Violet and the Thorn Bird

"I was underground last night. We entered from the blasted place and walked to the end of the west. They have dug to the edge of the forest. There is a lot of gunpowder stored. In order to beware of explosions, we did not rely on torches for lighting last night. Instead, it used the lighting drops of the elves." Gray lay down on the table depressedly, "It's too dark to see the heights clearly. No one knows when the wings were lost, and the thieves didn't make any sound."

"I didn't smell any strange smell either." Fanny tapped her forehead with her fingertips, "I slept very late last night when I dissected the winged python. The smell of blood may have covered up the smell of thieves."

"Such a daring thief." Borg looked at Gal, "What do our hunters think?"

"Of course you have to be scared." Gal was still breaking the bread and half-feeding the cub, "Oh, I'm super scared. Think about it, brothers, who would stare at the wings at such a critical moment yesterday? Except Green who caused confusion People, there is only the Demon King. I don’t want to suspect anyone, but I think the Demon King is with us, maybe he has been quietly lurking around us since Ice Lake City. Gray, maybe he is staring at you somewhere now.”

"Stare at me? Don't do this!" Gray immediately sat up straight, and he trembled, "My legs are already shaking! This is a horror story! I don't want to be watched by the devil at all!"

"That's not what you say." Gal looked at him. "He's staring at you... Wow, dwarves beware."

Gray rubbed his shoulders and arms vigorously, "No! Don't stare at me! I don't want to fight with him yet! Thinking about this will make my hair stand on end! The devil should find someone more powerful, such as Richard, or Pope! I think Green is more likely to steal the wings."

"You just don't want to face up to the fact that the Demon King does exist." Gal said slyly, "You are trembling with fear. You obviously already have the mark of the God of the Earth, why are you so nervous."

"Don't scare him anymore." Fanny leaned back in the chair, "Yesterday's stimulation made him complain all night, and this morning he lost the wings of the Demon King. Our poor son of the earth is so nervous that he is about to vomit."

"Yes, I really..." Gray clutched his chest, his face was ugly, "I'm about to vomit... My dad still needs to rest, and I can't handle any of these things! What if the Greens call? What if Roseanne becomes angry? , I attacked into the forest in one breath, I led the dwarves in a desperate fight, and then died accidentally at the forefront. Oh, this sad story! I haven’t married a wife yet, and I don’t have children. Now you tell me that’s okay Maybe the devil took it, I'm going crazy."

"Shut up your fear." Borg tapped the table, "There's no time to deal with it now. Roseanne won't get angry, she's prepared, and this kind of storm will never get her into trouble. At the same time of death, we need to ask her for the bill, and she should pay her toll. The cooperation in the wilderness still exists, and she will not do things to irritate Liao for the time being, this is our only advantage."

"But you have to teach her a lesson." Fanny said, "The world is not a ball under this lady's feet. She hurt dwarves and elves."

"I have to explain the situation to St. Foss." Gray said, "After two days, the news can no longer be delayed. The king must be notified of the wing python. The kingdom may no longer be safe. I will strongly urge the king to report to Green. People are punishing! Their sewers are crashing into my house!"

"Instead of telling St. Vers," Borg said, "you should tell Tabor."

"Tuber?" Gray said. "Me? We just shot a boss! Will he believe me?"

"Believe it or not." Fanny turned her chair to Gray, "You tell him that the underground city is digging for him, and he has to respond. This matter is about Violet's safety, and it shows the power of greed in the east." The man has his eye on him, and their apparent peace should be torn apart when the ground is exposed, and if the fight doesn't go right, we'll have time to go to San Verth and do our own business."

"Do you think so?" Gal pushed aside the roast beef again, "Yes, tell Tabor that there is a tunnel dug underground leading to his house, and he will definitely find a way to warn and stop the Greens. But I don't I can't rest assured of him, actually I think Violet is no longer a safe place, and Tabor may have to deal with his own internal affairs before he can take care of the Greens. The dwarves had better be prepared."

"What do you mean?" Gray was a little dizzy during the conversation, "Tab? Violet? Violet has a problem? Is Tabor going to die? I heard this kind of family fight is terrible, gods, my dad only has me What a wonderful son."

"No." Gal said, "I'm just guessing, there is a shadow hiding behind him."

"You've watched Tabor well," Borg said. "Let him die, pompous dictator."

"I don't care about him." Gal shook the hot milk, hesitating for a few seconds between drinking or not, "We didn't catch the puppet warlock, although he was dead, but I didn't figure out where they came from Come on. These guys who manipulate corpses need more attention than Violet in my opinion, but Tabor obviously doesn't think there are warlocks in his jurisdiction. This is a loophole. Your hostility towards him is really undisguised, dear, calm down He can't die, he's got the Daybreaker, and I don't like him at all!"

