In line with the principle that the information given by the NPCs in the game must be valid information, Yu Yuan followed the guidance of the so-called "Soul of Wells" and went to the library, and rummaged through the corresponding bookshelves for a long time. Since Wells says "if he sees it he'll recognize it," there must be a reason.

"The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft? Why do I think it's this book?" Yu Yuan said to himself, tiptoeing and pulling out a moderately thick book.

The books on the shelf have no corresponding rules. Except for this one that looks a little special, most of the other books are very ordinary books. But if Wells was referring to this one, didn't the former king also suspect his witch identity?

"You can't say it." Lin Ling gave the same answer again, "Come on."

Yu Yuan sat down in the corner and spread the book on his knees. In their kingdom, witchcraft, wizards, etc. are very secretive. If this book can appear here, eight or nine out of ten are included as a banned book, etc., and the bookshelf where it is located is also in the innermost part of the entire library.

"The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft" records all kinds of sorcerer spells. Yu Yuan looked in the catalogue and found nothing marked. Although this book has been in place for a long time, it seems that no one has read it. the way it was.

One thing though - Wells has seen it.

"Why did Wells read this kind of book, is there something wrong with him or is there a problem with me, or is it just curious?"

Lin Ling knew he was talking to himself, and only said, "You might as well look down first."

The author of this book is obviously not very competent, and this book is more like cramming all kinds of collected information into one brain. In addition to wizard spells, various things about monsters are also mentioned.

Soon, Yu Yuan noticed one of the messages.

"...monsters and humans can combine to give birth to a mixed blood product. This type of mixed blood is called a 'magic seed'..."

He suddenly remembered the previous speculation about Fernando.

Fernando, the eye in question, he thought before that there should be something related to monsters hidden under the other party's blindfold. Also, Fernando and Wells' shared mother, the expelled Queen Doris.

A guess gradually formed in Yu Yuan's heart.

"Their mother, wouldn't it be a monster..."

Almost at the same time as Yu Yuan whispered these words, the progress bar of the task [Fernando's Secret] rose to "10/100".

Lin Ling: "You can continue to guess."

Yu Yuan recalled the descriptions about monsters he had seen before. These creatures had different shapes, some were like flowers, plants and trees, and they still maintained the general shape before they became monsters, and some were like fairies and succubus. A species of genus, but in a way...similar to humans.

"Queen Doris was expelled, and she did not come from a big family. Fernando has been attacked as 'problem with blood', but he and Wells are the same mother. The only explanation I can think of is that his problem is Yes, um..." Yu Yuan calmly recalled the prompts that had appeared since entering the game, "The monster component in his body is higher than that of Wells?"

Wells's appearance was normal before his death, but Fernando had a problem with one eye, and the difference between the two brothers was here.

The progress bar goes up to "13/100".

Lin Ling listened to his reasoning, while Yu Yuan was still thinking.

"No, maybe it's not just the bloodline, Fernando's eye problem appeared when he almost died in the monster's lair - this is a hint from Daisy. Perhaps, it was what Fernando experienced in the lair that he was originally hidden. The blood of the monsters is stimulated?"

"So compared to Wells, who looks normal, the tip with the eye problem is the one with the 'blood problem', but in fact it's just him exposed."

There are only two main lines in this game mission, which are related to the two main characters, and the information provided by other NPCs must be related to these two missions.

This conclusion is inferred, and the progress bar suddenly rises to "25/100".

But still a lot worse.

With the current information, Yu Yuan can only think of this first.

"By the way." Lin Ling snapped his fingers, "They are both brothers, with exactly the same blood. It can be said that your ex-husband is recessive, while tips are dominant, so tips are considered problematic."

The mission finally made a certain breakthrough, and Yu Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"In this case, Tipi was called away by the servant several times to remind him that 'it's time'. This matter should also have something to do with his identity as a monster?"

"You can try."

