Skeleton King

Nuo Ou looked at Ace calmly, and said, "Speaking of Commander Richter, he will return to the imperial capital in a few days."

"Well. Sykes sent me a letter from Dragon Island a few days ago. He defeated several adult dragons head-on and brought back a silver dragon." Ace didn't notice Nou's abnormality at all. He said casually, "After 1000 years, a dragon knight finally appeared on the mainland."

There were stars in Ace's eyes.The smug tone, the natural appearance, as if many years ago, Ace showed off his partner to other swordsmen at the Georgia Knights' training camp; and it seemed that Sykes was his brother, and they could share the glory .

Nuoou suddenly stood up from the sofa and looked out the window at the dark night sky.This is a night without bright moon and stars, and you can't see your fingers. Night travelers can only move forward by groping.

Nou thought of the news he heard today, even Prince Xiben received Sykes' letter in the morning.What is the relationship between Sykes and Ace? He will inform Ace of his movements before sending a letter to Prince Xiben.

And when they first came to the Imperial Capital, if Ace never liked girls, who was the person who made him stare at the outskirts of the Imperial Capital?What is his protection of Princess Fenfur for?

"Nuoou?" Seeing that Nuoou didn't speak for a long time, Ace approached worriedly.

Don't think about it.Nou told himself.

Ace may have a close friendship with Sykes, but it was not Sykes Richter who grew up with Ace's childhood sweetheart, but Noel Green.

Before he was worried about Ace liking girls, now knowing that they are not completely impossible, he will not miss Ace.Many years ago, fate had brought them together firmly.

Nou's eyebrows drooped slightly, and he said, "I was thinking about something just now. Prince Xiben asked me if I would take over as the head of the Royal Knights Guard."

Ace's expression darkened instantly.It's just that Nuo Ou didn't look at Ace in order to cover up his inner thoughts, so he didn't notice.

Ace said in a low voice, "What did Prince Xiben say?"

"About Prince Xiben also thought that Commander Richter was going back to Magic Island. He said he wanted to find someone credible to take over the position of Commander of the Royal Guards. He asked me if I meant that." Si was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ace hesitated, and said, "It's nothing. Sorry, Nou, I'm a little sleepy, I want to go back to sleep first."

Nou looked at him meaningfully, and didn't stop him, but said: "Okay, rest early. Have a good dream, Ace."

Ace pushed open the door of the study and wanted to leave, but Nou's voice came from behind him again, "By the way, Ace, Prince Xiben also asked me for information about Mrs. Caroline's stay in Rose Castle. It's okay. Bar?"

Ace closed the door tightly with his hands, and he said, "It's okay." He closed the door gently and left the study.

……

After Ace returned to the room, he thought about it, wrote a text message, and sent it to General Arnold in Evernight City through the astrology doll.Since Jacob arrived in the imperial capital, Ace was worried about leaving traces of dark magic elements, so he never let Bill and the others come to the imperial capital again, nor did he open the dead world passage to return to the Twin Cities.

After receiving Ace's letter, General Arnold will send it to the vicinity of Long Island through the teleportation array in the dead world, and Sykes will naturally pick it up at that time.

Originally, Sykes was in retreat on Long Island, and Ace spent most of his time with Noou except to gather the forces of the Territory of Chaos, and the two had little contact.It wasn't until Sykes met Norn on Dragon Island that he bombarded Ace with news for a while.Ace focused on reading the news about Norn's growth, but didn't mention anything about his past with Norn that Sykes wanted to know.Ace really doesn't want to recall the scene when he had to send Norn away.

Ace's impression of Norn is still a cute little dragon just hatched in Georgia Province, and Sykes' description of Norn's brutality is absolutely exaggerated in his opinion.Even after Sykes sent a lot of blood books—the magic pharmacist Ace identified that it was the juice squeezed from red rose flowers—Ace just comforted him with a few words.

Ace received another letter from Sykes, written in big characters in blood, "Don't listen to my advice, you will regret it!" Ace also threw it aside.The growth period of the dragon family is so long, even if Norn grows faster on Dragon Island, Ace doesn't think Norn can abuse Sykes who is about to reach the holy rank.

Because of this, Ace later learned of his engagement with the Marchioness of Ross, and when he sent a letter to Sykes, Sykes' reply was blatantly gloating, and it was all about how much Mrs. Caroline wanted to marry the Marchioness of Ross. How important it is to fulfill the mother's last wish as a son of man.

After Sykes knew that Ace had broken through the necromancer, he set a date for him to return to the imperial capital, and made an appointment with Ace for a competition. Whoever loses will solve the marriage perfectly.At the same time, Sykes also told Ace that Prince Xiben invited him to continue to return to the Knights of the Royal Guards as the head.

Not long after Mrs. Caroline passed away, the Silver Juggernaut, for various reasons, did not want Sykes to stay on Magic Island for a long time. His Majesty Ludwig IV also took this as a condition in exchange for Ludwig IV His Majesty's aid to Magic Island, he sent Sykes to the imperial capital of the Pansy Empire.

