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Although none of them mentioned the woman's name, Yannick knew immediately that it was Lily.

Moreover, although the voices of the two nobles were not loud, they did not avoid them deliberately, which is enough to show that the news had already spread in the circle of nobles.

Hearing this gossip, D'Antonio first looked at Lily, who was with Alfonso VIII, and Yannick looked for Prince George. His eyes wandered, and he quickly found the target.

Prince George, who was not with his father, stood alone in a corner of the hall, looking at his father and his mistress with a gloomy expression, and the unhappiness on his face was obvious.

No matter how incompetent he is, no one can be happy when he knows that his father is likely to give up on him. Prince George's expression made the original immaturity on his face a lot diluted.

To be honest, Yannick has always felt that this Prince George is completely helpless, unlike his ambitious father, but now seeing that he can stand aside instead of rushing to question his father publicly, he feels that he has grown a bit .

"Yannick, what do you think?" D'Antonio turned his head and asked Yannick.

The silver-haired priest was silent.

He found that things seemed to be getting more and more complicated.

If Lily is really a monster, then it is understandable for her not to kill Alfonso VIII. If she becomes the queen of the empire and her child is the heir of the empire, then the monster will be able to completely control the most powerful king on the continent. The country is broken, and then the internal and external forces are combined to disintegrate the human camp.

However, there are also many variables in this approach. Although Alfonso VIII is not young, he has not reached the state where the pope will die at any time, and his body is still very healthy. Suo VIII was killed, and it was announced that the emperor died suddenly. It is impossible for other nobles in the empire to tolerate a woman holding a baby in power. Could it be possible that monsters can kill all the nobles in the Charlemagne Empire and turn them into monsters?

With the wisdom of high-level monsters, they should not have come up with such a tortuous and inefficient conspiracy.

No, that shouldn't be the case.

Yannick thought, he found that his thinking had gone into a misunderstanding, but now his head was like a ball of wool that was messed up by a cat, and he hadn't been able to sort out the end of the thread for the time being.

He repeated what Alfonso VIII said just now, "There are two possibilities for this matter. Either Alfonso VIII was confused, or I misread it. Lily is indeed not a monster."

"Then which one do you prefer?" D'Antonio did not give up asking.

"Honestly, I don't know." Yannick spread his hands, "Maybe we can find a breakthrough from Prince George."

But when he finished speaking, he saw Sophia walking towards him with a slightly strange look on her face.

"What's wrong with you?" Yannick asked with concern.

"I'm a little dizzy, I think I might need to leave first." The female swordsman didn't wear a court dress today, she was still dressed in a sassy swordsman uniform, but her face was a little pale, far from the usual radiance.

"I'll go back with you." Yannick said, Alfonso VIII obviously didn't want to talk about business tonight, so it's useless for him to stay here, Yannick felt that he might as well go back to the posthouse to sleep.

"Okay." In just a moment, Sophia's expression seemed to be weaker, which forced Yannick to reach out to support her, and the priest immediately felt that Sophia put most of her weight on him.

"My chest is tight." He heard the female swordsman say so.

"I'll take a look for you when I get back." The silver-haired priest comforted her.

But the next moment, he was speechless.

Sophia had no idea how it all happened.

She knew that her body was a bit strange recently, like when she was in the cave before, she would suddenly feel pain in her heart, but it was only a momentary event, and it never happened again. She attributed it to her being too nervous at the time, but today, from her Following Yannick to the Imperial City of Jiade, and even after entering the banquet hall, something was wrong with her whole body. At first she felt a little dizzy, and then her footsteps were a little sloppy. She guessed that she might have caught a cold from the wind last night, but the symptoms were not Seriously, so she planned to find a priest to help her heal after the banquet. This is very convenient. Anyway, Yannick brought a lot of priests here, and he didn't need to do it himself.

However, as time passed, the symptoms seemed to become more and more obvious. The most direct manifestation was that noises began to appear in her ears, and her head was a little dizzy, and she couldn't control it. Sophia finally realized that something was wrong and forced herself to concentrate her willpower , But the more this happened, the more force in my mind seemed to be trying to contend with her, competing with her for the command of her body, and even auditory hallucinations appeared in her ears.

Sophia decided to find Yannick as soon as possible and leave here immediately, but when she stepped towards Yannick, the voice in her head suddenly became louder and became very clear, like the bewitching sea in the magic legend. The witch, leading people to the end of madness step by step.

kill him!

kill him!

kill him!

Reason told her that this voice was wrong and she couldn't hear it, but Sophia's body was still addicted involuntarily. She knew that she had reached Yannick's place, and she also knew that she was opening and closing her mouth to talk to him, but as for what? She had no memory of what was said.

Until the screams sounded!

The sharp voice shook her whole body, like a tired traveler suddenly awakened from a deep sleep, the hairs all over her body exploded, as if a basin of cold water was poured from the top of her head.

She watched in a daze as the silver-haired priest fell slowly while clutching his chest, and the culprit...

It was the dagger in her hand!

Dantonio looked at the scene in front of him almost blankly.

