When Enid and his party finally arrived at the shores of the Dragonfall Lake, and met His Royal Highness the King, who had come to greet them from Jane, a few hundred miles away from them, a runaway maid had finally arrived in the Northlands.

Elle kept her head down and walked briskly down the street. The original maid's outfit had long since been changed, and she was now wearing a dusty leather armor with a linen shirt underneath. Now she looks like a dusty adventurer, and no one would associate her with a maid in a noble family.

Beware of the sound of the sword drawing attention, she wrapped the rope around the sword a few times, tied it tightly, and put it in the bag, and instead hung around her waist the serrated longsword she had obtained from William's hand.

It wasn't very good, but it was enough to deal with beasts, monsters, or bandits on the side of the road, and as a lone traveler, she was attacked by these creatures on the road.

Now, tired and ready to rest for a night in this small city, get up early tomorrow morning, buy some supplies, and then head north, towards the hinterland of this new theocracy.

A small group of white-clothed priests appeared at the intersection ahead, and Ellie, who was looking for the inn, hurriedly turned sideways, picked up the goods from the roadside stall, and looked at them.

The stall owner, a middle-aged woman, enthusiastically began to sell the business when she saw it, and Elle responded casually, but her eyes stole at the team of white-clad priests.

The leading priest took out a piece of paper and looked at it, then led his men into a house on the side of the street, and immediately the cry of a baby came from inside.

"What are they doing?" asked Ellie.

The middle-aged woman glanced over there, and then replied disapprerovingly: "It's the Jaeger family, and it's really a country billy! The old men of the church are willing to baptize newborns for free, and he doesn't know how to do it!"

"Baptizing a newborn?" Elle was a little surprised, she had ...... Is there such a thing?

"Yes, it is a great good deed for a child who has been baptized to be free from illness and disaster, and to have the opportunity to enter the church when he grows up!" said the woman, "so I said, these hillbillies really don't know what to do, and they have wasted the kindness of the benevolent old men." I think last month, my niece's child was born, didn't I carry it to church......?

Ellie heard something different. But she didn't ask anything more, just put down the goods in her hand and walked forward.

The group of white priests had finished their task, and came out of the house and departed in the direction from which they had come, and the people on the side of the road bowed respectfully as they passed.

Elle stopped and watched the scene with a blank face.

"It's sad, isn't it? In just a few months, the people here have completely forgotten about the rule of the previous dynasty. The sound next to her startled Ellie, who didn't even perceive the approach of a human.

Elle turned her head and saw an old man in a white robe standing beside her, looking at the priests in front of him with a serious expression, his white beard fluttering slightly in the air from his cheeks to his chest.

Elle was silent for a moment, then replied, "It's good to learn to forget. ”

"But that's not what you say in your eyes. The old man looked at Elle and said with some sternness.

Ellie took a step back and looked at the other with alarm, her right hand already touching the sword hanging from her waist.

"Don't be nervous, little girl. The old man stroked his beard and tried his best to make his expression look kinder: "Actually, I noticed your sword, if you don't mind, can you let me see it?"

Like a leopard poised for attack, Ellie tensed up.

......

Rayvon-Corredo finally approached the two who were leaning together.

"Hehe, Lord Enid, please don't bully her, my sister is very shy. His Royal Highness the Young King said with a smile.

"Indeed, shy, and...... Lovely. The little girl let go of the girl and said to the purple-haired king.

Lei Feng's smile became even brighter, and he was thinking about how to reply to the other party's compliment, whether to praise the little girl's cuteness in a few words, or to mention the little girl's mother, his aunt?

"Presumably, you can sell it for a good price, right?" However, the little girl's next sentence choked all his prepared lines back into her stomach at once.

The atmosphere in the field cooled down instantly, and the purple-haired girl on the side looked at the two of them, with a dazed expression on her face, as if she hadn't figured it out yet, she was fine one second, but she turned her face the next moment.

With some difficulty, Rayvon adjusted his overly brilliant smile to a serious look, and on the other side, the little girl watched the scene calmly, as if she were watching some kind of interesting theatrical performance.

"I won't betray my sister!" said Lei Feng Zhengse.

"Yes, my brother is a good king! Good brother!" The purple-haired girl next to her finally reacted, and spoke for her brother slowly.

