Night fell upon the royal capital.
In the palace corridor.
Princess Renner walked with her head down, returning in the direction of the castle, with maids bowing and saluting along the way.
Rarely.
Princess Renner did not respond with her usual kindness and gentleness, but all the maids knew that Her Highness the Princess must not be in a good mood right now.
What happened during the day had already spread throughout the palace.
Although this matter was stirred up by the two adventurer teams, "Blue Rose" and "Free Will", Princess Renner, as the inviter, had inevitably been reprimanded by His Majesty the King.
Leinas and Climb followed closely behind Princess Renner.
Climb looked at the figure in front from time to time, his eyes filled with worry; the terrifying battle he saw today had completely shattered his understanding of power.
He wanted to do his best to protect Her Highness the Princess, but he also understood that such a level was something he could not reach no matter how hard he tried.
Exactly because of this!
He had to train even harder.
Climb made a firm determination in his heart.
The three arrived at the luxurious door.
"You two go back first." Princess Renner stopped, turned to look at Leinas and the other, and said gently.
"Yes, Your Highness."
Climb immediately bowed respectfully: "Please rest well."
Seeing Climb turn and leave, while Leinas stood in place without leaving, Princess Renner was curious: "Leinas, is there something wrong? Come in and tell me."
Leinas nodded, took the lead in raising her arm, and reached out to push open the door.
Princess Renner stepped into the hall, but her shoulders stiffened the next moment, and her sapphire pupils revealed an unusual look, though it returned to normal in an instant.
Only to see!
On the sofa in the hall sat a figure who had already left and should not have appeared here at this time.
Lyle sat on the luxurious sofa, holding a thick book similar to a notebook and reading it, with rays of magic light flashing in his eyes from time to time.
"Decipher Magic"
Princess Renner's arrival did not make Lyle look up at all, which was completely different from the situation where he still showed etiquette before.
It was as if the real owner here was not Princess Renner, but him.
Facing a situation that was enough to call the guards.
It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as an assassin's assassination attempt.
Princess Renner not only showed no panic, but a faint smile appeared on the corners of her mouth; she walked to the center of the hall, swaying her skirt, and sat down opposite Lyle without any hesitation.
Seeing that Lyle was still looking at the notebook.
Princess Renner did not disturb him, but picked up the magic item thermos on the tea table and unscrewed it, poured out the black tea that was still emitting heat, and pushed it in front of Lyle.
Then, she poured a cup for herself unhurriedly.
This magic item could keep the temperature and quality of the drinks inside unchanged for a period of time, and it was one of Princess Renner's favorite magic items.
Especially when entertaining valuable guests; she didn't use it much at other times.
Leinas also walked forward from the back; this time, she did not stand behind Princess Renner, but stood behind Lyle.
From an outsider's perspective, if this were not the royal palace, one would really think that the real owner here was Lyle.
There was not much information recorded in the notebook.
Lyle didn't spend much effort to finish reading it all. The records were all information about adventurers, mainly "Orichalcum-rank" adventurers, not only in the kingdom but also intelligence on adventurers from other countries.
The most detailed record was "Blue Rose", and the "Free Will" he was in was also recorded, but there was not much information.
"Do you mind?" Lyle closed the notebook and looked at it on the table.
Princess Renner extended her emerald fingers, tucked the blonde hair on her forehead behind her ears, and said softly and gently: "This is something Climb recorded."
"He usually likes to collect various heroic tales, adventurers' adventure tales, and such unknown heroic stories."
This was Climb's little hobby that he thought was unknown, and the notebook in front of him was just a copy of what Climb had recorded.
Of course, Princess Renner naturally didn't say this, but Lyle knew it, and some of the records inside also made Lyle somewhat interested.
Princess Renner's beautiful eyes looked at Lyle without concealment, and she couldn't see the weak state of excessive mana consumption after the battle at all.
This couldn't be hidden from her eyes.
"Leinas will fully assist you from now on. In terms of money, I can also give you some support; some orphanages have already been injected with a certain amount of funds."
Lyle didn't have any nonsense; he picked up the steaming black tea, took a sip, and said shallowly.
He was indeed not short of money at the moment; just the treasure in the Ancient Fire Dragon's cave, if all converted into gold coins, the amount would reach an astonishing level, enough to support a war.
"I am not interested in the throne."
"I know."
"Good." Princess Renner smiled brilliantly.
Click.
Lyle placed the teacup on the table, stared at Princess Renner, and suddenly asked: "How much do you know about the Holy Kingdom."
This meeting with Princess Renner was the result of Lyle's careful consideration.
He did have some wariness towards Princess Renner, but before the "Great Tomb of Nazarick" descended.
He was still confident that he could control Renner; in about three years, he also needed to use Renner's wisdom to achieve certain goals faster.
Otherwise, Princess Renner would be worthless to him.
As the black tea in Lyle's cup bottomed out, the previous implicit conversation between the two sides also ended completely.
"I wish you a good dream tonight, Your Highness."
Hum!
Under Princess Renner's gaze, Lyle's figure disappeared out of thin air; if it weren't for the empty teacup in front of her, it was as if he had never existed.
"I should also take my leave, Your Highness." Leinas bowed slightly to Princess Renner and turned to leave as well.
Click!
The door closed again.
"Mysterious Lord Tang."
The corners of Princess Renner's mouth curled up, her eyes fixed on the sofa opposite, she picked up the magic item thermos and filled the teacup that Lyle had used and emptied.
Then.
Princess Renner brought it over, her delicate lips touched the rim of the cup and took a sip, stretched her white swan neck, and stuck out her rosy tongue to lick the corner of her mouth: "It's truly delicious."
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