Yu Yuan put down the "Witchcraft Encyclopedia" and was about to get up, but at this moment, a book fell from the bookshelf by himself.

"..." What's going on here.

He picked up the book and saw that it was a collection of poems called "A Rose for You". Looking up again, this collection of poems was originally on the third floor, and the books on it were so full that they should not fall off.

"Did I just get the wrong book?" Yu Yuan was confused, "Your game tips are too hard-core. If I get the wrong book, I just throw the right one down?"

Moreover, the reasoning he made just now has indeed increased the completion rate of the task. No matter how you look at this collection of quick poems, it is not as reliable as the "Witchcraft Encyclopedia".

"It's not us." Lin Ling said, "Actually, I can see ghosts from the technician's perspective. Uh, it was your ex-husband who pushed the book down just now."

"......" The sudden shock made Yu Yuan speechless for a while.

"Your ex-husband looks a little angry. He seems to say that this book of poems is a token of your love. Then you didn't take this book, and you chose "Witchcraft"..."

"Damn it, ghosts can only stay in the cemetery?? How did he follow??" Yu Yuan looked around the dark environment, only an oil lamp for reading was lit in front of him, inside the huge library It's very quiet, and it's really weird to think that there is a ghost here.

"I suggest you sit down and read the book first, your ex-husband is about to be mad at you now." Lin Ling looked at the soul body that looked at least 50% similar to Tipi, "If it wasn't for the soul body that couldn't beat people, it wouldn't be right for him. I can't beat you, you are the queen..."

Yu Yuan had to sit down reluctantly and open the book of poetry, and Lin Ling, who could see the soul body from the technician's perspective, sat down beside him.

"What's so special about a collection of poems?" The book wasn't too thick, Yu Yuan started to read from the first page, page by page, it looked very ordinary and normal.

- until the last page.

This page was originally white paper, but there were traces of handwriting on it. The content was very brief, but Yu Yuan could recognize who the handwriting on it belonged to—one of them was Fernando. He had a special habit of writing, and he could tell at a glance.

The handwriting that belongs to him is the sentence "Fernando Durrell will always keep his promise".

As for the other handwriting, even if Yu Yuan can't recognize who wrote it, he can still know the identity of the writer from the content on it.

"Edith will always keep her promise."

No last name.

At the same time, the name "Edith" still has a circle of black marks on it. It's like... I wrote it wrong the first time, so I changed it?

But such a short word, or your own name, can you really spell it wrong with a single stroke? And even if you make a mistake and want to modify it, why should you paint out the original traces?

It seems like a habit, but it seems unnecessary.

The identities of the people who left these two lines are self-evident, they are him and Fernando. Yu Yuan couldn't bear to look sideways at the empty position beside him.

Was Wells trying to say something, did he know the secret, or was he just trying to remind him of something? In addition to that, Wells knew about the hexagram and eye pattern...  

"Lin Ling, can you help see if Wells' reaction counts as cheating?"

"Nonsense." Naturally, Lin Ling couldn't help in this regard. "Anyway, if you can be sure that this is the book, just take it away first."

Yu Yuan put away the book, stood up, and saluted the empty place, "Uh, thank you anyway."

"Wrong, your ex-husband doesn't stand there, he is on the chair on your right before you."

"..."

"He reached out and touched your head again."

Yu Yuan left.

That night, according to the time he had observed before, Fernando was going somewhere on the tower in the corner of the castle soon after, which was a regular behavior.

Yu Yuan has carefully recorded the time when Fernando disappeared temporarily, and obtained as much information as possible through various channels. And now, he's going to go there and see for himself - this should be the best way to improve completion.

At the same time, he has also sorted out the information he has obtained so far, and one thing is almost certain: Fernando is bleeding from monsters, the source should be his mother Queen Doris, and taking off the blindfold will reveal that he is in this regard. The problem.

