() In the dead of night, the palace annex

Sophia lay in the bathtub and let the warm hot water support her soft body, letting the fragrant rose petals float between her jasper-smooth skin, Sophia closed her eyes and relaxed the nerves of her whole body, so much had happened in the past few days, she felt an invisible pressure and felt too tired, only a comfortable bath was the best way to relieve stress, she slowly recalled a secret that Queen Catherine had told her at noon today......

You are the queen of Duris, the wife who sleeps in the same bed, and the general of the regent like Leonard...... How is this possible

It's paradoxical, isn't it, Catherine said, Your Royal Highness, please listen to me one by one

Catherine Heath's original name was Catherine Dusk before she married Duris, and she had the same surname as the old marshal Alkid Duszker, the leader of the Revengers; Duszk's granddaughter, the father of the two is a brother, they are cousins, but the two cousins have never met, and Alice has no idea that she has such a cousin, because Catherine has been sent by her family to the magic academy of the Snowy Federation in the Far North to study elemental magic at a young age

Although in the eyes of the mainstream society of the Holy Light Sect, those atheists in the Snowy Federation are the descendants of a group of exiles who blaspheme the gods, but the Snowy Federation preserves the richest knowledge of magic and alchemy in all of Olopa, so in the Holy Light Cult countries, some enlightened nobles who are not very religious will secretly send their children to the Magic Academy of the Snowy Federation to learn some magic and alchemy knowledge that cannot be learned under the control of the Holy See, and Catherine Duszke is one of them

The old marshal is not a pedantic old nobleman, he does not want his children and grandchildren to become unlearned and unskilled stubborn children in the glory and wealth, and it is also the tradition of the Dustsk family to let the family members go through the training before they reach adulthood, so the old marshal sent his young children and grandchildren one by one to different places in Olopa to be tempered, and the old marshal spent a lot of money to send Catherine to the far north, hoping that she could use the knowledge she learned in the Snowy Federation to serve her country in the future

Catherine came to the Snowy Federation when she was 7 years old, but her qualifications to learn elemental magic were not high, and she studied magic in the magic academy for 5 years, and only mastered a few of the most common entry-level magic; After years of research, when she was 17 years old, Catherine passed the principle of alchemy into a long sword, and then engraved the moves of her own sword into the crystal nucleus, and then used the control of magic to wield the long sword autonomously

Over the next three years, Catherine continued to refine and practice her creations, and finally, at the age of 20, Catherine succeeded in creating a set of her own weapons and matching magical sword skills, and gave her a poetic name: the Dancing Neon Shadow Flying Sword

The Dancing Neon Shadow Flying Sword is composed of seven handleless blades, and since these flying swords are inlaid with a crystal nucleus made of Catherine's blood, Catherine herself only needs to recite a spell in her mind to control the flying swords through guò magic, these flying swords are like a part of Catherine's body, flying around with her thoughts, which is unguardable - as for the movements of the guò dance to control the attacks of the Dancing Neon Shadow Flying Sword, it is Catherine's personal preference, because she has been very fond of dancing since she was a child, she adds beauty to her own magic sword skills, and at the same time makes the Dancing Neon Shadow Flying Sword worthy of its name

However, the good times did not last long, and a year later, a major event that shook the whole of Olopa reached the Snowy Federation: the motherland was betrayed by traitors, and was captured by the combined forces of the Fayele Empire and the Kingdom of St. Olophi, and the leader of the invaders was killed, and the leader of the invaders, Duris, wore the crown on his head, and Catherine was extremely shocked when she learned the news, she could not imagine that the Dancing Neon Shadow Flying Sword she had worked so had not had a chance to serve the motherland, and the country was ruined, and Catherine was even more worried about the safety of her family, and she immediately returned to her homeland

Like many of the old nobles who were reluctant to swear allegiance to Duris, Catherine joined the Revenge formation with enthusiasm, and was surprised to discover that the leader of the Revengers was none other than her own grandfather: Olkid Duszke, and the two grandchildren hugged each other and wept on the day they met......

The old marshal admired the power of Catherine's dancing neon shadow flying sword, so he entrusted it with a heavy responsibility, because Catherine had lived abroad for many years, and basically no one knew her in Hansar City, so the old marshal arranged for her to sneak back to the king as a spy, and was responsible for collecting intelligence on the hidden front, and later became one of the four major generals of the Restoration, unlike the other three, Catherine's true identity was only known to her grandfather, the old marshal Olkidd, even within the four major generals, the other three members, the krait, the wild horse, The bobcats had never seen the fourth member, and they only knew that the colleague they had never met with the four generals was codenamed Bull, but they had no idea that behind such a strong wild code name was actually a woman

After returning to the royal capital on the orders of her grandfather, in order to break into the upper echelons of the new regime, Catherine dressed up as the daughter of a broken nobleman, and mingled in the social occasions of the upper class every day, looking for opportunities to enter the upper echelons of the regime...... Finally, at a wedding banquet at the home of a general, she saw the enemy that all the Restorations hated terribly: King Duris

Like the other Restorations, Catherine had a strong hatred for Duris, and she wished to kill the puppet king with a Flying Sword of Neon Shadow hidden under her skirt......

