"So why did she—"
"This is certainly not what an ally does. To put it in a more serious way, it is betrayal and selling out." Hitzfeld interrupted her, "But I still have the most basic level of trust in her, because our real enemy has been doing everything possible to prevent us from contacting her."
Blocking us from...contacting her?
Xia Yibing’s brain was already a little overloaded.
Shouldn't Alvin be far away in Wayne?
What is the so-called contact - oh, she is talking about the Human King of the Corrupted Blood Divine Kingdom?
As a sequelae of the passionate activity, she was stunned for a long time before she reacted - indeed, Agor, Theo, Marianne, Luca... even Captain Shude was being hunted down, and the enemy was committed to killing everyone who had seen them, knew them, and could remember their names and appearances.
The reason was incomprehensible before, but now that it has been pointed out, it can be explained as... the Mechanical Kingdom does not want the Human King of the Corrupted Blood Kingdom to know that they are here.
The Mechanical Kingdom is now most likely the enemy...
As for the character that the enemy doesn't want them to come into contact with, by comparison, Ves-Nion, aka Alwyn... might be their supporter, or companion?
"You can't think so." Hitzfeld still shook his head. "If she was really a 100% companion, she should have explained these things to us before we set off."
"What on earth happened?" Xia Yibing was really anxious.
He is not necessarily an enemy, nor is he necessarily a companion. How can you judge a person like this?
How can I confirm the other person's role? When I really meet her, what attitude should I use to face her?
"Hmm..." Hitzfeld licked his lips, "My guess is that Alvin, at least half of Alvin, is controlled by Yinsel."
"I did not understand."
"The body of 'Ves-Nian' is an opportunity as well as a cage. Since Yinsel has won over and controlled Sina, I don't think he will ignore the powerful ability of 'God's Blood Eternal Life'. It's even possible that Alwyn's arrival - her pursuit of Sina was a trap set by him. The soul that was poured into 'Ves-Nian' can never go back. At least half of her soul fell into Yinsel's hands."
How can this be! ! !
Xia Yibing's eyes almost popped out.
What a bold and crazy guess... How dare she make an assumption from such an angle?
But there is some truth to it.
No, it can even be said to be very likely.
Elwin, there was something really wrong with her behavior before we left.
It was not just about being too close to Aisuen, but also about having a disordered schedule and working late at night. Occasionally, he heard Nianlun complain that when he went to see her early in the morning, he caught her marking letters. The old tree man was very worried about her health.
What if she was already under control at that time?
Thinking back on this, especially recalling the party on Iris Street when the white-haired queen came into the kitchen with a smile on her face and made trouble, Xia Yibing felt a chill from the depths of her soul.
Yes, and marriage.
Before leaving, Queen Sarah had already started choosing a husband.
Although it is true that this matter is extremely important and having offspring will make many people feel at ease, but Alwin is really young and her body is recovering and becoming healthy. If she is not willing to do so, no one can force her.
When I heard that she agreed, I was surprised myself, because Xia Yibing thought she knew Alwin quite well. Although she looked weak and soft on the outside and spoke in a soft and cute voice, she was as stubborn as anyone else.
Alvin actually agreed to this... Xia Yibing didn't think much about it at the time, but looking back now, it feels like he was making arrangements for his final affairs.
She wanted to die, so she quickly chose a husband to leave a bloodline to carry on the family line - that's more or less what it meant.
"Hmm?" Thinking of this, the woman showed a puzzled expression.
“Bone blood…bone blood…?”
"Oh, right." Hitzfeld knew she had thought of it as well as she had when he saw her expression, and he brought up another guess: "Do you remember our artist prince? The case he entrusted to us before he left."
"Yes, Weiss-Bakinsa should be Elwen, or at least her incarnation or clone. She should have used the flesh and blood spell obtained from the first holy stone tablet to create this character, and then used her to take away Tenize's... uh, 'life essence', because Tenize is indeed the best candidate. She must leave offspring before taking the risk. This is her explanation to the Poplar and the Holy Oak for the many years of cause and effect history."
"But!" Xia Yibing couldn't help it, "I mean - how could it be Tenize?"
"Why Tenetz?"
"And why would she act so anxious...even disguise herself as...a singing girl from a troupe? And go in and out of that kind of place...and assume such a lowly identity?"
"Because she's afraid it'll be too late." Hitzfeld closed his eyes.
The scenes from the past appeared before my eyes, the carpets in the corridor, the gold-inlaid candlesticks, everything was vivid, like a slide show reprint.
