Carry the Ring of Elden with you

Noel nodded: "That's fine, I don't want to waste too much time. I'm just looking for you this time because I have a doubt, that is, where has the Holy Wing Legion in your name gone?"

Cecilia didn't show any surprise when she heard the words "Holy Wings Legion". She still looked indifferent, and her star-like eyes even showed doubts as to why Noel asked this question.

When Noel saw his sister's expression, he smiled and extended an invitation gesture: "I happen to have guests waiting for me at home. Let's go back together."

Cecilia sighed slightly in her heart, knowing that she would have to spend some time on the way back.

She nodded slightly and walked back to the mansion with Noel.

"Since the imperial sister doesn't know about the situation of the Holy Wings Legion, I will tell you." After taking a few steps, Noel continued to talk about the previous topic: "Half a month ago, two members of the Holy Wings Legion The legion commander led his soldiers secretly out of the city through the teleportation array to perform a confidential mission. As for where the teleportation went, the remaining ether of the magic array pointed to the territory of the Charles Empire."

Cecilia pretended to be surprised and said: "The two heads of Tuslin and Calnan didn't tell me what secret mission they were going to perform. I'm afraid it was a direct order from my father, right? Brother, why don't you go and ask your father?" How about asking for confirmation?"

She was sure that Noel did not dare to ask his father, because a non-heir and extremely competitive prince asked the emperor for the details of a secret operation. Even if the emperor did not think much about it, the ministers behind him would think that Noel What's on your mind?

Noel smiled and shook his head slightly: "No need to pretend that you don't know, Princess Cecilia. The guests in my house are guests from the Golden Dynasty, and they have already told me the whole story."

At the same time, he put his hand into his attire, took out the battle-damaged version of the Holy Wings Legion badge and handed it to Cecilia, who was standing there with a stiff face.

"..." Cecilia closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes again, the hypocritical brother-sister relationship was gone, replaced by complete indifference and hostility.

"I didn't expect that the Holy Wings Legion would fail. Well, Brother Noel, what price should I pay to satisfy you?" Cecilia looked at her inconspicuous brother and said coldly. said the voice.

Noel shook his head slightly: "No, I don't want to get any benefits or anything from you, I only care about you."

Cecilia was stunned for a moment, then she put her hands on her chest and scolded with a very ugly expression: "You want to get my body? Then I would rather die than let it be tainted by you! Don't take the belongings of those nobles." Disgusting behavior brought into the royal family.”

Noel was also stunned for a moment, and then realized the ambiguity in his words.He shook his head dumbfounded: "Calm down, Cecilia. Do I look like the kind of person who likes incest in your eyes? My private life is basically devoted to you and Brother Albert who is by my side. The spies made it public, when did I ever do such a ridiculous thing?"

After hearing Noel's words, Cecilia calmed down and carefully recalled her royal brother's private life. It was indeed as he said, and there was nothing ridiculous at all.

Noel was married to a young woman with two sons and one daughter.The only places he usually goes to are places like the Opera House and Auction House, and he always goes there upon invitation to deal with interpersonal relationships.Judging from the information reported by the spies, the second prince preferred to stay alone in the empire's citizen library or the royal library, sitting there all day long.

"Then what do you mean by this?" Cecilia frowned.

"Literally," Noel said.

When he saw Cecilia's expression worsening again, he waved his hand and said, "Whether you believe what I say next or not, I tell you sincerely: I have no interest in inheriting the throne."

Noel looked at the expressionless Cecilia and repeated again as if to confirm: "I really have no interest in the fight for the throne between you and Brother Albert."

Cecilia stared at Noel for a few seconds with her deep eyes like stars, and then said slowly: "Brother Noel, do you think I will be so naive and believe what you say? You and I are not fools. , whether you want to be the emperor or not is not something you can decide at all, but the nobles who support you behind your back."

Noel nodded: "I know."

"Then you still say this because you think I'm easy to tease?" Cecilia showed a hint of anger.

