The Amber Sword

The wind blew the tree, and the leaf sand of the wedge at the tip of the tree sounded, and the shade of the tree swayed staggered across Delphine's long skirt.

“Can you tell me? ”

The Chancellor's daughter nodded softly, seemingly not concerned that Brando would turn the other way after he had said so: “Since we left Port Rune, Her Majesty should have lost track of us. There are dozens of routes in the inland sea from the lofty sea, and we can go to Cape Bay, Metz, Leaf Collar, north of Changqing Walk, Rokozy and even northwest of Anzeluta, even in Metz, there are dozens of ports. And when Fatan arrived, even when His Majesty placed his sight beside the adults to find an opportunity to send back the message, it was too late to send troops. After all, no one in the world could make a true Unobtrusive Prophet. ”

With a glass of water on the armrest of the wheel, Delphine puts her fingertips in the cup, softly dips it in, and then draws a few simple lines on the oak circular garden next to her. Brando sees it as a simple map, and Delphine draws the coastline first, then marks a few key locations, namely Tito, Ludwig's entrance, East Mets, Changqing Walk North, and Port of France.

She pointed her hand in the direction of Tidu, then moved to Ludwig, then to East Metz, and finally stopped at Port Fatan: “We have arrived in Port Fatan for a week now, and it takes up to two days to reach Ludwig by vulture from Tidu, and half a week to reach East Metz. In terms of time, she has not had time to mobilize any of our nearby subordinate armies, even assassinations, to prepare herself. But the instability in the city of Port Fatan and the stupidity behind it indicate that Her Majesty has taken action and that she is confident that she will complete a blow against you in the near future. ”

Brando did not ask where Delphine got the news from in the city, believing that it was not too difficult to spell it out from another population with her wisdom. Besides, he looked at Ms. Silver Dragon beside her, and Ms. Misseril seemed to appreciate her very much, and if she did, she probably wouldn't - or even despise lying. But it's no secret, and Brando is too lazy to ask.

Delphine's voice was as bland as water, and she continued: "Constance was just using herself and liked to show a strong side in front of outsiders. She especially liked to be arbitrary and rarely heard from others, and looked like a very typical emperor. But this is nothing more than an illusion in front of an outsider, who, as the supreme of the empire, needs to maintain her dignity through such means and is inconceivable, a set that looks successful, but unfortunately something is doomed to betray you. ”

“The Empire was on fire with the Temple during the reign of her father and grandfather's generation, but during her reign the imperial power became stronger and more harmonious with the Temple, something that absolutely cannot be done by a despotic man. After all, in the history of the Empire, there were only a few female monarchs. Although she had deliberately concealed herself, she had to prove herself with grades, which would eventually record her history and annotate her life and personality, which she could not change. ”

“Constance is actually a very calm person, and from all of her governance policies and plans over the last decade, she can also see that she likes to define and move backwards. ”

The map on the stone deck has faded away, leaving only very shallow traces.

“Such a person, once she decides to strike at you, must be fully prepared. I think about the whole thing from her point of view, whether it's mobilizing troops to attack Lord your fleet, or having people assassinate you, it's not enough in time —— and perfect -- then there's just another way. ”

Brando nodded, but even if he excluded the mobilization of troops and assassinations, there were millions of tools available to the Silver Queen. Especially in this magically pervasive world, it was simply too easy to conspire to calculate a person, and if that alone did not mean anything, it would be very difficult for him to guard against it. The only way he could think of it was to catch the guys behind it, but obviously he wouldn't be afraid to catch him if he tried.

Delphine did not seem to find it so difficult: "To know what Her Majesty would do, it would be simple. In a series of things that happened before, there were actually a few details that we hadn't noticed before, but once we figured out the context, it contained all the information. ”

Her eyes fell on the tea water at hand, and the sun floated up and down in the dark red tea water, as if she were thinking.

