Sword of Dawn

"He knows, that's why he looks a little nervous—this great adventurer usually has a better mentality than anyone else," Heragor said with a hint of a smile, "You know, he regards you as an idol— —Even if you lose your memory now.”

"I know this. He went to sea to find the 'secret route' or because he wanted to follow in 'my footsteps'," Gao Wen laughed, with a hint of exclamation in his tone, "It was also because of that trip to sea. , he lost his way to the arctic waters, and was picked up by Melita at the time to the Tower Against the Tide... Everything in the world is really connected by cause and effect."

"Everything in the world is connected by cause and effect... A wise man in a certain season of civilization once said this, which is very interesting and worth thinking about," Heragor said, and then nodded in the direction of the room, "do Are you ready? Go meet this great adventurer who has worshiped you as an idol for hundreds of years—he has been looking forward to it for a long time."

"...To be honest, I'm starting to get a little nervous." Gawain said with a smile, but he still walked towards the door, followed by Amber and Heragor.

Walking to the door of the room, Gao Wen stopped, sorted out the expression on his face and the train of thought in his mind, and at the same time took a breath - he said he was a little nervous, he was really not joking, after all, he was in such a situation. This is the first time in my life that I have met many people who admire me in this world, but one has regarded himself as an idol 600 years ago, and even risked his life to go to sea to find his "secret route". There is only one "big adventurer" who has not changed his original intention after six centuries.

Thinking of this, he felt a little nervous about meeting fans offline for the first time.

But the big adventurer in the room must be more nervous than him, so Gao Wen quickly sorted out his state, and after the muscles on his face relaxed, he casually pushed open the solid wooden door in front of him—— With the slight sound of the door shaft turning, Victoria and Modil, who were talking in the reception room, turned their heads at the same time.

Victoria was the first to get up, bowed to Gao Wen and reminded the ancestors beside her: "Your Majesty is coming."

Modil's reaction was half a beat slow, but he still woke up quickly after hearing the reminder beside him. The great adventurer stood up suddenly as if he had accidentally sat on the coals. There was a smile on his face, but then he seemed at a loss. He subconsciously took a few steps towards Gao Wen's direction, as if he wanted to reach out his hand, but he retracted it halfway, as if he was electrocuted, and slapped it hard on his clothes. Rubbing back and forth, one side of his mouth was muttering in a vague way: "Ah, wait, Your Majesty, I just finished chatting with Victoria and didn't wash my hands..."

Gao Wen was also taking two steps to shake hands with the old man, but the rhythm was disrupted by the other party's sudden series of irregular movements, and he stood there in embarrassment, looking at Mo Due to Dill's actions, he finally found an opportunity to speak: "Don't be so nervous, Mr. Modill——I came to see you specially."

"Hey, I'm even more nervous when you say that!" Modil finally finished wiping his hands, but then he summoned a water element and put it in his hand to scrub vigorously. He walked towards Gawain and muttered, "I ...I never dreamed that one day I would meet you in person! You are the greatest pioneer and the greatest adventurer in my mind! I couldn't believe my ears when I first heard that you were coming in person , the Goddess of Magic can testify! I thought I had fallen into another 'strange dream'..."

Gawain couldn't help having a weird expression when he heard this, thinking that the Goddess of Magic might not be able to pass this certificate, and now she is being chased and intercepted by the network administrators led by Naritil in the neural network every day, or she is retreating with the other two. Hugh's god played cards and chess, and the last time he gave testimony to others was to prove that Amoen really didn't have double kings and two bombs...

But no matter what, the great adventurer finally relaxed a little after tossing around for a while, Mordir let go of the water element that had been knocked out by himself, and looked hard at Gawain, as if to confirm the "" Whether the "Emperor" is the same face as the "pioneering hero" in history, he finally reached out and shook hands with his "idol".

After a while, under Victoria's reminder, Modil finally let go of his hand. He sat on a chair by the low table with a very happy smile on his face, while Gawain sat on the opposite chair. on the chair, and did not wipe the beads off his hands.

Amber stood behind Gawain, and Victoria stood behind Mordir. Heragor saw that the atmosphere in the room was on track, and that he, an "outsider", could only take up space here, so he stepped back with a smile: "Then The rest of the time will be left to everyone, I still have a lot of things to deal with, so I will take a step away first. If you have any questions, you can call Keleta at any time, she is standing in the corridor."

