Kingdom’s Bloodline

Remember [New] in a second! Among the petals floating in the sky, Thales looked at Xi Lai, who was skillfully posing on the street, with a stiff expression.

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Wyah and... Wyana?

What is this?

How could someone have such a pseudonym!

Master of magic?

Wyah and Wyana? Why haven't I heard of it?

It can't be those scammers from last time, their tricks are so bad, they were caught out on the spot!

These two hairs don't grow evenly? Hey, maybe the gang of thieves on the street diverted their attention...

Mom, there's magic! I want to see, I want to see!

There are more and more passers-by, some just passing by for a casual glance, and some taking their families along for a special trip, men, women and children are all present, they stretch out their hands to pick up the petals, while chatting with Xi Lai and Thales .

Hey, what kind of magic is it? It's all fake. It's either a prop mechanism or a trick or an ability...

Either it's a babysitter with support!

Okay, okay, I like watching magic tricks and tearing them apart!

That can't be done, magic is to be admired, not to make you play tricks...

If you don't tear down the stage, then what kind of magic is there...

Hey, master magician, don't just stand still, keep changing!

I want to watch escape magic tricks! The kind that tie a rope and behead!

During the Emerald Festival, various performances and celebrations can be seen on the streets of the city every day, not to mention that in the Iris District where there are many theater groups, this kind of scene is simply too normal for the citizens, but after a while, this street corner is naturally The stage was surrounded, and some audience members even began to urge Hilley and Thales.

Great, Thales rubbed his hair to make it a little more messy, so as not to be recognized (although this possibility is very rare), what should we do now, Master Magic?

Xi Lai didn't speak, but just turned around and gave him a sideways glance.

The girl turned around, first raised her left hand with a smile, then quickly retracted it, and miraculously pulled out a whole red flower from the pinched hat.

There was a commotion among the onlookers, some exclaimed a little, and some hissed in dissatisfaction (I can do it myself!).

But Xi Lai was not affected in the slightest, she smiled unabated, first waved her right hand, and then crossed her hands, the little red flower disappeared from her left hand in an instant.

The audience's exclamation grows louder, and the booing dies down (One more!).

They want magic, the young lady of the Calvin Dill family smiled like a flower, Thales's broken hat kept flying between her wrists and arms, red flowers, blue flowers, yellow flowers, purple flowers, several different colors Flowers and branches appeared or disappeared from her hands one after another, it was amazing, Then I will give them...

Alright——accompanied by more and more cheers and applause, Thales raised his eyebrows helplessly.

From the angle behind Xi Lai, he can clearly see how the eldest lady performs magic: different flower branches are sandwiched between her elbows, underarms, behind her palms, even behind her neck and behind her skirt, cleverly hiding them from the audience. In the invisible blind spot, she magically appears or disappears in her hands every time through the cover of the hat and the sound of the east and west, and every time it can attract the audience's exclamation.

It is worth mentioning that Hilley's technique is skillful and flexible, and her movements are natural and smooth. Thales), coupled with the flashing flower branches back and forth, is enough to dazzle the audience.

Um……

The harsh Thales narrowed his eyes—this way of performing magic seems to be not much different from the tricksters playing cards in the black gold casino in Wangdu and the three hands on the streets of the lower city.

But he did not forget the purpose of their trip: in the barber shop across the street, Slimani and the barber man were talking in low voices, while paying attention to the crowds of spectators, the former was confused, the latter was puzzled, obviously They all began to shake the suspicion just now.

Well, it was a bad idea, but at least it worked.

Thales pouted.

Hilley—to be exact, it was Wyana the Magician repeated three times in different gestures, and finally threw five different colored flower branches into the hands of the audience. She smiled and buckled her hat Bow, welcome a lot of cheers and applause.

Amidst the excitement, Thales did not forget to pay attention to the situation across the street:

Slimani sat back on the shaving chair again, as if he was relieved, and the guy behind him scratched his head embarrassingly, gradually dispelling his doubts.

This trick is too old!

Change your style!

yes!

Big transformation into a living person?

It's okay to saw a living person!

Fire-eaters? I saw one like that at Humble last year!

There were more and more voices from the crowd, and the requirements were getting higher and higher, but the experienced Master Wyana was unafraid, and immediately performed other magic tricks:

She took out a few thin metal rings, first handed them out to the audience in the first row, and then took them back, playing the trick of removing the rings with great speed.