"I feel that life is hopeless." Gray wailed, "What? There is Roseanne in the east, Tabor and the Puppet Warlock in the west, Randolph and the King in the south, and the Temple in the northeast! We are surrounded by a mess Things are wrapped up! How do I fix this? There's a demon king who's watching out of nowhere! It's a mess. How do I tell my dad, 'oh dad, you slept and I slept too One sleep, and then your loot is lost without a sound', he will beat me to death, I promise. But I really didn't get any hint of the seal, no matter how you steal it, you will always get me or my old man if you break the seal. Dad's consent! I didn't agree! It didn't ask me!"

"Calm down dwarves!" Fanny held the struggling Gray, "Calm down! Maybe it wasn't the devil, but the Greens did it. This is not the first time, Ice Lake City, do you remember Ice Lake City? Lost without anyone knowing!"

"So why did Roseanne steal the wings?" Gray couldn't believe it. "Collectorism? Does she have a crush on the Demon King!"

Gal was drinking milk with his eyes closed, when he heard the words, he spat out.He coughed and wiped his mouth, "I don't think the devil would like this speculation. The green people are just weird, yes, they are weird! They took the horns of the devil and made other things to wear with them. You've heard of this Things? How perverted! Maybe they stole the wings and sewed them into a cape to give Roseanne more leverage. That's what they do, and I hate them so much!"

"Wear it with you?" Gray showed an incomprehensible expression, "Is that...the body of the Demon King? They wear the body of the Demon King with them, which is too tasteful."

"Body...body?" Gal said. "Shut up Gray! I'm going to throw up."

"The devil should explain it to himself." Borg's voice was slightly lowered, "Damn it, I don't like this statement, shut up Gray!"

"No matter how you deal with it." Only Fanny can maintain her rationality, "Rosanna's current attitude is the focus, we have to keep an eye on the movements of the Green people. More than 1 ratmen were buried alive in the collapse. Maybe others will believe this story, but Roseanne must not believe it. We have swallowed a snake man once, it was her gesture of favor, this time may not be."

"Come on." Gal finally had enough to eat, "Hurry up, we have to move on after solving these things, justice is calling me."

San Vers.

Randolph was watching the fire, this time he did not stand in the distance, but stopped in front of the holy stone.The snow-white stone was dimly shining, and the inserted long sword was covered with dust lonely.

This sword does not belong to him.

Randolph didn't know how many times he had thought this way, but his fingers stuck to the hilt of the sword in this thought.Burning in his chest with urgent desire, Randolph clearly knew that he wanted to get this sword.

When the fingertips were about to touch the hilt of the sword, the hazy light swelled into a scalding wave of fire, which suddenly enveloped the entire holy stone and burned it up.Randolph retreated under the force of the flames, his fingertips were already burnt by the flames.

It is rejecting anyone, responding to all strangers who peep at it with an indefinite wait.

It belongs only to Borg.

Randolph clenched his fists and suddenly couldn't stop saying, "Stupid long sword!"

"Don't be angry about it." Arthur stood under the autumn corridor, he was wearing a thick velvet cloak, the wet and cold autumn had prevented him from doing as he wanted in summer.He coughed a few times and said to Randolph, "You have to come and see it every day. Come back, Randolph, it's time for dinner."

Randolph shook his fingertips, bowed his head and said, "...Sorry."

"You've been a little moody recently." Arthur's fingertips were cold, and his thinness could never be concealed. "Is it because of the boringness of the kingdom? You can go back to the grass and see if that can make you feel better."

"I won't leave you." Randolph clenched his fingertips. "I won't leave you until the winter is over."

"Are you angry about that incident before?" Arthur looked at him, with an apology on his white and green face, "For Jodont. I didn't inform you in advance, I did too much..."

"Don't apologize to Arthur." Randolph lowered his eyes and kissed his fingertips, "That has nothing to do with me, Jodont's puppy has nothing to do with me. You are the only king, and I am willing to fight for every decision you make. I am your knight, please send me as much as you want, without any guilt."

"Look up at me," said Arthur. "Don't take a step back. No one here is more important than you." Then he smiled at Randolph. "You are a king's privilege. Come on, you My sister has been waiting for a long time, she came in a hurry and may have been hungry for a day."

"She just left a week ago," Randolph said. "What happened to the meadow?"

"It's not the meadow, it's the deep forest." Arthur walked unhappily. "The dwarves made a big noise yesterday, but they haven't told me what happened. Roseanne seems to know something. She came to remind me."

Roseanne did wait a long time.Today she is wearing a long-sleeved satin dress with layers of pleats and intricate rose surrounds.She is wearing an amber pendant today, but has a rose ring on her finger.The bun is elegant, and the red lips make her skin white and tender.

When Roseanne saw Arthur and Randolph, there was a proper smile in her eyes. She greeted Arthur and saluted, "I hope it's time for me to disturb, my esteemed majesty."

"Randolph is a little out of spirit." Arthur sat down. "Perhaps you can bring him something to be happy about."

"Please spare me." Roseanne took a seat, "His eyes will only follow you, and my jokes never make him laugh. You look very good."

"The new doctor is very strict." Arthur smiled warmly, "This is also due to the medicine you brought."

