() By the lake in the woods

Although the mercenaries have withdrawn more than a dozen tents and their tents have been demolished, the traces of more than 60 people camping for more than a month are still clearly visible

Ray saw Sophia, who was belatedly there, and said to her companions, who were already waiting there

Everyone gathered around

Ray said: We thought you weren't coming

How could it be, that's a good thing to say with everyone," Sophia laughed

Joyka asks: Do you really not have any attachments?

Sentimentally attached...... Sophia looked to the north at where the Hansar City was, though it was impossible to see it under the heavy trees, and she remembered that Queen Catherine had said something similar to her a few hours earlier

This is your translation, Queen Catherine asked, is it possible that Her Royal Highness does not have the slightest nostalgia for this Hansha City

I don't dare to imagine what it would be like to be an empress, maybe I, the empress with half a bucket of water, will only make a mess for the country, Sophia laughed at herself

Your Highness, you can understand that Catherine said that the original intention of Duris to propose this was just in case, after all, he is now fighting against the most powerful force in Olopa, the Central Church, once he encounters an accident, the kingdom may fall into chaos due to the lack of a leader, Di Yu is too young to take on the responsibility, so he needs a successor who can have a great influence on the kingdom to keep the results of the business for many years, so the kingdom does not fall into the hands of the Church, so you have the true royal blood of this country and are hostile to the Central Church, you are the most suitable person

Just because of my royal blood, Sophia said with a wry smile, don't say that my royal family has declined, even if the people of the kingdom agree, I'm afraid that the group of old Fayale courtiers who followed Duris will not agree

Do you know that the assassination of you a few days ago was planned by the captain of the guard, Sakoros

What Sophia was amazed

Of course, the whole thing was just a private act of Sakoros, and Duris had already expected him to take such an action, but he turned a blind eye and let it go, in fact, in order to teach Sakoros a painful lesson through the hands of you and your companions, so as to deter the old courtiers

It's too much, you even have your own people plotting against Sophia, and it's no wonder that Owen was able to see the opportunity and stop Joika and them from chasing the assassin afterwards, it must have been a scene that he had agreed with Duris to choreograph

This is the case, Her Royal Highness the Princess, this is a prerequisite to be able to become a leader, Catherine said

I don't like this kind of method, Sophia shook her head and said, besides, the role of leader is not suitable for me, because I am usually too lazy and don't like to use my brain very much, let alone make decisions for others, if someone is willing to take on the responsibility of leadership, I am quite willing, and if I want to be the leader of a country, I know that this kind of work that can exhaust people to death is a kind of torture for me, and the responsibility is too heavy

Well, I see, Catherine respects Her Highness's decision

I will give up the throne, but I will not give up the country, Duris, kill my father and brother, he must protect the country for my father and brother, and make up for the sin, the queen please sù Duris, be kind to my people, if he does anything in the future that harms the kingdom and the people, I will never let him go

Don't worry, I think the same way

By the way, Queen Catherine forgot to tell you about something

oh

The old marshal's condition was already quite serious, and he was only afraid of ...... I'm afraid that time is running out

No, it won't—Catherine looked incredulous

The brother and sister we rescued a few days ago at the hands of Leonard, they had been to the Revengen camp two months ago, and they had seen it with their own eyes, and it was for this reason that your cousin Alice stayed in the camp to take care of the old marshal

Catherine was silent

Maybe you should go back and meet the old marshal, don't leave regrets for the old marshal and yourself, and Sophia said

Catherine, however, shook her head

Aren't you going to go back, Sophia asked

I do not know...... I would like to be quiet for a moment, Your Highness Princess...... At this time, Sophia saw that Catherine's face was already full of tears

After talking to Queen Catherine, Sophia and the others left the palace where they had lived for two months, and after stepping out of the palace gates, Sophia did not look back at the majestic building, lest she feel emotional

But on the street to the city gate, Sophia left the group alone on the pretext of forgetting something, and made a detour back to the church where she had been with Catherine that night, and she found that two clergy had come to the church, and the cemetery behind the church had been restored to its original appearance, and if she did not look closely, she would not have found that the earth on the four graves had been dug up—Sophia understood that Duris had already arranged everything, and it seemed that there was nothing in this Hansartic city that Sophia Madan needed to worry about anymore

Yes, there is nothing to be attached to, we can go on the road with peace of mind, and Sophia calmly replied to Joyka

This is the second time she has left her hometown of birth, unlike the last time she fled in a panic, now Sophia does not feel sad, but feels a sense of comfort in her heart, as if she has suddenly let go of the burden she has carried for a long time

Sophia's sister, a young swordsman with a long sword at her waist, jumped in front of Sophia

Dani, why are you here too?