"No, I mean it. Sometimes what a person says is obviously true, but it is never believed. Because other people only believe what they believe for their own reasons." Noel said: "What I care about is not Whoever ascends the throne becomes king, and who becomes a prisoner. All I care about is the normal continuation of the Holy Empire of France."

Then he looked at Cecilia seriously, and said clearly and solemnly: "Whether it is you or Brother Albert, the final result of this succession of the throne, I will willingly assist the person who ascends the throne. But if The struggle between you will plunge the empire into war and accelerate the death of this old giant, so I will not let any of you go."

"Even if you have ascended the throne, if the Holy Empire of France declines under your rule, I will replace you."

Cecilia said solemnly: "Are you serious, Brother Noel?"

Noel nodded happily.

"You are too arrogant. What do you think of yourself? A judge of the empire or a guardian?" Cecilia said coldly: "Just based on your words, I can put you as the first priority to be eliminated. Target. An uncontrollable monitor is too scary."

Noel shrugged: "It's up to you. You and Brother Albert are really similar. What he said after hearing what I said was exactly the same as yours."

"So you came to me just to talk about this? I will take care of the affairs of the Holy Wings Legion and it will not affect the reputation of the Holy Empire of France." Cecilia has no intention of talking. She wants to go back now. Go home and work with your brain trust to redefine Noel's thinking.

"Remember not to tell your think tank what I said." Noel's words made Cecilia retract her long legs that she wanted to lift out.

"Reason?" she asked briefly.

"Because the people of the Golden Dynasty said that the Holy Wings Legion was their request for support in dealing with the natural disaster of the undead that broke out in the city of Leiden in the Charles Empire. Unfortunately, we were outnumbered, and all the soldiers of the Holy Wings Legion died after fighting bravely. , the Golden Dynasty felt loyal and brave, and came here to discuss matters related to returning the corpse to the country." Noel said with a smile, and then he added: "Of course, originally, the Holy Wings Legion united with the Charles Empire to plot against the Golden Dynasty. , the beautiful lady who came here also told me."

Noel's face darkened: "Wallis is a loser, no wonder the Greenleaf family is split everywhere, a group of people who have little success but only failure... The Golden Dynasty is really good at calculating. This can not only block my mouth, but also Benefit."

"Yes, others have shown great sincerity and do not care about this matter. You are unfortunate, Cecilia. When their people arrived in the capital, my people were the first to receive them. I have been unable to find them. Now that I have caught your advantage, I have caught your fox by the tail." Noel looked like it was not easy.

"If this matter is revealed, it will be a very serious blow to the reputation of the Holy Empire of France, and those allies who are allied with us will probably also consider it. Well, more seriously, it may make some people worried. It is possible that the country will directly fall to the Charles Empire. Moreover, the Golden Dynasty is determined to promote these Holy Wing Legions as heroes who the people resolutely choose to sacrifice themselves. If these fighting heroes suddenly become villains who betray their allies, Man, you should also know how seriously this will affect you, right? If my father knew that all these consequences were caused by you, I think your chances of fighting for the throne would be even slimmer, right?"

Cecilia said coldly: "You don't need to exaggerate your threats to scare me, Brother Noel."

"But what I said is true to a certain extent, isn't it?" Noel spread his hands: "At least you can't pass the test on my father's side. As long as you still want to inherit his throne, then this matter can affect You can never confess to your father if it is a matter of national pride."

"..." Cecilia pursed her lips. She really couldn't let her father know about this.

"So, if you tell your think tank what I said to you today and target it against me, I will report your matter to my father." Noel shrugged.

Cecilia's eyes were fixed on Noel. This smiling royal brother suddenly felt strange to her.Everything he said and did today was different from what the think tanks behind him had analyzed.

Finally, Cecilia sighed and nodded: "Okay, just think of it as an exchange of secrets. Today's conversation is only known between you and me. It cannot be disclosed to a third party. I swear in the name of Latour .”

"I also swear in the name of Latour that I will never massacre the content of today's conversation to anyone present." Noel raised one hand and swore.

As the words of the two people fell, they felt the response from their blood that the contract was successfully concluded.

Cecilia then nodded: "If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first, Brother Noel."

