"It's too late now." Although he knew that Arturi had sped up a little faster, he was only a human after all, no matter how strong his physique was, but in addition to him alone, he had to leave this ghost place and bring himself with him, it was already very good to be able to get out of this mountain range in ten days, but Lily was still in a somewhat depressed mood.

Fifteen days have passed, and the candidates for the saintess in the imperial capital have probably already been decided, and she is still too late to go back.

At the thought of this, Lily sighed. Arturi wrapped his hands around her waist and trapped her whole body in front of his chest, and when the earth dragon flapped its wings and flew up, gradually the frozen mountain range was thrown behind, and Arturi paused for a moment when he heard her words:

"Not necessarily." What he said was not loud, as if it was in his mouth, Lily hid in his robe, except because his back was close to him, feeling that his chest vibrated slightly when he spoke, he heard his voice vaguely, what he said did not hear clearly, she asked again, Arturi didn't know if she didn't hear it, or if she heard it but didn't want to answer, Lily naturally didn't speak.

The earth dragon did not fly towards the imperial capital, but flew in the direction of the territory of the Arturi family outside the city, and had already felt the breath above his head early in the morning, and after confirming that it was Arturi, the garrison of the territory dispersed, and let the earth dragon fall into the territory of the Arturi family.

Leon stood below, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Arturi return safely from this trip, and he glanced at Arturi, as if he had something to say to him.

"Take a shower first and rest for a while. Let's go into town. Arturi squeezed Lily's hand, and Lily nodded reluctantly. The two of them went out for half a month before coming back, and it was obvious that the atmosphere between the two sides was a little different from before, Leon could see it, but he didn't break it, he asked people to prepare hot water for Lily.

This time I went out for more than ten days, and Lily hadn't really taken a hot bath, and when she was in the frozen mountains, the sky was full of snowflakes and strong winds, and now she came back and lay in the hot water. She felt like she was relaxed.

I thought about what had happened in the past few days. When she came out of the bathroom, Arturi had already freshened up and changed into a soft satin nightgown, and the fatigue of the past ten days seemed to have left no traces on his face. He still looks like he's in good spirits. There was a dining table in front of him. There are several delicately cooked foods on top.

I ate dry food for more than ten days in a row. There was hardly any living creature to be found in the frozen mountains, and Lily couldn't help but swallow when she smelled the aroma in the air. She sat down, and Arturi watched her eat, presumably while she was in the shower.

"We're back late." The festival of light should have been held yesterday, and it was already night, and the city gate had already been closed, so I had to rest for a night to recuperate, and I would only be ready to enter the city tomorrow, so I delayed for two days, and I didn't know who the saint was.

The few saintess who were originally scheduled to be in the mountains, except for themselves, have all died in this frozen mountain range, and they have not returned for a long time, and I am afraid that the people of the temple will only have to choose from among the other candidate saints. When Arturi heard her words, she didn't make a sound, this night Lily lay beside him, originally thought that she would not be able to sleep, but I don't know if it was in the frozen mountains, this body had become accustomed to the only temperature brought by his chest, she was held by Arturi on her chest, or fell asleep in a daze, but she didn't sleep steadily, and kept dreaming, one moment dreaming of the scene before Brian's death, and the other time dreaming of the scene of the saint lying on the altar with her tongue torn off and the scepter of light unlocked with blood, I also dreamed that Anna was holding a scepter and said to her coldly:

"Those who bully me and insult me will one day pay a thousand times the price......" She held the scepter, as if the originally ugly and ridiculous fork at the top emitted bursts of purple light, illuminating her face a little bewitching.

That night she was humming and chirping, she didn't sleep soundly, and when she got up in the morning, her face was a little pale, and Leon personally sent a dress, and the two changed their clothes, and then took the prepared carriage into the city.

The city was quiet, and there were obviously many more soldiers patrolling the streets than usual, and the guards were very tight, revealing a sense of impending mountain rain.

The people in the temple that could be seen everywhere in the past have disappeared now, and when they came to the temple of light, the temple was still the same white and dusty as before, but it was not as many people as usual.

When the carriage entered the temple, he saw Lily being pulled out of the carriage by Arturi, and the probationary priest guarding the door showed a look of shock on his face, and before he could return to the bishop's hall, several archbishops came in a hurry!

