A month later.

Today is the final deadline for the first part of the Knight Trial, and several people who participated in the Knight Trial, including Bolin, have all returned to the royal capital and have been summoned by the king.

"Congratulations on your triumphant victory!"

King Sistrea XVIII stepped down from the throne and personally picked up a few people who participated in the knightly trial: "Your exploits are obvious to all, especially Bolin's best performance, with his fearless courage and superhuman wisdom, he actually destroyed 100% of the dragon village that even the kingdom guards could not exterminate, I don't think there is any need for the next two links of the competition, so give the guardian knight to Bolin." ”

"Never!"

Competitors Ou Lin and Mo Ning stopped at the same time: "Your Majesty, since the knight trial has been opened, then according to tradition, it must be carried out to the end anyway, isn't it too hasty to decide the final fate of the guardian knight based on this one link alone?"

"Sloppy?"

The Eighteenth said in an aggravated tone: "To say that you are heroes is to save some face for you, and if the guardian knight doesn't give Bolin, will you two be stronger than Bolin, but just kill two minions to try to fool the guys?"

"Your Majesty is guilty!"

Ou Lin Moning quickly knelt on the ground and confessed his guilt, and in his heart there were 10,000 Cao Nima rushing by, according to the tradition of the past, isn't the first level of this knight's trial a show? The real highlight has always been in the second and third levels, but the king intends to break the tradition and decide the candidate for the guardian knight only by virtue of the first level.

If I had known that this was the case......

The two of them glanced at Bolin hatefully, and at the same time they were a little deeply jealous, because even they couldn't destroy the bandits' nest 100% like Bolin, although that bandit's nest was only the weakest Dilongzhai.

"Hmph~"

Bolin snorted proudly, he is a person who can't hide his inner emotions, and when he was praised in public, of course, he couldn't help but proudly raise his head and show a stunned expression to the two, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, sure enough, there are people in the court who are easy to do, and old William took care of him and let him get a perfect score in the first level.

And His Majesty seemed to be very satisfied with his performance, and even decided not to continue the assessment of the second and third levels, could it be that this time he became a guardian knight has become an ironclad thing?

And so on –

Bolin frowned and said in a voice that only he could hear: "Did I forget something crucial, obviously a month ago I had no expectations at all to become a guardian knight, and I even felt that I was just an escort. ”

"I disagree!"

When Princess Ellie's voice suddenly sounded, Boleyn finally knew what the key thing was.

- Lin Bai!

The man who terrified him so much that he couldn't defeat it no matter what!

It turned out that the key to forgetting in his heart was Lin Bai, and the only strange thing now was that the time for the knight's trial had ended, why hadn't Lin Bai appeared yet?

"Ellie, you don't think about that coward, do you?"

"Father, Bai is not a coward!"

King XVIII frowned and said: "On the battlefield, a deserter is a coward! Such a simple trial, even if he has not completed even one percent of the progress, at least he should come back to face everything, but what about him? The deadline has come, but if the others have not returned, it will be forgotten, and there is no news, I think he has become a deserter." ”

A merciless blow.

But Ellie couldn't find any reason to refute, because the deadline had indeed arrived, but Lin Bai still had no intention of showing up, no matter which way he looked at it, he was a deserter.

Although she didn't know how to refute it, Ellie still made a jack-of-all-trades excuse: "He, he must be ...... There must be trouble, and it is absolutely impossible for Yibai's character to say goodbye!"

He's her knight!

He had taken her back from the hands of death several times, how could such a hero do something like a deserter, there must be a reason why he didn't come back, only this, Ellie was more convinced than anyone else.

"Hmph, stubborn!"

King XVIII said to William beside him, "William, tell everyone the details of that coward in front of everyone, so that Ellie can see his true colors." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

William stepped forward, opened a superstitious letter and said: "According to the latest information from the Dark Ministry, Lin Bai, a candidate for the Guardian Knight, disbanded the trial army on the first day of the trial, and at the same time advanced towards the north opposite to the trial site, about fifteen days later, arrived at the City of the Lake, and continued to advance towards the Half Moon Forest, according to the current speed, Lin Bai has returned to the Empire of Light. ”

- "How is that possible!"

Before Ellie, Boleyn blurted out incredulous.

In any case, it was impossible for Bolin to believe that Lin Bai would directly give up the trial on the first day, and even fled from the Rain Country in a hurry and returned to the Bright Empire.

"Presumptuous, are you questioning Your Majesty?!"

Old William hurriedly gave Bolin a look and motioned Bolin to kneel down and admit his mistake.

