On the other side, Annan and Kafni had already circled around the palace.
The only person following them now was Elizabeth's personal maid, old Merlin. When they circled back to the main hall, he made an urgent trip back and informed Demetrius of this important event as soon as possible.
Yes, for them, this is indeed a big deal...
Annan's character is the shyest and timid among the Winter clan of this generation...or it can be said to be the most autistic.
Old Merlin had never seen Annan take the initiative to strike up a conversation with someone. Not to mention, he abducted someone's daughter in front of His Highness the Prince when they met directly...
And Merlin could tell that the girl named Kafni was definitely not an ordinary person.
——She has the talent to become a wizard or a priest.
That keen perception is an extraordinary perception that is enough to perceive the essence of gods from ordinary things... It is indeed a great gift for extraordinary people. On the road to extraordinary, she can always walk in front.
Because whether it is a ritual or a curse, she can easily find the key and essence.
But for a child who has not yet embarked on the path to the extraordinary... those endless hallucinations will only bring trouble to her life.
Could it be said that such a lonely child could actually reach a consensus with His Highness Annan?
Old Merlin knew clearly.
No matter what the reason is, what kind of countermeasures are ultimately taken - this is not something he has the power to deal with.
He had to tell His Highness Dmitry about this first and let him make a decision.
Fortunately, Her Royal Highness Maria was practicing outside and did not come with her...
Old Merlin sighed silently.
He glanced towards the door.
Annan and Kaifni were there, whispering in a deserted corner.
But both of them are extremely conspicuous people.
Even if you just stay in the corner, you will become the object of everyone's attention.
However, among those who are qualified to directly attend the King's birthday party, there cannot be any simple or stupid people.
Even if they see Annan and Kaifni staying together, they will pretend not to see it.
Although they have never seen Annan, the clothes on Annan are so iconic after all - they are the highest quality fur of frost beasts, fur that can keep them dry and cool even in the hot summer. But if ordinary people wear it,
You may even get sick from being too cold.
The temperature is like a down jacket stuffed with ice cubes in the sandwich. Only people of the winter clan can withstand it.
Kafni's reputation for being eccentric has long been spread among Noah's upper class society.
This crazy little girl is believed to be on the path to extraordinary life sooner or later - so children of her age are warned by their parents to stay away from her as much as possible and to maintain sufficient respect and distance from her.
The reason is also very simple.
If Kaifuni dies in the future, then something she experienced may become a nightmare. If someone enters Kaifuni's nightmare with malicious intentions, they may learn the secrets of someone around her from the nightmare.
The more secrets those people have, the more they need to keep a distance from those who may embark on the path to transcendence.
Seeing that Kaifuni seemed to have a good relationship with Annan, the nobles and officials expressed their joy in hearing this——
Grand Duke Winter, you are acting too tough.
It would be great if we could marry Kafni to Winter and make friends with them... That would be great. People in Winter are known for their loyalty, competence, and unity. Many well-known mercenary groups and industrial groups were formed by people in Winter.
Or organized.
And for them, the young and strong labor force in the cold winter is an excellent labor force.
There will be some young people who come to neighboring countries to escape the winter. But when the harvest is good, they will go back after all.
In other words, they are strong and work hard - long-term consumption of the meat of frost beasts makes the strength and physique of adult Winter people naturally much stronger than those of people from other countries. The daily carrying capacity of a Winter ship worker,
It can reach three times that of Noah's boatmen of the same age, and this level of labor will not even make them sick due to fatigue.
After all, they don't have to fight against the never-ending snowstorm, and they are even powerless - which also makes them extremely active, excited and irritable.
The meat, blood and fur of frost beasts are also specialties of winter. The blood of frost beasts is even a material that transformation wizards need in large quantities...it is one of the main ingredients used to transform it into a powerful adhesive.
This powerful adhesive is necessary for building tall stone buildings, stone bridges, and stone city walls. It can also be diluted and converted into a weak adhesive that can be used for road construction.
Regardless of Noah's own needs for building bridges, roads and houses, the Theocracy has a large demand for these two adhesives - this is also one of Noah's main export projects.
If we can reach trade cooperation with the Principality of Winter, it will represent a lot of benefits.
——In fact, not many people are willing to go to war.
This is also the reason why the war between the two countries has never been completely eliminated, but always stops after two years.
The king of this generation wants to unify the five countries and rebuild the Great Barrier - this is the slogan he shouted when he was young. There are also many nobles who support him because they also urgently need a protracted war.
to get more benefits.
...But when people realized that His Majesty the King was actually serious - he really wanted to unify the five countries and was not writing a blank check, people were unwilling to continue to support him.
The five countries are essentially one, and except for the relative independence of the Underground Federation, no other country can do without the other... and all countries cannot do without the Underground Federation - mainly the subway they built and managed.
What has been preventing the war is the resistance within Noah.
After Noah's nobles realized that Kaifuni had actually caught His Highness Annan... they began to figure out how to sell Kaifuni to the cold winter in a reasonable way.
——Kafni has no friends anyway.
This is how her mother was "traded" to her father, Albert.
The only person who is worried about this is probably Kafni's father, His Royal Highness Prince Albert.
But everyone knows that the person least likely to inherit the throne is Albert.
He doesn't fight or rob at all, he doesn't offend anyone, and he doesn't want any power - he's just messing around.
While ensuring his own safety, it also left Albert without any authority.
But they didn't know that Annan and Kafni were discussing some terrifying topic on the other side -
"It is indeed a six-pointed star..."
Annan drew the route in his mind.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he walked around the palace with Kafni, followed the location she described, took a rough look, and confirmed the location. This was to prevent anyone from watching.
Kafni also confirmed this possibility to Annan:
"Ana, when we just arrived near the kitchen, someone was staring at us... just over there at the door. The red-haired man."
She leaned into Annan's ear and whispered in her trademark light, dreamy voice: "They want to kill us.
"They want to kill us all... I can see what they're thinking."
Annan didn't bother to correct Kaifuni's increasingly weird names for herself.
He was just moved in his heart, and he also whispered into Kafni's ear and asked: "How many people are there? How did they see us?"
The situation seems to be getting serious.
Annan no longer cares about pretending to be a child.
But fortunately, Kaifuni is not a normal person - she doesn't care about Annan's somewhat unusual inquiry.
She said vaguely: "We all have the smell of meat, and wolves can smell it. Everyone has it... but you don't have it.
"So, they can't see you."
Kafni's clear to almost transparent pupils stared at Annan.
She made a childish voice and asked attentively: "Can you... save me?"
...is a blessing from the mysterious lady.
Annan reacted quickly.
It seems that the people in this building have been locked by strange rituals since I don't know when. But this locking is not accurate to people... Otherwise, when Annan and Kaifni were seen by them, they would
You will realize that something is wrong with Annan.
In other words...are you going to act alone next?
But how can he escape the surveillance of the maid and Merlin?
"Of course I can. Maybe you don't believe it, but I am actually very powerful...I can protect everyone."
Facing Annan, he paused, pursed his lips slightly, and immediately suppressed his habitual confident smile.
Annan looked at Kafni, gradually took off her disguise, and replied without thinking: "And I - that's why I'm here."