The Amber Sword

“In fact, Master Brando, Magdalene's memory has been lost, and every other cycle she herself closes her memories of the past, which may be a protective function, because it relates to that enemy of hers that we know. ”

“Enemies? ”

Marshal Blank shook his head and said, “A memory of me and Magdalene was when my father and my grandfather were still alive, when she was my sister, when we were little and my father and grandfather didn't tell me about Magdalene's birth. It's just that as I get older, Magdalene's appearance seems to have been fixed at the age of 19, and we're starting to feel a little strange, but it was always thought that Magdalene's mother might be an elf, because I always knew that Magdalene was my half-sister. ”

“Until I officially succeeded my grandfather, who was thirteen years old, called me into his study one day and told me everything about Magdalene. At first, I was naturally very shocked, and I couldn't even face her, but over time, I gradually learned to accept all of this, and I thought, Magdalene, she was my sister, a member of the Antoboro family, and I grew up with her, and grew up with her, and had countless wonderful memories, and the memories between these brothers and sisters were untouchable, so why should I deny it? ”

“Following this decision, I spoke to Magdalene once and told her the truth, and my father, then the ascendant of Antobulo, agreed with my decision, because we could never hide it from her for the rest of our lives. … that should be Magdalene's first memory, I remember telling her the secret at the time in the inner courtyard of the Castle of the House of Antobulo, where in my memory there was a small garden with some purple dragon gall planted in the garden, it was popular among the nobles at the time, and several bees flew in and out on the white knot of the acacia tree. It was the afternoon, the sun was bright, and after listening to me, Magdalene seemed very calm...”

Magdalene opened her mouth slightly, sounded a little strange, but she had no impression of it in her memory, but she could hear it in the tone and details of Blank's memory, which must have been beautiful and warm, as if he had described the afternoon sunshine.

The meaning of affection and memorialization in that tone is like the dust that floats in the warm sun, faint but full of warmth.

Blanc looked at Magdalene, and his eyes were full of drowning: “As Magdalene, my sister, you are very different from what you are today, she is calm, decisive, assertive, and the only similarity to you is that you all have a pure and flawless heart, and you founded the Grand Duchy of Saint Violet in Antoboro to help the poor, but they always thought she was your grandmother. ”

“Ah, no wonder they're so nice to me," Magdall exclaimed: “The Temple of Fire also talked to me about my grandmother a few times, the words also mentioned the Grand Duchy of Saint Violet and my grandmother, but I didn't remember her at all, at that time I was also strange, I was a little ashamed, I felt I had cheated on others, but I couldn't deny my grandmother's past. ”

“It was after that, when she learned the truth, she appeared in the Principality for much less time, and she began her long journey to Cruz and Eruin, and I knew she was searching for her own birth, and my father and I had always been very supportive of her; Magdalene, if my grandfather and father were at the beginning, or because they wanted to know the secrets about you, but after so many years of living together, we actually took you as a member of the Answer Bullo family, like us, our loved ones. ”

The nun opened her mouth and sucked her nose gently: "Thank you, I've always treated you as family, and even now, it hasn't changed. ”

Blank smiled with comfort, but then shook his head: “So, it lasted until my father died, and one thing happened, and after attending the family funeral, he embarked on a journey to Cruz, obviously at the invitation of the Temple of Fire, to attend the Spring Festival that year, but actually to the Broken Sword Mountains, to look for the place where we found you. This was her third trip to the Broken Sword Mountains, because the previous times had been smooth, so I didn't think too much, just let a group of family knights accompany her, in fact, I was already the actual helmsman of the Antobulo family, with heavy burdens, as if there were endless business, as my sister's, she also knew that, even before leaving, I only met with her briefly. ”

“But I had no idea that she had been gone for three years, and that the Temple believed that she had disappeared along with the members of the Mission while passing through the lofty Inland Sea, and that nothing had happened since then. But I only know that she must not have disappeared in the lofty Inland Sea, but in what trouble had happened in the Broken Sword Mountains, and then I frequently went to Cruz, where outsiders seemed to strengthen their ties to the Empire, in fact, to find her. So, until three years later, one night, until today, I clearly remember that night the glowing moonlight, the silver moonlight through the window onto my desk, I had just finished dealing with the Anglican dispute with the wind elves, blown out the candles, ready to go back to my room to sleep, my sister she just appeared in front of me...”

“She was covered in blood, badly wounded, she jumped in through the window, grabbed me, told me in a hurry that she was in trouble and that there was a terrible ‘thing' chasing her. I was kind of angry to ask her where she had been all these days, why didn't she contact her family, while she was pulling the bell on the desk to get help —— she looked so scary at the time, and I was worried inside. When she stopped me, she told me she needed my help to hide what was going on, I didn't know what she was saying at first, and then I knew that she should have understood a lot of things by then. Her trip to the Broken Sword Mountains must have had a lot of gains, but she just couldn't tell us in time ——"

“So I quietly cleaned the blood in the room, and another person cleaned the outside yard and hid her in the cellar as she requested, and I brought her some medicine, but she didn't use it, and I didn't see her again until the morning of the third day.... that meeting was also in my study, I was restless, but she snuck in, the wound was almost completely healed, and it made me feel particularly strange... it was like it wasn't my sister in front of me, but another stranger. ”

Magdalene seemed to understand something. She slammed her lips and tried to say something, but she didn't make a sound. And Blank looked at her with some kindness, and he said, "That's the second you, very few people know about you, and she sealed most of her memories, and that ‘horrible’ thing didn't seem to find her anymore, but unlike you now, she still has some memories of the past, and for those who are familiar, some of them are born close, like me, and some of my brothers and sisters. ”

“For this reason, outsiders rarely know about her existence, and she is actually your mother, the woman who is rumored to be infirm and ill, and we claim that she married a nobleman from the White Mountains, who basically lived a life of deep simplicity in order to feed her illness. She died at 33 years of age, arguably prematurely, but in fact she lived much longer than this, and she had a dedicated laboratory beneath the castle and a magician's tower, and in fact for most of the time, we didn't know what she was doing, just out of trust in her own instincts. ”

“That's it until you're born. Before you were born, Magdalene, the second letter you left me, explaining her second memory seal, she created a whole new identity for herself, that is, your present life, in which she has given up her quest for the secrets of her birth, only to hope that you can live in peace and security in this world, as a member of the Answer Bullo family, to do some duty for the family - I heard Mr. Brando say that over the years, you have done everything in your power to make the Answer Bullo family run away, earn prestige for the family in the Empire, and gain many rights, perhaps this is what is in your heart, her legacy wishes..."

Magdalene looked at the old man and opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know how to say it.

Blank shook his head: "Call my grandfather, now you, are no longer connected to the past, Magdalene, I brought you back from the vain father of White Mountain to be a member of the Antobulo family, and since then, you have been Magdalene, my granddaughter. ”

“Grandfather…”

The elderly marshal nodded at her and smiled with comfort.

The old man looked up and said to Brando, "Master Brando, I am old. If Magdalene was just an ordinary person, I would never make it difficult for you, but I know what my son is capable of. He may not be stupid, but he is not a smart person. ”

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