Looking at the little girl who didn't react, Lei Feng continued: "I'm sorry about Aunt Sally, but I'll never sell my sister as a commodity!"

"Yes? I thought it was your tradition. The little girl looked a little unimpressed, and took over the previous topic: "Then let's talk about the losses you have caused me by what you have done." ”

Lei Feng fell silent.

"First of all, you killed my father's best friend, the mage advisor of the Noble family, Mage Cody. Enid said calmly, "He is also my nominal magic teacher...... He never taught me anything, but he served the Noble family for more than a decade, so I didn't think I should let his life just disappear from the world so meaninglessly. ”

With a look of determination, Patian stood in front of Rayvon: "You can take my life at any time, Enid...... Excellency. ”

The little girl nodded, and continued.

"Second, your conspiracy, your plan, turned my two brothers against each other and made my family ...... Fragmented. There was a hint of hatred in the little girl's voice, perhaps this was what she cared about the most.

Rayvon's lips moved, and he was about to speak, when another man stood in front of him.

Trivilian looked into the eyes of the little girl opposite, and said with the same resolute calm, "It was I who planned the whole thing. From the night of the purges of the royal capital four years ago - which has nothing to do with your family, of course - to the later lurking of Patian under a pseudonym, it was decided by the two of us without Ray Feng's secret. A year ago, after that incident happened, I began to send people to spread rumors one after another, and then hired the Gun Flower Mercenary Regiment and let the Rose Knights go to it was also handled by me, and the whole thing, Your Highness is the only one who knows...... is the result. ”

"As you may already know, the Noble family and the Northlands, inside and out, are two of the royal family's greatest worries. Not to mention the outside, for the Noble family, from the generation of His Royal Highness's grandfather, they have already begun to lay out...... Originally, we could have done all this in a gentler way, but your father's unwise actions ...... Ruined it all. Your Highness may still be thinking about the blood and hoping that your father will make the right choice in the end, but as a courtier of Your Highness, I cannot have the same optimistic expectations. ”

Trivilian drew the sword at his waist: "Your appearance is an accident that no one could have expected. If we had known of your existence, we would not have made such a choice...... Of course, it's too late to say this, if killing me can calm your anger, please. ”

Trivelian handed his sword to the little girl, who took it.

She waved her hand casually, and then "poofed...... Plunged his sword into the prime minister's chest.

This time, contrary to everyone's expectations, people are a little unimaginable, how can a little girl who is only as tall as the other party's chest stab a sharp weapon into the other party's chest so lightly, as casually as eating and drinking tea?

In their imagination, it should be the little girl who accepted the sword, and then said, "I will accept your life first", or refused to take the sword, and directly destroyed everything with mysterious spells.

The shock overwhelmed everyone for a moment, and only the young King supported Trivilian, who was slumped backwards.

"Terry!" Raffonne shouted, looking at his blood-soaked chest in disbelief, and then, with awe-inspiring rage, looked at the little girl in front of him.

"You ......"

Enid interrupted him expressionlessly: "I don't have much research on the structure of the human body, and I don't know if I have stabbed the vital point, if you stop the bleeding for him now, maybe he will still live." ”

"Brati!" Rayvon shouted ecstatically when he heard this, "Brati, come and help me!"

Without hesitation, he threw away his coat and tore the soft silk-white shirt inside into several pieces, bandaging the wounds of the brown-haired young man with the help of Brati and Patian.

"Quick, send him to Master Egger!" Several men carried Trivilian into the carriage, and His Royal Highness commanded, "Brati, you drive the carriage!" Patian, you are in the carriage, and use spells to help him stabilize his body. ”

Enid watched the other party arrange everything in an orderly manner, her eyes were a little wandering, and she didn't know what she was thinking, so she didn't notice that the purple-haired girl, her cousin, was looking at her with her cheeks puffed out.

As the carriage faded away, the king returned to the little girl, and he saw that for the first time the other man smiled.

"You've got a couple of great friends. Enid said with a smile.

"Yes, it's the luckiest thing of my life. He looked at the little girl and said solemnly.

