As Duke Yvonne had said, a new lord had been hastily appointed to the Imperial City of Sasson, and the Royal Knights stationed in Jacobsenbu had been transferred back, while Brownhill was still in a state of uncontrol, and naturally, the question of the Thrlanders, who had robbed Galik's salary, was put aside for the time being.

The eyes of all the nobles were glued to Sassen, they had witnessed the changes of the times, and they wanted to gain some benefits from it.

The succession to the throne is the biggest gamble in the world, and it is true that the upper ones want to continue to maintain the status quo, and the lower ones want to break through the current situation, and conflicts between people are inevitable for the sake of interests and their respective positions.

Of course, the most anxious at such times is of course the younger brother of King Eagle Butz Yarwood XIII, Prince Glen, Xavier Walker Butz.

Because compared to anyone else, his current situation is even worse, as a mirror of his brother, this Prince Gran, who is a prince but a puppet, as the burial companion of the throne, I am afraid that he will not live long, of course, this is in the eyes of outsiders.

"Your Royal Highness, the news just sent that Prince Theo has set off from Lorne Fortress!"

"I see, go down!"

"Yes!"

Looking at the back of the henchman as he left, the bloated Prince Gran poured himself a glass of red wine, and said as if talking to himself, "The aroma of the wine is as intoxicating as ever, I wonder if I will have the life to taste these wines in a few days......," he said, and drank the red wine in a sip with a sad expression.

"Of course, Your Royal Highness!" the voice echoed strangely in the empty hall, and then, a dark mist drifted in through the window, and landed on the ground, reshaping a figure.

"Oh, is it Hampa?" Prince Glenn said, glancing at the dark shadow and holding his breath, "How's it going outside?"

I saw Hanpa smile and shook his head, and said in a low voice, "As you expected, your brother mobilized the royal knights to blockade the entire Sassen Imperial City, and also mobilized 20,000 troops to be stationed in various key roads, in addition, he also ordered the royal magicians to open the rain cover of the imperial city, in such a situation, I am afraid that not even a single insect can fly out......"

"Prudence, really prudence...... Eagle is still the same," said Prince Glen, pouring another glass of wine, and whispered, "what about Jerry Belfort?

As if sensing the tension and fear in Prince Glen's heart, Hanpa shook his head and said softly, "You don't need to worry, Your Excellency, Jerry Belfort is a smart man, he will know how to deal with these things...... This guy has a lot of ambitions, and as soon as the great magician Weston Malagigi Hastings leaves, he can't wait to take control of the entire Royal Wizards' Guild, and if you can give him what he wants, that's enough...... When the time comes, he will secretly close Sasson's shield......"

"Whew, that's good," Prince Gran secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and pondered with his glass, "I secretly hid a private army of three thousand men in Gilps, and I was originally going to save me from this cage, but now ............," he said, he paused, and said worriedly, "Even if the problem of the royal magicians is solved, what will those royal knights do?" The captain of the royal knights is Iger's confidant, and I have not dared to contact him for this reason...... About 8,000 royal knights are enough to wipe out any military force, but not my mere 3,000 private soldiers can resist......"

"You don't have to worry," with a somewhat eerie smile, Hanpa said with a smile, "Master, you're coming back......"

"Argus?" As if to receive some kind of reassurance, Prince Glenn secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and even his expression was much more relaxed.

At the same time, Soth and Alan were sitting in a carriage from Galic back to Reochs, and there were more Ulrik in the group than when they started, but less Lyrela...... "Alas!" Sitting in the carriage with her chin propped up, Lisa sighed weakly, and she couldn't remember how many times she had been on the way.

"Lisa!" Lavia glanced at Lisa reproachfully, only to see Lisa pouting and reluctantly say, "Ive, did Lyreira really say that?"

"Well," Lavia recalled, nodding, "she said she was upset about leaving Scott alone in Galik, and you know, Scott had a deep affection for his grandfather, but something terrible would inevitably happen when he was hit like this...... In the past few days, we have also seen that Scott has a very bad relationship with his father, and he is alone in that environment...... So, Lyrela wanted to comfort Scott as much as she could before school started......" she said, she let out a sigh of relief and said, "It's only been a little over a month, and when Riox starts school, won't Lyreira be back?"

