Fairy’s Box

Edmond's residence is the most inconspicuous single-family building in the entire mansion. The outer wall is embossed with white volcanic stone. At first glance, it looks like a prayer room. With its back against the wall, the windows are narrow, like a small bunker.

The room was quiet, the sunlight filtered through the desk, and the slender figure of the Colonel was reflected on the other wall.

Over forty years old, but without a trace of aging, Edmond, with a fur draped over his shoulders, was leaning on the table and staring at an oil painting, which was a portrait of a goddess of the previous generation.

The artist used a wonderful brush to outline the bright sunshine in the morning. The majestic and gorgeous goddess held a mask with a gold line in her hand and sat lazily on the crystal throne. The straight and towering crystal wall behind her reflected brilliant light, echoing the brilliance of the crown, making her more sacred and inviolable.

He and the other three stood on the left and right of the armrest, while Edmond stood with his head bowed and his shoulders drooping on the far left, his pale face full of caution and humility.

"..."

The Deputy Minister stared at the oil painting in a trance, as if he had merged into the memories of the painting at that time. The beauty of the goddess was reflected in the depths of his eyes, and complex emotions gradually emerged - nostalgia, obsession, and a trace of resentment that was too strong to dissolve. .

If someone who knows Sophia is present, they will find that the face of the goddess in the painting is five or six points similar to her, but compared to the youth of the Valkyrie, the queen of the previous generation is much more mature and plump. .

After a long time, as if remembering some unpleasant memory, Emond put down the oil painting, sighed long, and lightly rubbed his eyebrows with a heavy expression. Then, he opened the drawer, wrapped several layers of gauze on the oil painting, put it in the wooden box, and pressed it on the bottom of the drawer.

"Um!?"

The assistant minister suddenly shuddered unconsciously, and his heart was cold, as if something heavy was pressing on his chest, and he could hardly breathe for a while.

As this strange feeling surged into his heart, Edmond found that everything in the space had changed, and a layer of eerie silence lingered around him. The precious furniture, the Polis rug, the fireplace, the famous paintings on the wall, the aurora vases and even the self-portrait hanging high on the wall all seem to be covered with a thick layer of dust, giving a lifeless feeling.

He quickly walked to the window, pulled up the wooden shutters, and looked out.

Edmond's room faced the entire mansion, with a wide field of vision, and everything large and small was at a glance. At this moment, among the fallen leaves, the guards are patrolling in an orderly manner. The domesticated monsters are lying by the door and basking in the sun. The magic traps hidden in the depths of the garden are running normally, and there is a quiet and peaceful smell everywhere.

After a week of careful inspection by the Assistant Minister, no abnormality was found. When he closed the shutters again and returned to the desk, the strange feeling had disappeared.

Emond suspected that he was being too cautious and caused too much pressure, which led to the illusion, so he decided to take a little drug to suppress the shock.

He took out a bottle of winter wheat pure wine from the wine cabinet, filled a glass, then opened the medicine box, picked up a "borneol" with tweezers, and threw it into the wine. The fragrant wine is soaked in crystal clear borneol, facing the sun, the borneol floats up and down, and soon disappears.

"Cuckoo..."

Edmond frowned, raised his neck and swallowed the drink, a blush appeared on his pale face, he sat down slouching, and then closed his eyes comfortably.

Just as he was gradually immersed in the relief of the medicinal power, a page of the calendar nailed to the wall rose without wind and fell to the ground.

This insignificant movement caused the Minister to open his eyes suddenly, and the sound of the paper falling to the ground sounded like a thunderous explosion-because this was the last warning line, and this situation meant that Someone has already invaded the building.

Edmond bounced off the seat like an electric shock, and at the same moment, a huge roar shook the entire room, the crisp sound of the enchantment shattered from far to near, and a huge amount of electric sparks danced and swirled in the room. Strong lights flickered on the walls, and when the light stabilized, the entire room was covered with densely woven cracks.

The whole building seemed to have experienced a small-scale earthquake. Drinks were splashed, the shutters were broken, the wood fragments were scattered everywhere, and the solid one-way enchantment on the window layer also fell apart in an instant.

