end of time

"Here is the troop distribution map of the southeast defense line of the garrison. This is the forest situation near Mordor. There were some Silvan elves there. Ada withdrew them all back more than 50 years ago. The troop strength has also been appropriately increased in the west. Yes Fernando's original vice-captain Desmond's men."

Thranduil's eyes turned from the dim yellow map under the light to the red-haired elf who was circling on the map and talking in a low voice.

Noticing the strangeness, Lucinda raised her head, her emerald blue eyes gleaming with doubts: "Your Highness?"

Thranduy looked away, and calmly looked at the defense plan that he had memorized by heart after reading it once, without showing any surprise: "I didn't know you understood it so clearly."

"When Ada left, I went to the study overnight to study." Lucinda said honestly, "The southeast is dangerous and complicated. I just hope to help His Highness."

In fact, Ada emphasized that he should not cause trouble to His Highness, but she did not expect that she, who had lived carefree for thousands of years, could really help her.It's just...it's just her wish... She hopes to help him, even if she knows that he has great ability and talent.She didn't want to see his tired appearance after fighting the orcs alone and resurrecting the forest with spiritual power like last time, just like she grew up overnight after her brother's death, she didn't want to hide behind ada with peace of mind, but chose to practice hard Archery, swore to avenge his brother.That's why she willingly picked up the map data she hated most in the past, and quietly memorized, analyzed, and thought about it.For Thranduil, and for His Majesty's people to the southeast.

"Then go on."

"Yes." Turning his attention back to the defense map again, the red-haired elf spoke in detail.

The golden-haired prince's eyes stopped on the flaming red hair. Maybe she didn't realize that she was actually an elf who was as brave and responsible as Brian.He appreciates such courage.Hope to help him?Heh... no elf has ever spoken so proudly.Thranduil listened attentively to the more details Lucinda said, his eyes slightly closed.

However, this feeling is not bad.

At first, most of the Silvan elves couldn't understand His Royal Highness Thranduil's decision to stay in the southeast, but it didn't take long for them to understand.

That was when Fernando and his elves fulfilled their promise so that His Highness the Blonde could not deduct any of the elves' salary, so he decided that the threat of a proper reduction in salary would stimulate the potential of the soldiers and forced the elf fighters in the southeast to complain and practice harder. Lucinda, as the successor of the southeast lord, assisted Thranduil in handling government affairs in an unprecedented manner, when she practiced archery diligently at night and achieved a historic breakthrough in all aspects of her abilities.

When the elves noticed it, most of the withered Yuanta trees in the southeast had spread leaves that were greener than emeralds in the wind.When their branches grew stronger and stronger day by day, enough to become the strongest weapons of the bravest warriors, the elves boiled.It is said that the spiritual power of His Highness, who loves to wander and drink in the forest after handling government affairs every day, can do it!

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

said most of the elves with tears in their eyes.

"With so many trees and such a big forest, will His Highness be too tired?"

A small number of elves spoke worriedly after the ecstasy.

It turns out that the truth is in the hands of a few elves.

Isn't it just too tired?

That Yeyue Shen Xinglang, Lucinda returned to the residence in the territory after practicing archery, and was attracted by the elf doctor Ises holding a silver robe.

"Miss Lucinda." Esther just nodded to her.

"Why are you in such a hurry, what happened?"

Isers didn't stop at all, and said hesitantly: "Your Highness...may need rest and treatment..."

Lucinda's heart tightened, and she concentrated on seeing a dark mark on the familiar silver robe similar to the chest.

That's... bloodstains?

It was difficult to describe the mood at that time, but when Lucinda regained consciousness from a blank mind for a moment, she found that her legs had taken her body and ran to the room of His Highness next to the balcony.

Panic, worry, all kinds of emotions were intertwined, and she was in a mess for a moment.

It's not about worrying about the consequences of His Royal Highness being injured in Ellen's territory, but about the elf named Thranduil who taught her archery.

