Becoming a winner in life starts with becoming a shadow

As for standing up to stop Alexia, Yu Jian Xiangye had never considered it.

If he hadn't been slapped in the face three nights ago, he might still have the courage, but now even if he was watched by two poor ladies, he could only lower his head.

Can't afford to offend, really can't afford to offend!

Another point is that Alice herself didn't say anything, Yu Jian Xiangye really couldn't think of a reason to stand up and help.

After all, Alexia only used some silencing methods for certain keywords, not murder, so it wouldn't make Yu Jian Xiangye's sense of justice explode to the point of recklessness.

After finishing the finishing work, Alexia took the opportunity to say goodbye to Alice.

"Kureya, Rain, I'm sorry about what happened just now. But I'm helpless. It's not that I don't trust you, nor that I was moved by Alexia's words, but that you might not survive if you are not silenced.

Alexia will not allow anyone to betray the Axis Cult for any reason, and I don't know if you haven't noticed that the guards outside didn't react at all when Kuleya made such a loud noise at the beginning. This is very abnormal." Alice, who is only 12 years old, has a strong insight.

"Guards. Guards, come in!" Kuleya seemed to realize something, and then roared outside the conference hall.

"Lord Kuleya, what do you want?" As the door was pushed open, two male guards in armor ran in and asked.

"Why didn't you come in when I was loud before?" Kuleya asked sternly.

"Sorry, Kuleya, sir, we didn't hear any loud noises before." One of them shook his head immediately.

The other immediately shook his head, indicating that he didn't hear it either.

"Okay, there's nothing for you to do, you can go down." Rain on the side immediately drove away the two guards.

"It should be some kind of interference sound or means of receiving external situations. This representative of the Axis Cult is very powerful!" Alice said with a hint of meaning.

After all, being able to make two guards fall silently, especially after being hit without knowing it, this is a bit daunting.

"Damn Alexia!" Kuleiya on the side said hatefully at this moment.

"Kuleiya, Rain, I may have to wrong you for a while in the near future." Alice said with a little helplessness.

"Your Highness, I can't bear to leave you!" Kuleiya's face fell immediately after hearing this.

"Princess, please come to see us when you remember." Rain certainly understood what Alice's words contained, so she said in a low tone at this moment.

"I will deal with the Axis Cult as soon as possible!" Alice made a promise.

Alice said so, and Kureya was still dragged away by Rain no matter how reluctant she was.

Alice herself walked towards the king's office.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed, and Alice was summoned to the king's office.

"Dear father, have you found any results?" Alice asked as soon as she entered the door.

"My dear daughter, Ignis has sent a message, confirming that the goddess is currently in Axel, and has formed an adventurer team with his daughter Lalatina, the hero candidate Sato Kazuma, and the Crimson Demon Clan Archmage Huihui, and is active around Axel, but that's all the news we have received." The king nodded.

"That's all?" Alice asked in surprise.

"Well, that's all. After Ignis confirmed the goddess' identity through Lalatina, he sent people to contact the goddess of water, but the people he sent could not get within 500 meters of the goddess.

Even if he wanted to sneak into the lord's mansion where the goddess currently lives at night, it was futile. According to the people sent, after walking a certain distance, the mind will involuntarily have illusions, and when the judgment is restored again, the person is already far away from the lord's mansion." The king shook his head and said.

"Didn't you pass the message through Lalatina or the adventurers you can usually contact?" Alice continued to ask.

"Of course, but no matter how much Ignis urged, Lalatina and those adventurers would involuntarily forget when they came into contact." The king continued to shake his head.

"Does Axel also have the goddess's followers?" Alice couldn't help asking.

"It's not clear yet, but according to the current situation, it's unlikely that someone who wants to bypass the Axis Cult can contact the goddess privately." The king also frowned at this moment. After all, he really didn't expect that the people of the Axis Cult had such a strong blocking ability.

The most important thing is that the people sent by Ignis have never even seen the other party.

"Father, what about the things mentioned before?" Alice continued to ask.

"A title and a territory cannot be compared with the kingdom. The pressure on the fortress is also very high. If the threat of the Demon King's army can be eradicated in one fell swoop this time, this price is nothing.

And the goddess has only been in the world for a short time. Even if she hasn't left Axel, she has already eliminated a cadre of the Demon King's army. Since the other party has shown sincerity, we should respond." The king can still tell which one is more important.

"Then how to reply to Alexia?" Alice nodded and continued to ask.

After all, after Axel eliminated Beldia, the Dullahan, one of the leaders of the Demon King's army, the news was immediately passed to the capital through the Adventurer's Guild.

The royal family was the first to receive the news, so Alice heard about it three days ago.

"I'll give two titles, but I'll also give two territories. How do you think of expressing the sincerity of the kingdom?" the king asked Alice.

"Father, is Alcanretia also...? Just..." Alice asked with a little surprise.

"Don't mention that idiot. Although he is not as unscrupulous as Alderp, he has also done a lot of things that harm the interests of the kingdom. It's just the right opportunity to take him down and hit those self-righteous guys." The king said with a cold face.

"Is that all, father?" Why does Alice feel a little unconvinced?

After all, Alcanretia has always been in the hands of faction nobles who are at odds with the royal family. Alice still knows this.

"Ignis mentioned to me that Lalatina had a good impression of the hero candidate, so no matter whether Sato Kazuma defeated the Demon King in the end, Ignis planned to promote the marriage between them.

But if a sword hero defeated the Demon King, we can't erase the merits of the Dustinis family, so we need another territory." The king looked at Alice and said.

After listening to her father's words, Alice understood that Alcanretia was a territory prepared for her.

