The Witch and the Doll Swear

"Why did you make this request...?"

The girl with a surprised look on her face gradually lowered her voice.

Because Ting Na used the same movement to pick up the darkness from the shadows, and the mist of swaying black tea was filled with silence.

The expression on Sephanny's face gradually calmed down from surprise.

In the calm, as if because of the anger in his heart, the sparks at the tip of the golden hair became more dazzling and scattered one after another.

"Have you not given up on the stupid idea of ​​becoming a magician to get closer to the seventh seat of Einstein?"

Nodding without words.

"It's so stupid! Did you see those people in the banquet hall? Just knowing that Einstein's seventh seat will come, so many people gathered? Ninety percent of them are magicians, and the rest One percent is a great nobleman, as long as Einstein's seventh seat wants, there are as many people like this, magicians like me, and you..."

Sephanny's expression became menacing.

"Don't you understand that your status [not on the side of magic] is the reason why you are [special] beside Einstein's seventh seat?!"

"I know!"

The girl cursed loudly, this is extremely stupid behavior.

Tina responded with a louder voice.

"I can feel this kind of thing after traveling with Miss Liliana for such a long time! Of course I know it's because I look ordinary compared to everyone else, so Miss Liliana and Alice Only then will it feel fresh and special, I know this kind of thing!"

—Yes, I know.

Maybe not necessarily for exactly that reason, however.

Part of the reason why Liliana and Alice allowed me to travel with them must be that I have nothing to do with their world. Whether it is a nobleman or a magician, I am ordinary enough, but it makes them feel fresh .

Otherwise, how to explain that a Noble Phantasm-level powerhouse who can suspend time and annihilate monsters born in volcanoes that can turn cities into ruins, and who has incomparable power on the mainland, needs to be given by himself during the journey? Are they causing trouble?

Besides the novelty... There may be other reasons, but Liliana and Alice didn't say anything, and of course Tina could only know this.

"But, I'm not reconciled..."

Ting Na kneaded the black shadow in her hand and clenched her teeth.

"I don't want to be a burden and a burden to Miss Liliana. I don't want to wait helplessly for Liliana and Alice to save me every time something happens. Because of some boring reasons, I can't worry about it now. to show my feelings for Liliana, so I..."

Maybe it was because of the anger she felt towards Sephanny's attitude.

That kind of attitude that seems to see others ruining the treasures that you don't have, and hating iron for not making steel, is really, very annoying.

Following this momentum, I could say all the words in my heart.

"...So I, at least want to do something for Miss Liliana and Alice, I want...to enter their world."

That's why I accepted the blessings of the six elemental spirits with a glimmer of hope.

so.

"Did you know? This is the best opportunity for Princess Lily's secretary to make her social debut, so that everyone will know that Princess Lily has a new secretary who will represent her will and become her assistant." After Aqua said that to herself, she came here by herself. "...It's not that only magicians can enter the world of magicians, let alone the nobles."

"Miss Knight also said the same thing. At first I couldn't understand what it meant. Now I understand, and I am very grateful to Miss Alice for her hard work, but it's not right, it's not right."

"Why?"

Perhaps because she was frightened by the previous roar, Sephanny's voice became weaker.

A child is a child...but in Liliana's eyes, she is just a child.

Ting Na took a sip of the black tea.

... Sugar, put too little.

"Miss Liliana... has an apprentice named Ai... I don't know anything else. Although I don't know anything, I have been almost absent since the first day of Moonless Moon because I wanted to teach her Showed up in front of me, and asked me to change to another room. So I was thinking... Even if I entered the world of a magician, I am not a magician, but after all, I still can't get close like that..."

Liliana suddenly changed her mind to accept... No, Tina still doesn't know the reason for giving that stubborn girl a chance, and she has no chance to ask. However, that girl did get the chance she dreamed of.

Of course, it's not forever, if on the last day of this week—it happens to be the last day of the city of a thousand towers' final exam, and she fails to pass Miss Liliana's exam, the dream she has grasped will fly away.

So, on the afternoon of the first day when Ai came to the tower, he locked himself in Liliana's room.

When I woke up in the middle of the night blankly because I was not used to being unable to snuggle up to Liliana's warmth, thinking that Ai and Liliana should have rested so late and walked towards the top of the tower, the road to At the end of the stairs in Liliana's room, there was still light through the sound-blocking light curtain.

all day.

a whole night.

all day.

a whole night.

As she had said that morning, Liliana taught Ai as best she could, whenever and wherever Ai needed help.

