The princess walked past the twelve guards, asked their names one by one, and finally returned to the stone table and sat down, "I am grateful to His Royal Highness for keeping my safety in mind during all your busy schedules, you are all capable warriors, this is obvious to all, I am sure that you will protect me well, and each of you will receive a separate reward in a while." "But at the same time, I have my own requirements, and you must learn to divide and work together, Kesa," she said, turning to the little man, "you will be their leader and assign tasks to them." "The eyes of the twelve people widened, very good, "The country of flames is too hot, I am not used to it when I first come to your realm, so I need two fixed guards to fan behind me," Vanessa saw that their eyes widened, and even their mouths were open, and they were secretly happy, and added in time, "I know that this is the work of the maid, but since my fan is very large, and I have to walk around, the maid's arms cannot support such a weight, so I have to ask you to carry it with you to fan for me, please be sure not to refuse." ”

The guards stood in place with embarrassed faces, unthinkable that this foreign princess would ask them to do such a job, it was really a push and there was no reason, and they were afraid of making people laugh at it.

"Also," Vanessa deliberately didn't look at their expressions, and continued, "In addition to these two fixed fan guards, I also need four of the most heroic guards to open the way in front of me," this task made the guards' faces a little bloody, don't worry, I haven't finished my words yet, "As we all know, I am the princess of the Land of Midsummer, and I have taken refuge in the Land of Flame under extremely critical circumstances, and my own guards have already fought and died for me, and now you are the dear ones I brought from the Land of Midsummer, The guards of the opening path must wear the bright costumes of our Midsummer Kingdom to show off my status as a princess. Vanessa looked at herself, well, just replace their armor with skirts, I'll try to dress you up as fancy as possible, "The other six will carry the sedan chair for me when I travel, you know, those rude and careless sedan chair drivers can't protect my personal safety at all, I only trust you now, the prince assigned you to me is really the most intimate act, I will definitely make the best use of it." ”

With that, Vanessa rose from her seat and left the Long Night Hall with her attendant.

If nothing else, there will be one less of you by this time tomorrow, Vanessa thought as she walked. Poor Kesa, don't blame me for being vicious, Terrence has placed you next to me, and that's all I can do, and the other guards will be jealous of you or out of jealousy or division of labor, until someone jumps out and kills or severely wounds you. Reina, where are you, now I don't have anyone around me who can be trusted, I can only delay time in this way, I need you to bring Otser's mercenary group into the city as much as possible, even if it's ten people, and let these useless Flame Kingdom guards hell with it.

Then he came out of the long night hall, and several court ladies came to him, and surrounded by them, Katrina was walking towards this side with a smile.

"Princess Vanessa." Katrina first saluted Vanessa, the girl's injuries had completely disappeared, and even the pain had been transferred to Colinze, and the hapless butler had died as if he had removed half of Terrence's arm, for which Vanessa was very satisfied.

"Princess Katrina." Vanessa returned the favor. Terrence was preparing to ascend the throne, but before that, he had canonized Katrina as a princess, which shows that he was determined to win the throne, and the edict of Deanna and King Matthew had long since disappeared and no one mentioned it again, and those who had opposed the prince's accession to the throne disappeared in an instant, either defecting or being secretly executed, and the prince did things cleanly, and there was always a way to silence those who disagreed.

"Please wait," Katrina said as she stopped Vanessa as she was about to leave, and she looked at her face before finally speaking, "I think you're a lot like a person, a friend of mine." ”

"Friends?" The girl was still so shy, Vanessa decided to deal with her in order to benefit her future situation, she looked at Katrina with a smile, "Is it as simple as just friends?" That's not what my cousin Fein said in his letter. ”

Katrina looked incredibly surprised, she took Vanessa's hand and asked loudly, "Are you his cousin?" ”

Vanessa closed her eyes in affirmation.

"Where did he go? What did he tell you? ”

"He didn't say where he was going, he just sent me a message," Vanessa paused deliberately, observing Katrina's expression, seeing her eagerness, she couldn't bear to hurt her anymore, so she had to make up a lie, "He said that he had met the best relationship in his life, but before he could start, he was messed up by himself, and now he is going to live the life of an ascetic, dedicate himself to God, atone for his sins with devotional service every day, and pray for the people he loves. Vanessa looked at Katrina lovingly, "I think his lover should be you." ”

Katrina's eyes glistened with tears, "He said he loved me? ”

"Yes, silly girl, who can not love it."

"The tone of your voice resembles his," Katrina looked up at Vanessa's face, "you look alike too." ”

Because we're the same people. "We're very close," Vanessa explained simply, "and we've grown up together. ”

"You—" Katrina looked embarrassed, "will you marry my father and become the new queen of the Flame Kingdom?" ”

"Be your stepmother?" Vanessa spoke for her, and she gave Katrina a kind and harmless smile, "I will, as long as you agree." ”

Vanessa and Katrina looked at each other and smiled, the atmosphere immediately became pleasant and relaxed, Katrina took the princess's arm, "If you are not busy, please accompany me to the garden, the ladies blindly begged me to stay indoors, for fear that I would go out to see the wind and the old wound would recur, you know that my injury will never appear again, right." ”

"Yes, I'll heal you."

"Look, I should thank you......"

The two chatted while walking, and there were so many topics that they went all over the palace garden of the Burning Flame Country, and the sun set and the moon rose before they stopped. Katrina and Vanessa made an appointment to visit the palace armory together tomorrow, and they returned with a lot of fun.

Back in her dormitory, Vanessa immediately received good news - Xsa and a guard named Ian had an inexplicable fight, and as a result, more guards joined the scuffle, and all the twelve guards assigned to her by Terrence were wounded, several of them were the most seriously injured, and I am afraid that she could only rely on the immobilization of a chair for the rest of her life to keep her body balanced. The poor man was obviously brainbroken, but fortunately, he would never again emit an ugly light of lies.

This is a good opportunity, Other's mercenaries can fill the vacancy of the guards, Reina, come back quickly, I need you by my side.

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