Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 615 Is the ceremony about to end?
Afterwards, Lorena used the same trick to deceive several waves of patrolling and standing guards. These guards never dreamed that the Second Princess, who was always well-behaved and sensible, would do such a rebellious thing, so they really dreamed, leaving Lorena alone sitting in a wheelchair, slowly moving towards the main gate of the Night Palace.

The Silent Night Palace is not far from the Blue Coral Palace where Yunjingkong Island is temporarily docked. Standing in the corridor outside Lorena's room and looking up, you can see the shadow of the tall and beautiful coral tree. When the weather is good, the epiphytic corals growing on the trunk and branches will reflect blue and purple phantom light. The light is dotted like fireflies flying on the sea, or like the shapeless floating jellyfish under the giant umbrella, drifting at will, which makes people feel particularly beautiful.

At this speed, Rorona would be able to leave the Silent Night Palace in a dozen minutes. The road from the Silent Night Palace to the Blue Coral Palace was not heavily patrolled and guarded. With Rorona's knowledge of the surrounding terrain, she could easily hide from their sight. In other words, as long as she left the Silent Night Palace, this escape plan would be almost half successful.

But the question is, is it really that simple?

There were two teams of guards stationed at the main gate of the palace, led by the adjutant of the Royal Guard Knight Katins, a calm and steady veteran. Under his arrangement, the main gate area was guarded like an iron gate, and there was no possibility of a direct breakthrough. Rolena wanted to follow the previous method, first gather these guards together by deception, and then use alchemical props to make them incapable of action.

However, the excuse she had prepared in advance did not come in handy. As soon as she opened her mouth and said that she heard the commotion outside the palace and came out to check the situation out of concern, she was discovered by the experienced adjutant.

"Could it be that the soldiers on duty in the palace did not inform Your Highness of the situation?" The adjutant narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a trace of dissatisfaction on his serious and rigid face: "It seems that their training has been too lax in recent days, allowing them to slack off to such an extent that they cannot even complete their own work. It is our fault that Your Highness is so worried. Please forgive us."

"Well, haha..."

Rolena laughed dryly. Of course, she couldn't answer that those people were not negligent in their duties, but were just knocked unconscious by her, so she changed the subject: "So, the thief who caused the riot in Bingshui Palace has not been caught yet?"

"Lord Katins has personally led a team to search for him. He will be captured soon. However, Your Highness Lorena, you have just returned from your journey and you must be exhausted both physically and mentally. It is not appropriate for you to stay in a dangerous place for a long time. Therefore, please obey the Queen's orders and go back to your room to rest."

"Really?" Rorona blinked calmly, "But I think that people can't just do the right things. Sometimes they should also do what they want to do."

“It’s a child’s dream to do whatever you want, but you’re not a child anymore.”

"Don't adults desire a world where they can do whatever they want more than children do?"

"Well, I'm sorry." He remained calm, and made a gesture to the nearby guards, which represented "control the enemy", and said, "It's time to end this childish farce."

Looking at the guards approaching from all directions, although she knew that their purpose was just to control her and would not really attack her, the murderous aura of the real elite still made Rolena feel suffocated. She remained calm on the surface, but in fact, the palm that was pressing the wheelchair armrest was too strong, and the thin blue veins were exposed, which was in stark contrast to the pale skin.

"Please give up. Your little tricks may be enough to make people laugh, but they can never fight against real soldiers." The adjutant used gestures to command the soldiers to form an encirclement, and said in a deep voice: "I hope you can understand our difficulties and don't make things difficult for us. Besides, what you are doing now is far from the right choice."

It seemed that he had noticed what happened in the Night Palace, but who were the "outsiders" here? Rolena thought, surely it didn't include her mother?
She couldn't back down here.

The girl in the wheelchair quietly moved her hand to the button on the side of the armrest, ready to do the same and give these dedicated guards a little surprise. But she looked around and found that she had been surrounded without knowing when. The guards approaching secretly did not show their weapons because they could not use force against the Second Princess; but they all held heavy tower shields in their hands, covering almost all the areas in front of them, and the only exposed head was also protected by armor. Under such strict precautions, Rolena's alchemical props were difficult to use.

