Mrs. Hirsch was indeed taken aback.
She didn't know what the stranger in front of her planned to do, but the identity of the secret emissary of the Heretic Tribunal was a very formidable existence in itself.
especially.
The other party seemed to have handed them over to the emissaries of the Heretic Tribunal.
So, what else can be done?
Mrs. Hirsch shouted nervously: "I have told you everything I know! Even if you want to do something, can you let Geraint go? He is just a child! If you are worried that he will take revenge, you can use magic Seal his memory!"
The little boy was hiding behind her in fear.
After hearing this, the boy suddenly widened his eyes, tugged on Mrs. Hirsch's sleeve and said, "I don't want this!"
Mrs. Hirsch looked at him anxiously: "Geraint, I told you, don't be willful!"
Perhaps because of the fear and fear in her heart, Mrs. Hirsch's expression was a little distorted. Her red eyes lacked the kindness and peace of the past, and she stared tightly at the boy in her arms.
The boy opened his mouth.
He wanted to say something, but he unconsciously fell silent under such a look, and just tugged on Mrs. Hirsch's sleeve harder.
Mrs. Hirsch looked at Xu Shuo again, with pleading in her eyes.
It was rare to meet someone who was so clear-eyed about his situation. Xu Shuo raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He said with great interest: "I am very curious. His relationship with you should not be considered a direct descendant, and he is not even a surname of the Wald family. Why do you protect him so much?"
Mrs. Hershey pursed her lips: "What does the last name matter? As long as he has my blood flowing in his body, it will be fine, right?"
Xu Shuo's eyes flickered: "So, do you know what's special about your lineage?"
After saying this, he stared closely at Mrs. Hirsch's expression.
Sure enough, he saw a trace of confusion flashing in the other person's eyes, as if he was puzzled by this problem, or maybe it was just a trace of conditioned doubt.
Mrs. Hirsch soon reacted.
She seemed a little confused: "What's special? I don't know what you mean specifically. The only special thing about our San Vallo royal family is that unlike those families that were famous for a while and then declined and disappeared, our bloodline has lasted for thousands of years." a long time.”
Xu Shuo raised the corners of his lips with unknown meaning: "Yes, it's a very ancient family."
At this time.
Catalina, who was waiting aside after coming out, couldn't help but said: "Are you done with the gossip? How about we get down to business quickly?"
Just now, I asked her to hide and see Mrs. Hershey's reaction, to see if the other party could detect her presence.
And now let her out.
As a result, the two of them suddenly said something else.
Should I let her try?
Let’s get down to business.
Mrs. Hirsch became nervous again.
Xu Shuo smiled when he heard this and gestured to Catalina.
Catalina quickly took two steps forward and came to the two people squatting on the ground. Mrs. Hirsch had already hugged Geraint tightly and closed her eyes.
When she can't see it.
Catalina's eyes suddenly shrank into vertical needles, and a vague chill was released. This was not the activation of Dawn's faith, but the instinctive reaction of the blood of the ice and snow elves in her body.
The next moment Mrs. Hirsch opened her eyes.
She looked up in shock: "Ice and Snow Elf!"
After blurting out these words, Mrs. Hirsch quickly realized something and quickly covered her mouth with one hand.
But obviously, her concealing gestures had no effect.
Xu Shuo looked at her with a half-smile, "Don't you know what's special about your lineage?"
Mrs. Hirsch turned pale.
At this time, Catalina, who was standing silently by the side, suddenly realized something. She frowned and looked up and down at Mrs. Hershey as if in shock.
Xu Shuo looked at her: "What's wrong?"
Catalina looked confused: "It's strange. I vaguely feel that she is indeed a mixed-blood elf, but she seems to be different from ordinary mixed-blood elves. I'm not sure..."
He said the same thing again as when he met General Royce last time.
——Not sure.
Xu Shuo asked: "Can it be controlled then?"
Then.
He saw that Catalina's face was visibly embarrassed. He already knew the answer to this expression without the elf taking the initiative to say it.
Xu Shuo looked calm: "If this is the case, then you seem to be of no use."
The words fell.
Catalina suddenly looked at the young man.
Then the ice elf looked aggrieved and accusing: "What do you mean, is this all I'm good for? And I just haven't figured out what she is yet. The blood connection is just a little difficult, but it's not completely impossible!"
Xu Shuo looked at her lazily: "Then try again."
Catalina pursed her lips stubbornly.
Mrs. Hershey had already realized something while listening to the unabashed conversation between the two.
sound.
This ice elf seems to be controlled by others.
But it sounds.
The ice elf didn't seem to want to see them either.
After thinking about it, Mrs. Hirsch suddenly said: "Our lineage is indeed a mixed-blood elf, passed down from my great-grandmother. The Buller family, the former Duke Buller won this throne for my brother."
This relationship is a bit old.
But decades ago.
It was precisely because of Duke Buller's information that the siblings knew that they had the blood of ice elves flowing through them.
Xu Shuo rubbed his chin: "Then, based on this genetics, the current Saint Varro royal family should all be mixed-blood elves."
Mrs. Hershey shook her head: "No, the original Duke Buller said that blood only flows in our bodies, and its power will not spread to every heir."
