These days, Ronald feels like he's having nothing to do, and he's still wondering if he's going to find his strength.

For him, who has regained his memory and part of his strength, it is simply a futile move to become stronger just by practicing his sword skills hard. His human body has almost reached the limit of growth, and if he wants to become stronger again, he can only go to the place where he sleeps to retrieve the heart of the natal source fire and reshape the body.

Fire creates angels, and the earth creates man.

Of course, at the moment when he decided to rebel, in order to show his determination to rebel, the heart of the natal source fire, which symbolized the holy seraph, had already been transformed into a heart of ice by him. When he decided to sleep, the Heart of Ice was sealed in that place by him.

It was the same on this day, early in the morning, he was looking at the ceiling in a daze, and there was a laziness all over his body.

Annina's sudden voice startled him.

"Ronald, come out of here!

Ronald hurriedly put on his coat and opened the door, and saw Anina, who he hadn't seen for a long time, but found that her delicate face was full of anxiety. "What's the matter, you're not in the Thieves' Guild?

Without saying a word, Anina tugged at his arm and walked towards the living room.

The two of them half-dragged and half-dragged to the living room, only to find that the mage and the doctor were already standing there, and there was a somewhat familiar nobleman, and there was a sword on the table.

"This is Sir Newne, the captain in charge of the city's defenses. The mage introduced Ronald: "This time I came to inform us. ”

Smiling at each other, Ronald asked, "What's the notice?"

"At the behest of the Falcon Empire, the Turings have officially submitted their war papers, and of course, His Majesty Grandon refuses to surrender. The mage said briefly, "In addition, Ryan and Deleko have also formed a wartime alliance with our Valken to resist the invasion of the Empire. ”

Finding that everyone's faces were a little bad, Ronald changed the topic in order to liven up the atmosphere: "Then, what about the red dragon, is there any definite news?" ”

Sir Newne hurriedly spoke: "Her Royal Highness the Princess sent me here this time for this purpose. He led his hand to the door: "Please come with me into the city." ”

"Let's go. The mage commanded, "Annie, go to the Thieves' Guild and inquire as much as you can about the current situation of the Empire." Blu, you better stay here, I'll just go with Luo. ”

The doctor nodded and picked up the sword: "Luo, this is a reward from the princess. ”

The mage saw that Sir Newne was a little anxious, so he grabbed the conversation: "Let's talk as we go." ”

Ronald understood this, and he nodded, took his sword, and strode out with Sir Newne.

On the way, he had already detected the enchanted state of this sword, which was just an ordinary one-star treasure blessed with steel enhancement. In addition to being extremely hard, it is also able to resist the destructive effects of demon-breaking weapons of the same level. However, even if it is a one-star treasure, the value of this sword is around two or three thousand gold coins.

Half an hour later, the three rode to the castle.

Arriving at the conference hall, Ronald found that there were already many familiar figures. They all stood quietly on either side of the round table, not saying a word, so that the atmosphere in the conference hall was a little dull.

"You're here. ”

Hearing the princess's voice, Ronald and the others hurriedly leaned over and saluted.

"Alright, everyone is here. The princess waved her hand and motioned for everyone not to be restrained: "Let's start the discussion now." ”

Ronald thought he was going to discuss issues such as the defense of the city, but he didn't expect the princess to bring up something about the red dragon.

"After returning to the royal city, His Majesty took this matter very seriously, and he thought that the red dragon that appeared in the Ekris Mountains was most likely Moriel. The princess took out a gray-brown flute carved with a dragon's head: "According to royal records, His Majesty Ronan and the red dragon Moriel used this dragon flute to conclude the dragon contract. ”

"Oh?" Ronald raised his eyebrows curiously, "Then how to use this flute?"

The princess's expression was a little gloomy: "It is recorded in the information that any royal bloodline that can play the dragon flute can re-conclude a contract with Moriel. But......" she paused, "we have tried, and no one with royal blood can blow this flute......"

The mage interjected, "Then, Her Royal Highness the Princess called us?"

"In any case, we need to make a trip to Honglong Mountain. The princess pointed to the mountain peak on the map, her eyes firm: "Presumably the two of you already know that the empire will choose to attack." So, even if there is only one in ten thousand hopes, we are going there!"

Ronald nodded, somewhat understanding the princess's purpose for calling them. Sure enough, the princess's next words confirmed what he thought.

