At that time, the emperor had not yet fallen into sleep and the little swan had not yet been born. She fell into deep remorse because of her friend's voluntary death.

For her, that period was indeed a rare time when she didn't want to pay attention to anything.

She was so absorbed in playing around and learning skills in the palace that she didn't pay attention to many things.

but……

The time period mentioned by Heisen is too special.

It was so special that she made the association at the first moment.

"Is it related to Mad King Rudelson?"

Heisen nodded and said, "Others may not reveal the inside story, but as one of Enser's secret agents, you should know something about it."

"The Mad King's reinterpretation of the Book of the Dead was not intended to create an army of the living dead."

"On the contrary, forming an army of the living dead means that his original plan has failed."

"The New Book of the Dead hopes to create a kind of advanced creature that lives in the shadow plane, which is what you call a cursed spirit."

Heisen put down the empty bottle and pushed the beer glass in front of Lumi, motioning her to fill it up.

Lumi snorted, "Won't it fall down on its own?"

Haisen said without any concern: "Isn't it inconvenient for me to drink because I'm old now?"

"Boring, you're almost promoted to Legend."

She said that, but she poured him a drink anyway.

Haisen took the wine glass happily, muttering "Only beautiful wine can't be wasted", drank it all in a few gulps, then held the wine glass reluctantly and said: "The Mad King hopes that the Curse Spirit will have unwavering loyalty and the courage to face death."

"Of course, there is the most important point."

"The essence of the cursed spirits must be entangled with the master they swore allegiance to."

"In this way, even if there is no resurrection ceremony for the King of the Undead, the cursed spirits will draw strength from the shadow of their master and revive again after being destroyed by the enemy."

"As long as the master is immortal, they will have eternal life and the ability to revive infinitely."

"In fact, many people suspect that the Mad King and his Rudelson organization had already completed the theoretical basis of the Curse Spirit, but they just didn't have time to create a real Curse Spirit..."

He burped.

No matter how powerful the cursed spirit is, it cannot withstand a mighty man like the emperor.

They just rushed forward and beat their lord into a Rudelson-like state.

The head maid fell into deep thought.

"Why did His Highness Louis mention the cursed spirit? Did he get any clues about the cursed spirit from him?"

In a trance, she remembered what Louis said when he said goodbye.

…

"Olivia, please do not turn into a cursed spirit, or I will spread the flames of war throughout the world until all living things are killed."

…

"This is no joke. I think I really have the ability to do this kind of thing."

…

Subconsciously, Lumi shuddered.

She just smiled when she heard it and didn't say much.

But now she suddenly had a feeling that His Royal Highness Louis didn't seem to be joking.

——After all, she knew that Louis once used the alias of Adventurer Caesar and let his slime devour the grimoire of "New Book of the Dead".

With the Mad King's strength, who can guarantee that there is no back-up plan?

Maybe Your Highness really inherited the Mad King's knowledge.

"Looks like there's one more reason to protect our little goose."

But the next moment, Lumi's expression changed a little.

"Wait, why is it our little goose and not Beatrice-sama?"

Lumi, you successfully got it wrong.

Your Highness Louis, what do you want to do to our little swan? God have mercy on me.

When Louis said this, his original intention was to test whether Cygnet was reborn from the IF line in which he destroyed the world.

Who would have thought that Lumi would have such a big misunderstanding.

And what is our protagonist Louis doing?

He was in the Prince's Palace, thinking about a very serious problem.

Question about Little Swan.

After thinking about it carefully, it seems that the things that Little Swan did in this life are indeed quite different from what is recorded in the diary.

After all, although Beatrice had arranged for people to train the original owner in the original future, it did not seem to be in the name of the prince's trial.

Previously, he thought that it was because his resistance to the "Sin of Greed" was recognized by Beatrice that he unlocked the path to becoming a true prince.

But looking back now, Little Swan was too diligent in the Prince's Trial.

There's a ghost!

Moreover, in the original timeline, Little Swan seemed to have been unable to break free from the curse on his body.

So much so that after the original owner usurped the throne and banned Operation Little Swan for 10 years, she was almost always asleep.

But why was the curse lifted in this life? But she was not the kind of person who could hide her thoughts.

