Atlas Double Star Book

Chapter 9: The Beast in the Cage

Pupils, untouchable rings.

A ferocious red diffuses across the iris, which does not constrict when bright light approaches the pupil.There was nothing in her eyes, the blackness was still expanding, like the sky was under a solar eclipse.

"Is the bitch still not saying anything?"

"Hmph, that's not the case. The whip, soldering iron, this and that are useless. The problem is that she doesn't seem to feel pain at all, she doesn't know anything, she is simply demented."

"Anyway, the man over there has already recruited. He said that this woman assassinated Lord Demon Banner. He said that... ah, that this pair of men and women are both corpse collectors, who specially made specimens for His Royal Highness. They followed the demon flag before. Lord Banner came to the dungeon of the outer castle to get the head of the savage and the head of the white monster. As a result, this woman seemed to be an assassin. She was bribed, so she killed the magic flag. The person who bribed her? Hehe, this can’t be said , but I can tell you that he is also a big shot."

"Don't talk about pulling it down! This girl is also, fifteen or sixteen years old, and she looks weird. If I saw it in the 'Fairy Valley', I would spend a hundred gold shields for this chick."

"Hey, you're not even willing to ask your own bastard to ask you for two gold shields to cure your fucking disease, and you said you would go to the 'Fairy Valley' to spend a hundred gold shields to sleep with a bitch?"

The girl who was tied to the instrument of torture was covered in scars all over her body. She lowered her head with a blank expression, as if she didn't understand the situation at all.When she was tortured before, she didn't say a word, and the whip hit her chest like it was on a wooden table.Her eyes were wide open like a stranded fish, as if her brain had been burned out.

"The tiger's head is alive, I ate him..." The girl repeated this sentence repeatedly, and the two jailers snorted and continued to chat.

"What are you kidding? It's just an illegitimate child, what a fart! Who made those ordinary humans so fertile? Just mess around and get pregnant, and make some nondescript half-Sybyls. I can't avoid this kind of scandal before, who knows That brat has the guts to come to the door?"

"Hahaha, so you just beat him up. Don't tell me, the Sibyls have been very popular in recent years. Look at the leader of the Seventh Knights, Trande Muawia, who can fight again There are also means, playing around in the court."

"I'm warning you, Dolos, don't tell me about Trande Muawia, just think about it! A lowly bedbug is actually the head of the Royal Knights? Ah... poor magic banner My lord, he died so young and was murdered... An upright Sibyl like Lord Magic Banner will never tolerate these half-Sybyls and scumbags doing anything wrong. He has been worrying about the purity of Sybyl blood all his life The problem of such a noble man... May God preserve his soul."

"May Nu God bless his soul, come on," the scrawny jailer elbowed his colleague, shaking his head like a vulture with a grin, "Say... you know who is the big man who conspired to kill the Demon Banner? Who? It was recruited a long time ago. It is said that His Highness the Crown Prince personally interrogated the male body collector. After all, the one who died was His Highness’s blood alliance. Tell me, who is so courageous to attack the royal blood alliance? At that time The man confessed his name, and it is said that His Royal Highness Triste drew his sword angrily when he heard this, and vowed to pay that man's blood, hehehe."

"Damn it, talking about it for a long time is just to catch my appetite. Then you said, who ordered this bitch to assassinate Master Demon Banner?!"

The girl murmured: "The tiger's head is alive, I ate him..."

Neil walked alone on the grassy knoll under the scorching sun, and the golden retriever walked along with its owner's riding boots. It stopped several times, looked into the distance and grunted sadly.

He tossed two green fluorites, which were left by Pelias, and could be used as a simple communication tool.But to be honest, he didn't think that stubborn scholar would take the initiative to contact him, and maybe he would ignore his request.Besides... the teacher is also underestimating him, and only apprentices who don't have a "roster" use green fluorite.Neil was secretly annoyed, he should really lock that guy at home and teach him how to be an honest person.

The big dog rolled on the ground and continued whining in the direction Peleas left.

"Useless Carla, he's gone, Peleas is gone." Neil impatiently turned back and pulled the dog away, angrily angrily said: "Woo...if you can get him back by lying on the ground , I didn’t do this a long time ago! Get up!”

The golden retriever didn't want to get up, but it suddenly stood up and ran forward all the way, crying and howling as it ran, as if hoping that Peleas, who had gone far away, could hear it.

"Come back!" Neil was startled, and hurried to chase after him.

The little goose girl sat under the myrtle flowers, watching from afar the blond knight chasing a golden retriever dog from one end of the grassy hill to the other, the little girl couldn't help giggling, the big white geese Noisily flapping its wings.Hey, seeing Sir Cavalier leaping forward suddenly, pushing the golden retriever dog to the ground, the two guys rolled over, like two boys fighting.

