The princesses all come to help me move the bricks [Infrastructure]

49.

Anna almost couldn't control the smile on the corner of her mouth.

If she could, she really wanted to look up to the sky and laugh a lot, and let the whole world know that at this moment, she knew that the blood-stained youth that the old witch warned about was gone, and everything about her was false.

However, in order to prevent people from being distracted, even though Catherine's loyalty is very high, she still restrained her complacency at this time.

Besides, the old witch still has magic mirrors that can see scenes in many places, but it doesn't matter to let her know that she is gloating.

The old witch did it all on her own accord.

If she didn't use such disgusting and insidious methods to maintain her appearance, Anna would not care whether she painted pearl powder or seaweed mud on her face.

But now she has killed at least eight innocent girls, and she has also been calculated on her head. Of course, it is impossible for Anna to make peace with her.

But the good thing is that not only did she suffer for herself, but it is said that her control over the palace has also declined.

When the old witch became the queen, she couldn't wait to swear her sovereignty and demonstrate her power as the hostess of the palace, but now she is not beautiful enough to meet people, and it is not convenient to arrange work, except for her close service There are not many maids who can see her directly.

In this way, it gave some servants a chance to breathe.

You know, she's not a good-natured host.

Anna continued to listen for a while, and Catherine was indeed a reliable maid. Apart from matters related to the queen, she also inquired about a lot of gossip.

For example, the prince who turned into a beast in Madaura City and the sleeping princess of Slade Kingdom are still under the salvation of the Temple of Light.

However, unlike the prince who has completely turned into a monster, although the princess of the Kingdom of Slade has fallen into a deep sleep as an adult, the palace is also prepared for this, except for some who escaped and were not controlled by the magic of sleep. The nobles who attended the ball, and even the queen of the country escaped.

Although the king had fallen asleep together, as if the entire palace had been frozen in time, and thorns were growing little by little, as if trying to gather around the palace, the queen was still there, and she was still looking for help.

I heard that anyone who can solve this terrible curse will receive the highest courtesy in this country, and even the Kingdom of Lore has received help, but unless it is a great magician and someone from the Temple of Light, few others can Help the poor princess.

The destined person who came into contact with the princess's curse will cease to exist after 100 years. At that time, I am afraid that the entire Slade Kingdom will be acquired by the middle class.

The unexpected occurrence of this incident is the biggest test for the seven ancient royal families. The Slade Kingdom is also one of the ancient countries handed down by the seven warriors.

There are also some rumors in the royal city. For example, some noble ladies seem to have a little idea of ​​the prince who is about to grow up in the Duchy of Württemberg, including Anna's friend Emma. As Emma Perrault's second countess, she seems to have You have to go with the flow and prepare for this big ball.

"what?"

Anna was a little surprised.

"When did it happen?"

"I mean the ball?"

"The coming-of-age ball of the Prince of Württemberg's heir is planned to be held in autumn next year, possibly at the time of the transition from summer to autumn, but the specific time may be adjusted according to the divination and calculation of the temple." Catherine explained.

"It's not really on the prince's birthday, just in case witches and other dark creatures take advantage of it to cause trouble. Similar things have happened before, so everyone basically chooses a date after calculating the time before and after the birthday. Throw a big ball."

"So you can avoid a lot of curses, etc., don't underestimate it... almost every royal family will do this kind of work, and the evil witches who can directly curse across time and distance are often very powerful and terrifying, For example, the one who cursed the only princess of the Kingdom of Slade before, is one of the most powerful black witches in the world, and has been famous for a long time."

"Considering this, the royal family of Slade deliberately avoided the exact date of birth of the princess, and then invited a lot of fairies to bless the princess. Unexpectedly, such a misfortune could not be avoided."

Catherine explained, and Anna nodded to show she understood.

"However, the coming-of-age ball of the Prince of Württemberg next summer and autumn is basically set, so there are princesses and noble ladies preparing early. They are all nobles who are known and confirmed to be able to attend, and they belong to the top celebrities. Sometimes From the skirt to the jewelry, it takes a long, long time to prepare, maybe half a year is not enough."

