After the Imagination Dragon explained the whole story, Ask and Medea realized that they had misunderstood.
The Frankish people like to name their young people after their elders, nobles and historical heroes, so there are a lot of "Otto", "Henry", "Hermann" and so on.
The Bruno that Malkina was talking about was not the imaginary dragon demigod who specialized in the realm of mind and dreams, but another young man with the same name.
Following the Imagination Dragon into a tent, the two saw Bruno who was being held by the Blade Warrior.
This person was not a stranger. When Ask had met the emperor before, he had met this guard. It was said that he was a very outstanding young man from the Saxon family, and the nephew of Emperor Otto. He was currently serving as the emperor's trusted guard.
If you think about it carefully, it is the secretary who has the greatest influence on the leader.
"Sir." Seeing the Imagination Dragon coming in, the young man named Bruno smiled bitterly, "Do you finally have time to examine me?"
"You don't seem scared." Ask was quite curious.
"There is nothing to be afraid of. I am just a victim of supernatural powers." The guard officer replied calmly, "If it is really because of me that Your Majesty has been subtly misled for a long time, then wouldn't I become a sinner of the Saxony family? In this case, we should find out the truth as soon as possible."
"Even if the investigation itself requires exposing your memory and even causes certain damage to your spirit?" Ask asked.
"Of course." The guard said firmly, "The interests of the family are more important than personal interests. My sacrifice is worth it."
Well, this is also the custom of the Frankish nobility - family comes first.
Since the person being examined had no objections, Ask motioned for Medea to come over and read his mind.
In the mind sequence, whether the ability to read minds is easy or not is closely related to the strength of the person being read. For example, demigods, who are spiritually strong and sensitive enough, can usually easily detect and resist the mind-reading abilities of low-level extraordinary people.
Low-level extraordinary people are relatively more passive. However, if they have strong mental power or have received special and rare training, they can also develop a certain resistance to mind reading. For example, there are so-called "brain occlusion" tutorials in player forums, which use various distracting thoughts to confuse the results of mind reading.
The guard officer in front of him was undoubtedly the favorite target of mind-reading witches: he had no experience, no defenses, and was open-minded, spreading his memories out like a book, making reading effortless.
At the top is guilt and fear.
Medea read his current thoughts, one was guilt, the other was fear. He was afraid that he had really influenced the emperor's mind without knowing it, and felt deeply guilty for it.
Continuing to go deeper inside, away from the guard's active consciousness, one can see fragments of his shallow memories, floating like bubbles in the ocean. At first glance, they are all colorful, with no apparent difference.
Soon, Medea captured enough memories to piece together the young man's life like a puzzle.