What kind of girl would travel to another world?

As mentioned in the previous chapter, You Jiahui and Yang Mingyi had already returned to the capital, and their story came to an end for now. Qi Xinyang arrived at the foot of a mountain where a half-elf tribe was located and was planning to stay overnight there, while Wei Qingping was climbing a steep mountain wall that morning.

It had been eight days since Wei Qingping and King Jianhao fled the strange capital. A few days earlier, the Queen had believed they were still hiding within. Because the city gates had been under martial law, the Queen hadn't received any news of anyone leaving. Later, she had successfully controlled the border guards, and there had been no news of any suspicious individuals escaping.

On the same afternoon, a meeting was being held in the palace. One of the ministers advised the queen, "Your Majesty! It seems that it is not appropriate to block the city gates any longer. This... has been too long." She was so anxious because the blockade of the capital for several days had indeed affected daily trade.

At this moment, one of the captains of the city defense force was in the main hall. He also spoke to the queen, saying, "Your Majesty! It is indeed so. If the city gates continue to be sealed off like this, I'm afraid it will cause unrest..." The pressure on him at the gate was also very great because of the daily blockade.

The queen angrily scolded the captain of the city defense army, saying: "It's all because of you captains' incompetence! It's been eight days and you haven't caught anyone yet! What's going on?" After saying that, she slammed the table angrily and stood up.

A few days ago, to bolster the defense forces, the Queen appointed all four of them as Captains. There was actually another Captain, previously designated by the Swordsman King, but before he could arrive in the capital to take up his post, the Queen rebelled. The unnamed Captain was dismissed without even a single day in office and is currently working elsewhere.

The queen stood angrily before the throne, thinking, "I have the entire capital under my control. Even the two important border towns have surrendered. What on earth is going on? Why can't I find anyone..."

At this time, another captain of the city defense army ran up to the palace to report the situation to the queen, saying, "Oh no! Your Majesty! Those... the rebels may have already escaped the capital!"

The queen was furious and shouted, "What!"

There was an uproar in the hall, everyone felt insecure, and the sound of chattering was endless.

The queen shouted again: "Silence!" She then said to everyone in the hall, "Why are you panicking? The whole country is under my control, and the rebels can't turn the tide!" Her voice was so loud at this time that it stunned the entire hall.

After the queen's angry rebuke, everyone in the hall calmed down a little.

Then the queen asked the captain who came up to report, "What happened? Tell me in detail!"

The captain went on to report, "We found a hole outside the city. When we went in, we found the soil was loose, and we presumed someone had dug it not long ago. Then we continued digging, and the result was..." He stopped talking after this.

The queen angrily asked the captain who came up to report, "What's the result? Tell me--" Seeing that the captain was so hesitant in reporting, she was already a little impatient.

The captain quickly said to the queen, "It turns out that the hole in the earth leads to the prison!" After that, he lowered his head and dared not speak again.

The queen was surprised and thought to herself, "I never thought that I would lock them up in the dungeon and they would actually run to the prison..." Then, she immediately asked loudly in the hall, "Where is the chief jailer! How come the rebels went to the prison, and no jailer noticed?" Her voice was very loud. If the chief jailer was in the hall at this time, he would definitely come out to answer immediately.

The captain who came to report told the queen, "The chief jailer has been leading his men through the city these past few days searching for any trace of the rebels."

The queen then realized that the chief jailer was also trying to "claim credit." She then returned to her throne and addressed the earl, one of the nobles, saying, "Count! Immediately notify the two important border towns and have the border guards step up patrols. Never let the rebels escape!"

The count immediately agreed and said to the queen, "Your Majesty! I will arrange it right away!" After that, he hurried out of the hall.

The captain of the city defense army who was originally in the hall suddenly had an idea and immediately said to the queen, "Your Majesty! I will immediately arrange for the city defense army to search several border villages in the west!" After that, he waited for the queen's order and went there immediately.

The queen gestured her permission. Then, she immediately stopped the captain and said, "No! Wait! Send the city defense troops eastward!" After giving the order, she thought to herself, "Luckily, I accidentally intercepted a secret letter between that bastard and Styras Odin. While I don't know who it came from, it's definitely related." The thought that the Swordsman King might have fled to Styras Odin filled her with worry. After all, it was a huge country.

The queen asked a minister in charge of military affairs in the palace, "How many more soldiers can we recruit now?"

The minister in charge of military affairs reported to the queen, saying, "Your Majesty, the size of our country's army has reached its limit. Recruiting more soldiers will affect all aspects..."

In this way, various topics continued to be discussed in the hall.

At that moment, inside a room within the palace, the eldest princess heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing the maid's account of the situation in the main hall. She had been living in constant fear for the past few days, thinking, "Thank goodness, my father escaped. Given my mother's current condition, if she had captured him again, he would have been in grave danger. Alas, my mother controls the entire country, so why would she still want to capture my father? I hope he won't come back and wrest the kingdom from me..."

In this way, the eldest princess lived in fear every day.

Meanwhile, inside a shop in the capital, the owner who had "sponsored" the Swordsman King's escape was even more terrified. For days, his shop and the surrounding shops had been raided repeatedly. Sitting there, he was torn between inner turmoil, thinking, "This is over. Now that I think about it, I'm also a participant in the 'rebellion.' If the king is captured, I'll be doomed. Only if he successfully regains the throne will I be safe. Or should I inform on him? But how should I tell him? It's been so many days, and it's hard to explain. What should I do..."

As a result, the shop owner lived in fear every day.

Next, we will continue to talk about Wei Qingping and the Sword King. The two of them are still climbing. It’s not that Wei Qingping, a sixteen-year-old girl, is weak, but that the Sword King needs to rest midway.

