Cloud Thinking

The quiet and dark environment is very hypnotic, referring to Helia, but it is also a place where people can calm down and think carefully, referring to Drummond.

He recalled the story he had just told Helia about their first meeting. In fact, there was one thing he hadn't had time to mention, which was -

That day in the Red Rose Garden, he not only met Helia, but also saw Queen Madeleine standing in a corner not far away, looking kindly at the little princess playing.

Why did he recognize that it was the late Queen Madeleine? Drummond himself didn't know. He had never seen this famous queen before, but the first time he saw her, the name popped into his mind and he subconsciously assumed it to be true.

He was indeed standing at the corner at the time, and as soon as he took a step, he bumped into little Helia who was running over, but fortunately he pulled the little princess and neither of them fell.

At that time, little Helia stared at him for a long time, so long that he felt a little embarrassed. He gave a not-so-standard kiss on the hand. He didn't know what he did. Then little Helia apologized with a red face and ran away in a hurry.

He watched little Helia leave in confusion. It was also at this time that he noticed Queen Madeline standing in the corner. She was wearing a white dress that day, and her brown hair was casually draped behind her head. She didn't look messy, but gentle and generous. She stood in the shadow of the sunlight, with a rose bush beside her. She raised her hand and held a blooming rose, which made her look lonely and mysterious.

She followed Helia with her eyes until she disappeared from her sight, then she slowly turned her head and looked at him who was looking at her without hiding his gaze.

They were at a distance, at least not far enough to hear each other clearly unless they spoke loudly. But he only saw Queen Madeleine move her lips, and he could clearly hear the other person's voice in his ears. She said:

"What a beautiful child, like a porcelain doll."

"Give it to Aya... to raise..."

He could not hear the second sentence clearly. He was about to chase after her and ask her, but when he took a step, he saw Queen Madeleine turned and left. She was so fast that when he chased after her, she was gone.

Of course he knew that Queen Madeleine had died when she gave birth to the little princess. It was precisely because he knew that he realized the horror belatedly. Even though the sun was high above his head and the rose garden was thriving, the young boy was still frightened and broke into a cold sweat.

After returning home, he told his parents about this incident. At the dinner table, the Brahili couple looked at each other, and an unknown emotion flashed in their eyes, but Drummond was young and could not understand what it meant.

But then, Brahiri took Drummond's words as a joke and replied: "You must have seen it wrong. You haven't even seen Queen Madeleine, how could you recognize her?"

"But the first time I saw her, I knew it was Queen Madeleine! It's real! Otherwise, why would she keep staring at Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Drummond argued. Although his evidence was completely untenable, he was a child and firmly believed that seeing is believing.

"There are so many people in the palace who like and dislike the little princess. It's hard to say which imperial concubine it is. Anyway, you must have seen it wrong. A young girl shouldn't develop the bad habit of lying." Brahili said in a tone that could not be disobeyed.

"I didn't!" Drummond slammed the table angrily, not understanding why his father said that to him.

De Liv glared at Brashiri, seemingly dissatisfied with his tough attitude, then looked at Drummond tenderly, supported his shoulders and asked him to sit down, and said, "Do you remember what Queen Madeline looks like?"

Drummond recalled it carefully. He had just seen it this morning and had been thinking about it since then. Logically, he would not forget it. However, the figure in his mind was extremely vague at this moment. No matter how hard he tried to recall it, he just couldn't remember it.

Facing his mother's tender eyes, Drummond panicked and said anxiously, "I... I will definitely remember it next time I see it!"

"Driv, you just spoil the child too much." After hearing what he said, Brashiri became more convinced that his child was lying. He thought that he and Driv were too busy and did not spend much time with the child, so Drummond lied in order to get his parents' attention.

"I'm not lying!" Drummond stiffened his neck, clenched his hands into fists under the table, and said loudly.

"Well, of course I know you are an honest child." De Liv gently held Drummond's fist with one hand and put the other hand on the back of his neck, kneading it gently to make him relax.

"After a while, it will be the little princess's ninth birthday party. Many celebrities and nobles will attend, including the imperial concubines. I will take you to look for it then, okay?"

In fact, De Lifu never attended these parties. She was a commoner, and the noble ladies in the circle didn't like her very much. She was not used to the complicated aristocratic etiquette. She felt uncomfortable going there, so she never went.

Both the father and the son knew this, so when she said she wanted to go with Drummond, they were a little surprised and stood there in a daze.

