Cloud Thinking

"Your Highness Helia, I heard that you will be reporting to the Royal Knights for work soon. How is it going? How do you feel?"

There was no doubt that Letina asked this question with a tone of curiosity and envy. She was not content with her current status and position and wanted to make a career on her own. Unfortunately, reality placed too many restrictions on women. Even if she had more abilities, she was just a butterfly trapped in a cocoon, unable to break out of it and fly.

"I followed Captain Carlisle for a walk earlier and got familiar with the situation. Maybe it's because I experienced too much when I was studying magic in the academy, so I'm not that curious about the Knights Templar. On the contrary, I find it a little boring?" Helia replied while thinking, holding her chin in her hand.

She turned to look at Letina and offered her an olive branch without hesitation: "Letina, if you want, I can ask my father for permission to have someone work with me."

"I can see clearly that you have the ability. As long as you dare to take that step, I will give you the opportunity to climb up."

"The empire is not short of capable people, but it is short of capable and ambitious people."

Faced with the long-awaited opportunity, Letina was not overwhelmed by joy, but calmly expressed her concerns in a joking tone:

"Are you asking me to run errands? Your Highness Helia, you have many people around you who can be used. I am not the only one you need."

"I don't lack people to run errands, but I lack people who can get things done. Do you understand?" Helia answered the question with a question. She knew what Letina was worried about, but she couldn't guarantee that she would always have things that would allow her to use her abilities.

Just like Ronnie, Lydia, and Philo, didn't they all start out as errand runners? A person who is not even willing to run errands and can't do it well shows that he is not obedient. She doesn't need subordinates who don't even listen to her.

"Haha! Your Highness intends to honor me, and I appreciate it, but this matter is of great importance. I have drunk a lot of wine tonight. If a superior accepts your invitation and then regrets it and doesn't want to do it, wouldn't it cause trouble for you? Please allow me to think about it again." Letina still cautiously expressed that she would wait and see. Helia completely understood and was willing to give her time to think it over.

"I'll keep a place for you next to me."

Tonight's birthday party ended perfectly. What puzzled Helia and Eric was that Duke Ronald did not take this opportunity to retaliate, and he didn't even make any move. This made Helia a little overwhelmed.

Such a patient person, and also a big villain, will be difficult to deal with in the future.

Neither Drummond nor Brashily could make it to her eighteenth birthday party because they spotted the black magician on the way back. With official duties ahead of them, they had to ask Madam De Liv to deliver the gift.

"When I met Princess Helia before, I thought you were as dazzling as the stars in the sky. Seeing you again after so many years, I feel that you are even more brilliant than before. It's almost blinding to open your eyes."

Delifu came to visit early in the morning with gifts. She didn't like attending parties, so she didn't come last night, but came a day later on purpose.

Although it was a bit impolite, it would leave a deeper impression on Helia. However, it was hard to guess whether it was a good impression or a bad impression. I'm afraid the weight of the gift would be the key factor in determining her attitude.

"Madam, you are too polite. Drummond and I are good friends, and Lord Brashili is the benefactor who saved my life. Given our friendship, there is no need for such polite words. Madam, please do as you feel comfortable." Helia took Delifu's hand affectionately, and feeling that her body was a little stiff, she patted her twice to signal her to relax.

"Your Highness may have heard from my husband or son that I was born a commoner, and I don't know much about rules and etiquette, especially the twists and turns in the upper class circle. I know nothing about them."

"If I have offended Your Highness in any way, or if I have made Your Highness feel uncomfortable, please forgive me."

Delifu still felt a little uncomfortable. Looking at the princess in front of her who was almost as beautiful as a statue, she really couldn't feel at ease in this magnificent palace.

Helia saw that she really couldn't adapt, so she didn't force her. Instead, she considerately kept a little distance from her to leave her enough privacy.

Sure enough, while Helia wasn't paying attention, Delifu breathed a sigh of relief. She signaled the maid beside her to present the gift she brought to Helia, and explained:

"This gift was prepared by the father and son long ago. Fortunately, it was delivered here in time and did not miss your birthday for too long."

"In the letter sent with the gift, Drummond kept lamenting that he was unable to attend your birthday party in person, Your Highness, and that he was very sad and regretful. He also said that he had always missed you."

Helia took the heavy mahogany box, and gently opened the delicate lock with her slender fingers, opening the box. She saw the gift inside - a red blood stone that was almost the size of a baby's fist, with almost no flaws or impurities, and was very complete and smooth.

Helia took it out, placed it in the palm of her hand, and carefully examined this rare treasure in the sunlight shining in from outside.

In the week before her birthday party, in order to avoid making a fuss after seeing the gift, she went to Hagham to learn about the rare objects in this world. She also got Claude's permission to go into the royal treasury for a tour. Now she could roughly distinguish what was rare in the world and what was just for show.

"What a high-purity bloodstone. Where did you get it from?" Helia asked as she put the gem in the box.

Bloodstone, as the name suggests, is a ruby ​​formed by blood coagulating into a block and precipitating over hundreds or thousands of years. Its uniqueness lies in the blood, and its quality also lies in the blood.