"What about some of the local nobles in Württemberg? Could they be invited?" Anna was a little curious, and she immediately thought of Cinderella and her downtrodden Perot family.

"If it's a relatively large-scale ball, if the Württemberg royal family is determined to hold it, then maybe all the nobles in the capital, no matter how big or small, will invite them, as long as the ancestors have a little glory. But if it's a general ball, then maybe Only those who are more outstanding or those who are customarily invited can get the opportunity."

Catherine thought for a while and answered based on experience.

"In addition, this ball has basically defaulted to choosing a wife for the prince. Although it is not said on the surface, it is just a grand and grand coming-of-age ball, but most of the king and queen will follow the custom at this ball. Choosing the prince's wife—of course, the prince's own wishes are also very important, the key is the first dance at that time."

"I've always been curious about something." Anna suddenly thought of something, and said proactively, "Will there be... guests at the ball who are not...ordinary people?"

"You mean...?" Catherine showed a little doubt, and then she reacted, "Are you worried that there will be evil wizards or witches disguised as ordinary noble ladies, and then come to the ball..."

She paused, her voice became softer, and said:

"Actually, such things have happened. Even if people from the Illuminati Church are present, even if the king is strictly on guard, there may even be problems with the king's wife or the queen of a country. There may be problems with the prince's wife... In fact, Happened."

"So..." Anna asked again.

"I'm also curious, why do these princes or kings choose women of unknown origin as their wives?"

"What do you mean?" Catherine was a little confused, she answered subconsciously, or refuted, "Most of the time, the guests are familiar people... It is very clear which family the guests come from, What kind of nobles did the ancestors have, what kind of family members are there today, there are very few uninvited guests, and these are often of different identities...or those who come here are not kind..."

"Then why did our Majesty the King marry..." Anna maintained a smile just right, and Catherine's face turned pale, making sure that Anna was really wondering about this matter, not hinting or testing her. She hesitated, but finally spoke.

"Actually, there are several ways." She replied in a low voice.

"Don't worry, no one here will hear us." In order to calm her down, Anna specially set up soundproofing magic, and Catherine continued.

"For one thing, the consideration of the first wife is subtly different from the choice of later wives. Most of the husband's first wives may be out of family needs. Of course, this refers to ordinary nobles. If it is a king And the prince's wife, in fact, may also have a political purpose, and the king's personal preferences may not be able to fully dictate this choice."

"The latter wives are different. As long as the first wife leaves behind a child, the latter stepwife will largely have one more responsibility, which is to take care of the former child. That is to say, as an excellent Motherhood may be worth more than everything else."

"Of course, there is another situation where the latter wife, from her appearance to her character, may have made arrangements completely according to the prince or king's own preferences and wishes. For example, the Prince of Württemberg's choice of wife this time, see It seems that he can follow his own ideas, but in fact there are not so many, especially when his parents are together. It is already very capricious for the king and queen of Württemberg to allow him to choose. "

"That's why we feel that the scale of the dance party may be special."

"Although the vast majority of people guess that it may be a very grand ball, we estimate that the king and queen may check out the female guests when they entertain the guests, especially about the identities of those young girls. There may be many doorways."

"That is to say, those who are not of sufficient status may not be able to appear in front of the prince at all, unless the appearance is really outstanding enough to amaze everyone."

What Catherine said was a personal speculation. As a very strict and quiet housekeeper, she was able to say these things, which already violated her personal habits and principles, but because of her loyalty to Anna, she still told the truth To tell the truth.

"Back to the previous topic, there is actually another thing..." Catherine paused and said in a softer voice.

"You should know, according to history, the Seven Heroes defeated the Dark God, resulting in seven people being severely cursed, and their descendants also had to face it—the ability to resist magic and curses is very low, and it is extremely easy to be cursed." problem."

"However, according to the custom, it is quite normal for the nobles to bring a little bit of royal blood into each other's marriages and intermarriages. Especially in the families of big nobles, it is normal to have such blood."

"There are so many small royal families separated from the seven ancient royal families. Although the blood has been diluted, only the direct descendants have inherited a relatively pure blood—including curses and poor physical resistance."

