During the march these past few days, whenever it was time for meals, Alvin would first eat together with Lang Yun and others, and then ask Lang Yun to prepare a portion alone, and he would personally carry it to the carriage.
Langyun couldn't help but wonder, "Who is hiding in this carriage who deserves to be given food by the deputy captain himself?"
He asked Alvin several times, but Alvin only deduced that it was a distant relative who caught the cold and couldn't blow the cold wind, so he stayed in the carriage.
Although Lang Yun was suspicious, he couldn't ask any more questions.
But Laiwu and the others were even more puzzled, because Alvin had been hiding behind the team these days, and he didn't eat with them at all, nor did he sleep with them at night.
Laiwu and the others grabbed Alvin and asked him several times. Alvin excused himself by saying that the marching supplies were very important and he needed to be more careful. They couldn't help him, so they simply arrested Langyun for interrogation.
"Langyun, tell me honestly, has there been anything unusual about Alvin these days?" Lai Wu asked.
"There's nothing unusual about it." Langyun recalled, "However, His Highness Alvin often stands guard next to a carriage."
"What carriage? What's he doing standing by the carriage? Which carriage?" Chen Zhuzhu asked in rapid succession.
"Your Highnesses, don't you know? His Highness Alvin said that he..." Lang Yun was surprised.
"What do you know?" Kaiba also asked curiously.
Langyun was in trouble now. From what he saw, Alvin must have mentioned this "distant relative" hiding in the carriage to Lai Wu and others.
"Um... The deputy captain has a distant relative who got cold and couldn't blow the cold wind. He has been recovering in the carriage, so His Highness Alvin has been taking care of him." Langyun said bravely, regretting what he said so quickly. , After saying that, I didn’t forget to look at the expressions of Laiwu and others.
"What, distant relatives? Does he have any distant relatives going to fight with us this time?" Chen Zhu asked, looking at Lai Wu.
"Don't look at me like this. I haven't heard him say that either." Laiwu said curiously.
"You mean he has any distant relatives? We haven't heard of them yet?" Kaiba said amusedly.
Seeing this posture, Langyun thought that this time His Highness Alvin would have to ask for his blessings.
"Okay, I know this. You can go back first." Lai Wu said to Lang Yun.
Before Langyun could take two steps, he was pulled back by Chen Zhu, "By the way, what you told us should not be known to the deputy captain, did you hear that? Otherwise, you will be the one to watch."
Langyun was frightened by him and nodded his head.
Of course, Langyun couldn't be that obedient. He told Alvin about this after he came back from Laiwu.
Alvin didn't react at all, he just said "I know."
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"It's over, Laiwu and the others have noticed that I've been a little weird these days, and they must come to see what's going on in this carriage?" Alvin looked at the man lying on the carriage and said with a bitter smile, "Is this matter hidden? Can’t stand anymore?”
"Look at how panicked you are," Onian chuckled contemptuously, causing another cough, and there was no trace of blood on her lips.
"You still have the energy to laugh at me?" Alvin looked at her worriedly.
The fatigue of traveling and riding these past few days has indeed brought a lot of torture to the princess who was seriously injured and has not yet recovered. Some of the wounds that were sutured shortly after were opened again, not to mention the wounds in the body that have not yet healed.
"I've said it before, you have to figure these things out on your own. Cough..." O'Nian's attitude of being calm and letting him make the decision made Alvin want to have an attack but couldn't.
Now he was really afraid that the princess's body would not be able to hold up during the march, and he would be blamed for her death.
"Is it time to change the dressing?" Alvin asked on second thought,
A blush flashed across Aonian's face as she nodded slightly.
Originally, the princess changed the dressing herself on the day of departure, but after a few days she was so weak that she even lost the strength to change the dressing. These times, Alvin helped change the dressing.
Alvin took a medicine box from the desk, got under the blanket, neatly cut open the bandage from the previous time, and removed the gauze from the wound.
As soon as the wound came into contact with the air, Onian groaned in pain, sweatdropped, and muttered mockingly, "Ha, compared to the previous times, my technique is much more skillful."
"Stop talking." Alvin cursed softly in the blanket.
Onian was rarely obedient and bit her lip and stopped talking.
Alvin opened a small bottle of magic potion and poured it all onto a new piece of gauze. He frowned at the two horrific wounds and said with a sullen face, "Bear it down."
