But even so, it is also the most effective force in the territory of Eruin, and the intelligence system of the old nobles is riddled with flaws in front of it.
So who can make Valhalla look like a blind person
And it may be more than that—
Because she understands that it was the royal party behind this meeting. Even if the local aristocrats are determined to break with the royal family, even if they can hide the royal family's eyeliner, the inextricable connection between them cannot be completely hidden. Over the top of the royal party.
unless.
Someone deliberately blindfolded other people's eyes, creating an artificial illusion behind this carefully concealed truth.
"Someone betrayed us," Princess Griffin also wanted to understand everything. She bit her lip tightly, and a trace of pain flashed across her expression: "We are going to Jean Denel, who is responsible for communicating and coordinating with the local nobles. At least one of the courtiers hid the most critical information from us and betrayed us..."
The princess clenched her fists tightly, because she had almost guessed the name of the man.
That was the elder she had trusted the most, the teacher and senior in her eyes, and the example of the Eruin nobles she had always admired the most. She hardly wanted to say that name, so it would hurt all her fantasies and memories of the kingdom's past.
"Maybe it's not necessarily that person," Antitina instantly understood what she meant, and softly comforted: "Your Royal Highness, you must have courage at this time."
Although the lady of the staff herself didn't quite believe this comfort. Both Macaro and Earl Odin had the opportunity to get in touch with the inside story, but in comparison, that person was closer to Wang Ting's confidant.
Moreover, after Manowell’s All Things One Church changed, Overwell personally wrote to explain that the movements of Golan-Elson and the Southern Army were all normal.
Now this letter seems to have become a bloody handprint on the evidence of the crime.
It's just this handprint that may have strangled the throat of the royal family of Eruin today.
Her Royal Highness stood up. She felt a little suffocated. There were local nobles and attendees, large and small, in Magitan. How many of these people were rebels or at least sympathizers of the rebels? She shuddered just thinking about it, did the other party already know that the messenger from Lantonilan had arrived at Gray Pine Castle, maybe they had secretly sent someone to monitor the manor.
Antitina obviously also realized the seriousness of the problem. She looked out of the French arch windows on the side of the hall with some caution, and whispered: "We must find a way to move to a safe place. Fortunately, Brunchdel The ladies and their resident is not far from here, and there is also a credible white lion guard stationed in the castle."
Griffiy shook his head. There are too few white lion guards in the city. They mainly rely on the guards in the castle itself, but these guards may not be reliable at this time. She asked, "Can you find a way to contact Ms. Brunhild?"
"There is a crystal for transmission." Freya immediately removed the white lion-style brooch from her chest, but she turned the brooch over, but her face changed. The dark red jewel inlaid on the other side of the silver brooch is dim at the moment, as if it has lost its effectiveness:
"Someone blocked the magic network in this area!"
Antitina and Princess Griffin changed their faces at the same time, and the other party had already acted, and the messenger's affairs had not been concealed as expected. Maybe there are potential informers in the castle, which is normal, but it also shows that their situation may be precarious right now.
"You must leave this place right away." Antitina made a decisive decision.
"But the secret road is not necessarily safe. The secret road of Gray Pine Castle is aimed at foreign enemies. If the local nobles stand on the opposite side of us, this secret road may not be usable." Freya replied cautiously. .
"We still have another way," Princess Griffin had completely recovered her calm at this moment. She thought about it, and said: "In fact, most castles have more than one secret passage. Greycastle used to be the Earl But it was established by the previous earl. During the time when Jean Denel was still closely related to the royal family, my father had been here several times. Because of a chance and coincidence, he knew that there was only Jean Denel. The secret road only known to the Er family, this secret road leads into the misty forest."
At this point, the princess couldn't help blushing. It happened that Antitina and Freya had heard of the romantic affair between the young age of Obergus VII and the Countess Jean Denere. Obviously this secret path should have been private meeting between the two at that time. Bridge, but the lady of the staff and Eruin's Valkyrie are tacitly aware of this, as long as they have not heard the meaning.