Miss Witch didn't even show up for lunch or dinner. No one cared about the reports she had sorted out in the study from the Association of Magicians and various organizations. Every time she sat at the desk, she felt extraordinarily empty.

Yes, I am jealous.

Although only a short day or two.

But Tina is jealous of the girl who monopolizes the witch.

"...Sorry, I was presumptuous."

"No, Miss Sephanny is right, it's just...it's just that I'm a little too greedy..."

"Greedy... Humans are always greedy."

Stretching out her hand to caress the coat of arms on her stomach, Sephanny smiled wryly.

"...Well, although I don't know if it can be done, but... please tell me the origin of the shadow demon on Miss Tingna."

...

The black tea is finished.

Sephanny refilled the teacup for the girl, and added a few pieces of brown sugar.

"Do you want to directly destroy the soul of this high-level shadow demon... Einstein's seventh seat magic is really powerful, but also because of this, the way the summoner controls the shadow demon is probably not applicable."

However, what the girl told Tina was not as sweet as brown sugar.

"Can't you?"

"The way summoners control shadow demons is through trading and domestication. To put it simply, they exchange magic power and dark attributes for the control of shadow demons, and then train them for the behaviors they need, like training a hound or teaching a parrot Like speaking, tell it how to help me carry things, unscrew the bottle stopper, take the book off the shelf or put it back..."

From Sephanny's shadow, the Shadow Demon reappeared, and it stretched to the bookshelf like a rope, rolling up a thick book and sending it to the girl's hands.

On the cover of the book was "Summoner Beginner's Guide". Sephanny opened the book and handed it to Tina.

"That is to say, the Summoner is taming the Shadow Demon. I don't know how it understands and how to make the actions I need it to do. These are performed by the Shadow Demon itself. Therefore, this requires that the Shadow Demon To have a sense of self... Wisdom is secondary, it is important to be conscious, to be trainable."

The part above about Shadow Fiend is exactly what she said.

"But Miss Liliana made the shadow fiend in my shadow harmless..."

"This is a monster that craves darkness and hates light but is born of light. Such contradictions make them extremely dangerous. Low-level individuals without wisdom are fine. The more powerful a shadow demon is, the greater the influence it will have on parasites. Einstein's handling of the seventh seat is correct, but also because of this, Miss Tingna, you can't use the method of summoner to manipulate Shadow Fiend, and as far as I know, the rest of the jobs that use Shadow Fiend..."

"Shadow Mage and Shadow Envoy...?"

Tina remembered that Liliana and Alice seemed to have mentioned this.

"The former is a legendary class, controlling the power of the shadow plane for his own use, and controlling the shadow demons born there is just incidental. The latter is a magician who concentrates on studying shadows instead of dark forces. This is an incomplete magic system. Learn more Extremely difficult, other than that both have in common...you need to be a magician first."

"..."

"...Sorry, anyway, I will find other ways, let's skip this topic for now, the banquet will almost start in a while, so... let's change the topic."

Tina nodded with a creak, as if her neck had become a rusted mechanical part.

From the girl's eyes, she saw herself with a pale face.

Magic, magic.

In the past, because he had no talent at all, the magic that he thought would not have a big impact on him has now truly become an insurmountable abyss.

If the magic of going back in time existed, she really wanted to go back to the time when she took her first magic class, rushed into that classroom and twisted her ears when she was still young, and pulled her out of her sleep to listen to the class.

...Although it is useless even if you can do this, it is said that most people on the mainland have more or less magical talent and those who have no talent at all. It is said that the decision is made from birth. No matter how hard you try, you can't change it.

"Next, this is a gift for Einstein's seventh seat..."

Sephanny took out a black gift box from the space storage ring.

"If possible, please pass this to Einstein's seventh seat on the 13th of this month."

The gift box is very light, the white ribbon has a lily cutout, and a letter is wrapped around the ribbon. When you pick it up, the contents inside rustle, and there are a lot of them.

"What's this?"

A little absent-minded, Ting Na, who was about to put the gift box into the space storage ring, asked casually.

"In the name of Mr. Goy Kewell, I gave it to Einstein's seventh seat as a birthday present."

Unexpected names and unexpected nouns left Tina stunned.

"……Eh?"

The depressed mood faded away quickly, replaced by surprises that suddenly reflected what the 13th of this month—that is, what the day 10 days later meant.

"Miss Liliana's birthday?!"

"I'm surprised too, but that's what the letter on the ribbon says."

Sephanny nodded.

