Cloud Thinking

Helia, wearing a hood that covered most of her face, mingled with Lukman and the others and headed for the team temporarily stationed upstream.

It was snowing heavily at the moment, and she caught a shoulder full of snow in such a short walk. But fortunately, before she set off, Tamasha cast two high-level healing spells on her, and the wound on her head had healed, but it left a scar, and she still had a slight fever.

She had been thinking along the way about how to face Eric. He was her biological brother. He was different from Yoliv and Blot. He was the biological brother of the original owner, the biological brother of this body!

In the original owner's memory, she was very close to Eric, who doted on her very much. She also liked her brother very much, and their relationship was particularly good, even Claude could not compare to it.

However, for her who had traveled through time, this was her first meeting with Eric, and she was worried that she would be exposed. The closer someone was to her, the more likely they would notice something was wrong with her.

Even Claude could notice that something was wrong with her, so Eric would definitely notice it. It was only a matter of time before she was exposed.

To Claude, he didn't care whether Helia was Helia or not. As long as she sat in that position and showed her value, Claude would still treat her as his precious daughter.

But Eric couldn't do that. If he found out that his beloved sister had been replaced by someone else...

He's not going to think this is witchcraft and kill me, is he? Burn me on the scaffold, or hang me, or give me a Louis XVI experience card?

It is true that when a car reaches a mountain, there is no way out; when a boat reaches a bridge, it still turns; all roads lead to hell!

Before she was ready, she planned to hide away, to survive one day at a time, one step at a time. If she couldn't survive any longer, she would run away, no matter where she went. At worst, she would just give up being a princess. Anyway, she was capable and not afraid of starving.

Thinking of this, she sighed sadly, God, will playing with me really make you happy...

Eric's team was well prepared, and everyone seemed very capable. When Helia and her group came over, they were doing their tasks in an orderly manner, some were keeping watch, some were making fire, and some were cooking. It was obvious at a glance that their professional level was far superior to that of Pleasant and the others.

They put up a small tent, and there was a man sitting inside. The firelight illuminated his short golden hair that was as dazzling as the sun. His hair fluttered in the wind like a burning flame.

The flickering firelight made his face, which was 50% similar to Claude's, more three-dimensional and distinct. His contours were smooth and graceful, and his fair face was adorned with delicate features. It was obvious at first glance that he was a darling loved by the goddess of beauty.

He lowered his eyes slightly at this moment, and there was a thoughtful light flashing in his deep eyes, as if he was pondering an important issue. His long eyelashes cast a faint shadow under his eyes, and his thin lips were tightly pursed. After Helia and the others came over, he raised his eyes and looked over -

The flames were reflected in his sapphire eyes, like stars falling into a lake.

This scene is as beautiful as a painting.

Helia only took a glance and determined that the other person was Eric, then lowered her head and raised her hand to pull up her hood to hide herself more tightly.

Lukman went to negotiate with Eric as a representative. Helia and the others were temporarily placed aside, keeping a distance from the soldiers of the Otis Empire. These people put down their work and glanced at them vigilantly.

Not long after, Lukman came back with a smile. Eric agreed to take them deeper into the forest and promised to do his best to help them find the other team. They had to follow the team and obey Eric's orders.

The six of them sat around a fire to rest, and Tamasha brought them some food, including a piece of meat in addition to bread. Of course, the piece of meat finally fell into Helia's hands, and it was Tamasha who brought it to her.

Tamasha promised to keep Helia's secret and help her conceal her identity. Although she didn't know why Princess Helia didn't want to see Prince Eric, maybe they had a conflict between siblings and Helia was angry with her brother.

She didn't want to interfere in other people's family affairs, and she couldn't refuse Helia's request, so she agreed.

"Tamasha, could you please help Avel heal the wound on his arm?" Helia deliberately lowered her voice, sounding a bit like a little boy so as not to arouse suspicion from others.

"This is my job." Tamasha agreed with a smile, turned around and summoned her wand to use a low-level healing spell on Avel. The wound with a piece of missing flesh healed in the blink of an eye, leaving only a tooth mark.

“No matter how many times I see it, it still feels magical…” said Lukeman who was sitting nearby.

"Yeah..." Helia nodded in agreement. She suddenly remembered something and grabbed Tamasha's hand as she was about to leave. "By the way, Tamasha, go tell His Royal Highness the Prince that we found some magical beasts gathering downstream. Tell him to be on guard."

Tamasha looked at Helia's concern and smiled strangely, "Well, I'll go now."

Hey...Although Princess Helia and Prince Eric had a quarrel, she still cares about her brother...

Fortunately, the monsters downstream also took advantage of the night to rest and did not discover them. Eric did not plan to actively look for them, and began to move early the next morning.

Helia disguised herself as a magician of Lukeman's team, occasionally coming to the rescue along the way, but mostly just watched from the sidelines.

The team led by Eric was very powerful, with a total of five magic swordsmen, three magicians, and a healing magician. Helia couldn't tell whether the five magic swordsmen were good or bad, but the three magicians were all above level six, and one of them should be level eight.

