[Slow Travel] Assassin System - Mingguang

The oppressive darkness gradually recedes, the salty sea water disappears together with the sound of damp and cold wind, the caves and dark rivers disappear together with the sound of sticky water, and a different scene is replaced.

Drake got his wish and entered the dreamland - no longer the bedroom and the train, this time it was a brand new background.

Dim but soft light, narrow and comfortable aisle, the wheelchair pushed in front of the puppet is silently walking on the thick carpet, the boy's light brown hair hangs down beside the puppet's metal palm, When he straightened his back, there was a plain white mark between the black collar and the brown hair.

Drake's vision seemed to be burnt, he raised his head in a panic, and saw the raised dome of the building first, and there was a huge electric lamp hanging in the center, as bright as the moon in the starry sky .

And under this huge artificial light, the bright light illuminates the narrow but tall space. The high platform of the wooden frame is spread out in a fan shape, and the heavy curtains are hung on the floor filled with gears and bearings. on the beam...

It took Drake a while to recognize that this was a stage in a theater.

The puppet pushed the boy in the wheelchair to the left side of the stage. There were several racks of devices of different sizes, all of which were covered by thick flannelette, and only their outlines could be vaguely seen.

what is this?

"The theater's musical instruments...should be here." The boy unfolded the list in his hand, and said to the puppet behind him, "Take off the cover, let's proofread the list."

Drake liked the "we" in the boy's mouth very much. He stepped forward quickly and lifted the flannel one by one to reveal those precious musical instruments that were covered.

Judging from the composition of the instruments, this is a complete orchestra, from relatively common wind and string instruments to rare and expensive large instruments, but if there is no teenager looking at the list, Drake would not recognize it at all Their ownership and names.

He didn't expect such a thing to appear in his dream...

Perhaps he had seen a similar complex musical instrument in Junying's private house?The guy had such a love for these things that he even built a big theater in Iab.

When Drake was distracted, the boy had already checked these instruments one by one. He carefully observed the structure of each instrument, whether he was writing or drawing on the paper.

After checking almost all the instruments, the boy pushed the wheelchair to the side of the huge piano, and he controlled the puppet to support the pure white top cover, revealing its exquisite internal structure.

Of course, Drake couldn't recognize these musical instrument parts, but with his equipment quality, he could also see the exquisite structure.

There seems to be a few small emblems in the corner of this piano... roses and griffins, are they royal symbols?

This dream really fit his imagination too well, he silently called the boy "Little Highness" in his heart, and the corresponding symbol immediately appeared in the dream.

"when--"

The boy stretched out his hand and pressed the keys, and then a thick and melodious voice sounded, as if he was about to start playing a tune.

Just when Drake's heart was filled with anticipation, he heard his little highness sigh: "It's not kept properly... It seems that it will be repaired."

Does the instrument need to be repaired?

That's right, all the instruments on the ship need to be checked regularly, so it's the same for these instruments that have been stored for a long time, but he doesn't know anything about musical instruments, so he can't think of it.

Drake looked at these unfamiliar musical instruments, and suddenly felt a sense of loss.

"It's better to learn a few more musical instruments this time, and you can't only know how to play the dragon flute..." The boy sighed, and let the puppet carry him onto the soft stool in front of the huge musical instrument, "But if you want to learn the piano , probably need to use ability to assist."

Drake picked up the boy and stood behind him to support him. For a moment, he couldn't understand what he meant, until he saw the structure of the instrument.

In addition to the keys, there are pedals under the piano, which means that when playing music, the player needs to use both hands and feet at the same time, and this coordination cannot be achieved on the body of the little highness.

Is it a musical instrument that only able-bodied individuals can use...

Drake was silent for a moment, then leaned over and hugged the boy in the wheelchair - he was really too thin, and so light, it was almost like a feather.

The boy didn't expect his puppet to hug him suddenly, so he asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Drake didn't speak, just maintained this posture silently.

How good would it be if... this "dream" wasn't a dream?

*

It is not so easy to form a new team, not to mention that the positioning of the "Dawn Carrier Pigeon" is also related to intelligence.

Miao Xuan ran into difficulties in the screening of candidates, so he could only choose the earliest team from among the most credible Nightingales.

