After reading most of the book, Elaine finally put Bailey to sleep.
Sure enough, it was just as Bailey said, even if the child fell asleep, his illusion would still not be lifted. He kept the face of Prince Cloval and continued to sleep. The blond human boy looked a bit like a sleeping little angel.
"I, I'm going back first." Elaine stood up gently and said to the female knight on the side: "Night, see you later."
"Please walk slowly, Mr. Elaine." Guerlain, the Knight of Saint Lily, said, "Thank you very much for playing with His Highness the Prince for so long."
"Where, where." The white lion boy replied casually.
In fact, he has been guarding against the female knight Guerlain. According to Bailey, Guerlain is the superior among these Holy Lily knights. She should know that Bailey is the prince's imposter. In order to ensure that "the prince is assassinated"
"If the play can continue smoothly, Guerlain may personally do something to ensure that Bailey will die in a certain assassination. If Elaine knows Bailey's identity and Guerlain knows it, the female knight Guerlain may even
Kill Elaine and silence her.
Assuming that all the female knights of Saint Lily in France have similar strength to Chanel, then they are very formidable opponents. Elaine and Guerlain, who are currently in poor condition, may not be able to win in a one-on-one battle. If they are defeated by a few people on the ship,
Under siege by the female knights, Elaine is probably bound to lose.
They must deceive this group of female knights and rescue Bailey from the assassination operation. They must also make these female knights think that Bailey (the fake Prince Cloval) is dead, and let them send another fake body to them.
In the past, we conducted autopsies on the King of Soissons and the King of Paris... This plan was too difficult.
Elaine walked out of the prince's box, and the two female knights guarding the door nodded and saluted him.
The plan is very difficult, but Elaine must bite the bullet and get it done.
Elaine has known from a long time ago that it is not easy to save someone.
In other words, it has always been difficult.
The weight of life is so heavy that it cannot be saved by swinging a sword casually, using some tricks, or sacrificing some trivial things.
If you want to save something, you must sacrifice something. Sometimes that is even a huge sacrifice. Moreover, even if you pay an extremely huge price, sometimes what you want to save cannot be saved.
Some people may be destined to perish and cannot be saved no matter how much they are saved.
...Oops, I think about Leo again.
Elaine scratched his head and tried to put away the dark and sad thoughts that popped up in his mind. It was better to focus on saving Bailey now.
If that child could be saved, Elaine might be able to forgive herself somewhat...this incompetent self.
After returning to her private room, Elaine found that it was an empty room. Oh, of course. That idiot Queeg broke the oven in the kitchen, and is now busy in the kitchen helping to clean and repair the oven.
He probably won't be back before dinner.
Elaine walked into the empty room and sat by the bed. He took out the copy of Bailey's painting and carefully observed the face - the face of Prince Cloval. He was very fond of this face.
Love and hate it. Although he was very reluctant, he tried to remember every detail of this face as carefully as possible, trying to memorize them all in his mind. He knew that he would need this.
——Then, let’s take action.
Elaine patted her butt and stood up.
1:45 p.m.
A violent explosion shook the Yangtze Ship [Flying Frenchman]. Immediately afterwards, the people on the ship also boiled, causing quite a commotion.
"What, what's going on?!" Lancôme, the female knight guarding the prince's box, stood up from her seat in shock.
"It's an attack!" Lina, the female knight outside the door, responded: "It came from the restaurant! The attacker seemed to have used some kind of detonating device to blow a big hole in the ship wall over the restaurant! ...
…No one was injured or killed!"
"Hmm...?" The little prince who was taking a nap was awakened by the commotion outside and got up rubbing his eyes: "What's going on?"
"The outer wall of the ship... Oops!" Lancome suddenly thought of something and rushed over to protect the prince: "Everyone, stay away from the ship wall! It's not safe here either!"
Pound! A few seconds after she warned her companions, the wall of the prince's box near the window was blown open by a strong explosion. The fragments of the ship wall flew into the box due to the blast, almost hitting the people in the room.
Fortunately, the female knight Guerlain raised her hand and cast a protective wall to protect Prince Cloval and his companions around her.
