The moment before the light comes is the darkest, so will there be a moment when the darkness will come in people's hearts?

Canyon, an hour before the light arrives.

Viel, who was standing aside, hurried up and took the object from Elpa's hand and handed it to the princess.

As a servant, he failed to stop the princess's crazy move just now. This is the biggest dereliction of duty for Vier.

Vile is Layla's direct maid, which means that the princess is responsible for all the food and lodging and daily life. When she took the venison jerky, she recognized it, it was a royal specialty.

When Vile handed it to Princess Layla, she whispered a few words in her ear.

Layla's face changed visibly, and she asked in a low voice, "Really?"

Vile nodded, indicating that she had not been mistaken.

Layla looked down at the jerky in her hand and fell into deep thought.

Indeed, this venison entered the empire by sea from Newland. Although this deer also existed in the empire, Ametris, as a purely military state, was far behind other countries in terms of side business.

It was impossible for the accompanying guards to come into contact with this kind of tribute, and it was even less possible for the soldiers sent by Cousin Loya.

First, they had no reason, because their visit was temporarily arranged, not on the Empire's schedule, and each one of them was personally selected by his cousin.

Second, if they really want to deal with themselves, there is no need to go around in such a big circle. There were not a few fighters lost in the fortress this time, especially the corpses that the wolf camel brought back, and the severity of the tragedy was so disgusting that she didn't want to eat as a princess.

Unless...... , unless Cousin Loya wants to harm herself.

Layla soon rejects the idea, as neither Loa nor the Alberts have a reason to get rid of her. Well, there are only four people present who have the opportunity to own this food.

As a princess, she was the maid Vier, and the two chief guards.

Thinking of this, Layla could understand why Elpa was so angry. Layla would have reacted in the same way, even more so than the captain.

"Elpaqing, can I talk to you alone?"

Layla's tone was full of a plea, not a command.

This was beyond Elpa's expectations, as she had thought that the aristocracy was the kind of person who did not care about the consequences for the sake of his own face. At least when it comes to investigating this matter, it will definitely not be easy.

Although the snow wolf pack will not give them much time.

"Oh... Good... Okay!" "Please come with me. ”

Elpa led the way, and the onlookers quickly moved out of the way.

"Wei'er, you stay here too!"

Seeing her maid follow, Layla turned to look at her and said.

"But your safety ......"

"It's okay, don't worry, I'm the safest with Captain Elpa here. Layla's gentle smile is contagious, and there is no reason to argue with it.

"This is it!" Elpa found a more secluded spot and stopped. "If Your Highness the Princess has anything to say, please say it directly here. ”

"Elpaqing, Cousin Loya told me about you before I left. I know you hate aristocrats, but I still want you to save my face. After that, no matter who I and my entourage find in the end, please open the net. ”

Is it true that she still wants to protect her own interests by any means? This princess is no different from everyone else.

The vestiges of goodwill that were still a remnant have completely disappeared. Now the princess is really part of the mission for Elpa.

"No! not an order, but a request. ”

"Huh?"

"Enough people died that night. I don't want any more senseless sacrifices. ”

Elpa just looked at it coldly, and in her opinion it was just a rhetoric for the nobles to excuse themselves.

Although, it's troublesome to continue to explain. But if Elpa Qing is not afraid of my verbosity......"

"No! not at all. Elpa replied calmly. Actually, she just wanted to see when the princess performed on it.

"Okay!" Layla smiled a little bit to understand the captain, and smiled not to be angry with Elpa, "Most of my entourage were assigned by the Imperial Military Department, especially the two captains of the guard. "If it is really what they say, most of them did it under the instructions of their masters. "In this case, if something happens to them here. Not only will my father be in a passive position, but my aunt and uncle in the Northern Fortress will also be implicated. ”

When Elpa heard this, he was shocked beyond words. Indeed, it is not a matter of a day or two that those nobles in the imperial capital want to get their hands on the fortress.

The last crisis had only just passed, and if it weren't for Anna's presence. The upper echelons of the fortress will be purged on a large scale, and then they will not even have a place to live.

How long has it been? ...... they started again?

Come to think of it, Belmar and the Empire have been at peace for a long time, and the reasons are clear to both sides. However, this time, the behavior of both parties was beyond the scope of what a normal person could understand.

Let the princess have an accident in the convoy and then .......

Later, Elpa didn't dare to imagine it.

As the princess said, the forces behind those who dared to attack the convoy were not something she could shake.

Elpa's own didn't matter, it was a big deal to return to the wilderness again, after all, he lived there as a child. But what about the rest of the people, the family members who are important to them, what about them?

Samanto's experimental field will turn them all into guinea pigs.

"I understand! Forgive me for being unreasonable, Your Highness the Princess. ”

The conversation between the two went on for so long that Vile was so anxious in the open space next to the carriage that she trampled through the snow.

The two captains of the guard quietly exchanged glances, and one of them quietly retreated to the back of the crowd under the cover of shadows.

It's just that he didn't notice that a thin black shadow also quietly followed.

In order to keep in touch with the fortress, Herara's oversized wolf was equipped with a radio repeater-like thing.

It's just that because of the previous battle, it was unloaded. Now it was quietly placed in the innermost part of this makeshift camp, and a few wolves were lying quietly around it on the snow.

Pence came all the way to the dark, and felt like his heart was about to jump out of his throat. But he could not fail to carry out Goyle's orders.

Pence persuaded himself as he wiped out the wolves.

Pence, the newly promoted chief of the guard, did have his own unavoidable difficulty, a difficulty that everyone could not choose when faced with it.