Phyllis pushed the door open, and Edward in the hospital bed lifted his head.

He looked very haggard, and he didn't know what kind of illness he had. But now the situation seems to be much better than before, not long ago, when Phyllis was still Iroh, Prince Edward was lying in the hospital bed as if he was dead, he couldn't even breathe, he was dying, and he could die at any moment.

"Yes...... Iroh? Seeing Phyllis enter the door, Prince Edward, with great difficulty, raised his head and lay down again.

"Yes...... Do you recognize me? Phyllis said in surprise.

Even Elizabeth still had difficulty recognizing him when she saw him, how did Prince Edward recognize him?

"Although your appearance has changed somewhat, how can I not recognize my knight." Prince Edward smiled, "Not to mention that we grew up together, you were like this when you were young, and I said you looked like a girl, and you would sulk." ”

"How is it possible, haven't you been?" Phyllis flickered.

"Yes, yes, you deliberately changed today's dinner to a dish I didn't like, and when I asked you if you were angry, you would pout and say, 'I'm not angry', although I was a little embarrassed, but I think you were more cute like a girl at that time." Edward teased.

"Your Highness Edward!" Phyllis was furious.

"Alright, alright." Edward smiled and said, "My knight shouldn't have come to catch up with me today, and the reason why you are dressed like this is probably not because you want to wear women's clothes, right?" Is there anything I can help with? ”

Phyllis nodded, and then said, "Actually, this is the case, my identity was revealed, so I was ordered by Princess Irene to dress like this and serve her as a maid." ”

Edward nodded, then said, "Why are you in front of me now?" ”

"But I'm Prince Edward's knight, so before I atone for my sins, I want Prince Edward's advice." Phyllis said again.

"I see." Prince Edward understood Phyllis's intentions, "But you don't have anything to ask me for advice from me, you don't have anything to be sorry for New Cruise, look up and look at me, Iroh." ”

Phyllis was now half-kneeling beside Edward's bed, and he lowered his head so that he couldn't see Edward's eyes at all.

Phyllis, who received the order, raised her head and looked at Edward, and then Edward said: "For me, you are actually more like a benefactor who saved me, my father always thought that I couldn't take it, you completed the great cause of dragon slaying in my place, and now the whole world knows the name of me, a false dragon slayer, and the marriage contract is endless, all thanks to you." Then, when I was seriously ill, you accepted the marriage contract in my place, and the punishment of deception in the place of the New Cruz dynasty. You don't have anything to grovel to when it comes to the New Cruz, you are a knight loyal to the New Cruz. ”

"When His Highness Edward says this, I will be even more ashamed." Phyllis said.

"Why be ashamed?"

"Because my request is mixed with selfish desires." Phyllis lowered her head and said as if she had mustered up courage, "Although my original intention was to ease the relationship between New Cruise and Seapine, now I want to serve Princess Irene not to defend the relationship between the two countries, but out of my own selfish desires, I want to protect that child, that fragile princess." ”

"Yes...... Yes. Edward nodded slowly, "For my personal feelings, I would like to ask what kind of person that child is?" ”

"She's a fragile princess, a caged bird, a little beast in captivity." Phyllis replied, "Her first impression on me was that her eyes were empty-eyed, that she had nothing to do, that she couldn't find the meaning of happiness, that she couldn't find the meaning of life, like ......."

"Like?" Edward repeated.

"It's like a friend of mine who has been with me since I was a child." Phyllis replied.

"I see. I see. Edward repeated this sentence again.

Caged birds, bred beasts, these nouns were also Edward's code names. Behind his excellent sister, Edward was not praised for what he did, and the utterly desperate Edward chose to give up on himself, he spent his days looking for fun, looking for some strange things to wander around, and indulged himself in the sea of pleasure.

This negative life finally came to an end one day, when he was given the name of the dragon slayer, and Iroh went into battle in place of Edward, slaying the dragon and rescuing the princess, and the once dissolute prince became the real dragon slayer by word of mouth.

Iroh used his strength and courage to save him from the cage, so his affection for Iroh is like respecting his savior.

"Please forgive your sins." Phyllis said.

"You're not wrong, Iroh, you saved me." Edward said, "I thought I would fall victim to a political marriage, and end up marrying the daughter of some delicate duke whom I didn't even know, but now that the world is so big, and all the princesses are at my disposal, I finally have some hope that I will find the girl I was with." ”

"......" Phyllis didn't know what Edward meant by these words, he had some impressions about the girl Edward was talking about, Edward and Phyllis when he was still Arlo told him such a story when they first met, at a party, Prince Edward and his family were separated, it was a brave girl who stood up, took the lost him to find food, solved his hunger problem, and then took him to his family, and the girl became his first love, It also became his first crush, but after that, he never saw the girl again.

"I don't like Erin either, and you know, if it just does, I don't care, but she and I will be in a cage." "So you don't really need to blame yourself at all, you've done well enough." So you can do whatever you want to help us dismantle the cage. ”

"Thank you ......"

"I'm the one who should say thank you, Iroh." Edward struggled to sit up.

"Your Highness Edward!" Phyllis hurriedly helped him.

But Edward didn't seem to be able to sit up, and after a struggle, he collapsed on the bed again.

"Damn, if I could physically do it, I'd definitely bow and thank you." Edward said, "Go do what you want to do, I'll be out of the cage for a while, and I'll understand and sympathize with the other birds in the cage, and I'll support what you're doing." ”

"Thank you so much!" Phyllis nodded, a smile on her face.

Edward recognized the smile, it was like the smile that day when Iroh finally obtained the qualification for divine magic cultivation.