When he saw the lily, the eyes of these archbishops obviously showed the expression of the rest of his life, and Andrew lowered his head for a moment, holding the Holy Book of Light in his hand, and shouted loudly:

"Thank you to the goddess of light for your protection!"

Seeing this situation, Lily obviously felt that something was not right, she frowned, and subconsciously glanced at Arturi, pulling him tighter.

Andrew's archbishops glanced at each other, something passed in their eyes, and a priest slowly retreated without a trace, and Lily saw it, and her heart began to be vigilant. Something was wrong with this, she had been pitted by the people in the temple, and she was even more vigilant at this time, although Arturi made her feel vigilant, but for some reason, she still believed him, and the people of the temple gave her the feeling of being even more unreliable, she was closer to Arturi, and Arturi seemed to feel the emotion in her heart, and reached out to wrap his hand around her shoulder.

"Thankfully, my dear, you're finally back, it's been a hard trip!" Archbishop Andrew's eyes showed excitement and ecstasy, and he thanked the goddess of light for her blessing: "This is the goddess's metaphor, child, you are the girl chosen by the goddess of light. ”

The meaning of his words, Lily immediately understood, if Lily was not mistaken, Andrew meant that she could become a saint.

The rest of the archbishops were silent, apparently acquiescing to Andrew's words.

Originally, I thought that I would not be able to become a saint this time. And missed this time the festival of light, but I didn't expect to come back after a two-day delay, but Archbishop Andrew vaguely told himself that she was chosen by the goddess of light?

When Lily heard the news, not only did she not have the slightest surprise, but goosebumps stood up all over her body. If something is abnormal, it is a demon, not to mention that this time it is too weird, although she wants to be a saint, she doesn't want to be a pawn in the hands of Andrew and others, so Andrew's voice fell. She didn't show the ecstatic look that Andrew and the others had imagined. But his heart became more vigilant.

"The Grand Duke has never visited the temple before, and there are many beautiful things to admire here, so why not let someone lead Your Excellency and take a good look here?" Andrew turned his head suddenly. looked at Arturi and laughed. He obviously had something to say to Lily alone. Therefore, it is ready to take Arturi away first.

Thinking that he had fallen for Andrew, a seemingly kind but scheming archbishop, Lily only thought that he had taken a fancy to Arturi. At this time, Andrew was on guard, Lily's eyes narrowed, Arturi sat still, and she didn't struggle with her whole body in her arms.

"Adults can know more about the Temple of Light...... "After Andrew finished speaking, seeing that neither of them said anything, he suddenly became a little embarrassed, but he couldn't see it on his face at all, Lily didn't want to talk nonsense with him, and directly interrupted him:

"Why does the archbishop now say that I am the girl chosen by the goddess of light? Haven't the other girls been chosen by the goddess? Or maybe something else happened. As soon as Lily said this, the faces of several archbishops of the temple showed reluctance.

The group tried their best to cover it up, but Arturi spoke now:

"The day before yesterday, the Light Festival was not held as scheduled." It was only because the people did not know that the Light Festival had been advanced a long time ago, so it did not cause panic among the believers at this time, but it was not too early for the Light Festival to be held, and many believers from all over the country had already begun to travel thousands of miles to the imperial capital.

But the people didn't know that the Light Festival was in advance, but there were a number of people inside the temple, and at this time, this group of archbishops was probably already panicking. Arturi's words made the faces of the group of archbishops darkened, and they were about to speak, but Arturi had already narrowed his eyes:

"I think, except for the few people who died in the Frozen Mountain Range, the rest of the saints should have had accidents one after another, so everyone didn't rush back before the Light Festival, my Xiaohe, now, I'm afraid that in the Light Temple, only you are the only candidate saint is still alive!"

The news was like a pebble falling into the surface of the lake, splashing a large ripple, and the archbishops of the temple heard this, and their eyes showed shock, fear, and some panic, mixed with a feeling of being punctured after the secret had been exposed. Lily felt a chill in her heart, she thought of Anna, she instinctively felt that this matter should be related to herself, she subconsciously looked up at Arturi, but saw that he seemed to understand her mind, and nodded slowly. His actions undoubtedly confirmed Lily's suspicions, and made her frown tighten suddenly, Anna snatched the Scepter of Light and fled from the Frozen Mountains that day, and killed several Earth Dragons to prevent them from leaving, and she went alone, maybe she went after the other saints.

