According to the regulations, after the death of the king, members of the royal family and related people must enter the palace to attend the king's funeral.

During this time, Archimedes' letters also came unexpectedly.

The moment he received the letter, Roland knew that the time had finally come for him to make up his mind.

For the death of the king, Rand did not appear as sad and sad as Roland imagined.

Maybe it's because after all the things that happened in Two Moon City during this time, Rand has become a little more mature than before, right?

Roland felt that Rand seemed to have become more silent than before, as if he had something on his mind.

That morning, Rand knocked on Roland's door and said, "Come with me into the palace today." ”

Roland looked at him stunned for a moment and replied, "Okay." ”

Rand said nothing else, and silently withdrew from Roland's room.

Looking at Rand's back, Roland realized for the first time that he didn't know Rand at all over the years, because he didn't know what Rand was thinking about now.

Rand has always been gentle, leaving almost no flaws, and so perfect that it is impossible to hate. But this kind of character sometimes makes Roland feel extremely disgusted. I don't know if it's because of the royal family, Lant has to care about the people's opinion of the royal family, and the public's opinion of him personally. As a result, Rand almost never reveals his negative emotions to others. The Rand projected in the impression of others is always so suave and elegant, as if he is a delicate doll that will never have emotions.

Rand's character is certainly pleasing to the people. But Roland felt that this was too tiring for Rand to live.

And in fact, Rand doesn't seem to be as pure and optimistic as he seems. In fact, he knew everything in his heart.

But for the sake of the royal family, Rand has to maintain the ideal appearance in everyone's minds.

Seven years, it took Roland a full seven years to understand this.

Roland never doubted Rand's kindness and friendliness towards him, he only suddenly felt that he already knew a little bit about Rand. Even when they get along day and night, Roland never really wants to know what Rand is thinking. Roland has always only thought he was smart, and still regarded Rand as an innocent and innocent child.

But now it seems, who is the simple one?

The wall clock on the wall began to tell the time on time.

The sound of the pendulum also brought Roland's thoughts back to reality. The time he had agreed with Archimedes was coming soon.

Roland took a deep breath and quietly pushed Gray out of Gray's room.

Gray was already waiting for Roland, as he had agreed the day before.

Gray took a closer look at Roland's clothes, and then he transformed into Roland's appearance.

Although he was already mentally prepared, the sudden appearance of a person exactly like himself in front of him still made Roland feel a little frightened.

Roland told Gray what to pay attention to after entering the palace with Rand later, Gray waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "I don't know about others, am I not familiar with you?" Rest assured, absolutely no one will see it! As he spoke, he changed his tone, and his tone became exactly the same as Roland's.

Roland nodded.

Gray pushed open the door and went downstairs to meet Rand.

It was only after the groom's carriage drove away with Gray's Roland and Rand that Roland jumped back to his room through the window, and then changed into a more streamlined and low-key dark tight-fitting soft armor.

After all, I decided to take this step.

Roland jumped into an alley from the other side of the yard. Ellis was already waiting for him there in the carriage.

Ellis glanced at Roland silently and said, "Get in the car." ”

Without the excitement and nervousness he imagined, Roland's mood at the moment was extremely calm, and he was able to calm down and think about some questions.

Roland looked at Ellis's back, and suddenly remembered that although they had met many times before, they never seemed to be able to speak properly.

Roland asked, "Ellis, I heard that you have officially taken over the royal army guarding the capital in the past two days. You can have a good future, you can be highly valued by the royal family, why do you want to do things for Archimedes? ”

Ellis's body froze slightly, and after a while, he said, "It's just a transaction." ”

Roland felt that Ellis's back now seemed a little lonely. Then he suddenly remembered the news that Ellis's father had been seriously injured and sick a few years ago, and that there had been an incident in the fiefdom, and finally suddenly calmed down, and he was secretly aware of what she was talking about.

It seems that Ellis is also a person who can't help himself.

Roland looked at her as if what he saw was himself.

"How long are you going to do anything for him?" Roland asked.

Ellis glanced back at Roland and took a deep breath, "This is the last one." ”

Roland looked at Ellis's side face, his black hair was like paint, his face was handsome, and although his expression was still gloomy, it was much lighter than usual.

It seems that it is indeed the last one, and it is precisely because it is the last one that she can finally let go of her guard and take over the army that she has rejected countless times, and there will be no one else to interfere with her actions. Ellis was always worried about her face at the most flowery age, but she was a strong girl who could bear it all on her own.

Roland felt that the difference between himself and Ellis was that Ellis was already about to break out of this whirlpool, and he was just about to enter.

Ellis sensed that Roland was staring at her, and turned his head slightly, and the two stopped talking.

When he got to the place of the mission, Roland got out of the car.

Ellis then proceeds to tell Roland some dos and don'ts about the assassination that follows.

"I'm going to the palace next for the funeral, so I can only bring you here. This is the back wall of the mansion of the second prince Lan'er, who is depressed day by day because of the failure of the struggle, and his spirit is on the verge of collapse, so he has been cultivating in the mansion recently, and he doesn't even plan to attend the king's funeral. After you climb over the wall and get in, our people will come to meet you. When the time comes, he will take you to Lan'er's location, and you can just get rid of Lan'er and escape the way you came. This is the knife that Archimedes prepared for you, you must be careful to kill with one blow, and do not make a mistake. As he spoke, Ellis pulled out a short knife.

The knife was short and twisty, but unusually sharp.

Roland took the knife from Ellis's hand, and Ellis looked like he wanted to say something.

"What's wrong?" Roland asked.

“…… Stay safe. ”

Roland was stunned for a moment, and replied in a low voice, "I will." ”

Then Roland turned away and looked at Ellis again.

Then Roland went straight through the back door into the mansion, where a man in the form of an attendant was already waiting for him. It seems that this should be what Ellis calls "his own person". He pulled Roland to the utility room where no one was moving, and began to inform Roland of the current situation in the mansion one by one.

Since this is a special period, the number of guards in the palace has doubled, so there are people patrolling the outer courtyard all the time, and it is not easy for people to sneak in unnoticed. And the second prince Lan'er has been in poor health recently, basically staying in the study in the side hall on the second floor to recuperate, and rarely comes out. Others didn't have much chance to enter the study, so this mission could only rely on Roland himself.

Roland was familiar with the layout of the courtyard and thought about the planned itinerary. Obviously there is no special link in the plan, why would Archimedes say that only he can complete this assassination? Archimedes' subordinates obviously have more professional professional assassins, right?

But time did not allow Rolando to think. The man who answered him had already found the right time to distract the soldiers patrolling the courtyard.

Roland leapt up the corner of the staircase, silently hidden in the shadows that no one noticed.

The concealment skills that he had worked so hard to learn when he was a child had finally come in handy seven years later, and Roland's skills were not unfamiliar at all, and he seemed to have found a trace of the feeling he had back then.

Finally, Roland gently pushed open the door of the study and sneaked inside. As a result, he found that this intricately and ornately decorated study was now empty!