In fact, Afifa is feeling a little depressed by a series of recent events.

My sister's affairs, and the disturbing atmosphere in the palace—especially today, when it was an annual celebration, I don't know if it was because of my sister that my father didn't allow her to participate.

It was bustling outside, but she had to walk alone into this secluded forest. Originally, I just wanted to relax, but I didn't expect a sneaky figure to suddenly appear behind the tree not far away.

"Who's there!"

This frightened Her Royal Highness the little princess, there was no one nearby, and she herself was in a bad mood and did not bring an attendant here. If there were any bad guys, she didn't think that an assassin who dared to infiltrate the palace could handle it alone.

Afifa's first reaction was to encounter an assassin - after all, the Penelope family had many opponents among the princes and nobles over the years. She subconsciously took a step back and was about to shout.

But Fang Yu hurriedly tore off his turban and spoke first, "It's me, Miss Afifa." ”

So Afifa opened his mouth wide and swallowed the sound back into his stomach at the last moment. In the darkness, her eyes were shining, and she asked incredulously, "Captain Ed?" ”

Fang Yu hurriedly nodded, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the other party still recognized him.

He was also worried that the other party would pretend not to know him because of the reason for the conflict with them last time; Don't even pretend, he looks so sneaky, he doesn't look like a good person.

With a look of 'why are you so bold' in his eyes, Afifa looked around cautiously, hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a low voice, "Are you here to find my sister?" ”

Fang Yu's heart moved, it seemed that the rumors outside were true, the eldest princess was indeed under house arrest.

Otherwise, the other party would not have asked that.

He nodded again.

Afifa was silent for a moment, but soon, she seemed to have made up her mind. "I'll take you to her."

Fang Yu couldn't help but be happy in his heart. Of course he understands - his plan is actually somewhat unreasonable, although the outer area of the palace has been clearly investigated, there is still a blank in the forbidden palace, how easy is it to find the place where the eldest princess is grounded?

And the periphery of the palace is so heavily guarded, how can the forbidden palace be lax? As long as there is one negligence, or a little bad luck, it will go wrong, and it may cause big trouble. But this celebration is a rare opportunity after all, and he can't give it up, even if he doesn't find the eldest princess in the end, he will at least have to go around the palace for a field trip to facilitate the next operation.

To put it bluntly, tonight's actions are somewhat hard-headed.

But he didn't expect that he didn't know if he was too lucky, and he met an acquaintance as soon as he came in. In this huge palace, there are only two or three people he knows, including the eldest princess, and this one in a few thousand chance will let him bump into it, which should be regarded as luck.

Afifa looked at him with a complicated expression, and said in a low voice: "Bring a headscarf, don't speak, you will pretend to be my squire." My sister is at the other end of the palace, and we have to pass through here, but fortunately there are not many people in the inner palace tonight. ”

Fang Yu nodded, indicating his understanding.

He looked at the little princess again, and couldn't help but think of another Afifa he had seen.

Of course, if you want to talk about cuteness, it is still that Afifa who is much cuter. The last time this little princess got along with the Seven Seas Brigade was actually not pleasant, but it was probably for the sake of her sister's affairs, and she didn't have the heart to think about it anymore - of course, there may be some Luo Yu factor in this.

Fang Yu thought to himself.

He asked in a low voice, "Afifa, are the rumors outside about Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess true?" ”

Afifa nodded hesitantly.

She sighed, lowered her voice and said, "I don't know what my sister did to make my father unhappy, but after she was ordered to return to the palace, she was grounded. Not many people know about this except for a few people around my father and sister, but how did you know about it? ”

"We were commissioned by Princess Celestia to help her with some things." Fang Yu replied.

Although he had actually received the news from Bishop Farris, it was certainly impossible for him to involve the Marland Temple, so he could only answer the question in a light-hearted manner.

Fortunately, Afifa didn't seem to care too much. "Oh, I know that."

She shook her head slightly, "Well, I don't really care what you're doing, but I think my sister should be measured." I guess...... She should want to see you now, but you can't stay in the palace for long—"

Fang Yu was slightly stunned, realizing that this little princess didn't know what her sister was investigating. But he immediately bowed his head, because he didn't intend to stay here for too long.

But Afifa thought even further.

She said she was working for her sister - she did know about it, and her sister had written to her before, mentioning that she was in contact with the Seven Seas Brigade. And Afifa understands that the reason why her sister mentioned it like this is also because of her previous relationship with the Seven Seas Brigade, and her sister has always respected her opinion.

But she's not stupid.

Even in Istania, Drafters are common, and the royal family often deals with Callers of the Adventurers' Guild, but the two are nothing more than a relationship between hire and hiree. If you ask about the employment relationship, will the other party risk their lives to sneak into the palace and come to see their employer?

This is also a bit too fantastical.

After she ruled out those unbelievable possibilities, there was only one possibility left, although she had heard some rumors in the past, although this was nothing to a princess in Istania, and there were few such things among nobles?