Seeing that the calculated time was approaching, Yu Yuan immediately put on his cloak and went out, walking along the shadow of the corridor towards the tower in the southwest corner.

getting closer.

When he got there, he happened to overhear the conversation of two maids returning from the direction of the tower.

"Your Majesty doesn't seem to be looking very well today..."

"It's nothing strange, it's not always like this when Your Majesty comes to the West Tower..."

The voice of the maid talking echoed in the corridor.

Yu Yuan, who was hiding in the shadows, gained more confidence in his guesses and reincarnated towards the tower.

Fernando seems to stay for a while every time he comes here, and it has to be in this west tower. Yu Yuan had asked Nancy to help inquire about it before, but almost no one among the servants knew what was going on in the West Tower. The only person who knew was perhaps the steward who reminded Fernando several times that the time was up.

Fernando was deliberately hiding—just because of this, Yu Yuan could only think that the things he wanted to hide were related to monsters.

closer.

There was no guard near the tower, not even the steward happened to be there. Yu Yuan stepped forward lightly, the only door leading to the tower was locked, and it was locked from the outside. But this is not a problem, just like the physics holy sword crowbar in the old game, this old-fashioned lock in front of you can be opened with a few prying wires.

But a moment later, after a few soft clicks, the door opened.

There were no lights in the dark stairwell, like a monster opening its huge mouth. After Yu Yuan made sure that no one inside heard his movement, he closed the door lightly, without hanging the lock back, he believed that he would come down soon.

You can only walk in the dark and climb the stairs step by step.

Fernando should be on top now, but the lock just now was locked from the outside. In response to this situation, Yu Yuan's first reaction was: Fernando ordered someone to lock the door.

...but why? Does he feel like he needs to be locked in?

"I feel like the princess in the story of Sleeping Beauty, being lured here." Yu Yuan said to Lin Ling, "When I get to the top, I won't see Fernando sleeping or something?"

Then the risk is not worth it.

"Why don't you think that you are living in the story of Bluebeard. There is a secret of tipping hidden in this tower. When he finds out that you have discovered his secret, he will kill you with a 'click'." .

"Nonsense, how good the tip is with me." The reason why he dared to come to the tower now is to believe that Fernando will not really do anything to him.

The two parties were bickering in one person's mind and walked upstairs slowly.

At this time, Yu Yuan heard the sound of metal colliding faintly in his ears, coming from the end of the stairs that were spiraling upwards in circles, there was still a certain height from here.

He continued to walk up slowly.

"It's not sharpening a knife, it's not like..." Yu Yuan couldn't help but start to guess.

Lin Ling continued to talk nonsense: "You are about to die, he will kill you when you find out about the tip's secret, run away."

"I've wanted to say it for a long time. Tipping and I should be old acquaintances, right? His attitude was vague before, and now he has the two signatures on the poetry book."

Fernando Durrell will always keep his promise.

Edith will always keep her promise.

It was almost obvious that the two of them had an agreement.

"Why don't you sympathize with your ex-husband first? He's almost ready to herd sheep on his head." Lin Ling complained, "The book of poetry is a token of love between Wells and the Queen, but it turns out that other men's names are written on them—I thought The general public will pay attention to this issue first.”

"Isn't the clearance clue more important than this relationship?" Yu Yuan said again, "And what does the queen do have anything to do with my tester, Yu Mou."

"You can." Lin Ling gave a thumbs up.

"I also want to say that the relationship network of your game queen status is too complicated, like a spider web..."

Yu Yuan's words stopped here.

There was a sudden sound like the collision of iron chains from upstairs, very loud, echoing in the tower.

He was finally about to come to the last corner, and then he could see the open door to the room. The door was wide open, which he didn't expect, and if Fernando was standing at the door, he might have been able to see him at a glance.

Yu Yuan wanted to check it quietly, and then he left after reading it. How much information can be counted. But now, since it's all here...

He was heartbroken and walked straight up.

