Chapter 688 The Princess Who Was Captured
After Anne left with a look of doubt on her face, Avis was about to continue drinking tea and reading the newspaper, but at this moment, he suddenly paused.
As Avis moved, Fiona's figure appeared silently in front of the tall arched window of the study.
Today, the girl is wearing a dark blue layered skirt with a white ruffled lining. The gorgeous fabric has a texture that sparkles like thousands of stars, but the hem of the skirt has a piece of white fabric similar to an apron, and the chest is decorated with a black bow ribbon.
The light golden sunlight shone through the stone window onto her, giving her small body a hazy and beautiful halo, like a little princess from a fairy tale.
However, there was a hint of hesitation in the girl's big blue eyes at this moment, as if she was worried about something.
"Dear Lord, what can I do for you?"
Glancing at Fiona's hesitant expression, Avis closed the newspaper and asked considerately.
"Um...is it really okay for us to treat Annie like this?"
With a sigh of relief, Fiona decided to muster up the courage to mention this to Avis.
In fact, Anvis didn't have that many documents to deal with on a normal basis. He had recently just specifically instructed his subordinates to reduce their workload, gather together those more troublesome matters that needed to be dealt with, and give them to Annie to "study".
Fiona was also aware of this, but since it was specially arranged by Anvis, and considering that there might be some deeper meaning behind it, the girl decided to observe for a while.
But recently, Anne's daytime trance has become more and more serious, and Fiona feels a little bit sorry for her.
After all, many things seem simple on the surface, but are actually not easy to deal with, such as the renovation and expansion of territory infrastructure, interest disputes among the people, and the management of foreign affairs.
If she just wanted to get by as a salary thief, then it wouldn't matter if she dealt with it casually. But Anne's original intention was to help Fiona manage the city, so she had to distinguish carefully, and the result was that the workload instantly increased countless times.
She is not like Avis, who appears to be at level five but is actually at level eight. Her daily work consumes a lot of her energy.
As a true fifth-level professional, he worked intensively without sleep for a month. Even with Avis's considerate supply of recovery potions, his physical fitness could withstand it, but he would be mentally exhausted.
"I understand your thoughts, my Lord, but this is a process that Adjutant Anne will have to go through sooner or later."
Hearing Fiona's question, Avis raised his eyebrows slightly and his expression became serious.
"After all, I can't stay by your side forever. When I leave, Miss Anne will take my place and help you govern the territory as the new city lord's adjutant.
Ms. Anne is loyal enough to you, but her personal qualities need to be improved. Therefore, before leaving, I will try my best to let Miss Anne learn and master enough experience in managing the city.
The process may be painful, but I can assure her that it will not cause any permanent damage.”
"I understand, brother... Lieutenant Boli, are you leaving?"
However, after listening to Avis' explanation, Fiona's first focus was not on Anne, but on the desire to leave revealed in Avis' words, and her eyes instantly revealed reluctance.
"I'm not planning on leaving for now, but who can be sure of what the future will hold."
Shaking his head, Avis comforted the girl with a smile and successfully diverted her attention.
After Fiona left, Avis randomly pulled out a few documents from the pile that Annie had processed, glanced at them, and felt that there was nothing wrong with them. So he waved his hand and sent the documents to his subordinates according to their categories, letting them handle them on their own.
After all, it was to "exercise" Anne's abilities. Even if there were any mistakes in her handling of the matter, she would have to bear the consequences and find a way to solve them on her own.
"Hmm... has it started yet?"
After seeing Annie and Fiona off, Avis, who was about to continue slacking off, suddenly felt something and stopped for the second time.
The thread of fate that he had been paying attention to suddenly fluctuated, which meant that the opportunity he had been waiting for for the Yellow Book to leave Landon had finally arrived. . ….…. "What did you say? Paola is missing?!"
At the same time, Landon, who was communicating with someone through a crystal ball, suddenly heard the bad news and couldn't help but exclaimed.
In the past, with the help of Dark Crow, when he was disguised as the seventh-level spellcaster White Crow, he had an ambiguous cooperative relationship with Princess Paola of the Black Feather Kingdom.
At that time, when Landon sneaked into the restricted area of the Black Feather Palace to search for a treasure, his identity was accidentally exposed by the princess. However, Princess Paola did not expose him, but covered for him, allowing him to succeed without any danger and leave safely.
In return for helping him, Landon served as Princess Paola's personal guard for a period of time.
Princess Paola is the youngest princess of King Black Feather. Although the king loves her very much, she is still young and powerless. In addition, the old King Black Feather's health has been getting worse recently, and many of his brothers are eyeing her covetously, so her situation is very bad.
While serving as her personal bodyguard, Landon helped her resolve several crises, and served as a bridge to help her secretly establish contact with the resistance, allowing her to gain the power to protect herself.
Paola was very grateful for Landon's help, and Landon took good care of her as if she were his own sister.
The news of Paola's disappearance came from the rebels who stayed in the Black Feather Kingdom. They had been specifically instructed by Landon to keep an eye on Paola's situation for him.
After receiving the news, Landon immediately contacted the federal resistance forces and commissioned them to investigate Paola's whereabouts.
According to the results of the rebels' emergency investigation, many clues point to the seventeenth prince, Otmo Black Feather.
Prince Altmer is different from Paola. He is one of the most powerful princes and has outstanding talents. He is regarded by many nobles as a candidate for the next Black Feather King.
It just so happened that the old King Heiyu was seriously ill recently, and many princes and princesses were busy fighting for power. No one cared about the disappearance of the youngest princess. After all, it saved them the effort of doing it themselves.
Just as Lanton was thinking about how to save people, he unexpectedly received a letter from Prince Altmer.
The gist of the letter was, "Princess Paola is in my hands. If you want her to be safe, you can exchange her with the book in your hand." At the end of the letter was the specific location and method of exchange.
After receiving the letter, Landon immediately prepared to set off for the Black Feather Kingdom.
"Are you crazy? Landon, do you know what the book in your hand means? It is your true hope for rising! Now you are going to risk losing it just to save a woman!?"
The crow's roar of disbelief sounded in Lanton's mind. It could not understand Lanton's decision.
But after listening to what Landon said, Dark Crow finally fell silent.
"I will not abandon anyone around me, Lord Dark Crow. If you encounter a similar dangerous situation in the future, no matter how great the cost, I will choose to save you without hesitation."
There was an inexplicable light flashing in his dark eyes. Facing the light golden sunlight, Landon grinned. The smile was so bright that even Dark Crow felt it was a little dazzling.
(End of this chapter)
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