"Miss Kadiya is reading a book?"

When the room became quiet and the noise could be heard from afar, Ximoken looked at the thick book next to Kadiya who was sitting on the edge of the bed. The owner of the book was combing Hermi's hair at this moment. The snow-gray curly hair flashed with candlelight in Kadiya's hands. Ximoken had carefully washed her hair this morning. She hoped that doing so would make Mr. Kangting feel at ease. The battlefield made Ximoken restless. She felt that Hemi had also noticed that her hearing became very good after blindness. In order to distract her from her attention, Ximoken asked Miss Kadiya.

"Well," Kadiya nodded slightly, her eyes always on Hemi's hair. "It is the history of the nobles of the kingdom, written by Grand Secretary Evan of Lighthouse City, but it is a book that has been a bit old, with some records on it being outdated."

"Is there the surname 'Kanting' on it?" Hemi, who had been silent before, couldn't help asking, which made Desimokan's heart sank, because she knew that Hemi didn't know that Mr. Kangting was her father Joel. She was worried that if Kadiya knew, he might have told Hemi unconsciously, if she knew it...

"Of course," Kadiya replied softly when Simoken was secretly anxious, "Their home patterns are a bloody shield, and the Kangting family is a well-known warrior family."

Simoken saw Hemi nodding slightly: "Does the warrior family...?"

"Do you know the 'Breaking Flag Knight'?" Kadiya asked as if she was intrigued.

Hemi shook her head, and Simoken recalled slightly that she had the opportunity to read a brief history of the Kingdom, which was one of the rare books in the church in Lengshi Town except for the Holy Books, which were recorded on it. However, she did not like reading such books at that time, but she only read it briefly, but she still remembered the name. "Is it the one made up of heroic guards established by the beggar King Renne?"

"What, so you know." Kadiya smiled helplessly. The curve of the corners of her mouth that had just raised pride was slightly relieved, but she still replied softly: "That's right, it was set up by the beggar king Ren. He summoned the vassals in the beggar king hillside and ordered the vassals to hand over part of their flag. The colorful fragments of the flag were sewn into five cloaks by the beggar king's order, and handed them over to his most loyal five knights, establishing the 'Breaking Flag Knight' to guard the safety of the king for life. The chief of these five broken flag knights is Kafale Kangting, and the Kangting family has risen since then."

"Caffar...Contin..."

Ximoken looked at Hemi nervously, with a blank expression on her face, but she immediately asked again: "What about now? How are they now?"

Kadiya didn't answer immediately, but Simoken saw a little sadness on her face, just like the sadness that a child showed when he was told that the story was not true. She paused for a few seconds before finally answering softly: "Die. All are dead."

"Die...?" Qianmoken was also stunned. Obviously, she didn't expect things to turn out like this.

"Why?" Hemi asked in a low voice, her voice as a subtle cry from a threatened animal.

"I don't know." Kadiya replied, she lowered her head, and Simoken noticed that her hands shaking Tihmi's hair were also trembling slightly, "I don't know either."

The air in the room immediately became heavy, and Simoken was almost infected by the sad aura of the two girls. She raised her head and noticed that the two tall maids standing on the side were looking at her with a serious face. She immediately woke up. Indeed, they came to accompany Miss Kadiya and the Duke's daughter, not to make her sad, so it was normal for the two maids to show suspicious eyes to them.

Ximoken shook his head and temporarily threw away his sympathy and sadness for the Kangting family. She thought hard for a moment, and then said dryly: "Ka, Miss Kadiya, let's talk about your family."

"My family?" Kadiya raised her head and looked at Ximoken. This was the first time that Ximoken saw her eyes carefully. They were gray eyes with a faint green. At this moment, she could read haggardness and fatigue from it. However, this noble lady always maintained the noble etiquette and posture, and seemed to have not relaxed. This made Ximoken secretly admire this noble lady who was a few years younger than her.

"Yes, your family," Ximoken nodded, "that is, the history of the Pulin family, the owner of Jinhuo City. Civilians like us rarely have the opportunity to contact this kind of knowledge, so they can only ask you for advice." She glanced at the two maids next to her from the corner of her eyes. Although they both frowned, they did not say anything. Obviously, they had a slight understanding of the etiquette in this regard, and they did not know whether this was really beyond the reach. However, seeing that Kadiya had no extreme reaction, they ignored it.

"My family..." Kadiya nodded, her eyes drooped, and her hands that were combing Hermi's hair stopped, "Is the history of the Pulin family?"

"Yes." Ximoken looked at Hemi. Hemi lowered her head, obviously still thinking about what Kadiya said about the Kangting family. Although she wanted to comfort her, Ximoken did not dare to make rude actions easily at this moment. After all, even she had heard of Miss Kadiya's strange and willful temper.

"Yes." Kadiya nodded, and Simoken saw a smile on her face. "This is the first time someone has asked me about such a thing. I just happened to want to know what others think of our family."

