Sally's fists clenched slightly, and her palms were already covered with sweat for some time.

Walking all the way from the Duke's Palace, these familiar streets in front of her will make her feel inexplicably: she is no longer the little nun who waited in the convent at the beginning.

Today, she is the heir to the realm and the official priest of the sect.

Sally won't forget how these "halos" came about: if it weren't for Roddy, she would have died in the attack on the border, and her father would have died under the medicine of the undead...

It's a kindness that she can't get enough of—it's just that Sally regrets it so much that when she thinks about it, the person who led her out of the crisis has been pushed away by her.

The argument at the temple became the biggest emotional scar between her and Roddy, but Sally believed that as long as she apologized as she once did, Roddy would forgive herself.

Certain.

This belief sustained her for a long time, but when the familiar figure appeared in her field of vision, Sally pursed her lips slightly and walked forward with some trepidation.

Sally dressed up for more than four hours to meet at this moment. At this time, she has perfect makeup and elegant temperament, with a white but gorgeous tunic dress, she can almost be seen in the eyes of everyone under the sun.

On the other side, after Baron Winston was stopped by the butler, Roddy, who had already dismounted and walked forward, was slightly distracted - people don't completely forget everything after all, Sally once had an unshakable position in his heart, but after that quarrel, Roddy couldn't confirm how much this position had changed...

In a trance, he was close to Sally, but the chaotic thoughts in his mind were finally suppressed by his reason: Roddy had made his choice, so he knew what to do now.

In Sally's eyes, Roddy's appearance seems to be "dusty" forever, he is always running around on all kinds of battlefields, silently fighting for the goal that once shook her heart, even if he came to see herself, he is also this patched leather armor equipment, carrying the blue short bow...

It's just that... Who is the woman next to him?

Even though she was only seventeen years old, Sally was still instinctively hostile to Akasha. But when she looked over, she found that the other party's eyes were full of "looking" and "curious".

Probably not... It won't be what you think.

Sally tried to keep her heartbeat calm, looked at Roddy, who had already come to her, paused for two seconds, and said, "Roddy... Long time no see. ”

Her voice was a little hoarse, which made the atmosphere between the two even more awkward.

Roddy looked at Sally, and there was some indescribable depression in his heart: the quarrel between the two when they met for the last time was still vivid, and he didn't even know what to say when they met at this time.

Eventually, he shifted his gaze to the side: "yes, long time no see." ”

"I..."

"That..."

Neither of them looked at each other, and it wasn't until the moment they spoke at the same time that Roddy and Sally made eye contact for the first time.

The eyes that were full of stubbornness, self-esteem and a little grievance were exactly the same as in her memory, she didn't wait for Luo Di to say anything, and took the lead in saying: "Last time... It's me who messed up everything, I shouldn't have doubted you like that, I- anyway I misunderstood a lot of things, Nai, Nefi... Either way, I will believe you in the future. ”

Sally originally wanted to talk to Roddy about these things after returning to the Duke's Palace, after all, as the daughter of the Duke, it was not appropriate to apologize to a baron in public, but Akasha's appearance gave her an indescribable sense of crisis.

So she gambled everything: Sally believed that as long as she apologized first, Roddy would forgive herself as she had done before, and then the relationship between the two would be as good as ever...

It will definitely be so.

“... I'm sorry, it's my fault. ”

Sally exhaled slowly, but when she looked up, she noticed a hint of bitterness at the corner of Roddy's mouth.

"The past is gone, and I... Accept your apology. ”

Roddy's eyes flickered slightly, and some consciousness in his heart seemed to be shaken, but after turning his head to look at Akasha, he closed his eyes slightly.

When he opened it again, a slightly formulaic smile appeared on Roddy's face: "Is Duke Angmar okay?"

"My father's condition is not very optimistic. ”

Sally answered the question mechanically, and she looked at Roddy's cheeks, but her heart sank little by little.

After the focus of her gaze shifted between Roddy and Akasha twice, Sally finally couldn't hold her breath and asked aloud, "Who is this..."

"Akasha, I'm a follower of Roddy. ”

Standing in front of Sally, Akasha, who was dressed in a plain robe, really felt a sense of "self-shame": in terms of life experience, she was far from the other party, and in terms of appearance, although the two had their own strengths, she couldn't learn Sally's self-confidence from a noble family. And listening to the duke's daughter's apology to Roddy, no matter how stupid Akasha is, she can hear the apology and concession in her words.

