Crying Blood Doll
What day is today?
What time is it now?
When did she start guarding here?
Why is she staying here?
These were obviously very common trajectories of action, but Weixia racked her brains, and all she got were a series of fragmented pictures that were difficult to piece together, incomprehensible, and impossible to connect.
She is the leader of the Knights of Dawn of the Kingdom of Lun'ate. She is ordered to protect the safety of Princess Milliana and is responsible for all security work at the Saint Feses Magic Academy.
Her background, experience, cultivation, responsibilities... everything matches.
Except for the current situation.
Where did her memory stop?
What is the most recent moment that you can recall?
"...Your Highness, what is that?"
Noticing the extra mulberry flower ring on his master's finger, the knight asked curiously.
The beautiful blonde princess raised her hand, lowered her head and smiled as if she was about to kiss the ring, her eyes filled with tenderness and longing.
"This... was given to me before leaving."
who?
Who is that name that I can’t hear clearly? !
"Viciya."
The young man's voice suddenly came, briefly bringing the startled Knight Commander back to the present from his chaotic thoughts.
Seeing that the rock-like guards had begun to fall into chaos, Ruixia took advantage of the situation, opened her palm, and presented a small ring to her.
“This, this is…”
This is Her Highness Milliana's ring!
"This was given to us by Mr. Horan along with a letter of introduction. You should have some impression of it, right? Please open the door and let us return it to its rightful owner..."
The words that followed began to quickly fade away from Vicia. She stared at the ring decorated with small white flowers in Ruixia's hand, and her thoughts, which had finally been gathered together, began to be pulled away again.
Yes, this is the ring.
Although it may seem insignificant, Her Royal Highness cherishes it very much and is almost inseparable from it. She even did not take it off when she went to the Moon Viewing Pagoda to take care of her brother who was in seclusion...
Yes, didn't the princess go to the Moon Viewing Tower to accompany His Highness Phises? She shouldn't be in the bedroom right now...
Is she back?
etc.
Why is this ring intact?
Didn't Her Highness Milliana smash it right in front of her?!
"...Your Highness? What's wrong with you? What happened?!"
She had never seen such a broken-down princess before. She collapsed to the ground, trembling all over, tears falling like beads from a broken string. Even though Mr. Horan beside her tried his best to support her, he still couldn't lend her any strength. She was like a dying fish.
"This liar, this great liar!—He deceived me, deceived all of us!"
She took off the ring with trembling fingertips and threw it away with almost all her strength. The small ring hit somewhere, made a crisp breaking sound, and disappeared from everyone's sight.
As the ring was damaged, the princess' heart seemed to be broken as well.
She collapsed again, like a puppet with all its strings pulled out, no longer alive.
"What on earth has happened? Your Highness, cheer up! Didn't you go to the Moon Viewing Tower to serve the dean? Did something happen there? Your Highness, Your Highness!"
The old man anxiously shook the princess's soulless body. She didn't understand why, but felt sorry for him and wanted to stop him, but she found that the princess had opened her eyes again.
But those were no longer the eyes she was familiar with.
The flames of despair and madness burned away the former elegance and tranquility. The princess grabbed the old man's sleeve and slowly sat up with a twisted posture as if possessed by an evil spirit. She cried and roared fiercely and madly to everyone present.
"Someone from the Kingdom of Keden is here! Yes, he's here on behalf of his kingdom... Mia Lordes! He! He killed my brother! He used me to kill my brother!!!"
The painful wail traveled across time and space, completely shattering the Knight Commander's sanity.
She turned around in a hurry, completely forgetting the existence of the group of uninvited people in front of her. The only thought left in her mind was to immediately confirm the safety of Her Highness Millianna!
Although for some reason, she naturally thought that the princess was in the house...
But when she realized that her time might have stopped for a long time and only started to resume now, all of Vicia's cognition was on the verge of shattering. The only mission she could still clearly understand at this moment was to protect her Royal Highness the Princess!
Seeing that she suddenly lost consciousness and opened the door without caring about anything, Ximu and the others naturally did not try to stop her, but just waited with bated breath behind her.
After the door opened, Vicia rushed into the house first. Everyone exchanged glances with each other and followed her silently into this magnificent palace room covered by heavy curtains.
It can be seen that this should be a residence built specifically to welcome the arrival of Her Royal Highness the Princess. The interior decoration style is different from other places in the academy. Compared with the agile and elegant magician's house, it looks more magnificent and solemn.
But what's with these layers of gray curtains?