"акрытые!"

The assistant minister chanted a black magic incantation, and at the same time, he got into the fireplace in a state of embarrassment. With the slight sound of gears, the whole room changed dramatically.

The wall connected to the fireplace moved away along the slide rails, revealing a concave magic circle in the center, with incandescent sparks occasionally flashing on the precise lines. Edmond stood in the hollow slot of the standing magic circle. With the muffled sound of the explosion of plasma, an orange eggshell-shaped shield was formed in the void, covering his body.

boom--!

Almost at the next moment, the entire building collapsed under a devastating force, and the shattered wreckage did not fall, but was thrown away by a strong wind. As the gray gravel and sand shook and scattered around, Edmond stood alone in the protective cover like a hedgehog stripped of its spikes.

The bigger shock was in the heart of the Minister, the debris in the room churned, the sparks flashed out, a tall figure had appeared in front of the magic circle at some point, and his eyes fell on him, as sharp as a knife.

"If I'm not wrong, you are Leo, and you can find this place..."

Edmond stared at the figure of the other party, then turned his eyes away, and saw Sophia with a pale face from behind him: "That's it, you caught Sophia beforehand... There's nothing you can do about it."

"Do you think that this layer of enchantment can block me?"

Yale stood calmly in place, looking at the barrier layer, as if looking at a thin piece of paper.

"No, no, of course I can't stop it."

The Assistant Minister smiled calmly, his slender pupils narrowed into two crescent moons, spread his hands, and said indifferently:

"If someone can break through the outer barrier in a short period of time, there is no point in adding another layer, so this layer of barrier has no defensive power. It can even be said to be very fragile, but it connects a hidden Magic Stone Warehouse, if this barrier is damaged, half of the city will be swallowed by the shock wave of the explosion."

"But then you'll die too."

The black-haired knight's eyes were calm, and his judgment was not affected by the other party's words.

"yes……"

Edmond sighed, looked up at the sky, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "Although I don't know how you did it, I have been out since the moment you appeared here. "

"..."

Yale looked at him and felt that the impression of this person was slightly different from his own. Judging from this calmness in the face of failure, he did have a bit of a heroic temperament. If it wasn't for him standing in front of Hiluda and colliding with his own goal, it would be worth a deep friendship.

"Make a deal."

The auxiliary minister took out a dagger from his sleeve, the blade swayed in the dazzling sunlight, and placed it in front of his neck, looking at him sharply:

"Let go of Sophia, and I'll leave my life to you."

"Why do you care so much about her, this woman just betrayed you." The black-haired knight asked in surprise.

"Who made me a father?"

Emond turned his gaze to the Valkyrie, like an ordinary father, looking at his disobedient daughter. In those slender eyes like venomous snakes, the love that had been suppressed for many years overflowed:

"All I do is to help my daughter take back everything that should belong to her."

"what are you saying?"

The black-haired knight narrowed his eyes instantly, and from the other party's words, he caught something that interested him.

"Want to know? Let her leave, and I will give you all these secrets, including this life."

"Oh? If you want to convince me, you have to work harder."

"evidence."

The Assistant Minister pointed to the desk half-covered in the rubble not far away, raised his voice and said, "There is something in that desk that can confirm what I just said, you can identify it yourself."

"..."

Sophia stood there stupidly, looking at the figure in the magic circle, she still couldn't believe that the father who had trained him so harshly when he was a child would show such a face.

"..."

Yalei was silent, he stretched out his hand to the direction of the desk, grasped with five fingers, and took a shot in the sky.

Whoosh-!

The desk shook for a moment, then burst out of the ground, cracking and weathering in mid-air. The scattered things inside fell to the ground, except for a pile of documents, only a few flat wooden boxes were left.

"Open the box."

Emond stared at the wooden box, his body trembled inadvertently, and then he quickly covered it up.

"If you dare to play tricks, the transaction will be voided."

