Avna sat with her back to Anna, at this moment she was no longer wearing the shabby black cloak, but a brand-new lilac openwork dress, washed away by the wind and dust, and the delicate skin like mutton fat jade was slightly translucent, white and flawless, like a small lotus that had just bloomed.

Anna leaned lazily back in her chair, her right hand supporting her slightly tilted head, and the corners of her mouth gently provoked a smile, as if mocking, as if congratulating the woman in front of her.

"Congratulations, Avna, in eight days you will become the princess as you wish, and you will have risen from a poor princess to the most prominent princess in the Southern Continent. ”

"I've helped you so much. ”

"Shouldn't you... Thank me?" Anna burst out laughing.

Hearing Anna's slightly mocking words, Avna looked calm, and without hurry, she pushed her long golden hair behind her back and naturally drooped.

Looking at Anna in the mirror, she said softly, "Isn't this what you expected?" “

Hearing her words, the corners of Anna's mouth rose slightly, but the curvature of her smile now had no kindness at all, replaced by a thick disgust.

"Avna, I have to say that you are really good at disguising yourself, you lied to my brother, you deceived that human and half-elf, and you deceived Harbert, but unfortunately you didn't fool me. ”

"When you first entered the castle, you deliberately identified yourself last time to keep everyone's attention on you, and then you deliberately slowed down the speed at which you took off your hood, which was clever enough to keep their attention on your beautiful face, and that's when my stupid brother started to pay attention to you. “

"The feeling of weakness that a woman shows when she is helpless does make a man feel a strong desire to protect, and you are very good at taking advantage of that. ”

"At the dinner party that followed, I deliberately stimulated you with words, your clenched fists and lost expression pretended to be very clever, and you successfully deceived everyone, and that 'little friend' even refuted my words for you, which is really ridiculous. ”

"With your clever performance, you have succeeded in further capturing my stupid brother and completing what I should do for you. ”

Anna stood up, and Lianbu moved lightly behind Avna, "Even I was deceived by your performance at the time, and I didn't wake up until I was doing my routine reflection on my day's behavior before going to bed. “

She put her left hand on Avna's smooth left shoulder, leaned down, and whispered to her ear, "Seriously, I do admire you a little now, Avna." ”

"You're dangerous, so I'll be on your guard. ”

As she spoke, Anna picked up the amethyst tiara on the dresser and playfully put it on her head.

"Although it makes me very unhappy to be used by you in the process, I don't care about all this, I want the result. Anna's finger tapped Avna's lower lip.

"But I hope you don't play these tricks in front of me in the future, I think with the cleverness you show, you should understand what I mean. With that, the pale red lipstick that Avna had just put on made a faint red mark on Anna's face as her fingers moved.

Thundered!!

The thunder sounded, accompanied by the dark sky brightened in an instant, and the thumb-sized raindrops poured down.

"You're thinking too much. Avna brushed Anna's fingers away.

Anna smiled.

"Really?"

"Now there are only two of us in this castle, and Harbert has been excused by me, so you don't have to disguise yourself anymore, just show your true colors, and look at yourself, I feel tired for you. ”

"Let's be honest with each other, so I can talk to you about something. ”

Call!... A gust of wind blew in, blew down a piece of porcelain on the desk, snapped, and fell to the ground and shattered.

"I'll close the window, you think about it. Glancing at the broken porcelain, Anna said.

Avna closed her eyes in contemplation.

Anna closed the window and tightened the curtains, and the room became dark.

......

"Say it. When Avena opened her eyes again, there was nothing but coldness in her eyes, and the change in her temperament made Anna smack her tongue secretly.

I guessed correctly.

She nodded with satisfaction, and simply said: "Very good, just in case, I need you to help me convince Harbert, as for the reasons and rhetoric for convincing him, I don't think I need to say more to you, you know better than anyone else." “

"Although I have my own way of convincing him, for the sake of insurance, I still need a final insurance measure, and it is better to choose you. ”

Avna's pupils contracted slightly, and she was silent for a moment.

"Yes. ”

Anna finally smiled a 'simple' smile that hadn't been in any other way since they had spoken

"It's good that you have this awareness. “

Having received the answer she wanted, Anna was in no mood to talk to Avna again.

"I hope you don't break your word, or your future situation will be very bad. ”

"The rest of the time you are alone, and think about how to say those words to him. ”

Watching Anna's figure disappear into the doorway, Avna frowned and turned her head, staring at herself in the mirror, who was very unfamiliar with herself.

Strange?... It's strange indeed.

His father was crucified at the door..... Mother and brother died tragically under the butcher's knives of Sgretel's cavalry...... The whole palace was in flames, with the sound of horses' hooves, the roars, the cries, the begs for mercy, the screams, the whimpering!

The sword light and blood shadows that were chased and killed along the way, like nightmarish scenes, appeared one after another in front of him.

If anyone else experiences what I encountered, it will change dramatically, and I, why should I be the innocent little girl at the beginning.

Is there anything wrong?... There's nothing wrong with that!

In the dark room, looking at herself in the mirror, she suddenly laughed.

How do you say I'm going to face him?

I've never done anything wrong, so why don't I dare face it.

From the time he made the Iris Knight vow, one of them secretly joined to become my guardian knight, whether it was ruining his face in order to take me from pursuit, or escorting me all the way to the Violet King's Capital, all of this was made by him voluntarily, and I never persecuted him.

Yes, I never persecuted him, it was all of his own free will, it was all prepared in his knightly oath, why should I owe it? Why don't I dare to face it?!

Avna frowned, as if she had been relieved of her psychological burden.

I want better, and that's what he wants.

The Guardian Knight, who is supposed to give everything to the guardian of his oath, loyalty, honor, faith, life, all all, all of all, all of all!!

These are all mine, and I have the right to dispose of them at will, throw them away if I want, give them away if I want them, and destroy them if I want to. And Anna, what you got was only what I gave you as a handout.

In the mirror, Avna's smile grew colder and colder.

But, I know him too well, Anna, you won't get anything after all.

If he's my dog, you can't even get a dog I throw away!

Looking in the mirror, Avna smiled and wiped the red marks off her face bit by bit.

The pain and humiliation I have experienced will one day be redoubled.

Cut out the tongue of the mocker,

gouge out the eyes of onlookers,

Putting pain and despair,

return to the person who inflicted it,

Putting hope and dreams,

All soak in wine,

Bringing kindness and warmth,

All buried.

Avna closed her eyes expressionlessly.

You always tell white lies, but you never know what the consequences of that lie will be.

My situation... Hehe, Evan Fitz is a good target.

Clang!... The sound of weapons colliding.

"Swordsman, get out of the way, or you'll die. ”

Outside the castle, Harbert's firm and unmistakable voice came through the storm and into her ears clearly.

After a while, Anna's sigh came slowly.

"It turns out that until now, you haven't told him. ”