And in this busyness, time always passed extremely quickly, a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the Iris Mission also visited on time.

In fact, the country of Iris is also well-known. It is "Helf" in the official writing of Niaterbo, but the two countries have always despised each other in private, and are keen to create various Jokes and glitz, that's why it's what it is today.

There's nothing new about old enemies, and it's been that way for hundreds of years.

This time the agreement was still not signed smoothly, and Iris refused to admit the fact of murdering Admiral Niaterbo, not to mention compensation and concessions, not even an apology.

This bad attitude dissatisfied both the queen and the parliament, and after the news spread to the people, it aroused the indignation of the masses.

In the end, the Iris Mission left Niaterbo disheartened, and as the season entered midsummer, the two parties' struggle for the colony fell into a new climax.

Miao Xuan didn't have much opinion on this matter. He didn't have a sense of belonging to Niaterbo, so naturally he wouldn't hate Helf naturally. There are few ghost jokes, and a lot of gains.

It's a pity that the recruitment of "Dawn Carrier Pigeon" is still not so smooth. Miao Xuan not only needs to eliminate all suspicious personnel, but also must ensure the ability of the selected candidates, and he cannot rely on the royal nightingale for a long time. Screening people from public schools and knight orders, the progress is quite slow.

In this regard, the queen has provided a lot of help. As a person who has experienced it, she is very experienced. whole year.

In the garden of the imperial palace, the queen was giving tips while drinking tea.

"At that time, I didn't know who to choose... Everyone seemed so unbelievable." The Queen recalled the past, and couldn't help showing a sad expression, "I have no choice, it was Eric I lost Nightingale's captain, and he also left behind an old wound that could not be healed at that time..."

These few words are a storm.

Eric is the queen's husband. Miao Xuan has no clear impression of this man, only remembers his taciturnity and the deep love between him and the queen.

But until the old prince died, he always stood quietly behind the queen, supporting and protecting her.

The queen couldn't help showing a smile after thinking about it: "Speaking of which, Eric and Mona's father are still close friends. They are both the same person. They both cried when my brother sent me off... Later, we went to Ceylon County to play together, met my sister-in-law there, and we watched my brother fall in love..."

The queen was rambling on recalling those beautiful pasts, and Miao Xuan listened patiently, echoing from time to time.

But these things are not so fun for Cecilia on the side. She likes all stimulating games with high concentration and concentration, and has no interest in the slow-paced ancient stories.

So the little princess began to circle around the peacock, pulling the tail feathers from time to time, in exchange for the screams of the peacock and the commotion of the maids.

Miao Xuan is now keeping a high degree of vigilance against bird creatures, but the problem is that there are hundreds of rare and exotic birds raised in the palace garden, plus the birds that pass by the sky every day...

If there was really bird control, it would be impossible to guard against. When Miao Xuan's intuitive warning was not triggered, he would not take too many actions.

While paying attention to the little cousin, Miao Xuan chatted along the queen's topic. When the queen talked about her brothers and sisters, he asked casually: "What about the eldest aunt? It seems that the aunt rarely mentions her."

The queen was stunned for a while, and then sighed softly after a long time: "Eldest sister...she is not similar to us, and she did a lot of ridiculous things during her lifetime. I used to have some scruples, but now you are too old , it’s okay to talk to you.”

Royal mystery?

Miao Xuan became interested as soon as he heard it.

"My father married two queens successively. The elder sister was the first child. At that time, the father thought that he had only such a daughter in his life, so she was raised as the crown prince since she was a child. She is outstanding, beautiful and dazzling. She has always been loved by her father, but it is a pity that the first queen died of illness when she was young."

"Later, my father married my biological mother. One year after marriage, I had my second brother, and the next year I had me..."

The queen smiled helplessly when she said this, and Miao Xuan understood what she wanted to say—although there were many queens in Niaterbo, male heirs still had priority in the line of succession to the throne, so his The eldest aunt is destined to come after his father and his father's heirs.

"When we were kids, we had a bad relationship."

The queen said lightly: "The eldest sister thinks that the father and the king betrayed their mother and daughter, so she hates her elder brother and the queen mother very much, and the father also has the mentality of compensation, so she is very tolerant to her, and it can even be called doting."

