"It's really not a happy celebration banquet."
In the Dragon City Master's Mansion, Aya picked up a glass of wine, but she didn't have the slightest interest in drinking. In front of the wine table, there was a burst of laughter. The high order professions of Dragon City Guards, the leaders of the forces around Dragon City and their personal guards … more than two hundred people gathered in the lobby of the Dragon City Master's Mansion. This mansion belonged to Bedivere, which was located in one of the most prosperous areas of the city. However, Bedivere preferred to live in the barracks, so the Dragon City Master's Mansion was rarely used. However, now, in the deserted mansion, people were toasting each other, talking and laughing.
This was a celebration banquet to celebrate the glorious victory that had just ended. The invincible Bloodlust Holy Knights of Holy Light Religion suffered a devastating blow at the gate of Dragon City. More than thirty thousand people of the Bloodlust Holy Knights were completely wiped out. The commander and deputy commander died on the spot, and none of the high order professions were spared. Only a few lucky small fries managed to escape, but they were already insignificant.
This was perhaps the heaviest loss that the Bloodlust Holy Knights suffered since their establishment. Especially since even the deputy commander died here, it was absolutely a devastating loss. On the other side, after this victory, the reputation of Aya and Dragon City Guards was like the sun in the sky. The entire Brettonia trembled. The Caliburn in Aya's hand shone with dazzling light, as if the restoration of royal power.
At this time, there seemed to be no reason to feel unhappy. However, whenever she saw the various leaders of the various forces in the lobby, Aya felt deeply helpless.
This was a glorious victory, but also a victory that was completely out of her control. Although the fierce battle under the city wall had solved the immediate enemy, it had buried a deeper hidden danger. In order to integrate the coalition forces, Wang Lu, in an almost crazy manner, persuaded more than forty city masters, generals, and regimental commanders to form a giant alliance. However, as the price, on behalf of Aya, he made an incredibly generous promise.
A federal country without royal power that was jointly governed by all forces?
That morning, when Wang Lu reported the results of his work to Aya with a tired body, the angry Aya subconsciously wanted to chop him with her sword!
Since her death from serious injury more than one hundred years ago, she did not hesitate to transform into a spirit of the brave departed. With her obsession, she crossed the Nine Regions, and after many hardships, returned to her homeland. Wasn't it just to rebuild the country and restore the former glory of Brettonia? But all of this was completely destroyed by Wang Lu overnight!
Without the Knight King, could Brettonia still be called Brettonia? How could a country without a supreme leader be called a country? What was the difference between a loosely structured federation and a divided regime fighting for itself? Then what was the point of her painstakingly, no, all of them painstakingly doing?
In this regard, Wang Lu did not argue too much. "Trust me."
"Trust you?"
"Believe that I won't harm you. Believe that I will always be invincible."
"But …" Aya was about to say something, but Wang Lu gently pressed her lips.
"Trust me."
Aya was silent for a long time. Finally, she did not say another word. Her dark green eyes were gradually filled with determination and trust.
"Yes, I believe in you. I bet my … and my motherland to believe in you."
And the result of that moment of trust was the helplessness at the celebration banquet. The celebratory atmosphere around her could not arouse her sympathy, because Aya knew that after tonight's banquet was over, Dragon City would become the arena of power for the dignitaries in the entire Brettonia. Just imagining that scene was enough to give people a headache.
Wang Lu, I can really … believe in you, right?
Closing her eyes, Aya drank the wine in her cup in one gulp and excluded all the noise around her ears from her mind.
Tonight was the night of victory, so for the time being, she did not want to think about so many annoying things. It was just that, why did she always feel that she had forgotten something important...
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At the same time, in Dragon City, although there were traces of war everywhere, the festive atmosphere was still overflowing. Most of the shops in the commercial street had reopened, heartily welcoming the hundreds of thousands of troops who returned triumphantly.
Liu Li happily and jubilantly walked on the street that had just been cleaned. Her hands were full of barbecue skewers, and the aroma of the meat was overwhelming. Of course, no matter how slender and slender her fingers were, the number of skewers that she could hold was limited. Therefore, she didn't hesitate to use her flying sword magical power to float hundreds of skewers in mid-air like flying swords. When she was happy, she would randomly pick one and take a bite.
Dragon City's food and beverage industry in Brettonia could be considered as an anomaly. It brought together gourmets from all over the Western Continent, who, with their unique craftsmanship from their hometown, rescued Dragon City from the despair of food. Of course, the price had always been high. However, today was the night of victory, and Liu Li, as a great contributor to the victory, almost everywhere she went was free. Not to mention that Wang Lu had deliberately stuffed her full of money and told her that she must eat until she was satisfied.
Liu Li felt that her several months of hard work in the Western Continent had, at this moment, gotten the biggest reward. However, after eating barbecue for a long time, her mouth was somewhat greasy. Therefore, Liu Li wanted to fly to the air to find a cold drink shop.
"The cold drink is on the left corner of the alley."
A gentle voice came into her ear. Liu Li looked over and sure enough, she saw a clear cold drink in an inconspicuous small shop.
"Thank you." Liu Li swallowed a large piece of fat and was ready to buy the cold drink. However, when she turned around, she found out that the person who kindly reminded her was holding a cup of emerald colored drink and handing it to her. That person seemed to be about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, dressed in a magician's robe, looking elegant and friendly.
"It's my treat."
Liu Li firmly shook her head. "Senior Brother said, I can't eat food from strangers."
The magician said with a smile, "If you buy food from the shop, do you know the shop owner?"
Liu Li was immediately stunned. "Yes!" Then she reluctantly let go of her hand and let the skewers float around her. However, she didn't dare to take another bite.