"I've heard everyone say that the little princess is beautiful and is the shining pearl of the Otis Empire, but I've never seen her." De Lifu knew that they were worried about her, but she couldn't hide forever. She had heard a lot of rumors about Brashiri these days. As the mistress of this family, it was time for her to come forward and let everyone know -

She is not some soft cotton that is easy to mess with!

The matter was settled. The banquet that day was very lively. Drummond was told by Brashiri to follow Delifu carefully and not to be bullied. So Drummond was led by Delifu to turn around among the women, feeling dizzy and smelling of perfume.

It was at that time that he saw the lady with long brown hair that he had seen last time. Today she was wearing a light yellow dress and looked the same, but when he looked at her, Drummond's mind was blank and he had no idea who she was.

How could this be?

This familiar yet strange feeling was completely incomprehensible to the young boy, so he bravely stepped forward to greet the lady, and only then did he learn that she was Princess Selassie and that she had gone to the Red Rose Garden that day to enjoy the flowers.

But she didn't remember having seen Drummond and the little princess Helia.

This was very strange. When De Liv found him, the little boy was sitting at the dining table, thinking hard and looking very sad, which made De Liv laugh.

Drummond told his mother in detail what had just happened, as if hoping his mother could give him an answer.

"Just like I love you very much, Queen Madeleine must also be deeply in love with the little princess. Unfortunately, she was unable to grow up with her child. You can just think of it as her missing Princess Helia too much, so she came back to see her." De Liv spoke slowly, as if she was telling a story.

When he was a child, he thought his mother was just saying that to comfort him or to please him. But as he grew up and recalled the incident, he vaguely realized that his parents might really know something and that the story might be true.

Queen Madeleine, perhaps, is really alive in this world, but she is silently accompanying the little princess in a way that no one can detect.

Helia woke up in a violent shaking. The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was Drummond's chest. He was holding her tightly to prevent her from being blown away by the shaking of the coffin.

"Drummond...what's wrong?" She opened her mouth to speak, and was stunned when she heard her own hoarse voice.

"The floor has collapsed, the coffin has sunk, and it's expected to continue falling. Hold on to me," Drummond explained.

Then there was another shake, and they felt the sarcophagus was tilting. Because it was made of smooth magic core stone, the two of them slid down while hugging each other.

In a hurry, Helia summoned a small flame to prevent the two people from hitting the nails inserted in the four corners of the coffin. If they were pierced, it would be a real disaster.

Drummond protected Helia very well. Whenever he was awake, he would take the initiative to hold Helia in his arms and take the blame himself.

With a loud bang, Drummond's back hit the wall of the coffin, and he groaned in pain. But before they could adjust themselves, the coffin tilted to the other side, and the two people rolled over again.

But it had to roll back halfway. Even if the two people were stupid, they should know at this moment that the coffin containing them was now rolling and doing free fall.

The two men immediately let go of each other, and while rolling to the corner, they held on tightly to the long nails or chains fixed in the corner, so as to prevent themselves from being thrown everywhere and having their internal organs dislocated.

Until there was a loud bang, and the two people crashed into the coffin lid at the same time. The huge impact force directly broke the coffin lid open. Although the coffin lid helped to relieve some of the force, they still flew out along the coffin lid. The familiar feeling of weightlessness came again, and behind them was the heavy coffin lid, which also fell down due to gravity. If they were hit by it to the ground, at least two ribs would be broken.

Fortunately, the two of them decisively took out their wands and escaped from the enclosed space. They were finally able to use magic. Drummond cast levitation magic to slow down the falling speed. He grabbed Helia's wrist with one hand, and Helia used attack magic to knock open the coffin lid.

With the loud noise of the coffin lid tumbling to the ground, the two finally landed safely. Helia quickly raised her hand and summoned a flame to illuminate the surroundings. When they could see the surroundings clearly, they said in unison: "Fuck?!"

The surroundings were filled with ruins and debris from the explosion, and even the ground beneath their feet was bumpy and uneven. However, what shocked them was not this, but the huge statue that fell along with the collapse of the ground. At this moment, it barely maintained its original shape, but its surface was covered with cracks.

But before they could look around, several magic bullets flew out from the darkness at an extremely fast speed and with great power, aiming to kill them.