After all, the Dustinis family has made it clear that they have no intention of contacting Yuken Hibiki, so if Yuken Hibiki defeated the Demon King in the end, it would be up to me to fulfill the kingdom's reward.

Unlike the era when the Demon King's army was rampant, after entering the era of human internal strife, the royal family needs to expand its power and increase its voice more than now.

There is nothing better than adding a fiefdom lord to strengthen the voice, after all, having a fiefdom means that the Knights can be supported.

Only when the military power is strengthened can the voice be louder and more powerful. In other words, the king has been preparing for the post-demon king era since Alexia came to him to make a request.

Even if he may not be able to wait for this post-demon king era, it is necessary to make a good layout in advance, so that his son and daughter can face the future more calmly.

Of course, giving out two fiefs does not mean that both territories will be handed over to the Axis Cult for management.

In Alcanretia, Yu Jian Xiangye is at most a figurehead, and the actual manager will be someone sent by Alice.

As for what name Alice uses, it is also very simple, that is, Yu Jian Xiangye's fiancée.

Only the fiancée is qualified to intervene, who said Yu Jian Xiangye does not know how to manage the territory.

In addition, the most important thing for the hero candidate at present is not to learn to manage a territory, but to eliminate the demon king's army as soon as possible to resolve the crisis of the kingdom.

As for Yu Jian Xiangye's failure to defeat the demon king in the end, it doesn't matter.

You have to know that Yujian Xiangye is still the goddess's messenger, and he must have charged to the front line in the end. Even if he did not defeat the devil and get the title of hero, he could not deny his merit in entering the devil's castle.

The kingdom cannot fail to reward such a great merit, right? Military merit is a basic operation.

Therefore, the rewards promised by the kingdom are still valid, whether it is marriage or territory.

However, after Alice and Yujian Xiangye get married, whether Yujian Xiangye can become the real lord of Alcanretia depends on whether Alice likes him.

If she likes him, the marriage will be happy and the life will be happy. If not, the lord may die of illness soon.

After all, it is normal for the sword hero to overdraw his body due to long-term use of the magic sword, so it is helpless to die young.

As for Axel, the Dustinis family originally guarded that territory. Once the lord is vacant, the territory will inevitably be managed by this family.

In fact, in the original work, after Alderp was dragged into hell, the kingdom immediately divided the territory to the Dustinis family.

So even if Ignis was willing to let Darkness marry the hero who defeated the Demon King, the king would not be happy.

After all, there would be no excuse to attack Alcanretia.

That's right, in fact, the king's operation was to seek benefits for the royal family under the pretext of the goddess' dissatisfaction.

So did the other nobles know?

Of course they knew, after all, this was not a very complicated plan.

But even if they knew, there was nothing they could do, it was a complete conspiracy.

After all, no one dared to stand up and anger the goddess, let alone ignore the safety of the entire kingdom for a piece of territory.

So those who were targeted could only think that they were unlucky, because destroying the Demon King's army was the general trend.

Of course, the king's conspiracy could only go this far. Even if there were more candidates for heroes, there was no way to compete for more territory.

After all, Alcanretia was the headquarters of the Axis Cult, and this was recognized.

As for Axel, it was proposed by the Axis Cult, and anyone who doesn't want to anger the goddess must admit this.

So other factions can only tolerate these two places at most. As for the others, if they dare to make a move, they will tear their faces apart.

"Father, I understand, I have no objection. But the Elrod Kingdom." Alice, who has not met Sato Kazuma yet, nodded calmly.

After all, it is the duty and responsibility of the princess to represent the royal family in marriage, but Alice currently has the first prince of a neighboring country as her fiancé.

"In the past, we needed economic support from the Kingdom of Elrod because we could not see the light at the end of the tunnel. In order to prevent the Kingdom's economy from being affected by the war with the Demon King's army, we had to compromise with Elrod.

But now that the goddess is here, there is no need to maintain this fragile relationship. After all, the other party's economic assistance has been decreasing year by year over the years. They are simply a group of short-sighted fools.

In addition, the first prince's evaluation is too bad. He knows how to gamble all day long. Even his own people call him a fool. How can he be worthy of my excellent daughter?" The king has a lot of opinions about the first heir of the Kingdom of Elrod.

"I just don't know if this will anger the other party. I'm worried that we will face military invasion from neighboring countries just after defeating the Demon King's army." Alice couldn't help but say worriedly.

"Some things are doomed to be unavoidable, but there is no need to worry too much. Perhaps we can consider letting the Axis Cult discuss it. After all, our sincerity is sufficient, isn't it?" The king said after looking at his daughter.

"I understand." Alice knew that her father wanted her to communicate with Alexia. If they could reach a consensus, it would be the best. If not, she would not be disappointed. Anyway, it would be better to try it first.

A day later, Alice met Alexia again.

After hearing Alice's reply, Alexia was stunned.

Two titles, two territories, and two fiancées.

But the management personnel in Alcanretia, the hot spring town, must be sent by the royal family.

Interesting!

Alexia, who reacted, immediately understood what the ancient kingdom of Belzer was planning.

"There is still a small problem here. I wonder if your church can come forward to solve it?" Alice continued.

"Your Highness, what is the problem?" Alexia asked Alice.

"I have a fiancé now, the first prince of a neighboring country." Alice did not hide it. After all, this is something known to the noble circle.

"Princess, what is your faith?" Alexia asked after communicating with Li De.

"I am willing to join the Axis Cult!" Alice certainly understood what Alexia meant by her question.

"That's fine. When you are free, Princess, you can go to the neighboring country. I believe that a prince will take the initiative to cancel the engagement." Alexia nodded immediately.

Even if a prince does not cancel the marriage according to the description in the original book, Alexia has many ways to make him take the initiative to speak.