(Covering his forehead and smiling bitterly: Could it be that I write too well and have no slots?) No kidding, hey! ）

"Are you already, awake?" When the door was pushed open, Louise walked in and said to Zhou Yan, who had sat up at some point.

Before Zhou Yan could answer, he saw Margaret who walked in with Louise frowning and said, "What an unorthodox outfit!" ”

Margaret, who had been seriously injured by Zhao Fukong's sword before, now seemed to be fine.

Being said by the other party, Zhou Yan couldn't help but look at himself.

At this time, he had no clothes on his upper body except for the bandages he was wrapping around. No wonder Margaret blames him.

Zhou Yan is not embarrassed. Anyway, if you are watched, you won't lose a piece of meat.

"Okay, Margaret, let me be alone with Mr. Zhou Yan for a while." Louise smiled gently and decently, she was now a noble princess from any angle.

"But......" Margaret hesitated, her eyes wandering over Zhou Yan. In her opinion, it was not a good thing to leave the young princess alone in a room with this unknown man.

Hey, why don't you look at me with the eyes of a bug! Zhou Yan felt Margaret's gaze and was very innocent in his heart.

"Don't worry, I don't think this Mr. Zhou Yan has the courage to do anything strange in the City Lord's Mansion." Louise only kept a smile and a calm and appropriate expression, and her tone was mixed with a little irresistible majesty.

"Understood." Margaret bowed, raised her head and glared at Zhou Yan before bending to leave, as if she was warning Zhou Yan not to act arrogantly.

"Even if you looked at me like that, I wouldn't have made a move. Who's going to shoot a twelve-year-old girl? Zhou Yan's words were a complaint in his heart, otherwise this sentence alone might anger Margaret and Louise at the same time.

Of course, Zhou Yan seemed to have forgotten that just now he wanted to make a move on Li, whose age is only a baby.

Margaret closed the door again as she exited the room. After Margaret left, Lou Yi, who had maintained an elegant smile on her face and looked noble and cold, stretched out without any image: "Hmm! Ah, I can finally relax a little. ”

"So, Mr. Zhou Yan, I heard a woman's voice just now. Where did you hide her? Louise looked around as she said this.

"What?" Because he didn't expect Louise to say this suddenly, and he didn't understand her intentions, Zhou Yan was stunned.

"Oh, you said that to me, but it's not good to still be stealing from other women." Louise said with a look on her face. No matter how you look at it, it looks like the wife of a husband who is unfaithful.

Because he was still in some kind of inexplicability, Zhou Yan could only say in a daze: "Words? ”

"Have you forgotten? I remember it very well, and I said it not to help me, but to protect me. Louise covered her face as she spoke: "Ah, this is the first time I've heard such a direct confession!" ”

"Wait, there's a mistake in your understanding!" Zhou Yan, who realized that the other party seemed to have misunderstood, hurriedly wanted to explain, and at the same time couldn't help but use honorifics.

But when he saw Louise's evil smile, he understood that the other party was not as serious as she said.

"Please don't make such a scary joke, Your Highness Princess." Zhou Yan covered his forehead helplessly, with a weak expression.

"Haha, because I think it's going to be fun." Louise blinked her eyes as she spoke, looking playful and cute: "And, sure enough, even if Mr. Zhou Yan calls me Her Royal Highness the Princess, he will not contain awe in it." ”

Is this the real Louise? As soon as Zhou Yan thought of this, he secretly laughed at his naivety. You must know that when you met for the first time, you were deceived by Louise's acting skills. So how should you judge whether the Princess Louise in front of you is acting or real?

Zhou Yan, who began to gradually calm down, took a deep breath, and then said, "Okay, then I think Your Royal Highness the princess, you must have something to talk to me about, right?" Otherwise, Miss Margaret would not have avoided it. ”

"But until then, I think it's better to answer your questions first." Louise pulled the chair in front of the dresser table to Zhou Yan's bed and sat down with a smile: "And since you have woken up, you can't continue to live in the castle." This is the room, after all. ”

"Eh, should it be ......" Zhou Yan thought of a possibility, if this room was the room of the princess in front of him, it would always feel very troublesome.