"I brought you more medicinal materials this time. It is my only wish to help the doctor. Besides, I also brought you some rumors when I came this time." Roseanne's etiquette was impeccable. Picky, "There was a big incident in Shenbing Forest yesterday, did you get any news?"

"No." Arthur ate slowly, "The dwarves haven't delivered the letter yet."

"That's really rude." Roseanne said, "It's not what a good servant should do to lie to His Majesty. In fact, according to the rumors I got, Old Brown was seriously injured, and the forest is currently under the temporary management of his son Gray. Young people always It's because he doesn't know the rules, maybe he was just confused by the matter, I hope you can forgive him."

"Old Brown is injured?" Arthur put down his fork, and he was slightly surprised, "Who can hurt the king of giant spirits."

"A few wing pythons," Roseanne replied.

Arthur didn't seem to know much about these wild animals. Randolph raised his head and said to Arthur, "It's a giant python with wings on its back, and its gliding ability is higher than its flying ability. They are huge. If they enter a densely populated kingdom, I'm afraid It will cause serious damage." Randolph paused and frowned, "But how can there be wing pythons in the forest?"

"It's very strange." Roseanne said, "I also heard that there is a huge underground passage under the deep soldier forest. Maybe the wing pythons invaded the forest from there. But in recent years, old Brown's gold mining is in the mountains. I I haven't heard that the dwarves are still digging underground...it's a very big project."

"I haven't heard of it either," said Arthur. "The dwarves haven't mentioned it."

"Maybe it's a defensive project?" Roseanne said. "But it's really worrying. After all, we have clearly defined land, and although I welcome dwarves to come to the grassland, but that is when I know it. There are such passages hidden underground. Let me worry. I don’t know if Tabor has received the news. I am also worried for him. You know, Violet’s pride is inviolable. If the dwarves do such a thing in private, Tabor will not stop. We work together for you However, if there is a dispute or even a war over this matter, in addition to causing even more incalculable losses, I am afraid that His Majesty's majesty will also be damaged. So I came here in a hurry just to obey His Majesty's orders."

"War?" Arthur coughed a few times in a low voice. "When the situation is not serious enough to call for war, you don't need to be too nervous. But if there is such a passage, the dwarf must explain it. My respect to this Gray I don’t know, I haven’t heard about him before, has he been staying in the forest?”

"He followed the Borg into the moors after he graduated from the academy," Randolph said, a little unhappily, as he sliced ​​through the flesh with his knife. "He's more of a bandit now than a son of the earth."

"Borg is in the Deep Forest?" said Arthur. "Is he going back to St. Verth?"

Randolph's knife slashed across the plate, making a sound.He muttered a dirty word silently, gave up and continued eating.

"I don't know where he is." Roseanne glanced at Randolph. "We haven't seen each other for many years. Borg's arrogance has hurt many people, and I am honored to be one of them."

"He's been away for a long time," said Arthur, "and he shouldn't be coming back."

After dinner, Arthur sat up on the bed while Randolph took his shower.Arthur held out his hand to him, and Randolph leaned over, and Arthur pushed his wet hair back, "You're angry."

"No." Randolph's evasive gaze made his tone a little stiff.

"You're angry that I asked Borg," Arthur said.

Randolph was silent.

"You always mind his existence." Arthur whispered, "You used to go to school together, and joined the Holy Knight Order together. But he was always arrogant, and his arrogance made him fearless, and even insisted on going his own way."

"You look at him differently." Randolph turned his gaze, he looked at Arthur, "He is always so arrogant, because he is dazzling enough, everyone can only see him, he is dazzling and humble, but you all like him."

"Sounds like a kid." Arthur laughed. "You always hated him."

"Yes." Randolph took Arthur's hand back and leaned over, "I hate everything about him."

"There's nothing wrong with that," said Arthur. "You're excellent, too."

"But you like him." The hurt in Randolph's eyes was obvious. "You liked him. You used to look at him, right on the throne. He seduces you with his hideous blond hair and blue eyes. He is almost like Dewi." one……"

Arthur suddenly kissed Randolph's lips lightly, his words stopped immediately, and he held Arthur even tighter.

"I sometimes lose my eyesight," Arthur said. "You're the only one now, Randolph." Randolph hung his head by his neck, and Arthur comforted his back. "Stop paying attention to him, he No longer your comparison. Your sister brings bad news."

"Dwarves?" Randolph said, "they are not many in number, and they will not be Tabor's opponents in a fight, not to mention Tabor has the terrible ability to devour."

"We still have a chance to negotiate." Arthur said, "War is the last resort. I need the dwarf's explanation anyway, about the underground passage. The temple's peeping eyes are all over the country, and the bishop has nothing about it." know."

"If the dwarves have bad intentions." Randolph said firmly, "I will bring back Old Brown's head for you."

Arthur's eyes flicked across the table, where the gem ornaments sent by Roseanne had been placed there.

"...How terrifying." Arthur said softly, "The wolf is raging not far from me."