Not a Witch

Seeing this ghost-like enemy stand up again, the remaining two imperial nobles were terrified. At this time, their commander-in-chief was also dead, and they had no intention of fighting anymore. Direction to escape from here.

Seeing this, Aliena slowly sat down against the wall.

This time, I couldn't save everyone.

After a while, mages from other battleships finally arrived here. After checking the situation, they rescued Aliena and transported them to other safe ships.

The flagship of the Cubberry Kingdom on the sea raised its flag again, but there was also the golden-red cloak of the commander of the Imperial Navy hanging under the flagpole.

Afterwards, the ship's transmitter conveyed the message to all ships that the commander of the imperial navy had been killed, and at the same time announced that the remaining navy of the empire would surrender and stop the ship.

Seeing this, the army of the empire was in a state of chaos, and many ships began to flee in all directions, and were chased and intercepted by the warships of the Chuberry Kingdom.

After the battle, more than half of the imperial navy was destroyed, some were destroyed and sank in the sea, some were burned and abandoned, and some were captured by the warships of the Chuberry Kingdom. However, less than one-third of the warships that escaped safely one.

After this battle, the imperial navy was seriously injured, and the sea transportation supply line was cut off by the fleet of the Kingdom of Berry, and the imperial army trapped in Crancia was also facing an increasingly difficult situation.

Two years later, the capital of Crancia, Solander.

Now that the New Year has just passed, the ground of the street is still covered with traces of unmelted snow.

The war continued for a long time. Although everyone was still working hard, facing the gradually improving situation, some hope and vitality began to appear on the faces of everyone.

In the security station next to Central Avenue, a beautiful woman in luxurious clothes is currently being held in a simple and deserted detention room.

She was wearing a mink fur coat, with fluffy and exaggerated fluff on the collar, and a slender waist around her body. The pink and purple nails on her fingers contrasted sharply with her fair skin.The earrings are also made of gorgeous ruby ​​and gold, setting off the golden hair around the neck.

Although she is being locked up here for the time being, she doesn't seem to be worried. She still holds an agate smoking pot in her hand and slowly exhales the clouds, making the smoky makeup on her face even more hazy.

In the duty room outside the sheriff's office, two police officers sat by the fireplace and chatted.

"Why did this noble lady come in again? Isn't she a well-known fashion master in the capital? Many people admire her, even my daughter likes her little inventions."

"Oh, you said her, this person is really unusual, and the above also said, take care of her carefully, and let her leave normally when the time is up. Anyway, it's not a big deal, it's just a conflict with others on the street. For a while."

"That's strange. Isn't she very rich, and her status is not low. As for doing this kind of thing?"

"Hey, it's hard to talk about things in that circle." Then the police officer whispered into his companion's ear.

"I heard from others that she was dumped or cheated her feelings or something. Anyway, her temperament has changed a lot in the past year, and even her clothes design has suddenly changed."

"In the past, it was a normal style that everyone could appreciate, but now the clothes that come out are really strange. Not to mention the bright red and purple colors, they are also extraordinarily flamboyant and strange."

"Many old customers don't like such a change, but it's strange that a group of young women seem to be addicted to it, saying that this is the wave of the new era, a symbol of women's independence, and so on."

"However, although they are not used to it, most people in the fashion circle do recognize this development and tout it vigorously."

"Forget it, don't care, anyway, this kind of lady has nothing to do with me."

The two chatted and talked about various situations on the front line today.

After successive setbacks in Crancia, the empire's offensive also became conservative and began to build various fortifications, preparing to maintain the occupied areas for a long time and gradually annex them as part of the empire.

Moreover, in order to enhance the stability of the occupied area, more soldiers were recruited from within the empire to suppress and monitor the situation in the occupied area.

Faced with such a situation, Crancia also began to launch a counter-offensive. After regaining some land in the early stage, it also began to encounter various fortresses that were holding on. Relying on the newly built cannons, the empire guarded these strongholds and gave the guarding nobles great autonomy. right.As long as you stick to it for a long time, the land will be permanently given to the family as a fief.

With this level of incentives, many great nobles mobilized various resources to barely hold these cities under the attack of Crancia.

After paying a lot of casualties in the siege, the Crancia military started several large-scale discussions, and finally the offensive eased up miraculously, and they stopped attacking the city regardless of sacrifice.

