The silver lightning outside the window occasionally flashed across the dark sea, lighting up the sky like a beam of dazzling fire. Brando sat silently on the edge of the bed, not far away, Princess Magdal lay flat on the bed, as quiet as a sleeping beauty in a fairy tale that fell asleep.
After a while, Otales's voice sounded in his heart: "Brando, you guessed it right, this little girl is not human, even—"
"Not even a creature." Brando's tone was calm.
"So you guessed it." Yu Jie's hoarse voice was slightly surprised.
"The creation of the world, the Cruz people’s epic poem "The Poetry of Blue" said:'The life of the mortal world was born from water, multiplied on the earth, blessed by the wind, and endowed with wisdom by the flame'. In the beginning, a lofty goodwill walked on the surface of the water, giving the humble, tiny creatures that float on the water spirit, so life became', but there is light and darkness complementing each other, there are both positive and negative, so above the gods The man decided that'the end of life is the kingdom of the dead, where the dead gather and are governed by a deity (1)', but beyond the boundaries of life and death, there is a third camp, the stone, Metal and other'things without souls'."
(Note: The god of the dead, the darkness under the light, the monarch of Eternal Death, Coss)
"I don’t see that you still have a lot of research on "The Poetry of Blue". I probably know that few people can read the ancient scriptures in this era. And in the age of the war of the saints, these scriptures and prophecies and contradictions For us, it's no more than a lighthouse in the dark." Although he couldn't see it, Brando still felt Otales turned his head and glanced out the window, and he couldn't help but look over there too—
A lighthouse stands on the cape of the stormy sea, and a beam of light in the darkness pierces the deep sea, like a sharp sword, and as if the only truth between this subverted world lies.
The magical storms that occurred on the edge of the world of order are converging, affecting the civilized world more or less. This year, the storm off Ampersel was more ferocious than ever before, but few people noticed the anomaly. The sailboats all rolled their sails and entered the port. The owner of the ship waited for the first time out to sea after the storm subsided. .
"I have a very close relationship with the mage in the tower. Master Otales, you know, in a sense, I am a half mage. I am very interested in history, not just the blue poetry of the Cruz people. , Even I have read some fragments of the black prophecy."
"Although you make sense, I always think you are hiding something from me," Otales said with a small smile. Brando could even feel the narrow gaze of the wind elf mistress in this tone. " Also, I wish you could call my sister instead of'Master Otales'."
"Then I can't say it." Brando replied embarrassedly.
Otales chuckled.
"Then you are my student, there is always no problem calling me a teacher."
"Teacher." Brando exclaimed respectfully. Otales was not related to him, but he had given him a lot of significant help, and even saved him more than once; this kind of care is like Brando didn't say anything about the love of an elder for the younger generation, but he was always very grateful in his heart.
Otales laughed: "Okay, then, what are you going to do next?"
She wasn't the only one who asked this, but there were a lot of people in the room. Freya, who stood side by side with Little Roman, didn't know that Brando was talking to a hero, but when she saw Brando's face move, she asked quickly: "How about it, Brando?"
Brando came back to his senses.
He glanced at the other people in the room. Sue, Antitina, Charles, Tabby, Flor and Tina, and the rest of the Rubys mercenary group. In the distance, there are also red-haired girls who have been silent by his side, who are basically the core of his small group.
"Princess Magdal's wound passed through the heart. I said that if it were a normal person, it would be an irreparable fatal wound."
"Ah..." The silly girl Freya was stunned for a while, she couldn't help but shivering and pointed at Brando: "But...Coco...Brando, you clearly said..."
Brando couldn't help but smile, "I said, if it is a normal person, this is an irreparable fatal injury."
"Oh, Brando, you mean this little girl is not a normal person, right?" Among all the people, Roman reacted the fastest and called out immediately. The others also reacted immediately and couldn't help but looked at him suspiciously.
"Don't forget that you are also a little girl!" Brando glared at the merchant eldest, and then nodded, "I hope you don’t tell the story about this. Princess Magdal was actually not fatally injured, because she It's not human."
"Not a human? Is she a half-elf like Princess Griffin?" Freya asked inexplicably, couldn't help but look at the ears of the princess lying on the bed—but she was still just like ordinary people.
"No, to be precise, she is not even a creature." Brando replied word by word.
"what!?"
Everyone was taken aback.
Brando was silent for a moment, in fact it was difficult for him to accept this fact at first. However, when checking the opponent's injury, he realized that there was something wrong. First of all, when he opened the opponent's'status' window, the name and other statuses were all clear at a glance.
Magdal's real name is'Magdal? Armandro Dur? Germany? Antobro', Armandro Dur is the surname of her matrilineal family, and Antobro is his fief name. The naming rules of this name are completely in line with the local customs of Antobro.
At the same time, it also fits Brando's memory.
The name and information such as gender are all known to Brando, so it will be displayed on the status. But there is one detail that caught his attention, that is, what is Magdal's race:? ? ? .
This is very unusual. In theory, Magdal is a human being. Not to mention human beings, even some common races are easy to distinguish. This is common sense, so theoretically it is impossible for him to distinguish between them.
The first time he saw Magdal's corpse, Brando was in a mess, and he hadn't noticed this detail. But looking back, he immediately realized something was wrong.