"Mr. Goy Cowell spent a lot of money and connections in the last year or two to search for documents from the ancient magic empire era. The letter said that he got several precious emperor's secret texts, but he no longer had time and He had no energy to decipher, so he gave those as a gift to Miss Liliana Einsteins... It is strange that this was not mentioned in his will. I also accidentally found it in the secret room of the study. Found this."

"is that so……"

The gift box in the girl's hand seemed to suddenly become heavy.

Goy Cowell.

From beginning to end, Tina had never seen this accomplished summoner, whether it was a portrait or a tombstone.

What drove him to start collecting documents from the ancient magic empire that had nothing to do with him when he was about to die, and keep them as a gift to the witch?

And why is there no mention of it in the will?

Touching the smooth gift box, it seems that you can feel a little bit of the remaining will.

What that is, Tina doesn't know, it's just.

It seems that it is vaguely understandable.

"I don't know what these emperor's secret messages are used for...but Mr. Goi must know it, and Einstein's seventh seat will also know it. I hope Miss Tina can hand this to Einstein on that day. This is the seventh seat, which is also Mr. Goyi’s wish.”

Sephanie slowly drank the black tea in front of her. When the girl put down the tea cup, the music played through the open window of the mansion where the banquet hall was located was clearly audible due to the increased volume in the night breeze.

This rising music is a bell with aristocratic characteristics, announcing to all guests who have not yet arrived at the banquet hall that the banquet is about to officially begin.

"Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, commonly known as "Moonlight", was composed by Beethoven V. Ludwig... In fact, I think the name of this great musician of the Glory City will be more beautiful in reverse. Although it is not very Suitable for moonless and starless nights, this sonata was very popular among the nobility."

"Do nobles like to beat around the bush like this?"

Sephanie placed the teacup on the tray and stood up. It took Tina a moment to realize that this meant "Let's go back to the banquet hall." She shrugged her shoulders at a loss for this way of speaking, and with a solemn heart, she put the gift box into the space storage ring. .

got windy.

A biting cold wind blew open the slightly raised window, bringing with it the temperature of the cold night. This sudden chill made Tina couldn't help but shrink her neck and look at the bright lights outside the window.

"Is it going to snow?"

"If the wind lasts for a long time, it will probably snow again. This is not good news for the candidates taking the college entrance examination——"

The wind in the City of Thousand Towers is accompanied by the falling snow most of the time. Sephani, who had already opened the door, turned around and snapped her fingers. The lines on the window frame shimmered, and the open window followed. closure.

--boom.

And made the sound of hitting something.

"……Eh?"

"Who is there?!"

Tina raised her head, thinking she heard wrongly.

The girl reacted quickly. The coat of arms on her lower abdomen suddenly spread to every part of her body, like lava lines on a girl's skin, bright sparks scattered from the tips of her golden hair, and her whole body seemed to be burning - No!

Those pupils were really burning!

It was as if it had turned into a reptile's vertical pupils, and the whites of its eyes were submerged in the blazing color.

Due to his attention, the flying sparks stirred up a scorching storm, and the air in the room was distorted.

Another distorted and clear appearance near the window.

——Is there really someone? !

Tina felt her scalp explode.

Then, another kind of wind blew.

"Oh my, my, although it is a tried and tested trick, but does it really follow the old saying? How can you walk by the river without getting your shoes wet?"

The gel-like distortion disappeared.

The man who appeared in the distorted colors tilted his head, curled his bangs on his forehead, and looked relaxed.

While he was laughing at himself, another air current that was completely different from the hot wind stirred up by Sephani suddenly became stronger in the room.

The black-haired man who seemed to be a thief still had his back to her and Sephone, allowing the wind to form a transparent barrier centered in the room, surrounding himself, Tina, and Sephone.

The magic circle was not seen at all. The invisible wind wall enveloped the entire room. The door that Sephani had not closed was slammed shut and opened with a sharp roar - the entire door frame was blown away. The way the aisle walls were torn to pieces. Tina fearfully leaned against the wall and witnessed the whole process of a wooden door of unknown value being shattered into a pile of scraps in just a second or two, and she couldn't help but tremble subconsciously.

"If possible, I hope you two ladies will forgive me and let this chance encounter disappear from our memories like this -?" His voice was unpleasantly cheerful.

"snort."

But Sephani just waved.

Flames filled with a strong sulfur smell spurted out from the lines that spread to her arms. In an instant, the transparent prison of the atmosphere was ignited by the flames.

The dim red flames rebuilt the cage, the bed cut open by the strong wind turned into a fire, and explosion-like scorch marks appeared on the marble floor.

