If it were anyone else, Reinhardt probably wouldn't say too much, but facing Fang Zheng, he really didn't have much to do - after all, Fang Zheng could defeat him easily, and Firut obviously trusted Fang Zheng a little more, so Reinhardt had no choice but to take Fang Zheng and Firut to a remote place and tell them everything.

“What? You said Felt is the heir to the throne?”

Fang Zheng had already heard about the king's selection from Crusch, but even so, he still found it incredible.

"How do you judge?"

"It's simple, because of this badge."

As he spoke, Reinhard stretched out his hand and took out a badge that was exactly the same as the one Fang Zheng had seen on Crusch's hand before.

"When this lady received the badge just now, it glowed. This is enough to prove that she is one of the witches chosen by the dragon and the heir to the king."

“Hmm…? No, wait, you said you lost this badge, and Felt found it? You can lose things too? That’s unlikely.”

Hearing this, Fang Zheng quickly discovered a blind spot. Logically speaking, Reinhard would not make such a mistake because of his protection.

After the battle with Reinhard, Fang Zheng investigated him out of curiosity, and then found that in this country, many strong people have a trait called "Divine Protection". For example, Crusch has "Wind Protection" and Ferris has "Water Protection", but generally speaking, a person can only have one kind of protection at most.

But Reinhard is different. This guy is like the illegitimate son of the world. Not only do various protection buffs stack up, but they will also automatically change according to the situation.

If you attack him from a distance, he will gain long-range protection.

If you perform a melee attack on him, he will gain melee protection.

If you try to steal his things, he will be protected from theft.

Simply put, for everything that is unfavorable to Reinhardt, the world will give him a buff to avoid or invalidate it, so it is generally impossible for Reinhardt to lose something, because if he really wants to lose something, the world will also give him a protection to "prevent losing things."

However, an illegitimate child is not a biological daughter after all, so when Fang Zheng confronted Reinhard, the world could not stop him, and did not dare to stop him at the risk of dying together, which is why Fang Zheng broke through his protection.

However, Firut obviously doesn't have this ability.

"I thought so too, but now it seems that this may be the guidance of fate."

"Guidance of fate?"

"Yes."

Reinhard nodded and looked at Felt again.

"I have been looking for the remaining dragon witches, but I didn't expect that the dragon witch would appear in front of me in this way. Isn't this fate?"

"oh……"

If it were someone else, they might be confused by Reinhard's words, but Fang Zheng, as a prophecy mage, could understand what he meant. It was obvious that Reinhard's current goal was to find the priestess chosen by the dragon to participate in the King's Election, and the world might have given him such a "find the dragon priestess" buff, which is why he lost his badge and was then picked up by Firut.

"I roughly understand what you mean, but it also depends on the person's wishes."

Having said this, Fang Zheng looked towards Firut.

"Feirut, do you want to be king?"

"No!"

Felt gave an answer almost immediately.

"See, that's it. A knight should also respect the wishes of others."

"But as a knight, I have already sworn to be loyal to my country."

Reinhardt said this as he walked up to Felt and knelt on one knee.

"Lord Felt, a country cannot be without a king for a day. Lugnica's current situation must be changed. As a priestess chosen by the dragon, it is destiny that guides you to participate in the royal election!"

"I don't want to, I won't go, I'm not interested!"

Faced with Reinhard’s request that would have made most girls blush and nod their heads, Felt ruthlessly rejected him three times.

"That's right, Reinhardt. Why do you keep staring at her?"

Fang Zheng also spoke at this moment.

"This little girl is so young, and she grew up in the slums. Are you kidding me to expect her to become the king? Even if she becomes the king, who will listen to her?"

“That’s right!”

"I will serve as the king's knight."

"So you're not afraid that she'll mess up the kingdom?"

Fang Zheng became more and more confused at this moment, and Firut's eyes lit up.

"Yeah, I don't know anything about these. If you want me to be the king, then I'll do whatever I want... By the way, brother, you and I get along well. When I become the king, I will give you the whole country! How about it? Not bad, right?"

“This is a good suggestion too.”

However, unexpectedly, Reinhard nodded.

"If Lord Firut becomes king, then she can marry Lord Fang Zheng. If she can have a few more children, the safety of the royal family will be more guaranteed..."

