"Oh?"

Lin An let out an upward tail note, "New to the city, don't understand the situation?" ”

She looked at Edwina who was grinning toothlessly in front of her, and the other party smiled like a big bad wolf with a smile, "It seems that I have a bit of a disagreement with theirs." ”

It's just a fact that she's alone, but the admiral in front of her doesn't know the situation...... Then hehe!

"Before the prey is hunted, they often think that they are the hunters." Edwina grinned.

Looking at the smile that only a female admiral had as a carnivore, Lin An was secretly speechless, wondering which one had the guts to be so fat that he actually hit the idea on this female admiral.

Lin An was a little interested in this female admiral, and was no longer in a hurry to send her away, "It's an honor to know that I have any role in your mind?" ”

"Originally, it was just a beautiful prey used to warm up before the opening, but now it has become a butterfly python with sharp fangs."

This python has a colorful and beautiful skin, elegant and fast movements, and has always been called the "queen of pythons", but the venom is extremely poisonous, and there are basically no live animals in the haunted places, and it is not dead to the enemies who invade its own territory.

Lin An was slightly stunned, she never thought that she would be described as a snake, and she didn't know why the other party judged it from this, but she didn't pursue it, her eyes fell on Edwina's back, and she smiled:

"Thank you very much, it was a pleasure to talk to you, but it looks like someone is coming for you!"

……

Lin An didn't know that she had recently become popular, and since she appeared, she had become the focus of her eyes secretly, even if she was alone, she could feel some vague sight chasing from time to time.

And when another topic figure in the imperial capital also took the initiative to get together with Lin An, naturally more people paid attention to them.

And among those who pay attention to them. A few of them were on the second floor of the main building, staring anxiously at the situation below.

"What's going on? Edwina was talking to the woman! Damn, what did you tell her! ”

In the room, a childish voice sounded, still with two points of childish voice.

"As you commanded, we did arrange for Edwina to hear those words 'by chance'! According to her previous character, she would not let go of someone who despised the surname Kaye, how could she ......"

The girl who answered was a little stumped, because no matter how she looked at the situation below, Adwina didn't seem to be about to clash with Lin An.

But her identity can enter this circle. But it was the lowest in the circle, and his face turned red under the forced gaze of the interrogator, and he became even more helpless.

And the girl who stared at this maiden. She was only twelve or thirteen years old, a head and a half shorter than the girl who was questioned, and her baby's fat apple face did not seem to be completely out of the ranks of girls, but the momentum on her body was already the best among the girls present, and the girl who was three or four years older than her couldn't raise her head in front of her at all.

"Forget it. Aurora, the heir of the Marquis of Kaye is not so easy to calculate, not to mention that even if she does fall into the trap, that Master Lin may not be afraid of her. ”

A gentle girl standing side by side with the apple-faced girl in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, her hand tightened, and she put away her fan. "You have forgotten that when the eldest aunt handed you over to me, she asked me to supervise you. You are not allowed to cause trouble. ”

The gentle girl glanced at the apple-faced little girl with green and blue eyes, and the face of the angry little girl changed when she remembered that she was pregnant and close to giving birth and didn't know the truth, so she closed her mouth stupidly.

But she looked down and saw another group of people appearing on the lawn. The bright blue eyes lit up, and the bright red little mouth raised a smile:

"Huh. It's really not going to be a lot of things, our two aunts are out in person! ”

Wen Xian girl looked down, the hand holding the su fan couldn't help but tighten, her face couldn't help but change, and Mingcui's eyes glared at the apple-faced little girl with a stern meaning:

"Aurora!"

The other four or five girls in the room usually played well with the gentle girl, but when the other party was really strict, they didn't dare to intervene between the two proud girls of the sky, and looked at the two silently.

The little girl with the apple face is cunning and rebellious, and usually even his two brothers can't control it, but in front of this cousin who is slightly inferior to herself, her arrogance is always inexplicably shorter, and she is a little weak:

"It's none of what I do, I haven't left your sight, these two aunts are not something I can easily drive."

Wen Xian thought about it for a while, and then thought of a marriage news that she had overheard from her parents' private conversation, guessed the reason for the appearance of the two princesses, her face changed slightly, and she hurriedly looked down.

……

Edwina followed Lin An's line of sight and looked behind her, and saw a group of people walking in their direction.

Among them, the two princesses Victoria and Elizabeth are the most conspicuous, not only because they are clustered in the middle, but also because of the small diamond crown in their hair, and the mink shawl that wraps the white shoulders, the silver and light gray solid fur is too gorgeous to ignore.

Lin An noticed that Lancet was standing next to Princess Elizabeth, his sword eyebrows were slightly frowned, half of his face was covered by a black mask, and he couldn't see his expression clearly, but his slightly pursed lips showed a cold and unhappy taste.

