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The queen of Iti, Cassiluda, has three children in total and also has the right to inherit the throne.

The eldest son, Tire, was named after Tire, the ancestor of the kings of Iti, and was supposed to be the heir to the throne.

However, Tell became a disciple of the high priest Nautauba, followed him to learn various spells in the temple, and believed in the high priest's prophecies of the end of the world.

The second daughter, Camilla, likes to be emotional.

The third son, Wachter, is young and has accomplished nothing.

In addition, Cassilda also has an ambitious brother, Adonis.

He has always coveted the position of king, and hopes that after becoming king, he can implement severe punishment laws and correct the lax discipline of the royal guard.

Qin Zhibo learned about the relationship between members of the royal family through Adonis's autobiography.

The first act, scene one of "The King in Yellow" also unfolds how Adonis realizes his conspiracy to usurp the throne.

In the Iti Palace late at night, Adonis first drove away the guards and met secretly with the third prince Wachter.

Under the advice of Adonis, the third prince stole the seal of the kingdom and stamped it on the document of heir to the throne that Adonis secretly forged.

Adonis lied and said that Queen Cassilda was too obsessed with the ball and was unable to deal with the matter of the heir to the throne, so he made the choice for his sister as an elder brother.

But after sending the third prince away, Adonis invited the second princess Camilla, saying that the third prince had stolen the seal, and ordered him to forge the documents of heir to the throne, which he had to obey.

Adonis suggested that the second princess secretly arrest the third prince, and the second princess accepted the suggestion.

After they left, Adonis told himself his entire plan, which was to let the second princess arrest the third prince, and then send someone to secretly kill the third prince in prison and frame the case on the second princess.

When the replacement guard arrived, Adonis also left the stage.

However, all this was caught by the high priest Nautauba and the eldest prince Tell who happened to be out for a walk.

The two men used invisibility spells, quietly hid nearby, and overheard all of Adonis's conspiracy.

Tyr wanted to save his sister and brother, but the high priest felt that these were irrelevant matters. As long as the King in Yellow came, Eti would be under the control of these agents of theocratic power.

At that time, whoever you want to release or execute will be at your discretion.

The most important thing for them now is to find the yellow mark before the lost Carcosa disappears.

So, the eldest prince and the high priest left the scene.

Afterwards, the captain of the guard team planned to arrest the third prince who was "premeditated to usurp the throne".

But at this moment, a group of strangers came from a distance. They were uniformly dressed in white robes embroidered with black rings and yellow marks. Their voices were loud and harsh, a bit like the buzzing of insects.

The leader among them communicated with the guard captain and claimed to be from the city of the Supreme King and came to find a new home.

The captain of the guard ordered him to take off the pale mask on his face, but the stranger declined the request, saying that only members of the "Brotherhood" could wear the pale mask.

Afterwards, Queen Cassilda came to meet these brotherhood members and arranged accommodation for these people.

The second princess Camilla on the side looked at the "pale masks" on the faces of these strangers, and suddenly came up with the idea of ​​holding a masquerade party tomorrow. Everyone must wear such "pale masks" to attend.

Cassiluda agreed to her daughter's request.

Act one, scene one, end.

The content in the first act is somewhat like a palace battle scene, but it is mixed with some mysterious elements.

The only thing that Qin Zhibo felt a little bit about was the strangers who called themselves "Brotherhood".

Both their voices and the way they spoke were a bit unhuman, reminding Qin Zhibo of creatures like MI-GO.

Act one, scene two.

The curtain opened again, and a dance scene that required costumes to attend slowly appeared.

Cassiluda, the queen, sang a song in which "Carcosa" was mentioned.

This caused the high priest to panic, and he sent the eldest prince Tyr to ask Cassilda if he had seen "Carcosa".

However, Tyre found nothing and returned to the high priest and talked with Adonis.

The two sides showed off their cards. Adonis bluntly stated that the final language and the King in Yellow were all illusions, while the high priest firmly opposed it.

The two sides separated, and Adonis found the captain of the guard and asked him to arrest the eldest prince on the grounds that the eldest prince had slandered him for conspiring to rebel.

