(2-in-1, together today and tomorrow)

On the 23rd, Luo Na, who was in the border of Beacon Province to suppress the rebellion, received an urgent report from the rear, saying that her dragon had gone berserk to slaughter civilians in the night, and now it has been controlled.

When Lorna saw this urgent report, she was immediately distraught, and she couldn't take care of the battle situation, and the winged beast with the fastest riding speed rushed back to the royal city on the same day.

As soon as she reached the sky above the palace, Lorna heard a cry that shook the sky, and a dozen plainly dressed civilians fell to their knees and screamed, and several of them were holding something black in their arms.

After Lorna landed, she walked past the men and saw that it was a small, charred corpse.

Looking over the crowd, Lorna was stunned by the sight in front of her.

I saw an iron cage not far away, Scarlet Night was locked inside, her wings were tied by iron chains and stood tightly on her back, her mouth was locked with a metal muzzle, and her huge body had almost no room to move in the narrow iron cage, which was extremely painful.

"What for?!" Lorna roared and rushed over, pushing away all the royal guards who stood in her way, tearing up the iron cage and prison with her bare hands, and freeing Scarlet Night.

When Scarlet saw her master, she let out an aggrieved whimper in her throat, and her head was clinging to Lorna, still trembling from time to time.

The Inquisitor of the Royal City came up behind Lorna and whispered, "Your Highness, please be considerate, you were not in the Royal City before, and we have no choice but to capture it and lock it up. ”

"The court received a report yesterday evening that eight children had been killed on a hill outside the royal city. We sent investigators overnight to visit the vicinity of the incident site to compare the traces at the scene, and finally found it."

The Inquisitor pursed his dry lips and continued: "I found that the children all died from the dragon's breath, and the only dragon that has ever been in and out of the place of the incident during that time is your Scarlet Night"

Lorna was so stunned that she didn't want to refute directly: "Impossible! ”

A kneeling villager wiped tears from his eyes and said, "It's this red dragon!" I watched it land on the back hill, and then I heard a loud cry and it flew away. When we rushed over, there were flames all over the ground, and the children were burned to death! ”

Lorna pointed at these villagers and shouted: "Scarlet Night was brought up by me since I was a child, and it is absolutely impossible to take the initiative to hurt people!" It must be your own problem, someone has done something offensive to Scarlet Night! ”

A gaunt woman cried out, "Our Amy is a good boy! How is it possible to attack a dragon?! She's only four years old! You give me back your daughter!! ”

Just as the two sides were arguing, the members of the Civic Assembly walked up.

As a body given oversight powers under the New Deal, the elected members of the Citizens' Assembly have the duty and right to supervise the handling of major and important cases, ensuring that no one desecrates the code throughout the process.

The murder of children in the night has been widely reported in the royal city, this kind of big case is already bad in nature, and it involves the queen's chief henchman Lorna, and the people are worried that someone is bending the law for personal gain, and demand that all 24 parliamentarians be present to supervise.

The head councillor had a solemn face and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness Lorna, there is no point in dwelling on the question of who it is now. Whether these children are aggressive or not, there is no erasure of the fact that your dragon has brutally killed them. ”

"Animals that harm innocent people, especially animals that cause death, are subject to the Code." The councillor looked into Lorna's eyes and slowly uttered her final words, "It needs to be harmless." ”

As soon as the councilor finished speaking, he suddenly felt a wave of almost substantial Longwei veneer sweeping, his heart almost stopped, the blood temperature seemed to drop to freezing, all his strength was deprived, and all that was left was an irresistible tremble.

"Try it?" Lorna's eyes burned with anger, and the ancient and majestic dragon power swept in all directions, and the nearest councillor collapsed to the ground in fright, and the civilians who were kneeling on the ground also shrank back in panic, their eyes open in fear as round as copper bells.

As everyone trembled, Lorna looked at the familiar figure on the steps, her eyes revealing a thick sadness, and her voice began to become hoarse: "You are watching there?" Don't say a word for me? ”

The victims came to the palace to report the corpses, and Solandelle was of course present, standing alone on the steps, her eyes haggard and her eyes out of focus, staring blankly at the ground, as if she did not have the courage to look Lorna in the eyes.

Lorna: "You speak. ”

Solandale was speechless.

"I told you to speak!" Lorna almost yelled.

