Otome's Law of Ascension

Chapter 45 45. Heptapods

"It's so cute." Dimitri didn't know how to say it, and then found that the atmosphere froze.

Licia was looking at the top of his head with puzzled eyes.

'With a 30.00% five-favorite degree, how credible is it to say how cute it is? '

"I mean the lace on your skirt, it feels very cute, and Tata should be suitable for this kind of thing." Dimitri felt his ears burning, he shouldn't explain a word, praise a lady for being cute, no A very normal thing?

"This one?" Licia put down the teacup, then raised her hand, facing the white lace sleeves to Dimitri's face, although she didn't know why the Crown Prince suddenly pulled away from serious matters. to the clothes.

"Hmm." Dimitri frowned and nodded.

The wind on the river was blowing in through the air-permeable windows. When Lizia looked down at the cuffs and felt puzzled, she heard a thump, thud, thud, sound from the bottom of the boat.

"Your Highness, did you hear anything?" Licia stood up nervously.

Dimitri had experienced Licia's outstanding hearing, so he picked up the long sword placed on the bedside. "what sound?"

"Something has been knocking on the bottom of the boat." Lycia pushed open the door. "Troy!" She went to the deck and looked around for a week, but she didn't see the Duke of Troy on patrol.

"Where's Troy?" Dimitri followed. Troy's coat of arms is not the same as his combat strength. If there are any strange beasts in the river, it will be difficult for him to deal with them.

At this moment, Troy, who was dragged to the bottom of the water by the heptapods, was holding his breath desperately, kicking the hull of the boat.

Viscount Fudomi came out wearing a fringed cloak. She is a Frost Emblem, and she doesn't seem to be so afraid of the cold. "What's the matter? Good day, His Royal Highness, Miss Licia."

"Troy is gone. Licia said that she heard a noise from the bottom of the boat just now." Dimitri found that Licia was leaning on the railing, half of her body was about to lean out. "Danger!"

Licia had just turned her head when the heptapod's tentacles quickly wrapped around her neck, pulling her down hard.

'As long as it is a boat on the river, there will always be a link of distress. ' Licia choked on water, and then she was able to analyze the problem quietly in her head.

'it's too cold. '

'I can't breathe. '

'I'm probably dead. '

'Help! '

Afterwards, the thinking in Licia's head became chaotic, and her body began to instinctively survive.

Fudomi attacked the water surface with frost, but the heptapod was so fast that it disappeared after a while.

"Orlando!" Dimitri watched the movement of the water with his eyes, and then loudly called for a person with the emblem of the fish to come out. "Go down and save people."

Orlando stared wide-eyed, and rubbed the protruding flesh of his cheeks, his skin was still chapped and red. "Your Highness, I can't swim!"

"Herald power!" Dimitri almost roared.

"Oh, yes, yes, I can move in the water, well, let Orlando take a look, which angle is more suitable for jumping." Just as Orlando was taking his clumsy steps, he was ready to jump.

The heptapod held a wet Licia and slowly approached the edge of the boat.

Licia didn't expect that when she was about to faint, her strong sense of survival, but maybe it was the six-pointed star's own consciousness, that saved her.

The six-pointed star appeared right on top of the heptapod's head. If you ignore the purple skin, just from the shape, an octopus-like monster with a star on its top is actually quite cute.

But Troy was not so lucky. He was floating on the water and was struggling to swim around the heptapod towards the boat.

"What coat of arms is able to control strange beasts?" Orlando opened his thick lips, and because he was too surprised, he lost his balance and fell on the deck.

Everyone who came out of the room was amazed by this scene.

The beast carefully put Licia back on the boat, and then gently waved towards Licia with one of its limbs.

Dimitri unbuttoned his cloak and put it on Licia's shoulders.

Troy was also rescued from the water. "Fortunately, I'm in great shape."

Fudomi put on Troy her fringed cloak.

Licia looked at the figure of the heptapod that refused to leave. 'Is my six-pointed star not coming back? '

Everyone also looked at the heptapod warily, and Dimitri ordered to speed up and get rid of this huge strange beast.

However, seven hours had passed, and everyone had begun to get used to the fact that no matter how fast or slow, the heptapods couldn't be driven away.

"Licia, you are so beautiful that even strange beasts are overwhelmed by it." Fudomi gently combed Licia's hair.

But what the latter thinks in his heart is that it is not beauty, but the six-pointed star that cannot be obtained.

Licia thought with heartache that the entire hexagram was lost because of this strange beast in the river.

Fortunately, she observed several times, and the brightness of the six-pointed star above the heptapod's head did not weaken.

Even when she stepped onto the deck, this strange beast would lightly slap the water surface at her a few times.

After three days of driving on the Bei River, the outstanding noble students of Thorn College finally arrived at the downstream town, Sufaluo.

Licia helped Tata get off the deck and stepped onto the long-lost ground.

The heptapod couldn't reach the shallow area, and after staring at Licia for a long time in the middle of the river, it sank to the bottom of the water.

'Ah, my six-pointed star, now even the captured beasts are gone, and I gave them for nothing. ' Licia sighed, that's all she could do.

Fortunately, I can finally sleep peacefully on the shore.

Although Sufaluo is a small town with a riverside port, the local economy has been sluggish due to the rampant alien beasts.

When they arrived at the port at noon, apart from the city lord and his entourage who came to meet him and a sand mining ship parked on the shore, there was no ongoing trade at all.

There were dark clouds, and it looked like it was going to rain.

Licia was helped into the carriage by the servants of the lord's house, and Tata looked much better than when she was on the boat.

"Oh, this lady, really." An old woman with sunken cheeks, saggy skin, deep eye sockets, small pupils, and white eyes was exaggeratingly praising Licia.

Tata also tilted her head slightly and smiled. "Yes, ma'am, this is the pearl of the Thorn Empire, Miss Licia."

The castellan's wife held Tata's hand, but kept looking at Licia. "What a beautiful girl, as beautiful as a princess."

Licia will never be too indifferent to those who praise her, although this look makes her a little uncomfortable.

"Thank you, ma'am."

"My son is about the same age as you." The mayor's wife finally switched to the main topic.

The smiles on the faces of Tata and Licia immediately subsided.

"We only have one son, so the earldom will definitely be passed on to him in the future. He is very good. When he was 11 years old, he was able to catch a live rabbit."

Licia and Tata smiled at each other. There are many nobles who have the power of heraldry but do not send their children to the heraldry academy. The Thorn Empire is too big, and not everyone is willing to send their heirs far away. Go and stay for eight years.

(End of this chapter)