As if falling into the abyss of a dream, drifting aimlessly in the vast ocean of consciousness. His own life and death no longer mattered. He only hoped that the news that his student Relis could descend to the Yanod Mountains would be brought out, and bring Rodlan with him. His Majesty and his teacher Faron.
A bright light cut through the extreme darkness.
"Uh huh ┉┉"
"Are you awake Gretel?"
The mage tried to open his eyes, but the strong light stung his eyes. However, not only could he not open his eyes, but his entire body seemed to have lost consciousness and could not move at all. This made the mage doubtful. to see if he is still alive.
"Don't move around and relax your body."
Following the familiar voice, the body that had lost consciousness felt a comfortable warmth, and gradually adapted to the light. The mage finally slowly opened his eyes, and the things in front of him gradually became clear from blur.
"Teacher Farron?" Gretel said weakly with an unbelievable look: "Am I dreaming?"
"You have woken up from your dream, Gretel."
The old mage Faron looked at his beloved disciple with regret, and continued to use magic to maintain a warm barrier that blocked the howling icy wind and snow. Beside the old mage, a silver-haired elf was using healing spells on Gretel.
Looking at the silver-haired elf who was still an enemy in her original memory, Gretel asked in confusion: "What's going on, Teacher Faron."
"Don't ask so much to save your own energy. You are still very weak now." The old magician gently patted Grete's forehead and comforted her.
A few hours later┉┉
The members of the Saxony Kingdom's investigation team were released one by one from the Ice Crystal Pillar. After the frost and snow elves cured the injuries of these prisoners, they put down some food and drinking water and left where they were. The newly rescued soldiers and Ge Leite still looked very weak. If Faron hadn't used his magic power to maintain the barrier to block the wind and snow, maybe just a cold wind would blow and these rescued soldiers would faint again.
The soldiers gathered around the bonfire in twos and threes and celebrated their survival. Faroon also sat beside the bonfire and told his students the current situation alone. When he learned that he had been frozen in an icicle for almost half a month, After a long time, Gretel still seemed a little frightened, as if she had escaped from the fingers of death.
After hearing from the teacher about the existence of the ancient god in the Yanold Mountains, Grete was not only speechless in amazement, but if the news spread, it would probably bring an earthquake-like shock to the entire continent.
"This is the general situation. Ancient God Yalin has promised me to release you, but Princess Luo Jie'an must stay."
Grete looked at her teacher and sighed unwillingly: "But Her Royal Highness is a very important existence to the entire royal family, and she is also engaged to the prince of Belrama Kingdom┉┉"
Seeing his student thinking about his motherland all the time, Faron could also understand why the old king of Saxony regarded Gretel as his right-hand man and trusted him even more than his relatives in the royal family.
"Okay Gretel, it's a blessing to have this ancient god agree to release you." Faroon comforted his students and said: "As for Princess Luo Jie'an, I think it will definitely be better for her to stay here than to go back. I also understand some of the conflicts of interest between Saxony and the Kingdom of Belrama. Do you hope that Luo Jie'an will marry the prince of Belrama after she returns?"
"┉┉┉┉" Gretel lowered her head silently for a moment.
If it weren't for the transportation of materials and being restrained by the Og barbarians, Gretel would never want the princess regarded as a treasure by the royal family to marry to the territorial kingdom. It would be a disguised insult and contempt for the Kingdom of Saxony. He embezzled supplies from various countries on the mainland to support his motherland in fighting against the Og barbarians. Not only that, he also used this shameless thing as an excuse to blackmail the royal family, and tried to take away the most precious bloodline heir of the royal family in the name of marriage.
Thinking of this, Gretel raised her head and asked worriedly: "Teacher, have you seen Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
Faron took a breath and continued: "Of course┉┉The Saxon royal family's 'Silver Snow' bloodline should have some connection with the ancient god Yalin. Yalin gave Princess Luoji'an full freedom and did not do anything to her. With restrictions and house arrest, I think it would be better for Princess Luo Jie’an to stay here.”
