deceased

"I will send someone to look for it." Hayden said briefly, "The most important thing now is to increase the garrison troops in Mar City and Court City."

"It used to be the territory of the Barber family. Since the heir of the Barber family is gone, I will take back that piece of land..." Shi Luo gave Soso a meaningful look.

Hayden immediately remembered that the King and Queen of Gulan had sent envoys several times to repair relations with Soso, but they were dismissed coldly by Ciro. Obviously at that time, he had already planned to let Soso lay his foundation in the Qinding Empire and even send a piece of The idea of ​​belonging to his territory as his natal home.This is probably the only time Ciro puts the interests of the empire over personal interests.After all, although the Gulan Kingdom is not very powerful, it is very beneficial for the Banding Empire to become the only powerful country in the Dream Continent if they are attracted to properly alienate their relationship with Shamanlier.However, judging from the personalities of Suo Suo and King Gu Lan, this should be a wise choice.

"What are you thinking?" Shiro asked.

Hayden said, "I'm thinking about when to leave for the city of Mar."

Ciro said: "No, I think you should look at Santu more."

Hayden lowered his eyes.

Ciro said: "If the pope's goal is to eliminate all necromancers, he will definitely bring more troops. But this time, not only did the two god priests not appear, even the chief and deputy heads of the Holy Knights Klein and Garcia Brad is nowhere to be seen, so it can be seen that their purpose is not to drive out the necromancers."

Hayden frowned and said, "You mean..."

"From the surface, it seems that the Pope is here for Mundra." Ciro said, "otherwise he wouldn't show up when Mundra appears." This kind of teleportation with a clone is very exhausting, Even the Pope cannot use it at will.

Hayden said, "Why?"

Ciro said: "I'm also curious about this. Mundra seems to have too many puzzling mysteries."

Hayden clenched his fists, "I should have snatched him back."

"Even if the opponent is the Pope?" Ciro stared at Hayden's overly excited expression, his eyes dimmed.

Hayden was silent.

In his capacity, confronting the Pope head-on is definitely not a personal choice, so if it is not a last resort, he will definitely not do it.He believed that Ciro would do the same.

Ciro changed the subject in a timely manner: "It's a pity that my father's study was destroyed in the fire, otherwise maybe I can find some clues between him and Mundra."

Hayden frowned and said, "Is the Pope's dealing with Mundella related to Castalon II?"

Ciro said, "That's what I want to know."

Hayden stood up abruptly and said, "I'll go now."

Xi Luo said: "There is no need to be in such a hurry. You still have to send people to the city of Mar, and you will not be able to leave until tomorrow at least. How about having dinner together?"

Hayden politely declined, "I've been away from home for so long, and I want to see my mother."

"Okay." Since he played the family card, Ciro naturally wouldn't force him to stay.He looked at Hayden's back, and suddenly said: "No matter what happens, I hope you will keep this in mind."

Hayden paused and turned around.

"You are the only Marshal of the Banding Empire. Also," Xi Luo paused and sighed, "I am very sorry about your father."

Hayden couldn't laugh anymore when he thought of the mother he was about to face.

When he got home, Mrs. Nicole had prepared dinner and waited for him.

"Mother." Hayden hugged Mrs. Nicole and kissed his face.

"You've lost weight again." Mrs. Nicole touched his face distressedly, "I have to work hard to make it up for you."

Hayden thought of his father's tragic death, and his body fell into the hands of the Illuminati Society. Thousands of words filled his throat with bitterness, and he could only lower his head to hide his emotions.

"What happened?" Mrs. Nicole grabbed his hand and looked at him with concern.

Hayden said, "I'm... hungry."

Mrs. Nicole said: "Every time you do something that you don't want me to know, you have this expression."

"I will grow up."

"But I will always be your mother." Mrs. Nicole pulled him to sit down at the dining table, and then sat opposite him, "I remember when you did something wrong and didn't want to talk about it, I would drink a small glass of red Wine came to tempt you, I wonder if this trick is still effective?"

Hayden watched as she personally poured a small glass of red wine and handed it to him, forced a smile and said, "I will always be your son, of course it will always be valid. But this story is very long, maybe we can chat slowly after dinner .”

"Okay." Madam Nicole lowered her head and started eating.