"Please do it, I have kept the guests in the house waiting for too long." Noel nodded and politely asked Cecilia to go first.

Cecilia paused for a moment when passing by Noel and asked: "Why did you agree to form an alliance with the people of the Golden Dynasty in the first place? If I remember correctly, they were also responsible for sabotaging your operations on the border of Charles' empire. .”

"That's because I see hope in revitalizing the empire from them," Noel said.

Seeing Cecilia's rare expression of doubt, Noel shook his head: "The Holy Empire of France is now like a pool of smelly stagnant water, while the Golden Dynasty smashed open the soil around this pool of stagnant water. Let the living water flow into the rotten bottom of the pool and wash it clean. Forget it, anyway, like Albert, you only care about your throne and never care about what happens to ordinary people in the empire."

Cecilia pondered for a moment and said, "Thank you for the reminder. I think I should observe the interior of the empire from another angle, as you said."

"That's good." Noel showed a pleased expression, watching Cecilia say goodbye to him and walk to the end of the corridor.

After Cecilia's figure completely disappeared from Noel's eyes, he retracted his outstretched arm, straightened his clothes and walked to the other side.

When Prince Noel arrived at his mansion, his butler hurriedly came out to greet him.

"Your Majesty, the Second Prince, you are finally back." The butler sweated slightly on his forehead: "One of those guests from the Golden Dynasty is impatient to wait."

Noel nodded repeatedly and walked faster into the house: "I understand, please stabilize them."

The butler shook his head: "No, it's my duty to work for His Highness the Second Prince."

While they were talking, Noel and the housekeeper came to the exquisite door and faintly heard the voices of people inside.

Noel checked that the fine clothes he was wearing had no messy wrinkles, cleared his throat, opened the door and shouted loudly: "Miss Feiya, Mr. Lionel, Mr. Roger and Mr. D, I want to apologize to you. I’m really sorry to keep you waiting for so long.”

Chapter 41: "Death Sleeping Girl" Feiya

The exquisitely decorated front door was pushed open, and the warm air from the room blew in and greeted them, leaving their own warmth on the faces of Noel and the butler.

The people inside the house heard the movement at the door and immediately stopped their movements and looked towards the front door.

"Look, look, the busy man of the empire is finally back." Sarcastic words came from under D's twin helmets.

It's no wonder that D's tone was unfriendly at this time. After all, there was the murderer beside him who had killed him countless times in his memory - "Death Sleeping Girl" Feiya.

Roland thought this way: since Bernal and Malkit couldn't be summoned for a while, it would be better to try his luck by summoning Feiya, who had already been unlocked.

Sure enough, after summoning "Death Sleep Girl" Feiya, the "Fiya Heroes" who guarded her in the game were also summoned.

Of course, there was no Roger among them, probably because this magician had already been summoned by Roland.

If D hadn't been kidnapped by Roland's order and wanted to protect Roger from being kidnapped by Feiya, the leader of the Deadborn, I'm afraid he wouldn't have a bad temper, but would have directly wielded the twin swords in his hands. Let’s have a good fight with Feiya.

Previously, I was distracted by seeing the weapon of the Death Power Knight of my brother, and I was unprepared to be ambushed by this hateful woman.

"I'm very sorry, Mr. D. I met my royal sister on the road and exchanged feelings with her. I wasted a lot of time. I'm really sorry." Noel showed an apologetic expression and bowed slightly to D. waist.

"I say you should really control your temper, Mr. D of the Golden Law." Lionel said, he has gray hair and beard, looks old, but has bright eyes.

D said coldly: "Rather than discipline my temper, it's better to take care of your own body. When you get older, be careful of your waist when doing certain things."

Lionel chuckled and said: "Then I won't bother you. You can ask your magician friend whether it will hit your waist when doing those things."

D really turned around and looked at a certain magician present as Lionel said, causing the latter to lower the brim of his hat and pretend that he had not heard the conversation between D and Lionel.

At this time, a blond woman wearing a long black cloth skirt stood up and stopped the conversation between the two. It was Feiya.She smiled and said gently: "His Royal Highness Noel is already here, let's talk about business first."

