Chapter 200

Lucifer carefully took the box with her heart, her face full of surprise.

"How about you put the heart back? As for what the sword is made of, give some other things here?"

She looked at the box too moved, and the tears that she had just held back seemed to be about to fall.

"Are all adventurers good people like you?"

"Uh... Don't think so, I'm afraid you'll be harmed."

Will felt that such a "special" dungeon and this strange empress, after walking all the way here, were like weird works of art that he was reluctant to break.

This level of dungeon can't even add a few points to the adventure team, just treat it as making friends.

Having a friend in the dungeon seems to be a useful and rare thing?

"But, the heart can grow back, right?"

"..."Will looked at the child's tearful smile, and for a moment he really didn't know whether he should be angry or not, "Then give it back to me."

"No, no, you gave it all back to me."

"But, Lucifer, I actually have something else to ask you."

Xuna finally asked her ultimate goal.

"Well..."

Lucifer took out the heart, and although she didn't know what she did, it seemed to have been put back.

"Go ahead?"

"In fact, what I should have asked last time was, is there any transaction or exchange between the dungeons... that we, as adventurers in the 'outside world', wouldn't know about?"

"Well? Xuna, you..."

Will was a little surprised that Xuna would ask this question.

In fact, Xuna seemed to have deduced this conclusion last time, but Will just fooled around to cover up that it was something from the original work, but...

She was going to keep investigating.

And she was more persistent than before, was it because she was inspired by the secrets behind the dungeon system?

"Hmm? Why do you ask?"

"There should be an internal network between dungeons, otherwise the witches would not be able to trade some things... Even Chlodai of Yuexia Bingji mentioned it."

Xuna pondered for a moment.

"Because... I think, even if it is the isolation caused by the Adventurer's Association, you should be able to get some help from the dungeon."

Lucifer was silent by this question.

"This... I... I think there was, I once received letters from other dungeons, but they haven't contacted me for a long time."

"In other words... This is actually an isolated island, right?"

"Wu... I also know that the Tenth Demon City is very... very deserted, don't say it."

Lucifer covered her head.

"In fact... Until now, I still haven't figured out why. Even the dungeon actually needs you adventurers to explore, and I found it after it became deserted."

"..."

Xuna seemed to be thinking about something, but didn't continue asking.

"Are there any other questions? I've told you everything I know, but is there anything else you want to know that I haven't thought of?"

"Probably not. If that's the case, I really can't find my next target. Let's just leave it at that."

She stretched lazily.

"Then... you're leaving next, right?"

"Yeah. I'm going to the capital, after all, Treya's situation may not be very good..."

"I... I'll think about it..."

"Then... do you want to have a meal here tonight?"

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Will looked at the fish and chips on the table, a little surprised.

Although it looked ordinary, it was at least not a black lump. It seemed that in just one day, the cooking skills of Lucifer's subordinates had improved a little.

Or...

The camouflage skills have improved?

No, Will decided to sing whatever he heard.

More importantly...

The vegetable salad on the side seemed to be a real salad, because it was not batter-like, nor black, and its texture and taste were the taste of salad.

"How is it? If the food is good, can you talk about things that you can't talk about at the table?"

"You asked us to have dinner for this reason!"

"Because it is said that humans will discuss some important things at the table."

"What do you want to hear?"

"...your fiancée, Treya, right? Is...the silver-haired half-elf princess in your horrible memory?"

Lucifer blinked.

Perhaps this is also the characteristic of the devil. For such things with human "strong emotions" and pursuits, she will never give up.

"The ability to peek into memories is really useful, isn't it?"

"No, no, no, you're wrong. Actually, I can see memories, but they are also memories that you have experienced clearly now. I can't see the ones that you can't remember clearly or are just your thoughts."

"No need to explain so much!" Will ate a French fry, "Yeah. It's her, how is it? Is she beautiful?"

"Oh, here we go again, proudly introducing your fiancée."

Xuna snatched the French fries from his bowl, poked his face with the French fries, and spoke.

"Well. In fact, I have also seen Princess Treya in everyone's impression, but..."

Lucifer touched her chin.

"What I'm more curious about is..."

"Why is her left eye... wearing an eyepatch in your fearful image?"

Chapter 230: Treya Duel (3k)

That day, Treya noticed that he seemed to care about his left eye.

