[The Chronicles of Narnia] Sin

The Supreme King Peter sat at his desk, reviewing political documents twice as high as usual—all thanks to his hapless younger brother, the Justice King, who suddenly disappeared from the world for four or five days, leaving all the daily affairs to him. Narnia's devoted brother.

What made Edmund so mad?I heard from several night watchmen who saw the Justice King leave the city that day that the young king wore a night cloak and rode alone on his eloquent horse partner Philip to the south in the direction of the battle in Archenland.

It wasn't until this morning when he saw Edith and the young man walking into the yard holding the reins, talking and laughing upstairs, that he understood everything.

If King Justice's previous series of actions could be forcibly interpreted as out of friendship, then this time it cannot be justified anyway.

Edith, who was dressed in a marching uniform, looked ordinary, and there were even traces of wind and sand on her face.She could only barely be called good-looking when she smiled, and her conversation and personality did not leave any special impression on the Supreme King when they met half a year ago.

The most important thing is that she can't have any high-profile status, otherwise it will cause others to question the integrity of Narnia most.King Lun himself can pretend to be ignorant, but it is impossible for other people in the two countries to shut up and pretend to be stupid; the world is so big and there are so many people talking, it is impossible and impossible for Edmund to be sensitive to such an identity. soldiers together.To marry a queen who killed the four princes of Calormen—that would be the same as declaring war on Calormen.

Not that Narnia was much afraid of Calormen.But Peter knew that war was a means to be used only when he had to.Narnia has experienced too much turmoil in the past eight years, and more wars have no meaning except to harm the innocent and break the hard-won peace.

He remembered the temptation he had made to his younger brother as a joke a long time ago.I thought I was thinking too much at that time, but now it seems that everything is a wise plan for a rainy day.

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April is about to be the day when Edmund the Justice King officially comes of age, and the castle will hold a medium-sized ball for him.Although this upright young man who knew nothing about dance and just wanted to get together with his brothers and sisters to eat a small cake repeatedly shied away, Susan, who loved the dance, still enthusiastically prepared everything for him.

"This is nonsense!" During dinner, Edmund glared at his sister Wang with a ferocious expression, "You even invited foreign guests? Do you want me to be eaten alive by those girls?!"

"In terms of etiquette, we have to do this," said the gentle queen, who was not as knowledgeable as her younger brother, and ate the cherries on her plate gracefully. "They are not that scary, after all, they are all reserved ladies."

Peter was finally able to eat with his younger siblings (usually he was always too busy to solve the dinner alone), and interjected: "It's okay to meet all kinds of girls, after all, you can be free from now on. In love."

"Lucy!" The Justice King moved out his younger sister, "You come and help me wake up these adults."

The girl was concentrating on the rainbow ice cream in a small delicate silver bowl, and didn't want to defend her elder brother who deserved a beating: "This time I'm on the same side as them. Etiquette... that's it."

Peter remembered what he was worried about before, and secretly said: "I think you should know what kind of girl is suitable for the future queen."

Edmund was alone and helpless, and his morale was low. He muttered: "You haven't found it even at 22. If I can find it, I'll be damned..."

Hearing his muttering, the Supreme King said in a deep voice, "I'm just reminding you. As for the longer-term matters, there is no need to worry at all."

King Justice stood in the living room of his office, practicing his dance steps stiffly.Tomorrow night is the dance party, and he is only now starting to cram, and he almost can't even step on the accent of the music.

He plans to dance only with Susan and Lucy—Susan is a good dancer and can definitely cover up his wrong steps without a trace; while Lucy is more casual about dancing and thinks it is unnecessary to dance as much as you want Care about the standard of right and wrong.As for the other princesses, he had no choice but to not invite any of them, because he knew very well what an invitation from a king at his coming-of-age ball meant to ordinary people.If a lady came to invite him, there was no other way but to bite the bullet and fool a piece of music; but he felt that not many people had the courage to face his ugly face.

Lucy, Queen of Valor, wants to invite Edith, her long-lost companion.She knew that there were many Archenlanders at the ball, and it was dangerous to ask her to show up, but this did not prevent the girl from fulfilling her urgent wish—she always had new and wonderful ideas.

Edith's dormitory suddenly received a huge box with an invitation to the dance party on it.

"I can't dance..." She murmured to herself doubtfully.

Opening the box, some strange bottles and jars fell out with a clatter, and lying on the bottom of the box was a delicate purple dance dress and a piece of folded letter paper.

Unfolding the letter paper, Lucy's cheerful handwriting came into view: She planned to add an impromptu make-up session at the end of the ball. The last three dances will soon become a carnival that abandons identity and etiquette—everyone wears a mask, and no one knows anyone. , singing and dancing on the dance floor is enough.

The jars that just fell out were some hair dye and brow gel - if Edith dresses up in disguise and puts on a ball mask, no one will know who she is or care if she dances badly .

Crazy as it was, the idea held a strange fascination for her.

Edith decided to dye her hair reddish-brown to go to the appointment, and Lucy, who was going to dye her blonde hair and wear an orange dance dress, made a good sign, and planned to become the "star of focus" on the court stage.

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The coming-of-age ball for the King of Justice began as promised on April 1008th, [-], Narnia Era.On the bustling and dreamy dance floor, the princes and nobles from all over the world enjoyed their exclusive and comfortable time.

