() 1072 Terra A.D., Lentinium, capital of Victoria.

Major General Derek, the deputy commander of the 4th Military Region of the Central Army in Victoria, received an A-class assignment late one night.

The meaning of A-level missions is that the specific source of the mission cannot be investigated, the content of the mission cannot be interpreted by itself, and the mission information cannot be leaked for life, otherwise it will violate the most serious military law.

At that time, Derek was very strange that this task was only given to him alone, which meant that he could not let any of his subordinates except himself know about this task, and as a senior officer, he could not understand why he should let a deputy commander of the military district in his 40s carry out such a secret mission himself.

At the same time, he was even more puzzled about the content of the A-class mission.

The mission is to secretly transport a boy from Lentinium to an orphanage in a city in southern Victoria, where he must be discreet, and in order to be untraceable, the city is randomly selected by him upon his arrival in the southern region, and the mission will be carried out after 48 hours.

At this point, Derek hadn't noticed anything out of the ordinary, and as a soldier, he just had to follow the instructions of his superiors to complete the task.

But the night before he left, he received a secret mission again, and the task turned out to be from the Chief of the Emperor Victoria's Affairs, which was almost the highest order of authority he had access to, and the content of the mission was only one sentence.

After taking the boy out of the northern region, he got rid of his followers and secretly killed him.

In his more than 20 years of military career, Derek has gone from an ordinary soldier to the deputy commander of the military district, and over the years he has carried out countless missions, including some inhumane missions, which are inevitable in the course of history, and as a soldier, he does not need to have thoughts.

The meaning of this mission is obvious, the military chief wants the boy to die, but he can't let him die in the open, in other words, he doesn't want others to know that the boy is dead, and the information released to the public is still that he is still alive, but he doesn't know where he is.

Secretly killing a strange boy is not an insurmountable mental obstacle for Derek, he doesn't know why someone is tracking him, the difficulty is only how to get rid of the person who is tracking.

However, the complexity of this event is far beyond Derek's imagination.

Just four hours before the mission departed, he received another mission, this time from the source of the Victorian Empire, the supreme administrator of all Victoria except for the king.

The text in the quest message looks like this:

Officer Derek, you're a soldier, but at the root of it, you're a Victorian soldier, this is the highest order from the Victorian royal family, you have to do everything you can to keep this boy alive and make the mission poster think he's dead, I don't care what method you use, don't let this boy appear in northern Victoria for the next 15 years

After Derek burned the mission letter, he sat down in his chair and sweated profusely.

This is perhaps the most difficult multiple-choice question he has encountered in his life so far.

On the one hand, there was an order from the Chief of War, and on the other hand, an order from the Chief Executive, and the Imperial Family was also moved, and although it is impossible to verify whether the will of the Imperial Family was true or false, the Order of the Chief Executive was accurate.

By this point, he already basically knew the boy's identity.

..............

The candlelight shone on Derek's old face.

Xia Feng continued to ask.

"And then, what choice did you make?"

Derek let out a feeble wry smile.

"I couldn't disobey the orders of either side, and in the end, I chose a way worthy of my military status, and at the same time worthy of my Victorian military status, and ended this mission, of course, I was only one person who was ashamed."

"How?"

Derek shuddered and pulled out a cigarette from under the coffee table, it seemed that he hadn't smoked for a long time, and his action of lighting the cigarette was a little rusty.

"I took the boy to Notting City and abandoned him in the chaotic area of the Infected, in that environment, he should have died quickly, and even if he didn't die, he would have died within a few years after contracting the ore disease, which was considered to have fulfilled the order of the Chief of War, and at the same time, I did not kill him with my own hands, once he contracted the ore disease, he would definitely die in 15 years, based on the boy's age at the time, he would be almost an adult in 15 years, so it was almost impossible for him to return to northern Victoria before that, It can also be regarded as the completion of the task of the chief executive. ”

"That's your choice?"

