Chapter 5: The Princess, Incognito
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It was probably the best night Rael had slept in ten years, the security she had never felt before made her sleep until dawn, the only thing that was a little embarrassing was that it wasn't Elaine's good morning kiss that woke her up from her sleep, but an empty stomach.
"Are you awake?"
The strange but warm voice rang in Rael's ears, and she subconsciously wanted to sit up, but felt something abnormal.
Rael opened her eyes and barely lifted her head, only to see a few magic ropes trapping her firmly on the bed, unable to move, and beside her, Elaine was sitting in a chair watching her.
"That...... What does that mean? ”
Elaine didn't answer, she just leaned down and pressed her forehead against Rael's forehead, closing her eyes slightly.
"Very well, your fever has subsided, it really scared me last night...... Is there anything else you feel uncomfortable with? Why is your face so red? ”
After a while, Elaine breathed a sigh of relief, after carrying Rael back to her room last night, the excessive mental shock caused her to develop a high fever as soon as she relaxed, and Elaine used magic to treat her all night before recovering.
This was the first time that Rael had been in such close contact with his wife, in fact, she was almost forty years old, and she had never even been in a relationship when she was still Arlennier, so it was inevitable that such a close encounter with a beauty would make her a little flustered...... Although now she is also a beauty herself.
Elaine, who was only eighteen years old at the time, was tall, she was only wearing an ordinary robe in the room, her golden hair was tied in a bunch at the back of her head, perhaps related to the environment in which she had lived since childhood, her beautiful face was inexplicably dignified and atmospheric, and even made people feel the urge to kneel in front of her pomegranate dress.
"I ...... I'm fine, it's just...... Just a little hungry......"
The stupid couple who had traveled through time and space to finally meet did not understand each other's thoughts.
"Yes, I can untie you, but before I do, I have to ask you a few questions."
"What's the matter? …… Does it have anything to do with you tying me up? ”
No matter how much she is carried away by love, Rael is still a hero.
"Yes, number one, who are you?"
"My name is Ah ...... Rael, Rael? Serbina. ”
"Reconcile, at least you're still an honest person."
Elaine shook the adventurer's proof in her hand, and then asked, "I've checked your body, and you don't have any magic in your body, and you don't look like a strong swordsman, so how did you see through my illusion?" ”
Magic? Rael blinked, "You used illusion yesterday?" ”
"I'm still using it."
Elaine deliberately stood in front of the mirror, as she said, the person who appeared in the mirror was just an ordinary-looking magician, and the person in front of Rael was a real princess.
"I ...... I do not know...... But your illusion doesn't seem to work for me......"
"Yes, let's not talk about this, your body can fully accept my healing spell, but the memory manipulation spell has no effect at all, are you deliberately hiding your strength? What exactly are you deliberately approaching me for? ”
You ask me, who do I ask! I've just crossed over here, too! …… Rael wanted to shout like this, but she also knew that Elaine would not believe that the couple had a quarrel after their first night...... Married life is indeed ......
"Whether you believe it or not, I don't know some of the questions you asked, I just want to tell you that I will never lie to you, and I will never hurt you, because my faith does not allow me to do this."
After thinking about it for a while, Rael could only say that she couldn't even lie now, because the premise of lying was to know the truth, and a lie that she didn't even know the truth was pure nonsense.
"...... faith?"
When she heard this word, Elaine was slightly stunned, and after she glanced at the long sword that could not be pulled out on the side, she asked a little incredulously, "You...... Is it a swordsman of faith? ”
Six hundred years ago, after the end of the war between humans and the elements, the Church of Truth rose to power by faith, and in the past six hundred years, the gradual affluence of life has made the Church of Truth's simple and difficult canons prohibitive, because the number of believers is getting smaller and smaller, and the former position is gradually replaced by the Magic Alliance.
“…… Well. ”
Rael didn't know if it counted as lying, because he was indeed a swordsman of faith when she was Aroniel, but she didn't know.
"What is your faith?"
The Church of Truth does not believe in such illusory things as "virtue" or "justice", but teaches people to firmly believe in the "truth" they adhere to, for example, if a person firmly believes that "the strong should not bully the weak", then he can gain strength accordingly, and in the case of the strong bullying the weak, he can use more powerful power.
"True."
This is also true, what Arlennir believes in is true.
"I see...... Illusions and memory modifications are 'false', so 'false' is invalid in the face of your beliefs......"
This answer did answer everything, but Rael still had some doubts in her heart, because she was not Arleniel now, was that okay?
"I'm sorry I doubted you, you're hungry, let's go get something to eat...... Remember to pay it back. ”
Although it was only a few words, Elaine immediately believed Rael, and she untied the ropes on Rael's body, not because she was too young to trust a person easily, but for the royal family, seeing a person through their eyes is something that must be learned from an early age.
What a gentle woman your wife is...... She still remembered her embarrassment last night, so she deliberately wanted to make herself pay back? Rael smiled as she changed back into her light armor as she watched Elaine's back.
The inn was still deserted today, and after a long day of searching yesterday yielded no results, Rael remembered very well that she had returned to town with the bones of the undead summoner at dusk tomorrow.
"Sit down."
Still in the middle of nowhere last night, Elaine changed back into her hooded robe and ordered some breakfast.
"That...... Princess......"
"Don't call me princess, just call me sister, now they all think you are my long-lost sister."
Elaine immediately whispered a reminder to Rael, who seemed to be afraid that someone would recognize her, and looked around nervously.
"Okay...... Sister? You...... Why did you come here? ”