first commandment

In the eyes of Weiser's upper class, Flora was not a good child since she was a child.Or rather, a good princess.

One of the sources of dissatisfaction was her excessive curiosity about Slayin Zazbarum Troyet.

It wasn't a secret that Srain Troyet was in Viser.

By a coincidence, Evelola had seen his photo, and thought he was a shy boy with a shy smile, who was completely different from the assassins and conspirators that people said.

Maybe it's because that photo is so special.It was a rare childhood photo that a young Flora found while playing in a utility room.

The boy in the photo was wearing casual clothes, and there was a tall man standing beside him. The similar facial features should be his father.In the photo, Slein Troyet, who was only ten years old, was leaning against his father, holding the man's white robe with both hands.His movements seemed to be timid and shy, but in his innocent and pure eyes, his smile was brilliant and reckless.

Eve Lola was attracted just like that.

Because she could feel that kind of carefree smile that she had never had before.Although she is only five years old, she already knows many things.She has also seen herself in the photo, standing next to her father and mother with a solemn smile.But ten-year-old Slein Troyet's smile carried something that made her feel very strange, that is, the sense of fulfillment and security of being loved and protected.

She may be loved, but she can never be said to be well protected.Or, in such an environment, who can really protect her?

Besides, another reason why she is curious about him is because he is a "true story".Not the fairy tales she listened to before going to bed, not those knight legends, not the illustrations in books...

He is a real person.

And everything that happened to him had actually happened before.What is the reason for the transformation between him at that time and him later?what happened?What was the situation like?What is he facing?

Is he really who he says he is?

Her heart was clouded with suspicion.

Even so, she was only a five-year-old child at that time, and she didn't know how to describe her dim and subtle feelings.She didn't even know where her question came from, what was just a faint feeling.

The elusive emotion drove her like magic to pursue the trace of this person.

As sensitive as she is, when she asked her mother about Slein for the first time, she vaguely noticed her mother's discomfort.So Flora never mentioned this name in front of her again, but shifted her target.

Finally, under her soft and hard paving, first she pried Remulina's mouth open, and then the soft-hearted Edellizo told her everything without reservation.

She felt she had touched some truth.

But still not enough, not enough.I am still very far away from him.She understands this.

"Excuse me, am I qualified to ask you to be my knight?"

After Flora asked him this question, she saw hesitation on his face.Even if it was just his revealing for a moment, she still couldn't pretend that she didn't see anything.Whether it is for her or for the future choice, this is a very serious issue, and there can be no compromise.She stubbornly believed.

So she quickly answered: "It's okay, you can think about it slowly. I respect all your choices."

But in the end, she probably just didn't want to embarrass him.

Slein raised his head, confusion written all over his face.Flora felt that he was going to ask "why" again.

"If he asks why again," she thought anxiously, "I won't be able to answer this time."

So she had no choice but to hurriedly put aside the topic and left there as if fleeing.

"Your Highness, what are you looking at?"

"what!"

Flora, who was sitting in the garden thinking, was startled by Count Jung who suddenly appeared from behind.

She hastily turned off the photos she had taken before, and hurriedly hid the terminal behind her back.The whole action was done in one go without delay, and she thought that it was impossible for Jung to see the coma picture of Slein displayed on the screen.

But Jung was Jung after all.

He shook his head and said regretfully, "You actually...candidly take pictures."

"I do not have."

Flora held her head high, keeping her face as calm as she could.But Jung, who had seen through everything, only felt that her forced face was about to crack, and she was blushing.

He felt that the image of Flora, who was originally perfect in his mind, tended to gradually collapse after taking Slaine back.But even so, he still thinks her face is pretty.That's enough for him.

Of course Flora knew what Jung thought of her and her face.But she didn't care, because she knew that Jung was a weirdo since she was a child, and she was used to it.Sometimes he is polite and can be called a gentleman, and sometimes he is arrogant and arrogant, which makes him a guy with neurological problems in the eyes of most people.

"I'm almost exhausted after being greeted by a circle of orbital knights," Jung complained and sat next to her, "You're here to enjoy the private photos."

Flora pretended not to hear the last sentence: "All the rail riders?"

"Yeah," Jung said, and sneered suddenly as if remembering something, "Hmph, Old Freiburg's skin is really thick."

"The Earl of Freiburg also contacted you?"

"Of course, he wants to be the first to know how serious your injury is!" Jung said excitedly, "You don't know how much I want to expose his hypocrisy when I correspond with him... ..."