She is a tasker, she has received a task, she should know the whereabouts of other saints, she seems to have obtained some magical powers, she wants to kill a few saintesses, it should be effortless.

And Anna has time, when she arrived at the Frozen Mountains that day, she went from meeting with herself and others, to snatching the scepter and leaving, it only took three days, the Light Festival was originally scheduled to be held in 15 days, she had the earth dragon in hand, if she wanted to rush to kill several other teams of dart carts in these ten days, she had enough time to do so.

It's just that she killed the rest of the candidate saints like this, and only herself survived, Anna couldn't have known this, so in the case that the rest of the candidate saints were likely to die in her hands, only she survived, and the people of the temple were cornered, and when the time came, they would rush the ducks to the shelves, even if they didn't do anything, didn't get the scepter of light, didn't complete the trial, and the temple would definitely choose themselves to be the saints when they had no other choice.

Anna wants to become a saint like this, what is she going to do?

If Anna had a conspiracy to proclaim herself to the position of saint, Lily became vigilant, and she looked deeply at Arturi. I don't know if he expected this early in the morning, so Anna was able to escape that day, I don't know why, he had a brief confrontation with Anna, Lily felt that Arturi didn't want to kill Anna at all, and now in this situation, she wants to become a saint, but such an obvious pit is placed in front of her, if she agrees to become a saint, she will fall into Anna's trap and calculate. If you don't become a saint. Then she wants to leave with Arturi and return to his territory, and she begins to wonder if Arturi has calculated all this, so she lets Anna go, and now puts the choice question in front of her. Everything is waiting for her to choose?

Marry him. Live. Don't marry him. Die!

Thinking of this, Lily's teeth clenched, this time the task was so grinding. The Arturi who appears in the plot is too treacherous, and he is so wise that he is close to the demon, and he really can't pay for his life. Two choices are in front of her, the saint has a problem, if she insists on going her own way, then it is possible that she will die in the hands of Anna, this time the mission is over, she has fought for so long, it is equivalent to the end of her life. If she chooses to avoid it wisely, then fall into Arturi's trap, let him get his wish, follow him by his side, Anna may not be able to kill herself, then this time the mission fails to her, and she can survive.

But relying on this method to complete the task, like opportunism, and Lily doesn't like this way of completing the task, this passive dodge she doesn't like very much, she gradually began to appear a little irritated in her expression, Arturi this cunning fox, far deeper and more terrible than Andrew and others, he wants to achieve the goal, do not use conspiracy but use yang conspiracy, put the plan in front of him openly, all the choices are made by himself, just want to blame him, can not find a reason and excuse.

Somehow, Lily suddenly remembered Li Yanxi, he is also such a wise and demon-like character, and now think about it, he used to enter the task, he seemed to dig a pit and jump for himself without realizing it, if it wasn't for him to say it himself, I'm afraid she wouldn't be aware of it, and realized that she was taken advantage of by him, and when she thought about it later, it must have been her own fault, and it had nothing to do with him.

Arturi's methods and methods of doing things are too similar to Li Yanxi!

Thinking of him calling himself Xiaohe, and thinking of some intimate feelings after touching him, Lily's heart began to beat violently.

That time she was separated from him because the starry sky was attacked, he didn't know whether he was dead or alive, she remembered that Rong Li had said that if he 'went back', Li Yanxi would 'think' about her, and the word 'think' didn't think much about it, now that she thinks about it, is it possible that Li Yanxi has lost her memory? He was trapped in the mission, is it possible that after he was attacked last time, he was also trapped in the mission and lost his memory? This thought came to her heart, and Lily was so excited that her hands and feet began to tremble.

But all this is just her speculation, this kind of unfounded speculation, if it is wrong, the consequences will be earth-shattering, and she can't gamble.

While Lily was in deep thought, Archbishop Andrew and the others exchanged a few glances, and they had quickly calmed down.