She went on to say, "First of all, the Silver Queen deliberately led me to Vargas in order to send you a message. If you take this message apart, it means, ‘She's in control of the situation in Tidu, you can do it', why is she sending this message? ”

“We can get a lot of answers from this question. First, this person must be in the mission, otherwise the idea of transmitting the message cannot be established; secondly, if this message does not have any effect on him, then the act of transmitting the message is unnecessary in itself, so it is certain that this person will not be a small, irrelevant character; and thirdly, if this person is not a small, irrelevant character, then this person must be able to play a role in this plan. ”

Brando was stunned. What the Chancellor's daughter said was only natural to him, but when you think about it, it seems like it does contain a lot of useful information. There is a gleam in his mind, but it's just not possible to analyze what is useful and what is pointless in this information for a while. This is when Delphine keeps saying:

“What role this person can play in this plan is relevant to Her Majesty's plan. The term" plan "refers to the process by which an objective is achieved for a given goal, which is simply a means by which the goal is achieved, and if the goal does not exist, the means are meaningless, so that the goal, not the process, is at the heart of the plan. So in the end, there is only one question worth discussing —— that is, what His Majesty's goal is. There is often a motive for a person to do something. Motivation is the goal. Motivation is the interest that drives a person to act in this way. Simply put, what does Her Majesty get from you when she acts against you, or what is the benefit to her when she acts against you? ”

Delphine was once again soaked in tea, and a few symbols were drawn on a map that had completely dried up and disappeared, and Brando knew those symbols, which were quick signs of witches - benefits and disruptions. Then look up: “Benefits are gains and losses that can be distinguished by pure good and bad, and her benefits can be derived from you or prevented from loss. But in theory, your little Earl of Eluin, you and Her Majesty shouldn't intersect at all. You can neither interfere with her, nor she can care about you. Now that her eyes are on you, it means that you must have something too personal to attract her attention, or threaten her. ”

“In this way, finding goals from adults reduces the range of choices. ”

She thought, “Let me make a hypothesis, Your Majesty, that you consider yourself the dragon of darkness and that you are willing to fight the whole continent. Since she does not even have the four temples in her eyes, can you care about the little threat from Eruin? I assume that the lord also inherited the dragon of darkness, no, it should be part of the inheritance, then the real situation should be like this, neither you nor Her Majesty are true dragons of darkness, but you all have part of the power of the dragon of darkness, but there can only be one true dragon of darkness. ”

Speaking of which, Delphine paused slightly and her eyes glistened slightly: "Yes, that's the only way, everything can be explained. The logic is also established by why there are witch loyalties beside the Lord, why Her Majesty prefers to have a love affair with the Lord, and why the Lord can rise in a short time. And there is circumstantial evidence that Her Majesty was inherited from the battlefield of the Last Battle of the Dark Dragon, where the Empire had another high ranking, the Grandfather of the Lord, Saint Darus the Sword of the Earth. ”

The sound seemed to have subsided.

Can you guess? Brando is stuck.

Delphine looked at him and said softly, “I have another piece of evidence, which is now written on your face, my lord. ”

Brando was blushing, and he had rarely been so insane since he had been through so much, but it was mainly because the wisdom of the Chancellor's daughter was too unexpected for him. “Nothing, you're right," he simply stopped denying it, especially now that Her Majesty is backing him up, he doesn't really care about it, but he still asks, "But do you see anything else? ”

“Anything else? I'm not interested in adult privacy, just to discuss business at the moment. ”

Brando was relieved, though somewhat unlikely, but after watching the lady's performance, he was afraid that they would really see him. At this time, he felt as if he was naked and exposed to the other side by the other party's light purple eyes. No wonder that smart women are not attractive, and now Brando has relatives.

Compared to these secrets at hand, his origins are the greatest secret in the world and the mystery he has yet to solve. He knew he was Brando, but he also had Sophie's soul on him.

He calmed down and understood what Delphine said: "You mean, Her Majesty knows that I am the heir of the Dragon of Darkness, and for that reason he chose to strike at me, so the man beside me is most likely a witch. ”

“Because only a witch can play a pivotal role in this matter, and a witch can manipulate dreams and kill in the invisible without having to go to the victim herself," Delphine said, turning around, “connecting all the lines together, the whole line is flawless, and no doubt can be found, then it's probably the one we're looking for. ”

“Witch…” Brando muttered to himself.