Gawain nodded with a smile, and Victoria on the side said, "Thank you, Your Excellency Heragor."

The leader of the Dragon Clan left, and only Gao Wen and others were left in the reception room. Before talking, Gao Wen first pointed to Amber standing behind him, and introduced to the old man in front of him: "This is Amber, my intelligence advisor. , is also an expert in the shadow field, we suspect that what happened to you has something to do with the 'authority' of the shadow field, so I brought her here."

"Oh, oh, okay," Modil nodded repeatedly, obviously he didn't care who Amber was at all, and then he pointed to Victoria behind him, "You should know her, right? She..."

"Of course, I know her," Gawain laughed, "she is an excellent official of the empire."

As soon as he finished speaking, Victoria's voice rang directly in his mind: "The ancestor doesn't know my full name yet, and for obvious reasons, I can't tell him my real identity..."

"Well, I know," Gao Wen responded in his heart, and at the same time nodded subtly, and then looked up at the great adventurer in front of him, "Mr. Mordir, you should know the reason why I came to see you in person, right?" ?”

"This...they said it was because you paid close attention to the 'vision' that happened to me," Modil said after a moment of hesitation, "They said that the abnormal situation on my body involved gods, and it may also involve more ancient Secrets, these secrets are enough to alarm the upper echelons of the empire, but to be honest, I still can't believe that this is Tarrond, separated from Loren by a vast ocean, yet you came here yourself..."

"Mr. Mordir, you may not understand your own special features," Gawain interrupted before the other party finished speaking, "The 'vision' that happened to you is enough to make any member of the alliance The leader of the leader personally came out, and even if you leave this layer aside, you are worthy of my coming here in person."

"Me?" Modil pointed at his nose a little helplessly, "I'm just an ordinary old man. Although I have some magical power, I have no other advantages, and I often don't even know my mind clearly." ..."

"You are a great adventurer," Gao Wen said solemnly, "Maybe you don't remember some things, but your contribution to the human world is no less than that of my time. Many pioneering heroes, if Charlie saw you back then, I’m afraid he would personally confer honors and toast you.”

Mordir obviously didn't expect to hear such an astonishing comment from Gao Wen's mouth - the usual compliment can be regarded as a courtesy, but when Gao Wen took out all the founding kings of Ansu, this The great adventurer was obviously shocked. He stared, not knowing what expression to make, and after a long time, he said, "You... what you said is true? I was able to have this kind of credit back then?"

Gao Wen's expression became serious, he stared into the eyes of the old man in front of him, and nodded solemnly: "It's absolutely true."

He knew that his words were quite unimaginable for an adventurer who had forgotten who he was, but he knew even more that none of his words were exaggerations.

Mordir Wilde, although he may appear to be an incorrigible lunatic and an unconventional eccentric by the standards of the aristocrats, yet in the eyes of a pioneer and an adventurer, his existence is enough to leave a lot in the history books. pages of chapters.

His life's adventures have yielded countless results, and in that "Modill's Travels", Gawain was most impressed by it, and the passage that touched him the most is still fresh in his memory—it was not a thrilling adventure in a foreign land, nor There are no strange and terrifying supernatural beings or ancient legends. It only has one sentence, but it can be engraved in history books—yam plants are found on the edge of the swamp north of Huishan Mountain. The leaves are gray-green, cold-resistant and easy to live. It is planted on a large scale in the region, and it has been tried to eat. It can satisfy the hunger and is not poisonous.

The time when Mordir was active was 100 years after the founding of Ansu, but at that time the entire Ansu was established in a wild and unknown land. In addition, the population base was extremely low at the beginning of the founding of the country, and the new magic system could not be established for a long time. So much so that even though the country has been established for a century, many areas are still unknown, and many plants and animals are strange and dangerous to humans at that time.

It is many adventurers like Mordir who measure the land with their feet, and in that primitive environment, turn an inch of unknown land into a habitat for future generations to live in, and Modir is undoubtedly The most outstanding one of them - now that centuries have passed, the barren land was full of smoke, and the gray leaf potato that left a mark in "Modir's Travels" now supports the entire Sisi A quarter of the rations of the Er Empire.

