I'm not that kind of orc

"Nothing, just start your performance." I spread my hands.

Feilan snorted and turned her attention back to the sword.Stretched out and touched the rusty scabbard with the tip of his nails, and frowned, "This sword is too broken and dirty...can't it be cleaned? Does anyone have a handkerchief?"

Speaking of which, she still has a cleanliness...

"I have it!" Arsena took out a handkerchief from her pocket and handed it over - pink and embroidered with unknown flower petals.

Feilan took the pink handkerchief with surprise on her face, unfolded it, and then looked at Arsena: "A big man like you uses this?"

Even I, who have never used this kind of labor, can recognize that it is a style for women.

"Eh? This...everyone has his own choice!" Arsena smiled awkwardly, pulling the corners of her mouth.

If you want to dress up as a man, you should get the details right...

Feilan didn't say much, she wrapped the handkerchief around her hand, passed her fingers across the scabbard through the handkerchief, and paused in the middle.

"Kratay." She uttered this short incantation, and then a strange pattern that seemed to be made of black smoke emerged in the air directly above that position.

After carefully observing the pattern, she raised the corners of her mouth in disdain: "It's quite a rough seal, it's old. Magical encryption is also constantly improving, and this ancient technique is not challenging at all."

She shook her head, and took out a token-like prop from the inside of the robe and placed it on top of the pattern. The characters on the token immediately reacted and shimmered. It was "sucked" in by the token like a puff of smoke.

"Okay, you're done!" Feilan wrapped her handkerchief on the sword, and pushed the sword towards us along the table.

"That's all right?" Arsena picked up the sword, grabbed the hilt and pulled it out vigorously. This time, the sword was out of the sheath by a few inches in an instant.

"Whoa!" She and I exclaimed at the same time.

"Hmph, you two are so rare and strange." Feilan said in a flat tone, but a smug smile could not be restrained on her face.

Arsena pulled out the whole sword excitedly.

Unlike the rusty scabbard, the blade of this sword is well preserved.It is a wide-bladed long sword. The blade is cast black with unknown materials or craftsmanship. In the center of the blade, there is an imperceptible pale white rune.

"This style is good, I like it." Arsena nodded, "But it is specially sealed, so what's so special about it?"

"Did the person who found the sword say nothing?" Feilan asked casually.

Arsena thought about it for a while: "It is said that a stone tablet was unearthed together, and it is written that this sword can fulfill the wish of the holder."

"I've never heard of that kind of thing." Feilan shook her head, "And after the seal is released, I can't feel any magic power in this sword."

"Huh? Is this just an ordinary sword?" Arsena was obviously disappointed, "Then why was it sealed?"

"Some magic items are time-sensitive, and there are many examples of loss of power and specificity during the preservation process." Feilan explained for her, "This sword is indeed quite old, and I recognize the writing on the sword, That's your human's ancient writing, and it's at least 2000 years old."

"Our writing? I have also studied history, so I can't recognize it at all."

"It's natural that you can't recognize it. You humans didn't even build a few decent countries 2000 years ago. That period of history has been lost to you, and a large part of it is preserved by us elves. .”

"Then do you know what this word is?"

"Of course I know this word..." Feilan paused here.

Arsena and I pricked up our ears to listen.

"...It means 'sword', nothing special." Feilan continued.

"..."

"..."

We were all silent.

Ancient humans were so boring...

"Is it just an antique sword... well, forget it, anyway, it's very cheap." Although a little disappointed, Arsena finally accepted it, put the sword back into the scabbard, and put it back in the box.

"Hey, let's talk..." Feilan coughed dryly again, turned her face away slightly, and looked sideways, "Did you guys forget something?"

Arsena and I looked at her and exchanged glances.

This time, I can see what Alsena is thinking without reminding me.

The expression on Feilan's face now... is almost the same as the words "quickly praise me" written on her face.

"Thank you, Miss Feilan, thanks to you!" Arsena thanked her sincerely.

"I didn't expect you to be good at this." I also responded.

"It would be really difficult without you!"

"I really can't see it..."

"Miss Feilan is invincible!"

"Well, you really can't judge people by their appearance!"

Every time we said something, the corners of Feilan's mouth rose a little, but soon she frowned.

"Slow down!" She stared at me, "Why do I feel that what you said is not quite right!"

"It's your illusion." I replied calmly.

shadow walker (1)

The first signs of the incident were three days later.

Late that night, Roland sent an owl familiar to fly to my dormitory and summoned me to her office.

After I walked into the room and sat down on the chair, Roland, who was sitting behind the desk, stared at me for a while, then sighed, and said the opening remark: "Next time, if you can, don't say anything. Can I catch my familiar? Yege was raised by me from a young bird, and I raised it for several years, but you almost strangled it to death."

The fat owl was resting on the back of the bench where Roland was sitting, huddled up in fear, its feathers messed up.

"This... sorry." I scratched my head.

When the fat bird flew to the window, I just walked over there and caught it in my hand.At first I was happy that a stupid prey came to my door for supper, but the next second Roland's yell to stop it rang in my mind through spiritual magic, which scared me to death.

"At that time, I was attaching my spirit to Yege, and my senses were also shared with it. The feeling of being caught by you suddenly but unable to resist is really terrible, can you understand?" She mourned Look over here.

"..."

Come on, I have personally experienced the horror of being forcibly grabbed by you with this body!

Then she went on to say: "I thought I was going to be violated..."

"No matter how stupid I am, I won't fuck an owl, okay!" I immediately complained fiercely, "If you don't talk about business, I'll go back!" I made a gesture to stand up.

