July 4, 363 Continental Gregorian Calendar, Farensi, Caiunescu. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Queen Margaret met in her office that morning with an envoy sent by King Romedal, who had joined the princes of Navi, and in addition to the usual greetings, the messenger brought the queen the news that was not a good thing for her personally—that Princess Celeste had absconded again. The Navi people clearly saw the corners of the queen's mouth twitch, so they immediately performed the farewell etiquette and quickly retired. The reason is simple, if Princess Navi escaped from the custody of her father and brother, her only destination would be Farensi, and her only target would be Her Majesty the Traveling Justice.

Queen Margaret rang the bell and told her attendants to call Lieutenant General Beta for discussion.

Ten minutes later, the head of the intelligence agency of the Kingdom of Falency appeared at the Queen's desk.

"What are your commands, my majesty?" Lieutenant General Beta asked.

"That wild girl in the north has run away again, and the Nawei people are such a bunch of waste that they can't even look at a little girl. Gronchar is really, he quickly handled his son's marriage, what the hell have he been waiting for for so long. I'm already married at this age. Margaret complained directly to Jayne.

"Xia Guan understands, I will immediately contact the Praetorian Guard to cooperate with me in carrying out 'Operation 101' (note: the direct meaning of this operation is - the special operation to capture the princess, one of the few legacies left by Margaret's girlhood)."

"Tell Sauer to send twice as many men." The queen said hatefully.

"Yes, Xia Guan understands." Jayne thought for a moment, then asked, "Did you arrange for Miss Rabelais to be taken to the Leuss manor?" However, it is said that His Royal Highness Celeste and His Highness Celedora did not agree before, and there may not be any need for this. ”

"Let's let Alyssa stay at the manor for a few days." If Margaret had been given the choice, she would have preferred Miss Rabelais to bear the surname of the Leuss family than the wild girl of Navi. Strange as it may seem, Celeste was dismissive of any non-relative member of the opposite sex around Sogrand, but she was completely out of temper when she met Miss Rabelais. So, whenever Princess Navi came to Caiunescu to make trouble, the ultimate move of the Pharian was to summon Miss Rabelais.

At this time, Princess Navi, who was being talked about by the Pharansi monarch, was sitting in the office of her "nemesis", and had just finished sneezing. I don't know which idiot is talking about me, that's Celeste's first thought.

"Ah, Your Highness Seleste, you can't catch a cold, even in summer, there will be a chance of accidentally catching a cold." Miss Rabelais laid down her teacup in front of Princess Navi and reached out to touch her forehead.

"I'm fine, maybe some dust is getting into my nose." Celeste dodged the other's hand.

"Well, let's try the jasmine tea I brewed, or do you want to add some honey, I remember that there should be some left over from the jar that Lord Luce brought me last time." So saying, Miss Rabelais tried to get up and look for honey, but was stopped by Celeste.

"Don't bother, that's what Soge gave you, you have to enjoy it yourself, you can't waste it on others."

"But Your Highness Celeste is none other than you, you actually like sweetness, don't you?"

"I said Ellesa, how can you not be wary of me at all, no matter how you say that I am your rival in love." Celeste dragged Miss Rabelais to sit beside her, and kept her from going to work.

"Rival in love......" Miss Rabelais's face flushed slightly, and after a moment of silence, she spoke, "Actually, I have understood the mind of Lord Luce for so many years, I am not the one who can replace Chenna, and I am very satisfied with the current relationship with Lord Luce, and we can become good friends with each other, and that's all. I think His Highness Celeste might be able to be that person. ”

"Aretha, you're such an idiot."

"Maybe that's true, I've heard the famous saying, 'Mathematicians are immune to love.'" ”

"It's like 'Fools don't catch a cold.'" It's just as unreliable. Alas, if I could be as elegant and mature as Aresa, I would have charmed Thorge. The way he looks at you is different from the way he looks at others, it's not just me who thinks so, everyone thinks so. ”

"Does Lord Luce look at you the same way everyone else?" Miss Rabelais chuckled.

"And unlike most people, he looked at me the way he looked at Eco and Rhine. I didn't want to be treated like a kid all the time, so over the years I tried all sorts of things that would make me mature, traveling, fighting, drinking, gambling, etc., and now I'm finally a mercenary on my own. Elesa, do you think that in this way, I should be a person who can be equal to Thorge. ”

"I don't think I'll know this until you see him, so let's guess Her Majesty has already received the news of your coming to the royal capital. Later, she may send someone to take me to the Rhine manor, so you can disguise yourself and come with me. ”

"Damn, it must be Rehhagel again." Celeste said rather resentfully.