Did you do it at the time, Sophia asked

Without Catherine saying that at that time, I was surrounded by the elite subordinates of Duris, and Duriss himself was a very powerful knight, if a blow was not successful, it didn't matter if my life was lost, but grandpa worked hard to create a zào for me, and the great opportunity to break into the high-level interior was completely wasted, and the recovery of the homeland will be far away

At that time, Catherine held back her anger, she used the aristocratic men who danced with her as a cover, secretly observing Duris's words and deeds and a qiē around him - these were extremely important information, Catherine originally felt that as long as she obtained this information, it was the biggest gain of the dance that night, but she never expected that Duriss would take the initiative to come forward and invite Catherine to dance with him

At that time, Catherine's mind was blank, anger and reason were engaged in a battle in her heart, and in the end, reason prevailed, and this was perhaps the best time to get more information, so she chose to smile and accept Duris's invitation

However, what Catherine never expected was that this hand-holding completely changed her fate for the rest of her life

From childhood to adulthood, Catherine's dancing was so flawless and beautiful that almost no one could afford to flatter it, whether it was the upper nobles of the Poeller Kingdom or the academy of the Snowy Federation, there was no dance partner worthy of dancing with her, and if it weren't for the presence of Duris......

That night, Durris completely kept up with my rhythm, which no man who had ever been my dance partner before, and my heart was full of surprise and joy, and we retreated and advanced to the music, and we cooperated quite well, and the two of us seemed to be completely integrated into each other's dance steps...... Catherine's face flushed, you know, and when the music and the dance stopped, I felt as if there was a pause, and to the enthusiastic applause of all the guests, I buried my head in his chest, never wanting to part again

Then you fell in love with him Sophia asked

I don't want to admit it...... Catherine nodded shyly, and then I cried when I got back to my lodgings, and I hated myself for being so angry that I might have been moved against the enemies of my country and had failed my grandfather's expectations of me, but when I remembered every countenance of him, I laughed again at the same time as I remembered his every countenance, and I laughed again, can you imagine that I spent the night in tears and laughter

It's slippery to think about, but it's love: madness, when you fall in love with someone, you lose your mind

The princess must have begun to taste the sweetness and bitterness of the wine of love

This...... Sophia's face flushed, how did this involve me

Catherine smiled slightly, as a person who had come over, she understood how Sophia was feeling now, and she stopped making fun of Sophia and continued to tell her story......

It can't go on like this, Catherine's mind remembered over and over again what her grandfather had entrusted her to her mission, but the sight of the man lingered no matter what, and she wanted to escape, but escape never solved the problem, and if she wanted to solve the problem, she could only cut off the root of the problem, so Catherine thought of the most stupid way: assassinate Duris

I naively thought that as long as I killed Duris, it would be solved, and I would complete my mission, and I would not have to be tormented in the entanglement of emotions and reason, Catherine sighed

Are you really going to assassinate Sophia asked

yes

The second time she saw Duris was at another banquet, and like the last time, Catherine was one of the invited women, but because of the previous experience of dancing with the king, Catherine was treated with higher courtesy

At the feast she danced with Duris again, though she had made a firm determination beforehand, and had made a vicious vow, but when her hand was again on the man's shoulder, and the man's hand was again on her waist, Catherine found that all her determination, The oaths were all empty words, and the man exuded an irresistible force, and Catherine knew that she was completely enchanted, although she only needed to recite a spell in her heart, and the seven dancing neon sword hidden under the hem of her skirt could tear the man next to her to shreds, but Catherine never did

Damn, I've been completely captured by him, I really damn it," Catherine laughed helplessly

But you're happy now, aren't you, Sophia said

Yes, in fact, for us women, happiness is a very simple thing, find a man who loves him and he loves him, and stay with him for the rest of his life, and everything else can be left alone

Love is crazy, it makes people stupid, it makes people blind, it makes people lose reason, it makes people ignore it, it makes people abandon everything, but even so, the only feeling in my heart is: it is worth Sophia can't help but look at the half handkerchief in her right hand

You're right, when I received the news that I was going to marry Duris, my grandfather, who was far away at the edge of the forest, was furious, and he even risked his life to sneak into Hansar City to stop what he saw as my 'stupid action', and we had a big fight over it, and finally, Catherine said with some sadness, I got my happiness, and my grandfather got a serious illness when he returned......

It turned out that the old marshal's illness that had not been cured for many years came from this

I'm sorry grandpa for living up to his expectations of me, I'm a failed spy, and even more of a disappointment, and Catherine choked up, and she couldn't hold back her tears

Don't be like this, life is so helpless, Sophia grabbed Catherine's hand and comforted

Sophia understood that the person sitting opposite her at this time was no longer a queen of the world, but an ordinary woman

Your Royal Highness doesn't have to comfort me, I can't do it all over again, and even if I can start over, I will make the same choice.