"I'm getting married."

Although these words were literally worthy of congratulations, Anrietta's tone was extremely sad, and Louise seemed to have realized this.

"Congratulations..."

Although she said this, Louise didn't smile at all.

"Your Highness, what's the matter?"

"No, it's nothing, but... I'm sorry, I can't tell you these..."

"Please tell me, Princess, something that can make you sigh like this must be very troubling."

"No, that can't be said. Please forget what I just said, Louise."

Anrietta shook her head, and Louise became visibly upset.

"No! Didn't you tell me everything before? It's you, Princess, who treats me as a friend. Don't you even want to tell your friends about your troubles?"

“…”

At the same time, Red Ponytail pulled a chair by the wall and sat down. Then she took out half a watermelon, ate the watermelon while looking at the scene in front of her with dead fish eyes, without saying a word.

And hearing Louise's answer, Anrietta laughed.

"You finally treat me as a friend, Louise...Okay, but you must never tell anyone what I'm going to say next."

"I swear, I swear in the name of Valiel!"

Louise held the princess's hands tightly, her face serious.

Red Ponytail continued to eat melon silently.

"In fact...I am marrying the Emperor of Grummania."

"What? Grummania?!"

Louise was shocked to hear this.

"That barbaric country?"

"Yes, but there is no way. Albion's rebellion is about to succeed. Once the royal family is overthrown, Albion will definitely attack Tristan next. We are just a small country and do not have enough power to fight against Albion. Therefore, in order to resist Albion's invasion, the alliance of Grummania is indispensable."

"Of course I know, but..."

Hearing this, Louise couldn't help but think of what Red Ponytail had said to her before. She shook her head and forced herself to put it behind her.

"But, Princess..."

"The problem now is that Albion does not want to see us ally with Grummania, so they are looking for the key to obstruct the alliance. If they find it, then the situation will become quite bad."

"Did they find it?"

"Yes!"

Having said that, Anrietta nodded sadly, then sat down on the bed and covered her face with her hands.

“Ah, O first ancestor, please have mercy on my poor princess…!”

Red Ponytail was still eating melon silently.

"Princess, please tell me, what did Albion find?"

However, Louise didn't pay attention to the red ponytail's eyes, but sat next to the princess, holding her hands tightly and asked.

"It's a letter I wrote before..."

"Do you believe...?"

"That's right. If the nobles of Albion find out, and hand it over to the Emperor of Grummania, everything will be over. The Emperor will be furious and will cancel the marriage. By then, the Tristin Alliance will also be in vain..."

"So, where is the letter?"

"The letter is in Albion, but not in the hands of the nobles of Albion, but in the hands of the Crown Prince of Wales."

"The Crown Prince of Wales?"

"Yes... ahhh, it's ruined, everything is over. The Crown Prince will definitely be captured by the rebels. By then, they will naturally find the letter, and then everything will be over! If we can't form an alliance, it will be impossible to resist Albion with just Tristin's strength!"

Red Ponytail is chewing the remaining melon flesh.

But at this moment, Louise has made up her mind.

"Then the princess must be hoping that I can do something."

Hearing this, Anrietta shook her head desperately.

"No, this is too confusing, Louise. I'm so sorry. What am I talking about? Think about it carefully. It's so dangerous to go to Albion where the nobles and the royalists are fighting! How can I ask you to do this?"

"What are you talking about? Whether it's hell or the dragon's lair, as long as it's your order, I will go anywhere! As the third daughter of the Duke of Vallière, how can I, Louise de Vallière, turn a blind eye to the crisis of Her Royal Highness and Tristen?!"

Having said this, Louise half-knelt in front of the princess and looked up at her.

"Please let me carry out this task."

"Really, Louise?"

"Of course, Your Highness, Louise will always be your friend and confidant!"

"Ahhh, I will never forget your friendship and loyalty as long as I live! Louise!"

Red Ponytail finished eating the melon and then burped.

"Then please give this letter and the ruby ​​ring to the crown prince. Once he has seen them, he will know why I came... I sincerely hope that you can return safely, Louise. Then, I will take my leave."

After hastily writing a secret letter and handing the jewel ring to Louise, the cloaked princess was about to leave, and at this moment...

"Ah, Princess."

