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Chapter 10

Although Rex's food is delicious, it's also good to go to the cafeteria or restaurant once in a while.

The food in the school cafeteria is good. The ingredients are fresh, the presentation is good, the taste is great, and the price is not expensive. It couldn't be better for ordinary students.

However, since we want to improve, of course we have to go to the restaurant~

In addition to the cafeteria, the only restaurant in the school is the Ailuwa Hotel.

It is very famous throughout Andinia.

expensive!tasty!luxurious!

It couldn't be more appropriate to use these three words to describe it.

"Every time I come here, I feel that this place is really luxurious and tasteless..." Lacey stroked her forehead and shook her head in admiration.

"Hehe~ Humans love luxury, especially nobles. This restaurant was originally built to serve nobles. To satisfy their vanity, of course it is extremely luxurious and will do anything." Rex pulled Lacey's hand Hand, "Come on, let's go in."

"Yeah." Lacey nodded, just about to go in, suddenly felt as if she saw someone.

"how?"

"I seem to see Lean, and it seems to be with his roommate." Lacey smiled gloatingly, "He must have been killed by Holland, hehe, let's go and have a look." After running over, Rex could only follow no matter how unwilling he was.

"Hey, Ryan."

"Ah!" Lien was patted on the shoulder suddenly, "Lacey, you scared me..."

Lacey smiled triumphantly, but looked at Holland, and asked, "Today, this kid is bleeding a lot to treat guests to dinner, don't you mind if we join in~"

"Hey, no, no..." Lean shook his head and refused as soon as he heard it, but Holland said, "No problem."

Ryan immediately panicked, and pulled Holland aside, "Aren't we talking about business today, I, I don't want to involve them..."

"Don't worry, it's okay." Holland looked as if it didn't matter, and ignored Rion, "Let's go, I've already booked the room~"

"Yeah, yeah~Leel, let's go~"

"Hey..." Li En wanted to say something more, but no one paid attention to him, so sad...

in the private room.

"Although the decoration here is very tasteless, the food is still delicious." Lacey used a fork to fork a piece of lizard meat and put it into his mouth.

"If you like to eat this, I'll make it for you every day after I go back. It's guaranteed to be even more delicious than the ones here." Rex pouted.

"Hehe~ Of course the food made by Rael is the best~" Lacey hurriedly smoothed Rex's hair.

"The relationship between you is still as good as it is." Holland said with a smile, "Okay, now that we've eaten enough, it's time to get down to business." After speaking, he glanced at Rin.

Lean nodded, took out his staff, chanted a spell, and arranged a sound-proof barrier.

"Actually, I don't want you to know..." Holland hesitated.

"It's about Lucia, isn't it?" Lacey signaled Holland to ignore Lean, "Tell me, if you don't want us to know, you won't bring us with you."

That's right, Holland wanted to involve both Lacey and Rex from the very beginning." Pope Macchivila once said that if Ryan wanted to know about Enbit, he had to tell He, if Ryan's friends want to know, will be treated the same."

"So, we were actually calculated." Rex said lightly, "We didn't ask to know anything, but you still deliberately brought us in, that is to say, there must be something for us to do. Arrived."

Holland smiled wryly, "Sure enough, I can't hide it from you." He drank some wine to moisten his throat, and then said, "King Enbit was poisoned, and he will die soon."

"What?" Lean stood up in surprise, "How come!"

"Sit down, how can you inherit the Pope's throne after you look like this!"

"Huh?" As soon as this sentence came out, Li En was no longer surprised, but frightened, "Me? How, how is it possible?"

"I told you to sit down." He stretched out his hand and pushed Li En to sit on the seat. "What's so surprising..."

"That's right, the talented knights of the Arilan family are arranged by your side. I really can't think of any other reason besides letting you take over the throne of the Pope."

