A Chime Below the Throne [Interstellar]

Under the cloud, a faint light shines into the top floor of the hospital.The young man with translucent white skin probably had been lying on the hospital bed for too long. He was skinny and had a terrifyingly pointed chin.

Homan, who has always been said to be sick, is alive and kicking sitting next to Kevin.

"Kevin."

Kevin didn't respond. After a while, he reacted and turned his head: "Call me?"

Homan choked a little: "Do you know who I am?"

Kevin's neck, which seemed to be broken at a pinch, was supporting his big head, and he looked like he was about to fall off at any moment.After reacting for a while, he turned his head with difficulty, his eyes were black and white, and his pupils shone like obsidian: "I know."

"You are Homan."

Carmi interrupted the awkward atmosphere: "Ahem, Kevin's brain has been severely traumatized. So the reaction time will be longer, and sometimes the brain can't accept it."

"This is normal. He has been in a coma for more than a year. It is a miracle that he can wake up. Don't expect extravagant bodily functions..."

"Thank you." Because of his thin face, Kevin's eyes were terribly big, and his smile was very pervasive, "Homan."

I always feel that something is wrong with Kevin.

Originally, he was timid and timid, but when he woke up this time, he felt much more free and easy.There is no original stuttering in speech.

However, after experiencing the accident in which the companion beast died, it is normal to have some personality changes.

Homan suppressed the discomfort in his heart: "I should thank you, Kevin, I was the one who got you involved."

Kevin didn't speak, but just looked at the front with a clear and cold look, as if there was something in front of him.

Homan felt sad for a while, sat for a while, said a few words of greeting, explained Kevin's affairs, and left.

It's not that he is so cold-blooded that he completely disregards the friendship of Kevin risking his life to save him, but that his status is embarrassing now, so it's not easy to stay longer.

It's hard to say that Tereza isn't staring at him now, so the less movements the better.

Homan walked out of the hospital and walked towards the temporary hotel in the cool breeze.

Although he has been away for so long and has lost his original identity, many effective resources and troops cannot be mobilized, but those who can be used can still be used.

Not far away, there was an old man in ordinary clothes, with a cigarette stick in his mouth, squinting his eyes and intoxicated.

Homan walked over: "Old butler."

The old man pulled out the cigarette stick, blew a breath, and pulled out his eyes from his eyebrows: "Let me be clear first, I am not unemployed. Grandpa, my retirement life is very leisurely now."

Homan really believed that Butler Piero could save enough pension money, but: "Idleness is idleness, but, old man, can you stay?"

Homan followed his example and lit a cigarette.

The old man pulled out the cigarette stick in his mouth, flicked it back, and stood up neatly: "Let's go, let's go. I'm free! Tell me, what's the matter?"

Homan: "It's nothing. It's just that the one who replaced me disappeared. Do you have any channels to investigate it?"

Butler Piero let out a cry: "Who are you talking about? Hey, there is no need to investigate this. I know now that in Lonicera, life is alive and well."

Homan's eyes focused: "What you said is true?"

The old butler Piero moved his butt back again: "Did I miss the news? Is that the problem? That guy is much smarter than you, and he won't come back. When he comes back, it's—" The old butler gestured a sheep With a tiger's mouth posture, he glanced at Homan with contempt, and leisurely picked up the cigarette stick and put it in his mouth, "That's it? Call me out? It's so boring."

Homan's heart finally fell to the ground.He understood the words of the old housekeeper, and he was probably talking about Tereza and the people standing behind her.

"... At such an age, you are enough to gossip."

The old butler blew his beard and closed his eyes comfortably: "Hehe, grandpa, I've been pointing to these things to live my life. Speaking of which, you are not my boss now. Do you get paid for using me like this?"

Homan: "Of course. When this matter is over, you can have whatever you want."

The old butler cut it: "A bad check. Haha, it's really shameless to play carelessly."

Homan: "Aren't you idle anyway? You've lived so long, do you know any rumors about the Duke of Rose?"

The old housekeeper opened one eye, and the small eyes were concentrated: "What? Why do you ask me about your father?"

Sure enough, he knows everything, so does he really belong to the intelligence department?Homan took a deep breath, "I want to know everything about my father."

The old housekeeper laughed a few times: "If you had asked me about this matter a few days earlier, I would not have said it."

"However, Ulkli is dead now."

This matter is also related to the former emperor.

"Do you know, who is Urkley's confidante who can make him risk his life?" The old butler said this old gossip with a narrow expression on his face.

"Phoenix Star General, the guide - Prora."

Homan choked, and was frightened by the huge amount of information in just a few words. A row of labels such as "forgetful love", "slashing love", "deep sadomasochistic love" flashed across his mind: "Phoenix The star general in the military academy? Doesn’t he have a guide?”

"It's just not married, but there is an engaged guide. Until he disappeared, Prora was his future guide who had an engagement declaration. However, before they got married, Phoenix disappeared in the famous battle to set things right .”

"Set things right?" Homan questioned.

"That's right. In the Black Dragon Chronicle, there were many chaotic parties and frequent disputes. After Ifa Phoenix disappeared, Prora..."

