Atlas Double Star Book

"Come on, come on, I can't wait!" The Duke was very happy.

It happened to be afternoon when the banquet of the Knights ended, and Neil invited his friends to his house.Before the group reached the door of Neil's house, the Duke happily announced that there was a surprise for a while.

"Actually, you don't need to be so polite at all. It should be me who is here to prepare snacks for everyone... Eh?" Neil was about to open the door, but found that something was wrong.

"what happened?"

"This...the door was pried open...there is a thief in the house!"

"What audacity!" The knights drew their swords, always on guard against ambushes.Trander ordered: "Golden Bear, go and block the back door. Neil and I will go in through the front door."

"Okay, Knight Commander."

Egg sniffed and sneezed.

The door was pushed open—

Unexpectedly, not only there was no sign of theft in the house, but a strange scene instead.

Flowers, flowers everywhere.

Delicate flowers of various colors are placed all over the room, from the table to the chairs, every open space, every place that can be placed, are all fragrant and blooming.Lilies surround the bookshelves, like many angels, and the green leaves are carefully arranged, showing the mastermind's excellent aesthetics and control over large areas of color.

Friends were shocked.

There were flowers everywhere, and even Neil and Peleas couldn't recognize their own home.

"This...is a thief?"

At this moment, the cheerful string sound came——

The prince plucked the whaletooth qin, and came down from the stairs while playing, and appeared among the flowers.

When the strings sing under familiar skills, the melody blooms.White flowers, turned into ballads in the joy of the performers, and everyone was also happy.

"Amir—!" The Duke was extremely excited.

"Honey, a surprise!" Amir opened his arms and hugged his lover, "Wedding congratulations! Congratulations, Sir Neil Bernhard and Maester Peleas, my friends!"

"This is Prince Omega, Prince Amer Roniad?" Trand put away his sword and looked suspiciously at the two who were embracing in the middle of the flowers.

"It's him," said Egg.

"Are they always like this...?"

Egg pointed blankly, and Trander turned his head - and saw the two guys kissing in the flowers as if no one was there, very engrossed in the drama.

"Uh..." Trander held his forehead in distress, and couldn't help but sympathize with Egg, who was always with the Duke.Presumably, Yi Ge experienced many embarrassing scenes to be as calm as he is now.

This formation is indeed too exaggerated, and it makes people unable to react at once.

"I think I've seen him before," Neil said.

Thinking of the proper etiquette, Trande bowed slightly, "Welcome, the incomparably noble Prince Roniad, brother of King Omega, and master of the Kingdom under the Sea of ​​Ibanes."

Amir also returned the salute: "First meeting, 'Star of the Oasis', Sir Trande Muawia. Congratulations on becoming the new Governor of the Western Plateau, and the new Earl of Gorgon. In time, your power will surely flourish , illuminating the territory of the empire."

Trent shook his eyebrows, but smiled.

Amir turned around and held Neil's hand eagerly: "It's the first time we met, but you have been my friend for a long time! Kaloyalo said a lot about you, look, this Venus sword 'Ederel' is too I ordered it to be repaired. Salute to you, Sir Neil Bernhard, the last blood of the 'Star of Petriar', your portrait will hang in the Council Hall in the future."

"Thank you for helping me restore my father's sword." Neil also became excited.

Pelias also felt inexplicably familiar.

"As for the beauties...we've met each other before, the Silver Mage, and the Angel of Winter." Amir blinked playfully, and kissed the backs of Peleas and Yigo's hands one by one in a courteous manner.He went on to praise: "Beauty and strength can coexist, which really surprises me. But this is what I love about the empire. Look at the Nushen on your murals, it is clearly the figure of a beautiful young man, but he is violent and rampant. It's a far cry from the image of our Omega's Luna 'Nu'."

Amir digresses into the conversation.

"Wait, did you pry open the door of Neil's house?" Trand remembered.

"It's not difficult, I'm the best locksmith in the court." Amir smiled, putting his arms around his lover's waist.

"Yeah, there's no door he can't open." Kaloyalo also laughed.

"The prince picked the lock himself? No, it's...but..." Trander asked Egg in a low voice, "Is this really Amir Ronyard?"

"Except for him, no one else can be so stunned." Egg shrugged.

Also, look at the flowers all over the room, who else would have thought of such a bold and enthusiastic surprise?

"Everyone please sit down, you're welcome, I have other surprises." Amir enthusiastically pulled away the chairs of the big table, as if he was the master of the house.He clapped his hands, and the prepared tea and hot wine were served. Neil was horrified, and Amir patted him on the shoulder: "Your cellar has a lot of ingredients, enough to make a decent banquet, This is good."

"Haha..." Neil smiled wryly.

The Duke propped his upper body on the table, resting his cheeks, and looked at his lover with a smile.