"Ed, there are many beautiful girls looking at you over there." The heroic queen Lucy and her brother danced a minuet tango, and wanted to leave the dance floor to find her old friend Mr. Tumnus, "It's time to invite A foreign guest, it seems arrogant to only dance with one's own sister."

"Why do you want to imitate Susan's speech?" Justice Wang firmly held his sister's hand to prevent her from leaving, as if grabbing a life-saving straw, "Don't abandon me, and dance to the last song, please!"

Seeing her faun friend waiting in the distance cast a understanding look at her, Lucy shook her head helplessly, and started the preparations for the next dance song with King Justice.

"Socially, I can be your older sister." Taking advantage of no one around to listen, the girl joked presumptuously, "Besides, with a shy turtle like you, ten older sisters at the ball are not enough to serve as shields."

The King of Justice was not happy when he heard this: "That's not a shrinking turtle!" He was busy explaining, and his steps were chaotic, "I have no interest in those noisy Yingyingyanyans, and I don't want to leave a follow-up for myself. Trouble."

"—Do you think they can really chat with someone who has lived in the twentieth century for ten years?" The young man lowered his voice, and at the same time led her to do a spin under Lucy's guidance, "These girls The only thoughts on her mind are to dress herself up and find her husband...Look at Sharon, her mind is pretty good among them, but she still wanted to rely on her nepotism to get revenge back then."

"But you can't find people in Narnia thinking in the twentieth century..." Lucy questioned her brother's unrealistic standards.

King Justice raised his eyebrows, his expression unclear: "Maybe."

Finally, after two difficult hours, the guests temporarily left the ballroom to change their costumes and prepare for the last three masquerade pieces.

Edmund felt that he was finally relieved, and he was going to slip away and go to the beach with Philip to have a breeze—anyway, everyone became unrecognizable, and it didn't matter whether the King of Justice himself was there or not.

Just as he "rescued" Philip from the stable, and was about to slip away through the small door on the north side of the castle, a crisp cry completely disrupted his plan.

"Your Majesty the Justice King! Are you sure you don't want to dance the last three dances?"

The voice sounded a bit weird, but it was also inexplicably familiar.Edmund turned around helplessly, and found a blond masked girl saluting exaggeratedly in the distance.There were several ladies with different hair colors behind her, black, brown, and red, and they couldn't see their faces. They followed her and saluted to him.

Damn.Edmund cursed secretly in his heart, and signaled Philip to wait for a while, and put on a fake smile to deal with these foreign guests running around.

"I have important things to do, so I can't accompany you ladies." Although he is the embodiment of fairness and justice in Narnia, he is not bad at telling lies without changing his face.

"It's really sad." The blond girl's tone was operatic. "You probably don't think what you're going to miss."

In the middle of their conversation, the gentle queen who had finished her disguise happened to pass by here, and she looked at the justice king who had no mask or wig in surprise: "Aren't you going to continue dancing, Ed?"

It was over and over, and Edmund was terribly depressed.Once found out by Susan, who pays attention to etiquette, he will definitely be unable to escape tonight.Blame this group of weird ladies!

"While there is still time, hurry up and prepare. At the end of the ball, you still need a speech as the host." Susan pulled her brother's sleeve and led him towards the dressing room.The poor Justice King twisted his neck and gestured to Philippe in the north: Go yourself, old man!

King Justice was brought back by his sister Wang, with an ugly silver wig on his head and a black and gold dress suit.Fortunately, no one invited him to dance at the beginning, so the young man sank decadently on the sofa by the dance floor, mechanically sending grapes to his mouth under the mask.

He sees the blond girl and her sisters "dancing" madly (the word must be in quotation marks in respect of the art) - they are dancing out of order, even a poor dancer like himself can tell .The blonde was partnered with a red-haired girl with long arms and long legs, wearing a gorgeous purple dress, but her dance was not very pleasing to the eye—her movements were too hard, and every time she turned her head and took a step, she was full of strength, as if to Going to the battlefield to fight in general.

Looking at it, he seemed to find something wrong: these two people, he always felt a little familiar.

The first song is over, and there are about 3 minutes before the second song starts.A slender, black-haired lady about 25 years old walked towards him with great interest: "Master 'Phoenix', can you dance with me?"

King Justice almost bounced off the sofa when he heard her voice: "'Qiu Shui'?"

He finally figured it out, except for Mona in front of him, those girls just now were also from the Intelligence Bureau!And the blond girl in the lead can only be Lucy who is the best at misbehaving and has the best relationship with Edith!

Edmund, who had never danced with a woman other than his sister, was at a loss when the fast waltz played.Fortunately, Mona, who has lived for more than 200 years, is obviously experienced and guides his pace freely.

"How did you recognize me?" This was the only question he couldn't figure out.

Mona raised her chin in the direction of the blond and red-haired girls: "Ladies' 'sixth sense', five big and three thick guys won't understand."

The blond girl was Lucy, and the red-haired one was, without a doubt, Edith.These two people are very familiar with him, and it's not surprising that they can recognize him; but he didn't recognize Lucy in the first place and was put on by her, and he probably will be ridiculed to death by her in the next few days.

"Do you know where His Majesty the High King is?" Mona asked him towards the end of the dance.

This question stumped the Justice King.He didn't know if Peter was part of the mess, much less what clothes he might have changed.He looked around in confusion, then turned around and replied honestly: "No."

The final sound faded away, and Mona let go of the hand on his shoulder: "Then I have to ask the Queen of Bravery, see you later."