There was just one thing that Faron didn't want to tell Gretel. One day he accidentally met Princess Luo Jie'an in the capital of the ancient gods. This princess of the Kingdom of Saxony had become so different from Faron in terms of appearance and temperament. It felt as if the person standing in front of me was not a human being, but more like a being above human beings. While talking with Princess Luo Jie'an, the old mage had already felt that there was something strange in the princess's consciousness.
It's like two personalities exist at the same time! One personality is still the original princess, while the other personality is like a believer and slave of the ancient god Yalin. Even though she clearly has the memory of being a princess of the Kingdom of Saxony, Princess Luo Jie'an is more inclined to Yalin in her stance.
I'm afraid that even if Princess Luo Jie'an returns to Saxony, she will no longer be the 'Silver Snow' princess she was before.
"Listen, Gretel. After you go back, you have to discuss it with King Rodland. The ancient god Yalin seems to have no desire to expand. Maybe the blizzard he caused can help the Kingdom of Saxony get rid of the Og barbarians forever. Entanglement┉┉" Farroun said word by word, telling his students some important things.
Most of the soldiers in the investigation team had flesh wounds. The frost and snow elves quickly completed the treatment with healing spells. After recovering a little physical strength, Grete asked the captain of the team to tap the number of people in the team. It seemed that they had been injured before. In that ambush battle, his team lost seven people. The surviving soldiers faced the sacrifice of their companions without any resentment or anger. If the other party had not shown mercy, not to mention the death of seven people, the entire investigation team would have been wiped out here.
Shumu Suzaku, who was responsible for supervising these soldiers, opened a portal and said: "This portal will take you to the edge of the forest. Your Majesty, Arialin, does not want anyone to disturb you when you leave here."
"I hope you can tell your master Yalin that the Kingdom of Saxony has no intention of offending his territory, and I hope to get his understanding." Gretel bowed her head and saluted before entering the portal, and said with sincere words.
Shumu Zhuque also nodded and said: "I understand, I will convey your words to His Majesty Yalin."
However, after Suzaku replied, Gretel seemed to have something on her mind. After gritting her teeth and making up her mind, Grete finally said in a pleading tone: "Princess Luo Jie'an is a very important member of our royal family┉┉Please don't hurt her no matter what." she."
"Don't worry, His Majesty Yalin is very kind. Luo Jie'an will not be harmed."
Grete finally sighed with relief and looked at her mentor who was about to stay. After thanking her, she finally led the team into the portal.
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"Are you satisfied? Luo Jie'an." Yalin sat on the sofa and looked at Luo Jie'an who was watching Gretel leave.
For a moment, Luo Jie'an let out a long breath and seemed to feel reassured. She saluted Yalin with respect and said, "Thank you very much for your generosity, Lord Yalin."
"It seems that you care about the mage named Gretel." Yalin said after taking a sip of the coffee handed by the elf maid.
Luo Jie lowered her head and said softly like a child who had done something wrong: "No, Master Yalin... to me, you are the person I care about the most."
Yalin put down the coffee cup in his hand and said jokingly: "What if I order them to be killed now?"
Luo Jie'an was shocked and didn't dare to look at Yalin. She covered her chest with her little hands and seemed to be in slight pain. There was sadness and confusion on her beautiful face.
"Do you feel distressed?"
Yalin looked at Luo Jie'an and said with eyes closed. At this time, the elf maid also brought a glass of orange juice to the girl.
"No┉┉" Luo Jie'an looked very confused at this time: "I only want to be loyal to you, Master Yalin. Obviously I want to forget the annoying past. That princess was raised like a canary in the bird's nest. The past in a cage! But I feel so uncomfortable even when I try to forget it.”