The girl with red ponytail, who had been sitting nearby watching the show, suddenly spoke, then she waved her hand and threw a bottle of water over.

"This is……?"

"Green tea. I think you will like this, Princess."

"...Thank you, Miss Familiar."

Anrietta smiled at the girl with red ponytail, then took the green tea that she threw to her and turned away.

Only at this time did Louise breathe a sigh of relief and sit down on the bed.

"Louise..."

The red ponytail yawned and squinted at Louise.

"It's good to be innocent and honest, but it's not good to be fooled by others."

"What are you talking about!"

Hearing this, Louise immediately sat up and stared at the red ponytail with dissatisfaction.

"Don't tell me you didn't see it. That princess was just pretending. To put it bluntly, she was just pretending to be pitiful in front of you, hoping that you would take the initiative to die for her. And you really cooperated... If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought that you two had agreed in advance to put on a show in front of me."

"Pretend...?"

"That's right. Although the princess stuttered, you can guess it with your brain. She is the princess of Tristan, and the letter she wrote is in the hands of the Crown Prince of Albion. If the emperor sees this letter, the engagement will be cancelled. So there is only one conclusion, that is, the letter must be a love letter. If I were a noble of Albion, I would take the letter to the king's wedding and read it out in public, so that all the guests can hear the princess's love for the crown prince. This would definitely destroy the two countries completely."

At this point, Red Ponytail yawned out of boredom, while Louise's face turned pale.

"But it's not easy to let others handle such private matters. So, using friendship to win you over is the best way. After all, since you volunteered to die, you won't leak anything. If something happens, you won't know what the letter is. It would be a waste of your life to not leak the secret."

The red ponytail looked at Louise again and shook her head.

"So I say you should be more careful. It's not something to be proud of when you are played around by others."

"That's not the case!"

It was not until this time that Louise reacted and quickly opened her mouth to refute.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess and I have been good friends for many years. It is impossible for her to do this..."

"Then why did she come to see you now? You haven't seen each other for many years, right? Didn't she have time to come to you before? Why did she wait until now to talk about love with you when she was in a hurry?"

"This...but...but..."

Faced with the questioning of the red ponytail girl, Louise didn't know what to say for a moment, and her voice became lower and lower.

"But... we are good friends after all..."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter. Anyway, I'm here. It's just Albion, so it's not a problem to go back and forth. I just want to tell you to be more careful when you meet people and things in the future. Don't be flattered when others praise you. Girls should learn to protect themselves. Maybe the other person is just greedy for your body."

"You, you, what are you talking about!"

Hearing this, Louise's face turned red immediately, and then she covered her head with the quilt.

"Go to sleep, we have to set off early tomorrow morning!"

"All right."

Red Ponytail shrugged her shoulders. She knew, of course, that with Louise's identity, she could not refuse the princess's commission no matter what. But at least she had to understand her own situation before saying anything. It was one thing to agree to something knowing everything, but it was another thing to nod without knowing anything and being tricked into doing so.

And just like that, the night passed.

But the next day...

"Hurry up, Saber! We'll go when you're ready!"

"It's not even daybreak yet, let me sleep a little longer."

Red Ponytail came out yawning, and when she saw Louise and the horse beside her, she was stunned.

"What is this for?"

"Of course we have to ride horses! This place is not close to Albion. If we don't ride faster, we won't be able to reach our destination in time!"

"...Oh yeah, this is a low-magic world, I forgot about that."

Red Ponytail patted her head, and then she remembered that this world was a low-magic world. No one knew how to fly, let alone teleportation. In comparison, at least there were many people in Emilia who could fly. As for the magicians here, even flying was a luxury for them...

"No need to ride, Louise."

Seeing Louise packing her luggage and preparing to climb onto the horse, Red Ponytail hurriedly grabbed her.

"I have better transportation."

As she spoke, Red Ponytail flipped through her inventory. Hmm... there were naturally a lot of means of transportation that could be used, but it depended on the situation. Generally speaking, in order to avoid causing trouble, Red Ponytail would not use anything that Fang Zheng had used. After all, if someone who knew about it saw them, it would be troublesome to ask about the relationship between the two.

If that’s the case… at this moment, Red Ponytail stopped.

Just choose this one!