"I have no direct blood relationship with my father... King Charuni."
"I registered under the name 'Shilu-Asfen-Sala', inheriting the name that should have belonged to his daughter. This is to stabilize the country when I ascend the throne, so that the lower-class people will not have any wild thoughts."
"But I have always regarded him as my real father. My real parents died very early due to the blood curse, so I have almost no memory of them. In my impression, he gave me an identity, the opportunity to receive education and the protection from childhood to adulthood. I can't be where I am today without him."
"So Aisuen... just consider it as doing me a favor. He really has to do this."
It has to be him.
It has to be him.
Isn't it necessary to have him?
"If my speculation is correct, during that time, yes... during the time we returned to Wayne, or even earlier, Prince Naris had already died."
"The cause of death? It's simple - Yinsel tried to put pressure on her in many ways, and Naris's death might have been just one of them."
"Perhaps he is not the only victim. Anyway, Alwyn realized that if she didn't speed up and seize the time, even Tenize would be killed. So she didn't dare to wait any longer. She must seize the opportunity in the last period of time and must put Tenize on the Pierre because in her opinion, that might be the truly safe place."
"But why did she..." Xia Yibing took a deep breath, "Why didn't she say it?"
"She is the queen of Sara. She controls the fate of the entire Sara and is also its master. The army, ministers, cults, knights, police, agents... How much power can she mobilize? And there are also the tree people! Why doesn't she tell the truth and ask us for help?"
"I've thought about that." Hitzfeld shook his head. "Either she can't do it - she can indeed fight against Yinsel's control and maintain a certain degree of autonomy, but this is the limit. She has been imposed with certain restrictions, and there are some things she can't say."
"Another possibility is Sheena's influence. After all, she is squeezed into another body with Sheena. Based on past experience (Hitzfeld himself has a deep understanding of this), they are likely to share knowledge. In other words, the information that Sheena learned was also passed on to her at the same time, including what kind of person Yinsel is and what kind of power he possesses."
"Then she carefully considered and thought that the power she possessed as the King of Sara was far from enough to fight against the new enemy Yinsel - even if Xie Yang was included. The consequence of forcibly asking for help might be to destroy Wayne and bring the entire Sara into the abyss. So she was forced to conceal it and put her hopes on us instead. She carefully prepared various hints in the Pierre, hoping that we could investigate places like the Great Whirlpool and the Knight's Tomb, and then travel through the gray fog to Aisha Continent. It can even be said that she was implicitly seeking help from us."
"Then what are we waiting for!" Xia Yibing was furious after hearing this, "No wonder those bastards tried so hard to stop us from seeing her... Hurry up and find Ou Jincheng, let's go and save her!"
Shasha-Imaar has both gratitude and hatred towards the country of Sara, but overall, she prefers Alvin.
Although she was once dissatisfied with the fact that Alwin and Hitzfeld were "too close" in their personal relationship, she later realized that it was the effect of the mutual involvement of the divine blood.
As a king, Alwyn's character is very likable, or at least not hateful.
What's more, she is so young, and she can maintain stability and peace for many years as king. Xia Yibing has no objection to the people of the entire country of Sara, so she certainly hopes to maintain the status quo.
The last one - she hasn't quit yet.
No matter what she chooses in the future, whether to continue working for Sarah or to go it alone as the old saying goes, she has not resigned yet. According to her consistent persistence and character, she feels that this matter should be hers to take care of.
The Shadow Lion is a violent department directly under the royal power, and it can even be said that it is the defender of the royal power.
As a result, more than one prince was killed by someone who bypassed the system protection, and even the king was secretly coerced and controlled. This was a huge shame and humiliation for her as the head of the department!
That's the king!
How long had Sarah waited for such a young queen?
Aisuen said that she had made such arrangements with the intention of seeking death... How could she be allowed to die like this?
They must save her!
"All of this is just speculation for now." Hitzfeld gave her another shot of caution, "I told you that the Human King might not be trustworthy. The reason is that we have no way of knowing where Yinsel is now and what his current condition is."
"Judging from the chaos in Neptune City, this group of people are just the lowest-level thugs, not even consumables. Even if they know something, it is very limited. It can be seen that he should not have been here recently and did not personally give them precise orders."
The demons of the Church of the Mother of Savior, the hound monsters, and the apostles of the Mechanical Kingdom now seem to be Yinsel's subordinates, but there is a delay in the exchange of information among them. She noticed certain internal contradictions after just one contact. If Yinsel had been here, this would not have been the case.