King XVIII stopped old William from doing his way and said, "Don't get in the way, even I don't want to believe in such a thing that the fellow who once regarded him as a strong enemy has suddenly become a deserter." ”

"Father, this is not true, this must not be true, right?"

Ellie's tears welled up in her eyes, she certainly wouldn't believe this nonsense, her knight had abandoned her to get her home country on her own?

"Your Highness Ellie, there can be no mistake in the intelligence of the dark department!"

Old William said righteously: "I think Lin Bai probably felt a huge pressure after coming to the royal capital, maybe he felt that he was not able to stay by His Royal Highness Ellie's side, and as far as I am concerned, I don't want to believe that Lin Bai is a person who will do this kind of thing, there must be a deep-seated reason, didn't someone once say that there is a kind of love called letting go?"

"Could it be ......" Ellie's pupils shrank, as if she had thought of something.

She subconsciously accepted this explanation.

After all, no one knew Lin Bai better than her, although she didn't want to admit it, how could she not be aware of Lin Bai's pressure?

But how can such a cowardly thing be done?

Obviously, she had done her best to help him share the pressure, and even paved the road for Lin Bai in the future, but at this time, Lin Bai fled from the rain country because she couldn't bear the pressure, or because she felt inferior and couldn't give her happiness?

"How can this kind of thing be forgiven!"

Ellie cried loudly and rushed out the door, admitting in her heart that this was the truth, but she didn't want to admit it anyway.

"Ahem—"

Seeing that Ellie had left, the Eighteenth coughed twice to attract everyone's attention and said, "If everyone has no opinion, the princess's guardian knight will be handed over to Bolin Yodel." ”

"The minister intends to ......"

An old official was just about to stand up against it, but the eighteenth stood up and said: "If you have an opinion, you can hold it back, the widow decides when it is your turn to intervene, so let's stop here today, Bolin will protect the princess for me when he returns, and if the princess is missing a hair, there is no need for your yodel family to exist." ”

"Retreat!"

Without waiting for Boleyn to reply, King XVIII hurried out of the hall with William, leaving behind a group of stunned ministers and Boleyn who was carried away by surprise.

"Hahaha-"

In the Imperial Garden, the hearty laughter of the Eighteenth reverberates.

I saw the eighteenth sitting on the chair and leaning back with a smile, and Mo gave old William a thumbs up and said: "Old William, it's really hard for you to say such shameless words, there is a kind of love called letting go, hahaha——"

"Your Majesty!"

Old William blushed: "The old minister thought about it, and only this reason can convince Her Royal Highness the Princess that Lin Bai has fled from the Rain Country, if you tell Her Royal Highness the Princess that Lin Bai really went to the Evil Dragon Ridge, I am afraid that Her Royal Highness the Princess will make some trouble again." ”

"Well done!"

King Eighteen nodded and said: "It should indeed break Ellie's mind, although the intelligence says that Tenglong City was destroyed by the beast tide, and Lin Bai should be 100% killed in the beast tide even if he is not in the hands of the bandits, but if this truth reaches Ellie's ears, with Ellie's character, he will definitely make trouble running away from home and going to Evil Dragon Ridge alone." ”

"This must be a white lie?" asked the Eighteenth as he turned to Old William.

Old William was relieved to see that the king no longer teased him, so he quickly replied: "Everything you have done is for the sake of Her Highness Ellie, even if Her Highness Ellie knows the truth, she will definitely not blame you." ”

"Who dares to tell Ellie the truth, I'll kill her all over the house!"

A voice full of murderous intent came from the mouth of the eighteenth: "The marriage with Qingguo is imminent, if anyone tells Ellie about this at this time, even if it is old William, you and I will not show mercy!"

"The minister will naturally keep his mouth shut!" said old William when he knelt down on one knee and solemnly said.

The king nodded with satisfaction and said: "It doesn't matter if Ellie marries Qingguo or not, as a king, I won't put the heavy responsibility of the survival of the rain country on Ellie, the future of the rain country, this is something I should consider as a king, but Ellie's future husband must not be that foreign boy, just a small people, and I want to eat swan meat from toads?"

The majesty is unparalleled.

The Rain Kingdom was a highly centralized king, and the Eighteenth was the most rebellious king in all generations, and it can be seen from the fact that he killed his father as king, and he was not a conformist king at all.

Therefore!

The marriage with the left faction of Qingguo is just that I heard that the prince they should support has both talent and virtue, all of this is for Ellie's future, if Ellie doesn't like to marry into the rain country, even if it fights the whole country, the eighteenth generation will not agree to the marriage of the Qingguo.

Ellie, his favorite daughter.

And before being a king, first of all he was a father!