Noel smiled on the surface, but actually saw the subtle relationship between these people.

The man in the strange twin armor and the magician in the big hat are very close friends, and the blond beauty Feiya, who was sent by the Golden Dynasty as a talker, is even better friends with the old man wearing a suit of bloated armor like a beetle.Judging from Noel's experience, Lionel's eyes looked at Feiya from time to time with the kind of desire between those naughty nobles and their own children.At the same time, the magician and Feiya also seemed to have an inexplicable relationship, which made Noel lament that just four people had such a complicated relationship.

"It's all because I'm late that makes Mr. D so unhappy." Noel said, taking the conflict on himself, and then he looked at his butler pretending to be sullen: "Why don't you hurry up and bring some hot food?" When tea and desserts are served, isn't it meant to make fun of our lack of royal etiquette by letting outsiders know that Latour only treats distinguished guests with cold tea?"

The butler immediately lowered his head to cooperate with his master's performance, quickly bent down to apologize to Feiya and others, and put the still warm but untouched tea and desserts on the table in front of them on the dinner plate and carried them down.

"You don't have to blame your butler so much, His Highness Noel. He has done his best to comfort us." Feiya showed sympathy in her eyes: "I believe he is definitely a very good butler. Please wait until we leave." Don’t punish him after you go.”

Noel nodded immediately: "Okay, since you said so, Miss Feiya, I will not pursue his responsibility later."

Then he glanced left and right and said: "This is not a place for conversation. I also invite everyone from the Golden Dynasty to come to my study. We can have a good discussion there."

After speaking, he extended his left hand to Feiya, and pointed his right hand in the direction of the study in a gesture of invitation.

Feiya chuckled lightly, lifted up her black dress with one hand, gently put the other smooth and white hand into Noel's hand, and said softly: "Then please lead the way."

Noel politely half-held Fiya's three fingers, causing Lionel to click her tongue when she saw this scene. He walked in front and led her and D, Rogier and Lionel behind him towards the study.

The second prince's study was very large and contained many copied versions of precious books.And judging from the wear and bookmarks on the cover and inner pages, Noel's study was not to show outsiders that he was studious and inquisitive, but that he was really studying seriously.

There is also a sand table in the study, but there is nothing on this sand table. Instead, it is filled with ancient books that Noel has been searching for information in the past few days.

"I'm sorry, this is my private space. I usually don't let housekeepers come in to clean it. Everything seems a bit messy." Noel gently put down Fiya's hand, opened the door of the study, turned on the lamp, and looked at the few people behind him. The man apologized.

He pretended to be humorous and said: "Although it looks messy, I'm used to finding the part I want in this mess of books. If the housekeepers come in to clean it, it will make it difficult for me to find it smoothly. The books I want.”

"I know this. My magician friends often arrange the books they have read in random places, and then help them clean them up, which will only cause complaints." Feiya nodded, and at the same time looked at Roger with a teasing look, letting the latter He looked away vaguely.

Noel naturally observed this phenomenon, and he was still thinking about the relationship between Roger and Fiya.

"I don't know about the previous proposal, Your Highness Noel, do you agree?" Fiya interrupted Noel's thinking.

Noel made a look of realization: "Are you talking about the Holy Wings Legion? Of course there is no problem, and I have to thank you for the generosity of the Golden Dynasty. Otherwise, the scandal that the imperial sister did privately would be known to outsiders. , I am afraid that the situation in the country that is about to stabilize will once again become turbulent."

Feiya replied: "Our Lord Wang Roland also believed that the Holy Empire of France would never betray its allies, so he sent someone to investigate. It's just a pity that those soldiers were treated as expendables. They fought very bravely indeed. If it weren’t for the Holy Wings Legion, I’m afraid the Charles Empire’s army wouldn’t have lasted long.”

This is a lie. In fact, those tin cans of the Holy Wings Legion are regarded as reserve soldiers of the King's Army who can occasionally survive a few moves and have good physical fitness in front of the King's Army of Grek.

Feiya said this, naturally she didn't want to expose the strength of the king's army easily.

