At night, Backlund Empress Borough is in the suburbs.
This is the highest location in the entire city. On days without smog, you can see the towering Gothic bell towers and layers of gorgeous palaces here from far away in the city center. Together they form the royal residence of the Loen Kingdom. Sodela Palace represents "balance" in Ancient Feysac.
The three Prince and Edessak Augustus of the Kingdom pushed away the Double Door wrapped in gold and returned to their own luxurious room that they had not been to for a year. They closed the door with their backhand and separated the guards from the Beyonder of the church.
His Red Rose Manor has long been destroyed, and other properties have not been taken back to his name. At this time, he can only live in the Royal Palace.
Looking around at the luxurious decoration with gold and black as the main colors, Edessak sighed, feeling that he was no longer used to this luxurious style.
During this year, under the protection of the nobles of the Duchess Georgina Augustus faction and Evernight and Church of Storms, he hid in a small town in Sivellas County, living a life no different from that of a civilian, waiting for changes in the domestic situation.
At first, he didn't quite understand how this "change" would occur, until he heard that Loen began to prepare for war under various excuses, and Feysac brazenly bombed Backlund and invaded his own country.
Then the big Prince Gowenton rushed to the front line and died generously...
Thinking of this, he suddenly laughed.
What kind of generous death in battle is probably similar to his own "death", both of which were the work of their ruthless father, George III.
If it hadn't been for a critical moment when a senior deacon from Church of Evernight arrived and rescued him from the old butler Finkel, I'm afraid he would have been like Gowenton...
"No, I'm not even as good as Gowenton. He is a great hero on the battlefield, and I am just a poor guy who colluded with Demoness..."
With confused thoughts in his mind, Edessak unbuttoned his dress, leaned on the bedside tiredly, and took out a wrinkled photo from the pocket of his clothes. His eyes stayed on it for a long time, and the corners of his mouth that were originally depressed gradually turned up, and his eyes revealed inexplicable emotions.
Suddenly, the light of the crystal chandelier above his head dimmed slightly, as if it was shrouded in shadow. Edessak was touched and raised his head and looked at the corner of the room.
The decorative mirror hanging there rippled like water waves, outlining a slender, weak and beautiful figure in front of it.
Seeing the person who only appeared in dreams come into reality again, Edessak's hand shook, and the photo fell to the ground.
In the photo is Red Rose Manor, which has not yet been patronized by Meteor Shower in the suburbs of Backlund last year and has not been destroyed by fire. This person has a slightly round face and is wearing a straight formal suit. Prince smiled brightly and stood next to the four-wheeled carriage. Gentlemen raised his hands and welcomed Trissy, who was wearing a conservative palace dress and had a somewhat indifferent expression, to step out of the carriage.
"Trissy?"
Edessak in reality asked in a murmur.
He stood up from the bed in disbelief and slowly walked towards the other party, but stopped far away, fearing that what he was facing was just the phantom of himself who was delirious after exertion and would disappear as soon as he got close.
The figure in front of the mirror gradually became more colorful, turning into Trissy with long black hair hanging smoothly on her lower back, a sweet and gentle face, and an indescribably graceful figure.
"It's me." She replied, her black eyes fixed on Edessak, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. She was also attracted by this woman who was more attractive than in her dream, and it was difficult to look away for a while.
The next second, Edessak closed his eyes suddenly and lowered his voice and said:
"Why... are you here? The church is still looking for you!"
As he spoke, he looked at the closed door, pursed his lips, pointed to the window and continued:
"Leave quickly before they notice you. Not far behind that window is Tussock River."
To his surprise, Trissy not only did not leave, but instead came closer step by step. The closer the face became brighter and more attractive under the light, the more it reminded him of the time he spent at the Red Rose Manor a year ago.
No, Trissy is more attractive now than then!
Even though he already knew that those few months were controlled by some "0" level Sealed Artifact, and knew that the other person was the same man as himself, Edessak still took a deep breath and looked away with difficulty.
"Just leave."
He tilted his head and said the words he said before parting again.
Trissy suddenly laughed, his smile was radiant and charming, and the power belonging to Demoness filled the whole room, drawing Edessak's eyes back to him again.
"This time, I won't leave like that again."
Huo Ran stopped laughing and said Trissy word for word.
At the same time, a Black Flame appeared inside all the mirrors in the room, as if they had been wiped by an invisible hand and no longer reflected the real world scene.
"Don't worry, they won't find out what happened here in a short time... We can have a good talk about everything in this year."
As she spoke, she seemed to be Mistress here, and walked to the coffee table at the other end of the room to sit down. The two white porcelain teacups inlaid with gold threads turned over automatically, and the teapot next to them filled them up. An alluring tea fragrance floated up, making Trissy laugh again.
"You still like golden decorations so much, so I always wore black clothes at that time..."
She murmured, waving her hand to let the invisible thread pass a tea cup to Edessak who was standing aside.