"Looks like he's lucky. Retracting her gaze from the carriage in the distance, the little girl said softly: "But this is only interest, and then, it is your time, for the sake of how many of your friends are so good, or rather, for the sake of you being mine...... For my cousin's sake, you have a chance to convince me. ”

Lei Feng lowered his head and fell into deep thought, but the girl next to her seemed to finally react, she grabbed the little girl's shoulder, and shouted in a low voice, "You...... How can you do that!"

Enid shook off her hand and asked calmly, "What if one day, there is a gang that you have never seen before...... Relatives, using all kinds of conspiracies to rob your family property, hurt your relatives, and make your brothers and family turn against each other, what will you do?"

The light purple girl's face flushed, and she couldn't say a word.

But it was Lei Feng who replied: "I will not hesitate to fight back!"

"You have the authority to do that. "I don't mean to justify our actions, but I do want to say that in the original plan, if all goes well, you and your family will not be harmed...... Now that I think about it, you know exactly what kind of country we want to build. If the power of the Ellay Command can be smoothly transferred, at the end of the plan, your father may become an advisor to my cabinet, and as for your two brothers, they may be able to get a good idle position and live a peaceful life in the royal capital. The glory of the Lilac family will not disappear with the passing of the traditional aristocratic era......"

Enid blinked: "I'll just take your word for it, for my two brothers, maybe the ending you described is the most suitable for them." And then...... What about me?"

Lei Feng choked for a moment, and then replied with some hesitation: "Of course, you are following your father and living an ordinary life in the royal capital." If you're just a normal little girl......"

Enid shook her head: "Your Highness, you are really not good at lying. Maybe you wouldn't trade with your sister, but as the king of a new country, at that time, even if there is no one in the country who can go against your will, you will find that there will be countless suitable marriages outside, and as the only daughter of Sally, she must be able to sell for a good price, right?"

Lei Feng smiled bitterly: "You are so extreme, my dear...... Cousin. Why do you always have to think about that? ”

Enid looked at her cousin, "Maybe it's because I saw her, and then I thought about my mother......"

"Well, let's not talk about that. The little girl raised her voice: "Dear Your Highness, you still haven't answered me, since things have come to this point, why can't I kill you all and do everything you want to accomplish myself?"

"Because...... Northland. Lei Feng raised his head, "If it weren't for the threat from the Northlands, you would have the freedom to do whatever you want, but now it's ...... There's no other way out for you unless you don't care about your family...... If that were the case, I don't think you'd be here now, would you?"

Enid acquiesced to her words.

"So, I can give you a description of what happened next. Now, if you choose to kill us all, or let us do nothing, go back to the Lilac Basin, and continue your life, the end will be the same - when the Pope of the Holy City feels ready, then the day of Thea's destruction will come. If you kill us all, the process might be quicker, but if you let us go, we might be able to resist your Eledo for two or three years? I'm not sure. ”

The little girl couldn't help laughing: "That's why you came here today, so you were so fearless?"

"yes...... In the face of the inevitable fate of destruction, it is indeed difficult to raise greater fear. Lei Feng also laughed, and then looked at the little girl: "In the information I got, you ...... He's already a Nine-Ring Mage, right?"

"Yes. ”

"Then I would venture to ask, how far are you...... How far is that gate?" said Lei Feng's expression with a hint of anticipation.

Enid was silent.

"So, is it possible, then, that in a short period of time, I mean two or three years, to cross that threshold?"

Enid remained silent.

As if to see something in the little girl's expression, the young king turned aside in disappointment, looked at the rippling dragon meteor lake with his hands in his hands, and said: "I can tell you a piece of information that we only got a few months ago, the Papal States in the north, not to mention the possible true gods behind them, not to mention the Pope and a Holy One who have reached the legendary realm, the six major dioceses in the Papal State according to the original Northland kingdoms, and the cardinal of each diocese is ...... Quasi-legendary spellcaster. ”

From Patian's mouth, Enid had known for a long time that the north was a great threat, but only now did she know how big the threat was.

Thinking of the silence of the valet and Russell's vague words, Enid had every reason to wonder if it was too late for her to believe in that inexplicable god even if she ran with her family to join the other party now......

The grass is swaying in the wind.

The young king looked at the swaying herbs with his hands in his hands, looked at the endless Longlu Lake, and said in a deep voice: "But how can I be willing to let this beautiful land fall into the hands of those madmen in the north." ”