Katerina looked out the window at the Astrad I School, and couldn't help but be a little distracted, not even bothering to listen to Swain's report behind her, just thinking about it stupidly.

As the princess of the empire, Caterina did not go to school, and the members of the royal family were taught by special court teachers, and the knowledge they had to learn was not something that ordinary schools could teach, even in institutions of higher learning such as Astrad I.

Therefore, Caterina is a little envious of the life in the school, although the life in the court is luxurious and desirable to outsiders, it is not as free as the school, even if the school is an ivory tower.

"Your Highness, are you listening?"

Sven frowned and asked, something didn't seem quite right with Katerina today, not to mention anything else, just meeting Swain in her own room was already a strange thing - Sven came to report on the story of Dewei's victory in the first battle, and asked Katerina to return to the imperial capital as soon as possible. These were very formal matters, and it was a little too headstrong for Caterina to choose to meet Swain in a private setting like her bedroom.

Although the so-called German victory in the first battle was all made up by Swain.

It wasn't until Swain called out again that Caterina seemed to come to her senses, and she looked back from the window and on Swain.

"I'm listening. Seeing Swain's expressionless face, Caterina couldn't help but lower the corners of her eyes, "Hmm...... What did you just say, Your Excellency?"

Sven sighed, today's Caterina is indeed strange, she obviously speaks without coherent logic, and she said it casually without thinking carefully, this is not an ordinary princess.

"I hope you can return to Deweide as soon as possible, and Didu needs a Gyan to take charge. There was a faint light in Swain's eyes, and he secretly reminded Katarina, "The people of Deweide are very unstable at the moment, and if you don't go back to appease them as soon as possible, I'm afraid that even the armies of the three provinces of Munster, Connaught, and Yanwan will be shaken." ”

Swain was subtly reminding Caterina that Baron O'Brien's position had wavered, and that if Caterina didn't pacify him, it was likely that the Western Province coalition they had won so hard would easily fall to Alexander's side. However, to Swain's disappointment, Katarina's eyes still seemed dull, not as smart and sharp as before, and when she heard Swain's reminder, she just blinked blankly, but did not react.

"My father is in Landstown, so it's more appropriate for him to do this, right?"

Swain narrowed his eyes and looked at Caterina carefully, as if wondering if Celestia was joking with him. "If you really think so......" Swain still looked expressionless, without revealing any thoughts, "then I have no opinion, but are you willing?"

"Willing?" Caterina tilted her neck and looked at Swain suspiciously, "What's there to be unwilling, that's my father, isn't it?"

Sven stared at Caterina for two seconds before immediately turning around without any more hesitation or reluctance.

"If you want to say something unwilling......" Just as Swain was about to reach the door, Caterina spoke, her voice a little shaky, a suppressed emotion brewing in her voice, "it can only be unwilling to you, or rather, to your sister." ”

Swain stopped and turned to look at Katarina. The eldest princess was hanging her head, and her long golden curls hung down and covered her face, covering her face in a dark and unclear way, looking very gloomy and faintly sad, such a melancholy girl, it was very distressing.

But unfortunately, Sven, a scavenging crow, has a heart harder than iron, so he can swallow the corpse of the deceased into his stomach without any care.

"Do you have any dissatisfaction with Zaixia? Although I am very afraid, I still want to remind you that please don't be emotional, when it comes to this part, it is too extravagant. ”

"Emotional?" Caterina grinned, smiling a little sadly, "My grandfather, Emperor Nicholas I, was always emotional, but he was still loved by the people, wasn't he?"

"But even that Your Majesty," Swain's tone became serious, "you have to think carefully before making every decision, and besides, isn't it because of his emotions that the empire is so embarrassed now?"

"Are you questioning my grandfather, questioning the previous emperors of the Empire?" Caterina's eyes showed just the right amount of surprise under the golden bangs, and there was a slight anger in her voice, "Is this how you see him like this, or do you think that feelings are not important at all?"

Swin and Caterina looked at each other, maybe ordinary people would retreat gentlemanly when they saw Celestia like this, but Swain would not. He took a step forward, and Caterina seemed frightened, leaning back unconsciously, and leaning against the windowsill.

"Isn't the current state of affairs in the Empire due to the fact that His Majesty Nicholas I favored his second son too much? ”

Caterina couldn't help biting her lip, she knew Swain was right, but she just didn't want to admit it.

"So what? Are you such a hard-hearted person? I should have seen when I was in Pritown that the feelings you showed were nothing but deception, and if you really had feelings, you wouldn't have slaughtered on the Vincent, and treated Charlotte so cruelly, you were a demon!"

What was disguised as anger is now real anger, or rather, from the beginning, Katerina's expression was more than just a show.