Yalin was a little helpless. Even if the two different consciousnesses merged together, although the consciousness of the white dragon bloodline was powerful, it still could not completely overwhelm Luo Jie'an's consciousness as the princess of the Kingdom of Saxony. The little princess usually tended to lean towards him in terms of position. There is no problem with integrating into the life in Ulduar City, but once it comes to some matters in the Kingdom of Saxony, Luo Jie'an will hesitate unconsciously, struggling back and forth between two different consciousnesses.
"You don't need to forget your past as a princess." Yalin enlightened Luo Jie'an and said: "You just need to remember that you are now a member of the Bailong clan and are no longer bound by the shackles of 'princess'. , just regard the past memory as an interesting memory in one’s life.”
"Is this all right? Treat everything in the past as an interesting memory┉┉" Luo Jie'an murmured to herself after listening to Yalin's words.
"Everyone's troubles are always caused by themselves. As long as you don't think too much, there won't be too many troubles."
At this time, the door of the study room was pushed open. Schneizel walked in and saluted Yalin. Yalin nodded and said to Luo Jie'an: "Go back and rest first."
Looking at Schneizel, Luo Jie'an also knew that Yalin must have something important to discuss with him. In fact, during this period of life in Ulduar City, Luo Jie'an was most in awe of Yalin, and most afraid of him. The one is Schneizel. Because this man who looks as elegant as a noble has a pair of discerning eyes that can see through everything. He always maintains a calm and light smile at all times, always exuding the aura of a superior, and it seems that everything is under his control. Under his control, Luo Jie'an always felt uneasy when facing Schneizel.
No one likes a person who can easily see through everything about themselves!
After Princess Luo Jie'an left, Schneizel sat down and said, "Everything has been settled, Your Majesty Yalin."
"Very well, Schneizel."
Yalin nodded with great satisfaction. One of the prisoners who went back with Gretel was a white dragon. Originally, the humanoid incarnation of the dragon could change its appearance at will. For this reason, Yalin sent a white dragon to dress up as a dragon. He killed the dead soldiers of the investigation team, and his mission was to sneak into the Saxon Palace to eavesdrop on and collect various decisions and intelligence about his territory. In order to prevent being discovered, Yalin also specially exchanged a ring called 'Sincere Deception'. The only function of this ring is to allow the wearer to change his appearance according to his will, even if it is worn by the undead. It's like a living person, and even if you deliberately use magic detection, you can't see through the ring's deceptive ability.
"Generally speaking, this alone is not enough for His Majesty Yalin. According to the current situation on the mainland, more personnel need to be dispatched to collect intelligence. Intelligence is a prerequisite for formulating actions at any time." Schneizel analyzed .
"Actually, this is a bit troublesome. Elves are a discriminated nation in the eastern part of the continent, and they are treated as high-priced goods and are arbitrarily captured. For this reason, it is naturally impossible to send the frost and snow elves out, so I need some human help to collect intelligence for us. ." Yalin deliberately lowered his voice after speaking.
Schneizel crossed his hands to support his chin and thought for a moment, then suddenly said with bright eyes: "Your Majesty Yalin, do you mean to establish forces and followers who serve you on the continent outside the forest?"
"It really saves time to talk to you, Schneizel." Yalin tilted his head and looked at Schneizel and smiled.
"This is not difficult. The natural character of human beings is to blindly follow the strong. Your Majesty, you have powerful power, which is enough to attract countless people to follow you in pursuit of power." Schneizel said with great confidence. .
Yalin leaned on the sofa and said to Schneizel: "There are many frustrated people and unstable elements on the entire continent. It is actually very simple to establish faith and power as long as you use it well, but the problem is that you need to grasp the scale. , if the hatred is not transferred well, we may become the target of public criticism."
"Don't worry about this, Your Majesty Yalin. I will work out a detailed plan for you. In fact, it doesn't require much work at all. It only takes a few rumors to achieve all this. And I can guarantee that those people will spontaneously It's your duty to help us," Schneizel said confidently.