The meaning of this also made her a little nervous. So she took a step forward and took the initiative to introduce herself.

It's just that her words fell, but Roddy stretched out his arm, gently grabbed her, and said to Sally: "It's a former follower." ”

The three of them were expressionless, but their heartstrings were tensed in one place—and when Roddy grasped Akasha's palm, the corners of Sally's eyes twitched, and her face turned white as if blood had been drawn almost instantly.

"You... What do you mean-you, I mean..."

She looked at Roddy in a bit of a panic, and then looked around, but she couldn't say a complete sentence. There were countless hopes in my heart, but the facts in front of me... But it ruthlessly shattered everything.

It's all late.

For a moment, Sally almost fell into the abyss of emotional outburst, but the guards with weapons in her field of vision suddenly reminded her of her identity and situation at this time...

"Whew-"

Sally took a deep breath, forced her tears into her eyes, lowered her eyes, and used all her strength to maintain a "calm" tone and said: "Father is here, waiting for you in the mansion, I still have some things... I-"

Before she could finish speaking, she couldn't bear the pain in her heart any longer, and turned around and walked in the other direction... Her steps grew faster and faster, and finally she ran desperately, as if fleeing from a lingering nightmare.

Looking at Sally's back, Akasha understood what that meant, even if she was stupid, and she turned to look at Roddy, whose face was still calm, but his arms were trembling uncontrollably.

"Let's go, go to the Duke's Palace. ”

Now that the choice has been made, it is destined not to have a happy ending.

Roddy closed his eyes again, took a deep breath, and walked towards the Duke's Palace, never glancing again in the direction Sally had left.

"Lord Baron, your horse and equipment—"

"I've always entered the mansion wearing gear, so if you don't feel right, you can report it to Butler John. ”

His voice was cold, hard and piercing. Akasha didn't speak, gently stroked his palm, and followed him silently.

On the street dozens of meters away, the pedestrians around looked at the gorgeously dressed girl with some surprise.

Sally ran desperately, and after running for more than thirty meters, she finally fell to the ground because she tripped over her long skirt - the pain in her knees made the tears of her strength fall away, and all the grievances, remorse, and self-blame poured out, making the world in front of her instantly blurry.

"Click. ”

"Click. ”

Tears fell to the ground, and a huge sense of helplessness suddenly came, and Sally suppressed her crying, but the tears became more and more.

Why...

Why...

"Miss Sally?"

A voice sounded in front of her, and Sally looked up, trying to wipe the tears from her cheeks, and asked, "Who are you?"

"Miss Sally, I am Ronch Winston, Earl Winston of Pahainal. ”

Winston, who had come all the way around the side, was overjoyed at this time, but he was silent on the surface. The young earl, who knew how to pick up girls, tried to make himself serious, and said in a deep voice, "Do you need my help, Miss Sally?"

He reached out and tried to help Sally up, which had been honed countless times, and looked very graceful - but Sally had no interest in such "elegance" at all.

She ignored Winston's outstretched palm and gritted her teeth to her feet.

"Miss Sally, maybe we should find an opportunity to sit down and talk, that baron is really ignorant, and it is rude for a lady to do this..."

"Do you need me to get the carriage to take you back to the mansion?"

"Or take a break at my temporary station, not far ahead..."

"If I have the chance, I must fight that reckless fellow, what can such an incompetent nobleman contribute to the territory? ”

Sally strode forward, and Count Winston tried to get her attention—but Sally stopped abruptly at the words.

"Incompetent nobles?"

She turned her head expressionlessly and whispered, "Who stopped the orcs, who killed Magda and Belom, who changed the outcome of the Rosicrucifix?"

The next moment, Sally erupted without warning—

"He's stupid, he's stupid, he's got a lot of flaws, but absolutely no one can accuse him of 'incompetence'!"

Reaching out to wipe the tears from her face, Sally breathed heavily, "He broke my heart, it's my business, it's nothing to do with anyone else." And you say he's incompetent... What qualifications do you have? Why? By the title and the territory you have inherited, by the price of your outfit, by the face of yours who can be a prostitute?"

She raised her head, and her tone suddenly deepened: "Put your rhetoric... Leave it to the bitches. ”

"I don't eat it. ”

Angrily throwing the other man at the other, Sally didn't pay any attention to the ugly face that was red and green, and walked forward - but before she had taken two steps, there was a sudden noise of the guards in the distance.

Sally stopped abruptly, and when she looked back, there was a staccato shout in the air...

"There are assassins!"