Sure enough, half an hour later, Lieutenant General Beta led someone to Miss Rabelais's office and conveyed to her Her Majesty's will. Mademoiselle Rabelais expressed her willingness to obey the Queen's will, and she had not visited the Leuss manor for a long time, and missed her pupils very much.

"My maid can come with me, right?" Miss Rabelais asked, as a woman dressed as a maid behind her, bowing her head, gently draped her cashmere shawl.

"That's natural, please, Miss Rabelais." Of course, Jayne would not disobey the wishes of this scholar, who was respected by everyone in the royal court of Farensi.

"Let's go, then, we should be able to make it in time for lunch." Miss Rabelais said with a smile.

Jayne put Miss Rabelais and the maid in the carriage, and after watching them go, he led the rest of the group out of the academy and began to organize "Operation 101" within the royal capital. But then, the head of this "shady intelligence agency" suddenly realized that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it for a while. It happened that at this time, he met Lieutenant General Larson, who was on the street and was shopping with his wife on his shift.

"Yo, isn't this Lieutenant General Beta? You've been there in broad daylight for a while. This is almost the usual ridicule of the Ninth Legion by the Praetorian Guards.

"Good day, Your Excellency Larson." Jayne was pondering his doubts, and he wasn't going to talk to the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard at this time. Just when Larson was also bored and the two were about to pass by, Jayne suddenly turned around and grabbed Larson. This startled the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, who thought that the "shadowy intelligence agencies" were finally about to extend their claws to the decent officers of the Praetorian Guard. "Do you say, Miss Rabelais, usually hire maids?"

"Why are you asking me this all of a sudden?" Larson was surprised.

"For, as far as I know, you know Miss Rabelais best, apart from Lord Leus." Jayne said quietly.

"You really didn't ask the wrong person, I know Eletha very well, she never needs a maid, unless it's a matter of research, she will let some students be her assistants, and she never fakes her personal matters in her daily life." Larson replied smugly.

"Thank you for your answer, then I take my leave, and I wish you and Mrs. Zun a happy day." After Jayne finished speaking, he quickly fled with his subordinates.

"Hey, Lord Beta, let's talk a little longer." Larson said.

"Kiel, what else do you want to talk to Beta-sama?" Megaella's voice rose behind him.

"Ahaha, it's nothing, it's just some boring chatter." Larson replied by touching the back of his head.

"Oh, really?" Megaela laughed too, "Well, I haven't practiced whip throwing for a long time, so I think I'm going to have to practice it tonight." "There have always been rumors that someone in the Praetorian Guard has gradually discovered a special hobby after getting married, because it is related to the reputation of the Praetorian Guard, so Larson has always strictly blocked this rumor. Still, we can assume that the Larsons are going to have a great evening.

On the other hand, in the martial arts training hall of the Luce family manor, a rigorous training has continued from the early morning to the present. Miss Reinhardt and Meydides sat on the sidelines and watched the sparring on the field, and she was in a good mood at this time, because it seemed to her that the two people on the field were getting to know each other better and deepening their relationship in this way.

Cyodora herself had never imagined that she would be able to sustain two weeks of learning swordsmanship with the man in front of her, and she simply blamed it on the fact that she had suddenly discovered her pursuit of swordsmanship, which was why she could practice so diligently and so firmly. In a way, this is true. Cyodora is gifted in swordsmanship, and has only neglected her passion for swordsmanship because she has focused on how to indulge herself. Finding pleasure in swordsmanship training and fighting each other was something she had never thought of, but over the past ten days, she had grown fascinated by it. Cyodora wants to get stronger in her swordsmanship, she wants to surpass the man in front of her, her father and mentor.

"Theodora, don't get distracted, go faster, go faster. You are a woman, and there will always be a disadvantage in absolute strength, but your relative strength can be higher and your speed can be faster. Sogrend reminded.

Seodora let out a low roar and launched another successive offensive against Sogland.

"Not fast enough!" Sogrend parried her attacks with ease.

"Go on, don't keep repeating the same routine, the way of attacking must be changed, it's not that you don't use your brain when you're fast!" Sogrend scolded harshly, and as he said this, he methodically neutralized Theodora's attacks one by one. Then he saw the other party's flaw, which was actually just a very brief pause in Seodora's continuous attacks, but it couldn't escape the eyes of a master like Sogland. The Parade Chancellor of Pharansy immediately went on the offensive, forcing his daughter to retreat again and again, and with only seven swords, Theodora's wooden sword was picked out.

The princess of Mastar fell to her knees, gasping for breath. But soon she took a deep breath and got up from the ground to pick up her wooden sword.

"One more time!" She said so firmly.

