The stars, but they become the gray wind

"Of course it's something important. If I'm guessing correctly, the Republic must have lost something very important, right?"

"If I'm not mistaken, these should be three completed anti-gravity bombs, right?"

"How do you know this? This should be..."

"It's confidential information of the Republic, right?" Carlisle continued Anjie.

"Let's not talk about how you knew about the anti-gravity bomb. Can you explain to me why you knew in advance that a member of the royal family would be assassinated?" Angel asked in a threatening tone.

"Well... I have my own source of information regarding the royal assassination. As for how I know about the anti-gravity bomb, I can give you a little hint, Miss Ange."

As she spoke, Carlisle approached Anjie and put her mouth close to her ear. With a sinister smile on her face, she whispered in Anjie's ear, "The Republic's intelligence system is not as secure as you think, dear Miss Anjie. As for the Kingdom's intelligence system, it is also full of loopholes to me."

"Who... are you..." As the face with the sinister smile moved away from her ear, Anjie became even more confused about the mysterious purple-haired girl in front of her.

"Don't worry, Miss Anjie. I told you I have no ill will towards you. I just want to help you."

"By the way, let me give you an extra tip. The people who stole the anti-gravity bomb and the people who assassinated the third prince are indeed in the same group. Their leader is someone you won't expect. I will keep this person's identity and name secret for now. They will carry out more assassinations against members of the royal family, and their next three main targets are Prince Edward, Princess Mary, and..." As she spoke, Carisi turned her gaze to Charlotte in the house.

"Of course...Princess Charlotte and Princess Mary are only secondary targets. If they have to choose one among the three, those people will definitely give priority to assassinating Prince Edward. You don't have to worry too much." Carisi suddenly changed the subject here.

"However, Your Highness Charlotte, please do not let your guard down. Those guys may try to assassinate you in ways you never imagined."

"Okay, that's all I have to say for now. I wish you all the best in your next move. We'll meet again soon, Miss Angel." Before leaving, Carlisle raised her hand and patted Angel's shoulder in a pretentious manner, and took the opportunity to slip a folded note into Angel's hand.

"Hey...you..." Angel obviously wanted to ask something from Carlisle, but Carlisle just stuffed the note into Angel's hand and ran quickly into a corner outside the base. Angel chased after her, but there was no trace of Carlisle behind the corner where her sight was blind.

"Tsk... Did she get away?" Looking at the empty corner in front of her, Angel frowned unhappily and opened the note that Carissa had just slipped to her. There was only one line of words written on the folded note: There is a surprise on the bookshelf on the second floor of B-52 Chestnut Lane, Miss Angel.

Chapter 45: Nickname?

In the living room of a villa in central London, a green two-dimensional portal appeared in mid-air, and Carissa jumped out of it lightly. Yuuki was sitting on the sofa in the living room, munching on a bucket of popcorn while watching the images transmitted by the drone on the holographic display in front of him.

"Hey, are you back?"

"Hmm... I gave Miss Anjie some clues to solve the mystery."

"I also saw it with the drone. I have to say, Xiao Xixi, you really have the potential to be a riddler."

"After all, when solving a puzzle, you have to do it step by step. Uh... and what's with that name you gave me?"

"Since we're all close acquaintances, I'll just give you a nickname. We usually like calling each other by nicknames anyway, and I think you'll probably prefer 'Little Xixi' to 'Team Leader'?"

"Uh... never mind... just call it Xiao Xixi. I don't really mind calling it that anyway. It's up to you."

Qilinba (V) IV Luba wife group

When Ange and the other two went to investigate at B-52 Chestnut Lane, Charlotte, accompanied and protected by Beatrice, went to visit her nominal brother, the third prince, Duke of Arkham.

"Fortunately, the Duke of Arkham is not seriously injured."

"Ah."

"I have never seen the Duke of Arkham. What kind of person is he?" Beat asked Charlotte beside her curiously.

"He was a gentle and easy-going person, but he went overseas when I was very young." Charlotte said with a somewhat regretful expression.

"Is that why we haven't seen each other many times?"

"Well, I don't know how long it has been since we met. I heard that he serves as the governor of the New World. He is a very remarkable person." Charlotte showed an expression of admiration for her brother.

Just as Charlotte and Beata were chatting happily in the car, as the car slowly drove into the palace gate, an invisible drone also flew silently into the palace from above the wall.

.........

Charlotte, Mary, Prince Edward and the Duke of Normandy gathered around Prince Richard's recuperating bed, looking at the Duke of Arkham who was leaning on the bed with one hand bandaged and splinted.

"I was so careless. I thought you would make some progress after going to the New World." Prince Edward, who was standing beside the bed, looked at his injured brother in front of him and said helplessly.

