Cloud Thinking

Crawford said nothing, but the smile was no longer on his face.

He forgot that Helia was a magician, and the most aggressive fire magician at that.

Even though he is also a magic swordsman, if he really fights against him, he may not get any benefit.

Others were discussing in low voices.

After all, Helia is Her Royal Highness the Princess. Her status is there, so even if they want to chirp crickets, they dare not chirp loudly.

Not to mention that Starley and Hector are right next to them. Even if Helia can't teach them a lesson because of her status, it doesn't mean that Starley can't do it.

Almost everyone in the palace knew that the two had a good relationship.

"You can't be scared, right?" Helia challenged.

"You guys eat my food and enjoy the preferential treatment my family gives you all the time. Don't tell me you don't even have this little bit of strength."

She can say anything good or bad. Who among those present can stand it after she said this?

Not to mention those people who had followed Carlisle to the Amber Palace to carry out search missions. This was the second time they had heard this, and they were even more annoyed.

A simple and crude method of provoking is enough to deal with these young masters who are ambitious.

Crawford once again carefully examined Helia. There were so many rumors about Helia outside, and many of them were contradictory, so no one knew Helia's true level.

But he didn't think that he, a grown man and a knight who had fought in many battles, big and small, would be no match for the princess who had not even grown all her hair and was kept in a pampered state in the boudoir.

"Okay, Your Highness Helia, I'll compete with you." He gladly accepted the challenge.

"Okay." Helia walked to the table that Ronnie had prepared in advance, pulled out a chair and sat down, and signaled Crawford to take his seat with her eyes.

Carlisle walked to the position between the two men, "Then I will be the referee."

The table was not very big, so the others had to get closer to see clearly, so they formed a circle not far from the table.

Starley held Hector and sat diagonally in front of Helia, a perfect position where she could see clearly.

Helia didn't say much, she rolled up her sleeves and placed her right hand on the table, and Crawford also raised his arm and held Helia's hand.

Her hands were not big, at least compared to Crawford's hands, they looked pitifully small and seemed to have no strength.

Carlisle reached out and held their clasped hands, and after confirming that both sides were ready, he counted down to three.

"Three, two, one, start!"

There was no other fancy stuff. As soon as Carlisle finished speaking, Crawford suddenly exerted force to pry Helia's hand towards him.

But Helia stood still.

Crawford felt something was wrong and tried again, but Helia's hands seemed to be welded to the table and wouldn't move at all.

No matter how Crawford tried, Helia still had that calm smile on her face, and he couldn't even feel her exerting any effort.

The onlookers began to boo and laugh mockingly. The veins on Crawford's forehead were popping out, not to mention the ones on his arms, but he still couldn't bend them.

He was sweating all over, but Helia seemed to be so relaxed as if she was watching a play. Her contemptuous and playful eyes made him furious.

But even with the added bonus of anger, he only slightly moved Helia's hand towards him.

It was so severe that he even suspected it was an illusion.

"Have you used up all your strength?" Helia asked suddenly.

"What?" Crawford asked in surprise.

"I said, it's my turn to exert my strength." Helia said this with a smile, and then exerted her strength with her arms -

There was another "bang" sound, and Helia's slender white hand pressed down Crawford's hand, which was a whole circle thicker than hers and had scars, on the table.

A victory without suspense.

"Helia wins one game." Carlisle said.

It’s a best-of-three game. Next, she will have to switch positions with Crawford or switch to her left hand to see which the loser chooses.

Helia withdrew her hand, took the handkerchief handed to her by Ronnie, and wiped her hands.

It's so embarrassing that Crawford actually has sweaty hands!

Crawford was a little bit unbelieving, his hands still lying on the table in an awkward position, and behind him there were waves of boos.

He could clearly hear people whispering that he was not a man at all and couldn't even arm wrestle better than Helia.

"Change hands or change positions?" Seeing that Crawford was still standing there, Helia asked hurriedly.

Go down quickly and let someone else come up.

If we hurry up, we might be able to beat all these scums before lunch.

Crawford gritted his teeth and uttered a few words in anger, "Change to the other hand."

He can wield a sword with both hands, but he usually uses his right hand more often. However, his right hand had been injured before and it sometimes doesn't work very well, so his left hand is stronger.

He just didn't believe that he couldn't beat his left hand!

bang——

It seemed that she had seen clearly that Crawford was a weak man with a strong appearance. Helia did not give him time to waste. As soon as Carlisle finished speaking, she exerted her strength and ended the battle in less than a second.