He gently pressed the gauze in his palm to the wound. Immediately, Onian clenched her teeth in pain, her neck trembled, her fingers were entangled, and her legs were stretched straight. Alvin knew that she was in pain at this time, but he didn't care so much. He gently pulled her body a little, put gauze on the wound on her lower back, and then quickly and neatly wrapped it around her waist. Bandage, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"How about, Your Highness, I'd better take you back to the palace?" Alvin picked up the silk scarf and wiped the cold sweat from Onian's forehead and cheeks.
"You promised to take me to the front line in Maine, are you going to break your promise?" Onian turned around and looked at him coldly.
"But I'm afraid you won't last until then." Alvin sighed angrily. He knew the condition of her wound clearly, and the gauze that was replaced was still stained with a lot of blood.
"You don't have to worry about this. You can just take me there." Onian said stubbornly.
Alvin knew that he could not defeat her, and his eyebrows were full of worry, "Is this potion useless? Why can't I stop bleeding?"
"This potion is just a little less effective. In addition, my body is weak and I can't absorb it very well." Onian said helplessly.
"Why doesn't this wound respond at all to the healing spell?" Alvin originally thought of using high-level healing spells to heal her, but how could Master Piro or the princess not know how to use such a simple spell? It just doesn't have any effect.
"It should be the effect of his weapon." Onian said weakly, "That sword has been modified by runes. Once it causes trauma, it will have the effect of serious injury. Magical treatment is ineffective, and ordinary potions have little effect. , unless it is a magic potion refined with some special monsters, it can suppress the effect of the rune."
Alvin nodded and said with concern: "Okay, stop talking."
Onian's golden eyes were staring at him with a half-smile, with a dangerous look in her eyes. If she recovered now, Alvin would have been burned to a crisp by her.
The reason is that Alvin's hands started to become dishonest again. This is what they call taking advantage of others' danger. He put his hands into the blanket and put his arms around Onian's slender waist. The princess wanted to raise her hands to resist, but he restrained her with her hands and waist.
"Don't move, be careful of the wound." Alvin glared at her.
The color is so bold that it is hard to compare with him.
"Huh, just hope that I never get up." O'Nian said softly, swiping her charming eyes, but there was no movement on her hands, and she turned her face away as if she was ready to taste it. To see him.
Alvin's mouth was dry and he couldn't stand the amorous look in his eyes. However, he regretted it the next second, and an evil smile appeared on the corner of Onian's lips. Alvin felt a burst of fierce magical energy coming from his hand and going straight to his forehead.
His vision went dark, he had a splitting headache, and he fell directly from the imperial concubine's bed.
"Haha, with your abilities, you're a little too young to take advantage of this princess." Onian looked at Alvin who was unconscious and spat at him.
Alvin tilted his head and slapped his head. He was so dizzy that he still couldn't get up from the ground. He was very proud of himself and secretly sighed, "Tsk, this figure..."
"Don't sit there and pretend to be dead," Onian cursed. "Get up and see where you are. Are you about to leave the king's province?"
"I don't know where I am when I get up." Alvin stood up with difficulty and tried to dust himself off, but found that the carriage was surprisingly clean. "I have never been out so far away. How could I know where I am now?" Where is it?"
"Yes, you just like to hang around in that romantic place. How can beautiful mountains and rivers be as interesting as jade, right?" O'Ni'an said contemptuously, "No wonder that girl Lan Yu scolded you for being romantic. It seems that she didn't do much investigating. It’s over you.”
"Yes, yes, traveling thousands of miles, there are countless women." Alvin admitted his sin, lifted the car curtain and looked out.
However, the scenery outside the car made him stunned.
Two steep mountains came into view, majestic and blue, towering into the clouds, with divergent ridges and white heads covered with snow. In the face of such natural scenes, people can't help but doubt their own insignificance. Come to think of it, the beautiful mountains and rivers are still refreshing to see.
Alvin was brought back to his senses by the sound of Onian's fingers tapping on the carriage.
"Help me up." Onian said weakly, but her tone was unquestionable.
Alvin glanced at her in surprise, but she stared back.
He sighed and carefully helped Onian sit up, "I said, Your Highness, what are you doing all this trouble?"
As O'Ni'an stood up, the wound on her abdomen was affected, and she was sweating again, but she didn't care, and quietly looked at the Twin Mountains outside the car window without saying a word.
