Knight and Wand

Chapter 344: The nauseating couple
When dawn came, the search in the palace had not yet ended, but the controlled princes and lords and the ministers summoned to the palace had already gathered in the hall.

Seeing that the attire worn by Crown Prince Eric, who was sitting on the throne, was not what a regent should wear in an emergency, and that the great nobles who had been summoned earlier were standing on both sides of the throne, the people who came later already understood the king's situation.

When court officials sadly announced the assassination of King Ledwin III, the nobles still expressed shock and outrage at the death of the king.

Leon wondered what Uncle Brian's reaction would be when he found out that Old Dragon was dead and his lord had avenged his lord.
The nobles collectively swore allegiance to the new King of Orland. Although the coronation and declaration ceremony was simple and quick, it still lasted from morning to afternoon.

Within just a few days, there was first a riot in the royal city, then a riot in the royal palace. The king died and the new king ascended the throne. There were too many changes that the ministers needed to adapt to, especially the ongoing government affairs left by Ledwin III, which needed to be handed over to the new king.

The ceremony in the throne hall was over, and Leon also hoped to meet the current King Eric as soon as possible and talk to him.

He had previously had a good impression of Ines's straightforward elder brother, but after all, a new emperor appoints new ministers. Ledwin III has been assassinated, and he doesn't know when the task of selecting magic apprentices and training court mages that he has been entrusted by him to do can officially begin.

Leaving the hall, Leon followed Ines's back with ease.

The little princess heard footsteps and turned around to see Leon.

The mood that had previously annoyed the prince due to his drastically changed temperament suddenly improved a lot.

The girl then slowed down her pace with Agatha.

The two of them quickly and tacitly came to the courtyard next to the palace to talk.

Leon asked for help straight away: "Ines, can you help me find something in the palace now?"

The curfew for the nobles had not been lifted yet, so he could not risk going out on his own in the palace to look for the monster card Callisto that was lost "last night."

Thinking of this, Leon felt strange, because from his perspective, he had lost the card for nearly two months, not to mention the years of disjointed memories in his head that seemed like a dream.

"Of course, what was lost?" Ines asked with a blink.

Given their current relationship, Leon naturally had no need to keep anything secret from his future wife, and he directly pulled out the Noble Phantasm card "Boiling Heart" from his pocket.

"It's a card-shaped magic device exactly like this one, but the image on it is a Dinobotan."

"Is this the magic you used to summon the war beast on the battlefield?" Ines looked at the exquisite card in Leon's hand curiously.

Girls are naturally attracted to exquisite, beautiful and shiny things, and she is no exception.

Seeing the girl's eyes sparkling, Leon simply handed the cards to her.

"This thing looks very valuable. I'm afraid someone might pick it up and take it away. And I can't find it now. I mean, do you remember the location where I summoned the giant bear to cover us last night? It must have been lost somewhere around there."

Ines held the three-dimensional magic card in her hand, looked around, took note of its appearance, and nodded: "I will use the excuse that my personal treasure is lost and ask the Royal Guards to help me search for it."

After that, she returned the card to Leon, raised her eyes and said, "You asked my father for ancient mithril before, was it just to make this kind of magic treasure?"

Leon raised his eyebrows and said frankly: “Indeed, how did you guess it?”

"I didn't hear that you summoned that bear monster to fight in the Battle of Usato, but it frequently appeared on the battlefield in the Undead War. You are not the kind of person who would sit back and watch your soldiers die in vain in order to hide your trump card, so obviously you didn't have that magic card in your hand before my father rewarded you with Moonfall Silver for your military merits, right?" Ines said with a smile.

After that, she glanced at the guards in the distance of the courtyard, leaned closer to Leon, and waved for him to lower his head.

Leon leaned over to listen in confusion.

Ines spread out her fan to cover herself and whispered to Leon, "How much more moon meteorite silver do you need?"

Leon's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and his eyes lit up instantly.

He quickly whispered, "As many as possible, the more the better! Can you help me get it?"

Ines's mouth curled up slightly.

She felt disgusted by the prince's impatient and forceful coercion. If she didn't fight back properly, she would not be herself.

It just so happens that now that my father has passed away and my brother has just ascended the throne and is not familiar with the situation in the capital, I have enough opportunities to make some moves in the Alchemy Guild.

".Just wait for the surprise~" Ines calmly and confidently put away the velvet fan, with a confident expression on her face.

Looking at the smug look in the little princess' eyes, Leon felt ecstatic.

If Olivia hadn't been waiting for him at the moment, he would have wanted to hug Ines and give her a couple of big kisses because he felt really guilty.

