From that day on, Nok lived under Anna's arrangement.
This is Anna's courtyard. Except for Anna's personal maid, no other servants of the Holmes family have appeared.
Nock guessed that Anna was neglected by Sherlock and his son because of the disappearance of Ford Holmes.
After all, Ford Holmes, as a wealthy businessman, had a considerable inheritance.
Bullying a widowed sister-in-law and competing for her brother's inheritance is nothing new in aristocratic families.
Nok deliberately asked this question, but Anna hesitated to cover it up.
Nok guessed that Anna must be afraid of worrying herself, so she didn't say a word about her situation.
But Knock had already made up his mind that when he recovered, he would teach Sherlock and his son a lesson and seek justice for Anna.
But the strange thing is that several days have passed. Although Nok's health has improved, his hands and feet are still weak and he still needs help from others even to stand up.
It even affected Nok, making him unable to use magic to heal himself.
Anna comforted him, saying that maybe his body was too deficient and he could just take care of himself.
With Anna by his side, Nok is no longer obsessed with the speed of his body's recovery, and is immersed in getting along with Anna every day.
Just when Nok was immersed in the gentle land, the outside world became very lively because of Nok's disappearance.
The Church of Nature searched almost all the streets of England, but could not find any trace of Knock.
The queen ordered the entire monastery to be sealed off, and no one was allowed to set foot in the monastery without permission.
[The Ripper] who madly attacks women who return home late every night is no longer limited to the vicinity of Baker Street.
Professionals in England discovered that the number of monsters increased at night and became extremely active.
For a moment, all the bad luck seemed to come together.
Just four days after Knock disappeared, the Queen received a piece of news that made her furious.
The investigation team led by Alan Covert was ambushed on the way to Corred! Heavy casualties!
The police station lost more than a dozen patrolmen, and the fourth-level bronze mage invited to break the illusion was seriously injured. If the enemy had not underestimated Allen's strength, the whole group would have been buried in the wild.
When the Queen received the news from the spies, Alan Covert was already on his way back to the city with the wounded.
The Queen never expected that she just asked Allen to investigate who was playing the trick of covering the sky with one hand in the British city, but she didn't expect that her police chief would almost die gloriously!
What secret did Korede hide that actually allowed them to prevent Allen from going even if they exposed it?
"Yulia, order the dragon knights... no, let the Royal Knights send two silver knights to lead the team and lead fifty bronze knights to Korede Village. I want to see what secrets are hidden there! By the way. , don’t forget to ask the Archmage of the Royal Mage Corps to accompany you.”
"As you command, Your Majesty, I will do it right now."
The head maid Yulia turned around and left the room, leaving the four people in the room.
Yes, there were three other people in the room besides Elizabeth I.
These three people were Lilian, Seawell and Avril who were secretly brought into the palace under the Queen's order.
However, the three Lilians who were taken into the palace were not in a good mood at this time.
Even after living in this empty tower for three days, she no longer felt at ease. Instead, she was extremely anxious, racking her brains to think of how to take her younger siblings out of this prison.
Elizabeth I, who had read countless people, could not tell what the little girl in front of her was thinking.
"Lillian, right? Don't bother. Even if you run out of this tower, you can't run out of the palace. Instead, those who want to deal with you will know that you are here, putting yourself in danger."
"Stay here and I can let Yulia train you. You will become Yulia's successor in the future. You have a bright future."
"As for these two little guys, I can arrange for them to accompany the children of the royal family. They will go to school for a few years and then arrange a job for them in the palace."
"Wouldn't this be better than taking your two little guys out on an adventure?"
The queen's words did not convince Lilian.
She just wanted to leave here and go find Nok, otherwise Nok would go crazy if he couldn't find them!
"Thank you for your kindness. But I'm sorry, my brother said that our future is ours to choose. Even my brother himself will not force us to choose a future we don't like."
"Rather than being a head maid who serves people, I would rather be a nun who serves the Holy Lord. And my younger brothers and sisters, they will have a better future than being servants to others."
Seeing the girl who dared to argue in front of her, Elizabeth was surprised, but also very pleased.
It seems that she can choose the second plan.
The Queen sat upright, put her aura aside, and mocked mercilessly:
"It seems that John and Nok have protected you very well. You are so naive when you speak."
Looking at the queen who suddenly transformed from a neighbor's grandmother into a "female bully", Lilian fearfully hugged the Seawell brothers and sisters beside her.
"You...what do you mean?"
The Queen smiled contemptuously: "What do you mean? Do you know what is happening outside now?"
"Nock Lane disappeared mysteriously, and his life and death are unknown.
All the outside forces are looking for him. There are countless people who want Nok dead, or who want to capture Nok and imprison him.
