Blood Princess and the Knight

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The garden villa has obviously experienced a lot of wind and frost. The surface layer is densely covered with cracks and wrinkles that are difficult to repair, and the traces erased by time

The small garden is well taken care of by the servants. Before moving to the main city, most of the old servants stayed to take care of the old building. They lived and ate with the five owners for more than ten years. The old servants were born in farmers. The servants upheld their simple and honest character and regarded this place as their second home. They witnessed the whole process of the rise and fall of the family and were deeply moved. ÷san∫Let’s read ∫ books÷

They have no children, no relatives, and they are willing to enter the coffin with this family.

The seasons change constantly, but the flowers in front of the old house remain as bright as ever, and the weeds have not left any trace in the flower pond. The hard-working servants regard all this as a daily routine.

Compared with daily nursing care, the old building paid little attention to the defensive force, or there was no need to post guards at all.

Except for the wages given to the servants, there is nothing valuable in the old building. It is so poor that even thieves and robbers can only visit in vain.

Ji Bai was sneaking around in the lobby without being noticed by the servants in the house.

Most of the servants have gone out, and there should be no one in the old building. I didn't see that familiar figure in the courtyard, so she should be staying in a certain room in the building, or in other words, imprisoned.

At this moment, Ji Bai has put on a knight's plate armor made of pure black steel.

-Purchased with a crystal coin I found while doing laundry.

Ji Bai thought that he couldn't get the money back, so he might as well fund the knight's just cause. A small crystal coin broke away from the vulgar monetary symbolic value and was elevated to a level beyond the world. Even given a soul.

However, the clothes were not washed by Ji Bai. For these rough hands that have been wielding swords all year round, the small and exquisite dress was too fragile. It would crack after just a little tossing, and she would be heartbroken to death.

Although Ke'er's cat ears are a bit dark inside, she is soft-hearted after all. No, she washed the dress clean while she was sleeping, and hung it on the clothes drying pole this morning. I deliberately pretended to be confused and asked who I was getting my clothes to wash. Well, it sounded quite similar.

If it weren't for the fact that there was no third person in the room besides himself and Ke'er, Ji Bai would have almost believed it.

Looking through the unclosed window, it seems to be a servant's room. The simple tables and chairs are placed with teacups to disperse the remaining heat, a medium-sized wooden bed, and clothes are neatly stacked on the bed. On the other side, the wardrobe was locked from the outside and probably contained some more private things.

Ji Bai had no bad taste in prying into other people's private lives, so he opened the door and entered the corridor without paying much attention.

The sound of the black steel armor walking was hard to ignore. Fortunately, there seemed to be no one in the old building.

The flower beds placed at both ends of the corridor a few years ago are missing. They must have died and been disposed of.

Everything in the old house seemed to have stayed on the day he left, as if it had escaped the passage of time.

It is still the same as it was many years ago, and the cracked dark red earth walls tell the memories of this old building. Everything seems to have happened yesterday, and the harmonious family of four is within reach. In the blink of an eye, everything is shattered and turned into... False mirror flowers and moon in the water.

There is a living room and dining hall, the second floor is the guest room, the third floor is the living area where the family lives, and the fourth floor is the room used to store garbage.

There is nothing worth exploring on the - floor. After so many years, the adoptive mother should still be in her room.

After walking around the first floor to confirm that the layout of the old building had not changed, he walked up to the second floor. Before he even stepped onto the second floor, he found a large locked cabinet standing at the entrance of the corridor.

Judging from the placement, it doesn't look like it's used to block the road.

Ji Bai rubbed his chin, took out the [Silver Throne], and used a weighted ball to knock off the iron lock that was not strong enough.

“The rusty door shaft made an unpleasant creaking sound, and the peeling wooden cabinet door was opened.

“Bang, bang, bang, bang!

"There was a heavy knocking sound on the stone steps, and the objects pressed against the cabinet door lost their support and rolled out.

Then I took a closer look under some dim lights on the second floor and saw that it was a pointed hammer with a completely black handle and a slight trace of rust on the tapered head.