The eyes that can only see the "injury" of others symbolize the "beautiful" eyes of the elf.

"One day later - it may happen a year later, His Majesty Edward, who symbolizes Entak's strongest, also died of illness."

"So……"

"What will happen?"

Will pointed to the royal power map he drew on the table and asked Treya this question.

"If there is no time to make a 'will'..."

Treya looked at Eugenie's profile picture on the paper. Half of her face was obscured by the shadow of Will's fingers, making her look as yin and yang as she usually spoke.

"There will definitely be unstoppable internal fighting between us brothers and sisters. In order to fight for the throne, we will pay any price."

"A good general answer - simply put, it says everything but nothing."

"Teacher Will, are you criticizing me?"

"No. I'm just clarifying the answer and it has nothing to do with you."

Will smiled awkwardly and connected something on the paper.

"Suppose, I'm assuming, that the seventh princess and he both withdrew from this duel because they concealed the fact that the fourth prince had colluded with foreign enemies - for example, she had received bribes during the war and put them into her own pockets."

He drew a cross on both of their heads.

"Um."

"And what do you all do, the rest of you?"

"Well... first of all, I think Eugenie and the fifth prince can't do anything."

She drew a cross on their faces.

"Oh? Why?"

"The fifth prince is her younger brother. All her resources depend on her sister, and Eugenie can't do anything now."

"Okay. This is indeed something I didn't know before..." Will said in a "prophet" tone, "Ahem, this is indeed something that is not in the hypothesis. Okay, what next?"

"have no idea……"

"The first is the duel between the martial faction." Will clicked on the seventh prince and the eighth prince. "Both of them are students of Entak swordsmanship, and their strength is very good. At the same time, you should understand, right? There is a deeper connection between them. Irreconcilable contradictions.”

"Yes. Although the mother of the two is the same, the seventh prince was an illegitimate son who was found before his mother was married. The eighth prince was born after their mother completely entered the royal family."

In fact, Treya didn't know this story herself. If she remembered correctly, it was also told by Will in the previous course "Top Ten Secrets of the Royal Family You Must Not Miss".

"It's too complicated. In a word, the latter is more like 'the crystallization of successful love' than the former, which is like an 'unwanted failed accident'."

"Hmm. No wonder the eighth prince is more favored."

"But, it's just a look at the old fox Edward's favor. Don't you know better?"

Will smiled and tapped the forehead of Treya, who was sitting upright and looking up to him, with his pen.

"The most favored ninth princess~"

This was not uncommon in Treya's little classroom, and when she acted too serious and "aloof," Will would give her a "slap in the head" - with a pencil in his hand.

Make her realize...

I am a member of the "royal family", brothers and sisters who kill each other on paper, and chess players who need to survive in this darkness until the end.

In such a royal family, there is no family affection, only everything that can be given up for the only "desire".

Thereya let out a soft "Woo" and then raised her head stubbornly.

"Teacher Will taught me this. I understand. After all, my mother died in their hands, and I almost believed in this false emotion. I will definitely stay awake until the end."

"Don't be so obedient." Will scratched his head and said the last sentence in a very low voice, "Teasing you like this will become addictive..."

"Um?"

"Nothing, let's go back to the topic." Will pointed at the two people on the paper with his pen, "Because of the irreconcilable conflicts we mentioned. After Edward's death, they will find various reasons to 'duel' "

"In the royal family, there are actually quite a lot of duels to learn from each other. After all, we advocate force. Moreover, most of the duels are to learn Entak's swordsmanship."

"No. Not that kind of friendly duel..."

Will was silent for a moment and looked up.

Treya was actually very insensitive to other people's gaze in the past, but after gaining the power of the devil, she was able to sense where the other person's gaze rested on her body.

He was looking into his left eye.

I looked at it with "like" it but with a hint of regret.

Will... turns out to be very concerned about his left eye?

Is it because this is the "left eye" that symbolizes the purity and beauty of the elves?

"Teacher Will? What happened to my left eye?"

"No, no, it's nothing. Going back to the duel, it is... a duel that deliberately hurts people, seriously injures others, and makes the other party withdraw from the duel and competition. In terms of purpose, it is not a fair competition."

"...a very 'dangerous' thing that could kill someone."

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