"Have you heard? Qing Guo sent troops and threatened to destroy the rain country in a week. ”

"I've heard it for a long time, and it is said that the reason for sending troops is that Her Royal Highness the princess regretted her marriage first. ”

"Since ancient times, the parents have ordered the matchmaker to say, how can Her Royal Highness the princess do such a thing?"

"Who said it wasn't, but it hurt our people, I'm afraid this peaceful birthday is coming to an end!"

The signs of war have just appeared, and rumors have spread in the streets and alleys, all of which point to Ellie's repentance of marriage first, so that Qingguo sent troops to the rain country in a fit of rage, breaking the hard-won peace.

The discussion continues.

And Ellie, who wanted to come out and relax, didn't expect that she would be such an image in the eyes of the people of the Rain Country, was all this really her fault? Is it really that only her marriage can be exchanged for peace in the Rain Country?

Bang!

Before Bolin could make a move, now as Ellie's guard, Barrens, who was following Ellie, was the first to listen, he smashed the big sword behind him to the ground, and then roared: "Don't you feel ashamed that a group of big men have no ability to go into battle to kill the enemy, but want a little girl to sacrifice her happiness to protect you?"

The roar attracted the attention of the people on the street.

One of the strong men was the first to stand up and retorted: "What do you know about a handless cripple? The Qing Kingdom is the largest country in the southern region, and our princess is the flower of the Rain Country, and there is no one to accompany the hero, is there anyone else in this world who is worthy of the princess? Is it you? or him, him, him!"

Pointing at the index person continuously, the strong man continued to retort: "It's rare for people to miss the old love of the Qing Emperor, even if it is in the Southern Regions, they will not dislike our Royal Highness the Princess, once the Qing Country and the Rain Country are married, our Rain Country will become the second largest country in the Southern Regions, this is simply a perfect thing!"

"And yet!"

The big man pressed forward step by step, not giving Barrens the slightest chance to refute: "However, our princess Her Royal Highness is not much more, because of willfulness and regret marriage, resulting in our rain country is about to suffer from war, if you don't make it, even the entire rain country will be destroyed, even if Her Royal Highness the princess is here, I have to ask loudly: Are you right about the previous emperors of the rain country!"

"Yes, yes, it's all the princess's willfulness. ”

"The princess is still too young to understand the pain of war, and she should be forced to marry into the country of Qing. ”

Public opinion was directed to Dahan's remarks, and the loud argument even overshadowed Barrens's rebuttal, and everyone blamed Ellie for everything.

That's human nature.

Even if Ellie had helped the commoners countless times, no matter how deeply rooted her name of kindness was, once there was a conflict of their interests, they vented all their emotions on Ellie's head when the king was always right.

"Your Highness Ellie, don't listen to these fools, you're not wrong!"

"Yes, yes, Your Highness Princess, these people are just wretched creatures who have been devoured by fear. ”

Boleyn, Corria and Garion hurried to comfort Ellie, and after so many days together, they were quite grateful to Ellie for letting them go from mercenaries to glorious Praetorian Guards, and here of course they were on Ellie's side.

And the four of them also felt that Ellie had done nothing wrong.

The survival of a country is carried by a woman, which is an extremely strange thing in itself, if there really is such a corrupt and ignorant country, then it is better to let them be destroyed.

"Thank you, but I'm fine, I've just figured things out here. ”

The corners of Ellie's mouth under the veil were slightly raised, and she smiled and said, "In your opinion, are we a good person?"

"Of course!"

Barrens scratched his head and said, "If it weren't for His Highness to take him in, with the appearance of my hand, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be a mercenary, how could I become a Praetorian Guard with all the glory." ”

Coria also echoed: "And Her Royal Highness Ellie often donates to the poor and helps the people, if you are not a good person, then who in the world is still a good person?"

Ellie looked at the people who were complaining about each other helplessly and said, "So, in your opinion, what is a good person?"

"A good guy is a 、......"

It was obviously a simple question, but at this moment, the four of them suddenly fell silent, what is a good person? This thing that is supposed to be understood by three-year-old children, but it makes them confused.

Absolutely not sure how to get back!

The four of them looked at Ellie and tried to comfort her, but Ellie answered herself.

"I was so stupid that I didn't understand the true meaning of being a good person until today. ”

Ellie chuckled lightly and said, "The so-called good person is just used to refer to people who are useful to themselves. There is no such thing as a useful person for everyone, for the sake of one person, it may infringe on the interests of another person, maybe I used to be a good person for them, but now I am probably just a bad person for them. ”

With that, Ellie walked in the direction of the palace.

