On this day, I was going to go out to find out about the other news, and Rand found out and said, "I'll go with you." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 I looked at his arm that had not yet healed, and felt that it was not good for him to stay with someone like me in such a special time, so I said, "You better recuperate in the house!" Just let Gray come with me. ”

A hint of loss flashed in Rand's eyes, but he didn't say anything, just asked Barrow to bring a pot of tea and went to the study again.

Gray looked at Rand's back as he went upstairs, and said to me suspiciously, "Rand has been spending a bit more time with Barrow lately?" He doesn't like men, does he? ”

I ignored him. It seems that there are some things that Rand himself has not been able to figure out, or rather, he does not want to admit certain facts.

Gray helped me into the carriage and drove myself. We walked around the corner and found that the street was bustling with people, crowded together.

"What's going on up front?" I asked, frowning.

Gray replied, "Since that monster escaped from the Snow Top of the Outer Forest, it seems that the entire Megaril Continent has started to become abnormal. This is not the Holy Court suddenly began to recruit more people, and I don't know how big the matter is. This is the first time in hundreds of years! As for this, it's the recruiting office. ”

Oh? Listening to Gray's words, I began to feel uneasy again. The Holy Court has always stood at the top of the world, above all races, even if it is just a small explorer, it has to go through multiple tests, so it always has a bit of mystery in the eyes of everyone, how can it be carried out in such a large scale as now? Although most of them are only recruited mercenaries with foreign aid. It seems that something very serious must have happened on this continent to cause this, and I don't know if it will be ......

At this moment, I suddenly saw a black shadow in a cloak quickly move to a street alley with a suspicious shape, as if to lure me forward.

I recognized it at a glance, it was Ellis.

I got out of the car and followed her into the alley.

In the alley, she had already pulled off her cloak and was standing there waiting for me.

I see that in addition to some faint abrasions on her face, she has acted like an ordinary person. I asked, "Are you looking for me?" ”

Ellis looked at me with some uncertainty in his eyes, and finally said, "Someone wants to see you." ”

I was shocked.

I always knew that Ellis was behind him, and I didn't know what his purpose was. I wanted to secretly investigate who it was, but I didn't expect the other party to be eager to appear in front of me.

I thought about it for a while, and finally decided to meet, I had nothing to lose anyway.

Ellis led me down the alley all the way to the depths, and after about a quarter of an hour we came to a secret door. Ellis moved the mechanism at the door, and the secret door was slowly opened. I followed her in, and after walking for about a little while, I finally stopped in a small room. A not-so-majestic figure stood there. He heard the sound of the mechanism and turned around.

Ellis was sent out by him, and I looked at him and felt incredulous: how could it be him?

The light in the room was dim, but that didn't stop me from seeing his face.

He had a calm expression on his face at this time: "Rosa Kamel." Finally officially met. I'm the Prime Minister of the Duchy, Archimedes, so you know me, right? ”

"Naturally," I tried to keep myself quiet, "I wonder why you, a dignified prime minister, came to see me for a long time?" ”

"Oh?" Archimedes slowly lit an oil lamp, and then sat down: "I didn't expect you to see that I was quite calm, so there is nothing you want to ask?" His voice was old but powerful.

"If you want to say anything, you'll tell me, won't you?"

I looked at him and wanted to see something in his eyes, but he had been in the officialdom for many years, and he had already honed his smoothness, so he didn't give me this opportunity at all.

"These days. So many things have happened in the capital, no, it should have happened to you so many things, don't you have any ideas? I know you didn't figure it out, so I'm here to tell you. ”

A hint of cunning flashed in Archimedes' eyes, he glanced at Ellis's back, and then began to speak slowly: "Ellis, this kid has always been valued by me, he is extraordinary at a young age, decisive in trouble, and has repeatedly made military exploits, countless people have died under her, and he is also a capable person in the court. Unexpectedly, the mission to assassinate you failed. It seems that you still have some skills, and Catherine didn't choose the wrong person. ”

Kay, Catherine?

My heart was beating fast, and I felt my palms start to sweat, did he know the ...... between me and the queen Conventions?

"Catherine, this little girl, when I first met her more than twenty years ago, knew that she was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and I did not expect to end up as the queen of our Duchy of Salander. But she, a prophet, just thinks too much and calculates too much, so she makes herself dead. Archimedes said unhurriedly, and poured me a cup of tea: "But there is no way, I am just interested in her!" More and more interested, so I need someone to be by her side at all times to protect her, to help me pay attention to the people who appear around her, what she says and does to others, even if she is already a queen......"

I tried to make myself look calm, but in my heart I knew that he should have known the vow I made with Catherine seven years ago.

I felt my heart beating fast, and I was sweating all over my neck and forehead. Archimedes continued: "At that time, I wondered, what did she like about you? You're just a commoner from a humble background, how could she let you stay by her side with the son she cares about the most? I can't see it, so I have been silently observing you, at first I didn't find anything, but after seven years, guess what I found? And your performance in the outer forest, it is really 'amazing'! How are you going to stay in this Dodro in the future? ”

The surroundings are quiet and somewhat gloomy, and the atmosphere is even more uncomfortable and depressing.

I took a deep breath and didn't take his words, but said, "What do you want me to do?" ”

Archimedes smiled: "What a smart man. He suddenly changed his expression, and said with a straight face: "The Duchy of Salandel is about to change. How long do you think this old king can last? Who among these princes will ascend to the throne? Aren't you interested at all? ”

I glanced at him and silently pondered the meaning of his words.

Originally, I noticed that Lante's two brothers were secretly fighting for each other. It's just that it's none of my business, and I don't pay much attention to it, but now that the king is dying, the situation seems to have become uncertain again, and they are already tearing their faces in the open. And the events that have driven me and Rand to death these days, they must have nothing to do with it. And I don't really care about who will succeed to the throne, because although I hope it will be Rand, I also know in my heart that according to the current situation, there is no such possibility.

Archimedes said: "Rosa, I think you also understand in your heart, because you stabbed the prince, you can no longer stay in Dodro. Even if this turmoil is over, it can't. But because of Catherine, you can't go too far from Rand and let him be persecuted and killed, because your life is at stake. In such a situation, what is best for you? ”;