(J continues to use the nomenclature of ko-no-su-ba)

Although Charlotte's sentence is a question, in fact, there is no doubt in his tone except for sarcasm.

"I'm a little curious now, why do you have such a big obsession with us traversers."

"You don't have to know."

Regarding Zhou Yan's doubts, Xia Luo just dealt with the past coldly. Then there was another silence.

Zhou Yan quickly thought about the possibility of the other party stalking him in his mind. It's just that there is too little information to make a clear judgment. Trying to get more information, Zhou Yan spoke again.

"Then I'm even more curious, why did you save that child? Obviously you are a person who has nothing to do with it, but you are willing to fight for your life? ”

The child Zhou Yan said was the little girl who was rescued by Charlotte and sent back to Alhead Village by Zhou Yan and others. Of course, Zhou Yan didn't expect Xia Luo to answer, he just said this to delay the bluff of time.

Even if the true qi can be restored without limit, the fatigue of ** is not so easy to eliminate.

It's around four o'clock in the afternoon, and there have been several battles today, and since breakfast in the morning, Zhou Yan and Youyou haven't eaten until now. I don't know if it's too bad luck, after entering the city, Zhou Yan and Youyou dodged and sneaked along the way, but they couldn't meet a shop.

Therefore, Zhou Yan tried his best to delay Charlotte through guò dialogue, and seize the time to recover every part.

However, what Zhou Yan didn't expect was that Xia Luo actually replied this time: "Because, she is a child of this world." ”

While hearing this, Zhou Yan asked Li in his mind: "Li, apart from you, can other beings also tell if we are from another world?" ”

At the same time, he also said sarcastically to Charlotte: "Huh? Do you say this to show that you want to be a savior? ”

"I don't know very well about this, but it seems to me that the difference between you is as clear as a marker. However, Yan can rest assured that people in this world cannot sign a contract with us. ”

"I've never thought of it that way, I just want to protect the people of this world from the suffering that you people from other worlds bring."

Li's voice and Xia Luo's voice sounded at the same time, and Zhou Yan could only concentrate so that he didn't let himself miss the information of either party.

Zhou Yan felt a little puzzled by Xia Luo's words, but he immediately realized that there was something that could be used: "I am going to protect Her Royal Highness the Princess now." She's from your world, isn't she? Are you going to keep in my way? ”

Charlotte was still present when Louise's identity was revealed, but later left quietly during the quarrel between Zhou Yan and Louise.

As for whether he really left, or hid in the shadows and quietly followed Zhou Yan and Youyou. At this time, Zhou Yan was gambling, betting that the other party didn't know that he finally rejected Louise and parted ways with Louise.

Of course, Zhou Yan was not completely unfounded, he thought carefully, if Xia Luo had been following them, then there would be many attacks on the way, and there would be no need to wait until now. For example, the narrow alley where I encountered the three demons before, the chance of a successful attack there is much higher than on this street.

The silence made Zhou Yan feel that time passed so slowly. Although he was nervous, Zhou Yan tried his best to appear calm.

Finally, Charlotte spoke, "Then I'll go over too." ”

"What?"

Xia Luo's words made Zhou Yan understand that he was right, the other party was not following him, and the attack just now should have been done by chance.

But Xia Luo's words also made Zhou Yan stunned. However, by the time Zhou Yan reacted and wanted to ask out loud, Xia Luo had already left the roof.

"I'm in trouble." Zhou Yan scratched his head and said to himself helplessly.

Although it avoids the conflict with Charlotte, it also adds unnecessary variables. Because he didn't know Charlotte's thoughts and purpose, Zhou Yan devoted more effort to defense.

At this time, there were footsteps again, Zhou Yan immediately gave up and continued to think, and said to Youyou: "It's better to get out of here quickly, right?" ”

As soon as he withdrew his gaze from the roof where Xia Luo was just now, he nodded and followed Zhou Yan's pace.

……

Before Zhou Yan and Charlotte encountered, on another road in the chaotic Winterstone City.

Margaret walked at the front with a dagger in each hand. The two daggers are paired at a glance, and on the dagger with a blade length of more than 20 centimeters, there is a beautifully cast blood groove. At the top of the handles of both daggers, a blue gem the size of a thumbnail is inlaid with it.

On Margaret's clothes, her face was already covered with blood, but only the two daggers were still clearly unstained with blood. All this blood was left to protect Louise from moving forward and taking out the demon soldiers along the way.

As for Louise, who was protected by Margaret, she followed Margaret five meters away. This distance has not changed since the beginning of entering the city.

Louise didn't show the slightest tiredness on her face, whether it was following Margaret so fast or seeing the battlefield of fire and blood. She always seemed so calm.

On the tail finger of Louise's right hand, there is a golden ring. Rudy, who was following behind, had seen more than once that when Margaret couldn't bother to come, the ring would turn into a short sword and appear in Louise's hand, knocking down or even killing the demon soldiers who attacked her for her.

This princess is not as weak as she seems. She has received elite education since she was a child, and she also has quite high attainments in martial arts.