The only thing left was her last words: "But, whether it is a good person or a bad person, this is the country that gave birth to me and raised me after all, as a part of this country, I can't watch it destroy in front of me, and I don't want to take the responsibility of saving the country, but I want to do my part for the land I love so much, that's all." ”

The voice was full of helplessness.

Ellie can continue to insist on her ideas despite everyone's eyes, but she can't ignore this land, this country, this time she doesn't work for others, only for herself.

Half an hour later, the Royal Palace.

Ellie knocked on the door of the XVIII's study, and was allowed to enter.

The decoration of this study is still forgiving, clean and tidy, the only difference from the previous days is probably that on the wall in the center of the study, a huge map of the rain country is hung, and the map is full of colorful lines.

Meantime!

In front of the desk, there is a sand table, which includes the city of Resel and the surrounding area, on which are placed a total of fifteen chess pieces, one red and one blue, red for the sunny country, a total of five.

"Ellie, is there anything to do with your father at this time?"

The Eighteenth turned his back to Ellie, staring at the map tightly, as if thinking about something important, and the pens of various colors in his hands did not stop, and the lines of various colors continued to increase.

Ellie was silent for a while, then said in a calm voice, "Father, I'm out of the palace today. ”

Let's do it—

The various paintbrushes in his hand fell in response, and the eighteenth century scolded softly: "It's all rice buckets, and I can't even look at anyone, tell them to be optimistic about Ellie, and they are not allowed to let her out of the palace, or let her give it out." ”

Diametrically opposed to the tone of the swearing.

When the eighteenth face Ellie appeared, it was a kind and relaxed smile: "Out of the palace, is it fun outside the palace?" But recently I heard that the royal capital is making trouble, for the sake of safety, you can't be willful these days." ”

And did not answer the XVIII positively.

Ellie said in a backwater-like tone, "Father, please tell Qingguo that as long as they are willing to withdraw immediately, I am willing to marry their king, and there is no lie." ”

Da Da Da –

With a cold face, the eighteenth walked in front of Ellie in three steps and two steps, raised his hand and wanted to hit Ellie's face, but after thinking about it, he reluctantly put it down: "Ellie, what stupid things are you talking about! I don't care what people outside say, I said that the fate of this country is not your turn to be a little girl, and it is our man's business to protect the family and defend the country." ”

"Father!" Ellie's face was full of determination.

The eighteenth also did not give an inch: "Needless to say, if you don't want to marry into the Qing Kingdom, your father will not force you to marry into the Qing Kingdom, if anyone says irresponsible things, get out of the rain country for me." The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of our rain country, and we don't need this kind of waste that shirks responsibility!"

Ellie suddenly knelt on the ground and burst into tears: "Father, I don't want to see this land soaked in blood, I don't want to see this country disappear on the map of the Southern Regions, this time not for others, please let me take the responsibility I should bear." ”

"Someone's coming!"

The eighteenth waved his hand: "The princess is a little tired, you send her back to the palace to take care of her, without my order, you are not allowed to let her step out of the palace gate, there is no forgiveness for those who violate the order!"

"Father!"

Ellie wanted to say something, but was asked out by two guards.

Bang –

The door to the study was closed again.

The Eighteenth picked up the various paintbrushes on the ground again and muttered to himself: "What kind of king is a king who can't protect the country, what kind of father is a father who can't protect his daughter?

Rumble!

Throwing away all his brushes, XVIII pulled out the sword hanging on the wall, and nailed it directly to a red dot on the map, and that red dot was the city of the dead!

The eighteenth world's eyes were full of madness: "O conceited and arrogant Qing Country, you probably never thought that the city that will never fall has come, you were destroyed by necromancers ten thousand years ago, and now history will repeat itself, the south will never be the southern region of Qing Kingdom, this land will always belong to necromancers, it was, it is, and it will be the same in the future!"

Da Da Da –

The crisp sound of horses' hooves echoed through the empty streets of Resel City, the inhabitants of the city had long been transferred to his other cities, and all that remained here were more than 50,000 heroic soldiers, as well as the number one master of the Rain Country, the Sword Saint Keane!

"Newspaper—"

Turning over and dismounting, the spy didn't even have time to catch his breath, so he rushed into the council hall, knelt down on one knee and said, "Lord Qiqi Sword Saint, all the 100,000 troops of the Qing Kingdom will be deployed, and it will take about five hours to come to the city." ”

"Five hours?"

Kean took two steps back and forth, and then muttered, "It's time for the show to be staged, Qingguo, this Southern Region is not just up to you, it's time for you to taste defeat." ”