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There were still about ten kilometers to go from the fork in the road, and a man and a woman were walking on it, although the two looked a little embarrassed, but even the dusty clothes could not hide the girl's angelic face and noble temperament.

If this girl's smile was enough to make people feel as warm as spring, then the young swordsman walking beside him was enough to make anyone fearful, because he possessed a terrifying power - a golden first-order professional!

The beautiful girl turned her head to look at the handsome young man, showed a gentle smile and said, "Rhodes, are you really no longer in trouble, if your body has not recovered, we can rest for a day and continue to travel." ”

The smile is still warm as spring, but there is a little sadness in the eyes.

Rhodes was keenly aware of this, so he said: "Your Highness Ellie, please rest assured, the most important thing for us now is to return to the Rain Country, and if we stay in the Half Moon Forest and let the people from the right faction of the Clear Country find out, I'm afraid even I will not be able to protect your safety." ”

"I'm sorry, it's all because of me that I let Rhodes get hurt......"

Ellie blamed herself and continued, "And the more than 100 warriors of the Rain Country were buried in the Half Moon Forest because of me, and even their bodies could not be recovered......

"It is an honor for us to be able to give my life for Her Highness Ellie!"

Rhodes looked at Ellie firmly, and then said slowly: "I just don't know what happened to that guy named Lin Bai now? Could it be that he abandoned you and ran away alone at that time?" Every time I asked you, I didn't answer, he has already done this kind of thing, how long do you have to defend him!"

"Please don't say that about Mr. Lin Bai!"

Ellie bit her lip tightly, picked up the dirt wrapped in a handkerchief with her right hand, looked at it gently, and said, "He is a hero, a real hero, he died for me, but I betrayed him......"

"It's his honor to give his life for you!"

Hearing the news of Lin Bai's death, a hint of joy flashed in Rhodes' eyes and said: "If it weren't for His Royal Highness Ellie, this useless existence would have died no longer knowing how many times, and it would be considered a waste if he was able to buy time for His Highness Ellie's escape, and it was a matter of course for you to choose to abandon him at that time." ”

Rhodes spoke as a matter of course, with a clear tone of schadenfreude.

But this time, it was Ellie's turn to be puzzled, and she asked puzzledly, "Rhodes, how do you know that I abandoned him?

"Speculation, of course!"

Rhodes barely thought about it, and immediately replied loudly: "You said that you betrayed that useless guy, I just made some random guesses, you should know that my reasoning ability has been pretty good since I was a child." ”

"That's true. ”

Ellie didn't realize that she had been diverted from the subject, and began with Rhodes talking about interesting stories from her childhood, in order to divert the huge pressure and guilt she felt about Lin Bai in the past few days.

Stop-and-go.

Around noon, Ellie and Rhodes came to a fork in the road, and Ellie, who has a map and is not a road idiot, naturally will not get lost like Lin Bai.

She walked first towards the road on the left.

- But!

Rhodes stopped Ellie's behavior at this time and said, "Your Highness Ellie, you are mistaken, we should go to the right, not to the left to return to the Rain Country. ”

"But the road to the Rain Country should be on the left, right?" asked Ellie, puzzled.

As his home country, Ellie knows how to go back even if he doesn't need a map, and of course he won't be idiotic to the point of being left and right, not to mention Rhodes, if a soldier gets lost, then the country probably won't have any hope.

"Of course I know that, Your Highness Ellie. ”

Rhodes pointed to the road on the right and said: "I received an order from the king, in order to conceal your whereabouts, this time we will work with the people from the left faction of the Qing Kingdom to escort you to the Rain King Capital from the border of the Qing Kingdom, so we need to play the right side this time, instead of going to the left." ”

"Yes, is that so?"

Erin paused, with infinite doubts in her eyes: "But the last time he was chatting with Asir, he didn't mention something, and he once said that someone would answer him on the way back from the Rain Country, did he forget it at that time?"

"Ahh

Rhodes frowned, and then suddenly realized: "You say it's that cowardly Asir, he is just an ordinary soldier, of course it is impossible to contact His Majesty's secret order, as for what he said is just an order we declare to the outside world, we dare not guarantee that the team will not be infiltrated into the right faction of the Qing Kingdom." ”

"Is that so?" said Ellie, still a little puzzled.

Because returning from the Sunny Country to the Rainy Country is equivalent to taking a big arc route, not to mention that it will be delayed for several months, and in terms of danger alone, I don't know how many times larger.

You must know that now the right and the left are the main culprit, she is the internal marriage candidate of the left faction of the rain country and the Qing country, if she is known by the right faction to appear in the territory of the Qing country before marriage, then even with the protection of the left, she will not be able to escape being killed, this is the best opportunity to destroy the left faction of the rain country and the Qing country.

If Ellie's wedding is over, then the Rain Country and the Qing Country Left faction form an alliance, and it will be completely too late.

Therefore, detouring to Qingguo at such a tense moment is definitely the most wrong choice, why would her wise father make such a decision that is inferior to a three-year-old child?

"Please also ask Her Highness Ellie to trust His Majesty's decision!"

Rhodes patted his chest, took Ellie's hand and walked to the right: "There are friendly troops from the left wing of the Qing Kingdom waiting for us not far ahead, please ask Her Highness Ellie to speed up." ”

"Ming, I see, I see!"

Ellie pulled out her red right hand held by Rhodes and said, "Really, Rhodes always talks about his father, and he doesn't dare to disobey his father's orders, my hands are all scratched by you, hum!"

With a snort at her red wrist, Ellie showed a cute expression that she would never have made to ordinary people, and she snorted softly to declare her dissatisfaction.

Rhodes immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness forgives your sins!" ”

"Humph!"

Ellie snorted again and said, "I order you not to salute me at every turn in the future, in the entire rain country, except for my father and mother, all I can rely on is you, you are my friend and not my subordinate!"

Subconsciously saying this kind of thing, Ellie's face turned red, and she immediately turned around and moved towards the right, as if she was accompanied by Rhodes, and it could be seen that she was still in a pretty good mood at this time.