Wei Qingping, who was sitting on a place on the cliff to rest, didn't dare to look down, so she asked the Sword Master King, "Where are we now? How long do we have to climb up?" After that, she habitually looked at the position of the sun in the sky.

The Swordsman King, who was also sitting, looked at the mountain wall above and replied to Wei Qingping, "According to the route I planned, it should be 70%..."

Wei Qingping was shocked after hearing this and said to the Swordsman King, "Ah? How come there is still 70%? The sun has started to set and it is already afternoon! If it is later..." Before she finished speaking, it was obvious that she was very worried.

King Jianhao said to Wei Qingping, "Seventy percent is below, and only thirty percent is above. Don't worry, we will definitely be able to climb up before dark." After saying that, he also pounded his legs.

Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "There's nothing to do right now. Can you tell me what's up there?" After she said that, she began to yawn.

King Jianhao said to Wei Qingping, "There is a lake above, and there are fish in the lake. So as long as you go up, you don't have to worry about food and water." After he said that, he stopped.

Seeing that King Jianhao didn't continue, Wei Qingping asked King Jianhao, "And then?"

The Swordsman King replied to Wei Qingping, "No more! We only went to the lake above and didn't explore further."

After resting for a while, Wei Qingping complained to the Swordsman King, "By the way, don't you know a lot about climbing? But it seems you're not climbing very fast..."

The Swordsman King could only force an excuse and said to Wei Qingping: "I have lived in comfort for too long. I haven't climbed for a long time. Alas, I really don't know what to do after leaving this country?" Then he began to sigh.

Wei Qingping was shocked after hearing this and asked King Jianhao, "Wait, you can't fight?" Her expression was completely stunned.

The Swordsman King replied to Wei Qingping, "I can't. Didn't you see that I threw away my sword before climbing?" What he said was half true and half false, but he did throw away the sword he had been carrying with him at the bottom of the mountain wall.

Wei Qingping then questioned the Swordsman King, saying, "Then you must know something, how did you become king? Did you later follow Baird to become an adventurer? That's not right! I remember you said that you were the former king's personal guard!" She suddenly felt that the Swordsman King was lying to her.

King Jianhao replied to Wei Qingping, "I used to know a few things, but they've all gone since I became king. So I wanted to try if someone else became king in my place, would my abilities come back?" After he finished speaking, the expression on his face was very strange, and he was obviously trying to hold back a laugh.

But Wei Qingping didn't notice King Jianhao's strange expression. She was overcome with emotion after hearing this, and she said to him, "You're such a liar! You made me king just for this? If I become king, won't I lose my powers?" She spoke seriously, genuinely terrified of losing her powers. If they vanished, not only would her magic be gone, but she wouldn't even be able to read the words of the other world. She would have nothing but the throne, like a puppet queen.

King Jianhao forced a serious tone and said to Wei Qingping: "Not everyone will be like this. You will know after you try it. What if all your abilities are still there after you become king? Then you will make a profit." Seeing that Wei Qingping was so serious, he continued to tease Wei Qingping.

After hearing this, Wei Qingping calmed down a bit and asked King Jianhao, "Did you have an appraisal when you became king?"

The Swordsman King replied to Wei Qingping, "It has been appraised. There are only two words 'King' left, nothing else." When he said this, he looked away, afraid that he would suddenly burst out laughing.

Wei Qingping then asked King Jianhao very seriously, "What about now? You are no longer the king. Has your power returned?"

King Jianhao coughed and asked Wei Qingping with a forced calm expression, "Do you know the 'Identification Technique'?" Of course he knew that Wei Qingping did not know the Identification Technique, and he also knew that it was a spell that only a Saint Mage could use.

Wei Qingping shook her head and replied to the Swordsman King, "No." She only saw Mioshimo use the identification technique on her.

The Swordsman King's frown suddenly relaxed, and he said to Wei Qingping, "I don't know the identification technique either. So there's no way to identify it." He stared at Wei Qingping as he said this, because he was not lying to her.

Wei Qingping frowned and said to the Swordsman King: "A friend of mine can, but we are going in the opposite direction."

After hearing this, King Jianhao thought to himself, "Oh? This country actually has a skilled Saint Mage? But it's also possible that he came from another country, but I haven't heard any news..." Thinking of this, he immediately asked Wei Qingping, "How did you know the Saint Mage?"

When King Jianhao asked how they knew each other, Wei Qingping remembered the human traffickers and quickly said to him, "Oh right! Speaking of this, I want to tell you that there are actually human traffickers in your country, and there are also cultists..."

King Jianhao waved his hand and said to Wei Qingping, "This is no longer my country. Let the Queen take care of it. You haven't told me how you know the Holy Mage." He had no doubt about the Queen's ability to govern the country. Instead, he was more concerned about the unknown "Holy Mage".

Wei Qingping told King Jianhao, "We met in a cave in the west. There is a statue of a god in that cave. Oh! He went to worship the god."

King Jianhao said to Wei Qingping, "Oh. That makes sense. There are statues of gods in the wild. So, what next?"

Wei Qingping thought for a moment and said to the Swordsman King, "Then... he took his friends to fight the human traffickers. And then, we never met again." She was truly terrible at storytelling, even skipping over many plot points, leaving the story unfocused and uninteresting. She didn't explain the entire story, the connections between events, or that the "holy wizard" was an elf or named "Miosheimo." She even didn't mention that the "Spell Catalog" the Swordsman King had seen was given by Miosheimo.

After hearing this, King Jianhao felt that Wei Qingping and the "Holy Mage" had only met once and were not friends at all, so he did not ask any more questions.

Afterwards, after the Swordsman King had rested enough, they continued to climb up.

So, is there really only a lake on top of that mountain wall, or is there something else waiting for them?