Knight and Wand

Chapter 328 Inis X2
Knights in blue robes and silver armor guarded the carriages on the kingdom's avenue.

The team drove all the way from Westral County to Haven County in the northeast.

That is the location of "Oduruk", another royal city on the land of Orland in the era of two queens.

Since being found by the Sea Eagle Knights, Leon learned that Orland was now in a divided situation with the North and the South confronting each other. He had to give up his original plan to sneak into the Orlandon Palace with the Atias delegation.

The common people in the southern part of the kingdom had never seen him before, so no one recognized him as "Leon Johnson" along the way.

But how could the upper echelons of the "Golden Lion Dynasty" of Orlando fail to recognize the military and political leader who led the "Hecha Dynasty" in the north?

Seeing how Miss Treia and the other Sea Eagle Knights swore that they were Leon himself, he knew that his own self in this world had probably also experienced a strange and mysterious transformation of his body when he mastered magic power, and his appearance and body shape should be roughly the same as his current state.

Whenever he thought of this, Leon was glad that he had come to Westral instead of rushing to Orlandon to fall into the trap.

Otherwise, I would have been captured by the "Big Lion" on the spot and locked up in the palace dungeon to operate a sewing machine.

According to the Sea Eagle Knights, during the time when "he" disappeared, the North mobilized all the forces under its rule to desperately search for him.

A few days ago, just as he landed at Fjord Port, a patrolling knight from Westerland recognized him from the Atias team.

However, the local lord was afraid that he had been kidnapped by those men in black, so he did not act rashly. Instead, he urgently reported the news to the Sea Eagle Knights overnight, and the knights stationed recently were able to track him down quickly.

Although Leon repeatedly explained that he was not the "Prince Leon" they were looking for, after careful consideration, faced with the Sea Eagle Knights who knelt down in unison and stubbornly begged him to return to Oduruk to take charge of the situation, Leon compromised and agreed to make this trip.

Although, if he unveiled Ines in person, his clarification and words might be more convincing, but for Ines' safety, Leon did not rashly do so in public.

Since the original plan of pretending to be the envoy of Atias did not work, he felt that it would be more helpful to meet the "Queen Ines" who ruled the north, understand the current situation, and explain their current situation. This would help them find other ways to return home in the future.

So he asked Corvis to have someone transport the treasure back to the Atias warship first. Leon temporarily put his diplomatic plan on hold and took Ines with him, escorted by the Sea Eagle Knights, on the road to Oduruk.

As soon as Leon heard the name Odoruk, he knew it must have been chosen by himself.

In the original time and space, there was no city with this name in the entire Orland.

The surname here is "Jonson", and the name of the Knights' Alliance fortress on Caliban is used here.

It seems that the self in this world did not use any "King Arthur" memes. Instead, he used the memes from a certain money-making board game in his previous life more thoroughly.

Maybe it’s due to different experiences?

I haven't met Olivia, so when I chose my last name, my personal interests tended towards other hobbies?
Looking at the scenery slowly passing by outside the window, Leon was speechless, as if he was appreciating the autumn scenery along the way.

The atmosphere in the carriage was somewhat quiet.

Of course, he wasn't really admiring the scenery outside the car. He was just too embarrassed to know what to say.

"Master Leon, am I really that scary?" Ines sat across from me, holding her face with her hands, and asked meaningfully, "It's been a whole day, why don't you just look at me and talk to me?"

"You should call me Leon, Your Highness."

Avoiding Ines' teasing eyes, Leon stared at the outline of the mountains in the distance with a guilty conscience and replied awkwardly: "My mind is a little confused now."

As he spoke, he silently sorted out the unexpected information in his mind.
Since he was not present in the Selva village that no one saved, he did not meet Olivia in this life.

So, in this world, the person I met six years ago was Ines?

Ask yourself, do you hate her? Of course not.

He was not a dull person, and if he escaped to Orland in this life, he would have won the affection of Ines.

It is perhaps not surprising that the fate is so different from what it is today.

However, it would be fine if he was the only one who knew about this other possible fate, but now, he and Ines in front of him both knew this fact. For a moment, he found it difficult to look directly into the other's strange eyes.

With some inexplicable complicated feelings, we traveled day and night, and the next day, the current royal city of the Orland regime in the north came into view.

