Starless night.

Inside the fortress of the Black Cliff Fort Knights.

The basement door is closed tightly and locked from the inside. The only window in the room is located high on the wall and is tightly closed.

There is a wooden table in the center of the room. Above the table is a small yellow ball of light. The light ball can only illuminate the nearby area, and the other corners of the room are still pitch black.

There was one person on each side of the table. One is the interrogator and the other is the interrogator.

"You still refuse to confess?" asked Burris, who had changed his appearance to twenty years old. "Say! Why did you come here? You are a princess! How can you do such a thing?"

Esther was shocked: "What did I do?"

"You ran to such a far place alone, without even the guards, and you must have concealed your destination from the king. No one in the palace knew that you came to Black Cliff! What if there is any accident. Do? What if you get hurt? Well, you must say that you are not only a princess, but also a mage...Mage shouldn't act alone!"

Esther sighed: "Teacher, I did not act alone, Sir Nayler has always protected me."

"No, he is one of the risk factors around you!"

The princess supported her forehead with her hands wearily: "Teacher, I am not fourteen years old, I am twenty-four years old... My father has been married for many years when I was my age..."

"So, do you really want to recruit that knight of the temple?" Burris asked, "Is he willing? Even if he knows you are a necromancer?"

Esther said: "We talked about this, but we didn't talk about the result... After all, it is difficult for both of us to change ourselves. But we have reached a consensus-don't care so much, take your time."

Burris shook his head: "You young people, you always do things only by interest, and don't know how to look in the long run. Everyone knows that you are in love with Naylor. If you and Naylor can't get married, you will be fame. Sweeping the floor will become the laughing stock of the nobles. Also, when you associate with him, you have to reject other people’s pursuits, which is tantamount to rejecting more options for alliances. If Naylor leaves you in the future, you But time wasted for nothing, and nothing left! Even if you inherit the throne, it will be difficult to get the respect you deserve, and you will be left alone and helpless..."

The princess said: "Teacher, I remember you said a word. ‘Everyone is a person who has dug out the brain of a corpse, so don’t care about reputation or reputation’..."

"Don't talk about irrelevant things!" Burris patted the table, "You are different from other wizards. You are a princess and heir to the throne. There are some things you must consider."

Estie tried to yawn, but held back. She looked at the dimming ball of light and said: "If you really think so, you shouldn't call me to talk at night. Now your identity is Kreve, we are a man and a woman, and' I’m pretty old.’ If someone discovers this little black room conversation, then I’m really going to lose my reputation.”

Burris smiled and said, "No. First of all, everyone in Black Cliff Castle except Sir Naler thought you were a man. Secondly, I set up a hidden force field in the room, and no one can hear or see. To us."

At this point, a snicker came from outside the door. Lot knocked on the door: "But I heard it."

Burris held his forehead with one hand: "Why are you eavesdropping again..."

"I like to eavesdrop," Lott pushed the door directly in. The magic lock on the door had no effect on him. "But I want to make it clear this time, I didn't deliberately eavesdrop, I came to the kitchen for supper. You are also true, Black Cliff Fort is so big, why do you have to chat in the kitchen?"

He fumbled for a long time in the dark area of ​​the kitchen, found a bottle of milk and a few buns, then sat beside Burris and started eating, looking at the mage and princess with an expression of "you continue".

Burris asked: "Esti, you haven't officially answered me yet. Why did you come to Black Cliff for what? I don't believe you are just to be with Naylor. Boy, you have to be honest with me, I don't want to dismantle you, I just want to help you predict the risks."

Estie didn't speak, she was a little hairy by Lott's stare.

"It's okay," Burris saw her thoughts, "Master Lotbald is very credible, and you can tell him what you can say to me."

The princess was shocked: "Tutor, you and him already have this kind of relationship?"

Lott rushed ahead of Burris and replied: "Yes, yes!"

Burris lowered his head and pinched his eyebrows. Esther started to confess: "Teacher, you are right, I am indeed not only to meet Naylor. If you hadn't turned the subject to marriage and reputation, I was planning to tell you the ins and outs."

Did I bring the wrong topic? Burris was surprised secretly. He looked at the Bone Maharajah, and suddenly there was a chill in his body: Is it true that I have been infected so badly by him? I become inquiring and digressing?

Esther continued: "Sir Naler has encountered something... it's a very troublesome personal matter. He needs a wizard to assist him, and preferably a wizard who has research on undead creatures. But... he doesn't trust this. Master, the only thing he is willing to believe in this kind of person is me, so he can only ask me for help."

Burris couldn't help but interject: "We need us everywhere, and say that we don't believe us. Hehe, this is the typical Templar knight style."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was cold again: Oh, not only did I become inquiring and digressing, I was even infected with the bad habit of interrupting others!

He pressed his mouth tightly, stared at Estie intently and sadly, and encouraged her to continue speaking with his eyes.

This incident involved Sir Naylor's family and parents, and possibly the temple.

The Knights of Black Cliff Fort are actually divided into two parts, one is the knights of the territory who have been loyal to the lord here for generations, and the other is the knights of the temple of Otarot Temple. They were originally two different forces, but they finally became one because of the Murloc invasion a hundred years ago. In this way, who should lead the Knights has become a troublesome question. Obviously, the silent prayer of the temple cannot replace the lord, and the nobles of the lord’s house have no right to command the clergy.