The lightning-fast accident turned into a slow-motion plot in his eyes. Even so, he found that he had no time to stop it.

The female swordsman took out a silver dagger from her waist and stabbed it straight into the chest of the silver-haired priest.

And the latter was totally defenseless against her.

As for D'Antonio standing next to him, his reaction was even slower by half a beat.

The robe is red, and to a large extent there is no visual effect of blood staining the whole dress, but when Dantonio sees that the color of Yannick's robe near the chest is getting darker, it seems As if soaked in water, he immediately realized that Yannick was seriously injured.

In fact, everything happened in just a few seconds. D'Antonio felt that his reaction was too slow, but in fact it was very fast. He took out his staff and immediately gave Sofia a immobilization spell. He just woke up , The female swordsman who was still awake was hit by him without any defense, and immediately couldn't move.

She couldn't move her body, but the expression on her face was still freely controlled. Sophia's face was clearly written with innocence and anger.

But D'Antonio couldn't care about him anymore, he immediately bent down to check the silver-haired priest's injury, took out the magic potion he was carrying and forced him to drink it, but D'Antonio found it was useless, Yannick's chest was still there It was bleeding, and the dagger was still stuck in it, and D'Antonio didn't even dare to pull it out, because he knew that meant more serious bleeding.

First of all, his magic potion is not the best. In fact, the effect of the potion is not as effective as the healing technique immediately.

Fortunately, at this time, Avery and Augustine rushed over as quickly as possible, one half-supported and half-hugged the archbishop, and the other immediately cast a healing technique to heal him. The two seemed to be concentrating, but in fact they had already Taking a defensive posture, the other priests who came with them surrounded the three people to protect them, preventing possible second injuries.

If Yannick is still conscious, he should be thankful for his foresight. This time he came to the Charlemagne Empire, he brought all the original members of his original priesthood, and his loyalty is beyond doubt.

Until this time, the small-scale commotion finally turned into chaos in the entire hall. Around the lying down silver-haired archbishop, the nobles ran away one after another, with panicked panic and bewilderment on their faces, and their screams kept rising and falling.

It is impossible for Imperial Bishop Hutcherson not to attend this kind of banquet, and one moment he was still greeting Alfonso VIII, and the next moment, he ran over from the other side of the hall with Alfonso VIII, and he was completely incompatible Muzzled.

"Is Archbishop Hill all right?" He quickly realized that he wanted to step forward to check, but was stopped by the priest brought by Yannick.

Hutcherson has a good relationship with Yannick, and more importantly, he doesn't like to fight for power. Even for Yannick, a "junior" who has lower qualifications than him but is faster than him, he didn't show any Unhappy, but quite cooperative with the work. I have enjoyed working with Yannick. Yannick has always treated him as an ally that can be won, but this time the change is too sudden. Avery and the others don't want anyone to get close to them now. Archbishop.

"What the hell is going on?!" Alfonso VIII was also shocked and angry. He never expected that a good welcome banquet would turn out like this. It seems that there will always be troubles where Yannick is. Last time The same is true of the monster incident. This time, he was assassinated inexplicably, and it seems that the person who assassinated the red-clothed archbishop seemed to be someone he brought himself.

It's just ridiculous.

Avery and the others were busy healing Yannick, and had no time to talk to Alfonso VIII, so D'Antonio had no choice but to step forward and explain: "Just now she came over suddenly, said a few words to Archbishop Hill, and picked up the The dagger stabbed the archbishop."

Everyone's eyes on Sophia suddenly changed.

As we all know, Sophia was brought here by Yannick this time, and she was also a countess in the Garter Empire. Since this is the case, how could she suddenly assassinate her friend?

Alfonso VIII's mind turned quickly, and he immediately asked: "Could it be that she is possessed by a monster?!"

"I'm not possessed by a monster!" Sophia showed anxiety and anger on her face. On the one hand, she was worried about her friend's injury, and on the other hand, she was completely at a loss as to why she did such a behavior.

"Then arrest and interrogate first!" Alfonso VIII's face darkened, and he didn't want to talk nonsense with her.

"Wait!" Augustine stood up, his face serious. "Your Excellency Hill's injury is very serious. We plan to take him back to the Central Holy See immediately, and ask His Majesty the Pope to treat him!"

Alfonso VIII was very surprised: "Is the light healing technique completely ineffective?"

The one who answered him was Ai Fuli whose face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water: "Yes, there seems to be some kind of spell engraved on that silver dagger, and even light healing can't stop the bleeding. Your Majesty, I hope you can arrange a car right away. The carriage takes us to the church, we need to use the magic teleportation circle."

He glanced at Hutcherson, who immediately said: "You can use the teleportation array as you like."

"Thank you." Avery said succinctly.

"Don't worry about the carriage, I'll send someone to prepare it right away." Alfonso VIII readily agreed.

Surrounded by the priests, the silver-haired archbishop was unconscious at the moment, his face was so pale that he seemed to die at any time, and Sophia was completely unable to adapt to Yannick who looked like this, especially the person who caused this result was Own.

The female swordsman's eyes were red. Although she could speak, she had no intention of defending herself.