"Later, the father chose a wealthy and noble husband for the elder sister. He was the Duke of Ertusa who had a rich fiefdom. He also had a powerful divine grace, a gentle temperament, and outstanding talents, except for his mediocre appearance."

Miao Xuan understood: "Then this couple..."

The queen also sighed for a long time: "Yes, they are two completely different people."

Just as Miao Xuan guessed, when a proud princess with high self-esteem marries an ordinary-looking husband, she takes it for granted that this is the abandonment of her father, and that her marriage is to make room for her younger brother, so she naturally has her heart in her heart. dissatisfied.

"After getting married, the elder sister cut off relations with her father in private. She had a bad relationship with her husband, kept a lover in private, and had affairs with many noble youths. She was very flirtatious."

"But..." the queen was silent for a moment, then said in a trance, "At that time, I didn't hate Eldest Sister."

"Although she acted frivolously, the nobles at that time were like this, and the grace of the elder sister is still 'feather', she is a woman who yearns for freedom so much, she seems to be shining every moment..."

The queen said softly: "The words are too pale, I can't describe my eldest sister at all, but as long as you have seen her appearance - she is so beautiful and so dazzling, like a flame, like the sun."

Miao Xuan couldn't imagine what such a woman would look like, so he had to substitute Cornelia, the queen of the second world in his memory.

...Well, I probably understand.

"Although Duke Ertuza is a kind and upright man, he is also an old-fashioned husband. He doesn't want to attend banquets, avoids social interaction, and is addicted to steam technology. He and eldest sister can't understand each other at all."

The queen shook her head: "But such aristocratic couples can be found everywhere. Although they cannot divorce, they live in peace after separation. We all thought that this bitter couple would be like everyone else, and go on like this..."

The queen fell into silence again as she spoke. She stared at the glass inlaid on the greenhouse, lost in thought for a long time, and Miao Xuan didn't bother her. While waiting patiently for the queen, he stared at the little cousin who was having fun everywhere.

At this time, Cecilia found a new game. After she successfully tore off a few peacock tail feathers, she lost interest in this challenge-less activity. On it is a gray nightingale from Aydno, said to be the local divine bird.

But the poor little bird looked like it was frightened. It kept jumping to avoid the little princess's teasing, but the golden chain limited its dodge range.

The queen was immersed in the memories of the past, and she said bitterly: "What I really can't forgive is that my eldest sister once abandoned a child, and she fell in love with a despicable guy, that—"

"That iris groom with low moral character and low status!"

Miao Xuan was taken aback for a moment, never expecting the story to go in such a direction!

"Mona, you know what kind of virtues those dissolute nobles are. Under their glamorous surface, illegitimate children are not uncommon..."

The queen took a deep breath, and then slowly spit it out: "Yes, an illegitimate child is extremely disgraceful, and it is a proof of debauchery for the woman, but sister, she should not murder her child!"

Miao Xuan: "Murder...?!"

The queen's face was extremely ugly: "Yes, I heard that the boy is red-haired and blue-eyed, and there is a blood test, so it is impossible to impersonate, so my sister wants her lover to take the child back to Iris, far away from Nia Telbe, but who knows..."

"The child's biological father is not willing to leave at all. He uses the child and his reputation as a threat. He hides in Nordnoll like a gutter mouse and blackmails his sister many times to gain status and money."

Miao Xuan: "..."

This pair of lovers is quite suitable, but the innocent child is pitiful.

The queen also thought so, she said angrily: "Especially when my brother passed away unexpectedly and my eldest sister came to the throne, this shameless guy became even worse. He knew that the empire and the royal family couldn't afford to lose face, and he knew that the Duke would ignore the cost after being exposed. He knows that the eldest sister values ​​her status the most!" Seven

In Niaterbo, the power held by the royal family is not as good as that of one generation. After nearly 100 years, being on the throne does not mean that he will always have royal power. If the king is too outrageous, the parliament and the Holy See can jointly initiate impeachment and force Ask for a change of throne.

