Snowstorm in Zalambra (2)

The process of sneaking into the Spring Palace was unexpectedly smooth.

Spring Festival is a grand annual festival in the Zalambra Empire, and foreign envoys will send people to celebrate according to tradition. Even though the situation is tense at this time, Chuone also sent diplomats to go.

Aura inserted Alex and others into the diplomat's attendant team, and when entering the country or even the harem, they secretly gave a few rubies (Salambula currency) to the guards, and they would just do it perfunctorily and not even look at the attendants.

The day before Spring Festival.

Wu Rui did not enter the palace for the time being. He was nominally sent out to purchase necessary supplies, but in fact he was investigating intelligence in the city.

Cheryl and Bibi Dai disguised themselves as maids and followed the diplomat as he dealt with officials from Zalambra, which was another task assigned by Aura.

Alex and Inger disguised themselves as cart pushers and wandered around the castle, seemingly looking for a warehouse to store the gifts, but actually looking for a place to stay.

There were too many spies at the diplomat's residence and it was not suitable for them to talk.

Although passers-by saw two strangers, they did not suspect anything because the castle had been too busy recently.

Finally, they locked onto a side hall called Green Bean Palace.

According to their inquiries, this is the residence of the deceased imperial concubine, and it seems that no one has lived there for a long time. There are actually several palaces like this in Chun Palace, but this palace has the best location. It is remote, and there are windows facing the garden. Although the distance is relatively far, it is a good location for long-range sniping.

However, when we got closer and asked around, we discovered that there seemed to be a princess living in the palace.

*"Princess?"

* "It seems to be the youngest one. He has never come out. I don't know if he is dead or not. Go away! I have to be busy!"

*"Sister, do you know who is the maid who takes care of the princess?"

* "It seems to be Vera. She went to help out at the Queen's Hall and she probably won't be back for several days!"

* “Yes, thank you.”

Alex walked to the corner and whispered to Inger, "What should we do?"

"The neglected princess is not very old, and her servants are not around. Just make her dizzy."

"This...is not a good idea..."

"We won't do anything to her. The other palaces are in bad locations. It's too late to ask around now."

Alex smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, you put her to sleep, and we can use her palace."

They passed through the deserted corridor and came to the princess's room, but saw that the door was open.

They looked at each other and carefully went in to take a look around.

"No one's here?"

"Just go out and play. It will save you a lot of trouble."

"I'll go back and ask Cheryl and Bibi to come here to gather the information. You go and deliver the letter to Wu Rui."

But Inger was a little concerned about the layout of the room and the potted plants facing the window.

"Don't you think this is a little strange?"

"It's very dark. Is it because the curtains are so thick?"

"Not only that. The plants in these pots on the ground are all varieties that are suitable for growing in warm areas and bear fruit in spring and summer... but now it looks like they have just borne fruit..."

"You look very carefully."

However, they couldn't come up with an answer, so they both went out. On the way, they met guards and wanted to push the cart past, but they encountered unbearable scenes.

Alex's fist was about to rush over, and Inger quickly cast an invisibility and soundproofing magic circle for both of them.

Alex stared at him.

Inger shook his head quietly at him, veins popping out on his hands that were pressing on him.

Alex took a breath and picked up a few small pieces of gravel from the ground.

This time Inger did not stop him.

"Bang!"

*“Ahhh! Who!” A guard was hit in the butt by a stone. The force made him feel that his bones were broken. He stopped punching and kicking the girl.

*“Aaaaaaaaaah!”

Another guard had a stone pierced through his head while committing violence.

The people next to them screamed. The girl below stared at the ceiling of the corridor with empty eyes.

But the person who did it could not be seen.

The other guards saw this and shouted in horror. Their strongest was only a second-level knight.

Naturally, no one responded.

The remaining people saw that more and more people were coming to watch the fun and they did not dare to cause trouble during the Spring Festival.

They had no choice but to capture the girls, drag away the dead bodies of the guards, and flee in panic.