The other person's eyes seemed particularly deep, as if he had seen through Rolena's thoughts. He lowered his voice and said, "If you are willing to return now, everything can still be salvaged. I promise you that what happened today will never be heard by outsiders, so please rest assured."

I did everything I could.

So, Mr. Ling, where is the help you promised?

If it ends here, there will be no chance later.

The girl said silently in her heart, she couldn't tell whether it was a prayer or a call. At this time, something surprising happened.

The fully armed guards who were approaching Rolena step by step suddenly changed direction at the same moment and chased after her without hesitation. The adjutant who commanded them faced that direction and said in a calm tone: "It's useless, Your Highness Rolena. No matter where you want to escape, at least today, you must not leave this palace."

After saying that, he also chased after him, leaving the main gate of the huge palace unguarded.

"..."

The girl in the wheelchair couldn't tell what she was feeling. She stared blankly at the guards walking past her one by one, chasing an illusory phantom. The cold steel foot armor trampled on the heavy stone road, making a harsh sound of metal armor rubbing against each other in the current. The nearest guard almost walked in front of her, but he didn't even look at her, as if the Second Princess didn't exist at all.

If she hadn't known that this lieutenant, like his superior, the Royal Guards Knight Catins, was loyal to his mother, Lorena would have suspected that he had let her go on purpose. But to be honest, if a person's acting skills could really reach such a natural level that Lorena felt inferior, then his loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen was also an acting skill, so what was so strange about it?
So, what is going on?

"It seems we have caught up, Lingge."

A familiar voice came from not far away. Rolena looked up and found that it was Ling Ge and Saint Xia Liya who came over. The latter raised her palm, and her slender fingers slightly bent in the sea water, as if plucking the strings of a guitar, outlining a beautiful arc. She immediately reacted and blinked: "So, you saved me just now?"

"To be precise, it's Saint Shalia. It has nothing to do with me."

Ling Ge stepped forward and said, "I'll explain the details later. Now let's get out of here."

After that, he walked behind Lorena's wheelchair and naturally helped her hold the back of the wheelchair, looking like he was going to push her away. Lorena was slightly startled by this, and her upper and lower lips touched lightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she only said a light "OK".

Saint Xia Liya also glanced at Ling Ge inconspicuously, then quickly retracted her gaze and said softly, "The effect of the thread of fate on those guards is limited. It may only last for a few minutes."

"enough."

Lingge simply replied, then pushed Lorena's wheelchair out of the Silent Night Palace, with Saint Shallia following closely behind.

At first, Rorona was a little uncomfortable with a man pushing her wheelchair, but she soon got used to it and enjoyed the feeling of not having to do anything herself. She thought of the "thread of fate" that Saint Shallia mentioned. Could it be the ability she used to divert the guards' attention? It was really magical magic, no, it should be called royal power. After all, Miss Saint Shallia and herself were both the legendary girl royal power...

Suddenly, a violent shaking interrupted her thoughts. A low roar seemed to come from the depths of the Obsidian Mountain. Then, the surrounding buildings, including the ground beneath her feet, began to tremble violently. Even the sea water seemed to feel the prelude to a volcanic eruption, bubbling with boiling bubbles. Turbulent whirlpools quickly formed and dissipated within the range visible to the naked eye, and the tides surged and the waves roared.

Lingge was caught off guard and staggered a little, but at the critical moment he tried his best to stand firm and used both hands to maintain the balance of the wheelchair, so that Rolena in the wheelchair would not fall to the ground. Only when the sudden movement gradually subsided did he slowly loosen his palm, frowned and looked at the only possible insider present, asking: "What's going on?"

Lorena unconsciously tightened the armrest of the wheelchair, and the smile on her face gradually disappeared: "This is the sound of Lord Petrod of the Sea waking up."

"Hurry up, Mr. Linger, Miss Saint Charia."

"The summoning ceremony is about to end."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)