"As you wish, my princess, this time I will attack first." After Saugrande bowed gracefully, he immediately rushed to Cyodora, "You have to pay attention at all times, some opponents won't give you extra time to think about how to respond." ”

Cyodora was able to block the opponent's assault, but immediately fell into a situation of passive beating. Sogrend's attacks were not incoherent in the slightest, and Cyodora was immediately hit by her opponent's wooden sword every time she blocked, and after nine consecutive times, her sword was knocked out again.

"If in a real battle, you've already stabbed nine bloody holes." Thorgrande said, putting away his wooden sword.

Theodora grinned in pain, and she didn't have to look to know that there must have been several bruises on her body. Despite this, Princess Mastar still stubbornly looked at her biological father, picked up the wooden sword, and slowly spat out a word: "Come again!" ”

"That's it for today, it's almost lunchtime." Saugland said this, put away his wooden sword, and turned to leave.

When he walked out of the martial arts training ground, the little princess of Arlan jumped up to him and handed him a towel.

"Dad, Dad, I also want to learn martial arts from you, teach me too." Meydith shook Saulgrand's arm and said coquettishly.

"Of course you can, but can you suffer like Sister Theodora? Isn't Nataya a good teacher if you want to practice martial arts? She should have trained a lot of female warriors in Arlan. Thorgrande crouched down and picked up the little girl.

"But people think it's interesting to be with you." The little girl rested her head on Thorgrande's shoulder.

"That's okay, if you want to learn martial arts, you can't relax every day, if you can't persevere, then I will never teach you martial arts again, okay?" Thorgrande asked, smiling.

"Yes, I'll stick to it, I like Dad the most." The little girl made a promise and kissed Thorgrande happily.

On the other side, Reinhardt was checking for Cerdora's injury. Miss Luce had learned a lot of common medical knowledge from Lan Feng before, and the handling of minor trauma was a part of her special concern, and it was time to put it into practice at this moment.

"If my sister is envious, she can also try to be coquettish to her father." Reinhardt noticed that Cyodora had been keeping his eyes on Thorgrande and Mechidis.

"Who is envious, I'm just observing what flaws in his actions." Celedora immediately looked away. "What are you laughing at, I was beaten badly, are you still happy?"

"Sister Theodora and her father are getting better and better, of course I'm happy."

"There is no such thing." Princess Mastar denied.

"It's not clear how Sister Cyodora usually treats people close to her, but if you can stay with your father all day and practice martial arts, sister, you don't look like you hate him. As for Dad, I don't know much about it. He rarely personally instructs others in swordsmanship, you must know that his swordsmanship is famous, and he has the title of 'Sword Saint' of Mastar, and the people who come to him for advice are not thousands or hundreds every year, but at least dozens. But he rarely spends time with others, let alone teaching them. If I've seen the look and attitude in his eyes when he trains you, it's only when he taught Brother Reingst that he was so strict, and even when he taught Sister Ecclere, he wasn't so focused. Reinhardt said as he took out the medicinal wine that Lan Feng had left for them and rubbed it for Theodora.

"Shhh......h Rhine...... Tap. Cyodora cried out.

"Speaking of Brother Reinst, I'm going to give him a gift when he comes back in the evening." Reinhardt said suddenly.

"What kind of gift?"

"I'll only tell my sister about this, don't let the news go, I've already gotten the 'Meteor Iron', I'll go and exchange the new work she created with Sister Estella later, Brother Reinster has been fancy that sword for a long time, he will definitely like it." When Reinhardt said this, two blushes appeared on his face, which was very beautiful.

"Hmm...... It's a good gift indeed, and Rhine needs to do it. Cyodora said with some indifference.

"Sister, you're making fun of me again."

Half an hour later, as soon as Estella saw off Reinhardt, who was happily holding her sword, outside the smithy, she spotted Theodora hiding in the back of the house. The female swordsmith walked over and stretched out her hand to her old friend.

"What do you mean?" The princess asked.

"Stuff some garlic, bring another piece of meteor iron, I know you asked Fiore and Fiona to do it for you. I'm short of good materials right now, and Lan Feng left me with a nice design when he left, which is said to be a weapon style unique to their country. The amount of the piece sent by your sister is still quite a bit less, don't let your little emotions prevent me from creating the best work, hurry up and give it to me, it will be a waste to put it in your arms now. Estella said unceremoniously.

Cyodora pulled out a small package from her bosom and put it in Estella's hand.

The female swordsmith didn't take it directly, but stepped forward and hugged her tightly, "Theodora, you are really a good sister, but I personally think that giving in on some things may not be the right choice. Either way, don't forget that friends like me and Fiona are firmly on your side. ”

"Thank you, Estella." The princess said quietly.

"Okay, I'm still in a hurry to work, my work this time will definitely be comparable to grandpa, you can see it." Estella took the Meteor Iron, waved to Theodora, and turned to walk into the blacksmith's shop.