As with all friendship banquets, Amir carefully prepared a meeting ceremony for everyone.He first offered friendship to the protagonists of the ceremony - Neal and Peleas.

"Neil, I repaired the sword for you, so today I will give you another gift that matches it..." Amir spread his hands, and the servant boy brought the gift up.

It was a scabbard.It can't be called luxurious, but the gold and silver carvings are just right and look solemn.

"I designed this myself, with your family's coat of arms on it: the Winged Peregrine Falcon, and the twelve stars shining on Petriar, just guarding the Venus on the hilt. Look, it's perfect." Amir drew out Neil's sword, and firmly combined the sword and the scabbard, and the two were perfectly natural.

Neil took it over and weighed it a few times, and it was sure enough.

"And you, Bachelor Peleas... I have the most precious gift for you." Amir suddenly became excited, and the Duke had a bad feeling.

"Amir, please don't..."

The prince personally brought a huge cloth bag and carefully placed it in the middle of the table.Friends are all curious.Amir unwraps the wrapping—

"look!"

The Duke covered his face in pain, Trand was dumbfounded, and Egg was amused.

Neal was also shocked.

It turned out to be a stuffed crocodile!

"Look at it, Peleas... This is a rare tujin crocodile, small in size, you know? They only live in the shallows near the Sea of ​​Tranquility. Isn't it amazing, crocodiles in salt water... you Look at the luster of these scales, look here, the luster of mother-of-pearl, the red eyes, does it look like my dear Duke Vulkan?"

"Amir!" Kaloyalo grabbed the young man.He himself has received many such inappropriate gifts, and Amir really likes these weird things. "The gift for Peleas is not this, we have prepared something else, and put it in the bedroom..."

"Is it Omega's custom to give crocodiles to newlyweds?" Trander was dizzy.

Neil smiled dryly: "Thank you, Your Highness, I...I will put it in the study well." Neil's golden retriever saw the stuffed crocodile and barked in fright.

But scholars think otherwise.

"Is this the real thing?" Pelias became interested, carefully studying the crocodile specimen, and actually liked it very much.He said: "Tujin crocodiles are so special. Some scholars believe that they were originally freshwater crocodiles that lived on the small island of Ibagne. But after the catastrophe, the tsunami engulfed many islands, but this crocodile survived. I never thought I could have a specimen like this... Thank you, Amir."

The prince and the scholar had a heated discussion about the crocodile.

"..."

"..."

"It seems that these two talents are truly a match made in heaven." Egg said.He was presented with a set of emerald collar and cuff links, and a complete emerald sword belt.As for Trand, Amir gave him a gold cigarette case, fine wine, and top-quality West Highland short cigarettes.Everything is satisfactory.

My friends were very happy when they received the gift.

"Aren't you going to give me a gift?" The Duke deliberately tested his lover.

"Of course." Amir suddenly said solemnly.He opened his arms like a curtain call actor, then put his right hand behind his back, bowed deeply, and extended his left hand to Kaloyalo——

"'Beloved, I send you a lily'."

Amir smiled and said his lines.

The Duke took the lily from his lover's hand, just like the ghost in the play who regained his memory, and was moved to tears.

"They can really act."

"Perfect match." Egg teased flatly.

"Let's not talk about those two guys...I've also prepared a congratulatory gift, Neil, you will definitely like it." Trander mysteriously took out a small glass bottle with exquisite geometric textures.

Neil uncapped the bottle and sniffed it. It seemed to be good olive oil.

"Thank you Trander, this oil is very good and can make delicious dishes. But is it... a little bit? Or is there any special cooking method?"

Trander immediately slapped the table and laughed, and the Duke also laughed to tears.

"Listen, he wants to use it for cooking!"

"?"

Neal was puzzled until the Duke leaned into his ear and explained the real purpose of the oil.The young man frowned thoughtfully, his ears turned red.He took a sneak peek at the teacher and found that the teacher was still obsessed with stuffed crocodiles.

The duke also smirked and said, "Pelias, I'll give you a new bed."

"I see, thank you dear."

"The bed is big and firm enough, no matter how hard you toss it, it won't creak."

Hearing the word "squeaky," Peleas frowned, because he couldn't help but think of mice.But obviously, he failed to understand the Duke's implication.It was Neil who held his forehead in distress.

There is laughter and laughter everywhere, and friends are close together.Trand and Amir were talking in the corner, their expressions seemed solemn, and they looked in Neil's direction intermittently.Egg noticed, but he didn't care.

Neil went to the kitchen.

Trander couldn't wait, so he patted the golden retriever's head: "Kara, go! Call your dad, I want to play dominoes." The golden retriever ran to the kitchen and brought him over with Neil's boots in his mouth.Neil brought in sliced ​​oranges to go with the omega cider.