"If Yin Seer is hiding in Oujin City and controlling the body of the Human King, then the Human King cannot be trusted."
Xia Yibing quickly understood what she meant and learned to draw inferences from one example: "If he is not in Oujin City but is busy with other things, and no one can control the Human King for the time being, then this is our chance to save him."
"So the first goal is to torture them to find out what they have been doing recently," Hitzfeld concluded.
"The experiments Luca performed before his death are suspicious. I plan to start from there."
……
At the same time, in another time and space, on the Ikalorin continent, in Wayne Port on the eastern plate, a standoff was taking place.
That was a bedroom deep in the White Shadow Palace, originally reserved for the queen to live in. But at this moment, a young woman in a veil broke in, and the atmosphere between the two became somewhat tense.
"I hope you can explain this to me." Nian Lun tried to keep his emotions stable. "During this period, whenever you had free time, you hid in your room to correct letters. Were you really just writing replies?"
"Ahahaha..." Alvin laughed a little forcedly. "Well... Ruth, if I don't write back, what am I doing hiding here?"
"But I have asked many ministers, and they all claimed that they did not receive your reply." Nian Lun replied seriously, "Even if they did, it was only a very small number of people. I compared the number of replies during this period with your workload and found that it does not take that much time at all."
The evidence was so damning that even Alvin could not hold out.
She quickly put away her smile and said resignedly, "So? What do you want to ask?"
The annual rings moved their mouths: "All of them."
"You're crazy Ruth, why do I have to report everything I do to you?"
"Because you are the king." Year Rings said to her word by word, "It is precisely because you are the king that your every move is so important. You are not fighting against equal humans, but a group of monsters - things that are not even monsters. You also said that I am the person you trust the most and the only one you can trust without reservation. I don't understand, what can't you say to me?"
The more Alvin acted like this, the more uneasy Year Ring felt.
In fact, this was not the first thing she discovered. It was Pusiangsi who reminded her of this.
"You'd better pay more attention to our little Majesty."
This is what the old woman said under the corridor.
"I'm not making this up... but she really hasn't been to Dream City for a long time. I don't know if you've noticed that her spirit is a little off. The spirit that escapes from her gives me a feeling of exhaustion and uneasiness, but her eyes are quite firm. I've seen similar eyes before, and usually it means that the owner of the eyes is ready to take risks."
"You'd better keep an eye on her, Annual Ring."
"After all, we finally have such a young queen."
It was a metaphysical speech. If it were someone else, Nian Lun would definitely think she was talking nonsense.
But she is Pushuangsi, so the annual rings are still the same, just believe it for now.
As a result, a casual investigation revealed so many suspicious points that she felt she could no longer let things continue to develop in this way.
Originally, some time ago... Naris's coffin was buried secretly. At that time, she noticed that there was something wrong with Alwin's expression.
She should be sad.
She shouldn't be so relaxed at least.
She knew that the burden on this young girl was heavy, so she felt that as an elder she had an obligation to help her in every way, even to guide her, or at least to help her overcome the current difficulties.
"Oh...that's right!"
Alvin began to hesitate, quietly blocking the drawer with his body.
"Of course I won't hide it from you... You see, before, I always told you the first thing that happened..."
"Hey, hey, hey? Ruth, don't... don't touch them!!!"
"Crash!!!"
The vine roots went around the queen, forcibly grabbed the lock of the drawer, and then used brute force to drag it out of the table.
A large stack of letters were scattered like large snowflakes, some with their backs facing up and some with their fronts facing up, but most of them could be identified - they were all covered with a mysterious and wonderful blood-red emblem.
"What's this."
Nian Lun picked up a letter, stared at the emblem, and looked at the girl with a trembling voice.
"Your Majesty...? Answer me! What is this!?"
"The emblem of the Blood and Bone Mage Society."
After a pause, Alvin spoke.
"It's the only proof that you are the leader... and can control it."
"Blood and Bone Mage Association?"
"Oh, it's an organization that looks a bit unserious, or even evil."
Alvin pursed his lips, revealing an expression that he wasn't sure if it could be considered a smile.
"The sinking of the Time Sea has changed a lot of things, Ruth..."
"Including the buried history. If it weren't for Aisuen's efforts, I wouldn't have been able to see those things, and I wouldn't have known about my origins."
"It turns out that those responsibilities were just the distorted will's wishful thinking. The real sacred oak has long been transcended. Only sinners are imprisoned here. Only the abandoned power - the flowers that bloomed from the blood and bones."
