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"——I want to be engaged to Lord Lin."

Late at night in the princess's boudoir, Lana said this in a gentle tone.

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The air froze in an instant.

"Lord Lana, what did you say?"

Laqisi's astonishment, Clem's subconscious questioning, Lin's silence, and Lana's smiling face, who didn't know what she was thinking, made the atmosphere extremely awkward.

The young lady looked at the priest suddenly.

Although both her childhood sweetheart Lin and her close friend Lana were people she valued very much, even the devil captain, who was known for his strength and courage, would feel wronged when he was eaten by the melon.

The princess guard was also unwilling.

He knew that there would be a day when the gap between their identities was too large, and the princess would marry a noble to consolidate the power of the royal family, or marry into the kingdom of Sri Lanka. But knowing is knowing, when things really happen, it is inevitable to be unwilling, and it came too suddenly.

Only Lin frowned slightly, under the different strange eyes of the three people, slowly said:

"Is there no other way?"

"Unfortunately, this is the only choice at the moment."

Lana smiled happily.

She was happy that someone could understand her intentions and keep up with her thinking, and that even if she knew her true face, she did not resist shouting monster.

Laqisi also woke up from the grievance. Her friend was not a person who liked to shoot without purpose. There must be a reason for saying so, and she couldn't help asking.

"Lana, what's going on?"

"Because there are not enough people."

It was Lin who answered him.

Before this, the original plan was to eliminate the eight fingers' bases in the kingdom bit by bit, just like boiling a frog in warm water, and by the time they reacted, it was already a failure.

However, this plan had to be changed after the capture of Dunetron and Kekedaoer, because the destruction of the brothel and the eradication of one of the six arms had already aroused the other party's vigilance.

Sometimes catching a big fish can also be a headache, which is the so-called happy trouble.

So the next step is to capture all the strongholds in the capital at once, including but not limited to the village that makes black powder, the black market that resells weapons and equipment, the mines that enslave civilians, etc., which leads to a shortage of manpower.

And this kind of shortage of manpower cannot hire adventurers.

One of the founding concepts of the Adventurer's Guild is to protect humans from external threats. In other words, they will not intervene in disputes between humans, otherwise the guild will not be able to cross the king's fence and assist each other.

Therefore, even if the guild can save some lives as long as it intervenes, based on the judgment that once it intervenes, it will be endless in the future, the guild requires adventurers to abide by this unspoken rule and exert certain pressure. For example, verbal warnings, no job introductions, and the most serious is expulsion from the Adventurer's Guild.

After all, if there are no restrictions, some adventurers will be involved in illegal work, causing great trouble to the guild.

However, the above is not valid for Cang Qiangwei.

It is not because of anything else, but because they are a team of fine steel adventurers, the face and representative figures of the guild, and many difficult tasks depend on them. It is because they are the ones who violated the rules that they are forgiven.

This is the privilege of the strong.

And it is the most stupid thing to use other manpower and involve the guards. The power of that group has penetrated deep into the guards. If they are to be used, they can only be used at the end to finish, otherwise there will be trouble.

The same is true for the soldiers brought by the nobles from the territory. If they don’t know which noble is in cahoots with them, they can’t ask for help from there.

The only one who can be trusted is Gazef, and even his direct subordinates don’t know how many are trustworthy.

"So, Lagis, do you understand?"

"That's true. As a result, we can't come up with a countermeasure because we can't figure out the sphere of influence of our opponents. If we just keep investigating, the kingdom will eventually become completely corrupt. The result of being surrounded by enemies is to treat the symptoms instead of the root cause."

Lagis, who had figured it out, sighed deeply. The empire was in trouble from outside and the country was in turmoil. The political situation was also getting corrupt. She felt helpless about the difficulties and dangers the kingdom was facing.

"But getting engaged to Lin... I understand! It's reasonable to ask the Axis believers for help!"

Lagis suddenly realized.

The Axis believers' position in the kingdom was very awkward. Although they were officially in the same camp as Her Royal Highness the Princess, and even helped the royal family solve problems in the capital several times, they had no official organization - in other words, the kingdom did not recognize them.