"That's why only my right shoulder is injured. Can you at least praise me? Ouch! It hurts so much..."

As Richard spoke, he raised his right arm to try to demonstrate his progress over the years, but then he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. The pain was so severe that he had to cover his shoulder with his other hand and slowly lower his right hand.

"Oh, no, Your Highness, your wounds haven't fully healed yet."

The doctor who was sitting beside Richard's bed and taking care of him advised.

"Are you still so good at making excuses?" Edward, standing by the bed with his arms folded across his chest, said as he looked at his brother in a state of embarrassment.

"Grandma is not feeling well. I'm here to convey her regards to my brother: I'm glad you're alright. I hope you can get better first."

Charlotte on the side came to Richard's rescue at the right time.

"Thank you, Charlotte. Didn't you make your grandmother worry about me?"

Richard replied from the bed and looked at his sister Mary who was hiding behind Charlotte.

"Hi, Mary, long time no see."

Being stared at by Richard, Mary shyly continued to shrink behind Charlotte, avoiding Richard's sight.

"You are still so shy, Mary." Richard replied with a slight smile.

"I'm very sorry about your assassination, Your Highness Richard. If the security measures I arranged could be more perfect, perhaps this would not have happened..." The Duke of Normandy apologized in a very sincere tone.

"It's so rare that my uncle would actually take the initiative to apologize. Nothing bad will happen, right?" Richard asked in a very frivolous tone, narrowing one eye.

"Hey! Stop talking nonsense!" Edward scolded Richard.

"Ah...it's because my uncle is always scary, right?"

"Haha...Brother, you are so..." Charlotte laughed lightly at Richard's joke.

"In order to prevent such incidents from happening again in the future, we will track down the murderer as soon as possible and strengthen security measures."

"Well, you owe me this time," Richard continued jokingly.

"Richard!!!" Edward, who was standing next to him, became even more unhappy when he saw his frivolous brother in front of him.

"Hahaha..." Richard laughed at Edward and raised his left hand to touch the back of his head. The doctor who was sitting next to them and watching the two brothers' strange communication pattern looked at a loss.

.........

Beata, who was sitting outside the room waiting, heard the door of the room in front of her creak open slowly. Edward and the Duke of Normandy walked out first and discussed the plan to strengthen security measures. Charlotte and Mary followed them and walked out of the room.

"Your Highness, starting from tonight, more security personnel will be added. There may be some disturbances. Please forgive me." The Duke of Normandy said to Edward with his hands behind his back.

"It can't be helped, I understand."

Beata walked up to Charlotte and whispered, "Princess!"

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, Beata." As soon as the two of them greeted each other, they heard Prince Edward complaining behind them.

"The outlook is truly bleak. Including the incident with the Chief of Guards, there's always bad news coming out of the royal family."

Charlotte frowned upon hearing this, and then she saw the Duke of Normandy walk up to Mary and say in a tone that sounded like an order, "Go back to your own room."

"Uh... um..." Mary showed a frightened expression, hesitated for a moment but still reluctantly agreed. She turned around and slowly walked towards her room.

Seeing that her sister was somewhat resistant to the Duke of Normandy's words, Charlotte decided to follow and give her sister some help.

"Mary?" Charlotte called Mary softly.

"Can I go back with you? Is that okay?"

"Huh?" Mary was obviously a little surprised.

"Mary, I want to talk to you more." Charlotte said with a gentle smile to her sister in front of her.

"Yes, of course, sister!" Mary was very happy with VII Zero Dam Service Fin Chess's answer.

Chapter 46: How to use naval guns to point at both sides' heads to make them coexist peacefully

After visiting Prince Richard, the Duke of Normandy was in a car driving away from the palace, chatting with his trusted subordinates and one of the few acquaintances who could be called a friend.

"It seems that their relationship is not very harmonious?" said the man in the top hat who was sitting opposite the Duke of Normandy.

"I don't intend to please them anyway." The Duke of Normandy shifted his gaze from the window back into the car.

"You really are still the same as you were 40 years ago."

"It seems the Republic has developed a new toy, but it's stolen the very next moment. It's really causing trouble."

"You're still so well-informed."

"Everyone knows I love gossip. It seems some unidentified insects have been disturbing the peace of the kingdom and the royal family lately."

"Haha, then let me find out where they came from and lead them directly to their nest."

"Haha, a reliable confidant and friend like you is truly hard to find." The Duke of Normandy, who always had a stern face, smiled in front of his confidant and friend without caring about his image.

"After all, what really surprises me is that I can actually be a close friend with you."

"Hahaha... just dance like a witch." Listening to the complaints of his friend in front of him, the usually serious Duke of Normandy smiled several times on his tense face, which was rare.

