Roy slowly pulled Apophis from his scabbard and placed it across Vera and Alice's eyes.

Unlike Alice, Vera was not particularly resistant to Apophis' breath, and she walked quickly in front of Roy and leaned over to examine the sword carefully.

"Vera, don't get too close to that magic sword!"

Alice reminded, "We don't yet know what the consequences of being affected by Apophis's breath for a long time will be, you have to take more care of your body!" ”

Vera was unmoved, she raised her head and asked, "Mr. Roy, even you can't control Apophis' breath?" ”

Roy shook his head, "No. ”

"In that case, it can only be shielded by external objects."

Vera muttered, "Mr. Roy, it might be a good idea to put it in the Spatial Ring. ”

"It's a good idea." Roy shrugged, "But, I didn't. ”

At this point, it's almost time to get to the point.

Vera said unexpectedly, "No problem, Mr. Roy, as long as you can become a knight, you can have your own spatial ring." ”

"I'm sorry."

Roy put Apophis in the scabbard, "I think Your Highness must have known my conditions, right?"

"For some personal reasons, I have no intention of swearing allegiance to anyone, so I cannot become a royal knight of His Highness."

"I know." Vera nodded calmly, "Mr. Roy doesn't have to be loyal to me. ”

"What?"

Roy also thought he had misheard, "I don't have to swear allegiance to His Highness...... Can you become a knight in front of you? ”

"Yes." Vera smiled, "If Mr. Roy has any other requests, please don't hesitate to ask." ”

"Wait, wait!"

Roy was stunned, he subconsciously took a half step back and asked, "Your Highness...... Are you serious? ”

It is impossible for Vera not to know the importance of the oath of allegiance of the Imperial Knight, why did she insist on soliciting herself even at the expense of putting on such a low posture and making such a big concession?

That is, he has a special status, and it is not a shame to swear allegiance to the saint, on the contrary, it is a great honor.

With her status as a saint, even if she wants to recruit another legal envoy to be her imperial knight, it shouldn't be difficult.

"Of course I mean it."

Vera bowed, "Mr. Roy doesn't have to swear allegiance to anyone, and in private, we should call ourselves friends.

"While the oath is necessary at the Imperial Knight's Medal Ceremony, please rest assured Mr. Roy that for us, this is just a formality.

"I promise in the name of the Holy Maiden that I will never force Mr. Roy to do anything, as long as Mr. Roy is willing, I can announce it to the public at any time and restore Mr. Roy's free body."

The people who can become the knights of the Imperial Palace are none other than the top powerhouses in Sidney, and their wishes are often respected.

Occasional changes to the list of Imperial Knights are acceptable, given good reason.

"What do you think, Mr. Roy?" Vera looked at Roy expectantly.

"This ......," Roy was speechless for a moment.

Vera's remarks have obviously been carefully thought out, and all possible controversies have been sorted out clearly.

There is no doubt that she was aware of Roy's possible departure from her, but still chose to recruit him to be her Imperial Knight.

This means that Roy can enjoy the benefits of being a knight before kicking the saint and the Erlan family away, patting his ass and leaving.

The Erlan family will take a big risk for this.

But he wasn't naïve, his mind was racing at the moment.

There is no such thing as a free lunch, is there any conspiracy in Vera's words?

He couldn't figure it out, he looked at Vera, trying to read her eyes.

However, in those pale golden eyes, Roy only saw her full sincerity.

After a while, Roy asked slowly, "Can I ask why?" ”

Vera's current approach would be as if she was stuffing the position of Imperial Knight into his arms and giving him all kinds of benefits.

It's also too vain to give.

"Why?"

Vera turned to the window and spread her palms, Alice lifted the hem of her skirt and jumped lightly into her palms.

"Mr. Des Moines once conveyed to me that Mr. Roy wanted to be friends with me."

Vera pushed open the window, looked out at the scenery, and sighed, "I'm ashamed to say that I haven't heard the word 'friend' for a long time.

