Sophia got up early, although she was still reluctant to leave her brother's side, but yesterday Swain said so, she also knew that she should go to school, after all, this is what her brother meant.

Changing into the uniform of Astrad I College in front of the mirror, Sophia looked at herself in the mirror, and her face couldn't help but show a trace of sadness.

"What's wrong?" Swain walked up behind her and put his hands on his sister's shoulders, "Still don't want to go to school?"

"No, I'll listen to what you say, it's just ......" Sophia lowered her eyebrows, looking worried, "I had some conflicts with my classmates before, and I missed class for so long, I don't know how to deal with them when I go back to school." ”

"Don't worry so much about this kind of thing. Swain touched his sister's head, and his voice was soft, "It's not a big deal, as long as you explain it well, they will understand your troubles." I've written to Principal Russell, and the school won't embarrass you, just don't do it again next time. ”

"Hmm. Sophia squinted, enjoying her brother's touch, "Then I'll go to school." ”

"Why don't you go to breakfast first?"

Sophia pursed her lips, not too happy. "I don't really want to meet with the people of the Thirteenth Class, didn't my brother say the same, let me try not to touch that woman. ”

Swain sighed, a little sorry rising in his heart. "I'm sorry, but you can avoid meeting her at school during this time. When the matter of the thirteenth lesson is settled, she will naturally leave. ”

"Hmm. Sophia lowered her head, and Sven couldn't see her sister's expression in the mirror, "Then I'll go to school." ”

"Be careful on the road. Swain watched Sophia leave the room quickly, and he knew that Sophia had left in such a hurry to avoid Artmis. There is no way to do this, although emotionally, Swain is more willing to accommodate his sister, but the current situation does need Atmis's help.

Because she was in a hurry to go to school, Sophia got up very early, not to mention Artmis, and even Princess Celestia didn't get up. Sven was not in a hurry to go to breakfast, he continued to read in his room for a while, and when the time was almost up, he went downstairs.

Servants naturally have no right to sleep, and when Swain came downstairs, the kitchen had already prepared a hearty breakfast, and the busy servants of the castle came and went, carefully cleaning.

Swain arrives at the dining room, and as he expected, neither Artemis nor Princess Celestia have yet to get out of bed. He took the newspaper from the servant and sat down at the table to read the day's news.

The impact of the incident in the Ministry of the Interior has not subsided, and the newspaper still uses a large page to report on the follow-up of the incident in the Ministry of the Interior, and these journalists who are not afraid of death dare to write anything in order to attract people's attention, after all, the empire's control of the press is still relatively loose, and even Nicholas I, who is known for his strong hand, has not restricted the freedom of the press.

After two or three days, many of the specifics of the events in the Ministry of Internal Affairs had already been written about by journalists, and even some unrealistic conjectures were used up, and now the newspapers began to analyze the current situation, especially the sharp contradictions between Beria and Alexander. The sudden entry of the Southern Army into Deweide did not hide from the eyes of these reporters, who were keenly aware that this could be the prelude to a storm, and that a great battle would most likely begin between the two princes.

Although the newspapers have reported on these events at length, in Swain's opinion, there is very little useful content, and most of them are unfounded speculations. Sven looked at it for a moment, then lost interest in reading it.

At this time, the eldest princess also came downstairs, she didn't seem very energetic, maybe she didn't sleep well last night, maybe it was because she suddenly changed the environment, or maybe it was because she lived with Swain again.

"There's nothing to do here anyway, so why don't you sleep a little longer?" said Swain, closing the newspaper, to Caterina, "Are we not entertaining you so tired?"

Caterina glanced at Swain with disdain, and immediately retorted, "This is our family's castle. ”

"But you don't seem to be sleeping comfortably here. Swain was still expressionless, and his words made Caterina hate it.

Although she wanted to refute it, the eldest princess thought about it and gave up this plan. She sighed helplessly, feeling sorry for herself.

"I don't want to argue with you, it's not interesting at all. ”

"Then why do you sigh, is it because you hate me?"

Caterina still couldn't hold back, she glanced at Swain fiercely, and said without hesitation: "That's right, you are indeed very annoying, not a gentleman at all. ”

"I feel like I'm already a gentleman. Sven looked at the Celestia calmly, for there was no expression on his face, but instead he looked serious, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have accepted your request to keep Artmis." ”

"That's not what I meant, don't you need her help?"

"Sometimes," Swain said, taking a piece of dry bread and throwing it directly into his mouth without applying the jam, "help is a two-way street, and to receive help is to give something." ”

"Isn't that the most normal, or does your other-human logic see it differently?"

"You don't need to pay to use it, if you use Artemis as bait......"

"You're crazy!" Celestia interrupted Swain in a hurried whisper, "your approach is still so unreasonable, can't you think about things with normal human thinking?"

Swain shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't care.

"What about Charlotte?" Swain sprinkled a little salt on the bread and ate it simply, "I don't seem to see her, hasn't she been with you all the time?"

Princess Celestia frowned as she watched Swain's way of eating. "You eat like the Scavanans of the North, and you don't have any gentlemanly manners, can't you just spread the jam well?"