The big white goose cooed, its neck shrunk back and forth, and the little goose herding girl shook her feet, looking at the mud-covered knight who tied the big dog's chest and front paws with ropes. Why did she tie it up?It seemed that he wanted to drag it forward, but the golden retriever was as stubborn as an old goat, his four paws were stiff and he refused to go forward, and he still dragged four scratches on the grass.The little girl was so happy that she almost fell off the stone. She really wanted to ask Yulia to come and see that the knight could not twist the big dog, so he tied its four paws together, picked up the golden retriever and carried it on his shoulders. Go forward.

"Hoo... good afternoon, Aurora." Neil climbed up the grassy hill and greeted the ten-year-old girl.

"Hello, Sir Cavalier, why is your dog disobedient? Did you hit him?" The little girl looked up at Neil, her eyes narrowed, and the sunlight dazzled her.The big white geese puffed up their chests and flapped their wings uneasily, probably because they saw the man carrying the big dog on his shoulders like a sack of wheat flour.

"No dear, the dog is just sad that his master is gone."

The little girl put down the twig, picked up a goose and touched its neck, and the geese became quiet.She muttered: "Gone? Who's gone? Aren't you here?"

"It's my teacher Peleas, you've seen it before, didn't grandma bring you to my house last time to borrow the oven?"

"Ah, that silver-haired sister." The little girl picked a flower and put it on the head of the big white goose, and the goose wriggled in her arms. She laughed: "The silver-haired sister's silver hair is as white as frost flowers, and her clothes are so beautiful." Always good looking."

"No, no, no, he's a man... and..." Neil was a little overwhelmed, because the dog was arching restlessly on his shoulders, and a few bold geese surrounded him, tentatively pecking at his buttocks. riding boots.

"Oh, so, why did he leave? Don't you want to marry him? Yulia said, you just want to marry him."

"Yes, I want to marry him."

"But he doesn't want to, right? Otherwise, he won't leave, and the dog won't be sad. I feel sorry for you, Mr. Knight. You are broken in love, and you should make snacks."

Neil sighed: "Thank you my dear, but don't worry about me, I will still distribute the snacks to you in the future."

After bidding farewell to the goose shepherd girl, Neil took the golden retriever dog to find the girl's grandmother.The old woman was drawing water, and she couldn't help laughing when she saw the knight walking over with a dog on her shoulders: "It's so strange, my lord used to ride a horse, but now it's a dog riding my lord. Neil, what are you doing?" Well, put Kara on your shoulders, don't you want to tie it up and sell it?"

Neil explained that he hoped that the dog could be temporarily fostered with the grandmother. After all, if the teacher was not at home, he would not come back every day.He also wanted to take Kara to the Knights to raise him, but before that, he had to ask Trand for permission.The old woman laughed and patted Neil's head at last and said:

"Okay, ok, young man, look at the one who has wronged you, come here, let grandma hug you."

"I...I have nothing to wrong." Neil was a little embarrassed, but the old grandma hugged him involuntarily, with incredible strength.

At this time, Mrs. Belek was passing by with a walnut pie, and she was planning to go to Mrs. Xiao Ke's house to drink tea and play dominoes with her old friends, and happened to see Neil and Mrs. Rodrik by the well.The old lady was in high spirits, and she walked over with small steps and wanted to pinch the young man's face. Before this was over, the two old ladies insisted on dragging Neil to Mrs. Xiao Ke's house, insisting that he attend their party.

Seeing Neil's arrival, the old grandmas who were knitting sweaters were overjoyed and moved out of the place tremblingly to let the young man sit among them. The golden retriever Kara also got a blanket to sleep on.This old lady proposed to introduce a certain girl to Neil, but the other objected loudly that she was not good enough. They argued endlessly, and Neil, dumbfounded, continued to help knit the sweater silently.Later, the old grandmas stopped thinking about the specific candidates, and began to fantasize about how to arrange Neil's wedding. The ceremony is best in early winter, when the red berries are the best. You can't buy salt from those profiteers in the Western Plateau, you have to buy it from the Pope's territory. That's good, and the wine is also good there.Aunt Xiao Ke took out her son's wedding gown to show Neil, but Aunt Rodri scolded her a bit, saying that she was ashamed to take out the old clothes for other people's wedding, and that knights had to wear knight gowns when they got married.

