Kingdom’s Bloodline

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exist.

There are magicians.

Thales' heart skipped a beat when he heard the name, and an inexplicable coldness spread down his spine.

exist……

Literally understood...

He gently picked up a chess piece and pulled it away from the chessboard.

Suddenly, a swordsman was missing from the chess game.

Thales held his right hand and covered the swordsman with his fingers.

The swordsman disappeared before his eyes.

He gently opened and closed his palms, and repeated several times, the swordsman appeared or disappeared in his field of vision.

The prince raised his head and looked back at Ashida who was watching him play with the chess pieces with great interest.

"So I guess, like L, you don't know what that B is?" This time, Thales was not as surprised as before, and he said suspiciously: "Including this weird threshold name?"

"There are magicians?"

Ashida just leaned back in her chair and looked at him wordlessly, as if she had no interest in answering at all.

"All right."

Thales, who was making fun of himself, put down the chess piece and moved it to the next square unconsciously.

"According to what you said, that B started a war against the world, destroyed the magic tower and the final empire, and split the known land in half?"

"Why?" The prince picked up the water glass and said cautiously: "Why did he do this? Why did the magicians declare war? How did the war... happen?"

Ashida rubbed her fingers lightly, and a guard began to move on his board.

"I thought that six years of special political career should give you some inspiration."

The magician said quietly: "The cause of the war is very complicated. Even today, no one can sort it out. In fact, there is no need to sort it out-because when we react, the reality is already like this."

Thales took a sip of water and frowned—this inexplicable speaking style again.

"Compared to the appearance of 'how did the war happen', perhaps we should discuss more," Ashida said indifferently: "Why did the war happen."

Thales raised his mouth, whistled silently, and took away one of the opponent's chess pieces.

"Well, why did the war happen?" The prince raised his hand, and he understood what the other party meant: "Why did the magician want to break with the world?"

Ashida didn't answer right away.

The Qi Magician gently stretched out his fingers, picked up the chess piece "personally" very rarely, and took the next step.

"I'm sitting here now, moving the chess pieces leisurely, watching the sun rise and set, and listening to the breathing and conversations of countless people from the Northland." His tone was very calm, his fingers were soft, matching the afternoon sun, he even Gives a sense of laziness.

"Snapped!"

With a sudden crisp sound, a pawn was pushed down on the chessboard by Ashida, which startled Thales.

At the same time, Ashida's eyes flashed blue light instantly, and his aura changed accordingly, becoming sharper.

He bit his words and said: "But in the next moment, I will be able to suck all the air in the world."

"Or dilute the air in the world to the point where you can't breathe."

Thales was so startled that he didn't even care about the water splashing from the water glass in his hand. He asked unconsciously, "What?"

Ashida ignored him, but the color in his eyes burst out, which reminded Thales of another magician:

"Imagine, in the next second, from here to Dragon Clouds City, to Exeter, Westland, and even the whole world..."

"All life on land will no longer be able to breathe, and will end in an instant."

"As long as I move my finger," Ashida stared at him closely, and said in an unnaturally fanatical tone: "No one will live, and nothing will survive."

"How does it feel?"

Thales looked at his abnormal teacher with slight scalp numbness. He thought of Dragon Cloud City and the Shield Area that night, and the countless residents clutching their throats in the air.

In the silent hell, the pain and despair of trying to take a breath of air.

After a few seconds.

"The whole world?" The prince's voice was slightly hoarse: "Can you do it?"

Ashida still stared at him, but the frightening color in her eyes slowly dissipated.

"It's not just me," the magician re-attached the back of the chair, and said calmly, "Every magician in the world can use their methods to easily..."

"Destroy the world."

Thales' pupils trembled, and he lost his voice: "What?"

"Then why hasn't the world been destroyed?" Thales opened his mouth in a daze for a few seconds before reacting: "Then why the end battle..."

Ashida tapped the chessboard and interrupted him:

"Because not every magician is willing to pay that price."

Thales was then stunned: "What price?"

At that moment, the pawn in the magician's hand paused slightly.