After a while, she turned back to look at Alvin and said softly: "This is the Twin Mountains of Lundeno. Once you leave here, you will leave the King's Province."
"Behind these two mountains are the Traledi Mountains that stretch for thousands of miles. Going northeast from here is the Province of Maine, and going northwest is the Province of Folds."
After hearing this, Alvin secretly admired her, not because she was amazed at the other party's familiarity with geography, but because she could vaguely guess where she was while lying in the carriage.
"Your Highness, you are such a wonderful person. You can guess where we are just lying in the carriage?" Alvin looked surprised.
"I can feel how many miles this carriage travels in a day, can't I guess where it is?" O'Nian looked at him puzzled, and then ridiculed: "Oh, for someone like you who doesn't go out very often. Say, it’s quite difficult.”
"I thought you were unconscious from the pain." Alvin looked at her and said, "I didn't expect you to be awake all the way."
"As I said before, this injury looks scary, not as serious as you think." Onian said, raising the corner of her mouth.
"You can really show off." Alvin knew how serious her wound was, and it was obvious that he was thinking too hard to keep her from falling asleep.
Onian didn't reply to him, but she slowly laid back while stroking the couch. Alvin couldn't stand it anymore, so he quickly held her back and lowered her down little by little. This time Onian didn't have the strength to push him away.
She really didn't have the energy to talk to him now. She put a hand on her forehead and could only close her eyes in pain.
Alvin stopped disturbing her and sat in front of the desk to read the potion book.
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In fact, Alvin had no intention of hiding it from Laiwu and others, but Onian told him to hide it. Now the brothers had noticed his abnormality in the past few days first, and he was worried that if he continued to be silent like this, he might break the relationship between the brothers.
So after getting out of the carriage, Alvin came to them first.
"Hey, deputy captain, do you still remember how many of us are there?" Chen Zhu looked at the visitor and teased in a bad tone.
Alvin smiled helplessly.
"Tell me, what's going on with your distant relative?" Lai Wu said with a smile, "I was sure that Langyun would tell you when he got back. Only Chen Zhu foolishly told him not to tell you."
"That's right. Could it be that your father asked you to take this distant relative of yours with you?" Kaiba asked with a teasing smile.
"His old man is the commander-in-chief of the right wing. Arranging a relative in the regular army is not a matter of words. Is it necessary to arrange him in this mercenary group like a pheasant bandit?" Lai Wu joked.
"The pheasant bandits are too much. We are not so unbearable, are we?" Alvin scolded with a smile, "Besides, according to you, isn't the leader of the bandits the leader of the bandits?"
"Don't start the conversation with me. Who is in that carriage? How many brothers do you have to hide?" Chen Zhu asked with a frown.
"Do you think I want to hide it from you? I'm helpless too." Alvin sighed.
"Who is it that makes you so embarrassed?" Kaiba asked curiously.
"Didn't you come out with some lover, and then you were too embarrassed to tell us?" Chen Zhu looked suspicious, "It was agreed at the time that we would build a successful career together, without bringing a woman."
"Am I so hungry?" Alvin asked angrily, "Besides, I'm pretending to be the deputy leader, so I know how to lead by example."
"Then just tell me who the person in the car is." Lai Wu's tone was still very relaxed.
"I said yes, but only the four of us know about this, okay?" Alvin glanced at these people.
The three of them looked at Alvin's serious look and nodded solemnly after looking at each other.
"It's Your Highness the Princess." Alvin said softly.
"What? You?" Chen Zhu immediately looked at Alvin in shock. After calming down, he asked in a low voice: "Why doesn't she go north with His Majesty's army? What is she doing with us?"
Kaiba's face was filled with surprise and admiration.
Only Lai Wu's face became serious after hearing this, obviously he realized the seriousness of this matter.
"You are too courageous." Lai Wu whispered and glared at Alvin, "There are only more than five hundred of us. How can we protect the princess's safety on the battlefield? Our marching route will encounter many enemies. They are all mercenaries who regard wealth as their lives, what will happen if they discover the whereabouts of the princess?"
"Yeah, how many Lounis is she worth? At least tens of thousands, right?" Chen Zhu had already begun to calculate.
"If anything happens to the princess, what should we tell His Majesty?" Lai Wu stared at Alvin.