"You don't have to be so dogmatic … Moreover, we've actually met before." The magician laughed in spite of himself and then said, "In the previous battle, you saved my life. At that time, in the melee, I was approached by a dark holy knight. Seeing that I was at my wit's end, you used a flying sword to kill him, and I was thus saved. Therefore, just now, I wanted to thank you for your life-saving grace. However, you probably don't remember a small fry like me, right? "
Who knew that Liu Li seriously said, "I remember, at that time, you were casting the thundercloud spell."
The magician was pleasantly surprised. "You actually remember!"
"Hehe, my memory has always been very good!" Liu Li was very happy.
"In that case, we're not strangers anymore," the magician said and then handed the drink in his hand forward. "It's my treat."
Liu Li thought for a moment. "Indeed, if we're not strangers, then there should be no problem." Then she took the drink and drank half of it in one gulp. "By the way, what's your name?"
"I'm just a nobody," the magician said, looked around, and then changed the topic. "Is your Senior Brother not here?"
Liu Li didn't care whether the other party introduced himself or not. She just said, "Senior Brother is busy with important things in the City Master's Mansion."
The magician shook his head. "Celebration night, what could be more important than accompanying the hero? You're one of the biggest contributors to the victory of the war, how could he leave you alone? "
Liu Li somewhat didn't understand. "I don't know. Senior Brother always has his reasons for doing things."
"Alas, your Senior Brother doesn't care about you at all."
"Of course not, Senior Brother has always been very good to me." Liu Li sweetly smiled. "Accompany me to practice swordsmanship, cook for me, feed me snacks, and almost never scold me loudly!"
"Is that so …" The magician was a bit surprised. He looked at Liu Li seriously and said, "Do you like your Senior Brother?"
Liu Li frankly replied, "Very much!"
"Hahaha, few people in Nine Regions are as straightforward as you. But, since you like him, why don't you strive for him? "
Liu Li curiously asked, "Strive for what?"
"If you like a person, you should strive for the other party's love."
Liu Li explained, "But Senior Brother already likes me very much. Although he didn't say it, I can feel it."
The magician said, "If he likes you, how could he let you stay here alone while he accompanied the Knight King to drink and have fun? Obviously, he likes the Knight King more than you. "
Liu Li gawked for a moment. "Yes."
"Aren't you going to do something?"
"Do something?" Liu Li was puzzled. "Why?"
"Because only if you do more and better, Senior Brother will like you more and dote on you more. Don't you want that? "
"Em …" Liu Li somewhat hesitated. "But, I don't know how to do it. Previously, Senior Brother always told me to do it."
"That's why Senior Brother doesn't like you the most. You have to learn to take the initiative." The magician earnestly said, "If you wait for Senior Brother to tell you to do everything, his liking for you will be limited."
Liu Li somewhat helplessly said, "But I don't know what to do."
"With the degree of intimacy between the two of you, a small fight won't have any effect. If you want to do it, you have to do it big. " The magician said, "Since ancient times, nothing can move people's hearts and make them remember for a lifetime than the word sacrifice."
"Sacrifice?" Liu Li tilted her head and listened carefully.
"For example, if both of you are poisoned and there is only one antidote, then …"
Liu Li said with a smile, "Of course it's me who will eat it. Senior Brother's Non-Phase Method is immune to all poisons, nothing will happen to him."
"..." The magician was silent for a long time and then said, "Then if we encounter a strong enemy …"
"Senior Brother will carry it in front of us."
"Wrong!" The magician hated iron for not becoming steel. "Do you think your Senior Brother's defense is powerful and omnipotent? In this world, there will always be enemies that he can't beat, there will always be heavy pressure that he can't bear. When the time comes, do you still want him to carry it in front of you? Do you still want to safely hide behind your Senior Brother and let him bleed and sacrifice for you? "
"Then what should I do?"
The magician coldly said, "When it's necessary, you should be the one to carry it in front of him and sacrifice yourself to fight for the chance to survive for Senior Brother."
"Sacrifice myself …?" Liu Li was somewhat confused, but also somewhat enlightened. Her expression gradually turned blank.
"If you really like Senior Brother, you should have the awareness to sacrifice yourself for him." The magician said, "Only in that way can you be qualified to be Senior Brother's favorite woman."
"Is that so?" Liu Li asked in a perplexed manner, "But, Senior Brother rarely let us fall into such a dangerous situation."
"If there's difficulty, you have to go. If there's no difficulty … then create the difficulty, you have to go." The magician lightly said, "There are so many powerful enemies on the continent, do you want your Senior Brother to provoke them? Since your purpose is to sacrifice yourself, then you should take the initiative to create such an opportunity. "
Liu Li was confused. "Sorry, I don't quite understand … I'd better ask Senior Brother."
"Wait a minute." The magician stopped her. "This kind of thing, if you and Senior Brother discussed it in advance, how could there be a surprise? The reason why he doesn't like you the most is because you rely on him for everything, like a child who can't grow up. "
Upon hearing this, Liu Li was a bit sad. "Very well, I won't say it."
"Mm, about today's matter, you go back and think about it. But, there's no need to tell your Senior Brother about the matter of meeting me. Trivial things are not worth mentioning. Your Senior Brother has a lot of things to do, if you bother him with these things, even if he doesn't say it, his heart will hate you. "
Liu Li let out an 'oh' sound, but she has already bowed her head, no longer in the mood to say anything.
The magician smiled. "Well, today, I can talk so much with my savior, even if I die, I have no regrets. So, goodbye, Liu Li. "
With that, he turned around and left, no longer bothering Liu Li. His figure soon disappeared in the vast sea of people.
Completely disappeared, as if he had never existed.
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