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"So this generation is Geraint?" Xu Shuo suddenly looked at the little boy in her arms.
"Yes..." Mrs. Hirsch had to admit.
It is precisely because of this.
Mrs. Hirsch was particularly fond of this child.
Because she felt that this child was their true direct descendant, and that the special blood power had been passed down to them.
Now that so much information has been revealed.
To win the favor of this person, to spare their life.
Mrs. Hershey continued bravely: "We know that there is a curse in the body of the mixed-blood elf, and even if it is conceived, it will not survive for twenty years.
"So in order to ensure the continuation of his heirs, Duke Buller used ancient magic to seal the blood power in our bodies.
“This seal will make the inheritance of the bloodline thin, but it has to be done in order to survive.
“So by my brother and I’s generation, it was just the two of us.
"And now, there is no royal heir among my brother's descendants. Only Geraint is the only one of this generation."
"That's all I know."
Mrs. Hirsch said nervously.
Xu Shuo exclaimed with great interest: "So it's possible that the new king that Walder XVIII really likes is actually Geraint, who is not the royal family of Saint-Varro, right?"
Mrs. Hirsch did not respond to this gossip. She lowered her head and remained silent.
Walder XVIII is now over half a year old. The longest lifespan of a human being in this world is only about a hundred years old, and the king's lifespan is even more short-lived.
But until now, there is no sign that the candidate for the new king will be scheduled. There are different opinions from the outside world, but no one has ever thought that the new king will be His Royal Highness outside the Saint Vallo royal family.
But after hearing about this.
Looking at Mrs. Hirsch's protection of Geraint and her attitude of often taking the child to the palace to play, it is hard not to imagine.
Xu Shuo took a small bite of the melon.
And this time.
Catalina, who had been holding her breath and trying hard, paused suddenly, then quickly stepped forward with a cold face, and suddenly scratched Mrs. Hershey's face with sharp claws.
"ah!"
Mrs. Hirsch screamed.
She dodged back in panic due to conditioned reflex, and Geraint in her arms also broke away at this time and opened her arms to block Mrs. Hershey.
However, the injury has already been injured.
A few streaks of blood stuck to Catalina's fingers.
Xu Shuo turned around questioningly.
Then Catalina stretched out her tongue and licked the blood on her hand without hesitation.
Wait until she finishes licking it.
A joking voice came from the side.
"I asked you to have a taste before but you didn't. So you want to try something new yourself?"
"..."
Catalina's body suddenly stiffened.
After a while.
Catalina, who pretended not to hear what she just said, glared at Mrs. Hirsch with gritted teeth, with a look of grief and anger in her eyes.
"It's the blood power exercised by Dawn!"
Xu Shuo raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
Catalina clenched her fists: "The blood power in their bodies is not only the blood of elves, but also the power of Dawn Faith. I couldn't feel it before. It must be the fault of the seal."
Speaking of which.
Catalina also vented her anger on Xu Shuo: "That seal also has the methods of your Holy See of Light!"
Xu Shuo paused: "Really?"
Then, Xu Shuo waved gently.
A few drops of blood flew out from the open wound on Mrs. Hirsch's forehead. Xu Shuo stuck it on his hand, then put it in his mouth and tasted it.
Mrs. Hershey looked at them as if they were looking at some pervert.
Xu Shuo said thoughtfully: "I don't feel it."
Unexpectedly, except for the Silver City-State.
The Holy See of Light actually provides outsourcing services to others?
But it feels different from the sealing method of Silver City State.
In comparison, it was done by the Holy See of Light.
Xu Shuo is more inclined to believe that the ice elves imitated the methods of the Holy See of Light, or that Duke Buller stole the magic books of the Holy See of Light.
After all, the Holy See of Light has indeed lost a lot of things in history.
At this time.
Mrs. Hershey, who was kneeling on the ground, groaned, and then she stood up straight.
Xu Shuo looked up and saw Mrs. Hershey's face full of fear. She seemed to be quite surprised by her reaction, and her eyes kept expressing pleading.
Catalina looked cold: "Is this okay?"
Xu Shuo thought thoughtfully: "So do you want them to be injured, or do you want to take a sip of their blood first?"
Catalina felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this.
Then Mrs. Hirsch felt her body suddenly loosen up, and she staggered into the wall next to the curtain. She reacted and quickly pulled Geraint behind her to protect her.
Catalina said uncomfortably: "You don't need to take a sip or anything, just feel the power of their blood. Although they are the descendants of the previous generation of Dawn Exercises, I am the real Dawn Exercises now."
Xu Shuo raised his eyebrows: "Because you can't sense their blood power using ordinary means?"
Catalina nodded reluctantly.
Anyway.
They always had to cut Wald XVIII's body first, and then steal the other person's blood and give it to Catalina to taste.
Although the difficulty has been increased.
But it's not impossible.
And a small plot point was discovered, although this plot point seems to be Sora's departure.
Xu Shuo nodded with satisfaction, turned around and left the palace without saying anything else.
Catalina, who was standing nearby, reacted. She quickly changed her face and glared at the two mixed elves in front of her, and then quickly caught up with the young man.