Ji Bai quickly held his breath to make sure that his movements did not attract anyone's attention. At the same time, the word "pointed awl" subconsciously evoked what Wood Falcon had said before.

Everyone was given a pick hammer. Did the servants put all the pick hammers in the wooden cabinet because they couldn't bear to use them on the kind and kind old lady in the past?

Suddenly, something happened in his mind, "For a moment, Ji Bai seemed to have figured out something, and was stunned for a moment.

After a period of contemplation, Ji Bai silently put the fallen pointed hammer back into the cabinet without any hesitation. He was not even afraid that his movements would attract the attention of other people in the old building.

After doing all this and reluctantly closing the cabinet door, Ji Bai ignored the second floor and walked directly to the third floor.

The lights on the third floor were turned on, which was not surprising in the past. From this point of view, there were indeed people living here.

Ji Bai passed by his and Ji Yue's room, without stopping to look, he went straight to the room where his adoptive mother was -

The room at the end of the corridor

"Yeah

The door was not locked, and the old i-axis made a heartbreaking sound. Sunlight poured into the dim room through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The sleeping room seemed to be awakened at this moment.

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There seemed to be a figure leaning on the rocking chair with its back facing him. It looked up at the sunlight shining through the floor-to-ceiling windows, as if it didn't feel the door being opened.

Ji Bai approached, but the figure on the rocking chair still showed no reaction at all. The dim light made it impossible to see her face clearly. Judging from her figure, she should be an elderly woman.

It was similar to the figure in his memory, but a little strange. Ji Bai was not in a hurry and walked in slowly.

The sun shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the shriveled face seems to be completely sunken. The flesh and blood are almost smoothed, and the prototype of a skeleton can be faintly seen. The two eyeballs are set in the eye sockets horrifyingly, as if they will fall out at any time. - In this way, his entire face turned green, as if he had been hit by some kind of drama.

As if it felt someone was looking at it, the terrifying face in women's clothes slowly turned its head, and its two shaky eyeballs stared at the black steel armor.

"Crack!" Then Ji Bai punched his head off.

"Fancy." Ji Bai moved his wrists and glanced at the ajar door. "When you invite a guest over, why don't you even want to give him a cup of tea?"

Haha, don't be upset, sir, this is just a little joke, please be considerate. "After a moment of silence, the ajar door was pushed open. The man had a kind smile on his face and a tea tray in his hand.

"You already knew I was in that room?" Ji Bai calmly sat on the table with his legs crossed, facing his nominal 'brother-in-law'.

"I see you, there is no need to go through all the trouble of performing this scene, just invite me out.

"Sir, you are so courageous. After seeing through the game I arranged, you still chose to go to the meeting alone. I admire you." Mu Shuan walked to Ji Bai very familiarly, put the tea tray beside him and sat down, minding his own business. .

"If you don't have any worries in your heart, why don't you dare?" Ji Bai picked up the tea and took a sip of it into the seam of his helmet. "But I'm very curious as to why you would use this method to 'invite' me to an appointment."

"Haha, sir, what you said is out of context. We are all a family, aren't we?" Wood Falcon smiled meaningfully. "I have made some assumptions since I heard that the villa was invaded by unknown armed men. Therefore, I am betting that this person is you. The facts prove that I bet

"After the details of my sister's engagement spread throughout the city, she came here after hearing the news. She acted like she knew the inside of the villa very well. After hearing that her adoptive mother was ill, she came quickly and dared to come. You are the only one who fully meets these characteristics. I should call you "Kou"

"Brother Ji Bai.

"You act very smart and bold, but gambling is not a good habit." Ji Bai didn't look surprised at all, and commented lightly while holding the tea.

"Since you have invited me to the appointment, you must talk about something. Tell me, what do you want from me? After asking your questions, please tell me where my mother is now.

"My previous jokes were careless. Brother, please don't take them seriously. Don't worry. That woman is Xiaoyue's biological mother. I won't do anything to her. I respect that old mother and have no regard for persecution." Not interested." Wood Falcon explained frivolously.

