Invincible witch

We had a very hypocritical courteous and quietly settled my seat problem.The little guard who was sitting at the end stood up without changing his face, walked straight to the door and stood at attention, looking like a bodyguard sent by our side to guard the door.

I sat upright in my seat, showing a full aristocratic air, sitting in a very ladylike posture, and said in a low voice: "I am very grateful for his behavior. I hope that after today he will be rewarded for his gentlemanly demeanor." .”

Rutger smiled softly beside me, leaned over and whispered in my ear, "Oh, don't worry, Luna dear. I'll pass on your gratitude to him. Fred is such a good guy, as he deserves." Brought by my men... I guess we all have some unsurprising knack for pleasing ladies—"

I pursed my lips and smiled, then untied the crimson velvet cloak trimmed with white fur and put it on the back of the chair.

I'm not used to this kind of color matching of dark red and dark green, but the Unicorn Empire stipulates that the earl's dress for important formal occasions is this kind of "dark red velvet coat trimmed with white fur". Earl, I shall either choose to wear a gown of crimson velvet or this cloak.And I chose to wear a dark green dress today on purpose, it is impossible to change to the prescribed dark red - that would anger those little green people who think that once I transform into a human race, I will no longer be able to love Iroland Guys, and that resistance isn't good for what I'm about to do—so I'll just go with the cape outfit.

The crimson velvet cloak was also adorned with a series of short ribbons of medals awarded by Queen Faleida that I had obtained, and at this moment, there was a light jingle with my movements.

After I took my seat, although the seat was adjusted quickly, no one on the two sides of the table spoke for a while, and the whole hall fell into silence.

The atmosphere was calm and tense, as if a spark jumped in, and the hall would immediately explode.

I calmly looked at the two parties at the table, and finally decided to break the deadlock myself.

So I smiled and asked, "Oh, wonder what I missed?"

The air in the room suddenly suffocated.Then Rutger, who is always knowledgeable and interesting, quickly took up my words.

"We are debating where the exchange of covenants should take place. As you can see--I mean no offense to your domain, but Dipperwood seems a little small for such a grand ceremony; and so does Denlard. It's nerve-wracking."

I blinked.

Rutger succinctly explained the standoff between the two sides — and for good reason.Dipperwood and Dan Lard are both extremely small towns. It feels like an expansion of a pre-war village. Not only is the town level low, but even the square in the town center is pitifully small—this kind of public ceremony , if it is not held in the magnificent palace, it should be held in the wide and gorgeous central square of the town, so that dozens of people from the two missions and at least hundreds of townspeople are crammed together What is it to complete the ceremony in a small village square?

I rolled my eyes, and my eyes automatically drifted to Fandan at the other end of the long table disobediently.At this moment, he was sitting there expressionless, with his right elbow resting on the armrest of the chair, and his right hand resting on his chin, in an unfathomable state of deep thought, and his aura spread, almost overwhelming most of the people at the table. .I can read the trembling and uneasy emotions on the faces of those people sitting closer to him—whether they are forest elves or human races—it seems that they are afraid that if the variable like me appears, they don’t know When Iroland's great hero will explode, it will be like overthrowing the entire peace talks.

For some reason, the same face suddenly appeared in my mind, with a similar expression—no, maybe a little more stern, more angry—outside Dinlad, with the Griffin at that time. Under the central fortress at the border of the empire, in the shadow of the castle at night, he grabbed my wrist, lowered his voice angrily, and shouted at me:

"You ask me, if you are captured, will I rescue you? Why should I rescue you? If you fought bravely and were exhausted, I will be famous; but you will only keep giving me Tear down the stage and do some lawless things yourself! Why should I follow you and clean up the mess for you? Aren’t you very capable?...Since you are supernatural and capable, why should I save you! You must think that you are capable Gao Qiang, if you are arrested, you can rush out with your own ability! What do you count on others..."

Because I remembered the scene long ago, I couldn't help but frowned and smiled silently.

Yes, Fandan, you are right.

Although I know that no matter how angry and harsh your words are, you will not hesitate to run day and night across the vast and fertile wilderness of Irollan to rescue me from the dark dungeon of zombies.

But I really should use my ability to get out of the predicament.I shouldn't have been relying on you just to save me, to help me clean up the mess I made.

What's more, I always knew that if I fought bravely and lost all strength, there would always be someone behind me, just like when I was alone with the vampire Wang Ni outside the city of Naboo-Xuma in the dark underground world. Collet met on a narrow road, just like when his life was hanging by a thread, he galloped on his horse and galloped to rescue me from the predicament.I still remember that I turned my head because I heard the sound of the horse's hooves, and the first thing I saw was Fandan's big green cloak fluttering in the wind because of his fast gallop.And that scene reassures me whenever I think about it, and makes me know that in this world composed of only 0 and 1, black and white, I will never be alone to face the countless unknowns and confusions ahead.

