Alien world

Chapter 1147 69. The Bitter Fruit of Trust

"Even drinking tea requires a set of complicated etiquette rules: holding the teacup requires three fingers to be raised, pinching it with only the thumb and index finger, and keeping the head raised in a fixed position. These are just the rules for ordinary nobles. If you are a great noble, a merchant, a commoner, or a slave, you need another set of rules."

"Isn't that formalism?" Annan said.

“What is formalism?”

Annan considered, "It means not executing the original intention, but only focusing on the surface."

"That's true..." Prince Aidan whispered, "The kingdom is already very sick. If we want to cure it, we have to break all the rules and purify it completely."

“You’re too extreme.”

Prince Aidan looked at Annan: "Am I really extreme compared to the kingdom?"

Annan thought for a moment and said: "There is something more terrifying than order. That is a society without justice and rules."

When Prince Aidan showed his disappointment, Annan said, "Speaking of which, I remember a story."

"what?"

"Fast always bullies Martin. They are all your friends. On the surface, you have three choices: helping Fast, being neutral, and helping Martin. But in fact, you only have two choices. Helping Fast and being neutral are actually just sitting back and watching Martin continue to be bullied."

After saying that, Annan shrugged and said, "I am not from the kingdom, and I don't know how bad the kingdom is. My opinion is not important. But I do not like the fact that a farmer's son can only be a farmer."

Prince Aidan smiled again: "Interesting statement..."

"By the way, do you think the attackers are related to the Kingdom of Paem?"

"I'm afraid... not." Prince Aidan's expression was full of sincerity, "The kingdom has no reason to rekindle the dispute."

Annan clearly remembered that Prince Aidan said that the kingdom had fought a great battle with the elves and drove them out...but since he said so, he had no reason to doubt it.

After asking Prince Aidan some inside information about the kingdom, Annan got up and left.

Prince Aidan walked Annan to the door, watched him walk towards his cabin, and then turned back to the cabin.

Suddenly, a second person's voice was heard in the quiet wooden house.

"Your Highness, why don't you say it's a kingdom?"

"We are about to be exposed," said Prince Aidan.

"how come……"

"Many people in the kingdom know that Vaughn is mine. The elves have already questioned him. My brothers will only do two things when they know the situation." Prince Aidan thought of Annan's story, "blame everything on me. The kingdom is innocent. Or refuse to admit it and arrest me secretly."

"What if the kingdom chooses the former?"

"What you said won't happen."

Prince Aidan had foreseen what his brothers would do: find a solution from a rule book that would fill a library.

As long as the plan is completed, the kingdom will be implicated and the wrath of the elves will overwhelm them...

The voice continued, "He killed Vaughn and ruined our plan. Why didn't you kill him..."

"I used to think he was the same as us, but now it seems..."

"What does it look like?"

Prince Aidan shook his head and said nothing more: "Inform the others in Ideal Country that we will meet at Hideout No. 13."

The voice disappeared, and Prince Aidan finally forgot to look out the window.

"I hope we can meet again. We won't be enemies..."

...In the Elf Flower Garden, several elven elders looked angry as they watched the middle-aged man in luxurious clothes talking across the magic door: "This matter has nothing to do with the kingdom."

"The Vaughn you mentioned does exist, and he is indeed someone close to Aidan. But after our investigation, we found out that he was bribed by a group of rebel forces and was lurking around Aidan. This matter has nothing to do with him or the kingdom."

“You mean, the attack has nothing to do with you…?” Elder Ares whispered hoarsely, with new and old grudges overlapping each other.

"The existing evidence is indeed insufficient to prove anything." The man smiled politely, "There have been elves attacking villages in the kingdom. Could it be that they are also following orders from the Elf King's Court?"

The elf elders glared at the Third Prince's evasion. It's not like they haven't come into contact with humans before, but the shamelessness of the humans before them was far beyond their imagination.

He continued to add fuel to the fire: "I implore you all not to let unnecessary prejudices taint the harmonious relationship between the elves and the kingdom. You -"

At this moment, a dull and distant voice suddenly sounded in the ears of every elf elder.

"For arrogant humans, we need to teach them a lesson and let them know that the dignity of elves cannot be violated..."

Another high elf elder said, "Ares, take your men and capture that human prince!"

The third prince of the kingdom looked at the elven elders in surprise and doubt as they suddenly bowed to the void and made such a decision, and realized that something unknown had happened.

"you--"

"Put aside your nonsense, human." Anger flashed in the beautiful eyes of a moon elf elder. "The elves have heard enough of your hypocritical words. It's time to learn a lesson!"

……

Annan returned to the wooden house, grasped the door handle, and was about to push it open when he suddenly stopped.

Aidan is the prince of the Kingdom of Paem, but he is too calm, as if he doesn't care at all that this incident will start a war between humans and elves...

He suddenly remembered a question Prince Aidan had asked himself a few days ago: One of his friends caught an enemy who broke into his home, and he found out that the enemy was a good friend of his friend. He was worried that killing the enemy would make his friend sad and turn against him...

It coincides with the time when Irilanzer disappeared.

And Prince Aidan's broken artifact...

Annan let go of his hand and knocked on the door of the Skeleton King's room next door.

Soon the door opened, revealing the tall Skeleton King.

"Mr. Leonefa, do you know the Eye of Rudolf?" Annan asked.

"The artifact that the Kingdom of Paem refined with a demigod?" As expected of the Skeleton King, he was well-informed and intelligent.

“What does it look like?”

The Skeleton King used his magic power to condense a scepter in mid-air.

Annan stretched out his hand in astonishment, covering half of it - the remaining part was actually the artifact of Prince Aidan that Annan had seen before.

Annan hurried to Prince Aidan's cabin, but was still a step too late... Prince Aidan had already left, leaving only a piece of parchment on the table.

Annan picked up the parchment with the ink still wet on it.

[Annan, you are one of my few friends, and I don’t want to be your enemy.

You caught Vaughn, I don't blame you, because you don't know anything. It's just that you have perceived part of the truth with your intelligence and sharpness. As for your elf friend, I'm sorry. After everything is over, I will return her to you.

Please forgive me, and accept my last advice as a friend: stay here until dawn.

If the Elven King's Court arrives here first... Get ready, executioners, the villagers of Lost Village are here for revenge. 】

(End of this chapter)