She Chooses To Destroy the World

Alice rushed to the dungeon immediately.

The jailer in the dungeon looked terrified, and Alice frowned and asked:

"So many people are watching, how can he kill himself?"

The jailers only promised, no one dared to answer her, but took her to the scene where the assassin committed suicide. There is already a "crow" checking the cause of the assassin's death. The assassin seemed to have cut his throat to death with a blade. A lot of blood was sprayed on the scene. According to the conclusion of the crow inspection, the assassin seemed to have hidden the blade in the sole of his shoe before, so it was not discovered.

This result made Alice feel a little unhappy. It is said that the prisoners should be strictly inspected before being put in the dungeon. The jailers in the dungeon are all experienced. The tricks like hiding the blade in the sole of the shoe should not be used. Can't tell, but it just happened.

It is difficult to say what caused this result. Perhaps it was because the jailers were careless and forgot to check the prisoners' shoes, or they were simply bought by someone and turned a glance at the blades carried by the prisoners. All in all, now that the person is dead, there is no way to pry any information out of his mouth anymore.

Alice searched in the dungeon for half a night, but couldn't find anything suspicious. These jailers are experienced, and even if they really take bribes, they won't let a little girl like her find out. Alice couldn't find out anything, so she had to go back angrily. When she returned to the mansion, the sky was still dark. She returned to the room and wanted to sleep for a while, but she couldn't sleep anymore, so she had to get up early and practice sword in the open field in the garden outside.

She practiced for a while, and when it was dawn, she put away her sword and prepared to go back to have breakfast. At this time, a maid came to look for her and said that the duke asked her to go there.

Alice put away the sword, wiped her sweat, and followed the maid back to the mansion. The maid did not lead her to the duchess' study, but led her to the living room.

Although Alice knows all the layout of Phelan's mansion, it is the first time that she enters the duchess' living room. The maid knocked on the door of the living room, and when she got a response, she opened the door and invited Alice in.

The duchess’ living room is very warmly decorated. At this time, she is wearing a white dressing gown, sitting in front of a small round table for breakfast. Alice hadn't seen her look so casual, she couldn't help being a little surprised.

The duke saw Alice coming, and pointed to the chair opposite to her:

"sit."

Alice had just practiced swordsmanship, she was sweating a little, and she felt a little embarrassed. But the Duchess did not seem to mind:

"Don't be restrained, sit down and have breakfast with me."

The Duchess had said so, and Alice had to sit down.

The Duchess’ breakfast table is full of delicious food: muffins with fruit, three kinds of sausages, two kinds of ham slices, as well as fried eggs and poached eggs, a basket of bread, several kinds of bread can be spread on the bread The bread sauce and cheese, the croissant-shaped croissant is cut in the middle, filled with ham slices, and garnished with lettuce and tomatoes. There are so many delicious foods in front of her eyes, but Alice is a little bit. The duchess asked the maid to pour tea for Alice and personally put milk in her black tea:

"I heard you went to the dungeon to check?"

"Yes." Alice was ashamed, "I really didn't find any useful information, I'm so useless."

"In fact, there is nothing to check." The duchess cut open the poached egg and watched the golden egg yolk drip onto the bottom of the bread. Other people... probably don't have the guts, and there is no need for that."

Seeing such a relaxed attitude of the Duchess, Alice felt a little hard to understand:

"Have you let them go so easily?"

"What can I do?" The Duchess took a bite of the egg and looked up at Alice. "Don't say that we can't catch the evidence of their assassination. Even if we can find the evidence, should I send a clerical officer? If you go to their castle and summon them, will they be able to come to Faerun for trial? Both of them are the lord of the same place. If you want to ask about their sins, you have to fight. But what will happen after the fight is over? ? Even if you kill both of them, in the end it will just be another person to assassinate me-you try this croissant sandwich, I like it very much."

Alice was still a little unwilling, and the Duchess stuffed the croissant sandwich in her hands. Alice took a bite unconsciously.

The croissant is crispy, the ham is tender, the tomato is refreshing, and there is fragrant cheese inside, which is really delicious.

The duke’s gentle voice rang in her ears:

"Don't think about it. You have defeated this assassination. I think they will not act rashly in a short time. We will set off to the royal capital tomorrow. Although some people there are not pleasing to my eyes, it shouldn't have been. Who would dare to do something like assassinating me there. You have been working hard this year, so just take a vacation with me."

The relief of the Duchess made Alice's mood brighter again, and her appetite improved. The duke watched her eat most of the breakfast on the table, and asked her with a smile:

"Want to eat fried bacon?"

"want!"

Alice’s appetite was terribly good. She ate fried bacon, an extra omelet, extra peas and mushrooms, and finally all the plates were removed. In accordance with the usual habits of the duchess, the maid again Bring everyone a sweet carrot cake with a small horn.

