"Hey, Lan Coco, what are you doing here?" said Ariel to a friendly greeting first.

"Why can't I come and see you guys if it's okay, but we've had a lot of adventures before. Lan Coco smiled a little awkwardly.

"Don't listen to Ariel, you're welcome. Ayton paved the circle slightly, and looked at Cecili: "I heard that Huangyao City has been a little unpeaceful recently..."

"So you also know" Cecili's eyes flashed with a hint of solemnity: "Originally, I wanted Her Royal Highness the princess not to..."

"Cecily" Lan Coco suddenly interrupted her words and looked at Ayton embarrassedly.

"Ayton, there's a ball in the palace tomorrow, and a lot of people will be in there, can you..."

"?!" Ayton glanced at Ariel, "if there's anything you need help with, just say it." ”

"I just wanted to invite you to that court ball, four days later it will be the annual end-of-summer celebration of the Bright Blue Kingdom, and Her Royal Highness the princess has no friends in the palace, so I thought of you" Cerseili helped the shy Lan Coco shake out all the words she wanted to say, attracting a burst of shameful eyes from the latter.

“... Is this tomorrow night?"

"yes, Ayton... Well, are you free tomorrow?"

"Of course it's available. Ayton agreed without thinking about it, he never minded helping with this little favor, and he could take Ariel on a tour of the high society of this world. Although he is not good at those social scenes.

"By the way, Lan Coco, what about your second brother?" asked Ariel coldly. This question made Lan Keke a little confused: why did she suddenly ask about his second brother?

"Ahem... Ignore her, I'll take Ariel to tomorrow's ball. Ayton pulled the girl next to him.

"Why did you suddenly ask His Royal Highness the Third Prince?" but Cecily didn't skip the topic easily.

"It's nothing, I just heard that there will be a struggle for power between two princes recently, and her second brother... Hmm"

"Ariel, don't say it. Ayton covered her mouth with one hand.

The change in the topic made Lan Keke a little puzzled, but still answered Ariel: "I don't know what the second brother has been doing recently, even when I came back, I only met him once, maybe..." It's to reduce his sense of existence, after all, my two royal brothers, they are constantly testing the choices of other nobles outside. ”

"Well, Ariel doesn't really mean anything, so just ask. Ayton snorted and then turned the conversation to the other two princes, especially the second prince Danmod, who had suddenly visited him.

"What, the second prince has seen you?" said Cerseri, in deep surprise.

Ayton nodded lightly: "And he also invited me to tomorrow night's ball, but I wasn't very interested at the time, but since you invited me, then I have to go." ”

"Ayton, did my second imperial brother say anything to you?" Lan Keke asked suspiciously.

"Even after testing whether I am willing to take refuge in him, I feel a little strange, why would he look for a small role like me" Ayton smiled self-deprecatingly, but his eyes couldn't help but fall on Lan Coco's face. The latter is also at a loss, and she still knows very little about the struggle for power at the top.

"Brother, that guy also mentioned your relationship with her," Ariel reminded her kindly. But these words suddenly attracted the sideways glances of the two women opposite.

Ayton coughed lightly twice: "... He's actually talking about the rebellion in the Thornlands, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

The two women ......were silent, although there may be an element of Ayton's feat in the Land of Thorns, but in fact, there must be a factor that cannot be ignored that he and Blue Coco have been in close contact.

"Don't worry, I'll be there for tomorrow night's prom," Ayton patted his chest and promised. It's useless to say anything now, he doesn't believe it, he is a small character, and this power struggle can really involve himself!

......

Soon after sending off Lan Coco and Cerseili, a team of people came to visit the Ayton Mansion, thinking that it was secretly sent by the Third Prince, but it turned out to be someone sent by His Royal Highness Gatru Winston, the Grand Prince of the Bright Blue Kingdom.

At first, he thought that it was the third prince Luo Dirui who sent someone to disguise himself as the eldest prince, after all, his ears would not deceive him, and Luo Dirui had already sent someone to try to contact him.

But when he saw that the other party was wearing the eye-catching emblem of the Great Prince, he had to believe it. In the short two days that he returned to Huangyao City, the three princes of Huangyao City were all eyeing him.

There was a team of about twenty knights in front of the door, led by a knightly officer, who was said to be the deputy head of the First Knights of the Bright Blue Royal Order, named Deacens.

In the spirit of not offending anyone, Ayton originally wanted to politely invite the other party into the house to do something, but the latter directly handed him an envelope, explaining that this was the great prince who had given him the 'brave man behind the end of the rebellion in the Land of Thorns', and then left in the dust.

It seems that the sincerity of this eldest prince Gatru is not at all comparable to that of the second prince who made a special trip to meet him at Yaolan Academy.

But after all, he was a prince, and Ayton couldn't be as knowledgeable as him, so he returned to the house and opened the envelope, which simply explained that he 'admired' what he had done in the Land of Thorns. and 'sincerely' invite him to tomorrow night's 'ball', as well as hinting that he could promise him the status of 'noble'.

None of the main points were of interest to Ayton, who casually tossed it to Ariel, who was beside him who wanted to take a look, and then went to the basement amid Fili's impatient urging.

Starry Night was still sitting in her chair and intently engraved with the magic inscription, and with her unremitting efforts, the first 'enchanted' warhead finally succeeded.

......

"My dear Sean, can you tell me what the hell is going on?" The third prince still had that elegant and easy-going smile on his face, but anyone could hear the anger hidden in his tone.

"The subordinates are sending someone to investigate. The staff member named Sean bowed his head deeply. Not far from him, lay the bodies of the two strong men killed by Ariel.

