Time comes back to the present.

A week after Goth's secret conversation with Levy.

……

"It hurts, it hurts......"

On the outskirts of the imperial capital, in the training camp for the selection of the Girls' Guard, a female soldier with blue and purple all over her body lay down in a thick fur tent, crying out in pain. A young man about her age crouched beside her and was applying ointment to her.

"Bear with the pain, Natasha," said the young man gently, "it's the best painkiller." It will soon pass. ”

"But people just hurt......"

"If we bring someone else in and report it to Her Highness Bina, we might both be out," the young man said in a low voice, "You also managed to win the battle to stay here, didn't you?" ”

Her Royal Highness Bina, who was directly in charge of training and selection, did not strictly prohibit male and female soldiers from falling in love - but in a small tent where only one person could live, a male soldier applying ointment to a female soldier wearing only a close-fitting coat would still cause a lot of criticism.

It is not an exaggeration to directly disqualify the two men from running in accordance with military law.

"That little ...... Prostitute...... Alas...... "Natasha used a little more force when she scolded, but the pain was even worse, and it took a long time to stop, "It's so heavy." If it weren't for this girl, I'd ...... Alas...... Really teach her...... Woo......"

"She looks a lot worse than you do, doesn't she?" The young man said kindly, "You haven't beaten her down completely." The winner is you, Natasha. Take it easy. ”

"Why did Her Highness Bina come up with such an inhumane screening method," Natasha lay on the ground like a deflated ball, letting her boyfriend's hand grope her back, "no-clear-white! What about the first 100 in the end? ”

This morning, the 997 male and female soldiers who participated in the selection of Her Royal Highness Victoria's Personal Guard in the "Bright World", except for Natasha's next to the young man who was undisputed in the first place in the written test and actual performance in training, the other 996 were divided into 498 groups and asked for a one-on-one fight with each other - the winner could stay in the training camp, and the loser was eliminated directly from the training.

Natasha didn't know what criteria Her Highness Bina used to group people, there were crane tails who were forced to challenge the top people, and there were two people who performed well were placed in a group and had to leave one.

Most of the people protested on the spot – not the same as they had promised.

Protests are of little use.

Natasha was lucky. Her opponent was a girl who was two years younger than herself. Even so, Natasha managed to win with all her might.

"Be quiet—" The young man whispered, he was probably the least worried of all of them about being eliminated by the others, "Although Her Highness Bina announced the news, I heard that it was Lord Victoria who made the decision. We want to enter Lord Victoria's personal guard, and all the levels are arranged by Lord Victoria, and Her Royal Highness Bina is just executing it on her behalf. ”

"Ah...... Do I have to serve this demon lord......" Natasha wailed.

"Not necessarily...... Hush! The young man who was still smiling just now suddenly changed his face, "Someone is coming!" ”

……

[It's okay, Xiaowei," the girl comforted, "Your mother will get better soon." 】

Elizabeth remains unconscious.

[Uh-huh, um-......] Xiaowei replied sullenly. As the days passed, Xiaowei gradually understood that it was useless to be anxious, so she let the girl take over her body to deal with some urgent affairs.

[I will also honor her as I did my own mother.] The girl comforted. Seeing that Xiaowei no longer spoke, the girl only sighed secretly in her heart. Maybe she needs more time to calm down......

The girl took a sample of her mother's blood as a sample of the curse. However, she has not yet had a chance to investigate.

In fact, the girl's mood is also depressed. With Xiaowei, she must be strong at all times.

That's not going to work. I have to get up!

Walking on the stone path of the boot camp, the girl was full of worries. Suddenly—

"This eldest lady ......," a young man's voice sounded, "this is a barracks, not a place for you to play. Wait a minute...... How did you get in? ”

The girl looked at the black-haired youth in front of her in surprise. He was of medium height, sturdy, and very handsome. Looking at the way he emerged from the tent, maybe he disturbed his wonderful lunch break?

But whatever. The only ones who are now being trained here are the Maiden's future personal guards. In normal times, maybe the girl will take out the attitude of a private interview with a micro-service to "test", but now...... I'm sorry, the girl didn't pretend to be in that kind of mood.

"I am indeed a man in the barracks, soldier." The girl's eyes narrowed.

"I know every single one of my fellow trainees with me," the young man affirmed, "and our female soldiers certainly don't hang out in the barracks dressed like this." ”

The girl glanced down at the dark purple dress she was wearing. All right. I just came out of Elizabeth's place, and I forgot that there was a change of clothes. The guards at the gate of the camp knew themselves and did not dare to stop them.

"That's right," the girl nodded, "you're right. I shouldn't wear civilian clothes. But...... Shouldn't I bow before giving advice to my superiors? ”

"You ......"

The girl directly pulled the "Bright World" out of the dimensional bag in her hand, and the black gold-rimmed parasol showed a deep momentum in the sunlight: "Here, there should only be soldiers who participated in the selection of my personal guard." In the name of the 'World of Light'...... You know what you have to do, soldier. ”

The girl was not in the mood to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, and she didn't plan to grind and chirp, so she directly showed the most unquestionable ID card of the secret ritual warrior: the secret ritual weapon itself.

