Although Tabatha wanted to rush to the palace immediately to avenge her father, she had to give up the idea temporarily. After all, her mother still needed her to take care of her, and...
"It's easy to kill that bastard, then what?"
Red Ponytail spoke while munching on a biscuit.
"Your target of revenge is the king, right? If you kill him, there will be no king in this country. Do you plan to be the king?"
"this……"
Faced with Red Ponytail's words, Tabatha didn't know how to respond for a moment. To be honest, she had never thought of becoming a king, but as Red Ponytail said, this was indeed a problem.
"Charlotte, I think it's your duty."
At this time, Tabatha's mother also spoke.
"You are the legitimate heir to the royal family, and that despicable man assassinated your father and took away the throne. Now is the time for us to take it back."
"But...Mother, I..."
Tabatha frowned, looked at her mother, then at Red Ponytail, who shrugged.
"It doesn't matter if you don't want to be one. It's the same if you let your sister be one."
"Why?"
Hearing this, Tabatha was stunned for a moment.
"Do I have a sister?"
"Well, dear, don't you know?"
"I don't know...Mother?!"
At this point, Tabatha looked at her mother in surprise. After her father died, Tabatha had always thought that she and her mother were the only two people left in the world. But now she knows that she has a younger sister?! What happened? Why didn't her mother tell her?!
“…”
Facing Tabatha's gaze, her mother lowered her head with some embarrassment, then nodded.
"Yes, Tabatha, you do have a sister."
"But why have I never seen her?!"
After getting confirmation from her mother herself, Tabatha couldn't bear it any longer.
"I was supposed to execute your sister, but I couldn't bear to let her die like this, so I sent her to another place..."
"Why must my sister be executed?"
"Because the Gaul royal family once had an experience of internal fighting between twins, so as a rule, we have to..."
"Haha, isn't it the same now?"
Before Tabatha's mother finished speaking, Red Ponytail sneered, and Tabatha's mother lowered her head, not knowing what to say. Indeed, as Red Ponytail said, this rule is useless at all, because didn't the king kill his own brother to take the throne?
"The person who made the rules must be a moron, otherwise he wouldn't have come up with such a stupid method... Never mind, I'll go take a look first. Then, Tabatha, I'll leave this place to you, enjoy it with your mother. As for the king... it's just a matter of killing him with a sword, so we can go whenever we want, no problem."
"Of course, then... Lord God's Messenger?"
"Um?"
"I want to take my mother to Tristin immediately. Although it's hard to say, if we stay here, we might be discovered by the king's spies..."
"No problem, you can go find Anrietta and tell her I agree."
Of course, Red Ponytail had no objection to this. After all, Tristin said that it was safer than Gaul at the moment. If the king found out that Tabatha's mother had regained consciousness, it was unknown what he would do. Although Tabatha himself should have enough power to deal with that guy, it was easier to avoid an open attack than to guard against an arrow from the dark. It would be better to send his mother to a safe place first, and then reunite with his sister, and then it would not be too late to consider the next thing.
It's another night.
The nun with long silver-white hair stood quietly on the edge of the cliff, looking at the sea under the moonlight. Her eyes seemed calm, but a little bored.
Life in the monastery is quiet and peaceful, which is everything to the girl who has lived here since birth.
But...what does it look like outside?
"Are you Josette?"
However, at this moment, suddenly, a sweet and lively voice like a lark sounded, which scared the white-haired girl. She turned her head and was surprised to find a girl who looked younger than her and had flaming twin ponytails sitting on the wall not far away, looking at her with a smile.
"You, who are you? Be careful, it's dangerous, come down quickly!"
Although he was very confused about who the girl in front of him was, Yosette was more concerned about the fact that she was sitting on a high wall. You know, that wall was very high. Someone had accidentally fallen down because of being naughty and got injured. And this girl looked younger than him. If she accidentally fell and got injured...
"Ah, don't be so nervous."
Hearing Yosette's cry, the red-haired girl with twin ponytails giggled, then jumped down from the high wall and stood firmly on the ground before Yosette could even scream.
"Are you okay?"
"This height is nothing to me, but let's get back to the question. Are you Yosette?"
"Yes."
Hearing the red-haired girl's question, Yosette nodded.
"Who are you, little sister? You are not from the monastery... and you don't look like someone who wants to join the monastery."
"This place is too quiet for me."
The girl waved her hand.
"I am the messenger of the Magical Girl God, the righteous Magical Girl Red Ponytail. You can just call me Red."
"Are you a messenger of God?"
Upon hearing this, Josette's eyes lit up, and Red Ponytail giggled.
"I am the messenger of the Magical Girl God. Strictly speaking, I have nothing to do with the great ancestor of your faith."
“Yes, is that so…?”
Josette seemed a little confused by the red ponytail's answer.
"It's too complicated to understand? It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Anyway, I'm here to pick you up."
"Pick me up...?"
"Yes, do you want to leave here? Go back to your home?"
"My home... Little Red Sister, I don't quite understand what you mean."
"yes……"
In response to Yosette's somewhat confused answer, Red Ponytail nodded.
"If someone suddenly appeared in front of me and said this, I would also suspect that they had encountered a kidnapper."
"What is... an abductor?"
"Uh... this explanation is a bit inappropriate for children, so forget it."
Red Ponytail waved her hand and then came to Yosette's side.
"Well, let's chat for a bit... I hope you don't mind."
"chat?"
"Yes, you grew up here, right? Tell me what life is like in a monastery. In exchange, I can tell you something you want to know."
