The rope paused for a moment.

From this moment on, his silhouette in the darkness became desolate and desolate.

"Father sent people to my fiefdom privately, Thales."

Quick Rope said in despair: "He found Dana."

"He found her."

There was a long silence.

After a long while, Thales finally asked with difficulty:

"what happens?"

Kuaisheng didn't seem to have the motivation or desire to continue speaking, but he finally spoke again, and this time, his voice became hoarse.

"Danna is dead."

The speaker was like a walking corpse, motionless and lifeless: "On the day I heard the news and rushed back to the fiefdom."

Thales held his breath.

Kuaisheng said dryly, as if he was telling someone else's story: "I pushed away the white-blade guards like crazy, but I could only find her cold body in the sheepfold, with a smile still on her face."

"She was poisoned."

Kuai Sheng's voice trembled, with a faint cry filled with fear and regret.

"They told me that she committed suicide by taking poison, but... Thales..."

Poisoned to death.

At that moment, Thales remembered that night in the Palace of Heroes.

Reminds me of King Nun's exquisite ring.

Triumph.

Reminds me of the girl I used to be, Alex.

Taylor suddenly shuddered.

Prince of Stars held back his words.

The only sound left in the room was Kuai Rope's painful breathing.

Eventually, Kuai Rope's emotions calmed down.

"chain."

Thales came back to his senses: "What?"

"That pair of chains of power, Thales," I don't know where to start. Quick Rope's voice carried a touch of determination:

"That night, I stared blankly at Dana's body, just like I had looked at Suril's body."

"It suddenly dawned on me that I had never broken free from it."

Thales listened quietly, but what came to his mind was the underground tomb in Fuxing Palace, the large and small stone jars and urns.

Lyman Pass in the Black Sand Territory.

The Ghost Prince Tower in the Blade Tooth Camp.

Boom.

The fast rope leaned back, and the back of his head hit the wall hard.

"I have been under such a chain since I was born. Whether it makes me restrain myself, be content with the status quo, and be an obedient and harmless viscount, or it urges me to turn to the way I came from, to be an ambitious person who will overwhelm everyone.

The king never escaped."

He gritted his teeth and said, "I deceived myself and others as it tightened and loosened, and pulled back and forth."

"finally, I understand."

The rope came to the edge of the bed. He put his legs down on the ground, put his elbows on his knees, leaned forward, and stared directly at Thales.

"I can either obey, surrender, and let it lock my body and mind tighter and tighter," Kuai Rope's tone made Thales feel nervous: "Or I can abandon it completely."

"Be your true self."

Thales remained silent.

"Morar is already dead, Thales, not when he was assassinated by the Star People, or when he escaped from the Palace of Heroes," Quick Rope said coldly: "But when he was the son of Nunn, and as Vol.

He was already dead when Dunxue started his own life."

"And it wasn't until the night when I climbed the black path with difficulty and climbed out of Longxiao City that the man named Morar came to life for the first time."

"On that day, I saw that I was really saving myself with my own hands, reversing my fate, and smashing all illusions and luck," Kuaisheng's eyes sparkled in the darkness:

"Completely cast aside this chain of imprisonment, which is called power but is actually a chain of imprisonment. Say 'no' to it and everything it represents, including the forced restraints that are euphemistically called 'responsibility', including those that are praised as 'virtue'."

Hypocrisy, including self-deception called 'righteousness'."

Kuaisheng's voice disappeared, leaving only determination and perseverance.

After a long time, Thales, who was filled with emotion, struggled to speak out.

"So you chose to leave."

Thales sighed: "No matter what kind of reputation you may have: coward, timidity, or evasion."

Kuaisheng laughed disapprovingly: "Whatever you think, but I..."

But Thales' next words made Kuai Rope slightly stunned:

"Perhaps sometimes, it takes more courage than obeying the world's eyes and taking the path expected by others."

Thales' tone was filled with a little sigh.

"Maybe." Kuaisheng's eyes slowly changed when he looked at him. It was no longer the kind of casual teasing, but serious and serious.

The moonlight emerged from the clouds again, casting a silvery glow.

The two princes looked at each other quietly.

Thales felt the firmness and determination in the other person's eyes, as well as the vague hesitation and confusion.

"But how do you do it, run the rope quickly?" Thales couldn't help but ask: "Never look back?"

"Those... can you really let go of that easily?"

"Didn't you regret it when you left?"

This time it was the fast rope's turn to stall.

he pondered.

For a moment, Thales found a trace of struggle in his eyebrows.

But Kuai Rope finally relaxed his brows.

"Six years ago, when I survived the sea and heard the news of the drastic change in Exeter and the death of my father... I was also shocked, despaired and regretted."

"But like I said," Quick Rope sighed deeply:

"My father's fate is destined, whether I am here or not."

"As for Longxiao City and Exeter...I am there, they may get better or worse, but I don't think they will get better or worse just because of me."

At that moment, Quick Rope was like an old sailor who had experienced too many storms and waves, telling everyone a story around the stove at dusk after returning from his last voyage:

"I don't want to and can't be too greedy, trying to control things that are beyond my scope. If history has two outcomes, then should I cry bitterly because Longxiao City will wither without me, or should I shed tears for Longxiao City?

You survived without me and cheered?"

Thales was stunned.

"The only thing I can do is save myself."

"That's all."

He said quietly: "That's enough."

"And here I am, in the desert and on the sea, trying my best to maintain the operation of a small fleet, the livelihood of a small shop, the survival of a small team, and help these little people who can be counted on one hand...

…”

Kuaisheng looked through the window at the same mottled walls and desolate alleys outside: "In fact, I don't feel that what I am doing here, or the value I can find here, is more valuable than

In the secret room of Longxiao City, moving the chips like a motionless elder, chatting and laughing with the princes, frequently involving historical missions, national economy and people's livelihood, it would be smaller or more humble."

"I just... chose a life that belongs to me."

Thales listened quietly, with surprise in his eyes.

Finally, the Star Prince looked away and let out a sigh of relief.

He seemed to have just fought a big battle and was quite tired.

"I'm sorry, Quick Rope," Thales leaned against the wall, relaxed and smiled slightly: "Just now, I said some inappropriate and self-righteous words, accusing you, you know, suddenly met the person who caused you to be in a foreign country.
To be continued...