This time, I could see the light in the house at a glance. He only lit a few candles that were not bright, but it was enough for Yu Yuan to see the situation inside.

This is not a regular room, it's even more like... a simplified version of a courthouse or a dungeon. The only decoration in it is a huge iron chain. The sound he heard just now originated from this thing. .

And in the thick iron chains that almost wrapped around half the room, a person was firmly bound—in the center of the room, Fernando was kneeling there, facing the direction of the only window, his head was lowered, and he could not see clearly. .

But the first thing people notice is that Fernando is now squatting on his upper body. Although there are no traces from the side, with this picture of his arms being tied back by chains, it looks like some kind of torture. Torture preparation scene.

Yu Yuan was so shocked that he almost bit his tongue.

He approached slowly and accidentally stepped on the iron lock to make a sound, but Fernando didn't seem to hear it, and didn't raise his head.

Yu Yuan continued to approach, wanting to see if the blindfold on the left face covered by Fernando's half-length blond hair was still there, and which eye was in.

But at this moment, the chain suddenly moved——

Fernando slowly raised his head to look at him, and as he shook the iron rope, there was a loud noise in the room.

"boom--"

Yu Yuan saw it.

The left eye... the left eye with the sea-blue eyeball that had been hidden all along, at first glance seemed very similar to Durand. But if you look closely, there seems to be a strange light flowing again. If he could look more closely, he might actually see something else inside...

And the owner of the eyes was staring at him with anger, as if he couldn't recognize who he was, and only regarded it as an outside intruder. He gritted his teeth tightly, trying to break free from the chains over and over again, as if he was about to pounce on and tear people apart in the next second.

That kind of anger almost materialized and turned into a burning flame.

"Fernando." Yu Yuan called out the other party's name softly.

closer.

The new king, who always had a half-smiling expression in the daytime, seemed to have turned into a vicious dog that needed a chain, staring at him aggressively, even if he couldn't break free, it seemed that as long as he took a step closer, he could bite the opponent to death.

Yu Yuan vaguely thought that this should be the problem caused by the blood of the monster. No reason, full of aggression and destructive desire, and these are the problems that arise after escaping from the monster's lair and losing an eye.

Seeing that he was still walking in, Lin Ling finally couldn't help reminding him, "He will attack people. Some ministers and nobles said that the new king's problem is because more than one servant has died. You'd better be careful."

Yu Yuan didn't speak, but he was still approaching as if he didn't know whether to live or die.

"Damn, don't die here and you won't be able to clear customs."

"I have it in my mind."

The sound of the chains kept vibrating, and as he approached, Fernando became more and more manic, and his left eye glowed with evil light, as if it was invisibly confirming Yu Yuan's speculation about monsters, and the danger was also self-evident.

But when they were really only one meter apart, Lin Ling, who was about to re-file, saw a scene that surprised him.

The only window was behind Yu Yuan, and he stood in front of the new king against the moonlight. The two stood and knelt, and for a while, it was difficult to tell who was the real king in this picture.

Yu Yuan stretched out his hand.

Fernando suddenly calmed down.

The movement at this moment is very slow, like slow motion in a movie. Yu Yuan's palm was also sweating slightly. He just guessed that the "Promise Keeping Promise" in the book of poems he found tonight and the unknown relationship between the two gave him a little confidence.

...the big deal is to rollback and restart the game.

The hand approached slowly.

Fernando didn't move any more, and the room was completely quiet.

Yu Yuan touched his side face, his movements were very gentle, as if he was afraid of breaking a bubble.

And then... Fernando moved. He gently rubbed the palm of the person in front of him.

In front of his eyes was a mixture of indistinct color blocks, and his nose was filled with the rotten smell of the tower. But the figure that came against the moonlight was plated with a faint white light, like a god.

Following his movement, the chains made a soft sound again, but this time, instead of the previous anger, it was calm. One after another, as crisp as a bell.

Yu Yuan smiled softly: "Good."