For Charles, the word "loved one" has a complex meaning.

It is synonymous with both the most dangerous enemy and the protector and occasionally an indifferent bystander.

When he was 4 years old, he was pushed down the stairs by his brother who was second in line, leaving a laceration that has not been erased, when he was 5 years old, he was beaten on the head by his eldest brother with a stick, and some of the royal doctors said that he fell from a height or was hit by a brick in a flower bed, and when he was 6 years old, he ate a biscuit from the queen's reward and almost died of poisoning......

If it weren't for the protection of my sister, I am afraid that he would have rotted into a pile of white bones in the cold and damp tomb of the royal cemetery, and the father who sat on the throne and watched this qiē with cold eyes would probably not even have a sigh at that time.

Accepting the abuse of his brothers day after day, in addition to being highly vigilant, Charles also learned to accept despair and disdain too early.

In the face of irreversible cruelty, there is no one to teach them how to walk on the path of strength, the only thing they can do is to close their hearts, stifle the self that can still feel pain, and numb themselves with an attitude of resignation.

Over the years, Charles didn't open his heart to anyone but Minerva, until he met them—

'Big brother in women's clothes'.

This was Charles' direct influence when he first met Roland, and became a term used in his diary to refer to Roland in exchange with Minerva, and was also synonymous with "the unthinkable".

Not seeking any benefits, knowing that nothing good will be gained by being involved with a waste prince like him. Not to please Sister Wang, it was extremely natural to save herself who was so sick that she was almost dying, and later brought gifts when she entered the palace several times. For the first time, someone other than Sister Wang and General Dezru sent gifts, and they were excited, confused, and shy, and not only did they forget to thank them, but they also seemed at a loss as to what to do with the gifts.

What a wonderful man-

With this feeling and curiosity, Charles began to pay attention to Roland.

At first, the observation image of Roland was no different from the others, and I felt that he was a good old man who was several times luckier than ordinary people. Wealth, official luck, and especially peach blossom luck. Cheng Dù, who wants to burn Roland at the stake as long as he is a man, really doesn't understand what makes this fool who doesn't understand a woman's heart particularly attractive.

As the observation deepens, especially in recent days. Charles discovers something that no one else knows.

At the end of the rehearsal for each day's performance. After everyone leaves the dedicated car. Roland would sneak into the carriage alone, strapping sandbags all over his body. After that, he first hooked his foot to the railing on the ceiling and repeatedly arched his body. Lift your upper body with the strength of your waist and abdomen and touch your legs. After hundreds of repetitions, it is changed to grasping the railing with two fingers and pulling the whole body with the strength of the arm, and after hundreds of reps, it is changed to the other hand.

It's amazing.

After seeing this intense workout, Charles couldn't help but be surprised, and after seeing Roland exercise himself so intensely for several days, and finding that the sandbags were filled with sand gold, he was only amazed and surprised.

Even the frail and sickly and lacking exercise also understood that it was impossible to beat the body to such a point not only because of the excellence of physical fitness and physical quality, but also without the perseverance to run through. But as the heir of the consortium, Roland, who has no worries about food and clothing, why should he exercise himself like this?

Questioning, Charles continued to observe, and yesterday he had made a new discovery.

"On the shoulders of the 'big brother in women's clothes' stood a little man with three heads, a strange black hair, a red tuxedo, and a cane, and looked like a gentleman, but with a poisonous mouth. The eldest brother can't do anything about him, and he is often made to the street. I can't believe that villain is so small, but his strength is even greater than that of his big brother. ”

Even if it is a doppelganger, it is also Li Lin's doppelganger, and its physical strength is still slightly stronger than that of Roland, who is a human body. Not knowing this, Charles made his own inference.

"That must be the 'goblin', the goblin who is said to watch the house for people, can lift the entire desk with one hand, sweep the dust under the table with the other, and control several rags at the same time to wipe the windows shiny. It must be a very old and very capable Mr. Leprechaun. ”

The boy smiled, and left in his notebook shocking words, and the boy, who had no idea how bloody these words would cause if they were circulated, lifted his jaw, and a strange loneliness haunted him.

I can't write it anymore.

(I actually...... A little envious)

I can't put my thoughts into words, and I can't even do it on paper.

The only family member that Charles is not afraid of is Minerva, and in a certain way, Sister Wang is equivalent to her mother, who died young.

However, due to the hostile attitude of the brother and the queen and princess, Minerva inevitably doted on the younger brother excessively, sometimes to the point of trembling. Perhaps because of her mother's responsibilities, or because her brother had been separated from her mother before she could remember, Minerva and Charr had a slightly different relationship than a normal sibling.