Rex nodded and agreed with Lacey, "Yes, every generation of the Alilan family will have a knight of rank 13 or higher. They are not only the head of the golden paladins, but also the Pope's personal guards. , and this generation, without a doubt, will be you, Howland Ariland."

Holland accepted Rex's praise without humility, and then looked at Lean, "That's you, you only know how to learn magic every day, so you don't know these things, you haven't noticed that those nobles are always trying to find ways Do you have a good relationship with you? Besides, why do you think I followed you to skip a level..."

Lean was a little at a loss, and at the same time he finally understood why Holland would skip a level every time he skipped a level. It is obvious that Holland's strength is not difficult even if he graduates directly...

"Well, I don't expect you to know." Holland sighed, and then said seriously, "But, in the future, you must know this and learn to deal with those people. Because, you are the successor personally identified by the Pope. .”

"Huh?" Lean looked at him in astonishment, then saw Lacey and Rex nodding in agreement, he...

"You like Lucia, don't you?" Lacey got a little angry. For Lean, he always felt powerless.He stood up and approached Lean step by step, "You want to be with her, right?"

"Yes, of course I want to..."

"Then what qualifications do you think you have to be with her now?" Lacey said seriously, "She is the first heir to Enbit, one of the guarded royal cities of Spear City, and you are just a small incompetent Pastor, what are you going to do with her!"

"I!"

"Don't say that you have sincerity, she will become Embit's queen, and the fate of the entire kingdom will be on her shoulders, what can you do to help her and protect her!"

"I……"

"How long do you want to keep your weak heart!"

Lacey's words pierced into Ryan's heart like a dagger.

He knew all this, but, but...

"Those are already in the past, how long do you want to dig into the dead end?"

"!"

"Rin! How are you!" Holland hurriedly supported Rin, and wiped the blood from his mouth with a tissue.

"It's okay, I'm fine..." Lian pursed his lips and looked at Lacey, "How would you know..."

"...that's my place." Lacey was silent for a while, and said this softly.

"Let's talk about the current situation first." Rex pulled Lacey back, hesitated for a moment, pulled him into his arms and sat down, and hugged him gently, "We need to do something."

Sighed, just like His Excellency the Pope said, Rion is not mature enough.

"The situation of the Enbit royal family is not optimistic." Holland frowned. "The old king has been poisoned, and I'm afraid he won't be able to last for a few days."

"Poisoned? How come?" Hearing this, Lean finally pulled himself together.

"The battle for the throne has always been full of blood." Holland shook his head, "Lucia's brother, Prince Qiqibia has always thought highly of himself, and he doesn't take Lucia seriously at all. That throne."

"It was he who poisoned you." Li En was sure and sad.

"That's right." Holland gave Lean a strange look, and continued, "Although the old king is very shrewd, he never guards against his own children, and it is reasonable to be poisoned. It's just that the old king, after all, It was the old king, the owner of the flame holy sword, who was poisoned by such a poison but did not die on the spot. Instead, he persisted for several days. Although he could not stop the prince, he called the princess back to the palace abruptly, and made the prince helpless. Kill her."

Hearing this, Lean breathed a sigh of relief, but became nervous again.

It can't be harmed now, as long as she can't leave the palace, once the old king dies, Lucia will be next.

Seeing Ryan's anxious look, Holland signaled him to be at ease. "It's only been a few days. Princess Lucia will definitely find a chance to escape from the palace, and I will notify you to help me when the time comes."

"That's good." Rex agreed, then lowered his head and said softly, "Lessie, let's go back."

"Yeah." Lacey was a little sleepy, she did her homework late two days ago, and almost fell asleep in Lex's arms just now.He yawned, stood up, took out a contact crystal in a daze, and threw it to Holland, "Use this to contact us then." After that, the two left the private room.

Now only Lean and Holland are left.

"Am I really too weak?" Lien asked in a low voice, and couldn't help covering his face with his hands.