"Yes, thank you very much." Ximoken lowered his head.

"The Plin family is not the owner of this land at the beginning..." Kadiya cleared her throat and began to whisper. She looked at the maids next to her. One of the tall maids immediately stood up and poured a glass of juice for her. "Please pour some drinks for my guests." Kadiya said softly, but the tall maid hesitated for a moment, with a look of dissatisfaction on her face. However, she did not violate Kadiya's instructions and immediately turned around to pour a glass of juice for Simoken and Hemi. Simoken was surprised when he took the cup, because the cups here were all made of wooden, completely different from the luxury tableware used by other nobles.

"Then let's continue," Kadiya whispered after taking a sip of juice, "There was no city on this land, only these two stone towers, one is the one in the church now, and the other is on the rock behind the inner castle, with occasional thick smoke coming out of it, so it is called the "smoke tower" by the residents of Golden Waterfalls.

"Although there was no city on this land, there was still an ancient and evil family of alchemists whose names had been forgotten, but the family emblem was recorded as a white mask with only the eyes exposed."

Hearing Kadiya's description, Simoken was stunned, because she recalled that Mr. Kangting seemed to have the same mask. At the same time, Kadiya continued: "This ancient and evil family took away living people from nearby settlements for evil and terrifying rituals or experiments-"

Simoken frowned because she was quite puzzled by this practice: No one in the Kingdom believed in such a god. Living people sacrifice was explicitly prohibited since the founding of the Kingdom. Maybe it happened before the founding of the Kingdom? Or... those guys are the legendary cultists?

"——The Plin family came to this land by boat. At the request of the sea people living in Beihou Bay and the natives living in the Valley of Wind, they gathered blood relatives and warriors to attack here - where the place where the Jin Falls is now is. We paid a heavy price, but eventually killed the leader of the evil alchemist family and liberated the oppressed residents on this land. In the end, our family chose this land where the evil family was located to establish Jin Falls, because it could reach the Valley of Winds as fast as possible at the same time, and it was Beihou Bay. The convenient place below the cliff is Changgu Lake, which is fertile and has a dangerous terrain. Our family here uses the waterfall as our emblem and establishes the current Jin Falls. The city has been built for generations, but it has finally built this city that has never fallen before."

After saying that, Kadiya showed a heartfelt smile on her face: "I am very proud of my family."

"Exciting story, Miss Kadiya." Simoken replied with a smile, but she immediately showed a confused look, "But... can you describe in detail about the battle with the evil alchemist family?"

Kadiya was stunned for a moment, but nodded: "Of course. There are not many descriptions of that battle, but my father has an ancient book on his bookshelf. It is said that the former Duke of Jin Falls invited the Grand Secretary from Lighthouse City to compile it. Regarding the history of Jin Falls, I have not finished reading that book, but I clearly remember the description of this battle.

"It is said that the evil alchemist family is the descendant of an ancient wizard, that is, the wizard who built two stone towers. The battle took place on a rainy night. The Pulin family, the seamen, and the indigenous army launched a sneak attack on the alchemist family. Although it successfully caught the other party off guard, the cruel alchemist family immediately reacted. The two sides fought, and the ended with the Plin family's miserable victory."

"Are they so strong? They were clearly attacked but were still able to kill so many members of the coalition forces?" Qianmoken asked in surprise.

"Maybe," Kadiya nodded, then frowned slightly, "After all, before our family came to this land, they had been bullying the natives in the nearby Wind Valley and the sea people in Beihou Bay. I think they still have a certain strength. But..."

"But what?" Ximoken asked curiously.

"There is a record in the book that I don't think is reliable, so I didn't say it..." Kadiya showed a thoughtful look, "But now that I think about it, since all the monsters have appeared, maybe it's really not necessarily..."

"What is that?" Ximoken asked softly.

Kadiya thought for a while before she raised her head: "It's okay to tell you, you are in the same group as those mercenaries anyway?"

"Yes." Ximoken nodded quickly.

Kadiya nodded: "That's fine. The book records that in that battle, the sleeping wizard revived and assisted the evil alchemist family to attack our family's army, which led to the tragic loss of that battle."

"The wizard... is revived?" Ximoken was stunned. What she didn't notice was that Hemi, who was on the side, also raised his head with a look of surprise.

"Yes, wizard," Kadiya nodded, then a confused look appeared on her face, "the desk also emphasized that it was 'the only wizard on this land'."

"The only wizard?" Simoken pondered the meaning of this sentence.

"But even my father and others don't know about the contents of this ancient book," Kadiya shook her head. "They all believe that magic has disappeared long ago, so they don't care about these ancient words."

This was when Kadiya discovered the strange expression on the face of the blind-eyed girl sitting beside her, so she asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"Is that...really?" Hemi asked in a low voice.

"What?" Kadiya obviously didn't understand what she was referring to.

