Chapter 299 Are You Loyal?

"Player Super Justice ()"

After all...he came here.

Re-entering the familiar yet unfamiliar Grand Duke's Mansion, Selicia was in a trance for a moment.

Everything is exactly the same as before.

There were people coming and going in this courtyard, and nobles, ministers, and local officials who came to report on their work kept coming in and entering the main building. They were a little curious about the beautiful Celesia, but they didn't ask too much... The cold winter air helps people keep calm.

Selicia, led by a Hand of Winter, went to the narrow gate on one side together with Longjing Cha in a thick wizard robe.

This is a narrow corridor, which can only allow two people to walk side by side at most. On both sides are metal reliefs depicting battle scenes-this is specially built to prevent emergencies and to defend the passage of foreign enemies.

Selicia still remembers that the relief on this passage is a famous painting called "Fortified City Never Falls". The above is the classic battle of dwarf and giant soldiers besieging the Overwatch Fortress... It was drawn by Zhi Ji and sent here by herself.

But the old grandmother did not accept the painting in person.

After Zhi Ji left, the old grandmother sent someone to make it into a metal relief. It can switch between the two states through the organs in the Grand Duke's Mansion-making the enemy soldiers in the corridor continuously reduce their physical strength, or continuously healing the wounds of our own soldiers in the corridor.

And it also has an early warning function.

It operates in the form of a white list - unless a designated person enters, it will call the police as soon as possible.

That's why only the two of them came here.

Celesia remembers all these clearly.

The teacher told her back then...

If one day, an enemy attacks the Duke of Winter's mansion and tries to assassinate him.

At that time, the mission of these Hands of Winter is to block this alley with their lives to buy time.

...It is obvious that you can say such a thing.

But the teacher defected back then, but he was so resolute...

It was precisely because he was not sure what the teacher wanted to do that Selicia was directly "captured" by the players in this almost free way.

She did have something to ask and something to say.

"This is the small garden."

Si Anke introduced to her: "Your Majesty will exercise here every day."

"Ah... I remember."

Celesia replied subconsciously.

……you remember?

Si Anke glanced at her in surprise, thoughtfully.

Speaking of which, Celesia seems to be from the Hand of Winter...

In the not-so-empty yard, there are tall trees with dense green leaves even in the cold winter. In the middle of the yard is a small fountain that keeps gushing. According to the specifications of the Grand Duke's Mansion, it can be said to be too small.

But that's winter style.

Because of the existence of the "small enchantment", the effective living and farming area has been greatly reduced. The people of Rindong have long been accustomed to a fairly intensive lifestyle, and Rindong is always poor and has scarce resources. Even the great nobles are not even comparable to ordinary businessmen in other countries in terms of food and living.

Limited resources, limited land, limited population.

Even the Duke of Winter cannot be wasted.

The reason why the Grand Duke's Mansion is still the size of a street from the outside is because the Grand Duke's Mansion itself also functions as a government office building - the Winter Hands work in the Grand Duke's Mansion.

The actual living area of ​​Lin Dong's family is much smaller than that of Viscount Ostov on the top of the mountain.

The fountain extends a white trace to the east, west, north, south, and divides the ground into four rectangles.

In the past, Annan and Dmitry would practice frost swordsmanship in the northeast corner.

Celesia remembered it clearly.

Because only this position can be seen clearly from the room - Grand Duke Ivan's health is not very good, and he can't blow the wind at ordinary times.

He only taught Annan the Frost Sword Technique once or twice, each time it could be said that he risked his life. On weekdays, he would watch Dmitri teach his younger brother swordsmanship through the window in the house... Sometimes,

Maria will also secretly spy on Annan in her own room on the second floor.

She remembered it perfectly.

——Because this was also her childhood.

She took a deep breath and walked into the room.

Longjing Tea entered the room next to her - the Hand of Winter who brought them in immediately closed the door.

His authority is not enough to enter the house.

...just like Selicia back then.

"Long time no see... Selicia."

Annan sat on the sofa, holding a steaming teacup, looked at her with a smile, and nodded slightly to Longjing tea.

He is not like his father Ivan, who always wears the long cloak that is not changed every few years——

His dress is too... avant-garde?

Annan was wearing a slim sleeveless gray shirt, which was no different from Grand Duke Ivan. But he didn't wear a coat outside, but a pure white fur cape with fluff.

But in Celesia's view, the cloak may be too slanted because of the designer's special preference-it not only has sleeves, but only one side has sleeves.

It is put on the head, and the down covers the right arm, neck and chest, but exposes the entire left shoulder and left arm.

On the other hand, Annan's left arm was covered with a dark gray woolen sleeve, covering half of the back of his hand from the upper arm down. Only Annan's left shoulder was exposed... The dark golden rune, which looked like two intertwined rings, was breathing indefinitely.

Annan's silver-white hair spread all the way to his back—the end seemed to be cut off by a knife blade, which was cut off extremely sharply. Combined with his strange and asymmetrical attire, His Majesty's small body is full of magical charm that can't be forgotten once you meet him.

But Selicia didn't dare to look at it for too long.

Behind Annan, the gray-eyed beauty with dark blue wavy long hair and a gentle temperament smiled sweetly, lightly touching her hands with ten fingers, and placed them in front of her lower abdomen, quietly saying nothing.

Celicia could feel that she wasn't looking at herself.

But there was a faint sense of insight in the void—she had been completely locked on by the perception of this "ten fingers".

"It's just that I haven't seen you for a few days, Annan... Your Majesty."

Selicia paused, then lowered her head and said softly.

"Sit down," Annan stretched out his left hand, waved his finger in front of him, and signaled to the sofa opposite him, "Sit here... Zhuo Ya made me some milk tea and some snacks. I don't know if you like adding How much sugar, I simply didn't ask her to add it to you... The sugar is here, and the honey is here.

"It's cold when you come here from outside, right? Longjing Tea, you sit too—it's not a serious matter, we'll talk while eating."

He smiled gently.

As he spoke, he put his elbows on the armrests of the sofa, and lightly touched and placed his ten fingertips on his chest.

The cuffs of dark gray and pure white were intertwined at one point in front of Annan, forming a quite three-dimensional triangle.

"Ceresia, you were also the Hand of Winter before. You also served me and Winter.

"I don't want you to be imprisoned. The relationship between us should not have developed to this point. This is not decent enough for you or me, and it is even less friendly for you who trusted me and came here... nor for those who are waiting For the nobles of the outcome of this negotiation, it is a happy event.

"I hope that we can solve this problem in this room. The best way is to give the other party a satisfactory answer before this pot of tea is finished."

After Annan finished speaking, he got up and poured a cup of hot milk tea for Selicia and Longjing Tea himself.

When he sat down again, he stretched out his right hand and held the three-color scepter standing beside the sofa.

His temperament suddenly changed.

Not even to the degree of a monarch.

From that very attractive magic... to majestic like a god.

"Then, first question."

Did not wait for Selicia to reply.

Annan asked directly.

He looked directly at Celesia seriously.

"—Are you loyal to the Grand Duke?"

At that moment, Selicia's pupils suddenly shrank!

In her eyes...

This moment.

——The image of Annan and Vladimir at that time completely overlapped.