Mrs. Hershey looked at their backs in confusion until she could no longer see them. Then her tense nerves suddenly relaxed. Her body lost strength and fell to her knees. She hugged Geraint tightly in fear.
Geraint hugged back without saying a word.
The boy's eyes were staring straight in the direction outside the palace, his lake-blue eyes unable to distinguish his expression.
…
After walking out of the palace.
Catalina asked curiously: "Won't you kill those two people? What if they inform?"
Xu Shuo smiled: "I am a principled person."
Catalina wondered.
Obviously she doesn't know where this principle lies.
She saw that the young man did not leave Tantino Castle, but turned to other places in the royal palace. Suddenly, a golden light soared into the sky in a castle in front of them, and the arc light was even projected into the sky.
It was an extremely rich aura of light.
Although she didn't know what happened over there, it must be related to the Holy See of Light, so Catalina's subconscious vigilance was relaxed.
She was about to ask.
As a result, the ground suddenly shook slightly, and then several horses rushed out of the castle, and hundreds of thousands of Holy See troops wearing white-gold armor rushed out of the castle.
Catalina was stunned.
Xu Shuo did not stand on the road to block the progress of the Holy See Army. He stepped aside and gave way, and also showed a light aura on his body.
Seeing that it was one of their own, the Holy See Army's charge did not stop, and they rushed out of Fort Tantino from the avenue of the royal palace.
But when the Holy See Army passed by.
There was still a military commander who stopped.
"What's going on outside?"
"With the Gate of Pallas as the main battlefield, the entire king has fallen into chaos. The situation is changing and I don't know much about it. I was ordered by His Majesty the Pope to come to Tantinoburg to search for Walder XVIII."
Xu Shuo said seriously, and also showed the badge of the Sun Knights.
After understanding the situation, the Holy See Army Commander nodded, briefly looked at Catalina, then rode off to follow the team.
Catalina continued to look shocked.
After the Holy See army that suddenly appeared left, she slowly came back to her senses, then blinked and asked, "When did you set up such a large teleportation magic circle in Fort Tantino?"
Xu Shuo looked calm: "A few decades ago."
Catalina: "..."
Because that castle is the castle where Princess Teresa, the Nineteenth Royal Highness, lives.
In order to maintain the energy operation of that large magic circle, the Pope of Light spent tens of thousands of dollars on Teresa every year.
As for this magic circle.
It was the chief knight of the Knights of the Sun who smuggled himself over and left behind.
I am not a half-assed chief like Zuo Fang.
It was because of his own strength that he reached the top position at a young age.
Xu Shuo walked to Teresa's castle.
As the Holy See's stronghold to break through the royal capital from within, the Holy See's troops are naturally stationed here.
He showed his Sun Crown Seal and Sun Knights emblem, and as for Catalina's identity, he was brought in as an acolyte.
Xu Shuo first carefully inspected the castle.
After confirming that there was nothing unusual and that there was no unusual person, he walked directly to the underground temple of the castle.
Catalina followed closely behind, looking around curiously.
"No one in the Holy See knows you?"
she asked casually.
Xu Shuo also responded casually.
"Then what if someone pretends to be you and commands your Holy See Army?" Catalina said suddenly.
"Look at the sun mark." Xu Shuo said casually.
"What if the person with the mark of the sun is a traitor?" Catalina seemed to be competing.
Xu Shuo turned his head and looked at her.
Catalina had a stubborn face: "Why, our Dawn Movement is thinking of finding human hybrids. Isn't it impossible for you believers of the Holy See of Light to betray?"
Xu Shuo smiled: "You're right."
He didn't explain any more.
…
The underground temple is filled with a familiar aura of light.
After arriving here, Xu Shuo's posture relaxed a little unconsciously, and then walked straight to the communication magic circle in the underground temple.
Catalina didn't know what he was going to do.
I found a step and looked at it paralyzed.
Xu Shuo concentrated on drawing magic patterns, condensed a magic jade and teleported it.
He was delivering messages to the Silver Shields.
The last contact with the Silver Shield Legion was last night. The Silver Duke said that they had left the Andas Mountains and that before dawn they could enter the city-state of Laiyin in the Eastern Continent under the cover of darkness to reorganize.
But it was impossible to continue rushing to the royal capital.
After all, it is a taboo of military strategists to march long distances with exhausted troops to besiege a city.
The Silver Shield Legion was already extremely exhausted after traveling thousands of miles away. If they were to face the Imperial Army waiting for work in this state, even the brave and skilled Silver Shield Legion would probably suffer extremely tragic casualties.
So rest and reorganization is a must.
What's more, the whereabouts of Walder XVIII are now unknown, the Imperial Army has not fully responded to the battle, and the entire royal capital is like an empty shell.
Then it is even more unnecessary for the Silver Shield Legion to appear at this moment.
Therefore, Xu Shuo informed the situation here.
Think about it for a moment.
He planned to let the Duke of Silver hide his whereabouts and first explore the details of the Russo family in the city of Farr.
If the whereabouts of Wald XVIII could be discovered.
That's even better.
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