Invade the white dove

half a month later.

When the soldiers took advantage of the darkness to complete the final repairs to the fortress, and the black cannon barrels were aimed at the city of Yana on the east bank, the King of Nice finally sent an envoy to protest to the Garman Empire.

Of course, as soon as the envoy set foot on the land of Laman Bay, he was escorted by the soldiers who were waiting and brought him to Julius and General Roman. The general took out the letter with the national emblem of the Kingdom of Nice and threw it away into the fireplace.

"Kill it, wrap your head and send it back." Yulis lay in Sotiria's arms, without even raising his eyelids, and said coldly.

The messenger's screams quickly became distant, and then stopped abruptly. Julis chewed the grapes for a while, but another grape with water droplets was handed over to his mouth.

He opened his mouth and nibbled on the grapes, wrapped his lips around Sotiria's juice-stained fingertips, rolled his tongue and rolled the pulp into his mouth.

General Roman beside him snorted unabashedly, opened the curtain of the tent and walked out.

After Roman left the military tent, Julius' ears became hot after a while, but he couldn't just push Sotiria away.Besides the two of them, there was Hassan who was serving him, and Gray Crow, the guardian hidden in the shadows.

Although he and Sotiria shared the same room in the past, they are relatively free because they have an independent space.But it seems that in order to confuse the Kingdom of Nice deliberately, under the order of General Roman, all seven thousand soldiers crowded into the open space on the west side of the town with great fanfare, training troops during the day and drinking and having fun at night.Julis wanted to find an excuse to live in the town of Laman, but the general firmly disagreed, and put him in the commander's tent under the euphemistic name of "having fun with the soldiers and connecting with each other".

This worried Julius.

Although the interior is luxurious and the incense is intoxicating, it is different from the soldiers' tents, but privacy cannot be guaranteed.

In the eyes of outsiders, "Duke Utur" is not only cruel and bloodthirsty, but also deeply seduced by his devil lover, wishing to indulge in sex every night and sing songs every day.

But now, the army is stationed here, and there is no other entertainment or military affairs to deal with, so the Duke should indulge in wine and sex.

Therefore, if there was no movement in the manager's tent one night, the night watch soldiers would be extremely worried, and would come to inquire every half an hour, just in case the Duke "had an accident".

I'm afraid, only the devil knows that Julius will put such an intimate pose in front of the candlelight of the big tent every night under the guidance of Sotiria, and even make a few noises from time to time, which makes people feel so ashamed that they want to bury their heads in the sand When he heard his voice, something was going through his mind.

He can only keep spurning his self-willed depravity in his daily evening prayers.

The soldiers outside the tent were debating whether to feed the messenger's body to the fish or to the dogs.

"Guess, before His Majesty arrives, how many people will the Nice people send to die?" Julius looked at Gray Crow in the corner and waved to him.

The thin man in black appeared, and the crow on his shoulders answered for him: "You idiot from Nice, Andrew should die. The more treasures you have, the more happy your Majesty will be!"

"You see, a Niceman is not as clever as a crow."

Julius sneered, and kicked open the treasure box used as a footstep, and the golden Solan coins and jewels were scattered all over the floor.

This was the "meeting gift" sent by the King of Nice on the day they arrived in Laman Bay.Julius accepted the gift as a matter of course, imprisoned the envoy, and on the night when the fort was built, he cut off the envoy's head amidst the cheers of the soldiers, and used it as a blood sacrifice.

He stood up, propped his arms on the edge of the round table, and looked at the one-meter-long and wide colored drawing of the Kurosawa Continent spread out on the table.

Occupying two-thirds of the map is the blue ocean, on which are painted various strange images of sea monsters, representing areas that have not yet been explored by humans.At the top of the map, the location of the Tear Icefield is drawn in white, marked with a huge skeleton.More than half of the territory is covered in red representing Gamman, and the remaining black areas are scattered and unrecognized small countries.

Ulis pressed the miniature sand table on the location of Laman Bay on the map.

The sand table faithfully restored the contours of Laman Bay and the city of Yana on the other side.The newly built fortress was replaced with an exquisite cannon model, while the reef ferry in Laman Bay was planted with a small red flag to represent the moored warships.

The dotted black thumbtacks clearly marked the marching route to be taken during the attack on the strait, and the tower to the southwest of Yana City was marked with a bright red skull mark.

That was the weakest part of the city wall that Gray Crow had detected in the past few days by virtue of its lurking ability.

Although Gray Crow claimed that the order Kyle gave him was to "protect the Duke's safety", Julius knew that this guard hiding in the shadows was always monitoring his actions.

Of course he understands that Kyle will not let himself mess around in the fief, as evidenced by the fact that Hassan, who is the most favored but also the smartest, serves him.But Julius didn't expect that Kyle would send Gray Crow at the same time.

After all, Gray Crow has been by Kyle's side since he was a child, and was single-handedly promoted by the young king. He should be the person Kyle trusts the most and is most reluctant to let go of him.