"That's right......" Lisa nodded reluctantly and muttered, "Everyone happily set off for Galik, I didn't expect so many things to happen......"

"yes, no one wants that to happen......" Lavia turned her head to look out the window, and could see that she was not very willing to mention those things, after all, the old earl's death was inseparable from Argus, and according to the Dean and Father Andrew, Connell was now apparently one of the Argus members, which made Lavia very embarrassed, after all, she had released Connell from the dungeon.

At the thought of Conil, Lavia always felt cheated, and of course, there was another thing that made her feel more angry than this...... "Hey, Ive," and secretly glanced at Dia, who was sitting across from her, smiling out the window, Lisa whispered to Lavia, "Have you reconciled with Soth?"

"Hmph!" Lavia snorted coldly and said reluctantly with a straight face, "Are you asking me to apologize to that guy?"

"No!" Glancing at Dia secretly, seeing that she didn't seem to be paying attention, Lisa whispered, "I just feel bad like this, it's been a whole day, and I haven't seen you speak......"

Biting her lip, Lavia said in a deep voice, "And that kind of guy...... Nothing to say!"

Ivey...... Well, ......"

The atmosphere in the carriage was very dull, not only the girls, but also the always optimistic and cheerful Allen, who was a little uninterested, let alone Soth, only Ulrique, who was in a good mood, and hummed a strange tune while driving the carriage.

Glancing at Ulrike, who was in a good mood, Alan who was also sitting in the groom seat said angrily, "I said, Ulke ......"

"I'm sorry, my name is Ulrique!" Ulrike interrupted Eren with a smile.

"Okay, okay," Alan asked, shrugging indifferently, bored, curious, "Well, Ulrique, are you going to go with us to Reox?"

"Of course," Ulrik nodded, with a look of yearning on his face, muttering, "from my time to the present day, I would love to see what you call Helryox...... The cradle of the dark arts, it's a wonderful feeling......"

"Heh," Alan smiled, then touched his chin and asked curiously, "By the way, didn't you say you wanted to travel around the world, why did you follow us?"

"Well......" Ulrike said with a little embarrassment on his handsome face, scratching his head, "I used to stay in the castle, and I never knew that I needed money to eat and stay outside...... I'd love to travel around the world, but I haven't thought about how to make money, so for now...... I'm sorry if it bothered you!"

Looking at Ulrike in amazement, Alan said strangely, "You're really honest......"

Soth, who was also sitting in the groom's seat, glanced at Ulrik faintly, and didn't even bother to speak.

This vampire who was born in the same era as Connell, although his surname is Gwene, but he is too far worse than Connell, he is simply a pampered aristocratic son, who can play nothing but a few musical instruments, and if this guy travels alone now, he will become the first vampire to starve to death on the side of the road in less than three days...... Honestly, it's ridiculous, as a vampire, Ulrik doesn't attack humans like other vampires, have you ever seen a vampire repent before drinking blood from an animal?

He's a weirdo, ah no, a weird vampire!

Of course, it is precisely because of this that the kind Dia is willing to convince Soth to temporarily take in the homeless vampire.

"Oops, you're so cheerful and scary......" Looking at Ulrik strangely, Alan whispered, "Listen to Soth, you seem to have a very strong force!"

"Well, I guess so," Ulrik said with a slight smile and shaking his head, "but I hate fighting, it's too rude to be considered a human exchange?"

"Hey, you're a vampire, aren't you?"

"No, Alan," Ulrik said, waving his finger, "Vampires are just my identity, just as I am my father's child, it's just an identity...... The merciful gods must have heard my heart's prayers and gave me a second life......"

"Hey, it's the alchemists who gave you a second life, right?"

"Those alchemists are just an opportunity, and it is the ...... God who really gives me life"

Glancing helplessly at Ulrik, seeing him praising the so-called god with a reverent face, Alan shook his head weakly and whispered to Soth, "Hey, man, I finally understand a little bit......"

"Humph!" Thoss snorted, leaning his head on his hands as if thinking about something.

"Are you thinking about Scott?" asked Allen, curious.

Shaking his head, Soth said lightly, "Scott isn't as fragile as we thought - I'm thinking about Argus!"

