Suspicion was like a seed planted in Rita's heart, and if it was just curiosity at first, it was now more of an inquiry, and for Stephanie she wanted to know how many secrets were hidden beneath the surface of mediocrity.

"Eh, have you heard? It seems that a lot of people died in the city last night. ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, and as far as I know, it's still those nobles who died, you know, just because of this matter, the queen even sent palace guards."

"How can there be such a thing?"

One word stirred up a thousand wind and waves, and everyone around who heard this sentence cast curious eyes, as if they wanted to get more news from the mouth of the speaker.

"Can that still be fake?" The man glared directly at the person beside him, and then lowered his voice and said, "I guess this time the princess may be going to attack the nobles who oppose her." ”

"Hey, you can't talk nonsense, if someone denounces you, it's over!" also lowered his voice, but compared to the previous person, he was a little more nervous.

"I'm not talking nonsense, am I only allowed to do it?" The man pursed his lips, seeming to be a little disdainful, "Besides, even if someone denounces it, so what? Anyway, I'm a mercenary, and the whole continent is so big, it's the same if you live in another country. ”

"But...... Was this really done by the princess? Although the princess sent palace guards, if there is no evidence......"

"That is, and if our princess had the courage to do such a thing, would the whole principality become like this?" The wine glass in his hand stomped heavily on the table, and the man's face was full of indignation, "Forget it, don't mention it, if you talk too much, you will be angry, anyway, the current principality is not as good as before......"

"Tsk, that's not right." The man who spoke initially had a smile on his lips and shook his fingers at the same time, "You should have seen the second prince of the Arms Empire a few days ago, right?" ”

"Well, I saw it, and I heard that he seems to be leaving for the empire today, but does this have anything to do with what we're talking about now?"

"Of course it does, you think...... Why did the second prince come to Borgia? ”

"What else? Yes, of course...... I'll go! ”

"Looks like you've noticed it too." Seeing the man's eyes suddenly widen, a sly smile appeared on the man's face at the same time, "That's right, the only purpose of the second prince coming to the Duchy of Borgia is to sign a marriage contract with the princess. ”

"But why did the second prince sign a marriage contract with the princess? You have to know what kind of ...... you want to find with the conditions of the empire" From the surprise at the beginning, to the caution at the back, even if the last words were not spoken, the people around him also understood what he meant, after all, this person's doubts are also the doubts of this group of people. After all, Stephanie Borgia's evaluation is really a bit unbearable, if it weren't for the people of this continent themselves respecting blood inheritance, then this throne would not have fallen into her hands anyway, and even it is not impossible for the Duchy of Borgia to fall apart directly.

"Hey, could it be that the Empire wants to benefit from the Duchy or something? After all, marriage, I heard that it should be ...... among the nobles It's very common~, right? The voice grew smaller and smaller under the pressure of everyone's gaze, and the gaze full of contempt seemed to say, "What a joke!" What benefits can the empire gain from the principality's side? If you want to get benefits, only the principality will get benefits from the Empire. ”

"Isn't it very simple, after all, for some nobles, interests are not the only one, and I heard that this second prince is very popular in the empire, whether it is those noble girls or some commoner girls, they all worship him very much, think about what benefits can he marry someone he doesn't like at all?"

"You mean the second prince has a crush on the princess? And then came over to propose in person? Are you sure you're not stupid? ”

"That's right, it's not good to propose to anyone, you have to choose the princess, maybe you're blind......"

A sigh came into her ears, and the undisguised disdain made Rita, who had listened to the whole process from beginning to end, twitch the corners of her mouth, if she hadn't seen me again, she might have taken these words seriously, but now......

"How endurable is this person, or does she not care about these comments at all?" Rita couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and then once again immersed herself in the chatter around her.

"You don't understand this, since the second prince of the empire has taken a fancy to the princess, it means that the princess must have something different from ordinary people." The man looked left and right at the people around him, and told them to suddenly fall silent and not speak, and suddenly blew his beard and glared, "What? Unbelief? ”

"It's not that we don't believe it, it's that what you said is too hard to believe, after all, it's the princess, if it were someone else, maybe it would still be possible, but her words...... If it is said that the second prince is interested in the appearance of the princess, the possibility is even higher. ”

"It's just ......"