"To be precise, this method of eating is more popular among the Rosa, and although it is true that the Skavana invent eat bread on salt, this seaside people prefer to receive the gifts of the sea, and fish is their staple food. Swain spread the jam on the bread without haste, and did not look at Celestia, "Moreover, you did not answer me where that little Miss Charlotte had gone." ”

Caterina sighed helplessly, sure enough, it was still difficult to divert the topic in front of Sven. "Do you have anything to do with her? I beg you, don't be hard for her anymore, Charlotte is pitiful enough, you can let her go." ”

"I don't mean to embarrass her. Swain took a bite of the jam-smeared bread, and although his expression did not change, Caterina could tell from the roll of Swain's eyes that he didn't like the taste of jam, "I've always done things for her good. ”

"For her good?" Caterina's eyes widened as she stared straight at Sven, "Don't you think it's ridiculous that you killed her family and said it was for her good?"

"If it weren't for me, she wouldn't have had this opportunity. Sven looked at Celestia calmly, not ashamed at all, "She's living a much better life now than before, isn't it? Compared to being the adopted daughter of a poor family, she now has the conditions for her to grow up beyond the imagination of others, which I gave her. ”

"You've only given her great trauma and pain!" Celestia roared, "You are so brazen, you have made such a pure child like this, but you are embarrassed to say that it is for her good!"

Swain didn't speak, his eyes still so flat. And the eldest princess gasped for breath and didn't want to talk to Swain anymore, she knew that for someone like Swain, it didn't make sense to use ordinary truth.

There was silence in the dining room for a moment, Swain was still enjoying his breakfast, and Princess Celestia had no appetite for food.

That's what Atmiss saw when he walked into the restaurant.

She clearly sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, as if the two had just quarreled, and neither of them meant to speak.

This embarrassed Atmis, she didn't like Swain, but now she needed Sven's help to deal with Manfred, and Princess Celestia wasn't something she could offend, and she didn't know what to say in the event of a quarrel between the two.

Swain saw Artmis, and he beckoned to him, motioning for him to come over for breakfast. "Did you sleep well last night? Sven said nonchalantly, his tone of voice, not even a polite one.

Attemis hesitated for a moment, and chose to sit next to the eldest princess.

"I hope to get some information from you about Manfred. Sven's hands were folded in front of him, pushed into the shape of a spire, covering the corners of his mouth, "After all, if you want to clash with Manfred head-on, I guess only I can fight." ”

Artemis could hear that Swain was not optimistic about her combat effectiveness, but she had no way to refute it, after all, if she really fought, she was not Manfred's opponent, and she couldn't even pass a few moves. Frowning, Artemis pondered for a moment before replying, "Manfred...... His strength is very strong, the level of magic power is even higher than that of my father, and he has lived for so many years, the amount of magic power must have been very terrifyingly accumulated, and among the people I know, probably only your magic power can compete with him. However, he is a monster who survived the last era, so he has a lot of magic and experience, and I suspect that even the resurrection of the original Ser Hecate may not be Manfred's opponent. ”

Princess Celestia frowned as she listened to Artmis's words. Although she had a very unpleasant quarrel with Swain just now, when it comes to business, she can still let go of her prejudices. "How the hell did he survive from the time of Astrad I to the present, humans can't live that long, right?"

Attemis glanced at the Celestia and lowered his head and said, "Actually, Manfred is not human, or he used to be human, but now, he has become a monster, a monster that you often hear about in legends, vampires. ”

"Vampires?" Princess Celestia couldn't help but take a breath, this kind of name that is active in legends is indeed thunderous, "In other words, those legends are true, and vampires really exist?"

"Not quite, it's hard to say whether the vampire appeared first, or the legendary vampire image appeared first, in short, Manfred is still very different from the legendary vampire, he is not afraid of the sun, and the so-called holy water and the cross are not effective for him. However, the stake and the silverware did have a certain effect, but they only had a certain effect, and they could not kill him. As far as I know, the original Ser Hecate drove the White Thorn Stake into Manfred's heart and defeated him, but after all these years, I'm not sure if this solution is still useful, after all, Manfred's current strength is no longer comparable to that of ordinary magicians. ”

As he spoke, Artemis glanced at Sven, there was an exception here, although it was a human body, but its magic power was comparable to that of a monster.

"I see. Sven nodded, this level of intelligence was useful, but it wasn't enough to come up with a countermeasure to defeat Manfred, "I have a question, since the first Ser Hecatet could defeat Manfred, why didn't he just kill him at that time?

Princess Celestia also looked at Artmis, and she was also curious about this question.

"I don't know," replied Artemis decisively, "so many generations have passed, and the thoughts of my ancestors have not been recorded, and perhaps some people knew them then, but now, even my father may not know why." ”

"Yes. Swain frowned, "Could it be that the first Ser Hecate couldn't kill Manfred, so he had to choose to seal him?"

"It's possible...... Atmis's tone wasn't very sure, "Manfred's situation is complicated, his magic is too deep for me to understand. If you have to say it, he's a lot like you. ”

"Like me?"

"Yes," Atmiss said, glancing at Sven, "Anyway, no matter what kind of injury, you can recover immediately, no matter how you fight, you can't die, just like you." ”

"Is that so......" Sven lowered his eyes, lost in thought.