"In this way, it is normal for many princesses to marry other nobles, or princes to marry young ladies from other noble families, and then their bloodlines are mixed. It is normal for the noble bloodlines of the entire continent to be mixed."

"For example, when marrying a wife, sometimes the lady's family has to provide some genealogy, blood relationship, etc. of their family, which is the reason." Catherine said.

"So, within the scope of the nobles, it is very likely that there will be mixed and mixed situations, and at the same time, the curse is still not diluted by..."

"So, commoners or queens of other bloodlines can do well..." Anna understood.

"Perhaps their offspring's magic resistance can be enhanced a little bit by mixing with the bloodlines of other non-Seven Heroes."

"But the curse is very stubborn. Even in a relatively outstanding country like the Kingdom of Slade, it's not the same as the only princess who is cursed, and it also involves the entire palace and the people inside."

"Is that the queen outside, or..." Anna was stunned.

"Yes, that queen is not a princess." Catherine nodded, "She is from a local aristocrat, but the relevant royal blood is already very weak, maybe that's why she was able to escape, as for other ordinary servants and the like Yes, I think those who could have escaped have escaped."

"The king, like the princess, should be cursed or 'blessed' by 'time' and 'sleep', and was controlled in the palace."

"After all, the princess might have been directly cursed to death. It was the last fairy who modified the content. Through a blessing, those people can have a chance to live until the princess is awakened and the suspended time is continued."

Anna understood now that the royal family wasn't really that approachable, but they had to.

If the marriage between the two countries is for political purposes, then choosing the daughter of an ordinary noble family may be to dilute the blood of this traditional curse, so that their offspring will not be affected by the curse of high magic.

But this kind of mysterious and mysterious thing, everyone can't fully grasp the law.

For example, some kings may have never been cursed in their entire lives, but some princesses or princes were cursed all of a sudden.

This is related to his own defense ability, the church's protection ability, the ability of the magic resistance props worn objectively on his body, and of course the ability of the person who cursed him. It is more metaphysical and complicated.

What the royal family can do is to prepare as thoroughly as possible, maintain friendly relations with all the light races, and try not to offend any wizard as much as possible.

The next morning, Anna was called to meet the king.

She had a good breakfast with the king, and the king didn't seriously ask her to report on the territory management according to the etiquette of the ministers, etc. Even if she needed it, it was enough to pick up the concerns that were easier to answer. up.

As for the rest of the matter, firstly, he already knew almost everything through some of the people he sent over, and secondly, there were relevant documents and data, which were clearly written in Anna's "report".

As a duchess, Anna wants to come back, and she always needs some excuses, unlike Princess Maria, who just goes home when she wants to go home. Now Anna’s home is Oran, and it is more common or easy for her to come back. The only excuse is "debriefing", or being summoned by the king.

"This is very good." The king looked at her with satisfaction, "I never thought that you could use the money I gave you so well and brilliantly."

"Thank you for your compliment, it is my honor."

Anna replied politely, knowing that what she spent was actually the system, not what the king rewarded, but she didn't need to argue, the left and right are hers, as long as the numbers are decent.

"However, is it still at the stage of making ends meet?" the king asked again.

"Yes." Anna nodded honestly, "It takes a lot of money to hire workers and do infrastructure construction and development. In addition, I also want to improve the quality and standard of life of the citizens... so it is not easy."

"Well, I know." The king nodded.

"You are doing better than any previous district chief. Those people are indeed wasting their money there. Of course, I am also very happy to see that my daughter is so talented. I am proud of you!"

The king patted her on the shoulder, and as expected, he gave her a large reward.

Anna brought back a few gold coins, intending to make tax contributions, but she paid a total of 2222 gold coins as a tax for the whole year of [-], and got back a reward of [-] gold coins.

Although she had known for a long time that the king might not accept it, but would reward her with something, but she was a little surprised by this huge gap.

But since it was in her hands, she would naturally not take it out. Anna showed a happy smile and was very grateful for the money that could help her continue to develop.

If she could get such a large amount of sponsorship every time she came back, and it was free of charge, she would be crazy happy.

In addition to this part of the reward, the king also gave her some titles.

