After clearing her mind, Faina understood her situation, the change in the time of sunset in the past week proved that they were heading north, and on several occasions she heard the sound of the waves, and there were several mountain roads by the sea between the Metz and the Evergreen Walkway, which proved that the convoy was also heading west, and it was likely that the convoy was passing through several provinces along the sublime inland sea to the west of the Flower Leaf Territory, heading to the port there and taking a boat to the imperial capital.

Day after day passed, life in the dark was enough to drive a normal person insane, not to mention the great fear that was still buried in her heart, and most of the time she bent her feet, buried her head in her knees, and huddled in the corner of the prison carriage with her hands around her, as if it would make her feel a little safer. A day earlier, the convoy had made a brief stop in Nagorno-Cah, a small town on a terrace east of Port Fatan, during which she had figured out where she was, and the guards revealed that the convoy was heading to Fatan, the western end of the Evergreen Walkway and the starting point of East Mez.

Earlier in the day, she could clearly hear the sound of the waves washing over the cliffs, a passage she had walked more than once, but at that time she had visited as the daughter of a duke. Fayna leaned weakly against the cold iron wall, strands of golden hair hanging down on the pale cheeks, her eyelids lowered weakly, her thick eyelashes fluttered slightly, the chirping of seagulls came from outside the prisoner car, and it was strange that the road was a little deserted, there was no sound of caravans passing by, theoretically this should be an important land and sea hub in East Mez, and there was a constant stream of merchants and travelers on weekdays, or did Rodney not plan to go to Port Fatan, but they had established a secret anchorage nearby.

The girl suddenly felt a little creepy, these people were so cautious.

But this is not the case, and the sun has only just dispelled the fog between the straits. But there was a faint layer of water vapor on the cliff of the sea, and a pass lay between the foggy vapor, and Rodney quickly stopped the convoy and looked up at the soldiers on the city wall with anchor insignia on their robes, this pass built by the mountain and the sea was the outermost line of defense of the port of Fatan, but its gate was rarely lowered on weekdays. Today it is rarely closed.

"It seems that the war caused by His Majesty has affected this side." Rodney thought to himself that news of the civil war had not yet reached these areas east of Metz, but as the queen's secret envoy, he had first-hand information. He looked up and shouted, "Open the door!" ”

"Who are you?" The soldier on the top of the tower poked his head out and asked below.

"We are members of the White Legion, our lord has urgent military business to go to Fatan Harbor, I have already sent someone to inform you earlier, haven't you seen it?" The knight beside Rodney asked angrily.

There was a commotion among the soldiers on the tower, as if they were looking at them to confirm their identities, a scene that made Rodney even more sure of his thoughts that these guys weren't so loyal to their duties on a regular basis. Most of the so-called inspections are to cope with it, or to take advantage of the opportunity. After a while, the people on the castle tower seemed to confirm the identity of Rodney's party - after all, Rodney's entourage were all genuine knights of the White Legion, and under his seat were tall mountain dragons, who were also covered in special armor with silver scales, and on their saddles hung battle flags with the emblem of the white dragons, and their spears were shining and magnificent. At a glance, you can tell that it is not an impostor.

Soon, the gates creaked up.

In the dark. Faina felt the cage flicker slightly, and the convoy began to move forward again, she did not know what was going on in the east, and she felt a little strange in her heart, wondering if these people had taken themselves to the secret port, and why did they still have the pass and the city gate. Even the port of Fatan is not so closely guarded.

Brando, Ernie, Roman, and Charles watched from the lookout as the group crossed the drawbridge and the city gates. Brando pointed to the knight at the front and introduced the other three, "That person is Rodney, Veronica's younger brother, and the youngest son of Duke Erechco. However, this man has no skills, at best he is just a courtier, after Lady Veronica was placed under house arrest by the Silver Queen, this person won the favor of the queen by drawing a line with his own family, and is now the queen's secret envoy. ”

"The Erechko family is a hero, but I didn't expect such a thing to come out." The duke's daughter wrinkled her nose rather disdainfully.

