Chapter 214: Note

Li En felt happiness.

Though it was subtle, he seemed able to find only this clichéd word to describe the feeling of these two days.

"The feeling of home?"

Li En still lived in his small building in the South Gate District, but he was no longer alone.

There was a daughter (Lana: Huh?), a girlfriend (Miss Miss Shaliman: Which Miss Miss Shaliman is your girlfriend? Speak clearly), a mechanical maid (Liana: Master, the living room wall collapsed again. I truly didn't mean to! Don't fire me), and friends (Damon: I find this slave market and the Black Police Station too unbearable. When do we revolt?). Ahem, in short, he was no longer alone.

If possible, he hoped such days would continue forever, to enjoy the happy life found in other transmigration novels, but

"The thunder in the sky will explode sooner or later."

Li En did not know how far the Hawks were from his location, but as fierce birds skilled in flight, their speed of arrival would never be too slow, and he had already deeply involved himself.

Even though he had a girlfriend for the first time in this life, Li En had little time for the boudoir. Facing this fatal-level crisis, perhaps only the Heroine's Soul Card could help him through it.

"Just a little more, why can't I pull it up?"

Through Dai Niya, Miss Miss Shaliman, the City Lord, and others, Li En tried his best to find those who had experienced the incident back then.

Theoretically, there should be quite a few of these people; after all, there were survivors of the old capital back then, and many had moved to safe areas to live.

However, even when asked face-to-face, they only received answers that felt very subtle.

"Hell... that was hell."

"I'm sorry, Mr., I only saw firelight and a sea of red."

"The sky darkened, then brightened again after a while. Everywhere was fire and blood. It took a long time before crying was heard."

"That day was the last day of the Victory Day Celebration, and also the wedding. Heh, looking back now, perhaps that was the so-called peak leading to decline."

"The Blood Wedding, the Blood Wedding. You've heard the bard's song about it, right? It refers to that day."

Ordinary survivors could not provide much information.

The only thing that could be confirmed was that the Dragon Calamity occurred about three months after the campaign to defeat the "Demon King," on the last day of the Victory Day Celebration following the army's return.

A few days prior, quite suddenly, the Royal Family advanced the wedding of the Princess and the Hero.

The wedding was grand, but also hasty; the specific wedding day was the last day of the Victory Celebration.

And the people did not oppose it. On the contrary, they were overjoyed.

At this time, the Hero's fame was at its highest, even suppressing the Royal Family. He was regarded as the symbol of the kingdom, regarded as the undefeated God of War.

His wedding with Her Highness the Princess was regarded as the cornerstone of the kingdom's stability, and also as the key turning point for the kingdom at its peak, about to become an empire.

"Uh, Lord Hero... I heard he had very good relations with several foreign princesses, very good."

"His personal morals..."

Li En's inquiries did not cause much surprise, as many people had done similar things over the years.

It just seemed to prove from one side that Lex was indeed not an honest man. There were rumors back then that he was going to other countries... Several kingdoms offered very high treatment; wasn't that when the princess was used? Moreover, Lex was famous for liking this kind of thing.

Therefore, his wedding with Her Highness the Princess back then made many people breathe a sigh of relief.

Even many towns and villages celebrated all night long, for the kingdom and the undefeated Hero.

"... It has a bit of the flavor of a political marriage."

"Actually, the relationship between the Princess and Lord Lex has always been subtle. Her Highness the Princess is not only a spellcaster but also a famous scholar and artist in the country, while Lord Lex, heh heh, he can fall asleep listening to little tunes." The City Lord's words made Li En feel even more subtle.

The City Lord had even personally witnessed the two lords quarreling in public several times. When they announced the wedding initially, all the Royal Knights were quite shocked.

In their impression, the relationship between the Princess and the Hero was not good. The Hero publicly mocked Her Highness the Princess for being lazy and even falling on the flat ground of the palace, while the Princess in turn mocked the Hero as a village bumpkin and an illiterate...

"For quite a long time, when the Princess mentioned that person, she directly said 'that village bumpkin'. However, the Princess is a gentle person, and the Hero is also a good person. Back then, she smiled very happily at the wedding. That was a smile from the heart. Everyone would think they would obtain happiness..."

Li En fell silent. Once some things were dug up, they were no longer so beautiful.

Even though the City Lord had tried hard to polish it, this sounded more like a political marriage forced by the situation?

"The King..."

"I don't know. Your Majesty fell seriously ill and semi-retired very early, handing power over to subordinates. However, regarding this wedding matter, he did support it. He came out from the deep palace specifically..."

Li En fell silent even more. In this story, the King seemed to be the least important person.

But if one considers the existence of the "Second Princess," perhaps the King could not ignore it at all; he very likely was the key.

To this day, the "Truth" has not reacted. It seems these do not count as "Truth" for the Hero.

"Sorry to disturb, thank you..." Both sides tacitly avoided the "Second Princess," after all, this might be the Royal Family's biggest scandal, even regarded as the cause of the nation's destruction.

If the existence of the Second Princess were truly confirmed, then, could it be regarded that because the Royal Family forcibly kept the Second Princess, it led to the nation's destruction? I fear the moment this spread, the people's hearts in the kingdom, already swaying in wind and rain, would directly collapse.

And when bidding farewell at the City Lord's residence, Li En unexpectedly heard an interesting anecdote.

Over these years, quite a few people had been tracing the truth; quite a few had asked the City Lord as well... And the most active seeker of the truth last time was also an old acquaintance of Li En.

"Lord Hero Laina?"

It seemed that Hero Laina had also sought the truth of this matter, but it seemed in the end she found nothing.

And halfway through the visit, Li En received a warning and was forced to stop there.

"Uh, did Her Highness Dai Niya complain to you?"

It seemed Li En had already stepped over the bottom line Dai Niya could tolerate. She could not accept someone questioning her parents' love, I suppose.

But Li En estimated that what truly made her unwilling to continue investigating was likely the fact mentioned by someone before: "At the wedding, Her Highness the Princess announced she was already pregnant." Her birth was forcibly linked to the day of the nation's destruction.

Perhaps her strategist also worried that if Li En kept digging like this, some strange rumors might spread.

But Li En was not in a hurry; his goal had actually been achieved.

"Often, the act of searching itself brings results..."

Li En never thought that his rashness in asking old acquaintances would uncover the so-called historical truth; he only hoped the news that "he was searching for the truth" would spread.

Then, naturally, some informed people would come forward, either selling information, exchanging information, or lending their strength. There were not few people who had doubts or even hatred regarding the events of that year, but they did not have Li En's ability to obtain the invisible support of the Royal Family and the Chengzhu Sect faction.

And some things came faster than anyone expected.

In the hall of Li En's residence, a note had been placed there at some unknown time.

There was only one name and one address above, yet it made Li En's face change instantly.

"The Whisperers' Book Club, 21 Star Street, Devon District."

The Whisperers? Isn't that the world-destroying Evil God?!

(End of this chapter)