For example, she was given a very nice title, which specifically allowed her to have a longer and better title prefix when she went out, and also allowed her to arrange her own territory badges and flags, etc., which was unprecedented before. guided her.

It was an honor that Ana finalized the bluebell flower pattern, keeping Anastasia's first name and Lol's last name.

In the future, her descendants will still have the surname of the royal family of Lore, but that's a long way off.

In addition, there are many beautiful and fashionable dresses and jewelry, which seem to have been prepared early.

The rewards for her and those for Maria were distributed around the same time.

There are some discrepancies between the two in terms of specific content, but the difference in value seems to be not that big, and Anna doesn't really care about these, she doesn't need to compare with her sister.

In a blink of an eye, as soon as she left the king's side, the old witch sent someone to trouble her as expected.

"Please." Anna sneered.

This time the female officer was much more polite, maybe because she remembered the embarrassment and conflicts from the previous few times, or because she recognized Anna's influence as the Grand Duchess.

Anna will stay here for more than ten days, and she will not be able to leave until the middle of January. It is almost impossible not to deal with the old witch.

"Queen, people have brought."

The female officer returned to the queen respectfully, and Anna keenly noticed that the servants here seemed to be very afraid, and their state seemed a little strange.

Anna observed for a while, only to realize that apart from the panic that they had been trying to suppress on their faces, their appearances were not outstanding.

Before, in Anna's impression, those who served the old witch didn't seem to be so ordinary or rough, but now...

Maybe it's because the old witch can't see anyone looking good-looking, let alone anyone who looks better than her.

She couldn't allow those people to appear in front of her, so she replaced them all.

As a queen, it is very easy for her to replace her servants. If she just finds an excuse, such as losing something, for example, she is sick because the servants have not taken care of them, she can drive them all away and replace them with new ones, or even give them directly. convict.

The servants are almost one after another, and the king himself has a relatively benevolent temperament, and the degree of love among the people is relatively high. If everyone does not know the inside story, they are still very willing to work in the palace to survive. .

But you will know after you come here, especially the new queen, who is not as glamorous and gentle as she looks, but has a very vicious and hard-to-serve temperament.

The servants retreated from the room one after another, and Anna recovered from her thoughts. She was silently ready to fight, and she could take out weapons anytime, anywhere.

"Very happy, right?"

The queen sneered, and it was only then that Anna realized that the charming voice of the queen had lost its original charm.

Maybe it was because of hearing the voice of the mermaid and seeing the face of the mermaid prince. Now Anna didn't think the queen's voice and appearance were so good. Anyway, in her eyes, there was no difference between the old witch and the old immortal.

Now, her throat is probably as bad as her face, and Anna is quite happy.

"Another surprise." Anna thought to herself, not hiding the smile on her lips at all.

"Thanks to you." Anna smiled and looked directly at her, the old witch was still wearing a veil.

"Why don't you make your seaweed mud masks anymore?"

The old witch was so angry that she slapped the table on the spot.

She glared at her angrily, her face was flushed with anger, and her hands were shaking slightly because of anger.

"It really is you—" Because of the anger, the atmosphere in the room suddenly changed, and Anna could feel the gathering of dark elements.

"You want my life, I just lifted the shackles on my head." Anna also laughed.

"What's wrong?"

"How did you do it?" She narrowed her eyes slightly, as if her anger had calmed down a bit, only her clenched fists could tell that the old witch was still in a state of exploding.

"What?" Anna smiled, "Of course the poor eight young ladies who were killed by you told me that!"

Instead, the old witch showed a look of confusion.

Anna's heart skipped a beat, she felt that the old witch might not be the kind of witch with top combat power she imagined, otherwise she should curse her one by one now, just like the countries next door cursed The ones with kings, princes and princesses.

But now, or according to the fairy tale, Snow White's stepmother has always let the hunter or other people hurt Snow White how and how, and after the others failed, she wanted to do it herself.

However, unlike the powerful witch who seems to be able to speak "spiritually" who can directly curse the little princess "you will die when you touch the spindle", the old witch may just be a small person.

