Count Castel's Palace, meditation room.
Agnes, who had changed into a brand new maid uniform, fiddled with the hem of her lace skirt in an unaccustomed manner.
She has a lovely face, but at this moment she has a wooden and stiff expression, which makes people suspect that she will jump up at any time, rip off the black and white headdress with the Castel emblem on her head, throw it on the ground and stomp on it.
The middle-aged knight Lahail, who also changed into the standard Castel knight uniform but still stubbornly hung the Willett emblem on his chest, looked at his eldest daughter, seeming to be hesitant to speak.
"What's wrong? Lahail, do you want to say something?"
Agnes glanced at him and said.
The middle-aged knight scratched his head:
"No, it's nothing, it's just... you just rejected Count Castel's offer so righteously, I thought you really intended to continue to fight her, but I didn't expect... uh, you changed your mind so quickly."
Agnes: …
The girl's expression was a little unnatural. She pursed her lips and said:
"I just suddenly realized that even if I rejected her offer, I would just continue to be locked up by her, and as long as I was locked up by her, I would never be able to make a breakthrough..."
"Instead of doing this, why not pretend to surrender first..."
"Charlotte de Castel was able to activate the encryption crystal of the Nice clan. She must have a big secret. We don't even know if she is the real Charlotte."
"Faced with an enemy that is much stronger than us and has a secret, since we can't defeat her, we might as well pretend to join her and lie dormant for a while, looking for her weaknesses while accumulating our own strength."
"We can't fight her now, but I don't believe she has no flaws! As long as we spend enough time, we will definitely find her secret!"
"Once we have uncovered her secrets, discovered her weaknesses, and waited for the right moment... we will take action and defeat her!"
"Just like when we endured humiliation and fought against Earl Hall!"
"Then I will make her experience the suffering that our Willett family has gone through!"
Agnes said through gritted teeth.
The girl looked excited, but the middle-aged knight next to her looked thoughtful and hesitated to speak.
Agnes glanced at him:
"La Hail, is there anything else you want to say?"
La Hail hesitated for a moment, then chose his words carefully before saying:
"Miss, I'm thinking about a problem."
"Count Castel is different from Count Hall. She has many followers and even a large and rich territory. She also knows that we once killed Count Hall. She also seems calmer than Count Hall. At least she doesn't have the arrogance of a high-ranking vampire like Count Hall..."
"Under such circumstances, even if she accepts our 'surrender', she will definitely not let her guard down."
"I'm afraid our every move is still under her surveillance..."
"Not only that, after seeing her this time, I always feel that her aura seems to be stronger than the first time I saw her. I wonder if she has some means to improve her strength."
"I'm a little worried... I'm worried that as time goes by, the gap between us and her will not only not narrow, but will gradually widen. Not to mention anything else, just the fact that as time goes by, we will completely control the territory, and it will be twice as difficult for us to fight against her."
"In this situation, can we really find a chance to fight back?"
After hearing what the middle-aged knight said, Agnes clenched her fists slightly, her expression uncertain.
After a moment, she said:
"I don't believe that there are people without flaws in this world, and I don't believe that her power and influence will continue to grow endlessly..."
"Blood races have always been known for their difficulty in improving their strength, and they will definitely fall into a deep sleep when they are promoted to a higher rank. She is only a star now, not even a silver moon. We will definitely have a chance in the future!"
"Not to mention that we are already vampires. The last thing vampires lack is time. We can afford to wait and waste time. If one month doesn't work, we can wait for two months. If two months doesn't work, we can wait for three months. If three months doesn't work, we can wait for one year, two years, three years..."
"If we keep waiting like this, we can always wait until she falls into a deep sleep and find her weakness!"
Agnes became more and more determined as she spoke, and her expression changed from hesitation at the beginning to determination at the end, as if she was convincing herself.
However, the middle-aged knight La Hail's expression was still hesitant.
He was silent for a long time, then sighed:
"Miss... Actually, if I think about it carefully, her proposal is not completely unacceptable to us."
"Our goal from the beginning was to revitalize Willett. If she can really help us revive our family, reconciliation with Castel is actually an option."
"You're right. We are the blood race, and we can afford to wait, but our lost relatives can't. Maybe they still remember Willett's name now, but after one or two generations, they will slowly forget it. By that time, even Willett's bloodline may be cut off..."
"There is no unsolvable hatred between nobles. Although we were defeated because the Castel family did not act according to the plan, it was ultimately His Majesty the King who deprived us of our titles."
"Although the Duke died in the First Roman Campaign, it was not entirely due to a defeat on the front battlefield, but rather due to a surprise attack by the Falling Star Legend during the retreat..."
"Rather than dwelling on revenge, perhaps it would be better for us to let go of everything and focus all our efforts on reviving our family."
After hearing what La Hire said, Agnes's expression changed immediately.
She pounded the table angrily and said:
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"Castel is Willett's enemy. There is no way we can reconcile. Absolutely not!"
"La Haier, don't say such things again! Remember! Even if we surrender temporarily, we are still lying dormant! Today's humiliation is for the purpose of turning defeat into victory in the future!"
"Rebuilding the family and revenge are equally important!"
Looking at the girl's unwavering expression, the middle-aged knight sighed:
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
"Let's not talk about this for now, La Hail. Count Castel suddenly wants to recruit us. What do you think is going on?"
Agnes asked, waving her hand.
La Hail thought for a moment and said:
"Since she mentioned pretending to be Earl Hall, it might be related to the communication crystal. When I came out of the cell just now, I saw many imprisoned nobles and several governors of North Port. I'm afraid something happened to Castel during the days we were imprisoned."
Agnes nodded.
"I think so."
