Chapter 113 The King's Fear He Could Not Acknowledge

Tang's eyes were gloomy.

The girl lowered her head and muttered, "If I can't speak, I don't need a tongue."

She turned to look at the leading knight and asked with an innocent smile, "Right?"

Tang was stunned. The sounds around her seemed to fade away, leaving only her smile.

A smile that was full of smiles in both eyes, but it was not really gentle.

The long sword in her hand was dripping with blood, and her pupils were brighter than the blood, filled with a smile that was cold and playful.

Perhaps because he had never seen such beautiful eyes before, he actually wanted to see his own reflection in them for a moment.

He took a half step involuntarily, then suddenly came to his senses. When he realized what he was thinking, he calmly took back his steps and concealed the doubt in his eyes.

He raised his eyes slightly, but was a little afraid to look at her.

All his movements were extremely small, but Vifiya still saw them clearly. His performance seemed too classic to her.

This knight seemed to fall in love with her at first sight.

She couldn't help but think, what did she just do?

Oh yeah, she poked Barry's eye out.

Thinking of this, a faint expression appeared on her face, which was hard to describe but disappeared in a flash.

Arnold understood what she meant, and without hesitation, he removed the cloth from Barry's mouth and cut his tongue before anyone could react.

Tang glanced at her before returning his gaze to Vifiya. He was now much more forthright: "Your Excellency, I am Don Moore, the leader of the Royal Knights. This matter should be handled by us."

Vifiya understood the hidden meaning in his words. He was saying that as a noble from another country, she shouldn't arbitrarily decide the life and death of her own people. She stared into his eyes and spoke in a low voice, but loud enough for everyone to hear, word by word: "He is guilty."

Arnold took out a handkerchief from somewhere and handed it to Vifia.

She took it and carefully wiped Isidore's sword without looking at Tang again.

There was silence all around, not sure whether it was because of the royal family's recognition of the female marquis's identity or her casual remark "He is guilty".

The last civilian around was finally driven out, and the last woman was stunned. Before leaving, she looked at the center of the street again.

North tried her best to suppress her rapid breathing. Her heart was beating too fast. Her lips moved but no sound came out. She could only hear the heartbeat that was about to jump out of her chest and make her whole body numb.

For the first time, this was the first time she had seen a woman kill a man, and it could be said that he was guilty.

He's guilty, he's guilty, he's guilty.

They are guilty, not them, and deserve to die.

"Oh, yes." Vifiya handed the cleaned sword to Arnold and said to Tang, "Find a doctor to see him. Don't let him really die."

She said it so lightly that Billy felt his scalp tingling. He glanced at Barry quickly. He looked like he was no different from a useless person even if he could save his life.

Watching her smile slowly rise, Don made no objection and gestured for Barry to be taken away.

Fortunately, fortunately, Billy couldn't stop feeling thankful that the idiot Barry was here, maybe he would be the one who would be sad from today on.

Osa glanced back at North and said, "Captain Moore, His Majesty the King should have received a letter from the Empire."

Hearing this, Moore looked at her and saluted. "Yes, Miss Osa, His Majesty the King has ordered me to ask you..." He turned to where Vifiya was standing, "and the Marquis to go to the Padica Palace."

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In a corner where they couldn't see, a bard held a lyre, his emerald eyes recording the story.

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Padica Palace.

Avril stroked the hilt of the sword at her waist and followed the direction she remembered to the Council Palace. Her calm eyes slowly moved forward. It was strange, very strange.

Today was the day the king ordered her to return to the Shegri border, but he suddenly called her back and even changed his mind, asking her to take a sword and go to the council palace, which he would never let her approach.

She ignored the surprised and frightened glances on the street and walked straight into the Council Palace.

Without paying attention to who was inside, she walked directly to the king and half-knelt to salute: "Your Majesty."

Her manners became increasingly perfunctory, but the king paid no attention and gestured for her to stand near his seat.

It was not until she stood firm that she realized that Ferdin below did not look like a crown prince at all, and glared at her anxiously.

She looked away as if nothing had happened, a clown.

All she wanted to know now was why the king suddenly called her back.

She glanced around. Who was he going to summon?

Her eyes returned, and her gaze swept across the king's neck and the sapphire necklace on it, then she turned and disappeared.

Her plan was interrupted and she felt calm, but there was no need to rush.

Just a little bit more, she still needs a breakthrough.

The servant at the door shouted something, but she didn't hear it clearly. The door of the Council Palace opened and two girls came in.

With just one glance, she made her judgment: she was the Marquis of the Segarot Empire and the Duke's daughter of elven blood.

Putting aside their identity as women, no matter what they were doing here on behalf of the Segarot Empire, it was not enough to make the king suddenly change his mind and let her come.

"Greetings, King of Iscana. I am Vifia Kesley, Marquis of Seronil of the Segarot Empire."

A voice came from below, and Avril, who had already withdrawn her gaze, moved her eyes slightly, and looked at the person named Vifiya below without any expression.

A familiar voice.

