The tail feathers of the Crystal Spirit perched above Elena's head emitted a dim light. Elena's hands, resting on her knees, were clenched tightly, and she looked a little nervous.
"The first question is, has Elena ever done anything bad in the past?"
Lu Cheng asked a question right from the start that could make everyone tense up.
"Let me see." The light emanating from the tail feathers of the Crystal Spirit became brighter and brighter. "Are you talking about something that would make Elena feel guilty?"
"Are you searching based on the emotions of your memories?"
Lu Cheng obtained a lot of information from the words of the Crystal Spirit. The Crystal Spirit's memory ability can not only find Elena's past memories, but also find Elena's views on these memories.
This can indeed accurately locate some criminal acts, but there are also people in the world who are completely unaware of their own mistakes.
"It also includes the two major categories of forcibly occupying other people's property and illegally taking other people's lives, as well as bullying the weak." Lu Cheng added one or two more conditions.
At this moment, Lu Cheng seemed to have become a ruthless law enforcement officer.
"I...I didn't do these things." Elena said to Lu Cheng in a low voice.
"What Elena said was true. She was just bullying the weak. She did it once when she was ten years old." The Crystal Spirit narrowed its eyes as if it was reading Elena's memory. When it opened its eyes again, it told Lu Cheng the details. "When Elena was ten years old, her brother Kanser was beaten by Elena for insulting her mother, leaving him with bruises on his face."
"At that time...At that time..."
When Elena heard what the Crystal Spirit said, she wanted to say something in her defense, but she thought for a long time and still didn't know how to argue. Judging from Elena's expression, the girl might burst into tears in the next second.
"This isn't bullying the weak. That guy just asked for it. Is there anything else?" Lu Cheng continued to ask.
"When he was seven years old and three months old, he broke his mother's vase and secretly hid the pieces." The Crystal Spirit said another unimportant thing.
"That thing?! I forgot about it!"
When Elena heard what the Crystal Spirit mentioned, her memory of the incident became clear again, but at the same time, without the Crystal Spirit's reminder, Lu Cheng could feel that Elena's mood was becoming a little sad.
"No, is there anything worse?"
Lu Cheng simply waved his hand and asked the Crystal Spirit to skip over some of the little mistakes Elena made in her childhood. However, after skipping over those stupid things in her childhood, the Crystal Spirit could only shake its head helplessly.
"No, Elena has never done anything that you would call illegal since she grew up."
The Crystal Spirit's knowledge of Earth's laws came from Elena's memories. Its ability to understand far exceeded Elena's, so after searching Elena's memories, it did not find any corresponding events.
"A good, law-abiding citizen?"
Lu Cheng still had doubts about what the Crystal Spirit said, but after spending more than half a month with Elena, Lu Cheng could tell what kind of person this girl was.
"Then the next question is, what does Elena think of us?"
After knowing that this crystal spirit could read minds, Lu Cheng had no intention of hiding his thoughts and directly asked the questions he wanted to know.
"What do you think of Lord Lu Cheng?" The Crystal Spirit seemed to have misunderstood Lu Cheng's meaning at this time. It closed its eyes again and carefully felt the fluctuations in Elena's heart. "In the eyes of this child, you seem to be a man who can be relied on. The emotion currently displayed is a kind of dependence, similar to the dependence of offspring on their fathers, but this emotion also carries some special feelings, a bit like..."
"Stop talking!"
At this time, Elena hugged the Crystal Spirit with both hands and took it off her head.
Lu Cheng watched as Elena's cheeks turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the crimson color spread all the way to her ears.
At this moment, Lu Cheng was very glad that he didn't drink the water just now, otherwise he would probably be so surprised that he would spit it out.
"Well... let's change the subject." Lu Cheng knew very well that he couldn't continue on this topic, otherwise Elena might faint from shame.
"Captain, we have arrived at the royal city of Skarre."
Tiehuan, who was driving, stepped forward at this time to ease the awkward atmosphere in the car.
"All teams, please stay alert. We are about to enter the combat zone. Please reply if you receive any."
Lu Cheng also took out the radio and gave orders to the entire convoy. After the orders were deployed, Lu Cheng once again looked at Elena.
This time, Elena tried to avoid Lu Cheng's gaze, but there was so little space inside the car that she could only pluck the feathers of the Crystal Spirit helplessly.
"Let me repeat again that your plan is not really a plan."
Lu Cheng's feelings for Elena are a bit like those of a junior at work, but now is not the time to talk about that.
"I will send a team to protect your safety, but it is up to you how you deal with this matter after you return home. I have already reminded you of the way to deal with it, and the specific way to do it depends on... your talent and luck." Lu Cheng also said this to General Hubert.
Elena stopped plucking the Crystal Spirit's hair and nodded as if she had made some kind of realization.
… … …
Nancy followed her father into Scarre's palace. As she expected, the current Scarre Queen Elena was not seen in the palace.
"Your Majesty Maurice! We are really surprised that you can visit here."
The person who came to greet Morris was not the acting ruler, the fourth princess Mela, but the patriarch of the Black Flame Crystal Family. The patriarch looked like a shrewd and capable middle-aged man. The moment he saw Morris III, he walked up to him enthusiastically.
"Where is your king?"
Maurice III glanced around the main hall of Skare. The last time he visited here was six years ago. The city of Skare was now so dilapidated that it could be described as dead silent, but the main hall was still as glorious as it was six years ago.
"His Majesty the King has passed away. A princess suddenly brought a foreign army to kill him. Now this country has no energy to support a new king." The patriarch of the Black Flame Crystal Family said here, and said to Morris III in a tentative tone, "Your Majesty Morris, you may be able to save the people of this country. There are many mineral resources in this country that have not yet been fully explored. Perhaps we can help you a little."
The patriarch of the Black Flame Crystal Family had made his intentions very clear at this point. As the king of a neighboring country, Morris III had deliberately come here when Skare was in decline, and it was very likely that he wanted to completely annex Skare.
In this situation, these nobles have only one choice to make, and that is to swear allegiance to the new king!
Nancy turned her eyes to her father. She did not think that annexing Scarlett was the right choice now, and Morris III's opinion on this matter...
"Do you want to sell your country to other countries? You are a bunch of unfaithful people! Traitors!" Morris III said something that he should never say given his position.