It's like a veil in the middle - you can see it, you can feel it...... But it's not a direct relationship.

So when he saw the "parent-child relationship" between Roland and Li Lin that went straight to the point - he thought it was so - he couldn't help but be moved.

No way.

Shaking his head, Charles dispelled the distracting thoughts, for him who had been protected by Minerva to survive until now, these thoughts were simply blasphemy of Sister Wang's efforts all along, and they were thoughts that should never be had.

Taking a deep breath and looking through the window at Minerva as she stepped onto the podium, Charles muttered quietly.

"Maybe...... That big brother is really Sister Wang's true destiny......"

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Like a budding bright green stand-up collar uniform, with golden iris embroidery, and a knee-length burgundy cloak, the heroic girl stood on the podium and said loudly into the voice amplification device:

"Brave men, all of you who have dedicated themselves to the cause of justice, all of whom have supported justice and faith, and who have fought for ...... under your struggle."

The words and tones are full of exciting tones, and in all fairness, it is a good speech. But the mouth of a young girl is somewhat disagreeable, and it might be better if you talk about these things with an uncle with a mustache and who is good at body language.

"Not my problem. ”

Opening the invisibility technique, the Q version of Li Lin, who was sitting on Roland's shoulder, shrugged.

"I'm going to talk about something condolent, just give it to someone else with a strong militaristic color, and she has to insist on it. ”

"I know...... But where did you get the original version of that manuscript? and "I love democracy, I love freedom...... and it's very suspicious to talk about it. ”

Roland muttered quietly, his sense of smell is still relatively keen, Li Lin is just a classic masterpiece of ancient science fiction movies. Speaker Palpatine's speech when authorized by the Senate military dictatorship made some modifications. Then let Minerva recite it in the voice of the Speaker, and add some of the significance of fighting for the faith in the northern lands - this battle between the principality and the coalition was an important and important war of great monumental significance in the history of the world of Wilt.

The first large-scale attack and defense of the all-firearms army, the first confrontation with fortress artillery and trenches, the first dropping of suicide bombs. For the first time, the promotion of the Banzai Charge. For the first time, a sniper was put into formation...... For the first time in more than a thousand years, the forces of all parties have reshuffled their sides.

The last item has not yet become a reality. But Li Lin knew very well that it was only a matter of time.

"Then again, the response was pretty good. ”

Glancing at the audience. Roland sighed unexpectedly.

Minerva's speech probably didn't appeal to the soldiers, but for some reason, there was a relaxed and peaceful atmosphere. It may be that the girl's desire to work hard was sensed by everyone, and a relaxed smile appeared on the soldiers' faces.

Considering that Her Highness had just given a speech before, the response from the audience was really good.

"After all, it's impossible for everyone to put on other expressions. ”

Unceremoniously cold water poured over his shoulder, and the boy's eyebrows twitched a little, and he returned to normal.

As Li Lin said, the soldiers can only respond with this expression, they are fighters who stand up for the holy war and the honor of the country, with a fearless spirit, and any reaction on such occasions is incorrect except for "morale boosting".

- It's boring.

A second late, when Roland reacted that this was his own evaluation, he immediately smiled bitterly in his heart, he actually used the standards of the defense army to demand the human army.

The defense army is also a hierarchical place, as an army, no matter where it goes, this is the same, but in the defense army, you can rarely see the formalism of the human army, and all of them are pragmatism. More importantly, from the day it was established, it was clear from all levels of the defense forces that "they are fighting for what they are fighting."

-- We have embarked on the road of war for the sake of living space.

This is a phrase engraved in every barracks of the defense army, and every elf, from officers to soldiers, recites this sentence. As this sentence says, in an environment surrounded by strong enemies, in the form of a shadow country, the elves' sense of security is extremely thin. From the beginning of the army, they have been constantly preparing for war, and before the material preparations begin, their mental state has long entered the wartime, relying on the almost religious spirit of loyalty and sacrifice, as well as the strong cohesion and strength that has been triggered from it, coupled with the technology and equipment ahead of the times, the number of defense troops is not large, but it is one of the strongest armies in the world today.

Unlike the elven soldiers, who were willing to die generously and fearlessly for the country and the nation with a sense of national pride and honor at all times, the human soldiers fought for the "king's majesty" and "lord" for a large extent, and more for the various rewards after the victory of the war - looting, rape, and so on. Occasionally, there are some fanatics who fight for religious beliefs, but only a small number of them will soon be exhausted on the battlefield, and at a time when the religious divisions within the camp are becoming more and more obvious, it is becoming more and more difficult to sustain religious wars that abandon self-thinking and rely on fanatical beliefs.