Thinking that he would only weaken his whole body in the face of these demon soldiers, he would run away. Rudy couldn't help but blush.

The three of them dragged themselves in a line and walked forward, and of course Rudy couldn't help them along the way.

Rudy, who was thinking wildly, suddenly noticed that Margaret and Louise in front of him had stopped, so he also hurriedly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Rudy asked, apprehensively, only to find that Louise and Margaret's eyes were focused on him.

"Mr. Guard, you'd better go home and have a look." Louise said with a gentle expression on her face that did not match her age, "If only there was me and Margaret on the next road, Mr. Guard, let's go back to your wife." ”

Louise's words made Rudy stunned, but soon he shook his head with a wry smile: "No, since it's been so long......"

As Rudy said this, hesitation and struggle were evident on his face.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness Princess!" Rudy bowed deeply, not daring to look at Louise's face.

"Go ahead." Louise just whispered.

Rudy tried his best to suppress the sobs of emotion, turned around and ran wildly. It wasn't until Rudy's figure had disappeared around the corner of the street that Louise looked back at Margaret.

"Well, let's move on, then."

"Yes, Your Highness Princess." The taciturn woman bowed with a gentle smile on her face.

Without Rudy, Louise and Margaret are more stealthy and swift. Soon they approached the Lord's Mansion in the heart of Winterstone City. This is also where Louise usually lives.

A corner of the small castle had collapsed, and the gates had been violently broken.

"I don't know what happened to Grudo." Louise said with a slightly gloomy face, not knowing whether she was talking to herself or to Margaret.

"Let's go." Then she regained her spirits and planned to enter the City Lord's Mansion, where the sound of fighting could still be heard.

"Your Highness Princess, really, do you want to do this?" At this time, Margaret suddenly said: "In the city, there should be many people who have not had time to escape......

"But you can't let the demons go to other places to make trouble. And this is something that only I, as a royal family, can do. Louise turned her head and smiled freely, "But if these people in the city knew about it, they would definitely be spurned." ”

"If you are locked up in such a dangerous place, of course you will spit on the people who hold them." Margaret showed a look of pity: "If it is that time, please ask Her Royal Highness the Princess to rely on me more." ”

"I'm a royal family, whether it's praise or spit, I'll bear it myself." This girl, who is only twelve years old, looks stern and proud.

"Princess ......"

"Your Highness!"

Margaret's originally gentle expression suddenly turned to anxiety and surprise. She sprang at Louise, the dagger in her hand slashing into the air.

There was no scraping sound, no collision sound, but there was a burst of sparks on the dagger that stabbed into the void.

Louise's eyes widened, she didn't even understand what was going on when it happened so quickly. Only Margaret knew that she was too different from this opponent who had not yet shown her figure.

It's just that the skills have been honed, but he doesn't have magic and fighting spirit, and he can have superhuman ** strength is completely strengthened by the energy contained in the gem on the dagger.

The sparks flew for a split second, barely with any jet lag, and a diagonal wound appeared on Margaret's body that almost slashed across her entire body. A large amount of blood gushed out at the same time as the wound appeared.

"Margaret!" Louise let out a miserable cry and threw herself at Margaret, who had fallen to the ground: "Wait, I'll treat you right away." ”

"Princess...... Your Highness...... Come ......" Margaret wanted to say something with the only remaining consciousness, but unfortunately fell into a coma before she could finish speaking.

Louise took out a red gem from the inner pocket of her dress, a coin-sized gemstone carved into countless intricate lines.

The gem was placed on Margaret's wound, and the gem immediately disappeared into a red glow that enveloped Margaret.

Louise, who had finally saved Margaery's life, breathed a sigh of relief. But a terrifying voice sounded in her ears that made her whole body shiver: "It turns out that this is magic, what an interesting ability." ”

The coolness of the blade touched his neck, and the shadow of death instantly enveloped him. At this moment, a girl's voice came from afar: "Thunder! ”

The thunder hit straight down, but the person behind it left decisively when the thunder was formed, so it became a thunder bombardment on Louise's back, even if it didn't hit Louise directly, but at such a close distance, it still caused damage to Louise.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness Princess." Yoyo, who was still in the distance, apologized in a whisper. Of course, Louise couldn't hear her apology at this distance.

"Yoyo, you're here to stay." Zhou Yan's voice sounded beside Youyou, but he had already passed Youyou and ran straight to the figure that had left Louise and had not yet fully appeared.

Wang Yu's pitch-black sword body stabbed at the opponent when it was near, but he saw the opponent's right hand wave, and the enemy blade that slashed through a phantom shadow collided with Zhou Yan's long sword.

Hooked! Zhou Yan was overjoyed in his heart, and the sword momentum changed suddenly.

"Huh!" The man who had stopped and appeared let out a soft sound, as if surprised.

He wanted to remove his dagger, but either backward or forward, left or right, up or down. Zhou Yan's Wang Yu sword was tightly clinging to his short sword.

"Tai Chi Sword? Which hermit family are you? The man who came to Louise for some reason asked in a language that only Zhou Yan could understand and belonged to his hometown.