After drinking, Amir suddenly had a flash of inspiration, got up and said:

"Just now a gust of wind blew in my ears, and it was the winged words of the god Vayura speaking to me: 'Here it shall be played, in the celebration of a wedding.' Then friends—permit me I will make a song here, playing and singing a section of "The Book of Kings" for you, "The Last Battle"! It tells the story of the demigod Megascenes defeating the dark race and protecting mankind and the world."

He picked up the piano and sang like this:

—The Last Battle—

……

The pillars of the Sea God Temple have all collapsed,

Children of the deep, sons of the sea—the enmity of the Titans revived,

The army is assembled, the vengeance of the old gods is coming.

So the monster crawled out of the trench.Eat people in the shallows, eat people in the shore, eat people in the night

Cannibalism under the royal city of Ibane

It has been 270 years since the last war.

The Ibanese retreated steadily,

The ditches and parapets built to protect ships,

Can no longer withstand the onslaught of the old gods.the priests wept,

For the gods of Ibane are long gone.

All the best of the Ibanese died in battle, and King Anevis died by the sea

The two sons of Prince Meropus, one was pierced through the heart and the other was shot through the lungs,

Pereiroth, who was good at singing, was beheaded

Hecuba fell beside the Titan's boat and fed his body to the dogs and birds.

The warriors of Ibane died one by one, and some are still alive

Battle the dreaded old gods.

In the big city, weeping was everywhere.The firewood for the cremation of the corpse was burned layer by layer.

The women of Ibagne are buried by the shore,

To the son of the fair-haired Leto, son of the sun-god,

The only remaining demigod, the guardian of the world, the supreme king - Megascenes prayed,

Thus said the Ibane: "O King, Defender of Atlantis and the Holy Ibane, who rules Ceylon, hear our prayers

"If you ever sat on the throne of Poseidon and ruled the islands,

"If thou hast repelled the armies of the Titans, and protected our fathers from death,

"Hear our prayer: come down from your high temple and save us."

Thus bereaved women pray to the demigods,

The High King, Megasenaes, heard it, and he was angry

Just descend from the temple of the holy mountain Orgo.

At his waist hung the sword of the sun, and the silver bow on his back made a frightening sound.

His helmet and shield are like summer noon,

shine on the great city that mourns.

On the head and shoulders of Megascene the goddess kindled the same flame,

Inspired him to return to the world,

Go to the battlefield where there is no return.

The coming of the High King is like day returning to the land

Walking majestically, he descended to command the army of the Ibanese, and went to slay the Titans

win for mortals

Then, die there forever.

……

"It's over." Amir bowed again, he held down the strings, and the fluctuation of the ending stopped abruptly.

"..."

"..."

"..."

People are silent and mourn.

The epic of the Supreme King is the content that the nobles of the empire must memorize, and they must also sing every important ceremony and tournament.But no one can sing as well as Amir.

"Trander is going to cry," said Egg.

"I didn't!" Trander quibbled, and then burst into tears.Megascenes was his childhood hero.

Only the Duke laughed dryly and said, "Amir... this, this is a wedding! Why are you singing such bitter and bitter songs!"

"ah!"

Only then did Amir realize what a good thing he had done.

But it was too late, the mage was already immersed in the epic sorrow, sitting in front of the wine table in a daze, without saying a word.

The golden retriever at his feet grunted.

"Quickly think of a way to make Pelias happy!"

"This... this..." The prince looked around anxiously, and suddenly snapped his fingers.He whispered a few words in the servant boy's ear, and after a while, several boys brought several solid stacks of books and piled them on the table like a hill.

"What is this..." Pelias looked up in a daze.

"It's a gift for you and Neil, let's have a look." Amir handed one of the volumes to the scholar with a smile.

Pelias flipped through the pages, his eyes gradually brightened, "It's the monograph of Grand Maester Sikanda! Is it a complete set!?"

"Yes, the full set, the latest annotated edition, including "Wangzheng Chapter", "Philosophy Chapter", "History Chapter" and "Ocean Records". The content has been simplified, and some suspected fake works have not been included. We are exhausted. Kaloyalo told me that you love the writings of your mentor Sikanda the most, so this time I bring them to you."

Peleas suddenly came to life, quickly wrote something on the paper, and then handed the note to Neil, "This is really the best gift. Neil, the following are the items you need to recite, mainly focusing on "Wang Zheng Pian" and "History Piece", before reciting, I will take you to read them intensively, and then there will be oral exams and composition exams. I have already thought about the topics, please work hard to prepare."

"???"

Neil came to his senses and instinctively wanted to run.

Everyone laughed and held down Neil, forcing him to recall the time when he was studying with the teacher.

As dusk falls, friends gather.

The author has something to say: *Amir's song refers to the Iliatri, the part where Apollo is angry.

Both Amir and the duke are a bit crazy, and they get carried away when they are happy 233333

Neil is so miserable, the day of great joy suddenly simulates the exam x