In such an army, formalism and deception are inevitable, and even if they already have a little prototype of a modern army and have changed into new uniforms and firearms, they are still backward in their bones.

If the two armies with such a clear gap are to fight each other one day......

Secretly shook his head. Roland retracted his imagination and began to search the crowd with his peripheral vision again, and normal, suspicious faces crossed his eyes.

Unbeknownst to Roland, there was a battle going on in the train carriages...... Or rather, a well-designed fight show

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The carriage was in shambles.

The lavish decorations were almost destroyed, the high-end carpets, chestnut wood wall panels, and gilt ceiling wallpaper were cut and torn, red blood sprayed everywhere, and beautiful landscapes were stained blood-red into hell.

The fierce battles of Cheng Dù are not known to the outside world, partly because the carriages are soundproofed in place, and partly because the people who infiltrated the carriages performed silent techniques.

Nearly 10 bodies fell to the ground. There were still 3 enemies standing. 4 of your own combat power.

However, the situation is by no means rosy.

With the help of everyone's attention, attracted by the speech on the platform, silently sneaked into the carriage and killed the guards. Set up a soundproof barrier - a first-class killer who can do this. Don't even blink an eye. Use it like a discard.

"It's so magnanimous, I can't help but want to complain to the above: don't always slam the door so much, and you won't die if you make a big fuss gorgeously. ”

The giant needle ant sighed. At her feet was a dying man, his eyeballs poked, pus leaking from his hollow sockets, his shoulder and elbow joints shattered, and his hands unable to lift them. The toxins that cause severe pain run through the body, the stench of incontinence fills the air, the corners of the mouth overflow with white foam, and the hoarse throat emits a mournful cry that cannot be stopped.

"You think so, don't you?"

The girl smiled innocently and stepped on the dying man with her foot raised.

Compared with the previous wail, the sound of the neck bone shattering can be described as refreshing and painful.

“......”

Faced with the cruel and strange scene in front of them, the three intruders did not say a word.

Two of the trio wore black coats without any embellishments, hoods pulled up, and ankle-length hems.

The two men are as dark as shadows, but they are not as thin as shadows, and the muscular outlines can be seen in their bodies that are more than 2 meters tall in their coats, and their hanging hands each hold a short knife, and the masks on their faces are no different, and a sense of oppression is emitted from the eyes.

It looks a bit like twins, cooperating with each other in battle, like a four-armed warrior, and even the flower mantis, which has an all-round perspective, can't find a gap in its attack, and can be called a first-class master.

The duo is weird, but it's not too outrageous, and the rest of them can only be described as foreign to common sense.

Standing in front of the killers was a piece of armor.

The heavy armor plates were spread all over the body, and there was hardly a single gap to be found, and the outline of the armor formed a strange human form: the head, torso, and legs were fairly well proportioned, but the arms were unusually thick, almost as thick as the waist of an ordinary person, and an unusually developed hand held a sword.

The Killers had seen Gloria's saber, a large sword known as the Longrider Sword, which was larger than the Lance, not so much a sword as a huge piece of iron with a blade, or a large axe drawn into the shape of a sword commonly used by the dwarves. Even if you don't sharpen the blade, a casual swing is enough to annihilate your opponent.

These three people don't look like professional killers at all, saying that they are siege assault troops or bandits, and some people may still believe them. But this is just the appearance, the killers know very well whether the other party is a powerful peer, or the type they are not good at dealing with.

Needless to say, the seamless duo of the match, and the armor freak is even trickier. Pistol bullets, giant needle ant's thorns, flower mantis' claws, and bug horns were completely ineffective against that layer of armor, as evidenced by the scratches that spread all over the surface of the armor, and even more outrageous-

"Is there chain mail in it? Or is the lining iron-plated? Either way, it's a monster. ”

The scorpion licked its scalpel and murmured softly, burrowing a huge crimson tail from its clothes, holding it high above the top, its hook-like spikes hanging down to the ground reflecting the cold scarlet light.

Someone once did a real yàn, and the fierce arthropods such as spiders, praying mantises, wasps, and beetles were faced off against the scorpions, and the result was total annihilation. Few insects can defeat scorpions. The reason for this is that the scorpion's tail spine, which can attack from a dead angle above, is the prey of the scorpion in the face of the perfect attack composed of three-dimensional attacks, ctenoid plate vibration sensing, and poison, not to mention insects, even small vertebrates.