Riding in a carriage through the equally bustling and prosperous city streets, the city that came into view, although much smaller in scale than the ancient and magnificent Orlando City, was said to still be a large northern city with a population of nearly 100,000.

The overall construction style of Oduruk is closer to a fortress. The streets in the city are more compact, and there are barriers and spires everywhere. The solemn and majestic defense facilities make the entire northern royal city look like a giant military fortress.

The palace castle of Queen Ines of the North stands in the center of the city.

The towering inner city of the fortress is not as huge and magnificent as the Orlando Palace, but it brings people a simple and solemn sense of security.

The carriage arrived at the door of the inner hall of the palace smoothly.

Treya jumped off her horse and walked forward to open the car door.

"Master, Her Majesty Ines is waiting for you in the palace." She glanced at the hunting girl who had been silent all the time and was wearing a hood and veil. "Are you sure you want to bring this lady with you to see His Majesty?"

The master never introduced the identity of this girl who was always protected by him.

But in any case, in Treia's opinion, it did not seem wise for her husband, who had been missing for a long time, to return home with a strange woman to meet his lover.

"She must go with me to see 'Innes'." Leon did not explain much, but still took Innes out of the car and followed the Sea Eagle Knights into the palace.

Walking through the long corridor filled with blue-robed guards.

As he was about to step into the pillared hall, Leon heard a voice that had become extremely familiar to him during this period of time before he saw anyone.

".Leon, Leon!"

The pronunciation and intonation were very clear in the urgent call.

It was not the pronunciation of "Leon" as spoken by others, but standard Chinese. There was no doubt that the other party called him by his real name.

As I walked into the hall, I saw a petite figure dressed in a gorgeous palace dress. The snow-white skirt fluttered with her anxious steps, and the exquisite and beautiful crown on her head was slightly tilted due to her anxious and impolite steps.

Seeing Ines Leon, who looked exactly the same as her but with a slightly more mature temperament and figure, he couldn't help but feel dazed by the eagerness and longing in her eyes.

He glanced sideways at Princess Ines who was wearing a veil beside him, and happened to meet the girl's eyes.

"Leon? Leon? Leon? How many names do you have?" Ines asked curiously in a low voice.

"It's a long story." Leon sighed.

Since traveling through time, he has not told anyone else about his identity as a traveler except Olivia, and he doesn't know whether Ines in this world knows about it.

However, at the same moment, two identical people existed in front of him at the same time. This feeling made Leon feel indescribable wonder?

These are not twins. Just as he was stunned, Big Ines had already come to Leon, unable to stop her longing and reaching out, about to come closer and hug her long-lost lover tightly.

Leon finally reacted, instinctively took a half step back, and raised his hand to stop the other party's contact.

"Calm down for a moment, Your Majesty. Uh, Your Majesty Ines, I am not the Leon you know."

".?"

The crowned Ines paused in the air, her expression slightly startled by his distant attitude, her green eyes showing confusion: "What did you say?"

"I come from another 'time and space'. I will explain it slowly."

Leon raised his hand and pointed at his face: “Look, have you noticed that I am actually younger in front of you?”

He felt that after all, there was a difference of three years, and Ines in front of him had grown...well, more... In short, he would never remain the same.

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Hearing this, Da Ines frowned in confusion.

She slowly calmed down, put away her worried look, folded her hands in front of her, and looked him up and down seriously.

However, after carefully identifying the appearance of the person beside her, she became even more confused:
"I don't see anything different about you. I can't have made a mistake. What happened to you? Where have you been for more than a month? Why did you leave suddenly? Why did you come back and say such strange things?"

Her fingers instinctively plucked her skirt, her brows furrowed, a trace of slight grievance and sadness rising from the worry in her heart. This was the first time in six years of knowing each other and falling in love that her lover had rejected her contact in a distant way.

A sigh of emotion was heard.

"Let me explain~"

Attracted by the voice that sounded exactly like her own, Big Ines looked in astonishment at the figure in the simple hunting suit.

She took off her hood and untied her veil, revealing a more childish face.

When Ines saw "herself" wearing a crown, she slowly opened her eyes in surprise and couldn't help but chuckle and greeted:
"Nice to meet you. Myself~"

Instead of returning to the bedroom in the palace, Leon specially had a guest room arranged for him.

After sending the servants away, he slowly sank into the bathtub, took a deep breath, and bathed himself.