"Do you know what happened when you were found here?" said Roddiri, clasping his hands together in a fist gesture.

"Your Highness, the underground factory where the 'Fire Thunder' was made should not have been discovered, only some of the raw materials were stolen..."Sean raised his head nervously.

"Can you guarantee that the factory has not been discovered?! If it is really the assassins sent by the other two princes who sneak in, even if saltpeter is found, with the amount we have purchased, they can't guarantee that they will not guess our plan next!"

"Your Highness... The arrangement on the ball..."Sean looked up slowly, it was too late to say anything. They had no idea what the Assassins had overheard, but saltpeter, the raw material for their 'Fire Thunder', had been stolen.

If the arrangement on the stage is initiated, people who are interested will definitely think of the saltpeter piled up under them, because even if it is cooling, it will not use so much saltpeter.

Once the 'prom plan' is launched, the competitor is lucky not to die, and then he will be able to reveal his bottom line.

"Prom..."Roddiri's eyes were full of gloom: "That's it, the 'prom' plan has been cancelled, and the location has been changed to 'Late Summer Celebration'." ”

"Also, find out who is spying on our intelligence. ”

"Yes. ”

Suddenly thinking of something, Roddiri frowned: "Did the letter reach Ayton?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the letter has been delivered to him. ”

"Damn, get that letter back!" Luo Dirui suddenly raised his voice a little, and then calmed down and thought for a moment: "That's it, write a letter to him tomorrow morning, and tell him to do what is on the envelope!"

......

The leisure day ended in the process of studying the magic guide gun and cultivating, although the time to accompany Ariel was a little less, but fortunately, I accompanied her on an unknown 'adventure' yesterday, but I didn't make any emotions.

Even she was relatively 'gentle' towards Eva and Basha in her hands, but when she was having breakfast today, Ayton looked at the envelope handed over by Bazaar, and she said that it was sent by a person who claimed to be the third prince when she opened the door.

When I opened it, it turned out to be for him to participate in tonight's court ball, and it also required him to stay by Lan Coco's side all the time??

That's true, but Ayton remembered that at dusk yesterday, there was also a subordinate who claimed to be the third prince, and the letter he sent was for him to hide from Cecily and secretly take Lan Coco away from the ball, and he was worried about how to explain the situation to Lan Coco.

But now... How can attitudes suddenly turn 180 degrees?

"Brother, how come there is an envelope, whose one is it?" Ariel, who had just woken up, walked in leisurely through the door.

"Roddire, I've written another letter asking us to take Coco Lan to that ball again. Ayton placed the letter on the table.

When Bazaar saw Ariel coming, she consciously retreated, and Ariel sat next to Ayton, picked up the envelope and glanced at it roughly, and then put it down tastelessly.

"Hmph, what the hell is that guy trying to do with us?"

"I don't know, maybe he's asking us to protect Blue Coco," Ayton said lightly.

"Cut, his kind of person does something unseemly every day, brother, what are you going to do?" Ariel took a leisurely bite of bread.

"Let's listen to the second brother Lan Keke, and go to the dance party in the evening. Glancing at the clear sunlight outside, Ayton added, "I feel like we need to gather some information during the day." ”

After breakfast, we went to the front yard, Bys was tidying up the team, Ayton looked at the familiar and young faces, since recruiting them, there had been no task assigned to them, and now there was just something.

"Warren, come here. ”

Ayton called Warren to his side, and the latter's eyes lit up, he was not afraid of many things, he was afraid of nothing, after all, if he didn't do anything, he wouldn't be able to show his talents.

"Take a break today, I need some information about Huangyao City, especially the power of the three princes of Yaolan, as well as the movements of all aspects of the kingdom, no matter what it is, as long as it is something that has happened recently, collect it. ”

"Yes, my lord," Warren nodded respectfully in agreement, gathering gossip from all sides, which was his previous housekeeping skill.

He reported the news to Baith, who looked at Ayton and offered to take them out with him to gather information, and by the way, he would pass on to them the intelligence gathering skills he had learned in the Assassins' guild.

Ayton had no problem with this, of course, and Bys earnestly told his daughter Erin to stay at the mansion before taking the people away.

Lost in power, Baiss can be said to have cut off the future, but he is not willing to do nothing, now he is focusing on these civilians in the southern district, although the latter does not know any big truth, but the most basic gratitude still understands, Bais is now teaching them all kinds of skills, and when he grows old in the future, these people will definitely not forget this kindness.

Looking at the empty front yard, the dwarf Filip returned as scheduled, and it was time for the day to study the magic guide gun, before leaving, Ayton glanced at Erin, who was sitting alone on the swing, and then at Ariel, who had nothing to do.

Now there are only five people in the mansion: Ayton, Ariel, Erin, Starry Night, and Filip, and he can't leave this little girl alone in the front yard...

"Ariel, that's... Forget it, you can go upstairs and cultivate in peace..."Ayton set his eyes on Starry Night, who was standing in place.

"Starry Night, you are accompanying Erin first, there is no hurry in the research work of the magic guide gun. ”

"Eh, wait a minute, what about the bullet enchantment in her absence?" Before Starry could speak, Fili shouted in a dwarven voice.

"Then let's study the structure of the long-rod bolt gun today"

"That's not going to work, the magazine pistol has reached a critical step, how can you say stop if you stop," the dwarf said

"......" Ayton had nothing to say about the dwarf's stubbornness. The starry night in the middle looked at the two of them left and right, and just as they were about to speak, Erin walked over, her voice like a yellow warbler tactful and crisp.

"It's okay, don't worry about me, I'll just watch you guys. ”

......