"Ronald, Lord Torren, you two have been there to investigate, so I asked you to come this time in the hope that you can help me. The princess looked directly at the two of them with a sincere expression: "I will select a team of knights to go to Red Dragon Mountain with you." ”

Ronald glanced at the mage and saw that he had no intention of refusing. So he nodded: "Understood, when are we leaving?"

"Without further ado. Victoria said briefly, "Before you come, I have already explained the things in the Fort of Orleans, and you can prepare a little, and we will set off at noon." ”

Ronald and the mage nodded, signaling that they were ready to go.

The princess turned her gaze to Blair, and after a few more words of advice to him, she led Ronald to the stable.

When he arrived at the stable, Ronald found that there was already a group of knights waiting there, all of them wearing scarlet cloaks, all of them with resolute faces and straight bodies.

Victoria briefly introduced that the members of the knight squad this time were not the knights of the Knights of the Wind, but the members of the Knights of the Guards of the royal family. Among them, there are two magic knights who have mastered second-order magic, one mage who has mastered third-order magic, and the rest are the elite of the elite.

"Alright, let's go. Victoria flipped over and motioned for Ronald to lead the way.

Ronald nodded, and followed the stirrup and turned on the horse.

"Drive, drive!"

Under his leadership, the knights marched out in an orderly manner and followed closely behind to roll up a cloud of smoke and dust on the avenue.

At the end of autumn, it is also the time when the red maple is flying. With a light breeze, the red almost crystal maple leaves fall with the wind, especially under the golden sunrise, which highlights the beauty of the chaos.

Ronald galloped all the way, but they had no intention of appreciating the beautiful scenery, they hurried and focused only on distant destinations.

Ronald and the others made few stops in a nearby village, and after four days of galloping, they finally reached the outer forest of the Ecles Mountains.

At this time, in order to recuperate and prepare for everything, Victoria ordered everyone to take a good rest. Soon, the bonfire was lit and everyone began to go about their business in an orderly manner.

Just as night was approaching, Ronald suddenly walked to the tent where Victoria was.

"Your Highness Princess, can I come in?"

After receiving the princess's approval, he lifted the tent and went inside.

Finding Victoria's face a little surprised, Ronald smiled kindly, and he pointed to the sword at his waist: "Your Highness, I haven't had time to thank you for your reward." ”

"You deserve it, Lord Ronald. The princess replied with such a calm voice: "The matter of the Duke's Palace last time, and the news of the red dragon this time, I have never rewarded you." ”

There was silence in the tent for a while, and Ronald was thinking about how to speak, and the princess was a little puzzled about Ronald's true intentions.

Ronald stared at the quietly burning candle flame, and finally made up his mind: "I don't know if Your Highness minds, show me that dragon flute?"

Hearing this unreasonable request, the princess was stunned.

This guy ......

She frowned and glanced at Ronald, who had a serious expression. She felt that the guy in front of her seemed to have changed a lot, and the admiration for herself that she couldn't hide in the past had dissipated, and there was only calm and composure in her aqua blue pupils at this moment.

As a noble princess and a beautiful woman, she is naturally confident in her appearance. In the past, Ronald's secret love that couldn't be concealed, she naturally saw it in her eyes for a long time, and even deliberately gave Ronald a chance, but he didn't understand his hints at that time. But now, Ronald's suddenly calm attitude made Victoria a little unacceptable at once.

Is it Annina? Because of that incident, this guy gave up?

She was puzzled, and there was a faint lack of confidence and jealousy in her heart, so much so that she forgot that Ronald existed.

Victoria couldn't help but stretch out her palm, white and slender. However, no matter how hard she tried to remove the calluses at night, there was still a faint callus in the palm of her hand.

With her head down, her gaze inadvertently swept over her chest. She felt that it was because of the long wearing of armor that made her chest not full enough. Although her appearance is worthy of the title of "Pearl of Falken", the pair of petite and barren twin peaks secretly annoys her.

Thinking about it, the sight in her emerald eyes was completely fixed on the calluses in the palm of her hand, and her goose-egg-like face began to show confusion and unconfidence.

"What's the matter, Your Highness?" Ronald asked softly, "If it's inconvenient, then I'll retire." ”

"Huh?"

Victoria woke up from her thoughts, and then remembered that there was Ronald in the tent. "No, nothing. Her tone was unusually flustered: "By the way, what did you just say?

Without waiting for Ronald to speak, she took out the gray-brown quaint little flute from the space ring, stretched out her hand and handed it over: "Although it is a royal treasure, but since you are interested, make an exception." ”