"You can't say that, this guy's ability to judge the situation and kill his relatives in righteousness is still visible, and he can make the best use of it," Charles replied with a grin, "The lord seems to be familiar with this person?" ”

Brando was noncommittal on this question, in fact, as an Eruin player, for ' The well-known figure in the enemy' is still relatively familiar, but he is familiar with this person not only for this reason, the historical Rodney is the same as Charles said, known for being good at seeing the wind and steering, his reputation makes him like a fish in water in the upper aristocratic circles of the empire, the people of the time called the Erechko family double, he and his sister Veronica are praised as the pillars of the Erechko family, who knows that this person is a complete soft bone, in the war of 411, the army of Mardara besieged the White Eagle Fort (located in today's Ludwig), he surrendered without a fight, opened the city to sacrifice the enemy, and led the White Army to almost all annihilationThis is a famous scandal in the history of the empire, and the prestige of the Erechko family has plummeted because of this incident, and even Veronica has been implicated by him and removed from the post of commander of the legion.

Therefore, it is really difficult for players from later generations not to be familiar with his deeds.

However, this kind of weak and incompetent guy is a model of a pig teammate as his own person, but as an enemy, he is really lucky. Fortunately, this guy is not famous now, it is estimated that even the Silver Queen does not know what kind of virtue her newly sent secret envoy is, and the misfortune of the enemy is his own great luck, Brando thought to himself that Charles This guy is really not wrong in saying a word, if it is used properly, this is not only a big fish in front of him, but also a fat and oily big fish.

"He looks like a dog, only a little bit worse than my Brando." Miss Merchant's perspective on the problem was unusual, and she squinted for a while before she came to the following conclusion. "Ahem, ahem!" Brando almost choked half to death by these words, what does it mean to look quite human-like, the Erechko family has excellent genes, and his sister Veronica was a famous beauty in the imperial capital when she was young. Rodney himself inherited this bloodline perfectly, and is one of the most famous little white faces in the empire, and this person is also a master of pickling girls, and it is said that he has an unclear relationship with many emperors, and in terms of appearance alone, Brando is still self-aware. Knowing that he can't catch up with the other party even if he shoots the horse, it is estimated that Roman can say such things without shame.

He looked at the two of them angrily, and sure enough, he saw the duke's daughter looking at this side with a strange expression, and the unscrupulous wizard attendant was even more smiling and struggling.

"Laugh if you want to, and be careful to hold back internal injuries." Brando said lightly.

"That's not necessary, hehehe, my lord," Charles smirked, "There are still people down there, so it's not good to get their attention." ”

Oni is finally a strict tutor. Quickly reined in her feelings, she clenched her fists to her mouth, and coughed lightly: "I heard that Her Majesty the Queen sent him to monitor the White Legion, why did he suddenly appear in this place, who is in the cage?" ”

"In a word," Charles laughed, "there's a mermaid in there." ”

"Mermaids?" The Duke's daughter frowned.

"That's just a metaphor, the little beauty in the cage is actually a good friend of the lord-wow!" Charles screamed. One sideways dodged Brando's sword: "Your lord, you really did it, those guys are still down there......"

"Shut up." Brando replied coldly.

He was actually seeing Rodney for the first time. Having already guessed who was escorted in the prisoner car, Faina wrote her a reply, and the reply letter already clearly revealed her next wishes, in fact, Brando had expected that she might be in trouble, and the eldest lady still saw the problem too simply, since the silver queen had placed Veronica under house arrest and chose to support Rodney as the next head of the Erechko family. It already says a lot about how Rodney could help his sister in the face of her, not to mention that this person is a complete villain himself.

It's a pity that he didn't have time to reply even at that time, but he didn't expect that after Rodney caught Faina, he would crash into his own net. And, in fact, Brando also blamed Faina. The Silver Queen's information blockade to the east and north was much tighter than that to the south, so he learned that Fayna didn't actually get the first-hand information, just like she didn't know about the interests of the Erechko family and the Silver Queen at the time.

Brando silently watched as the carriage passed through the pass and entered the harbor, a subtle hint of anger rising in his heart.

In any case, what Rodney has done has touched his bottom line.

