Crossover Anime: A Dimensional Journey Starting with Frilian

However, Shichen realized one thing: Rotzwaal was indeed coming for him.

"After all, in a sense, I was like someone who illegally entered the country," Shi Chen confessed with a smile.

"Time!"

Emilia suddenly scolded, "What are you doing! How can you just say something like that out loud?"

"Don't worry, Rotswald shouldn't expose me, right?"

“Well…” Rotzwaal smiled meaningfully.

"Time! You can't take chances like this!" Emilia reminded her sternly.

"Of course I know, it's just because Emilia and Roswaal have a good relationship that I said it directly."

"this......"

Chapter 487 Silver-haired fetish

"Oh dear~ it seems that Tokicho trusts Emilia quite a lot~" Roswaal joked.

"Isn't that normal? Emilia is just so cute."

"So cute! What are you saying at a time like this, Shichen!" Emilia blushed.

"I'm just telling the truth."

"No, don't say anymore..."

"Alright alright."

Seeing that Emilia's face was getting better and better, Shichen stopped teasing her.

"Are you also interested in Lady Emilia?" Rotswaal asked.

"Yes," Shi Chen nodded in agreement.

"Oh~ so Shichen, you're quite the romantic man after all."

"I just like pretty and cute girls."

"Shichen... why do you sound like a womanizer?" Emilia frowned and stared at him, the blush on her face still lingering.

"It's because I don't like lying. Don't worry, Emilia, I'm not the kind of person who falls for every girl I meet. Don't be jealous."

"Why would I be jealous?!" Emilia blushed deeply.

"Oh dear~ Shichen, you're not planning to take all the girls in my manor, are you?" Rotzwaal interjected.

"If possible, I wouldn't mind."

"Is that so? Please go easy on me, or I'll be all alone."

"That's not necessarily true. There might be someone who doesn't want to leave you." Shichen glanced at Ram.

"Thank you for your kind words." Rotswald did not look at Ram.

"Speaking of which, Emilia mentioned that she was staying at your place. What's your relationship?"

"Oh~ you're already jealous? Don't worry, Lady Emilia is just learning from me~" Roswaal replied with a smile.

"Studying? That must involve many aspects, right?"

"Shichen, you're really smart. Did Beatrice say something to you?"

"Come on, Chen and I don't talk about such pointless things," Betty retorted, annoyed.

"So that's what Shi Chen figured out himself? He's really clever."

"It's because my encounter with Emilia was a bit unusual," Shichen replied.

“Um…” Emilia was speechless with embarrassment.

We met because something important had been stolen from us; it was so embarrassing.

However, she was still very fortunate to have met Shichen.

"However, you probably don't understand the current situation of this country, the Kingdom of Lugnica, right?"

"Isn't it problematic that you understand so quickly?"

"Shichen, why do you seem so smug?" Emilia looked at him helplessly.

"After all, it's naturally gratifying to tell the truth, unlike someone who wouldn't even reveal their own name at the beginning."

"Well......"

"So, what's the situation in this country now?" Shichen teased Emilia for a moment before getting back to the main topic.

"This country is in a rather unstable state right now, after all, Lugnica doesn't have a king right now," Rotswald replied indifferently.

"No king?" Shi Chen feigned ignorance, his expression one of shock.

"Haha, don't worry, this is already a fact known to all ordinary people."

"Isn't that terrible?"

A country without a king is no different from a person without a soul.

"Yes, things are very unstable in China right now because of this."

"If that's the case, what about the king's children? Don't they inherit the throne?" Shichen asked.

"Well, that's generally how it is, but the cause of the matter goes back to half a year ago, around the same time the king passed away, a plague suddenly spread in the city."

"plague?"

"Yes, and it's a plague that only infects people of a certain bloodline."

"So, only the king and his descendants were infected with the plague?"

"That's it."

"You're telling me all this, it must be related to Emilia, right? You even call her 'sir'... Don't tell me she's some kind of king candidate or something?"

"Bingo, you guessed it!" Rotzwaal exclaimed in praise.

"..."

Shi Chen ignored him and looked at Emilia.

“Shichen, I’m sorry, my current title is one of the candidates for the 42nd King of the Kingdom of Lugnica, and Lord Roswaal is my backer,” Emilia confessed apologetically.

"Why are you apologizing to me?" Shi Chen looked at her amusedly.

"This... I've kept it from you for so long..." Emilia lowered her head in embarrassment.

"What's wrong with that? You shouldn't have told someone you just met me... But Emilia is one of the candidates for king, and she might become queen in the future. Thinking about it that way makes her even more tempting."

"My heart... I'm smitten!?" Emilia blushed with embarrassment.

"Alright, alright, stop being so ambiguous in front of me, Lady Emilia, take that out."

"Ah."

Still shy, Emilia took something out of her bosom and placed it on the dining table. It was something that looked very familiar to Shi Chen, and it was also the thing that brought them together.

It's the badge that Emilia lost before.

The badge shone brightly on the white cloth, with a pearl inlaid in the center and a dragon as its totem; it was clearly no ordinary object.

"The dragon is the symbol of Lugnica, so much so that it has been called the pro-dragon kingdom of Lugnica. Dragon images are everywhere on the city walls and weapons, and this emblem is the most important among them—"

Roswaal paused, looked at Emilia, and gestured for her to continue explaining.

Emilia slowly closed her eyes and said in a deep voice, "The qualification of participants in the Royal Selection is confirmed by this badge... It is the touchstone to determine whether the holder is suitable to sit on the throne of Lugnica."

"So it was something this important. It's a shame you lost it before." Shi Chen shook his head helplessly.

"Well, it's not that it was lost, it was stolen by some bad girl with a dirty hand," Emilia retorted softly.

"Sigh, what's the difference?"

"Well......"

"Emilia is still not mature enough."

"really."

Rotzwaal nodded: "A king is someone who bears the weight of the kingdom, someone who shoulders this heavy responsibility. If he can't even protect a small badge of honor... that would be absurd. It would be unimaginable why anyone would entrust the country to such a person."

"..." Emilia lowered her head, too ashamed to utter a single word in rebuttal.

"So, Emilia, you didn't want my help in the first place because you wanted to handle it yourself? You didn't want to rely on outside help?"

"Is such that......"

"Speaking of which, that Bowel Hunter wanted to kill you to silence you. It seems someone deliberately commissioned Felt to steal your badge." Shichen looked at Rotswald with a meaningful expression.

Rotswald's expression remained unchanged: "That's right. To disqualify her from the royal selection, stealing her badge is the simplest way."

"If that's the case, then isn't it a great favor that I helped Emilia get the badge?" Shichen realized.

"Yes, Shichen, you are my great benefactor. To repay your kindness, please feel free to ask."

"...What are you talking about?" Shi Chen looked at her helplessly.

"Hmm? Don't you want a reward, Shichen? I'll do anything within my power." Emilia raised her hand to her chest and said earnestly.

"Sigh, you really are an idiot."

"Eh?"

Shichen got up, placed Betty in his seat, then went to Emilia's side, reached out and gently rubbed her head.

"Time?" Emilia looked up at him, puzzled.

"I was just saying that casually. Helping you was entirely out of the good heart. How could it be for any reward?"

Shichen ran his fingers through Emilia's hair, feeling the silky smooth texture of it.

Now, he can openly and without reservation touch her head.

“My... my true feelings…” Emilia stared at him blankly.

"What? Don't you believe what I'm saying?" Shi Chen asked with a smile.