"You will know," Ashida shook her head, and took another step on the board: "When you become a magician."

Thales sighed, holding back the irritability in his heart.

"Really? Here again?" The prince asked dissatisfiedly: "I began to doubt, do you really want me to become a magician?"

"Of course," Ashida turned his eyes back to the chessboard. He was still calm, as if he hadn't said anything just now: "If you come with me now, you will know more, and I swear that you will have no reservations." open up all my secrets to you.”

"Don't talk about it."

Thales sighed, and brought the topic back wisely: "So, each of you has the ability to destroy the world instantly..."

He leaned back on the back of the chair, massaged his sore neck from leaning forward for a long time, and said affirmatively, "But you wouldn't do that, would you?"

Because of the price.

Thales recalled what Ashida said before.

Ashida shook her head.

"But the world doesn't think so."

"Thales, in this world, they don't hate us," the magician of Qi said slowly, "They are afraid of us."

"I'm so scared that I can't wait to forget us all, I can't wait for us to disappear in the memory of history."

"What they refuse to forgive and accept is not our behavior," Thales felt faintly, but under Ashida's calm face, there was a deep disdain hidden in the other party's words: "It's us The presence."

"It is the possibility that we can destroy everything in an instant."

"It's a disaster."

The prince lowered his head, and his expression became serious.

I see.

If it is true what he said.

If it is true, no matter which magician.

If they all have the power of that scale, if they are all existences that can overturn the chessboard in an instant...

"I think their worries are probably not unreasonable." Thales sighed softly, and glanced at Lord Justin and Wyah, as well as the countless soldiers and guards outside the terrace.

"This is our position and position," Ashida followed Thales' line of sight, and looked outside: "Be careful, Thales, your two identities represent not a small matter."

"It's the inextricable thousand-year contradiction between the world and the magician."

"Once they find you..."

The magician shrugged rarely.

A breeze blew across the terrace, blowing Thales' hair a little.

"Do you still have that kind of self-confidence?" Ashida seemed to reply casually, and he said relaxedly: "As a king, find a way out for magicians, so that we can gain a foothold in the world?"

Thales gritted his teeth, feeling that his head was a bit big.

"Of course." He bit the bullet and said.

"It is because of the difficulty that it is worth doing more, isn't it?"

Otherwise, what else could he say?

I'm sorry I was wrong, I was young and presumptuous, and now I give up-is that so?

Thales shrugged inwardly.

Ash Daton stayed on the spot, his eyes lingering on him for almost ten seconds.

"Ah, I'm looking forward to that day." He said softly.

"Ha," Thales felt a little uncomfortable under the strange gaze of the other party, and had to turn his attention back to the chess game, and said perfunctorily: "Just wait, I will succeed..."

But Ashida cut him off.

"No."

"What I'm looking forward to, Thales," he shook his finger, still staring at the prince strangely: "It's not your final success."

The magician's tone changed, strange and gloomy:

"It's that you are caught between magicians and humans, between disasters and the world..."

"Caught between one's own essence and the eyes of others, between an inescapable future and an inescapable past..."

"Finally torn apart by contradictions, destroyed by conflicts, swallowed by regret..."

"The day you finally compromise with us."

The two sections of the chessboard fell silent again.

There were only two people looking at each other.

Thales resisted the twitching of his face, stared at Ashida for three full seconds, and then uttered two words embarrassingly:

"Thanks."

It's really reassuring.

"If on that day, you see a new way out from a new perspective, a direction that only you can grasp," Ashida said softly, "don't hesitate anymore, accept yourself, grab yourself Take the rudder that turns fate."

The magician's eyes pierced Thales' pupils like two sharp swords.

"Remember my words."

"One word at a time."

"Engraved in your heart."

"Thals Canxing."

The prince let out a long sigh of relief, feeling extremely embarrassed and didn't know how to react.

Engraved in the bottom of my heart?

this……

"Ah, there is another question," Thales laughed dryly, and raised his finger unnaturally: "How did B and his five companions get defeated? Where are they now?"

"One of them has already been sealed by you." Ashida was very straightforward about this question: "The others, the ending more than six hundred years ago is similar..."

seal.