Neil is very used to this kind of gatherings of old granny.When he was a child, his teacher often entrusted him to the care of the old grandmothers in the village, and he followed them to learn how to knit sweaters, bake snacks, and leisurely hug the cat to bask in the sun.Thinking of the village where he grew up and the people he was familiar with, Neil was really sad. He hasn’t been back for nearly ten years, maybe many old acquaintances are... and the earliest golden retriever he raised was also named Kara, so he just stayed with him. In the village, probably dead now, and now Peleas is gone again.

Just when Neil was immersed in sadness, a little girl ran over and pulled him away. Neil saw that it was Yulia.

"Someone is looking for Lord Knight, I'll tell him to go back." The little girl said this, and the old women were embarrassed to keep her, so they had to bid farewell, and asked Tony to bring his fiancée to them as soon as possible.

The little girl led the knight to the entrance of the village.Neil thanked her for getting him out, and Yulia shrugged and said, "They are old and idle, so of course they have to care about other people's private affairs. Look, although I know that you failed to propose to Mr. Pelias, I It's not polite to ask you. The only way I know is that Aurora told me that she's looking after the geese over there."

Before Neil could answer, the little girl said again:

"But don't be depressed. I think you can find a solution. Mr. Peleas will definitely come back. I would like to ask him more about the academy then."

"Do you enjoy studying?" Neil asked.

"Of course! I want to go to the academy and learn anything. Oh, Mr. Bernhard, the reason why I called you out is because there are robbers in your house. They may be stealing things."

"What..." Neil was dumbfounded, "Bandits! Did they enter the house? Did you see that?"

"That's right, they opened the door and walked in. This is called 'uninvited'." The little girl held her head high.

"Then why didn't you say it earlier!"

"What's the difference between saying it early and saying it later? They've all gone in. Go back and have a look, yes, that's it, it's the so-called 'speeding like lightning'." Waving a handkerchief, the little girl watched the knight rush home. .

Neil was not in a hurry to go home, and first quietly scouted from a distance.

Sure enough, the door was open, and figures occasionally flashed through the window, and there were four more horses in the stable.That's not right, how could a robber tie a horse to a stable with such politeness?He went around to the back door and saw the intruder clearly.

These men were royal knights, with rings of golden serpents on their armor.They turned his house upside down, and the books were still on the floor, and the cushions were cut open, and Neil was furious, but now was not the time to be angry.These people came to search his home, they must have come to make trouble, and they might even arrest him.

It doesn't make sense, it's impossible for him to do anything illegal, and their knights just triumphed yesterday, so how could someone come to find fault today!Neil is determined to go back and report this matter to Trander first, the most important thing is to find out the situation quickly... But since those people have already come to search him, I am afraid that the situation on Trander's side is more critical.

He crept into the stable and led his horse away.Neal had trained him so well that he could be as quiet as a wolf in the bushes when scouting the front lines, so the intruders didn't see him riding off.

The Seventh Knights were stationed in the east of the imperial capital. Outside the camp, there were dense adobe houses where the poor lived. The stench of lice and mud permeated the air.But at this moment, everything around is not quite right. The patrolling guards will pass by the muddy alley, as if they are searching for something. A look of uneasiness appears on people's faces, and it sounds like they don't know more.Neil went back to the tavern last night on a small path, hid the horse there first, and even stole some clothes that were hanging outside to change into. Unfortunately, they were too small, after Neil put them on, it really seemed like he couldn't do it for several years. The poor boy in the countryside who bought new clothes, his trousers were a lot shorter.He took charcoal and dabbed it lightly on his face.

He came to the alley near the Knights' garrison with a bucket in his hand, pretending to be returning from fetching water.

It seemed that something had happened in the camp. There were a lot of strange knights and soldiers walking around aggressively in their territory, while Jin Xiong and the others were arguing endlessly with these intruders, almost facing each other with swords.

But where was Trand?

Neil felt that Trand must not be there, otherwise how dare these bastards behave like this?Moreover, he saw with his own eyes, a kind of "philosopher" who was leading Trand one by one. The big black horse was so irritable that only three or four people could hold it back.It seems that these soldiers left the Seventh Knights' garrison after receiving the order again, and divided into several teams to act alone.Neil guessed they were looking for Trand.No, I have to contact him quickly before that.As for the reason of these people, Neil didn't have time to think about it.

Neil guessed where Trander was going. When he was relaxing, he might go to the public bath, go back to his house to read the picture book, go to the tavern, or just go to his secret room in "Fairy Valley"...Trand likes it Going to be alone in that room is said to allow him to find peace of mind.In fact, the more important reason was that Trander wanted to put on a cynical attitude in order to hide his relationship with Egg.

To be honest, Neil was quite afraid of the "Fairy Valley". Every time he went there to find Trand, he would be teased severely by the girls.But at this imminent juncture, how can I have the time to worry about it?