But after that test just now, Louis was sure that the little swan's laughter from the bottom of his heart was real.

Then it is very likely that Little Swan is not from the IF line where he led the Cursed Legion and raised the battle flag to the whole world.

However, there was no record of the poisoning of Kino's son Rhine Kain in the original Future Diary.

If Little Swan was really reborn from the original time and space, how did she get the news?

He temporarily put this matter on the back of his mind.

Regardless of whether Little Swan is a reborn person or not, her purpose is consistent with her own.

Protecting Beatrice was their common goal.

…

Louis temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart, read for a while, and then fell into a deep sleep.

In a trance.

Louis had a dream.

In his dream, he was taken to the guillotine again.

This time, he was so strong that he easily broke free from the guards.

Just as he was about to run away, the noise and laughter below the guillotine disappeared in an instant.

When he looked down, he saw the citizens of Tino standing there.

On the ground.

On the rooftop.

Next to the shop.

Passing by the carriage window.

…

All of the people suddenly turned their heads and stared at the two of them meaningfully. The corners of their mouths under their empty eyes were strangely raised, and... exactly the same.

A creepy feeling spread throughout my body.

Then, he felt his body temperature slowly dropping and his consciousness gradually faded away.

It was as if he was being sucked into deep water, and the pain of drowning was taking away everything from him.

It feels like...

ah……

It was like being on the guillotine without your head.

Just as he was falling into unspeakable pain, he seemed to hear a voice coming from afar.

“Stop now!”

"Louis, don't sleep!"

"It's coming!"

A strong chill made his body tremble. He suddenly stood up from the bed and realized that he was covered in cold sweat.

Suddenly, there was a bolt of lightning outside the window, and then in this deep winter, cold rain began to fall.

He turned his eyes away from himself, and then he called out without hesitation: "William."

Suddenly, a dark blue streak of lightning fell over the dark city.

The next second, amidst the slight vibration, Louis heard William's puzzled voice:

"Your Highness?"

Louis opened the window and saw William standing downstairs in the snow, wearing light pink pajamas and holding a shield-shaped pillow.

I don't know when the fear and anxiety in my heart disappeared.

After thinking for a moment, he went downstairs and welcomed William in.

"Your Highness, did you notice anything unusual? I was just about to use [Teleport]."

[Teleport], a skill exclusive to Iron Guard.

The effect is to use the etheric plane as a transit platform to forcibly swap positions between him and the person he needs to protect.

At this time, William was holding a shield pillow in his left hand and a huge iron shield in his right hand, looking around calmly.

If you ignore the macho pink pajamas he's wearing, his dedicated attitude still looks pretty reliable.

but……

"puff……"

The corners of William's mouth were a little stiff, and he didn't dare to turn around to look at his master's current expression.

The Iron Guard's core skills are quite powerful.

[Shift] can be used twice a day, and can switch the positions of Iron Guards, teammates, and enemies.

Louis doesn’t know the distance, but it is certain that William can use this skill wherever he is in Tino City.

[Iron Guard is Here] can directly teleport the Iron Guard to the teammate marked by the Iron Guard, but it takes 3-4 seconds.

William used this skill to teleport directly to Louis.

If he had not checked during the transmission that the [Immune to All Damage] he had hung on Louis was not activated, he would probably have given up the [Teleportation] directly.

Louis said somewhat embarrassedly:

"I just suddenly felt a strong sense of insecurity, so I called you directly."

But it was obvious that this caused William a little trouble.

Seeing as he was barefoot and wearing macho pink pajamas, I was afraid that when he teleported over, he would only have time to grab a shield.

"No, you did it right. There's a smell of some kind of curse lingering on you. It seems a bit like a mental attack."

"But it's strange that the spell I cast on you to make you immune to all damage didn't activate."

"I just checked, and the Raven Guards protecting you didn't notice anything unusual."

"I have asked someone to go home and get the armor. Your Highness, please let me guard outside the door tonight."

Louis nodded, still feeling a little frightened.

Keep a steady hand, safety is the most important thing.

…

【Location: Outer city area, civilian area】

A man in black robe looked at the broken creature on the altar in confusion and spat out a mouthful of blood with a "wow".