She needs the help of a medium, such as a poisoned comb, such as a poisoned apple. The combat effectiveness of directly rushing up and doing it may be quite average, and her physical attack level should not be high.

Anna figured it out.

It never occurred to her that the old witch would really believe her nonsense.

Anna clearly read it directly from her book, but the old witch actually believed in the idea that the return of the unjustly dead soul reminded her. This sounded supernatural and unreal.

"It seems...we are immortal."

"It's been from the beginning. It's just that you are sure that I will die, but I haven't died yet."

"Do you think I really don't dare to kill you?!" The old witch looked very angry, "Do you think that you can be proud of yourself with that poor, broken land?!"

"What can you do in such a crappy place?!" The old witch laughed at her, and Anna judged that she had no access to her relevant achievements and work in Oran.

Or rather, the old witch didn't believe it.

The old witch who was born in poverty could never believe that Anna could lead the people in a poor place to become rich and live a good life.

She may even be gloating. After realizing that the outcome of her receiving the land award cannot be changed, the old witch wants to watch her play.

So Anna smiled and told the old witch all the things she could do.

Finally, she changed her face.

"Why!?" Her face was almost contorted with anger and jealousy, "Why, this world is so unfair!"

"Probably because I'm a good person with a single heart, and you've been stepping on other people's blood, using other people's lives and your dirty methods to pile up your selfishness, right?"

Anna chuckled lightly.

The old witch angrily tore off the veil that prevented her from moving. She must have hated it for a long time.

"Today, I will definitely kill you!"

Anna saw that the old witch's face had a few more lines, probably at the tear trough and cheeks. The once fair skin was not as good as it used to be. The flesh on the face became loose and the skin was a little loose. The feeling of being full of collagen is gone, and she looks like a woman who is about to forty, without the delicate girlish face she was so proud of.

"Ha!" Anna laughed loudly, "You deserve it!"

"I guess you've been refusing to do anything just now..." Anna took out her wand, waved her hand, and a hurricane rose up, directly smashing the clay pots she placed in two places in the room, and the pots were released from the pots in the next second. The heads of the two long snakes were directly cut off by her.

"Is it still possible to save my life, feed it again, and then maintain my appearance for you?!"

"You want my life to be worse than death, and finally become your fertilizer to maintain youth..." Anna raised her wand, "How can I be willing!"

Seeing that her intention was completely broken, and that Anna never touched or touched any food or other things in her place from the beginning to the end, and even the props she had arranged earlier were also destroyed, the old witch knew that there would be no more With the slightest possibility, it was finally the killer.

[Character - Francesco - King and Queen of Lol]

Health bar: 9999900/9100000

Blue bar: 1199990/1199990

Level: 68

Identity: The new queen and witch of the Kingdom of Lore

Skills: Curse lv.68, Poison lv.72...

Status: normal

Faction: Dark

Description: Protected by the law of causality, some information cannot be checked.

……

【Ding--】

[The system prompts that you have entered a combat state, please be careful. 】

Anna's complexion was a little bad. She didn't expect the old witch's numerical status to be better than before.

Of course, she doesn't quite believe the causal law and other information in the description...or she already has a solution.

"Evil witch! When did you take over my mother's identity! Come out of my mother's body!" Anna yelled, making more movements on purpose, and all kinds of things broke.

The movement here did not immediately attract the guards. Anna narrowed her eyes slightly, knowing what the old witch had arranged so that no one else could get close, and she didn't notice anything wrong here.

But Anna was determined to fight her to the death, so she deliberately destroyed the barrier here while flying the kite.

Dark elements filled the entire room at once. This environment was very unfavorable to Anna. Instead, the old witch used a lot of moves smoothly. After a while, Anna's blood bar was visible to the naked eye.

Anna has a huge blood bar, which generally affects her, just like the -20 blood loss from the altar before, it is almost impossible to show it directly on the top of her head. On her health bar, because it is too small, it is impossible to show anything.

but now--

Anna glanced anxiously at her data bar.

The old witch has a seven-figure number, and she has an eight-figure number, but the consumption of skills is obviously unequal. It seems that the law of causality is still working. In addition, the dark environment here is annoying. The old witch created it. Very unfavorable.

