After sealing the devil

The fake brave man was brought back to the capital overnight.

The king got the news when he got up to eat in the morning.After thinking for a while, he lost his appetite, so he asked someone to clean up the dinner plate and summoned the fake brave man.

The king is actually only in his forties, still in the prime of life.The wind and frost of the years have added to him a majesty that makes people dare not look directly at him.

His face sank like water, he looked at the fake brave man kneeling in front of him, without saying a word.

Companion A lowered his head, facing the king's stern gaze, and said dryly, "The princess was taken away by the puppet master. I ask the king to send troops to rescue her."

The king stared at the fake brave man, and said slowly, "Where is the princess now?"

Companion A paused, and took out the self-portrait of the princess from the space bag: "She once contacted me through her painting, tracing the spiritual power on it may be able to determine her location."

The king frowned when he saw the princess's self-portrait.

The guard stepped forward and wanted to take the portrait away, but found that the fake brave man had no intention of letting go.

He said coldly, "Please give me the painting."

Companion A was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought, how could the king not have a painting of the princess.In other words, if the princess wants to contact the king, just contact her directly.

Isn't it meaningless for him to come here? !

Just when companion A realized how stupid he was, the guard increased his strength, trying to snatch the princess's painting directly.

Companion A was afraid that the guard would break the picture frame, so he let go subconsciously.

The guard immediately snatched the painting, then walked to the king with his eyes down, and presented the painting with both hands.

The king stared fixedly at the person in the painting.The princess has the same blue-green eyes as her mother, with gentle brows and eyes that make people feel nostalgic.

He touched those emerald stone-like eyes with nostalgia.

Then the king turned cold, and the last trace of tenderness disappeared without a trace.He took a small piece of silk handed over by the waiter next to him, and wiped his hands slowly.

"Excuse me, when will the king send troops?" Companion A couldn't help asking tentatively, "I, can I follow? Maybe I can help..."

"Oh? Do you want to be a soldier or a general leading the army?" The king glanced at his companion A.

Companion A choked.

He has not been trained as a soldier, and he is completely troublesome when he is mixed in.He has never led a soldier and fought a war, so how could he be a general.

"Put him down." The king said coldly, "Put him on another day."

"Ah?!" Companion A unexpectedly stood up subconsciously.

The guards on both sides immediately drew their swords, and the blades of the swords were sticking to companion A's neck shiningly.

Companion A didn't dare to move rashly, and was taken down in a daze.

As soon as he left the hall, companion A saw the prince walking towards him.The prince is the half-brother of the princess.His relationship with the princess is not bad, but not close.

At this time, companion A was distracted and didn't have the heart to say hello to the prince, but unexpectedly the prince stopped in front of him.

The prince is only in his teens, his face is still a little tender, but he looks very calm.

He slightly raised his eyes and looked at his companion A: "You have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, and you are destined to die."

Companion A didn't understand why the prince said this to him, so he kept silent.

"So, don't hurt the princess." The prince said slowly, "No matter how real you act, the king will not believe you."

Companion A opened his mouth and said dryly, "Act?"

"The princess was ordered by the king to confine herself to self-reflection, and the surroundings were tightly guarded." The prince said indifferently, "If she didn't want to, how could she disappear without a trace?"

Companion A was stunned, and hurriedly said: "It's not acting, it's not acting... I plead guilty, I really don't want to lie to the king again... The princess was captured by the puppeteer, and her life and death are unknown now. Disappearing quietly, maybe they were plotted against when checking the puppet's information...or, or those children who disappeared by the edge of the lifeless forest..." He suddenly stopped talking.

"You don't have to worry about this. The king has also considered the possibility of the princess disappearing due to problems with puppetry." The prince said in a calm tone, "All people and things related to puppetry have been taken certain security measures."

Companion A thought of the pavilion master who was made into a half-puppet, and worried about Companion B again in his confused mind: "What are the safety measures?"

The prince didn't answer, but said to himself: "Since you didn't act..."

There was a rare hesitation on his face.

Companion A suppressed the panic in his heart, and said sadly: "It's really not acting...can you tell the king for me...save the princess, save her..."

The prince looked at his companion A calmly: "Did you ask the wrong person?"

Companion A has a meal.

If the princess dies, the prince becomes the crown prince, the future king.

