For the basement of the Sylter House, Filin is no stranger.

When he was a child, he used it as his own amusement park, and it was a fun thing to find strange items from all kinds of dusty boxes.Of course, for this reason, he was not beaten by his father, and was eventually banned from entering the basement alone, but Filin could always find a way to sneak in.

The jazz took him into the innermost stone chamber, and saw that the walls were all around him studded with pale blue crystals the size of the fist - Filin could not help but take a cold breath, each stone was actually a stone of divine punishment, and he did not know these things as a child, but now he naturally understood what it meant, high-quality gods and stones were worth a lot, like such a big head, at least about five or six hundred golden dragons.

Is the Silt family so rich?

He suddenly remembered that the treasure map had also been turned from this room.

There was a circle of boxes around the stone chamber, and the arrangement was not much different from the scene in memory, and Sir Sylter took out a string of keys and opened the largest wooden box, and with the squeaking sound of the open box, a sudden dust was raised in the house.

Filin held her breath and looked into the box—a number of layers, similar to the dresser used by Miss Noble, each with gems of different colors.

Is this the ancestor’s legacy?

"I have not visited here in a long time," sighed the Sir; "every time I see these magic stones, I think of the heavy past that my ancestors said."

“The magic stone?”Philin was surprised.

"Yes, only the precious object that a witch can use," he nodded, "it's a very long story.Our family is founded on the protection of a witch.”

His father began to tell the history of the family's origin, and unlike what he had heard as a child, the first Sirte ancestor did not come from the west, but from the deserted mountains, the barbaric land that no one had set foot in.

Filin gradually rounded his eyes, and he did not expect that there was such an amazing secret hidden behind the portrait.

The founder of the family, the ancestor of Egsha, actually established a huge kingdom with many other witches.In the kingdom, they are in a ruling position, similar to the current nobles, and the kingdom died out of the attack of the devil in hell.In the last battle, the survivors fled, and Agratha took a group of people to the stone tower of the hidden forest to collect experimental materials, and another group followed the army to the gray castle - the kingdom was still just a backward and barren and desolate area.

“Ancestors are in another group?”Philly asked her throat dryly.

"Yes, he was the butler of the witch, and it was reasonable to go with her to the forest, but he withdrew and offered to stay and look after the supplies, and the witch granted his request."The jazz whispered, "You should know what that means."

Philin nodded, the steward can be regarded as the most trusted person in the family, except for relatives, the most often, the housekeeper should live and die with the master, unless the master ordered otherwise.Taking the initiative to leave is in a sense the same as betrayal, even if the other party does not refuse.

“When the ancestors arrived in the west, they were caught in deep regret and self-blame, and recorded all this emotion,” Sir Sir Sylter took a black book from the other box, “and the witch did not return, and after that he severed the confederation, left the camp of the fugitives, and settled alone in this uncultivated area with a few of his minions.”

Filin took the Black Book and did not open it immediately, but thought of a terrible thing, “So, did you know from the beginning that everything the church did was wrong?”

If witches had been dedicated to fighting the devil, why are they now being advertised as the devil’s minions?There is obviously a great secret in it.

"You know, but there is nothing," said the Sir quietly, "if there is a witch in the territory, I will hide it, but the witch of the fortress is powerless to save, after all, the Duke of Lane does not think so - he is even more so than the church hates the witch."It is also known from the records of the later patriarchs that they did the same... but they did not tell the lucky ones who were rescued about the witch kingdom.”

“Are they still in the family?”

"How is it possible, of course, that it has all gone to the grave," he said, "it is a very rare age to live to sixty or seventy years old, but after all, they will be human and will grow old."

"But you think your ancestors are alive."

"It is only possible that witches are diverse in capacities and unable to produce offspring, that is why I have speculated."

For a moment, Filing thought for a moment and changed the subject, "Didn't the ancestors want to go to the hidden forest to find the ancestors of Aisha?"

"How easy it is to talk," said the father, shaking his head, "not even the witch can return safely, and ordinary people going there is no difference between dying and dying."In addition, the Westland was still a wasteland four hundred years ago, full of wild animals and jungles, and it was hard to take root alone, and there was no time to take into account other things.But the ancestors wrote this in their will, hoping that in the future, some descendants will go to the hidden forest stone tower, even if it is best to look at it."

Dawn morning light took a deep breath, opened this long-closed record book, from the first page, he can feel the regret between the lines.Many handwritings have become blurred over the years, but that is why the heavy feeling is more obvious.I do not know how long it took him to turn to the last page, and the contents of the will were written here, perhaps not a will, but an unfinished wish.

This is probably the reason why my father showed regret after drinking.

As a former knight, he felt the same way.

“Do you need me to find her?”For a moment's silence, Philin asked, "If she really loves Gersa herself, she must have lived in the Prince's Castle, where, as far as I know, witches have gathered."

“Are all the witches gathered in the castle?”The jazzman said, “It is no wonder that the long-singue fortress issued a notice a few days ago to recruit witches, and it seems that His Highness is determined to be hostile to the Church.”Then he shook his head, "No, you don't have to go to her."

Philin nodded, “Don’t you want to see her?”

"Wherever the forefathers came to see his descendants," laughed Sir Sitter; "of course we had to go and see her."

“We...we?”

"Yes, I will also go with you to the border town," my father said with a chin and a smile, "and take all these things with me, and if it is really Egsa herself, the wishes of my ancestors will be fulfilled."

(Unfinished.)