29 Choice

"Joyful and hopeless transformation...... In an instant. ”

Butler Castle was designed with the possibility of attacking the enemy in mind, so some key passages and entrances were built so narrow that only a few soldiers could block enemies several times their size. Prince Lane's rebels saw that the fire could not attack, so they found a few thick logs and began to storm the outer gate while the fire was decreasing. The Praetorian Guards had already coped, climbing to the high ground and shooting the enemy with crossbows and crossbows, and some of the rebels tried to block the arrows with their shields, but the narrow aisles seriously delayed the advance and never organized an effective attack.

The sound of the battle reached the reception room, and there were only two people here, King Albert and Wind Chime, neither of whom were moved by the sound outside.

King Albert turned the old letter on the table upside down, turned to Wind Chime and said, "Wind Chime, about you and my daughter, I have actually noticed it a long time ago......" Wind Chime's body trembled, "You don't have to be nervous, although our country does not have the overly open concept of same-sex affection in the Aube Kingdom, but this is Lilith's choice, and I will not object." ”

Feng Chime raised his head slightly, looked at King Albert in surprise, and barely squeezed out a sentence: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty? ”

"I know that she has been very autistic since she was a child, and it was you who changed her, and her mother and I are very grateful to you. On the contrary, as a father, I did not do well enough and lacked love for her...... Even after her mother died, I didn't take much care of her, but thankfully you were by her side. Albert's words had a slight tone of remorse, "If we succeed in surviving this coup d'état, I will declare the princess in the coup d'état afterwards...... Dead," he paused, "and then send you out in secret, whether in your own country or in another country, in short—Lilith will entrust you with it." ”

Wind Chime's eyes widened in disbelief, and the king's words caught her by surprise, and surprise and surprise filled her heart at the same time, "Your Majesty, this...... It's too ...... ......She was speechless with emotion, and the last time she was so excited was when she learned from her grandmother that she had been chosen to be the princess's companion.

"But if I have an accident in this coup," said King Albert, still calmly, even if the subject was so heavy, "you will assist Lilith and let her avenge me!" ”

Even if the thunder strikes in front of the wind chimes, it is not as shocking as this sentence, "Your Majesty, princess...... Princess, she doesn't deserve the heavy responsibility of revenge! She's too small, too ...... Too fragile for her to ...... We cannot afford such a political risk. Wind Chime tried to argue against the king's idea, knowing that Lilith was bent on staying away from political strife, and that as a princess, the burden of revenge was too heavy.

"If I have an accident, you do what I say...... I've already spoken to Lilith about revenge, and you'll be in charge of assisting her then. But......" the king sighed, "such an accident must not have happened......" He seemed to want to say something, but did not say more, and picked up the old letter on the table again, and glanced twice.

Knowing that the king's wishes could not be disobeyed, she no longer argued with reason, and bowed her head, indicating that she would obey the king's will.

"Go and protect Lilith, and inform Earl McQueen to come to me when you go out."

“…… Yes, Your Majesty. ”

The wind chimes were about to say something, but they still saluted and turned to leave the reception room, just in time to pass by a servant who was about to enter. For a moment, the wind chimes felt a puff of heat, and she noticed that the servant was carrying a small stove with burning coals. Wind Chime deliberately did not rush out of the house, and when he saw the servant respectfully placing the small stove beside the king, who had put the old letters in the small stove and burned them, the wind chime pushed the door and left the drawing room. Even after stepping out of the door of the parlor, Wind Chime's heart was beating fast, and she wanted to tell Lilith what Her Majesty had just said.

Earl McQueen, who was watching the battle from a window not far from the parlor, nodded confidently, even though he was outnumbered, he thought that the castle's own defensive capabilities could support the arrival of reinforcements. He noticed the wind chimes coming out of the living room, and guessed that it was time for him to go in, and was about to take a step when he suddenly heard someone calling him behind him. "Earl McQueen!" A hundred thousand anxious shouts, it was Entekoman.

"Earl......" Entekoman gasped, "I counted all the kitchen utensils, and there were three longer kitchen knives missing!" It should have been taken away by the servants. ”

"What?!" Earl McQueen said in shock, but soon gave an order to his men, "Hurry up and bring all the servants in the castle to the council chamber, all the servants!" ”

"I am doing it," Entecoman continued, "I have ordered my men to go all over the castle to find servants, and I have come here to find them myself. ”

"Count!" The wind chimes not far away heard the conversation between the two, and she didn't have time to salute, so she hurriedly shouted loudly: "A servant has just entered the parlor with a stove!" "Then turn around and run back." Worst! Earl McQueen and Entecoman also hurried to the meeting room.

