The night breeze blew gently, and Gray flipped over slightly, carefully observing the seven-star ladybug that had fallen on the leaves beside him by the moonlight.

Today is the month of blood.

Why does the moon have three colors?

The world is so hard to understand. Gray thought.

......

"Set fire!"

"What?"

"I said set it on fire! Burn the whole boat! Do you understand?!"

Irene widened her eyes, staring at her captor, gritting her teeth, and spit out three words from her mouth: "Don't you think!"

"If you don't agree, I'll kill you!"

"I won't agree to kill him! The king is afraid, right? He is not ready, afraid that we will cross the other side!"

"I'll kill you!"

The man roared hysterically, slamming his dagger against Irene's throat, a drop of blood running down the smooth blade.

"Burn, let's burn!" Hallse shouted, "Quick! Get everyone off the ship! Burn the ship!"

The heralds who came to their senses scattered in all directions, shouting, "Get off the boat!"

The army was in turmoil.

"What do you say? Who gave you the right!"

"Miss Irene! You are alive, the Behill family is here! We are guarding you, we are guarding the Besil family!

Irene looked at Mike, "Mike, take him down for me!"

However, Mike didn't do anything. Not only that, but he also reached out to stop the guards around him who were about to take Halls. Just holding the sword, he looked at Irene cautiously with wide eyes and held his breath.

"Abby Robles!"

No one acted, everyone just looked at her. Soldiers who had already boarded the ship were disembarking from the ship.

It was what it was like to have one foot in hell. Who would have thought? Ireen did her best to close almost every possible loophole. As a result, the king took advantage of the fact that Gray would never take off his mask, which everyone knew but no one cared about.

"You!——!" Irene screamed in anger, her eyes moistening.

Halls dropped his weapon and raised his hands to tentatively approach little by little: "We can accommodate your request, but you must make sure that Miss Irene is safe!"

"Go back!" the man roared hysterically, pressing the dagger harder against Irene's throat.

Hall was so frightened that he quickly shrank back, and the heavily armed guards around him also retreated.

"Don't worry, as long as you meet my requirements, I promise she'll be fine. Needless to say, you all should know who asked me to come, right? There was another order on his part, to burn only the ship and not hurt your Miss Irene. After all, if she dies, even if she wins you, there will be a lot of trouble. It's not what we want. ”

"Okay! Don't get excited! We listen to you! Set fire——! set fire when you get off the boat!"

Irene looked around helplessly, tears beginning to fall.

There is no doubt that this is an excellent opportunity, and as long as they can get to the other side, they will win. Otherwise, the king would not have used such a strategy.

But...... This opportunity, again.

In the crowd, Shelley, who was closely followed by Earl Grugru, looked nervously at Irene.

......

Gray flipped over, cupped his cheeks, and looked at the frog that had jumped in front of him. The frog looked at him too.

"Quack!" cried the frog.

"Quack!" Gray cried out.

"Quack!" the frog squawked again.

"Quack!" Gray continued.

"Can you talk to a frog?"

"No, you can't. ”

"And what are you croaking about?"

"I just found it funny. ”

"Feeling better?"

"Nope. What to do?"

"If it were human, I would advise him to take a bath and get some sleep. Maybe tomorrow will be different?"

"Lich, you can suggest that, too. Okay, I'll give it a try. With that, Gray turned his body over again, looked at the blood-red moon in the sky and said, "Dormant...... Five, no, six hours is fine. ”

With that, his hand drooped slightly, and there was no movement.

The black cat struggled to open the mask, got out of it, and put it back on.

Sighing helplessly, he guarded.

......

The flames were blazing, and the raging flames finally burned through every ship.

The captor nodded in satisfaction, let go of the hand that restrained herin, and turned around and jumped into the water.

"Chasing ——!"

"Fight the fire!

Shelley hurriedly stepped forward and wrapped a shivering Irene in a blanket.

Irene sobbed helplessly, choked up and asked, "Where's Gray?"

"Huh?" the crowd was stunned.

"Go find him——!" Ireen roared hysterically.

The firelight lit up half of the sky, turning everything red. The drifting sparks even flew above the heads of the enemy troops on the opposite bank.

Wrapped in thick clothes and pale, King Baird VI stood on the shore on crutches and watched quietly.

Dora was standing right behind her.

"It seems that it is really useful for Jones to infiltrate White City himself. If he hadn't gone there in person, we wouldn't have known so much about the events of Baicheng and burned their ship so smoothly. Okay, as long as they burn all their ships, delay them for a few days, and when my own ship arrives, this battle will basically be over. ”

"Are you sure you can win?" asked Dora.