Thales shook hands, thinking of that lovely and terrifying scary girl, and the scene where she finally turned into ashes.

At that moment, the magician lowered the volume, looking a little lonely: "Otherwise, this world probably wouldn't be what it is today."

Ashida shook her head: "During those days of the War of the End, I felt as many knocks on the door as I breathed. They were so crazy."

Talk like you need to breathe.

Thales secretly slandered.

"If one day, people from B come to you, remember," Ashida raised her head and nodded at him: "They are almost all lunatics."

"Maybe not necessarily your enemy, but definitely not your friend—think Giza."

Thales bowed his head in thought.

"So, you're not one of them?"

"No, it's not."

"Several people, including me, thought that B's coping methods were too drastic, and called them 'radicals'," Ashida snorted softly: "correspondingly, we were called 'moderates' by them—even Even worse names."

Radicals.

Moderate.

Thales recalled the confrontation and quarrel between Ashida and Giza in the shield zone, and he was a little stunned.

"Radicals and moderates... the magicians are divided into two factions, opposing each other?"

"If only it were that simple." Ashida shook her head again.

"The moderates are not a unified and orderly camp that advances and retreats together like the radicals. We are just a group of scattered magicians who refuse to choose war."

"Even after the war, we were scattered everywhere, fighting on our own."

Asheda held the chess piece in her hand, the atmosphere suddenly became serious.

"And the real opponents of the Radicals..."

"In the battle of the end, there are two other magicians," the magician said calmly, "They chose to stand on the other side of the battlefield, facing and confronting B and his followers—whether magicians or ordinary people .”

"Six against two, war was once such a situation."

Thales took a deep breath and suddenly realized.

I see.

Two magicians who stand up for the world.

Confront the Radicals.

Those books in Nakaju's library, the scourges that the little girl said were "on our side"...

It turned out to be...

"Queen."

Thales spit out a strange word.

This time, it was Ashida's turn to raise her eyebrows, slightly moved.

"You know them?"

Thales raised his head and looked at Ashida with affirmative eyes.

"There are two empresses, right? In the history of the ancient empire and the final empire, there has never been a so-called 'empress' title, but I can always hear this word on various occasions, and it is mentioned once or twice in books," Thales recalled one of the few occasions when he heard this word, "Even some great nobles in the two countries know of their existence—it sounds superior."

Ashida looked at him blankly, motionless.

"So, the so-called queen is actually a magician," Thales tentatively said, "It is the magician who stood on the side of the world in the battle of the end. They help us—I mean they stand on the side of the world. Defeated the radicals headed by B, so she enjoyed a transcendent status and was even called the queen."

Thales let out a breath: "So, there are still magicians who can live in peace with the world, right?"

However, when he finished speaking, he found Ashida looking at him intriguingly.

Thales stared: What?

Until Ashida shook her head again.

"No." He coldly denied Thales' words.

This made the prince startled.

wrong?

But the queen...

"Those two magicians standing on the other side of the battlefield thought they were still a member of the human race."

"That's why I've been against the radicals from the beginning to the end," Ashida sighed while shaking her head, "It's just two poor people who confuse the past and the present."

"We usually call them -- 'obfuscators.'"

obfuscator?

Thales hid the word in his heart.

Do you think... you are a human magician?

Thales had a calm expression, but there was a big question mark in his heart.

But Ashida didn't stop here, it seemed that the confusion was just a small episode, only the magician continued:

"As for the two queens you mentioned..."

At that moment, Ashida clenched her fists violently!

"clatter!"

Amidst the crisp sound, a red king suddenly jumped up on the chessboard, took three steps on the empty chessboard, and knocked a knight off the chessboard abruptly!

Thales frowned.

"...It's a worse existence." Only then did Ashida's words reach his ears.

The out-of-game knight rolled off the chessboard, shaking feebly back and forth on the table.

The prince raised his head full of doubts, and his whole body tensed up.

I saw a strange blue light shining in the eyes of the magician of qi, covering the original pupils, but he couldn't hide his killing intent and coldness:

"The so-called two magic queens..."

