The princess was crouched at the window table when the screams arose from the deck, surrounded by parchment scrolls—perhaps from Europs before the apocalypse—and around her lay heavy scrolls of books with leather covers, brass and iron buckles, and beeswax candles as thick as human arms in fine iron candlesticks, burning on either side of the seat.

At the moment, Vanessa was flipping through The Complementarity of Magic, the only book she could find in the captain's room that described the nature of magic. Edited by Estrada. The princess was startled at the first sight of the surname, thinking that Matt had used some magic to invite his ancestors to marry him, but Vanessa finally dispelled this concern when she saw the difficult and incomprehensible words in it, which consisted of a nearly lost language, mostly obscure and indistinct from years of immersion in the damp bilge.

There was a sharp knock on the oak door, and the princess had to get up to open it, it was Prince Matt, this guy had been glued to Vanessa's side since she revealed her true identity, and sometimes looking at his clear and innocent blue eyes, the princess really couldn't bear to drive him away.

"What's wrong?" Vanessa asked.

"There's a small boat at sea." Matt thought for a moment and added, "There's no one up there, but it's moving fast, and it's coming towards our ship." ”

Vanessa followed Matt onto the deck and looked into the distance, and sure enough, a beige flat-bottomed clipper was heading this way in the middle of the waves, with no sailors or sails on board.

"Hmph, magic tricks." The captain of the whaling ship snorted, lowered his single-pole binoculars, and shouted to his sailors, "Archers prepare!" If it gets closer, shoot it like a hedgehog! ”

"Stop!" Vanessa shouted, "No one is allowed to shoot arrows!" "Because that's my archer. She tried her best to control her expression without showing joy, but her heart was full of excitement - Reina, you are not slow to react, you have caught up with me so quickly. "Stand back, everyone! Let him come closer! "Half of the sailors on board were knights of the Midsummer Order, and when they heard the princess's order, none of them fired their bows and arrows.

"Why, do you know this little ship?" The captain asked, puzzled. This woman is really strong, as soon as she boarded the ship, she ambushed so many knights with her own strength, and it is said that she is still their princess, what a person is really unseemly, such a vulgar female warrior can be the princess of a certain country.

"You're here to deliver me a letter." Vanessa said a word. She watched the magically driven boat slowly approach the big boat, the ropes on the side of the boat were windless and automatic, as if someone were climbing upwards, she smiled with satisfaction, and deliberately said loudly to the captain, "All right, I have received the letter." Thank you again for giving me your lounge, and when you get to Crescent City, I will double your reward, Your Royal Highness, please prepare a good barrel of wine for me, and I will feast on you. Matt looked at the princess strangely, but nodded submissively and said nothing.

For the rest of the day, Vanessa visited the dignitaries of the Midsummer Order, calling them by name, and she could feel Reiner beside her, and she proudly walked the decks and cabins to introduce her allies to her unseen friends. She sent buckskin bands with chainmail to Cleveland the Red Helmsman, mended broken soft armor for Jon the Knight of the Seven Spears, and wrote a letter home for Knight Lucas, the Left Hand Wolf. And the 'Half-Blood Lion King' Heron, and the 'Star-Moon Excalibur' Kemet? Parker...... And, of course, the most important of all, the old head of the church, Sir Cedric, and the upright leader of the Summer Knights, Donald.

This qiē is finished, and it is almost dusk. The sun swells twice as much as it usually is, the breeze brings the smell of iron and salt, and for those who don't have to work, this time of day is the most pleasant, and there is nothing more wonderful than standing on the deck and holding on to the railing while watching the sunset and receiving a gentle kiss from the sea breeze.

"Vanessa, everything you want is ready, are you sure you don't need me to accompany you?" Matt came over, and the boy's eyes were full of puzzlement, he did not understand who the princess suddenly said that she was going to invite guests, and most importantly, where. Ever since an unmanned boat came during the day, Vanessa seemed to be a different person, constantly moving around the boat, which had never been done in the past ten days.

"Thank you." Vanessa smiled faintly, "I'm going to meet my guests alone. ”

So saying, the princess stepped down the gangway and into her cabin. She deliberately didn't close the door, as if to release the fishy smell that filled the room, then turned to the table and lit the beeswax candle with a trembling hand.

"I know it looks silly," she began to mutter, "and I'm ready for ridicule." She looked over her body, and on the outside of her body, a looming image was worn on her body like another piece of clothing, leather soft armor, studded knee pads, scarred legs longer than her own height, well, this skin bag was not her own.

"I'm sorry to meet you in this image," Vanessa smiled awkwardly and asked into the air, "Reina, are you there?" ”

"Yes." The air dissolved like a mist, and the super high-pitched sound of the vaporized magic wave shook the princess's ears, and then a human figure gradually materialized from a shadow, covering the bulkheads and objects behind her, and Reina appeared in front of the princess like a god from ancient times.

"It's really you!" Vanessa threw herself into the arms of the archer, completely forgetting her image at the moment, in Reina's opinion, Sorenda pounced on him with her teeth and claws, bringing a great threat to her life, he didn't make a move, just because he still retained his senses, knowing that what was in front of him was not the real Solanda, but Vanessa, who he thought about day and night.

"Uh," Reiner politely distanced herself as she untied Vanessa from her neck, "forgive me for not being able to get used to it. But then, he cut to the chase, "In the newt cave, you deliberately went back to save me, didn't you?" ”

"Yes, of course." Vanessa also returned to normal, and naturally hid the awkward meeting ceremony, she walked to the table and poured two glasses of Blueberry Bourbon from the Rapunzel Islands for herself and Reina, "When did you and Rogge notice the abnormality?" ”

"I found out that day," Reiner took his glass and took a sip, "I went back to Dakota and searched it, and found a missing lens. Rog used to serve in the city of Sleeping Dragons, and he explained to me the magic of the mirror, and we realized that we had been deceived by Solander. ”

"Is Rogge still sleeping in Dragon City now?"

"Yes, he volunteered to stay with Solanda." Reina glanced at Vanessa, his eyes were very complicated, Vanessa smiled slightly, understood what he meant, but was silent, Reina continued, "If the two of us disappear at the same time, it will cause Solanda to be alert, she has sent someone to destroy all the artifacts with reversal magic, and now she is fighting the idea of the forbidden magic stone, intending to smash the main switch of the forbidden magic stone from inside the Dakta Tower and extinguish the flames in the hearth." ”

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