The member of the Citizens' Assembly relented, got up, and said softly, "Your Highness Lona, this matter has nothing to do with Her Majesty. Under the law, everything is done according to the law, and it is not changed by personal will. This is the fundamental principle of the New Deal. ”

Hearing the word "New Deal", Lorna's eyes became more and more sad, and for the first time in her life, she looked at her childhood companion who grew up together with eyes full of estrangement: "Solan. You've been getting weirder and weirder in the last ten years, and I don't understand what you're doing."

"At the beginning, you wanted to take away the fief and power of the Regnome family, you said that the credit of the founding of your ancestors has nothing to do with the present, and that what my father left me was not mine, and you had to take it all and share it with others."

"Okay. Anyway, I have let you since I was a child, and I can't use those things, if you really want it, I will give it all to you. ”

"Later, you said that Chino, who accompanied us all the way, was a bad person, and asked me to beat him in front of everyone, and to injure him and make him bleed for everyone to see."

"I don't understand, but I've done it for you. Even if you are all my friends, in my heart, you are more important than him, and if I can only choose one, I will definitely choose you. ”

"Later, you became more and more extreme, and asked me to kill Chino and I wanted to kill him by any means."

"Heh, it's come to this, what can I do? If you want to kill, then kill. Even if I die in the process, as long as I fulfill my duty as a friend, you can remember me in the future, remember that there is such a friend, and occasionally come to the cemetery to send me flowers."

When Lorna said this, tears began to fall in her eyes, and her voice began to twist and hoarse: "But now you want to kill my dragon?" ”

"Solan, Scarlet Night grew up with you! You knew it when you were three or four years old, and for more than 20 years, it is no different from what you raised yourself! ”

"I really don't understand. Why can you watch your men catch it and hurt it, and still be indifferent? ”

"Are you really sitting on this throne? From the bottom of my heart, whether it's Chino, I'm good, or Scarlet Night, it's not as important as your throne? ”

Solandale closed her eyes, tears spilling from her eyes, her body trembling with sobs, but she still didn't speak.

Perhaps, no words are useful at this point.

"Are you deaf?!" Lorna rushed forward, grabbed her shirt like crazy and shook it, and finally pushed it down the steps, "I told you to speak!! ”

Lorna also wanted to grab Solandel and continue to push, but a slender figure stood between the two.

Healy stretched out her hand to stop Lorna, her eyes were indifferent, and her tone was as steady as a stagnant water without waves: "Sister Lorna, "governing under the law" is an unshakable national policy, and under the new policy, the law does not avoid relatives, and the law does not tolerate mercy. ”

"As Your Majesty's best friend, you should be tolerant and understand her difficulties, not embarrass her."

"Friends?!" The word was like a spark falling into a gunpowder pile, instantly igniting Lorna's emotions, and she pointed at Solandale's nose and scolded hoarsely, "You ask her! I treat her as a friend, does she treat me as a friend?! ”

"I collapsed in bed and broke down in agony, and she could not come to see me for months! I got into a lot of trouble, and if I couldn't handle it myself, I was forced to stuff it, and I never considered my feelings! Help her fight, beat her so blind that she is blind, and now she stabs me in the back! ”

"Something tells me to go to the front to fight with others, and if you have nothing to do, you will take me as a knife, what do you think of me? Treat me like a dog?! ”

Lorna finished yelling at Solandelle, wiped away her tears with her sleeve, turned to look at the civilians who were kneeling and sobbing, and said coldly, "I tell you, I don't care about any code!" ”

"I'm telling you today in front of so many people! The life of Scarlet Night is nobler than you ordinary people! You are nothing in front of it! ”

"I don't understand, what is the equality of all beings? I'm better than you, and I can do a lot of things that you can't do, so why can't I be superior? Why can't you enjoy even a little bit of privilege?! ”

"What about killing people in the night? In the years it fought with me, it saved hundreds of thousands, not millions, of people! Take a few credits and take your children's lives, is it enough? Yes?! ”

When it comes to this, he directly tears his face, and everyone has nothing to say.

Twenty-four elected members of the Citizens' Assembly, who were elected by the people and had the power to oversee it, turned their eyes to Solandale, and their eyes meant: We can't do it, you can do it.

The parents who had lost their children wept and looked at the queen with pleading eyes, hoping that she would do justice.