If the problem of the Moon Meteorite Silver could be solved, he would be able to take out a truckload of bread and men at any time in the future, and he would no longer be afraid of facing the embarrassing situation of a group of enemies like the night in the palace, let alone its miraculous effect in saving important people.

But in addition to his joy, Leon suddenly remembered something.

Raising his right hand, Leon urged his magic power to reveal the sun disc on the back of his hand. He hesitated and asked, "Should I put that sword back in?"

Knowing that Leon was referring to the ancestor's Holy Sword of the Sun, Ines thought for a moment and asked, "Can you try to transfer that sword to me or someone else? Just like Miss Olivia transferred it to you before."

Leon scratched his head: “I haven’t tried it either, so give me your hand.”

Ines raised her hand and let him hold it.

Leon concentrated his mind and tried to focus on moving the magic pattern towards Ines.

However, the sun disk on the back of his hand only flickered for a moment, and there was no further reaction.

"It seems that it won't work." Ines sighed.

So she said cautiously: "You'd better take it away forever. Since no one can use this sword except you and Miss Olivia, if you put it back in place, what if someone uses it to paralyze the palace next time.
Even more so, if someone else activates the magic that can change the past and the future, we may not even know it by then, and the whole world will change unknowingly. This hidden danger is too terrible. In my opinion, it is safer for everyone if the Holy Sword is in your and Miss Olivia's hands."

Ines smiled helplessly again and stared at Leon: "Besides, the Sword of the Ancestors was originally a family treasure passed down from generation to generation in the previous dynasty. My father has already taken away the kingship of the former King Velen. Now he is just returning the sword. It can't even be considered as compensation to Miss Olivia, right?"

The girl thought to herself that no matter how she looked at it, she was still...
Leon pondered and couldn't help worrying: "But Vizmara saw me holding the holy sword. He was captured alive and imprisoned in the dungeon. What if His Majesty Eric finds that the holy sword is lost and asks him about what happened that night? What should I do?"

Ines was not too worried.

"It doesn't matter. Just insist that you don't know the whereabouts of the Holy Sword. When my brother asks about it, you can just vaguely put the blame on the Atias people.

Anyway, the holy sword is invisible in your hand, Mette is dead, and the battle in the courtyard last night was known only to you, me and Vizmara. You and I have made up our testimony, and my brother will never believe the "slander" of the assassin who colluded with foreign enemies against the important officials of the kingdom. "

Leon nodded and agreed. Although he failed to rescue the king, he was still a hero who saved the princess and killed and captured the two main culprits.

Brother Eric was a man of bold and straightforward character, so he would not believe the accusations of his father's murderer and traitor.

And to be honest, he also wanted to take this holy sword away from the bottom of his heart.

Not to mention the great magic contained in the sword, how dangerous it would be if it fell into the hands of others. Even without this concern, the Holy Sword of the Sun, as Olivia's family heirloom, should have belonged to the girl.

Moreover, as long as one thinks of the terrifying appearance of the Golden Lion Queen cutting off the flow of blood with one sword, the Holy Sword of the Sun in Olivia's hands is simply the "exclusive weapon" of her own little lion.

After a brief secret conversation, Leon said goodbye to Ines and returned to the corridor villa under the surveillance of the guards.

The martial law in the palace has been relaxed a lot, but everyone still has to stay in the palace and wait for the guards to complete their investigation and evidence collection.

However, many high-ranking nobles have been allowed to leave the palace. Most of them are the "True Royalist" lords who are most loyal to the royal family, but there are also princes like his current lord, Count Feodor of the Thorn Flower Family, who have just joined the king's core vassal circle.

Speaking of coming to the capital of Orlandon to attend the knight's meeting, Leon had almost no chance to talk to the new lord who was still resentful towards him.

Thinking of Feodor's prejudice against him, Leon now felt a glimmer of hope in resolving the conflict between the two.

As long as Ines could help him get a batch of Moonfall Silver, he could make new Neti cards and immediately try to summon Count Elliver to find out the current life or death of the Lord of the Thorn Flower whose body was missing.

If Elipher had met with an accident, he would never be willing to die in his prime, and would definitely accept the contract and return to the mortal world.

Given the reputation of the Lord of Thorn Flowers, the chances of successfully summoning Canis should be higher than when he did it originally.

But if Earl Elliver is still alive.
In other words, he is not completely "dead", so he knows that he is at least still alive. For David, who is still searching for the traces of the vampire army in the south of Sobornitz Territory, this is a clear hope.

As expected, it is easier to get things done with someone in the court. Leon couldn't help but sigh when he felt that someone above him was his future wife.
After entering the villa and coming to the door of the room, Leon felt a little nervous as he was about to face his current wife.

It's time to talk to Olivia, there's no avoiding it.

