Heroes, initially just want to be a mortal. - "I Am the Flame"

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When he was in the Royal City, through his conversation with Sting, Kino learned that the Archbishop of the Scarlet Church intended to marry the royal family and let his son marry Solandel, thereby forming a political bond.

There is still no cure for the lycanthropic disease that broke out 27 years ago in the 486th year of the Fire Calendar. Only salt crystals can purify the affected area, but if you want to suppress the infectivity of infected people, you can only rely on the blood therapy of "Purified Blood"

.

As for the secret recipe of purifying blood, the royal family has never mastered it.

Perseus has gone through this road of coercing and luring the Scarlet Church, and even threatening him with death, but he has not succeeded.

The royal family once used force to coerce the church and exterminated them all if they refused to provide blood treatment methods. In exchange, the church's epidemic doctors received strong resistance. They even threatened to cut off the supply of purifying blood, causing panic among the people.

In those years, the kingdom was already in turmoil due to the epidemic, and the political power was unstable. The royal family was worried that intensifying conflicts would lead to civil unrest. In the end, they had to make a compromise, and the two sides sat down to talk and cooperate.

In the end, the Scarlet Church agreed to fully assist in controlling the epidemic, and the royal family promised to give special treatment to the church's epidemic doctors, which led to the "Special Asylum Law of the Church" that was later signed - as a privileged class, epidemic doctors did not need to kneel to any nobles; any

Anyone who harms an epidemic doctor does not need to be transferred to the local court and can be directly tried within the church. The same goes for an epidemic doctor who violates the law.

Although the "Hutch Family", one of the royal families, has been secretly exploring the principles of blood therapy and trying to help the royal family get rid of this shackles, the learned alchemists have always found nothing and cannot figure out the secret of purifying blood.

Find other ways to control epidemics.

Therefore, the Scarlet Church is indispensable to Doguland. Once the purifying blood provided by the church is lost and the epidemic breaks out and spreads again, it will be a disaster for the country.

This means that even if Perseus is the king and loves his little daughter, he still has to make compromises before the safety of the kingdom.

Solandelle's marriage to the Archbishop's son is already a certainty - at least for now.

But it was obvious that Perseus had never told Solandel about this matter. Maybe he felt guilty and didn't know how to speak. Or maybe he felt that Solandel was still young and didn't want her to bear this kind of pressure prematurely.

Kino didn't know what to say, so he just picked two more apples, handed one to Solan, and ate one himself.

"Crack." Kino took a bite of the apple, but suddenly frowned.

Why is it not as sweet as before...

Kino ate the not-so-sweet apple in silence, and began to make insinuations calmly: "Solan, if...I said if, for some reason in the future, you have to marry someone you don't like, you

Will you accept your fate?"

Hearing the sound, Lorna was the first to become anxious: "Then I'll ride Fei Ye and come to the door to snatch Solan back! As long as she doesn't like it, even if the other party is the Sun King!"

Solandel looked at Kino with some confusion: "No, why did you suddenly ask me this question?"

Kino said calmly: "It's just a casual question, no special meaning."

Solandel didn't think too deeply. She raised her head and looked up at the stars and said to herself: "Let's look at the situation, for example... I was kidnapped and taken back to the mountains by the gangsters who asked me to be his wife. Then I

Of course I won’t accept it, I would rather commit suicide than suffer that kind of insult.”

Solandel pursed her lips and her tone became longer: "But if it is my father who wants to do this, and it is for the kingdom, I will accept my fate."

Kino was slightly startled, thinking that Solandel knew something. His eyes narrowed unconsciously: "What... do you mean?"

Solandel tilted her head innocently: "For example, let me say for example - the Far East invaded again in the future, and we lost the war. In order to quell the war and keep the people of the kingdom away from the war, my father had to accept the marriage.

You want to marry me away to Gyeonggi."

"At that time, I will not have any complaints, because this is the responsibility of the heirs of the royal family. Whether they are princes or princesses, everyone must contribute to the kingdom and the people."

Lorna had a strong sense of immersion and had pictures in her mind. She was so anxious that she kept clicking on the grass: "It's impossible! It's impossible! As long as Ragnorm is here, as long as I am here, the dragon will not let the laurel flower be harmed.

Any harm! Our dragon breath will burn all over the battlefield! It will never come to that!"

Sorandel was amused, she threw herself at Lorna, and said with a smile: "Didn't I say 'for example'? Why are you so excited~"

After hearing this, Lorna seemed to be amused by her own clumsiness, giggling and rubbing the back of her head.

Only Chino knows that this is not a joke. Something similar is happening now and will happen in four years. It is like a rolling torrent that no one can stop.

At least that's what it seems for now.

Solandel and Lorna lay on the grass together and looked at the stars, and said sadly: "Actually, I haven't liked my status as a princess since I was very young. I just want to be an ordinary person."

Kino: "How do you say that?"

"Because... the princess is not free. Just like now, lying directly on the lawn like this is absolutely not allowed in the palace. My father will think that I am like a wild child, so he will pick me up and scold me." Solandel

He stretched out his little hands and opened them above his head, as if to catch the bright starry sky, "How wonderful it is for ordinary people. There are not so many rules and no constraints. You can eat whatever you want, lie down wherever you want, and...

Go to bed at whatever time you want."

"If I were an ordinary person, I could lie on the lawn like this all the time. I don't have to worry about the ancient Chinese that the bachelor will have to memorize tomorrow. I don't have to learn those tiring abacus and mental arithmetic. If I want to look at the stars, I can just raise my head at any time!"

