Chapter 163

At Anxi's invitation, everyone except for the knights of the Order of Knights moved to the guest room in the palace and took their seats.

Lucia and Merica looked rather uneasy. Their bodies were tense, and their faces were full of anxiety. They sat there, not daring to even breathe, let alone speak.

Sean and Vivian sat down, facing Ancey and Rosie. Behind them, the burly Knight Alidia stood by their side like a benevolent king. The expression on his face was as firm and unwavering as a rock, giving off the impression that he was a weapon dedicated to protecting the Royal Family. His presence was definitely not weak.

Under such circumstances, Tierre did not sit with the others. Instead, she leaned against the wall in the corner of the guest room as if she wanted to stay away from the circle. She crossed her arms and looked unapproachable.

At this time, Rosie had already explained the general situation to everyone.

An Xi nodded thoughtfully.

"That is to say, because of Vivian's introduction, Rosie got to know Sean and knew that he was extraordinary, so she was excited to see him, so she invited Sean to the palace arena to practice with him?"

Anxi confirmed the whole story.

"That's right."

Rosie nodded. Her breathtakingly beautiful face was awe-inspiring and cold. She had completely entered the princess mode.

Rosie's presence at the scene was equally astonishing, even more so than Aridia's. Even King Anxi was overshadowed by her, which made people involuntarily raise their eyebrows.

In fact, since the beginning, Lucia and Merica had been sneaking glances at Rosie from time to time. Their pretty faces were blushing, and their eyes were full of admiration. Obviously, they had become Rosie's fans.

In front of outsiders, Rosie would always be as perfect as she was now.

But …

"I didn't expect to meet such a strong opponent of the same age, so I was a little overwhelmed. I'm really sorry for bringing so much trouble to everyone."

Rosie felt that she was wrong from the bottom of her heart and had been apologizing since the beginning.

"I have to apologize to Shien for making you accompany me to this point."

Rosie lowered her head to Shien, which surprised everyone present.

Only Shien rolled his eyes at Rosie, as if he could see Rosie crying to him with her hands clasped together.

Although the others could not see Rosie like this, they all tolerated her apology.

"It's good that nothing happened." Anxi looked at Rosie with doting eyes as if she was the most precious treasure of his life. "If we can exchange an arena for the safety of the successor of the Holy Sword that the royal family has been waiting for for a thousand years, I believe that the people of the kingdom won't feel the pinch. Instead, they will feel that they have gotten a great deal, right?"

Rather than letting Rosie be attacked, the kingdom would rather pay ten, a hundred, or even a thousand of such arenas in exchange for Rosie's safety.

Ansi's words made Vivian, Alidia, and the others silent, as if in agreement.

From this, it could be seen how much the kingdom valued Rosie and how much they cherished her.

Alidia probably felt the same way, which was why he attacked Shien without saying a word in the arena.

Because at that time, Shien was likely to be the attacker.

As the saying went, 'concern leads to confusion'. Seeing someone who could threaten Rosie, be it Anxi or Alidia, they would immediately panic and take measures to protect Rosie.

"Thank you."

Rosie also understood this very well, so she turned around and thanked everyone.

However, Shien could still see a trace of helplessness in the princess' eyes.

After all, it was this concern that became a cage that imprisoned Rosie, preventing her from revealing her true nature.

To be valued to this extent, whether one should feel happy or helpless, this was a matter of the benevolent seeing benevolence and the wise seeing wisdom.

Perhaps it was because of this that Rosie had to restrain her behavior to prevent herself from being too willful.

Otherwise, for the sake of a small wish of hers, everyone in the kingdom might do something irrational, leading to a tragedy.

Rosie's status was too special and her influence was too great.

If she were to act willfully, many people would be affected by her. They would be caught in the crossfire, and their fates would be miserable.

Shien finally understood why Rosie wanted to show off her excellent and perfect side in front of others instead of showing her true self.

It was because if Rosie didn't restrain herself, no one would be able to restrain her.

At this thought, Shien cast a sympathetic glance at Rosie.

Rosie seemed to have received it and the helplessness in her eyes intensified.

If it weren't for the fact that there were outsiders around, Shien believed that Rosie would definitely complain about it.

But now, Rosie could only sit there obediently and try her best to be a well-behaved princess.

The rest of the people's gazes were focused on Shien.

"I really didn't expect that there would be a young man in this world who could be on par with Rosie."

Anci exclaimed in admiration and showed an amiable expression to Shien.

"You're a member of Vivian's adventurer team, so you must be a child of Lamigian origin, right?"

Anci began to probe Shien's identity.

Shien really wanted to tell him that he came from the sea of stars.

Unfortunately, such words could only be used as a joke, but it was impossible to use them to fish in troubled waters with the ruler of a kingdom.

At that moment, Sean just nodded and tried his best to appear indifferent.

Of course, the anger in Shien's heart had mostly dissipated, and he wouldn't continue to be angry with the king over such a trivial matter.

But because the king was the king, Shien felt that it was better to avoid speaking too much when talking to these political leaders.

As the saying goes, the more one talks, the more mistakes one makes. He thought that he had concealed his identity well, but he didn't know how many times he had been exposed.

In order to prevent the same thing from happening again, Shien tried his best not to speak and create an indifferent image.

Anci didn't seem to care much about this.

"What a miracle," Anci said with a sigh. An Xi sighed and said, "Rosie's birth was already a miracle to the kingdom and even the entire human world, but it was only because she was a descendant of the Hero that she could achieve what she has today. I really didn't expect that a genius comparable to Rosie would be born among the human race. Logically speaking, such a genius should have immediately attracted the attention of the Protoss the moment she was born, and eventually, everyone would know about her. Her sudden birth is really too surprising."

Anci's meaning was simple. He was still surprised and puzzled by Shien's existence.

However, Shien had already decided not to react to this.

(You can continue to be surprised and test me.)

Anyway, I won't say a word. Let's see how you can see through my identity this time.