Edwina's red eyes hidden behind the mask flashed with a hint of surprise, but the crowd was already about to walk in front of them, obviously coming towards them, Edwina seemed to face Lin An, and gracefully bowed to the two princesses, before straightening her waist:

"Good night, two noble and beautiful young ladies! Have I had the privilege of being told that you two came for me on purpose? ”

Princess Victoria didn't expect someone to stop in front of her, originally looking at the back, she thought that Edwina was a young man who was attentive to Lin An, and after looking at Edwina twice, she recognized Edwina from the same unique features.

Adwina had only been to the imperial capital once or twice, and Victoria, who was not familiar with her, had heard of her character, and covered her lips with a chuckle, and said in a manly voice:

"Why not? My Admiral, perhaps we can go and enjoy the garden alone at night later. ”

After saying that, Victoria looked at Edwina tentatively to see if the other party was stubbornly blocking in front of her.

Edwina had already heard what she meant from the phrase "wait a while", raised her eyebrows, and said in a slightly hoarse mezzo-soprano:

"If your male partner doesn't mind. It's certainly my pleasure. ”

After speaking, she hooked her lips with interest, leaned on one side neatly, and revealed Lin An behind her.

Lin Anluo was surprised, from the conversation between Edwina and Victoria, she could hear that the other party was not the person who drove Edwina before, and Edwina simply stayed out of the matter, and she was not surprised.

After being highlighted sideways by Edwina, Lin An turned his gaze and looked at everyone's expressions. After turning to the faces of the two princesses, he calmly made a mage salute and said lightly:

"Good night, everybody."

Under the gaze of these black eyes. Everyone had a sense of substance like something invisible sliding across their skin, and some of the people standing on the periphery instinctively spread out.

Lancet left the crowd, took two steps forward, and stretched out his hand to Lin An, asking Lin An to stand beside him.

And the captain of the guard who originally went to help Lin An get mint water. I don't know when he also appeared behind him, and when he saw Lin An's afterglow sweeping, he smiled slightly and nodded.

Victoria was stunned, and her voice was slow, and she was choked by Lin An's general greeting.

But since today is a masquerade ball. Lin An is not at fault for calling it so, after all, according to the unspoken rules of the masquerade. In the ball, it is to dilute the original identity and status gap of the other party, and avoid talking about the other party's identity in the exchange.

Here's a masquerade feature:

Masks are a medium that breaks the confinement of the previous small circles, allowing people with different identities to try to communicate and contact, even if they know the identity of the other party. You can also pretend not to know.

When Lin An said this, he was hinting at the unspoken rules of the ball.

In fact, with everyone's dress characteristics. Others may not be able to recognize each other, but the decoration of the two princesses and Lin An is so obvious, who would not recognize each other?

Although as Victoria, she can not comply with it at all, but in front of so many people, since Lin An hinted so, Victoria is not good at ignoring the rules, otherwise it will not only be disrespectful to the master Charles and his wife, but also make her embarrassed.

As Victoria, naturally no one dared to talk about her domineering, but Victoria didn't want to lose a little face in front of Lin An.

She pulled Elizabeth to come violently, but she didn't expect Lin An to turn around and not even give her a chance to speak.

Edwina's eyes flashed on the side, and some nobles next to her also secretly praised Lin An's wit in their hearts:

Everyone can see that Princess Victoria's momentum is violent, at this time, she does not dodge or dodge, which does not conform to the rules of conduct of the nobles, and Lin An skillfully avoids the edge like this, and the momentum does not fall behind, which is the wisdom appreciated by the nobles.

Anyway, Lin An is not a man, but a mage who is famous for her wisdom, and there will never be criticism that she is not fair enough.

Victoria's momentum plummeted, and Elizabeth tugged at the sleeves of her skirt.

Lin An saw it in his eyes, an unknown meaning flashed in the depths of his eyes, and the bottom of his eyes was deep, and the microwave rose, and he was about to speak, but suddenly moved to the back of the crowd:

“…… The two male companions seem to have arrived. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, two tall men with different shapes and temperaments came up from behind.

They were dressed in straight military uniforms, and the silhouette of the taller man was very familiar to Lin An, and the momentum of the iron-blooded soldier who had really experienced the bloody battlefield on his body pressed Elizabeth's male companion who came next to him, and lost a lot of color.

The dark blue eyes under the irregular diamond-shaped mask glanced at Lin An, revealing a lot of complicated meanings that Lin An couldn't understand, and then walked over to Victoria, who was suppressing her feelings, held the latter's small hand, and lowered her head to say something in Victoria's ear.

Another slightly emaciated young man walked up to Elizabeth.

He seemed to be familiar with her, secretly squeezed Elizabeth's hand, and the two exchanged glances, Elizabeth's blue eyes flashed relaxed, and smiled at him.