The tangled voice was immediately echoed by the other people around her, and just when Rita thought that the person would be angry, she didn't want the person to just smile faintly: "Let it be, since you insist on thinking so, I won't say anything, but I believe that there is definitely something different about the current princess than before." ”

This man......

With a tight frown between her brows, Rita squinted at the back of the figure who got up and left, and then drank the ale in the cup in one gulp: "Boss, settle the bill!" ”

……

The night is quiet, but from time to time you can hear one or two insects; The wind, with a slight coolness unique to summer, directly blew away the man's restlessness. The man hummed a tune and walked in the middle of the deserted road, the joy on his face flickering in the dim light, but what he didn't know was that there was another person hidden in the darkness.

"Isn't this guy a mercenary? How did you come to such a place? And it doesn't look like it's on a mission......"

Rita followed the man, and when she saw the direction he was traveling, she was a little puzzled, not for anything else, but because the place where the man went was a pauper's kiln that even civilians did not want to set foot in. Well, that's right, it's the kind of place that basically every town is, and if the area where the nobility lived was full of light, then the slum kiln was the depraved place where all the darkness was concentrated. There is no hope here, there is just despair and numbness day after day, and death is sometimes more like a relief for people here.

"Well, I didn't expect to get so much bounty this time just by using his mouth, and that person is really generous." The man casually took out a gray cloth bag from his waist, and then squeezed it hard, and the crisp sound caused by the impact made the man squint his eyes and look happy, "When I get another sum of money tomorrow, I will leave here, and maybe I can buy a noble title to play with at that time." ”

The playful voice made Rita, who had been staring at the man, twitch the corners of her mouth, although she knew that what she said was true, it was the first time she had seen someone spend money to buy a knighthood. You must know that generally speaking, the titles purchased by money belong to the honorary nobles, and the honorary nobles cannot be hereditary, and they cannot have fiefs, and they will even be ostracized by other powerful nobles. To put it simply, it is useless except to sound good, and it comes with some dangers that do not correspond to interests.

Of course, with this man's identity, it is naturally difficult to know such a thing before he becomes a nobleman, after all, even Rita, if it is not for his original identity, it is impossible to know, this matter can be said to be a tacit little secret between nobles.

What if you were to ask the people who had bought the knighthood to know the facts about it? There is no need to worry about this, after all, the nobles who can operate this job, which one is not an old man, as long as the person concerned swears by the faith in his heart, then all the problems are not a problem. As for the question of whether there is faith, and as I said before, everyone on this continent, including those rulers, has their own beliefs to a greater or lesser extent, except for the strange Rita of course.

After all, she was reincarnated with a mature soul, so even if her body belonged to this continent, the impurity of her thoughts caused Rita to have only awe rather than faith, especially after experiencing the destruction of the country, such thoughts were deeply ingrained in her heart.

The thoughts in her mind seemed long, but in fact, they were only fleeting, and after a short period of contemplation, Rita glanced at the figure in front of her who had pulled away from her, and the light in her eyes darkened, and then she quickly followed with a slight shift in her footsteps. In fact, up to now, Rita can already vaguely guess the purpose of this person, but she also understands that the one in front of her is just a chess piece, and if she wants to figure out what exactly happened, she still needs to start from the source, and ......

"I'm interested in this person behind the scenes now, after all, the person who can take it so seriously, that princess is definitely not as ...... as I heard before" The corners of Rita's mouth hooked up an inexplicable smile, if the scene she saw in the Rulayoka Mountains some time ago buried doubts in her heart, then this discovery can be regarded as half of this doubt.

The man's footsteps finally stopped in front of a dilapidated building, but his eyes showed undisguised disgust: "I can finally leave this ghost place, as long as there is one more day, wait until tomorrow to get the money, then ......"

Just as Rita was about to return home, the man's voice suddenly stopped, and then a man dressed in black appeared in Rita's field of vision, holding a long sword in his hand, and the other end of the long sword...... But it was connected to the body of the man before, and it was obviously cut off......