The latter took it, put it back on the coffee table, and said with a wry smile:
"This is the first time I returned to Backlund after my 'suicide'. A year before that, under the arrangements of Georgina and Church of Evernight, I hid in a small town in Sivellas County, disguising myself as a college student who was frustrated in a big city and returned to small town life, and even became a staff member of the local magistrate court.
"Oh, the father who thought I was dead by Annihilation Spirit Body's bullets must not know that I am getting a salary of 2 pounds 10 soli per week in his border town, living in a two-bedroom apartment that I have to clean myself, and I have to pay him taxes.
"I can't even afford such a set of teacups with my salary this year, and I used to replace several sets every year, even if some of them were never used at all."
Upon hearing this, Trissy's hand holding his tea cup stopped in the air, and his eyes full of various emotions stared blankly at Edessak.
"You..." She subconsciously wanted to ridicule the other person a few words like before, but the taste of her words changed when she spoke, with a hint of expectation, "Go on and tell me about your life there, I want to hear it."
Edessak nodded, sat opposite Trissy, picked up the tea cup, took a sip of hot tea, and said:
"After being rescued by the senior deacon Church of Evernight with a somewhat backward hairline, I originally wanted to seek help from the ancient being in my family, but Georgina found me and said that these things were all planned by them. As long as I dared to show up, I would be 'suicided' again. I could only leave Backlund immediately under their arrangement and live in seclusion at the border.
"I saw our news in the newspaper. You became the Demoness who seduced Prince and were wanted, while I became the one who was seduced and committed suicide in fear of crime... Fortunately, there is a wanted warrant, which means that you have not been caught. This allows me to change my name with peace of mind, use a certain Sealed Artifact to cover up my appearance, and integrate into the life of the local residents.
"Although I didn't dare to expose my extraordinary abilities, I slowly digested the 'judge's' potion by working in the local magistrate's court. With the help of the Nighthawks who monitored and protected me, I was promoted to a Sequence 5 'Punishing Knight'... I had asked to leave Loen and go to Intis or other countries to continue being an ordinary Beyonder and live in anonymity for the rest of my life, but Georgina asked me to wait for the change in the domestic situation and the day when I could return to Backlund.
"In this regard, I have only one request: to find you, protect you, and enable you to escape from 'Demoness Sect'..."
Hearing this, Trissy's expression changed again.
Outside the thick Double Door wrapped in gold, a woman wearing a black robe and a hood is leaning against a stone pillar carved with a sword-shaped texture. She has a beautiful appearance, but she has a kind of indifference that should not be approached by strangers. Her slightly pale lips are even reminiscent of a ghost.
This is one of the reasons why Daly Simone has always put on exaggerated makeup on herself, but after reuniting with Dunn, she no longer wears weird blue eye shadow and blush. In the eyes of other members of the Red Gloves team, she seems to be a different person.
Of course, it's a change for the better.
Suddenly, a shadow under the light appeared next to her. The shadow quickly filled up, and a man wearing a windbreaker and a top hat covering his hairline appeared inside.
"Dunn, how's it going inside?"
Not surprisingly, "Nightwatcher", who has been promoted to Demigod and has the ability to move in the shadows, appeared. Daly asked softly.
"We were talking about some private issues, so I left first, but Trissy probably had no intention of taking action. Even if he wanted to take action, I could immediately pull her into Dream Invasion and protect the long-lasting Prince."
Dunn replied with a smile on his lips, pointing to his chest, indicating that even if the other party also had Sequence 4, with the Holy Artifact given by Goddess, he would have a way to solve it.
Daly nodded and repeated:
"Private questions..."
Suddenly, a smile appeared on her face and she asked slyly:
"Are they going to do that?"
Dunn, who had a relatively calm expression at first, froze, and suddenly felt that it would be better to squat in the corner of the room and monitor Trissy.
When Dunn and Daly opened the door again and walked into Prince's bedroom, only Edessak was left in the room sitting blankly next to the coffee table, with two empty teacups in front of him.
Looking away from the bed with flat sheets in the center of the room, Daly chuckled and asked:
"She just left?"
Edessak, who looked lonely, looked at her strangely, nodded involuntarily, then looked at Dunn, and said in a firm tone:
"Senior Deacon Your Excellency, I am willing to agree to all requests, take over the throne and become King."
At three o'clock on Monday afternoon, streaks of deep red light lit up in front of "Fool" Klein.
After carefully identifying that there was no Adam with blond hair and a golden beard among them, and holding a cross pendant in his hand, Klein was completely relieved. He quietly placed the Sea God's Scepter in his hand deep in the Gray Fog behind the high-back chair, and took the initiative to say:
"Good afternoon, everyone."
He is so cute. This group of Tarot Club members will not secretly plan anything bad, nor will they suddenly send themselves Hypnosis to a secret island where no one can find Berserk Sea, and then Door Opening let Amon in!