Morning Glow, in the palace garden. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Otto Losi and Oro Tokat sneak up behind a rockery.

Of course, it wasn't entirely sneaky - at least when they walked into the palace area, they passed through the gate in front of the guards. As long as they don't go to the forbidden area of the palace, their movements will not be hindered in any way, and all the guards know that Lossy and the Tokat family have always been loyal supporters of the royal family, and the two will also become the chief ministers of the Grand Prince when they take over the family.

"Hey, do you really want to do this?" Otto couldn't help but be a little nervous.

If the Castle of Dawn, where the Lord of Dawn frequents, is a forbidden area, then the dormitory in the castle is a forbidden area. They do know of a secret passage from the garden to the palace - this narrow underground passage is supposed to be one of the palace's several escape passages, which they explored with Andrea and Prince Ampein as children, and the four of them used it as their secret base, and occasionally held a small party in it.

Of course, they were only about ten years old at that time, and even if they were discovered by His Majesty Moya, they would be scolded at most. But now that the two of them are adults, what will Your Majesty think if they sneak into the dormitory without permission?

"Please, the three families joined forces to find out the reason why Ampein became stranger, isn't that what you proposed?" Ao Luo pouted, "Now that it's a critical time, you actually want to back down again?"

"I ......" Otto opened his mouth, momentarily speechless.

"But I'm really convinced of you, I actually used Andrea's recent situation to trick Master Quinn's tone, if it weren't for the fact that you were her playmate since childhood, and changed to someone else, I think what his old man wanted to do the most was to kill people. Aoro looked over as he spoke, "Now is the best time to know the truth, what are you going to do?"

Otto hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and nodded.

Because the news revealed by Earl Quinn is really surprising.

Ever since His Majesty fell ill, the eldest prince had often met an alchemist in the palace and invited those who were ill out of the palace. I heard that His Majesty can wake up for an hour or two every day, which is the credit of the man's use of special medicine to suppress the disease. Andrea's father, as the former prime minister, naturally had the opportunity to enter the palace to ask His Majesty about political affairs, and he had seen the alchemist at a glance, and the other party was actually a young woman, and her whole body was covered in black veil, and only her dull silver-gray pupils could be seen.

After hearing this, Otto thought of the church in an instant.

He wouldn't have thought about it if he hadn't made a trip to Grey Keep, but after meeting Roland Wimbledon, the news that the Church was secretly cultivating the Pure and trying to overthrow the power of the Four Kingdoms and gather strength for the Doomsday War had taken root in his heart.

In the end, he didn't tell Earl Quinn this information, after all, the matter was so high-impact that he had to confirm that his guess was correct before making the next decision.

Knowing from the Count that the alchemist would appear today, Otto immediately thought of this secret passage that he had frequented as a child.

Since it is impossible to get the support of the eldest prince, he can only find the truth in this way.

Seeing him nod, Oro immediately sprang into action - brushing aside knee-high weeds, and using a dagger to pry up a cover plate disguised as an ordinary stone block behind the rockery, and the rusty iron railing soon appeared in front of the two of them. The fence was almost an arm's length wide and could only be opened from the inside with a key, but it was difficult for the two of them who had been prepared for it.

Aoro pulled out a glass bottle from his belt bag, lifted the lid, and poured the tawny liquid from the bottle over the lock.

A choking white of the eyes suddenly rose, and the railing that had been stained with liquid made a sizzling sound, like butter thrown into a hot pan.

This is exactly the molten iron prepared by the alchemy master of Glowlight City, a fist-sized bottle costs more than ten golden dragons, and the process does not turn the iron into a puddle of black water in the blink of an eye as the other party claims, and the lock that has been poured two bottles and shrunk twice before falling off the railing.

Then the two of them bent down and crawled into the hole, and Oro did not forget to turn around and close the slate.

After climbing a dozen or so steps, the passage was slightly wider and ready for people to stand and walk. Otto expertly fumbled for the oil lamp hanging on the wall and lit it with flint. A faint light illuminated the stone walls and arched ceilings - after more than ten years of absence, the secret passage remained the same as before, as if time had stood still here, and when you passed by the lounge halfway through, you could still see the soft mats and wine glasses they had dragged in for the party.

As the road curved back and forth and climbed upward, Otto Lossy knew he had entered the castle of Morning Light.

The walls of the castle are divided into two layers, like sandwich bread, and the empty part in the middle is reserved for the secret room and the secret passage. When the two of them reached the end of the secret passage, they were behind the fireplace in the dormitory bedroom.

Since the mechanism had to be opened from the dormitory, they could not enter the bedroom directly, but they could get a rough view of the bedroom through the small gap in the trapdoor. And if it's quiet enough, you can hear the people in the room talking.

Otto extinguished the oil lamp and brought his eyes to the slit.

The fireplace was facing a large bed, and on the bed lay His Majesty Deagan Moya, Lord of the Morning Sun. And the eldest prince Ampein walked back and forth by the bedside, looking a little anxious.

The two looked at each other, nodded knowingly, and leaned cautiously against the stone slab of the trapdoor - it was clear that His Highness was waiting for the alchemist to arrive.

After about half an hour, there was finally a new movement in the room.

They immediately tilted their heads and squinted.

I saw two women enter the bedroom, one of them was the black gauze alchemist mentioned by Count Quinn, and the other was probably the alchemist's assistant, carrying a satchel, wearing a red and white robe and cape, and with beautiful golden curls.

"You're late!" said Ampein, dismayed.

"I'm sorry," the blonde woman said stroking her chest, "something went wrong on the road, and it took a lot of time. ”

"Whatever you say, just wake up your father," the black gauze man replied coldly, "What does it matter if it's a little sooner or later." ”

"We can't say that, we still have to rely on the help of His Royal Highness the Prince," she pulled out a green porcelain vase from her bag, "It's good for us to keep on good terms, isn't it?"

"Give me the medicine," Ampein took two steps forward, but was stopped by the man in the black veil.

"Have you forgotten our agreement? I have to feed it to be effective, and in exchange, you must meet His Majesty's requirements. ”

Your Majesty!

Otto's heart was shocked, this honorific would only be used when addressing the Pope, and the other party was really a person sent by the Church?

He couldn't help but bite his lip, so the two people in front of him were not alchemists at all, but legendary purifiers?