There are many thrilling and thrilling contents in "Modir's Travels", and countless fascinating adventures, but among the gorgeous chapters that can attract the attention of playwrights and bards, there are more such "dull and boring" stories. "Records, where is there food, where are medicinal materials, where are mines, what monsters can be dealt with by ordinary troops, what monsters need to be dealt with by special means, the distribution of forests, the direction of rivers... Maybe he didn't have any great ideas. The purpose of embarking on the journey of the first adventure, but this does not affect his life's adventure into a great legacy.

But the great adventurer had forgotten all this.

He doesn't even remember discovering anything worthy of being remembered, he just feels that he is an adventurer, and driven by this "feeling", he keeps going to one distant place after another, and then forgets about the adventures , and embark on a new journey...

Modil laughed, he still didn't know what earth-shattering event he did back then, so that he could get such an unbelievable evaluation, but Gawain Cecil himself said so, he thinks This must be true.

He has been affirmed by the world's greatest pioneer heroes and adventurers.

"You are the greatest adventurer," the white-haired old man smiled happily, and said to Gawain as if stating the truth, "Maybe I did have some achievements back then, but I was born after the pioneers. You set off in the peace you established, but you are overcoming obstacles in an environment like the Demon Tide Wasteland..."

That was the work of Gawain Cecil.

Gao Wen felt a little embarrassed in his heart, he couldn't help but shook his head: "That's already in the past."

"You are still on the way to forge ahead," Modil said very seriously. "The Union of Communities, the circumcontinental route, the era of exchanges and trade, and those schools, factories, and government offices... these are all things you brought to the fore. Come. Your pioneering and adventures are still going on, but I... I know that I have been stagnating."

"No one is really standing still. We all just take a break in the middle of life, but the time of the break is longer or shorter."

"...You are right, a qualified adventurer cannot be too pessimistic," Mordir blinked, then looked down at himself, "but what happened to me? The time for my 'rest' It's been too long..."

Gao Wen didn't answer him directly, but turned his head to look at Amber standing behind him: "Did you find anything?"

Amber's eyes fell on Modil, her expression was very rare and serious, after a while, she took half a step forward: "I do feel a very, very weak connection with 'over there', but some things are not yet I'm sure. I need to do a test, sir, please cooperate."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and rubbed her fingertips lightly.

Gray-white quicksand emerged out of thin air and flowed down like water.

Chapter 1249 Amber is Professional

The moment he saw those quicksands, Modil had an inexplicable expression of astonishment on his face. Obviously, he was deeply impressed by these dusts with a peculiar "appearance". After following Amber's guidance, the way he looked at Amber became more and more strange-for a moment, he didn't know how many speculations appeared in the mind of this great adventurer, anyway, he finally looked at Gao Wen with admiration. glance.

Gao Wen: "...?"

"It's really worthy of being someone who can follow you," the old mage said suddenly, "I thought my unbelievable experience was a story worthy of being written in a book, but now it seems... these weird and mysterious In your eyes, I'm afraid it's not worth mentioning at all..."

"Ah, you may have misunderstood this." Gao Wen immediately reacted, and waved his hands, "These sands are..."

He stopped halfway through the speech, because he suddenly didn't know how to explain the specialness of amber to this great adventurer whom he had met for the first time. In other words, he had to be perfunctory: "The sand of hers is not the dust you have seen, the specific situation is a bit special-but it is indeed related to the shadow power, so they may help confirm the changes that have taken place in you."

While speaking, those gray-white fine sands like flowing water had already floated in the air, and under the command of Amber, they surrounded Mordir - compared with the first time when he summoned these sand and dust, Amber's control over them Obviously, it has been enhanced a lot. Not only can she control the appearance and disappearance of these dusts, but she can also control them to make complex changes. The great adventurer surrounded by sands is a little nervous for a moment, and the old mage sat up straight , fixed his eyes on the dust hovering around him, and asked cautiously, "Do you need me to do anything to cooperate?"

"No, just sit down, I'm checking how much of the 'over there' aura remains on your body." Amber said casually while controlling the sand, with a very serious expression on her face, but Gao Wen, who was familiar with her, had already seen Come out, this half-elf is entering the state of "playing up" - there are very few opportunities for a legendary powerhouse to cooperate so seriously, and this guy with limited combat power than a goose is probably the first time in his life to meet such a Such a scene, at this time, of course, you have to put on a show.

It's just that Gao Wen didn't open his mouth to expose anything, because he knew that no matter how smug this guy was, he wouldn't delay the business. She was indeed checking for abnormalities on Mordir, and...it seemed that she had found some useful clues.