The black-haired knight reminded him in advance, and then, separated by a distance of dozens of yards, shattered the wooden boxes, revealing more than a dozen oil paintings inside.

These paintings are almost all 'group photos' of Edmond and others with the previous queen, some sitting, some lying down, and some more fragrant pictures. The moment he saw the queen, combined with what the deputy minister said before, Yale quickly guessed Sophia's identity.

"You understand."

Edmond looked at the paintings with nostalgia, a trace of nostalgia appeared on his face, and then this feeling quickly disintegrated and turned into hysterical savage:

"Sophia was supposed to be the master of this country, but because of my existence... just because she is my daughter, she can only lose everything. And the little girl Hilda, because she was the queen, did not have intercourse, so she went on her own accord. The offspring born from conception become the orthodox heir!"

"..."

Yale listened silently. At this moment, he seemed to understand what the other party was doing.

"I gave everything, including my dignity, for her, but she didn't even want to give my daughter a title, how can I be reconciled!?"

The auxiliary minister's face was full of blue veins, and his pale and thin face was full of redness, like a dying lion, roaring angrily:

"So I made up my mind to take back my daughter's throne from that little girl, no matter the cost! What's wrong with me!? I don't accept it! I don't accept it!"

"It's over," the black-haired knight interrupted.

"Yeah... it's over."

Like a deflated ball, Edmond showed a look of dejection, and looked at him with a miserable smile, as if he had aged for decades in an instant:

"Xiluda is really a lucky girl. She took the lead from birth. Even if she did countless things wrong, she could easily be forgiven. But when her status was insecure and her rule was crumbling, there was someone like you. Manpower can turn the tide. Maybe this is fate... I have been fighting against fate for the rest of my life, and I have never surrendered, but now I have to accept my fate."

"Then the deal is done."

Yale didn't let him continue talking. He had pity in his heart, but he couldn't prevent him from making a rational judgment. He glanced at the dull-eyed Valkyrie:

"You go."

"..."

Sophia raised her head dazedly and looked at her father standing in the magic circle. Her thoughts seemed to return to the past, to every second she spent with him. Those memories that were supposed to be painful were full of sweetness at the moment, and when she came back to her senses, she felt a sharp pain in her heart.

"Sophia, let's go!" Edmond couldn't help urging, holding the dagger's hand, trembling with anxiety.

"Thank you for everything you've done for me."

The Valkyrie choked back her tears, not daring to look at the expression of the person beside her. She lowered her head and turned to run away. Faster and faster, she quickly turned into a phantom and disappeared into the chaotic ruins.

"she left."

Yale and other Sophia stayed away from here, implying that the other party began to fulfill their promise.

"You wouldn't chase her, would you..."

The assistant minister saw his daughter disappear from sight, he was relieved, thrust the tip of the dagger into his throat, and looked at him with a pleading look:

"Once you know Sophia's identity, she is of use to you. I have a villa in Vyborg, and in the load-bearing wall in front of the entrance hall, I store all the evidence about her origin."

"Sophia is of no use to me, but I won't hunt her down unless she comes to the door to seek her death, which is a promise." The black-haired knight shook his head gently.

While speaking, he saw a distant guard rushing over, raising his hand to set off a hurricane, and immediately swept the group out.

"Remember what you said!"

Edmond looked at him deeply, and suddenly smiled up to the sky, as if venting and mocking, suddenly clenched the dagger hard and shoved it down his throat. With the splash of blood, the man's body also fell down.

With the death of the Deputy Minister, the magic circle bound to him also lost its effectiveness, and the light gradually dimmed.

"..."

Yale walked over to Edmond's body, determined that the man was dead, and reached out to remove his head. After thinking about it, he didn't do it. A flame shot out of his palm, burning it into ashes.

"If they are found, it will inevitably insult your body, so I will send you the last ride... Who asked me to have a daughter too."

With an inexplicable mood, the black-haired knight waved and patted, creating a deep pit on the ground and pushing the ashes of the Minister of Justice into it.

Whoosh-!

After the strong wind rolled up the soil and filled the deep hole, Yale turned around and disappeared.