“Ah! Ahhhhhh~”

"Why is this happening? This is the Pus of the Abyss bestowed by the Four Gods, the highest-level spellcasting material!"

"Why would the spell fail when I use high-level Abyss magic to curse a level 5 hero?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"No, we can't stay any longer."

"You only have one chance to cast the spell. If you don't leave now..."

"It will be too late if you don't leave now, brother." An old and somewhat teasing voice came, "Brother, your skin is thicker than the devil I poked some time ago."

The man in black robe looked down at the azure lightning blade that pierced through his chest from behind, and a trace of despair flashed in his eyes.

But he couldn't even spit out a mouthful of blood, and could only make strange noises like "Ugh uh uh ah..."

The lightning blade not only paralyzed his entire body, but also burned his insides into charcoal.

He shuddered with a fear he had never felt before.

"Why, why did the Iron Guards come so quickly?"

"Brother, you talk too much."

The blue lightning blade rotated 45 degrees inside his body and cut the black-robed man in half with a horizontal cut.

"Go to hell and meet your master, lackey of the abyss."

The dim room was silent.

Suddenly, there was a sound of heavy footsteps, and a cold female voice came:

"Sir Rudolf, this is the last one."

In the swaying light and shadow, the man in black robe raised his head with his last bit of strength, and then saw a pair of reflective lenses in the backlight.

"Hahahaha, Qian girl, if there are any omissions, they will definitely not appear in the area I am responsible for."

"You know, the Emperor is above!"

If Louis was at the scene at this time, he would definitely be surprised by the two people there.

One of them is the female official Akane who follows behind Beatrice and gives people a sense of insignificance most of the time.

The other person was the legendary Iron Guard who guarded him when he went to the Smoky Mountains to negotiate with the Sapphire Dragon couple, and was William's grandfather.

The two did not stay long.

Qian said, "Let's go, the spies have been cleaned up almost, and the rest will be left to the Dark Crow."

So the two of them left the room.

Everything was quiet again.

a long time.

Akane's figure reappeared in the room, muttering, "He's really dead. I thought the Paragon 8th level would have some backup plan."

Then a blue flame burst out from her body, directly engulfing the corpse, leaving only a charred trail on the ground.

After doing all this, she left contentedly.

After a long while, a sound of twisting muscles was heard in the silent room.

Accompanied by the sound of tentacles breaking, a twisted figure struggled frantically on the ground.

He spat out a black parchment scroll from his mouth.

The man in black robe tried hard to use his tongue as a pen tip to write lines of bloody words on the paper.

[The Emperor's Iron Guard has taken action. It's Rudolf of the Imperial Wall]

[Enther is a big scam. The Emperor is not asleep at all. He is just waiting for the fish to take the bait.]

[It has been confirmed that Rudelson was being hunted down by the Knights of the Setting Sun, and it was the work of the Imperial Fox Beatrice]

[Immediately give up supporting Rudelson to avoid getting into trouble]

[All problems with the underground ruins are pushed onto Tzeentch's followers, leaving Unther to fight them head-on]

[Don't look back! Don't look back! Tino City is still a restricted area! ]

After writing this paragraph, he vomited blood again.

But he couldn't help but smile:

"You damned Empire Wall, no matter how powerful you are, you still have to eat my shit."

"You still want to hide this from us and let us fall into your trap? Haha, as long as we don't leave our lair, no matter how powerful your emperor is, you can't attack our lair, right?"

"What a pity, my body is too badly damaged to go back. Ah, I really want to smell the fragrance of the Supreme Forest again."

Just as he was happy that he had completed the mission and was feeling sad about his impending death, suddenly, a joyful voice came from the empty room.

"Have you finished writing? Once you're done, you can hit the road!"

A blue flame engulfed his stunned body, and the pain of death could not stop him from cursing:

"Human, you plotted against me!"

In the shadows, Qian, wearing armor, walked out and crushed his neck with one foot: "How can you say it's a plot? What kind of shit do you want to get involved in in the High Forest? Are you a troublemaker?"

"Secret Guard, read the remaining information in his mind."

(End of this chapter)