Chapter 150: Lanqi will hunt a count for you
Lanqi, Hyperion and the princess were sitting on both sides of the long oak table in the middle of the bedroom.
Their eyes met on the three pages of paper on the table, as if the secrets of the entire Kremer Empire were hidden between those pages.
It was late at night, and the outside world was so quiet that it seemed to be forgotten. Only this room was isolated from the torrent of time.
The fear that was about to drown Alexia faded away with the disappearance of the great love poet. She took a deep breath as if she had emerged from the bottom of the sea, and was finally able to control her emotions.
a long time.
"I believe in the accuracy of your intelligence, but... who are you?"
Princess Alexia's eyes were tense, her lips were slightly stiff, and her words were filled with an indescribable nervousness.
"I'm an ecologist, currently working on a project about vampires."
Lanqi's eyes were as sharp as a knife, and every word he said was solemn as if it carried weight.
Although he can join Ikerit Academy with his status as a platinum-level card maker, he still has a long way to go if he wants to be promoted to the principal.
Currently, the post of the principal of Ikerita College is vacant. Professor Bolao, the dean of the School of Magic, has no interest in power. The dean of the School of Knights has just retired and is being rehired. Loren, the dean of the School of Sages, has to take on the role of high priest of the Church of the Goddess of Fate and does not have much time. The dean of the School of Alchemy has been involved in lawsuits all year round due to copyright infringement disputes with his newspaper and may be sent to jail at any time.
To become the president of such a top-notch school, reputation in the academic world is essential, because the school is not only affiliated with the Kingdom of Hutton, but is also the official certified and highest-level direct institution of the South Continent Shadow World Management Association and the South Continent Kingdom United Parliament. With many powers and conveniences, the requirements are naturally extremely high.
One of the most difficult ones was being required to have a paper that was rated as having the highest level of academic value in the southern continent.
Looking at the entire Ikerite Academy, there are only a handful of professors who meet this condition, which shows how difficult it is.
So the most difficult academic research that Lanqi can think of at the moment is "On Ecological Balance and Vampire Governance".
He was not sure whether this topic would be recognized by the academic community in the southern continent.
But this is the attitude that should be adopted when doing academic research, wholeheartedly and striving for the highest level of excellence.
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Alexia had never heard of an ecologist who could control the vampires.
Hyperion was secretly glancing at Lanci, her eyelids twitching wildly, feeling that this guy was going to do something big again!
The project of searching for stone tablets in the northern continent scheduled for the winter vacation has not yet begun, but he has already planned the next step of researching the ecological and environmental issues of the Kreming Empire!
You really, if you don't become the principal, no one else is qualified to be the principal.
Moreover, by then, even if Hyperion doesn't want to involve Lanch in the Duke's mystery, Lanch himself will be involved in the center of the dispute in the Cremorne Empire!
After hearing Lanqi's answer, Alexia thought he was joking. She pondered for a moment and asked again: "What is your relationship with the vampires?"
Alexia's nerves were tense with a certain alertness.
This young man knows too many secrets.
There are only two possibilities.
Or, he is a lackey of the vampires.
Or, he is the mortal enemy of the vampires.
First of all, Alexia was sure that Lanci could not be a vampire. Vampires were the easiest race to identify because they would become weak directly under the sunlight, and at noon they would even be weakened to only one tenth of their strength. It was impossible for them to be as energetic as Lanci in the sun during the day.
But Alexia couldn't tell whether Lanqi was a vampire family member! Compared to believing that he had an ability of prophecy that was too extraordinary, a more reasonable explanation was that Lanqi, who knew the vampires very well, was originally a member of the vampires! "It's okay, tomorrow you will know what the relationship between me and the vampires is."
Lanqi spread his hands helplessly, as if he understood Princess Alexia's concerns.
Indeed, his source of information is inexplicable.
But it doesn't matter.
The answer to the question raised by the princess can be proven to her tonight.
"Tomorrow... even if you know more, what's the point?"
The energy that Princess Alexia had originally mustered seemed to be pulled back to the cruel reality by Ranchi's brief words and disappeared completely.
If she had met Lanqi outside the shadow world, perhaps she would have tried to grasp this glimmer of hope and struggled to the end.
But in this shadow world where death is inevitable, it is a foregone conclusion that everyone will die at the hands of the seventh-level vampire count.
Even if all the challengers risked their lives, there was no chance that they could survive until the sixth dawn under the Earl.
“…”
Lanqi's hands tapped lightly on the table, the sound echoed in the quiet room, breaking the silence of the night.
He seemed to be thinking about something at the moment.
"You are so scared by a mere vampire earl. If all the royal family members of the Krewe Empire are like you, it's no wonder that the country was taken over so easily."
Finally Lanqi spoke.
Hyperion looked at Lanqi in surprise.
She had never seen Lanci say such mean things to a girl.
However.
After hearing Lanqi's words, Alexia started moving again like a puppet with a spring pulled.
She stared at Lanqi with red eyes, as if the most uncompromising part of her heart had been touched.
"You... can say that I am a useless princess... but you are not allowed to insult the Krewe Empire!"
There were tears in her eyes, which was her last bit of stubbornness.
She had clearly given up, but for some reason, she just couldn't let go of some things.
"Don't you think there's no tomorrow? Then what's there to fight for?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Lanqi looked at her as if she had restarted, and smiled with relief.
"You must remember the charge of insulting the royal family. I will never forget it..."
Alexia kept wiping her tears and warning Lanqi.
"Then I'll wait for you to sue me. I'll let you see what Pizza Hut in the Southern Continent is like."
Lanqi said with a frank smile.
"Then you should go and kill this earl first! He is just a boastful guy."
"What would you say if I really hunted this vampire count?"
"Then let's do whatever you say. It's impossible for you to do it anyway."
“…”
Although Hyperion, who was standing by, thought that Ranchi's childish tone was constantly mocking Princess Alexia, it seemed that it was these words that constantly aroused the stubborn will in Alexia's heart.
Even Alexia herself, whose desire to survive had been awakened unknowingly, did not notice it.
"good."
Lanqi smiled and stood up, pushing the chair back under the table. The sound of the wooden chair legs rubbing against the stone floor echoed in the spacious room.
Then he and Hyperion walked towards the bedroom door.
There is no need for the princess to join the battle against the Earl tonight, or it would be better to let the world see that "the princess is never trusted by all the other challengers, and blocking the vampires has nothing to do with her."
After all, she still had to return to the Krelian Empire and spend some time with the vampires.
It would be difficult to deal with if we aroused the vampires' vigilance and suspicion.
Lanqi closed the bedroom door for Alexia.
"Please have a good night's rest, Princess. I promise that the sun will rise tomorrow as usual."
The door was slowly closed, and through the gradually shrinking gap, his face was gradually covered by the door along with his voice.
Alexia stared at the locked door and Lanqi's disappearing figure in a trance.
However, the promise Lanqi made before leaving seemed like an unfulfilled lie.
But for some reason, she felt a raging fire burning in her chest even though she was about to give up.
She looked out the window.
When the stars are dim, it seems to indicate that the night will be long.
If I can really see the sunrise tomorrow.
How much worse is the person who can give her this dawn than the sun?
"Save me... no matter what kind of sun you are..."
Alexia murmured as she looked at the cage-like night sky as if praying.
(End of this chapter)