Hidden Knight? "This is also the first time for Amber to hear this statement—after all, she has roughly straightened out the aristocratic structure of the Old Kingdom until now, and she is at a loss for those titles and titles that are obviously more secret and special." What are you doing? A sneaky stalker like you? "
"...That's not the case," Dark Crow had just been in contact with this new boss for a few days, and it seemed quite difficult to adapt to the other party's speaking rhythm, so he was taken aback before responding, "The Hidden Knight is the collective name for the undisclosed secret nobles —The royal shadow guards who have made special meritorious deeds, the supernatural beings who have taints but are protected by the king, and the "dark hands" who are directly loyal to the king himself. Those whose identities cannot be revealed for any reason are called 'hidden knights'.
"The king will bestow surnames on these people as a recognition of their merits and loyalty, but these surnames will not be recorded in the normal heraldry list and noble genealogy, only the direct royal family members and a small number of people who are responsible for managing the list will Know that these people exist. And generally speaking, more than half of the Hidden Knights are the Royal Shadow Guard - the reason is self-evident."
When it came to the end, there was a hint of pride on Dark Crow's face. There is no doubt that he is also a "secret nobleman" with a "secret surname".
However, Hu Po didn't take his pride very seriously: "Ansu's royal family... didn't work hard on production development and national system, but worked hard on these shady fields. It's just like what the old zongzi said, seven hundred It has been a year, and you must have new tricks on the basis of the Royal Shadow Guards."
"Old Zongzi?" Dark Crow heard this novel word for the first time, subconsciously repeated it, "What do you mean?"
"Code, don't use it casually, you can easily be killed if you use the wrong one," Amber waved her hand indifferently, then looked Raven up and down, "Let's not talk about that, it seems that you are also a secret knight, right? Surprisingly...you can be a hidden knight?"
The doubts in these words are obvious, Raven's face is slightly embarrassed, but he really can't explain to a "master" who kicked himself out of the shadow world three times in a row, that he is actually a good player in the way of shadows—this half Miss Elf's shadow talent is really unreasonable. In front of her, she, a stalker who ranks among the top royal shadow guards, is like a new apprentice.
It seems that as long as this half-elf lady continues to serve as my boss, then I won't be able to stand out on the path of shadows... If it doesn't work, consider Duke Gawain Cecil's suggestion and go back and practice your hands fencing
Amber didn't know what Raven was thinking for a moment, but she was obviously very dissatisfied with the other party's daze: "What are you doing? I'm talking to you!"
"Ah, yes, I... am also a hidden knight, because I have made some contributions during the period of allegiance to the royal family," Raven said hurriedly, and quickly skipped the topic, "If the person you want to find Even if he has a noble surname and is not on the list of normal noble genealogy, then he may also be a hidden knight."
"I think he made up his surname... But what if..." Amber smacked her lips and looked up at Raven, "You have a directory over there, right? Why don't you hurry up and find it?"
"Yes!" Raven immediately took the order and left quickly.
After the former royal shadow guard left, Amber glanced at the books and files on the shelves around her, as well as the subordinates and scholars who were busy between the shelves. She smacked her lips and her ears drooped slightly. Say something.
"Director..." A nearby military intelligence officer approached cautiously, "Then... shall we continue to look for it?"
"Of course keep looking!" Hu Po glanced at the subordinate angrily, "Who knows if there are any clues in the 'Secret Knight' directory, if there is no clue, why don't you still look here?"
The officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau quickly returned to work, and the dark crow who went to get the list didn't make Amber wait too long.
Just ten minutes later, the former royal shadow guard returned to the archive room with several heavy and thick books.
"These are the directories of the hidden knights who have been secretly conferred by the royal family in the past few decades, as well as some of their information," Raven said while placing the large books, old and new, on the table next to Amber, "Earlier The archives are kept in another archive, and if it is before Brumaire... it is even more difficult to find, there is a lot of confusion and mistakes. If you need it, it may take some time and people to sort it out."
"No need for now, he's just an ordinary human being, decades... decades is enough," Amber looked at those thick books, her always confident tone suddenly seemed hesitant, as if she had a premonition Yes, she looked at those black covers, as if she saw an unshaven and decadent face that had been blurred in her memory, "Look here first, first here...you guys, don't worry about those bookshelves Here it is! Come and help me find it!"
Several subordinates responded immediately: "Yes, Director."
"Be careful, don't break it. Some of the books are very old," Amber urged while distributing the books to the subordinates, "Remember, Sally Randolph."
Soon, there was only the slight and cautious sound of flipping books in the archives room.
Amber climbed onto a high chair, and slowly flipped through the book in front of her, confirming word by word the name that appeared on it and the portrait attached between the pages. She almost held her breath, but after an hour Still nothing after that.
But a member of the Military Intelligence Bureau suddenly shouted: "Director! I found it!!"
"Bring me to see!"
Amber took the roster handed over by her subordinates, and before the words "Surrey Randolph" came into view, the first thing she saw was a lifelike portrait drawn between the pages of the book with recording spells ——It was a young man less than thirty years old, with black hair combed neatly behind his head, wearing a dress, not outstanding in appearance, but there seemed to be a hint of cynicism in his eyes.
Amber looked at the portrait quietly for a moment, and said softly to herself: "Ah...so you were young once..."