Sure enough, that's the relationship.

But, after all, it is the Chosen One......

Thinking of this, Afifa turned around and glanced at Fang Yu a little strangely. Seeing the latter stunned slightly, he didn't understand what her eyes meant at all.

However, Afifa didn't speak again, and he was too embarrassed to ask again, so the two had to walk in silence one after the other.

But as he thought, with this little princess leading the way, the journey was very smooth. Most of the guards in the palace were transferred outside to maintain order, and the rest were just some servants, and how could these servants doubt that Her Royal Highness the princess Afifa would bring an outsider into the inner palace?

The two of them only asked a word or two for the guards there when they entered the place where the eldest princess was grounded, but Afifa said to come to see his sister, and the other party let the two in without hindering them.

Outside the main hall, Afifa stopped and said, "My sister is inside, you can go in and find her alone." ”

"Won't you go in with you?" Fang Yu was a little surprised when he heard this.

Afifa blushed, and said angrily: "What am I doing in there?" ”

Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the other party wanted to stay here to let off the wind for himself, but what was the good face flushing?

He didn't think much of it, he couldn't help but think of the misunderstanding with the little princess before, and the place he saw in Istania afterwards did have a strict hierarchy. Although this does not mean that the other party's idea is right, it really can't be said that it is wrong with this little princess.

It should be said that this is the case in Istania itself, and it will take time for such a climate to change subtly in this place.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but apologize: "What happened before ......"

"Hmph."

Afifa snorted softly and interrupted him with a frown.

After a pause, she asked in a soft voice, "...... By the way, is Luo Yu still okay? ”

Fang Yu didn't expect that this little princess would still be obsessed with this matter, and couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, and then mentioned that Luo Yu was not in Questak at the moment, which made this little princess couldn't help but show a look of disappointment on her face.

……

Entering the main hall, because she was under house arrest, it seemed that there were not many people left around the eldest princess.

Or maybe Afifa knew this for a long time, and when he brought him in, he automatically avoided the eyeliner left by those Sand King Babartan.

All in all, Fang Yu entered the main hall without meeting any servants, and he walked all the way through the main hall and the cloister to a courtyard at the back. Until I met the eldest princess, the other party was alone in the courtyard admiring the flowers.

The celebration outside the palace seemed to have begun, and the noise came faintly from a distance, reaching into the depths of the forbidden palace—and a faint glow of fire could be seen in that direction. And the eldest princess, dressed in plain clothes, stood under a verandah, staring at a cluster of plain flowers in the courtyard in a daze.

The snow-white flowers reflect the silver moon, and the moon-white verandah under the tree, and the girl in the verandah form a unique picture. Her Royal Highness the eldest princess heard the sound, and only then did she turn around, so she saw Fang Yu walking out of the shadow of the Su Fang tree, and at the same time, her beautiful eyes lit up slightly:

"Mr. Ed, why are you here?"

Fang Yu looked left and right, and said truthfully, "It was Afifa who brought me here." ”

The other party groaned slightly, and then reacted: "Mr. Ed is here for his friends, right?" ”

Fang Yu couldn't help but be a little amazed when he heard this-although his intention might not be difficult to guess, but the other party was in a predicament, but his thinking was not affected at all, and he still grasped the center of the problem so quickly, which was what made him sigh. If it were someone else, I would probably first sigh about how he sneaked into this place, or how he met Afifa, right?

If the response is a little slower, maybe you will take the initiative to ask him this question.

But the other party did not mean this at all, and even showed the same keen insight when meeting them for the first time.

And Fang Yu didn't deny it, and nodded.

Her Royal Highness the Princess said, "Thank you." ”

"Why do you say that?" Fang Yu was stunned for a moment: "Isn't the eldest princess clear, what is the intention of the next?" ”

The eldest princess smiled slightly: "Mr. Ed sneaked into the palace to come for his companions, I know that. But leaving BeIN is to fulfill duties and obligations, right? ”

Fang Yu was really surprised.

"How does Her Royal Highness know that I am in Bein?"

"Let's talk about the Seven Seas Brigade first," the other party smiled but said, "Mr. Ed is definitely not more concerned about me, right?" ”

Fang Yu was silent, but he didn't deny it.

The eldest princess slowly said everything that had happened before:

"I was ordered by my father to return to Cuestac, and since Mr. Ed had disappeared on my behalf, I thought I should take this responsibility."

"More crucially, I don't know exactly where the Mystics stand, and whether they will attack Mr. Eddard's companions again, so I don't dare to leave the others in Tansnir. When my father's order arrived, I had no choice but to take Mr. Eddard's companion back to Cuestak with him. ”

Fang Yu didn't expect that the Seven Seas Brigade was not forced to come to Questak with Her Royal Highness the princess, but she took the initiative to bring it back.

