On the city wall, even though there were dozens of elites of the Royal Knights standing beside him, including the Imperial Sword Tyreg, Xia Feng did not have any defense.

Because he doesn't feel any killing intent from Verin at this moment, there is just a loneliness that no one can understand, and the confusion that he doesn't want people to see through.

.....

Seeing that Xia Feng hadn't said anything more, Verin stood up from the front of the wooden table with a wine glass.

"You know what, I love this place."

"Walls?"

"Yes."

Walking out of the sheltered place, Verin gently rested her hand on the stone bricks covered with the marks of time.

"In this day and age, with the technology to move cities and an efficient army, the existence of walls has been diluted and could have been demolished long ago."

Indeed, this is also where Xia Feng wondered when he first came to Lentinium.

Of all the large cities in Victoria, there are basically none, except for Lentinium which retains walls that do not correspond to the cosmopolitan style.

Stepping on the city wall dozens of meters high, Xia Feng said calmly.

"Then why not tear it down."

"I said it because I like it here."

Verin gently stroked the cold stone bricks.

"Do you know who built this wall, yes, it is the ancestor of my royal line, and the first king who laid down this land."

Verin's voice was hollow and magnetic, drifting out with the night wind.

"Victoria is the land that my Aslan people plundered from others, it is a history that has been erased, and today's children only know the strength, wisdom, and leadership of the king, but very few people know how many people sacrificed Victoria today."

Raising her head, Verin drank the wine in her glass again, and wiped her mouth with her snow-white sleeves freely, which she would never do in her usual noble and elegant manner.

"This wall was built by my ancestors after they took complete control of this land, and its purpose is not only to defend against foreign enemies, but also to remind the descendants of the royal family to protect this country no matter what happens. There are countless corpses of soldiers buried under the city wall, there are compatriots, there are enemies, listen carefully, this wall can speak, it wants to tell the rulers of the past generations, if the country is broken, what price will be paid. ”

The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the snowflakes falling in the air are getting denser.

Xia Feng quietly listened to Verin's story about the city wall, and already roughly understood what Verin wanted to express.

....

When the spirit of a country cannot be unified, no matter who is right or wrong, the choice of the ruler will be incomprehensible by a part of the population, which is inevitable.

It's just that Xia Feng still doesn't understand why Verin chose this way.

Quietly looking at Wei Lin's side face, Xia Feng asked the doubts in his heart.

"Verin, why?"

At this moment, Verin's eyes staring at the night sky became more and more confused, but in the confusion, there was a trace of tired firmness.

"yes, why?"

Verin did not tell Xia Feng the so-called "truth".

It's not because it's a secret, it's because what the other person can't understand doesn't make sense at all.

Perhaps, with Verin's wisdom, she has not fully deduced the inevitable result, but as a royal bloodline, she must make a choice, even if it is wrong in the end.

....

Wei Lin had no intention of explaining, and Xia Feng would not ask, at this moment, he didn't even care about the "truth" anymore.

There was only one thing he needed to confirm with Verin.

"Verin, do you want to protect this country?"

"Of course."

"Do you also protect your people?"

"The people are the foundation of the country, and without the people, the country will cease to exist."

Under the night sky, above the city walls, Xia Feng asked one last question.

"Do you have the people in mind, including the infected?"

....

Suddenly, a strong wind blew on the walls, and Verin's coat over her shoulders was blown up by the wind, and her golden hair fluttered in all directions.

Because of the wind, Xia Feng only saw Verin's lips move slightly, and didn't hear what her answer was.

However, Xia Feng was very sure, and Verin's answer was not yes.

...

Some things don't need to be deliberately pointed out, Verin is a smart person, and the summer breeze in her eyes is the same.

The difference in positions has doomed them to go in opposite directions in the future.

But at least for now, they can still talk face-to-face, of course, only now, at this moment, at this point in time, on the wall under the night sky.

....

Stretching out her hand, Xia Feng caught Verin's coat that had been blown off by the wind.

Under the gaze of dozens of elites of the Royal Knights, Xia Feng slowly walked over to Verin and helped her re-drape her coat over her shoulders.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Are you going back to the South?"

"Yes."

"You'll be back."

"Of course."

A strange look flashed in Verin's eyes, and she closed her eyes slightly, the corners of her mouth curled.

"Is it because of her, that sister of mine?"

Xia Feng's answer was undisguised.

"Yes."

This was the first time Verin had taken the initiative to mention her sister Vina.

"That kid, it's a little different from me, she's stupider than me, don't get me wrong, I'm not stupid."

At the edge of the city wall, Summer Wind and Verin stand side by side.

"Do you know her well, your sister?"

Verin shook her head slightly.

"I've never spoken to her since I was born, but getting to know someone is more than just communicating."

"Because you have inherited the wisdom of the kings who came before you?"

Hearing Xia Feng's words, Verin's eyes darkened.

"Xia Feng, you know her, but you don't know me, wisdom is a double-edged sword, and the so-called inheritance is the same, I will never be blindly confident, on the contrary, the smarter I am, the more hesitant I will sometimes."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Are you hesitating now?"

"Perhaps."

.....

Tightening the coat over her shoulders, Verin sniffed, then pretended to breathe a sigh of relief.

I don't know if it's because of the cold, her eyes are a little red.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, Xia Feng, do you want to have a drink together? It should be a farewell wine to you. ”

"My pleasure."

.....

Xia Feng once hated Verin, because she turned a blind eye to the situation of the infected, and he even had the extreme urge to kill Verin.

But at this moment, when he looked at Verin's thin body and frozen red ears, he couldn't hold back his hatred at all.

Is Verin really greedy for supreme power?

Does she really want to hold the imperial power firmly in her own hands and clear some hidden dangers that threaten her rule to ensure her position?

He didn't know.

Perhaps, this first princess, who inherited the [wisdom] of the previous king, is also standing at an unimaginable height and looking at the world.

It's like, standing outside this world.

.....

In the cold wind, the bitter wine went down the stomach, and the summer breeze left silently.

There was no goodbye, no goodbye, under the watchful eye of Verin, under the watchful eye of the Royal Knights, Xia Feng walked down the wall built by King Victoria.

....

It wasn't until a long, long time later, when Xia Feng left Victoria and sat under a cherry blossom tree to reminisce about the past, that he realized it.

At that time, he recalled the bits and pieces of the conversation with Verin that night, and he realized why Verin's eyes were red at that time.

At the same time, he also understood why Verin would let him go back to the south where the conflict of positions had been determined.

Until a few years later.

Even if the dust settles and everything that used to be has long ended, Xia Feng still can't be sure whether Verin's choice at that time was wrong or not.

He couldn't find answers in person.

....

Because, that day, his meeting with Verin on the city wall turned out to be the last in his life.

After that, he never saw Verin again until the end of Victoria's Dark Ages.