The midday sun was dazzling, so bright that even if you looked around, there was nothing to hide from the darkness.

The carriage clattered all the way to the central square of the royal city. At this time, many people in the city had gathered around the square.

Also because there were so many people coming, they surrounded the center of the square with three floors inside and three floors outside. As a result, Ning Dai could not see anything clearly.

After the carriage stopped, Lance got out of the car first, then turned around to help Ning Dai get out of the car.

When Ning Dai appeared in front of people, the people who were originally surrounding the square knelt down and lowered their heads, calling "Her Majesty the Queen."

Ning Dai raised her chin slightly. This feeling of being admired by all people, except when she was filming TV, she could not even think about it.

A sunshade canopy was set up high on the steps on one side of the square, decorated with many pleated silk curtains, and two chairs were placed underneath. There was a viewing area specially arranged for Her Majesty the Queen and the Archbishop of the Vatican.

The viewing area was facing the center of the square. Ningdai followed Lance as she walked there. It wasn't until she stepped onto the viewing area that was facing the center of the square that Ningdai suddenly realized that today's ceremony was not the one with the positive color she thought.

Not a ritual, but... an execution ceremony?!

A human-high cross has been erected in the center of the wide square, and bundles of firewood are piled in the open space not far from the cross.

Is this... burning at the stake?

Ning Dai subconsciously looked at Lance and asked him for confirmation.

Lance smiled slightly and didn't explain anything. He just held her hand and led her to sit down.

Ning Dai frowned.

To be honest, little elf brother, if the so-called ritual is really going to involve burning, no matter how much you laugh and confuse all living beings, I can't sit here calmly with you.

After the two big men sat down, Lance nodded instructively to the guard on the side.

After receiving the order, the guard quickly bit his ear at another guard.

Then, the guard trotted aside.

A few minutes later, a pair of guards walked over from a side street, holding a tied-up man in the middle of the crowd.

Ning Dai stretched her neck and took a few glances before realizing that the man tied up was the knight who came to her bedroom last night, Herman!

The guards held Herman hostage and came closer and closer. After Ning Dai was 100% sure that it was him, she immediately turned to look at Lance beside her.

"What are you going to do?" Her palms suddenly felt as if there was a chill in her hands.

Lance glanced at her, but turned a deaf ear to her question and calmly watched the guards tie Herman to the cross.

While struggling, Herman yelled at Lance, scolding him for deceiving everyone and that he would have evil intentions towards the queen and the kingdom.

Lance allowed Herman to curse, and instead of getting angry, there was even a trace of a smile on his lips.

But that smile was too cold, not the smile of an angel, but the smile of a poisonous snake.

Hermann's hands and feet were firmly tied to the cross with iron chains, and other guards placed bundles of firewood at his feet, forming a thick circle.

Ning Dai had personally experienced the scene of burning, which was the world of the gods a long time ago. Although that world had passed a long time ago, the memory of watching a bunch of foxes being burned into barbecues and almost being burned to death herself was still vivid in her mind.

She doesn't think she can accept such a scene again, and it goes against the understanding of compulsory education accepted by a modern person. What's more, someone like her has received compulsory education hundreds of times and is already very good.

Young people who could not be better.

Immediately he couldn't sit still and stood up, asking the person next to him who was still sitting calmly: "I want to ask you, do you want to set this person up for a barbecue?"

Lance raised his eyes and looked back at her, and finally spoke, in a gentle and slow voice, like an elder talking to a little girl: "Your Majesty, this person has committed a heinous crime. According to the law, he must be burned at the stake.

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"What crime has she committed?"

Lance seemed to have been waiting for her to ask this question, and now that he finally waited, the smile on his lips became even bigger.

A few seconds later, he opened his lips and said: "He secretly broke into Her Majesty the Queen's bedroom."

Ning Dai couldn't help but tremble.

How did he know? Someone was spying on him? Then he also knew what Herman said to him?

Ning Dai began to think deeply about whether to hug the person in front of her and cry out that she was innocent. She really had no intention of running away, really!

Lance watched her sudden silence with leisure until the guard came over and reported that everything was ready for execution.

He said "Yeah" and nodded to the guard.

Ning Dai finally reacted: "Wait! Stop!"

The guard who had just received Lance's order subconsciously stopped, looked at Ning Dai hesitantly, and then looked at Lance.

Lance also looked at Ning Dai.

Ning Dai said disapprovingly: "You are too hasty. When did he break into my bedroom?"

Lance raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean, Her Majesty the Queen, you didn't know that this prisoner broke into your bedroom?"

What do you mean, playing word games with her?

Ning Dai stared at him, knowing that there must be a trap in Lance's question. But she didn't know what his purpose was. However, she turned around and looked at Herman who was tied to the cross and was about to be set on fire. This brother was too

It's too bad. He gets caught every time he does bad things. He really hasn't inherited any of the skills of Knight Commander Joseph.

That Knight Commander Joseph is so capable, and he has hidden it so well that he can't even see his shadow.

But now is not the time to think about Joseph. Ningdai raised her head high and put on the air of a queen: "He is the deputy leader of the knights and also my knight. Without my knowledge, you are going to execute him."

My people, so does the power of the Holy See override me?"

Lance tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said gently: "If this is the case, before the execution, the adjudicator will announce his crime to everyone, so your Majesty does not need to worry."

Ning Dai: You can’t understand people, can you? I don’t want to watch human flesh being barbecued! This is against socialism! And besides Valentine’s Day, she doesn’t accept the act of setting people on fire at any other time!

Lance nodded to the guard again, and the guard was about to leave again. When Ning Dai saw this, she immediately shouted "Stop" again, so the guard stopped again and looked at the two adults who had different opinions silently.

Ning Dai glared at Lance, knowing in her heart that this little brother who looked like an angel but was a devil inside was someone who couldn't communicate. She simply turned around and walked directly to the execution ground in the center of the square. Unexpectedly, Lance, who was sitting firmly in his seat, did not let him go.

People stopped her.

Ning Dai, who was deeply afraid of being stopped, almost hurried to the execution place. Holding up her skirt, she raised her foot and kicked the pile of firewood aside, opening an opening close to Herman.

Herman had stopped cursing Lance since Ningdai came. Now that he saw Ningdai in front of him, he called out "Your Majesty the Queen" and said softly, loyally and without wasting time: "Your Majesty, even if I

Even if one person is sacrificed, the operation five days later will not be hindered."

Ning Dai raised her eyes.
Chapter completed!