The door and the world outside the window were completely blocked, but the objects blocked here changed in an instant.

Although what happened in a short period of time is simply dizzying, but after the adventure and travel with Liliana, Tingna is no longer unable to think because of confusion and bewilderment when she is in a panic.

The sharp blade that flows at such a high speed that it rolls up a vacuum, like a scorching blade cutting through butter, the barrier of wind that tore apart a luxuriously decorated roofed bed, logically speaking, no matter how fierce the flame is, it can be extinguished, but this is the establishment A phenomenon that is above the [law and reason] of the mainland.

Among the fires that can be extinguished by simple wind, there is no doubt that the inextinguishable poison from the lower realms, the chaotic flames belonging to demons.

——Is this the flame that Miss Sephine got from Chalisperger?

Moving forward—that is, the movement towards the window froze in vain, and a hearty smile froze on the half of the face turned sideways.

"Why bother, you two..."

The young man finally turned his head.

His eyes were the same black as his hair, and he was neither tall nor short among boys. When he saw Tina standing up from the chair, he even hesitated for a moment.

Ah, this reaction is quite familiar to Tina.

Because her mother pays special attention to her daughter's calcium supply, Ting Na has a particularly prominent height among girls, and even many men will be involuntarily surprised when they see it at first glance.

"...My dear lady, this is a little too enthusiastic as a retainer."

Compared with those naive boys who couldn't accept their height being surpassed by women and made sarcastic comments, this young man in front of him was much more polite.

Although Ting Na was a little dazed for a while because Ting Na was half a head taller than him, but it didn't last long. Soon, he was polite—at least his expression and tone were very polite, expressing that he wanted to leave as soon as possible.

In all fairness, this is a very handsome man.

He is tall and slender, only half a head shorter than Tingna, with black bangs covering his right eye, his facial features are not so three-dimensional but very handsome, sunny and friendly, if it is in the youthful campus of young girls, maybe Will become the charming prince charming in the love story.

"Although I am very much looking forward to dancing with the two ladies at the ball, but now, I have to go to the next banquet. If possible, can you allow me to retire first?"

It can be seen that he is also very aware of his advantages in appearance and tried to win over the two of them, but it is a pity.

Tingna herself thought after comparing this guy with Liliana, if Liliana said that, she might be reluctant to nod right away, but the young man himself said the words, but the young girl couldn't help it because of his slippery tone. Unstoppable nausea.

Sephanny probably hasn't reached the age to be interested in such a sunny boy. She raised her face and looked at the young man coldly, and said to Tingna:

"Miss Tingna, please don't move there, I will protect you, then, check your space storage ring, this man has been diverting our attention to escape, basically he should have succeeded."

"Huh? Huh... eh?! The gift box is missing?!"

At this time, Tingna finally found that the black gift box she had put in the space storage ring disappeared without a trace.

"Catching the timepiece that someone is about to put into the space storage ring uses some small tricks to distract attention and steal it. This is a classic trick for magicians, because it was originally intended to be put into the space storage ring. At this time, even if people see the things in their hands disappearing, they will subconsciously think that they have put them in the space storage ring, and they will not be able to check them. If their attention is diverted a little bit, they will be completely ignored..."

Hearing the girl's exclamation, Sephanny snorted, her lava-colored eyes stared at the young man who was still chattering like a clown.

"...Miss, you won't be able to find a good man after you speak so mercilessly. It's terrible. You'll turn into an old maid that no one wants."

"I don't even know that a daughter of a nobleman will never have to worry about finding a partner. I'm afraid you are just a fake nobleman. You have black hair and black eyes, and not very three-dimensional facial features. Well, this is the characteristic of the Eastern blood. In adventure novels The adventurers over there always seem to have the characteristic of being glib, I don’t know if it’s true or you are deeply affected..."

The girl raised the corners of her mouth ferociously.

The moment the fire flashed, the young man rolled sideways in embarrassment to avoid the pillar of fire rising from his feet. His reaction was very fast, but even so, the inextinguishable flame of the devil still stuck to a corner of his clothes .

"Oh!"

He screamed annoyedly, and waved his hand violently, a bright blade flashed, and a section of that rather elegant suit was torn off immediately, leaving aside the flames that were constantly devouring everything that could be burned, and then the blade When he threw it directly at Sephanny, the girl didn't even blink, the fine steel dagger was melted into a puddle of molten iron by the flames sticking to it in the middle of flying.