Hayden took the knife and fork, cut the steak, put it in his mouth, chewed hard, but couldn't taste it.The tender meat, savory sauce, and sprinkled pepper eluded his taste buds and slid straight down his gullet.

Perhaps, until his father's body is not found, he should hide it.Things have gotten to the point where it couldn't be worse, and he can't change it, but at least he can choose a slightly more appropriate time, instead of telling the bad news today, leaving his mother for a distant place tomorrow.

After making a decision, Hayden felt that the beef seemed to have a taste.

After dinner, Mrs. Nicole did not immediately ask questions, but made a pot of rose tea herself, and sat with him on the large balcony on the second floor, enjoying the tea while admiring the starry night sky in the distance.

"Earl Barber of Court City is dead." Hayden picked a safer topic in comparison.

"It's such a pity." Mrs. Nicole took a sip of her tea slowly, and then asked casually, "What about your father?"

Hayden froze.

Madam Nicole asked, "Is he dead too?"

Hayden chose to conceal, but did not choose to fabricate a lie, so after a short hesitation, he nodded.

Mrs. Nicole put down her teacup, got up and walked to the edge of the balcony fence. Although she tried her best to keep calm, her trembling shoulders betrayed her.

Hayden walked behind her and slowly put his arms around his shoulders.

Mrs. Nicole leaned into his arms, "I'm very sad, very sad... I imagined such a scene, I thought I wouldn't be very sad. I don't know why... He is actually a kind person, and Very honest. He didn't deserve to end up like this. I haven't scolded him yet, haven't..."

Hayden patted him on the shoulder silently.

Mrs. Nicole wiped her tears, and it took a long time to breathe, she stood up straight and said, "It's all right. I'm fine."

Hayden said: "Actually, father..."

"Don't tell him how he died." Mrs. Nicole shook her head while wiping her tears, "I don't want to imagine his painful picture."

"No. He died peacefully." Hayden chose to tell a white lie, "It happened very quickly."

"Really?" Mrs. Nicole looked at him.

Hayden nodded.

Mrs. Nicole said: "Then, where is his body?"

Hayden said: "I gave it to a friend of mine for safekeeping. He, he is a necromancer, and he is very good at keeping corpses. But we are separated temporarily, so it will take a while for him to bring the remains back."

Mrs. Nicole has never seen a necromancer, so she didn't have much reaction to this, she just said softly: "I hope you can bury your father in the cemetery of the Pfister family, so that he won't be so lonely .”

Hayden said: "Okay."

"Where's his lover?"

"Passed away too."

Mrs. Nicole nodded and said nothing.

"It's late, go to bed early." Hayden helped her back to the room.

She stopped suddenly, "By the way, where is Miss Monica? Has she returned home?"

"...No." Hayden said after a long silence, "He didn't go home."

Madam Nicole looked at his serious expression, frowned and said, "It looks like this is another bad news?"

Apart from the secrets of the empire that he could not tell others, Hayden talked about everything with his mother, so he finally chose to tell the truth, "He is the necromancer friend I mentioned."

Mrs. Nicole's eyes widened.

Hayden said: "He fell into the hands of the Pope."

"Then what can I do!" Even if she had never met a necromancer, Mrs. Nicole knew that they had an incompatible relationship with the God of Light.

How to do……

This is the question that Hayden has been avoiding to think about.In normal times, Necromancers and the God of Light are already sworn enemies, and coupled with the possible deterioration of the relationship between the God of Death and the Goddess of Light, Mundra may...

He closed his eyes and forced his thoughts to stop.

Although Mrs. Nicole still wanted to ask a lot of questions, seeing Hayden's expression, she couldn't bear to ask them after all, so she could only persuade him to go back to the room to rest.

Hayden took Mrs. Nicole back to her room first, then took a shower and lay down on the bed.

Must be very tired.

After almost exhausting his mental energy in tracking down the Pope's clone, he hasn't had a good rest yet.But a tired body cannot stop the mind from thinking, let alone calm the mind.

As long as he closes his eyes, he can see the figure of Mundella standing in the light and crying in pain, and even his ears cooperate to produce the illusion of his wailing.

He got up and went to the balcony, looking up at the dark sky until it gradually brightened...