The scorpion, one of the few LV4 members of the Arachnid, can "worm" parts of the body, revealing a "poisonous tail". Tong guò spinal reflex directly control zhì. The reaction speed is faster than thinking and nerves, and it can even prevent a salvo of a close-range submachine gun, and the venom secreted by the tail spine is hundreds of times stronger than the venom of the Israeli killer scorpion, and a slight stab can be instantly fatal.

In the battle, the "Poisonous Tail" pierced the gap in the neck of the armor at least 5 times, and the opponent still stood as if nothing happened.

If the armor is worn with chain mail, it is indeed possible to prevent the "poisonous tail", but when you wear such heavy armor, and even put on the chain mail that is not light, the movement can be extremely agile - this kind of thing is not valid from the perspective of biology and mechanics. Secondly. Every hit. Didn't feel like piercing the flesh to wear back. That is, the inside of the armor may be empty.

Is it using magic to control unmanned armor? Could it be the two people on the side? No, they are also fighting when fighting armor. It is impossible to be distracted. Then it is to use farsightedness or other observation magic to peek into the battlefield. It is also unlikely to operate over long distances. The murderous aura emanating from the armor was genuine, and it did sense the heartbeat and breath of a human coming from inside. What's more, long-distance operation will inevitably have blind spots that cannot be observed, if you want to act freely. It is necessary to have a huge consciousness capacity dozens of times that of ordinary people, and this possibility is very low.

The scorpion cleared all kinds of guesses one by one, and at the same time guarded the other party, and at this moment, the armor moved.

Ignoring his size and weight, the armor slid between the duo and the insect killers, and the man in black retreated at full speed, a flash of light filling the entire carriage.

The glare receded, and only the killers in the carriage were on alert.

"Whew-"

Invariably relieved, the guard was still not lifted, and the scorpion took out the wireless intercom.

"Yes, Your Excellency. 一qiē顺lì, um...... It should not have been discovered. ”

The scorpion opened the corner of the curtain and said calmly:

"She's already followed, and 'over there' is moving. ”

The figure of a spider flashed on the amber retina, and not far away, a small white-haired monkey scurried around the crowd.

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Things are moving in the expected direction.

Through the Demon's Eye, Milady saw the man in black turn down an alley, a carriage waiting for him, the door opened, and the man handed over a bag, revealing a pair of beautiful, struggling children's shoes.

At this moment, Miledi was wearing a crimson dress and leaning on a large bed, and the dress with a rose pattern depicted with gold thread would not look shabby when worn by real royal women, draped over Miledi's plump body, adding a grace and luxury. Nowadays, when prostitutes are banned in the army, it is impossible to enter or leave the barracks in such ostentatious clothes, but it is a different matter if it is the mistress of a noble official.

There was a deep snoring from behind, and the man drained by Miledy's skillful skills remained motionless, unaware that the person next to him was activating the magic.

Slowly raising her glass, the female spy thrust the tip of her tongue into the brandy and stirred it, making this amorous gesture, Milady's face and voice reappeared in her mind.

"Listen, I want you to keep an eye on His Royal Highness Shire, and let the crown prince's people kidnap His Highness on the premise of ensuring His Highness's personal safety. ”

The extreme of contradictions, the extreme of absurdity.

It is paradoxical to have His Highness taken captive by the designated subjects while at the same time ensuring his safety, and raises doubts about the mental problems of the person who gave such an order.

Richelieu was not crazy, nor was he on a whim, he knew this himself, and the henchwoman spy also knew it.

All of them were for Charlemagne, to oust the crown prince from power.

The crown prince would definitely do something to Prince Charles, but he was not stupid enough to send someone to kill his younger brother and make himself infamous. Instead, he will try to blame Albion, specifically by finding the body of His Highness Charles at the scene of the secret negotiations between Albion and the United Principality of Rus, and using the negotiations and the suspicion that His Highness Charles was killed to blackmail Albion into supporting him.

This design can be described as bold and thoughtful, in line with the crown prince's usual style of acting, but once it is seen through, it is quite simple to use it against the crown prince himself.

Although the Prime Minister did not say anything, Milady was well aware that conspiracy against the royal family was a grave crime that would not be forgiven based on the courtier's etiquette and duty, but the Prime Minister was determined to abdicate the crown prince and at the same time ensure that he and the fourth prince were decent people. Therefore, the only way to do this is to let the spies who have not seen the light coordinate this matter, which can be regarded as giving the subordinates who have missed once a chance to atone for their sins—the last chance.

Stroking the ring containing the suicide poison, Miledi's breath was long and slow. (To be continued......)