(Thanks to MISSED for the tip!)

The long night passed.

Early the next morning, Claire washed up and rushed to Charlotte's room. But the guard's answer disappointed him, Charlotte was not in the room, and he was summoned by Rebecca for questioning early in the morning.

"That's really ...... It's a twist and turn. Claire shook her head helplessly.

On the other side, Charlotte knocked on Rebecca's door, the room quickly opened, Rebecca looked left and right at the door, and asked, "Are you alone?"

Charlotte nodded, "Mom, do you have anything to do with me?"

"Let's talk about it first. Rebecca said, then to the guards guarding outside, "You guard both sides of the aisle, and no one is allowed to approach the room without my summons." ”

"But Your Highness, it's been an eventful ...... lately," the chief of the guard hesitated.

"Can't my Charlotte protect me?" asked Rebecca, "Go! ”

The latter sentence was addressed to the two maids in the house.

Charlotte realized that this conversation was extraordinary, and he waited for everyone to stand ten meters away from the door before entering the house, and asked in disbelief, "Is something wrong?" ”

Rebecca took off her wedding ring and handed it to Charlotte, "Take it." ”

"What are you?"

"Don't you see that this is a teleportation device? this is the wedding ring of the Grand Duke and Lady that has been passed down from generation to generation by Clayderman, and it has an ancient spell on it that can contact the holder of the ring. ”

"You mean, my father has something to do with me?" Charlotte saw Rebecca nodding, so he took the wedding ring and asked in disbelief, "Since this is the patriarchal ring that Clayderman has passed down from generation to generation, is it really okay for you to let me activate it?"

"The key is the loyalty of the Runi script, don't talk nonsense, tell you to start it quickly. ”

Charlotte felt a little uneasy, he looked at Rebecca for a few seconds, then hesitantly activated the ring.

The power of this ring was not necessarily stronger than the contact badge Sylvia had given her, but because the two ring-bearers were not far apart, a stable link was quickly established.

The virtual screen on which the ring is projected shows the figure of Lawrence, who is standing in the study with no one next to him, with a serious face.

"Father. Charlotte bowed to him, "You have something to do with me?"

"Can I trust you? Charlotte. At the beginning, Lawrence asked a question that surprised Charlotte.

"What are you talking about? Of course you can trust me!" Charlotte was a little uneasy and a little angry, "Do you think I'm going to be some kind of unsettling factor?

"Take it easy, Charlotte. Of course I know it's not you, I know there's someone else, and that's why I'm looking for you. ”

"Who?!" Charlotte asked knowingly, with uneasiness, "who do you think the murderer is?"

"Are you pretending to be confused?" Lawrence's face was gloomy and serious, "Your brother Aven, you're suspicious of him too, aren't you?"

- Father actually guessed that the murderer was Aven!?

Originally planned to hide it all, trying to secretly make Charlotte, who had put things back on track, feel like the world was spinning.

- What about the mother?

He subconsciously looked at Rebecca, who was covering her mouth, tears streaming down her eyes.

Charlotte was cold, he looked at Lawrence, and asked tremblingly, "Then you are looking for me...... You don't think ......?"

"Rest assured, it's not that yet. Lawrence tugged at him as if relieved and wryly smiled, "I'm glad you're still trustworthy, Charlotte." ”

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, I can tell from the look on your face that you're trying to keep the impact to a minimum, and you're even thinking that you can settle everything in private, right?"

Charlotte doesn't deny, "I think it's the best thing to do." ”

"I think so too, so that's why I came to you. Any idea why I didn't talk to Evan directly?"

Charlotte tugged at her lips and didn't answer.

"I'm guessing you've talked to Aven, but he won't say anything, will you?" Lawrence rubbed his brow wearily, "That's why I didn't talk to him directly." It seems that he is reluctant to speak out even to his closest relatives, but I still think he is not completely depraved. No, rather, I really hope he will turn back. ”

"You're right, he'll definitely turn back. Charlotte accentuated her tone.