These two scenes were seen by Lin An, and the color flashed, and his heart rippled slightly.

In Ludwig's whisper, Victoria quickly smiled, and glanced at Lin An with a hint of authority, and when she saw that she was really looking at this side, she was even more proud, took Ludwig's arm, and smiled at Edwina:

"Lord Admiral, I originally wanted to enjoy the garden with you, but now that my male companion is here, can you add him more?"

In her words, it seemed that she was going to visit the garden, but Lin An blocked her way.

Edwina bowed gracefully.

"It should have been an honor for me, but as a self-aware person. I can only regret to thank you for your favor and to book the next opportunity to visit the park alone with you. ”

"Hehe, there will definitely be a chance!"

Victoria giggled at Adwina's praise, and some of the people next to her also laughed, and a contradiction that smelled of gunpowder became invisible, and the group of nobles laughed and dispersed in their own amusement.

Victoria had Ludwig by her side, and she was no longer interested in making trouble with Lin An, so she raised her chin to hold Ludwig and glanced at her lightly. Walk away with Ludwig.

Ludwig narrowed his eyes, the white cross in his blue eyes flashed, and he nodded indifferently to Lin An and Lance. And Victoria left.

Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief, and with a little embarrassment, Lin An said that she was unaccompanied, and after nodding to Lance, she left with her male partner.

The crowd dispersed again. Only Lancet and his guards were left by his side, and seeing Lin An thoughtful, Lancet lowered his head and asked:

"What's wrong, Ann?"

Lin An quickly came back to his senses and said casually: "It's okay, I'm just thinking about why they suddenly came to find trouble." ”

"I'm afraid it's my business that has troubled you. Princess Victoria had asked me privately just now, and they seemed to have seen us under the flower tree before. Lancet was silent for a moment before he apologized.

Private questioning and public questioning. The intentions are completely different, not to mention that Lin An is still a woman, Princess Victoria is making a big fuss with a violent, and the malice is self-evident.

"I see,"

Lin An nodded. "But Princess Elizabeth doesn't look like she wants to echo Princess Victoria." I noticed the look on the look of the man next to her, Ludwig...... It seems that he called it. ”

"Princess Elizabeth is indeed much more elegant and gentle than her sister." Ranster had a good impression of Elizabeth.

Lin An's perception of Elizabeth has also changed slightly.

She has a sense of mental power, of course she knows that Elizabeth was not acting just now, from the first impression, excluding her as Odin's own sister, Princess Elizabeth's own personality and temperament are actually very compatible with Lancet.

It's a pity to look at the interaction between her and the male partner just now, they do have a good relationship, and Lancet has no intention of Elizabeth out of public and private considerations.

Even in the situation just now, the two of them were also concerned about her, and one was a sister who was close to herself, and there was no eye contact with each other at all, Lang was ruthless, and the concubine had no intention, and it seemed that there was really no spark.

Lin An was thinking about it, and the two of them were already walking slowly among the flowers and trees, when she heard Lance Wen ask:

“…… Acquaintance with you, Lord Ludwig, I see him glancing at you. ”

Lin An looked up and saw that Ranster was looking at the flowers and trees unintentionally, but his mental power sensed that his attention was very concentrated, and he was secretly surprised that he would notice Ludwig, but he didn't know that in the eyes of the people who really cared, the intuition about the appearance of the rival was as sharp as radar.

"He was also one of the honorees, and when he was at the front, he was also an officer in the rear battalion of the Western Front."

Lin An thought about it, and felt that her current situation was better not to let too many people know about her relationship with Ludwig, although this was just a private matter in her eyes, but in the eyes of Emperor Odin, it was not necessarily.

What's more, the matter between her and Ludwig has passed, and there is no point in mentioning it again, causing trouble.

Ranster's blue eyes flashed, nodded, glanced down at Lin An, and saw that she was not looking at her, a trace of uncertainty flashed in her eyes, and said:

"Well, I know him, because it is said that he is about to become the guardian knight of Princess Victoria, and His Majesty the Third has almost agreed."

Lin An's footsteps paused slightly, "Guardian knight? ”

Her voice raised slightly.

It's just this change that immediately made Lancet look at her strangely, the corners of his mouth were slightly curved, the angle was as standard as a textbook, and there seemed to be something mixed in his soft voice:

"Isn't that weird?"

Lin An didn't know why he was a little weak-hearted, and he laughed dryly, "Isn't this strange?" I remember that we had only been in the imperial capital for a month. ”

Less than three months after their official breakup, Ludwig was already talking about marriage.

Lin An almost materialized three exclamation marks in his mind, and he didn't know what to use to describe his mood for a while, he only felt that it was slightly complicated, and even the surface cover was flawed.

