After three days on the Bay of Bis, the Vincent finally approached the shore.

The black feathers covering this premium cruise ship have faded, leaving behind a stain of rust, turning this otherwise clean and luxurious cruise ship into a ghost ship. And after the black feathers faded, the corpses on the ship disappeared inexplicably, as if they were really devoured and digested by the ship.

Sven leaned against the bow of the boat, his black feathers all gone, leaving a brown scar on his original wound. Until now, his left arm was unable to exert his strength, and could only hang weakly. Although there were no bodies left on the ship, and the black feathers on the inside of the closed cabin had faded, Princess Celestia refused to go into the cabin to rest, and for the past three days Caterina had been holding Charlotte in the stern of the ship, unwilling to enter the cabin or stay with Swain.

Caterina now hates Swain and worries about Charlotte. After the horrors of that night, the poor little girl had not spoken a word for three days, and there was no sparkle in her eyes, as if she had become a puppet with only breath but no soul. Princess Celestia felt a deep heartache when she saw Charlotte's godless eyes, if she hadn't intervened, maybe Charlotte wouldn't have become what she is now, even if she was killed by Swain with her family, it would be better than the current appearance of life rather than death.

Both of them were lying on folding chairs at the stern of the boat, large sun umbrellas shielding them from the scorching sun of the sea. Originally a platform for VIPs to have fun, all that remains are broken parasols and folding chairs. Although they looked like they were sunbathing now, in fact after a night of rain, both girls caught a cold and stayed on the deck, often dazed and weak, lying on folding chairs silently waiting for the boat to reach the shore.

Caterina felt a hand touch her forehead, and it was cold, in stark contrast to her fiery forehead. "Take your hands off. She opened her eyes tiredly, "The smell of blood makes me sick. ”

Sven's expression was still flat, and although he had been angry at Caterina before, he did not show any anger at all. "You seem to have a fever, and it's not good for your body to go on like this. ”

"Do you still care about people, and will you save people?" Princess Celestia sneered with her pale face, "Your hands are stained with innocent blood, and now you want to use these hands to save people?" ”

Swain withdrew his hand, and he looked at Caterina calmly, not angry at Princess Celestia's taunt. "You think I'm cruel?"

"Isn't it? You fed a boatload of people to your man-eating birds, and you didn't care if they were innocent or not, and you didn't think about how their relatives and friends would feel after losing their loved ones. ”

"Innocent, feelings, don't forget, what kind of history is behind the surname Giang. Swain sat down and looked sideways at Celestia, "I don't want to discuss these things with you right now, and you won't listen to me." If you don't want to be treated, then I can't guarantee your health and safety, and this little girl. I look at the way she looks, and if she continues to have a fever like this, she will probably become dehydrated soon. ”

Caterina bit her lip and looked away. "If you still have the slightest conscience, please treat a person without any purpose, but only out of the most primitive goodness of a person's heart. May the Lord forgive you for your sins. ”

"Jesus doesn't have that power. Swain put his hand on Charlotte's forehead, the little girl was now asleep, and her little face still showed a look of pain from time to time, "No matter how much you pray to him, you will not get an answer." ”

"So you feel that no one can punish you for your evil deeds, and because you know some magic that ordinary people don't know, you feel that you are superior to others, and then you can trample on other people's lives?"

"Evil deeds?" Sven's hand on Charlotte's forehead glowed dark green, and the magic was relieving the little girl's pain, "Don't forget, you are born into a royal family, you are born superior to others, you have wealth and power that ordinary people can't have, and you who have these things, aren't you also thinking about how to use these things to get the throne? ”

"But I'm not going to trample on other people's lives!"

"No," Swain shook his head, "you will, you've gotten this far, you're already trying to take the most important thing from someone else." Your father, your uncle, they all value that throne more than their own lives. Isn't there a lot of such a thing? Princes who can't get the throne would rather die than spend their lives in desolation. How do you think your father, uncle, or your younger brothers would feel if they were to accuse me of Edney Wayne I, and Prince Cassna of Middleletus I, the third son of Midletus I, after his failure to seize the throne of Dehebas, would you feel like they were to be in such a situation? ”

"I have nothing to say to you!" Caterina gritted her teeth, she now began to regret choosing Swain as her helper. Princess Celestia had a hunch that the knight who had sworn to give her the crown would end up ruining the crown that had been passed down for centuries and blessed with countless titles and glories.

Swain didn't speak, he expected nothing from Caterina now, and since she couldn't be a lord worthy of his allegiance, he had to use her as much as he could.