The Freiburg they call is a member of the Orbital Knights, an old diehard.He still thinks about the great cause that Atheram's father conceived at that time, so it is conceivable how an eyesore the present queen is to him.

It's just that after the armistice, this cunning old guy found that colluding with officials and businessmen in the trade with the earth can also make a lot of money, which can barely satisfy his appetite, so he stopped for a while.But now it seems that this long-term half-starved state has only inflated his desires, so this time he took the opportunity to join forces with some politicians on the earth who have evil intentions to attack Flora, so as to Start the war again.

This method sounds familiar, Flora thought so when she heard the news from Jung.Although it was made public at the time of the armistice that "Srain Troyet planned to assassinate the Queen of Atheram", and the war ended after his death was announced publicly.But the people on Weiser's side who have some brains, after a little thought, knew that Slain at that time would never have the opportunity to launch such a large-scale assassination regardless of his position or power.Of course Flora knew that the assassination was initiated by the then Duke Zazbarum, and she also had a little understanding of his motives.

Just when Flora said that this incident was the same as the last one, Jung put forward a different view.

"I don't think he wants to kill you," Jung said with his chin propped up after hearing what she said, "otherwise he would just fly over with a missile like Earl Zazbarum at that time, why bother to take such a risk?" It's a big risk to bribe the officials to open the way and rush into the embassy. If he fails, he will drink a pot, and it is not impossible for Her Majesty to take away his Aldnoah activation right in a hurry."

Flora narrowed her eyes after thinking about it, and her expression became serious: "So you mean... he wants to capture me alive?"

Jung was satisfied and reassured by her unchanging responsiveness.It seems that although the image is gradually collapsing, the common people say that "women in love have become fools" has not happened yet.

"Yeah," he agreed, "caught you, hid you, and pretended you were dead."

Flora was puzzled when she heard this: "Why bother? Isn't he just wanting to start a war? Just kill me."

"..."

Jung was silent.He felt that she was really too young, too simple and naive.

"This old thing is different from the romanticist Earl Zazbarum, who has big ambitions," Jung said, "If you think about it, if you catch you, it's equivalent to mastering the activation of Aldnoah. This guy It's not a good thing, what bad tricks can't be used? He can use various methods to force you to submit, if the soft ones don't work, he will come hard, and if the bad ones don't work, he will let you die..."

"Stop! Enough!"

Flora thought she had a strong ability to accept, but she still couldn't bear to listen to this.Following Jung's words, her face turned livid, she interrupted him directly, hugged her knees and buried her head in, like an ostrich.

Seeing that she couldn't digest this dirty information in a short time, Jung didn't know what to do.

"I really can't help you."

Too lazy to speculate on the girl's mind, he finally had to pat her on the back.

Sure enough, the morning after the embassy attack, a barrage of reports exploded across the globe.

According to reports, the attack was seen as a terrorist act by anti-Weisser groups.The people were extremely angry about this incident, and at the same time expressed sympathy for the poor suffering Princess Flora.Although the armed demonstration initiated by Earl Jung that night was stopped in time by Queen Atheram, the people, especially those who had experienced the previous war, were still very panicked, but when they shifted their focus to the attack on Esther in time When Queen Ram sang the praises, the fear gradually faded away.

When Princess Flora announced that the parade and launching ceremony would not be cancelled, but held after the due date, the scope of such praise was also extended to Flora.

"What's the matter? The expression is so gloomy." Jie Zhongxue was keenly aware of her brother's emotional fluctuations, and asked with concern.She leaned over to him to look at the terminal in his hand, and saw a news item titled [The Aldnoah Furnace No. Below, it is full of comments from netizens:

"Sure enough, those who said that the little princess is the main battle faction are all [-] cents. She has gone through such a dangerous thing and insisted on parading|walking. It will be fine if Mingming holds the launching ceremony. It seems that she should want to be friendly with the earth Get along."

"She's such a brave person. I heard that she's only 16 years old, so she's the daughter of Queen Atheram."

"I thought that the parade would be cancelled, so I wouldn't be able to see her! Now I don't want her to come! If you are injured, you should take a good rest."

Jie Zhongxue also became worried as he watched.

"I heard that the mastermind who launched the attack last time has not been caught." She said, "I hope nothing happens."

"Um……"

Inaho replied absently, and continued to read the comments.

"His Royal Highness, please cancel the tour."

Flora, who was standing by the window, heard the voice, and when she turned her head, she saw Slein standing at the door of the room.