"Helia wins." Carlisle announced the result.

"Who's coming next?"

Helia smiled and leaned back, taking her chair with her. She put one foot on the edge of the table and supported herself on the back leg of the chair, swaying from side to side.

Looks casual and arrogant.

"Me." While others were still stunned by the sudden end of the situation, a man stood up neatly, as if he had been prepared.

Helia looked towards him following the voice and felt that he looked somewhat familiar, but after thinking for a long time she still couldn't remember who he was.

Seeing Helia looking at him with some confusion, Hutley knew that the other party had forgotten about him, and his fist clenched immediately.

You once brought such great humiliation upon me that I still cannot hold my face up, yet you have forgotten me so easily?

How could he not be angry and hate this?

"You look familiar?" Helia gave up thinking and asked directly.

There were gasps from the crowd, as if they were surprised that Helia didn't remember the incident with Hutley.

"My name is Hutley, the knight you once abandoned." Hutley's words almost came out from between his teeth.

After hearing this, Helia subconsciously turned her head and met the gaze of Ronnie who was protecting her. They both got the answer from each other's gaze.

It was the knight whom she had rejected at the knighthood ceremony when she first came here, Marquis Bernard.

She also implicitly cursed him, saying he was worse than a dog!

I remember it now! I remember it all!

But Helia was not afraid. She did not regret what she had done or the choices she had made.

At that time, Hutley looked down on her. She had just come here and was not familiar with everything. If she really brought him with her, it would be a big bomb.

"Oh, it's the young Marquis Bernard." Helia said calmly.

She put a little more force on the edge of the table and pushed it towards Crawford, who was still sitting in a daze opposite.

"Deputy Captain, it's time to give up your seat. Don't just sit there like an idiot."

Seeing that Helia didn't show any guilt or regret, Hutley sneered in anger.

He walked to Crawford, put his hand on his shoulder, leaned forward slightly, and made a gesture of invitation.

"Deputy Captain, let me do it," he said.

Crawford felt that he had no strength in both hands and his brain was blank, as if the arm wrestling had also broken his brain apart.

After hearing Hutley's voice, he turned his head and caught the anger and hatred in the other's eyes, and then he came to his senses.

He stood up and looked at Helia, still unable to believe that he had lost so quickly, and lost miserably and shamelessly.

His eyes caught the wand that Helia had casually placed aside. He seemed to have thought of something and suddenly became very excited. He said loudly:

"Your Highness! If you use more magic than arm wrestling, then what's the point of winning or losing!"

Helia & Ronnie & Carlisle:?

Helia glanced at the wand that she had not touched the entire time, and then looked at Crawford who was confident that he had caught her cheating. She was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.

Carlisle, as the referee, rejected Crawford's accusation.

"Crawford, Helia didn't touch the wand the whole time, how could she use magic?"

"I didn't expect that the deputy leader is not only weak, but even here..." Helia's lips curled slightly, raised her hand and nodded, "It doesn't work very well."

"You!!!" Crawford was so angry that he rushed forward, but the table was in the middle, he was stuck and fell on the table.

But his lunge pushed the table over. Helia had to rely on standing on the table to maintain her balance, and now she and the chair were about to fall to the ground.

But she reacted quickly and immediately summoned Theodore, who stood on the ground to support her and the chair beneath her.

"Look! She has a wand! She must have used magic just now!" Crawford became excited again, as if he had caught some irrefutable evidence, and shouted to the other onlookers.

Helia was speechless and just rolled her eyes.

Even Starley, who was sitting next to him, could see that Crawford was making trouble.

She frowned slightly and refuted on behalf of Helia: "Deputy Captain, if I remember correctly, one of the basic rules of the wizarding world is that there is no magic without a wand."

"Aya didn't touch the wand the whole time, how could she perform magic?"

"If you say that Aya used the one she has in her hand now, with such a big wand, if she really used it, would others not be able to see it?"

"Or do you think we are all blind?"

"Da! Da! Da!" Hector also pouted and waved his little fist in Crawford's direction, as if he understood that this bad guy was making things difficult for his favorite sisters.

After Starley spoke up, others began to discuss:

"That's right, Crawford must be so angry about losing that he's talking nonsense."

"Is he still a man? He lost and he can't accept the loss. He has no spine and no responsibility."

"Hahahaha, how could he be so stupid as to say something like that? I'm dying of laughter, hahahaha!"