Charlotte snorted, her face, which had been flushed from high fever, gradually regained her healthy complexion. The little girl slowly opened her eyes, but the first thing she saw was the face she hated the most. She let out a terrible scream, a twisted expression on her face that Princess Celestia had never seen before, as if she had fallen into the deepest hatred, and her first move was to use her weak hand to choke Sven's neck.

Sven's expressionless face was as cold as the night he killed Charlotte's adoptive parents' family, and he was unabashedly indifferent to Charlotte's life. "Do you want to kill me?" Swain's hand that had been on Charlotte's forehead had now shifted to her neck, and compared to the little girl's non-threatening force, Swain could have cut Charlotte's throat bone directly.

Seeing that Charlotte's neck had been pinched by Swain's deep handprints, and she couldn't even breathe well, Caterina hurried to stop Swain. But she couldn't do it herself, and she couldn't shake Sven's hand at all. "Stop, how cruel do you have to be to her, you took her family, do you want to kill her too?" Princess Celestia shouted anxiously, sensing that Swain was really going to kill Charlotte.

As her hand loosened, the air finally poured into her trachea, and Charlotte coughed and breathed heavily. However, even though she was almost killed by Swain just now, she still didn't let go of her hateful eyes.

"Good. Swain clapped his hands suddenly, although his eyes still did not fluctuate in the slightest, but he seemed to be applauding Charlotte sincerely, "Very good eyes, I can see that your determination to kill me is genuine, not the slightest wavering." Although you are young, you have the determination that most people don't have, and for that reason, I will not kill you. ”

Glancing at Princess Celestia, Swain stood up, took a pistol from his pocket and placed it in Charlotte's hand. "If you want to kill me, just come on, I don't mind. Of course, with your current level, it's almost impossible to kill me, and even if you pick up the gun and make up your mind to pull the trigger, you still can't. You don't know how to aim, you don't know where to shoot, and most importantly, you don't have a gun that can kill me. ”

"Don't irritate her!" Caterina put her arms around Charlotte and let her head rest in her arms, covering the little girl's eyes to prevent her from looking at Swain's face, "Do you want to make her a person like you?

Ignoring Celestia Celestia, Sven's gaze remained on Charlotte, and even if he couldn't see her current expression and eyes, Sven could hear the curse in her heart towards herself. "If you really want to kill me, I can teach you magic, including how to kill me. But can you really do it to apprentice to the enemy? Can you put down the killing urge in your heart and the guilt of the relatives I killed, and ask me for advice?"

Caterina felt Charlotte in her arms trying to break free, and she couldn't help but be even more anxious. "Don't listen to him, Charlotte, don't do that, I promise you that I will give this man the punishment he deserves. You shouldn't have soiled yourself, you're still a child, you're still so pure......"

"But if I don't kill him with my own hands, how can it be considered revenge?" Charlotte broke away from Princess Celestia's hand, and on her face, Caterina saw a heart-wrenching despair, and the tears in her eyes seemed to be black, and hatred had long since stained Charlotte's original purity and immaculateness.

"Please......" Charlotte sobbed weakly as she lay on Celestia's body, "I can't repay your kindness to me, and this time I have to live up to your kindness, I have no hope but to kill him." Please, let me, let me pick up this gun!"

Pursing her lips, Caterina fell silent. What if she tried to stop Charlotte now? The seeds of hatred had been planted, and Sven had watered enough water, and the seeds would sprout sooner or later, and if she forcibly broke the seedlings, Charlotte would probably wither as well.

"What the hell are you going to do!" she yelled at Swain, tears streaming down her eyes, "if you want to die, why don't you jump into the sea now, can't shark stomachs digest your hard-hearted heart?"

"Happy?" Sven turned to look at the land he could already see, "My happiness has long been forgotten. All I have to bear is endless pain, yours, this little girl's, all the pain is on my back. All I pray for is the end of this tragic fate. ”

"Bang"

When Swain turned his back to Princess Celestia and Charlotte, Charlotte quickly picked up her gun and fired a shot at Swain. Sven felt the wound as blood was gushing out of the spot that had been slashed by Planck earlier.

"You're really talented. Swain turned around again and looked at Charlotte, "You can be so decisive with a gun for the first time, and you can calmly hit the heart, such a talent, even if you don't meet me, you should be discovered by others in the future and become an assassin." ”

Caterina couldn't stop Charlotte in time just now, although she didn't have any good feelings for Swain now, only deep disgust, but she still didn't want Charlotte to kill Swain like this. She hurriedly pulled Charlotte over and tried to snatch the gun from her hand, but Charlotte's small hand held the pistol so tightly that the weak princess couldn't break her hand at all.