After his body had fully recovered, he put on a dark blue military uniform and habitually stood up straight, making him look even taller and taller.Flora felt a little warmed by the worried and earnest expression, but she kept her face and turned around slowly.

"Come in."

Seeing her tepid appearance, Slein became even more anxious, but there was nothing he could do, so he had no choice but to enter the room as she said.

As the automatic door closed behind him, Flora walked in front of him.She was not tall, and she only reached his chin in high heels, so she could only look up at him, but her aura was not weakened in any way.

"The parade cannot be canceled," she said.

Based on what he knew about Atheram, he could have guessed that her daughter Flora would be as stubborn as she was.In order to persuade such a person, Slein was of course prepared.

"I heard from Earl Jung that the mastermind of the last attack has not been caught yet," he said righteously, "so it cannot be ruled out that they will attack again at the parade."

"The security protection measures on the earth side will be strengthened. In addition, they have also agreed that Earl Jung's men will accompany the team, which is enough to make it leak-free." She confronted him with an unchanged expression, "The task assigned by the mother, I can't just use excuses to escape because of this hidden danger."

……

This hidden danger?this point?

Slein was almost choked by her words.

"How can it be said that it is a 'hidden danger'? It is an organization that can even break into an embassy. It should not be underestimated. Your safety is of course the most..."

Flora lowered her head, turned and walked towards the window.Seemingly very impatient, she listened to Slein's persuasion, and suddenly interrupted him:

"Speaking of which, Mr. Troyet." Covered by the sun, she looked at the scenery outside the window and tilted her head slightly. "What does my safety have to do with you?"

Her sudden words were like a blow to the head, and Slein was speechless, not knowing how to reply.

"Under..."

"Because I'm my mother's child?" Flora chuckled almost inaudibly. "We are two different people, sir."

Slein, who had his back to her, couldn't see her expression at this moment, let alone peek into her heart.

Of course he could sense that she didn't like people seeing her and her mother as one.After all, what individual would want to be seen as a vassal or substitute for another?But having said that, he still couldn't separate them so easily.

"Then what is your capacity to interfere in this matter?" She turned around as she spoke, with a mysterious expression shrouded in shadows, "You are not my father, not my relatives, not my friend Not an acquaintance. Why do you want to do this?"

The heels of her shoes clicked on the ground, and she walked back to him again.She looked up at him with a frank smile, as if waiting for his answer.

However, both of them knew that this was an unanswerable question, so her smile seemed provocative and malicious.

Not knowing why the situation had developed to such a point, Slein looked away.He admitted that he didn't think about it that much at first, he just felt...

I feel like I should protect her.

She had told him that she wanted to change Weiser's status quo.Although she hadn't told her the details of her plan, it was enough for him to realize how challenging her decision would be.Today, after he had time to chat with Jung, and after fully understanding her and Atheram's going abroad all the time, he felt that this was a difficult road for her.

"...Why are you doing this?"

Finally, he asked softly.

Flora, who was asked again, wanted to answer him, "Why why! I also want to ask why you have so many why!" But she just thought about it and didn't say it because of her extremely high patience.

"Because I am Weiser's princess." She chose to answer simply.

But Slaine read the hidden meaning behind her words.

Another person like this: forced into the vortex of this political struggle, becoming a puppet of fate with nowhere to escape.As he thought about recalling his various pasts, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Flora, who was originally calm, looked at his inexplicably changed expression, and felt that somehow everything seemed to be developing in a direction she could not grasp.

And when the person in front of her suddenly knelt down on one knee and stretched out a white-gloved hand to her, her brain stopped working.

He looked at her with honest eyes, watching her face flushed with surprise.Not quite understanding why she became like this, Slein showed a helpless but tolerant smile.

Then before she put her hand in his, he took her hand that was resting on her chest because of surprise, and placed a sincere kiss on the soft fingers.

"Then... please allow me to be your knight."

He looked up at the stunned girl and said so.

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BGM: TillIDie-- Hiroyuki Sawano

The synopsis is from the lyrics.It is strongly recommended that everyone listen to "Knocking the Woods", especially the lyrics, which can be connected with the plot.

※What to watch in this issue: Carl Jung, who hides his achievements and fame, and Slein, who forcibly reads Flora's implication (.

PS: It's weird...I saw a lot of clicks, but the collection didn't increase much at all...Ah, it's because it's too shocking for CP!

My good friend Jiji reminded me before opening the pit, I understand, hehe_(:зゝ∠)_

I just feel that I open every pit with the awareness of being able to pounce... I don’t know what kind of temper I am (. Is the physique of shaking M also reflected here!