Atlas Double Star Book

After the banquet, the friends all left.

Only Neil and Peleas remained.The two sat, and the cool autumn night wind blew in.

The teacher reluctantly said: "In two days, I still have to go back to the academy... This time, something like this happened, and the academy asked me to go back to do a report on the situation of the black mage and the monster. We really have to separate for a while, although I It's not..."

"It's okay, you go." Neil said.

"I'm not messing with you..."

Neil took the teacher's hand and carefully examined the broken finger that was trampled by the Iceman before. "How's the finger?"

"It's all right now, but it's the arrow wound on your arm and the wound on your head...can I take another look?"

"Okay." Neil quickly unbuttoned and took off his jacket.

After taking off the military uniform, a toned but scarred body was revealed.This was the first time Peleas mustered up the courage to take a good look at Neal's body.Injuries are common for knights, but he didn't expect the pain to leave so many marks on Neil.In addition, Neil's right arm is still wrapped with a bandage, and the blood scab on his forehead has not yet fallen off.

The candlelight was flickering, and for some reason, Peleas felt his eyes were a little moist.

"It's okay." Neil smiled softly, rubbed the corners of the teacher's eyes, then lightly pressed the back of Pelias' head, and pulled him into his arms.

Peleas did not resist, but obeyed the embrace.He thought of everything Neil had experienced, and how unfair he had been to Neil.

"I'm sorry Neil... I used to..."

Neil kissed the forehead of the teacher, "Look, it's the same as before. In our house, the fire is warm and the window is dark, the two of us can be together."

The room was very warm, the candlelight reflected peaceful circles on the walls and corners, and the freshly warmed mead was steaming.

"Can I really...? Am I worthy of this...life?" Peleas whispered, burying his head in Neil's chest.

The young man thought for a while, hugged him tighter, and hissed soothingly.

"Although I am such a person..." Peleas looked up and looked at his loved one, "Even I... want to be courageous about the future."

"Then tell me." Neil smiled gratifiedly, stroked his lover's cheek, and waited patiently.

Mustering up all the courage, overcoming the pain and the past, after all kinds of consideration and hesitation...

Peleas said:

"Yes, I love you."

Neil opened his mouth and whispered, "Then this is your answer."

The young man wrapped his arms around the teacher's waist, lifted his chin slightly, and folded his lips together.

The night is gentle, and people who love each other are together.

The next day, the emperor summoned him, and Neil entered the palace with the Duke.

On the carriage, the Duke rubbed his hands excitedly and asked, "How is it? Is the big bed I sent you very firm? Hehehe."

Neil said: "Thank you, it is indeed a very high-end bed. I also want to buy some goose feathers these days and come back to dry, and re-sew a warm duvet for the teacher. Now the bed is too big, and he is alone. It's very cold to sleep, so I'll add some quilts for him. I'll go to the market in a couple of days to see if I can buy good furs. If I still have the energy, I'll sew a bed for Trand..."

"Wait? Why is it cold for him to sleep alone? Then where do you sleep?"

"I sleep in my room." Neal was confused.

The Duke showed a desperate expression: "I knew you two...! Then what did you do last night? Did... anything indescribable and pleasant happen?"

"Yes," Neil said with a smile, "We had a very happy chat. It's been a long time since we had such a candid chat. We talked about the village we lived in and the things you met before."

"Except for chatting?" The Duke covered his face.

"We talked for a long time, and we were sleepy. I warmed up a cup of honey milk for the teacher, and then went to bed."

"..."

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The Duke smiled wryly and shook his head: "I want to tell Egg that he has a saint apprentice!"

Later, when Trander heard the news, he couldn't hold his breath from laughing. The rumor that a virgin would bring good luck had flourished in the Knights for a long time.

The Rose Palace is in the late Ibagne style.Countless ambers and golds illuminate every corner of the palace, rubies, pearls, and tourmalines are used so casually, and the scarlet color stimulates people's vision.Everyone who comes here for the first time will inevitably feel dizzy and frightened.This was the first time Neil was summoned in the inner room.To be honest, he didn't understand why His Majesty the Emperor would summon such a nobody like himself.

He knelt on one knee before the throne, looking down at the cold obsidian floor.

"His Majesty."

"Please stand up, my knight. Although we are old friends, the etiquette between monarchs and ministers cannot be exempted." The emperor stepped down from the throne.Today she didn't wear a crown, nor did she wear a black veil covering her face, she was just wearing a light white dressing gown, just like an ordinary old lady meeting a close junior.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry to offend you, but I failed to recognize you in the forest before."