After washing off the fatigue of the journey and drying his body, Leon saw the brand new prince-style dress placed outside and hesitated slightly.

But after thinking about it, I put it on anyway.

After changing into the fitted dress tailored for him, Leon, led by his servant, came to the high-rise atrium terrace of the royal palace, where he saw Ines, who had also taken a bath, changed her clothes and put back into her dress.

Well, to be more precise, there are two Ines.

Not only did they wear the same dress, but neither of them wore a crown.

"How is it? Does it fit?" Ines on the right stood up from the chair as if in a playful mood, holding up her skirt elegantly with her left hand and covering her lips with a velvet fan with her right hand: "Do you still recognize who is Ines who came with you?"

"Of course it's you who can joke like that. Hmm? That's not right." Leon paused halfway through his sentence, frowned, and swallowed the words he was going to say.

He turned his gaze to the left, where he saw Ines, who was leaning on the handle of a fan with an elegant demeanor and a smile on her face.

Honestly speaking, in just three years, Ines's appearance hadn't changed much, except for a slight difference in her demeanor.

The girl's excellent acting skills almost fooled him.

To be on the safe side, Leon quickly assessed the sizes of the two Ines.

Only then was he 100% sure that the one on the right who was asking questions with a joking look on her face was actually "Queen Ines", and the one on the left who was acting reserved was the little Ines who had traveled through time with him.

Helplessly spreading his hands towards the girl on the left, Leon said: "Your Highness, you almost fooled me."

Ines waved her fan noncommittally, turned around and said to her parallel self with a smile: "So? I told you he could recognize it."

Big Ines put down the hem of her skirt, and her playful acting slowly faded away. She put away the fan in her hand, and her eyes revealed sadness and panic.

"If what you said is true, then where is my Leon?" Sitting back in the chair, Big Ines stared at Leon with worried brows, and then looked at herself who claimed to be from another time and space.

"I still don't quite believe in the so-called 'parallel world'. If you weren't there, I would rather believe that a wizard had tampered with his memory."

Ines shrugged and said, "If I hadn't experienced it myself, I'm afraid I wouldn't believe such absurd things just like you. You should ask him. Only wizards can figure out these strange questions."

After saying this, her shoulders slumped slightly, and she looked at herself as the Queen of the North, and sighed in her heart. It was just like looking in a mirror.

"We need to have a good talk, Your Majesty. She and I have no intention of interfering with this world. We need help and just want to return to our own time and space as soon as possible." Leon said in a deep voice.

Da Ines tightened the handle of the fan in her hand, frowned slightly, and looked at him with sharp eyes. After a long while, she sighed, "I really hope you are joking with me again. It's really awkward to hear you call me 'Your Majesty'."

Putting aside her doubts for the moment, she raised her hand helplessly and said, "Sit down and talk, the other one. Li Ang."

Leon nodded and sat on the chair reserved for him. He skipped over unnecessary details and briefly told the elder Ines in front of him about his experience in another world three years ago, when he and Ines encountered a turmoil caused by the treasonous attack on the palace by the northern warlocks, and were accidentally sent to this world by ancient magic.

"Three years ago?" Big Ines was surprised. She looked at her so-called other self: "Where you are, are your father and brother still alive? Hasn't the 'Golden Lion' led his army to attack the palace yet?"

Little Ines shook her head calmly.

"In my world, Miss Olivia did not start a civil war. You may not believe it, but she and I are even friends." As she said this, she glanced at Leon.

Leon avoided her gaze guiltily.

Suddenly, Da Ines's intuition jumped subtly, and she looked at Leon abruptly: "So, are you also a friend of the golden lion?"

Leon was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, it is true, my friend. This is one of the many differences between the two time and space."

Considering the hostile stance of Ines and Olivia in this world, he quickly evaded the question and changed the subject: "Also, I'm curious about what kind of experiences I have had here?"

Da Ines didn't rush to answer. Instead, her eyes flashed with coldness and she narrowed her eyes: "You ask me if I can understand that in your so-called parallel world, you and I are not together now?"

Leon was stunned, as if he had been tricked, and suddenly he didn't know whether he should admit the other party's guess.

Faced with this seemingly "dangerous" problem, he glanced at little Ines, trying to ask for help.

However, he saw that the girl on his side was holding a cup of black tea, concentrating on sipping it with her eyes closed, as if she was deaf to the sound.

(End of this chapter)