Chapter 52: Decision
In the depths of the night, a team was galloping briskly through the woods outside Randall, barefoot, dressed in thin, ragged clothes, desperately heading in the direction of the Iron Wing Fort, despite the sharp branches leaving wounds between their feet.
"Ahh
Someone tripped over a branch, and it was a teenager with long silver hair and blue eyes.
"Hurry up, Karl, we haven't left the enemy's range yet. ”
The leader turned around, and it was a woman with red eyes who looked like a young man named Carl, and her voice was full of love.
"It doesn't matter, Sister Rebecca, let's go!"
Carl nodded.
"Everyone! we all know how hard the road will be, and we all know that not all of us will make it to the princess alive, but we must survive!
"Yes!"
Rebecca's words stirred up the morale of the crowd, and they quickened their pace as they tried to make their way through the jungle.
[Anyway, someone has to tell the princess that secret, that secret about the castle!]
Looking out at the night ahead, Rebecca thought......
The night quietly departed, and the sun rose.
The sun slowly sets, and night returns.
Then, by the time the sun rises again, there won't be much left before the deadline for negotiations.
Isabella opened her eyes, and she was lying on a soft bed.
Today was the day to make up her mind, and every morning, she told herself. However, until every evening of the day. She couldn't even put her decision into words.
The king's words are hard to collect, and now the king and queen are captives. She is Randall's acting queen. So there are some things that really can't be easily spoken, because once they are said. It will become a reality in an instant.
However, there is no time. Today is the day when decisions must be made no matter what. For the sake of her future goals, there are still a lot of things waiting for her to do, and there is no reason to hesitate so much.
[It's like ...... The same as the death sentence for his own parents. 】
She lay on the bed, silently thinking.
However, by the time she arrived at the conference hall, the confused girl had already put on a disguised coat and locked her fragile heart inside.
"Everybody......"
She looked at the crowd, some of them were determined, even if they were confused in their hearts, just like her, wearing a disguise to firmly support their princess. Like Karen, like the old duke.
Some people are hesitant, they feel sorry for the princess, but they don't know what to say, such as the little Lori who is the party.
"I decided to ......"
However, in any case, the saddest thing is still Isabella herself. Holding back the feeling of wanting to vomit, she struggled to speak.
"Launching a ...... to Randall"
In just a few words, in her mouth, it was like a traveler across the desert, unable to reach the exit for a long time. Lingering on the tip of the tongue.
Just as she tried to do her best to say the words that would determine her parents' fate, the door to the conference hall was pushed open.
"We spotted someone fleeing from King Randall's on our patrol, Princess!"
Rowan walked in and said.
"Bring them in!"
Maybe it was Randall's three words that caught her attention. Maybe it's just a postponement of the death penalty, Isabella said.
After a while, a pair of silver-haired siblings were ushered into the conference hall.
"You are...... Rebecca ...... And Carl Verlsdorf!"
The maiden is the captain of the Royal Guard. The other is her younger brother, the Battle Priest of the Cathedral of Light. Isabella, a young girl named Rebecca, is familiar. When she was in the palace, this gentle big sister-like woman was always her personal bodyguard.
"It's a real pleasure to see you again. Princess. I escaped from the royal city with the rest of the Royal Guard, as well as my brother Carl. ”
"Guys?"
"Well, it's just that everyone ......"
Rebecca grimaced. On the way from the royal city to the Iron Wing Castle, they were constantly pursued by the enemy, and when they arrived, they were left with only their siblings.
"Thank you for your hard work, although I also want to know the situation in the royal city, but before that, ......"
"No, listen to me until then, Princess!
In fact, after you left, Your Majesty once secretly added a new secret passage to Randall City, and that secret passage leads directly to the cliff mountain road behind the city!"
Rebecca is amazing, and the escape passage is a device that every castle has. When attacking Iron Wing Castle, Duke Arman was not captured by Leah and the others by relying on the escape secret passage.
"What you say is true!?"
Isabella's eyes lit up. Depending on how it is used, the Secret Passage can not only escape from the inside to the outside, but can also bypass layers of guards and enter the castle from the outside.
"Of course!"
Rebecca nodded vigorously.
"How many people know about this?"
"There are only a few people, and they are all His Majesty's henchmen, please rest assured that the princess is here. ”
Isabella is not too worried about Rebecca's lying, the girl is a confidant of the royal family, otherwise King Cliff would not be at ease to let her be his guard.
As for Karl...... Isabella didn't know much about the teenager. However, from past conversations with Rebecca, she remembered that she was a devout Protestant, and not all of them were admirers of Bishop Albin. According to Protestant canons, the king was the spokesperson of the goddess, so the devout believers were staunch royalists.
"Is it possible that Jermain deliberately let them escape?"
Karene frowned, she knew what the princess was thinking, but it would be a gamble. If this is Germain's ploy, then everything will be doomed.
"Not really, I've watched them along the way, and it's a real pursuit. And it was learned from the captured enemy that the only order they received was to kill the fugitives. ”
Rowan shook his head.
"But I still have to say...... It's really ......."
Duke Brown shook his head, with this secret passage, the princess saw the possibility of infiltrating the palace to rescue the king and queen. Either way, however, this is a very risky act.
"Let's try!"
However, at this moment, little Lori interrupted him.
"Leah!?"
Isabella looked at each other in surprise.
"Let's try it! I think it's an opportunity!"
Little Lori's eyes sparkled. It's not just the princess who can't sleep well these days, Leah is also tossing and turning, and it's hard to sleep.
The king and the queen, or maybe themselves?
Although she knew that there was only one answer to the multiple-choice question, Lori also knew how painful Isabella would be because of it.
Although the princess was calm at the meeting this morning, it could not hide from Leah, who knew that Isabella's heart was crying. Her life was exchanged for the death of her friend's parents, and if all this could have been avoided, Leah would do whatever it took to do so.
And now, an opportunity presented her.
A secret passage that can bypass many dangers, a guard who understands the structure of the palace, and her own teleportation magic, little Lori is confident that she can save Isa's parents.
"But Leah......"
But it was still a very risky risk, and even Isabella herself could not make a judgment right away.
"Trust me, Isha!"
However, Leah refused to back down. Because she still has the power of a goddess!
[That's the power of the forbidden, maybe it will make your body and mind completely collapse.] 】
A voice said in his heart.
"I don't care. 】
Little Lori replied.
[It doesn't matter if everyone knows that you are a goddess?]
The voice still wouldn't stop.
[Compared to that, I don't want to regret it, and I don't want my important friends to lose their families. 】
She shook her head.
"Leah......
The princess was confused, she could feel the little Lori's heart, but that made her hesitate even more.
"Trust me!
Leah said again, her voice full of determination.
"Ah...... I see, I believe in you!"
Looking at the little Lori's gaze, although there was no reason, Isabella felt that the fog in her heart was blown away.
"I've decided to infiltrate King Randall and rescue my father and mother!"
The princess announced loudly! (To be continued......
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