The Defeated Dragon

“Grand Duke 119, 15 February. ”

This was the beginning of the first diary in the Diary of Philip Sun Descendants.

“This year is 151 years for the Grand Duchy of Sapphires, which means this diary started 32 years ago?” Lester simply let it go.

The Grand Duchy of Sapphire does not have a precise official calendar, but neither does it use the Iron Ridge Kingdom calendar. The notion of history, which is not popular in different worlds, is largely matched by the fact that people have no idea of what happened in the past - there will be no idea based on history.

So the Grand Duchy of Sapphire doesn't even have a National Day.

Offshore festivals, New Year's festivals, are the most important festivals. Sometimes they celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the country on the offshore festivals. Sometimes they are arranged on the New Year's festivals. Sometimes they are celebrated at random. This must be done in accordance with the wishes of Grand Duke Sapphire. Lester's analysis of this is that the concept of “patriotism” has not spread.

The subtlety of the aristocratic system is reflected in the knight's separation structure, the greatest meaning being - my lord is not my lord, my lord is not my lord.

For example, Lester's owner is the Earl of Coral Island, but not the Grand Duke of Sapphire.

Therefore, as a subordinate of the Count, he ignored the Grand Duke of Sapphire and the Sapphire family could not command him. For him, his real country was Coral Island, not the Grand Duchy of Sapphire. He loves Coral Island as well as he loves the Grand Duchy of Sapphire.

All nobles are lords, even kings are bigger lords.

Naturally, there is no widespread patriotism.

That is also why the festival is only commemorated by nobles, and civilians are simply reluctant to heed it. In Flower Town, Lester's birthday celebration, in the eyes of the colonists, is definitely more important than the Day of the Seas - Lord Lord, grant me land, such as my parents. Who's the Grand Duke? Can I eat it?

Interrupt thoughts.

Lister continues to browse the diary.

“Sunshine, climbing trees to pick fruit, ten human skull fruits, cutting three trees, digging the foundations and preparing houses. Organize the knowledge that Grandpa taught me," X "in Sun, means" I ", I am the descendant of the Sun, the ancestors speak Sun. ”

This “X” means a very distorted text.

It's complicated, it looks like a painting, like a little man with wings, with some kind of object in his hand, dancing with his hands and feet.

“One word is a painting. The text of this country is too strange. I guarantee you, you can't learn 500 words when you're 100 years old!” Lester was emotional. It is, of course, an exaggeration, but it is true that this so-called "solar language” is complex.

Many pages of diaries followed, all irrelevant records of life - picking fruits, chopping wood, building houses, exchanging things with someone, seeing beasts.

But behind every diary, there's a solar note.

Me, Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Milk, Big, Rice, Earth, Heaven, Earth, Horse, Flower, Individual, Ten, Painting, On... There are some words that Philip specifically explained. For example, rice refers to some kind of cereal, horse refers to unicorn, and flower refers to sunflower. He has not seen it, he just listened to Grandpa and it is common to his ancestors.

“Unicorn? Is there really such a legendary animal?” Lester expressed doubts.

Even with these Sun texts, he doubted that they were just paintings by dwarves, and he didn't feel that they represented some kind of writing - possibly Philip's grandfather, bored to figure it out and fooled around with his grandson.

A thick diary.

Nearly all of Philip's boring routines on Dodo Island, as well as his teaching of solar literature.

Occasionally, he recalls his career working on the outer islands - meeting a noble daughter, a kind lady, teaching them civilian script. Phillip was proud to say that he was the quickest learner, weighed down by the noble lady, and even had to elope once.

But unfortunately, some record in the diary —— about him and the lady -- was discovered by the mother of the aristocratic lady, who was going to kill him.

Philip then fled the island with the help of a noble lady. He did not speak of any island and said that he did not wish to discredit the noble lady.

Except for that.

Philip's ancestors - mostly stories told to him by his grandfather - are mentioned occasionally in the diary.

For example, ancestors raised a group of magical dragons with two heads, ancestors who had shot the sun in the sky, ancestors who drew extraordinary power from the well water, ancestors who lived in cities made of trees, ancestors who were friends with wolves, bears, eagles, tigers, and ancestors immersed in music.

His grandfather called his ancestors the Son of the Sun.

“So the question is, why did the Son of the Sun shoot out the Sun? Father?”

The story is fragmented and unclear.

Mostly Philip wrote very briefly, worried that he didn't have enough ink and thick paper to write, the less he recorded later, and even kept a diary every few days - half of the thick paper, I think he understood, this diary couldn't keep track of every little thing in his boring life.

“The title of the book could be changed to" Private Teaching Documentation in Solar Language ".” Lester was going to close the diary, and he didn't find anything to do with the drifting bottle he couldn't open.

I thought, "Why don't you just smash the metal bottle?"

Look at what's inside.

But just as he was putting the book together, because it was going from the back to the front, the last page was closing at the end, and the light in the corner of his eyes suddenly found that the page was not blank.

He flipped open at will.

It turns out that it's another diary, or pencil.

“My last words. ”

“Grandpa told me when he walked away that if one day a golden yellow bottle was found from the sea, it would be a letter from our ancestors. Ancestors mastered a method of sending letters at sea, and magical bottles traveled to and from the sea, guided by blood veins. If you apply blood, you can open the bottle and remove the letter. ”

“I don't believe it, but, my descendants, if one day you find out, remember to reply. ”

This is a "will” written by Philip Sun descendants to their descendants, so it's at the end of the diary, and after Lister reads it, the whole crowd doesn't calm down.

Phillip's bottle, which the fisherman must have picked up from the beach, is on his desk now.

“Does this mean that the story of Philip and his grandfather is actually true, that they are really descendants of a noble family exiled? So is solar? ”

He recalls previous assignments.

It says "Unable to open bottle, can't read text” and needs a book to guide it!

Undoubtedly, this is the book.

Pick up the drifting bottle and Lester walks straight out of the study.

“Sir, are you going out? ”

“Go to the tannery, Mr. Carter. You stay in the castle and let Jesse come with me. By the way, is Jesse back?” He remembered that Jesse had been sent silver coins himself.

“Not yet, should be in town again to see the comedy, you know, young people always like to have fun. ”

“Never mind, I'll take Philip and Xavier to the tannery without him.” He hurried out of the castle and took the two knights with him to the tannery shop.