I'm a dragon, I only want to steal princesses

Chapter 12 The Mastermind of the Assassination

After the meal, Li Yuan touched his stomach and burped.

After eating nearly half a horse, he could barely fill his stomach in human form.

But he wasn't worried about the food in the future. Dragons were very good hunters, and the prey in Helganon's territory was quite sufficient.

"Good cooking." He praised the butler standing beside him.

"As we all know, cooking is an essential skill for a housekeeper. It is my honor to satisfy you, my lord."

Shi Shi put his hands behind his back, and seemed to puff out his chest proudly.

"Your golem actually has this level of self-awareness? Are you a very powerful archmage?" Zhen Na talked to Li Yuan cautiously.

"There is some inside story."

Li Yuan only gave a relatively vague answer, and now it is inconvenient for him to reveal too much information about himself and the Tower of Infinity.

Zhenna heard that the other party didn't want her to inquire, so she simply changed the subject: "Didn't you say earlier that you have questions to ask me?"

"Yeah, I'm thinking, the person who was sent to kill you is dead now, and no one has returned. The person behind the order will try to investigate. It's only a matter of time before they find me. I already know the inside story of the assassination and killed so many imperial knights. I don't think that person will let me go easily." Li Yuan stared at Zhenna and said slowly.

"I'm sorry to involve you in this..." Zhenna bowed her head and apologized.

"You don't need to apologize. I'm a sensible person. This matter is not your responsibility." Li Yuan changed his subject, "But I saved your life, and you still owe me a favor. I hope you can tell me the truth this time and stop hiding anything. At least I need to know who is the mastermind who ordered your assassination behind the scenes?"

"I understand. You are my savior now. If you hide something, it really can't be justified." Zhenna nodded, made up her mind, and looked into the other person's eyes. "Then please allow me to formally introduce myself again. I am actually the princess of the Longji Empire, Zhenna of Longshou Castle."

"It really is a princess of a country." Li Yuan was not surprised, after all, he had known about it for a long time.

"The man behind the assassination order to assassinate me, I think it should be my imperial sister, Frederick, the first imperial daughter of the Longji Empire." Zhen Na said.

"In order to compete for the throne, exclude competitors?" Li Yuan asked.

Instances of siblings fighting for the throne are not new in any feudal kingdom.

At this time Zhenna was silent for a while, and then gave a vague answer: "Probably."

"Probably? What do you mean?" Li Yuan didn't understand for a moment.

"My father fell ill a year ago, and my sister gradually began to act as an agent in government affairs. Today, she has basically taken over the power. The nobles, ministers, generals, and most of the people have already stood by her side. There are very few people who are willing to support me. In fact, I basically do not pose much threat to her.

The only candidates to inherit the throne are our sisters, but since I was a child, I have never been able to compare with her.Even if she thinks that I intend to compete for the throne, to her, I am not even a pebble on her way to the throne. "

When Zhenna said this, her expression was gloomy, and her inferiority complex in the face of her sister was obvious.

Li Yuan stared at her for a while, and said, "After setting up such a situation, there are still people left behind. I really think you are irrelevant, so I wouldn't spend so much time trying to kill them all."

Zhen Na looked at Li Yuan unexpectedly, her words seemed to comfort her.

She laughed at herself: "Who knows, I have been estranged from her a long time ago. All along, I have not understood what Huang Jie thinks."

She was still in a low mood, but after hearing people say that, she calmed down somewhat.

"But according to what you said, the situation is not very optimistic." Li Yuan fell into deep thought after speaking.

According to Zhenna, Princess Fred should already be regarded as the real ruler of the empire, and her power can be seen just from the fact that she can make such a move to get rid of her own sister.

At this point in time, the only contender was to be eliminated, and the Great Empress might be ready to ascend the throne.

The future queen of the Longji Empire—this is the enemy they are facing now.

In other words, he is going to be an enemy of such a big country at the beginning?

Li Yuan felt his scalp was starting to go numb.

Zhen Na observed Li Yuan's expression, and said cautiously: "Actually, you don't have to worry that much. Maybe as long as I don't go back to the empire, sister Huang won't take any further actions..."

"Perhaps, but I dare not gamble my wealth and life on such a fluke." Li Yuan said seriously.

Because of the existence of the symbiotic contract, his life was bound to this endless tower.

If someone attacked the Tower of Infinity, he couldn't give up the tower and escape. That would undoubtedly be handing over his wealth and life to the other party.

Through fighting against the previous dragon slaying team, he could see that the imperial troops already had a fairly mature dragon slaying system.

Once that Queen Fred chooses to kill them all, and then sends a more powerful dragon slaying brigade, if he is unprepared, he may die an ugly death.

The top priority is to strengthen the defense force here!

As he thought about it, his eyes focused on Zhenna again.

"What are your plans for the future?" He asked Zhenna.

"I..." Zhenna was at a loss for words, and it took a while before she opened her mouth, "Don't worry, I will find my own way out. I will leave tomorrow morning, and I won't continue to cause you trouble."

Then why don't you just stay - this sentence immediately popped into Li Yuan's mind.

He had already been involved in this murder, and even killed a group of imperial knights with his own hands. Regardless of whether Zhenna left or not, as long as these two things were found out, the Queen Fred would have enough reasons to get rid of him.

Zhenna and he are now in a similar position, keeping her can at least serve as a fighting force.

You must know that if he hadn't teamed up with Zhenna in today's battle, he might have died in the hands of that team of knights.

The current situation is grim, and any option to improve your survival rate cannot be easily let go, even if it is only a little bit!

But he didn't say this invitation right away, he still remembered the way Zhenna exploded before.

He wasn't sure how much Zhenna was wary of him now, if he didn't think carefully about his words, he might be rejected on the spot.

At this time, the stone standing behind him suddenly said:

"Forgive me for presumptuousness, my lord. If this lady has no place to go, how about asking her to live here? If she is willing to sign a membership contract, it will also help the restoration of the tower."

(End of this chapter)