Thousands of years ago.
Suva city.
Inside the palace.
The archbishop's figure suddenly appeared outside the princess's bedroom.
Rumo's robe tightly wrapped his strong body, and the handsome man's face was as calm as usual, but the empty sleeve on the right side revealed some different changes.
"Archbishop, you are finally here, Your Highness the Princess..."
Ignoring the noisy maid, the Archbishop opened the door and walked out.
There were no lights in the house, and moonlight shone in through the transparent windows.
He could clearly see Sayanatha sitting in her favorite chair.
In the evening, she had already taken off her tedious outfit during the day and wore only a light blue dress. Her long blond hair was tied loosely with a ribbon of the same color and hung down from her right shoulder, making her look particularly peaceful. look.
Sayanata had already known about the Archbishop's arrival before he entered the door, but she still waited until the Archbishop approached before turning around and said politely:
"Good evening, Archbishop. Why are you here so late at night?"
As she spoke, she moved her arm, revealing what was covered under her bell sleeves. It was a human hand bone.
The Archbishop's progress paused for a moment, then he walked over with a normal expression and sat opposite Sayanata.
Then he took out a simple sheepskin scroll from his robe and said:
"Your Highness, I am here to tell you a story."
As a casual mention, this scroll is an important basis for him to stabilize his position as archbishop in this chaotic era. However, despite this, at this time it was regarded as nothing more than a gadget used to please the princess.
Sayanatha's eyes flickered when she heard this, and her right hand seemed to caress the broken hand unconsciously, and she said slowly:
"The Archbishop was so seriously injured during the day. I think you should go back early to rest tonight."
"It's late at night again, Sister Emily has gone to bed..."
The archbishop ignored her and read softly according to the contents of the parchment scroll, his expression as gentle as that of a father who was lulling his daughter to sleep.
But as a "daughter", Sayanata was a little uncooperative: "I don't want to hear about "Sister Emily." Archbishop, since you insist on telling it, please tell me a story that suits my heart."
The archbishop stopped, raised his eyes to look at her, and suddenly changed the topic:
"It seems that I didn't see Mr. Goat tonight."
"That's right." After he reminded her, Sayanata seemed to have just noticed the matter and said while looking around.
"I don't know where I went to hang out again."
The archbishop put down the scroll and said seriously: "With all due respect, princess. You should not let such a dangerous creature accompany you."
"Oh? Really?" Sayanata smiled slightly.
"But in my opinion, Archbishop, you are much more dangerous than Lacey, so according to your wishes, can I not get close to you?"
"...."
The archbishop was speechless for a moment.
After a while, he reassembled the words on the parchment scroll and prepared a cliché story for Sayanata about her favorite knight rescuing the princess.
The little turmoil that just happened seems to have been over for the time being.
.......
Compared to the calm inside the palace, the city of Suva outside the castle is undercurrent.
Several groups of knights in shining armor riding tall horses marched through several streets and broke into the manor where the lights had been turned off.
Not long after, people's panicked calls for help came from the manor.
Outside the manor, a small group of knights in shining armor was stationed. A tall man on the outermost side was obviously the leader of this group.
His whole body was surrounded by armor, only a pair of brown eyes were exposed, set in deep eye sockets, looking full of energy.
Soon a knight appeared from the manor and reported information to him.
"Sir, the first team was not found."
"Team 2 didn't find it."
"Team Three..."
The sound of failure sounded one after another. The man did not react much. He only lifted the reins and said lightly: "Go back."
Then he walked away. The knights behind him also mounted their horses and followed the man.
Before they left, they did not forget to light a fire and destroy the evidence.
By the time everyone left, the entire manor was in flames.
And in a certain corner, a large twisted vortex appeared where the flames were burning. After a while, a goat with huge horns came out.
"Has it started yet?"
Lacey muttered in a low voice.
Then he looked at the scene of the incident, turned around and left in one direction, his figure gradually disappearing into the darkness.
A few days later.
"Your Highness, please punish the murderer severely."
In the meeting hall, Eric was looking at a tall figure with an angry look on his face and said.
After not seeing him for many days, he had long lost his former glory and looked depressed.
Short green stubble grew on the square chin, and there were green marks under the eye sockets.
A white flower is pinned to the brown robe. According to the tradition of Suva City, this means that a relative has passed away in the family.
But the person he was looking at had a fearless look on his face, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Sayanatha sat on the main seat, looking at the people in the hall through the veil with slightly sad eyes:
"Eric, I have heard about what happened. It is really unfortunate. I have sent people to investigate and will definitely avenge your family."
"In addition, guard patrols have been strengthened at night." The archbishop silently added.
"It's so unfortunate."
"Please have your condolences."
The ministers also followed Sayanatha's words and comforted her.
"Thank you, Your Highness, Princess." Eric gave a big salute to Sayanata, and then said seriously.
"However, I have already identified the murderer, so... I also ask the princess and the archbishop to punish the murderer severely."
"So, who is that person?" Shayanata asked.
A flash of hatred flashed in Eric's eyes, he stretched out his hand and said loudly: "It's you, Kim Lambert."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.
"It's him. I really can't tell."
"After all, his father is..."
"Oh, Earl Eric, are you too sad? You've gone crazy because of your gains and losses."
Kim Lambert, the alleged murderer, is a man with brown hair and brown eyes. He was almost as tall as the archbishop and stood out among the ministers.
And judging from his behavior of not changing out of his cold armor even for such a big event as meeting the princess, this is a person with quite a personality.
Kim Lambert was sent by the archbishop to conquer Usai City some time ago, so he has not shown up yet. After finally coming back, Eric put a shit basin on his head. In the eyes of the officials, it was understandable that he spoke harshly.
Before Sayanata could speak, she heard the Archbishop on the side asking lightly: "Count Eric, do you have any evidence to testify against Marquis Lambert?"
Kim Lambert himself does not have a title, but he is the only son of Marquis Lambert who was executed some time ago. According to the laws of Suva City, he naturally inherited the title of old Lambert smoothly, so the Archbishop said There is nothing wrong with calling him "Marquis".
