Make the dragon great again

Chapter 125 The Change of the Princess

Three years have passed, and the kingdom's first princess, Anastasia, has lost her original innocence. At least on the surface, she is already a very good heir to the throne and an aristocratic politician.

Compared with the rebellious girl who was stubborn and kind on the surface, the 24-year-old Anna, after three years of baptism in the joint governance with the Duke Regent Elizabeth, now has more of a ruler in front of people, and because of her body The increasingly rich blood of the dragon clan often gives people a feeling that it is difficult to look directly...

The main tower of the palace, in front of the corridor leading to the bedroom of King Benio IV.

Bowers, the former head of the king's bodyguard, faced the increasingly prestigious and powerful princess, although it was out of necessary etiquette, after he bowed his head and gave way to the passage, he still felt sincerely. I felt a burst of relief, as if I blocked Anna's direction just now, like a prey in front of a natural enemy.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, greetings to you!"

Bowers saluted nervously, Anna nodded, and then walked towards the corridor, but when she passed by Bowers, she still couldn't help saying:
"Speaking of which, the swordsmanship I practiced when I was young was taught by you, Bowers. Although I later became a magician, as a member of the royal family, swordsmanship is still a practice that I can't let go. I thought about it for a while , I will need to ask you again about swordsmanship and martial arts."

Bowers waved his hands in a little panic, and said:

"This...Your Highness, I am just an ordinary third-tier knight, and I am no longer qualified to instruct you in swordsmanship and martial arts... Besides, Rex the 'Bladebreaker' has publicly sworn allegiance to you. In front of the soldiers, my clumsy skills are really not worth mentioning."

"Is that so...well, I see, let's continue with my work, I'll visit my father."

"Yes, Her Royal Highness."

After Anna entered the corridor, Bowers finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't see that Anna, who turned her back to him and walked towards the bedroom of Beno IV, had a helpless expression on her face.

'Hey, even Bowles is already like this... Is this the gap between the strong and the weak that Mr. Ed said? '

Personal authority is formed under the combined effect of identity, strength and time accumulation.

Anna used to be the first heir of the kingdom, but she traveled and studied in Gaotalin all the year round. In addition, the politics of the kingdom revolved around several major factions and disputes among the regent dukes. Marginal;

Moreover, although Anna is a genius, she reached the third level and became a gold-level magician, that is, shortly before she returned to the kingdom from the high tower forest, so her strength has not yet been transformed into prestige under the precipitation of time;

In addition, shortly afterwards, she experienced a series of changes such as Griffin's premeditated declaration of war, the awakening of her blood after returning home, and the targeting of various factions in the kingdom. It has a good reputation, but it has not been able to form its own "authority".

But in the past three years, the situation has changed dramatically.

First of all, all the factions are now either seriously injured or dare not make mistakes. The prestige of the royal family is no different under the auspices of the power of the dragon. As the awakened dragon descendant, Anna is naturally regarded as a bridge between the kingdom and the dragon. , was added a prestige;
Secondly, Elizabeth, the duke regent, after realizing how much Adrian attached importance to Anna, divided the power taken back from the various factions and part of her regency power to Anna;
In addition, Anna had already demonstrated heroic strength during the civil strife in the capital three years ago, so after three years of precipitation, Anna now has accumulated enough power to be called an authority.

Anna is no longer the "weak princess" that even the local nobles dared to ignore.

However, although the formation of personal authority gave her an advantage in many issues involving political disputes, it also brought her other troubles in life.

For example, the "distance" between you and the people around you is getting farther and farther...

The situation of Bowers is not an exception, like Anna's former grammar teacher, etiquette teacher, and even childhood playmates among the noble ladies, these rare people who could make Anna feel a little bit of warmth now treat her She was in awe, which made Anna feel helpless.

"Only Mr. Ed, the teacher, and Sally are the only friends I can get along with regardless of my status..."

After arriving at Beno IV's bedroom, Anna put away her slightly irritated mood.

She came today to try to heal her father's soul injury with the newly acquired power.

There is only one personal maid who has been in charge of Beno IV for many years in the bedroom, and no one else is there.

After seeing Anna coming in, the maid who was rumored to have had a relationship with the young Benio IV and who was originally the daughter of a folk merchant, saluted Anna and waited outside the palace door alone. Leave the time and space to Anna.

Anna silently watched the maid who had been taking care of the sleeping King Benio IV leave for 23 years, thinking:
"Even for a great ruler like my father, after falling into a deep sleep, besides Elizabeth, me, and Charles, the only one left by his side is her... Will I become such a lonely family in the future? "

After there was no one else in the room, Anna shook her head disregarding her image, as if she wanted to get rid of her troubles.