The young man froze for a second.

God is above in the clouds. Joke...... Right?

"Yes!" His body suddenly straightened up, and beads of sweat fell from his head, but the military salute was not chaotic at all, "Your Highness!" In the dullness of the down, please also ask His Highness to punish the crime. ”

"Hah...... The reaction was quite fast," the girl simply propped up the "Bright World", looking more like an eldest lady, "Those who don't know are not guilty, and I won't punish you casually." There's another person in the tent, right? Come out. ”

“……”

The young man's head "buzzed". Do you need to be so sharp...... He began to regret how he hadn't found out about the girl's identity earlier.

Even though the sun was shining today, it was the cold winter season of early February, and Natasha was still shivering with cold in the fur tent, and the girl was thin, and walked around casually wearing only a single dress.

How can this be for ordinary people?

Not to mention, the guards in the camp are very dedicated, so how could they really let an unrelated eldest lady in?

The young man did not think for a moment that even if he could recognize the girl's identity at a glance, he would not be able to notify Natasha in the tent......

"Ah, no, wait......" The young man panicked as he watched the girl walk towards the tent.

Just at the last moment, Natasha, who was wearing a soldier's uniform, took the initiative to get out of the tent

"Soldier Natasha, see Your Highness!" She also gave a military salute to the girl. Intuitively aware that something was wrong, she got dressed as quickly as she could and rushed out. Probably won't there be any mistakes?

The youth looked at his girlfriend like a savior. He'd always found Natasha to have a clumsy cuteness — thankfully, she wasn't stupid at all.

"Well......" The girl looked at the "disheveled" female soldier in front of her with a suspicious face. This is...... What's going on?

"Your Highness?" The young man said cautiously. Her Highness Victoria must have only been sixteen years old—she wasn't that sharp, was she?

The girl looked at the two men again.

In broad daylight, do these two people think of themselves as blind? Or a fool?

"Soldier," the girl glanced at the young man next to her, "what's your name?" ”

"Blanco ......"

"Very well, Blanco, Natasha," the girl nodded, "I remember your names." I've given the screening to Bina this time, so I'm not going to drive you away. Oh, don't put on that look, and I'm not going to hit your little report...... If you're good enough, you don't have to worry about losing the ......."

Tell you to treat your boss as a fool - looking at the frightened appearance of the two, the girl said in her heart.

“…… I'm looking forward to seeing you in my own guard. When the time comes," the girl smiled slightly, "I will 'train' you again." Go for it, Blanco, Natasha. ”

After saying that, the girl didn't look at the two of them, and turned to leave. It was just an inconsequential episode for her.

Blanco and Natasha, who froze in place, looked at each other. The girl's smile left a deep impression on their hearts—it was a devil's smile......

Half a day——

"Or," Natasha said earnestly, "shall we just give up and quit?" ”

"What do you say?" Blanco seemed to be deep in thought.

……

In a dormitory in the corner of the camp.

The brick houses in the barracks were more than enough for all the soldiers to live. But the girl's prior arrangement forced all the soldiers to live in tents.

"It's strict, Victoria." Looking out the window at the sight of the exhausted soldiers lying or sitting, Dimi sighed.

In his spare time, he would also come here to check on the selection of the Maidens' Guard.

Victoria's method of selecting soldiers is at least extremely rare in the empire of this era, if not unprecedented. First, most of the people were screened out with strange cultural exams, and that's it; Half of them were eliminated at once, and this kind of "ruthlessness" is unique among the younger generation of the empire.

Dimi knew that Victoria's grouping wasn't what it seemed.

Simple? Hahn stayed up for several nights with a large group of recruiters who were secretly observing, before finally deciding on all 498 groups of candidates. Some people were sent out of the line, some unqualified people were eliminated, and some people who didn't deal with each other were deliberately put together.

The only thing that worked hard was Bina, because Victoria didn't show up for the time, and Bina, the training leader, had to carry most of the black pot for Victoria......

However, even Victoria herself still has a lot of room to grow as a warrior. I'm afraid she also realized that she was not qualified as an instructor, so she continued to let the experienced Bina do the work for her.

Dimi knew very well that in fact, the girl had considered many more outrageous plans - what nearly a thousand people would start a battle royale in a simulated battle, what would she face all the candidates alone in her full form and then choose the last hundred to stand, and so on.

It's just that these whimsical plans were rejected by herself and Bina on the grounds that the cost was too high and unrealistic......

The young prince sighed. I'm so immature. If you go on like this, let alone become an excellent heir to the throne, you can't even protect Victoria as a man.

There is only one month left before the contest with Victoria.

Yourself - you have to win!

Expelling the feeling of powerlessness in his chest from his heart, the young prince reinvigorated. Look forward. If you do something wrong, correct it and take responsibility bravely. Do the right thing and keep it up – that's what Dimiejo is? The lifestyle that Grexia wants.