The white and heavy door was pushed open fiercely, and the deafening sound almost attracted the guards, but they retreated when they found out that it was Miss Lucinda.

In the room with simple and elegant display, the terrace is outside the huge table case. The cool moonlight floats in and softly covers the blond elf by the window, outlining the light and shadow like an illusion.

Thranduy, who was sitting on the wicker chair, turned his head displeased. When he saw Lucinda, who was still wearing a hunting suit and looked terrified, standing at the door, his lips moved, and he turned his head again without saying anything. go.

Lucinda didn't ignore the obvious paleness on his face, and rushed forward in concern, regardless of etiquette,

"Are you okay?"

As he got closer, he became more aware of his abnormality.His skin was frighteningly cold, and even the strength and aura that made people nervous even though he was usually careless were a little weaker.

If you don't check the weakness in it carefully, his voice is almost as low as usual, "It's okay." His eyes have been looking intently at the crescent moon in the sky.

However, the next moment Lucinda proved that all his composure was just to hold on, she tentatively grabbed his icy wrist.

He moved his hand, frowned slightly, leaned forward slightly, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out like this.In an instant, the entire face was completely drained of blood.

"Issus!" She had the illusion that he would faint like that, and she shouted back in panic.The next moment, Hao's wrist was restrained by his icy fingers.Even though the force was so light that she could break free without any effort, she could understand the unhappiness contained in it.

He reluctantly opened his mouth: "I thought you had improved a lot during this time, where are your composure and composure?" Standing up, the intense dizziness in his head forced him to press the table It didn't make me fall down.Lucinda bit her lip and stepped forward to support him.

"Here comes the medicine, Your Highness." Esther's appearance at this moment seemed like a timely rain, "Drink it while it's hot, the effect of this medicine will be greatly reduced when it's cold."

Lucinda, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head and raised her heart again.His blond-haired Highness's usually expressionless face slowly frowned, and his lips pursed, revealing a rare and obvious disgust.

Weakly, he moved his head away, and his weak voice was mixed with displeasure: "What do I want is a decoction?"

……

"Your Highness, it's too late to grind it into a pill, besides, you should take it as soon as possible." The doctor of Esses was benevolent and persuasive, "Only the decoction can maximize the function of this herb itself."

"I'm special, go find me some pills." God knows how much he hates this nasty, steaming potion, it's more disgusting than killing hundreds of orcs.No, just thinking about it makes me sick.

"Your Highness..."

"Go!"

"But……"

The doctor's helplessness and the patient's unwillingness to cooperate finally annoyed the flame-headed daughter of the forest.

Lucinda directly snatched the medicine bowl from Esther: "It's just a bowl of medicine, why are there so many nonsense!"

Thranduy was shocked all over, and before he had time to react (in fact, he was also unable to react) his long and limp body was directly pressed into the rattan chair by the angry Lucinda.

The ice-blue eyes opened wide, rarely seen in thousands of years, and looked at the murderous elf in front of him in disbelief.

In the next second, Lucinda lifted his perfect and delicate chin with one hand, and pressed his thumb against his chin with a little force.As soon as the teeth were opened, the medicine bowl was against his lips.The dark brown potion that was still bubbling was poured in, and the vicious liquid in the mouth flowed happily down the throat into the body, and Thranduil almost lost his breath.

He was indeed frightened by Lucinda's extremely gloomy and desperate look, the gurgling liquid in his mouth drove him extremely crazy, and the only moving eye desperately winked at the doctor who stayed on the spot to signal her to take the maddened Lucinda. Syndara went over, and Ises, who ignored his orders, gave him a look of "Don't worry, I understand", and then he really spoke with a worried face.

"Miss Lucinda, please take it easy. This herb is very precious, and every drop counts. Don't spill it and waste it. I have to boil it again."

The moonlight coming in from the window clearly reflected the determination on the face of the red-haired elf.Thranduil swears that none of the thousands of years of watching the moonlight can arouse his anger like tonight!

