"He'll keep it with you for now."

Li Aili overheard the two talking in hushed tones.

"Is it reliable?" the man with a hoarse voice asked, sizing up Li Aili.

Li Aili felt as if she were being stared at by some ferocious beast.

“It’s her,” Arthur mumbled.

The other person glanced at Li Aili with surprise, then said nothing and hurriedly left carrying a wooden box the size of a suitcase.

Li Aili stood up and saw that Arthur was soaking wet.

She paused for a moment, then plopped down in the lake.

Arthur was truly taken aback by her sudden "sitting down".

Li Aili stood up from the water, grabbed Arthur's hand, and walked back silently.

"If anyone asks you why your clothes are wet, just say you accidentally fell into the lake and then you went down to save me."

Arthur: "..."

After a long pause, he slowly said, "I hid the dry clothes where I came ashore."

Li Aili: "…………………"

She doesn't care whether that scoundrel lives or dies! (Cat baring its teeth.jpg)

The Duke returned to the place where he kept his clothes, changed back into his formal banquet attire, and then silently went for another stroll around the lake.

Then the two, soaking wet, returned to Neuschwanstein Castle.

It drew strange looks from everyone.

Many of the nobles who were detained escaped.

Duke Red Pomegranate's deliberate act of letting them leave thoroughly enraged the Knights of Light.

When Li Aili returned, they were in a standoff.

Upon seeing Duke Cold Jade return, the Knight of Light finally gave up.

Grand Duke Red Pomegranate looked over and, seeing the two of them soaking wet, asked with a complicated expression, "What happened to you?"

Under countless strange gazes, Li Aili said expressionlessly, "I accidentally went the wrong way and ended up at Swan Lake. It was too dark and I fell into the water. Arthur jumped in and pulled me out."

As Arthur Cold Jade plucked a seaweed from his soaked white shirt, he said coldly, "Any other questions? If not, I'm going upstairs with my wife to change."

He gave Bishop Joshua a warning glare.

Joshua politely withdrew his gaze.

Duke Red Pomegranate joked with interest, "At this hour, you still have the interest to come to my Swan Lake to 'play the field'?"

Li Aili: "..."

She glared at Brandon, looking like she was ready to duel him at any moment.

They didn't even notice that the Knights of Light had their eyes glued to her.

Arthur Cold Jade swept his cold gaze over them, and the Knights of Light broke out in a cold sweat, their knees buckled, and they all knelt down.

When Li Aili turned around, she saw this scene—the Knights of Light all bowed to her in unison.

Li Aili: "..."

And you even said that the last time the young knights were scared to death, it wasn't your doing!!!

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