It was not that the king did not recognize them. To be honest, the king also coveted the benefits brought by the Axis religion and had even brought this matter to the surface several times. However, the nobles used the issue of the six gods to interfere, causing the church's issue to remain deadlocked.

"So you need a legitimate cover? Because marrying the princess means that the Axis Church belongs to the kingdom, and it will not be targeted by the nobles because of legitimacy?"

She quickly figured out the key.

But even if she understood, why did she feel so sad that her childhood sweetheart was taken away by her close friend?

When Lagis was in a complicated mood, she heard Lin say, "And this way, I can win over my brother, Marquis Leibun."

Marquis Leibun is one of the six great nobles, and his financial resources far surpass those of other nobles. However, there is no evidence to prove that Marquis Leibun is not the same as Eight Fingers. Or it should be said that his financial resources are so strong that he may have accepted bribes from them.

Perhaps Marquis Leibun is also an obstacle to their elimination of Eight Fingers, but they tacitly did not say it in front of Lin.

"Brother did accept money from Eight Fingers."

Lin simply admitted on behalf of Marquis Leibun, but also said with a smile: "But no one stipulates that you must do things after receiving money, right?"

Even Clem realized that Marquis Leibun was a typical person who took money but did not do things. Since he did not do things, there was no possibility of betraying the kingdom.

Laqisi sighed: "I really admire Marquis Leibun's political skills."

Lin smiled.

This is also natural. His brother, who is determined to balance the power of the kingdom and maintain strength to resist foreign invasion, hates these underground organizations the most. How could he betray the kingdom?

I have to admit that Lana is very clever. She said that marrying Lin is mainly to appease people and to show her attitude to Lord Leibun - I value you very much, so I am willing to marry into the Leibun family to consolidate the Leibun family's political status in the kingdom.

If you want to win someone over, you should at least give corresponding benefits, even if Lin chooses to cooperate with Lana for a great prospect.

The only thing that worries people is that when the elder brother hears that his younger brother is going to be engaged to the monster princess, will he be so anxious that he will curse on the spot? After all, not everyone can accept Lana's nature.

Moreover, the Leibun family is the representative of the aristocratic faction. Marrying the princess means weakening the power of the royal family, and the aristocratic faction will definitely be happy to do so.

"Then use me..."

"No, I guess my brother will come with Marquis Leibuen. After all, I have been very close to Lord Lin recently, and my brother will have a certain sense of crisis. If Lord Lin is present and tells the two of us that they want to get married, we will definitely be criticized and made things difficult. In this case, it would be better if Lord Lin is not present."

"I see, pretending to be unaware?"

The impact of the two people discussing and Lana's decision alone is completely different.

If the two of them are together, it will cause the second prince to be wary and think that Lana may be in cahoots with the Leibuen family. But if Lana is alone, and Marquis Leibuen makes a fuss when she tells this matter because of her true nature, it will only make people think that she is acting on her own and relax their vigilance.

Even this point has been calculated, this is admirable wisdom.

Lana covered the guard boy's slightly clenched fists with both hands again, and said sincerely: "So Clem, this is a fake marriage, a show for others to see. And if everything goes well, it only needs to get to the engagement stage, and it can be cancelled in a year at most."

"Lara, I, I..."

Clem was uncomfortable with the thorough and warm eyes staring at him, and he turned his head slightly and dared not look, but it also reflected that he accepted the proposal.

"You too, Lagis."

"What?"

"As the princess said, this fake marriage will last until the kingdom is stabilized, which is about a year, so don't pout."

"I, I'm not pouting!"

Lagis's extremely rare tsundere look has not been seen since she became an adventurer, which makes people feel a little novel. No, it's because they don't meet often after becoming adventurers, so it's rare.

The daughter of a noble family felt extremely shy when her childhood sweetheart was staring at her, and she raised her teacup to cover her shyness. But at the same time, she was also a little worried.

"Lin, is it really okay to get engaged to Lana?"

I couldn't help but speak again.

Lin looked at the pair of uneasy eyes and understood that she must have had a premonition of something.

Lana never showed her true side in front of outsiders, including Lagis. However, Lagis, who had a good relationship with Lana, had a premonition of something wrong or asked this question out of concern for her childhood sweetheart, even in front of her.