"Argus?" Alan was stunned, thought for a moment, and said in surprise, "When I first met that guy, I didn't expect that guy to have such a huge amount of energy, if what the Dean and Father Andrew said is true, then the rebellion in the two northeastern regions was provoked by Argus...... What does he want to do?"

"Destroy this country!" Soth said lightly.

"What!" Before Alan could speak, Ulrik was shocked, "why destroy such a beautiful country......, the one called Argus?

"Hey, you should tell your father that your father has provoked countless wars in our known history!" said Allen, smirking.

Ulrik's expression sank suddenly, with a little silent sadness, and muttered, "Indeed, in our time, war is something we cannot get rid of in our lifetime, even if I stay in the castle all the time, I can often hear that there is another war somewhere, and how many people have died somewhere, at that time my father said to me, to unify this chaotic situation, it is inevitable that there will be deaths, but now, according to what you said, this country has been unified, so why fight?"

Looking deeply at Ulrik, Alan joked, "I'm curious, are you really a vampire......?" That's what my old man said!"

Listening to Alan's words in his ears, recalling Argus's words and deeds in his mind, Soth shook his head and whispered, "But at least that guy is not...... At least he's not doing it for profit, I feel like he's just trying to destroy the country!"

"Yes!" Allen shrugged with a strange expression, "Indeed, it is true that those nobles are really difficult to make people feel good, but the empire is at least a country that has been inherited for hundreds of years, and Argus only has a few people, so they can destroy this country?"

"What if he really succeeds?"

"Hey, won't you?" Glancing at his companion in amazement, Alan frowned and thought for a moment, then said with a nonchalant expression, "Even if it succeeds, it has nothing to do with us, does it?"

Glancing at Allen, who had a relaxed expression, Soth looked up at the sky and muttered, "Yes......!

After a few hours of driving, it was getting dark, and the trouble was that there didn't seem to be any one living nearby.

There was no way, the children found a relatively hidden col, cut down a few trees as a barrier from the wind, and lit a bonfire, planning to make do with the night, for them, living in the mountains and wilderness is already a very common thing, even Lisa will not be afraid of it.

The food, which was prepared before leaving the galik, was cooked as long as it was cooked, and the problem of drinking water was simpler, the problem was that it was very cold at night, and even if there was a campfire, it was difficult to fall asleep in such a situation.

The final solution was for the girls to rest in the carriage, while Eren and Soth, as well as the vampire Ulrik, rested around the campfire.

The temperature in the carriage was much warmer than outside, but Lavia could not fall asleep, sighed softly, and turned her head to look out the window, where she saw Soth lying on the ground against a tree stump, and after a moment's hesitation, she pulled back the blanket that covered her.

The queen puppet beside her, Quin, seemed to notice, opened her eyes, and looked at her master suspiciously.

"Shh

As if to understand what his master meant, Quin glanced at Dia, and suddenly, the soldier puppet Sojath beside Dia suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Quin in surprise, obviously he didn't understand, as a fellow kind, why Quin stared at him with such vicious eyes.

"Squeak!" the carriage door opened, and a cold poured in, making Lisa in her sleep subconsciously wrap herself tightly around the blanket and mumble her dreams.

"Click, click!" Lavia stepped out of the carriage and walked straight to Soth.

It has to be said that the boy's strength is stronger than ever, and due to the fire element attached to his body, the ground next to the boy is rarely covered with snow.

As if noticing the footsteps, Soth opened his eyes suddenly, and when he saw Lavia, his expression was stunned, maybe he didn't think that Lavia would come, after all, the relationship between the two has been very unhappy recently.

"Hey!" seemed to see the confusion in the boy's eyes, and Lavia greeted him extremely unnaturally, to be honest, she didn't know why she was coming, let alone what she was going to say next.

"Hey," Soth nodded, and then saw Lavia looking at him vigorously, frowning, feeling very uncomfortable, and said hesitantly, "Do you want to sit?"

"What do you think?" said Lavia without waiting for a tone.

Glancing at Lavia, Soth shifted to the side, changed positions, and lay on his back looking at the starry sky.

"What are you thinking?" Lavia asked curiously, sitting down beside Soth.

"Nothing ......"