"Give birth to a child?!"

Hearing this, Felt's face suddenly turned red, and Fang Zheng shook his head speechlessly. He really didn't expect Reinhard to be so stubborn...

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng pulled Filut and pulled her aside.

"How? What do you think?"

"I don't want to be a king, even if I die!"

Firut remained steadfast in his ideas for a hundred years.

"I want to make more money, then buy a shop with Grandpa Rom and live a stable life!"

"But if you're a king, you can live in a big house, right? And everything is free."

"That's disgusting. I still prefer to do it myself. And you can see, little brother, if I were a king, they would even interfere with things like marriage! Isn't that disgusting? I don't want to live this kind of life!"

"So you don't want to?"

"I absolutely won't do it!"

"But if you don't agree, Reinhard might come to bother you every day. Is that okay?"

“Woo…”

Hearing this, Felt immediately looked miserable. As a local, she knew that Reinhard would come out for patrols every day, so the public security in the capital was always good. If Reinhard came to her every day during patrols and begged her to be the king... then how could she do business!

Others won’t dare to come over when they see Reinhard!

"Brother, please help me think of a solution. I really don't want to do this."

At this moment, Firut could only ask Fang Zheng for help.

“You asked me to find a way… but I can’t possibly kill Reinhard…”

Fang Zheng touched his chin, and then his eyes lit up.

"By the way, you have no interest in being a king, but are you interested in being an adventurer?"

"Adventurer?"

"That's right. I know an adventurer team that is still short of a scout. If you're interested, you can join them as an adventurer. They're all girls around your age, so I think it should be no problem. If you want to be an adventurer, Reinhard will definitely not be able to follow you around."

Fang Zheng still remembered that when he caught Firut, she tried to escape. At that time, Firut also released some kind of protection, which seemed to be related to speed. An excellent thief is also an excellent scout and scout. The priestess currently lacks such a role. If Firut is willing, Fang Zheng thinks this is a good combination.

"I did think about it, but Master Rom didn't want to. He said it was too dangerous."

"Well... being an adventurer is indeed dangerous. You might die outside, or it might be worse than death. So... you make your own choice?"

Fang Zheng curled his lips in Reinhard's direction, and then waited for Firut's decision.

“Hmm… um…”

Firut looked at Reinhard, then at Fang Zheng, and finally gritted his teeth.

"I want to be an adventurer! Being an adventurer is better than being a king!"

"Everyone has their own preferences, and that's normal."

Fang Zheng was only slightly surprised by Firut's choice, but not particularly surprised. After all, people in each era have different ideas. If you ask modern people to be the king of ancient times, how many people are willing to do so is still unknown. In fact, looking at Firut, you can see that even in ancient times, not everyone is willing to be a king.

"Well, I will go and explain this to Reinhardt, and you go talk to your family. No matter what, you need to get their permission."

"I see!"

After listening to Fang Zheng's suggestion, Firut immediately turned around and ran away. Fang Zheng also found Reinhard and told him Firut's decision.

As expected, just as Fang Zheng guessed, after hearing that Firut was going to be an adventurer, Reinhard immediately showed an embarrassment. After all, he couldn't just leave the city casually. In this case, if Firut ran around, Reinhard really couldn't do anything about her.

and……

"You are almost the same, aren't you? You are a knight, but you forced the little girl to give up her stable life and become an adventurer instead of coming back. Don't you feel ashamed?"

"This is indeed not what a knight would do, but for the sake of this country, I will not give up so easily."

"Okay, okay."

Facing such a stubborn Reinhard, Fang Zheng had no other options.

“Anyway, the candidates for the royal election aren’t all here yet, right? I heard from Crusch that there are five candidates, but there are only three now… Oh, if you include Felt, there are only four. So it’s useless for you to bring Felt back. We can’t start the royal election without all the candidates, right?”

“But you can let Master Felt learn writing and etiquette…”

"If she doesn't want to do it herself, how likely do you think it is that you can force her to learn it?"

“…”

Reinhard was silent at this moment. It was obvious that Firut was really unwilling... However, he would not give up. After all... Reinhard also had his own ideas.

"Then I'll give up for now."

Finally, Reinhard made his decision.

"Once all five candidates are gathered, I will find Lady Felt again and swear allegiance to her."

"… whatever you want."