"The black sword is the weapon that "Harlequin" asked me to return to you, and this silver ring of unknown origin belongs to "Captain" Capitano. He asked me to deliver the ring to you personally. "
Thinking of the weapon update list that the captain submitted to the city hall, the expression on Pantalone's face softened a lot.
If other colleagues of the Fools asked him to hand over items to strangers, Pantalone would definitely investigate the origins of the items being handed over to prevent his dear colleagues from stumbling upon him secretly.
But if it is a captain who is upright, upright and courageous, and has numerous military exploits, then that is a different matter.
Capitano spends most of his time away from the Kingdom of Solstice. Instead, he leads an army of fools to fight in the abyss and travels between countries. His resolute and silent character is also inseparable from the battlefield environment.
As a battlefield commander, the captain is naturally proficient in force and strategy, but he is different from his fellow executives who are full of personal plans and have bad personalities. Even in the intrigues of the Fools' Executives, Capitano still remains his opponent. The love and respect of his soldiers, and his generous and courageous spirit that was willing to lend a helping hand to the oppressed.
He is the most powerful executive under the Queen, and he only takes action in the most important tasks.
The Ice Queen has great trust in Capitano, and almost all the powerful enemies blocking the path forward of the Winter Kingdom are solved by Capitano alone.
Whether it was the apostles of the abyss, the monsters that emerged like a tide, or the demon gods that existed in ancient times, they were all like earthworms in front of this man who wore a thick mask and only showed bright pupils.
Humility, honor, bravery, mercy, honesty, justice... almost all the praises can be applied to the captain. It is really beyond Pantalone's imagination to have such a guy who adheres to the spirit of chivalry among the executives who have their own evil intentions. Anticipate.
"Capitano...has he even given up his original name?"
Famas grasped the hilt of the sword and pulled out the sword that was always thirsty for blood from the scabbard.
The bloodthirsty magic sword seemed to sense the violent war power in Famas's body. The tooth-like blood groove shone with a blood-red glimmer the moment it was unsheathed, but it soon died down, and the sword kept trembling, like The boy holding it in fear.
Pantalone, who is also an executive, knows that Capitano's sword can nourish the person wielding it, giving him the power to continue fighting, but high-intensity use will also distort the mind of the sword holder, unless the opponent's The will is more indestructible than the magic sword itself.
According to the current research of "Doctor", except for the "Captain" himself and the three Fools, ordinary Fool soldiers will fall into a state of delirium and madness in less than half a day if they hold this blood-drinking magic sword. , and finally swung his sword at his former colleagues and comrades until there was nothing left to kill, and he committed suicide with his sword.
But such an evil magic sword was extremely well-behaved in the hands of Famas. The edge of the sword was hidden, and its dim appearance looked like it was a piece of scrap metal that had been stored for thousands of years and had no lethality.
"Unfortunately, as the executive acting for Her Majesty the Queen, we have long since severed ties with the past."
Pantalone's response was very calm. He narrowed his eyes habitually and smiled as usual. Behind him, outside the stained glass window, were the lights of thousands of houses in Liyue.
"Now that he has chosen the path forward, I hope his trip will finally see the light of day."
After a moment of silence, Famas put the black sword back into its scabbard, picked up the silver ring handed over by Pantalone, and carefully observed that the inner side of the ring was almost worn to the point where the original text could not be seen, and it was slightly wrinkled. Frown.
Despite the serious wear and tear, Famas could still tell that the name engraved on the ring was not Capitano's, but a woman's name written in the old Mondstadt script:
"Diveda Arjuna."
Famas stared at the familiar last name on the ring and the black sword placed in front of him, and immediately understood the Ice Queen's plan.
In fact, the exact name of this black sword should be "Imperial Long Sword". It belongs to Munata's "Imperial" weapon series and was forged by [Forged Master] Harpas himself using abyss dirty iron. .
After the Right of Road War, as a symbol of glory, this long sword was given to the Arjuna family together with the "Imperial Flag Gun", and the epee "Imperial Fortress" and the magical weapon "Imperial Heart", which also belong to the imperial weapon series ", the long bow "Lullaby of Thousand Winds" became the prize for Munata's previous martial arts tournament champions, and was distributed one by one.
