36 World Tree II
The Noel Palace, where Her Royal Highness the Seven Princesses live, is located in the southwest corner of the Imperial Palace, surrounded by tall and straight blue iron trees, and some magic arrays for monitoring are hidden in it.
When Xu Xianxian's carriage arrived, there were already guards waiting at the entrance of the palace, and when he saw the red-haired goblin being helped out of the carriage by the maid, he immediately greeted him.
"Lord Natalie, you are here, and Her Royal Highness the Princess is preparing in the inner hall. ”
The guards guarding the door are all eight-ring mages, and they are one ring taller than Xu Xianxian on the surface, but because of the difference in identity, he is very respectful to the red-haired goblin.
The duties of the squire and the exclusive knight are both guards, but the only difference is that the exclusive knight has no freedom.
And the guards are still free, can marry, can have their own family and bloodline, also have the qualifications of knighthood and fiefdom, and have the power of all goblin citizens. If you don't want to do it, you can still apply.
The exclusive knight, on the other hand, does not enjoy citizenship rights, and is the exclusive product of the lord throughout his life.
But the price paid in this way is naturally different in exchange for a different status. - Xu Xianxian's status is significantly higher than that of these ordinary guards.
Regarding the guard's words, Xu Xianxian just nodded slightly: "Well, I'll go over now." ”
She walked to the locked magic door, took off the white silk lace gloves on her hand, exposed her fingers and pressed the fingerprint device next to her, only to hear a soft 'tick' sound inside, and then the authentication was successful, and the entire magic door began to slowly open to both sides.
"You guys are waiting here, I'll be out soon. ”
"Okay. ”
After the magic door opened, Xu Xianxian ordered the maid and her subordinates to wait in place, and she went in alone.
After entering the Magic Gate, it is the inner enclosure of the princess's mansion, and there is still some distance from the dormitory where it lives.
Xu Xianxian walked through the long metal corridor, his posture was elegant, without the slightest smell of fireworks, there were soldiers standing guard along the way, and he seemed to be extremely heavily guarded, and any abnormal movement would be surrounded by these goblin soldiers.
And in this place, Xu Xianxian only felt that his own strength was suppressed, and it was difficult to exert it normally. It can be seen from this that the protection measures of the imperial family are very strict.
'Shrouded in a fairy net, it is almost impossible to assassinate a royal family inside the palace. Xu Xianxian dragged the long skirt and walked slowly, not at all like she was going to a foreign battlefield, but attending a grand dinner, although she did not squint, but she was perceiving the surrounding situation, "Not only mana, but any flow of energy will be monitored by this covered magic net." As long as there is any case of doing it, it will be suppressed by the magic net. ”
'You can't kill Ophelia, so you want to attack me first?'
Xu Xianxian knew in her heart that if she became an exclusive knight on the first day, she would be brutally assassinated on the outskirts of the imperial capital, which would be a big blow to the prestige of the Seventh Princess.
Even the close knight can't shelter, who would dare to serve the Seven Princesses easily?
'But at the end of the day, it's a matter of strength...'
Xu Xianxian shook her head and sighed lightly, if she had enough strength, how could she be assassinated as soon as she went out?
However, after the failure of this assassination, the other party should be able to cast a rat trap and will not attack her easily.
After about a moment, Xu Xianxian came to the palace of Her Royal Highness the Princess.
The metal doors opened and closed on either side, and when she looked over, she saw Ophelia sitting on the sofa in the living room, basking in the sunlight by the window, quietly reading the imperial newspaper of the day.
Her long silky blonde hair, like a tassel, hangs down on her shoulders, covering the pure beauty of the small half of her cheeks, and under the thick sun, there is a hazy beauty.
"Her Royal Highness the princess is really a good Yaxing, she is about to set off for a foreign land, and she can still read the newspaper so leisurely. ”
Xu Xianxian walked into the inner hall and let out a crisp laugh.
"Natalie, you're here. Ophelia raised her head, put down the newspaper in her hand, glanced at the red-haired fairy's smile, and said with a serious look: "But this is not leisurely, but I have a habit of reading newspapers since I was a child." ”
"Well... It's not the princess I imagined. ”
Xu Xianxian dragged the long skirt and sat next to Ophelia, as if she was a close friend, without any of the etiquette that a subordinate should have.
"Oh, what do you imagine me to look like?"
Ophelia didn't care about Xu Xianxian's rudeness, just a pair of snow-white pupils, staring straight at the other party's side face.
Really.
No matter how you look at it, Natalie gives her an indescribable sense of familiarity, like an old friend she hasn't seen in years.
Otherwise, she is a princess of the empire, how could she talk to the knights under her command like this?
"I thought that Her Royal Highness the princess's life should be more drunk and gold-obsessed. ”
Xu Xianxian shrugged his shoulders and glanced at the situation in the inner hall.
The decorations are very simple, not luxurious, and the furniture is simple, not too much, making the spacious inner hall a little empty.
In addition to the vast palace, the quality of life of the seven princesses may not be as good as that of ordinary nobles.
"The servants live outside the palace, and here I live alone. Ophelia smiled slightly and whispered, "If it's just me, it's good to be simple." Besides, I'm not a royal family that pursues pleasure, and I think the practice of magic is more interesting. ”
Then she looked at Xu Xianxian's ignorant appearance, and couldn't help but change her words, and said, "Natalie, we are about to go to Earth, will you feel scared?"
Ophelia was a little curious, Natalie was only two hundred years old, she was still a real minor, if she hadn't been selected by the court as a knight reserve, she might still be taking classes in the fairy academy.
Now that he is about to go to the foreign battlefield, the other party does not have any mood swings.
"No, it won't. Xu Xianxian's expression was full, and he said in a low voice: "I am the sword in the hands of Her Royal Highness the Princess, in front of you, there will be no fear." ”
Her eyes moved, and then she touched the armored necklace around her neck: "By the way... Your Highness Princess, can you use this necklace to monitor my every move?"
Although this armor necklace is particularly easy to use and has a powerful amplification effect, it is actually a surveillance device, so it has a lot of disadvantages.
"No," Ophelia shook her head, "don't worry, this necklace does have a surveillance function, but I've turned it off." ”
Then her pure white pupils glanced at Xu Xianxian, "Natalie, although you are my exclusive knight, I still want to keep your privacy. ”