However, the other party's reasons were reasonable, and he couldn't raise any objections for a while, so after thinking for a while, he only asked, "Then where are they now?" ”

"Don't worry," added the eldest princess, "my father's target is only me, and I asked Achilles to place them in the city without any worries about their safety." However, not all of Mr. Eddard's companions were in Cuestak, and Tansnir had some men left. ”

She paused, "It's because the Seven Seas Traveler is still in that place, and Mr. Eddard's companion has offered to leave someone to guard it, and after weighing the pros and cons, I agreed." ”

"The one left behind is the Paladin from Rotao, and there is an elf lady, I deliberately sealed off the shipyard before I left, and if they don't leave the shipyard, there will be no problem with safety."

Fang Ou heard that the people who stayed behind should be Miss Attila and the big cat man, and if these two people stayed in Tansnir, it would not be a big problem. What's more, he also understood at this moment that the target of the Mystic Warlock was not the Seven Seas Brigade, and with the reliability of Miss Atira and the Big Cat Man, there was naturally no problem at all in staying in Tansnir.

But everyone else should have arrived at Questak, the person in charge of that side......

At this time, the eldest princess also spoke again: "Although I am under house arrest in the palace, I am not completely cut off from the outside world, and occasionally I will learn about your people through Achilles. Now in the royal capital, the main person in charge is none other than your ship's officer, her name is Sylvid, right, what a capable person. ”

"In fact, it's all thanks to her ability, and the day after Mr. Eddard's disappearance, we figured out the relationship between this matter and the mystics, and found out their whereabouts, so we guessed that Mr. Ed might be in Bein. If it hadn't been for that sudden sandstorm, we might have started rescue work. ”

At this, she narrowed her eyes slightly.

“…… It's just that Mr. Ed, as Miss Sylvide said, can't keep you at all. ”

"Sylvaid, did she really say that?" Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Miss Ship Officer to believe in herself so much, and subconsciously asked.

But as soon as he spoke, he realized that he was too eager to ask this question. When I looked up, I saw that the eldest princess had a mocking look in her eyes, and she couldn't help but blush slightly.

Fortunately, there is nothing to hide from his relationship with Sylvid, and when he thinks about it, his face thickens again.

"So are they all in the city at the moment?"

Fang Yu couldn't help but ask again.

Asked like this, but he was speechless for a while, it turned out that everyone was very safe, and those so-called dangers did not exist at all, and he had been worried for so long. Moreover, this so-called infiltration plan seems to be purely redundant, and he has taken such a big risk for this that it is almost to the point of causing a 'diplomatic dispute'.

As a result, everyone was not in the palace at all.

But then he thought about it, Cuestac was so big, if he hadn't found Celestia, he wouldn't have known where the others were, unless he waited for communication to be restored. But this is back to the point of the question - how could he know so much when communication was not restored?

In this way, it seems necessary to infiltrate the royal palace.

Princess Celestia only nodded slightly at his question. "When Mr. Eddard leaves, I'll have Achilles take you there."

Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

It was as if a big stone had been pressing on his heart for days had completely fallen to the ground at this moment.

And after relaxing, he also realized that he seemed to have only cared about the problems of the Seven Seas Brigade all along—although he did say that he had only come to sneak into the palace for this purpose, but considering the current situation of Her Royal Highness, it seemed that it was not good for him to just turn around and leave?

After all, the other party has helped them so much, although the two sides have an employment relationship, it is completely beyond the scope of the other party's obligation to bring people from the Seven Seas Brigade to Questak.

What's more, Fang Yu hasn't forgotten that the Seven Seas Traveler is still in the Wang family's shipyard.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask: "...... About Bein, Her Royal Highness also knows about it? ”

Listened to the question.

For the first time, Princess Celestia fell silent.

It was a long time before she bowed her head slightly.

"Does Her Highness know why?" Fang Yu asked at this time—this was actually one of the questions in his mind. While Bishop Faris did tell him some 'inside story', even if the Sand King Barbartan whimsically wanted to resurrect the princess, how did this contradict what his eldest daughter was doing?

He knew very well that the task given to them by Princess Celestia was to investigate the whereabouts of his mother's murderer, and wasn't that what the King of Sand had expected? Even if it is said that blind followers may be involved, for this reason alone, the King of Sands, Babartan, ordered the grounding of his eldest daughter.

This reason is also a bit too far-fetched.

And based on what he'd seen in Bein, it was clear that the Mystic had a plan with Count Nurman, and it was clear that Celestia's conflict with the Sand King Barbaltan didn't take shape anytime soon—that is, even without them. Barbartan, the King of Sands, may also order Princess Celestia to return to Cuestac at this juncture.

That's a bit weird.

Apparently they could not understand the motives of Barbartan, the King of Sands, simply because of the lack of information in between.

Although he has gathered a lot of information from various aspects, there is obviously a lack of more critical ones in these fragments of information that allow these clues to be linked.

"Originally, I didn't know," Princess Celestia listened to his question and said slowly, "but since the news from Bein's side came back, I may have guessed something ......."

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