"Your Excellency, you can't talk nonsense without a basis, after the Light Festival first asked us for the oracle, although the will of the Goddess of Light is not so clear, but it is sure that it will be carried out in advance, you all know this." An archbishop looked at Arturi's gaze and said stiffly: "But recently, the goddess's metaphor is not so accurate, so it has not been carried out for the time being. As for the few candidate saints, although they have not returned so far, this does not mean that they must have had an accident, they have the most loyal knights guarding their sides, and they are in a very safe place to practice, there is no danger at all, how can there be any accidents? ”

Explanation is to cover up, if you don't have a weak heart, why open your mouth to say so much? Arturi grabbed Lily's hair in the palm of his hand, pierced a few fingers through her hair, and said lightly:

"If I'm not mistaken, you've already started preparing for the ritual, and it's already going on, right? As long as I wait for Xiaohe to go out and be crowned, I will officially become the saintess of the temple, and it won't be long before the emperor may summon me into the palace and say that he has something to say to me? The end of his last sentence was lightly hooked, and the pleasant and moving voice seemed to be a jumping note, but at this time, several archbishops no longer had the heart to think about whether his voice was beautiful or not, and his words pierced the last bit of disguise of the people in the temple, making several people show embarrassed and embarrassed looks on their faces.

"Grand Duke......" Andrew tried to refute, but he couldn't speak at all, the people of the temple were completely suppressed by Arturi at this time, he didn't want to listen to the nonsense of these old men at all, he just played with Lily's hair, looked at her and smiled:

"And what do you say, my girl? What do you want? ”

He stared at Lily again with that indulgent, as if everything had already been determined, as if nothing could surprise him, and he waited for Lily's choice with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Obviously, Lily wanted to ask him how he was, but at this time he hatefully threw the problem back to himself, Lily was in a state of confusion, there was a wolf and a tiger before for a while, and there was no way to get the best of both worlds in a short period of time. There was a look of struggle in her eyes, Arturi looked at her for a long time, the indifference in his eyes as if the chess player was coldly watching the chess pieces struggle in his hands gradually dissipated with the emotions in her eyes, he sighed, as if there was no way to take the lily, he could have cut off her wings and let her stay by his side obediently, if she was reluctant, he could stand by and watch her die, but I don't know if the two had been so close, his heart could no longer be as cold and hard as at the beginning, he seemed to be helpless to her eyes.

"Okay, Your Excellency, you won, you are right, the other girls in the temple may have had an accident, the Light Festival is in front of you, there can be no more accidents, Your Excellency, we know that you are in love with Miss Roman, but this time the temple cannot be without the Holy Maiden, otherwise this is tantamount to a disaster for the temple, please promise us, as long as Ms. Roman is willing to come forward today, as long as she shows up today and is named the Holy Maiden of the Temple of Light, then in the future, the temple will not interfere with her and use her." After today, the temple will send her away in the name of the holy woman to serve the goddess, your Excellency, you can take her anywhere at that time, the Temple of Light is willing to thank you forever for your kindness, and we are willing to do our best to help you whenever you need the Temple of Light in the future. ”

Andrew spoke slowly, at this time, in front of the Grand Duke Arturi, he had nothing to do, Arturi was right, the other saints in the temple had all had an accident, so far only Lily has survived, the temple can no longer be without saints, otherwise this time the light festival will make a big joke!

Now the prestige of the temple is not as good as it was back then, since the accident of the last Holy Maiden Pope, the status and reputation of the Temple of Light have plummeted, and it has been complementary to the imperial power from the original, and now it is faintly dependent on the royal family, if there is an accident again this time, then the prestige of the Temple of Light will be greatly reduced, and the people will be disappointed in the temple, and it will be too late to save the prestige.

"We will find a way, then we just need to elect a new candidate, you see, if you are really willing to be so generous, we will praise your kindness, sing the praises of your greatness, the Temple of Light will always remember your kindness, and Miss Roman belongs to you, so the best of both worlds, why are you not willing to agree, Your Excellency the Grand Duke?"

Andrew tried to convince Arturi, and Lily sneered inwardly. This kind of discussion of her belonging in front of her, and before he has made a decision, Andrew is too anxious.

"So, what if I don't want to?" Lily spoke slowly, and Andrew was stunned, obviously not expecting her to say such a thing.

Arturi didn't say anything, just stared at her with a smile, and a group of archbishops seemed to be unaware of the situation, and Lily laughed: "Well, if I say that if the temple wants me to be a saint, it must find a way to save my life, and I am not willing to leave with Archduke Arturi?" ”

Every time someone else gives her a multiple-choice question, Lily is a little angry at this time, why can't she give a multiple-choice question to others? (To be continued......)

PS: Double more in one!

Everyone has been waiting for a long time today, and this chapter is a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ of two more and six thousand words