A strange world

Chapter 690 Chapter 87. The Goddess’s Favor

"Sorry, we're late."

Annan and the princess came to the banquet hall.

Magic lamps are embedded in the towering ceiling, like bright stars in the night sky, shrouding the entire hall in soft light. The musicians were playing music in the corner, and the melodious melody was like a variation of "My Heart Will Go On".

The real big shots were scattered throughout the hall, and many delicacies that even Annan had never heard of were placed on the tables.

The deputy city lord stood at the door like a doorman, greeting the arriving guests.

When he saw the princess wearing a gray robe, her eyes covered with a ribbon, and her gray hair dragging her arm around Annan, the deputy city lord was slightly stunned: "What's wrong with the princess?"

"The princess is unwell, but this banquet is very important."

Because the fake princess was kidnapped, Annan had no choice but to let the real princess play him...

"It is indeed very important..." The deputy city lord hid his emotions and looked at Itilia next to him: "Who is this?"

"My sister, Vice Mayor of Liberty City, Itilia Reeves."

"Hello, Miss Itilia." The deputy city lord nodded. He raised his head and looked at Annan: "Tonight's banquet will be very interesting..."

"I am looking forward."

Annan and the deputy city lord had their own smiles. After the deputy city lord left, Annan looked at the female family members attending the banquet...

Annan's eyes looked like sculptures made of gold coins...

"You go, I will accompany the princess." Itilia was considerate.

"good."

Annan handed the princess to Itilia and approached the dining table.

He believed that with the popularity of "The Fall of the Mage Tower" in Huadu, someone would soon come to chat with him...

As he was thinking this, a servant dragging a dinner plate almost bumped into him.

Annan lowered his head and was stunned when he saw the servant's face: "You..."

"Don't try to get rid of me." Crimson Princess said proudly.

"You shouldn't be here...it's too dangerous."

"You dare to come, why don't I dare..."

Annan couldn't really run away with the Scarlet Princess, so he had no choice but to lead her to Itilia.

"Leave it to me..." Itilia looked at the Scarlet Princess with a chuckle: "Can you help me push the wheelchair?"

"Annan wants to negotiate with a big shot. If you get too close, your identity will be discovered..."

"It's David." Crimson Princess corrected, "Okay then."

After Annan walked away, she looked at the princess vaguely, and "Alfie" was actually indifferent to her.

"What's up with her?"

"Everyone, I'm sorry to disturb you!"

The words that suddenly echoed in the banquet hall interrupted the Crimson Princess' curiosity. A knight with a tough face and covered in mud walked into the banquet hall.

He raised his head high and glanced across the guests, landing on the slightly stunned Annan: "I am Reiner, a student of the Archbishop of Valencia of the Church of Order in Lost City. I set off to Lost City six days ago to investigate the truth."

"This is Mr. Alberto, a big textile merchant and a survivor of Lost City. Let him tell you what happened in Lost City in the past few months."

The banquet hall became quiet. Countless dignitaries and guests looked here curiously. Some people knew Alberto and whispered something.

Alberto stood up. He put on new clothes, so much so that Annan almost didn't recognize him as the nobles in the front hall... Unexpectedly, there were still survivors.

"...The fallen princess imprisoned us in the palace. The knight named Annan arrived and plotted something. Then the weird ones broke in. They all died. Only I escaped and hid in the strange city... Heroic Reiner rescued me, and when I learned that the so-called 'knight' had purified the Lost City, and that there was a princess in Huadu, I knew that we had all been deceived..."

Alberto slowly told his story and his lies.

"The thief named Knight wanted to steal the power of Lost City. He asked someone to pretend to be the princess. In order to make the plan flawless, he came to Lost City, killed the fallen princess, and deceived all of you..."

Amid the uproar from the guests, Alberto pointed to the princess beside Itilia.

"She is a fake princess!"

"...This is the truth I got after three days of investigation in Lost City." Reiner took over the words and looked directly at Annan: "Prince Knight, what is your purpose?"

Annan frowned and stared at Reiner.

Colette is Valencia's daughter, so it's not convenient for him to take revenge, but you still dare to appear in front of him...?

Annan walked towards the princess. The crimson princess raised her hand, and Itilia held her wrist.

Looking at Annan approaching, Princess Crimson felt relieved out of trust.

I don't know if I should thank Lady Luck...the "respect" I donated actually worked.

Annan held up the princess's hand, and the ring on her ring finger shone with mysterious light: "Liner, do you think this Ring of Lost City is real or fake?"

"of course it's true."

"I thought you would say it was also fake..." Annan chuckled and glanced at the guests calmly: "Then how about I tell a story?"

"At the beginning of February, I was ordered by the princess to take her ring and go to the Lost City to eliminate the strange things. Everyone at the camp stationed at the Swan Lake witnessed this." Annan's eyes glanced at several pictures he had seen in the camp during the banquet. Face, "After entering the palace, I saw some survivors. The nobles, including this Albert, confused right and wrong, saying that the princess trapped them here and entrusted me to kill the princess..."

"He...he is lying!"

"Shh..." Annan raised his finger indifferently, "I didn't disturb you when you said that, and I hope you don't disturb me either."

"You're lying sooooo-"

The radiance of magic flashed, and someone told Alberto to shut his mouth.

"Thanks."

Annan thanked the person who took action and continued: "I pretended to accept their commission and successfully entered the depths of the palace. In the end, I saw another princess in front of the sealed door..."

The guests listened intently to Annan's story.

"She told me a story: Once upon a time, a little girl lived with her mother in a forest cabin. One day, her mother went out for something and never came back. The little girl was scared and worried. It didn't take long. , a beast appeared outside the hut, and it managed to break into the hut. The little girl was so scared that she wished she had a sister. Then the little girl’s sister really appeared and temporarily drove away the beast. "

"That sister is the second princess I saw. She suppressed the teleportation gate deep in the palace. She told me that there is a price to pay for completely killing the beast, and that price can only be her..."

"At the end of the story, the elder sister sacrifices herself in place of the younger sister and kills the beast."

"On that day, the light she bloomed was clearly visible even in the flower capital."