Even now, she feels that everything happened too unreal.

The carriages came soon. According to Avery's request, there were two in total. Augustine carried Yannick into the first carriage, Avery and Dantonio also got into the carriage, and the second one contained other priests. As well as Sophia who was taken away by them and claimed to be taken to the Holy See for trial, the four priests were responsible for guarding Sophia who could not move.

D'Antonio will definitely not go to the Central Holy See, but as a friend, he feels he has an obligation to escort Yannick to the magic circle, and he is really worried about Yannick's injury.

As a result, as soon as they got into the carriage, Avery and Augustine immediately cast a silencer spell on the surroundings of the carriage, and then closed the curtains firmly. Then D'Antonio watched Yannick, who was about to die, open his eyes in astonishment. Eyes, can still speak: "Help me pull out the dagger."

"God! Yannick, are you not injured?!" D'Antonio couldn't believe it.

"Is it fake that I bleed so much?" The silver-haired priest rolled his eyes weakly and ungracefully. He tried to sit up, but he didn't have enough strength, and fell into Ai Fuli's arms again.

Instead, Ai Fuli glared at him: "Your Excellency, don't move around!"

Yannick smiled wryly, and quieted down obediently.

"What the hell is going on, Yannick, I need an explanation." D'Antonio was completely confused. He felt that since he met Lily here, weird things had happened one after another.

But Avery interrupted him unceremoniously: "What our Excellency needs most now is rest, not speech!"

Yannick glanced at him helplessly: "I think the dagger on my body can be pulled out, what do you think?"

Avery was angry: "We don't think the carriage is suitable for healing, let's wait until the church."

Yannick coughed twice, weakly: "I think it's a bit difficult for us to reach the church smoothly."

Everyone was baffled by his words, but Augustine pressed his shoulder without saying a word, and then pulled out the silver dagger abruptly.

Blood spattered him and Alfred's face. Although Yannick didn't faint, his face became paler. D'Antonio even suspected that he could see the blood vessels under his transparent skin.

Fortunately, the light of the healing technique quickly enveloped the silver-haired priest's chest. Under the soft white light, the blood slowly stopped, the deep wound gradually healed, and the blood still flowed out, but not so fast. Yannick held down their hands Hand: "Don't waste too much mana yet, Danny, well, what do you want to know?"

"You looked like you were going to die just now," D'Antonio said against Avery and Augustine's murderous eyes, "But after getting into the carriage, it didn't seem to be the case, did you Is it a fake?"

Yannick did not deny it: "I just reacted in time and didn't let Sophia's dagger pierce my heart. I hope those people think that I am going to die, including His Majesty the Emperor of the Charlemagne Empire."

"What does this sentence mean?" Dantonio frowned.

Excessive blood loss caused Yannick to develop a low-grade fever, but his face showed an unhealthy flush. Even Augustine and Avery's uninterrupted output of healing skills could not be cured immediately, although it was not to the point of dying immediately , but Yannick's injury was indeed serious, he just braced himself up and must tell the three people some information.

"What do you think the truth about Lily might be?" Yannick didn't answer his question, but asked D'Antonio first.

Dantonio: "I think you may be wrong."

Yannick: "Yes, I thought so just now, I even thought that Alfonso VIII was also bewitched by monsters, but I walked into a misunderstanding and ignored a possibility, if Alfonso VIII felt that Lily was not problem, and I'm sure there must be something wrong with Lily, so who is most likely to have a problem?"

Dantonio is a very smart person, otherwise it would be impossible to become a student of the Saint of Law. He just blurted out after thinking about it for a while: "Alfonso VIII?!"

Yannick: "Yes, only this conclusion can explain all our doubts. Sophia may also be controlled, but judging by her behavior, it doesn't look like she has completely turned into a monster, so I have to take her back to check carefully, and , I think since Lily can control Sophia to kill me, then Alfonso VIII will definitely not let us leave the Charlemagne Empire easily."

Ai Fuli said: "Your Excellency, with all due respect, there is no benefit for him to kill you. Even if you declare that he is a monster everywhere, no one will believe it."

The silver-haired priest's lips were pale and his expression was tired: "Now there are signs of disintegration within the human camp. I am the Pope's envoy. Killing me is tantamount to angering the Holy See and cutting off the possibility of cooperation between the Charlemagne Empire and the Holy See. With Sophia's move, maybe Alfonso VIII can provoke the conflict between the Garter Empire and the Holy See. At that time, the Continental Alliance will be even more distant. When humans react, the army of monsters has already approached the city. I just thought of this One point, although I am not important, but the role I am playing now is very subtle, just in the middle of all parties..."

Before he finished speaking, he fell into a complete coma.

Avery touched Yannick's forehead and whispered, "He bled a lot."

Augustine: "Then shall we still go to the Central Holy See?"

Avery: "No, it was His Excellency Hill who lied to Alfonso VIII. Let's go straight back to the Garter Empire."

But just as he finished speaking, several people felt the carriage shake violently and stopped suddenly.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful wave of magic surged towards the carriage where Avery and the others were sitting.