Antitina coughed lightly and said to Freya, "Freya, you go to gather the White Lion Guards. You can gather as many people as you can, but there is no need to take risks. A fluke for one person. As for the other people in the castle, you don’t need to notify them. You can tell them that your Royal Highness is going to summon the royal party and the nobles, just say something has to be announced—"
"I see."
"I will destroy the paperwork and letterhead." Antitina replied: "Except for the parts that must be taken away, everything else must be burned on the spot."
"I'll help you, Miss Antitina."
Griffith sighed slightly, and she suddenly felt a sudden weakness and powerlessness. This feeling was exactly the same as the desperation of the betrayal of her family when she was in Ampersel that day, but this time, there was at least someone beside her to rely on.
However, she had to wonder whether the knight who had saved herself and Eruin again and again was really as brilliant and dazzling as she had seen
But the lady of the staff looked at her, but shook her head: "You have to sort out your emotions first. You can’t do this right now. Second, you have to put on makeup. Your elves are too obvious. Do you know how to put on makeup, Your Royal Highness. ?"
"A little bit."
Antitina shook her head: "I asked my female officer to help you. She is the person I brought from Tonigel, and she is a reliable person."
Griffin could only nod his head.
Since the defeat of the Earl of Dnell, this huge family has fallen apart, and his immediate family members have either been arrested and imprisoned or hanged by the royal party in the name of rebellion. It took Griffin a while to find the entrance of the secret passage in the earl's study-apparently the father of the princess was only silent on this.
The entrance of the secret passage is in the wall behind the fireplace, and the entire fireplace is cleverly designed to be movable. After opening, the entrance of the black hole is exposed behind it.
Griffin confirmed that the long-closed secret passage should have not been opened since that time, because for the Jean Dernell family, it represented an infamous history. When she saw the entrance When that thick layer of dust and cobwebs, he knew that he had not guessed wrong.
However, standing in front of this entrance, the princess felt a moment of trance in her heart. She thought that maybe decades ago, her young father had also stepped onto this black hole staircase. At different times, with completely different moods, stepping into this same secret path gave her a sense of time dislocation.
Today this secret path is still the same, but for Eruin, it has long since become a human being. The people who belonged to the past era have left the stage one by one, and the curtain of their lives has ended.
This includes her father, Obergus VII of Eruin.
At that moment, she recalled her childhood, and recalled a series of experiences that she had lived through since she left Corcovado, as if it were still yesterday.
"Will I leave this world one day, father?"
When Griffith took that step, such a thought came into his mind.
In addition to Antitina and Freya, the entourage had a total of seventeen people, one of whom was Antitina's female officer, and the rest were all knights from the White Lion Guard. There should have been more people, but the insurgents seemed to be aware of their intentions and launched a riot in Ashpine Castle in advance. After a hard fight to repel the guards in the castle, there were only so many people left. And almost everyone was injured.
"Is this secret road really safe?" Antitina asked suddenly in the darkness.
"It is known to only a few people in the Denel family," Griffiy stopped after a while and continued: "What's more, no matter whether this secret passage is safe or not, we only have this choice."
"I knew that, I should have made Ms. Brunhilde and the others stationed in the castle." Freya replied with some annoyance.
"Unless you want them to be exposed to the world," Princess Griffin smiled reluctantly: "Mr. Brando would not agree, and Ms. Brunhild is indeed special."
There was silence in the darkness.
It seemed that the few conversations were just to ease the anxiety between them, but the ladies soon stopped talking to each other, so only the sound of messy footsteps remained.
The secret path is a downward staircase. The knights used luminous gemstones to illuminate the staircase. It didn't take long for them to find that they had entered a natural cave. But fortunately, the terrain here is not complicated. The cave seems to store groundwater under the gray pine castle. A large pool of pools are distributed in the dark, and stalactites rise from the pool, densely connected to the roof of the cave.
As expected, the cave went straight to the north as reported, and there were traces of artificial carving along the way, which made Griffin breathe a sigh of relief. Her father had not told her about the anecdotes of her youth. Only through some fragments of words and phrases, she judged the location of this place, but she was afraid that her judgment would be wrong. Fortunately, everything was developing in a good direction.
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