Lorna also looked at Solandelle, her eyes sad and bleak: "Didn't you force me to stand between you and Chino?" Okay, then I'll force you again. ”

"Tell me, are you willing to spare your life? Do you want to stand next to these civilians you've never seen before, or do you want to stand next to your childhood friends who grew up with you? ”

Now, Solandel has been cornered and has no way back.

A question came to her: What are you going to do?

"Rule under the law" is your decision.

You have given this great concept to the people and told everyone that all beings are equal under the legal code, and the law does not avoid relatives, and the law does not tolerate mercy.

In order to help you make a final decision, Ma Ban, who has followed you for many years, threw away the opportunity to clear your name and go down in history, and resolutely jumped into the turbid water to correct the Fa.

His wife, Miss Aurora, also gave her life for the ideal future, for you who only had a one-sided relationship.

Later, as you wished, the reverence for the code remained in everyone's heart, and the new era of "rule under the law" that you wanted was born in your hands.

But now, something has happened to your best friend.

She doesn't accept you.

She disobeyed the law.

She felt that she deserved to be superior, that those untouchables were dead when they died, and that they were not worthy of being paid for by Scarlet Night.

Okay, Solandelle, what are you going to do?

What are you going to do, Solandel van Doguland, Queen of the Laurels, initiator of "rule under the law", and champion of all your subjects?

In front of the twenty-four members of the Civic Assembly, in front of the poor parents who have lost their children, what are you going to do?

The wind that returned to snow on the 23rd was colder than ever.

Lorna's gaze, the gaze of the citizen councillor, the gaze of the bereaved parents, the gaze of Dao Dao converged, as if it had become a wall, about to crush her.

The queen, who was born in a greenhouse, was in the flames of war, and abandoned her beloved for her ideals, has finally tasted the bitter fruits of change.

Solandelle's blue pupils were hollow and godless, and there had never been a day in the ten years of her reign that she burst into tears like now, she raised her head to look at Lorna, the remaining emotions in her eyes completely collapsed, her lips couldn't stop shaking, and a desperate whimper sounded:

"I'm sorry"

Hearing these three words, Lorna's gaze gradually drifted away, and she stood in place like a statue.

The corners of her mouth twitched, and her cheeks twitched together, as if she was laughing, but tears kept pouring out of her eyes, as if she was crying.

Eventually, she walked to Scarlet Night's back and climbed onto the dragon's back, reaching over her shoulder to rip off what she was wearing, and throwing it at Solandelle.

"Ding, Ding"

The "King's Left Hand" badge, which once belonged to his father, and the "King's Blade" badge, which once belonged to Denisha, landed in front of Solandale.

Lorna clasped her right index finger again, took off the ring she was wearing, and threw it over.

It was the gift of adulthood that Lorna received when she was 16 years old.

The concentric pair ring, made by the ancient king of the founding of the country, is a priceless treasure of the royal family.

They were originally a token of the promise of the former King Perseus and Queen Catherine as a sign of eternal union, and were later presented to Solandelle and Lorna, respectively, to symbolize the eternal friendship.

And now, the ring fell to the ground with a cold thud, and lay alone in front of Solandale.

Lorna looked at Solandel for the last time, her eyes so dark that she didn't have any look: "It's not me who betrayed you."

"You forsaken me."

"Whew-" Scarlet Night spreads its wings, carrying Lorna to the sky and disappearing from everyone's field of vision.

It has since disappeared from this kingdom.

This result was not perfect, and it was not executed by Scarlet Night, but combined with the actual situation, it was already the greatest maintenance of the code.

The parents who held their children's charred corpses, despite their grief, bowed their heads to Her Majesty and thanked her for her justice.

Members of the Civic Assembly applauded Solandale and praised her selflessness.

Whether it was a tribute or a compliment, Solandelle couldn't feel anything at this point, and she didn't even know how she was helped back into the temple.

The cold hall was empty and lonely, and Solandel sat alone on the throne, with no one in front of him, no one behind him, the right seat was empty, and the left seat was empty.

She curled up on the cold throne, clasped her arms tightly, as if she wanted to hug the departed old man, she opened her mouth to cry, but the tears had long since dried up, and she could not make a sound at all.

The little princess who once aspired to change the world ended up becoming a queen with nothing.

This time, she was really alone.