"Perhaps the military is preparing special things or means. I heard from some old classmates that recently a lot of materials covered with black cloth have been mobilized on the main line."

"We just need to do our duty well, believe in the leadership of the country, and believe in the teachings of the sage."

As they talked, the voices of the two gradually became quieter. One of them seemed to have gone to sleep, while the other was on night shift and turned up the lights a bit.

Sitting in the cold confinement room, the blond lady raised her head slightly at this moment, looking at the faint light from the window above her head, which was the afterglow of the starry sky at night.

Her face is slightly clear in the cold light. If you look closely, you will recognize that this is the fashion designer and master alchemist, Letis, who has been popular in the capital in recent years.

After gaining wealth and fame, this beautiful and talented woman soon attracted a lot of attention, and countless young talents launched a fierce pursuit of her, including artists, talented people, military officers, rich people and so on.

In the dazzling pursuit, she was able to insist on refusing at first, but she was finally moved by one of the tough suitors and agreed to become a lover.

But this relationship did not usher in a happy ending. After becoming a lover, the man began to reveal many of his unrevealed essences, and eagerly wanted to have a relationship with Letice.

But as the old lady of a wealthy family, Letis soon woke up from the slumber of love, and found the strangeness in it, and repeatedly rejected her.In the end, the angry man was ready to use violence, but Letis directly used a spell to force him out, and the relationship ended like this.

Because she injured the other party during the conflict, Letis was detained by the public security station, and she was only released after a week of detention.Since then, her temperament has also changed, and it seems that she no longer believes in some beautiful things.More and more dark elements are used in the designed clothes, and smoky makeup is also painted on the beautiful faces.

Yesterday, when several of her other sisters were shopping in the street, they met a conservative old man who wantonly commented on her, saying that she was indiscreet and specially designed some devilish clothes, which was indecent.

Faced with such words, the fashion designer taunted the past with sarcasm, which sparked a row that ended with her buying herself and each of her sisters a single ring at the jewelry store as a token of never Get married to show off your unique style.

Although in the eyes of outsiders, this woman is so independent and has a strong heart.But at this moment, Letis looked at the ring on her finger, and there were countless sighs in her heart.

She has lived a luxurious and noble life, experienced many difficulties and tribulations, and achieved the scene of her dreams in the past. However, there always seems to be a part of her heart that cannot be settled down, and she still sits in a cold corner and has no relationship with warmth.

What kind of people and things are you looking for extravagantly?

With doubts and sadness, she leaned against the wall and fell asleep again. In her dream, she seemed to return to her carefree childhood, and recalled the happy and simple life in the college.

Everyone sang songs together to celebrate her birthday.

They called out their names, 'Ledis, Letice...'

After an unknown amount of time passed in her sleep, a voice woke her up.

"Ledis, someone is looking for you." A policeman's voice came from outside the bars of the detention room.

Then, the sound of footsteps wearing boots stepped into the narrow corridor.

Chapter 22 Friends Reunited

The soles of the military boots were slightly hard, and they made a clear sound when they stepped on the smooth stone slab, and their steps were extremely steady, and the intervals were consistent, showing that this was a demanding and well-trained soldier.

"Your Excellency, this is the place."

The police officer gave a slightly nervous and respectful introduction, and then several soldiers followed the officer into this ordinary security station. They waited aside without saying a word.

"You guys stay outside, I'll go in alone. In addition, Sarina casts a sound barrier."

"Yes, sir!" A female officer mage replied, and then a light blue transparent barrier opened, covering the corridor and this small security station.

Ledis sat indoors, looking at a figure walking over the railing. His feet were wearing black lace-up military boots, and the tightly wrapped and close-fitting black pantyhose was wrapped up on the top. The material was slightly thicker, showing off his figure At the same time, it has a good thermal insulation effect.

This mature figure placed a chair outside the railing, and then sat down directly, with his legs stacked up naturally.

"Long time no see, Ledis."

Hearing this slightly familiar voice, Letis raised her head in surprise, and looked at this mature and capable female general, with a pair of curved black threaded horns behind her ears, like a big devil entering the world, bringing people a sense of wonder. A strong impact.

Although the figure and appearance have changed a lot from the past, Letis still recognizes that this is her roommate from the school in the past, that timid and shy sheep-horn girl, Niya.

"Niya?"