"In this way, we witnessed the ...... of history"

"Bang !!"

Wind Chimes magically smashed the locked wooden door of the parlor, and she rushed in with Earl McQueen and Entekman, and saw what shocked them: the servant had a sharp knife in his hand, and looked back at the three of them with frightened eyes—apparently he had not expected anyone to break in, and the sharp knife in his hand was stained with red blood, dripping down the tip of the knife to the ground, forming a small pool of blood. In front of the servants, King Albert fell to his knees and clasped his neck tightly with his hands, but he could not stop the red blood from gushing from the wound on the left side of his neck. The King's countenance was no longer the confidence and composure of the conversation with the Wind Chimes, but one of incredulity, incredulous, and overwhelmed, and his face turned pale and his eyes were about to roll because of the loss of a large amount of blood.

In an instant, the three people who had just broken into the meeting room seemed to have stopped breathing and moving, stunned by what they saw, but soon, Entekoman stepped forward and grabbed the sharp knife from the servant's hand and pressed him to the ground, so fast that the servant did not have time to react. The Earl of McQueen also ran to King Albert's side as fast as he could, and held his carotid artery tightly, trying to stop the blood from spurting.

"Don't, don't, Your Majesty......" Earl McQueen called intermittently, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Can't, don't! Open your eyes, open your eyes, call the doctor quickly, quickly!! Upon hearing the news, the Praetorian Guards soldiers also poured into the parlor, and they were also stunned by the scene in front of them. But even those who have just entered can see that King Albert is no longer able to save his life.

"Why?!" Angry, the wind chime kicked the servant who was pressed to the ground, "Why do you want to do this?!" Her roar made the Praetorian Guards around her shudder.

"Humph!" The servant's face was pressed to the ground, but he sneered, "My son died on the battlefield of Black Gate, if this bastard hadn't been sending reinforcements, how could my son have died!" As he spoke, he broke free, and Entekman held him down with all his strength, "Didn't you fight in the Black Gate too?" The servant asked the wind chime, "When your relatives and friends die in battle because they don't have reinforcements, who are you going to go to?" I'm going to take advantage of this Prince's attack to avenge this bastard who killed my son!! Some of the Praetorian Guard soldiers present slowly retreated, and the servant's insults and accusations touched their hearts, not to mention that many of the Praetorian Guard soldiers did have relatives and friends who died on the battlefield of the Black Gate, and they also blamed the king's inaction for the reason for this.

Wind Chime couldn't refute the servant's words, but she was furious and kicked the servant in the chest again, spitting blood from the other.

"Your Majesty—no—" As the wailing of the Earl of McQueen resounded through the drawing room, all eyes were finally turned to the King who had fallen to the ground: he had closed his eyes forever. "Ahh

"Hahahaha...... This old bastard is finally dead! And you still for him—uh—" The assassin servant continued to laugh at the crowd, and Entekman pressed hard to stop him, but he still managed to let out a sarcastic laugh: "Hehehehe......" Suddenly, his laughter stopped, replaced by "uh...... Uh......" moaning, everyone noticed that it was the wind chimes who were choking his neck with both hands!

At this time, the wind chimes were expressionless and their eyes were cold, which made people shudder. Under her knife-like gaze, the eyes of the assassinating servant were filled with fear. Wind Chime's hands clenched tighter and tighter, and the moans became more and more indistinct, and Ente Keman turned his head away, unwilling to look at it...... The servant finally calmed down, his face distorted, his eyes bulging and turned up, his nostrils dilated and bleeding, and his body motionless—dead.

No one, not including Earl McQueen and Ente Coman, made a noise in the process, and they were amazed that Wind Chimes could do such a straightforward and ruthless thing, for they didn't know that the servant's assassination had shattered the best of things that Wind Chimes were about to fulfill.

Entekman did not intend to close his eyes for the servant, but the protruding eyes were so frightening that he had to find the old letters scattered on the ground and cover his face. Wind Chimes calmly looked at the old letter that Entekorman had covered with it, and one word made her pay a little attention: the Curse of the Stars.