Thales on the side unknowingly became a supporting role. He held up the hem of his clothes disheveledly, kept bowing to the audience for rewards, and thought sourly:

Cut, there are a few rings with tiny gaps mixed in the perfect ring, who wouldn’t know it—it seems that a long time ago, there were craftsmen from other places on the streets of Hongfang Street who performed this trick, until the news spread to the Blood Bottle Gang There, the clown Max and his circus den who came after hearing the news smashed it clean.

But now, the guys in the barber shop won't be suspicious anymore, right?

The next moment, Xi Lai, who felt that the audience was tired of watching, changed her technique. She saw several rings on her forearms, and the girl happily raised her hands, stepped on the dance steps and spun around, humming the popular song of the South Bank. Flowers Under the Sea in minor tune.

During the cheers and chorus of the audience, every time she danced a circle, one of the rings on her arms would fall off and fit into another ring, until the rings were surrounded by rings to form a long ring. The chain was waved by Xi Lai in big circles one after another.

Alright - Thales raised his eyebrows as a harsh magic judge: the combination of performance and dance is not bad.

Halfway through the minor key, the long chain loses a ring with each turn, until the rings separate again and slip neatly back onto Hilley's arm.

After Xi Lai danced the last round, he shook his arms, grasped the rings in his hands again, and bowed.

There was another round of cheers and applause from the crowd.

The trick is quite old, but the dance is not bad, come on, let's go!

Thales' nerves tensed, and he subconsciously reached out to catch a copper coin thrown from the crowd.

wait, what is this?

In the next second, a lot of coins—even a few store coupons, and even an apple—flew towards Thales from the audience, and many people held the coins in their hands and waved to him .

Thales—the heir of the magic family, Huiya hurriedly continued to reward money, and in a short while, he got a full hand, and even leaked a lot on the ground, so he had to pull out the hem of his clothes to pocket it, and put it out With a grateful smiling face, he surrounded the audience to collect reward money to match Master Wyana's performance.

No, so many rings, how did you put them on? It must be fake, right! What props did you use? Can you sell me some? Some people in the crowd couldn't help being curious.

I'm sorry, Seeing so many spectators, Ms. Hille Magic Master Wyana smiled even more happily, The secrets of magic, first, don't delve into it, second, don't reveal it, third, don't spread it, fourth, please let me know all about it. Appreciate it!

After saying that, Xi Lai conjured a flower from the hat again, which drew cheers from the crowd.

Girl, come one more!

Sister, sister, choose me! I want to do magic tricks too!

When are you going to saw a living person? For example, saw your brother?

The reaction of the audience made Xi Lai more excited, and the performance became more and more enjoyable. She happily changed several kinds of street magic tricks, from rings to guessing, from petals to whole flowers to pulling out a black cloth to change out of thin air (Tell The apple that Scy gave her... She even invited an audience auntie to tie her wrists with hers, so that the seemingly knotted ropes magically changed back and forth between the two wrists, and the ropes were untied. (Although the aunt was suspected by everyone as a pre-arranged babysitter after she left the stage, she was so angry that she yelled at the crowd on the spot).

Thales, who was in charge of collecting rewards and bowing, his clothes became a little heavier. He had to use a few coppers to find a peddler in exchange for a bag, and put the coins in it all at once.

No, the citizens of Emerald City are so supportive? Is the reward so easy?

When he was hanging out on the streets, why weren't the citizens of the capital so generous?

Thales watched Slimani, who sat back on the chair in the barber shop, and Xi Lai, who was happily raising his hands amidst the applause, and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

It can be seen that this girl is not only good at technique, she is also very talented in acting. She knows how to guide the audience's attention and gradually manipulate their emotions in order to achieve the best performance effect.

If, if she wasn't Kevin Dill, if she wasn't born in the Duke's family, if she wasn't Jann's sister...

She'd be a great street performer.

At this moment, a man pushed through the crowd and came to the front row, interrupting Hilley's magic show.

You, girl, how did you do the magic?

The man was wearing a work apron, and his body was full of the smell of hair oil. He squinted his eyes: I'll give you money, can you tell me the secret? I want to do this magic trick too.

Oops.

Thales saw the man's appearance clearly, and his heart skipped a beat!

He was, he was the clerk at the barber shop, the one who took Slimani a silver coin.

It's a member of the Blood Bottle Gang!

Thales glanced out of the corner of his eye, and Slimani was still sitting in the opposite shop with a shaved scarf on his body, and he didn't look this way.

But he must be paying attention here!

Did he become suspicious and come to test the two of them?

