Chapter 34: The Cave
"Someone's coming." The princess whispered, and then took a few of us to hide behind a big tree on the side, and soon saw a person coming in a panic from a distance.
"Princess, princess...", the visitor first looked around and saw that no one was found, so he couldn't help but call in a low voice.
"Is that him?" I asked in a whisper.
The princess nodded, "That's right, it's Sheldon."
"Then let's show up?"
"No, let's wait and see if there's an ambush." Hearing the princess say this, the four of us should continue to hide behind the tree, and waited for about five or six minutes, and seeing that Sheldon was a little anxious, the princess took me and quietly leaned over.
"Hey." We walked around behind him and patted Sheldon on the shoulder, and the guy didn't seem to notice our arrival and was startled.
"Ah, the princess turned out to be you, you scared me just now..."Maybe it's for fear of revealing his identity, Sheldon deliberately wore a dark robe tonight, and the hood was also pressed low, until he recognized that it was us, he took off the hat, most of the elves are beautiful, this Sheldon is no exception, white skin, like a carved face, a pair of sea blue eyes look melancholy and deep, although not as good as the princess, but it has also surpassed the vast majority of humans in this world, It's just that in stark contrast to his outstanding appearance is this temperament... What should I say, he made me feel like a frightened child, and his expression and demeanor were a little nervous.
"You're alone?" The princess asked in a whisper as she looked around.
"Presumably, I noticed that I didn't see the tail along the way."
"You didn't tell anyone about this, did you?"
"No, no." Hearing the princess say this, she hurriedly waved her hand again and again.
"I knew that this matter was very important, so I rushed over as soon as I received the letter, and I didn't tell anyone."
"Well, this is Kane. Roger, I don't need to introduce you more, do you?" The princess pointed at me with a thumbs up.
"Of course, of course, I've seen it on the wanted post..."Well, although I also expected that I might become famous one day, it was somewhat surprising in this way.
"By the way, I was about to ask you, what the hell are those wanted warrants?"
"I don't know the details, the headquarters only said that you colluded with heretics, plotted rebellion, and killed a colleague who tried to expose you."
"It's a bunch of nonsense, it's obvious that Sherlock and those people defected and took refuge in "Gorsa", and the headquarters only needs to send someone to investigate the local area, and it will soon be understood."
"Princess, don't get excited, of course I believe that you will not do these things, not only me, but most of the people in the group do not believe it, but the problem is that now the cardinal order has been issued to kill you, and has issued a "hoe order", strictly ordering all "Templars" to kill you when they see you."
"Hoeing order? Almighty "Chaos", are those old men of the Cardinals crazy..."Hearing the word 'hoe and rape order', even the princess, who has always been calm, couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
"Sorry, but what's the deal with that 'hoe order'?"
Sheldon heard my question and hurriedly explained: "Oh, that's the highest wanted list for traitors within the Holy See, generally speaking, once a traitor is caught, he needs to be sent to the Inquisition of the Faith, and after a public trial, he can only be sentenced after he is found guilty, but once the "hoeing order" is issued, it means that all members of the Holy See can be punished on the spot as long as they encounter a target, and they do not need to go through any trial procedures, and once they are shielded and connived, the opposing party can sit together..."
"So serious? So what if the other party is wronged?"
"Therefore, the order of rape must be issued with the consent of more than two-thirds of the members of the Cardinals, which is an extremely cumbersome process, so it is extremely rare even within the Holy See, and the last time it was issued is said to have been five years ago..."
"So it's not a misunderstanding, it's that someone within the Cardinal Order deliberately wants our lives... I couldn't help but think about the thing I feared the most..."
But neither the princess nor Sheldon seemed to pay attention to my last words, and the princess pondered for a moment and said, 'No, I must go back to the headquarters and find the above to explain.'
When Sheldon heard this, he hurriedly dissuaded: "Princess, you must not be like this, if you go back now, it will be tantamount to killing yourself, I am afraid that you will be killed before you go to Tianzhu Mountain."
"But I can't hide in Tibet forever on the charge of being a traitor, not to mention that no matter where I hide, the Holy Court will find it sooner or later..."
"Uh... I don't think it's better to do this, I'll arrange a place to hide a few of you first, and then find a way to secretly investigate this matter through our compatriots in the headquarters, it can't be fake, it can't be fake, I think there is always a way to return the princess to your innocence."
The princess hesitated for a moment when she heard this, and finally nodded helplessly: "For the time being, it can only be like this..."
Sheldon was overjoyed when he heard this: "That's good, there is a small island called "Moon Shadow Island" not far from Port Villar, which used to be used to exile prisoners, and the locals say that it is haunted, so they usually don't dare to approach, I know a few friends who are familiar with the situation there, princess, you have to trust me, I will go back and make arrangements, if it goes smoothly, I can arrange for you to get on the ship tomorrow night and take shelter for a while..."
The princess looked a little moved when she heard this, but she turned her head to me and asked, 'What do you think?'
"Yes." I nodded immediately, and now there are many reasons why we have no choice.
"Okay, that's it, if you do it, you will meet here tomorrow night, if there is any change, we will find a way to inform you, in short, you yourself should be more careful..."
"Understood, in that case, I'll go first."
"Take care." After we said goodbye, Sheldon looked left and right again, and when he saw that nothing was wrong, he pulled up his hood and disappeared into the night again, and we both hurried back to the woods after seeing him leave.
"How?" As soon as they saw us coming back, Ellie and Ah Zi hurriedly inquired about the situation, and we talked about the matter in general, and the second daughter couldn't help but fall into deep thought...
"Anyway, can you believe this Sheldon? Could it be that this is just a trap they have discussed, waiting for us to throw ourselves into the net?" Ellie couldn't help but wonder.
"No, after all, he's a princess's clan... Besides, if they want to do this, they can just bring someone here tonight, so why bother?" Ah Zi was obviously a little unconvinced.
The princess smiled bitterly when she heard this: "Ellie's worries are not unreasonable, except for the four of us, no one can easily believe in this situation, but now we have no choice but to take one step at a time."
Listening to the princess say this, everyone nodded in agreement, and then we found a cave on the mountain to spend the night, just in case four people took turns to keep vigil, the first shift was the princess, and then me, because there was something on my mind, I couldn't sleep at all, and I didn't wake up before the shift time, and looked up at the moon and stars outside, and the princess sat on the stone alone and watched the moon quietly distracted, and the picture was beautiful and suffocating.