This evening.

Xiao Qian sat on the stone chair in the courtyard, looking at the stars in the sky, holding her cheeks and thinking about something.

Tomorrow is the new year, and it has been more than two days since Mr. left.

Although the girl knew Lu Fan's strength, she still couldn't help but be a little worried about Lu Fan's whereabouts, after all, even if the two were on Dragon Island, it was rare for them to have no contact for more than two days.

At this time, the head of the Chen family, Lord Chen, knocked on the wooden door of the room, attracting the girl's attention.

"Miss Akane. ”

"Lord Chen. ”

Xiao Qian stood up and looked at Lord Chen who walked over slowly, showing a puzzled expression.

"What's the matter?"

Lord Chen shook his head, and instead sat down on another chair: "Hasn't Your Excellency Lu Fan come back yet?"

"Nope. Xiao Qian replied with some disappointment at first, but immediately showed a reassuring expression, "But I don't think anything will happen to Mr. ”

"That's ......"

Hearing the girl's words, Lord Chen showed a thoughtful expression, and after a while, he slowly spoke: "If there is some unexpected situation tomorrow, I hope Miss Qian can leave by herself with Princess Hui'er." ”

"What does that mean?"

The girl sensed the hesitation in Lord Chen's words.

"I had some bad premonitions, or maybe I was overthinking. ”

Lord Chen picked up the teacup on the stone table with a heavy heart, and there were some remnants of tea on it: "I always feel that things may not be as simple as I and the Hu family think, even if the Long family and the enemy family want to seize power, they can slowly figure it out, the prestige of the eldest princess is now enough, although the second princess has the dictation of the previous emperor, but the Hippoian Empire has never been a rigid country, from the current point of view, their actions against Princess Hui'er are unusually redundant." ”

"You mean, maybe there's something involved that we don't know about?"

Xiao Qian took out the notebook that she often remembered and frowned slightly.

In fact, she had similar doubts before, why did she have to assassinate Princess Hui'er, and she took great pains to splash dirty water on herself and others.

They can keep moving forward if they don't do anything, but what are they afraid of?

"In short, no matter what the outcome is, I hope that Princess Hui'er's life will be saved, and after that accident, these things should have left her, let alone lost their lives. ”

"I see. Akane nodded and said, "If the situation is really urgent, I will take her away." ”

......

Inside the Royal Palace.

"Xiaoying, help me get an apple. ”

The little maid left in response, leaving Princess Hui'er sitting at the table, stunned by the photo.

That's Lu Fan's photo.

He hadn't come to me in days......

At this moment, the voice of the little maid came from outside: "Welcome Your Highness." ”

"Hmm"

A slightly cold voice brought Princess Hui'er's thoughts back.

"Sister. ”

Seeing the eldest princess walking in, Hui'er, who was the second princess, naturally wanted to salute.

"Excuse me, didn't I say it a long time ago, there is no need to salute between you and my sisters. ”

The eldest lady walked to the table, and when she saw that there was an extra picture frame on it, she picked it up.

And Princess Hui'er was slightly nervous, but she didn't expect her sister to notice this photo.

"I still remember this person, his name is Lu Fan, right?"

Looking at the photo in her hand, Princess Celestia showed a hint of a smile, revealing an ambiguous meaning.

"Yes, yes. ”

Princess Hui'er's head was slightly lowered, not daring to look at this sister who exuded majesty.

"Intrigued?"

The eldest princess suddenly chuckled and put the photo back on the table: "I thought you would always be Qiu Liang's follower." ”

Hearing her sister mention Qiu Liang, Princess Hui'er's heart ached slightly, and she shook her head: "No, I didn't have a heart......"

"If you are tempted, you have to pursue it. ”

The eldest princess interrupted Princess Hui'er's words without saying anything, she pulled over a chair and sat in front of Hui'er.

"As long as you want, you can ask for it, you are the princess of the Hippo Empire, as long as you want, what about him as a colt?"

Hearing the words of the eldest princess, Hui'er sighed slightly.

"Sister, I'm really ...... Without that meaning, I won't like anyone else until I avenge my big brother. ”

And when Hui'er mentioned avenging Qiu Liang, the eldest princess's face changed slightly.

"Do you have to be like this?"

After a moment of silence, the eldest princess looked at Hui'er's face, the girl who didn't dare to look at her before, but her eyes were full of determination at this moment.

"Yes. ”

Hui'er nodded firmly.

"Actually...... Don't you already have the answer in your heart?"

It was just the next sentence of the eldest princess, but it made Hui'er's heart tremble violently, and she raised her head in disbelief and looked at the woman in front of her.

The gentle expression of the eldest princess before disappeared without a trace, leaving only the indifference that Princess Hui'er had never seen.

"Sister......

