The aristocrats are in poor shape, and they are about to be driven crazy.

They didn't have to worry about food, but they were tormented by being trapped in the front hall and sharing a room with the princess.

The mages are similar. They can't cast spells, they can't meditate, the only thing they can use is magic rings, but they don't dare to use them too much for fear of being detected by strangers.

The archmage handed the poisoned apple to Annan: "We only have this one chance, if we fail, it will be difficult for us to kill the princess...... Please also refrain from showing hostility. ”

Annan looked at the red apples with a ruddy appearance, thinking that "Annan's Fables" could add a new story.

He didn't pick up the poisoned apple: "How am I going to get her to eat it?" ”

"At the same time that the princess sealed the rift, the rift also sealed her. She can't stop you from approaching, she can only unleash weirdness to hurt you...... We can't get close, but you can. "Please restore Hearsa to its original state, you will become a new hero for saving Hearsi, and you will be carved into a statue and placed in a place where everyone can see."

This was the only way to get the freak out of Persona, but a grieving Alyssa couldn't bear their conversation and sobbed and left.

"I'll give it a try, but I can't guarantee it." Annan took the poisoned apple.

"Even if you fail, you will be braver than the rest of us." The archmage laughed self-deprecatingly.

"Please be safe......"

The aristocrats clumsily removed the wall of debris leading to the depths of the palace, and watched with awe and hope as Annan stepped into the depths.

"We are back to the way we are, waiting for the good news from the Lord of Free City." The Archmage took a deep breath and arranged for them.

……

Annan carried the magic lamp and made his way through the dark palace.

The scorched girl hides in his shadow, making sure that when danger arises, it will appear as soon as possible.

Walking along the blood-red carpet, Annan felt himself digging deeper and deeper into the palace...... But there was no strange appearance, and the silence around was scary.

Wow –

I don't know how long it took, Annan climbed the stairs, and suddenly two magic lamps lit up in front of him.

Annan paused for a moment, then moved on.

There was no red carpet under his feet, and the sound of footsteps on the masonry floor echoed in the empty corridor.

The magic lamps on both sides lit up with Annan and then went out as he walked. I don't know if it's magic, or if the princess already knows about his arrival.

Annan continued to move forward boringly for more than ten minutes, and the weirdness never appeared.

Just when Annan felt that the palace was almost the same size as Liberty City, a faint light finally lit up in front of him.

There were no more magic lamps on either side, and Annan put away his magic lamp at the same time, walking in the darkness, gradually approaching the only light in the depths of the palace.

It was the light that poured in from outside, and it shone right in the middle of the circular square at noon, and fell on a thorn-thorned gray-haired beauty.

Cloaked in light and carrying shadows, she sat slumped in front of a stone door. Thorns sticking out of the door wrapped around her, piercing her hands and feet. There was a puddle of brown blood around him.

Annan's arrival made the princess look like a dead princess raise her bowed head, and thus see the beautiful and terrifying cheeks...... Beautiful more.

Even though maggots squirmed in her left eye and one arm turned gray, the beauty of this firm will and fragile body was not at all comparable to the fake princess of Huadu...... The false princess in the capital is just a puppet with her appearance.

A faint whisper resounded in the square: "O warlock who is blessed by the World Tree, entangled by the Tree of Another World, and followed by a strange ...... Welcome to Persona City. ”

Annan stood at the edge of the square, looked at her, and whispered, "The truth is not like this...... Is that right? ”

After being promoted to an elite warlock, Annan has more than just immersive eyes, an affinity that cannot be refused, the ability to smell and manipulate other people's emotions, and the ability to distinguish between good and bad people......

The moment he saw the princess, Annan knew that she was not the bad person they said she was—not because of her looks.

The princess was sad, and a tear flowed from her right eye, which was not occupied by maggots.

"I am their royal daughter......"

The gray-haired princess slowly tells a story that is different from the nobles outside.

It was a month before Annan was still sailing south on a merchant ship, and a terrifying aura suddenly poured out of the cracks. In order to protect Hearsa City, which had lost the protection of the gods, the princess sacrificed herself to seal the rift, slowing down the rate at which the strange aura could seep into their world.

Without the elements of betrayal and revenge, it's just a simple story.

What happened later Annan already knew: Crimson Castle asked the fake princess to go to Huadu to deceive, and the Skeleton King, who knew the plan, asked Annan to come to Hearsay City to find the real princess. The southern countries outside want to solve the HearsCity crisis, but they are not so serious, after all, the "princess" has already come out.

And the nobles who didn't have time to leave wanted to kill the princess in order to get out of here.

"My people......"

All emotions turned into a sigh that echoed in the empty palace.

"But they are right about one thing......"

The princess looked at Annan quietly: "The passage of the strange world has merged with me. Kill me and the passage will close. ”

"What if it's not closed?" Annan asked her.

A smile appeared on the princess's still stunningly beautiful haggard cheeks: "I grew up here. ”

Persona City is the King's Persona City.

"I want to eat apples, did you bring them?" The princess asked softly.

She knows everything...... She watched as the people trapped in the front hall plotted to kill her.

The princess tried to protect her people, but was betrayed by her people.

"I think it's a terrible plan." Annan looked seriously at the thorn-entangled princess, "Whether it's for the people who want you to go back, or for the nobles outside who want to kill the princess who shelters them. ”

"But ......"

"Maybe there's something else to do."

The princess was silent for a long time: "You need to get the ...... of humanity"

"What is human nature?"

"Drive those weird 'stuff' ......"

"Weird bodies?"

Annan thoughtfully took out the charred blanket.

The charred girl drilled out of Annan's shadow, staring at him silently with dark eyes.

"Don't worry, I won't sell you."

The princess has long known about its existence, "it is it, but this human nature is still weak and ......"

"Can the leaves of the otherworldly tree help you?" Annan took out another elm leaf.

"No......"

Annan didn't know what else had anything to do with "humanity...... He suddenly thought of the flute that the Kraken had left behind.

"Where's this?"

The princess looked at the bone flute that Annan was holding in her hand: "Are you willing to give it to me?" ”

"It's not my thing. I think she'd be happy if she knew what she left behind could help you. ”

(End of chapter)