Act 50 2 Letters XV

"Antitina, open it." Brando looked at the box and said.

Antitina was startled, then reacted. She looked at her lord carefully, feeling a little moved in her heart, and then nodded lightly.

She put her hand on the cold iron box, suppressed the excitement in her heart, and recited the incantation in a low voice. Word by word came out from between her soft lips, low and clear, and the lock of the box It seemed to be held up by an invisible hand, then slid away quietly, and finally fell to the ground with a clang. She took a breath and slowly opened the box. Underneath was a layer of waterproof tarpaulin, which was divided into three tightly tied packages. The outer skin of the packages was also made of the same oilcloth, and on top of the package was placed a A letter, the sealing wax on the letter was also printed with the emblem they had seen before.

After getting the signal, Antitina opened the envelope and read the letter carefully. The contents of the letter were similar to those in the will. If anyone else finds this inheritance, I hope the discoverer can divide it into two parts. Third, he can inherit the richest part of it, while the remaining two meager parts and some miscellaneous items are left to Antitina and Sadie, so that they can at least have something to rely on in their lives, and at the same time, they can also commemorate them. There were also some words left for Antitina in the letter, mostly hoping that she would be happy and forgive him for being an irresponsible father. After the staff lady read the last sentence, she held the letter with both hands and said nothing for a long time. She lowered her head, her thick eyelashes quivering like feathers.

Brando and Freya looked at each other behind her. The future Valkyrie's eyes were full of sympathy, and she almost wanted to share the sadness in the staff lady's heart with her body. When she thought about her life experience, her heart was filled with tears. soft.

After a while, Antitina put down the letter. She looked as if nothing had happened, but her face was horribly pale: "Lord, let's open these packages."

Seeing her like this, Brando couldn't bear to talk to her and just nodded. He suddenly felt that he had really come to the right time. He thought that the staff lady had already forgotten the haze of the past, but he did not expect that these sorrows were in her heart. Buried so deeply. Antitina silently opened the largest package first, and the golden and silver light immediately illuminated the faces of the three people present. Inside were neatly arranged gold bars and silver ingots, as well as some jewelry and stacked house deeds. She quickly estimated the land deed and concluded that the property here was at least more than 100,000 tols, which was a large sum of money for a family of a small nobleman - but this money was prepared by his father for the discovery of the inheritance. Or, Antitina silently put it aside and opened the second package.

The second package contained similar things, but the amount was only about half of the previous package - it was for her mother, and there was a letter inside, signed by Sadie, her mother. Antitina did not open the envelope, but looked at the letter for a long time before gently putting it down. Then she picked up the third package—the smallest package, about the size of a dressing box, and the one left for her.

As she held the package,

She felt almost suffocated, but she still held her breath and carefully opened it. She separated the layers of oil paper and found a delicate walnut box inside. When she opened the box again, there was a ring and a thin necklace cushioned on the velvet inside the box. The moment she saw the necklace, tears finally rolled down her cheeks.

Brando and Freya looked at the necklace and were speechless. It turned out that the crystal pendant of the necklace was a beautiful recording crystal. When the box was opened, the crystal emitted light, which reflected a man. A woman stood side by side. The man had black hair and a vague outline of Antitina on his face. He smiled softly at Antitina:

"Anna, if one day you open this box with your own hands, I believe that I will no longer be alive. My beloved daughter, I, an irresponsible father, dare not ask for your forgiveness, but please believe that you My father has been pursuing the most just and just things in this world all his life. Because I know that those who contribute and take responsibility for this world can never be the sinners in other people's mouth - Anna, I hope that one day, you You can use your clear eyes to see clearly all the truth in this world, instead of being blinded by illusion, because you are so smart and are the pride of my life——"

"This ring is a token of my engagement with your mother. After obtaining your mother's consent, I left it here. I hope that one day I can leave it to you as a witness, to witness your happiness and your love. the other half.”

"Anna," said the gentle woman who looked very much like Antitina. She smiled slightly and said, "I hope one day you can find your own happiness."

"Liar..." Antitina suddenly sobbed, as if the emotions that had been suppressed finally broke out at this moment, rushing out like a bursting flood, the whimpering like a wounded beast finally turned into howling, Brando from I have never seen my quiet and calm staff lady show such a side. She is as helpless as a child, her weak shoulders are shaking, and she seems to be unable to make any sound except crying.

