Celicia knew that Annan was most loved by his grandmother, unlike the other Winters.

Annan can be harmed, but Annan must not be killed.

It was Vladimir who told her about it back then.

There was no way he didn't know.

Even rotten people pay for their stupidity...... Not to mention the transcendents who are not even gods. They are nothing more than apprentices on the transcendent path.

Therefore, when they clashed with Annan, they would subconsciously dare not go all out.

If you throw a rat bogey, you will probably lose in the end.

The best way to do this is to avoid head-on conflicts.

Whether it is harming Annan, suppressing his sphere of influence, or even sending assassins of the same level as Annan to assassinate him, this is a normal political conflict, and this level of interference, the old grandmother will not care.

And that's what they've always done.

It was impossible for the old grandmother to help Annan get his enemies out.

She is the goddess of tradition – and doting on her children and grandchildren is not a tradition to be encouraged. In this cold land, her preferred tradition is to encourage her children and grandchildren to hunt independently and live on their own.

“…… Ay? ”

But at this time, Celicia suddenly noticed a detail.

Her pupils tightened suddenly.

Behind her teacher, Vladimir, there was a frozen ice sculpture.

- It was the Winter Hand patrolling the dungeon.

He still maintained the posture of leading the frostbeast forward on patrol, and he didn't even realize that an enemy was present, and this action was completely frozen and frozen.

The frost beasts around him have been reduced to ashes.

Only a flat, round, palm-sized ice-blue gem was played with by Vladimir's other hand.

It was the "heart" of the frostbeasts, their energy center.

- Before she knew it, the patrolling Winter Hand and the Frost Beast had already been poisoned!

Although she has lost the power of the treasure ship "Silver", she still has the curse power of the upper level of the Silver Rank in her body. She couldn't have been completely unaware of it......

No, it's not!

The point is not this-

"Directly killed the Winter Hand and the Frost Beast ...... guarding the dungeon"

Celicia muttered.

She actually wanted to say, "Do you really know what you're doing?", but realized that the person in front of her was her most respected teacher, so the words became: "You are like this...... Is it really okay? ”

This is undoubtedly a provocative move by the Grand Duke of Winter.

If the defection of the year can still be used as an exchange of interests, as the result of a transaction. Although his position is subtle, it is more biased towards the Duchy of Winter......

But now such an act has been made, such a clearly hostile attitude...... Then you are undoubtedly preparing to be the enemy of the Grand Duke of Winter!

She wasn't worried about Annan.

She was worried about her teacher, Vladimir.

"I don't want that either, Thoronic."

Vladimir said slowly: "This is ...... Your fault. ”

His words pierced Celicia's heart like a sharp blade.

Her pupils tightened suddenly, and fear, grievance, and disbelief almost instantly turned to tears and welled up in her eyes.

“…… Old, teacher! ”

Even if her arm was cut off with a sharp blade or pierced through the abdomen with the blade of a gun, she would never cry.

But when Vladimir's words fell, she instantly burst into tears, whimpering and justifying: "I definitely didn't tell that secret...... I won't say ......"

"You will."

Vladimir stared at the long-pink-purple haired girl who was as beautiful and dignified as a princess, and his tone did not change: "Because you have changed." ”

"I won't! I won't! I'm already trying to figure out how to fool him! I can do that—"

Her pupils fluttered violently.

Celicia fell to her knees weakly and cried: "I absolutely ...... Definitely will not betray you...... I really wouldn't ......."

She felt a sharp pain in her heart when she was facing her parents who accused her of stealing, or her teacher who was disappointed in her because of false accusations from others.

It is precisely because she fully believes in and loves her teacher "Vladimir" that she is so deeply hurt by these words.

The next moment, her cry was instantly frozen.

The fear, grievance, and pain that welled up with the tears were transformed into simple fear at the same time.

- Because behind Vladimir.

A tall, dark gray shadow emerged silently.

It had only the upper half of its body—a blood-soaked human with its eyes bandaged, its ears and tongue cut off, and its cloak radiating like a madman. It's like roaring in the sky? The whole person raised many arms and looked at the sky.

Its naked upper body is also covered with scars? Is the skin a pure dull gray? The wound was a shocking bright red.

Its heart is a terrible wound that sinks down? Inside a large circular cavity, a dark red orb like a heart, is pulsating slowly.

It has eight arms and is raised high. But how many fingers are broken in each hand? Others have broken arms, thin arms, and reflex...... Deformed? It is reminiscent of a "dry tree".

And the dark gray field? Like the ominous air before a storm, it covered Celisia's field of vision. Everything she saw in her eyes was tinted with a dull gray? Only the wound was as red as ever.

- Celicia was once the "Captain of the Stone"? Of course she knew what it was.

Sublime prosthetics.

Already having obtained the [Supreme Crown] and the [Perfect Essence of the Elements]? The "essence of the soul" was developed.

Its form will express the deepest desires of each person's heart, as well as the true nature of the soul.

And at this moment, Vladimir summons a sublime fake ...... His purpose is clear.

He wasn't here to warn Celicia.

I didn't come to take her away.

- He came to kill Celicia.

“…… Is it really going to be this extent? ”

Cecilia muttered.

Her face was full of despair? The whole person is as dry as a puppet. It was as if all hope had been lost in an instant.

"You said so, Thoronik."

Vladimir's deep and icy voice? A calm voice sounded: "You promised."

"For my sake, you don't even want your life...... Now? I'm asking for your life.

"Or ...... Was that a lie that deceived me in the first place? ”

"-No? No! That's not a lie! ”

Celicia reached out and covered her heart, as if that way it wouldn't hurt.

She whimpered? Crying: "That's true!" I could really die for the teacher, it's just-"

It's just that...... That shouldn't be such a cheap death.

Shouldn't he be executed and killed as a traitor? Rather, it should be an impassioned death-

She choked up so suddenly that she couldn't speak.

"There's no difference."

Vladimir replied with a blank face: "Death is death, and beyond that it is nothing."

"You've changed. Thoronik doesn't attach so many elements to 'death', he doesn't try to find value in 'death'......

"Because Thoronik is my dog, and you...... Not anymore. ”

"—You're right, Vladimir."

A calm voice sounded.

A middle-aged man with frosty hair and gray eyes and a butler costume walked slowly from the other end of the corridor: "Stop it...... Friends. ”

“…… Victor. ”

Vladimir turned his head, looked at the middle-aged man with a mere silver rank, and frowned: "It's you......"