"Because the time agreed with the team is the afternoon two days later, the team should still be resting in Maple Leaf Town, so we can only walk back by ourselves."
A teacher wiped his face, which had been slashed with a slender gash.
"In this attack, we lost a total of six royal guards and one school teacher. Most of them were damaged on the side of the mountain road. Fortunately... most of the young masters and ladies are safe."
"Yes, yes, thanks to classmate Wayne this time!"
"Classmate Wayne is really solid and reliable..."
Everyone in the Lily Club was full of praise for Wayne's performance.
Wayne noticed that the guards standing far away had expressions of sadness on their faces.
The students within the shield were fine, but the rest of the guards accompanying them suffered heavy losses.
"...Teachers and old guards have also tried their best." He said slightly sadly.
After thinking about it, Chris took the initiative and said, "I will explain it to my father and give you more generous rewards."
Hearing what she said, Geli immediately responded: "After returning to the royal capital, the Edgeworth family will also provide additional pensions."
As if reminded by their words, the others also started to donate generously.
The other two teachers temporarily cleaned Raphael's wounds with water, and then used wood magic to make a simple stretcher. The guards were about to step forward to lift it up, but were stopped by Raphael.
"Wait, wait...I still have something to say."
His face was pale, and his voice was extremely weak.
"I have something to say to Miss Sophia Patrick." He finished the sentence almost word for word with great effort.
Senior Sister Sophia was startled.
Then she looked away and said, "If you have anything to do, let's wait until you recover from your injury..."
"no!"
Raphael suddenly became impatient. "Without a doctor, I don't even know if my injury can last until I return to the capital... Besides, my injury is so serious..."
His entire right chest was penetrated, so he was lucky not to die on the spot.
"So...I must say this now."
As if they had a premonition of something, everyone else around them held their breath slightly and listened quietly.
Chris could not help but nervously hold Wayne's hand next to her.
——It seems that he can't help but want to express his true feelings.
Wayne silently stared at the scene in front of him that could be called a famous painting.
Under the moonlight, the young man who was seriously injured and half lying on a stretcher looked up at the girl standing beside him, his eyes full of longing and expectation.
In this situation that feels like parting between life and death, can Sophia have the heart to reject the other party's infatuation?
Raphael opened his mouth to speak.
"Senior Raphael!" Sofia suddenly interrupted what he was about to say.
I saw her take a deep breath.
"I have always respected senior. To me, senior, you are like my older brother..."
Time and space seem to stand still.
Raphael's bright eyes, which seemed to contain a ball of hot fire, dimmed in an instant.
"Just...brother?" He murmured absently.
Sophia paused, but quickly continued: "There are many other important people around you, so... please try to persevere! There must be someone in the capital who can treat such injuries. "
Her meaning was very clear. Raphael could no longer say what he wanted to say, so he could only lie down helplessly.
The guards looked at each other helplessly, and seeing that Raphael had closed his eyes and no longer reacted, they pretended as if nothing had happened just now, lifted him up and ran down the mountain very quickly. go.
The remaining people looked at each other and had no choice but to follow down the mountain in twos and threes.
Debris such as tents were swept away, which to some extent reduced their load. The speed of going down the mountain was much faster than that of going up the mountain.
Fortunately, there were many other camping tourists at the foot of the mountain. They spent more than twice the market price and finally moved Raphael to Maple Leaf Town in a hurry.
Before he could wait for his other companions to join him, he was driven back to the capital in a light carriage and at high speed.
…
Lowns Palace.
When His Majesty King George II received the report from Maple Leaf Town, he was furious and immediately summoned all the princes and ministers to discuss the matter.
"Is there no movement at all in the preparation stage for such a bad assassination incident? Behind this is serious negligence of local guards, which must be dealt with seriously and set as a warning to others!"
The moment he saw the report, he was indeed very angry.
But when he saw the calm faces of these old fritters, George II calmed down in an instant.
"My dear friends, what do you think?" He softened his tone and asked.
"The only person injured in this incident is Prince Raphael, so this should be a serious diplomatic incident. Therefore, the first priority should be to apologize to the Stuart Kingdom and obtain understanding..." A minister cautiously added road.
"Excuse me, you pighead!" the Foreign Minister jumped out and cursed in a very humiliating way.
"What I mean is that the people involved in this incident should be hunted down first, and then the heads of the assassins and moles should be reported to the Stuart Kingdom."
"Mr. Warren, what does 'ghost' mean?" the king asked hesitantly.
The Warren family has been engaged in the diplomatic industry for generations and has great experience in foreign work, and the king still trusts him.
"Of course they are those 'outsiders' who, on the surface, have nothing to do with this incident but are overly concerned and whose children are not involved!" the Foreign Secretary replied confidently.
"You, you are slandering!" The minister who just spoke was so angry that his beard was shaking.
"I didn't say who it was, but whoever screamed the loudest probably had a guilty conscience, right?"
As soon as he said this, other ministers whose children were not involved in this matter were all silenced by him.
The direction of the debate unknowingly turned into mutual criticism between people with different political views, and the king helplessly covered his forehead.
"Sir Elliot, what do you think?"
He took the initiative to name Duke Wenche to answer.
At this time, Elliot seemed to have suddenly come to his senses, and after thinking for a moment, he said slowly: "I think... we should wait until the children come back, and consult with them for their opinions before making a final decision. "
After arguing for a long time, we still couldn't get a specific plan.
As a result, the final meeting had to end with Elliot's opinions as a consensus.
"What do you think?"
When they came out of the palace together, Finance Minister Franz suddenly asked coldly.
Not even a glance was thrown at him.
If there wasn't a third person beside him, Elliot wouldn't even think that he was talking to himself.