It’s fine if the marriage relationship is not good, but having an affair with the iris man, giving birth to an illegitimate child and abandoning it, forced the noble husband to divorce regardless of his beliefs... You must know that this duke is the lord of a large fiefdom, and a divorce case can’t be solved. Well, it will turn into a division of the country.

Alright, what are you talking about, let's change the queen.

A loose princess is fine, but a bad queen is not acceptable.

But after hearing this, Miao Xuan could almost understand this eldest aunt.

What happened in her childhood made her have an inseparable obsession with the throne, and she indulged herself after the succession was hopeless. The evil caused by evil results, not only was blackmailed by a foreign lover, even her last chance to get the throne was fatally threatened...

Then, compared to being suspected of murdering a distinguished sister, it is indeed easier to solve the source of the problem - kill the scumbag lover and the illegitimate son she has hardly met, and completely dismantle this timer bomb. bomb.

"But the matter is still exposed." The queen looked at the green eyes in the greenhouse with a complicated expression, "No one thought that the lover would die with the eldest sister, and he still has a devil-like grace-'poisonous blood' !"

This turned around again, Miao Xuan: "This..."

No wonder the queen avoids talking about her sister so much, and she is very contemptuous of the nobles' profligate customs, and she is also surprisingly angry about the abandonment of Zechariah.

Children are the Queen's deadliest Achilles' heel. She has lost so many beloved biological children, and has suffered heart-wrenching pains again and again. The most unsightly thing she can do is to intentionally abandon her children.

Not to mention deliberate murder!

Although Miao Xuan knew the ending, he still asked, "So... what about that child?"

The Queen let out a long sigh: "That poor child died at the tender age of ten, and was buried in the sea of ​​fire."

The story is finally fully understood here, the despicable lover died together, the poor child was killed by his parents, the husband who suffered an innocent disaster returned to the fief, the royal family lost face and suffered heavy losses, until time turned this joke into a mystery.

Miao Xuan poured the queen a cup of hot tea, and Cecilia, who was by the bird stand, got her wish again. The nightingale from Aydno finally sang. Although the tune was simple, it was melodious.

"Strange...why is this little tune?" The queen was a little surprised when she heard it, "This is a lullaby for children before going to bed. Who taught it?"

*

Spring is coming and autumn is coming, and it is another early spring. Compared with previous years, the ocean situation this year has become more dangerous. In addition to Niaterba and Iris, which are still fighting endlessly in the colonies, more countries have gradually joined the plunder They are one step behind in the development of steam technology, but in any case they have caught up with the last train.

Regardless of the fierce disputes on the ocean, there is still peace in the land of Niaterberg, especially Nordnor. In this industrial capital, new things emerge miraculously, and everything is flourishing.

In front of a quiet theater, a carriage slowly stopped. This theater is not very eye-catching at first glance, but it has an elegant and unique decoration. Can't take my eyes off of it.

The attendant opened the door, and a young girl jumped out of the carriage, holding her beautiful skirt - the complicated but light skirt was dyed a gradual pink, and the corners were also inlaid with gold edging and pendants. From a distance, it looks like an upside-down rosebud.

"Miss... please be careful!" The head maid stepped out of the carriage, unable to stop Her Highness's decision, she could only remind her anxiously, "You can't leave home like this without warning your brother in advance. I just came here, if someone recognizes me..."

Cecilia just smiled: "That's enough, Alina, this is my brother's theater, the safest place in Nordnore next to my home, and my nightingales are secretly protecting me, so don't worry!"

The head maid had no choice but to follow the princess forward: "But miss, today's theater has public performances, and the visitors who come to listen to the opera have not been screened. If you are interested..."

Cecilia waved her hand: "Isn't my grace enough to protect me?"

Head Maid: "I...you...I...ah!"

This theater is indeed the private property of His Royal Highness, and it used to be closed to the public. Only a year ago, when the little princess visited the theater, she strongly requested that a public play be staged here, so this theater gradually opened to ordinary audiences. .

However, compared with the large and small theaters in Nordnoll, which are highly competitive and frequently withdraw new scripts, this theater is much more idle, without any publicity and will not spend a lot of money to operate it, and it is completely arranged according to the interests of the owners.

