Beauty Steals the Country [End Times]

Simon, who worked and rested on time, woke up from his dream. His keen hearing allowed him to hear the familiar sound of stones being smashed.

He sat up from the bed, the soft eiderdown quilt slipped off his shoulders, the pajamas embroidered with dark patterns were ripped open, revealing his fair chest, he raised his hand wearing the jeweled ring, and rubbed his forehead, as if he had done something incredible Dream... the taste of bitterness and reverence pervades my heart and has not dissipated.He vaguely remembered dreaming about his ancestors, the reverence imprinted in his heart made him restrain the arrogance of all the crown princes, but the bitterness... Where did it come from?

Raising his voice to call the maid to come in, Simon got out of the bed barefoot, stepped on the carpet made of rare animal hair, and came to the full-length mirror.

Get dressed, comb your hair, and wash.The voice in his ear still didn't stop, and he looked up to the French window next to him, facing the courtyard.

In the twilight of dawn, stood a boy of about fifteen, who was eligible to participate in the selection of knights according to the standard, so on the boy's birthday, Simon officially brought him into social occasions... Although Simon hoped that this day would come later.The boy will always be as small as when we first met, and he will always stay at the age of 15.Let him remember the first meeting.

·【1, that day】·

When he was 15 years old, he went on a study tour and went to remote areas.

There are many absurd aristocratic children among those who flatter him. Parents tell their children to be cautious in their words and deeds in front of the crown prince, and there are also incompetent guys who mysteriously say to take him to a good place.The fellow, Simon thought, might have thought he was a consort, like other lewd nobles.The royal family's reputation is not good, and his flamboyant father is keen to spread illegitimate children all over the world, which has added a lot of trouble to Simon.

Arriving at the slave market, the guides did not go to a formal place, but instead walked through some alleys in a detour.After disguising, Simon has been quietly following behind, watching the guide knock a few rhythms on the door like a signal, knowing it in his heart, but not showing any flaws on his face.

It's just separated by a door panel, the outside is silent, and the inside is full of voices, which must have been carefully arranged.

Going down the stairs to the underground plaza, the seats are arranged in a trapezoidal shape. The people in the last few rows are dressed in gold and silver, and look rich, while most of the first few rows are wearing cloaks in a low-key manner, as if they don't want to reveal their identities like him.The center is a platform with countless cages. Unlike ordinary slaves such as the offspring of sinners and prisoners of war sold in other regions, the sales here are all magical races that are forbidden to hunt, such as orcs, dwarves, giant cubs... and so on.

Simon didn't speak, and looked around the environment. The surrounding bidding was deafening, and the sales were replaced one after another. When it was the finale, Simon obviously found that the breathing of the people around him became hot, and there was a discussion next to him, "I heard that this time The product is particularly brilliant, and it was released for the first time after several years of intensive breeding, and it caused a sensation when the goods were inspected, and even theft occurred.”

"Ah... I know this. I heard that one of the children in this group was so shocking that the senior staff were tempted to take him away secretly. After the operation failed, he was arrested for theft. jail."

Others were amazed, discussing what kind of surprise would it be?

Several cages were slowly pushed out from the table, and the staff reached into the cages and raised their faces one by one. The people next to them introduced the products while zooming in the air with mirror magic, and even the sound of breathing was silent for a moment!Many people gasped and said, "This is too incredible!"

Simon turned his head and saw the incredible child——

In several cages, beautiful half-blood elf children were weeping sadly, but the child in the middle didn't have any sad expression, and looked at everyone blankly, as innocent as a holy son.About five years old, with delicate skin like snow, the whole portrait will melt away at any time, giving people an ethereal feeling that is difficult to grasp.His long black hair, which had never been trimmed, was draped behind him. Under the light, the color was as beautiful as a black diamond. His entire face was so exquisite that it was hard to imagine his future demeanor.

Finally, there are those incredible eyes, the green pupils are surrounded by a circle of gold, the wonderful combination is like the light projected in the lush forest, natural and dreamy.

"This is the legendary rainbow pupil, or the rainbow pupil of light..."

The crowd's bidding immediately went crazy, even hysterical.

The guide next to him was also shocked, "It turns out that someone is Hong Tong, not a reincarnation of a famous person in history, but it seems that there is no second family member of light except your empire, so why don't you take action? "

Simon was also shocked.The reason why Hongtong is sought after is because he is an amplifier of cultivation.Legend has it that only one of the soul mates dies. Before closing his eyes, his lover's affectionate tears drip into the eyes of the deceased. The reincarnated person inherits this longing and is born with rainbow pupils corresponding to the magic department of that lover.

Those with rainbow pupils look for their soul mates all their lives, and through some kind of secret method, they can make other magicians of the same department grow rapidly.But the empire knows that he is the only member of the family of light, and these people bid wildly, except for private possession, maybe they just want to give it to him.