"I'll give you one last chance to return what you took away, otherwise, before the guards arrive, I will let you have no chance to be tried."

"Also, it's really a warm invitation."

He probably didn't expect Sephine's determination, the young man sighed long, bent down and raised his hands—but when Tingna thought he was about to surrender, the corners of his lips curled up playfully.

"But, guess how long it will take for the guards around this mansion to wake up?"

On the raised hands, two daggers appeared.

The bent waist became the spring that empowered the forward momentum, and the young man swung his hand back violently, turning it into a galloping blade light!

"Tsk!"

"It's useless, it's useless, it's useless!"

——People will instinctively avoid fire.

The U-shaped wall of fire completely protected the girl, and two groups of sticky substances flew towards him through the dark red flames. Sephanny's room was very large, but the distance between the young man and her was less than ten meters .

In such a short distance, the unrestrained and shouting youths only shortened the distance between each other in the blink of an eye. On the dagger, the blue-gray magic light condensed into a blade and swung the flame-covered but unburned spider web technique to both sides. Crush before the flames reach the edge.

The girl's tongue-tied sound and the young man's confident shout sounded one after another, and he rushed to the fire wall, and directly ran into Tingna's exclamation!

Without hesitation, it was as if the instinct to fear fire was not even in his consciousness.

He rushed across the wall of fire, covered in flames but did not stop.

The girl's eyes widened in disbelief, but she wasn't so frightened. Just when the young man with his hair was burning was about to rush in front of her, there was an extra scroll in his hand.

However, she did not tear the scroll apart.

He just took a sharp look at Ting Na, and a moment of struggle flashed across his face.

In the next instant.

"I caught you! This is my victory!"

"Cough!"

The young man's pained announcement and her distressed cry sounded together.

Due to the trend of combined learning of magic and martial arts after the 13th Holy War, the melee ability of magicians is probably not weak, but the premise of this is based on training and learning.

Sephanny is not even a magician, but just a summoner. When she was rushed in front of her, the girl raised her flaming fist to try to resist, but in hand-to-hand combat, she was still young and obviously she would not be a youth. opponent.

The young and easy sideways dodged the girl's fist. In the process, the flames on his hair and clothes suddenly blazed, but he just endured the pain of being burned by the flames, and reached out to grab Ser Fanny's neck, lifting her up.

"Extinguish the flames on me immediately!"

He shouted, and there was a painful groan in his voice. The flames had already attached to his whole body, and his wheat-colored skin was scorched and cracked. It must be extremely painful, but the man did not scream or waver at all. .

"Otherwise my dagger will pierce your eyes and smash your brain immediately, that's definitely faster than you burning me to death!"

"Miss Sephanny!"

Not sure how he did it.

There was no trace of flame on the dagger blade approaching the girl's left eye, even if Sephanny wanted to melt it, she couldn't do it right away. As if wanting to declare that he was not joking, the sharp point of the knife kept approaching the girl's eye sockets, just a little bit, just a little bit away from engraving [Death] in the burning pupils.

So the flame went out.

"...I don't like beating women, and I don't like beating children... But, I'm sorry, for the sake of my life, you can just lie down for a while!"

"Goo, cough...!"

The man twitched the corners of his mouth, and he couldn't tell whether it was ferocity or hesitation on his blackened face, but he did hesitate for a moment, and then ruthlessly.

He raised his leg and hit the girl's lower abdomen hard with his knee.

The neck was loosened, and the girl who fell to the ground curled up, clutching her lower abdomen and moaning in pain, the lines on her body faded. "Cough!!!"

"You bastard!"

Ting Na couldn't sit still anymore, the girl directly grabbed the teapot on the table and threw it towards the man, but it was just halfway.

"Please don't embarrass the master."

A small azure lance smashed the valuable white porcelain teapot into pieces.

The wind fell from overhead.

The sharp, icy wind, like a cold thin blade, hit the girl's neck directly.

"Eh...?" Tina's movements were stopped.

Her eyes widened in disbelief.

The petite girl who fell from the top of the head with the wind—it was too petite, like a one-two-year-old cat, or a few-month-old baby—

No, there is actually a more suitable reference. The delicate girl in front of me is wearing a light armor that is only decorative, and her eyes and hair are like tiny fragments scattered from the clear sky, just like Alice.

"Puppet...?!"

——One, a living doll?

"Oh, Cang Chengshi, you did a great job, but it's a little... hiss... too slow..."

"Most of her attention is on this woman, and before I reach the height where I can swoop over the wall of fire, Master, you have already rushed over."