"If you think I'm a demon, then I am. Swain approached and approached Katarina, while Princess Celestia leaned against the windowsill, almost half of her body sticking out of the window, looking like she didn't want to be so close to Swain, "If you have to bring it up again, then I can only reply to you with what I have said." Remember what I said, 'You knocked on the gates of hell when you embarked on this path, and I am the devil you unleashed.' ’”

"I'm going to put you in hell, absolutely!" Caterina clenched, tears streaming down her eyes.

Perhaps it was Caterina's appearance that was too distressing, or maybe Swain had something else in mind, and this person who seemed to the eldest princess to be extremely hard-hearted was silent for a long time.

"What do you really like about me? I thought you understood my long-term request, and even if it was just to use each other, we would continue to work together peacefully. ”

"Yes, take advantage of each other. Katerina slapped Swain's hand away as it tried to touch her face, "Can you tell me where your sister, Miss Sophia, has gone?"

"She has a place where she needs to go. Sven's face remained unchanged, as expressionless as ever.

"Hmph, where do you need to go?" Caterina sneered, her eyes becoming more vicious, but Sven could see that there was a touch of helpless sadness under that vicious gaze, "I must be in a safe place, right? Yes, I am indeed a layman in the art of war, but I am not a fool, how can I not see what you have done so obviously?" Although I didn't notice it last time, when I found out that Sophia was missing, I immediately understood. I thought it would be a good ploy for you to instigate Baron O'Brien to abandon his position and take advantage of the fog to attack the enemy's main position, but I later learned that the enemy's main force had left its position and was advancing in the direction of Astrad I College at the time of your surprise attack, but you did not stop these forces. Thank you, Lord, these troops did not come to attack Astrad I School and Karin Castle, or I would have been their prisoner. ”

"So," Sven looked into Caterina's eyes, those eyes as blue as the sea were beautiful, but now all Sven could see in them was endless anger, "You think I'm trying to harm you by borrowing the hands of those Ministry of the Interior troops?"

"Isn't it?" said Caterina in a louder voice, "I asked the staff officers and Baron O'Brien afterwards that you said you would transfer the people in Karin Castle before you proposed this plan, but in fact you only sent your own sister away, and the rest are your outcasts! Isn't that right, Lord Count Jericho?"

Swain stared coldly at Caterina, his gaze cold and emotionless, but Caterina was undaunted, and in those blue eyes, there was a fiery light.

"You're mad at this, but you're safe and sound, aren't you, or you wouldn't have had a chance to stand here and lash out at me. Sven's face drooped, almost close to being with Katarina, "I wouldn't make such a stupid mistake, although it is true that I did not transfer you and the others, but it was also for the sake of strategy, if there was a change in Karin Castle, the enemy would probably detect it, and I did not do it for the success of the surprise attack." Moreover, I also made other preparations to avoid the main force of the Ministry of the Interior army attacking Karin Castle. ”

"Then why did you let Sophia leave, ah?" Caterina didn't give up, she had no way to retreat, so she simply stood with Swain, and didn't back down, "Don't take all the credit for yourself, Your Excellency, because your face is too cold, others will take it seriously!"

"Why do you care so much about Sophia?" Swain could not be shaken by this, he leaned closer, and the cold breath reached the tip of Katarina's nose, "What do you really care about, is it my adventure, or Sophia?"

"Risky?" Caterina grabbed Swain by the collar, her fingers pale from too much force, "You're risking my lives and the lives of the others in the castle, and that's your risk?"

"You seem to have forgotten something. Sven grabbed Katarina's hand, and was so tightly grasped by her, Sven also felt very uncomfortable, "I've been fighting for you with my life, haven't I taken any risks?

"Where is it that a monster like you is really risking your life?" Caterina pulled her hand back, "No one kills you, does it? That's why you ignore it so much and trample on other people's most precious things. ”

"I have to correct you, sometimes life is not the most valuable. Swain seemed to be a little enraged, this is rare, this person will hardly be swayed by any words, and the only one who can do this is Katarina, "If what I hope can be exchanged for my life, then I am very willing to give my life, as happy as I want!, but that is impossible, the only importance of life is for you to see, to see what you want to do, if you die if you can't achieve your wish, then there is no value." Therefore, life itself is worthless, its value is attached to the thing that it has to achieve. ”

"In that case," Caterina smiled suddenly, "you shouldn't care, this kind of worthless thing, even if it disappears, it doesn't matter, right? I've given up my wishes, I'm tired of being deceived like this by you, so I choose ......."

As she spoke, she suddenly reached out and pushed Swain's chest, but Sven, although slender, was not pushed by Katarina, but herself, and because of this force, she flipped backwards and fell out of the window.

This room is on the third floor, not to mention that the architectural style of Karin Castle adheres to the characteristics of Karin I's preference for Hongda, at least more than ten meters from the ground, and below is the hard stone brick floor......

Surely death!