Can't I come along, Danny pursed her lips and said unhappily

I had persuaded her that it would be best for her to stay in the palace, but she was so stubborn that she would follow us and Joyka reluctantly spread her hands, besides, our employment relationship with her had long since ended

I just want to follow you, so what, Uncle King said, if Dani wants to progress, she must follow a few brothers and sisters to the outside world to experience Dani said seriously

In the assassination a few days earlier, Dani first spotted the infiltrator, but was knocked unconscious by a blow in an unsuspecting situation, although Sophia healed her trauma, but due to the blow to the main nerve in the back of her neck, Dani was still in a coma for a day and a night before waking up, and Dani felt very ashamed afterwards, fortunately, the group of infiltrators at that time did not think about taking her life, otherwise she would have been a corpse

Ever since she healed from her injuries in the Tower of Seven Sins, she has been practicing her swordsmanship on the school grounds day and night, and she stubbornly believes that as long as she works hard day after day, year after year, Selfless training will one day be able to raise her swordsmanship to the highest level, and she will be able to seek revenge on the black-cloaked knight who killed her teacher, because Dani is so stubborn, no one can persuade her, not even Duris herself, so she has to let her waste her body in the school field, but perhaps it is the crooked fight that the failed assassination incident is like a slap in the face for Dani, this girl with a strong personality has finally come to her senses, and there are some things that can never be obtained on the training ground

Seeing Dani so enlightened, Du Liss hit the iron while it was hot, and she followed Sophia and the others to travel around the world, and only in this way would Dani really grow

After Joyka's experience, she looked Dani up and down, so forget it, with your three-legged cat swordsmanship, we will also score a man to protect you when you encounter an enemy

Don't underestimate me, Danny stomped on the ground in a rage, and pulled out her sword with a thud, I am the only student of the 'Freelancer' William Mano, and to insult my swordsmanship is to insult William

Don't be like this, Dani saw that Dani was almost going to duel with Joica, Sophia hurriedly rushed up to stop that guy's mouth, leave him alone, Sophia glared fiercely at Joika with a wicked smile, don't you apologize to Dani soon

Joika pretended not to hear, whistled and walked away, Sophia looked at his hooligan look, wanted to be angry, and realized that she couldn't get angry, at this time, Ishnova, who had not spoken, pushed the new wheelchair she had just bought from the city to Dani's side: Hello, Miss Dany

May I ask you ...... Dani looked at Ischennova curiously

My name is the alchemist in Ischennova's team

Hello Wow Miss Ischennova

Just call me Ishinnova

......

Ischennova skillfully distracted Dani, and Sophia breathed a sigh of relief, when she noticed Cassius and Lyle standing by the lake, pointing to the surface of the lake, not knowing what they were talking about

What are they doing, Sophia asks Ray, who is standing aside

The elder brother and Lyle were going to use magic to salvage the Gagarin, which had sunk at the bottom of the lake, and Ray replied that without the Gagarin, we would not be able to go to the Snowy Federation

Cassius stretched out his hands and clasped them together, pointing at the surface of the lake, calming the surface of the lake, and then the ripples shook more and more, gradually forming waves, and the small lake, which had been as calm as an elegant gentleman, soon became as agitated as a warrior who had been enraged

The elder brother had just said that he had used magic to probe the bottom of the water, and that the Gagarin had been in the water for too long, and that the Gagarin had already sunk half of the mud at the bottom of the lake, and that Ray and Sophia walked behind Cassius and Lyle

I understand, Sophia said that Cassius wanted to control the water element, turn the water in the lake into power, and push the 'Gagarin' out of the water, but the silt at the bottom of the lake is a huge obstacle, how to control the flow of water so that it can produce enough power to lift the huge airship out of the water without damaging the airship itself, not only to have a very accurate calculation and judgment of the magic power of the water element, but also to have a very high balance ability to manipulate the magic power, otherwise the slightest mistake will be ruined. For Gagarin's to precisely control such a large amount of water elemental at the same time, it would inevitably deplete Cassius's mental power greatly

I don't know much about magic, but I can see that this little lake is no simpler for my brother than the last time the sea is talking about when the two brothers were on a merchant ship north in the Olopa Sea to the kingdom of West Lotfi a few months ago, Cassius forcibly changed the direction of the wind and the direction of the current in order to speed up the voyage, so that he lost the ability to cast spells for several days

Sure enough, within a few minutes, Cassius had already begun to show fatigue, the frequency of the lake shaking was chaotic, Lyle put his left hand on Cassius's right shoulder, and channeled his mana to the latter, and the shaking of the lake water returned to the original pattern, but as time went by, Lyle's face became more and more ugly, because the direct caster would give priority to consuming the mana of the helper, and Lyle's forehead continued to ooze the size of a bean's sweat

I also came to help Sophia walk up and put her right hand on Cassius's left shoulder

With the continuous mana of his two companions, Cassius's control over the lake became stronger and stronger, and at this time, the water in the lake had rolled up a monstrous wave, but not a drop of water splashed on the land on the shore, which shows that Cassius's control over the lake water has been accurate to every drop of water, and the entire lake is like a part of his body moving with the domination of his thoughts

In the end, Cassius and the others succeeded, and they saw a huge bag of water bulge on the surface of the water, and then heard a bang--boom--, the water bag broke through the top, and the huge flying ship burst through the water like a giant whale and appeared in front of everyone

The lake slid back into the lake like a small waterfall along the slope around the Gagarin, and the float had been sleeping under the water for a month, and its shell was covered with black mud and dark green moss, but it was finally able to see the light of day.