"What do you think?" Louise smiled evilly, making Zhou Yan's heart suddenly rise to her throat.

But then Louise giggled and said, "Okay, I'm not going to tease you." This is a guest room, but it cannot be inhabited by outsiders. After all, Mr. Zhou Yan is just a civilian in terms of identity. Speaking of which, I can let you stay here for a while to recuperate, because I said that the royal family cannot abandon their savior. So you still have to thank me. ”

Zhou Yan didn't know how to complain anymore, and wanted to roll his eyes at Louise's last self-boasting, but felt that this action seemed too rude to the princess of a country, so he gave up.

However, Louise's casual attitude still made Zhou Yan feel very comfortable. After all, it's better to have a conversation that doesn't have to be a string of red tape.

"Hurry up and ask questions, we don't have much time. I don't think even Margaret could hold him back for long. ”

He? Although he wanted to ask a question, since Louise had already urged, Zhou Yan didn't say much, and after quickly sorting out his thoughts, Zhou Yan said, "So, how is Yoyo?" ”

"Huh?" It seemed that she didn't expect Zhou Yan to ask this question first, Louise was stunned for a moment, but quickly adjusted her expression: "Is it the magician girl?" She's fine, but she can't be allowed to live in the castle. I've heard reports that it seems like she wants to visit you. Of course, I made people refuse. After all, how could I be accommodating to my rival? ”

"Princess, please stop joking." Zhou Yan wordlessly stopped Louise's joke.

"Straightforward and uninteresting. Zhou Yan, if you go on like this, you will be hated by girls! "I don't know when the word "sir" has been omitted from Louise.

But after that, she immediately said, "Don't worry, that little girl is now living in a hotel outside the city." You should ask Margarita for the exact location. ”

"Little girl? Anyway, she's a year older than you! After complaining in his heart, Zhou Yan nodded, and continued to ask: "Then, please tell me what will happen after that." ”

"After that?"

"It's what happened after I passed out."

"If you want to say what happened, it's not a big deal, after all, with the help of the knights led by my brother, the demons were naturally repelled. Fortunately, my brother happened to be stationed nearby recently. ”

"Brother?"

"Yes, brother."

Faced with Zhou Yan's question, Louise had a natural expression. However, before Zhou Yan had time to continue to ask questions, she continued:

"Actually, scouts were originally sent to explore the West Crags, after all, it is not normal for griffons to migrate in large numbers on a large scale. When the scouts who went to investigate found out that the demons had built a camp there, they immediately came back to report. But when he came back, it was also the time when the demons attacked. Thanks to Mr. Scout, if he hadn't changed his mind and went straight to my brother, who was stationed nearby at the time, we would have died there. ”

"The brother you are talking about, could it be His Royal Highness the prince of this kingdom?"

"Of course, who else?"

Although I am not particularly familiar with it, I have learned some things about the kingdom of Pande after all. Zhou Yan knew that the current King Pande had four children, one of whom had three daughters. The eldest daughter was already married to a prince of the Urakhanate in the north. The second daughter was divided into a city in the east. The youngest daughter, Princess Louise, is sealed in Winterstone City, a safe place in the south.

Of course, the safety here still refers to before the appearance of demons. And the prince, who is the future heir to the throne, is actually out with troops?

For Zhou Yan, this seems too incredible. After all, if it is the history of the homeland that you know, this kind of thing cannot happen no matter how you look at it.

Zhou Yan was not a conspiracy theorist, but he still felt that the king had let the prince command his army at will, and the king trusted his son too much. Or is there only one son, so there is no need to worry about such a thing as a competition for the throne? However, the kingdom of Pande did not stipulate that women could not inherit the throne. In fact, the three princesses, including Louise, all have the right to inherit the throne.

From Zhou Yan's expression, his doubts could be seen, and Louise tilted her head slightly: "What's wrong?" ”

"No, nothing." Zhou Yan shook his head.