But it wasn't until Gray Crow drew the city defense map of Nice Castle from his memory that Julis finally knew the real purpose of Kyle's sending this guard.

"You were also there when the Prime Minister attacked Odong a few months ago?" Julis asked casually.

But when he heard the crow on his shoulder squawking again and wanted to compose some lame "lyrics", he finally couldn't help frowning and cursed, "Damn it, gray crow, let this crow talk well, Or I'll pry your mouth open!"

The crow flapped its wings and opened its beak innocently: "Gray crow, can't speak. Throat, broken."

Seeing this, Sotiria smiled and pinched the crow's mouth, and the blue light quietly entered the crow's throat: "Give you the ability to speak. Little bird, try it."

The crow moved its claws cautiously, first coughed softly, then raised its head in surprise: "I can talk!"

"You can speak now. Now, answer the Duke's question." Sotiria ordered.

The crow shrank his neck: "...I am now the spokesperson of Gray Crow. He said yes, he was in Odong at the time. But he failed to sneak into it. Odong Castle seems to have some kind of magical protection."

Ulis clenched the edge of the table: "Tell me about the battle of Odong. Maybe it has reference value for this battle."

Gray Crow frowned, and the crow translated: "He said that he was injured by the magic of White Pigeon Castle and fell into a coma. He was rescued by the soldiers who attacked the city, but he couldn't see the scene of the city being broken."

Julis said "hmm": "I heard that you have been with His Majesty since childhood?" His voice softened a little, but his tone rose slightly, sounding full of jealousy.

Gray Crow paused for a moment, as if recalling.

The crow said: "He said that he has been His Majesty's bodyguard since he can remember."

Julis intuited that the guard was deliberately hiding something.

He intentionally hoarsely laughed: "'Have memory', what do you want to show off to me, to show off that you are more favored by His Majesty than me, Gray Crow?"

Grabbing his right hand in the air, he immediately held the sword of contract in his hand. The scarlet sword tip pointed directly at the throat of the black-clothed guard hidden under the mask.

That look, like a lunatic who is jealous to the point of being unreasonable.

"He, he said he made a slip of the tongue!" The crow squawked and quickly flew away from Gray Crow. At the same time, Gray Crow knelt on one knee, and the armored knee pads hit the carpet, making a heavy muffled sound.

Julius ignored it: "Your Majesty's confidant...I want to see what kind of person can be so favored by His Majesty."

Twist the wrist lightly, the sword light flashed, the blade cut through the mask, and silently tore open the secret hidden in the shadow of this mysterious young man.

This was perhaps the cruelest picture Julis had ever seen.

It was half of a face that had been melted and crumpled into a mess, wrinkled and hidden under the mask, and the uneven skin was mottled with two colors of scorched yellow and pale.The lips were like mud mixed with water, they were randomly smeared on the bridge of the nose or the chin, and the jagged teeth were slightly opened in shock, revealing the only normal tongue.

Pink, wriggling tongue like a fleshworm.

With a bang, the fruit tray fell to the ground, and Hassan hurriedly cleaned up the mess. Immediately, a soldier asked outside the big tent if he had any orders.

"Get out, get out." Julis took a deep breath, kicked Gray Crow down, and swept Hassan aside.

The two climbed out of the tent immediately.

The curtain fell, and finally there were only two people left in the big tent.

"he……"

That face is etched in my mind.Julius had seen the corpse of a prisoner burned at the stake, and the cook whose cheek was scalded by boiling oil, but never had any face licked by flames been more palpitating than Gray Crow's face.

Yulis looked at Sotiria, considering his words, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Sotiria nodded.

"Although it is very faint, I can feel the traces of the magic. His face was burned by the magic flame." Sotiria affirmed.

"Hassan entered the palace for two years. At that time, he was already Kyle's bodyguard. I asked other palace people, and they all said that the gray crow seemed to appear suddenly on a certain day. But some people said that he seemed to have been in Kyle all the time. No one can tell about his past." Julis said to himself, "When asked about his past, he didn't look like he was lying. Why doesn't he remember what happened?"

Sotiria put her fingers on his forehead and gently rubbed his temples.

Julis was shaken, and the thoughts that quickly slipped through his mind were firmly grasped by him: "I also lost the memory before the age of eight. Sotiria, can magic change people's memories? Gray Crow's memory, My memory...was it erased by magic?"

Sotiria's movements froze, although it was only for a short moment, but he couldn't escape Julius' detection.

"Magic..." He looked at the sand table in front of him, and his fingertips followed the model of Laman Bay all the way up, and finally stopped at the Odong area on the map that was engulfed by red. "Magic can change memories, break through the city walls of Odong, Can protect Kyle from being hurt..."

magic.

Julius gritted his teeth hard.

Magic is a scary thing.

Is there anything magic can't do?

After reading his mind, Sotiria's soft voice rang in his ears.

"Love. Mark my words, Ulysses, magic cannot create love out of thin air, nor can it make one forget love."

Low, moderate, with chest vibration.

Like a lover's murmur.

Also like an ancient spell.