Brando was also choked up and speechless. Some feelings in this world can always touch people's hearts and hit the softest place in their hearts, and family love is undoubtedly the kind of emotion that will always last - no matter in his eyes No matter how strong and indifferent she acted, as if she had long forgotten everything in the past, in front of her parents, Antitina still cried like a child - not biting her lips and tears rolling in her eyes, Instead, he completely lost his voice, cried bitterly, and neighed like a wild beast.

Freya also turned her head and wiped the corners of her eyes with her hands.

I don’t know how long it took.

The staff lady finally sorted out her feelings. She blushed and tried not to look at Freya and Brando, as if she was afraid that they would see a joke. "Lord, I have checked carefully, and it seems that there are no relics of Lord Darus here." As soon as she spoke, her face couldn't help but blush even more, because her voice was so hoarse, it was almost like a different person was speaking.

Brando looked at her with some concern and asked, "Are you okay, Antitina?"

Antitina shook her head and breathed a sigh of relief. She was very confused and couldn't tell if everything was really fine. But no matter what, after getting the things her father left for her, the hatred in her heart for the father who left without saying goodbye seemed to be no longer so strong. She thought silently that maybe her mother already knew where her father had gone when she was holding her hand on the hospital bed. They had always known it because he had never deceived her mother. They just worked together to deceive her. Just her. She smiled, then shook her head slightly. Although tears were still hanging on her cheeks, the staff lady smiled very cutely.

Brando finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Freya, the kind-hearted Butchi girl who also breathed a sigh of relief.

There were no relics of Darus in the box, which was completely contrary to what was written in the letter. This was both expected and unexpected by Brando. He thought for a moment before replying: "Antitina, your father cannot guarantee that the person who unearthed his inheritance will be you, nor can he guarantee that the person who unearthed his inheritance will keep his promise and divide the inheritance between you mother and daughter, so he It’s unlikely that something of this importance would be placed directly in the estate.”

Antitina nodded.

"But he clearly wrote it in the letter..." Freya asked with some confusion: "That was a private letter, there was no need for him to lie, right?" She immediately reacted and said suddenly: "I understand. No, he doesn’t need to put Lord Darus’ relics in his inheritance, but he can really leave clues in the inheritance——”

Brando glanced at her in surprise: "...Why did you suddenly become smarter?"

Freya gritted her teeth and stared at him.

"If my father left me a message in his inheritance, I think it can only be in my package." Antitina thought for a moment and replied.

"But isn't it possible that it was in your mother's package?" Freya turned around and asked.

Antitina shook her head: "My mother's package was basically full of belongings. My father must have estimated the greed of people, and the only inheritance left to me was almost all sundries, which did not attract anyone's attention. And before I also checked my mother's package and the letter, and there was nothing noteworthy in them."

"Antitina, you guessed it early on, you have such a good mind." Freya said with some envy. She was never the smartest one in the Knight Academy. She could even be said to be a bit stupid, but for real She only envied those who were talented and intelligent, but she didn't have the slightest bit of jealousy. Her Royal Highness the Princess told her that her father was the most talented knight lord in Eruin's last era, which made her very distressed as to why she was so clumsy.

The staff lady smiled slightly.

"Have you checked it?" Brando asked again.

Antitina nodded: "I have checked the necklace, ring, and box inside and outside, and found no clues." She thought for a moment, and then replied: "I don't think my father would treat such an important matter. The information is left in a conspicuous place, and only by taking it apart can we find out where the clues are."

"But that's the last thing your father left for you -"

"It's okay, Lord," Antitina replied softly: "This is also my father's wish. He will not blame us for this. Besides, if we miss someone, we should do it in our hearts instead of dwelling on these things. Foreign objects.”

She opened the box, but Brando held her hand down. "I'll do it," he said, "show me the necklace."

Antitina was startled for a moment, raised her head and glanced at her lord, then nodded and put the necklace in his hand. Brando took the necklace and inspected it carefully. Then he pinched the pendant of the necklace and turned it slightly. After a moment, the pendant really became loose. He lowered the pendant in a certain direction, then carefully raised it to the light in the room, and then pulled out a wrapped piece of paper.

There was no hesitation in his movements, as if he had thought of all this in advance and had already guessed that the note was hidden in the necklace. Freya and Antitina next to him were completely stunned.

"Lord... Lord?" Antitina opened her mouth slightly, almost thinking that her Lord was really an all-knowing and all-powerful god.

