"Are you a relative of Princess Anna? What's your name? ”

Li Ang turned around and asked more, he felt that this city gate official was too special.

Anna, that's the name of Ulrik's beautiful young princess.

The name is common, but the princess's surname is not so common – her full name is Anna von Clancy, and she is said to be a minor nobleman from Howling Castle.

Of course, maybe the princess wasn't Anna, maybe it was just some witch wearing the skin of a woman named Anna.

The reason why Li Ang felt that the city gate officials were relatives of the princess was mainly because this kind of newly crowned knight should only be the princess's subordinates - the princess had just married the king for a few months, and it was when the family's power was soaring, so it was reasonable to be sure that some new knights would be crowned.

Only the princess's guardian knight could serve as a city gate official when he first received the imperial title.

"No, not relatives. To be precise, I am a follower of Lady Anna. My name is Inna, and I have just been knighted by His Majesty as Lord of Short Howl Village, Lord Leon. ”

This handsome man who called himself 'Inna' nodded and saluted Li Ang, looking very polite, and even very particular about the choice of words - the princess can only be called a lady, not a queen after all.

But the handsome man's name was somewhat out of step with this courtesy - the name 'Inna' was strange for a Lion Realm nobleman, as it was a name often chosen by the pirates of Van Skerry.

The name in Van Skerry means 'from the endless waters' or 'with the power of the sea' - a very typical pirate name.

But Leon had never seen such a polite pirate.

Moreover, this guy's appearance and behavior are obviously nobles in the Lion Realm.

In recent decades, it is true that many Van Scarry pirates have become Fields nobles - the current King of Fieldsway, King Vidis, was once the head of the Van Skeley pirates.

And the village of Short Howl, the territory that Inna had just gotten, was the closest to Fieldsway.

But the village was completely destroyed by the drunkard group a few years ago, and it stands to reason that the princess shouldn't have sealed a ruin with no one to her guardian knight, right?

And this is still a person who serves as the adjutant of the royal city guards - the royal city guards are the security of the kingdom's capital, the king's own army, no matter what Princess Anna wants to do, at least the people who are installed in the royal city guards must be her hardcore henchmen.

- Inna's position is not compatible with his fiefdom.

This is a guy who is full of contradictions.

Thinking of this, Leon walked towards Inna with a smile and a friendly smile: "Knight Inna, are you willing to take me to the House of Nobles?" ”

Inna also had a smile on her face: "It's my pleasure...... But Your Majesty must still be resting at the moment, and may not be able to see the king, Lord Leon......"

"No, no, no, not to see the king. I'm asking you to take me to Lady Anna...... I suppose you'll be able to let me see the noble princess right away, won't you? ”

The smile on Leon's face deepened.

"This ......"

Inna hesitated.

It stands to reason that a request or invitation initiated by a great nobleman like Li Ang with such an attitude should not be rejected by a small knight.

Besides, Li Ang obviously has something to say......

"Lord Leon, may I ask you what you want to see Lady Anna?"

Inna is a vassal of the princess, and he wants to ensure the safety of the lord's family, and he does have the right to know why Leon is looking for the princess.

"I am entrusted by men...... I have a friend named 'Ors von Clancy', I wonder if you've heard of it? ”

Clancy, this is the surname of the princess - this is also the surname of Ors, the head of the Knights of the Owl.

And Ors is the knight who looks like Inna.

He also has blue eyes and a high nose, the same brown hair, the same brown beard, and even a similar figure, except that Ors is much older than Inna.

“…… Presumably that Lord Ors is a relative of Lady Anna? Did something happen to him? ”

Inna frowned, not seeming to know who Orth was.

But he could clearly realize what the last name Clancy meant.

"Nothing happened to him...... However, he asked me to help him ask why His Majesty and Princess Anna had not invited him to the wedding of his daughter Anna. Is it that His Majesty the King does not intend to recognize him as a father-in-law? Or is Lady Anna not going to recognize him as a father? …… Knight Inna, who do you think I should ask about this? ”

Leon stared into Inna's eyes, still smiling, "Shall I ask Lady Anna, or shall I ask His Majesty?" ”

Inna was stunned, then smiled more humbly: "I'll take you to Lady Anna." ”

Then, he led the horse in front of him, without a moment's delay, and seemed to be in a hurryer than Leon.