Because cold sweat had begun to seep from her forehead.

"What did you find?" After noticing that Amber's expression gradually became serious and her amber eyes were full of nervous astonishment, Gao Wen finally couldn't help breaking the silence and asked beside him.

Amber didn't answer Gao Wen's question immediately, she just stood there for a few seconds, and then suddenly looked at Modil: "Mr., do you usually feel that there is something abnormal about your body?"

"An abnormal place?" Modil was taken aback for a moment, "What do you mean?"

Amber carefully selected words, trying to express her own thoughts: "It's just... all kinds of awkward feelings, such as feeling that part of my body doesn't belong to me, numb limbs, as if I've lost my arms and legs..."

The first half of her sentence was quite normal, but the content behind it was getting more and more sandy. However, Modil obviously didn't feel offended by it. The old mage just looked down at his body in astonishment, as if In order to confirm what he was doing, he moved his wrists and ankles, and finally raised his head blankly: "I don't think so, I think my body is still quite strong..."

Gawain looked at Mordir, then at Amber, who had an extremely strange expression, as if he had seen something strange and inexplicable, and couldn't help lowering his head and leaning over to ask in a low voice, "What did you find?"

Amber stared at the great adventurer sitting across from her, and Gawain's voice suddenly surprised her, and then she also lowered her voice, and said in a low voice that only Gawain could hear: "You guys Surely you can’t see it, can you?”

"What can't you see?"

"Modill... half of his body is made of shadow dust..."

Amber said softly, her voice seemed to be describing a vision in a dream, Gawain beside him widened his eyes in astonishment, but her eyes never left the great adventurer—she looked at the scene clearly. , when the "Shadow Dust" he summoned surrounded Mordir, and when he finally sensed the familiar aura from this great adventurer, which originated from Lady Ye's Divine Kingdom, the scene in front of him There was a change, the flowing gray-white sand and dust surged on Modil's body, accurately outlining half of his body, and the sand and dust flowed on the surface of his body, which looked strange and frightening.

At first, Amber thought that the dust was only covering part of the great adventurer's skin surface, but when some of the dust formed a gap in the flow, allowing her to directly see the back of the seat opposite the dust, she Come to understand: Those dusts are not just a layer covering the surface, in fact, half of Mordir's body is made up of those "shadow dusts"!

But it seemed that the great adventurer herself knew nothing about this, and the people beside him couldn't see it at all—only she herself, through some kind of secret connection with the Shadow God Kingdom, observed this.

Gawain subconsciously focused his gaze on Mordir. With the old mage's puzzled expression, he looked up and down this great adventurer who was entwined with many mysteries for a long time.

Of course he didn't see anything - but he believed that Amber had indeed seen the horrific sight she described.

"Miss Amber, do you see what's wrong with me?" Modil finally couldn't help asking—although with the power of a legendary powerhouse, if he deliberately perceives it, he can completely hear the relationship between Amber and Gawain just now. The content of the exchange in a low voice, but in front of the pioneer hero he respected, he was very careful not to make such a "transcendence" move, "The situation is serious?"

"...You do have the power of Ms. Ye in your body, and your body has already undergone a certain degree of alienation," Amber replied immediately, but she deliberately concealed the truth she saw—the vision on Mordir seemed to be It is also related to his cognition of himself. Before she understands the rules, she must be careful to prevent accidentally stimulating the "key cognition" of this great adventurer. "But don't worry too much. Since you don't feel any problem, it means that the 'alienation' that happened to you is not fatal, Lady Ye's power...at least there is no subjective malice."

"Oh, that's okay." Modil heaved a sigh of relief, and Gawain next to him also heaved a sigh of relief.

Gao Wen was even a little worried for a moment just now that Amber would say what should be said and what should not be said when she opened her mouth as usual, but now she is quite conscious of the shame of the empire in front of the serious matter, her usual expression Pi Youtiao's disgusting state should only be aimed at himself... After thinking about it, why do you suddenly feel more angry?

While these thoughts were turning in Gao Wen's mind, Amber seemed to have thought of something, and while carefully observing Mordir's state, she said: "Old man, I want to confirm one more thing... but I have to confirm first Now, do you trust me?"