Desperately condense the fragility of the whole body.She tried to push Lucinda's shackles away with all her strength, but the red-haired elf's cool warning rang in her ears before she even moved her wrist.

"Okay, you can resist, you can resist! It's best to call all the guards outside the door! Let them see that our most noble and perfect Highness is afraid of taking medicine! Ha, it's embarrassing! However, when the time comes It's hard to tell whether they feed you or I come to feed you."

Lucinda watched with satisfaction as the anger in those vicious ice blue eyes gradually dimmed until the blond prince closed his eyes helplessly.

She raised the bowl a bit higher, and poured down the whole bowl of medicine.

Esther breathed a sigh of relief.Although the taste of this medicine is extremely bitter, it can be seen that the effect is very fast. When Thranduil asked to make a pill just now, she vaguely guessed that His Highness might not like to drink the medicine, but the efficacy of the pill is not as good as the soup. Fortunately, Miss Lucinda is here, ah!As for the possible consequences after this, Esther said that he was not very happy to think about it, which was Miss Lucinda's business.

Lucinda turned around and put the silver bowl on Issus's medicine tray, regardless of His Royal Highness who was half dead in the rattan chair, asked worriedly: "What's going on here?" Ada said before leaving Is it fulfilled?

Essus sighed, not knowing whether he was complaining or admiring: "This is simply a way to die. There are too many withered Yuanta forests. Although His Highness's spiritual power is powerful, you should be careful. The transmission of spiritual power consumes a lot of energy. In severe cases, it may even injure internal organs. What's more, His Highness went directly to the central area of ​​Yuantalin, where the loss was the most serious, and sent the spiritual power that could revive the forest to every corner with his own body. This large-scale spiritual power Teleportation is too harmful to the body. Fortunately, His Highness's mount came back in time, otherwise, I really don't know what to do."

"Don't just say something sensational." Thranduil, who had recovered his breath, opened his ice blue eyes, "This will be of great benefit."

Lucinda couldn't argue with that.The weapons made by Yuantamu are indeed a great thing for the soldiers, but it is impossible for the king to revive so many Yuantamu in a short period of time.She couldn't help him.

Thranduy, who was trapped in the rattan chair, stared at her with an unfathomable expression. She just turned her head and met those stern ice-blue eyes. She trembled and immediately knelt down on one knee: "Please forgive me, Your Highness." sorry."

Isers was speechless for a while, and stood awkwardly aside with the medicine bowl in his hand, looking at the prince who was staring at Lucinda wondering what he was thinking, an inexplicable chill wrapped his spine.Wordless silence swept the room.

Without raising her head, Lucinda could feel that the gaze cast on her was as sharp as a knife. Thinking of her impolite behavior, she couldn't help crying secretly.

After a long time, he looked back and snorted extremely slightly: "This time, I will forgive you."

Both Esses and Lucinda breathed a sigh of relief, and the doctor said respectfully, "Your Highness, rest well." Then he turned and walked out of the room lightly.

Thranduy was silent for a long time, the bitterness in his mouth was still lingering, and his thick brows were raised again: "Give me Dovinin."

Lucinda got up quickly and brought over the wine on the table, poured a small half of the glass in the crystal wine glass and handed it to His Royal Highness the blonde.

The slightly astringent and mellow liquid completely dilutes the disgusting smell. Only then did Thranduy feel a little recovered, and turned to look at Lucinda, with a serious tone: "Is the report from the west coming?"

Lucinda was slightly taken aback: "West? You mean..." Alarm bells rang out in her heart, those dark creatures even invaded the west of the green forest?But there is no elf report, could it be that...

"It's hard to say." Thranduy shook his head slowly, took another sip of his wine, and turned his gaze to the dark sky beyond the terrace, "You sent the elves to keep an eye on the west, especially, be extra careful when changing shifts."

"Okay." Lucinda replied.His Highness's inferences and instructions are always accurate and wise in many cases, and this has been proven long ago.