When she came to Beno IV's bed, looking at her father who was much thinner than the great king in her memory, Anna gradually firmed her eyes.

"The legacy of the Southern faction has not been eradicated. The Northern faction compromised on the surface but still made small moves in the dark. There are still hidden dangers within the Royal faction... The bane of the kingdom is still there. Charles has been decadent for three years, and his father is still asleep. I can no longer As self-willed as before, some things are the responsibility I was born to shoulder."

Taking a deep breath, Anna awakened the dragon's power sleeping in her human body.

Pure white scales appeared on the skin surface of her cheeks, forehead, back of her hands and neck, and an aura that made people dare not look directly at her or approach her was released from the shackles.

Anna skillfully restrained her faint dragon prestige, so as not to cause confusion among people within a certain range like when she first awakened her bloodline.

The dragon-born girl slowly read an ancient language that sounds simple and weird to the human race. At the same time, her eyes were shining with golden light, and she stretched out her hands to stir the free magic power in the air that was affected by her will.

Semi-illusory runes emerged in the air. These runes have the structural characteristics of the human magic rune system, but their deep interpretation is no longer the source of human magic, elf magic, but Anna's relationship with Ai in the past three years. Demon and Glennie discussed the mysteries of part of the dragon language magic that they had researched together.

The runes slowly took shape under the blessing of the dragon language, forming a spiritual field around the sleeping Benio IV with the functions of stabilizing, healing and awakening the soul.

The ceremony seemed to have entered a critical stage. Anna's speed of condensing the runes was greatly reduced, and the operation of the spiritual field became jerky and intermittent. Benio IV's soul, which had already begun to show faint signs of activity, slipped into silence again.

"Sure enough, the rune conversion efficiency is still insufficient... This method is feasible, but with the progress of the analysis of dragon language magic at this stage, the rune conversion efficiency of this ritual still cannot keep up with the consumption speed. Mr. Demon arranges the ceremony together, and the result will not change..."

Just when Anna was mentally preparing for another failed attempt and was about to give up, the mental field that was about to completely collapse was stabilized under the interference of a powerful foreign will, and those runes that flickered, Also under the effect of a dragon language that sounded out of thin air, it ran smoothly again and emitted a more blazing light than before.

"It seems that your analysis of dragon language magic is progressing well. This technique of explaining abstract dragon language magic with logical runes is no worse than the application of dragon language by dragons in general."

A young man's voice sounded, and Anna looked, and found that it was Mr. Aide who she had expected - the giant dragon Adrian who had transformed into a half-elf form by using transfiguration for a long time.

"Mr. Ed! It's been a long time. In addition, thank you very much for your help."

Anna greeted Adrian with some surprises and expressed her thanks, and Adrian, who came to join in the fun with a change of mood, also smiled and greeted this dragon-born girl whose blood was close to the critical point of purification.

"Long time no see, Anna, you look more majestic as a crown prince than before."

Facing this elder and friend who provided great help when her life was at a low point and was also related to the source of the family's blood, Anna completely let go of the aura of the crown prince and the mask of authority, and said with a wry smile:

"Mr. Ed, I really don't want you to say that about me. You know, I'm still the girl who hates aristocratic politics and is willing to run away from home and hang out with adventurers."

"Haha, don't worry if you still have the mood to complain to me, but is it really okay to say such things in front of your father?"

Anna turned her head and looked at Benior IV. With Adrian's assistance, the effect of the spiritual field was maximized. Benior IV's soul showed stable and active fluctuations, but it still could not achieve awakening Standard, but it's a good sign that it's the right way to go.

"Father, he won't wake up for a while, and he won't hear me when I say it."

Anna looked at Adrian expectantly, and said:

"Well, Mr. Ed, can you..."

Adrian knew what Anna wanted to say, or in other words, what Anna wanted to say had already been told to Adrian three years ago.

I saw Adrian chuckled and said:

"I told you before that unless there is a major crisis, I will only intervene in the internal affairs of the kingdom at a minimum, and in my opinion, the awakening of Benio IV is only a matter of time, so I did not agree Help you wake him up in advance, and now, my answer is still the same."

Anna was a little disappointed, but didn't say much—at least Adrian had helped her verify the feasibility of the ceremony this time, and the dragon language just now had also inspired Anna.

Stories like the farmer and the snake were also circulated in the Kingdom of Behemoth. Anna didn't want to be the snake or the white-eyed wolf in the story, so this topic was dropped.

While looking at the spiritual field that gradually collapsed after Adrian removed the blessing, Anna asked curiously:

"Mr. Ed, last time you said that in order to deal with the monster hidden in the ancestral land, you need to go back to the big forest to prepare. Are you ready now?"

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To be continued, change first and then change.

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