"I hope I want to come back and preside over the situation myself, but I have to get things in order at the front, and I can't put hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in danger. Lawrence looked at Charlotte through the virtual screen, "So, I've discussed with Rebecca that I'm going to put the command of the Shadow Guard in your hands." ”

"Shadow Guard?" Charlotte knew about the existence of the Shadow Guard, a secret unit that only served the Clayderman Patriarch, responsible for guarding, spying, assassinating, and a series of other secret work, "Is this really good? I am not even a member of the Clayderman family nominally." ”

"No! you've always been a Clayderman. It's an eventful time, and it's time for you to take on the responsibilities of a Clayderman man. Protecting your family, protecting your loved ones, protecting your friends, are you going to shirk this responsibility?" Lawrence's voice was stern.

Charlotte was silent for a moment, then looked up and asked, "What do you need me to do?"

"Good!" Lawrence nodded, "Elbert is dead, and I can almost understand why Evan would attack him, but I still need you to protect Cynthia just in case, that's the first priority!"

"No problem, even if you don't give the order, I'll do it. Anything else?"

"Secondly, I heard Rebecca talk about a series of recent disappearances, and the finger seems to be directed at Fort Savoie. You and I both know that the palace minister who works in the castle does not have the ability and guts, although it is very sad, but I have to admit that this matter is very likely to be related to Aven. Sava Fort was built more than 3,000 years ago, and the expansion and renovation of the castle over the years has left the castle with countless secret passages and secret rooms, some of which I know, and some of which I have never even heard of, I will ask the Shadow Guard to give you detailed drawings of the castle, and I want you to find out where the missing people are, and see if it has anything to do with Aven. If so, I'd like to know what he wants those people to do. ”

Charlotte could vaguely guess what Evan was doing with those people, but he couldn't say that the fact that the three siblings were involved in the ancestors of the Clayderman family was so big that even his parents couldn't tell each other.

So he asked, "It's all happening, what's the point?"

"It means a lot, we can't let things get worse, and second, ......" Lawrence was silent for a moment, he clenched his sword on the other side of the screen, "I need enough intelligence to assess Evan's psychology." ”

"I'm sure he'll be back!" said Charlotte.

"Take it easy, Charlotte, we all believe that. But we can't do nothing. Lawrence continued, "Thirdly, I know of a group of people who have been in intermittent contact with Aven, and they should be mages. I want you to find them and kill them if necessary, and I have reason to suspect that Aven's changes have something to do with those mysterious people. ”

- Is it the Eye of Time? or Sky City?

Charlotte's mind spun and she nodded at Lawrence, "I will." Anything else?"

"All of the above must be done in the dark, and don't let the fourth person except you and me and your mother know about it, if the matter gets spread, it will really drive Evan to a dead end. Even Vivien Leigh was not allowed to tell her, I didn't want to hurt her, and I didn't want her to do something irreparable. Do you understand?"

"I know, that's what I was going to do. Charlotte nodded, waited for a while, and seeing that Lawrence had no further instructions, she asked, "You have no other orders, do you?"

Lawrence didn't answer, and Charlotte was about to turn off the com, only to hear Lawrence tremble with the sadness he could endure and say, "One last little ......"

You say. ”

"What if...... I mean if. Lawrence rubbed his eyebrows and straightened his chest again, "If things really come to the worst, capture Aven and get ready to become the true king of the North." ”

Charlotte did not answer, and he was silent for a long time before he said to Lawrence in a firm tone, "You said that I was not rational enough, and that I was not the material for kings. So for Erossa's sake, I'll bring Evan back!"

"That's the best...... Sorry, Charlotte, this was too cruel for you. ”

"You don't need to apologize, you just said that I am a Clayderman, and in the current situation, who else but me is up to the task? ”

"Please. Lawrence finally finished speaking, and Charlotte nodded. With a click, he pressed the comms.