"This is probably the first private meeting between me and my brother, and the reason why I met him is very simple. I just want to have a heart-to-heart talk with him, sit down and have a quiet drink of tea and chat with each other. .”

“In that case, don’t beat around the bush and go straight to the topic.

"Okay, my brother is a cheerful person." Wood Falcon put the teacup aside. "My elder brother has lived with Xiaoyue, your nominally unrelated sister, for more than ten years. I would like to ask how much you know about Xiaoyue.

"She is my sister, that's enough." Ji Bai replied without thinking.

"Haha, that's the expected answer. That is to say, apart from some of Xiaoyue's living habits and personality attitudes, my brother doesn't know anything else about Xiaoyue, right?"

"As expected, they are not even willing to file a lawsuit. Brother, please don't get me wrong. I just feel unworthy for you, but please don't blame Xiaoyue for this. She was also kept in the dark at the time." Wood Falcon was full of apologies. The way.

Ji Bai remained silent, waiting for his next words.

"Xiaoyue's life experience is not simple, my brother is probably vaguely aware of this.

"Although it sounds like a fabrication of a fairy tale when it is said suddenly, brother, please be patient and listen to it. Wood Falcon's smile has a deep meaning, making it difficult to tell which of his words are true and which. The words are false.

"The Flame Spear family is the last direct family of the ancient human royal family. It has been passed down according to the ancient teachings to this day. As far back as the Second Era, humans once occupied one side and were one of the most powerful forces at that time. Then due to a certain These reasons have led to the decline in the strength of the human race, and they have fallen to where they are today. Do you know the reasons?"

Ji Bai shook his head, crossed his arms and crossed his legs, as if to start your performance.

Wood Falcon always had the illusion that the person in front of him had seen through everything, so he shook his head and continued. "Because the king of the human race was betrayed and the royal family members were massacred. As a result, mankind has now lost its divine veins and can only live in peace and rely on the barrier to survive until today.

"Mr. Ji Bai, as the King of Knights, you probably have never had contact with the senior officials of the temple, or you have never seen them with your own eyes. Do you want to know why?"

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It's simple, they can't see people with their true colors, because they are not human at all!" Wood Falcon said this with a sonorous and powerful vow.

Ji Bai stared at Mu Falcon without saying anything fierce.

There was no dumbfounded shock at the rebuttal.

"Maybe you don't believe it, but this is the real fact. Those who rule mankind are not humans at all. Human beings have been enslaved and oppressed by foreign races. Everything I said is true."

"If you don't believe it, we will prove it to you in the future, lift their veils with our own hands, and make their true colors known to the public.

"But not now. We can't expose our true nature. We have to wait until the day when the king of mankind is restored. The human race will regain supreme power. By then, it will be no problem to dominate the entire continent again!" Wood Falcon said impassionedly. Ji Bai showed no emotion at these words and just nodded in a symbolic sense.

His mind went elsewhere.

He was wondering whether Enzo and the other members of the Brilliant Knights worked for them because they believed such words?

It's very possible.

"Speaking of which, you should understand how heavy a responsibility Xiaoyue carries, right?"

"Telling this to you, I won't worry about you reporting it to the temple."

"Are you the human knight king and her brother, a great hero who saved millions of your kind, or are you a betrayer who has been despised by others and will be infamy for thousands of years? This multiple-choice question is easy to judge.

Well, that's good, and based on some incomplete evidence and information recently obtained since 2, I'm afraid I already believe it.

"And I was tested and judged by the master as a descendant of the human royal family with a very pure bloodline. I am worthy of Xiaoyue's ancestral bloodline that is rare in thousands of years. I am very lucky. I also love Xiaoyue very much. Xiaoyue will be very happy in the future. She may become the queen of the human race, and her heirs will inherit the imperial tradition, you should be proud."

Do you really love her?" Ji Bai's focus was not on Mu Falcon's previous righteous words of Ling Ran.

"Of course: it's the charm of love at first sight 1039 _

"Oh, okay, I understand. Please tell me where my mother is now." Ji Bai jumped off the table and said casually.