"Queen Mother, what's going on in the forbidden land of Pisces Palace?" The cute boy with short black hair and amethyst eyes asked his mother.

"Lelouch, where did you hear about this kind of thing?" The woman with jet-black hair like the boy crouched down, stroked Lelouch's little head and asked softly.

This virtuous and beautiful woman is the nickname Mariana the Glittering, and the Princess Marianna who is regarded as a thorn in the side of the Lipsita family. Because in the eyes of the Lipsiuta family, it was precisely because of the irrational preference of His Majesty the Emperor that led to the death of Princess Angelott.

"Rumors heard inside the palace"

"There's no forbidden land at all, it's just a bunch of good deeds." Princess Mariana said soothingly.

"It's just that the tenth prince, Kamiyu, is very fond of books, and there are many unique authentic books in his library. In order to prevent servants who did not understand the value of these books from accidentally breaking them, the second prince, Shunezel, announced that no one should enter the library. Or is this what they say is a forbidden place? ”

In fact, Mariana also learned some information about the so-called forbidden land from her own channels. But, in fact, those who have infiltrated the library have reported that there is nothing of value in it at all, except for a large number of books.

However, it is true that someone has disappeared, and the bodies of a very small number of people have been found, but the distance from the imperial capital is more than a thousand kilometers, and judging from the results of the autopsy report, the time is not right at all. Moreover, all activities in Pisces Palace are basically transparent. So all this has become an incredible event in the palace and has come to an end.

"The tenth prince is the royal brother who was born on the same day, the same month, and the same year as me, and is only a few hours older than me?" Lelouch asked innocently with wide eyes.

"That's right." But after thinking about it, Mariana suddenly changed her words without a trace.

"If Lelouch doesn't believe it, you can visit the Tenth Prince in person, I think since you were born at the same time, you should be able to get along."

"Hmmm! I'll go! Lelouch thought for a moment and agreed

"Queen Mother, Nanali is going too!" A little girl with pale corn hair, only three years old, shouted along.

"Okay, Nanali will go with you."

The struggle for imperial power or something, Mariana was not interested, or rather disgusted. She just hopes that her two most important people, Lelouch and Nanali, will be safe in the future. Because, they are likely to be an important part of the plan. If there is a mistake for such a reason, it is absolutely not allowed.

Now is an opportunity to improve his relationship with the second and tenth princes, and the second prince Shunezel is a calm and well-informed person, and should understand what happened back then. As for the tenth prince, he didn't know much about it, and the only one who knew the Tao was his genius.

Maybe geniuses are weird, this prince has always lived in seclusion. But in her opinion, no matter how talented she is, she is just a 6-year-old child like Lelouch. High IQ does not mean the maturity of ideology, she thinks that children of this age will come and go quickly for hatred, and I believe that children of the same age will soon be able to mingle

The boy finally raised his head slowly

Those golden pupils were full of mystery and incomparable oppression.

The air around me seemed to be thinning, and every breath was so long and strenuous.

Everything around him became so silent, his body was as heavy as lead, and the only sound in his mind was the growing sound of his own breathing and heartbeat.

[No, it can't be that simple enough to suppress me, is he still human?] 】

Monica finally couldn't help but start gasping for breath, large beads of sweat sliding down her forehead, and her body inadvertently became shaky.

"Is it another rat?" The immature voice exudes a deadly demonic nature.

Monica's heart suddenly burst into her heart, and she hurriedly knelt on one knee, in fact, her feet were already numb and limp, and she lowered her head deeply.

"Your Highness, please calm your anger!" The seemingly stable words revealed the panic of fear.

At the same time, as Kamiyu's words landed, the book floating in the air suddenly opened. A piece of paper fell off and shot out as a white light.

'Peng'

With her eyes closed, Monica, who thought she was certain to die, heard the dull thud of a heavy object falling on the marble floor near the door behind her.

Monica subconsciously looked behind her.

I saw a young man dressed as a manmaid fall to the ground, his body twitching uncontrollably, and the artery between the carotid was pierced by a slender white cone, and the red liquid did not drip on the ground, but slowly dyed the white cone red until the root.

Monica looked at the murder weapon still in the man's neck in disbelief, although she was only 8 years old, but her eyesight that had undergone rigorous training made it clear to her that it was just an ordinary page.

The manservant, who was not yet dead, covered his neck with his hands, and his lips trembled rapidly. Finally, with two soft "clicks" in his throat, his eyes widened, and he collapsed completely weakly - a life was lost.

"Is it someone from the Azenania family this time? Her Royal Highness Princess Caterina, the mother of Genivale (the first princess), has a bad temper, but this kind of thing should be the work of the Acenania family (Geninevere's mother's lineage). I just hope that Her Highness Caterina will not break anything valuable tonight, otherwise it will add a lot of unnecessary resentment. The boy on the pile of books shook his head helplessly and sighed softly.

"Do you care about such useless resentment?" If Honezel was here, he would have vomited like this, right?