"Of course, I'm old, but I'm not too old to deal with a little girl. Not to mention that there are still a lot of my people in her army, even if it were all her own men, she would not be able to win. It's just a dying throe. ”

"In that case, please send someone to rescue Master Jones. ”

"Rescue? It's just on the other side, can't he fly back on his own?"

"No, you can't. Master Jones has always been careful not to use any magic. After all, he is the one who will inherit the throne of the duke, and it will be a problem for people to see him using magic. ”

"Okay. However, they had to wait a few days, and they couldn't be brought to the barracks. The bishop will be there soon. Although he did not approve of the change of inheritance, he needed to witness the war after all. It is necessary to ensure that the victory is won in a fair and just manner, so that a little support from the church can be saved. ”

"Understood. Dora nodded slightly.

......

It was only when it was gray that Gray woke up.

The moment he woke up, he felt that it was full of people. To be precise, it was a large circle of soldiers, and the swords in their hands were already unsheathed.

Gray sat up quickly, and he recognized these as Irene's soldiers at a glance.

"What should I do? Is this true?"

"Who knows? No one has ever seen his face, so how can you recognize him by looking at his armor?"

"Do you want Miss Irene to recognize it herself? Miss Irene should be able to recognize it. ”

"You're crazy, Miss Irene has just been kidnapped! What if this is fake again? Don't let him get near Miss Irene until he's sure he's real!"

Pushing through the crowd, a grizzled Mike walked out. When he saw Gray, he hesitated slightly, and said helplessly, "Take him down." ”

"Yes!"

"What are you going to do?" exclaimed Gray.

"Don't resist!" shouted the black cat, who had been driven into the distance.

"What's going on, what's going on!

"Baron Gray, I'm sorry. We're just doing what we're told!"

On the street, countless onlookers were looking at him curiously.

......

Half an hour later, Gray was imprisoned in the castle's dungeon.

The empty dungeon, only he was alone, alone. And a few rats scurrying around.

The black cat managed to squeeze in through the sewer railing in the corner.

"What's going on?"

"See for yourself. ”

Gray turned his head and looked through the half-exposed window of the dungeon behind him to see the black smoke in the sky in the distance.

"What is this?"

"Someone pretended to be you last night, kidnapped Miss Irene, and forced them to burn all the ships. Miss Irene now has almost no boats. Everyone in the White City is talking about it. ”

"Impersonating me?"

"Is it hard to impersonate you?

"Oh no, I mean, why did they arrest me if they knew they were impersonating me?"

The black cat rolled his eyes helplessly: "How do they know that the current you are also impersonating? No matter what, it's always right to catch it first, right?"

Gray was stunned.

"Well, I advised you to get some sleep yesterday, maybe you'll be in a better mood today. It looks even worse now. ”

"So what should I do now?"

"Just stay here, Ireen should be here soon. Or Shelley will come. ”

Sure enough, after only ten minutes, the door of the dungeon opened. Ireen walked in from the outside with Shelley. They were followed by a large number of heavily armed soldiers.

Through the wooden railing, they looked at Gray from afar. The gaze was expectant and apprehensive.

"Is there any way you can prove that you are Baron Gray?" asked Irene softly.

Gray thought for a moment and shook his head, "No." ”

"How can you say no? I'm so angry! At this time, you say no, do you want to be unmasked?" the black cat screamed angrily.

However, Irene slowly breathed a sigh of relief: "He's Baron Gray, that's right. ”

The soldiers around them also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huh, how did she see that?"

The cell door was opened, and Shelley flew into Gray's arms: "Gray——! I knew last night's was fake, and the meow of a cat was real!"

Walking in from outside the prison door, Irene whispered, "Shelley, you can accompany him." During this time, you all stay in the castle and don't go out. ”

"Why?" said Gray eagerly, "Isn't it a war? I can ......"

"You can't do anything!" Before he could finish speaking, Ireen had already interrupted him, "Your stay in the castle will be the greatest help to me." Everyone knows what happened last night, and although everyone knows that it wasn't you, your presence in the barracks will cause panic. Even if you walk in the White City, it can cause panic. We just had a defeat for some reason, and now everyone is in a bad mood. It wasn't a united coalition either, and I didn't want any more surprises. Promise me, Gray. Even if you are wronged, you can only do this. Until the end of the war, they all stayed in the castle. I'll make it up to you after the war, if I can really win. ”

"But I still want to promote chivalry on the battlefield......" Gray wanted to argue.

However, no one can change Irene's decision. She interrupted Gray again and whispered, "What I need now is not chivalry, which can't help me to victory." Without victory, chivalry is worthless. All I need is for you to stay in the castle and not go anywhere. Okay?"

Without waiting for Gray's answer, Irene had taken a slow step back, turned and left, taking her group of guards with her.

Gray stood dumbfounded, staring at Irene's departing figure.

Only him, Shelley, and the open cell door were left in the cell.