Leon smiled—it seemed that Amy's matter could be solved through this princess.

In fact, this is why Leon had Risadilan sneak to the Lion City to wait for him first—Leon had made a trip to Trumbrunn, where the Knights of the Owl had been stationed.

After all, the princess's surname is the same as Ors, of course, she has to ask.

But what Leon said to Inna was actually bluffing—Ors didn't have a daughter at all, but had an illegitimate child......

Or it's not called an illegitimate child, it should be regarded as a biological son who doesn't dare to recognize it, but he was born when he was not married.

When Ors was first engaged, he encountered a group of gangsters who raided his family's village, so he led the Owl Knights to kill them. But then it was discovered that the so-called gangsters were basically all nobles under the Mad King.

So the Owl Knights were classified as illegal knights by the Mad King, and Ors was also wanted.

The Mad King did everything at that time, so Orth broke off his engagement to his fiancée and left with the Knights to avoid harming his lover.

But Ors's fiancée was pregnant at the time...... It's a tragedy.

By the time Orth learned of this, his son had been born and taken to the temple of the Goddess of Order, where his fiancée had become a nun serving the goddess Unomea.

Orth's fiancée apparently had always loved him dearly, and did not remarry anyone else in this case, and she unilaterally gave herself the surname Clancy.

The nuns of the goddess of order are required to take a vow to renounce all desires and serve the goddess wholeheartedly, which is basically equivalent to becoming a monk.

But becoming a nun is indeed the best place for women who have children out of wedlock in the Lion Realm, after all, Yunomia is the official religion of the Lion Kingdom, and ordinary people will not come to the temple to find trouble, and the temple of the goddess of order will raise and teach some orphans - this is also the main job of the nuns.

Most of the 'orphans and orphans' raised in the temple were illegitimate children of nobles - this was a way for the temple to receive offerings, and this 'offering' was generally generous, and Ors himself often sent money to the temple......

Probably the only problem is that after becoming a nun, it is not easy to get out of this identity, after all, the temple is not just in and out as you want.

And that temple is in Howling Castle, the hometown of Orth, the home of the Clancy family.

When Ors mentioned this, he was full of guilt for this nameless wife.

He has been wandering all these years, struggling to survive with an illegal knight order, but he is still able to maintain good order, in part because of the woman who loves him dearly—he can't do evil, because in his eyes, his lover is the equivalent of the goddess of order herself.

Ors's fiancée was also a minor nobleman herself, and although her children were born out of wedlock and were illegitimate children, at least they were not sinners and did not have to be slaves for the rest of their lives.

In the future, if there is a chance, it is still possible for an illegitimate child to obtain nobility.

However, Ors himself is the leader of the illegal knights, and he is a wanted criminal - so Ors has never recognized his son, nor has he visited him, so as not to delay the child's life.

This Inna looks almost exactly like Orth, and Leon thinks this guy is the illegitimate son of Orth.

But the problem is that Inna says that he himself is not a relative of Princess Anna, but only a follower - that is, he does not have the surname Clancy.

And Princess Anna claims to have the surname Clancy, but she certainly has nothing to do with Ors......

Of course, it's not that Ors got his own child's gender wrong.

This can only be because Princess Anna doesn't know the specific situation of her body at all!

If Princess Anna knew that the Clancy family still had Ors, then when she married King Ulrique, she would at least have to call this 'family' to the wedding, right?

And Inna – he may indeed be a follower, a follower of the Three Prophets!

The lord has basically determined that the princess is most likely one of the three prophets.

Insnar was supposed to be named Clancy, but he really didn't know, after all, he had never met his father.

And this Princess Anna, who could have been another orphan raised by Orth's fiancée in the temple - so she followed the nun with the surname 'Clancy'.

This is probably just a small loophole that the three prophets did not notice.

But for Leon, the loophole was enough to solve a lot of problems - so he deliberately referred to Orth as Anna's father.

This was a lie, of course, but the princess would probably believe it, because she certainly didn't know who the father of the skin was—Leon was even sure that Anna was the skin that the Three Prophets had deliberately found from the orphan girls in the temple, because it would minimize the trouble of family members.