Recording crystals have a physical property. Their crystal structure is hollow. Brando first thought of this when he checked the necklace. He tried to remove the pendant. Unexpectedly, he succeeded in one fell swoop. Sure enough, he found the key. This It was also a coincidence. He exchanged the necklace with Antitina and couldn't help but explain the reason with a wry smile. Antitina suddenly understood, but she still looked at her lord with great reverence. She was doing research on magical constructs. , is most familiar with all kinds of crystals, but the recording crystal is a partial one, because it is an artificial magic crystal, and very few people truly understand its physical properties - only my lord, who is so knowledgeable that it is almost unheard of, can It's so easy.

The three of them opened the note, only to find that there were some strange symbols drawn on the note, which looked like children's graffiti. Brando and Antitina didn't understand what it was at the first time, but instead It was Freya who said softly and blurted out: "Ah, this is a secret military text."

"Military secrets?" Brando was slightly startled. He knew that there are often secret messages that need to be transmitted in the military. Each country has a set of secret symbols modified from ancient runes. He is very familiar with Eruin's military secrets. He could decipher whether it was the 'Ansen Secret Script' from thirty years ago or the new 'New Secret Script' after the drastic changes in the frost, but these were obviously not any of them. He looked at Freya beside him with questioning eyes. , the future Valkyrie nodded to him affirmatively:

"This is the military secret text of the Cruz people, and it is an old secret text from half a century ago. I happened to study it at the Wangli Military Academy."

When she said this, Antitina also reacted. "Yes," the staff lady replied as if she had recalled something: "When I was a child, my father taught me how to read part of this secret text, but he didn't tell me what it was at the time."

Brando didn't expect that Freya had learned the secret script of the Cruz people. He immediately asked: "Can you decipher it?"

Freya read it carefully before nodding: "It's not a big problem, Brando, this seems to be a map..."

…

"what are these?"

There were three things in front of Freya, a light gray crystal, some russet stone flakes, and a papyrus map with only a few lines outlined - these three things were all taken out of the same iron box. Yes, this box was taken out from under the floor of an old house in the Hood District after she deciphered the cipher text - and of course, she didn't recognize any of it.

Brando found a way to get Dean to spend some money to smuggle Antitina's father's inheritance out of the cemetery. He cast an elemental guardian spell on the box so that those people could not open the box; There are a lot of "works" coming in and out of the cemetery. Most of the wizards who secretly practice black magic will not transport the corpses out one by one with great fanfare, so it is not surprising to use boxes. Brando originally He was worried that it would arouse suspicion, but he still underestimated the extent to which these things were common among tomb robbers.

After the tombkeeper got a sum of money from Dean, he patted his chest and assured him not to mention sending out such a box. Even if he had to carry a few coffins out of the cemetery, there would be absolutely no problem. Then he didn't know where to find some quick people. In Brando's eyes, the behavior of those guys had some traces of the Brotherhood of Thieves. In short, with the help of these people, the box was smuggled smoothly. There was no twists and turns in the process. The people transporting the boxes had done this kind of work countless times over the years. The box full of gold and silver was like moving a stone in their hands. There was not much at all from beginning to end. Have a look.

Brando couldn't help but feel lucky. Fortunately, he was smart enough to add a wind wing technique to the box. Otherwise, based on the experience of these people, they would probably find something wrong with the weight as soon as they get started.

By the time they transported everything back to the manor and went to the Hood District to retrieve the last relics of Antitina's father - or rather the relics of Sword Master Darus, it was almost evening. Brando opened the box in his study and took out the contents of the box one by one, and then the above scene appeared.

However, compared to Freya's confusion, Brando and Antitina seemed to have different expressions.

"Lord, these stone flakes..." the staff member remembered keenly: "I seem to have seen it when I was a child. The first time my father bought it from a merchant, he seemed to have found a treasure. Since then, he has been buying it from various merchants. He bought these flakes from anywhere. I remember that he was playing with these flakes for quite some time.”

"Did he tell you anything?" Brando stared at the gray crystal and asked without looking back.

Antitina recalled it, but shook her head: "I was too young at that time, and I vaguely remembered that my father had said it several times, which seemed to mean that these stone pieces were the key to something, but then these stone pieces They gradually disappeared from my sight. I thought my father had lost interest in them, but I didn’t expect that he actually kept them.”

"Antitina, you have never thought that these things are actually related to my grandfather." Brando replied.

"I'm afraid yes, according to the letter, this box contains the relics of Lord Darus, as well as the fragments of the 'picture' that my father called - are these stone fragments mentioned?" Antitina asked in confusion.

But Brando didn't answer.

He stared hard at the gray gem. (To be continued)

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