Invade the white dove

Chapter 123 Breaking Dawn 13

Lion Castle fell into an eerie silence.

There was no more singing, no more laughing, and even the number of times His Majesty the King summoned the servants was much less than usual.

Although the king didn't say it clearly, anyone in the palace with eyes can see that more and more soldiers have come in and out of the palace to report the battle situation on the front line in the past half a month, and every time a soldier walks out of the meeting hall, the king's face will be a bit gloomy point.

Garman was defeated.

This is a fact that the palace people can guess.

But Gamman has been defeated several times, and no one knows where the flames of war are currently burning.

Amidst everyone's anxious and suppressed breathing, there was a sudden clanging sound in the conference hall. It sounded like the showcase standing on the east wall was being pulled down.At this moment, there must be a dazzling array of treasures such as broken crystal balls, ceramic vessels, gold and silver ornaments lying on the carpet.

The nobles and palace people in the corridor stopped involuntarily and quietly looked through the half-closed golden and bronze door.

"Music, where is the music, I want music!"

His Majesty the King shouted hysterically, and another sweet boy's voice comforted him softly.Just when people wanted to hear more about what happened, the door was suddenly opened, and everyone stepped forward immediately, pretending to be busy with the work at hand.

Hassan wiped the blood oozing from his cheeks, whispered something to the soldier guarding the door, the soldier pointed to a certain place, Hassan shook his head, and greeted a male servant who was still looking here. come over.

"Bring the bard, two servant boys, and two dancers." Hassan ordered in a low voice, "tell the other servants in the palace to stop moaning and moaning, and please His Majesty is their only role in the palace. , if they only annoy His Majesty, then there is no need to stay at the court."

The servant nodded timidly.

Hassan hesitated again: "I remember you, you are Ivan, the prince's servant."

"Yes, my lord."

"The duke now..."

However, before Hassan finished asking, His Majesty the King's call came from the chamber: "Hassan, what are you doing, come in!"

Hassan immediately dodged into the meeting room, while the boy named Ivan obediently followed the instructions of the chief servant and went around to find out where the bard was.

Fortunately, Manager Hassan was called away by His Majesty just now. Otherwise, if Ivan told the whereabouts of the Duke, he would definitely be whipped. , he was called to the bedroom by the duke, avoiding everyone's eyes and ears, and helped the duke to the entrance of the dungeon.

"I'm going to interrogate the prisoner. If anyone asks, you can say that I'm in the Martial Arts Hall." The moment before entering the dungeon, the Duke urged.

Ivan was worried.

The dungeon is dark and cold, and there are all kinds of rats and cockroaches, which can only do harm to the Duke's body. Even if His Majesty is worried about the war, there are so many professional interrogators in the court, how can he be willing to tire the Duke to go to the dungeon himself.

But how dare he stop the Duke?

What's more, the last look the Duke gave him was not like he was going to interrogate the prisoner, but to face a truth that he didn't want to reveal.

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Utur looked at the prisoner in the cage, and the scorching sun of Stanislav cast down from the gap between the railings, dividing the prison into two distinct parts.

He stood in the sunshine, and the man who appeared in his dreams day and night stood in front of him, only one step away from him, but he was trapped in a thick shadow like ink.

"Sotiria." Utur read the prisoner's name, the name that broke through the memory barrier and filled all his waking moments.

"Ulysses." Beautiful syllables flowed from the prisoner's throat.

"Enough." Utur frowned, "You keep appearing in my dreams, buzzing in my ears like a bee with this disgusting name, what exactly do you want to do?"

The prisoner held out his hand to him.

Utur stepped back in time.

The prisoner's fingertips stopped a centimeter from the tip of his nose, and then Utur heard a chuckle.

"Miar Ulysses, my red apple." Sotiria looked at him with blue eyes, "dreams are the bridges connecting thoughts, only when I miss you and you think of me at the same time, we will be in the dream meet."

Utur snorted: "You mean I look forward to being raped by a prisoner who stinks all day and night?"

Hearing that the chain rattled and moved, Sotiria shrugged helplessly: "Although I have no magic for the time being, I am not a human being and will not produce unnecessary 'waste'. My prison is so clean, Why does it smell bad?"