"For as long as I can remember, everyone has been respectful to me, and I can't play or go to my peers' gatherings.

"Even Klein, my peers of the same status as me, I could feel their restraint when they communicated with me, and behind their politeness there was a gulf in each other's hearts.

"Growing up, I rarely had anyone I could call a 'friend'. So I was really happy when I learned that Mr. Roy wanted to be friends with me. ”

The cool autumn breeze ruffled her hair, and she pulled her hair behind her ears, tilted her head and smiled at Roy.

"I'd rather have a friend than a knight, and I'd love to do a little favor.

"With the Space Ring and the identity of the Imperial Knight, Mr. Roy will also be more convenient in the future, right?"

She was born to be captivating the country and the city, and the scenery of leaning on the windowsill and looking back and smiling reminded Roy of the idiom "beauty is picturesque".

Roy staggered his gaze and said, "If Your Highness is really willing to do this, it will indeed help me a lot." ”

"It should."

Vera clapped her hands and smiled, "In that case, we'll make up our minds?" ”

Roy hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

No matter how he thinks about it, he is the blood-earning party, and things are moving in the best direction he expected.

"My coronation will be on the day of the Apocalypse next year, and after the coronation, I will be able to give you the Knighthood of the Imperial Knight."

Vera said, "Originally, the token of the Imperial Knight was to be given to you at the award ceremony, but considering Mr. Roy's special situation, I will set a precedent.

"Mr. Roy, please come here again in two days, and I will grant you the space ring in advance."

Roy nodded: "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

No wonder Her Royal Highness Shireen agreed to let her inherit the position of saint so early, Vera's way of life and thinking is not at all like that of only eighteen years old.

Although he was so skilled that he had a feeling of being arranged, Vera's proposal undoubtedly met all of his current demands.

He doesn't hate dealing with smart people, and since the other party has given him a peach, he is willing to repay it, and he will help her at the right time in the future.

In this way, the matter of the Imperial Knight was successfully finalized, and after a while of greetings, Roy got up to take his leave.

Vera smiled as he left the room, and as the door to the study closed again, she slowly retracted her smile and looked at the door in silence for a long time.

"Friend...... It's a shame that you can make such an excuse, I just sweated for you. ”

Alice floated over her shoulder and sat on hers, "Are you sure it's really him?" ”

Vera nodded, "It's him." ”

"I'm afraid this is the first time that the Ellan family has made such a big concession in the matter of recruiting the Imperial Knights, right?"

Alice sighed, "I wonder how Shireen would feel if she knew that your chief royal knight didn't swear allegiance to you?" ”

"Mother will understand." Vera said softly, "She just believes in me, so she chooses to let me succeed to the throne."

"What's more, now isn't the time to care about that—"

She looked out the window at the garden, where the autumn wind blew off a few yellowed leaves, and she sighed slightly.

"Time is running out for Sidney."

……

Vera was so efficient that the next morning, Des Moines visited Arnold House again.

"Roy, Her Highness Vera has invited you to go to the Ellan Mansion for a while." Des Moines said with a smile.

It's not clear how Vera said Roy yesterday, but it turned out to be good.

He had received the news that Roy had finally become Vera's Chief Imperial Knight.

Roy nodded, and took Apophis into the carriage of the Ellan family.

"I guess Roy was joking."

In the carriage, Des Moines was in a good mood, "Her Royal Highness Vera is so beautiful and so sympathetic to her subordinates, she would rather make an exception and let you get the ring two months earlier, and who wouldn't want to swear allegiance to her?" ”

As he spoke, he held out his hand to Roy, "Anyway, we're going to be colleagues in the future."

"Your Excellency the Chief Imperial Knight, please take care of me in the future!"

The chief knight is the first knight of the Holy Maiden, and although he does not have special real power, his position in the heart of the Holy Maiden is often the most important.

And in the future, the decision made by the chief imperial knight is also the easiest to convince others.

Roy shook hands with Des Moines and did not contradict what he said.

He didn't swear allegiance to Vera, but it was a secret from both of them.