……

The carriage finally got on board, and Rodney was relieved to see the bustling scene in the dock in front of him. In fact, he knows his identity very well, compared to his ability, he is not as good as his sister, more than people, he is not the opponent of those military nobles in the north, but he is loyal enough to His Majesty, and he is also very comfortable putting himself in the reasonable position of a minister. Now that he has put himself in the right position, then there are some things under the table that he has to help His Majesty to complete, not only to do it, but also to do it well, without leaving a little tail, just like this time he did this, of course he knew that he would offend a large group of nobles, but it was much better for him to be a villain, at least than to be a villain, because His Majesty would remember his credit.

As for the nobles who have already passed away, if they are offended, they will be offended, and he knows very well what Her Majesty wants to do, which is no less than the four sages—no, it should be far superior to what the sages have done, and those rotten and old nobles, let them be reduced to ashes in the flames of new life.

The same goes for the Erechco family.

Rodney said to himself in his heart that he had no qualms about what he did, and that it was a matter of course that he would give up to get something.

Thinking of this, he glanced back at the prisoner cart that was about to be transferred to the bottom cabin, he knew very well the value of the eldest lady in the cage - although His Majesty had already started in advance and established a new doctrine on the ruins of the Flame Temple, she was not going to overthrow the entire empire after all, those half-hearted nobles in the north had certainly proved to be completely unreliable, but there were many more nobles waiting and watching, and His Majesty had personally told him how important these great nobles in the east of Metz were. If they turn to Protestantism, the old Ludwig diehards will be embattled, not to mention that East Mez is the main road to the Alkasha Mountains.

Although I don't quite understand why Her Majesty attaches so much importance to the Arca region, in order to enter the Arca region, East Mez must be in the hands of him.

Among them. The most important piece is the flower and leaf collar.

The current presiding officer of the Mosaic Lord is none other than Duke Helix, this person is a hardliner, and he is also emotionally biased towards the noble lords of Ludwig's gang, he had lived in Erechco's house for a long time when he was young, and he had a deep relationship with the previous Duke Erechko, so this person is definitely not biased towards Her Majesty the Queen. And Duke Hanaba's two sons are also representatives of the military aristocracy, and the stubborn localists are even more untrustworthy. Finally, Faina, the daughter of Duke Mohama, was extremely rebellious. And he is also a disciple of the Green Sword Saint, these people are not suitable candidates, now the duke and his two sons have been placed under house arrest, and then the young lady is secretly escorted back to the imperial capital, and the remaining little princess is called 'Little Angel of Flower and Leaf Collar', she has been cowardly and obedient since she was a child, and she has her father, brother and sister as hostages, but she is not afraid that she will be disobedient.

Once the mosaic collar fell to the queen. East Mez was almost half pacified, leaving the weaker lords. Most likely, they won't wait and see.

As for the return of the Miner -

Rodney was a little disdainful, what is this, this world originally belonged to the Miner people, the people of Black Iron were just stealing the authority, and Her Majesty the Queen was doing the right thing, that is, putting the authority back in the right place. And she will be crowned as a Cruz dragon of darkness. By that time, the empire that would rule the land would be restored, and the Cruz would be on an equal footing with the Minr, and it was ridiculous that some people would not understand it.

This is the cause of justice.

Faina felt cold and hungry.

In the past two days, she has felt that the prison car has become more and more closely monitored by people outside, and she has been able to breathe every day for the past few days. But in the past two days, people outside have rarely opened the door of the prison car, and even the frequency of food and water delivery has decreased, only once a day in the evening, which makes her feel aggrieved and frightened. In fact, Fayna vaguely understood in her heart that this was because they were almost at their destination - people are like this, but whenever something is about to be completed, in order to avoid falling short, they will become more and more nervous, and their attention will become highly concentrated, and this also shows that she is not far from facing her fate.

The thought made her uneasy.

She didn't know what she would face, whether she would be secretly executed, taken hostage, or used as a pawn in a political marriage, she had heard a lot of things in the past, but none of them were the protagonists, she only felt a little scary, but today she felt a great uneasiness that grabbed her and made her unable to breathe. It was as if she saw an abyss leading to darkness, a path filled with blood and despair before her.