The little princess was one of the masters who could decide to perform the repertoire. She proudly walked into the courtyard and was immediately welcomed by the old housekeeper who stayed there.

"Xiaodian...Little Miss!" The old housekeeper finally stopped calling, "Why are you here today? Does Madam know? The young master is not here today..."

Cecilia blinked, and then laughed again: "I made you worry, but I know that my brother has not left Nordnore, and I am waiting for him here!"

The old butler and the head maid exchanged helpless glances. Nowadays, who doesn't know that His Royal Highness loves the little princess very much. Although he is never soft when it is time to punish him, he is always quite indulgent when it comes to insignificant things.

Facing this future queen, what else could the old housekeeper do?In the end, he had no choice but to take His Highness around the open area and directly enter the private mansion behind.

The structure of this building is very special, there is no reception room at the back, the old butler took the little princess to the largest study room as usual, and told His Highness to wait for her cousin here.

But how could the eight-year-old little princess be able to sit still? She quickly flipped through the books she had read in her hand, then pretended to be reading, deftly dismissed the maid, and slipped out of the big study while there was no one in the room. .

Cecilia knew that there were many hidden rooms in these floors, storing a lot of interesting things. Now that her cousin is away, this is a golden opportunity for adventure!

The little princess knows that all the rooms here are full of traps, but she has memorized the map of this area long ago, and all the areas that the old housekeeper can enter are theoretically open to her, and there will be no locked doors that cannot enter.

After going around for more than ten minutes, Cecilia finally found a secret door. She entered the door excitedly and saw a long corridor.

The corridor is spacious and elegant, but the lights in the corridor are very dim. On both sides of the corridor, there are beautifully sealed crystal cabinets, which contain iconic objects. Walking in the corridor, you can vaguely see that the walls are covered with murals .

Cecilia walked forward slowly, looking at these thick and colorful oil paintings. They all looked a little old, but the portraits drawn on the canvas were still vivid.

The picture frame was hung at a very high place. Cecilia didn't want to waste her grace, so she simply looked up at her neck. She guessed that these oil paintings were related to members of the royal family. After all, there are countless similar works in the palace, and several of them are named after her. It looked very familiar.

"Etty... eh? Elizabeth-Etty-Stuart?" Cecilia caught sight of a name she hadn't seen in the corridors of the palace. "Another 'Etty'? 'Elizabeth'... Have not heard."

This aroused the little princess's interest, so she stood up straight and solemnly stretched out her hands. Then, an invisible cyclone swirled from under her, and the little girl "floated" out of thin air.

This time Cecilia was finally able to look at the oil painting clearly. The main character in the painting is a mature and beautiful woman with blond hair, blue eyes and a beautiful face. Jump out of the painting.

Cecilia tilted her head. She didn't expect that this "Aidi" not only had the same middle name as her, but also had the same hair color and eye color.

But the little princess liked this proud beauty very much, so she fell back to the ground contentedly and continued walking.

There are several side roads in front of the corridor. Cecilia turned directly towards the deepest direction in the map. The end of the side road is indeed a door. The little princess took out the special key from her mother, unlocked it and pushed it open. There was a door, and a study room was seen behind the door.

The lighting in this study is quite good. Countless books related to equipment are displayed here. Common instruments such as globes and telescopes are also stored in the cabinets, as well as complicated charts hanging on the walls of the bookshelves.

And on the table in the center, there was a large tightly sealed cage. In the metal cage reflecting the cold light, a small white bird was curled up in a ball, motionless.

Cecilia looked at the bird in amazement, she approached cautiously, then took a closer look and was amazed to find that it appeared to be a live pigeon!

The little bird seemed to be aware of Cecilia's sight, so it popped its little head out of its fluffy body, and sang softly at the girl. It looks like it can't fly.

The dormant memory gradually came to life, and Cecilia finally remembered where she had seen something similar.

That was two years ago. She and her brother went to the Cathedral of Nordnoll and saw a bloody pigeon on the square outside the church.

Can this disabled pigeon still live to this day?

*

Inland river port, in the bridge of a ship in the Nordnor River.