Simon stood up in a circle of crazy people raising prices. The guide pulled his sleeves strangely. They saw Simon stepping out of their seats and slowly walking towards the stage. Everyone was taken aback by his actions, not knowing what he was going to do. , the guards ran from afar, and Simon hit him with a light spell, and the audience immediately understood his identity, and there was no sound.

Simon walked up to the stage, and the person in charge ran out from the backstage in fear. Simon asked him to open the cage, took out the child in his arms, and said in a non-negotiable tone:

"This child belongs to me."

【2. Growth】

Simon punished the person in charge of the auction and rescued all the illegally trafficked slaves, but only brought Sassi back to the palace.Not only did his father not object, but he was happy to hear it.His father was romantic but not stupid.It is recorded in the Royal Book that there are only two family members of light, one is the founder of the country and the other is him, so no matter how much his half-brother Lan Rui and the illegitimate children of those wild women danced happily, the heir in his father's heart is only him one.

Simon kept Sassi by his side and took care of it himself.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all taken care of one by one, and even the bedside story is arranged.Simon often held the child in his arms until he was ten years old.In the middle of the night, he half-raised his body and picked up the reading material beside the bed, and read the story in a soothing tone... The little Sassi was pillowed on his belly, and he often fell asleep after listening to it. There was only one story, Sassi Can hear from beginning to end.

It was a romantic love story about a pair of soul mates who meet again after going through hardships.

After listening, Sassi still looked at him with his eyes open, although there was no liking on his indifferent little face.Simon stroked his hair, "Sleep."

Sassi closed her eyes obediently, lay down and fell asleep.

Simon put down his reading material, covered Sassi with a quilt, and pressed a kiss on his forehead, "Good boy, I wish you a good sleep."

The maid in the corner stepped forward and asked him in a low voice if he needed to go back to the room for bed. Simon shook his head and waved the maid away, lay down beside Saxi, looked at the sleeping face of the little guy, and felt a little emotional in his heart... Sliding his fingers over Saxi west eyelashes.

The rainbow pupils of light were covered by eyelids, but Simon never forgot how beautiful they were.Every person with rainbow pupils has a destined partner, most of whom are magicians of the same family as the pupils. Thinking that he is the only light magician in the empire, it is a bit ridiculous... Sassi's eyelashes trembled a few times unbearably, and he opened his eyes in a daze open your eyes.

Seeing that Simon was still stunned for a moment, he returned to his usual indifference.

"Your Highness, are you still leaving?"

Even the voice is childish.

Simon covered his eyes and said softly, "Sorry to bother you, go back to sleep." The curled eyelashes stroked the palm of his hand a few times, and after a while, the child's sleepy nature took effect, and he soon fell asleep again.

Simon laughed...still a child.

[3, ten years]

The playmate who is also a knight came in with the maid and sat aside to wait.Noticing Simon looking out the window, he took a second look.The young man downstairs has beautiful black hair. After being tied up, it throws out different arcs with his movements. His facial features in motion are also correct and outstanding. The golden and green rainbow pupils are so breathtaking that you can't take your eyes off .

Simon's eyes glanced at his playmate's squinting expression, and the playmate scratched his head, then retracted his gaze wisely and said, "Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and little Sassi has grown more and more beautiful. I see that your court The title of the number one beauty is about to be taken off."

Simon ignored his playmate, raised his hand, and immediately a piece of light fell from the courtyard out of thin air, sprinkled on Sassi.Sassi looked up and saw Simon was up and gesticulating at him:

[Come up. 】

When the playmate saw Simon's actions, he had a "really enough" expression on his face: "Oh my god, let your flopping fiancee see you as 'small wounds must heal naturally so as not to reduce the health of your body. ’ reason to refuse to waste magic power, but to tease your little baby with splendor every day, so angry that you can jump off the coast of Buffy!”

Simon ignored his mischievous playmate again, sat down on the sofa, and waited for Sassi to come up.

His playmate sat casually on the sofa next to him, and continued to tease him, "By the way, I heard that His Majesty plans to send him to be a reading companion for Lanrui? It's impossible for little Sassi to agree... At the beginning, he didn't want to Separated from you, I will compete for your companion reading when I am seven years old!"

This matter has been talked about for a long time.There is a ten-year age difference between Simon and Sassi. When Sassi was still learning magic knowledge, Simon had already started learning advanced magic.At that time, an accompanying reader beside Simon left, and Sassi proposed the idea of ​​being an accompanying reader in order to follow Simon.At that time, everyone didn't care about it, but Simon proposed an amazing decision: to delay the selection of companion reading time, and to open the selection with no age limit.The crown prince's accompanying readers have always been carefully selected, and Simon's decision to defy the crowd was to satisfy Sassi.