After thinking for a moment, she said:
"The Ness clan's plan at the banquet must have failed. Not only that, the young earl of Castel probably used the banquet to catch a lot of their people. Perhaps... this time, like the previous times, the Ness clan activated the communication crystal in advance."
At this point, Agnès's eyes flickered:
"La Hiel."
"I am here, miss."
"Count Castel doesn't know yet that you and I can activate the communication crystal on our own. In this case, if she wants us to disguise ourselves as Count Hall, we should tell her that both of us must participate."
"We all have to participate?"
"Yes, as usual, you are responsible for disguising yourself as Earl Hall, and I am responsible for maintaining the operation of the crystal..."
La Haier's heart moved slightly:
"what do you mean… "
Agnes narrowed her eyes.
"Charlotte dared to ask us to disguise our identities. I'm afraid she has a way to prevent us from revealing secrets to the Nice Clan during the meeting..."
"Although I don't know how she will monitor us, the working principle of the communication crystal is the remote connection of the mind. Even if she knows that you, disguised as Earl Hall, will be a participant in the meeting, she will never think that the operator of the crystal can also privately open a mental channel and communicate secretly!"
La Hail's heart skipped a beat:
"You want to contact the Ness clan?"
Agnes nodded.
"That's right. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Although I don't think those sinister descendants of the Falling Star Kingdom are trustworthy, we have the same goal in dealing with Castel."
"I believe that they would not reject a 'friend' who can secretly provide them with information about Caster."
Agnes smiled and said:
"La Hail, you are worried that the gap between Count Castel and us will widen over time, but what if we are holding him back?"
Looking at his young lady's slightly shining eyes, Lahail hesitated to speak, and finally swallowed what he wanted to say back into his stomach.
To be honest, after the previous experiences, he was not optimistic about his young lady's plan.
He always felt that the Count of Castel was very evil, and maybe there was some way to completely prevent them from contacting the Nice blood clan privately.
At this moment, the door of the meditation room was pushed open with a creak, and Charlotte, dressed in meditation clothes, walked in gracefully.
The girl and the knight immediately fell silent.
Charlotte looked at the two people who had changed into maid uniforms and knight uniforms with a smile, and nodded with satisfaction:
"Yes, it fits me well."
Seeing her gaze as if she was appreciating a fun toy, Agnes pursed her lips and her fists stiffened.
"My Lord, why did you bring us here?"
La Hire stood in front of Agnes and asked in a deep voice.
Charlotte didn't keep the secret, but took out the flashing communication crystal:
"The Ness clan's communication crystal has responded. It seems they want to summon people to a meeting in advance. I want to go to the venue with you to take a look."
A... together
The girl and the knight were both stunned.
"You... also want to operate the communication crystal?"
Agnes couldn't help but ask.
"Me? No, of course you guys are the ones operating it. I'm just a bystander."
Charlotte shook her head.
Bystander
Agnes was even more confused.
She looked at La Hail and said:
"I can help you disguise your identity, but... in order to ensure the effect, we need one person to operate the crystal and one person to disguise the identity like before!"
"Can."
Charlotte nodded.
So simple
Agnes couldn't help but glance at Charlotte.
Until now, Charlotte has not shown what means she will use to prevent the two from leaking the secret when they are disguising their identities. This did not make the girl feel at ease, but made her hesitant.
You know, Charlotte didn't even sign a contract with them!
However, at this point, Agnes no longer had anything to hesitate about.
She made eye contact with Lahail, nodded secretly, and began to stretch out her hand and place it on the communication crystal, and began to inject magic power to activate it.
A familiar power began to spread from the crystal ball, which was a verification of the power of bloodline.
Gradually, the crystal ball began to emit a dreamy glow, and Agnes felt that her mental power was connected to the crystal ball.
The connection was successful!
Agnes cheered up.
"It has been activated. Lahail can prepare to join the sect."
She glanced at Charlotte obliquely and said, while secretly preparing to open a secret mental channel.
However, at this moment, Charlotte interrupted the two's actions:
"Wait a mininute."
She just smiled slightly and closed her eyes.
When she opened her eyes again, her azure blue eyes had turned into red gold.
A terrifying mental force suddenly erupted from her body, and in Agnès's horrified eyes, the crimson light swallowed up the entire world in an instant.
Agnes felt dazed and dizzy.
Then, the sky collapsed and the earth split apart. A solemn black stone wall rose from the ground, and layers of steps continued to rise in the crimson mist...
In an instant, Agnes found herself in a towering castle, and Charlotte was sitting high on an extremely majestic blood throne. Her regular clothes turned into a gorgeous black dress with thorns and roses patterns, her golden hair turned silver, and even her height seemed to be a little taller.
The communication crystal floated in the air, but it looked a little illusory, not like a entity, but more like a projection, while Agnes and La Hire still kept touching the crystal.
Feeling the spiritual power that seemed to be everywhere around her, Agnès widened her eyes with a look of disbelief:
Spiritual world!
This is the spiritual world!
She was actually pulled into the spiritual world by the other party!
Damn it, who on earth is this little earl, and why can he directly pull people's consciousness into his own spiritual world? !
This... isn't this something only a legend can do? !
No, no, no... Just being able to construct such a realistic spiritual world is already outrageous!
She, she, she... is she really just a star?!
How can this be a private contact with the Nice clan
Agnes looked at Charlotte, who was sitting high on the throne with a smile on her face, with a wonderful expression.
As the daughter of a legendary powerful man, she is no stranger to the knowledge of the spiritual world.
In the spiritual world, any small action of outsiders will be untraceable, and even life and death are in the hands of the master...
In other words, she and Lahail are now being observed by Charlotte from all angles, and the other party has the ability to disconnect them from the communication crystal at any time.
"Okay, now... you can start disguising your identities and enter the meeting place of the Ness Clan."
Charlotte changed into a comfortable position and smiled slightly.
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