Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

“According to the records in ancient books, the magic of time reversal can only go to a time and space where the caster does not exist. Therefore, it can be seen that the same soul cannot appear in the same time and space.” The court magician Qia Daoshi put down the scroll in his hand and looked at the imperial prince’s wife sitting opposite him.

Her Royal Highness the Princess, who had long straight black hair, was writing something with a crystal pen. After hearing what Master Chia said, she paused writing and looked up at the curly-haired boy running among the flowers in the courtyard. After a long while, she looked away and said.

"The power of a person's soul is different at different times. I once heard that if two similar souls appear at the same time, the law of maintaining the order of time will wipe out the weaker soul to avoid chaos."

"The law that maintains the order of time? That's an interesting statement."

After Chia took out a crystal pen and scribbled a few words on his scroll, he was just about to continue discussing issues related to time-reversal magic with the Crown Princess when he heard the laughter of his student and the little prince. He was attracted by the laughter and looked towards their location, and then found that his awkward student was holding the little prince and trying to reach for the fruits on the tree in the garden.

His student Rafa was rarely so lively, and now he looked like a young man.

The academic discussion on magic was paused. Guide Chia, who was watching the little prince picking fruits with great interest, accidentally discovered that their lovely and smart Prince Egbert was wearing a simple but very eye-catching necklace today.

The pendant of the necklace was a square piece of floating island ruins with rounded corners. It was a very rare relic fragment. Chia had never seen such a large and complete fragment. He had only seen some irregular fragments smaller than a fingernail.

"Sorry for the long wait. These are freshly baked butter cookies." After placing the afternoon tea snacks on the tea table, the head maid Sophia poured black tea for the two adults sitting at the round table. As she leaned over, a square pendant exactly the same as the one His Highness Eggbot had slipped out of her collar.

Chia looked at His Highness Egbert, then at the head maid, and finally at Her Highness Princess Florence: "!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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969 10 Month 1 Day.

After spending the Red Moon in an inn a day's journey away from the Delon Pass, the Akabane Mercenary Group split into two teams and headed to the mission location, Salona. One team only brought the necessary food, water and potions, and led by Deputy Captain Lapus, quickly headed to the Delon Pass.

The Delong Narrow Road is a suspended plank road less than five feet wide that winds around the Delong Grand Canyon and rises and falls with the direction of the canyon.

Because there is a cliff hanging overhead on one side and a bottomless abyss with surging sea of ​​clouds on the other side, when walking on the narrow path, you need to always pay attention to the rubble that falls from the mountain wall from time to time to avoid getting injured or scaring the horse.

After leaving the village attacked by fire lizards, the Akabane Mercenary Group did not travel leisurely as before, but rushed to Salona as quickly as possible.

Because a magician in their mercenary group suddenly fell ill, and the healing magic cast by other magicians had little effect on him, so they needed to rush to Salona as soon as possible to find a famous doctor to treat him.

Unless in extreme circumstances, the mercenary group will not abandon any mercenary. When the leader decided to take a shortcut to a large city to find a doctor for a magician who temporarily joined the mercenary group, some people might complain in their hearts, but no one objected.

After all, the next time someone gets sick or seriously injured, it might be them. If you put yourself in their shoes, you will realize that they don’t want to be abandoned by their companions while lying unconscious on the camel’s back.

……

In the open space not far from the entrance of the narrow passage, the mercenaries were sitting on the hay and eating dinner. Lapus handed dry bread and two strips of dried meat to the demi-human girl who was kneeling on the ground wiping the face and hands of the unconscious man, and then asked.

"Lesha, how about thanking me?"

"I feel like he's in better condition than the past few days, but he still hasn't woken up."

"Don't worry, he will be fine."

"hope so."

"We can't delay Xie's situation. We have to go up the mountain soon. The camel is too big. Even if we ride a horse, we can only travel alone on the narrow road. I will ride with Xie and you follow behind me. Is that okay? Lisa."

