It is the rainy season in Wangcheng, and there is a steady drizzle in the sky. The wind blows away the raindrops, causing ripples in the stagnant water. Pedestrians walking in the hazy rain curtain, the high and low green alleys

The stone slabs were constantly being stepped on, making crisp sounds, and the whole city looked ancient and vicissitudes of life, as if it had blended into the mist.

In an old tavern in a remote city, Dinisha sat in a corner, resting her chin on her hand and looking at the drizzle outside the window, a little absent-mindedly.

A few days ago, she and Lorna went out to ride a dragon after dinner. When they came back, they had to go on duty, so they asked Lorna to go home first.

But when she returned home after her duty, she found that Lorna was not at home, and there were only some water stains in the bathroom. She didn't pay much attention to it at first, just thinking that Lorna had gone out to play with someone.

Unexpectedly, Lorna disappeared suddenly after that night and never returned home. Only a few witnesses claimed that Lorna left the royal city riding a dragon.

Dinisha thought that Lorna had something to do and had returned to Lenglie Valley, but when she sent Feishu to inquire, Lenglie Valley said that Lorna had not come back at all. Only then did she realize that Lorna had completely lost contact.

Dinisha is not worried that Lorna will be in any danger. After all, she is not a weak little girl, but a dragon knight. Looking at the entire Doguland, there are only 20 people who can do anything to her.

However, Lorna's sudden loss of contact was too abnormal. Even if she had something urgent, she should have left a message instead of leaving without saying a word.

Dinisha stared at the rain outside the window, sighed softly, and secretly prayed in her heart, hoping that she was worrying too much.

At this moment, a drunken drinker came over, put a glass of wine in front of Dinisha, and said, "Di, why are you so depressed today? Hurry up and drink with your brothers!"

Dinisha smiled, picked up the wine, clinked glasses with the other party, and started drinking together.

The spicy alcohol flowed in her throat, causing a slight stinging sensation. As she drank, Dinisha suddenly stopped for some reason. She frowned and covered her heart, closing her eyes tightly.

The drinker asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"It's okay, maybe I'm hungover." Before Dinisha could say a few words, her face suddenly turned pale and she spat out a mouthful of blood on the table.

For a moment, there was silence in the tavern, and everyone looked at Dinisha blankly, each one at a loss.

These drinkers are all veterans in the army and acquaintances of Dinisha. They know her drinking capacity very well. If you want to drink this guy down, the drinks must be counted in "barrels", and even if she gets her drunk, she

The worst thing I could do in the past was holding the basin and vomiting wildly. When have you ever vomited blood like today? What's going on?!

The drinker who was serving the wine was at a loss. His first reaction was that Dinisha had deliberately put tomato juice in her mouth to tease them. It was not until he noticed that Dinisha's face was abnormally pale that he asked in horror:

"Di, what are you doing?"

Dinisha closed her eyes tightly, her breathing was disordered, and her heart was very entangled.

The side effects came after all

Last year, Lorna was severely injured at Dawn Peak. There was no blood source during the operation. She forcibly accepted the dragon's blood and used her own body to help Lorna purify the blood. This approach saved Lorna's life, but it also damaged her internal organs.

Burned by the dragon's blood, he suffered permanent damage.

In the first few months, the damage was not obvious, and Dinisha thought she could bear it.

Until later, my body gradually developed some diseases that I had never had before. My bones always suffered inexplicable severe pain. Now I can't even swallow wine. After drinking, I will feel chest tightness and vomit blood.

The cost of keeping Lorna alive was far greater than she imagined.

Dinisha didn't want her friends to worry about her. After suppressing the blood in her throat, she laughed deliberately: "Idiots! You must have been fooled by me! Hahaha, look at Old Locke's face.

It’s like a ghost, it made me laugh to death!”

The drinker rubbed the back of his head and was really fooled for a moment. After all, Dinisha had teased them before. He thought that today's episode was also a new trick that Dinisha had racked her brains to come up with, so he hit her.

He punched the fist, laughed and cursed: "Fuck you, you don't behave properly all day long, you just want to scare us, you invited us to have this drink today!"

"Okay, okay, I'll treat you." Dinisha took out a few silver moons and put them on the table. She stood up and patted the drinker on the shoulder and said, "You guys drink, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

"Di" the bartender called Dinisha. He subconsciously glanced at the blood on the table and asked implicitly, "Are you really okay? Is this blood?"

Dinisha poked his forehead and said lazily: "Look at your stupid look. This is the colored pigment I asked the alchemist to make. You can't even tell? Besides, with my sister's strength, you can't tell

I'm worried? It's better to go home and care about your fat boy's studies, crawl up and down, and drink your wine."

The drinker thought so, and casually patted Dinisha's arm and said, "Come on, let's talk to my buddy about something." After that, he went to drink with his brothers.

Dinisha walked out of the tavern and stood alone on the streets of the royal city. The rain in the sky became heavier. The patter of rain made the scenery in front of her distorted and unclear. A faint chill shrouded the surroundings, silent and desolate.

Dinisha let the rain splash into her eyes, blurring her vision. She looked at the huge sky and said to herself: "I don't know how long I can stay with you."

On Booting Day, Doguland has a cultural tradition every year on this day. High priests from various places will collaborate with chief executives to conduct sun ceremonies to commemorate the Sun King, the "chief of the gods" who invented farming tools in ancient times and led people to start civilization.

In previous sun ceremonies in the royal city, Perseus would come to the ceremony in person and coordinate with the high priest to preside over the ceremony.

However, the political situation this year has changed, and the forces in the palace have changed. For safety reasons, Perseus did not leave the palace rashly. The sun ceremony will be carried out normally, and he will overlook it from the observation deck of the palace.

The overt and covert fighting in the palace was turbulent, but in fact the people did not have much awareness, because it was all done in secret. The common people could only intuitively feel that there were more guards in the city, and that many administrative department chiefs had been replaced.

, and it is impossible to get a glimpse of the political implications behind it.

Perseus and the palace ministers were all at the observation deck at this time, but two people were absent, one was the chief royal guard Dinisha, and the other was Sting, the king's right hand.

During this period of time, Dinisha reported illness and was recuperating at home, and has not been at work for several days in a row.

Sting is searching for Lorna all over the world because of her mysterious disappearance, but he has not found her yet and does not know where Lorna has gone.

Other members of the royal family have already arrived, including Andre and Lan Xian, who have been at the center of the vortex recently. These two have been entrenched in various forces for many years. Even Perseus can't remove them directly, so both sides openly

Still maintaining the usual relationship.

Game of Thrones is like this, they know he's going to touch them, he knows they know he's going to touch them, they know he knows they know he's going to touch them, but he and they are silent about it.
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