"Also." The prisoner suddenly pressed down on him with a shadow, his voice was low, as if chanting a terrible spell, "You have been longing for me in your dreams, Ulysses, I once said that magic can make you forget me, But never forget to love me."

"Your Majesty once asked you to cast a magic spell to protect me, but you simply refused, you said you..."

"I have no magic." Sotiria repeated what he said that day, "I did not lie. I will not lie to you again, Ulysses."

Utur didn't want to pay attention to the prisoners' nonsense: "But you saved me on the battlefield. Without you, I'm afraid I would have died in front of the gate of Nador."

Sotiria put his palms on his chest, and slightly raised the corners of his mouth: "I'm also very surprised, I thought our contract had been completely severed by you, but when you were deluded by the illusion, you still retained the last sanity , protecting the seed of the contract between us."

"You once thought that the contract was what kept me alive. At the moment of your will breaking down, are you still afraid that I will disappear completely after breaking the contract, Ulysses?"

"Ulis..." In those eyes deeper than sea water, Utur was in a daze for a moment, "Who the hell is Ulis?"

"It's not a long story, if you want to hear it," Sotiria said.

Utur frowned.

But this time, Sotiria didn't wait for the other party to speak, and started talking by himself.

"Odong is the pearl of the Kurosawa continent, and Ulysses·Klays is the brightest night pearl of the shining crown of the Odong Kingdom."

A cello-like melodious voice resounded in the cell.

"The former king of Odong, Fino Kles, was a believer of the old god Apophis. His queen was seriously ill. At that time, Fino Kles still needed the support of the queen's family. He could not He easily let his wife die, so he thought of the gods that his family had believed in for generations, and offered fifty lambs and fifty calves, each of which was alive and well, with fat and tender meat, and prayed to the gods to accept the sacrifices and save his wife.

"In the belief of the old gods, as long as the sacrifice on the altar dies, people think that the god accepts the sacrifice and their wishes will come true. However, Fino Kles entered and exited the temple three times within three days. The one hundred animals were all alive and well, not a single one was dead.

"The god's rejection of the sacrifice was tantamount to indirectly announcing the death of his wife. Fino Kles did not give up easily. He knelt in the temple for ten days, and finally got the revelation of God: go home, you will see to a healthy and beautiful wife.

"After returning to the palace, the queen was indeed ruddy and lively like an ordinary person. Fino Kles was ecstatic with admiration. Regardless of the priest's obstruction, he made a solemn oath to offer the most precious gift he had to God—— This is the most solemn oath a human believer can make. Bound by the laws of nature, babies are more precious than wealth, and wealth is more precious than livestock."

"In vulgar fairy tales, the protagonist who makes such an oath often loses his own children." Utur interrupted impatiently, "I've heard enough fairy tales, what I want to hear is the truth. Julius Cress is the sole heir of old Fino, you are his lover?"

"This is the real past." Sotiria looked at him patiently. "Just after the king said these words, his queen suddenly vomited. At this moment, Fino Kles Only to find out that he actually dedicated his heir to the old gods with his own hands. 'Ulysses', this is the baby name Apophis gave this unborn baby."

Sotiria's blue eyes looked at him.

Through those sapphire-like pupils, Utur saw himself trembling all over.

"Ulysses, you are born under the laws of nature, a unique child of destiny. There are unpredictable and powerful forces in your body. On the banks of the Naduo River, it was not I who protected you, but you summoned me, my The magic comes from you." (*)

"Ulysses, you saved yourself."

"It was you who saved me who was on the verge of extinction."

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(*) Inspired by The Witcher's Child of Surprise - a child born under the law of surprise.

The person who rescues others can, according to the law of accident, ask for a reward from the rescued person, asking for the first thing the rescued person sees when he returns home, or an item that the rescued person does not know but already has. s things.Once a request that meets the conditions of the law of accident is made, the bond of fate will be firmly established between the initiator of the oath and the object of the oath (someone or thing other than accident).This child was born by fate, "without knowing it, the child selected by fate is destined to have extraordinary experiences."