The old woman smiled and shook her hands, and pulled the kneeling young man up, "Come with me for a walk, breathing fresh air is good for your health."

So they walked in the garden, like ordinary ladies on the arm of a knight.

"Ah, this reminds me of my youth... At that time, I was a wild girl, thinking of nothing but daydreaming and games. Can you understand this feeling? It may be difficult. You are a male, and you have been regarded as a general since you were young." Cultivation. As for us girls, we have always been pampered and protected, just like cute kittens."

Neil thought about it, it seemed so.However, he grew up in the countryside when he was a child, and the fate of the little girls in the village was different from that of noble girls.

The emperor also said: "I was a very naive person when I was a child. My father, the Duke of Avidoli, was upright and brave. He dedicated himself to the empire until he died on the battlefield. I was very sad at that time, and I wanted to inherit my father's title and do the same. A guardian of integrity. But what? You get it."

"Your brother has inherited the title."

"Yeah, he forced me to marry the crown prince, and then got a dowry gift that is incomparably rich." The emperor smiled and shook his head, "You are a foreigner, but you must have heard a lot about what kind of person Rey is. There are rumors. Can you imagine what kind of life I lead after entering the court."

"Your Majesty..." Neil felt sad.

"Rey has a bad temper. When he gets angry, he will beat women with a whip. It's the same fate for me. Heh. You are the daughter of the Duke of Avidoli. Before the emperor saw me, he would be polite." The emperor The wrong tense may be a moment of confusion, after all, the past nightmare was so vivid.

Neil frowned.He knew that it was not easy for the emperor, but he never knew more about it. After all, these private affairs of the royal family were never disclosed.

The old woman continued: "Hehe, he hit me, so of course I hit him. At that time, Rey had just ascended the throne and became the new emperor. Can you imagine? We both treated each other like guests at the palace banquet, but when we returned to the inner court, he used The rope strangled my neck and almost strangled me a few times. And me? I stabbed him with a dagger hahaha, and then he told the officials that he was gored by a wild boar while hunting. Not to protect me, just because He couldn't accept the humiliation of being hurt by a woman."

"It's so serious..."

"Yes, there are still obligations to be fulfilled, so I am pregnant." The emperor said calmly, "The child in my womb will be the crown prince, the official heir of the empire. However, Lei loves other illegitimate children more and wants to make him a child." The bastard is the crown prince. So what do you think he will do?"

"..."

"You guessed it, he sent someone to assassinate me."

The old woman shrugged, as if complaining about the weather being bad for her knees.

"He colluded with my younger brother. My younger brother sent a letter, saying that my mother was critically ill and summoned me to go back. So I drove back in a carriage overnight, through mountains, forests and muddy fields, and it was raining. The child in my belly was already eight months old. Then a group of Assassins attacked our convoy, and both the knight and the groom were killed... Only one knight escaped with me, but he died of serious injuries... I was the only one left, in the mountains at night, thunder and lightning, surrounded by Wild beasts and pursuers are everywhere."

Neil was angry: "How could—!"

The emperor said: "Then I met a man with red eyes in the forest. He was in a trance, as if he was dying, and he seemed to have just experienced great grief. I really had no choice but to ask him for help. Man Seems to be able to spell and confuse assassins. It's strange... such a dying man escorted me through the rainstorm forest and sent me to Sir Enrique's castle... You know, Sir Enrique was My father's loyal servants will do anything to protect me. I gave birth to the child in the castle."

"The man with the red eyes you mentioned is..."

"That's right, it's Kaloyalo. He's my benefactor." The emperor sighed, "When he arrived at the castle, he couldn't hold on anymore. Kaloyalo was in a coma on the bed for more than a month, and he almost missed it several times. I died and I took care of him myself... Then one day, it was April, and the peasants had a celebration, music and parades everywhere... Kaloyalo woke up. He was in a trance, looking at Looking out the window, looking at the happy atmosphere outside. It’s like a hard labor prisoner who has been imprisoned for ten years and returned to the world... Afterwards, I have always brought him by my side. When I become emperor, I will make him Duke of Urkan .”

"So that's how it is..."

The emperor smiled: "As for how I became emperor, you have already heard the rumors. But it doesn't matter, the important thing is... I govern better than all of them. The entire empire is under my control. All races can live in peace."

Neal really admired her for that.

"But it's coming to an end. When I die, the balance of power in the empire will disappear. Neil Bernhard, let me ask you... Do you think the crown prince will be a wise king?"

