Chapter 3: The Encounter of the Spiral

A cold snap gently swept across my face, and I slowly opened my eyes, looking around in a blurred vision, and I realized that I was in a cave.

Hey, didn't I just jump off the moat under the waterfall? Why would I be in the cave now? I slowly stood up against the wall. At the same time, there was a pain in my back, and I felt it down my shoulder, and found that it was covered in gauze, who bandaged me? I thought.

Another cold snap blew, and I hugged myself tightly, huh? How could my clothes get so slippery? Why does this dress have the touch of skin? No, I felt something wrong, and immediately groped my body, and I realized that I had no clothes, and I couldn't help but shiver, what about my clothes?

"Are you awake?" A hoarse female voice came to my ears, and through the candlelight, I saw a young girl, she was holding a dress in her hand, her long silver hair was scattered on her chest, she put the candle on the floor on one side, the faint candle flame was reflected in the clear silver eyes, and the whole person looked like a large doll.

"You are?" I asked her.

The girl sat down slowly in front of me in silence, took a damp cloth from her pocket and handed it to me, motioned for me to wipe my face, and then whispered, "My name is Alice." ”

I silently looked her up and down, Alice looked down at the ground, the soft silver thread gently pressed against her fair and flushed cheeks, the faint light of the campfire reflected in her silver eyes, she was thinking about something.

After a while, she spoke, "You've been asleep for three days. ”

"Three days? It's so long, well, I don't remember anything," I said to myself.

Alice changed her sitting position, she looked up at me, and then said to me solemnly, "Three days ago, we were sent to the execution ground to be executed, and halfway through the execution, there was an attack there, and we were saved, but we were lucky, but Franklin was unlucky, someone was going to kill him, and it was ...... on the spot"

"On the spot?" I asked.

"Well, that's right, on the spot," Alice said, her expression more serious, "they plotted to take advantage of the time of our execution, and then take advantage of the opportunity to kill Earl Franklin, who was watching from the side. ”

"Why did they kill Franklin?"

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, and then said, "Let's put it this way, do you know the dual powers of the military and the government? ”

"Yes," I replied.

She continued, "In Whartont, you probably only know the two kings, the regent and the queen, and you don't know the third, right?" ”

I tilted my head in confusion, and she continued, "The third king is Earl Franklin?" ”

"Why!" I exclaimed, and jumped.

"Don't be anxious, listen to me slowly," Alice beckoned to me, signaling me not to be in a hurry, and I sat down in an open space and listened to her.

"Let me tell you, then, in the country of Whartont, the military power is in the possession of the Earl of Franklin, and the power is in the possession of the Regent and the Queen," she said, "and you must ask me why, but I can't tell you all about it yet, and I will tell you part of it, that the Lord Regent wants to get rid of the Earl of Franklin!" Not Martin! ”

"Why would he do that?" I asked.

"Well, you don't understand," Alice shook her head, "and you can get military power by killing Franklin." ”

"No, no," I denied, "I want to ask why did he let Martin do it?" ”

"Scapegoat," Alice explained.

"Is he stupid!" I retorted, "I don't think Martin would be stupid enough to be like that." ”

"But that's the reality," Alice affirmed, "Martin belongs to the Overseers, and the Overseers' philosophy is to be diehard about Queen Anne Catherine, and Queen Catherine's orders are absolute!" ”

"What does that have to do with the Regent?"

"The reason is simple," she explained, "the regent was appointed by Queen Catherine, so ......"

"What about Martin?" I asked anxiously, "How is Franklin doing now?" ”

Alice looked at me and was very surprised, as if a new world had happened.

"What's wrong!"

"Did you really forget?" Alice glared at me quizzically, "Martin was killed by us." ”

Martin ...... We killed ......," I repeated, and at this moment in my heart, for some reason, a happy mood rose to the top, but after a while it became a little indifferent, I eased this mood, and then asked, "What about later?" ”

"Then we jumped off the waterfall," said Alice, "and here we ......" At this, her expression became a little annoyed, but she endured it, and she endured it.

"How?"

"It's not because of you!" I felt that she was like an erupting volcano at this moment, from a witch's voice to a real witch's voice, "Why didn't you push me down the waterfall without saying anything, if it weren't for the old lady's fate, I would have gone to see Hades by now......"

The sound of the water dropping was heard through the dark tunnel, the light of the candles lit up the surroundings, the disgusting moss covered the walls on both sides, the middle channel was filled with a stinking green liquid, and flies flew there, and in the direction of the canal, I saw a glimmer of light in the distance directly in front of me.

I hurriedly got up and ran towards it, but I had not run a few steps before I fell, and then the sudden pain told me once again that I was undressed.

"My clothes ......" Before I could finish speaking, a piece of clothing was draped over my body, and I turned my head to see that it was Alice, "You are still injured, you must not move." ”

"But ......"

"Leave everything on hold, your priority is to heal your wounds," said Alice, helping me up, taking me to the side of the shabby bed, and then wiping my body with a towel.

"By the way, what's your name?" Alice asked me, and I paused for a moment before saying, "My name is Luna." ”

"Alright, Luna." Alice said, dropping me a package, "Your stuff is here, it's time for us to go." As she spoke, she took out a sword from her side and stuck it in front of me, "I'll wait for you in front." With that, she headed outside.

After a while, I got dressed and kept up with Alice.