Finally back to the old place.

Trent lay lazily on the recliner, staring at the glass chandelier on the roof in a daze.This room is not big, with a fan-shaped structure, several large floor-to-ceiling glass windows are hung with pink gauze, even the lounge chairs, cushions and blankets are also pink, the floor is covered with a whole piece of tiger skin, and the furniture is all made of tin , The shape is luxurious.On the table was a gold dish from Ruta, full of expensive southern fruits that had to be shipped over by Omega merchant ships.

It can be said that most of the furnishings in this room are expensive, but these exaggerated items are extremely nondescript when put together. The poor color matching and the glittering golden statues are like a messy collection in a crow's nest.

And you can also hear the sound of physical collision next door, and the erotic voice and love language can be heard endlessly.

"Tsk, this guy is really bad, he surrendered in just a few minutes... and let Ellie call him 'Daddy'? He's a pervert."

Trand played with a crystal ball absently, letting it roll down his left arm, down his pectoral muscles and down his right arm.He was pretty good at the game, and maybe Egg could praise him later when he saw it.But Trander didn't have any hope. Egg hated "dirty" places like brothels, and probably wouldn't come to him.But it doesn't matter, anyway, he just came back to be quiet and quiet.

This room was Trander's secret base, and every time he was upset, he would go to the bathhouse to take a bath, and then return here to rest.He lived in a brothel as a child, helping the madam with chores, running errands for his sisters, and occasionally performing snake fights at the market for extra money.The atmosphere made him feel at ease.

Trand hummed a ditty, turned his folded legs upside down, and continued to imagine that tonight he could do Egg this way, that way... and make that indifferent beauty flushed, crying and begging he.

"Hehehe~"

Suddenly, an urgent knock on the door interrupted Trander's daydream.Cursing, he took the shirt and put it on, and asked who it was.

It's Neil.

Trander impatiently opened the lock, and was about to scold the stupid boy, but found that Neil's face was ashen, and he was still wearing dirty and torn clothes.

"What's wrong?" He turned sideways to let the young man in.

"Trand, run, someone is going to catch you! They searched my house, they are still running around in the camp, they are looking for you."

"Does anyone know?"

"I don't know, but they are all royal knights, maybe members of the third knight order."

"Are you sure?" Trand rubbed his chin and pondered for a while, then said coldly, "Damn, someone must have plotted against me... I should have made arrangements before going out, those guys have no clue..."

"Don't think about it, come with me!"

Trander frowned, and continued: "No, I can't leave. Now I don't know who is using what reason to plot against me. If I leave, it will be tantamount to confessing. I have to stay and meet that guy."

"But……"

"Thanks, buddy," said Trand, looking into Neal's eyes. "They're going to lock me up, but you have to stay free. That's your job, Neil Bernhard."

Neil was speechless for a while, and he was 1 worried about his friend's safety.

"Go find the enemy's flaws and defeat them."

"I will save you!"

Trander smiled and patted Neil on the face, "You are my sharpest sword and my most important friend. Go, Neil Bernhard, let them see how powerful the Chief of the Seventh Knights is." .”

"Take care, Trander... No matter what, as long as you need me, I'll be there for you." Neil looked directly at the leader of the Knights, with the same expression as when he was a boy.

"Tsk, silly boy!" Trander ruffled Neil's blond hair in a frenzy.

The two friends stared at each other, high-fiving each other as if they had completed a task.Trander spread out his palms, it turned out that Neil had given him two green fluorites.

"I will use spells to contact you if necessary," Neil said.

"Hey, when you look at it seriously, it looks so cold, it's exactly the same as that teacher."

Neil poked Trende's chest and said seriously, "At my wedding, you will be the witness."

"God, I'm afraid you have said it ten thousand times hahaha."

The knights embraced and then went their separate ways.Trander knew that there were some things that only Neil could accomplish, like on the battlefield, Neil rode his horse back from the snow field and brought him victory.

Like the sun hanging high.

After bidding farewell to his friends, Trander sighed and twisted his waist, "Really, I just came back and I can't stop, I didn't even hug my wife..."

He dressed up, matched his sword, and walked to the front hall.A girl was smoking a hookah with nothing to do, and she seemed to have just finished her work.Trander naturally put his arms around his waist, and said with a smile, "Honey, let me borrow your small waist."

When the royal knights broke into "Fairy Valley", the man they wanted to catch happened to be sitting in the front hall, and the men drew their swords!

"Oh, good day, gentlemen."

Trand leaned leisurely on the sofa, smoking a hookah, holding a femme fatale in his arms.

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