It was really a pleasant breakfast, which made Alice almost completely relax. At this moment, she accompanied the duchess to dig the cake with a small teaspoon, and heard the duchess say:

"A niece of the late Duke Felix has just grown up recently. Her mother asked me as a guardian to take her to the capital to learn more. If there is a chance, maybe she can find a suitable marriage partner there. She is almost here this afternoon, and then you can meet her at the door."

Alice nodded: "Okay."

Just listen to the Duchess saying again:

"I don't have any young girls here. After that girl comes, I will let her stay with the maids. I don't worry. She is the same age as you. Please spend more time and stay with her for a while."

Alice froze, but she was very bad at interacting with girls of the same age, especially the eldest lady of the type "Duke's niece". But how could she reject the plea of ​​the Duchess? Of course, I can only agree.

So, on this day, after Alice had finished her daily work, she went to the door to wait for the noble niece at the door, as requested by the Duchess. Such a task is more difficult for Alice than facing the assassin, but the Duchess' request must be followed. Alice turned around sadly until she saw the carriage stopped at the door and forced a smile.

But when she saw the lady getting off the carriage, Alice knew that getting along with her...probably not that difficult.

This noble niece was someone Alice had ever met. Unexpectedly that she would appear here, Alice called out her name in a bit of surprise:

"Miss Miranda?"

The girl who once ran into Alice's room during the tournament and said loudly that she wanted to be a knight looked gentle and demure. She looked like she saw Alice for the first time, bowed her head and smiled, and bowed her knees to her. present:

"Knight Gwent, hello."

Unexpectedly, this Miss Miranda who wanted to be a knight was actually the niece of the late Duke Felix. According to the information disclosed by the Duchess, her mother is the sister of Prince Felix and married to a lord in a more remote territory. The noble lady thought it was difficult to find a suitable marriage partner for her daughter in such a remote place, so she asked her sister-in-law to take Miss Miranda to the royal capital.

Miss Miranda is not very interested in "finding a suitable marriage partner". But being able to go to the royal capital is still a very attractive activity for a girl her age. So she happily got into the carriage with the box and came here.

Miss Miranda seemed to get along well, which made Alice breathe a sigh of relief. But this girl was going out for the first time, a little too excited. Although it can be seen that she has tried her best to restrain herself, but she still can't help turning around Alice, constantly asking her about the situation in the capital.

"Is the royal capital big? What does it look like with Ferenby? Is the ball of the Duchess interesting? Can you teach me how to practice swords?"

Regarding the first few questions, Alice tried her best to answer them. As for the last question, Alice told her very seriously:

"If Miss Miranda wants to learn swordsmanship, please get permission from Her Royal Highness the Duchess."

This answer seemed to discourage Miss Miranda a bit. She didn't speak any more, and ran back to her room for an entire afternoon.

Alice breathed a sigh of relief, after all, she was really busy today, and she didn't really have much time to answer the noble lady's Wang Dubai question.

"You don't have to work so hard when you arrive in the royal capital." Arnold, who has accompanied the duchess as a guard, is very experienced. My identity is here. Even if someone wants to be against your Highness, they don't dare to start in the capital. There are too many things involved. If something happens to your Highness in the capital, the whole country will be in big trouble."

"That would be great!" Alice said from the bottom of her heart.

Alice packed her luggage that night, and went to the royal capital with the duchess the next day. The number of people who went to the royal capital was very large. In addition to the duchess and her three knights, necessary guards, maids, attendants, and coachmen, they were accompanied by a secretary, a housekeeper, a clerk, and the exclusive magic of the duchess. Teacher Mrs. Meredith and Miss Miranda.

There were about thirty people in this team, starting from Fei Lun all the way to the east, and arrived at the royal capital after eight days. The duchess has two properties in the royal capital, one is the old house of Count Quinte, and the other is the villa she bought on the outskirts of her own. After arriving in the royal capital, the duchess first stayed in the old house of Count Quinte. The first thing after she settled down was to send a request to the palace to see His Majesty the King. This is polite and a must.

There was a reply letter from the palace soon, asking the duchess to come to see you on the next day. The Duchess read the reply letter and began to give instructions to everyone:

"Shirley, you go take out the suit I prepared before and iron it, taking care not to wrinkle; Amy, you go and pack Miss Miranda's box, and you must find a set for her to meet your Majesty the King. 'S dress; as for you, Alice—"

Alice looked around to make sure that there didn't seem to be a maid with the same name nearby, and then she looked at the Duchess, she didn't understand what else was wrong with her.

The duchess looked at her and continued:

"——You should also think carefully about what to wear tomorrow, because His Majesty the King wants to see you by name."