"Well, yes." She bent her fingers, put her arms on the armrest, leaned lightly on the side of her face, looked at the strangely dressed friend in the room, stared at her brown eyes for a long time, and seemed to recall many past events.

"Surprised, I think you and I are."

Compared with the past, Niya is not timid at all, but has a kind of self-confidence and calmness from the bottom of her heart. It seems that everything is under control, and she exudes a strong aura.

"I checked the information of Letice. To be honest, I was very happy after seeing you settled in Solander. At that moment, I still wanted to get together with you again and catch up with you."

"But this year's experience has made me a little disappointed in you, Ledis." The sheep-horn general stared at his former friend.

"Really." Lettice looked at this friend, then lowered her head, she didn't want to argue, and felt that there was nothing worth arguing about.

Seeing that this friend seemed to be broken and resigned to her fate, Niya felt a little anger in her heart for some reason. Maybe it was because she saw her former self, or maybe she was a little angry, but she also knew that this was wrong. This friend is not a soldier trained by her men, and cannot use the forced correction method of the army.

There is still a big gap between myself and Lorraine. If Lorraine Hill was there, I would be able to untie the other party's knots and anxiety as softly as water at this time.She closed her eyes slightly, sighed in her heart, and then opened her eyes again.

"Are you going to continue like this, Ledis?"

The woman in the fur coat in the room bowed her head and remained silent for a long time.

Taking another deep breath, Niya stood up, flicked her fingers lightly, and fusing the door lock apart, then pulled it open and walked into the small room.

She walked slowly to Letis's side, and then slowly sat down side by side with her.

"It's my tone that was a bit harsh, sorry." Afterwards, the two leaned gently together.

"It's nothing." Lettice wiped her eyes.

Niya leaned against Letis's side, looked up at the grayish-blue ceiling, and spoke slowly.

"Actually, that day, I just returned to Solander. When I was reminiscing with my former colleagues, they talked about the clothes that are popular in the capital recently, and then they mentioned your name."

"I was surprised and happy when I heard that, because I haven't heard from you for a long time after graduation."

"So I found your information and saw that you went to work in a factory after graduation because of the liquidation after the war. I was a little worried. Because you used to be so proud at school, and you were a noble lady from a wealthy family. Such a huge It must be difficult to accept the poor life. Maybe, somewhere I don't know, Letice also secretly shed tears."

"Looking at you, fleeing all the way, trekking a long journey and finally settling in Solander, I couldn't help being happy and wishing you well, and wishing you to survive this difficult time."

"Finally, I see the experience of this year again, which makes me feel urgent regret."

"Obviously such a difficult environment and experience have come through, why in the end, I pushed myself into such decadence and self-abandonment."

"That's why you misunderstood the person. I'm actually like this. I'm an arrogant and proud greenhouse flower. I don't have any lofty qualities, and I can't tolerate others saying anything bad." Letice's voice came intermittently from the other side of the room .

"Didn't you say in school that you want to promote your favorite things to the world?"

"No, that's just an excuse and cover-up. I just want to be praised and praised by others."

"But Radice did a good job, didn't she? Everyone really liked your previous clothes. If it really brought joy and happiness to everyone, why worry about the starting point?"

"I'm very narrow-minded. I don't want others to criticize me. I hate those who judge me."

"Ann, everyone will have this." Niya's voice softened.

"However, I can't help telling those people to shut up. I don't like such people talking about me. Why, they can judge me so high and arbitrary, and if I don't accept it humbly, it seems that I am a bad person."

"So, should we intentionally devise increasingly weird styles to slap each other in the face? It's not good for you."

"Then what can I do, because that's the kind of person I am." Letice was finally moved, with long-standing grievances and twists in her voice.

"It's not okay to force the other party to shut up, it will damage the social order, but if you have to endure it, I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable too." Niya analyzed slowly.

"Not everything can be understood, and maybe some people are simply bad and stupid." Unlike in the past, after living in the military for several years, Niya has seen too many human beings, and understands certain things. real difficulties in life.

"Let's use magic to defeat magic." Recalling what Lorraine Hill said occasionally, Niya suddenly replied like this.

"If the other party stands on the moral high ground and criticizes you wantonly, then you stand on a higher moral high ground than him." Niya stood on both feet, and then stood up.

"Now our military is designing some new weapons that can be used in actual combat. Letis, you are also an excellent alchemist inherited from Luerna, can you come and help me?"