When the guards of the Holy See retreated, the people and elves on the flying horses came down to meet Alan, not to mention the excitement of Miranda and Stanny, and the last one to jump off the flying horse was Elvis, who came to Eren in a few steps and gave Eren a hug.

"Alan, it's good to see you're okay. ”

Elvis's voice was choked, he had lost his best friend once, and he didn't want a second time. So when Alan left the ancient city not long ago, Horanster showed his hideous face, Elvis, who realized that the situation was wrong, had already piloted the spaceship left by Alan to the Elven Forest to seek help, but he was still late, and Alan had already entered Vanston at that time. However, Elvis and the elves didn't know it at that time, they still sent the Pegasus Knight to stop Alan on the road near Winston, but as soon as they reached the junction of the Elven Forest and the Papal States, they met Sergei and Fresnel, who also came to ask for help, which is why Sergei and Fresnel returned with Pegasus Knight so quickly.

After a hurried meeting, everyone did not dare to stay for a long time, and once again mounted their horses and flew north along the coast back to the Elven Forest, although there were often griffin knights trailing along the way, but they were all thrown off by Pegasus knights using the speed advantage of Pegasus, and finally arrived at their destination safely without danger.

Along the way, Alan learned about all the changes that happened in the ancient city of Ao after he left through Elvis, and Holancet's ruthlessness made him deeply feel his helplessness as a pawn, despite the power of his pawn. If you want to turn the situation on the chessboard, the chess pieces are powerless, and it seems that they can only become the ones who hold the chess.

When Eren arrived at Rasbel, the elven capital, he was warmly welcomed by the high-ranking members of the elven kingdom led by the elven king Kronis. Being able to rescue Eren from the hands of the Holy See makes the elves feel very honored, because before this, it was the elves who inherited Alan's kindness, so this time rescuing Eren gave them some comfort in their hearts, otherwise the relationship between the two sides was too unbalanced, and they also felt a little shorter in front of Alan.

After the welcome dinner, Cronis invited Alan into his study, and the two of them closed the door and talked for half an hour, no one knew what the two of them were talking about, only that they came out with very serious expressions. The next day, rejecting the elves' retention, Alan set out on his way back to the ancient city of O. Clonis arranged for the elf Pegasus to escort him throughout the whole process, and he did not leave Alan and the others until he was in the wilderness outside the ancient city of Ao.

That night, the five of Alan quietly sneaked back to the ancient city of Aogu and came to the outside of the ancient manor. Ogu Hill was not as heavily guarded as Winston, so the group easily rummaged in to find the place where Steven was under house arrest. Elvis and the other five people stayed outside, and Alan used the cover of stealth magic to successfully evade the patrolling guards and sneak in.

"Brother-in-law, what are your plans for coming back this time? Although Hollanster is the leader of the city-state, he is narrow and suspicious by nature, and we can't achieve great things with him. If he is not defeated, the mercenaries and nomads will never come out. ”

After learning about Allen's experience going south, Steven asked.

"You're right. I've been thinking about this lately, Holland is so talented and selfish, with his power not only can we not destroy the Holy See, but the tragic fate of the mercenaries cannot be changed, and it is impossible to even fight for the nomads to survive outside the gates, so now we can only do it ourselves. ”

Alan looked at the night sky outside the window and said with a sigh. It's easy to say alone, but thinking about the enemies they have to face, whether it's the Holy See in the south or the orcs in the north, it always feels a little overwhelming, but fortunately, this trip to the elven forest has given him the strong support of the elven king Kronis, otherwise it would be impossible to talk about it alone.

"The first thing to do alone is to overthrow Holanced's rule in the ancient city of Aogu, does my brother-in-law have any plans?"

Hearing that Eren was going to go it alone, Steven's eyes immediately lit up.

"There are plans, but I've just returned, and I need to go to Iron Pine Town and discuss it with the others to be sure. But before I can do that, I'm going to get you out of here. ”

"No! I can't go. ”

Steven refused firmly.

"Why?"

Alan was a little surprised.

"Brother-in-law, judging from the current situation, the Holy See should not have informed Hollanster of your escape, and he may still think that you have been executed by the Holy See. So now that we're in the dark, they're in the light, plus I'm here as a hostage, they're definitely going to take it lightly, and that's very beneficial for our next move. But if I escape from here, they will definitely pursue you, and everyone close to you will become the target of their investigation, and then we may not be able to do so well if we try to operate secretly. ”

Steven had apparently already made up his mind, so when Alan asked, he immediately came up with a whole bunch of reasons why he had to stay as a hostage.