"Let's collect the information about the navy here. If you go deeper, it will involve the parliament and the cabinet." Miao Xuan was talking, and his voice suddenly stopped, "Next time you--"

The captain looked up from the chart: "Your Highness? What's wrong with you?"

Miao Xuan said helplessly: "Aina has come looking for me, I have to go back first."

The captain suddenly asked, "Is it Her Royal Highness?"

Miao Xuan nodded: "Send me back to the port directly, and I will let Swan pass on the next work content to you."

It just so happened that the work at this stage was almost completed, and there would be a period of free time in the future, just to be free to take care of Aina.

The tutoring books are all ready, and the next step is to find a teacher for the professional class. The ordinary teacher can no longer control the little princess, so the heavy responsibility of supervision is handed over to him.

In addition, the little cousin has just obtained the divine grace with great potential, so she needs more training.

Miao Xuan thought so mercilessly.

Hmm... so there is still too little homework,

Miao Xuan quickly rushed back to his private residence in Nordnor. Today's theater is open to the public, but before he entered the private area, the old housekeeper greeted him: "Your Highness! Your Royal Highness is gone!"

Miao Xuan was helpless for a while: "It's okay, I know where Aina is, she's in the west corridor, I'll pick her up."

This little guy somehow ran into the innermost corridor, which is the display corridor and storage room, and the only secret study room is where the pigeon is kept—it’s been two years, and the pigeon is about to die , he still couldn't find anything weird about it.

The butler breathed a sigh of relief, and comforted the young head maid beside him. It seemed that this was not the first time this happened. Miao Xuan was really angry and funny, and directly let the puppet enter the west corridor.

The speed of the puppet was very fast, and it didn't take long to reach the destination, but the little princess didn't wander in the corridor as Miao Xuan imagined, she was actually in the innermost study room—the door of the study room was opened!

This study room is the most secret room, and Miao Xuan is responsible for opening or closing it, but just in case, he still prepared a special spare key and kept it in the Queen's hand.

Aina can open the door of the study only because she got the key from the Queen.

Startled, Miao Xuan stepped forward quickly, opened the door of the study, and saw the little girl in the pink skirt lying on the iron cage and trying to pull out the plug.

Miao Xuan: "Aina!"

Cecilia was startled, and quickly turned her head: "Brother—!"

Miao Xuan stepped forward and hugged the little sister: "Aina! What are you doing?!"

Cecilia immediately jumped down from the cage: "Brother, this pigeon... is it the one we picked up two years ago?"

"Indeed, but I'm not sure about its safety, so I forbid you to touch it!" Miao Xuan looked at the pigeon, which was still the same as before, lying half dead in the cage, motionless, as if it would die at any time. die

The pigeon didn't change, but Miao Xuan still felt that something was wrong. He frowned and checked his cousin carefully to make sure that the little guy wasn't injured—her blood and blue bars were normal, and there were no negative buffs in the status bar.

Only then did Miao Xuan heave a sigh of relief: "Hurry up and get out with me, since you know there's something wrong with this bird, why are you here again?!"

Cecilia knew that she had made a mistake, so she could only honestly say: "It looks a little pitiful, I just want to touch it..."

"So you risked yourself? You even took my aunt's key." Miao Xuan laughed angrily, and walked out of the room with the little girl in his arms, "Aina, this time it's a matter of principle, do you understand?"

As soon as Cecilia heard it, she knew that there was no room for maneuver. Her brother really loved her, but when it came to matters of principle, it was useless even if her mother came to intercede.

Miao Xuan carried Cecilia out of the corridor, handed it to her head maid, and told her to take a bath and change clothes, and check the status thoroughly, while he himself waited to settle accounts with the little girl, and the puppet went to the study for him to deal with the pigeon.

But when Miao Xuan asked the puppet to check in the study again, the pigeon in the cage was already dead.

It stands to reason that this bird should have died after two years of life, but it touched Aina before it died, which made Miao Xuan feel a little uneasy. This feeling was like seeing a little girl by the side of the cage. It is an indescribable anxiety, but the source cannot be found, as if worrying unfoundedly.

After taking a bath and changing clothes, the head maid arrived at the hall with the little princess, and she reported professionally: "Your Highness does not have any injuries on his body, and there is no mark similar to it."