At that time, Prince Aachen and Princess Fenfur were still young, but Prince Nishiben was the same age as Sykes, both 14. They stayed in the palace together for 6 years, and their friendship was not bad.In Sykes' words, "If I hadn't known that my mother had left me a younger brother who still had the blood of the Koouser family on him, I might have had a closer relationship with Xiben."

This is just what Sykes said to Ace later.The fact is that Sykes likes to eat, drink, have fun, and meet beautiful women; besides practicing fighting spirit, Prince Xiben spends all his time trying to win over courtiers and intrigue.The two of them can't play together, and they can't compete to the fullest, so the relationship has not been salty or weak for so many years.

But compared to other people, Prince Xiben believed Sykes more.He invited Sykes to be the head of the Knights of the Royal Guards, which was naturally not aimless.Not to mention that most of the knights in the Royal Knights of the Guards were trained by Sykes, even the Silver Juggernaut standing behind Sykes, and the silver dragon Alice brought back by him, Prince Nishimoto would not treat him well. indiscreet.

Then Prince Xiben made the same request as Nuoou. Is he testing Nuoou?

Ace thought of what Nou told him just now, that Prince Xiben had already checked Mrs. Caroline's experience in the imperial capital.He knew that the secret was finally going to be hidden.

He didn't want to involve Nou so much in his vortex with the pansy royal family, but it still couldn't be avoided?

……

After Ace left the room, Nou went behind the desk and sat down.He closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then opened the bottom drawer of the desk. There were a lot of things in this drawer, but they were all covered by the top parchment.

Nou took out the yellowed parchment, revealing the unsheathed dagger and other delicate boxes underneath.

Nuo Ou also took out the dagger, which was not decorated with any gems, and the whole dagger seemed to be made by nature.Ace told him that the raw material of this dagger was the Dragon King's Horn, which they accidentally obtained in Port of Nice. Ace later found someone to forge the Dragon King's Horn into a dagger.

On Nou's 20th birthday, Ace smiled and said indifferently, "I finally have a present that I can afford." He gave it to Nou.

The things in this drawer are also related to Ace. Most of them are gifts from Ace in previous years, and there are also commemorative small items made by them together.Noou didn't put them on a bright shelf, but stacked them in this small drawer, because he spent a lot of time in the study every day, and he could take them out to look at them at any time.

Nou put the Dragon King's dagger on the table, opened the parchment, and ordered someone to copy the information about Mrs. Caroline before handing it over to Prince Xiben.

This is true for Ace, and so is Prince Xiben. Why are they interested in what happened to Mrs. Caroline in the imperial capital 21 years ago?

The last time Mrs. Caroline was in the imperial capital was when she married Viscount Neumann and became pregnant with Ace.Had Mrs. Caroline inadvertently learned secrets she couldn't know?

Nou thought about these two things carefully.

Lady Caroline married Viscount Neumann.According to the reputation of the red rose back then, and Princess Mary matched with the white rose, Viscount Neumann was indeed not the best candidate in terms of status.As for the birth of Ace, it should be a happy event.But why did Mrs. Caroline rush all the way to Bad Soden Manor in the southernmost part of the empire when she was just pregnant?

Nou wrote the name of Mrs. Caroline on the parchment with ink, followed by the names of Ace and Prince Xiben.

Nou's quill is next to Ace's name.

If this secret about Lady Caroline is tacit to Ace and Prince Sibon, then the two of them are either allies or enemies.If they stand on the same ground, there is no need to hide him in every possible way.They are necessarily hostile.

Nou put a cross between the names of Ace and Prince Xiben.

Nuo Ou has too little information in his hands, and he can't guess what happened that year.What he needs to do is to deduce from the current situation what Ace and Prince Nishimoto don't want to say.Noel knew the two of them well. Both Ace and Prince Xiben were extremely intelligent people, and with Angelica in the middle, it was easy for the two of them to be more intimate than ordinary people.

But neither Prince Xiben nor Ace had the will.And there are very few things on this plane that allow them to go to the opposite side without giving in.

Prince Xiben didn't tell Nou because he was worried that Nou would make a wrong decision and betray him; Ace didn't tell Nou because he must have known that this matter could not be reversed, so he never tried to reconcile.

What is the most important thing about Prince Nishimoto?The ambition to contend for hegemony on this plane.

So what is the prerequisite for the pansy imperial cavalry to step across the Purin Mountains and achieve great feats for thousands of years?Take the throne of the pansy empire.

Is there anything Ace can do to stop Prince Xiben, Lord of Chaos?No.It must have something to do with Lady Caroline.

How did Mrs. Caroline affect the current situation in the imperial capital 21 years ago?She had Ace at that time.And the only ones who could threaten Prince Xiben and make him cautious and cautious at every step were those who threatened his throne, and only the blood of the Keoser family.

Noel drew a line between Ace and Mrs. Caroline, and his quill fell on the parchment.

He remembered that when he first met Ace, Ace was a level 3 swordsman.Ace obviously has a talent that is not inferior to his, but he wasted it.At that time, he thought that Ace was just lazy by nature, he didn't like to practice, and he liked to read.

But it turned out that these were all Ace's cover-ups.

Ace has known for a long time that he is the blood of the Keosi family.