"What's the point of disbelief now?" Modil laughed, "What's more, even His Majesty Gawain trusts you, and I'm still worried that the Minister of Intelligence of the Empire will steal some points from a bad old man like me." Something is not working?"

As soon as Gao Wen heard the old mage's words, he felt full of flaws. He thought that the ancestor of the Wilder family didn't seem to know what the main job of the Minister of Intelligence of the Empire used to be, but the bigger flaw was the amber next to him. He even nodded immediately afterward: "In a sense, I really intend to 'steal' something from you, old man."

Gawain almost went "Huh?" with Modil.

"I'm going to try to peel off a small part of the 'foreign body' from your body, but I don't know if this will work, and I don't know how to explain the principle of this to you," Amber added immediately, and she controlled Looking at the shadows and dust surrounding Mordir, with an eager look on her face, she seemed to be explaining to Mordir, but she was actually saying to Gawain, "I can feel that those forces are How to flow, and be able to 'see' the operable part inside, this process should be safe, but this first requires the cooperation of Mr. Modill - the most important thing is that there should be no resistance."

"Peel off the 'foreign body' on him?" Gawain first glanced at Amber in surprise, as if he didn't quite believe that the Shadow Assault Goose would be so capable all of a sudden, but soon he confirmed that the other party was not joking. , so I turned my attention to Modil, "What do you think? Of course, I can guarantee Amber's serious attitude, but I'm not sure about her 'craftsmanship'..."

Amber rolled her eyes when she heard this, and seemed to want to refute, but before she spoke, Mordir made a statement: "I think it's okay to try, anyway, my situation is like this, even the Dragon Clan's The leader can't think of a good solution, and now he finally has a plan... This is at least a plan. Miss Amber, besides not resisting, is there anything else I need to do?"

"Just don't resist. The main thing is that if you feel uncomfortable, just speak up, and don't fight back." Amber said quickly, with an extremely serious expression—she dared not say anything else, but she was very serious about her own feelings. She has always been very confident in her strength. In front of such a legendary magician, who is also an actual combat-oriented magician, she can guarantee that she will die suddenly on the spot if the other party makes a casual move, and even rushes to the street so fast that Gao Wen is beside him to protect her. It may not be possible to save it...

After receiving repeated assurances from Modil, Amber finally settled down, and then she took a step forward, waved away the copycat shadow dust summoned by herself, and then put one hand on Modil. above Er's head.

The old mage was sitting upright, with a sullen face ready to cooperate with the experiment. Gawain and Victoria showed concern and curiosity at the same time, watching what Amber was going to do. They saw Amber standing there with a serious face. After a few seconds, a very, very slight "rustling" sound suddenly came over.

Gawain opened his eyes wide. He saw that smoke-like shadow dust was separating from Mordir's body. The dust was very fine and light, rising upwards like transpiration. His body showed a tendency to scatter and fall, but they quickly gathered together again—the sand and dust produced by Huber's control force, they circled and rose, and finally gathered at Huber's fingertips, turning into a Only a small cyclone the size of a palm.

There was a flash of trance in Mordir's eyes, he seemed completely unaware of what happened, and Amber's operation was over.

"How do you feel?" Victoria immediately asked with concern.

"It's over?" Modil touched the top of his head, then turned his head to look at Amber who had put away the dust cyclone (I don't know where she hid it), with a blank face, "I'm leaving God, I don't feel anything."

"Are you distracted..." Amber on the side murmured thoughtfully after hearing this, and then nodded, "It's alright, it's great if you don't feel anything unusual."

"What did you 'steal' from me?" Modil frowned slightly, looking at Amber curiously, "Why don't I feel anything?"

"As I said, it's the 'abnormality' on you, strictly speaking, it's the 'influence' that Ms. Ye left on you," Amber said casually, "but I can't take them all out, I can only get a small one first. Part of it is research—then you need to be patient and see when I can see something in those 'samples'."

Mordir blinked, and glanced at the people around him. His eyes seemed to be a bit suspicious of "are you guys forming a group to fool me, old man?", but after seeing Gao Wen who was sitting upright beside him, his expression A little shaken and quickly dispersed, and slowly nodded: "I understand."

Gao Wen looked at Amber, the two exchanged glances quickly, then he stood up, nodded to Modil and said, "Let's stop here today, Modil, Amber has collected a lot of clues, next we will Going back to research further 'solutions'."