"Is it him?" A subordinate came over and asked cautiously.
Anyone can see that the person who appeared in the royal family's secret information must be related to their chief.
"It's him, my adoptive father." Amber murmured in a low voice, and then quickly scanned the relevant information of "Sally Randolph" - it mentioned the origin of this young man, mentioned his family Members and some resumes, these materials are extremely brief, and have already become worthless over time, but Amber still looks at them very seriously, until she notices a black heraldry stamp at the end of the information, and the stamp A few words followed: Defected or missing, delisted.
"What does this mean?" Amber pointed to the stamp and words, and looked up at Raven.
Dark Crow looked over his head, frowned slightly, seemed hesitant, but still said: "This stamp shows that he was once a Royal Shadow Guard, and defection or disappearance... means literally. But for the Royal Shadow Guard , disappearing would be considered a defection—we knew so many secrets that as soon as we lost contact and could not prove that we were indeed dead, we would be regarded as 'hidden dangers'."
"Defected... he is a defected Royal Shadow Guard?" Amber muttered to herself, "but why did he defect..."
Dark Crow looked at the roster in front of Amber for a while, and suddenly said: "If it is the action record corresponding to this roster... there should be one, and I have seen it. Please wait a moment, I will look for it."
This time, he returned faster than before, and after just a few minutes, he returned here with a file that was obviously quite old.
"Here, Surrey Randolph's last mission record before his disappearance—thankfully, it didn't involve any court struggles and was not destroyed." Raven handed the information to Amber, pointing to a line of words on it that was already a bit blurred. , the latter took it immediately and read the above content in a low voice:
"...in 690... went to the Dark Mountains to search for the heritage of Gondor, but did not return. No evidence of death was found, suspected defection."
That's all about Surrey Randolph's final mission as Royal Shadowguard.
"Dark Mountains... He went to the Dark Mountains and didn't return to the capital, so he is suspected of defecting?" Hu Po frowned, her thoughts changed sharply, "No... if according to the rules of the Royal Shadow Guard, he really defected ... In 690, he lived incognito in the southern border for more than 20 years..."
She flipped through all the memories of her adoptive father in her mind, trying to draw a clearer outline from those memories to explain the life trajectory of her adoptive father and the choices he had made—
A royal shadow guard who won the king's trust and was even exceptionally granted the title of a secret noble. He went to the dark mountains to search for Gondor's heritage, and then defected without warning. He lived incognito in the southern border for more than 20 years and adopted a half The adopted daughter of an elf, was cheated and abducted with a druid with a bad style, and was finally caught because she went to the church to steal a book, and was executed by the local nobles and bishops. The death was meaningless, like a crappy thief...
The turning point of everything seems to have happened in the "Dark Mountains".
Surrey Randolph went there to find the heritage of Gondor, and now Amber knows very well - there really is a legacy of Gondor there!
There's a stronghold of disobedience there!
Has Surrey Randolph found the fort? What did he find in the fort? Or was it because he failed to find anything that he had to simply live in seclusion in the southern border
Judging from logic, Amber thinks that the second possibility is not great. A royal shadow guard who can be canonized by the king cannot defect for such a reason, while the first possibility...
According to the information held by Amber, Cecil's explorers have been active in the rebellious fortress so far, and have not found any traces of third-party intrusion. Except for Cecil, no one else should have entered that ancient fortress.
But this conclusion is not 100% reliable—because the fortress of disobedience is too large, and many areas are hidden or unexplorable due to various reasons, so far the commanders of the exploration team dare not say that they have mastered it. Half of the area of the disobedient fortress, even the "disobedient" Kamel, didn't know how many divisions there were in that fortress, how many different project teams were occupying different laboratories, and how many kinds of disobedient gods were being carried out. , Attempts to fight against the demon tide.
Amber shook her head vigorously, suppressing all the complicated thoughts, then grabbed the documents on the table, jumped off the high chair and ran to the door of the archive room.
Dark Crow couldn't help shouting from behind: "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to find the old rice dumpling!"
After saying these words, Hu Po's figure had already disappeared outside the door.
Dark Crow scratched his hair, looking bewildered—so what exactly does the code word "Old Zongzi" mean
At the same time, in the study room of Silver Castle, Veronica/Ophelia was reporting to Gao Wen part of the progress of rebuilding the church management organization.
"We have spread the oracle, and the middle and lower class believers firmly believe in the oracle, and have not questioned the various reform measures...
"The upper-level priests are a little sensitive, and the right to interpret the classics has touched their interests, but the situation is within a controllable range.
"Stopping the heresy trial will help ease the relationship between the Church of the Holy Light and other sects, and help restore domestic order, but there is also the possibility that the oppressed alien believers may have prejudice and resentment towards the restructured Church of the Holy Light. One thing we need the publicity support from the government affairs department...
"The patriarch is starting to incorporate and reorganize the original Holy See Knights, because these knights have been severely reduced in number, and they are in urgent need of reorganization and reconstruction, so the process is going smoothly."
"Let's stop here for the church report first," Gao Wen said after Veronica's report came to an end. "Let's talk about something else."
Veronica maintained a calm and gentle expression: "What do you want to talk about?"
"Let's talk about you, Miss Ophelia," Gawain said with a smile, "and the rebellious plan you know—I think it's time for us to discuss this topic a little more deeply."
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