……

"I'm going to find the Crown Prince," said Earl McQueen, standing up, "and even if they take the castle, as long as the Crown Prince is alive, we will hopefully hold out until reinforcements arrive." ”

"Beware of other servants stabbing as well," Entekorman reminded, "and two knives are missing, so maybe they have other assassination targets......

"Oh no! Princess! Wind Chime's eyes widened in panic, and she hurriedly looked around and rushed to the only window in the living room, and in the horrified gaze of everyone, Wind Chime burst through the window and jumped out! The small body fell rapidly, and just as it was about to hit the ground, the wind chime transformed into a giant eagle, and used the speed of the fall to glide close to the ground at high speed, and flew up, straight to the princess's room in the top tower of the castle.

The giant eagle broke through the window, smashed the window lattice, and the moment it landed, it changed back to the original appearance of the wind chime, and she saw a scene that broke her heart: Lilith had fallen to the ground, and not far from her, an elderly maid was approaching her step by step with a sharp knife, and the intrusion of the wind chime made the old maid stop suddenly, and in the blink of an eye, she was pressed to the ground by the wind chime, and the knife in her hand also flew aside.

"Why are you doing this?!" The wind chimes roared, one hand clasped tightly around the maid's throat, and tears were already slanting from her eyes. The maid's hard squeeze out a hoarse voice: "My husband, son...... ...... in Kuromon"

"Ka!" The sound of a broken neck, the almost irrational wind chimes hurt the killer.

"Princess, princess, no, no, no......" The wind chime quickly turned and went straight to Lilith, helping her up, only to see Lilith's eyes closed and her life and death unknown. Wind Chime hurriedly checks the princess for wounds, and to her surprise, not only does Lilith have no wounds, but she also breathes!

"Wind ...... Bell......? Lilith woke up slowly, but her eyes were closed, and tears were streaming down the corners of her eyes.

"Princess, it's me, it's me! I'm here and you're safe now! The wind chimes shouted loudly, wiping the tears from their faces.

"No......" Lilith's voice was weak, "It's too late......" She waved her hand slightly, and the wind chimes looked down Lilith's hand—

The small jade pill bottle, several crystal pills rolled to the ground due to the tilt of the bottle, and the heart of the wind chime seemed to be immersed in ice and snow in an instant, losing its temperature, and then dizziness and nausea...... And endless grief.

As a companion, Feng Chime knew that the pill in the jade pill bottle was a poison used by the royal family to kill themselves at a critical moment! She looked back at Lilith, hoping to make sure she had taken the poison. Lilith didn't have the strength to respond, and her lips were already turning blue—the effects of the medicine had taken off.

"No, it can't be like this...... Princess, it can't be like this! The wind chimes called, tears covering her face again, "Spit it out, spit it out......" she called weakly, and Lilith was even weaker than her, her body was so weak that it took all her strength to speak.

"It's too late, Wind Chimes ......" Lilith barely squeezed out the words, and she choked up at once, as if in the last struggle, and cried in a low voice: "Wind Chimes...... I don't want to die......"

"Princess, I won't let you die, I won't ......" Wind Chimes put her arms around Lilith's neck, raised her head, and cried, "Princess, I will find a way, I will find a way to save you...... I will...... Princess? Princess! ……”

The light in Lilith's eyes was gone, her body completely lost support, and her arms and head and neck naturally drooped.

"Princess......" Wind Chime whispered in despair, she understood, Lilith was gone.

The room fell silent for a moment, except for the sound of a girl's heartbeat......

An almost cruel decision, formed in this heartbeat......

"I'll save you, princess, I'll save you......" Unexpectedly, the wind chimes stopped flustering, she seemed very calm, and tears no longer welled up, "I use magic to save you, only I will use magic, only I will use this-"

"-Resurrect you, and lock your time!"

Let Lilith lie flat on the ground, the wind chime knelt in front of her, closed her eyes, folded her hands, and clearly pronounced the forbidden incantation—

“……”

A golden glow spread from Wind Chimes' folded hands, eventually enveloping her and Lilith's bodies, illuminating the room......

……

"This is forbidden magic, even if the God of Ten Thousand Sources no longer accepts me and completely annihilates me from now on, I have no regrets...... Just so that my beloved can open those beautiful eyes again......"