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay...Although I made this plan and I didn't think about it, hiss...but it's okay if the result is acceptable."

The young man kept breathing and coughing.

Running through the wall of fire also caused him quite a bit of damage, and his healthy wheat-colored skin was scorched black. His whole body was burned, even if the degree was not serious, it was extremely painful, not to mention the chaotic flames belonging to the devil, but not only did he not lose consciousness, he didn't even let out many painful groans from his chapped lips.

He kept taking out potions from the space storage ring and drank them. These potions seemed to relieve his injuries a little. At this moment, he picked up the scroll that had slipped from Sephanny's hand.

"Resisting the Ring of Fire... It's so dangerous. If she tears this scroll apart, that's the end of it. I'm just an ordinary warrior. Fighting against magic... Phew, please spare me .”

He conveniently put the scroll into the space storage ring, and then took the young man who tore off the scorched clothes and rolled up another robe. After hesitating for a moment, he grabbed the girl's neck and hugged Sephanny to the point where he was already a minute away. On the bed for two.

"Once again, I solemnly apologize to the two ladies. I feel very sorry for what happened. I hope we can forget this unpleasant experience. There will be... no, it's better not to have a later date."

"...What are you going to do?"

Tina was dumbfounded, totally.

When he choked Sephanny's neck, she was trying very hard to recall the terrible feeling of being pulled out of her nails in the Heresy Trial in Bike City, recalling the terror, anger and killing intent at that time, trying to escape in a blur. In the hope of letting the shadow monsters move again.

But the young man was quite a gentleman—although he looked really embarrassed, at least his behavior, which was barely close to being a gentleman, made all her efforts go to naught, and only an incomprehensible sense of absurdity filled her chest.

"...I am a thief, but not a robber."

The young man who was putting a bandage on his body was silent for a moment.

"I've killed people before, and I know how disgusting it feels, so I definitely don't want to get something that can be passed away quietly, but this time it was an accident."

He grinned in reply.

The black gift box reappeared in his hand, and the young man was holding the paper box.

"We can't reach a consensus, right? I need what's inside, no matter what, and you...that Miss Liliana, can you just take away the gift box and the letter on the ribbon?"

"--how could it be possible!"

"That's it."

The young man sighed.

"So, all I can say is sorry—what?!"

However, the sigh turned into consternation halfway through.

The emerald green light coated the black gift box with a crystal light edge, which was obviously not done by the young man or the Cangcheng Stone who floated beside Tingna. The young man subconsciously turned his head to look at Girl, at the moment when he turned his head.

The gift box broke free from his grasp, and was flickered with emerald green light, and flew towards the door.

The cage of flames that gradually weakened due to Sephanny's loss of combat power finally disappeared now, while the barrier of wind still existed, and once the gift box hit it, it would undoubtedly be wiped out.

"Cangcheng Stone!"

The young man called out loudly to the doll with sky-blue eyes.

Just at this time.

Although Ting Na didn't have time to look at the door, although she didn't understand what happened, whether the guards were coming - but the annoyance and hatred for her own powerlessness squeezed her courage out of nowhere, she grabbed her side and wanted to fly over to block it. Gift box dolls.

"Don't get in the way!"

Caught off guard by Ting Na, a puppet caught upright, although immediately left bloodstains on the girl's hand with Feng's long whip, but in the second that the puppet was delayed by Ting Na, the gift box and the wall between the wind Obstacles are close at hand.

"Quickly remove [Dustless Land]!"

"Wind, let's scatter and flow!"

The young man roared angrily.

The pain caused by the fire still had an impact, he couldn't grab the gift box, and couldn't act immediately, he could only watch helplessly as the wind barrier scattered into chaotic airflow, and then——

"Well done, Miss Tina."

The black gift box fell into the hands of the princess.

Charlotte Finezan.

The moment the gift box was taken into her hand, it was stored in the space storage ring, and the first princess of the Kingdom of Olympian strode into the room.

Behind her, a girl with the same face and expressionless face followed closely behind her, followed by two other girls whom Tina had met but whose names she did not yet know.

"Because the banquet is about to start but Sephine hasn't shown up yet, I wondered if I was worrying about what kind of dress I should wear, so I came here to take a look... My cute little cousin is taken care of by you , the disguised thief who also enjoys a great reputation in the kingdom, Mr. [Nameless].”

The young man's expression was completely distorted.

Turning a blind eye to the messy room, Charlotte and Naina walked to the desk where Tina was sitting a moment ago.