"Wait!" Homan clenched his fists, "What did you say? What's Phoenix's name?"

The old man stroked his beard and asked strangely, "Eefa?"

Homan felt his hands shaking, and inexplicable thoughts spread in his heart, but he was quickly rejected by him.Not to mention that the Efa he knew was a guide, but his age didn't match.

If Phoenix is ​​still alive now, he is probably an old man, how could he still look so fresh.

"fine."

The old butler glared at Homan, as if he was disturbing his gossip: "Prola is a half-relative of the royal family. I don't remember the specifics. Anyway, he has been staying in the palace. The palace is so big. , I am not afraid to raise him as an idler, and it will take a hundred years to raise him like this. Prora, who has reached the age of forty, met Ulkli, a young boy who was still a prince at that time. Then, they fell in love. "

Homan's eyes widened: "Wait, isn't this too concise for you? How did you fall in love?" The progress of the plot was so ridiculous that it was so unreal that it was like a group of people pointing at Ludwig as a guide , No matter how you look at it, it's wrong.

The eavesdropping Lao Tzu popped up suddenly: "To love each other is to love each other! People like you won't understand!"

Homan punched the guy to shut him up.

The old butler gave him a blank look: "That's not the point. The point is that the then-reigning Klu Xun would not allow the future emperor to marry such a person who is a generational and related person. It would be a scandal if it spread."

"Later, I don't know how it happened in detail. I only know that it was a coincidence that Prora was taken away when he went to an outer galaxy. At that time, Urkri, who was still young, had no real power in his hands, and he searched all over Gaia. It was not found. Not long after, Prora was forcibly reported dead."

"In the end, you will know. Urkley still married Tereza."

Homan was expressionless: "So, what do these things have to do with what I want to know about my husband and you."

The old butler looked at him with a funny face: "Did Teresa never tell you? Grand Duke Schroeder is a distant relative of Star General Phoenix. It is the branch of Star General's younger brother, a collateral line, but because He is good at fighting and has a great reputation in battle, which is much more well-known than his grand duke's name."

Homan wondered, "So, I'm still related to Phoenix?" This incident made him feel very strange.

"Queen Teresa, I really haven't told you anything!" The old butler looked at Homan playfully and took a puff of cigarette, "Hey, if I wasn't too old to be afraid of death, I wouldn't have told you These."

"Grand Duke Schroeder is also a hero of the generation, but it's a pity that it's because of his beauty. You must have heard that your mother, Daman, is exactly the same as Queen Teresa, and is called Bingdihua."

"You haven't thought about it? Why?" A gloating expression flashed on the old man's wrinkled face.

Homan felt his heart being poured with cold water.

"My father, likes Tereza."

"That's right!" The old butler laughed twice, with a scheming look, "This was a well-known thing in the aristocratic circle at the time."

"In fact, Grand Duke Schroeder didn't die of sudden illness. He was killed by the royal family. It was rumored that Grand Duke Rose, out of love and hatred, colluded with the rebellious party and attempted to rebel. Unfortunately, there was no evidence at the time, so the secret operation arranged by the top, It was an old friend of mine who completed the task of assassinating the Duke of Rose and retired. This matter was suppressed by the people and the reputation was preserved, but the old people in our generation | the system know everything about it Chu..."

With a click, Homan acted cleverly, grabbed the old housekeeper's shoulder, and asked sharply, "Is this true? You said that my father was a traitor. Is this true?"

"How do I know?" The disrespectful old man was smoking a cigarette, and at this moment he started to practice Tai Chi, "We just need to follow the orders from above, and just do it."

Homan was stunned.The white void grass on the chest itself has no sense of existence, as if telling him something.

"You think the phoenix system is weak now, what is the reason?" Piero concluded, squinting his eyes, and took another sip with his feet up.

"Why did Tereza ask you?" Piero clacked his cigarette butts.

You know everything.Homan hadn't digested the amount of information just now, so after considering it, he still told the truth. This old guy has so many sources of information, so it doesn't need to be said by him, he will know sooner or later. It's better to sell it.

The old housekeeper became pensive when he heard this, and said for a long while, "Hey! He actually recruited you to take over the position...you didn't agree?"

Homan: "Of course not. No matter how you look at it, it's wrong, how can you agree?"

The old housekeeper laughed: "Little fox, you do understand. What she did was just using you to lure the snake out of the hole?"

It's clear who Homan is.It suddenly dawned on me that there was a clue to the confusion locked up a few days ago: "You said she was using me to lead Ludwig and Casimir?"

The old butler picked up the folding fan next to him and covered his mouth with a sneer: "I didn't say anything."

If news of Homan usurping the throne spreads, the world will be shaken, and Ludwig will only know one piece of news—that is, Homan is in Tereza's hands.

"So, you say he won't come back? I bet, he will definitely come."

Homan snorted and said, "I didn't agree to this matter at all. No matter what Tereza wants to plan, it will not succeed."

The old housekeeper shook his head meaningfully: "Young man, don't be so confident..."