Holland sighed, took Lean's hand away without any refusal, looked into his red eyes, and said seriously, "You're just immature." Wiping the moisture from the corners of his eyes, stood up and smiled Said, "Let's go to see His Excellency the Pope."

"……Um."

The Farandian Temple of Light is the holy place of the Holy Alliance and the power center of the Church of Light.

This temple has a very long history. According to the records of the Church of Light, after the end of the Great Darkness Period, the Church of Light was officially established and this magnificent temple was built at that time. The battle of the gods 6000 years ago involved the entire Andinian beings in the flames of war, until the goddess of light came and used the artifact left by the god of creation to defeat the god of darkness and seal it under the temple. The war that lasted for nearly a thousand years was over, and since then, the Dragon Clan, which has been claiming to be neutral, has officially joined the dark camp and included the dark clan in its own protection circle.

Inside the main hall of the temple.

After dinner, praying under the statue of the goddess in the main hall is the habit that Macchiwella has maintained since he became pope. He believes that this can bring him closer to the goddess.

A white light flashed, and Lean and Holland appeared in the hall.

"My lord." Holland and Lean saluted respectfully.

Macchiwella, who was kneeling under the goddess, did not respond immediately, but silently finished the prayer in her heart, then got up, and turned to face the two people.

"You are back."

"Yes."

"Rian, go and rest first. Tomorrow, I will officially announce the identity of your heir. Think about what you should do in the future."

"...Yes." Li En didn't say much, just turned and left the main hall, and went to his room in the temple.

Macchiwella shook his head slightly, looked at Holland, "How is it?"

"They agreed." Holland nodded, then suddenly remembered something, and said hesitantly, "My lord Pope, they seem to know how to protect the royal city."

"……you sure?"

"Yes." Holland replied very positively.

Macchiwella was silent for a while, and smiled slightly, "...it seems that we may be able to make the elves owe us a favor."

"Hey?" Holland was a little surprised. How could this group of elves who hide from the world be involved?

"Rex Flander, Flander is a surname that can only be used by elves with pure elf royal blood. In the ancient saying, it means God's blessing. The saying of guarding the royal city can only be used by those races with long lives. , almost no one knows about it. Although there were some suspicions before, but now it is confirmed." Machwella was very happy for this unexpected surprise, "Rex is His Royal Highness the prince of the elves who has been missing for 20 years."

"What! This... prince of the elves, didn't he stay in Falaine well? He appeared on the goddess' birthday last year..."

"Don't be so surprised." Macchiwella looked at Holland lovingly, "The one you saw was the eldest prince, and the missing one is the second prince. Well, you should go to rest quickly, and you will be busy later. .”

"Yes." After being so frightened, it was rare for Holland to calm down quickly, and after agreeing, he also left the main hall.

Watching Holland leave, Macchiwella remained silent.

The elves have always had only one prince. The identity of the second prince may not be as simple as it appears on the surface, and there must be a deeper meaning. However, the goddess did not send any oracle, maybe it was just a coincidence...

"Gratch, what are you doing hiding in the shadows, so embarrassed to see your son?" Macchiwella, who was still thinking just now, suddenly said this.

"... Who's sorry." A figure stepped out of the shadows and retorted without confidence.

"Hehe~ You are still the same, so easily shy."

"...how can it be?" Gracie's face flushed slightly.

"Hehe~" Macchiwella accepted it as soon as he saw it, and took out a green leaf-shaped badge from his arms and handed it to Grazie, "You take this and bring the news to Falan."

"Yes." Grazie took the badge, stroked his heart with his right hand, performed a knight's salute, and then turned around to set off.

"Let's go tomorrow, it's already so late." Macchiwella looked at Grazie amusedly, the kid was still so impatient.

Old Grazi blushed, and replied embarrassingly, "...Oh, then I'll go to rest first." After speaking, he ran away.

Macchiwella smiled and shook his head, looking at the holy goddess behind him.

Goddess of love, please bless your devout believers...