"As we speak, there are so many people from all over the world like me, looking up at the same starry sky. It's such a wonderful feeling!"

Kino Wanran, no matter civilians or nobles, the world of little girls is often very simple, and most of their wishes are like this.

Some people are innocent all their lives and remain a stupid girl.

There are also some people who keep changing because of reality and eventually fall into the secular world.

No one can predict what will happen next.

As soon as she talked about her ideal, Lorna suddenly became interested: "I am different from Solan. I don't want to be an ordinary person, I want to be a big shot! My ideal is to beat Dinisha and become the king's sword!"

After hearing this, Kino smiled helplessly: "What is the grudge between you and Dinisa? Why do you always want to beat her?"

"You don't understand! My mother used to be the King's Blade. After she died, a villain like Dinisha came in and took away her title!" Lorna clenched her fists as she said this, with a look on her face.

for indignation.

Kino was a little puzzled: "Your mother was a natural disaster of the 6th sequence during her lifetime. Dinisha was the Red Wheel of the 7th sequence and is also the strongest person in Doguland today. She will inherit your mother's title of King's Blade, and also

Nothing unreasonable, right?"

When this topic was brought up, Lorna was very resentful. She beat her head on the grass while talking: "Humph, this is not a question of whether she is strong or not! Let me tell you, you don't understand her. Dinisha doesn't drink every day.

Just sleeping, you can sleep up to 20 hours a day, for God’s sake! 20 hours! Even pigs can’t sleep like this! Is this the King’s Blade or the King’s Pillow?!”

"My mother was very conscientious during her lifetime. She spent her whole life sharing the kingdom's worries and resolving the problems of her people. But what about Dinisha? She has no sense of responsibility! During the border wars, she was never seen taking action. It was Solan's brother Bolton who went to pacify the situation.

Normally on duty, she would also think of ways to escape just to get a few more hours of sleep."

"There are also patrols in the city. You have never seen this person go out of his way! Last time she saw someone fighting on the street, not only did she not stop it, but she also started to cheer and watch, and even opened a bank for everyone to bet on which side would win.

It is an insult to my mother that such a person should be the king's sharp sword!"

Solandel patted Lorna's head and comforted: "But Dinisha is really strong, Akira in the 7th sequence! The title of King's Blade has always been given to the strongest. This is a rule, there is no way.

of."

After hearing this, Lorna became more and more angry: "Akalun? Ha, isn't it just that the swordsmanship is better than that of others? What's so great about it? I started fighting with her when I was 4 years old, and I have fought with her so many times, although I always

I can't beat her, but I can feel that her strength is completely exaggerated."

"Let's just talk about her shortcomings. I can easily find a lot of them - drinking too much causes slow reaction, being sleepy all year round and not concentrating, lack of training, wandering pace, bad attitude and often taking things lightly... As long as I

If you train hard for a few more years, it will only be a matter of time before you defeat her!"

Chino: "So confident?"

Lorna said confidently: "Of course! My duel record with Dinisha is 69:823. I told her last time that I will practice hard and stop annoying her until I become stronger. Wait a minute.

In this duel, I will make the score 70:823, and I will take back the title of King's Blade with my own hands!"

Kino didn't know much about Dinisha's strength, so he didn't say much and asked casually: "If you really defeat her in the future and become the new King's Blade, what will you do next?"

"Then?" Lorna said stupidly, "There is no more, what should I do?"

Kino smiled helplessly, Lorna said this was not an ideal, just an obsession.

He thought for a while and said: "Lorna, your father is the king's right hand. Although I don't know Sting, but under normal circumstances, he should really want to train you into a qualified general, and even hope that you will be the leader."

Take over his position as commander of the army."

Lorna snorted heavily and said in an indignant tone: "I have my own life. How can he hope for it? What does it have to do with me? The person I hate most in my life is him! That year...if he hadn't done that

This kind of thing...my mother doesn't know how to..."

"Hmph! Anyway, I won't do whatever he wants from me! I have to do the opposite of him in everything! If he feels uncomfortable, I will be happy! If he is angry, I will be happy!"

Chino didn't expect that Lorna was still a rebellious girl, but when she said Sting did "that kind of thing", she meant...

Kino glanced at Solandel, who shook her head at him and signaled not to ask further questions. He deliberately ignored those words and complimented Sting casually: "I have talked with Sting several times, and I feel

He is not a bad person. You are his only daughter. If you hate him so much, he, as a father, will probably be very sad."

Lorna suddenly became excited: "It's good to be sad! I wish he was sad! Chino, don't be deceived by my dad's appearance. This man is actually very mean! He has asked me to do this and that since I was a child, pushing me towards him.

If I don’t listen to him driving me on the prescribed road, he will scold me and beat me.”

"As for me, you also know that it is impossible to convince me with fists! The more he hits me, the more dissatisfied I am, and the more I want to fight against him. I don't know how many times I have fought with him at home!"

When Lorna said this, she looked a little smug: "He is now in his prime, I can't beat him yet. But it doesn't matter, he will always get older! When he gets old and can't swing his fist, I will fight him every day

I’m going to beat him! Drag him off the hospital bed and beat him until his nose is bruised and his face is swollen! Just like he beat me before!”

"Then you are really a loving father and a filial daughter!" Kino was dumbfounded when he heard this. He didn't know what outrageous thing this Sting had done to make his only daughter hold such a grudge.

Solandel blinked and asked curiously: "No, we have talked so much, what about you? What is your ideal?"
To be continued...