However, the captain of the guard and the eldest prince had an affair, and the eldest prince used the invisibility spell during the conversation and left.

After some more trivial matters, the stranger who came to Iti yesterday came to attend the dance.

They brought a message from the Supreme King, and after a chant-like content, the entire dance entered a chaotic climax.

Everyone had no choice but to take off the pale masks on their faces and confirm the true identity of the people around them.

However, everyone took off their masks, except for the stranger from the Brotherhood, who turned a deaf ear and did nothing.

This is what he said when others asked him why he didn't take off his mask.

"I have no mask"

"I am the truth."

"Please remember these words, because when this city is lost to Carcosa, these words will forever echo in the streets outside. There will be no relief, no ending, no future."

The second princess burst out with a scream, and then

She is crazy.

Act one, end of scene two.

In an intriguing dance, the appearance of a stranger broke the apparent tranquility of the dance, and just a few short messages reduced the second princess's sanity to zero.

To sum it up, Qin Zhibo still didn't feel anything special.

And what follows is the second act in "The King in Yellow" that is said to be full of taboos and madness.

Qin Zhibo, who was sitting on his seat, shrank his palms holding the armrests. Just as he held his breath and prepared for the opening of the second act, he found that the other seats in the theater had been filled with people from unknown time.

These people are all wearing modern clothes, their bodies are translucent, and some of them look like ethereal souls.

Qin Zhibo glanced back and found that not far from his position, a pair of familiar figures were sitting on the seats.

Kudo Shinichi and Maori Ran!

Qin Zhibo squinted his eyes and confirmed that they were Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan. Especially the "horns" on Mao Lilan's head were really easy to identify.

Both of them stared at the stage with serious faces.

Suddenly, Kudo Shinichi suddenly stood up from his seat and looked at the stage in surprise.

Judging from the shape of his mouth, he probably said "La Ni".

Then, the curtain on the stage opened again, and Qin Zhibo's perspective was forcibly adjusted back to the stage by an invisible force.

Act 2, Scene 1.

The dimly lit cell is a huge space, equipped with various execution instruments, torture beds, wooden cabinets, etc.

Queen Cassilda and her brother Adonis appeared from the right side of the stage,

It begins with a conversation between Cassilda and Adonis. Adonis believes that the person who needs to be dealt with to maintain the rule of the royal family is the high priest.

In order to prevent all the untouchables in the city from flocking to him under the high priest's "magic words", Adonis suggested that the prisoners in the city should be executed immediately to establish the prestige of the royal family and bring the masked weirdo who appeared on the stage here.

Tortured.

Cassiluda agreed one by one.

Adonis went to personally supervise the execution of prisoners, while Cassilda was responsible for interrogating the weirdos.

There is an inner monologue from Cassilda, which probably means that she knows that her brother and the high priest are very scheming, and what she wants to do is to get rid of the fate that everyone has set for herself, and prove that these people are all wrong.

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To do this, she needs to first interrogate the weirdos at the ball and understand the high priest's conspiracy.

The queen believed that the weirdo was sent by the high priest to cause trouble.

The strange man was brought by the guards, but the pale mask on the strange man's face could not be removed. Cassilda could only order someone to put the execution hood on him.

Cassiluda began to whip the weirdo continuously and asked the weirdo his name.

But no matter how he is executed, the weirdo always replies, "I am the truth."

Cassilda asked again if the weirdo served the high priest.

The weirdo replied: "Truth serves those who understand truth, but priests are not among them."

The queen's demeanor gradually fell into madness, and her execution methods against the weirdo became more and more cruel. However, no matter how she was interrogated, the weirdo insisted on her own story.

Until the strange man's body was torn open by the huge torture instrument, and white blood oozed from inside.

The crazy second princess pushed the door open and broke in, looking for the yellow seal.

Cassilda comforted the second princess to return to the palace first, but the second princess suddenly saw the strange man's stripped robe and recognized the yellow mark embroidered on the front as the "yellow mark".

Finally, the crazy second princess raised her arms and shouted: "Celebrate! Great joy! The yellow seal is in my hand! The end is coming!"

Act 2, scene 1, end.
To be continued...