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The Spa Palace is located in the west of San Warsaw, the royal capital.Mirror Lake divides San Warsaw into two parts. On one side of the lake is the magnificent white palace, and on the other side are street shops and residential areas.When King Andre was in power, the Hot Spring Palace was only one-third of its current size, which could be called majestic, but not luxurious enough.A long golden bridge once spanned the lake so that the king could receive his subjects at any time.

The elderly Dentons all remember that on the last day of every month, the old king came from the other side of the Golden Bridge to talk to the people in the alleys of the market, taste the cheese brought by the merchants from the Eastern Plain, and inquire about the prices of vegetables in the market. .His knight followed closely behind his master, with sharp, cautious eyes reminiscent of a goshawk temporarily retracting its feathers.King Andrew kindly comforted his knights: "Don't be nervous, everyone here is my protector. My subjects will protect my safety in times of crisis just like you."

The first thing Curtis did after he came to the throne was to order people to demolish the Golden Bridge and rebuild a suspension bridge.There are bridge guards on both sides of the lake, and only nobles who are summoned by him can pass through the bridge and enter the hot spring palace.In five years, Curtis expanded the Hot Spring Palace by two-thirds. Whenever the winter solstice sun shines obliquely, the reflection of the palace can almost occupy half of the water surface of Mirror Lake.

The bridge guard on duty is a new soldier. Seeing a puff of smoke and dust at the end of the road, he is about to stop someone to verify his identity.The rider did not slow down, and rushed all the way to the bridge.He was about to scold, when his companion suddenly rushed over out of breath: "Let the suspension bridge go, let the suspension bridge go!"

The person who came was a knight, wearing only black light chain mail, and his long dark black cloak was raised high as he dismounted from the horse.He didn't slow down when he reached the bridge. Instead, he clamped hard, and his mount neighed and jumped onto the suspension bridge that was being lowered slowly.

The speed was so fast that the knight's face could not be seen clearly, only a golden letter "A" was embroidered on the raised cloak.

The black knight crossed the suspension bridge, and the gate of the hot spring palace was slowly opened for him.The senior blamed the stunned newcomer, with cold sweat on his forehead: "That's the Templar Marquis Seth Elberd, the number one member of the Royal Knights! The Marquis never needs to verify his identity when he returns to the Hot Spring Palace—even if Even in the middle of the night, you have to get up and open the door!"

After entering the gate of the Hot Spring Palace, there is a straight marble road.Curtis was taking a bath when the bodyguard brought Seth to Villars Garden.Two twin maids with dark blue hair were rubbing his back.It was very cold in late autumn, and there was a thin layer of mist over the hot springs in the garden.

The new emperor was leaning against the wall of the hot spring with his upper body naked, and his ice blue eyes glanced at the man kneeling beside him on one knee.Kneeling on one knee and bowing his head, the light chain mail couldn't conceal his slender figure, and the arm with one hand on the ground was muscular and well-proportioned.Curtis thought, this man is really quiet when he doesn't speak.This kind of tranquility is not the serenity of a nobleman who has recited poems and odes since childhood, but is like a temporarily tamed cheetah restraining itself a moment before the distance erupts.Maybe it can be called the dawn before the storm.

Curtis rubbed the rose petals in the hot spring boredly, and suddenly narrowed his eyes: "How about the Liberals?"

He ordered people to build a greenhouse rose garden at the southern end of the warmest Maple Leaf County, so that he could smell the sweet fragrance of this summer flower in the hot spring in winter.

"There is nothing to be afraid of." The man who was still kneeling still did not look up: "The Liberals in Frutriland have been wiped out, and they do not pose a threat to His Majesty."

"Why don't you look up at me?"

Seth didn't move, and the young emperor reached out and lifted his chin, forcing him to look directly into his own eyes, ice blue, unfeeling eyes.Although the typical Lancastrian ancestry can be seen in Curtis, his whole body is too sharp, with blond hair hanging straight to his waist, his chin is so sharp that it is almost harsh, and his high and narrow nose reveals a feeling of affection. Taste, lips are often pursed in dissatisfaction.

Just listening to the voice, Seth knew that His Majesty was angry.

"If you don't look up, can you imagine that it's your former master who gave you the order?" Curtis squeezed the man's chin, hot spring water dripped down Seth's neck from his arm, and wet the underside of his chain armor Close-fitting shorts.Seth felt very uncomfortable, and gently moved the emperor's arm away, saying, "The sound is completely different."

wrong answer.

