Your Highness, please spare the concubine

"That's good." Carlo's mother shook her head, but her expression was complicated.

Then she pulled Winnie to sit on the bed beside her, stroking the back of the girl's delicate hand with wrinkled hands.

For a moment, neither of them knew how to speak.

In the end, it was Winnie who asked first: "It's so late, what are you looking for me, Mama Carlo?"

The other party didn't speak, just took out a note from his arms.

"What is it?"

"Her latest information was sent back by our people in the Mori Loka Empire through secret methods. The situation over there also has an effect on some of our decision-making. Take a look."

In fact, before Carlo's mother finished speaking, Winnie couldn't wait to grab the note and read it quickly.

At the end, the girl couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This appearance was all seen by Carlo's mother.

Winnie's snow-white neck turned crimson under the gaze of the other party, so she returned the note to Carlo's mother in embarrassment.

Seeing her like this, Carlo's mother stretched out her hand pitifully and helplessly, and stroked the girl's head.

"Winnie, Caro's mother thought that you and her are actually quite good."

"Mother Carlo!!" Upon hearing this, Winnie immediately responded with an angry tone.

But how much is not emboldened.

"What are you talking about! I hate her, and she and I are both women."

Carlo's mother picked up "To a Lover from Another World" on the side: "But how can you read this kind of book? Before you couldn't sleep, you only went to practice..."

Winnie quibbled: "I'm tired today, I want to read a book..."

"Then why are human books and not elves' books?" Carlo's mother seemed to be chasing after this question.

Winnie, who didn't understand, pouted dissatisfiedly and asked, "Mother Carlo, what are you trying to say!?"

The other party paused for a few seconds before sighing, "Winnie, you should know that you don't have many choices."

"If you want to leave, go find her... The latest batch of Moonlight Silk has been packed. According to the agreement with Wei Lisi, we will send it there. I can help you mix in the caravan."

"If you don't leave...you should forget her, forget her completely, whether it's love or hate, forget her!"

"Why?" Winnie only felt a pain in her chest, and her throat seemed to be blocked by something, "Could it be..."

"Yes." Carlo's mother nodded.

"Since you chose to come back, you have to face such a choice. Your mother is going to announce your identity..."

"Some things may need to be borne by you, Winnie."

Hearing this, the girl said in a foolish inferiority complex, "What can I do?"

"Your princess status." Mother Carlo's answer made Winnie fall into a long silence.

And the other party continued to say——

"Now that the withering of the tree of life has reached the most serious stage, there is a high probability that things will not turn around."

"Under the impact of the beliefs of foreign gods, it's time for us so-called [traditional diehards] to find a new way out."

"Mom, are you ready to compromise?" Winnie lowered her head and asked gloomyly, "What about the tree of life?"

"It's not a compromise, Winnie, it's a delay... If we want to win, we have to buy time."

Winnie reacted: "Use me to buy time?"

"So if you want to escape, do it now, while the princess is still willing to take the risk to save you."

Unexpectedly, Winnie did not agree.

"No, she won't save me... Let's leave it like this, Mama Carlo, I am the princess of the elves, and for the sake of my mother, my people, and the belief of the elves, I will fulfill my duties."

"Are you sure?" Carlo's mother clearly saw unwillingness and anger in her eyes.

But what the girl was thinking, she couldn't understand after all.

"Sure." Winnie took a deep breath and firmed her tone.

[This can be regarded as revenge for you, Wei Lisi. 】

【If your promise to me is so indifferent...】

In the end, Carlo's mother sighed slightly, and left Winnie's room very relieved.

"This child, after all, has grown up."

Volume 12#Chapter [-] Three Women and One Party

As dawn came, even the city of Gongmu, which was far away from the border, woke up early at this moment.

Rather, on the night market, there are still many people who stay up all night.

From the tense situation in the empire, even the enemy army once hit the west of the Uga River.

As long as they cross the Wuga River, they can go straight to the city of Gongmu.

At that time, everyone was in danger and the whole family fled.

If the empire hadn't issued a decree to block the gates and passes, it is estimated that many people around the city of Gongmu would have fled to the direction of the imperial capital.

Today, the fighting has subsided, and there has been a dramatic shift in victories and defeats.

Such ups and downs, even if it is not his own life, but it is also related to his own interests.

Therefore, it is very normal for many people to have trouble sleeping all night while they are excited.

In the night market, most of the voices were talking about the war.

Besides that, there are those who spend day and night preparing for the upcoming celebrations and harvest season.

The situation in Gongmu City is not an exception. Panic once spread with the flames of war and spread to most of the empire.

Now that you have won, you naturally have to sit down and savor the taste of victory.

After all, even if they go to sleep, many people will wake up nervously.

That is the aftereffect left over from a few days ago——

Because no one knows that when he is asleep, the enemy army breaks through the city and breaks in to kill.