Shiley obviously recognized this guy too, but she reacted very quickly and put on a formulaic smile:

Sorry, sir: The secrets of magic, one should not be delved into, two should not be exposed, and three should not be passed on to the outside world—

Tell me, where did you practice it? the shaving guy raised his voice and interrupted impatiently.

His ferocious appearance made the audience who were dissatisfied with him take a few steps back.

Hillary frowned.

This gentleman!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Thales approached with a flattering face:

It's like this. As audiences of magic tricks, we should have such qualities: Appreciate with confidence and enjoy the magical performance wholeheartedly...

The boy flipped his palms over, cleverly grabbed a handful of coins from his pocket, and put them into the clerk's hands calmly.

The guy who shaved his hair looked at Thales' movements, and his eyebrows twitched.

He subconsciously put away the money and glanced in the direction of the shop.

But after only a few seconds, the guy figured out something and turned cold again:

Tell me, which way are you on?

Thales's smile froze:

sorry?

Amidst the booing of the crowd, the barber sneered.

Don't pretend, I can tell from your tactics that you are also in the street business, the man said, Why, you think there is not enough police force here on your lord's parade day, and you want to make a fortune?

The line on the street?

Thales smiled and said, Misunderstood, I'm not—

Master of magic? Pooh! I've seen a lot of people like you, said the shaved man, say, how many things have you stolen along the way? Where are you hiding them? Is she performing and you are touching sheep? There are people in the crowd. Is it your gang?

Thales and Hille's expressions changed.

The sudden accident caused the crowd to whisper and mutter, but everyone looked at Thales and Hilley differently.

What, are they thieves?

It turned out to be a thief!

Can thieves do magic tricks too?

Don't be dazed, check if you lost your wallet!

Fuck! My purse is gone, and they are—oh, here it is, I misremembered.

They don't look like thieves, do they?

Hey, no relatives and no reason, how can you speak for them! You can't be their gang, right?

Ah? I'm not, I didn't... Well, uh, looking at it this way, they are indeed a bit suspicious...

That's right! Return to rational thinking!

But we have no evidence...

Flies don't bite seamless eggs. If there's nothing wrong with them, can this guy find them?

Amidst the louder and louder noises, Hilley put on a straight face, put away the props and walked forward:

We are not thieves, but upright magicians. We came to the city to witness the Emerald Festival on Queen's Day, and we are ready to make a living.

Maybe it was because the magic show just now was very successful. After Xi Lai spoke, there were also many voices of injustice from the crowd.

Yes! Stay away from them!

It's the Emerald Festival, why are you fighting and killing!

Stop making trouble!

That's enough, Ragueno, it's just a trick for others to show off, how can you be so overbearing!

But Raguenot, the shaving guy, didn't care, he gave a pooh.

To make a living? Hey, I tell you, you broke the rules!

Guy Ragueno's finger almost poked Thales' face:

Who is your boss? Sangalei who keeps dogs? Or from North Gate Bridge? Foreigners? Hikers? Don't you know this is a no-stealing zone? Have you greeted the boss, have you been recruited, just Dare to come here to ask for a living? The Emerald City has rules!

As soon as they heard the words Boss, Sangarei and North Gate Bridge, the support for Xilai in the crowd suddenly became weaker, and many people seemed to know something and left in twos and threes.

Seeing this, Ragueno sneered even more, and pointed to the shop behind him:

Also, you are blocking us from doing business.

In the barbershop, the target of their trip, Slimani was sitting on a chair, as if he was observing this side through the reflection of the mirror.

Thales and Hille looked at each other.

Damn it.

It seems that it is not out of suspicion to test.

And it's purely the damn rules of the road.

Thales smiled and rubbed his hands together:

My dear, Mr. Raguenot? Firstly, we are indeed not thieves. Secondly, if you don't like us performing here, let's just leave! Or, we can also compensate for the loss in your store...

Not a thief? That's good.

Ragnol let out a smirk, he suddenly reached out and clasped Hilley's wrist!

Hille's complexion changed:

let me go!

Thales was also surprised. He stood up in front of Hilley and held down Ragueno's arm:

Let go!

But Ragueno had obviously practiced it before, and he tightly clasped Hilley's wrist:

Come on, I'll pinch your hand, and you can try another trick? Magician? Or, come with me to the police officer?

Xi Lai screamed, she grabbed her glove and pulled her hand back desperately.

Fuck! Let go! Thales gritted his teeth and pressed against the buddy, trying to pull the hands of Hilley and Ragnol away.