"As Chen Zhu said just now, if the princess doesn't follow the army, why would she join us to join in the fun?" Kaiba asked curiously.
"To be honest, she has never recovered after being stabbed twice by Gafo. Neither His Majesty nor Master Piro would take her to the front line." Alvin explained.
"How is the princess's health now?" Lai Wu asked.
"It's not good. I've been working hard these past few days, and my injuries have become more serious." Alvin said helplessly.
"Huh, your Majesty and Master Piro don't dare to take her there. You are really not afraid that she will die on the march." Laiwu's face completely fell to the ground. "If something happens to her here, everyone will have to follow her." Buried with him."
"You are confused about this matter." Chen Zhu also sighed, and then said in surprise: "However, the princess is also a weirdo. She was injured so seriously. If you don't recuperate in the royal capital, why are you running around?"
"Oh, don't blame Alvin. Since it has happened, let's just pretend we don't know about it. If the four of us don't tell, who will know?" Kaiba said.
"You can't treat everyone in this camp as fools and blind people. As long as one person recognizes it, everyone will know it. If it spreads outside, the consequences will be disastrous." Lai Wu said in a dull voice.
"Oh, there's nothing I can do. I owe her my life. I have to agree to whatever she asks. What can I do?" Alvin said with a guilty look on his face, "And since I agreed to her, I can't lie to her." If you want to take her to the front line, you have to go."
"Is it because of the Chunlaihu potion?" Lai Wu asked.
Alvin nodded and smiled bitterly: "If you don't let me use that magic potion and keep it for herself, she will definitely be full of energy now."
Several people were silent, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Since you promised the princess, you must do it." Laiwu finally said, "Her safety will be your responsibility."
"It's natural." Alvin agreed, "Oh, I forgot to mention it just now. Now the princess has used a magic potion to change her hair color, changed her hairstyle, and then changed into men's clothing. Most people should see it. It won’t come out.”
"I don't think that would be the best." Chen Zhu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now, I'm afraid that the princess won't be able to hold on on this road." Lai Wu looked worried.
"So I'm not going to discuss this with you?" Alvin took out a potion book from his back, turned to one of the pages and showed it to a few people.
"Falcon-billed lizard?" Chen Zhu read along the introduction in the book, "Use its liver and gallbladder to refine a magic potion that can cure internal organ damage with excellent results."
"... Most of them live at the entrance of the Traledi Mountains. They have a keen sense of smell and live in groups. They are good at sneak attacks and killing races that are weaker than themselves..." Chen Zhu continued to read, "Don't tell me, this thing is a bit cunning. Woolen cloth."
"You don't want to catch this kind of monster, do you?" Lai Wu looked in disbelief.
"I turned over and over again, and only this one is the most suitable. You can meet it right at the entrance of this mountain range." Alvin glanced at the Traledi mountains behind the Lundeno Twin Mountains, "As long as we kill One or two can be used to refine this magic potion."
"But none of us know how to refine potions." Kaiba said bitterly. When he saw this potion book, he realized how could Alvin read such a book. He looked at Alvin with a smile and asked, "Isn't that right? Does the princess know?"
Alvin nodded and said: "The princess will definitely know how. The key point now is to find a way to kill one or two of these falcon-billed lizards."
"It's no small matter to hunt monsters in the mountains. Have you thought about it clearly?" Lai Wu said, staring at Alvin.
"I can't allow me to think about it any more. Her injury... is quite serious." Alvin said solemnly, "I also know that this matter shouldn't drag down the entire mercenary group, but..."
"How can there be so much? But, as a brother, would you ignore your sister-in-law until death?" Kaiba patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, I will go with you."
As soon as these words came out, the tense atmosphere was instantly broken down.
"Yes, I don't care if she is a princess or not. Alvin, as long as you tell your mother-in-law that she wants to use it, I will accompany you to kill a few monsters." Chen Zhu said, patting his plump chest.
Alvin smiled very proudly when he heard the words "mother-in-law" and "daughter-in-law", which felt comfortable to his ears.
Seeing the posture of these people, Lai Wu couldn't help but follow, and sighed: "Okay, let's go together. Since we have said so, can I still stand by and watch? I will let Xia Ye arrange it and set up camp on the spot."
At this time, several people laughed and began to study the plan of hunting the falcon-billed lizard.