She attributed the main role in foiling the conspiracy of the Charles Empire to the undead natural disasters led by Faulkner. The Golden Dynasty just happened to have the power to target the undead, and was the successful side in the three-party melee.

Naturally, Noel couldn't believe everything Fiya said.He knew the fighting capabilities of the Holy Wings Legion. These tin cans that had been summoned by the Angel Legion could not be easily wiped out by undead natural disasters, even if they were led by the Undead Lord.

However, he heard from Feiya's description that the undead king seemed to be a little too weak. Even the legendary Wylis was struggling to deal with it.

"Miss Feia, please rest assured. I will provide Roland, the leader of the Golden Dynasty, with compensation that satisfies him." Noel said, "At the same time, I am very grateful to your Golden Dynasty for being compassionate towards these soldiers and not letting them suffer. Their corpses were defiled by the undead and turned into decaying corpses that harmed the world."

Even if the undead wanted to convert these corpses into companions, the golden tree above their heads would not be happy.After hearing Noel's words, Lionel yawned slightly out of boredom.

"But..." Noel changed the topic and looked at Fiya, who was looking seriously, and continued: "I have other plans for the date of transporting the body back. I wonder if it is convenient for the Golden Dynasty?"

Feiya shook her head slightly: "I'm very sorry, Your Highness Noel. The corpses that have been sorted out are really piling up. Although it is approaching winter, and Lord Roland has already done the relevant processing, the diseases caused by decay will occur if they continue to be left for a long time. It has spread in Leiden City. So please ask His Highness Noel to take back these brave soldiers as soon as possible."

"So, that's what you said. I didn't consider this situation..." Noel sighed: "It's just that my brother may not be happy."

Feiya raised her emerald green eyes and looked at Noel with confusion in her eyes.

"It's like this. Starting next week will be a month-long celebration, held on the grounds of my brother's birthday and the empire's recent stage victory in military operations. If the remains of the soldiers of the Holy Wings Legion are sent back during this period, it will be quite a big deal. Yu slapped him in front of him." Noel smiled bitterly.

Feiya said with some surprise: "But your brother can definitely make a fuss about the remains of these soldiers. He only needs to sincerely praise a few words and call on people not to forget the sacrifices, and he can take this opportunity to gain a lot of reputation."

Noel pinched his eyebrows and said as if he had a headache: "That's the problem. You also know that the Holy Wings Legion is actually controlled by my sister Cecilia. And Brother Albert wants to use Princess Cecilia will definitely not be able to obediently agree to use the remains of these soldiers to enhance her reputation in the country. I am afraid that this celebration will end up in a chaotic farce."

D said in an indifferent tone: "This is a matter for your Holy Empire of France to consider, and it has nothing to do with our Golden Dynasty."

Noel nodded resignedly: "You are right, Mr. D. So I will send someone over to carry out the normal handover of the body. At the same time, I will also go to Morn City in person to apologize to Leader Roland."

"Apology is just part of your destination, right?" Feiya chuckled: "I'm afraid, Your Highness Noel, you also want to go to Morn City for some peace and quiet, lest your royal brother and your royal sister end up dragging you down with each other by verbally quarreling with each other."

Noel nodded happily: "Haha, yes. I have this plan. I have heard that the food in Morn City is very delicious and the wine is also very fragrant. I hope that Leader Roland will let me live there regardless of the past. It’ll be fine in a while.”

Feiya smiled and nodded: "I will convey your words to Lord Roland."

Then the two sides fell into a brief silence.

As early as when Fia was talking to Noel, Roger had set his sights on Noel's book collection.Noel saw Rogier looking at the study and said, "Mr. Rogier, if you have any books that you are interested in, you can just take one or two away. There are many copied versions of the books here, don't worry about them. It’s an only copy and you dare not ask me to borrow it.”

A smile appeared on Roger's handsome face under the hood, and he thanked you in a refreshing voice: "Thank you very much for your generosity, Your Highness Noel. Then I would rather obey you with respect."

"Dong dong."

The butler who had been waiting outside the door for a long time knocked on the door at the right time and said respectfully: "Your Highness Noel, the refreshments are ready."