"You have a point, but I can't risk your safety. ”

Alan shook his head, he agreed with Steven's analysis, but he couldn't make up his mind to keep Steven here.

"Brother-in-law, what we want to achieve is a big thing, how can there be a little reason not to take risks? Brother-in-law has been on the verge of life and death all these years, and he hasn't frowned, what do I have to be afraid of?"

Steven raised his clenched fist to signal that he was as brave as Alan.

"You are different from me, my brother-in-law has the ability to protect himself, but you don't. Besides, I'm sure I'm sure I don't need to risk you this time. ”

Alan reached out and pressed Steven's fist down again.

"Brother-in-law, this time the incident is related to too many people, if I fail, I don't know how many heads will fall, I can't let everyone put everyone in danger for me because I am greedy for life and afraid of death. Besides, my stay here seems to be in the hands of the enemy, but in fact it is the safest place, at least I don't have to go to war, and Selena has real feelings for me, she will not allow his father to kill me, so my brother-in-law should contact everyone and wait until everything is ready to rescue me. ”

"Are you sure it's safe here?"

Steven's words successfully moved Allen. As Steven said, if you let Steven act with yourself, you have to take the same risk, although you have the confidence to deal with Holancest, but after all, there are no absolutes in the world.

"Trust me, brother-in-law. ”

Steven looked at Allen, his eyes full of determination.

"Good!"

Alan hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement.

"Brother-in-law, take care!"

"Take care!"

Alan stayed until the early hours of the morning, and when the sky was bright, he sneaked out the way he came. After Alan left, Steven lay back in bed, staring at the roof for a long time and unable to sleep, all he could think about was the plan to deal with Holancest, and he didn't fall asleep until dawn.

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In the dining room of the castle of August, the lord's family was having breakfast, but the eldest lady Selena just ate two bites haphazardly, then pushed away her chair and stood up and walked out.

"Selena, where are you going?"

Hollanster shouted at his daughter's back.

"I don't want to eat it!"

Selena didn't look back and threw down a single sentence, and then the delicate figure disappeared at the door of the restaurant.

"This kid, you don't manage it well, it's getting more and more unruly. ”

Hollanster said angrily to his wife beside him.

"Do you still blame me? If you hadn't put Steven under house arrest, would she have such an attitude towards you?"

Mrs. Ogu glared at her husband and said angrily.

"Haven't I been here to protect the family's centuries-old legacy? If it weren't for Allen's bastard colluding with Juss, Selena and Steven might have gotten married. ”

At the mention of Allen, Holland's fire came up, he threw the silver cutlery in his hand, and he was not in the mood to eat.

"My gut tells me that Alan isn't that kind of person. Sooner or later, you'll regret it. ”

"My instinct told me that he wasn't, but all kinds of evidence showed that he was a wolf with ambition and a bad plot against the Ogu family. What I regret most now is that I shouldn't have given him the opportunity to develop his power in the ancient city of Okuko, and as a result, the situation is almost out of control. Fortunately, Gerrard had the advice for me, otherwise I wouldn't have known what to do with him. ”

Holland looked very annoyed, he was full of expectations for Allen's appearance, and thought that with Allen's help, he would be like a tiger with wings, and it would no longer be a dream to seek the world, but he didn't expect that in the end it would still be a vain.

"So what do you want to do with Selena and Steven's marriage now? They have a marriage contract, and everyone in the continent knows about it. ”

Mrs. Ogu duly shifted the conversation back to her daughter.

"I don't know, let's wait and see. ”

Hollander sighed helplessly, he knew his daughter's thoughts very well, and he didn't know what to do, so he could only drag it first.

"Open the door for me. ”

After leaving the castle, Selena went outside the courtyard where Steven was under house arrest and yelled at the doorman.

"Yes, miss!"

Since the news came that the Holy See had executed the assassin of Dis Hepburn, Steven's guards had been much more relaxed, otherwise even Selena would not have been allowed to visit.

"Get up, you big lazy worm. ”

Selena rushed into the bedroom and saw that Steven was still asleep, so she stepped forward to lift Steven's quilt. But before she could do anything, Steven suddenly opened his eyes.

"You... Didn't sleep?

Steven didn't answer, but grabbed Selena's hand and dragged her to the bed.

Selena fell right into Steven's arms, their faces close together, and each could clearly feel the rapid gasp from the other.

"Woo~"

Steven put his arm around Selena and tilted his head to kiss her pink little mouth.

"Steven, don't..."

Selena objected vaguely, she wanted to struggle, but she was weak, and there was a strange sensation coming from the place where her lips touched, which made her blood flow faster, and made her spin, and soon Selena gave up the struggle, completely lost in the first kiss.