【Character - Anastasia】

Blood bar: 89996000+/99999999

Blue bar: 89991000+/99999999

Level: 99+ (locked) / level 12

Age: 15

Appearance: Blonde hair, purple eyes

Identity: Daughter brought by the new queen of the Kingdom of Lore, stepdaughter of King Philip Lore, stepsister of Princess Snow White

技能：魔力值lv.99、元素感知lv.99、亲和力lv.99、武力lv.99、剑技lv.99、厨艺lv.99、毒抗lv.99、……小幸运lv.1、海洋净化lv.1……

包裹：回血药剂·极品（99+）、回蓝药剂·极品（99+）、附魔红宝石（99+）、附魔蓝宝石（99+）、黑珍珠·极品（99+）……

Props: Seablue Star Magic Scepter, King of Elves Blessed Bow and Arrow...

Status: [Battle]

Belief: None

Title: Blessing of the Mermaid (Prince)

Money: 1010 gold and 8 silver

Pet: Little Gray

……

"hurricane--"

"The vine grows—"

"snowstorm--"

After a series of elemental spells, finally, Anna heard the sound of eggshells breaking.

She couldn't help but smile a little more on her face.

The old witch has become a nasty boss monster. She should have been just a monster that is good at cursing, similar to assisting and controlling positioning, but now she is directly on the field, and she is still not good at fighting.

With the appearance of a crack, the dark elements overflowed, and the sound of an alarm finally appeared in the palace.

"It's the queen's bedroom—"

Ana's hearing was good enough for her to hear some of the guards.

Because of the reason of the previous divine descent, there should be quite a few people in the Temple of Light here, no matter whether it is Bishop Albert or whoever, just come here——

Anna just wanted someone to witness the evil of the old witch.

Apparently, the old witch was also aware of this.

Before she could react, Anna did not hesitate to use some skills to force monsters to draw hatred to herself, changing from a mage to a role of positioning a magic warrior.

She took out her shield and long sword, broke through the window smoothly, and saw the old witch chasing her uncontrollably, and there was no doubt that the movement of the two people descending from the second floor was enough for the people in the palace to see.

The thing about the queen being a murderous and dreadful old witch—

has been exposed.

Anna can't wait to laugh and taunt while fighting.

But now, she must be very careful in every move, especially to control some of her words and deeds, and she must not use too powerful skills to arouse the suspicion of the Temple of Light.

She can only use some light attribute sword skills, etc., to grind the monster of this old witch who is good at magic from a physical point of view.

She wanted to make sure she wasn't implicated in being the "daughter" of the old witch.

"I can."

Anna said to herself.

"Archduke Anna—"

"I'm here to assist you!"

Anna felt that this guard looked familiar, as if he was the brother of a certain knight commander who followed her to the territory, but she was still very grateful that he was able to step forward to assist her so bravely.

Just don't hold me back.

Anna thought.

The berserk old witch has gone completely insane.

Anna saw the opportunity, and after seeing the king approaching to investigate the situation under the protection of the Temple of Light, she spoke loudly.

"You are not my mother at all!!!"

"You are a wicked witch!"

"When did you take my mother's position?!"

"Say!" Anna pointed her sword at the old witch's neck.

"Did you kill my mother!"

"..."

Anna hopes that this move will remind people of the abnormal identity of the old witch.

Sure enough, some clever people in the crowd thought of the old witch's sudden illness.

She had heard them say that perhaps it was during the time when the queen was sick and shut up that the old witch had usurped the poor queen, and that the real queen had been killed by this crazy old hag before her.

Anna was then satisfied.

Using the last trick, he successfully killed the old witch, without giving her a chance to say anything more to win the king's sympathy.

After the battle, her blood bar was almost half gone, and her blue bar was also reduced by two-thirds.

But if there is no damn law of causality, it shouldn't take so long for her hidden lv. 99 to fight a sixty-something enhanced monster.

When the dust settled, Anna finally arrived exhausted, and the palace in front of her eyes was in a mess because of the battle between the two, and there were traces of dark power everywhere.

Facing the arrival of the Temple of Light and the cavalry team, she thought about it, and simply pretended to faint.