Younger than her.

"Greetings, King of Iscana. I am Osa Dodu of the Duke of Dodu's Palace in the Segarot Empire."

The king's gaze fell on the two girls below. Contempt flashed across his eyes, but he did not dare to look down on them in his heart. However, they were still young.

Yes, young.

According to the information he had received, the two people below were not easy to deal with.

Being able to become the king and control Avrilte so that she wouldn't have second thoughts, how could he not know the reason why all the great nobles died in just a few days?

Only one daughter was left? I'm afraid she might have killed him.

When he first heard the news, he thought that the Emperor of the Segarot Empire deliberately supported this young lady to come to power, but when he learned that the former Marquis of Kesley gave up the heir he had trained for many years and replaced him with her, he knew that it was not the case.

He had an impression of the former Marquis of Kesley, a man who could be called pedantic, but who was willing to make an exception for her...

Also, what happened today.

His gaze lingered for a moment on his son below.

As long as her bones are broken, she will be a perfect match for Ferdin, and maybe even be able to suppress the monster Avril.

"I have received a letter from the Emperor of the Empire," the King said with a smile, his eyes fixed on Osa. "The letter states that the opening of your country's Mokojin Port is now under your full responsibility."

It is very strange that the emperor of the Segarot Empire was not given to a marquis who had become a noble, but instead a daughter of a duke who was once unknown.

Upon hearing this, Osa spoke again, neither servile nor overbearing, "Yes, as the Grand Knight of the Segarot Empire, I am in charge of this matter."

Vifiya beside her glanced at Osha calmly. She had never told them that she had become a knight. Although she was confused, there was no change on her face.

The king's heart sank. If he remembered correctly, the Grand Knight of the Segarot Empire had the right to make decisions on behalf of the emperor at all times. It had been a long time since anyone in the empire had become the Grand Knight.

It seems that the emperor of the empire trusts this descendant of the elves more than he imagined.

He suddenly had a headache. He had ordered the news about the Marquis to be suppressed in order to prevent the women of Iscana from hearing the news and having unrealistic delusions. Now, there was another Grand Knight Commander.

The ministers around were quiet, but their eyes were glancing at Osa and the other two.

Vifiya was very familiar with this kind of gaze: hostility, contempt, arrogance...

The king responded to Osa nonchalantly, arranged everything, and then turned his attention again to the well-behaved female marquis standing beside him.

"I heard that the Marquis injured the citizens of Iscana?" The words were gentle, but with a hint of questioning.

Vifiya instantly realized what the king wanted to do. In such a country, as a woman, she punished a man in public and was taken away very safely to receive the king's summons. This would cause a certain impact, but how big the impact would be was unknown.

Therefore, the king would definitely make her pay a price to suppress these restless thoughts, but unfortunately, she did not want to pay this price.

She helped North and punished Barry more out of her own considerations. She didn't want to really get involved in Iskanar's mess for the time being.

Vifiya blinked and said lightly: "Your Majesty, I am only punishing someone who offended me."

Without waiting for the king's reaction, her red eyes were filled with a joyful smile, with a hint of innocence: "Your Majesty, I hated the filthiness of his eyes, so I dug them out. I despised him for not being able to use his mouth properly to speak, so I cut off his tongue."

"Oh, great goddess Lehomi." Vephia raised her head and placed her right hand on her heart. Her face was full of piety towards the deity. She looked directly into the king's eyes and said, "I am helping him complete his karma of living."

"Your Majesty," she continued incredulously, "He doesn't even know how to use his brain. The Goddess created everything and gave us everything. How can we be so blind and ignore the Goddess's kindness?"

As if inadvertently, she folded her hands and placed them on her forehead. The snow orchid and sea jade vine in the gold ring on her right ring finger were shining, bright enough for the ministers and king around her to see clearly.

The snow orchid was carved on the gold ring representing her status as a marquis. Although it was the Pope's instruction, now that it was in her hands, there was no reason not to use it.

At least, she could not now be judged by them as a supporter of heresy; with the Pope's recognition, they could not refute her words.

The king fell silent in an instant, and the ministers, too, all looked a little more shocked. Everyone knew the significance of Xue Yuanlan to the Lehomi Church.

Avrilite above saw everything, and now she could finally confirm the purpose of the king's asking her to come here.

He was afraid, but he couldn't admit this fear. From her understanding of him, he didn't even know that this was a fear. Even if he could order the killing of the Marquis, to let the women of Iscana see that even the nobles of other countries were no exceptions, there were too many uncertainties. He didn't know whether Iscana could bear the price.

Similarly, the Marquise's... madness and cruelty were something he had never encountered before. A woman with multiple protections, she was warning him to think carefully before taking any action.

This made him subconsciously recall her. After all, she was the strongest in all of Iscana.

Avril lowered her eyes. Could her presence dispel this fear?

His lowered eyes glanced at the king's neck again without any expression.

Perhaps there was a way to get the necklace that had been holding her back for so long, or perhaps there was a way to chop off his head.