Chapter Twenty-Five: A Chance Encounter

On the wide avenue, Sophia's carriage was moving in an orderly manner. She thought she had been lucky to be on her way to-day, and she hadn't met any nobles or so-called knights who indulged themselves on the streets. She hated these self-righteous fellows, who treated everyone's path as their own self, and acted recklessly on it, but she couldn't have a blatant dislike for it, and could only express her displeasure with ridicule and contempt - although it was enough to make those guys embarrassed, but she didn't want this kind of overwhelming effect.

But as the niece of the emperor of the Double Eagle Empire, this identity will not change, not to mention that she is deeply favored by the emperor? Maybe it's a bit arrogant to say that, but Sophia thinks that her words and deeds are worthy of her uncle's trust and affection.

"I've seen my uncle today and said hello to him. Sophia sat down in the carriage and said to Barr, who was sitting across from her, "Then the next thing is to go and say hello to those who can talk well, although it doesn't matter if you don't visit." ”

"You can't do that, miss. "Even if you're higher than them, since you're in your circle, it's only right to say hello before you leave." Otherwise you leave silently, not even with your ...... Friends have said such a thing, then this friendship will be greatly reduced. ”

Sophia chuckled, looking unconcerned, "It's really a cheap friendship, if I wasn't Sophia, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to ask for such a friendship at all, right?"

Barr sighed, "Miss, this kind of thing can only be said here for me, not outside. ”

Barr often told his young lady that she wouldn't speak too casually. At least Sophia listened, so she only said it when she was the only one with Barr.

"It's really troublesome, but it's really not a good thing to be heard by others. Sophia said, placing her hand near the window and drawing the curtain. Although the road is flat, it is not a comfortable thing in the carriage, especially when the sun is warm outside, which is a clear contrast. She prefers to be in the sun rather than this kind of shady place, but if she shows her head, it doesn't meet some "rules".

"Alas, the sun is too fierce and not very good for the skin. Sophia suddenly said this, because there was no preface, Baal didn't understand what his young lady was sentimental again, and Sophia didn't bother to explain.

Looking out the window, Sophia happened to see a man passing by the carriage. It was a ...... that wrapped itself like a rice dumpling. When the man just looked up, he happened to look at Sophia. This is indeed a woman, and a young girl, much younger than Sophia, but I can't see the childishness of the child.

The carriage did not stop, nor did the girl, and the two looked at each other for a fleeting moment, never to be on the same line again. Sophia withdrew her gaze and was silent for a long time, her fingers still caressing her forehead and temples. "It's weird. ”

"Did anything happen again?" asked Barr.

"Meet a funny girl. Sophia replied.

Hearing this, Barr didn't know whether to be happy or nervous. The last time Sophia said this, she met such a magical girl as Lulunaka, and now her own young lady is going to find another equally strange girl?

"Barr, do you think a dead man can walk in the sun?" asked Sophia, who didn't understand why Sophia asked, but answered honestly based on his own experience, "Even an undead creature who can walk in the sun wouldn't like that." Not to mention that now the sun is hanging high above the head outside. ”

"I think so too. Sophia said, her eyes half-closed, with a thoughtful look, "Then it shouldn't be me, but it's unlikely that the poor child will be alive." ”

Barr still had a puzzled expression. Sophia shook her head slightly, "I just saw a person who looks like a certain girl, it can't be me...... In my own words, I haven't even found the body now, so I can only bury my clothes in a family's cemetery. ”

Sophia had no intention of continuing on the subject, and Barr was amuseful enough not to pursue any further questions.

It's not a big deal, the girl who happened to be looking at each other just now is very similar to a girl Sophia knew before. Although the temperament is completely different, and the impression at first sight is completely different, the appearance is almost exactly the same - perhaps in appearance, there is a slight difference.

She had seen that girl before, and it was at a banquet that she had met by chance. It was the illegitimate son of a great nobleman, and it was said that he was only brought home after his mother's death. is not only an illegitimate child, but also a concubine, so even if she is there, not many people pay attention to it, not to mention that it seems to be a scared girl who can't get used to that kind of scene. She just stayed in the corner, and no one paid attention to her, and even the relatives of her family did not seem to be willing to help her.

Sophia is not a good person, and she doesn't have any sympathy for it, in the aristocratic circle, there are countless illegitimate children, most of them are the type who have become bad because of the distorted family, and she doesn't want to lose her image because of this.

But the girl did arouse some interest and curiosity in herself, for she was the daughter of a nobleman whom her uncle trusted so much, and that such a cold fellow could do such a mess, and that she could not but be intrigued. And the girl had been quiet at the banquet that night, as quiet as a dead man, and there was no life in her eyes.

While reminiscing, Sophia remembered the girl's name. "Romeona......" Sophia pronounced the name, causing Barr to react, "Romeona? The poor girl who was killed by heretical mercenaries from the north. ”

Sophia nodded, "Yes, not even the bones have been found, and the deaths of the entourage and the knights are miserable, she ...... It must have been painful in the end. ”

Earlier, an incident caused quite a stir in the King's Castle. A noble lady to be married, albeit an illegitimate child, was brutally murdered by mercenaries, and was also a northern barbarian who believed in the Church of Light and was not popular in King's Castle. This incident cast another layer of gloom over the integration of the two religions, which was mentioned again at that time.