Although the atmosphere between him and Louise was very casual and relaxed, Zhou Yan had no brains to say that kind of question. Besides, the relationship between him and Louise has not yet reached the point where he can put his heart in his heart to that level.

What Zhou Yan didn't know was that the reason why the king would let the prince lead the troops so confidently was not based on absolute trust. No, there is trust as well. But the king did not trust the prince himself, but in the oath.

After all, as a person from another world, Zhou Yan didn't know how powerful the binding ability of the oath in this world was. In a world of magic and gods, oaths and contracts are more than just documents.

"Speaking of which, how did the demons arrive? Isn't there the Gangde Mountains as a natural barrier? In order to cover up his previous doubts, Zhou Yan quickly changed the topic.

Louise's expression darkened slightly when she heard this question, because she remembered the old man who had betrayed her, and who had died.

"It's Nolde." Louise looked slightly sad: "After that, we searched Nolde's room and accidentally found his diary. ”

"It was a surprise." Zhou Yan couldn't help but complain, but he immediately shut up and stopped interrupting Louise's words.

Louise, who knew what Zhou Yan meant, just smiled bitterly: "No, that's indeed Nolde's diary, no, it's better to say it's a note." ”

"Actually, Nolde should have been in contact with the demons for a long time. And half of the credit for the demons being able to appear here is due to Nolde. ”

"Nishi-no-Iwake was abandoned a long time ago. But Nolde told me that there was a suspicion of magic crystals there. Request development rights from me. ”

"As a result, it was just a trick. He deceived all of us, but this was just a passage he used to dig for the demons to come through. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yan couldn't help but complain again: "Eh, dig out a passage across the mountain range? Really, with perseverance. ”

"Passage? That's not true. Louise waved her hand: "He only needs to dig at the same time as the demons, arrange the teleportation array after reaching the maximum distance that the Twin Gate Teleportation Array can reach, and then open the magic array." ”

"Magic Array? So even if you don't use Nolde, can't the demons do it themselves? Anyway, as long as the distance is enough......"

"That's not the case, the two-door magic array is arranged on the spot, and it must be arranged on both sides, and I don't know the principle very well. And if you let the demons dig it themselves, not only will they have to dig twice as many mines, but they will also not be able to arrange a magic array here. ”

Speaking of this, a trace of loneliness clearly appeared on Louise's face: "It's all my fault, if only I could have discovered Nolde's true face earlier, so many people would not have died in vain." ”

Faced with Louise's sadness, Zhou Yan comforted him a little overwhelmed: "Well, I don't think it's your fault princess, after all, it's ......"

"Don't comfort me, no matter what the result is, as a royal family, I have long been ready to carry the consciousness." The twelve-year-old princess had a resolute expression that did not match her age.

The sad expression was quickly hidden by her, and then she smiled and said, "Is there anything else you want to ask?" ”

"Is there any information from that Nolde about the man who fought me?" For some reason, Zhou Yan remembered Zhao Fukong, so he raised a question.

"I'm sorry, but almost all of Nolde's notes are about how he connected to the demons. And it was also confirmed from the mouths of the demon captives. I guess that man was just a temporary encounter with Nolde and persuaded him to help him in his plan. ”

"Plan?"

"Just kill me, because the demons seem to have made such a request. However, due to the constraints of the oath, Nolde could not do it himself. ”

So, it seems that I did hear that Nolde say that day, "If it weren't for this damn oath contract, I wouldn't have found this man to kill you in my place." In this way, it seems that Zhao Fukong and Nolde really just met by chance and hit it off.

Zhou Yan, who quickly sorted out his thoughts, nodded and touched his chin, and then smiled:

"But that Nolde didn't expect that his result would be like that."

The old man named Nolde was personally ended by Zhao Fukong, who was supposed to be his helper. There is some irony in this outcome.

"Well, that's probably the end of my doubts, so please tell me what you want, Your Highness the Princess." Zhou Yan, who had been puzzled, showed a satisfied expression and asked at the same time.

But at this moment, the door to the room was violently pushed open, and at the same time, the voice of a young man with a violent temperament came: "Where's that shameless bastard who tried to kidnap my lovely sister?" ”