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The turmoil brought about by the city council system was completely within Lucien's expectations, and it was even better than the worst situation he had expected. At least his cheap father and brother still took a wait-and-see attitude towards it, and only responded to the letter they sent. Li implicitly expressed his disapproval of the parliamentary system, but at the same time secretly stuffed Lucien with a lot of money and resources.

Not optimistic is a pessimistic perspective on the acceptance of the new system under the consideration of the general environment, and does not represent the royal family's opposition to the city council system.

Lucien, who has seen the development of city councils into national councils in history books, naturally knows that the parliamentary system will eventually restrain the power of the royal family. The dilution of the hands of the manor owner into the hands of more people has positive significance for the centralization of power.

The letters that flew into Lucien's study like snowflakes, cursing and cursing, gossip in the streets and alleys, and even the most extreme resort to violence, the above stress reactions caused by the loss of interests did not exceed Lucien's tolerance limit , just adding one or two overtime nights to his busy schedule.

He never thought he was going to lose.

And the reply letter he wrote to Issy was in a certain meeting until the other subordinates couldn't bear it and fell asleep. Anna obeyed his order "to send news from Issy at any time" and sent a certain Hall servant It was written in the middle of the night when the soldier squad brought him to see him.

It was too late at that time, and Lucien, who was late because of a stomachache and a headache, felt uncomfortable when lying down, but he also knew what the current situation was, so he left the mercenary team to spend the night in the manor, trying to cheer himself up After reading the letter, I dug out Yixi's other letters and compared them to confirm Yixi's current location and situation.

——The underground labyrinth isolated from the world, with Issy's strength and mental strength, plus Hall's physical advantage in the dark environment, it is easy to stay in the labyrinth for three to five years.

Lucien couldn't think of a better place than this.

Yes, the more this was the case, the more he didn't want Izzy to come back to him.

The uncontrollable factors and dangers around him are too high, Lucien can keep himself safe, but if there is another person around him, he will not have much confidence.

Of course, this is not the main reason. After all, Yixi is not made of water and will shatter at the touch. If she really wants to stay by Lucien's side, it may be who protects whom.

Lucien just wanted to avoid the situation where Izzy was put in front of him as a bargaining chip to blackmail him and asked him to choose - he knew very clearly that when things developed to that point, Izzy could only be the one he gave up.

So avoiding this risk in advance is good for both of them.

Lucien thought a lot about it seriously, and what he finally wrote on the paper was only a short sentence.The sky was already turning pale when he took up his pen to write the letter, and in a few hours he would have to wash up and prepare for another meeting early in the morning. Besides, he was not feeling well after staying up for several days, so he wanted to write more Feeling tired and exhausted, and thinking that this was a reply to Issie, Lucien justifiably took a break.

After writing the reply in three seconds, he asked a night guard to hand him over to Anna. Anna would help him arrange a team to send the letter back to Issie, and gave a high reward for controlling Lucien's mind very accurately. Ask them to send the letter hastily.

Lucien seized the time to close his eyes on the bed and rest for a while. Even if he couldn't fall asleep, closing his eyes and taking a nap was a good way to rest and regain blood. The magic potion that boosted his spirit didn't work well for him, so he could only find a way to use the fragments time to rest.

His stomach still hurt, his temples were swollen and his head was buzzing, and even his ears felt a little tinnitus. When he lay down and hit his head on the pillow, Lucien had the illusion that his head weighed hundreds of catties.

uncomfortable.

The bed was uncomfortably empty.

Sure enough, there is still something missing.

……

When Lucien sent the letter, it was originally planned that the matter would be resolved within a year at most, and he would happily take his beautiful doll back to the dollhouse he had built.

The return time of Yixi's plan was even earlier. He directly ignored the letter sent by Lucien, and led the team to speed up and push the underground maze directly.

He insisted on reducing the one or two months' journey to half a month, and he could almost go out.

According to this reasoning, Issy had already led the team back to Velvet early, and took the whining and complaining cat into his arms.

But when Issy really stood at the crossing into Velvetre, stepping on the newly repaired, smooth and firm road paved with stones, he didn't know whether it was because of the dizziness caused by the sunny weather or something else. Because of this, he felt in a trance that he was actually in a dream.

Is he really back?

Issy stared blankly at the huge signboard standing on the border of Velveer, he could still smell the freshly painted paint from it, the bright colors have an inexplicable Hall style. The red, blue and gold intertwined lines weave the words [Welcome to Velvet].

Carriages pulling goods passed in front of him one after another. The spacious road, which was twice as wide as before he left, allowed for four carriages to run side by side. There were also specially designated walking paths on both sides of the road, and railings were used to distinguish pedestrians from carriages.