"real?"
Hearing this, Josette's eyes widened.
"Can you tell me what's going on outside?"
"...I thought you would want to ask about your life experience or something... Never mind, it doesn't matter, of course you can."
"Well... let me start by saying that in the monastery, our daily life is very regular..."
Yosette also quickly told Red Ponytail about her life in the monastery. To be honest, if it seemed cruel to an outsider, she was sent to an isolated monastery after birth and lived this kind of life all the time. But in fact, for the person concerned, although this kind of life was dull, there was nothing wrong with it. Except that she could not leave the monastery and go to the outside world, everything else was peaceful.
Of course, the children who have been here since birth are relatively lively, because they don’t understand why they are here - or rather, they don’t even have this concept. And those "nuns from outside" (Yoset's words) have faces full of bitterness and hatred, as if they are carrying the misfortunes of the world.
I really don't know which side is happier.
Looking at the chattering Yosette, Red Ponytail sighed inwardly. According to "common sense", Yosette, who was forced to be separated from her sister and mother and live alone in a monastery, is naturally pitiful.
But looking at the reality, Tabatha lost his father, and then witnessed his mother drinking poisoned wine and losing her mind. After that, he was forced to fight for his father's murderer to protect his mother for several years... At least now, Tabatha can't show an innocent smile like Josette.
So it was a blessing in disguise for Yosette...?
"Well, Xiaohong, it's your turn. What's the world like outside?"
"The world outside... The world outside is so huge..."
Hearing Josette's curious question, Red Ponytail giggled and opened her personal terminal.
"Come, let me show you something good..."
In the next few days, Red Ponytail went to see Yosette every night and listened to Yosette talk about life in the monastery, and then told her what was happening outside, not just this world, but also other worlds, all kinds of different worlds, which made Yosette listen attentively.
But after that, Red Ponytail never mentioned taking Yosette away again. Although Tabatha was a little confused about this, she didn't ask much. In her opinion, the envoy of God must have his own ideas.
A few days later, Red Ponytail suddenly received an invitation from Anrietta. When she entered the palace, she was surprised to find that not only Anrietta and Louise, the Minister of Military Affairs, but also Tabatha were there.
"What's wrong? Judging from your expressions, did you two miss lunch?"
"You are finally here, Lord God's Messenger."
Seeing the red ponytail appear, Anrietta breathed a sigh of relief, then she looked at the Grand Councilor, who then spoke.
"Report to the Lord of God, in fact, this morning we received a letter from the envoy of the King of Gaul."
"Oh, go on."
Red Ponytail nodded without saying anything more, while the Grand Councilor took out the letter and continued speaking.
"The king in the letter claimed that we had sheltered the rebels and demanded that we return the rebels to Gaul immediately. Otherwise, Gaul would use this as an excuse to wage war against us."
"Oh, the king is quite free."
Red Ponytail remained calm, but Louise could no longer remain calm.
"Wait, that's it? This is a war! Aren't you worried?"
"The other party is not playing tricks. In fact, we have received intelligence that Gaul's 70,000 troops are gathering towards our border... We don't know what the king will do."
"Logically speaking, shouldn't I say 'If he wants to fight, then let's fight'? However..."
Red Ponytail narrowed her eyes and looked at the Grand Councilor and Anrietta.
"You don't want to fight, do you?"
"Yes, Lord God's Messenger."
Anrietta nodded.
"To be honest, I sympathize with Miss Tabatha's experience, but... as the queen, I must protect my country. Albion was not mentioned at that time, but now the domestic reform has just begun, and Albion's territory has not yet been completely stabilized. If we start a war at this time, I'm afraid it won't be good."
"Yeah, that's understandable."
Red Ponytail nodded.
"Then let's solve this problem the magical girl way."
"Why?"
Hearing this, everyone was stunned.
"The magic girl's...method?"
"That's right."
Red Ponytail nodded, then she extended her hand.
"Okay, let's sort it out. The king's goal is to harm Tabatha and her mother, right?"
"Yes."
Anrietta was not stupid, so she naturally understood that the other party had bad intentions and even used charges like treason. There was no need to ask what the outcome would be.
"So, Tabatha, you are a magical girl now."
"……Um."
Tabatha nodded.
"Do you think you can defeat an army of 70,000?"
“…”
Tabatha shook her head. Although she had tested her own strength after becoming a magical girl, Tabatha was not arrogant enough to think that she could fight against an army of 70,000.
"So, this king wants to bully people."
Red Ponytail snorted and slammed the table hard.
"This is bullying our magical girls! How can we tolerate this? Of course not! MMP! Tabatha is now a magical girl, and she is protected by the God of Magical Girls and guarded by our Lord. And a mere mortal dares to attack the magical girl who is protected by our Lord? This is not respecting me, not respecting our Lord, and not respecting the magical girls! If I don't beat you up today, you won't know why the flowers are so red!"
Hearing this, everyone was stunned.
"Lord Messenger of God, you, you mean... that we should go to war with Gaul?"
Anrietta asked uneasily, and the red-tailed girl rolled her eyes.
"What war?"
"Why?"
"If the enemy comes to destroy our magical girl's place, we will fight back. This is not a war, it's a fight!"
Having said that, Red Ponytail stood up.
"Come on, Tabatha, Anrietta, don't worry about Gaul and Tristin. This is a matter between us magical girls and the King of Gaul. I'll take you to beat up those 70,000 troops first!"