"Rather, I'm honored to be married to Her Royal Highness the Princess."

"...Huh?"

Not only Lagis and Clem, but even Lana didn't expect Lin to say that, and the corners of her mouth, which was disguised as a lady's smile, couldn't help but expand outwards.

"The goddess I believe in is the goddess of wisdom, and the princess is undoubtedly a wise person. Sometimes I even suspect that the princess is the goddess incarnate... or something like that. So I am honored to marry the princess."

This sentence is sincere and true.

This sentence is based on the premise that Lana is rejected by others and is feared as a monster. ——Although Lagis and Clem are unaware of it, Lana definitely understands Lin's true thoughts.

"Is that so, ha...haha..."

The daughter of the nobles couldn't laugh. Even when she became an adventurer, she maintained the etiquette of a lady. She couldn't hold it back on the spot.

For some reason, there was an inexplicable feeling of bitterness in her heart, which was ten times sourer than the unknown wild fruit she ate in the wild, and the corners of her eyes became moist.

"Speaking of which, when the princess proposed a marriage, it would be better to set the first target on the son of the elder brother. Of course, it will definitely be rejected. But if you say "even if it's Lin, it's okay", I think the elder brother will agree."

"Opening window theory?"

"Oh, do you remember this theory?"

"After all, it was Lord Lin who told me."

The atmosphere between the two was very good. Lagis could even see pink bubbles. Although she knew it was a fake engagement, her heart still twitched.

Unable to bear this atmosphere, she stood up and said goodbye because it was getting late. At the same time, she took Lin away forcefully. At the same time, Clem also left the princess's boudoir with her.

For her jealous friend, Lana, who was sitting at the round table, suddenly became wandering in the air.

If you want to describe her in one word, it is gold. This word comes from her dazzling beauty, but few people know that she has a talent that can make her beauty pale in comparison.

Her talent lies in her ability to think, insight, observation, imagination, understanding, etc., all thinking-related abilities are abnormally developed.

To describe it in one word is genius.

This talent can only be said to be a gift from God. I am afraid that even if you look at the entire continent, you can't find a person whose talent is enough to match her. If you insist on looking for it, you can only look for it outside of people.

Humans think about things from their own perspectives. In this sense, labels like weird or eccentric may be the correct evaluation that ordinary people can make.

However, she has a shortcoming.

She doesn't understand why others can't understand what she can understand. If there is a person with the same level as her, he should be able to perceive her talent. In this way, the result should be different.

However, there is no such person.

As a result, the reaction she got was that the little girl's speech was difficult to understand and scary.

Because Lana was cute when she was a child, she was not disliked by outsiders and received a certain degree of love. But no one could understand what she said, which had a great impact on the little girl's mental development. The little girl's mentality was distorted little by little as time passed.

The loneliness of being called a genius may be easier to understand.

This phenomenon did ease when she picked up the puppy - Clem. Unlike the eyes that had long been used to treating her as a freak and finding her cute, the respectful eyes of the puppy made her feel that only in this way could she talk to others like an ordinary person and get along with vulgar and inferior creatures.

Until she met Lin.

The priest who suddenly broke into her field of vision unceremoniously stripped off her disguise.

She thought they were using each other, but the other party's sincere words, never rejected the monster-like wisdom, and even admired it. Only a man with extraordinary wisdom and foresight, and who occasionally said theories she had never heard of - with the "Wisdom of the Goddess", could understand her words, and that was the happiness of being understood.

Lana couldn't help dancing in the room. This was the dance she danced with that person when entertaining the envoys. Only that person could keep up with her dance.

Although she was alone, her excellent dance was still fascinating. The only pity was that no one was his dance partner, and no one praised him loudly.

"Should we let a few eight-fingered people escape to delay time, or should we just implement the marriage? But Clem can't let go. What should I choose? What should I do to firmly grasp my happiness?"

In the huge floor-to-ceiling mirror in front of the dressing table, Lana's steps became more and more brisk, and her body became more and more beautiful.

However, the smiling face reflected in the mirror was not beautiful at all. Instead, it was full of distortion, darkness, and chilling whispers.