"Although I don't mind your killing intent, I still have to punish you. Swain waved his right hand and knocked Charlotte out, "Think of it as the first lesson, let me teach you what kind of consequences can be brought to you by reckless impulses driven by pure hatred." ”

"Stop, Swain!" Caterina tugged at the hem of Sven's clothes, she had little strength now, she could only plead with the indifferent man as much as she could, "Didn't you say that you wouldn't attack the little girl who was powerless to resist?

"She's taken up arms. Swain gently took Celestia's hand away, "Since she has made up her mind, there is no need to show mercy to her subordinates. Moreover, this is a tempering for her, not a harm. ”

Charlotte gritted her teeth and stood up, even though she had just been shot out by Swain with great force, she still held the gun tightly in her hand. Wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, Charlotte raised her gun again and aimed it at Swain.

"It seems that you didn't listen to what I said at all. The bullet hit Swain, all of which were blocked by his magical body, and did not cause any injuries to Sven. Swain walked up to Charlotte, and the little girl had already finished the bullet in the gun, but she still held the gun, her eyes as dark as the muzzle of the gun.

With his hand in his pocket, Swain pulled out another magazine and threw it to Charlotte. "If you want to kill me, you can try it as many times as you want. Sven's hand condensed a dark green magic orb, exactly the same as the one that was forced into Yang's body, "However, if you fail, you must also be prepared to suffer the corresponding consequences, I will not kill you, but it will make your life worse than death." Swain cracked Charlotte's mouth open and shoved the orb into her mouth.

"Ahh

The magic quickly spread to Charlotte's body, and Jericho's unique erosive power tormented every nerve of the little girl, a pain that even a seasoned battle mage like Yang could not bear, let alone a little girl who was only eight years old and had been living a miserable life.

"Charlotte!" heard Charlotte's wail, and Caterina barely bothered herself to stand up. But her body was so weak that her arms suddenly lost their strength, and she fell back on the folding chair.

"Why are you torturing her like this? Enough, I beg you, let her go!"

"It's almost land. Sven left Charlotte, who was still spasming, and walked back to Princess Celestia's side, "You're in such a state, I'm afraid you can't even walk normally." Swain lifted Katerina up, his hand pressed against her neck artery. Caterina felt as if her skin had been pricked by something small, and then an indescribable sensation spread from her neck to her whole body, feeling both cool and dangerous.

Magic is channeled from Swain's fingers into Celestia's body, and healing magic is dispelling her ailments. In a few moments, Caterina felt her strength regain and her head was less dizzy.

"I don't need your help. As soon as she had the strength in her hand, Caterina pushed Swain away, and she didn't accept the man's affection at all. After pushing Swain away, Princess Celestia quickly ran to Charlotte and picked up the little girl who had fainted.

Obviously she had just been healed by Swain's healing magic, but now that Charlotte was tortured like this, Caterina became more and more confused about what Swain wanted to do.

"Why on earth did this to her?" Princess Celestia questioned Swain, "I've had enough of your incomprehensible riddles, and now, as the princess of the Empire, I command you to tell you why you're doing this!"

"It's almost land. Swain repeated the phrase again, "When you get to Midnight Castle, you will know all the secrets, Jericho's secrets, the secrets of magic, the agreement between His Majesty the Emperor and us, as long as you get to Midnight Castle, you can see the mystery of all this with your own eyes." ”

With a ladylike sip, Princess Celestia had no interest in Swain's words. However, as Swain said, they were almost at Fort Midnight, so she might as well see what Swain was hiding.

"Oh well. Princess Celestia said with a straight face, "I hope you will entertain me without disappointing, Your Excellency Count Jericho." ”

Ignoring the coldness and sarcasm in Celestia's words, Swain raised his hand and let the Vincent speed up. Princess Celestia could hear a terrifying noise coming from inside the ship, as if the interior of the ship was rotting and about to disintegrate.

It didn't take long for the boat to come to shore. The place where they disembarked was just an untouched beach, no pier, and no place to dock, and the Vincent ran aground on the sand. As Caterina stepped off the ship with Charlotte in her arms, she heard a dull roar behind her, and when she looked back, the Vincent had really broken in two and was slowly sinking.

"Let's go. Sven, who was standing in front, had already taken a step, "There is still some way to go until Midnight Castle." ”