Neil shook his head.

The emperor laughed. She was old and liked such straightforward answers.

"That's right, that kid won't do," she said, "but the second son is young...he's not Ray's kid, he's mine, and he's got to be more like me. But he needs time...but it's not mine The reason for summoning you is not that I want you to pledge allegiance to Dorce. Because sooner or later you will leave the Knights of the Empire."

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Neil was a little puzzled, but he didn't say anything.

The emperor stopped and looked at the poisonous oleander in the garden.

"Neil Bernhard, I will tell you a few secrets, and then you also swear to me. Not a subject, but a friend," said the emperor.

The young man nodded.

The old woman said: "You swear, wait for my soul to return to Gilthega. If the empire is about to fall apart...then you must support the most powerful king and keep our empire! Never let the kingship collapse...We Sibyl People must be the core of the empire, but they must not drive out other races."

Neil was a little surprised, he had never thought of such a future.but……

"I swear."

The young knight saluted solemnly.

The old woman showed a relaxed smile and tapped her shoulders.Neil instinctively rubbed the old man's shoulders, as he used to do in the village.

"Okay, then it's my turn. I'll tell you two secrets...both are related to your parents."

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The old woman said, "After your father was assassinated, do you know who reported the funeral for him?"

Neil shook his head. He was only three years old at the time and couldn't remember anything.

"It was Trande Muawia. He was the first person to find your father's body." The emperor said, "At that time, Trande was visiting the Kingdom of Petlyar as an envoy of the empire."

"what?!"

Neil was shocked, and a great sadness and nameless emotion emerged spontaneously.

The emperor asked: "Yeah, you have to think about it, why didn't Trande tell you? What is he hiding from you?"

"maybe……"

"Shh, think about it yourself, young man. Don't trust anyone too much. The world of power has its own rules. Then I will tell you the second secret, which has something to do with your mother."

Neil listened carefully.

The old woman stroked the ring and said, "Your father married your mother Aglaia, and it was a match made in heaven. They loved each other, but that was not the only reason, Hein Prospero was a politician after all. Many people I don't know... your mother, she is the old king's niece."

Neil really didn't know, he only remembered that his family was wealthy when he was a child.There are paintings of my mother all over the house.

"Do you know what this means?" The emperor saw Neil's confusion.

The youth thought hard.

"Now Petlyar is subjugated and annexed by the pope's territory, and all the royal family has been killed. That is to say..." The old woman smiled:

"You are the last blood of the royal family and have the right to claim Petlyar."

In the depths of the palace, there is an annex.

That's where the Crown Prince kept his collection, all kinds of stuffed human heads, stuffed animals, the hands of sinners soaked in antiseptic jars...

There, there is a new collection.

Someone offered a bottle to the crown prince, and the bottle contained the corpse of a rare monster fetus.It is said that the soldiers who defended the city picked it up while cleaning up the remains.Witnesses were called and corroborated the offerer's account:

This is the fetus of a great monster.

They saw it with their own eyes—during the siege, the big monster with the head of a bird, the body of a fish, tore open its stomach, pulled out this ugly deformed fetus and threw it on the ground.

This disgusting and dramatic moment fascinated the Crown Prince.He admired the corpse of the fetus in the bottle, as if admiring an eternal work of art, and rewarded the gifter with gold.Now, the collection is shelved in the dark, adorning this fun and eerie room.

"Ah...ah..."

Inside the bottle, the baby opened its countless tiny mouths and moaned.It was almost a lump of flesh, wriggling slowly, with several red eyes growing on its body.

"what……"

It's still alive, no one knows.

"Are you here?" A gentle voice came from the darkness.

"Ah..."

The lump of meat let out a small whine.

A man came from the darkness, carefully picked up the glass bottle containing the fetus, and looked at the red eyes of the monster.The same is true for the man himself, a pair of crimson pupils reflected the monster, like pigeon blood.

"poor child……"

The man said compassionately, comforting the meat through the glass.

"what……"

"You shouldn't have been born, and your pain will be the pain of the world. But it's okay, it's over, it's over."

Mr. Kaloyalo said.

"Go to sleep, poor child..."

In the glass bottle, a small flame ignited.The fire burned quietly, enveloping the monster's fetus.

"what."

The little piece of flesh answered him, its eyes closed, and it was reduced to white ashes in the flames.

The author has something to say: ah ah ah ah ah finally here!There is still the last chapter, "Double Star Book" is over!