A large hole with a radius of three feet was blown out of the wall of the ship. There was a figure shaking outside the hole, which was obviously an assassin. The assassin in black, wrapped tightly around his body, was suspended from above using some kind of equipment like a steel cable.
And down, it seemed that she wanted to run into the room! Holy Lily Knight Lina made a prompt decision and rushed forward to cast an ice magic. The frozen wall formed instantly, blocking the gap caused by the explosion at extremely high speed, preventing the outside from entering.
The assassin invaded. But the guy kicked the ice wall hard, and that kick caused a crack in the thick wall.
"We won't last long here!" the female knight Lancome said anxiously: "The prince's safety is important. I will deal with this assassin. You take the prince away first!"
"But, Sister Lancome——"
"Stop talking, let's go! All I can use are offensive magics. You two are the only ones who can protect the prince with ice walls and protective walls. You are more suitable to protect the prince!" Lancome raised two stabbing swords and prepared to deal with the invasion.
Assassin: "Take the prince to the safe house quickly!"
"...Take care, Sister Lancome!" The other two female knights said helplessly, and ran away with the prince.
Lancôme was also concentrating on preparing to fight, but the assassin suddenly stopped attacking and stopped kicking the ice wall! His figure flickered outside again, and he no longer knew where he had gone!
"...Want to sneak attack on me?" Lancôme did not dare to neglect and concentrated on guarding against the assassin's attack. The ice wall was transparent and obviously not suitable for sneak attacks, so the assassin would most likely try to blow up another wall in the room.
To carry out a sneak attack. Lancôme will have to pay attention to avoid the fragments of the blown wall, and also have to be careful of the assassin's sneak attack.
It's really difficult.
At the same time, the other two female knights escaped with the prince and fled to the so-called "safe house". It was actually another box in the ship, a business cabin that they had secretly prepared when they boarded the ship. Although the size of the room
It's not as big as the luxury cabin, but it's enough for the prince to hide in it very comfortably until the end of the journey. And no one knows where the room is, and no one else will find it except the prince and the group of female knights.
It is suitable for dealing with such sneak attacks from unknown sources. The Holy Lily Knights believe that as long as they send the prince there, they will be safe - at least temporarily.
They rushed all the way to the safe house while keeping a low profile and attracting as little attention as possible. These female knights put a layer of soft leather on the gaps between their armors. These extremely soft and high-quality leathers can seal the gaps between the armor pieces.
The impact sound was reduced to the greatest extent, allowing them to run without their whole bodies clanking like other knights.
The location of the safe house was some distance away from the prince's box, and it was relatively private. It was in an area at the bottom of the cabin that almost no one visited. They moved here safely and could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"I'm scared to death!" cried Prince Cloval, pushing open the door and running in.
The female knight Lina hurriedly stopped her and said: "Wait a minute, Prince, I haven't confirmed the safety inside yet——"
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!" It was already too late, the prince's scream came from the room.
The Holy Lily Knights never expected that their hidden safe house would be known to the enemy, and the enemy had already set a trap in this room. Just a few seconds after the prince rushed in, there was an explosion in the cabin.
.At the same time, a burst of fire burst out from the door. The female knights subconsciously hid to avoid the flame.
"Oops, ouch... Your Highness the Prince!" After being stunned for about a second, Guerlain and Lina, the Saint Lily Knights, rushed into the room, trying to confirm the prince's safety.
In the dark safe house where the lights had not even been turned on, there was another assassin's figure shaking.
The outer wall of the ship has been broken, and the assassin broke in from there. There are dangerous flames dancing on the ground, walls and ceiling, slightly illuminating the room - the explosion just now may have set off a very violent flame.
impact.
And the prince...Prince Cloval fell to the ground, and the flames on his body were still spreading. Many parts of his body had been scorched black. There was a pool of red blood under his body that was expanding, probably from the debris from the explosion.
It hit his body, causing external and internal injuries.
"No! Prince!!" Lina exclaimed.
"Huhuhu." The assassin sneered, and it was almost certain that there was no way to save the prince: "Prince, death is confirmed."
