"Sorry, we're late."

Annan and the princess came to the banquet hall.

Magic lamps are embedded in the soaring ceiling, like bright stars in the night sky, enveloping the entire hall in a soft glow. The musicians played music in the corner, and the melodious melody was like a variation of "My Heart Is Eternal".

The real bigwigs were scattered throughout the hall, and the tables were filled with delicacies that even Annan had never heard of.

The deputy lord of the city stood at the door like a doorman, greeting the guests.

When he saw the princess wearing a gray robe, her eyes covered with a ribbon, and her gray hair dragging the ground to hold the princess of Annan, the deputy city lord was slightly stunned: "What's wrong with the princess?" ”

"The princess is not well, but this banquet is very important."

Because the fake princess was kidnapped, Annan had to let the real princess play herself......

"It's really important...... the deputy city lord hid his emotions and looked at Editia next to him: "Who is this?" ”

"My sister, Vice-Lord of Liberty City, Editia Reeves."

"Hello, Miss Itilia." The deputy city lord bowed, and he raised his head to look at Annan: "Tonight's banquet will be very interesting......

"I'm looking forward to it."

Annan and the deputy lord of the castle wore their own smiles. After the deputy lord left, Annan's eyes looked at the ladies who were attending the banquet......

Annan's eyes were like sculptures piled up with gold coins......

"Go ahead, I'll accompany the princess." Etilia is empathetic.

"Okay."

Annan handed the princess over to Itilia and approached the table.

He believed that with the popularity of "The Fall of the Mage Tower" in Huadu, someone would soon come to talk to him......

Thinking so, a servant dragging a plate almost bumped into him.

Annan looked down and was stunned when he saw the servant's cheek: "You ......"

"You don't want to dump me." Princess Crimson said smugly.

"You shouldn't be here...... It's too dangerous here. ”

"You dare to come, why don't I dare ......"

Annan couldn't really run away with Princess Crimson, so he had to reluctantly lead her to Etilia.

"Leave it to me......" Itilia chuckled at Princess Crimson, "Can you help me push my wheelchair?" ”

"Annan wants to negotiate with the big guys, if you get too close, you will be found out......"

"It's Davy." Princess Crimson corrected, "Okay then. ”

After Annan walked away, she looked at the princess faintly, and "Alfie" was indifferent to her.

"What's wrong with her?"

"Everyone, sorry to bother you!"

The sudden echo of words in the banquet hall interrupted Princess Crimson's curiosity. A knight with a tough face and covered in mud walked into the banquet hall.

He raised his head, his gaze swept over the guests, and fell on Annan, who was slightly stunned: "I'm Reiner, a student of the Archbishop of Valencia of the Order Church of Hearsia City, and I set off for Heara City six days ago to investigate the truth. ”

"This is Mr. Albertou, a great weaver and survivor of Hearsi, and he's going to tell you what's going on in Hearsa these months."

The banquet hall became silent, and countless dignitaries and guests looked curiously at this side, and some knew Albertus and whispered something.

Albertu stepped forward. He changed into new clothes, so much so that Annan almost didn't recognize him as the nobles of the front hall...... I didn't expect there to be survivors.

“…… The depraved princess imprisoned us in the palace, and the knight named Annan arrived, plotted something, and then the strange broke in, and they all died, and I was the only one who escaped and hid in Hearsa...... The heroic Reiner rescued me, and when I learned that the so-called 'knights' had purified Persona City, and that there was a princess in Huadu, I knew that we had all been deceived......"

Albertu slowly recounts his story and his lies.

"A thief named Knight wanted to steal the power of Persona, he had people play the role of the princess, and in order to make the plan not leak, he came to Persona and killed the fallen princess, deceiving you all......"

Amid the uproar of the guests, Alberto pointed to the princess beside Editria.

"She's a fake princess!"

“…… That's the truth I've learned from three days of investigating in Persona. Reiner took the words, and he looked directly at Annan: "Knight, what is the purpose?" ”

Annan frowned slightly and stared at Reiner.

Corlett is Valencia's daughter, and it is inconvenient for him to retaliate, but you still dare to appear in front of you......?

Annan walked over to the princess, and Princess Crimson raised her hand, which was held by Editria's wrist.

Looking at Annan approaching, out of trust, the crimson princess settled down.

I don't know if I should thank Lady Luck or not...... The "respect" of his own donation actually really worked.

Annan held up the hand of the princess, and the ring on her ring finger shimmered with mysterious brilliance: "Reiner, do you think this Hearse Ring is real or fake?" ”

"Of course it's true."

"I thought you'd say it's fake too......" Annan chuckled, calmly sweeping over the guests, "So how about I tell you a story?" ”

"At the beginning of February, I was ordered by the princess to take her ring and go to Hearsa City to clear out the weird, and you can all witness this in the camp stationed on the shore of Swan Lake." Annan's gaze swept over the few faces he had seen in the camp at the banquet, "After entering the palace, I saw some survivors. The nobles, including this Albertus, reversed black and white, saying that the princess had trapped them here and entrusted me to kill the princess......"

He ...... He's lying! ”

"Shhhh......h ”

"You're lying, woo-woo-"

The glow of magic flashed, and I don't know who made Alberto shut his mouth.

"Thank you."

Annan thanked the being who had made the move, and continued: "I pretended to accept their commission and entered the depths of the palace smoothly, only to see another princess in front of the sealed gate......

The guests listened intently to Annan's story.

"She told me a story about a little girl who lived in a forest hut with her mother, and one day, her mother went out on business and never came back. The little girl was scared and worried. It wasn't long before a wild beast appeared outside the hut and managed to break into it. The scared little girl wished she had an older sister. Then the little girl's sister really appeared and drove the beast away for the time being. ”

"That sister is the second princess I have seen, she is suppressing the portal in the depths of the palace, and she told me that there is a price to be paid for killing the beast completely, and that price can only be ...... her"

"At the end of the story, the elder sister sacrifices herself in place of the younger sister and kills the beast."

"On that day, her blooming light was clearly visible in the flowers."

(End of chapter)