With a smile on my face, I bent my fingers and tapped the table with my knuckles, making a small sound.

"I do have a suggestion - if I remember correctly, isn't there a magnificent central fortress on the border between Den Lard and Dipperwood? There is a very large empty space under the fortress city , and it happens to be on the border between our two countries—why don't we hold this grand ceremony there?"

As soon as my words fell, the table was silent for a second, and then buzzing discussions broke out.

I smiled and looked at Fandan at the other end of the long table, and I was not surprised to find that his brows were frowned, obviously remembering that I sneaked out of the city to collect arrow branches, but was caught by him scene.

It's an amazing feeling to share with only one of thousands of people a little secret that only the two of us know.I noticed that Findan's expression seemed a little embarrassed and angry at first, but after thinking about it quickly, I knew that my proposal would probably be passed-in fact, this is actually a solution to the current standoff Not the best solution for a difficult situation.

Moreover, that fortress also has a very special meaning to me.

That way, even if that day does come, and I can't attend the ceremony, I won't regret it.

Sure enough, after a while of whispering among members of the two missions, Rutger took the lead in agreeing with me.The nominal leader of our mission, the Duchess Maeve, actually has no idea. According to my observation, she is actually waiting for the Marquis Rutger, who is second only to her in title, to make a decision.

The elves of Elrollan muttered for a while, as if they couldn't decide whether to listen to my former compatriots; especially the elders of the white-bearded druids, who seemed to be concerned about every word I said. It's like a faint defense.But this proposal was very fair and there was nothing to criticize, so after Findan calmly said "yes", they did not intend to come out and sing a different tune.

After the location of the ceremony was determined, the next agenda was actually the list of both parties attending the ceremony.It seems that the two sides have not quarreled in vain these days, and the content of the covenant has obviously been finalized, so now everyone has put in a lot of energy and plans to compete for the attendance list.

...But I'm not going to let them get their way.

A holy inquisitor who was in charge of reading the attendance list for the Unicorn Empire stood up, held up a long piece of parchment, and read loudly: "Your Excellency Maeve, Duchess of the Falcon Duchy of the Unicorn Empire!"

There was silence on the table, only Fan Dan nodded slightly, which was regarded as a sign of everyone's approval.

The holy inquisitor continued to read: "Your Excellency Rutger, Marquis of the Unicorn Empire Freishien!"

It was quiet again, and no one objected.

The holy inquisitor paused for a moment, and there seemed to be a trace of inexplicable hesitation in his loud voice, which made his tone seem a little weak for a moment.

"The Countess of the Unicorn Empire Dipperwood..."

He hadn't finished reading my long list of titles when there was a buzzing of whispers on the long table.That kind of voice is not too loud, but it sounds so harsh to the ears.I quickly glanced around the people on both sides of the long table with cold eyes. My title and name, as well as this round of discussions seemed to have affected them, and some people were already showing a little restlessness.

I closed my eyes slightly, and in that brief second, I smiled to myself from the bottom of my heart.

I said to myself quietly in my heart: come on, good girl, no matter who you are, let's fight together and win again like countless times before.

I opened my eyes and stood up calmly.This action seemed to be like a silent lightning, instantly splitting the whispers in the hall.Silence fell almost instantly, and the hall was eerily quiet.Everyone's eyes are on me, including anxiety, worry, panic, guard, and puzzlement... I even noticed that a few low-level guards and sword dancers silently pressed their hands to the original place. Wearing long swords around their waists—although their weapons had to be disarmed according to the peace talks after entering this meeting hall—as if they were ready to guard against the sudden exposure of me, a double agent with ulterior motives and unknown origins, at any time. Together, they held their leaders hostage or stabbed their compatriots with knives.

I raised the corners of my lips and smiled, but the smile was far from reaching my eyes.

I have done a lot of things to survive in this game, and most of them are also things that benefit them and help them.I dare not say that I have never made a mistake, and I dare not say that I have never deceived them, but standing in front of them, I have a clear conscience.

I have fought in many terrible wars, and now I will face the last battle alone.

I turned around and said to Rutger who was sitting next to me: "Honorable Marquis, can you please go to my carriage outside the door and get the box I left on the carriage?"

Rutger was taken aback for a moment, but immediately stood up and bowed slightly to me as a compliment. "Of course, I'd be happy to be at your service."

He pushed away the chair, walked out in a hurry, and came back within a few minutes, holding a beautifully decorated box in his hand.

I calmly spread my hands towards the long table for the meeting, "Maybe you can put it on the table?"

Rutguey put the box on the table.I smiled at him as a thank you, then turned around, opened the lid of the box, took out the contents of the box with both hands, and put them on the table.

Almost immediately, there was another whisper of chirping on both sides of the long table.I noticed that the Duchess Maeve, sitting in the first seat on my left, looked at me with a little bit of surprise in her eyes.

I turned my head slightly and nodded to her.Then without looking at the others, he reached out and slowly pushed the contents of the box to the center of the table.

