know before, I went to the gate of hell, how could she not receive the news.

"It's also said that the people of the Yamutaris Plain love me very much. There is nothing wrong with it. After I accepted the title, the number of times I returned to the territory can be counted on one hand. They probably don't even know who the lord is. Who will go?"

Alger chuckled: "How can you criticize your master like this."

"I was deceived by her mouth at the beginning," Burgess was indignant, "I shouldn't have accepted that title, and I just tied her up."

Alger laughed, patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, and changed the question: "Why did she come here suddenly?"

It didn't look like he was here for Burgess either.

Burgess shook his head: "I don't know. Her image to the outside world has always been that she is obsessed with the study of magic and does not care about fame and fortune. This time, the name is probably just to ask for the lost secret art."

Alger looked at the members of the religious group who had called him before.

The priest also shook his head: "Don't ask me, I don't know, it's just that we were all confused when we received a notice from above."

"Is it the previous note?" After the turmoil in the royal city, the chief priest once sent a formal note to the royal family because of the unjust death of the fourth executor at the time.

The members of the church sighed: "I don't know, don't ask me, you can wait for them to finish talking, and then ask Ms. Fei Liya."

"I came here with sincerity, and I believe that you are all sensible people. The royal family of Sind did not have the idea of ​​persecuting the various star sects. On the contrary, my father, the emperor of the empire, is also very grateful to the major sects for their contributions to the human empire. contribution.

"The royal family and nobles are responsible for secular affairs, while the church is responsible for everything related to secrets and sacredness. For thousands of years, we have performed our duties, helped each other, and jointly safeguarded the interests of mankind and the happiness of the people. .

"However, there are many nobles in the empire, and there are always a few who are ambitious and disobedient. Please believe that the Xinde family is also a victim in that incident."

The queen's words were simple and easy to understand.She brought back Goer, who was trying to assassinate the eldest prince, intact, and unconditionally and voluntarily handed her over to the religious order.

The chief priest and the mage Felia exchanged glances.

Fei Liya said: "It sounds like you are deeply disturbed by it."

The princess smiled.

"Today's human empire has a unified vast territory, which is the glory earned by our ancestors.

"However, the huge country itself has great hidden dangers. The decree of the central government of the empire still cannot pass smoothly in all areas.

"The royal family's control over the border is too weak, while the great nobles have too much influence on the territory. Our emperor, my ancestors and my father were too kind to these lords. This trend, in the past century It's getting worse.

"If it is said that more than ten years ago, they could still maintain their respect for the kingship and obedience to the supreme monarchy. Then in the past two years, what some people have done can be called crossing the line."

The butterfly on the princess's hair flew down, landed on the plain white hand, and transformed into an iris flower.

The chief priest and Felia looked at each other again.

Although what the princess said is the truth, anyone who has a little understanding of the current political | situation can see it.

But these things are spoken by ordinary people in private, and the princess, who is a core member of the royal family and holds multiple titles, speaks to the poem of truth that has just had a huge contradiction with it, and the meaning is very different.

Is the royal family showing weakness to the star gods?

Is it the meaning of the entire royal power faction, or her personal meaning?

Or, is it for the future of the second prince?

"Your Royal Highness." The head priest finally spoke, "It is an iron law within the Star Cult that the sects under it are not allowed to participate in politics, you shouldn't talk about these topics with us.

"The only thing that can be said is that may the gods protect the prosperity of the empire, and may His Majesty the Emperor be in good health."

"Even if the evil power has already corroded the upper layers of the empire, does it matter?"

Alger and Burgess didn't see Fei Liya until the princess left.

The most knowledgeable mage in the sect currently frowned slightly, as if troubled by some problem.When she saw Alger, she still loosened her frown and gently asked him if there was something wrong.

"The heart of lava?" Felia recalled for a moment, then nodded and said, "It should indeed be on Juros. But there is no record of her current location in the church."

Burgess raised his eyebrows: "In other words, do you have other records about her?"

Jiu Ruosi's past is almost an unsolvable mystery on the mainland. The legends and guesses about her, the poems and scripts adapted from her experience, even children playing in the countryside can say a few words.

But it is precisely because the legend is so strong that few people can find the truth from it.

Fei Liya looked at him and said calmly: "Because, she used to be a member of the Poetry of Truth."

Alger was shocked.

Although in terms of time, the period when Jiuruosi was active on the mainland was indeed after the overthrow of the mage council and the sect accepted part of the mage's inheritance.

However, no matter how you think about it, you can't connect this person who is close to the enemy of the poem of truth with the members of the sect.

Besides—

"I've never seen her name in the church directory."

"Because she wasn't called Jiuruosi back then, her real name was Belive. You should have read her diary."

"Belive? That "Belive's Divination Notes"?!"

Philia nodded.

Alger's handsome face was full of disbelief.