When they appeared, Cang Chengshi and the young man regained control of Tinna and Sephanny respectively, and the wind surrounded them with another layer of barriers, retreating vigilantly.

"Or, this time you finally have the chance to see your real face under the human skin mask?" One step, two steps.

Bringing up the dress that almost dragged the floor, Charlotte smiled slightly, her slender legs paced gracefully, as if she was invited by a gentleman to dance on the dance floor.

"Ah, but it doesn't matter if you can't see it. There is such a large area of ​​burns all over the body. Unless the skin is replaced, it is meaningless to just cover the face."

Only those silver-gray eyes, not smiling.

"Just grab it."

As if it was a signal, the black-haired girl with the talent to see through lies jumped in from the window of the room, holding two small knives, and blocked their last retreat with her petite body.

Emerald green magic light also appeared on Naina's body. She didn't say anything, but that cold expression was far more deterrent than any threat.

"I still don't want to hurt anyone if possible."

"After you did something like this?"

"It was just an unfortunate accident and no one would have been hurt."

"Is it the best result if you successfully steal Miss Liliana's gift?!"

Tingna couldn't help shouting, even if she was pointed at by the puppet with a lance, her anger now overwhelmed her tension and worry.

There must be a limit to self-righteousness!

"The choice is in your hands. As long as I can leave this city safely, the two ladies will not be in any danger."

The young man still tried his best to maintain his composure, but he no longer had the right to actively control the current situation. Only he and Sephanny—only relying on the two hostages in his hands—could barely hold the right to negotiate.

Although even such authority is enough to be called powerless.

But the one who is even more powerless is himself.

At the end of the burning anger, it was just another lament over his own powerlessness and burden.

Miss Sephanny's [Resist the Ring of Fire] scroll was not too late to tear open, but to prevent it from affecting her defenseless self.

--again.

——I have become a burden again.

——Not just Liliana and Alice, but how many people are involved in my own powerlessness?

Tingna nearly gritted her teeth unwillingly on Sephanny's wrinkled face in pain as she was pinched by Wuming's neck and held the blade in front of her eyes.

But no matter how regretful.

The powerless remain powerless.

No matter how angry I am at myself like this.

The monster parasitic in the shadows remained indifferent.

"Although you say you don't want to hurt anyone anymore, your behavior doesn't seem to be what you say, Mr. Unknown."

Charlotte stopped walking.

Hostage-taking has always been a means to solve urgent needs, and the more desperate the situation, the stronger the deterrence and danger.

Human nature cannot stand the test. When a person is driven to a desperate situation, no one can guarantee whether everything he advocated before will still be effective.

Although the best choice at this time is definitely not to negotiate with him, but to find a way to directly solve the root cause of this trouble, but obviously, Charlotte, Naina, and the black-haired girl holding two small knives are unable to do this. One point, so negotiation is the only option—for them.

Yes, for them.

"...I just found a few old acquaintances to talk about the past, and when I came back, I was involved in strange things again, Miss Tingna."

The magic on the window frame seemed to be broken in the battle between Sephanny and Wuming. The coldness above the northern land and high sky accompanied by the rustling wind surrounded the silent Wuming and Princess Charlotte.

What is colder than the wind blowing in through the window is sighing.

Only Tingna showed an expression that was about to cry because of the troubled voice that seemed to come from the bottom of her heart. Everyone except the girl was stunned by the sudden voice.

Only in this dazed time, the situation came to an end.

A heavy blunt sound fell from the girl's shoulders and landed on the marble floor.

Tingna felt the cold wind blade on her neck disappear, and the azure doll seemed to be sealed in a thick ice layer while maintaining a floating posture in the amber wrapped in ice crystals.

The ice block was so transparent that there was not even a trace of whitishness, only the traces of cold air wafted from the place where it touched the ground, leaving snowflake-like white lines on the ground, declaring to everyone that this beautiful thing was untouchable.

Then, a louder falling sound came from the other side.

Tingna turned her head quickly, and saw Sephanny slipping from the nameless restraint, the young man was covered with a cold white mist, several ghost-like phantoms were holding his hands, his feet, these half The transparent cold fog seemed to take away the control of his body. After Tingna called the girl's name and helped Sephanny, who was still clutching her belly, to the bed, the man also suffered a doll-like fate.

"So, what's going on here."

All this only took two snaps of Alice's fingers.

The lady doll gently falling on the window frame is like a pure snowflake. She is so beautiful, but she brings the baptism of the snowstorm.

"Miss Sephanny, are you injured..."

