Scepter of Thorns

Senna watched as the thorn bird turned into an arc and flashed across the sky, then took out a round mirror from the space ring, the world in the mirror gradually distorted and changed, and finally Caesar's face appeared.

"Your Highness." Caesar nodded in respect, but his expression was unnatural. His black hair was slightly messed up, and a few strands were hanging on his collarbone. It was obvious that he was abruptly interrupted while he was doing something.

"Tell Lilith." Senna turned a blind eye to this, "Go to Mystery City and bring her half-race nephew back to 'Swan'. His name is Dorsas, and he is temporarily a black household."

"Yes."

After Caesar answered, he quickly turned off the round mirror and took back the space. Amiens lay in his arms with his eyes closed. He gently wrapped Amiens in the quilt, then put on a woolen coat and left the room.

The moment he disappeared, Amiens opened his eyes.

Although it was raining outside the window, it didn't affect Lilith's interest in reading newspapers in her private garden. A huge umbrella opened a path in the garden. She scratched her chest: "Something is coming, something is coming..."

"Your hands are itchy, right?" Lilith grabbed the cat's tail and threw it away without raising her eyelids. Sophia screamed, transformed into a human form to stabilize her body, and finally got rid of the fate of being thrown away, but the one who looked at Lilith The eyes are so resentful and resentful.

A bat flew close to them with wet wings, began to circle around Lilith, and finally landed on her shoulder.Lilith took off the paper tube on the bat's leg, and took out a black piece of paper with only a few lines on it.

She frowned and asked, "Do I have a sister?"

Sophia rolled her eyes, pulled a chair aside and sat down: "Yes, my name is Lilia, two years younger than you, romantic by nature, and eloped with someone I don't know what it is a long time ago."

Lilith was confident about this: "The sense of existence is too weak, forget it."

That's your own sister...

"You." She picked up a pen and designated Sophia, "Find a few people and get my nephew back. His name is Dorsas, he has black hair and long horns, and he's wandering around the Mystery City."

"Which demon doesn't look like this?" Sophia twitched her mouth, "Are there any more obvious features?"

"Mixed blood, the state of the demon race is unstable." Lilith stroked the writing on the black paper with a pen, "The key is that he doesn't have a magic crystal, which should be quite recognizable."

Sophia looked mournful: "You actually asked me to help you with voluntary labor in such a horrible weather."

Lilith waved her away: "Quan Dang has lost weight, hurry up, Hurry up, the Tinta Demon Race needs you."

Sophia went reluctantly.

The space teleportation array is a fun thing. In order not to cause riots, she brought seven or eight soldiers in plain clothes from "Swan" to the mysterious city and went straight to the city gate. Facing the soldiers guarding the city, she showed a series of documents. No nonsense: "Check, the fugitive from Tinta is wandering here, and the Earl ordered me to come and arrest him in order not to cause trouble."

The defenders politely let them go.

Edward was wandering outside the city gate at this moment, because he had to register with the magic crystal to enter the city, and he didn't know if the money was enough for the bribe. At this juncture, the golden power was eager to try again, ready to compete with the dark element, but it happened He still can't use the scepter of thorns. He dared to use it before because the Snake Plated Hotel was less crowded. He didn't have the guts to use it outside the densely populated city gate.

Edward is now hiding in a small abandoned building outside the city. Although he has strangled his cloak tightly, there is still a faint light element surrounding his body, which cannot be concealed at all.

That's the pure, bright taste...

The tip of Sophia's nose twitched just after leaving the city. She is an orc with a different sense of smell than ordinary people, and she can often detect some subtle and neglected things.

It turned out to be a mixed blood of the Heavenly Demon Race.

It would be better for one less person to know about this kind of thing. She decisively asked the soldiers in plain clothes to meet him at the teleportation circle in the city, and followed the smell to the pavilion where Edward was hiding.In the dim light, a demon who covered his whole body could be vaguely seen. He huddled in a corner motionless, like a discarded object.

"Mixed blood, the state of the demon race is unstable."

Lilith said so.

Edward sensed that someone was approaching. He leaned against the wall and stood up, pulling down the cloak that covered his hair.His heart skipped a beat when he saw the person who came - the catwoman he met in the "Swan" bar.

Sophia cast a simple defensive technique on him first, and the dense dark elements in the air covered the light elements, suspending Edward's pain, and the transformation stopped.

"Thank you." He put on his cloak again, and the scepter of lies was tightly bound around his back, covering it so that no trace of its outline could be seen.

Sophia showed a formulaic smile and said that it was just a matter of raising her hands, and then asked in a friendly tone: "Are you Mr. Dorsas?"

Edward hesitated for a while, then replied, "...Yes."

"May I ask who your mother is?"

Edward quietly held the scepter of lies behind him with his right hand. He thought about it, and replied hesitantly: "I was young when my mother died, and my father never mentioned my mother's name, so I don't remember."

That's your real mother...

Sophia stamped the person in front of her quite simply, and she was definitely in the same nest as Lilith.

"It's like this." She showed a decent smile, "Actually, your mother is Lilia, the biological sister of Earl Tinta Lilith, who owns part of the property inheritance rights, but she gave up and eloped with a Celestial Clan alone. Yours My aunt opposed my sister's marriage, and regretted it because of her impulsiveness. When we found out that she left, we had lost your mother's whereabouts."

... Although her elder sister has forgotten that she has a younger sister.

"It was many years later that we learned the news of your mother's death, and we also knew that she had left an heir. Your aunt was very sad and wanted to take you to live in Tinta, but nobles are forbidden to enter and leave the border without permission, so we can only give up .”

