Chapter 22 Looking up at the Sky

A special mark was made on the secret letter, and then it was rolled up and meticulously sealed with fire lacquer. After all this was done, Viscount Andrew breathed out softly, recalling whether there was any omission or mistake.

There should be none - the content agreed before has been written on the secret letter, and the writing is also very reliable. Viscount Andrew is quite confident in his ability to make up stories. He thinks that anyone who sees the secret letter will Believe that he is really a witness to "that thing".

The rest is to see whether the old king in the capital is willing to believe in this matter itself.

No, it should be said whether he wants to admit the truth of this matter.

This is a somewhat risky move, but Viscount Andrew is not a person who resists taking risks - if he didn't take risks, he would never have been able to stand out from the seven brothers and sisters and become the heir to the Leslie family.

He just didn't expect that his new adventure would be tied to the Cecil family.

The family that was already dying, quit the political center of the kingdom a hundred years ago, and in modern times is a family so thin that it is about to die out naturally.

Viscount Andrew has always been very concerned about his "neighbors". This is not only because the territories of the two sides are adjacent, and there are many trade exchanges on weekdays, but also because the decline of the Cecil family has become more serious in the past two years. The original progress continued. Basically, in Andrew's lifetime, he could expect to double the territory of the Leslie family - that little girl who hurriedly inherited the family business was not a qualified lord at all. Certainly not able to keep their little family business.

It's just that fate made a joke to everyone, and it was in a way that no one could have imagined: when he heard that Cecil's land was destroyed by monsters, Andrew was stunned; When the magic tide creatures were very close, he was still stunned; when he heard a businessman who entered the city mentioned that a dragon appeared, he was also stunned; when Rebecca Cecil and Heidi Cecil brought When a man who claimed to be their ancestor entered the castle... Viscount Andrew showed great composure and acceptance.

That's because he finally got used to it.

But after finishing the conversation with the "grandfather" and returning to his bedroom, Viscount Andrew felt that he had made a correct decision.

A dying aristocratic lineage and a territory burned to the ground are worthless, and no amount of water can be squeezed out. If you want to recover the cost, it is better to change from a greedy oppressor to a generous good neighbor. Moreover, the existence of the "Master Ancestor" is even more crucial - Viscount Andrew has now 90% convinced the authenticity of this matter - whether Cecil's family has that old ancestor or not is completely two concepts.

He sealed the sealed letter in the silver tube, wrapped a magic thread on the silver tube, and then handed it to the old butler standing next to him: "Give it to the best ranger messenger -- set off on a griffin, and let the messenger in the first After a messenger arrives and before the Cecil family arrives, it will be delivered to the Silver Fort."

The butler took the silver tube and was about to turn around and leave when Viscount Andrew stopped him: "Wait a minute, and you go to the silver vault - send back the gold and silver belonging to Cecil's family as they are."

"Yes, my lord. But can I just return it as it is?"

"It's enough to send it back as it is. When they leave, I will prepare a little more in the name of travel expenses."

The situation has changed. The "fee" charged for that ridiculous greed in the past has now become a hot potato. Returning it as is is only the first step, but it can't be done too much at once.

Viscount Andrew carefully weighed in his heart, and hoped that the ancient man seven hundred years ago could understand his sincerity.

The night is dark.

Gawain put on a nightgown, pushed open the balcony door of his room, and came to the terrace on the second floor of the Viscount Castle.

There is no moon at night in this world. In the deep sky, there are only stars that are denser than those on the earth. Those twinkling stars bring a cool brilliance to the earth. strangeness.

Ever since he came to this world, he has liked to look up at the sky - day and night. During the day, look at the huge and not too dazzling "sun", and at night, look at the moonless night.

His eyes moved among the stars, trying to find a stationary and extraordinarily special celestial body among the twinkling stars.

But this is doomed to be a futile attempt. There are so many stars, and he doesn't have enough information and calculation data. It is impossible for him to find the position where he was looking down on the earth. Even if he did, he would not be able to distinguish it from the stars in the sky.

But he just couldn't help it, because he knew better than anyone that there were secrets hidden in the skies of this world. There's something there, maybe some kind of surveillance device, a satellite, a space station, or a ship. Although it is highly likely that it has stopped now, it cannot be ruled out that there are other things that have not stopped hanging in the sky.

He used to be part of that surveillance device—this was the closest guess that Gawain came to after thinking about it for days.

If he didn't have the experience of looking down on the earth, if he had passed through Gawain Cecil as soon as he got here, then he would not have this knowledge at all, nor would he have the corresponding pressure, but he is Knowing something, as a modern-minded earth soul, he can't control his curiosity about the sky...and worry.