Neither of the people in the car noticed that an invisible drone was floating above them, moving at the same speed as the car. Naturally, the conversation between the two people in the car was recorded word for word by the drone.

Watching Charlotte in front of her skillfully brewing steaming hot tea for herself, Beatrice and Mary's maid Olivia brought a tray of desserts and placed it on the table in front of Mary.

"Here, Mary." Charlotte gently pushed the brewed black tea in front of Mary and said to Beata and Olivia standing by the table, "Miss Olivia and Beata, please sit down and have some tea."

"Yes!" Beatrice, who was standing at the table with a tray of desserts, agreed happily, while Olivia was a little surprised.

Tasting the warm black tea brewed by Charlotte's Brewing VII and the pastries on the table, Mary, completely relaxed, happily praised her gentle and considerate sister beside her, "It's delicious!"

"Great, as long as you like it."

At this moment Charlotte accidentally asked a question that made Mary tense again.

"Mary, are you afraid of your uncle? I am a little afraid of him."

When Mary heard the question about the Duke of Normandy, her body froze and her hand holding the teacup shook unconsciously.

"So seeing him makes me nervous...huh?"

As Charlotte spoke, she turned to look at her sister, only to find her hands trembling uncontrollably as she held the teacup beside her. Noticing Charlotte's gaze fixed on her, Mary, with trembling hands, replied cautiously and stammeringly, a bit fearful, "My uncle... the Minister of the Interior... is an indispensable figure in the country... Thanks to his domestic affairs... and... and management skills... the kingdom has achieved peace today..."

"Mary?" Looking at her sister who looked frightened, Charlotte gently comforted her with words.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say anything bad about him. I made you worry."

"Your Highness Mary, you have nothing to worry about in front of Her Highness Charlotte."

The maid Olivia, who was sitting beside her, also comforted her.

"I... As the second princess... I... I am against knowledge and education... wuwuwu..." Mary's eyes were already streaming with tears as she spoke. Just as she was crying due to long-term stress and fear, a warm hand covered her hands that were grabbing her skirt because of nervousness. Mary raised her head and looked at her sister Charlotte who was gently stroking her hands.

"Don't be afraid anymore, Mary. No one here will scold you. You can relax." As Charlotte spoke, she moved closer and gently stroked Mary's head to comfort her.

"Let's talk about something happy?" When Charlotte said this, Mary in front of her seemed unable to hold back any longer and threw herself into Charlotte's arms and burst into tears.

“Ahh…wuwuwuwu…”

Looking at her sister crying loudly in her arms, Charlotte couldn't help but think of herself and Ange in the past.

"Was Ange also so helpless before she met me?" Charlotte recalled the past while gently comforting her sister in her arms.

Outside the window of the room with the curtains drawn, an invisible spherical drone transmitted everything that happened in the room to Kaleesi and Yuuki who were observing the place carefully.

"This child... looks like he's under a lot of pressure." Carissa, who is always not serious, said with a rare serious and sympathetic expression.

"Indeed, putting too much pressure and burden on a young child can really crush the child." Yuki on the side also made a unanimous comment.

"What's more, growing up under a high-pressure and overly strict education system for a long time is not a healthy growth environment."

"I agree. It's really sad to throw something like governing a country onto a child's shoulders. Forcing a child to participate in all the dirty politics is really too much."

"Ultimately, governing a country should be left to all capable and responsible adult citizens. In the absence of a philosopher king or an absolutely perfect dictator, even the worst democracy is better than dictatorship."

"Unfortunately, many of the kingdom's ruling class fail to understand this. They are only intent on clinging to the power and interests they already possess. The ultimate consequence of this will only be a catastrophic war or revolution that will reshape society."

"However, now that we are here, perhaps we can provide them and others with a better choice." Carlisle stretched out her right hand and clenched her palm suddenly.

"Perhaps in some sense, this choice may not be the best for them, but in the long run it is definitely the one with the least losses and the most potential to promote social progress."

"Oh...you want to?" Yuuki had some guesses about what Carlisle wanted to do next.

"Whether it's the Kingdom or the Republic, the peace maintained between them is only temporary and extremely fragile. The only way to completely resolve their problems is through revolution or war. At that time, someone will be needed to help everyone pull back from the brink... However, the specific method of pulling back from the brink is not up to them to choose."

"In some cases, in addition to bottom-up reform, it is necessary to make those old forces that hold power and interests feel threatened and deterred enough so that they will actively give up their existing interests and power."

"Sometimes putting the barrel of a gun against both sides' heads, forcing them to take a step back and thus achieve a smooth transition and peaceful coexistence, is actually a solution, isn't it?"

Kalisi said with a rather sinister smile and tone.

(The second update is done today, yay!)

Chapter 47: How to use drones to help people block explosions