Chapter 50: The Return of the Queen (2)
Su Wen must have been the first to discover the female assassin. An abrupt red dot suddenly appeared on the map in his head, which made Su Wen wake up from his confusion.
When I woke up, I found that the red dot had stood at the door of Marina's room, and the situation was urgent, so Su Wen hurriedly got up, rushed to Ellie's room, grabbed Ellie and threw her towards the window of Marina's room.
Su Wen didn't think of any suitable method for a while, so he could only make this decision. If Su Wen was allowed to step through the window and fly over with the light skills of "Sword Net III", I am afraid that the assassin would have already succeeded, and it would be too late at all.
There's no way, after all, there is a starting time for light work, and the landing position is not easy to control, so it's better to throw Ellie, pointing where to hit, it's just convenient.
When Shivin appeared in the doorway, he happened to see the female Assassin fall to the ground. As a young man, Xiwen's presence is not as strong as that of David and Victor, and it is only fitting that he should be sent to serve as a guard.
Calm as Xiwen, at this time he was also in a cold sweat, and the garrison work was obviously arranged very carefully, but it was still exploited by the assassins. As a strong man, when he arrived here, he was still too slow.
If Ellie hadn't come to the rescue, Shevan wouldn't have had a good life for the rest of his life, even if he hadn't been executed for dereliction of duty.
After all, this is the baby daughter that Warrent has been thinking about for more than ten years.
The news of Marina's assassination was still suppressed by Warrent, who was too busy preparing for the regular meeting to come over, but ordered that it must be thoroughly investigated. Under pressure, Xiwen also quickly investigated the identity of the murderer.
The assassin dressed as a maid was indeed from the Black Rope Society, and the real maid was stunned by her and threw it in the maids' changing rooms.
The assassin's wrist blade was directly embedded in the muscles of her forearm, which was not visible at all when examined, and her forearm had also become deformed because of this, and she should have been trained as an elite as a killer since she was a child.
"Ellie, thank you. Marlena recovered from her fright, grabbed Ellie's hand, and breathed deeply. The female assassin's characteristic murderous aura exerted another pressure on Marlena.
Ellie soothed Marina twice, looking at her chest that continued to rise and fall due to heavy breathing, and was a little worried about Marina's mental state.
"Then again...... You're actually ...... It's amazing......"
When she was in Shelton City, Marlena was in a drunken coma and didn't have a chance to see how powerful Ellie was. And with Ellie's current appearance, Marlena should have used the exoskeleton on her body as some kind of high-grade armor. So I was surprised that an ordinary country girl could grow into a strong man who could fight the assassins in armor.
Ellie smirked and said where and where, but in fact she was dying of joy. Someone praised her, of course she was happy, not to mention, it was the big sister she longed for before who was praising her, this sense of recognition is a good medicine for adolescent children.
The female assassin was taken down, and what awaited her was the torture of beheading, and the ordinary interrogation of the assassins of the Black Rope Society had no effect, which was also a common knowledge that circulated among the high-ranking classes.
After a brief interlude, things went on their original trajectory again. Su Wen and Ellie, as outsiders, naturally could not participate in the regular family meeting of Snow Castle, but in addition to the regular meeting that only family members could attend, in the outer hall, there was also a banquet specially prepared for relatives, officials and partners who had no blood connection, and some underage children would also stay there.
Su Wen and Ellie were invited by Warrent as guests to attend the banquet.
In the evening, the members of the regular meeting would go outside and spend what was arguably the biggest night in the snow castle with everyone.
When everything was ready, it was eleven o'clock in the morning. It is a tradition that the regular meetings of the Snow Castle family are also held in the meeting. This is to emulate the behavior of their ancestors in the war, to seize all the time to deal with official duties, and to promote the spirit of selfless dedication to the public, I don't know from which generation of dukes, in short, this strange tradition continues.
Led by Shivin and two maids, Marlena waited behind the scenes of the main stage.
Here, she could almost hear the sound of Warrent's speech across the wall. Separated by the same wall, there were also members of the Snow Castle family, where there were other wives and concubines of Warrent, his own brothers and sisters, old diehards who had forced their mother to death, and too many neutrals who were insignificant.
“...... These are the opening remarks of this meeting. Warrent paused, then amplified his voice: "Before the meeting officially begins, I would like to introduce you to my daughter. ”
Unsurprisingly, there was a commotion in the audience, and the elders watched Warrent's performance quietly with cold faces.
"Shhhh Warrent reached out and suppressed the voices, and when the scene fell silent, Warrent spoke slowly, "Come out, Marina." ”
My name has been called!
Marlena took a deep breath, straightened her demeanor, and stepped out of the backstage with a standard aristocratic pace, elegant and dignified.
The black crowd turned their eyes on Marina.
"This is my child with Mary. Warrent said lightly: "Since she is an adult, she should also be allowed to come back." ”
After speaking, Warrent paused, and swept around the crowd with a confident and majestic gaze, not too much on the elders of the opposition, but his eldest son, Rosen, who gave him a second look.
Rosen, Barot, Roland, Shirley, Kyle, only Rosen is a nineteen-year-old adult and sits on the sidelines. The four children, except for him, were all left in the dining room outside and became the focus of people's flattery.
Rosen's expression was calm, and he didn't see anything unusual.
"Your Excellency. Great Elder Vincent spoke slowly: "Ignore this ...... Isn't it inappropriate for Miss Marilyn to be so imprudent and contrary to the rules of the ancestors?"
As the Great Elder, Vincent was naturally the first to come out against it.
The middle-aged man next to him attached to Vincent's ear and whispered.
"Oh, sorry, beautiful little girl, it's Marina. Vincent suddenly came to his senses, corrected his statement, and then, in a low voice, angrily said to the middle-aged man: "Oh damn, how many times have I told you, I can't remember such cheap names, what Mary and what Marina, to hell!"
It wasn't loud, but it was just enough for Warrent and Marlena to hear.
The war has begun.