“I don't know much about witches, there's only so much I can do as a clerk right now, and the rest needs to be handled by adults themselves. ”

Brando nodded, and that was enough, and he couldn't help but say seriously to the Chancellor's daughter: "Miss Delphine, I could be in a lot of trouble if you were to show up against me with that attitude. ”

“You think too much, my lord, you were just a little aristocrat of Eruin. I didn't even see it in my eyes. For the first time, I wanted to do it myself. I didn't think you had any strength, but that's all. Killing chickens with a cow knife.” Delphine was answering something that had nothing to do with her: “The second time I was going to hire a few mercenaries to assassinate you, after all, you were the head of the Eruin mission, and I wasn't very good at confronting you brightly, let alone too much trouble. After I killed you, I naturally had a way out, but I didn't expect to see a dragon attack, which was a non-manpower predictable accident, so I'm not going to remember anything about it. ”

Brando realized that he had to relieve himself. Fortunately, the woman didn't see him in her eyes. He couldn't help but ask: “What about your fiancé, Ellman? ”

Speaking of Ellman, the Chancellor's daughter finally reacted a little, and she raised her head and revealed a grieving look in her eyes: “Actually, I know that Ellman's death had nothing to do with you and Fayna, and I clearly understand that I am angry, but in this situation, I am not qualified. ”

Brando, that's all there is to it.

……

“Now that we know it's the witches behind the haunting, then the next thing is simple, the three strongest heirs in the world are under the control of the Silver Queen. If she wants to implement the plan, the three witches are the ones most likely to do it. The king of witches of this generation is called Esmeralda, a painful witch from the dark moon, a believer in Alastair, the fourth daughter of Essis, who, as king of witches, has difficulty leaving the land of winter, so it is unlikely that she will do so. The rest, then, are Agatheris of the Everlasting Moon and the lady before us - the Fraudulent Witch, Merietra. But since Her Majesty knew that St. Mayfist the Grey Sword was my teacher, he would surely send someone to hold him back. This candidate must be Agatheris, a believer in the Golden Sea, because Merietra was no match for my teacher at all, and he had more than enough to deal with me. ”

“Of course, there is a chance that the Witch will not inherit it it from me, but there is no threat to me other than the above three -”

The maze of the righteous is disappearing, and Roman listens to Brando, and he answers suddenly, “I see,” she raises her little eyebrows: “So Brando, did you already know there were bad people in the witch? ”

“At least a little earlier than your so-called witch queen.” Brando answered in a bad way.

“Then don't ever make a look like you're surprised. You scared the shit out of me. I thought you'd scold me. ”

‘Bo' Brando refers to a bullet in her forehead, which hurts. The latter covers her forehead and buries her head: “I didn't know before, wouldn't I swear at you? What you should be thinking about is how to do your witch queen right, not thinking about these crooked things. ”

With the disappearance of the dream, the castle damaged by the magic gun Nadrail is gradually recovering, the ice and snow on the floor gradually melted, seeped into the ground, and soon even the water stains disappeared. The broken walls and broken stone columns seemed to return to their positions as if time flowed backwards, the houses were reconstructed, and the metal frozen into powder was regrouped again. Only moments later, the entire corridor was restored to its former appearance.

Except, of course, for the headless corpses on the ground and the poured blood.

Brando glanced at Merietra in a coma and, although she had escaped a robbery with a double pose technique, she had run out of lights and it was hard to say if she could survive, but the witch's inheritance was completely shattered and it was unlikely that magic would ever be practiced again in her lifetime. “Flo, you tell the Baron to find someone to clean up the battlefield. Don't worry about what he will ask. I'm sure the Crown Prince won't be in any trouble. ”

Flo nodded, closed the silver cane and turned away silently.

It was at this time that Brando suddenly felt the subpoena crystal slightly warm on his wrist, with Charles' voice coming in: "Lord, something seems to be wrong. ”

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