...It turns out that she died and I didn't know it yet.

"Recently, we have received news that Lilia's eldest son, Daulsas, came to the Demon Realm due to some accidents. Your aunt Lilith has been sorry for her sister's death for many years. She ordered me to bring you back to Tinta, and we will help you. But by no means your enemy, please trust us."

Finally finished, Sofia thought.But Edward, the only audience member, just looked at her with such a blank face, the indifference in his eyes didn't even bother to pretend, which made her feel a little bit unable to continue acting.

"So, would you like to?"

She held out her hand.

Edward looked at the hand that was moisturized due to proper maintenance, and felt a chill in his heart.

Someone was telling him that from the moment he set foot on the territory of the Demon Realm, all the camouflage had been stripped away, and all the camouflage along the way was nothing more than a clown who put on makeup, and was finally exposed to the light.

How could the sister who had been separated for so many years show up just when he needed help and find out his location exactly?The so-called aunt doesn't even know what he does in the human world. If he knew, I'm afraid it would be impossible to send someone to look for him.

Similarly, no one but him should know that he came to the Demon Realm, and he did not leave his full name to anyone on the road from the border to the city, and exposed the magic crystal, and where did she get the news, and came to arrest him? Brought back to Tinta?

Edward was shaking.

After a long while, Sophia's arms were sore from stretching out, and Edward let go of the scepter of lies, and took her hand instead: "I am willing."

Looking at that face, she felt unexpectedly familiar, but couldn't remember it for a while.

"Okay, then please follow me."

When he walked under the umbrella, Edward saw a black bird crouching on the sharp corner of the pavilion out of the corner of his eye. He didn't take it seriously, and followed Sophia to the city gate.He didn't doubt that this woman was a liar, because her demeanor and demeanor couldn't pretend to be of a good background, not to mention he felt that her strength was weaker than his own.

"My name is Sophia." She led Edward through the city gate easily, and went directly to the teleportation array without even checking.The waiting soldiers in plain clothes immediately surrounded them in a dense manner. Sophia took a pass and placed it on the blue crystal in the center of the teleportation array, and activated the teleportation magic.

The black bird flew over the branches of the black iron tree and landed on the blue spar.But the people in the formation had long since disappeared. It turned its neck, seemed to think for a while, and then spread its wings and flew to the sky.

The rain washed away its traces.

After a brief period of dizziness, they came to Tinta, the trading capital of the Demon Realm, under the jurisdiction of the only female countess, Lilith Monroe.Although it occupies a small proportion of the territory, it has free and prosperous commerce and rich mineral resources. It was a military fortress many years ago, and its importance cannot be underestimated.

Lilith didn't want to make her nephew public. Although she had a certain right to speak, the mixed blood with the blood of the Celestial Clan was a big trouble here after all.Sophia took Edward into the mansion through the side door according to the Countess's instructions, and after a brief introduction, she asked her followers to lead him down.

Edward was placed in a guest room with simple and cold decoration, and the entourage quickly withdrew.He took off his cloak and hung it on a hanger, covering the Staff of Lies pinned to it.To Edward's surprise, the black and white waiter's clothes brought from the God Realm didn't have any water stains or damage, and it was still brand new when he just put it on. Stretched out from here too.

There was a cup of freshly brewed black tea on the table. After thinking for a while, Edward poured the whole cup of tea on his clothes. The tea water passed through the outermost layer of the clothes and dripped onto the floor without touching any of it. Moreover, the wrapped skin was not touched. Feel the scorching heat of the tea.

He deliberately knocked the porcelain cup on the edge of the table, and soon a follower knocked on the door: "Sir, do you need help?"

"Accidentally spilled black tea on the ground, please clean it up." Edward put the porcelain cup back on the tray, took a few steps back, and distanced himself from the water. , The entourage who brought him over opened the door and took out a thumb-sized spherical sponge from his pocket. The sponge rolled across the floor by itself and quickly sucked up the spilled tea. It was still dry, but it was only swollen.

"Thank you." Edward bent down to pick up the sponge, but the attendant quickly stopped him: "Sir, every room must be equipped with a cleaning sponge. It automatically finds and absorbs water stains on the floor. It is changed once a day, and there is no need to throw it away now." Drop it. I wanted to bring this room to you later, but now it happens to be used ahead of schedule."

Edward withdrew his hand: "Okay."

After the entourage left, he quickly picked up the sponge and put it on the table to observe. This technology is not available in the human world, so how can we miss the opportunity of research.

There is a pea-sized inner core in the sponge. It should be that there is a magic circle on it. It uses the absorption and release of magic power to absorb the liquid and release the volume.But he still can't figure out how to do it, and the automatic cleaning function.

Edward put the sponge back on the floor and turned around to get the scepter of lies pinned to the cloak. The moment he touched the scepter, something seemed to shock his sea of ​​consciousness violently. It was this moment that made him His eyes turned black, and he almost fell down. Fortunately, Edward had quick eyesight and quick hands, and he held onto the hanger.

Those are... red runes?

They were densely intertwined, filling his sea of ​​consciousness, but only for an instant, they disappeared again, as if they had never appeared before.

Before Edward could think about it, there was another knock on the door, and the attendant who had gone and returned informed him through the door: "Sir, please clean up, His Royal Highness wants to come in with you."

----Chapter21. Earl & End----

The author has something to say:

As mentioned earlier, the full name of the God of Light is Kylos Senna.

Senna and Edward have said similar things, it is definitely not that the author is lazy =_=