For Princess Anna, if Ors, the 'father', met the king, it was likely to prove directly to the king that she, Anna, was a fake......

If King Ulrique knew that there was a problem with the identity of the princess, or that there was a problem with the child in the princess's womb, then Amy's matter would have been solved.

Aranrik is dead, Malbert is treasonous, the king's youngest daughter is still young, and the Lion Kingdom does not have the tradition of a queen.

In this case, it is impossible for the king to designate Amy as a heretic, as he will most likely call Amy's brother Andrew as his son-in-law and become the heir to the kingdom.

But Leon also knew that it was impossible to testify directly, because Orth had no daughter......

However, there are many ways to solve the problem, and sometimes it is the other way around—it is entirely possible to coerce the princess to help herself, and let the heretical princess solve the heretical grievances in Amy.

After all, Amy's affairs must have nothing to do with the princess - since she is 'pregnant', as long as she waits a few more months, she will have the highest legal heir in her hands, and there is no need to look for trouble at this time.

She just needs to let the child 'give birth' without making so much trouble, and she may even take the initiative to maintain the stability of the kingdom to avoid accidents.

For Princess Anna, the most important thing for Princess Anna before she 'gave birth to a son' was not to let King Ulrique find out her identity, not to kill the king, and even to ensure that Ulrique lived until that time.

If the king had died at this time, the inheritance would not have fallen to an unborn placenta......

Therefore, this princess will not mess around, she needs stability and time more than anyone else.

…………

Outside the gate of the House of Nobles.

Li Ang dismounted and untied his sword and hung it on the sword stand at the entrance of the noble court.

Of course, you can't bring weapons to meet the princess, especially since this is still in the king's private residence, and the guards can't bring them in.

Leon had to follow behind Inna alone.

Inna was obviously indeed a close confidant of the princess - after entering the gate of the House of Lords, he didn't even need to report when he entered the tower of the House of Lords, he just pushed the door in.

Leon turned his head a few times to see several guards with their helmets pressed down on the outer wall, and when Leon's gaze met them, they lowered their heads as if they were nodding in acknowledgment.

So Li Ang had a bottom in his heart and stepped directly into the quiet tower.

Inna took Leon directly to the second floor of the tower, a place where Leon was somewhat familiar - the last time he was pitted by Emperor Marius, he was taken by the Lion Knight to a secret room, and the stone on the walls of that secret room was basically the same as here.

Of course, other environments are already very different, presumably with different layers.

The second floor has a separate entrance with spacious seating, the carpet is quite soft, and there are various luxurious decorations, mostly gold.

It was a suite with a large reception room, surrounded by windows that looked directly on the walls of the Noble House, and with so many guards standing on the walls, the place did not look private at all.

"Your Excellency Leon, please wait here for a while, and Lady Anna will come later......"

Inna was still very polite, and after saying that, she bowed slightly and prepared to turn around and go out.

Li Ang grabbed him: "Are you sure I should meet the princess here?" ”

Indeed, this kind of place is not very suitable for talking about hidden things.

"Anywhere, Lady Anna won't mind."

Inna smiled reluctantly, and then went out the door, leaving Leon alone.

"Your Excellency Leon...... I didn't think you'd be here......"

A short time later, a 'maid' came in with a fruit bowl.

It wasn't any of the three prophets he had ever seen, but Leon was sure that this was one of the three prophets.

Because of the tone of this 'maid', it doesn't sound like a young man.

Li Ang's heart was a little nervous, but he still pretended to be relaxed and smiled: "I have come to seek the guidance of the prophet...... However, I didn't expect the all-powerful prophet to become a maid......"

It seems that the three prophets must have all changed their bodies again, presumably because they were not recognized by the king.

"Do you know who I am? But you don't seem surprised......"

The maid sat down opposite Li Ang and asked with a smile.

"What am I surprised about? This is the House of Pande, and people have been saying that it is haunted for more than a hundred years - it is not surprising that there are a few witches now, right? ”

Leon also said with a smile: "However, I heard that King Ulrik hacked two maids to death in a row a few days ago...... You have to be careful, maybe Your Majesty has seen something......"