Hui'er's voice trembled a little, she understood the purpose of the imperial sister's coming to find her tonight.

"The big family is quick and ruthless, Qiu Liang is just a pawn that can be discarded, although he died to protect you, but if you want to insist on pursuing it, I am afraid it will be difficult to have a satisfactory ending in the end. ”

Listening to the words of the eldest princess, Hui'er lowered her head, and her voice was a little lower: "Is my sister worried that my insistence on revenge will affect your relationship with the Qiu Long family?"

"I just don't want you to get a result that you can't accept. ”

The eldest princess didn't answer Hui'er's question, and put Lu Fan's photo frame in front of Qiu Liang: "The old will always leave, and the new will always come, isn't that bad?"

“...... You still do. Princess Hui'er shook her head, "Since you were a child, you have always been cold-blooded and ruthless, as long as it is useless to you, you can easily give it up." ”

"I'm just following my own path. ”

The eldest princess stood up and looked at Princess Hui'er with her head bowed.

"If I stand in my sister's way, will you abandon me as you did those people?"

The eldest princess paused slightly, then touched Hui'er's head and left the room.

Xiao Ying, the little maid who had been waiting outside for a long time, knocked on the door and handed the apple that had already been washed to Princess Hui'er.

"Will a new one come......

Princess Hui'er looked at the apple in front of her, and couldn't help but think of Lu Fan's previous appearance when she peeled the apple.

......

In an unknown place, a figure pushed open a door, clutched his empty left shoulder, and stumbled in.

"Good boy, what an astonishing strength. ”

As he spoke, he pulled out some bandages and began to bandage the wound.

"It's embarrassing, sir. ”

At this time, a person also appeared in the room.

"Hmph, it's just an unexpected character. ”

Ghostface didn't pay attention to the man's words.

"I should have warned you, watch out for that guy. ”

"Lu Fan?"

The ghost-faced man laughed, then stood up, walked up to the man, and stared at him deadly: "Even if the plan fails, I have a way to achieve my goal!"

"Oh, is it just your broken body?"

The man snorted disdainfully, and threw something at him.

Ghostface stretched out his remaining right hand and caught the object.

"What is this?"

It was a cylindrical object wrapped in rags, and the ghost-faced man tore off the rags and found that it was actually a left arm.

"Why don't you try it?"

This left arm is filled with an evil aura, and there are strange veins on it, the five fingers are much longer, and there is a trace of scales on the arm, but it is not obvious.

Looks...... It doesn't seem to be a human arm.

"Python or lizard?"

The ghost-faced man was a little shocked, could this group of guys actually do this?

"Neither. ”

Hearing this, his face was even more shocked.

"Dragons?"

"As you can imagine. ”

The mysterious man raised a hand, and a black light began to appear on it: "Do you need me to help you connect it?" After installing this left arm, your left arm has some of the abilities of a giant dragon, such as dragon power, gigantic, and strong**." ”

"What is your purpose?"

The ghost-faced man's heart began to wonder.

From the very beginning, this group of people found themselves and said that they wanted to cooperate with themselves, but how could they be willing to share the things in their pockets with others, the two Qiu Long families were the products of their own compromise, and how could they cooperate with an unknown mysterious force.

But now, his plan has obviously gone bankrupt, and this person has appeared at this time, obviously for a long time.

"My lord, you pursue the limit of strength, and we pursue the limit of faith. ”

The mysterious man chuckled: "The mysterious treasure of the Hippoian Empire, there is something we need. ”

"Sure enough, you also know the treasures of the Hippo Empire!"

The ghost-faced man moved with the sound, and the dagger in his right hand was already pressed against the mysterious man's neck.

"Who wouldn't covet the treasures left by human heroes to the first empress of the new era two thousand years ago?"

The mysterious man smiled and raised his hands, but there was no fear on his lips.

"Besides, what we need is not the same item as what you need, so don't worry. ”

And this time, the dagger in the ghost-faced man's hand stopped for a moment, and when he saw a trace of blood on the man's neck, he didn't panic, and finally took it back.

"Put it on me. ”

"If you're willing to cooperate, please wait a moment. ”

Watching the mysterious man take the arm to his left shoulder, and then his right hand emitted a black dark light, pressing it on the broken point, the ghost-faced man felt a tingling sensation coming, and after that, it was a little bit of return to the left hand consciousness.

"I didn't expect dark magic to have healing powers. ”

After the treatment, the ghost-faced man shook his left hand and said with some sarcasm.

"Light and darkness are inseparable, what light magic can do, why can't dark magic do it?"

"But you also know that that guy's strength is probably not something I can easily defeat with a left arm. ”

Thinking of the previous crushing-level battle, the ghost-faced man was not arrogant enough that he would be the opponent of that feared momentum.