On the other side, Annan and Kafni had already circled the palace.
Now following them, only Elizabeth's personal maid—Old Merlin hurried back when they circled back to the main hall, and immediately notified Dmitry of this important event.
Yes, for them, this is indeed a big deal...
Annan's character is the most shy and timid in this generation of the Dong family...or it can be said that he is the most autistic.
Old Merlin had never seen that Annan would take the initiative to strike up a conversation with someone. Not to mention, when they met directly, they abducted their daughter in front of His Royal Highness...
And Merlin could tell that the girl named Kafni was definitely not an ordinary person.
- She has the talent to become a wizard or a priest.
That keen perception is an extraordinary perception enough to perceive the essence of gods from mortal things... For the extraordinary, it is indeed a great gift. On the extraordinary road, she can always walk ahead.
Because whether it is a ritual or a curse, she can easily find the key and essence.
But for a child who has not set foot on the path of the extraordinary... the endless hallucinations will only bring troubles in her life.
Could it be that such a withdrawn child was able to reach a consensus with His Royal Highness Annan
Old Merlin knew it clearly.
Regardless of the cause, and what the ultimate countermeasures are—it's not something he has the authority to deal with.
He had to tell His Royal Highness Dmitri about this first, and let him decide.
Fortunately, His Royal Highness Maria was studying abroad and did not follow...
Old Merlin sighed silently.
He glanced towards the door.
Annan and Cafney were there, whispering in an unoccupied corner.
But both of them are extremely conspicuous people.
Even just staying in the corner will be the center of attention.
But there could not be any simple, stupid characters among those who were entitled to go directly to the king's birthday party.
Even if they saw Annan staying with Kafni, they would pretend not to see it.
Although they had never met Annan, the clothes on Annan's body were too iconic after all—it was the highest quality fur of the Frost Beast, which could keep dry and cool even in the hot summer. But if ordinary people wear it, they will even get sick because of being too cold.
The temperature is about like a down jacket stuffed with ice cubes in the interlayer, only people of the Winter family can bear it.
And Cafney's weird reputation has long been spread in Noah's upper class.
This crazy little girl is believed to be on the road to the extraordinary sooner or later—so children of her age are warned by their parents to stay away from her as much as possible, and to maintain enough awe and alienation towards her.
The reason is also very simple.
If Cafney dies later, something that happened to her could turn out to be a nightmare. If someone enters Kafni's nightmare with malicious intent, it is possible to learn the secret of someone around her from the nightmare.
Those who have more secrets must keep a distance from those who may embark on the path of the extraordinary.
Seeing that Kafni seems to have a good relationship with Annan, the nobles and officials expressed their joy at this—
Duke Winter, you are too tough.
If you can marry Kafni to Lindong and make friends with them... that would be great. The Winter people are famous for their loyalty, competence, and unity. Many well-known mercenary groups and industrial groups were formed or organized by the Winter people.
And for them, Lindong's young and strong labor force is an excellent labor force.
There will be some young people who come to neighboring countries to escape the winter. But when the harvest comes, they will go back after all.
That is to say, they are strong, powerful, and hardworking—long-term consumption of the flesh of frost beasts makes the strength and physique of adult winter people inherently stronger than that of people from other countries. The daily handling capacity of a winter boatman can reach three times that of Noah boatman of the same age, and this level of labor will not even make them sick due to fatigue.
After all, they don't have to fight off the never-ending snowstorm, and they don't even have the strength to do it - which makes them extra active, excited and cranky.
And the meat, blood and fur of frost beasts are also special products of Rindong. Frostbeast blood is even a certain material that transformation wizards need in abundance... it is one of the main ingredients used to transform into a powerful adhesive.
This powerful adhesive is a necessity when building tall stone buildings, stone bridges, and stone city walls. It can also be diluted and then converted into a weak adhesive that can be used to build roads.
Regardless of Noah's own needs for building bridges, roads, and houses, the Theocracy has a large demand for these two adhesives—this is also one of Noah's main export items.
If a trade cooperation can be reached with the Duke of Winter, it will represent a lot of benefits.
— In fact, not many people want to go to war at all.
This is also the reason why the war between the two countries has not been completely eliminated, but it always stops after two years.
The king of this generation wants to unify the five countries and rebuild the Great Barrier—this is the slogan he chanted when he was young. There are also many nobles supporting him, because they also urgently need a protracted war to get more benefits.
… But when people realize that His Majesty the King is playing for real—he really wants to unify the five countries, not just writing a blank promise, people are unwilling to continue to support him.
The five countries are originally one. Except for the relative independence of the underground federation, no one else can do without the other countries... And all countries cannot do without the underground federation—mainly the subway they built and managed.
It is the resistance from within Noah that has been preventing the war.
After Noah's nobles realized that Kafni had actually caught His Royal Highness Annan... They began to figure out how to sell Kafni to Rin Dong in a reasonable manner.
—Caffney has no friends anyway.
Her mother was "traded" to her father Albert in the same way.
The only person who expressed concern about this was Cafney's father, His Royal Highness Prince Albert.
But everyone knew that Albert was the least likely to inherit the throne.
He didn't fight or grab at all, he didn't want to offend anyone, he didn't want any power—he was just dawdling.
While ensuring his own safety, it also made Albert himself have no authority.
But they didn't know that on the other side, Annan and Kafni were discussing some horrible topics—
"It is indeed a six-pointed star..."
Annan plotted the route in his mind.
In order not to startle the snake, he only walked around the palace with Kafni, followed the location she described, took a rough look around, and confirmed the location. This is to prevent surveillance.
Cafney also confirmed this possibility to Annan:
"Ana, when we got near the kitchen, someone was staring at us... just over the door. That red-haired man."
She rubbed against Annan's ear, and whispered that iconic soft, sleepy voice: "They want to kill us.
"They wanted to kill us all... I could see what they were thinking."
Annan couldn't care less about correcting Kafni's increasingly weird names for herself.
He just moved in his heart, and also whispered in Cafney's ear: "How many of them are there? How did they see us?"
Things seem to be starting to get serious.
Annan couldn't care less about continuing to pretend to be a child.
But fortunately, Kafni is not a normal person—she didn't care about Annan's unusual question.
She said vaguely, "We all smell like meat, wolves can smell it. Everyone has it... but you don't.
"So, they can't see you."
Kafni's clear to almost transparent pupils stared at Annan.
She made a childish voice and asked intently: "Can you...can you save me?"
…is the blessing of the mysterious lady.
Annan reacted quickly.
It seems that the people in this building have been locked by strange rituals since some time ago. But this kind of locking is not accurate to people... Otherwise, when Annan and Kafni are seen by them, they will realize that something is wrong with Annan.
In other words... Are you going to act alone next
But how can he get rid of the surveillance of the maid and Merlin
"Of course I can. You may not believe me, but I'm actually very powerful... I can protect everyone."
Facing Annan, he paused, the corners of his mouth were slightly tightened, and he suppressed his habitual confident smile for the first time.
Annan stared at Cafney, gradually took off the disguise, and replied without thinking: "And I—that's why I came here."