When he pushed the door open, he saw the girl in the room. She had already taken off the bandage that she had temporarily wrapped around her face before breaking into the palace last night, and was waiting for him quietly.

Leon closed the door, came and sat down next to Olivia, and began to tell about last night's "journey of destiny" that spanned more than two months, or in fact, a full six years for everyone except Ines, the observer who seemed to be separated from time.

Talking about the incredible magic that changed the whole world, and the fate of parting ways with each other due to a series of coincidences, Leon's hand had been squeezed by Olivia so hard that it hurt.

He placed his hand on the back of her hand to calm her inexplicable nervousness. When he had finally told her everything he knew and could speculate, the room fell silent.

"It turns out that these are not nightmares." Olivia lowered her eyes and murmured.

She looked up at Leon who was watching her silently. With lingering fear, the girl reached out and gently stroked her lover's chest.

"Does it still hurt?" Olivia whispered self-reproachfully.

Suffocating regret and resentment filled her chest, causing her voice to tremble. If this wasn't a dream, she almost killed her beloved with her own hands.

"I'm fine now. The mysterious bard healed my injuries." Leon stroked her cheek and said nonchalantly.

Olivia looked at her lover's profile, buried her head in a knot, and snuggled into his arms, hugging Leon's back tightly.

As if afraid that the person whom I lost and found again would disappear from my life again, unspeakable self-loathing surged in my heart.

".I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

The girl kept sobbing and apologizing, so Leon had no choice but to rub her back and comfort her gently.

After a long time, Olivia's murmurs gradually calmed down.

Leon held up the red-eyed girl's cheeks and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I should have been the one to apologize, why do you keep interrupting me?"

"No matter what the reason, I shouldn't have hurt you like that. You never gave up protecting me, but I pointed the blade at you and almost killed you."

The girl's eyes were filled with sorrow, but suddenly a trace of determination flashed across them. She raised her head and asked seriously.

“Leon, beat me up, okay?”

Caught off guard, Leon almost choked and coughed.

"How is this possible? Are you confused due to the fever?" He hugged the girl tightly with a look of both laughter and tears.

"This isn't a martial arts sparring match. Even if you beat me up again, I won't lay a hand on my wife."

After all, I am the one who feels guilty at the moment.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he felt his body being pushed away and heard a gust of wind blowing towards Olivia's face.

Leon was shocked. He rushed over as fast as lightning and pressed the girl onto the bed, then he wrapped his arms around her neck.

She just managed to block the slap Olivia was about to throw at herself with her elbow, and her arm was even numb from the slap.

Leon took a deep breath.

I just realized today why my little girl is so crazy?

If hit with such a huge force, that pretty face would at least turn red. I'm afraid I'll be suffocated by the pain.

The wound on her face caused by that damn wizard Atias was heartbreaking enough.

"Okay! Olivia, I'm the one who should apologize! If you want to punish yourself like this, then I'm afraid I'll have to commit suicide in front of you before I can ask you to forgive my current relationship with Ines." Leon was helpless.

Hearing this, Olivia was stunned for a moment, and slightly broke free from her self-blame.

With a deep sigh, Leon let go of the girl's neck, and with fear in his hands he held her wrists tightly, maintaining this strange alert posture, and expressed his guilty apology.

"I'm sorry, Olivia. I won't deny my feelings for Ines. I'm not a competent husband, neither to you nor to Ines.

But I have decided to be so greedy. Even if you can't forgive me, I won't let go. The same goes for you and Ines."

Olivia let him hold her wrist and listened silently for a long time. She nodded gently and spoke in a calm voice.

"Well, I understand. Don't be afraid, Leon. I forgive you."

"?" Leon widened his eyes in surprise.

"Are you really not going to at least blame me? Aren't you angry?"

Olivia raised her eyes, seemed to think for a moment, then shook her head.

“I don’t know if I’m angry or not, but I was really sad to see you and Her Highness Ines standing together in my dream.

But I won’t force you to hurt another person who loves you deeply.”

As she spoke, she smiled faintly: "Moreover, you finally restored everything just to come back to me. Does this mean that you have given up another future, an entire world, for me? Then how can I let you make the painful choice of abandoning Miss Ines again?"

Olivia raised her arms, using her strength to suppress her husband, and gently hugged Leon's neck, saying softly: "You always think about others and me. Now you finally start to be greedy for yourself. Am I so narrow-minded in your heart?"

Leon was almost speechless and felt like melting in her tenderness.

He relaxed and let the girl hold him in her soft arms and stroke his head.

After a long hug, immersed in his wife's understanding, Leon took a deep breath.
Olivia frowned again.

"Leon, I still think you should fight back. Otherwise it's not fair."

"Cough cough cough cough cough."

(End of this chapter)