"Hiss, tell me, can this be considered a false accusation and slander of the royal family?"

"Ah? That's impossible!"

"I think so, but it depends on Princess Helia's attitude. If she wants to pursue the matter, Crawford will be dead!"

"Who knows, maybe he can even go to the Red Rose Garden and enjoy a day trip on the lake!"

Seeing Crawford's face flushed with anger and not quite rational due to the comments of others, Helia stood up with Theodore and slammed him on the table, making a loud sound, and everyone else suddenly quieted down.

"Since the deputy captain is not convinced by me, why don't we play another round?" Helia said.

She pushed Theodore and another exquisite wand in front of Crawford and said with a smile: "My only two wands are here. They are placed under your eyes. You can't doubt my magic anymore, right?"

But Crawford refused to give in and think that it was his fault. He was convinced that Helia had used magic.

"Who... who... who knows if you have any other wands hidden!"

Helia rolled her eyes speechlessly again. It seemed that no matter what she said or did, this idiot would assume that she was cheating.

She had no choice but to look to Carlisle and let him, the referee, solve it.

"There are plenty of magic swordsmen present. We can tell whether Helia is using magic by looking at the fluctuations of magic power," Carlisle said.

He looked at the crowd and pointed out five or six people, all of whom should be magic swordsmen.

"There are seven of us monitoring this at the same time. Crawford, do you have any questions?"

Crawford glanced at the people Carlisle pointed out. Among them were people on his side and people on Carlisle's side. He was not afraid that they would all tell lies.

He retracted his gaze, looked at Helia, and said, "Let's change positions."

"Okay, okay." Helia generously gave up her chair and walked around the table to the other side, but she was not in a hurry to sit down.

She remembered her mother saying that sitting on a hot stool with someone else's buttocks would easily cause hemorrhoids.

Besides, she really disliked Crawford. If she sat on him and felt his residual warmth, she would feel like she was sitting on his lap, which was disgusting.

She was even more speechless as she watched Crawford carefully examining the place where she had originally sat, from top to bottom, left to right, inside and out.

Seeing Starley's worried look, Helia responded with a sweet smile, saying that she was fine and reassuring the other party.

Seeing the interaction between Helia and Stella, Crawford became suspicious again and said, "Well, I think His Royal Highness Stella and His Royal Highness the Little Prince may have an impact. Could you please sit further away?"

Helia couldn't help but roll her eyes again.

Noobs love to make excuses for their failures.

"Sister, just do as he says." Helia sneered and looked at Crawford impatiently, "The deputy captain's brain isn't working well anyway, so just let him do as he pleases."

"it is good."

Starley smiled gently, holding Hector and moving back, far away, to ensure that she would not be caught by Crawford, the stupid guy, and say anything.

"Helia, here, I am the deputy captain! If you insult me, you are insulting your superior! It's insubordination!" Crawford said angrily.

"Insubordination?" Helia felt that she had heard the funniest joke of the day.

How dare someone accuse her of insubordination in front of her?

Who is on top and who is on the bottom?

This guy can’t even tell the difference between the big and small kings!

The others couldn't help but laugh secretly.

Even Carlisle had to kowtow when he saw Helia. How could Crawford, a deputy captain, dare to accuse Helia of insubordination?

It's simply the opposite of Tiangang!

But Helia didn't want to argue with the other party anymore. What's the point? It would just waste her precious time.

"Yes, yes, my good boss, I apologize to you. Please sit down quickly. Can you finish the competition earlier and let someone else take over?" she compromised.

She reached out and touched the chair, confirmed that no one was warm, then sat down, spread her hands on the table, and asked again: "May I ask my good boss, which hand do you want to compare?"

Amid the sarcastic laughter of the others, Crawford suppressed his anger and sat down. Facing Helia's nonchalant look, he gritted his teeth and said, "Left hand."

Helia raised her left hand and held it with Crawford again. Carlisle stepped forward and announced the start of the match with a countdown.

The other six supervisors kept a close eye on Helia, trying to confirm whether there were any fluctuations in her magic power during the game.

But Helia didn't intend to give them the chance to look at him any more. In less than a second, she knocked Crawford down.

It wasn't enough to just break it down, she used all her strength this time.

Along with a dull collision sound, a crisp click sound also reached everyone's ears.

Then there was the sound of Gragra again, and spider-web-like cracks spread across the table under Crawford's twisted arms.

"what!!!!!!"

In the end, the game ended with Crawford screaming like a pig being slaughtered.