Modil quickly stood up, with a smile on his face: "Of course, I hope to hear good news from you as soon as possible."

Gao Wen took the initiative to reach out his hand: "I hope we can talk about your exciting adventures and your far-reaching discoveries in the near future."

……

Gao Wen and Amber left the room, the black-haired girl named Keleta was standing in the corridor, when she saw the guest appear, she immediately greeted her.

"Take us to a resting place," Gawain said casually to the humanoid dragon. "It seems that the situation of that great adventurer is indeed worthy of our study."

The black-haired girl first glanced at Gao Wen curiously, then lowered her head: "You two, please follow me."

On the way to the resting place, Gawain looked at Amber walking beside him several times, until he was about to reach the room, he finally couldn't help asking: "What exactly did you 'extract' from Mordir? "

"I knew you had to ask, but unfortunately I'm not sure yet," Amber exhaled lightly, her voice unhurried, "but I guess...the dust may reveal that Mordir Wilde is a What happened before and after the critical time point of the second."

Chapter 1250 The Memory of Dust

Gao Wen and Amber left, and only the grandparent and grandson who had been separated by 600 years were left in the reception room. Modil looked in the direction of the door for a long time, and finally slowly retracted his gaze, with an excited look on his face. Also restrained.

The old mage was sitting on the chair, as if he was trying to appear as if he was sitting upright, showing no signs of emotion or anger. However, compared with the great-granddaughter next to him who was born with facial paralysis, his urgently forced facial paralysis lacked a bit of foundation after all. The old man adjusted his expression for a long time, but in the end he couldn't control the corners of his mouth from curling up.

"You look very happy." Victoria's slightly cold voice came from the side. She had been paying attention to the changes in the expression on her ancestor's face since just now, and she couldn't help breaking the silence at this time. She had expected Mo Dill would be very happy after seeing Gawain, but she obviously didn't expect him to be so happy.

"Of course!" Mordir replied immediately, without hiding the smile on his face, "That's Gawain Cecil! The founder of the kingdom, the pioneer in the wild! I never thought that I would one day To be able to meet him in person—in the real world, a living legendary hero! Don't you feel thrilled to see such a character?"

"...I was really excited when I saw him for the first time," Victoria recalled her initial contact with Gao Wen, and then recalled a series of trade and exchanges between the Ansu royal family and the southern border. After a series of impressive economic and diplomatic skills of the living ancestor, the Duchess of the North, who almost lost all her dowry money, became more subtle, "...then all I felt was pressure. He Quite a horrible man, of course, and I take that as some kind of compliment."

Modil looked at Victoria, his expression became serious, and he said earnestly: "It's normal to have pressure in the government affairs office, but you can't have bad thoughts about His Majesty just because of this..."

The corner of Victoria's mouth froze for a moment, but she couldn't explain it, so she just lowered her head to accept the opinion: "You are right in reminding me, I can't always complain because of pressure..."

While talking, the face of a lady appeared in her mind, Her Royal Highness Hetty and her skillful dark circles appeared in her mind - immediately she felt that there was really no pressure on her body.

Modil didn't know what he thought of. The great adventurer's eyes fell on Victoria. After a few seconds of staring, the old man suddenly said in a deep voice: "When you met Your Majesty, you acted very familiar, Your Majesty. The attitude towards you is also very kind."

Victoria was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized: "This... I am a relatively high-ranking official in the government affairs hall, so I have met His Majesty several times. As for Your Majesty...he has always been kind to others."

Modil laughed, shaking his head lightly, and slowly said in a clear but indifferent tone: "I know there are some things you can't tell me, and it's really embarrassing you these days. Don't worry. , I have imposed a lot of psychological hints and spiritual restrictions on myself. I will not think about some things, I will not guess, and I will not take the initiative to ask - I am not a stubborn old man who does not understand right and wrong, you can rest assured about this .”

Speaking of this, the great adventurer sighed softly, but still had a smile on his face: "I only hope that one day in the future, I can lift the 'curse' on myself, and by then... I want to hear from you personally Me, who are you, who am I?"

Victoria stared fixedly at her ancestor. After a long time, her expression became solemn: "Please rest assured, this day will definitely not be far away—because His Majesty has already come in person."

……

Bright magical radiance emanated from the crystal, dispelling the darkness in the room under the arctic night. Gawain walked into the suite specially arranged for himself, and his eyes swept around casually.