The warm lights of the bedroom seemed to keep out all the shadows and late autumn chills, and the moonlight softly shone on the knightly carpet and rich furniture.

On the other side of the long table, Alexia, the third empress of the Cress Empire, was still sitting, her brown hair falling naturally on her shoulders, her eyes like a deep lake, but they were already sleepy and lackluster, and her cheeks looked pale and transparent in the moonlight.

It was as if she had struggled with all her might, but then she was in utter despair, and her hope was finally shattered, and she could no longer put it together.

"So in your opinion, Your Royal Highness the Empress Alexia, is there really no sign of erosion in the Cress Empire?"

Ranch reaffirmed himself to Alexia.

"Nope."

Alexia spoke in a short and resolute tone.

However, Lanchi's words sounded like she was being tortured repeatedly.

Although Alexia knew that Lanchi didn't mean to, because he didn't know anything.

But if he deliberately asked more than once, then this person's character is really too bad.

Pity.

She doesn't dream of having an all-knowing and all-powerful hero to save her and her country, which is a story that only comes out of fairy tales.

“……”

Huberian did not dare to speak, always remaining nervous, paying careful attention to every possible piece of information.

She could tell that the princess Alexia had a particularly hard mouth.

Under the influence of the poet of great love, the emotional ups and downs of this royal daughter are obvious.

At this moment, Huberian's heart was also full of calculations.

She didn't want to be seen by Ranch and Alexia.

Only she knew that the disappearance of her father, Duke Miyaya Aransar, was related to the Cress Empire.

As a royal daughter, this Miss Alexia probably knows some key information!

But Hugh Bailian was unwilling to drag Lanchi into the water, so she could only listen like this, hoping that Lanchi would inadvertently help her ask for some information that would help her find Duke Miya.

However.

Even as Hubertarian behaved as always, Ranch kept his eyes on her.

He smiled but didn't speak.

This shocked Hubertarian!

She feels that there is no problem with her acting skills.

Why did Lan Qi's sudden gaze make her feel inexplicably that her thoughts had been seen through by him?

"Huberian, don't worry, we subjectively recognize her as a suspected colleague of the Resurrection Church, so it is not against the international laws of the Southern Continent to remain vigilant or even restrained until her identity is confirmed."

Ranch just said mildly.

His words relieved Huberian.

Sure enough, I just thought about it too much.

“……”

Lanch tilted his head sideways with a smile.

He seemed to be laughing at the stiff-mouthed attitude of the princess Alexia.

In fact, Hubertian didn't know that he already knew a lot of things, and even the "will save Miya" that Ranchi had told her earlier was still a joke.

In order to recover Duke Miya, it is indeed necessary to rush before the ninth ancestor, Marquis Bernhard, breaks the seal, kills Duke Miya, and obtains the [Primordial Slab-Dark].

[Primordial Slate-Dark] is a top-notch magic card that every Bloodline cannot refuse, and they are naturally affinity for the dark attribute.

In the era when the Bloodlines were sealed, it seems that the [Primordial Slate] series of props had not yet been born in the world, so none of the Bloods who had just unlocked the seal had [Primordial Slate], and even in the main story a year and a half later, the Bloods also launched an action to hunt the holder of the Slate.

The [Primordial Tablet] series has the characteristic of "the wielder drops when he dies", but for the undead Bloodline, obtaining the [Primordial Tablet] is almost equivalent to taking possession of it permanently.

Since the [Primordial Slate-Dark] will be obtained by the Marquis of Bernhard of the Ninth Ancestor in the future, and what Ranch knows is that the Third Ancestor, the Seventh Ancestor, and the Eighth Ancestor have all been unsealed earlier but have not obtained Miya's [Primordial Slate-Dark], there is a high probability that Miyaya is still alive now.

According to Lanchi's plan, after returning from the search for the [Primordial Slab-Seal] in the Northern Continent, he will challenge the Shadow World again to prepare, and he will go to the blood lair of the Cress Empire with Huberian to do an ecological balance survey.

It would be best if we could get a helper from the Cress Empire before then.

As long as the Alexian princess is an enemy of the Bloods, then they have the same goal.

So Ranch decided to test her a little.

"Your Highness Alexia, based on your answer just now, with all due respect, I would like to take the liberty of guessing that the current predicament of the Cress Empire is not the Resurrection Church, but the fact that there are creatures far more terrifying than the cultists that will make you so afraid."

Lan Qi put down the teacup, and had already taken his eyes off the princess between words, his eyes were calm, but his tone was determined.

“…… I don't understand what you're talking about, and the Cress Empire isn't in any predicament now, so there's no need to think about it! ”

Alexia's shoulders trembled slightly, and even Hubertarian could tell that she was stiff-mouthed, even though she was still retorting to Ranchi.

Lanchi's words seemed to be able to break her defenses with precision.

"With the Twelve Protector Generals, why are you afraid? Have you lost track of which of them have been manipulated? ”

Ranch chuckled and said to himself.

"Every word you say now is a felony, stop, I can be blameless."

Alexia's low voice was short and cold, trying to contain her thoughts that were about to go out of sorts.

Originally, she could maintain her acting skills to answer Lanchi from the very beginning, but after all, under the influence of the great love poet, she couldn't control herself!

She didn't know why Lanch was tempting again and again, as if she could peek into all her inner thoughts!

"Is there a figure in the palace that scares you lately?"

Ranch didn't give her a chance to stop, and a new voice followed.

"I warn you, don't ask again!"

Alexia's voice was clearly wrong, and she trembled like a fried lion cub.

"There is still a year and a half to go......"

Ranch tapped on the table as if to give Alexia a final answer.

His voice was as sure as the ringing of the Destiny Tower in the night.

"The Blood Moon will completely envelop the entire Crescent Empire, Your Highness, your country is dying."

The short words rang like thunder in the ears of the princess Alexia.

“！！”

With the sound of tables and teacups cumping, the princess Alexia finally took a half step back in horror and stood up.

In the dark of night, she was like a girl frightened by the sound of thunder.

She stared at Lanchi, trying to find something out of Lanchi's eyes, but she couldn't find any answers in those natural emerald green eyes.

Even if Lan Qi could deduce some clues from her actions and words.

But looking at the current North and South Continents, absolutely no person with a normal brain would think that such a behemoth as the Cress Empire would die in just one and a half years because of the blood clan!

"What do you know......

In her eyes, with that resentment and unwillingness, as if the tears that had dried up, began to flow again.

(End of chapter)