Miao Xuan nodded to express his understanding, and just when he was about to settle accounts with the little girl, the butler knocked on the door: "Your Highness, Mr. Parcival Jr. is here to visit."

"I'll come right away." Miao Xuan responded, and then he pressed his little cousin's head: "You wait for me here, and you are not allowed to go anywhere."

Cecilia drooped her head: "...Oh."

*

Since leaving Ceylon County, Miao Xuan has stayed in Nord Nor for two years. In the past two years, he has been perfecting the team of pigeons, but the forces in Nord Nor are deeply intertwined, and he is very restrained in the development of power.

Miao Xuan also considered inviting Ian to participate in the "Dawn Carrier Pigeon", but in the end he gave up because of old Percival, not because he didn't trust his friends, but because he didn't want to put him in a dilemma.

Similarly, the prime minister will not allow the eldest son to join a prince's team. Personal friendship is one thing, but entrusting the future for the sake of personal friendship is another, especially when the relationship between "Nightingale" and "Carrier Pigeon" is very close to the parliament. delicate case.

According to the usual practice, Ian will inherit his father's honor and title in the future, and he will probably follow the same path as old Percival.

A year ago, Ian graduated from public school, declared his adulthood in the same year, and officially stepped into the social circle of his parents. Old Percival arranged for him a complete promotion chain, from the harbor city to the capital, whoever It seems that everyone has to sigh that if you love deeply, you will be responsible.

But Ian didn't think so. He rejected his father's arrangement and insisted on staying in the capital.

However, Ian has not been seen for the past month, and the frequency of letters has also decreased. According to the old Percival, he is preparing for a blind date.

The queen was quite moved after hearing this, and even tried to refer to the list of ladies that the prime minister had chosen, but the two had another childish dispute on the spot, which made Miao Xuan extremely embarrassed.

——As I get older, I have to try my best to refuse marriage again.

But considering the religious factors in this world, it probably won't work to use gender to fool, it's better to make a fuss about the legs...

Long story short, when Miao Xuan walked into the hall, he successfully met his little friend who had been away for a month, but Ian didn't look like a young man who was about to get married, there was no expectation or joy on his face, On the contrary, it is full of heaviness and determination.

Miao Xuan was taken aback for a moment, and asked directly, "Ian, what's wrong with you?"

Ian stood up from his seat: "Your Highness, I'm sorry, I made you worry this month, and this time I'm here to... say goodbye."

"Farewell?" Miao Xuan couldn't figure it out, "But the Prime Minister said last time... I thought you were about to get engaged, did you encounter any accident?"

Ian lowered his eyes: "No, father's arrangement is not the same as my future path. I don't think now is the time to marry a wife and start a family."

So this is fighting against arranged marriages?It seems that this month is not easy for Ian. His father is a very tough parent, and a month of struggle must be fruitless.

Miao Xuan nodded to express his understanding: "Then what are you going to do next? I don't think the Prime Minister will compromise so easily."

Ian was startled, then raised his head again: "Your Highness, won't you persuade me?"

"Since you have made up your mind, it doesn't matter if you delay the marriage. This is a lifelong event. Maybe your destined other half is waiting for you in the future..." Miao Xuan smiled, "I'm not going to get married either, like me Such a person will not delay a good girl."

It stands to reason that this is just an ordinary consolation, but Ian immediately retorted: "How could Your Highness think so! Your Highness's future wife must be the most beautiful woman in the world, and there is no lady in Niaterbo who can refuse Your Highness!"

Miao Xuan: "..."

He didn't know what to say.

Ian probably also knew that he had lost his composure, and he looked away in embarrassment: "Sorry, but I always thought so."

Miao Xuan had no choice but to try to turn the topic back: "Thank you... Ian, since you are here to say goodbye, have you already decided on your destination? Do you need my help?"

Ian: "Your Highness, I will go to Arknas."

Akenas is... a land where the borders of many countries meet, where forces are mixed, and most importantly, wars continue.

Miao Xuan was taken aback, and immediately understood Ian's thoughts: "You went to Akenas to—"

"Yes, I have made up my mind." Ian looked at Miao Xuan with firm eyes, "Your Highness, I will join the army."