The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 299: Are you loyal?

"Player Super Justice ()"

After all...I finally came here.

Entering the familiar yet unfamiliar Grand Duke's Mansion again, Selicia was in a trance for a moment.

Everything is exactly the same as before.

There are people coming and going in this courtyard. Nobles, ministers and local officials who come to report on their work are constantly coming in and entering the main building. They were a little curious about the beautiful Selicia, but they didn't ask much... The cold winter air helped people stay calm.

Under the leadership of a Winter Hand, Selicia and Longjing Cha, who was wearing a heavy wizard robe, went to the narrow door on one side.

This is a narrow corridor that can only allow two people to walk side by side. On both sides are metal reliefs depicting war scenes - this was specially built to prevent emergencies and to defend the passage of foreign enemies.

Celicia still remembers that the relief on this passage is a famous painting called "Fortified City Will Not Fall". Above is a classic battle between dwarves and giants soldiers besieging the Watch Fortress... It was painted by Paper Princess and delivered here in person.

But the old grandmother did not accept the painting in person.

After Zhiji left, the old grandmother sent someone to make it into a metal relief. It can switch between two states through the mechanism in the Grand Duke's Mansion - to continuously reduce the physical strength of the enemy soldiers in the corridor, or to continuously heal the wounds of the own soldiers in the corridor.

And it also has an early warning function.

It operates in a whitelist manner-unless a designated person enters, the police will be alerted immediately.

This is also the reason why only the two of them came here.

Celicia remembers these clearly.

The teacher mentioned it to her back then...

If one day, an enemy attacks the Grand Duke's Mansion in Winter and attempts to assassinate him.

At that time, the mission of the Hands of Winter is to block this alley with their lives to buy time.

...You can obviously say such things.

But the teacher was so resolute when he defected...

It is precisely because they are not sure what the teacher wants to do that Selicia is directly "captured" by the players in this way, which is almost free of charge.

She did have something to ask and say.

"This is the small garden."

Si Anke introduced her: "Your Majesty will exercise here every day."

"Ah...I remember."

Celicia replied subconsciously.

...Do you remember?

Si Anqi glanced at her in surprise, thoughtfully.

Speaking of which, Selicia seems to be from the Hand of Winter...

In the not-so-empty yard, there are tall trees with thick green leaves even in the cold winter. In the middle of the courtyard is a small fountain that is constantly spewing. According to the specifications of the Grand Duke's Palace, it can be said to be too small.

But this is winter style.

Because of the existence of "small boundaries", the effective living and farming area has been greatly reduced. The people of Lidong have long been accustomed to a rather intensive lifestyle, and Lidong is always poor and has few resources. Even the great nobles cannot even compare to ordinary businessmen from other countries in terms of food and life.

Limited resources, limited land, and limited population.

Even the Duke of Winter cannot waste it.

The reason why the Grand Duke's Palace still looks like a street from the outside is because the Grand Duke's Palace itself also serves as a government office building - the Hands of Winter work in the Grand Duke's Palace.

The actual living area of ​​Lundong's family is even smaller than that of Viscount Ostov on the top of the mountain.

The fountain extends a white trace to the east, west, north and south, dividing the ground into four rectangles.

In the past, Annan and Dmitry would practice frost swordsmanship in the northeast corner.

Celicia remembers it clearly.

Because this is the only position where one can clearly see directly from the room - Grand Duke Ivan is not in good health and cannot usually blow the wind.

He only taught Annan the frost sword technique once or twice, and each time it could be said that he risked his life. On weekdays, he would watch Dmitri teach his brother swordsmanship through the window in the house... Sometimes, Maria would secretly peek at Annan from her room on the second floor.

She remembered it clearly.

——Because this is also her childhood.

She took a deep breath and walked into the room.

Longjing Cha followed her into the room - the Winter Hand who led them in immediately closed the door.

His authority is not enough to enter the house.

...Just like Selicia back then.

"Long time no see...Celicia."

Annan was sitting on the sofa, holding a steaming cup of tea. He looked at her with a smile and nodded gently to the Longjing tea.

He is not like his father Ivan, who always wears a long cloak that he never changes for several years——

His dress is too... avant-garde?

Annan was wearing a slim-fitting sleeveless gray shirt, which was no different from Grand Duke Ivan. But he did not wear a coat properly outside, but wore a pure white fur cape with fluff.

But in Selicia's opinion, this cloak may be too tilted due to the designer's special preference-not only does it have sleeves, but it only has sleeves on one side.

It was put on the head, and the down covered the right arm, neck and chest, but the entire left shoulder and left arm were exposed.

Annan's left arm was covered with a dark gray woolen sleeve, extending from the upper arm to covering half of the back of the hand. Only Annan's left shoulder was exposed... The dark golden rune, which looked like two intertwined rings, was breathing in and out of light.

Annan's silver-white hair was spread all the way down his back - the end seemed to be cut off by a knife blade, extremely sharp. Combined with his strange and asymmetrical dress, His Majesty's young body was filled with a magical charm that could not be forgotten once he saw it.

But Selicia didn’t dare to look at it for too long.

Behind Annan, a gray-eyed beauty with long dark blue wavy hair and a gentle temperament smiled sweetly. She touched her hands lightly with ten fingers and placed them in front of her belly, quietly without saying a word.

Celicia could feel it, but she didn't look at herself.

But there was a deep sense of insight in the void - she had been completely locked into the perception of this "Ten Fingers".

"I haven't seen you for a few days, Annan... Your Majesty."

Celicia paused, then lowered her head and spoke softly.

"Sit down," Annan stretched out his left hand and waved in front of him, gesturing to the sofa opposite him, "Sit here...Zhuoya made me some milk tea~IndoMTL.com~and some snacks . I don’t know how much sugar you like to add, so I simply didn’t ask her to add it to you... Sugar is here, honey is here.

"Isn't it cold for you guys who came here from outside? Longjing Tea, you also sit down - it's not anything serious, let's talk while eating."

He smiled gently.

As he spoke, he placed his elbows on the armrests of the sofa, lightly touching the tips of his fingers and placing them on his chest.

The dark gray and pure white cuffs are intertwined at one point in front of Annan's body, forming a quite three-dimensional triangle.

"Celicia, you were also the Hand of Winter before. You also served me and Winter.

"I don't want to imprison you. The relationship between us should not have developed to this point. It is not decent for you and me, and it is not friendly to you who trusted me and came here... It is also not good for you. It is a happy event for the nobles who are waiting for the outcome of this negotiation.

"I hope that we can solve this problem in this room. Best of all, we can give the other party a satisfactory answer before the pot of tea is finished."

After Annan finished speaking, he stood up and personally poured a cup of hot milk tea for Selicia and Longjing Tea.

When he sat down again, he stretched out his right hand and grasped the three-color scepter standing next to the sofa.

His temperament suddenly changed.

Not even to the extent of a monarch.

From that very attractive demonic quality... to becoming as majestic as a god.

"So, the first question."

There was no waiting for Celicia to reply.

Annan asked directly.

He looked directly at Selicia seriously.

"——Are you loyal to the Grand Duke?"

At that moment, Selicia’s pupils suddenly shrank!

In her eyes...

This moment.

——The images of Annan and Vladimir from back then completely overlapped.