Scepter of Thorns

"Let me introduce myself first." The butler turned around. He was an unsmiling man, with a cold light in his long and narrow eyes, "I'm the second of spades. I'm in charge of the mansion's internal affairs for the adults. I don't usually attend spades parties. , so you may not have seen me."

He handed over a piece of paper, and when Kaierros touched it, he realized that it was a thin crystal card, which could be used to absorb the magic power in it to improve himself.He put the card in his cuff, "Thank you, sir."

This two of spades is somewhat tricky, and Kylos smiled.

"You are now being sent to Ace of Spades, Senna, to closely monitor him. Remember, you must not be discovered by him, and if you have to, put the blame on Diamond." The butler warned, "Young master... ..."

A wave of mana stopped him from speaking, Two of Spades forgot to glance to the left, "Who's there?"

Another spade appeared from the shadows, "My lord, it's me, six of spades. The task you ordered has been completed."

"What's going on with Ostana?" The Two of Spades nodded slightly, indicating that there is no need to avoid Kylos. "In any case, Serones cannot be released from prison."

"Her Royal Highness's mood has stabilized. After she learned that Serones' confession was questionable, she never pleaded for her again."

Two of Spades thought for a moment, "Has Senna seen your face? Jack of Spades?"

"No, but he may have heard voices when I said the spell."

"Okay, now you and Six of Spades will switch tasks." Two of Spades ordered, "Go to the young master's side and be responsible for guarding and reporting on whereabouts; Six of Spades will monitor Senna."

"Yes."

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Edward opened his eyes.

A strand of black hair passed by his ear, and he realized that he was in the form of a demon.The servants withdrew, and he seemed to be the only one in the room.

But Edward knew otherwise, his father would definitely send someone to guard secretly, especially after something like this happened.So he tapped on the bed, "Can I see you?"

A figure gradually emerged from the corner, his whole body was shrouded in a pitch-black robe, and a silver mask tightly covered his entire face.In the next second, this person disappeared, and Edward could only take a quick glance, not even seeing his figure clearly.

"Okay." He rubbed the space between his brows and got off the bed, "Then I'll go out first."

Edward put on his coat, and the moment he turned around, a strong devilish energy tore through the space and hit the guard standing directly.He fell soundlessly to the floor, and Edward walked over to touch the mask on his face with his fingers.

There are magic lines drawn on it. Once someone tries to take off the mask forcibly, the person wearing the mask will suffer great pain and wake up from the coma.

Edward frowned, giving up the desire to see what happened.He carried the man to his bed, covered him with a quilt, and pretended to be asleep.When the other party's hair fell on his back, Edward smelled an elegant smell on him, like the wet soil after the rain, with a faint fragrance of flowers.

It seems familiar, but that should be the memory left by the rain in the devil world.He didn't care, because this person didn't seem to be as strong as him, which made Edward dispel his doubts.He hid himself in the shadows with magic energy and left the room.

So Edward didn't see it, and after he left, the guard on the bed opened his eyes and laughed silently.

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This is a coffee shop in the heaven, between the civilian area and the Queen's district. The business is not very good, but it can barely survive.It's baroque-style, but the cheap ornaments are faded or damaged, and the scarlet curtains that block all the windows give the store an eerie look.

The boy with clown makeup was sitting at the innermost round table. He knocked on the coffee tray and said with a smile, "You're here."

The demon with a familiar face came out of the shadows and sat opposite him.He clasped his hands, hiding the surprise in his eyes.

"I didn't expect it to be you...Fang Suo."

"You know I'm Fang Suo?" The boy looked at him playfully, "Master Spades told you?"

He didn't answer the question, but took out something from the ring and put it on the table.The clown lowered his head, it was a picture scroll, Edmond was leading a child, they were standing among the large red rosebushes, but there was no expression on their faces, just like puppets on the stage, just posing mechanically posture.Behind them are fog and mountains, and the distant sky cannot be seen clearly.

The clown's smile faded.

"Where did you get it?" he asked.

"Because I'm his eldest son." The Mozu didn't answer directly, but put away the scroll, "So I know a lot of things."

"Edward Daulsas." Fonso stared at him gloomily, "If you hadn't been bleeding that man's blood, I'm afraid you would already be on the judgment seat of the Holy See."

"And I will tell the Holy See during the torture that a person named Alfonso Tammy, who is in the role of square piece, was ordered by Joker to collude with the demons. Believe me, the next person to be judged is you."

The clown said coldly: "I don't have any relationship with that family anymore."

"But you have the blood of that family." Edward returned his words, "So let's put aside the so-called blood and talk about the Joker issue formally."

Alfonso picked up the coffee and took a sip, his expression calmed down, "Okay."