"Oh," Lavia looked a little disappointed, and saw her hair, which was fluffy from her sleeping position, and whispered, "You and Sister Dia ......"

"Hmm......"

"Really......" Smirking self-deprecatingly, Lavia propped her chin on her arms and looked at the flames jumping in the campfire, whispering, "What a bastard, South!"

"Huh?" The boy didn't seem to hear clearly, and the boy looked at Lavia in surprise.

"Bastard," Lavia whispered in a complex and inexplicable tone, and then, she took a deep breath and changed the subject and asked, "By the way, what has become of the dark power in your body?"

Looking at Lavia's eyes, looking at her hidden worried look, the boy unconsciously raised his left hand, revealing the thorn-shaped holy light mark extending from the back of his hand to his wrist, and whispered, "It seems to be suppressed!"

"Yes!" Lavia breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had removed a boulder that had pressed down on her heart, took a piece of firewood and set it off on the bonfire, and said in an unexpectedly low tone, "You must think I'm annoying, don't you......?" That force is too powerful, and it can be disorienting...... If it were someone else......" As she spoke, Lavia glanced up at the boy and said nothing.

After sitting quietly for more than ten minutes, Lavia sighed slightly and whispered, "Rest early, we have to hurry tomorrow!"

Looking at her departing back, Soth's mood was a little complicated, and suddenly, he heard a voice beside him.

"She likes you!"

Soth subconsciously turned his head, only to see Ulrik smiling at him.

As if sensing Soth's thoughts, Ulrik shrugged his shoulders and explained with a smile, "I've been like this since I was a child, and if there's a sound, I'll ......wake up," he said, leaning over Soth, and asked curiously, "Isn't your lover the kind young lady, why is this ......?"

"Eventful!" Turning over, Soth said without any expression, "Sleep in peace!"

"Yes," Ulrik was indeed in a good temper, and did not care about Soth's words, but looked at the starry sky with his hands on his pillow, and whispered in a serious tone, "She's right, Soth, the power in you is very strong, at least more powerful than mine, that dark power, like this endless night, cold, lonely, dead ......and silent," he said, he turned his head and asked curiously, "Do you hate her?"

After a moment of silence, Soth asked in a low voice, "Who?"

"Of course it can't be that kind young lady, I'm talking about the one just now!" Ulrike said with a strange expression and whispered, "Seriously, this young lady is very imposing, she must be a nobleman, right?"

"She's the granddaughter of the Duke of Altak......"

"Wow," murmured Ulrique, glancing at the carriage in surprise, "that's amazing...... Oh yes, speaking of which, I'm a baron......"

"I'll take care of you!" glared at Ulrike angrily, waved his hand, and said, "Go to sleep, don't bother me!"

"Okay, okay, I'll just leave," Ulrik smiled helplessly, and then moved to the side, then glanced at Soth, and said seriously, "I used to have someone I liked...... Want to hear it?"

"I don't want to hear it!"

“...... Alright!"

The wordy and annoying vampire finally had no choice but to rest, which cleared Soth's ears a lot.

He was more concerned about the source of the dark power, the monster who called himself Sloth, than about Lavia and Dia...... Sloth is definitely not a simple demon, this is something that Soth himself has long known, only a small part of his power, maybe ten percent, or less, but even such a small amount of power is enough to kill a rumored terrifying lich in seconds, which is simply incredible...... Ivey was right, this force was too powerful, so strong that even he was faintly worried.

Can you control this tyrannical force?

The night was very late, not to mention Alan, even the annoying vampire was asleep, but Soth, who usually felt sleepy the most, didn't even feel a little sleepy at the moment.

This anomaly had been going on for days, and since the dark force had carved a dark tattoo on him, Thus hadn't heard the familiar purr, the purr of a monster that called itself Sloth...... Whenever he closed his eyes, Soth seemed to see a pair of pale red eyes, eyes with a terrible magical power, and when he stared into those eyes, the things that he had felt important to him seemed to gradually become insignificant, and no matter what happened, it seemed to matter...... When he looked into these eyes, he felt that he was out of place with the whole world, and the feeling of being an outsider became more and more profound.

As it is now...... "Can you finally hear my voice, my apostle......]

That guy seems to have completely woken up!

(To be continued)