It's a disappointment not being able to fully tame the best hound in Denton.Curtis was suddenly not in the mood to take a bath and stood up.Two maids with dark blue hair came out with a tray of soft and clean clothes, and the twin sister knelt down and began to dress him.The new emperor just looked down and said, "Your hair color is so beautiful."

The maid was a little surprised when she was questioned by the king for the first time: "Someone said that our sister's hair is exactly the same color as His Majesty's eyes."

"I've heard that too." Curtis nodded, and lazily summoned his bodyguard: "Chop off the heads of these two women, and use their hair to weave a riding whip for me."

The two sisters screamed and struggled miserably, and finally fell into a coma and were dragged away by the guards.Curtis buttoned the last shell-carved button of his jacket, and said to the man standing beside him, "Let's go."

He hated Seth Elberd's cold-eyed personality.Even when the sister flower was knocked dizzy by the guards with the sword hilt and dragged away, he still didn't respond, neither approving nor disapproving.But only this kind of cold blood can control the Royal Knights and wipe out the Liberals who eroded his royal power like moths.A sharp sword is good, but the loyalty of the sword remains with the original owner, so it is not very satisfying.

The fallen leaves from yesterday's day on the pebble path had been quickly swept away, and Seth felt that the stones under his feet were slightly cool.He returned to the hot spring pool, picked up the remaining white fox cloak on the twin sisters' tray, hurriedly caught up, and put the cloak on the new king's shoulders from behind.The movements are gentle and skillful, flowing and flowing.

Curtis paused, turned his head and raised his eyebrows at him.

"It's a bit cold, Your Majesty should pay attention to your body."

Seth himself didn't understand why he did it.He just felt a little cold, so he took a cloak from the nearest place and put it on Curtis.Take the cloak, put it on from behind, and then tie the ribbon around the front—he often does this for Anderson, and he is so familiar that he almost melts into his flesh and blood.Looking from behind just now, Curtis' thin back and blond hair reminded him of that pale boy back then, and his body had already acted before his brain reacted.

"Is this how you served your former master before? What's his name...Anderson?"

Seth bowed his head: "My loyalty now belongs to His Majesty."

The 17-year-old boy was dead.His Master Anderson was dead.He saw him drink the poisonous potion with his own eyes, bandage the wound of his body with his own hands, nail oranges on his coffin, and sprinkle rose petals and soil on the coffin lid to represent missing.

In the second year, he suddenly had a strange hallucination, thinking that Anderson was not dead.He was just traveling with the Duke and Duchess of Aiyebao, and one day he would return to him.His pale golden hair would still touch his cheeks when walking side by side, his gray-blue eyes were as beautiful as the September sky in Aiyebao, and his smile was still clean and bright.

In that year, Seth used the rights of the Royal Knights for himself for the first time, and posted the revelation of finding Anderson on every corner of Denton.

Curtis knew about this, but he tolerated it.The young emperor said to the Templars kneeling in the center of the Plantagenet Hall: "Seth Elberd, your only weakness is that you are too easy to get into the drama. The performance has ended, and my dear, you are still in the drama You can't get out of here—you knew from the beginning that you would betray him one day, didn't you?"

Seth heard later that his voice was hoarse like the roar of a wild animal: "But I didn't know he was going to die!"

Five years have passed, and no matter how profound the sadness is, it will be indifferent by time.He just felt that there was a void in his heart, no matter how warm the summer was, the December wind still passed through that void.

Curtis went to lunch, and the white tablecloth was already set with silverware and the unusually fat trout of the season.He stretched his body and leaned back on the high-back chair, lamenting that soaking in hot springs is also a waste of energy, and suddenly turned his head and asked Seth: "Have you come into contact with the dragons in Friedelland?"

After getting a regrettable negative answer, he lazily poured himself a glass of red wine: "What do you want to do next? As a reward for returning from Futrilland, you can make a request."

It was a request Seth had been thinking about for a long time.

"Thank you Your Majesty for rewarding me with Aiye Castle. I want to go back there to rest for a while."

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A map of Denton is attached:

Eastern Plains: Cornwall

South Coast: Maple Leaf County (with the town of Cole and Walton where the Countess of Bacons is located)

Western Desert: Sother

Northern Mountains: Fryland

Central Lake District: Watermouth (where the capital San Warsaw is located)