So many people are in a state of fear, even today.

And these will eventually pass away with time.

It's just that what followed were storytellers and singers who kept popping up.

They praised the achievements of the imperial princess, and at the same time explained the thrills and reversals in this war to the people.

It's unbelievable.

"Humph!"

In the breakfast shop, Annie snorted coldly as she looked at the high platform on the opposite street where people gathered early in the morning.

After a night of treatment, the parts injured by Astrid yesterday have all healed.

In other words, she didn't suffer any difficult attacks.

The same goes for Victoria next to her, but her face looks paler than hers.

"What's the matter? Still thinking about the attacker from yesterday?" Victoria took a sip of porridge, then took the bread and fried beef next to her.

At the critical moment, Xianfei, who appeared to save their lives, was also sitting at the same table, eating breakfast.

Xianfei's injury was more severe, and she also received the best treatment.

So at the moment, on the surface, it should look like nothing serious.

Seeing the appearance of the two, she immediately tightened the hood on her head: "That person yesterday was not simple."

"Not easy?" Victoria raised her eyebrows. "That's right, that man...is the strength of a magister, and the magic he uses is also very strange."

"That's not what I'm talking about..." Xianfei shook her head, "I'm more interested in her identity than her strength."

As a companion who used to fight together in the Yanesok Demon Cave, Xianfei also got along happily with the second daughter at this time.

And the giant sword that she never leaves her body is wrapped in cloth strips and placed aside, very conspicuous.

This left Victoria and Anne somewhat speechless.

The reason Xianfei gave was that they might be attacked at any time, so they should always be vigilant.

Especially going out to eat.

If it weren't for Annie's insistence that she wanted to go out and eat something good to help her recover, and the simple breakfast in the nursing base would be difficult for the girls to swallow...

Obviously there is an option for someone to come out to help buy, but the girl still insists on coming out to eat.

Seems to taste best that way.

Of course, judging from the current experience, both Victoria and Xianfei agree with Anne's statement.

Just be fairly alert to your surroundings to avoid being attacked again.

"Why?" Victoria asked.

After taking a sip of the thick soup, Xianfei picked up her chopsticks and said, "Of course the magic she used is very unusual. It seems to be a special type of inherited magic, which contains a religious charm. You can feel it too... "

"Well, indeed." The silver-haired knight was wearing plain clothes at the moment, gathering his dizzying silver hair.

She nodded like this when recalling what happened last night.

"Does Miss Xianfei have any idea?"

Xianfei lowered her voice and said seriously: "When it comes to this, I have some direction. After all, I also believe in religion... That person's magic, uh, Miss Anne doesn't seem to care about this?"

Seeing Annie staring at the crowd in the distance, Xianfei suddenly changed the subject.

"Huh? Well, oh..." Annie came back to her senses and sighed.

Under the strange eyes of the two, she said: "Your Highness will come down this morning to inform you that she wants us to join General Tabor and bring Froman along."

"Really?" Victoria breathed a sigh of relief, "It's finally over."

"What do you mean?" Xianfei asked curiously, "Wei... what does Your Royal Highness want to do?"

Anne and Victoria looked at each other and shook their heads, but they didn't know much about it.

The actions these days are basically done according to Wei Lisi's instructions.

"Compared to this, Miss Xianfei, how did you find it there last night?" Victoria asked, changing the subject.

Seeing that they didn't want to go into details, Xianfei didn't care, and explained——

"Actually, they are some adventurers under the Adventurers' Guild. As you all know, although I am an alternate saint, I am usually responsible for some things in the Church of the Holy Light."

"But now I am mainly active on the trade union side, helping to clean up the magic dens that have recently popped up in various places."

"This is also the mission of the Church of the Holy Light for a long time."

That's why she parted ways with Willis after she came out of Yanesok's cave.

"According to the normal progress, I should lead someone to help clear the monsters in a certain magic cave at this moment."

"But recently, many adventurers in the guild have left the front line of the Devil's Nest, and instead devoted themselves to an empire's reward mission."

"I think you all know that it was the former Marshal of the Western Territory, Her Royal Highness the Third Emperor, who ordered the capture and killing of the Great Prince of the enemy country on the border, and offered a high reward."

"Compared to exploring the dangerous magic lair, many of the adventurers turned their attention to this task."

"I heard that it's because a folk stargazer discovered his approximate location, which is in the vicinity of Gongmu City."

Xianfei spread her hands helplessly.

"So there is no way, the Adventurer's Union asked me to investigate this matter."

"One is to prevent adventurers from being involved in the struggle of the empire, or being used or plotted against."

"The second is to see if we can find an opportunity to solve this bounty problem. After all, there is a shortage of people on the front line of the Devil's Nest."

"These adventurers came here to hunt and kill the princes of the enemy country. They are more or less irresponsible, although the union did not require them to have such virtues."