Noel Palace, where Her Royal Highness the Seventh Princess lives, is located in the southwest corner of the Imperial Palace. It is surrounded by tall and straight blue iron trees, and some magic circles used for monitoring are hidden in it.

When the carriage that Xu Xianxian was riding in arrived, a guard was already waiting at the palace gate. When he saw the red-haired fairy being helped out of the carriage by a maid, he immediately went to greet her.

"Lady Natalie, you are here. Her Royal Highness the Princess is preparing in the inner hall."

The guards at the gate are all eight-ring mages, one ring higher than Xu Xianxian on the surface, but because of the difference in status, he is very respectful to the red-haired fairy.

The duties of guards and exclusive knights are both to protect, but the only difference is that exclusive knights have no freedom.

Guards were free, able to marry, have their own families and bloodlines, and were eligible for titles and fiefdoms, possessing all the rights of goblin citizens. If they no longer wanted to work, they could submit an application.

Exclusive knights do not enjoy citizenship rights and are the exclusive property of their lord throughout their lives.

But the price paid for this naturally meant a different status. ——Xu Xianxian's status was clearly higher than that of these ordinary guards.

Xu Xianxian simply nodded slightly at the guard's words: "Yes, I'll be right there."

She walked to the locked magic door, took off the white silk lace gloves on her hands, exposed her fingers and pressed the fingerprint instrument next to her. She heard a light "beep" sound from inside, and then the authentication was successful. The entire magic door began to slowly open to both sides.

"You guys wait here, I'll be out soon."

"OK."

After the magic door opened, Xu Xianxian told the maid and her men to wait there, and she went in alone.

After entering the magic gate, you will reach the inner area of ​​the princess's mansion, which is some distance away from her bedroom.

Xu Xianxian walked through the long metal corridor with an elegant posture, without any worldly air. There were soldiers standing guard along the way, and the atmosphere seemed extremely strict and vigilant. Any unusual movement would be surrounded by these fairy soldiers.

Moreover, in this place, Xu Xianxian felt that her own strength was suppressed and it was difficult to exert it normally. This shows how strict the protection measures of the imperial family are.

"With the enveloping fairy web covering the palace, assassinating a member of the royal family within is nearly impossible." Xu Xianxian, her long skirt dragging, walked slowly, not as if she were heading to a foreign battlefield, but rather attending a grand banquet. Although she kept her eyes fixed, she was aware of her surroundings. "Not only mana, but any energy flow will be monitored by this enveloping web. Any attempt to take action will be suppressed by the web."

"Since you can't kill Ophelia, you're going to attack me first? Is this a disguised threat?"

Xu Xianxian knew in her heart that if she were brutally assassinated on the outskirts of the imperial capital on the first day she became an exclusive knight, it would be a big blow to the reputation of the Seventh Princess.

If even her personal knights can't protect her, who would dare to serve the Seventh Princess?

"But ultimately, it's a question of strength..."

Xu Xianxian shook her head and sighed. If she was strong enough, how could she be assassinated as soon as she went out?

However, after the assassination attempt failed, the other party should be more cautious and will not attack her easily again.

After about a moment, Xu Xianxian arrived at the princess's bedroom.

The metal door opened and closed on both sides. She looked over and saw Ophelia sitting on the sofa in the living room, basking in the sunlight from the window, quietly reading today's Empire newspaper.

Her long, soft golden hair fell on her shoulders like tassels, covering half of her pure and beautiful face. Under the misty sunlight, she had a hazy beauty.

"Your Highness, the Princess is in such a good mood! You're about to leave for a foreign land, yet you're still able to read the newspaper so leisurely."

Xu Xianxian walked into the inner hall and let out a crisp laugh.

"Natalie, you're here." Ophelia raised her head, put down the newspaper in her hand, glanced at the red-haired fairy's smile, and said seriously: "But this is not leisurely, but I have had the habit of reading newspapers since I was a child."

"I see... She's different from the princess I imagined."

Xu Xianxian, dragging her long skirt, sat down next to Ophelia, as if they were close friends, without any of the etiquette that a subordinate should have.

"Oh? Then what do you imagine me to be like?"

Ophelia didn't care about Xu Xianxian's rudeness, but just stared at the other's profile with her snow-white pupils.

really.

No matter how she looked at it, Natalie gave her an indescribable sense of familiarity, like an old friend she hadn't seen for many years.

Otherwise, how could she, as a princess of the empire, speak like that to the knights under her command?

"I thought Her Royal Highness the Princess's life should be more extravagant and luxurious."

Xu Xianxian shrugged and glanced at the situation in the inner hall.

The decorations here are very plain and not luxurious. The furniture is simple and not too many, making the spacious inner hall look a little empty.

Apart from the huge palace, the quality of life of the Seventh Princess may be worse than that of ordinary nobles.

"The servants all live outside the palace, and I live here alone." Ophelia smiled slightly and whispered, "If it's just me, it's better to keep it simple. Besides, I'm not the kind of royal who pursues pleasure. I think practicing magic is more interesting."

Then she looked at Xu Xianxian's confused look and changed the subject, saying, "Natalie, we are going to Earth soon. Are you scared?"

Ophelia was a little curious. Natalie was only two hundred years old and was still a minor. If she had not been selected by the court as a reserve knight, she might still be attending classes at the Fairy Academy.

Now that he was about to go to a foreign battlefield, the other party didn't show any emotional fluctuations.

"No." Xu Xianxian's expression was calm as she whispered, "I am the sword in the hands of Her Royal Highness the Princess. I will not feel any fear in front of you."

Her eyes flickered, and then she touched the armor necklace around her neck: "By the way... Princess, can you use this necklace to monitor my every move?"

Although this armor necklace is very useful and has a strong amplification effect, it is actually a surveillance device, so it has many disadvantages.

"No..." Ophelia shook her head. "Don't worry, this necklace does have a surveillance function, but I've disabled it."

Then her pure white pupils glanced at Xu Xianxian, "Natalie, although you are my exclusive knight, I still want to retain your privacy."