When Famas awarded this sword, he made a promise that in exchange for the imperial series weapons, the blood descendants of the Arjuna family would be given the opportunity to make a wish to the gods, and everything he could do would be granted.
However, members of the Arjuna family will naturally not use weapons to make wishes to Famas, and there are few things that they cannot do in Munata, so this promise is more like some kind of honor, and is given by the Arjuna family. Members pass it down from generation to generation.
But after the curse from the sky fell, the Arjuna family died, and the weapons representing glory were also lost in the world. The only surviving descendants of the family may have long forgotten this honor.
History continues to overturn, but only the solid ice of winter remembers everything.
Pantalone tilted her head and played with the hourglass on the table, as if she had anticipated the boy's reaction.
Before going to Liyue, Pantalone had met with Her Majesty the Queen and asked in detail about her doubts about retrieving the Heart of Vulcan.
In terms of force, he is just a banker with no strength. He has absolutely no ability to snatch the heart of God from Famas, and the Crown Prince Harpas seems to have no desire for Zhi Dong.
The history belonging to Famas has long been annihilated in the depths of the earth. How to obtain the heart of God through transactions has stumped the bankers who worked with blood, tears and lamentations.
In the war between demons and gods, the gods competed with each other. After the disputes were settled, the remaining seven consuls eliminated the things that should not exist, praised the things that resisted, and weaved the entangled and intertwined things that have been done into a future like a golden ribbon.
Everything has settled and history has become the past. The god who once raised the flag of rebellion to the sky was slandered as a tyrant. His companions also suffered from the eternal curse and were gradually annihilated by the torrent of time. In the end, nothing was left.
Apart from the Harlequin, Her Majesty the Queen may be the only person who knows this kind of history.
It was late at night when Pantalone met Her Majesty the Queen. The Queen, who was preparing to rest in the bedroom, was not wearing the luxurious clothes of the past. She was only wearing a very simple white nightgown, with lace on the cuffs and hem, and her hair was also Not much care, just loosely coiled.
If outsiders saw the Queen's careless appearance, it would definitely damage Bingxue's majesty.
Fortunately, Pantalone is not an outsider.
According to common sense, a thoughtful executive like Pantalone should easily win the Queen's favor if he wanted to.
But the truth is often not that simple. The saying goes that everything must be reversed. It is precisely because Pantalone thinks too much that she is very cautious every time she sees the Queen, lest she say anything that will offend Her Majesty the Queen.
In fact, everyone knows that the Queen is not that easy to get angry, and she never hides it from the executive officers. Many executive officers do not consider these superfluous things in front of the Queen. They just say what they want to do. Her Majesty the Queen always Nod in agreement.
Pantalone knew this in his heart, but due to his personality, he could not be as casual as other colleagues in front of the Queen. This also made the relationship between him and the Queen relatively delicate.
So when Pantalone visited the Ice Queen late at night, the expression on the Queen's face was first one of surprise, and then she responded with a profound meaning:
"Don't worry, Pantalone. Go to him with your sword and ring, and he will easily grant your request... just as fire did to ice and snow."
The sky in winter is still fluttering with white snow. Her Majesty the Queen's eyes are the color of the snow outside the Winter Palace, and her bone-white hair is scattered.
Deep underground in the Winter Palace, a piece of blue and transparent ice is surrounded by layers of ice and snow. Looking past the layers of ice and snow, you can see sleeping in the ice a man with sky-blue hair, a beautiful face, and a heavy-duty suit. A young girl in armor, the girl's mechanically constructed limbs are full of strange luster, so stunning that she seems not to belong to this world.
Sleeping with the girl was a warm yellow double-edged heavy sword. The lines on the sword seemed to come from ancient times. It can be judged from certain characteristics of the sword body that this was not a purely qualitative forged weapon. It seemed that it was not a purely qualitative forged weapon. Has the ability to evolve other weapons.
Fortunately, there was a line of small words written in Solstice script next to the solid ice, indicating the girl's identity:
"Akhtar Harpas."
(End of chapter)