"That's right, at that time I naively thought that this was the most correct choice, I was just an officer, and this choice did not offend anyone, but then I came and found that I was wrong, because my choice offended two forces in the top at the same time, but for some reason, this matter was over, but the impact on me was far from over."

Derek took a deep puff of his cigarette and continued.

"Then I couldn't bear the pressure from the top, and I even sensed that the ripple effects of this mission could kill me, and two years later, I was forced to resign as Deputy Commander of the Military Region, left northern Victoria, and after a few rounds, I ended up in Notting City, where I had abandoned the child, and I thought he was long dead, so I forgot about that mission."

Hearing this, Xia Feng had already understood everything.

"Then you set up your own gang in Notting City and became the boss of the gang, until one day ten years later, you met the boy you abandoned in the infected area on the street, he is Nanfeng."

"That's right."

Xia Feng clenched his fists and asked in a deep voice.

"What is the true identity of the South Wind? Are the Aslans Victorian royalty? ”

Derek's voice was soft.

"A hundred years ago, the Aslan were indeed Victoria's royal family, but now in addition to the real royal family of Lentinium, most of the Aslan people Victoria sees on weekdays are sideline, and some are not even nobles, except for the south wind, of course."

"Who the hell is the South Wind?"

"He is the son of the current King of Victoria, King Willanson."

Xia Feng narrowed his eyes, and sure enough, it was so!

Later, Derek told him a few more things about the Victorian royal family.

The current king of Victoria, King Willanson, is now 61 years old, and he and the queen have two princes and a princess, all three of whom are now recognized by the Yuan Parliament as the rightful heirs to the throne.

However, the high-level officials who know the inside story know that 21 years ago, Wilansen and a royal maid secretly gave birth to a baby boy, and the queen was furious when she found out, and then secretly sent the baby boy out of the royal palace in Lentinium on the grounds of impure blood, and has been in the sea since then.

And the person who carried out that mission was Derek.

In fact, in Xia Feng's opinion, whether the bloodline is pure or impure is an excuse, and it is all the species of King Wilansen, can it be impure?

The queen only wants her children to inherit the throne, and there are many high-level forces involved behind this, and it is not difficult to see from Derek's description that Victoria's military chief is on the queen's side, and the chief executive is definitely not to help the maid, Xia Feng doesn't think these politicians have any sense of justice, it is obvious that the chief executive is the opposition of the queen's forces.

Today, King Wilansen is still in power, but the undercurrent of royal government has begun to surge more than 20 years ago, and the change of dynasties in each generation is not only the transfer of the throne, but also represents the rise and fall of some high-level forces, which is an immutable principle for the ages.

However, after knowing the true identity of Nanfeng, Xia Feng's main concern is not the battle for Victoria's throne, but another matter, which involves a very important person to him.

"Old Mr. Derek, I want to know, did King Wilanson have only one illegitimate child back then?"

Derek thought about it.

"That's the only time I've ever been told."

"I mean, do you think it's possible that there will be the same mission after that, but the person who will carry out the mission is not you."

Derek understood what Xia Feng meant, and saw him chuckle meaningfully.

"Although there is no accurate evidence, I think that there is a first time and a second time for this kind of thing, and I don't know if I am the first person to perform this kind of task, but I think that I am definitely not the last, but if there were, those children may not be as lucky as Nanfeng to live to adulthood."

Xia Feng continued to ask.

"Then do you know what common characteristics people with royal blood have?"

"Well, as far as I know, the blood of the first king of Victoria had three excellent qualities, strength, wisdom, and leadership, and among his descendants, the person who inherited the three qualities undoubtedly had the qualifications to obtain the throne, but after generations of reproduction, no one can inherit all three qualities at the same time."

"What do you mean?"

"Not all orthodox descendants of the royal family will inherit the qualities of the previous king, but there is no doubt that strength, wisdom, and leadership, as long as they inherit one of these characteristics, this person is a descendant of the Victorian royal family with pure blood, and this characteristic will be infinitely magnified when the person reaches adulthood, and its light cannot be concealed."