On the other side, Nineveh, who was hiding in the bushes and witnessed the whole process, had a bright light flashing in her pink eyes.

She couldn't see who did it, but she knew someone must have done it.

She tiptoed quietly around the bushes, wanting to go in and take a look.

*"who!"

A hand pulled up the collar of her neck, and her black-painted prescription glasses fell to the ground.

Ninifer's heart skipped a beat at first, and then she saw a familiar face.

She often saw a handsome black-haired boy of about twenty years old, dressed in a formal knight's outfit.

Ninifer hugged him in surprise.

*"Tes! I found you!"

Tels patted her on the back, but his expression was not very good. He signaled the people behind him to leave for the time being and said, "Princess, why did you come out at this time?"

Ninifu noticed that the people behind him were not looking at her with good intentions, so she said, "I saw that you haven't come back for a long time, and you haven't contacted me. I'm worried about you, Tels."

Tels showed a guilty look: "I'm sorry, Princess, I'm...not easy to get away from here recently, but it will be soon. Do you remember what I told you?"

*"……remember."

Tels picked her up.

At twelve years old, Ninifer was still thin enough to fit in one arm's embrace.

Tels quickly took her back to the room.

She had just come out of the room.

She was a little sad.

Tels put her on a small stool, wiped her face, and said distressedly: "Princess, don't be sad. I know you must have spent a lot of courage and determination to come out, but it will not be in vain. Just think of it as a rehearsal for the future, okay?"

Ninifer opened her mouth.

* “Tells, I know what you’re going to do. I don’t like that guy, but I support you.”

Tels looked at her and did not treat her as an ignorant child. He stretched out a hand and wrapped around Nineveh's fist.

* "Then I will once again promise to the princess, no, I will swear to Ninif."

*"Um."

* “You are a smart girl. When everything is over, I will come to pick you up and take you to see the new world outside.”

* "...Well, we'll meet in the new world out there."

Ninife swung her legs and repeated their agreement without objection. She watched Tels leave and saw him close the door like everyone else, leaving herself in this room.

After closing the door, Tels took two steps forward, turned around again, and raised his sword.

Ninifer heard the noise outside and ran to the door.

Tels slashed through the crack in the door with his sword.

Flames rose from his sword.

The heat melted the metal of the door.

The metal melted together, along with the switch.

In order to prevent someone from breaking in during the chaos, Telles made a decision.

This room facing the corridor also has no windows. The windows near the outer wall are difficult for ordinary people to climb, and no knight would spend the effort to break into a closed side hall.

The room was fully equipped with daily necessities. Tels also knew Ninif's abilities.

He stood by the door and said, "Don't be afraid, Princess. I will come to pick you up. Before that, don't let anyone in, and don't let anyone out."

After saying this, he didn't hear any response, so he made up his mind and left.

Inger and Alex, who followed them back using an invisibility circle, looked at each other.

Of course they knew this person.

"That person is...Telus Nabuchi, right?"

"Yes, that's him."

Inger learned from his previous lesson and now always activates the soundproofing array at the same time when he activates the invisibility array.

So the sound of their conversation would not be heard.

This man was one of the leaders of the November Revolution in Zalambra.

The main leader of the revolution was his uncle, Andrenon Nabuchi, who was also one of their main targets for assassination.

Inger's hand pressed against the door.

Naturally, they also saw the appearance of the little princess in Ters' arms.

【Albinos...】

Alex folded his hands and said, "I didn't expect there was such a connection."

Inger said, "Let's call someone over first. This room should be safe."

But he frowned again.

He had never seen this girl in the comics. Was she dead or was she hidden by Tels?

Wu Rui exhaled and took off his gloves: "Is this it?"

Cheryl excitedly hugged the long strip wrapped tightly in front of her chest and said, "Ah, I can't wait any longer. You know I didn't dare to say anything before, I didn't dare to breathe, I was suffocating!"

Inger raised his hand: "Pah!"