"You guy!!" The female knight Guerlain raised her lightsaber and struck at her opponent, with strong killing intent, wanting to avenge Prince Cloval.
But the assassin was very agile and dodged Guerlain's continuous slashes. No, rather than dodging, it's better to say that the assassin used some weird method to avoid the attack. The attack came from his translucent body.
It penetrated through, and it should have hit, but there was no feeling of hit.
The assassin hid for a few times, retreating while hiding, and soon retreated into the gap created by the explosion, and jumped out. His figure disappeared outside the hull of the boat in an instant, and he did not know that he had jumped into the river.
I still used props such as slings to climb to other places.
"Damn it!" Guerlain stamped her foot angrily.
"Don't worry about the assassin for now, let's see the prince!" Lina said anxiously: "This burn... is so serious!"
Lina used cloth to carefully extinguish the flames on the prince's body, but the little prince was almost a ball of charcoal at this time, and there was a terrible burning smell coming from his body. His injuries were extremely serious, except for his face, which could still be vaguely recognized.
, the body from his face was almost completely charred. It seemed that the prince made a defensive move at the moment he was attacked, covering his face with his hands. So his face could barely be seen to be the prince, and his arms were the most seriously injured.
The burns on his body were not light. The most frightening thing were the several bloody holes in his lower abdomen. It was obvious that fragments of the ship wall had penetrated during the explosion, penetrating several of the prince's internal organs.
"What's going on?!" The white lion boy rushed over following the sound. His room was on the same floor as the safe room, and he must have heard the prince's scream just now, so he rushed over to check what was going on.
"Prince! Prince, he...!" the female knight Lina cried, with a look of collapse on her face.
"Let me see!" Elaine pushed Lina away roughly and went to check on Prince Cloval's condition.
The situation was quite bad. When Elaine carefully turned the almost charred prince's body over, he found that the prince's lower abdomen had been penetrated by fragments of the explosion in many places.
"The liver and small intestine have been affected." Elaine groaned: "Oops. If this continues, he won't survive for half an hour... He must be operated on immediately!"
"Wait, you mean, as long as he undergoes surgery, he can still be saved?!" Guerlain said in shock: "Such a serious injury...!"
"...The burns should be treated with medical gel and bandages first. It should last for a while...and my companion can use healing techniques, so the burns can be easily treated." Elaine frowned and said: "The liver is destroyed...this is just
Organ transplantation is possible. We must find organs that can be transplanted. Adult organs are not suitable... Well, what about the dwarves who were killed? They seem to be called Pugmi people?"
"Pegmies." Female knight Guerlain corrected: "The two frozen corpses should still be usable. They were only frozen for half a day. But... the organs of the dwarves can be used in common with humans??"
"Okay." Elaine said: "Whether they are savages or humans, they are all humans."
The female knights were silent for a moment.
"Is it that easy to transplant organs? Will there be no rejection?" Lina asked again.
"Yes, so I need this." Elaine took out a bottle of blue pills from her arms: "Anti-rejection drugs for organ transplantation. In fact, I have also had an organ transplant and have been taking this for the past few years. The side effects are that
As your [Absolute Domain] weakens, your immunity will also decrease...but there is no other way."
The two female knights looked at each other. They didn't know much about this kind of medical knowledge, but they weren't completely unfamiliar with it.
"I can give this to the prince... Use this to suppress the rejection of the organ transplant and suppress the organ to tide over the difficulties. When the ship arrives in Bordeaux, you can send the prince to a regular hospital for surgery. They will also give him better medicine.
."
"Will this ensure that His Royal Highness can be saved?" Guerlain asked again.
"No...but I will try my best!" Elaine replied: "...Hurry up, there is no time to waste! Send the prince to the medical room on a stretcher, and prepare the body for organ transplantation!"
Lina turned to look at her superior, Saint Lily Knight Guerlain again: "What should I do, Sister Guerlain?"
"...of course, to save the prince, use all possible methods!" The female knight replied: "You go and thaw the Pygmy's body and choose the intact body for use. Mr. Elaine and I will send the prince to medical treatment."