In order to avoid the gossip of others, on the surface he still has to swear an oath to Vera at the award ceremony and go through the whole process.

Of course, there are also risks in this, if Vera breaks her promise after the award ceremony and gets fat, then he is really dumb and eats coptis, and he can't say anything about his suffering.

However, since I swore in the name of the Holy Maiden, it doesn't hurt to believe her.

The bigger the family, the more important it is to its reputation, and people's hearts cannot be closed.

He believes that Vera will not be so naïve, thinking that a lie can tie someone's heart.

Follow Des Moines to Airland House again, to the study from yesterday.

This time Vera wasn't late, she was sitting at her desk correcting papers, and next to her sat the doll Alice in a gorgeous princess dress.

"Mr. Roy, you're here."

Vera stopped her pen and looked at Roy, her tone still as polite as ever, "I've got your spatial ring ready." ”

She picked up a small black box on the table, got up and walked over to Roy, opening it to reveal its contents.

The small box contained a milky white ring, but it was not the same as the one in Lyons.

The space gem inlaid on the ring is not an ordinary cuboid, but is carefully carved into the shape of a blooming flower.

Roy recognized the flower, its name was Pudia, also known as the Imperial Flower, and the motif was also the family crest of the Ellan family.

It is said that during the reign of the royal family of Erlan, even the flag of Sidenia was painted with this pudia.

Today, the head of the Ellan family, the Holy Maiden, still uses a seal engraved with the Pudian flower, and only she and her royal knights are eligible to wear a spatial ring engraved with the Pudian flower.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Roy reached out and took the ring out of the box.

Because his left hand was wearing the Xuanxi Three Styles, he temporarily wore the space ring on the ring finger of his right hand.

"Originally, I needed to help you wear this ring at the award ceremony."

Vera smiled, "At the ceremony in two months' time, you still have to return the ring to me for the time being, and let me wear it for you again according to the process." ”

Roy nodded, then focused all his attention on the spatial ring in his right hand.

The space ring is a super-grade spiritual weapon, and the way to use it is also very similar to when you usually use a spiritual weapon, you need to use spiritual power.

Trying to inject some spiritual power into the space ring, he immediately sensed the space connected to the ring, which was about a cube with a side length of about five meters.

It's not too big or too small, and although it can't store many large items, there's no problem with putting Apophis in it.

Although the process of making the space ring is complicated, the operation is surprisingly simple, and Roy quickly groped his way out.

He grasped the hilt of Apophis' sword in his right hand and pulled it out.

With a thought in his mind, the spatial ring shimmered, and the Apopheston in his hand disappeared from nowhere.

Roy examined the Spatial Ring again, and the black-gold sword was already lying quietly in the empty storage space.

It's time to go to jail, Apophis!

When the problem that had plagued him for many days was finally solved, Roy let out a long breath and looked at the doll: "Alice...... Miss, can you still feel the breath of Apophis? ”

For this ninth-order powerhouse who had lived for more than a hundred years, he hesitated for a moment, but still cautiously used the title of miss.

After all, Vera had mentioned that she was still very young when Alice was seriously injured and her soul was transferred to the doll.

Presumably even after all this time, she still feels like a girl in her heart.

"I can't feel it anymore."

Alice floated over in the air, stepped on Roy's head without hesitation, and sat down on top of his head.

"Miss Alice?" Roy tugged at the corners of his mouth and stiffened his head, "Can you please raise your noble feet and sit somewhere else?" ”

After realizing that she didn't have any malicious intent, Roy wasn't particularly disgusted by her abrupt move, after all, it was just a puppet.

"Don't!"

Alice snorted, "Yesterday I was so uncomfortable by your sword, this is what you should make up for me!" ”

Listening to her words, Roy can even make up the appearance of a girl pouting in his brain.

Listen, this is what a ninth-order powerhouse who has lived for more than a hundred years would say?

He sighed silently in his heart, deciding to ignore the nail on top of his head.

Forget it, she's already like this, so why don't you obey her?

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