Since Xie was found unconscious in his tent, Lisa has hardly left Xie's side. Although everyone said it was not her fault, she still felt that she did not protect Xie well, which led to his condition. She is Xie's partner, and magicians are generally weak in physical fitness, so she should pay more attention to his condition.

Lapus thought it would take some effort for him to get Lisa to give Xie to him, but as soon as he finished speaking, Lisa nodded in agreement.

"I'm not very good at riding horses, so please lead me. Thank you. I'll follow behind you and be on the lookout for night monsters."

"it is good."

At this time, Lapus and Lisa didn't know that a group of people had already gone up the mountain before they arrived here, and it was a knight group with as many as 500 people.

The Knights' marching speed was not very fast, and the mercenaries would soon catch up with them at their speed. If they followed them, the mercenaries would need to take twice as long as previously estimated to get out of the Delon Pass.

……

The young knight, wearing silver light armor and a gray cape with gold patterns, said with some embarrassment: "I understand your feelings, but you can see that our team cannot provide you with passage, and this is not something I, a junior knight, can decide."

The two knights at the end of the Knights Templar team saw the magician lying on the mercenary's shoulder by the light of the torches. He was a very young boy.

"My sir knight, please help me. He has been unconscious and cannot swallow any food or potion. He has been in this state for eight days. We can't delay any longer. There is no way to make way on the narrow road. I just need you to let me carry him through your team to the front. I am a demi-human and can transform into a half-beast. I can run very fast with him on my back." Lisa walked up to Lapus and handed her purse to the two knights, then bent down deeply.

"Please help me."

The Imperial Knight did not take the demi-human girl's purse, he said to his companion.

"Elsie, why don't we go report to the captain and see if we can let her through."

"Don't meddle in other people's business, Conrad. Do you know how much effort I put in to get this opportunity to accompany His Highness Elias on a state visit to the capital of Tirateno? If I don't have this opportunity next time because of my meddling, can you compensate me?" Elsie pulled Conrad over and after walking a little further away, he reached out and poked the golden dragon badge Conrad was wearing.

"I don't just want the Golden Dragon Badge. I want the Rose Badge that only sworn knights have."

"But the Dragon Wing Knights will not recruit any more members. Those people are His Highness's confidants who have been trained since childhood. Outsiders cannot enter. Even if they want to select new people, they will only choose children under ten years old for training." Conrad looked at Elsie blankly. He thought that this person was really daring to want to join the Dragon Wing Knights.

"I have heard from the grapevine that His Highness intends to split the Dragon Wing Knights into two knight orders. After the split, the individual knight orders will not have enough personnel and will not be able to train them in time, so they will select personnel from the Royal Knights to make up the gap. It seems that the new knight order is called the Rose Knights.

However, no matter whether it is the Dragon Wing Knights or the Rose Knights, as long as you can enter, you can become a sworn knight and receive the Rose Medal.

Sworn knights can follow His Highness and His Highness' bloodline for generations. Just thinking about it makes my blood boil. Conrad, don't you want to be a sworn knight? Have you met His Highness Egbert?

Not long ago, the little prince awakened his magical talent. He is only three years old. Have you seen him practice swordsmanship? I have never seen such a diligent child. I heard that his academic performance is also very good. What's more terrifying is that he has completely inherited the swordsmanship talent of His Highness Elias.

Whether following His Highness Elias or His Highness Egbert, it is very desirable, isn't it? "

Elsie spoke in a low voice, but the demihumans had good hearing, and Lysa heard what they said. She walked forward, raised her head, and spoke without fear.

"If your prince is really worthy of your following, then I think he must be a very good person. How could such a good person stand by and watch someone die without helping him?"

After hearing what the demi-human girl said, Elsie widened her eyes and thought for a long time, her lips opening and closing, but in the end she couldn't think of a word to refute.

However, a smile appeared in Conrad's eyes hidden behind the visor of his helmet. Yes, His Highness Elias is such a good man, how could he just watch someone die without helping?