As long as there is any news about Nok, those people will see the shark and swarm in and cut Nok into pieces. "
“At this time, you, who are most likely to know the whereabouts of Nok, actually want to leave the heavily guarded palace and go to the streets.
Are you afraid that others will arrest you and threaten Nok to show up? "
"Or do you think that as helpless orphans, others will pity you and not attack you?"
The queen's series of taunts made Lilian turn pale in fright, and the hands holding the Seawell brothers and sisters trembled slightly.
Lilian didn't expect that the situation outside was so terrifying.
But she still mustered up the courage to look at the queen and argued: "But, if we stay, we will be used by you. You must also want to use us to lure Nok out! I will not be fooled by you!" "
Seeing the girl who dared to contradict her, Elizabeth secretly praised her. It seemed that these children in the convent were not without merit.
"You don't have to worry about this. I won't be detrimental to Nok. On the contrary, I am the only person in England who wants to protect Nok."
"Because my relationship with him is closer than your relationship."
The queen's words shocked Lilian.
She looked at the queen with wide eyes, as if she wanted to see if the other party was lying.
She is already twelve years old, and she is not a little girl who doesn't understand anything.
If she could have a closer relationship than she had with Nok, wouldn't it mean that the old lady in front of her was Nok's relative!
Lilian cautiously probed: "Nok is... from the royal family?"
The Queen nodded solemnly without speaking.
But that's enough.
Lillian lay limply on the chair, and her hands holding the two children hung down limply.
She seemed to be evacuated from her body all of a sudden, unable to digest this information at all.
Nook Lane, her half-brother who had lived with her for seven years, was actually a royal!
That's a member of the royal family! The most noble bloodline in the kingdom!
No wonder the monastery has survived in the English city for so many years.
This is not the credit of adoptive father John at all, but the credit of Nook Lane!
Lillian felt like she couldn't breathe. The news was too shocking.
However, the queen didn't give her time to think about it.
She struck while the iron was hot and said: "As for Nok's identity, you must keep it secret. This is not a request, but an order from the Queen."
"As one of the heirs to the throne, I will not harm Nok. Instead, I will train him well. I told him this when I summoned him."
"However, he rejected my kindness for the sake of you burdensome people. For you, he would rather give up his great future!"
"But what about you? You still want to cause trouble for him at this time? Do you think you are worthy of Nok's sacrifice for you?"
"He can live an easy life without you. Whether he returns to the palace to accept my training, or leaves the Lion Heart Kingdom to become a real priest in the Holy Church, it is a good future."
"But for you, he is only willing to stay in that shabby monastery, be a fake priest that no one recognizes, and risk his life to hunt monsters in exchange for the little money he can raise you."
"If I remember correctly, you have been in trouble recently for this reason."
"Therefore, for Nok's good, and for your own good, you must separate from Nok."
Looking at Lilian who had something to say, the Queen stopped her directly and said: "Listen to me first."
"Since you don't like my previous arrangement, I'll give you another choice."
"According to my investigation, you were originally the daughter of a nobleman, but because of your uncle's frame-up, you not only lost your right to inherit the title, but you were also almost burned on the stake. It was John who saved you."
"John is the youngest son of the Grand Duke of the Rhine in the Holy Papal State across the sea. As John's adopted daughter, you can be regarded as the granddaughter of the Grand Duke of the Rhine."
"If you are willing, I can send someone to escort you and the two little guys to the other side of the sea and into the Kingdom of France."
"As long as you can pass through the Kingdom of France and enter the territory of the Grand Duke of Rhine, the Principality of Prussia, you can become a noble daughter of the Rhine family. With the Grand Duke of Rhine's love and guilt for John, he will definitely value you."
"In just a few years, with the careful training of the Grand Duke of the Rhine, you will surely grow into an outstanding noble."
"If you are willing, you can ask the Grand Duke of the Rhine to lend you an army at that time, and you can return to your hometown and take back your property from your uncle."
"As long as you can take back your territory in an honest and fair manner, I can order you to be crowned the second countess of the kingdom."
"When the time comes that you have a fiefdom and power, you will no longer be useless. On the contrary, you will become a helper for Nok to inherit the throne."
"If you are good enough, I can even make you Nok's princess! When Nok inherits the throne, you will be his queen!"
"When the time comes, no one will dare to underestimate you!"
Elizabeth's instigation made Lillian's breathing become heavy.
Lilian still vaguely remembered her aristocratic status.
But the life in the monastery has long made her no longer care about her former identity.
But now, what the queen said made her know that not only did she have the opportunity to become a noble again, but she also had the opportunity to become a female noble with fiefdom and military power!
She may even have a chance to become the queen of the kingdom!
