Chapter 301? Do You Really Know?

"Player Super Justice ()"

In the image of Archduke Annan, the moment overlaps with Vladimir.

Celesia clearly smelled the breath of death.

— she was very clearly aware of it.

If she really gave the answer she did to Vladimir back then... the answer that seemed to be asking "The Grand Duke? What Grand Duke?", she would really die.

Maybe it's a respectable glass of poisoned wine, or maybe it's a public execution.

Today, she is no longer the innocent teenager she was back then.

Annan is serious.

She knew that it was impossible for the young new Grand Duke to forgive a person who had committed treason and was still unwilling to surrender.

Then, a new idea came to mind.

...don't want to die yet.

That's all for the "Shoronik" back then.

At that time, Thoronick really wanted to dedicate everything to his teacher from the bottom of his heart. After becoming Celesia, her first reaction was "I can help the teacher more".

But now, she has met a new partner.

She came to many places she had never been to before, saw other people's lives, and also had her own life.

She has a partner who can travel with her and someone who loves her. She has also laughed heartily, and has interesting anecdotes that she can tell after drinking...

Is she still loyal to Vladimir?

- That's natural.

But can she still sacrifice her life for him without hesitation as in the past?

...That is not necessarily the case.

She wants to live.

So, she surrendered.

"A good answer. A good start."

Annan smiled, slowly clenched the three-color scepter, and slowly separated his fingers one by one.

Obviously, his body is weaker than Selicia's, and this young Grand Duke is just a wizard... But he exudes a strong sense of oppression that is hard to see directly.

"One thing must be made clear—Vladimir has abandoned you."

Annan said calmly.

"It's not—"

Celesia subconsciously wanted to refute, but her words suddenly froze.

She thought that after she became Selicia, she never saw the teacher again. There was no exchange or communication between them. The only thing that can be confirmed is that the teacher and her mutually confirmed the news of each other's survival...

...Could it be that the teacher already knew that I would betray him now?

She thought so sadly.

Selicia gripped the teacup tightly, not caring about the hot hands.

Rather, this hot tea cup can give her a sense of self-punishment like masochism, but it can make her more determined.

"What I want to ask is how Vladimir betrayed me back then."

Annan said slowly: "I'm talking about—all of them."

"...all of them?"

Selicia froze for a moment, and said slowly: "It's just as you expected, there is nothing to say. The teacher used Dmitry's body fluids to cultivate the bloodline seeds with the ceremony of the cup-holding woman, and used the cultivation results to make There is a spell that can control frost beasts."

"I don't mean that."

Annan asked calmly: "What I'm talking about is—why did he betray me back then? What was his purpose?"

"...He wants to leave the Duchy of Winter."

Selicia glanced at Zoya, hesitated for a moment, but gritted her teeth and replied: "This is a deal. He exposed all potential enemies of Ling Dong and defeated them in one fell swoop...

"For example, local nobles, for example, the Brotherhood of the Far North...for example, the Hand of Winter.

"'His Royal Highness Annan's greatest enemy is the Winter Hand itself. Grand Duke Ivan doesn't even have the power to appoint and remove personnel, and the eunuchs of the United Kingdom are not so outrageous... He is simply working for the Winter Hand.' The teacher was at that time That's what he told me."

Zhuo Ya didn't say a word, closed her eyes and said nothing.

This is indeed true.

She also knew it, so she didn't get angry.

The Hand of Winter has always been the highest secret service directly under the Duke of Winter, and with the gradual decentralization of power from generation to generation, the scope of the Hand of Winter's privileges has gradually increased.

For the Lingdong family with a high mortality rate, this mode of governance can minimize the negative impact of the death of the ruler, and the Lingdong family is usually not good at politics...they can live in peace and stability It is not easy to live without being assassinated, committing suicide or going crazy.

And the more you want to be a good prince, the more bad things you will encounter, and the faster you will die. In the end, each generation of Grand Dukes cannot become a "good Grand Duke".

But the Hands of Winter are not completely machines—they are not as scary as the outside world says. Their affection is not completely cut off, it's just thin. Naturally, they also have selfishness and desires... Even eunuchs know how to enjoy themselves, let alone Winter's Hand?

The two fathers and sons, Ivan and Annan, are special cases of the grand dukes of the past dynasties.

Even if there are several generations of Grand Dukes... "Ivan" is definitely the most wise one. His talent as a ruler is unrivaled in the world. Although he is only a mascot, he can subdue many courtiers and nobles, eliminate disputes within the principality, and gradually sort out the messy political situation.

But the Hand of Winter was not happy.

As Ivan gradually tried to take back his power, the top management of Winter's Hand gradually had their own ideas.

Naturally, they must be loyal to the Grand Duke and obey his orders.

But that doesn't mean they can't work for their own benefit.

——This is the truth that Vladimir was able to rebel with a wave of Winter's Hand.

He specifically picked out all the "disloyal" Hands of Winter, and the ones left were naturally usable ones.

But without the hand of winter of ordinary people, the strength has dropped significantly and the power has shrunk on a large scale. They have to start relying on Annan, so they will helplessly follow the young Grand Duke around... Otherwise, there is a high probability that Annan will be safely placed by them in the Grand Duke's mansion as a mascot, and they will act on behalf of the state outside.

Zhuo Ya is not a fool, she has already figured out the truth about that "betrayal" back then.

His Highness Annan has been particularly good at this kind of tactic he called "fishing" since before, and his enemies can always take the bait. This was the case with the frontier nobles in the past, and the Winter Hand... the same is true for the Brotherhood of the Far North today.

"—that's not comprehensive."

But facing such an answer, Annan shook his head instead.

His words pierced Celesia's chest like a sharp sword: "What I want to ask is why does Vladimir want to leave Rinwinter?

"Don't try to fool it. I know...you know the answer to this question."

Annan stared at Celesia: "I trust you, Celesia. I also decided to forgive your past crimes. But this question, if you deceive me, it is tantamount to betraying my trust in you."

...just like that day.

The piercing young son stared at him like a demon king.

But he was still his direct subordinate back then, but now he is a captive placed at the other end of the table.

"……I have no idea."

Selicia was silent for a moment, and replied in a low voice: "I really don't know. The teacher ran very fast back then, and I could only take those defected Winter Hands to form an icebreaker army to survive in the wilderness... "

In fact, she did know the answer.

It was a deal between Vladimir and Professor Wolf to use Dmitry's blood to study frost beasts; it was a deal between Vladimir and Annan to lead the Winter Hand rebellion to form an icebreaker army and defraud the support of those local nobles... It is the second half of the plan to develop underground forces and surrender to Annan who is in power in the future, so as to erase his past crimes.

But Selicia knew that Vladimir had his own plans.

But only this answer cannot say——

Of all the secrets, this is the only one that cannot be told to others.

If she said this... she would really betray the teacher.

She also thought about fabricating an answer, but worried that with her IQ, most of the lies she fabricated would not be able to deceive Annan...

Then, answer "don't know".

She was originally an idiot, it's normal not to know...

"--you are lying."

However, Annan recognized this lie without even making it through a round.

That's natural.

Of course Annan didn't know what Vladimir was doing underground.

This is just his usual trick. Deliberately bringing up frivolity that is difficult to judge and know, and use this to bluff Selicia, forcing her to voluntarily spit out something to prove her sincerity and show that she really doesn't know about this issue.

...that's what he had planned.

But at the moment when Celesia said "I don't know".

Suddenly, she was covered in red light.

——That is the light belonging to the "betrayer".

So you really know?

At that moment, Annan also froze for a moment.

He suddenly understood the new usage of the spell [Angel's Left Eye]...