Examining the opponent’s body carefully, he immediately discovered another problem. The battlefield emergency told him that Princess Magdal’s death was at least two hours before. However, within a few minutes after the person’s death, the muscles began to loosen, and the skin became discolored and hard. , This change will appear quite obvious in the first hour, but the princess at that time can't see this sign.
The point is that although her skin is cold, it has maintained moderate elasticity, and it looks like it is in a healthy state. In Warnd, most of the pain and illness are done by herbal medicine and magic, so most people don’t have the common knowledge of biology, which is well-known in modern times. However, in Brando’s view, these details are very different. It's normal.
Therefore, he quietly checked the opponent's pupils, and his heart was suddenly shaken, and Magdal's pupils in the dead state were dim and dull, as if the originally bright flame had gone out. It looks like the eyes of the dead, but the pupils are not enlarged, and most importantly, there is a ray of light like extinguished sparks deep in the fundus.
In Brando's memory, there is only one existence that will show such a sign after death.
That is the ember glow of the core of the soul, and there is only one kind of "life" that needs it to drive-the doll.
He almost yelled out of fear at the time. The first reaction was whether this was a stand-in for the princess, but then he realized that it was impossible, because he immediately found the Wind Elf from the dead princess. 'Silver jewelry', this jewelry was given to each other at the auction in the afternoon.
If this doll is a stand-in for Princess Magdal, then she doesn't need to leave this thing at all, lest it will lead to the events of her meeting with Brando.
Moreover, the princess of Antobro might not be too delicate as a doll. Except for the only evidence of pupils, there are no features of inanimate bodies visible from the top of the body, flesh and blood, just like ordinary people. Regardless of whether it is wisdom, personality or feelings, they are completely indistinguishable from normal people.
Brando could hardly believe that the girl who had discussed with him how to help his best friend and had a firm belief and a pure heart was a doll, but after Otales carefully examined it with his hands , Finally came to the conclusion that the other party is indeed a special existence very different from ordinary life.
To be precise, it is a very special doll. At least with Brando's knowledge, he has never seen such a wonderful life form. Her Royal Highness is obviously not the kind of soulless, rigid construction creature.
Brando is more willing to agree that she is a very special'race', in fact Otales also agrees with this. In fact, I have seen such an existence in the memory of Yujie Wind Elf. They used to be puppets, but they were later endowed with spiritual wisdom and formed a race by themselves.
This race is rune dwarves.
Since there is the same existence, then Magdal's existence may not be so strange. But Brando is curious about the identity of the other party. As a princess of the Principality, Magdal is not an inexplicable person who exists out of thin air like him. He just doesn't know her parents—whether the Duke of Antobreau and his wife knew this. Facts-if you don't know, then it's interesting.
At least it seems that Magdal herself has no idea, and she has always considered herself a human. Even in history, Brando has never heard of this rumors. But he remembered one thing. Rumor has it that this nun princess had a very miserable life after marriage, and she even disappeared in the end...
Originally it was just a rumor like a noble history, but now it seems a bit subtle.
Brando shook his head and threw these messy thoughts out of his mind. After carefully explaining his thoughts to everyone next to him—of course, except for the last guess—everyone couldn't help but stare.
"Wait, Brando, are you saying that Princess Magdal is a doll?" Not to mention Freya, even Antitina was a little stunned, "But... but..."
"No, in fact, the princess is not a puppet, this is just a metaphor." Brando shook his head and explained: "In short, Princess Magdal's vital signs are not the same as we know. She has no blood circulation, is not a carbon-based creature, but a constructed life, but like us, she also has her own soul."
"What is blood circulation, and carbon-based creatures? Is that a mage's vocabulary?" Antitina asked puzzledly.
"Ahem," Brando immediately realized that he had made a mistake, but with the difference between his knowledge system and those people, this question is really difficult to explain, and can only cover up: "That's a professional term, just listen to it. Well, in short, it's like..."
"It's like a rune dwarf, right? Brando said it, but was Uncle Oldham really a puppet before?" Roman couldn't help but curiously asked. The young lady's thinking is always different from ordinary people. .
"No," Brando replied grimly, "That was tens of thousands of years ago. If it is a puppet, it must be Oldham's ancestor. It has nothing to do with him!"
"Oh!"
"But... The princess has no knowledge of this matter. Is it that Princess Magdal has been lying to Princess Griffin?" Although she only spent a short time with the future Princess Regent, Freya has already started. For the sake of each other.
Brando's heart jumped, he immediately winked at the other party and shook his head: "No, I suspect that Princess Magdal doesn't know it herself."
"I don't know it myself?" Freya was startled slightly and wanted to ask again, but she immediately closed her mouth obediently when she saw Brando's wink. Immediately she also reacted, if Princess Magdal didn't know about it, the problem here would be serious.
She thought for a while and changed her words: "Then how can we save her?"
"To be precise, Princess Magdal is not dead at all. As for how to get her to wake up, I need to check some information-but right now, we have more important things to do."
Brando glanced out the window.
There is hardly any ray of light before dawn between the dark sea and sky, but the hourglass has finished its final journey, and the most important day in Ampersel’s history is about to come.
But when things came to an end, he hesitated.
What caused Marquis Youxi and others to murder a princess and a high-ranking priest in the temple next time? The relationship here is too great. What did Princess Magdal see in the end
The originally clear history seemed to be darkening, as if a huge vortex was forming in front of him.
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