"Bloodthorn, and Black Orchid."

"They are indeed magicians..."

"It was a sudden change of position at the end of the war..."

"I betrayed all my peers overnight..."

"It is the one that shuts down all magicians..."

Ashida bit the word out between her teeth:

"The traitors."

Even in the face of Giza, Ashida's words have never been so cold and chilling.

Full of hatred, disgust, fear, and...fear?

Thales stared blankly at him, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.

"The two empresses...how did you betray you?" The prince took a breath and adjusted his heartbeat that accelerated due to the abnormality of the other party: "Are they more terrifying than the legendary anti-magic armed forces?"

The magician let out a snort, and the blue light in his eyes gradually disappeared:

"Ha, they are much scarier than the legendary anti-demon armed forces..."

"Anti-magic weapons are dead things after all..."

"And they..."

Thales narrowed his eyes, feeling a little uneasy inside.

Scarier than the legendary anti-magic weapon...

"And they..."

At this moment, Ashida paused slightly.

His eyes turned back to Thales.

Ashida changed the subject: "You really want to know?"

Thales opened his eyes wide, shrugged his shoulders, and put on a "yes" expression.

"Of course, didn't you say that we need to distinguish between our enemies and our companions?"

"More than that..." Thales pressed his chin, frowned and thought about the information and intelligence just now: "As I said before, the radical, the moderate, the obfuscator, the two 'queens'... Then, what is the obfuscator? Thought?"

"Who are the magicians left so far? What are their names, threshold names, and abilities? And..."

Thales scratched his chin and pondered, "What you've been talking about just now... Who is Toros?"

Ashida frowned again, which was rare.

"It will take a lot of time to finish all this," the magician seemed to have returned to the calm man, and continued to bewitch him: "How about it, do you want to come with me? Accept your own essence and put your heart and soul into it." Once you embark on the path of a magician, you will be able to acquire this knowledge more systematically, efficiently, comprehensively, and conveniently."

Thales froze for a moment.

"Thank you for inviting me again, but I still feel," Thales sighed, ignoring the magician's earnest eyes again: "A heir to the kingdom with a subtle identity is better than a trainee magician who is hiding everywhere and can't see the light." , better for our future.”

"So," Thales raised his eyebrows and urged him to continue: "The double emperor's betrayal?"

Ashida smiled faintly.

"Alright then." The magician first shook his head lightly, then nodded slowly.

"Since you already know about the existence of the two queens of magic," Ashida sat up straight with sharp eyes and a dignified expression: "Then it's time to tell you..."

"The most interesting part of our class today..."

"When I was a mage apprentice, the most fascinating part..."

Thales held his breath, waiting for the magician's answer.

double emperor.

Queen of Magic.

In the battle of the end, the existence of all magicians was betrayed.

A character who made Ashida so afraid.

How on earth was the betrayal?

How terrible is the power?

"get out of class is over."

Ashida said calmly.

Um?

Thales didn't react for a moment.

However, in the next second, the magician's figure completely disappeared into the air.

There was silence again at both ends of the chessboard.

Until the sound of the prince's inhalation came slowly.

Thales blinked in disbelief, staring blankly at Ashida's seat.

Next... get out of class?

The prince sat there for a minute in a daze.

However, except for the unknowingly checked game on the chessboard, Ashida didn't leave even a trace.

It was as if he had never been here.

Thales stared at the empty seat in astonishment, and opened his mouth wide in surprise.

It seemed to see the indifferent and hypocritical smile of the magician.

He recalled what Ashida had said before.

[The most interesting part of our class today...]

【When I was a mage apprentice, the most fascinating part...】

Then……

[After class. 】

When I just coded to Shuanghuang, I was in the middle of my head, but I forgot to plug in the socket of the laptop, and the power was cut off instantly!

Fortunately, the software has an instant save function...

But at the moment when the power was turned off and the screen was black, I was in a very delicate mood when I saw the Wujian with an "O" mouth on the screen...

So I specially wrote it to share with everyone—comrades, at this moment, (clenching fists with determination) we are connected!