"You should know that Joker leads an organization, so let me tell you now, the name of this organization is Joke, by the way, I'm not kidding."

"The earliest Joke is divided into four parts, the assassination of hearts, the intelligence of squares, the cleaning up or ending of clubs, and spades..." Alfonso paused, "No, spades are not so much a part of Joke, it's more It is said to be that person’s personal armed force. It is a powerful pillar in Joke, containing the top strength. So after the Sleeping Day incident that year, that person was forced to leave Joke, and all Spades’ subordinates rebelled against Joke, only Cenarius down."

He closed his eyes, his colorful makeup was dim.Alfonso will never forget the heavy rain and mist that day. Those people walked across the dark blue stone slabs of the garden with black umbrellas.Their faces were hidden under the umbrella, but he remembered each one clearly.The cat called the queen is crawling in the red rose bushes, its beautiful fur is wet by the rain, but it dare not go back to the warm little house behind it, because Joker broke all the porcelain and cut his hands Blood dripped and dripped on the shards.

He wasn't sure if he heard Joker crying, but he heard a moan in his throat that sounded like a wounded animal screaming.

"You're distracted," Edward reminded him.

"Sorry." Alfonso put his hands in his blond hair, his eyes were covered by Liu Hai, "Later, there were only three parts left of Joke, the diamond was recommended by Master Spade, Joker Depose him, and I'm a square."

"He obviously didn't know about your past entanglements with Spades." Demon raised his eyebrows, "So Joker is not as powerful as imagined, is he?"

"Yes, but I also want to tell you that his real name is Owen Cheli, his father proposed reforms, and then he was put to death by the powerful and powerful, and his mother was forced to marry the nobles who sentenced his father to death. At that time, he just At the age of 14, he was wanted by the whole city, and that person took him in. At the age of 20, they teamed up to establish Joke." Alfonso laughed at himself, "If it wasn't for that, I'm afraid they would be friends forever. "

"I don't think two equally powerful people can get along harmoniously unless they have the same interests and goals." Edward looked straight into his eyes, "But I'm more curious about you, would you mind telling me about your past? ?”

Alfonso is a little embarrassed, only then he looks like a child who hasn't grown up, "...It's really nothing, uh, I mean, it doesn't matter if you want to hear it."

"I grew up in a priest's family since I was a child. Well, there are older brothers and sisters. By the way, my mother...is a mistress."

His lips parted slightly, trying to say something, but he still choked.Edward sighed, "Forget it."

Alfonso breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought he had no grievances, but when that memory came to his mind, he still didn't have the courage to uncover the scars he had.

And he naively thought that Edward really had to let him go.

A secret sound barrier was quietly released, but Alfonso didn't notice it. He looked at Edward and asked a little strangely, "Your hair...how is it dyed golden..."

He watched in a daze as the demons in front of him began to transform. The black horns disappeared, and the vertical pupils gradually shrank into ovals, revealing a deep blue like sea water.Alfonso couldn't look away at all, he could only sink into it, unable to extricate himself.

If he could still stay awake, he might recall that Edmund once told him that every Celestial Clan with Daurthus blood has an innate talent, hypnosis.Just like the Senna family with the talent for illusion, whether it is the king of the Celestial Clan, Mephisto hypnotizing his wife and daughter, or the exiled Edmond hypnotizing the youngest son Edward, all show that Alfonso is destined to be unable to escape this crisis. robbery.

Edward stared into his empty eyes: "The biggest force that destroyed the reform party headed by Owen Cherry is Tammy, who is a priest family?"

"Yes." Alfonso replied mechanically, "They are loyal supporters of theocracy, and they still don't believe that God has abandoned us."

"Is your mother Owen Cherry's mother? She was forced to marry into the victorious Tammy family after her husband's death, and then gave birth to you?"

"Yes."

"She hates you, doesn't she?"

"Yes. She was indifferent and indifferent to me, she smiled at me for the first time on my eighth birthday and made me a cake."

"Because there was poison in the cake, she took a bite first and then forced you to eat it, didn't she?"

"……Yes."

Edward never wants to recall his childhood. They are like poisonous cakes, which can be fatal if caught off guard.So he asked the question that had been entrenched in his heart for a long time: "Do you hate her?"

But he got surprising results.

Alfonso said softly, as if he was afraid of disturbing something, "No."

"why?"

The red paint on the corners of his eyes was smudged, and his ridiculous clown makeup was all over, making him look even more ridiculous.

"I'm just sad."

----Chapter67. Clown & End----

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The talent for hypnotism came before the foreshadowing, Edward was hypnotized by Edmund when he woke up, and then he hypnotized Edmund in the same way when he was tired.