Not only did they cover the beautiful walls, but even the pedestrian areas were hung with layers of curtains. Although they were not heavy, they blocked the view and made everything in the room appear blurry.
“…Is there any negative impact on this thing?”
Ximu turned and asked Molina.
After staying in this weird place for a long time, I have seen all kinds of messy traps, so naturally I dare not underestimate any seemingly harmless objects.
Morina knew what she was asking, so she casually lifted the gauze curtain that passed by her side and shook her head.
"It's okay. There's no negative effects like a 'curse' attached to it... But just in case, I cast a clearing spell on everyone when they first came in. Combined with the amulets everyone wears, there shouldn't be any problems with mental interference for a while, at least."
That's good.
After coming in, everyone adjusted their positions according to their usual habits, protecting Morina and Sorens in the middle, and followed Vicia in the front and moved forward slowly.
This house must not have looked like this originally, otherwise, as someone who often comes in and out, Vicia would not have such an expression of disbelief.
Her previously brisk steps gradually slowed down after passing through layer after layer of curtains. She hesitated and even turned to look at these rude intruders with confusion and pleading.
To be honest, after walking around the academy for a long time, Ximu and the others have become accustomed to all kinds of strange situations.
But for those "locals" who have not experienced the mutation process and have suddenly come from the normal world to the strange future in the blink of an eye, it is indeed very uncomfortable at first.
Sorens was the most qualified person to speak on this point. He was the only one who responded to Weixia's gaze, nodded, and said softly, "Please take us to see Her Royal Highness the Princess... As long as we meet her, perhaps all the mysteries can be solved."
Weixia's mood at this time was also extremely complicated.
On the one hand, the identities of these people are unknown, and it is unclear whether it is right or wrong to rashly let them approach the princess;
But on the other hand, when she lost her memory and the places she was once familiar with suddenly changed, the calmness and understanding they showed invisibly gave her some courage to move forward.
Yeah... retreating won't solve the problem.
Feeling that the princess was indeed somewhere in the palace, Weixia calmed herself down, straightened her body, pushed aside the veil, gritted her teeth and went to search deeper.
At the end of the heavy gauze curtains was a huge bed.
A soft and gorgeous veil hung down from the ceiling, covering most of the surrounding area, with only one side being lifted up.
On a bed that was larger than usual, a woman with an equally unusual figure sat slumped over, her messy blonde hair covering her cheeks, her hands hanging limply in front of her, mumbling to herself, oblivious to the people around her.
When they saw her appearance, Ximu and others couldn't help but feel depressed.
broken.
The princess's figure grew to a height that was difficult for ordinary people to reach, almost perfectly matching the huge bed, and was completely out of the range of normal people.
Moreover, although her face was unclear, her hands and limbs, which were exposed from her dress, were no longer shaped like human bones, but rather had spherical joints similar to those of a doll...
This princess—clearly, something has changed.
The old man Horan they met before was conscious and instructed them to find Millianna, so everyone subconsciously thought that this prince must also be a normal person.
Who would have thought...
"…Are we too late?"
Morina murmured softly, but no one could answer her question. They could only stare silently at the huge doll whose head was bent by the silent past and who knew what it was whispering.
The most shocked person was naturally the knight commander who was loyal to his duty.
Compared to the majestic look when she stopped them at the gate before, Vicia's hesitation at this moment was almost visible to the naked eye.
All her senses told her in unison that this was the princess she guarded day and night.
——But, but this is too ridiculous!
How could that beautiful, shy princess who had never hurt anyone turn into a monster that only appeared in nightmares?!
"Your Highness... Your Highness, what's wrong with you? Do you still recognize me? I'm Vicia. Look at me. What on earth happened? Why did you become like this?!"
Ximu and the others were still very nervous about Weixia's direct questioning. Everyone subconsciously stepped back a little, fearing that the silent prince would suddenly attack and hurt someone.
But Millianna still didn't react to this.
No matter how her former attendants pleaded with her, or even approached her and shook her arm without regard for etiquette, she turned a deaf ear and ignored them.
As Vicia moved, the already weak doll was shaken a few times, and a bit of its face was revealed from its messy hair.
It should have been a beautiful face as soft and elegant as moonlight, but now it became stiff and scary because of its puppet-like appearance.
As Vicia shook slightly, her head swayed, and a drop of blood slid down from her shriveled eyes, leaving two long bloodstains on her smooth face.
"Someone come and save him..."
A voice that sounded like chanting or crying came out of her mouth slowly, so soft that it seemed like it would stop at the next moment.
"Someone please save my brother... I harmed him, it's all my fault..."
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