Everyone thought it was a joke.Even if Simon personally guides, no one believes that Sassi can serve as an accompanying reader.But just three years later, Sassi stood out from all the competitors and followed Simon openly.At that time, the picture of a handsome young man with a beautiful little boy became a scene in the academy.

Simon has three companions, and Sassi, who is only fifteen years old, was officially promoted to the first companion in the last evaluation. Although Simon has graduated from the academy, Sassi still learns some royal courses from him.

"I didn't agree." Simon said casually, flipping through the morning newspaper.

"But Lan Rui definitely doesn't want to... Your half-brother is not a good talker. When he was sent out for recuperation because he was weak and sick, he looked cute, but now he has become eccentric after many years. I remember that when he was a child, he liked to talk to Sarah very much. Xiwan, now His Majesty will definitely want to make up for him, considering that he has suffered for many years abroad. The three companions he picked for him before were all expelled by him. His Majesty may think that it would be better to find Sassi, who is the same age and a childhood playmate. a lot of……"

Before his playmate could finish chatting, Simon suddenly put down the newspaper and stood up, following Simon's figure to look at the door. Sassi had just arrived outside after taking a shower and changing clothes.

"The eyes are so sharp." The playmate muttered softly, seeing Simon holding Sassi's hair, frowning slightly, "Why don't you dry your hair?" After drying Sasi's hair, rubbing it on top of Sasi's head, "Don't be so anxious next time, take your time, I will wait for you."

Simon looked back at his staring playmate, "Let's go."

[4, Heart of Darkness]

Several people went to see a trial.

The incident happened in a city. The husband went out to fight and left his beautiful wife. The son of the city lord wanted to force her. When the woman resisted, he blinded the son of the city lord. The father was furious and executed the woman in public. Finally, he went crazy in a fit of anger and slaughtered the entire city.From the old man to the young child, he didn't let anyone go, and then he became a notorious murderer. Everyone he saw was killed, and he was arrested and brought to justice not long ago.

The people in court were very puzzled.

"From your file, I see that you have risked your life many times to save your comrades-in-arms. General Layton has high hopes for you and wants to train you to be his successor... You obviously have an excellent future, why did you commit such a crime?" So much evil?!"

The prisoner was silent.

"The only ones who hurt your wife are the city lord and his son. How can you bear to implicate innocent people? Is it true that, as others said, you want others to experience your pain because of the grief in your heart?"

The prisoner still did not speak.

There was silence in the audience, and after repeated urging, the prisoner opened his mouth: "...I want to resurrect my wife... I begged the light, but it refused to help me, only the darkness has pity on me."

Everyone showed painful expressions, among them, Layton was even more sorry for this former subordinate, and said with hatred, "Idiot! What about your ideals? What have you degenerated for a woman?! Your stupidity just disappoints me!"

The prisoner knelt down facing Layton, "I'm sorry I failed you."

After the show ended, the three of them walked out along the flow of people.The playmate sighed at Simon, "Tsk tsk tsk... how could anyone believe the lie of 'When darkness falls, all your wishes will come true'? Even bards don't sing such old-fashioned things anymore."

"A person in despair is quite fragile and dangerous. Good and evil are in a single thought. That person doesn't care whether that sentence is true or not. To him, that sentence can only be true."

The playmate shrugged, "I probably don't want to understand this kind of self-deceived sadness for the rest of my life... I would rather die than want to become that kind of ghost, that's too stupid." The playmate patted Simon on the shoulder, "But With you, I don’t have to worry, if I am really stupid, you will definitely hold me back...Of course, if you are stupid, I will also hold you, although I think ignorance has nothing to do with you. "

Simon shrugged, looked back to see Sassi with a pensive face, and asked with concern: "What are you thinking?"

The playmate was still talking, "It's still that the man's ability to bear it is too poor. There are so many bereaved wives, and I haven't seen anyone go crazy. If it were you, Simon, this tragedy would definitely not happen."

"Who knows..." Simon casually answered, and continued to pay attention to Sassi.

The playmate said firmly: "You definitely won't! You would rather die than hurt the innocent. Don't I know you?"

"...For people, there are some things that are more important than death."

After Simon sighed, his playmate said in surprise, "Do you have it too?"

Simon didn't bother to answer, turned around and walked in front of Sassi, touched his forehead, and it was covered with cold sweat. "Does what happened to his wife remind you of your mother?" Simon fiddled with Sassi's hair, and kissed him, "...don't think about it."

The playmate watched the interaction between the two, and rolled his eyes... For Simon, the only thing he cares about most is the country, and only the child he raised with his own hands... As for doing stupid things for his wife, that's even more impossible .

Volume Two: The North