Faina shuddered and snuggled up to the cold iron wall, those past fragments replayed in her mind repeatedly, when she was still the princess with a flower and leaf collar, and won the favor of her father and majesty, no matter where she was, she was the center of everyone around her, and then she became Veronica's student, and went to many places with her teacher, once breathed the air of freedom, she could no longer live in a cage, she once thought that she was different from those canary-like noble ladies, Weak, they can only accept the fate arranged by others, but like a young eagle, she can choose her own future.

Her naivety proved to be true, every fantasy came to naught, and she felt as if she had been deceived by hope, and then ruthlessly abandoned.

Tears trickled down to the floor like beads of broken thread, and the young lady wept helplessly.

While crying, Faina remembered her days in the Ring of the Trade Winds, the first time she had traveled away from the empire to go on an adventure, and she once thought it was the most terrible encounter in her life—a hateful hillbilly who not only lost her face, but even taught her a lesson several times, and even His Excellency the Legion Commander could do nothing about him—but what happened at that time was nothing compared to what it is now, and there was a faint sense of warmth in retrospect.

"It would be nice to go back to that time—"

Faina was quickly taken aback by the idea, and then fell back into lamenting the predicament at hand.

"Brando...... Brando......"

Fayna had a fever, her hot forehead against the cold iron wall, and her mind couldn't help but think wildly, as if these wild thoughts could relieve the worries in her heart. She suddenly remembered that Brando had arrived in the Empire, and he was not too close to her, but he must not know what he was facing, and he might have thought that he could help him and save his men. But he, the daughter of the once high-ranking duke, is now unable to protect himself, his future and fate have become unknown, maybe he will die tomorrow, or he will steal his life, and life is better than death.

The thought that he might die without a name, that fellow might not even know of his death, and perhaps many years later, the fellow would finally remember himself, and think, 'Oh, that young girl named Faina, who had adventures with her when she was younger, but unfortunately I haven't heard about her for a long time.' ’

The thought of such a thing made Faina's heart twist like a knife, and her eyes became gray.

Brando soon got the news that Rodney's ship had left the port, and sure enough, as he expected, this guy didn't even see the face of Baron Metz in order to keep it secret, so being cautious was a kind of skill. This also allowed the guy to escape, otherwise as soon as they entered the castle, Brando would have ordered the net to be closed, and Rodney would not have been able to fly even with wings. For now, the only way to do this is to use a backup plan, allowing the fleet to stay in the open sea to stop Rodney's ship.

It's not that he hasn't considered detaining the other party in the port, but he has just taken over the port, and he has not dispelled the suspicions of those middle and lower-level officials in the port, it is really unwise to have another incident at this time, not to mention that Count Alcons has not yet decided to completely stand on the opposite side of the Silver Queen, at this critical moment, Brando is afraid of startling the snake, so he has to arrange the battlefield to the sea.

But he wasn't afraid that Rodney would run away.

The battleship prepared by Rodney was one of the few clippers in the Imperial Navy, but it was a pity that such a conspicuous warship was docked in the harbor, and it was difficult not to notice when the Eruin took over the port, and Marjorie immediately reported this conspicuous battleship to the Charr - naval warships rarely act alone, especially this kind of clipper is usually used to transmit information or perform some special tasks - they quickly found clues about the messenger sent by Rodney to Port Fatan, and in fact, it was the method of Tongguò, They only learned about the convoy.

Therefore, Brando had already arranged for someone to manipulate this ship, replacing the quality of the magic crystal used as the power source of the floating battleship, and also removing some spare sails, Rodney was in a hurry to leave the port, and sure enough, he did not carefully inspect - in fact, he did not think to check, because the battleship has been docked in the harbor, who would come to trouble the Imperial Navy if he has nothing to do? And this qiē has already doomed him.

Three Buga floating battleships with red sails disguised as Imperial patrol ships left the harbor early, waiting for the arrival of the Rodney in the open sea.

…… (To be continued......)