The purer the blood is, the rarer it is; the purer the bloodstone will be, the better its quality will be, and its value will rise accordingly.

The common red blood stone contains mostly human blood, with a small portion from other races, such as elves, dragons, giants, mermaids, etc., and even divine blood is possible.

The most expensive blood stone on the market today is the one that contains the blood of the Elf King. However, it is only the size of a finger joint and was sold at a sky-high price of over 100 million yuan at an auction.

The blood of different races has different functions. For example, the blood of the dragon race has the function of strengthening the body. According to records, an elderly man took red blood stone containing dragon blood. He was originally paralyzed in bed and unable to move. After taking it, he could not only move freely, but also had a physique as strong as that of a young man.

This was just the impure Dragon Blood Stone, yet it had such amazing effects, not to mention swallowing a whole dragon heart raw like Helia had done before.

However, the formation of bloodstone is also very special and difficult. To this day, people still don’t know how bloodstone is formed, and how blood can condense into stone without being lost over a long period of time.

Moreover, pure blood does not have such a profound effect. Only blood sealed in red blood stone can have such an exaggerated and unbelievable effect.

"Barashili said that it was looted from the lair of the black magician. It is very well preserved and contains the rare blood of the Feathered People." De Lifu did not understand all this, she just repeated what Brashili wrote in the letter truthfully.

"The Feathered People?!" Helia was so surprised that she could hardly control her expression. After all, even the royal family had never collected such a perfect blood stone, not to mention the extremely rare blood stone of the Feathered People.

"Yes, my husband is very sure that this is the blood of the Feathered People, and it is of very good quality and very pure." De Lifu replied, "And Brashiri also speculated that there might be some divine blood mixed in it, but there is no way to be sure."

Damn it! It seems that these black magicians still have a lot of good stuff hidden on them!

"In addition to this, Drummond has prepared another gift. He said that you have to open it with your own hands, so even I don't know what's inside." De Lifu took the beautifully packaged paper box from the maid and handed it to Helia personally, with an unconcealable smile on her face.

"Then I'll have to look forward to it a little." Helia took the gift box, carefully removed the outer wrapping paper, opened the box, and when she saw the colorful gems lying in the layers of red velvet, she couldn't help laughing out loud.

Why do everyone like to give her gems?

Rubies, topazes, sapphires, emeralds, amethysts...they are all of very good quality, and each one is as big as a pebble, with a smooth and round surface.

Helia picked up one of the gems and looked at it carefully. She found that there were small words engraved on the bottom of the gem. She squinted her eyes and carefully identified it, and found that it was her name.

It seems that Drummond carved it himself.

There was a letter under the gem. Helia looked up at Delifu, who smiled and nodded at her, making a "please" gesture, indicating that she could read it now.

Helia pulled out a thick stack of folded paper from the envelope and read it carefully. It contained all the things that Drummond had seen and heard along the way, the interesting things that had happened, and his complaints about how cunning, vicious and cruel the black magicians were. He also boasted to her that he had passed the magic level assessment and was now a sixth-level magician.

Hiss! How did he reach level 6? This jump is too fast! She is only a level 5 magician now!

As for the rest of the content, it was mostly some ambiguous words of longing, which made even the shameless Helia feel a little embarrassed.

Helia put away the letter and the gift, stood up, walked to Delifu, took her hand and pulled her up.

"I like your gifts very much, Madam Deliv. I also like your family very much. If there is a chance in the future, we can visit each other more often. The Amber Palace will always be open to you."

"Thank you, Your Highness. I am honored to receive this honor." De Liv also smiled and held Helia's hand, and her warm yet dry palms passed the warmth to her.

After seeing Delifu off, Helia threw herself into the soft and comfortable sofa, put her hands on the gift box beside her, tapping it lightly, with no expression on her face, thinking about some problems.

When Ronnie came in and saw this, he immediately slowed down his pace, walked aside silently, and waited for Helia to come out of her thoughts.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Helia slowly stood up, looked at the silent big guy beside her, smiled and waved at him, "Ronnie, come here."

"Your Highness Helia, His Majesty has sent the letter of inauguration. The inauguration ceremony will be held the morning of the day after tomorrow." Ronishi stepped forward and handed a cowhide scroll to Helia, informing her of the notice that had just come from the Executive Hall.

"Hiss - so urgent?" Helia raised an eyebrow, took the letter of appointment with a little surprise, spread it out and glanced at it roughly, and finally her eyes stopped on the red official seal and Claude's signature under the seal.

"He said that we should let more people witness your inauguration ceremony while everyone else is still here," Ronnie relayed.

"Tsk! I think my father wants to throw the troublesome things to me as soon as possible, and he is willing to leave me no free time!" Helia casually threw the letter of appointment to Ronnie, stood up from the sofa, and stretched.

She let out a long breath and sneered, "Never mind. I've been annoyed with those pagans for a long time. I hope they can be like those black magicians and have grease on their bodies for me to scrape off."

Helia's inauguration ceremony went very smoothly. After all, it was something that had been decided long ago. Now it was just a formality and a pretty surface effort. Everyone happily congratulated Helia.