But Tina was not in the mood to answer this question for a while. She asked Sephanny to lie down on the bed and wanted to examine her, but she remembered that she had forgotten all the first aid knowledge she had learned in school because she didn't use it often.

It wasn't until the brown-haired girl who had pressed the eyes with the darkness technique on her face and pushed her away that Tingna hemmed and hawed about everything that happened here to Alice floating on her shoulders.

"...Is the purpose the emperor's cipher text left by Guoyi..."

After listening to the girl's narration, Alice floated in front of Wuming and the puppet with a cold face. She stared at the puppet for a while, then shook her head.

"Leave the interrogation and disposal to the Flandia family."

Doesn't seem to care.

"...no internal injuries, at least no internal bleeding."

The guards of Flandia's house arrived soon after receiving Charlotte's instructions and removed the two ice sculptures.

It is said that there is a large prison cell under this big house. If nothing else, they will spend the rest of their lives there.

The provisional diagnostic results came out soon.

It wasn't a serious injury, but it was the first time that Sephanny was hit in the abdomen like this. The almost defenseless abdominal muscles couldn't slow down a grown man's hard knees. The pain and the impact of internal organs made her lose Only conscious.

"I'm really sorry, it was Flandia's poor defense that allowed this thief to sneak in."

Sitting up from the bed, Sephanny finished arranging the dress, and lowered her head to Tina and Alice.

"Regarding this matter, the Flandia family will definitely give Miss Tingna an explanation."

"No, don't do that either..."

"I think this matter can be discussed at the banquet. The banquet has already begun, but the important guests are not present. This is very rude."

"Ah, it's also...um."

As soon as Charlotte reminded her, Sephanny nodded, sat up on the bed, then let out a muffled snort, and frowned as she looked at the bruise on her lower abdomen.

Ting Na also covered her mouth and let out a soft "ah".

The banquet has already started, but there is a long way to go to the banquet hall, and such obvious bruises will be particularly eye-catching, and there may be troublesome rumors.

"...It seems that there will be an explanation later... But no matter what, the banquet is still going to go."

"Can't I change into a dress?"

"No matter what clothes you wear, your lower abdomen should be exposed. This is a contract with Mr. Chalisperger. I can't break it... But the problem now is that it's not convenient for me to walk."

"In that case, let me come!"

"Hey, wait a minute, Miss Tina?!"

"It's okay, if it's just running, let's go!"

When the girl didn't react, Tina involuntarily hugged Sephanny into her arms.

Nestling in the girl's arms, Sephanny struggled instinctively, but when Tingna started to run, she obediently put her arms around the girl's neck and leaned against her chest.

The music from the banquet hall has once again been transmitted to every part of the mansion by the magic of amplification.

On the promenade full of columns, passing through the lights lit by magic, Sephanny suddenly whispered in Tina's ear.

"... Just now, I seem to suddenly understand Miss Ting Na's feeling of not wanting to be a burden."

Holding her, the panting girl lowered her head, and her two pairs of jewel-like pupils stared at each other after a while.

"I will pay more attention to the method of manipulating Shadow Demon."

Sephanie said softly,

"...Thank you, Miss Sephanny."

"It's not a big deal... I'll rest for a while, using Mr. Chalisperger's strength, it's exhausting..."

After finishing speaking, the girl let out a long sigh of relief and closed her eyes.

Tina slowed down a little.

Charlotte and Naina are just behind the girl, because they wear dresses that need to be carried to run normally, and their speed is slower. When they noticed their sight, the princess of the kingdom showed a soft smile.

——Thank you for protecting Sephanny.

She paused word by word and expressed her thanks with her mouth.

but.

I didn't do anything worthy of thanks, rather, I just caused trouble to the girl in my arms, just like the trouble I caused to the witch and the doll.

"...I don't want to be anyone's burden anymore."

Turning around, Ting Na spoke silently with a volume that only she could hear.

Tuk tuk, tuk tuk.

The sound of crisp footsteps echoed in the corridor.

The silver-haired doll sat on the girl's shoulders and said nothing.

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Postscript of a certain day:

"Speaking of... When did Miss Alice come here?" "I'm worried that you will be involved in some troublesome matter again, and the result is as expected." "Yeah, it's really great, since Miss Alice is here If so, I won’t have to go up to the gift giving session later..." "Miss Tingna." "Eh? Yes." "Who is Lily's secretary?" "Eh? Why all of a sudden?" "Who is it?" " It's... I..." "So?" "It's... my job..." "Fine." "QAQ"