Helia and Drummond retreated to both sides respectively. The previous attack had exposed the opponent's position. Helia grabbed her wand and rushed forward, but due to the rugged terrain, she couldn't run fast at all. As she moved forward, the enemy's magic attack was very intensive, so she had to slow down and defend.

But the goddess of luck was still not on their side this time. When Helia was resisting the attack from the front, a chain came out of nowhere and wrapped around her legs. It tightened suddenly, and she lost her balance and fell forward to the ground.

She lowered her head and pulled at the chains on her legs. This was a high-level binding magic, which she had never learned, and now she couldn't untie it.

Fortunately, Drummond arrived in time to help, but the other side might have more than two people, and their strength was far superior to that of Helia and the other two. If this continued, they would definitely die.

But the only one who could fight them was not here! But I think the situation on her side would not be very good. The underground ruins were so small, and there were only so many people here. The few enemies on Helia's side meant that there might be more enemies on Britney's side. And she had to protect Karl Ze and Beavis. She probably wanted to grow eight arms and eight legs again.

"Enter the realm!" Helia grabbed Drummond's calf, raised her hand to summon her own realm, and led her people in.

Once you enter her domain, that is her home ground. The binding magic is broken due to the isolation of space, but Helia does not intend to drag people into the domain to fight, because if someone is stronger than her and also has a domain, her domain is likely to be shattered in the struggle and tearing of space, which will cost her life.

The domain was her means of survival, and it could be used for hiding for a short period of time, but it was definitely not suitable for fighting. So, after the binding magic was broken, Helia took Drummond and immediately left the domain at lightning speed, just in time to meet the enemy who came out of the darkness to pursue them.

The moment they saw the domain, the enemy almost subconsciously judged that the two were going to hide in it. With their strength, they would not be defeated even if they entered Helia's domain. They received a death order that the two must be killed, so they couldn't wait to chase them out.

But no one expected that they didn't even think about hiding. It couldn't be said that way. It should be that they didn't even think about being slaughtered. The reason they entered the field was, first, to break the binding magic, and second, to lure the enemy to show up. It was really a good plan.

The moment Helia's eyes met with that black-robed man's, she used her most proficient fire explosion magic without hesitation. However, this was an advanced version improved by Mobichues, the most powerful fire magician in the entire continent, and its power was self-evident.

The enemy was caught off guard and was unable to defend himself, and turned into fireworks and flew out. Drummond cast a blinding magic on the enemy behind him. His attack power was not as strong as Helia's, and he could not win with one blow, so he could only find a way to restrict the opponent to the greatest extent, and then let Helia reap the heads.

After smelling the aroma of barbecue in the air, Helia immediately turned around and used Theodore like a cannon. After charging eight layers of magic array, she cast a fire blast magic. After the man's vision was blocked, although he relied on his perception of the flow of magic power to get around, this was fire blast magic and it would explode. Although the power of the explosion would be greater if it hit the target, it would not be said that the attack was completely in vain if it missed the target.

The man was blown away by the aftermath of the explosion, and his body flew to the ground and rolled several times, and then he immediately stood up to fight back. His movements were fast enough, but he couldn't resist the super assistant Drummond who was beside him. He cast a binding spell, leaving enough time for Helia to finish off the enemy.

An explosive magic was aimed at the head, performing a head-disappearing spell. The body that had been struggling suddenly became motionless and limp, which made people feel relieved.

Helia went to check the burnt man again. The black robe he was wearing was burned to stick to his skin, and his whole body was blown into carbon. She tried to find his face, but failed.

In order to prevent him from coming back to life, she generously gave him a fireball magic to ensure that he would not die again.

Because of the collapse, the view here is narrow and there are places for people to hide everywhere. For a moment, Helia was not sure whether they had any helpers who had not come out. She and Drummond searched the surroundings vigilantly. The wounds on the palms of her hands were soaked with sweat and it hurt a lot, but Helia did not dare to let go of Theodore's hand, and even held it tighter to prevent the wand from slipping out of her hand.

A wizard who lost his wand on the battlefield was no different from a corpse.

This is probably the third underground floor. The ceiling above has been blown open a long time ago, and you can see the sky when you look up. Light passes through the gaps between layers and spreads onto the messy second underground floor, but it can only illuminate a small part of it. Most corners are embraced by darkness.

Helia and Drummond planned to go upwards. The view underground was limited and they were prone to sneak attacks. Although they were prone to violent beatings by a crowd in the spacious snowfield, the secondary collapse of the underground ruins might send them to hell faster.