What is it that hangs in the sky? What effect does it or they have on the earth? Will it or they hang there all the time? What is the purpose of it or of its makers - if there is a maker?

All of this gave Gawain a sense of urgency that could not be treated by outsiders, as if an earthling suddenly knew that an alien spaceship was parked in the orbit above his head, even if the ship was hundreds of thousands of years old or even Hundreds of thousands of years without moving, it is difficult for people who live on the ground to feel at ease.

It is necessary to understand the ins and outs of it or them in order to sleep soundly.

And even without this worry, Gawain couldn't turn a blind eye to the sky just out of curiosity.

"By the way, you look up at the sky every day—either at the sun or at the stars."

A girl's voice suddenly came from behind, Gawain looked back, but saw the half-elf thief lady sitting on the railing of the terrace, with her back to the outside, looking at herself with a smile, her legs dangling under the railing. Swinging to and fro, not at all worried about falling.

Gao Wen glanced at her: "In the middle of the night, sneaking into other people's balconies to scare people, that's not very polite."

"Night is my world, there are shadows everywhere, I can go wherever I want," Amber swayed on the railing, his body melted into the shadows, and the next moment he appeared on the other side of the balcony, "And you are dignified. A great hero a hundred years ago, are you still afraid that someone will suddenly talk to you at night?"

Gawain was embarrassed to admit that he did get goosebumps just now...

"By the way, what are you looking at every day?" Amber looked at Gawain without saying a word, so he changed the subject, "Looking at the sun in the daytime is to identify the direction, and looking at the stars at night is astrology? Do you still know astrology?"

"What do you think there will be in the sky?" Gawain asked the other party.

"In the sky? Isn't it the stars and the sun?" Amber replied casually, "Oh right... You don't want to tell me that the palaces of the gods are also in the sky, and then preach to me? Then I don't. Interest - I believe in the goddess of shadows and the dark night, that is, Lady Ye. Lady Ye's kingdom is in the deepest part of the starless night, a place completely different from the sky in the real world. I just close my eyes and pray every day It’s even a matter of worshipping God!”

"Are you really a believer of the Goddess of the Night?" Gawain glanced at Amber with a little surprise. Although he had no faith in himself, he still knew a lot about the world's religions from Gawain Cecil's memory. , Those various gods and sects of all sizes opened his eyes to him, but at the same time he kept them at a distance, but he didn't expect that the thief in front of him who seemed to have nothing to do with piety turned out to be a man of faith.

"Just believe it, anyway, Ms. Ye doesn't ask for worship or give divine prophecies, and you don't need to visit and worship at a fixed time. Why don't I believe it if it doesn't cost me a copper plate?" Amber said lightly in the real The believers of the believers heard the rebellious words, "And the way of the shadow is somewhat related to the power of Lady Ye, sometimes I feel that I can really become a little more powerful by praying - although it turns out that it is produced after drinking too much. illusion."

Gawain pouted, and decided to ignore this half-elf with no door.

It is simply the shame of the elf - no matter what her other half bloodline is, it is also the shame of the corresponding bloodline.

"Hey, why don't you talk anymore," Amber didn't plan to let him go, "You haven't said it yet, what are you looking at?"

Gao Wen squinted at her: "Have you ever heard a saying that after death a person's soul will return to the sky, wandering among the stars, each star is actually the soul of an ancestor..."

"I haven't heard of it. I heard that after a person with faith dies, his soul will be taken away by the corresponding god he believes in, and then he will be happy in the kingdom of God, while the soul of a person without faith will be taken away by the god of death after death, and then The wife of the god of death used an iron comb to comb all the memories, and then threw them back to the world - so some people say that all beings in the world are the believers of the god of death by default, no matter what their beliefs," Amber Barabara said, "but yours This saying is also very interesting. After death, people go to heaven? Is this a religious saying from seven hundred years ago?"

Gawain was a little embarrassed: "No, this is..."

"Ah, that's right! You've died before!" Amber looked at Gawain with wide eyes as if he had discovered a new continent, and with a flick of his body came to him, leaned over and asked anxiously, "Did you die back then? After that, it will go to heaven? What is it like when a person dies? Tell me about it!"

"Go go go — go to the side!" Gawain pressed Amber's face and forcibly pushed the other side away, "When a person dies, he doesn't know anything, understand? I was just idle and talking nonsense!"

"Hey..." Amber stared at Gawain for a long time, and then turned away after confirming that the other party really didn't want to tell her, "Old people are so boring."

Gawain: "Do you say it again?!"

Suddenly, Amber was gone.