With them taking action, there is no need for Helia at all.

The journey was relatively smooth and they did not encounter any very strong monsters. The only sad thing was that they met two dead soldiers from Pleaton's team. Their deaths were miserable. They were afraid that they had encountered a particularly ferocious monster and were in great danger.

They didn't find any water tonight, so they camped in a relatively open flat area. Helia was exhausted after walking all day.

But what surprised her was that although Eric did not know magic, the Warcraft were in a terrible situation in his hands. He was very powerful and was not inferior to those magic swordsmen at all.

I thought Eric would be very wary of them and would test them on the way, but he didn't. When they encountered monsters, they would deliberately drive Helia and the others into the protection circle, as if they were ordinary people who needed protection.

"Prince Eric is so powerful... You didn't see that sword... He chopped off the monster's head directly... The blood splattered on my face..."

"That magician was also very powerful... He killed a group of monsters with one move... I was stunned..."

"Hey, hey! Your Highness the Princess isn't bad either, okay..."

Lukman and the others gathered together and discussed in a low voice. Today's battle was an eye-opener for them. If before they thought that the elite troops of the Otis Empire were here to die like them, now they sincerely believed that this group of people could catch the damn mastermind and end this war.

Helia drank water and warmed herself by the fire while thinking about the monsters she encountered today. They were not very big, nor were they very aggressive, which was different from what she had imagined.

They had already entered the inner circle of the Sad Forest. Logically speaking, the deeper the monsters were, the stronger their combat power should be. However, the monsters they encountered on the road were too weak...

Of course, it is possible that the people ahead had cleared the obstacles for them, or that these powerful monsters had been transferred to the front line, but Helia still felt a little strange, and felt inexplicably uneasy. Whenever she felt uneasy for no apparent reason, it meant...

There's a good chance something bad is about to happen.

"Ah...Alia..." Norberto suddenly called out Helia. This was her current pseudonym. It was obvious that others were not used to calling her that.

"What's wrong?" Helia turned to look at him. The lower half of her face was covered by the hood. Others couldn't see her eyes, nor could they guess what her expression was.

"Are you...are you feeling better?" Norberto asked with concern. "We have been traveling all day, and even we feel tired. Your low-grade fever hasn't gone away. Are you feeling uncomfortable now?"

Helia shook her head to indicate that she was fine. "Just a little tired, not very uncomfortable."

Norberto breathed a sigh of relief. "Well, that's good. If you feel uncomfortable, remember to tell us."

Tamasha came to bring them food again, because there were suddenly six more people, and the rations they brought were not very abundant. Moreover, they were the ones fighting today, so the bread they got today was less than yesterday.

However, Tamasha still secretly gave Helia a piece of candy, out of selfish motives.

"Thank you." Helia curled her lips towards her and put the candy into her pocket.

Seeing that no one was watching them, Tamasha squatted down and whispered in Helia's ear: "Your Highness Helia, you don't know how anxious Prince Eric was during the year you disappeared. He has been looking for you all the time."

"No matter what conflict you had, now that you finally meet again, you should stop hiding from Prince Eric. He misses you and is worried about you. We can all see it."

Helia grabbed Tamasha's arm and looked up sharply, revealing her sapphire eyes, "Missing for a year? Me?"

Tamasha didn't know why Helia was suddenly so excited, and nodded in confusion, "Yes... Ever since Marshal Hawke announced your disappearance, Prince Eric has been looking for you, but it's been more than a year, and there's still no news."

"Were you kidnapped? Or did you run away on purpose? Did someone do something bad to you?"

"You can tell His Highness Eric that he has always loved you and how could he bear to let you suffer any injustice?"

Helia felt as if she had been hit by a heavy hammer. She clearly remembered that she had only been in the tower for half a year. She had counted every day during that time in the tower, so there was no way she could have remembered it wrong.

But Tamasha said she had been missing for a year, which must be true, and there was no need for her to lie to herself.

That meant that the clock she relied on to tell time did not chime once a day, but once every two days.

She stayed in the tower for a whole year!!!

Hawke explained her disappearance as missing, which was a good reason. She was not the daughter of Antonio's family, and as long as Claude came to look for her and didn't find her, Hawke's other excuses would be exposed.

Moreover, he was most likely going to put the blame on the Morrogan Cult. After all, they had kidnapped Helia before and had a criminal record. It was not incomprehensible that they were kidnapping her again now.

But Perkinsburg, Hawke, and even the entire Antonio family are likely to become a laughing stock.

Helia took a deep breath, pursed her lips, and asked again: "Why is my brother here?"

"This is the border. Marshal Hawke is the commander-in-chief of the northern border. Why did he ask my brother to go deep into this place? Where are his people?"

Seeing Helia's worry, Tamasha patted her hand gently to comfort her, "Prince Eric came here on his own accord. Marshal Hawke is seriously ill in bed, and now the commander of the front line is Admiral Hilda."

"After hearing the news of your disappearance, Prince Eric immediately took his men to Satted. Not long after he arrived, the war broke out, and His Royal Highness stayed to help resist the beast tide."