While Lu Cheng was collecting the blood crystal beast skeleton samples, Elena also quietly walked out of the ruins of the church.
"Do people in your country have the tradition of peeking at other people?"
Lu Cheng sensed Elena's presence before she approached, but he did not look up and was still busy putting some of the blood crystal beast's bones into the evidence bag.
"Of course not! I just wanted to come and say hello to you," said Elena.
"oh."
Lu Cheng simply replied and ignored Elena. The atmosphere fell into a strange silence for a moment.
"Is that story you told me earlier true?"
Elena walked slowly to Lu Cheng's side and couldn't help but ask this question.
"You were listening too? Well, unfortunately it's just a story."
Lu Cheng sealed the evidence bag in his hand and stood up, looking at the princess who seemed to want to say something.
"In our ancient legends, there are also heroes who can soar in the sky and gallop on the sea," said Elena.
"In an ancient legend? It doesn't have to be in a legend. In our country, if you want to go to heaven, you just need to spend a thousand dollars to buy a plane ticket." Lu Cheng said.
"What is that ticket?"
Elena was too curious about the distant country where Lucheng was located, and the powerful destructive power demonstrated by the guns was completely beyond her imagination.
"If our cooperation continues, you will meet him one day, Miss Elena."
When Lu Cheng said this, he looked towards the ruins of the church. The old general was not seen at the door of the ruins. It was obvious that Princess Elena had sneaked out.
This would allow Lu Cheng to find out some information about her.
"And Miss Elena, I remember that you are the seventeenth princess of Scarlett?"
Lu Cheng began to gradually shift the focus of the topic to what he wanted to know.
"I am the seventeenth princess in line to the throne. I have fourteen older brothers and two older sisters above me, and three younger sisters below me."
Elena has regarded Lu Cheng as a very important person, so no matter what questions Lu Cheng asks, she will tell Lu Cheng directly.
Twenty kids? Your dad is still fertile!
Lu Cheng silently complained in his heart.
"What a huge family, but you don't seem to like your brothers and sisters?"
Lu Cheng could see that when Elena mentioned her family, the expression on her face was not happy.
"My brothers all died in the battle with the Blood Crystal Beast. There's no such thing as likes or dislikes." Elena immediately denied Lu Cheng's statement, "It's just that my relationship with my father is not very good."
"Emotional disputes among the royal family? This seems a familiar plot. Miss Elena, although it may be presumptuous, I must understand this aspect of the matter." Lu Cheng said to Elena in a diplomatic tone, "The relationship between you and your father determines the specific plan of our operation this time."
"Well... Actually, this is not a secret story in our country." Elena said.
“Please tell me your story.”
Lu Cheng was almost ready to move a small stool and hold a handful of melon seeds to listen to the story, but Lu Cheng was really serious about wanting to make the next plan based on the relationship between Elena and her father.
Elena organized her words and told a story that was not very long.
The story of this royal dispute begins with her mother.
Her mother's identity was somewhat different from what Lu Cheng had imagined. She was not a commoner, but a woman of orthodox aristocratic origin.
Ever since the king married Elena's mother, Elena's mother has been helping to govern the country.
She showed abilities far beyond those of ordinary people in this regard. According to Elena, the period when her mother assisted in the government was one of the most prosperous periods in Scarre.
Elena's mother was also deeply loved by the people.
But precisely because Mother Elena was loved by more and more people, the power she held became increasingly greater, to the point that even the king was wary of her.
Finally, a serious illness completely destroyed the balance that had long been out of balance... From that day on, her mother was so weak that she was bedridden.
But during her serious illness, Elena's mother did not receive the care she deserved. Instead, she was ostracized by many people in the court.
Elena's life when she was young was not very good. Although she was not the type to live on the streets, she was also the type who was ostracized in the palace.
But because Elena was such a good fighter that she could even knock down her eldest brother, people in the court had no choice but to isolate Elena.
"No wonder you were sent to this dangerous border."
After listening to this, Lu Cheng understood why he met Elena here.
Elena's luck was a little worse. Lu Cheng's first visit was to another country in this world. She was probably going to become the prey of these blood crystal beasts today.
After telling these stories, she fell silent again. Lu Cheng could feel the pride in her voice when she mentioned her mother, but this was a story with a tragic ending.
"Ask a somewhat clichéd question, do you hate your father?" Lu Cheng once again broke Elena's silence.
"It's useless even if I say I hate you. My country will still be destroyed by the invasion of blood crystal beasts."
Elena's scarlet eyes met Lu Cheng's, and she whispered her thoughts.
"Now I am thinking about how to save my people from the threat of those blood crystal beasts, no matter what the cost."
"Does your father think so too?" Lu Cheng asked.
"I... don't know. When the blood crystal beasts invaded the capital, I asked him to open the castle gates to give shelter to the people, but he refused." Elena said softly, "I have no choice. In our world... no one can disobey the ruler's orders. If he ordered me to kneel down, my knees would become as heavy as steel, and I would kneel down on the ground without being able to stand up."
Elena sounded like she had experienced this firsthand.
"Then have you...ever considered replacing him as the ruler?" Lu Cheng asked tentatively.
"I haven't thought about these. Now all I can think about is how to survive and how to save more people. Status and wealth don't matter." Elena said this while looking at the crystal on the back of her hand. "But only the ruler is qualified to touch the core of the earth vein crystal. If necessary..."
"I think I understand." Lu Cheng didn't continue the topic here.
The atmosphere suddenly fell into silence again.
"That Lucheng." This time it was Elena who broke the silence. "About that grandson...grandson...grandson..."
"Sun Wukong." Lu Cheng said what Elena wanted to say.
"Yes, it's grandson... grandson..."
"There's no need to be so anxious. I understand what you mean. Do you still want to hear the story I told you before?" Lu Cheng quickly guessed the princess's little thoughts.
Her little head kept nodding to express her inner thoughts.
"Well, I want to go to sleep. Let's talk about it tomorrow." Lu Cheng said.