Ah, it's your glove, isn't it?

The conflict broke out, and the crowd was in chaos. Ragueno grabbed Xi Lai's hand and laughed triumphantly, It must be your glove. There must be a mechanism in it? Tell me, how many 'magic' have you done with this? How much money have you cheated? How much more did you steal?

There was an echoing voice from the crowd:

Exactly! What kind of gloves does the flower girl wear? It looks like a noble lady. What are you pretending to be? Are they so delicate?

The sharp-eyed Thales recognized that it was another guy in the barber shop.

There must be a mechanism in the glove!

Maybe there are stolen money!

It must be a thief!

I know! They stole me last week!

In the crowd, there were some passers-by who couldn’t understand this scene and felt aggrieved on behalf of Xi Lai, but under the repeated echoes of the shaved guys, even the most righteous people had to hesitate: Could it be that they really Thief?

Come, come, pull to see the police officer!

They can't escape this time!

Several enthusiasts responded, coincidentally emerged from the surrounding crowd, rolled up their sleeves, and wanted to help Ragueno drag people along, one of them even grabbed Thales' hand and pushed him back drag!

In the chaos, Xi Lai accidentally fell to the ground and screamed.

Oops—Thales reacted and opened the long-sealed memory: finding fault, framing, gangs, robbery, scattering... This is the usual method used by human trafficking gangs to abduct women and children on the street a long time ago.

In the abandoned house, many beggars came here.

For example, in the past, Kolia, the youngest girl in their sixth house—she remembered that she had parents, a nanny, and toys, and that she was snatched away by several people during a celebration.

She even remembers hearing the nurse chasing after her, crying while chasing her that day.

Until the cry became farther and farther away.

In this life, I will never hear it again.

enough!

Thales returned to reality and roared angrily:

Go away!

The crime of prison river burned instantly, and the memory of the northern army's swordsmanship came back to his mind.

boom!

Thales elbowed back first, knocking the guy behind him to the ground, grunting in pain.

In the next second, he pinned Ragueno's feet forward again, unleashed a sudden increase in strength, and knocked Ragnou two meters away.

Thales turned his head and pointed at the third guy. The latter was about to throw a punch, but when he saw Thales' angry eyes, he couldn't help but startled, and stopped his forward steps.

Enough!

Thales stopped the remaining shaved guys.

If Boss Balta knows what you guys are doing here, Thales gritted his teeth, and coldly glanced at Ragueno who was rubbing his chest on the ground, trust me, he will melt you—if he If he hadn't been melted down by Boss Fogg before then, and Fogg hadn't been melted down by someone more terrifying than him.

Ragueno's complexion changed when he heard the words: You, why do you...

Thales snorted coldly, turned around and grabbed Xi Lai's arm, and helped her up from the ground.

But at that second, someone seemed to have discovered something and shouted first.

Did you see that?

yes……

Oh My God……

Thales looked up suspiciously, and found that everyone was looking behind him, and the people around were in an uproar!

Oops, is your identity exposed?

Ragno was helped up by a buddy, but he was stunned when he saw something.

Following everyone's gaze, Thales slowly lowered his head, and was immediately stunned.

What the hell is that?

It's disgusting...

This thing really exists...

Seeing everyone's reactions, Hilley suddenly realized something.

She lowered her head in horror, only to realize that her left glove had been ripped off.

And at the place where everyone's eyes gathered, the skin of Xilai's left hand from the forearm to the entire palm was covered with red and black burns, pitted and uneven.

Ugly.

But that's not the most shocking.

ah!

A girl who was closer saw something clearly and exclaimed, and her mother quickly covered her eyes.

It was Hilley's left palm.

On it... On the outside of the ugly little finger with red skin, a finger suddenly grew.

It is slender and crooked, and at the moment it is awkwardly and irregularly attached to the little finger, hanging out of the palm, twitching and twitching.

The crowd was in an uproar.

What the hell is that...

That hand, does it have six fingers or seven?

There seem to be more than a dozen of them. They are crooked and disgusting!

I saw it when I was a kid! Lobster Hands!

No! The lobster finger is missing, this one has a lot more fingers, it's... uh, spider hand!

It's so pitiful, she is a girl who was born with a disability...

It must have been cursed by a witch...

No wonder it can do magic!

Even in the distance, Slimani in the barber shop turned his head back from his chair and looked here curiously.

Six, six fingers?

At that moment, Thales thought of many things.