Bibidai was wearing a Saran maid outfit and a wig, which was not at all inappropriate. He said with dead eyes, "*Qunie swears** a bunch of swears* Touch my butt, touch my legs. I held back today, but tomorrow I want to kill one more person, okay?"

Uri: "What?! Cheryl! Are you okay?"

Cheryl: "Huh? What's wrong with me? Nothing? I'll chop off the hand of anyone who dares to touch me, okay?"

Alex doubled over trying to hold back his laughter.

Inger said helplessly, "Okay, stop laughing, I can't stand it any longer. Now decide, do you want to go in or not?"

A group of people stood in front of the empty, welded door. His double array of soundproofing and invisibility had continued until now.

"There's no one here, is it necessary to be so cautious?" Bibidai pouted.

Inger: "It is better to be safe than sorry."

Cheryl: "Here it comes, what a wonderful metaphor."

Wu Rui also laughed and said, "You are terrible at classical literature, but you always come up with some weird metaphors."

Inger: “…………”

Alex: “Hahahahahahahaha.”

Bibi Dai: "Now that you're here, why don't you go in and ask a question?"

Inger sighed and tapped the ground with his wand.

A group of people were teleported into the room.

The book fell from Ninifer's lap.

She opened her mouth wide and looked at the group of uninvited guests who suddenly appeared.

* “How did you get in?”

Inger looked at Alex: "Let her sleep?"

Alex raised his hand and smiled: "Maybe we can get some information from her."

Inger was skeptical: "A child?"

Ninif stood up and nervously grasped the strap of her bag. "Foreigners? Did you get in the wrong way? How did you get in?" (Esperanto)

Ingelqui asked, "This is Esperanto. This child knows Esperanto but not Chuune?"

Alex: "You are amazing. You actually understood some of it."

Alex knows Zalamblan, which he learned in his previous life. Inger learned Zalamblan in school, and because of his good memory, he has learned most of it, but he can't speak it very well yet.

"I heard the professor mention it in my language class, so I went to learn about it. It's very difficult to learn Esperanto, and I only understood a few words... You ask, maybe this kid really knows something."

Alex half-knelt down, looking at the little girl at eye level, and said in a gentle and friendly manner and fluent Sarambula: "Your Highness, we are sorry to bother you. We would like to visit your room and chat with you. Can we have a few cups of tea?"

Anyone who sees this face and this expression will unconsciously relax, not to mention that she can clearly see that the person who sees it has no bad intentions, otherwise she would have died long ago. She smiled and said: "Wait a minute, I'll make tea for you."

Because this room was seldom visited, the tea set had been covered in dust for a long time and it took her a while to clean it.

The five of them found a random seat and sat down.

Although the cold palace is desolate, it is fully furnished with furniture that is old but not shabby, and it can be seen that it has been well maintained.

Inger pinched the window curtains and bed curtains, feeling their thickness and light-blocking power, and said to Alex who was approaching, "That child is albino."

"Huh? What is albinism?"

[…Well, albinism had not been discovered at this time.]

"It's a disease that causes a lack of pigmentation in the body... Her hair is all white, see, and her eyes are because of this. This disease makes her afraid of light, so there are these in this room."

"So that's how it is. Then what about these potted plants on the ground?"

"I just checked and there is no trace of magic on it."

* “Sorry for the long wait!”

Ninif came out with some tea and made a cup for each of them.

Inside are pine needles, the same kind you pick from the pine trees outside.

After Inger cast a spell to extract the poison, everyone drank it as usual.

Ninifu was a little excited as it was her first time to entertain guests as a host. She pretended to be calm and said: "What do you want to ask me?"

(When talking to one's own people, they speak Chuñe, and when talking to the Zalambula people, they speak Zalambula. The Zalambula people also speak to each other in Zalambula.)

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Esperanto is an artificial language invented by Polish Jewish ophthalmologist Dr. Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof on July 26, 1887 based on the Indo-European language family.

(Here we use the concept of a man-made world language for communication. This means that there is also a language created by man in this world for international communication.)