'Smack! With a crisp snap of his fingers, the manservant's body disappeared without a trace.

may have been casually thrown by Kamiyu in the desolate mountains more than a thousand kilometers away, or it may have been thrown into the sea to feed the fish. Of course, whether it is in this world or in other worlds, Tokyo Bay has always been a good choice, and this point seems to have become an eternal law in all worlds. But Kamiyu wasn't going to be boring enough to explore this boring question.

In fact, it wasn't just Princess Mariana who was wrong, everyone was wrong.

This library is a forbidden place, but it is only a way for Shunezel to prevent Camillo's ability to use it while reading is exposed. Unless someone with bad intentions breaks in while Kamiyu is reading, there is no precaution at all for people from other time periods to come.

At this time, Monica didn't dare to take a breath, and buried her pale face again, afraid that she would follow in the footsteps of the person just now. Because he behaved the same as the man just now, albeit with a completely different purpose.

"Where is Zhilu Dao?" The gentle voice makes people feel cold and piercing.

"Zhizhi Dao, this is the forbidden place of the Pisces Palace." Monica felt nervous.

"Do you dare to come in even if you know it?" There was a killing intent in his words

"Because I had a hunch that if I missed it, I would lose the most important opportunity in my life." Monica, who had countless excuses flashing in her mind, didn't know what she was doing, and subconsciously told her feelings in her heart at that time.

[I didn't expect it to be the traction of fate. Hearing Monica's answer, Kamiyu solemnly looked at the girl again.

"Where's the name?" Kamiyu clasped his book together and softened his tone. looked at the girl with long golden orange hair in the audience with interest.

"Back to Your Highness, here is Monica Kurushiewski, the knight who only transferred to Pisces Palace today" Monica hesitated for a moment, but decided to call herself a knight, although she was not qualified to be a knight at the moment, even if it was a guardian knight.

"Kurushevsky turned out to be the daughter of Count Kurushevsky's family." Kamiyu immediately knew what was going on with the person in front of him, and it seemed that his brother had not told this little girl anything, but had left this selection test to himself.

"I beg your pardon for being rude." Monica suddenly said angrily, "I have been fighting for the Knight of the Round Table so far, although I am a woman, I would rather use actual performance as a promotion rank, but the title of His Highness just now is really humiliating." ”

"I'm sorry, it's Yu who didn't think it through, and I apologize to Qing here."

Kamiyu's frank apology made Monica stunned, and now Kamiyu made her feel like the two people just now, "No, I was reckless just now, and I actually contradicted His Highness." ”

Monica didn't notice that Kamiyu's address to her had quietly changed, indicating that she had basically recognized her identity.

"Hehe, don't be so nervous, shouldn't Qing be the demon king who treats Yu as a murderer without blinking, right?" Seeing that Monica was about to apologize again, she hurriedly waved her hand to stop her words.

"Everyone in this world has their own secrets, and Yu is not an unreasonable demon king, but just a little deterrent to these forces that come to snoop."

The clever Monica was only slightly discouraged, and then she didn't say anything more.

"Please get up."

"Your Highness." Monica only felt a sudden sense of relief all over her body, but the short words just now made her feel extremely gentle, and she stood up without any hesitation in her heart.

"Not bad, the first time I saw the dead man, his face was just pale, he didn't scream or vomit in fear, and he didn't act in any way. In terms of this guts, it can already be regarded as excellent. ”

"I'm ashamed," Monica blushed, feeling ashamed of the compliment.

"Yes, knowing how to see oneself clearly and understand one's own situation is the basic quality of successful people." Kamiyu nodded in satisfaction.

"Is Qing the guardian knight that the imperial brother gave to Yu Xuan?"

"Huh?"

What's going on? By the way, my family said that they wanted me to come to Pisces Palace to become a guardian knight, but His Royal Highness Shunesel didn't tell me anything.

Looking up, he just met Kamiyu's gaze looking at him.

The golden eyes were so warm, and the fear of this highness in my heart disappeared in an instant. Monica had a glimmer of realization.

"Yes, Your Highness."

"As a knight, Qing's strength is far from enough! What's more, it's to be Yu's guardian knight," Kamiyu's words made Monica feel frustrated.

[Am I rejected?] She also didn't understand why she could change her mind in such a short period of time, and feel a panic of being abandoned because of His Highness's evaluation of herself.

Kamiyu floated down from the mountain-high stack of books as if weightless, and walked towards the exit gate.

When he was about to reach the door, he suddenly stopped, looked back at Monica who was still where she was, and smiled.

"Don't you keep up? Yu knight! ”

"Huh?" Monica froze on the spot for a while

"But"

"So from today onwards, Qing will undergo Yu's strict training until Qing has the strength worthy of Yu's guardian knight." Then, the words shifted

"Of course, if Qing believes that he can't keep up with Yu's pace, he can do it now." Kamiyu held out a hand to Monica, waiting for an answer.

“Yes，Your· Highness！ Without any hesitation, he fell down on one knee and gave Kamiyu a solemn and powerful knightly salute in the firmest of tones.

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Speaking of age, in this book, the age of Honezel and Cornelia is reduced by 2 years, and the two were supposed to be 27 years old in R1 in the same year, but now they have changed

For 25 years old. Although the First Princess's age is unknown, she is older than Cornelia, so she should be 28 to 29 years old at least in R1.