"Time does not measure the concentration of love, in the words of Princess Victoria, they have identified each other from the first time they met!"

Ranster narrowed his blue eyes slightly. looked at Lin An with a smile, "You have been out for half a month, and you don't know that during this time, in all the occasions when Princess Victoria appeared during this time, Viscount Ludwig has become her regular male companion." ”

Lin An's red lips opened slightly, and he wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it back under Lancet's gaze, and only said:

"In that case...... That's good news indeed, hehe. ”

"Good news indeed, if nothing else. The third will announce this in a few days, and—"

Lance turned his face away, and looked faintly at the golden gorse in the distance. "Princess Victoria has told me that Her Majesty the Third has written to send the marriage to the capital of Stuart."

Lin An was all absent-minded, and was immediately pulled back by this news.

"What! So, is the third world determined to carry out this marriage? ”

"I'm afraid so." Ranster Road.

Lin An immediately understood the reason why Victoria came in a rage, and it was only under this premise. Victoria is qualified to replace Elizabeth and question her relationship with Lanster in public.

Well, in fact, if I'm not mistaken, Victoria must have been so hostile to her because of Ludwig.

Coupled with Odin and the unknown bloodline in his body, Lin An almost wanted to cover his head: hell. She doesn't have to get entangled with Merlin royalty!

While secretly mad in his heart, Lin An saw that Lancet had a calm face:

Hey, don't be so calm!

Lin An was depressed. Suddenly, he glared again: "That's not right! Would Meryl agree to lure the wolf in? ”

"If Merlin pays some price, Meryl may not be without the possibility of agreeing, in the end, it is nothing more than an exchange of interests-"

"War cannot be fought for a lifetime," said Lancet calmly. Merlin valued nothing more than the calm and stability of the decade. Paying a price, and putting a balanced pawn between Stuart and Meryl isn't necessarily a bad thing for Merlin. ”

Lin An instantly understood what Lancet meant, "What about you, what are you going to do?" ”

"I'm ready to write back tonight and ask my mother to do her best to set a marriage for me!"

Lancet smiled and said, "Uncle Adolphus is by her side, she will figure it out, once Merlin and Meryl come to an agreement, the biggest loss is her in the middle." As long as the princess of the Merlin royal family marries, if she is unwilling to give up the power in her hands, then the end will either be sudden death or madness and confinement. ”

Lin An was stunned.

Looking at the situation, the moment he got the news, Lancet had already thought of a countermeasure.

In his words, it was obvious that his Uncle Adolf had great influence on the eldest duchess, and Lancet's control over the situation in the principality was far less weak than Lin An imagined.

"Isn't it very different from what you think?"

Lancet's voice came, "I'm not the Lancet I was three years ago, and I have a lot of blood on my hands. ”

Lin An was told by Lancet to think about it, raised his head, and saw that his back was to the light, and half of his handsome face was hidden in the darkness, gloomy.

"It's really different from what I originally imagined, after all, you haven't shown this side in front of me," Lin An admitted his initial feelings, "However, if you haven't changed at all in the past three years, then it will make me disappointed and worried!" ”

She smiled, looked directly at Lanster, and said lightly: "What's more, in terms of change, believe me, Lanster, your change will never be as big as mine." ”

Lanster's heart warmed slightly, thinking that this was Lin An's words of comfort, and was about to say something, when there was a sound of Suosuo next to him, and the captain of Lanster's guard pulled out the flower branches, knelt down on one knee and said:

"Your Majesty, Prince Charles and his wife have returned to the main building, and when they have changed their clothes, they will come down for the opening dance."

After the captain of the guard finished speaking, he looked at Lin An with some hesitation.

Lin An understood, walked away a few steps, and by the way, sealed his hearing with his mental power, and looked up at the flowers and trees.

Lancet looked at his captain of the guard, knowing that he knew his relationship with Lin An, so it would not be useless to signal this, so he motioned for him to come over.

The captain of the guard got up, came to Ranster's ear, put his hand over his mouth, and whispered in Ranster's ear:

"Princess Elizabeth has sent her maid privately, please meet her in private later."

Slightly surprised, Lancet nodded, and motioned for the captain of the guard to step aside.

Lin An came back, and Lancet didn't wait for her to signal, so he said:

In his mind, Elizabeth was far from being a possible candidate for his fiancée.

Lin An was not very surprised.

Judging from her observations, Princess Elizabeth is elegant on the outside and quite assertive on the inside, and it is normal for her to be the kind of person who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and out of concern about the future of her marriage, she looks for an opportunity to discuss private talks with Lancet.

(To be continued)

ps：

In the plot progression, it is now the two lines of Lanster and Victoria at the same time, Lanster is the long-term main line, and Victoria Ludwig is the current plot line.