"The only wizard helped the evil alchemist kill many people." Hemi's voice was still very small, but they all heard it clearly.

"I don't know this," Kadiya shook her head frankly, "After all, this is almost five centuries ago, who knows? But I think it should be true."

"Why do you think so?" asked Ximoken.

Kadiya thought for a moment: "Well... it should be intuition. I always think this wizard is not a good person."

After saying that, Kadiya turned to look at Hemi beside her and asked, "Why do you care about this?"

She saw the girl biting her lip, as if she was struggling with something. Finally, she replied in a low voice: "Because I've seen him... He claims to be the 'the only wizard on this land'..."

Ximoken's mind was almost blank, and she panickedly thought: "Who is it? Where did you see it? Why don't I know--" No, I know, she suddenly remembered the ghost she saw next to Mr. Kang Ting. For a while, Hemi learned something from the ghost in the room...

Kadiya's reaction made everyone in the room nervous. The two tall maids suddenly stood up. She stood up from the edge of the bed and suddenly grabbed Hemi's shoulders. This was the first time that Simoken had seen her look so disobedient. "Where?! Where did you see it?!" Simoken saw that Kadiya's face was full of anger, and she asked Hemi loudly.

Ximoken also stood up. She wanted to come forward to stop her, but Hemi said softly: "It's okay, Sister Ximoken."

"I ask where did you see it?" Kadiya shook Hemi's shoulder hard, making Simoken so nervous that he didn't know what to do. "Is it a man? Is it a man with a fake smile on his face?!"

"It's an old man." Hemi replied softly. Simoken saw Kadiya's body stiffen. After a moment of pause, she let go of Hemi's shoulders and then took two steps back. Hemi continued, "He claimed to be the 'the only wizard on this land', and I don't think he lies."

"Didn't lie?" Simoken also became a little strange when he heard Kadiya's voice, "Didn't lie? Have you seen a ghost?"

And Hemi did not answer again, just remained silent.

Kadiya let out a low laugh. Ximoken felt that her performance was very strange at this moment, which was completely different from what she had just now. She seemed to be crazy suddenly. She sat down on the edge of the bed, and then climbed onto the bed and lay down again. Ximoken glanced at the two tall maids, and then looked at Kadiya again.

"Miss Kadiya?" Qianmoken called nervously.

"Enough..." Qianmoken heard her voice trembling, and she buried her face in the soft pillow, "It's enough. Take them out, I don't need them to accompany me anymore."

Ximogen was stunned for a moment. She turned to look at the two tall maids next to her. They had already walked towards them with heavy steps. "Please." A tall maid made a gesture in the direction of the door. Ximogen stood up consciously. She put down the cup in her hand, then reached out to take the cup in Hermi's hand and put it down. She found that Hemi had basically not drunk at all. Then she helped Hermi and walked towards the exit of the room.

"Miss, where should I take them?" Qianmoken heard another maid behind him ask Kadiya who was lying on the bed.

"Where did you come from?" Kadiya's face was always buried on the pillow, so Ximoken couldn't hear her tone too clearly. The room immediately became silent again. Ximoken could hear the sound from afar. She suddenly remembered that there was a battle outside at this moment.

The tall maid turned around and looked at Simoken and Hemi with a serious expression. It was obvious that she was having a headache about what to do with them. At this time, Simoken said humbly: "Please take us to find Ms. Etherland."

The two maids looked at each other, and then the tall maid who brought them here nodded, and then left Kadiya's room first, while Simoken and Hemi followed her and walked out.

But when they walked to the door, Ximoken heard Kadiya's voice coming from behind. "Wait!" She heard Kadiya's voice with a nasal sound.

"Yes, Miss." Ximoken wanted to turn around, but was stopped by Kadiya.

"Don't turn around," Kadiya shouted immediately, "It's good to listen there."

"Yes, Miss." Ximoken replied softly.

"How is he...?" Kadiya asked hesitantly.

Simoken immediately knew who Kadiya was talking about. She was silent for a second, and then replied calmly: "He is fighting, Miss."

Then there was a long silence. Ximoken didn't know whether she should leave, and Kadiya behind her didn't say anything, so she stood at the door with her back to Kadiya for a long time. After a long time, Ximoken heard Kadiya's voice: "Tell him help me tell him..."

"What, Miss?" asked Simoken after Kadiya paused.

"No, it's nothing. Take them away," Simoken heard Kadiya bury her face in the pillow again, "Be kind to them, you all go out!"

When the footsteps in the house disappeared and the door closed, Kadiya pricked up her ears and listened to the footsteps outside the door. The footsteps gradually faded away, and she heard the faint sound of fighting outside the window.

Fight? Kadiya thought, but...

"Save me..." Kadiya said to the pillow in a low voice, and the tears just poured out of her eyes and were immediately absorbed by the pillow.

Outside the window, darkness seemed to be surging, without a trace of light.
Chapter completed!