As a result, the lord family of Black Cliff Fort gradually became very different: each of them was both a nobleman and a priest, and has been so for generations. For example, Sir Naylor, he is both the second son of the lord and the knight of the temple.

The most special person in this family is Naylor's mother Lisa. She was born slightly cold, and is a wandering artist from the folks.

Unlike other artists, she can't sing, nor can she speak books-she is a dumb. But she can play any instrument you know, can compose intoxicating lyrics and music, and write very wonderful long drama stories... Many bards are proud to play and sing her works and nickname her the wandering princess.

She had no fixed place until she came to Black Cliff Castle. When I met Lisa, Naylor’s father was already a silent prayer in the temple. He was a serious and old-fashioned person and never told his children about his love story. So Naylor didn’t know how his parents met and knew each other... However, he knew how his mother left afterwards.

Outsiders think that Lisa died young, and that the two brothers Naylor lost their mother at a young age, but this is not the case.

According to Sir Naylor's memories, when he was a child, he often saw his mother secretly reading a book. It was a very thick and shabby parchment book. The cover was made of metal, with black cast iron on one side and a silver mirror with a palm on the other side.

Lisa kept the books in the bottom compartment of the suitcase, and often hid them under the cloak to take them out. It is said that she retains the habit of wandering, and regularly leaves the castle to relax in the countryside. She does not allow anyone to follow. Even if someone has to follow, she will eventually be skillfully thrown away. She will disappear in the mountains and forests. Then return to the castle on the initiative when night falls.

The silent prayer had never seen her book, nor had the servants in the castle, nor should Naylor’s brother have seen it...it seemed that Naylor had seen it by chance, and Lisa didn’t know that the book had been seen.

The young Nayler said this accidentally. He didn't know what this meant back then. He only remembered that later his father locked Lisa in the study and went and searched all her personal belongings. Eventually the silent prayer found the book. He didn't read it or tell anyone about it. He locked the book in the cabinet and went to the study to confront his wife.

Lisa is dumb. She could not excuse and refused to answer the silent prayer question in words. Naylor and his brother were terribly scared at the time. They had never seen their father angry like that. The brother told him that their mother was mostly a necromancer or something, because the book made the silent prayer both angry and afraid.

Lisa was gone the next day. She disappeared with the book, but the locker with the book was never opened.

She used to leave in the morning and return in the evening, but this time she never came back.

Silent prayers led people to search the whole city and its suburbs, but a few months later they still found nothing. Occasionally, someone reported that they had seen what seemed to be her back, but no one has ever successfully confirmed it. In the end, the silent prayer said that his wife had died of a serious illness, and then solemnly urged the two sons to keep the matter secret for life.

"It's another missing wife," Lott began to interrupt when he heard this. "Prince Lanto's wife ran up to the mountain in the middle of the night, and the wife of the Black Cliff Fort Silent Prayer ran into the forest early in the morning... Why are the noble ladies like this? How boring is their marriage?"

Esther did not answer his words, and went on to say: "When Nayler told me this, I guess his mother should be a necromancer... so she wanted to hide it and run away. But strangely, I found out later She is not a necromancer at all, she may not even understand magic at all!"

Burris asked: "Have you checked her relics?"

"Yes," Esther said. "She took nothing when she disappeared, only the book... I don't know how she took the book out of the locked cabinet. Naylor's father kept it. All her personal belongings and everything are properly locked in a room. I checked and she should not be the caster. I told Naylor to this conclusion. Naylor is quite pleased. He said about it. It was the pain of his father's life, and it was also the doubt he couldn't solve for so many years. He wanted to find out his mother's life experience. If she is not a bad person, she should be innocent in front of her father."

Burris sneered: "Bad people? So necromancers are like bad people? As long as they are not necromancers, are they not bad people?

"Tutor..." The princess frowned. "Don't do that. How much do you hate Sir Naylor?"

Burris raised an eyebrow and exposed the topic: "I understand. He can't let a stranger investigate this, so he contacted you. However, after so many years, why did he suddenly want to investigate this?"

Esther said, "He saw Lisa not long ago."

"She appeared again?"

"Yes. Naylor was wandering in the forest outside the city that day, trying to understand how his mother felt when she was relaxing here. He suddenly found someone watching him in the depths of the forest. He chased him for a long time, but finally I lost her."

"How can he be sure that it is his mother?"

Esther shook her head: "I asked him the same way. He said it was just a feeling, the reaction between mother and child."

"Maybe he saw only the refugees outside the city."

"Then what is she running?"

"When you see a fully armed knight rushing over, no matter who it is, you will run."

"Wait, Burris," Lott licked the milk at the corner of his mouth, and his tone suddenly became very serious, "This way... everything makes sense..."

"What did you think of?" Burris asked.

"I want to tell you one thing. I was looking for you everywhere just now, just to talk to you about this."

"what's up?"

"I feel it."

Burris and Esther immediately lost their language skills and looked at him blankly together.

"What's your expression?" Lot said, "I mean the book, the book that appeared in the Tower of the Abyss! Since I arrived at Black Cliff Fort, I have felt it again!"