The carriages on this road are all moving very fast—or in other words, everything in Velvet is very fast, as if the time here is different from the outside.

As if in just the blink of an eye, the Velveer that Issie was familiar with became unrecognizable to him.

But it is clear that a long time has passed year after year, so long that no matter what changes happen to anyone, it is a very normal thing.

What Yixi saw in front of his eyes was bustling and bustling. Compared with the bustling imperial capital he had been to before, this place has a vigorous vitality that does not give way.

so lively...

It made him feel terrified from the bottom of his heart.

Issy couldn't help raising his hand to rub the side of his neck, there was nothing on it - in a battle where he almost died, he recovered his life by relying on the defensive magic attached to the necklace, but also Totally lost it in the confusion.

To this day, when Yixi recalled the experience that had devoured him for several years, he still couldn't control the blankness and emptiness in his heart that spread to every corner of his body.

In the end, what happened in the end...

——That was originally a very common secret door way out of the underground labyrinth. He led a team through there before, and countless adventurers and mercenaries also passed through there, and there was no news of any unexpected danger.

But after passing through the deep and narrow road that only allowed one person to pass sideways, he turned around and saw that there was nothing behind him, and his teammates who were behind him a second ago were gone.

When he turned his head to look again, the corrosion, rust, moss, and filth faded away like water, and the crystals that had lost their brilliance lighted up again, illuminating the dark labyrinth brightly and colorfully, making people think they were on a rainbow.

Based on Izzy's knowledge of the underground labyrinth at that time, it was not enough for him to be sure where he was. The Warcraft crisis that followed before he could sort out his thoughts did not give him room to continue thinking. When he finally walked out of the maze When he saw the light of day again, his experience of that period of time was completely vague.

Time is fuzzy, bodily sensations are fuzzy, and memories are also fuzzy.

The only thing left in the shell-like body was the endless cycle of conditioned reflexes such as fighting, practicing and fleeing. He wandered in the forest outside the maze for several days before he remembered who he was.

Well, if we look at this matter a bit more optimistically, then he has indeed exceeded his goal of entering the underground labyrinth at the beginning. He has reached a level that many talented people can hardly reach in their entire lives.

but……

He also missed Lucien for three full years.

From the southern province where the underground labyrinth is located to Velvet, along the way Issie could hear a lot of news about Lucien.

That Duke Velvid finally won the war against the noble council, obtained the emperor's pardon, and completely confirmed the legitimacy of the city council system.

He supported and developed Velvid, who was once struggling under the joint sanctions of the nobles, very well.

There is the largest fair of Warcraft products in the northern province. The characteristic woolen fabrics of the Hall tribe have become a local specialty here, selling well throughout the empire with their gorgeous patterns and excellent workmanship.

Evaluations such as the weak and beautiful princess of the tower have long been old calendars. The bard said that Duke Velvet is a handsome and elegant young man with a noble temperament and resourcefulness, although his lack of talent makes him a little lacking in military strength , but he is still an outstanding lord whose achievements no one can deny, like the griffin on the Velveer family crest.

Cats have grown up...

Izzy's heart was filled with sourness because of this knowledge, the soreness made the tip of his tongue bitter, he stood at the crossing of Velvet in a daze for a long time, and actually took two steps back, a little wanting to leave this place that he dared not approach.

He moved his feet, and then he was knocked on the head by a familiar voice, which made him stiff and numb, and he bit his lip unconsciously.

——A carriage stopped next to him at some point, the small window of the carriage was open, and someone raised the curtain and stared at him with his chin propped up.

The man had short black hair that was soft and slightly curly, with a few disobedient locks always raised at the top of the hair, washed away by the years and revealing a heroic silhouette, the corners of his eyes had the familiar arc of arrogance, and he was dizzy and intoxicating. Drunken rouge.

The brilliance in his eyes is also familiar to Yixi, like the sea he saw in the southern province. When the weather is fine, it shimmers and is so clear and blue that it seems magical, making people ignorant and addicted to it.

And the lip color is red.

Izzy watched his lips open and close, only his heart beating loudly in his ears, drowning out everything he could hear.

Please forgive him.

He was just thinking about...

just thinking about...

Those are kissable lips.

As if bewitched, Yixi walked over unconsciously. When he was pulled by the collar and bit his lip, and when he felt the pain and bloody smell spreading to his whole mouth, he realized belatedly, It was Lucien who said to him just now——

"come over."

Izzy closed her eyes.

He felt something wet go down from the corner of his eye.