On the table is a small crown, very similar to the small crown that modern brides use to match their hairstyle and veil when they get married, but the workmanship is more exquisite.The base of this crown is a gold-plated silver ring, the crown is a complicated pattern of twining branches, the upper edge is decorated with eight silver balls, and an opal is set in the center of the top, and the coat of arms representing the city of Deepwood is tattooed on the surface pattern; the color of the opal at first glance looks like a piece of white, fragile, almost transparent egg shell, but if the wearer of the crown turns his head slightly, the surface of the opal will emerge with the change of light A very beautiful colorful change of color comes out.

This is a symbol of the title and title of Countess of the Unicorn Empire.

Facing the astonished eyes of everyone on the table, I calmly returned my hand to my waist, untied the sword with its scabbard studded with gems, and placed it horizontally on the table, right next to the earl's crown.

Then I turned around and took down the cloak from the back of the chair, folded it carefully, the part with the medal and ribbon worn on it was folded on top, put it neatly on the table, and slowly pushed it over with my hands , until it was pushed to the side of the crown and the sword before stopping.

Now on the desktop, there are three things that symbolize the power of the Earl of the Unicorn Empire - the crown, the ribbon, and the sword.

Unexpectedly, after I finished all these things, the first person who spoke loudly was the Duchess Maeve who was thrown into the devil's prison by the former Jezebes and rescued by me.

"Lord Lady Dipperwood..." She spoke slowly, as if she was afraid that she might misremember my title in haste. "What are you doing?"

I turned to her calmly and nodded slightly.

"As you can see, Your Majesty the Duchess of Maeve." I replied very politely and calmly, "I intend to return the title she bestowed on me to Her Majesty the Queen."

There was a sudden hum in the room, louder than the previous whispers.Obviously what I announced was not what they expected.People forgot the etiquette that should be expected during the peace talks between the two countries, and whispered to each other.

Taking this opportunity, I quickly turned my head and glanced at Fan Dan who was sitting on the first seat on the other side.

His face was serious and expressionless, his right elbow was propped on the armrest of the seat, and his chin was resting on his right hand, as if what I just said was nothing more than "today's weather hahaha" and was not worth his attention things.

But I know that whenever he shows this kind of expression, something big is going to happen—either he is already pissed off by me, or he is already too surprised to be surprised anymore.

With the passage of time and the gradual accumulation of experiences, I gradually discovered that I am no longer the only one who has changed.

The same goes for Fandan.

Even now that the demons have been defeated and the good side has won a landslide victory, Ashan is more than just a peaceful continent.I often see him dealing with unpleasant things too - like re-signing peace treaties with the new unicorn empire, maintaining ancient alliance vows - but he no longer reacts immediately when something happens Above, furious, with a stern expression and revealing emotions.

Most of the time, he just frowned, staring at a certain point in thought without saying a word.When he has a conclusion in his mind, he will immediately stand up and act vigorously.At this moment, seeing his expression, I can only draw one conclusion——

The incident happened suddenly, and he has not yet reached a conclusion on how to deal with it.

I admit to making such a big decision without checking in with him first, and it does sound like a little bit of that.But this is like planning to quit my job without telling my husband in advance [Da Wu! ] the same—no, or better than that, because I don’t have the burden of family income on my shoulders—although there are deficiencies, they can’t be regarded as sins.And, I chose not to tell him for a reason.I don't want him to be in a dilemma again because of the conflict between me and his beloved motherland. Since I obtained this title by my own strength, I can certainly make an independent decision to throw it away.

I took a deep breath, raised my voice a little, overshadowed the chaotic discussions in the room, and said clearly: "I believe that everyone has some doubts about my identity change, but today I want to say here, no matter What I was and what I have become now, I have worked hard for Ashan and the cause of justice, I have worked hard, I have made the greatest contribution I can, and I am loyal to my heart... so this title, I have earned it dignifiedly, and it is a reward given to me by Her Majesty the Queen based on my efforts and achievements for Ashan. I can understand that the change of my identity and ethnic group makes everyone feel uneasy, and I also know that you do not Not all believe me, but let me just say that while being in a position of power is pleasant, it is not nearly as pleasant as a peaceful and happy life. In order to express my sincerity and to appease everyone's uneasiness, I am making a statement today. This decision permanently resigns me from the title of Countess of Deepwood and all the privileges that title has brought me."

There was silence in the hall.I can only hear my clear and firm voice, echoing in this solemn and solid meeting hall built by my supervisor.

"I have fought for the peace of Ashan for a long time, and now I also want to say, don't let prejudice easily destroy this hard-won peace. I stand here, whether it is as Delair or Luna, I firmly believe that what I have Everything I have given will enable me to hold my head high and have a clear conscience even when facing the holy goddess Sirena or the great dragon of light Elrath."

The author has something to say: January 2014, 1:

Happy new year to everyone in advance.