"Okay, okay, let's talk about business." Roland waved his hand, "I came to you, mainly to ask, how are you and our Highness doing?"

What seemed like a casual inquiry seemed unusual because of the timing at which she purposely called me here.

Normally at this time, even as the dean, she should have gone back long ago.Even if it's because I stayed so late for work, there's no need to summon me today just to ask about such a trivial matter.

"It's okay, I'm a little bit used to her pace." I simply replied, "That guy is pestering me as always, and I have to practice swords with her tomorrow."

"So, have you guys encountered any...strange things recently?" Her eyes suddenly became a little serious.

"Strange thing?" I frowned slightly, "What's wrong? Has anything happened here recently?"

"Brock, have you heard of the supernatural events that happened in the academy recently?"

I shook my head.

"That's right, after all, there are very few students here who are willing to talk to you, Brock." Roland thought to himself.

So sorry about that!

"Actually, recently, many students and teachers have reported to me that they repeatedly witnessed some strange events in the academy, such as a figure floating across the corridor in the middle of the night, and the armor placed in the training ground moved by itself, and then walked out a certain distance and returned to itself. Falling apart, these incidents scare a lot of people."

"Hey! No matter how you think about it, someone is playing a prank, right? After all, all of you elves know how to use magic,"

"Several teachers in the branch have investigated it specially, and found no trace of the technique. If it was just a student's prank, it would be impossible to hide it from them. As for the teachers and staff, I don't think there should be any. Who would be bored enough to do such a thing." Roland shook his head.

"You mean, there are other people playing tricks?" I heard what she meant, and couldn't help but tense up, "It's those guys?"

At this time, it is natural to be the first to think that the elf main combat faction that we have been on guard against has started to act.

"To be honest, I personally think that this possibility is not great. Let alone that I have warned them specifically, even if they are determined to make some small moves, logically speaking, they should not be so stupid That's right." Roland put his hands on the desk to support his side face.

"I think so too." I nodded.

The purpose of the main combat faction is to thwart Roland's proposal, and the easiest way to do this is to attack me directly - kill me directly, or set up a trick to charge me with an indelible charge.

But no matter which one you choose, normally you should prepare it secretly, and then implement it at the critical moment.It's not good for them to make such a meaningless movement.

"No matter what, it's better to be careful. During this period of time, you and I, as well as that Highness, are very sensitive, so don't take it lightly." Roland looked solemn.

"Wait, what does this have to do with Arthena?" I frowned slightly.

"Another thing, the child's birthday will be in a while. According to the tradition of the Helgia royal family, the king's children will receive the title at the coming-of-age ceremony. Once she officially becomes the crown prince and appears in front of the world, she In the end, succession to the throne will become a certainty. Now is the time when the conflict between the two factions supporting her and opposing her in Hergia is at its most intense." Roland replied calmly.

"How can there be people who oppose her? She has been dressed as a 'Prince' for several years!" I was taken aback.

"The most stubborn old-fashioned faction will not accept this practice of changing the soup without changing the medicine. Although these opposition factions are only a very small number of informed real power factions, there is a strong man among them, that is, The current prime minister of Hergia. The prime minister family of Hergia is actually the regent royal family. They are a branch of the royal family at the beginning of the founding of Hergia. " Roland said with a sigh of relief, leaning back on the chair, Yege on the back of the chair moved to the side, "Then this prime minister has been admonishing the king to reject Arsena's succession, change In order to continue to wait for a suitable heir to appear in the collateral line, or choose a husband-in-law for Alsena, and then choose a male heir from the next generation of heirs, that is, succession by generation. Of course, considering the current King Ferian No matter which method you choose, it will inevitably cause the throne to be broken, and at that time, the representative of the regent royal family, that is, he will have to temporarily take over the power."

"Hey, I said this too bluntly, right?" Even if I don't know much about tactics, I can smell something unusual, "Then the king must have vetoed this proposal."

"King Filiant..." Roland paused here, "Now I have considered accepting this proposal."

"What? Is this king stupid?" I couldn't hold back for a moment.

"Don't say that in front of other people." Roland smiled wryly, "King Filiant is not a stupid person, it's better to say that he is very wise among all the rulers of human countries. Yes, but his daughter has always been his weakness."

I couldn't help but froze.

"I have also talked about these things with him in letters. He has always been very concerned about his daughter's decision, because one of his vows made her decide to dress up as another gender for the rest of her life. No wonder he has Such an idea, carrying a country under a false identity, walking on thin ice every day in order not to be discovered by outsiders, and it is even impossible to have a normal marriage from then on—this is really hard to call a normal life. Fei Li King Ante has decided to forcibly call Arsena back to discuss this matter, and of course this 'discussion' may only sound nice."

"That girl is leaving?" I subconsciously widened my eyes, "Wait, those people...are they really not going to listen to Arsena's own opinion?"

Although I have never quite understood Arthena's approach, I feel unhappy when I think that she has put in so much effort but is destined to be in vain in the end.

"But do you think that child might agree?" Roland asked back.

"This..." I was at a loss for words.

With that girl's paranoid temperament, it's hard to imagine that she can honestly accept that her inheritance right has been rejected.

"The happiness that parents expect for their children may not be what the children themselves want..." Roland said with emotion, "But there is another important reason why King Philiant is going to veto the child's inheritance. It’s just that he doesn’t want his daughter to be involved in power struggles.”

"Power struggle?"

"That's right, the internal situation of Helgia's court seems to be quite complicated." Roland said meaningfully.

"Could it be that there are still people in that country who are against her?" I suddenly became alert.