His voice was a little trembling: "For the sake of power, do you even disregard family affection..."

The prince was pierced by the straightforward words, and his eyes became fierce in an instant.

"Yes, power is very important." He clenched his hands tightly, "Without power, I would have nothing."

Afterwards, he broke into a cold smile, his eyes were frighteningly bright, but his voice was ruthless: "You have pretended to be a brave man for so many years, haven't you learned a little bit of bravery? In fairy tales, princesses are always rescued by brave men." Is it? You have the ability, you go to save it? You are worthy of being a fake brave, and you will only beg for mercy here like a bereaved dog."

The prince thought that his words would shock the fake brave man, but saw that the fake brave man just looked at him sadly.

He gritted his teeth, tightened his face, and then slowly regained his composure, without saying a word, passing the fake brave man.

The guard pushed Companion A, signaling him to leave quickly.

Companion A glanced to the east.

The sun has just risen.Dawn broke through the clouds, and the sky gradually turned white.

But his heart sank to a very, very deep place where the sun can't shine.

At this time, a ray of dawn entered the brave man's room through the gap in the curtain.

He silently opened the curtains, looked at the flowers on the edge of the castle that were dyed in warm colors, struggling between moving and not moving.

In fact, the magic core has almost recovered now, as long as he doesn't use his spiritual power, he can walk around at will.

But he still didn't leave the room.

Because of being lazy.

The brave didn't expect the magic core to recover so quickly, and the ice he condensed with spiritual power and used as a communication tool for companion A was given away for nothing.

However, the pavilion master has been made into a half-puppet. Companion A and the princess and companion B will help, so there will be no danger.Although those children who disappeared by the edge of the lifeless forest are a bit strange, they shouldn't cause any big waves.After all, there are still bishops guarding the capital.

The brave man stayed at home with such peace of mind.

Then, from a distance, he saw someone put something at the gate of the manor.

The devil went out to search for ingredients, and now there is only one brave man left in the manor.

So the brave man decided to make a move.

He jumped from the window, and when he was in the air, he suddenly thought that the newly condensed body of his magic core did not have holy patterns, and he would definitely be injured if he fell directly, and he would not heal in a while.

So he used the castle wall as a buffer and landed safely.

The brave man has always been scruples about this holy pattern, and he still doesn't know whether the bishop's psychological suggestion was made through the holy pattern.I thought it would blow up.

Now he regrets it.

... One day I will ask the bishop to draw another one, it is really troublesome without the holy pattern.

When he was thinking about drawing the holy pattern, the brave man had already arrived at the gate.

He glanced at the thing that was put down, and found that it was a package with "gift for the brave" written on it.

The brave is a little terrified inside.

……who?How did you find him?

But he thought about it, and soon realized that it might have been sent by a nobleman who misunderstood the Demon King as a hero.After all, the devil wanted to search for ingredients. In order not to cause trouble, he recently resumed his disguise, and was very happy to be mistaken for a brave by the nobles who were present at the time, because the nobles helped find ingredients.

The brave man thought about it and decided to go out to get the package.

By accident, it happened to be given to him.

So the water mist mobilized after a long time, melting away the protective array on the gate and breaking a hole.

The brave man managed to get the package.

He touched the wrapped fabric and found that it felt good.

...not suitable for a rag.

But the shape of the things inside seems a bit strange.

So the brave man opened the package.

Inside is a severed hand, the cross-section is pitted, and it is obvious that the cutting process is very torturous.

The brave man took a closer look and judged that it was the princess's hand.

Brave: "..." The person who put down the package should not have gone far.

He immediately chased it out.

When the devil came back from looking for food, he saw a hole was opened in the door of his manor.

The brave man ran away after using himself? !

Although it was expected, the Demon King was still angry and dejected.

Then he saw a block of ice lying by the door.

This is a common way of sending letters.Patterns are engraved in the ice, and when a specific person approaches, the ice will unfold to reveal the characters.

The devil's mood eased a little, thinking that the brave didn't leave without saying goodbye this time.

Let him see if the brave man is in a hurry...

However, the Demon King suddenly realized that the attributes of himself and the hero restrain each other. If he gets close to the ice, the ice will melt, and the pattern structure inside will naturally be damaged, and he can't see anything.

Demon King: "..."