Accompanied by attendants and guards, Thales walked on the way to the stables.

Several palace guards standing guard at the palace gate saw Prince Xingchen, and they snorted disdainfully.

"It's him who cooperated with Lombari," one of the guards looked gloomily, looked at Thales from a distance, and whispered to his colleagues: "Tim lost his position, and also lost the qualification to be selected into the Guards... That's it.

Because the king was not found at the palace gate."

The guards all cast unkind glances.

Thales took a breath and pretended not to see it.

The prince and his entourage walked past the guards, and the palace guards saluted the leading deputy commander of the Grand Duke's Guards, Lord Justin.

"Hey!"

When they passed by, one of the guards with an angry expression couldn't help but said loudly and viciously:

"I hope our king will take good care of your little ass!"

"Imperial!"

Several other people laughed unabashedly, including the Northlanders who were guarding Thales.

Their eyes were full of disgust and anger.

But Thales seemed not to have heard these words, his expression remained unchanged and he continued to move forward.

Lord Justin pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Hey, you don't care about that Northlander?" Behind the team, Ada, who had been missing for a long time, tugged on her cloak and protested dissatisfiedly to Justin in front of her.

"My responsibility is to protect the safety of the prince. Before His Majesty the King's 'White Blade' guards arrive to pick you up and leave Longxiao City," Justin said in a cold tone. When he mentioned the "White Blade Guards", he raised his tone sarcastically.

He pursed his lips at the group of guards who were swearing:

"Unless they come at me with swords drawn, it is not my duty to protest reasonably."

"You call this 'reasonable'" Huaiya was about to retort, but Rolf held him down in time and shook his head.

"Humph, Northlanders." Ada turned her head and distanced herself from them dissatisfied.

Thales remained silent, his expression deep.

It had only been less than a few hours since the meeting that decided the outcome in the morning, but some news had already spread: Thales clearly felt that the air pressure in the Palace of Heroes dropped sharply as he walked out of the Hall of Heroes.

From the guards to the nobles, everyone who came into his sight seemed eager to eat the Star Prince alive.

Including Justin, who has protected him for a long time and is relatively easy to talk to.

The prince sighed secretly in his heart.

They finally came to the stables, and Jenny's loud neighing sound sounded happily.

But Thales was slightly stunned.

Someone is already waiting for them.

Justin nodded calmly to the people in the stable: "Boss."

They saw Nikolai the Fallen Star, carrying the black-handled saber handed to him by Tuleha, leaning against the stall of the black horse Jenny with his arms folded, looking at them coldly.

Just like countless times in the past.

Thales turned his head helplessly and exhaled.

It's him again.

"Are you in a hurry to find Lumba?"

Under the frowns of all the Star People, Nicolai stared at Thales with an unkind expression: "Can't you even wait for the people from the Black Sand Territory to pick you up?"

Thales shook his head.

"As you said, I am going to the Ax District, to the post station in the Black Sand Territory," the prince said calmly, "by the way, I will talk to His Majesty the King about the future arrangements."

This time it was Nicolai's turn to frown.

He snorted dissatisfiedly from his nose, and then smiled disdainfully.

"After you fell out, you were really unscrupulous."

The Meteor's sarcastic tone was filled with unspeakable anger: "Why, you feel that the Palace of Heroes is no longer safe, so you quickly hide behind Lumba? The sooner you leave, the better?"

Thales looked at Nicolai silently, raised a hand, and stopped Huaiya who was about to speak.

I saw Nicolai lowering his arms, walking slowly in front of Thales, and looking directly into his eyes.

"Listen, you insidious little prince."

"Don't talk about going to see Lumba..."

Nicolai chewed the words slowly, and his words were filled with the unique chill of the commander: "As long as I am here for one day, before the people from the Black Sand Territory come to pick you up with a warrant, you just stay here.

In the Palace of Heroes."

Behind Thales, the people from the stars looked at the Faller with vigilance.

Nicolai bent down, his forehead almost touching Thales' hair, his eyes became sharper:

"No need to go anywhere."

"Hey! Pretty boy," Ada made a vicious gesture of rolling up her sleeves and came forward, "Believe it or not, I'll beat you up..."

Nicolai showed a strange sneer and turned sideways, revealing the hilt of the knife behind his back.

On his back, the golden saber reflected a strange light.

The surrounding temperature seems to have risen a bit.

Seeing the knife, Ada's voice instantly softened and became weak: "That..."

Thales shook his head and pulled Ada behind him.

"Ada, let me do it."

The usually unruly female elf was very obedient at this time and followed Thales's arm, and was easily pulled away. She did not forget to give Nicolai a vicious "I'm not afraid of you" and wiped her neck.

action.

Thales stepped forward and looked at the Faller quietly.

Nicolai snorted coldly, leaned against the pillar again, and shook his head at Justin: "Take him back and make sure he doesn't come into contact with anyone else."

But at this moment, Thales suddenly exhaled and shook his head slightly:

"Do you hate him?"

Nicolai was slightly startled: "What?"

"I'm telling you, you must hate him." Thales took a deep breath. He thought of the white-blade guards who died in the crossbow array six years ago to protect them. He raised his head with clear eyes: "

I mean Charmaine Lombard."

"Your king."

Nicolai's eyes were focused on Thales' face.

His expression became more and more terrifying, and his eyes slowly drifted away, as if he was looking into the distance.

"I have but one king."

"And that's not Charmaine Lombard."

After a few seconds, Nicolai's eyes slowly focused and his words were sonorous and powerful: "No matter in the past or now."

"As for Lumba, the only reason why he appeared in Longxiao City and is still alive until now..." The meteorite man's words were clear and short, but Thales could feel the hatred and hatred behind every word of Nikolai.

Anger:

"It was because I was still worried about the city left by His Majesty the late King that I didn't cover up my face, took my sword with me, and then sent him directly to the Prison River."

"So you'd better choose carefully. Whether it's chatting with him or standing next to him, it's not a good idea."

Thales stared at Nicolai intently and nodded seriously, as if he understood something.

"So you told Lisbane, right?"

Nicolai was startled again.

Thales raised his hand to signal Waiya and the others to step back, while he took a step forward and faced Nikolai alone.

"You told Lisban about the fact that Lombard already had a handle on Longxiao City and the identity of the Grand Duchess," Thales sighed and whispered softly at a volume that only the two of them could hear:

"That's why Lisban was so restrained in the hall this morning. He didn't want to see Longxiao City destroyed in the strife between the Grand Dukes. The same goes for you."

Nicolai looked at Thales with increasingly unhappy eyes.

"I don't want to talk nonsense to you anymore."

He pursed his lips in the direction of the Blood Courtyard: "Now, get back to your place immediately..."

But Thales suddenly raised his head!

"But this is far from over."
To be continued...