My queen always makes my survival more difficult

Yes...I am drifting...I have forgotten who I am...

Chapter 146 Night and Ice

The Aeson family residence.

Paticia sat alone in the garden, hugging her legs and looking up at the starry sky, with a white blanket wrapped around her.

Patricia almost forgot how long she hadn't been home. Time seemed to have stopped for her because the same thing was repeated every day. Patricia believed that her time only started to flow when she returned home.

The nights in the capital are much quieter than those on the border because it is peaceful here.

There is actually no one left in the Essen family, and only Paticia is left alone, so Paticia cherishes her only family member, Noelle, more than anyone else.

Curled up in the blanket, years of war made her unaccustomed to sleeping on a soft bed. Many times she was alone like this, wrapped in a blanket, staring blankly under the starry sky.

Her mother once said that deceased family members would turn into stars and shine in the night sky, so Patricia likes to look at the stars, hoping that she can find her mother.

"Come out"

He whispered as a dark figure walked out from the shadow of the building. He was dressed in black and walked in the night, seeming to be non-existent unless one looked carefully.

"You're back"

"What are you here for?"

"Can't I come and see my old friend?"

She walked into the shadow of the building without looking back, but her eyes gradually became colder.

"I don't intend to be your enemy, and you shouldn't release your murderous aura to force me back. I just want to ask you, is it really worth it? You work hard fighting on the border, but the queen you protect is enjoying wealth and glory in the capital and doing nothing. Is this fair? She didn't give you any soldiers when you asked for them, and only gave you half. And now, the one closest to her is no longer you, but that Nuo Xiu. You probably don't know the existence of Nuo Xiu..."

Patricia remained silent, her expression calm, still maintaining that poker face. No emotion or feeling could be seen, only the coldness in her eyes was gradually condensing.

"We all know that Noshu is still alive, but you don't. Don't you think this is Queen Meryl's distrust of you?"

Paticia still didn't speak.

"So what if you don't speak? Do you really think you are the Valkyrie of the Kingdom of Edvira? Those people are hiding behind you, making you do the things you hate the most. Have you never considered it? Those people are selfish. Why do you have to protect them? You can obviously have a better life. Soon the army of the Kingdom of Zebikra will invade the Kingdom of Edvira. You might as well take this opportunity to leave the Kingdom of Edvira with me. With your strength and beauty, the king has admired you for a long time. The king said that as long as you are willing, we can even capture Nolele alive and send her to you as your slave. Don't you want to..."

Swish!

With a flash of sword light, Patricia stood up and retracted her sword. The white blanket slipped off, and Patricia slowly turned around. In the night, she was only wearing a white gauze pajamas. The moonlight seemed to be able to penetrate her clothes, making her skin even whiter.

Poof.

Bright red blood splattered everywhere, and the warm and fishy blood splashed on Patricia's face. The man in black jumped back quickly, but one of her hands was already on the ground.

The night wind blew slowly, and Patricia's long hair danced gently in the wind.

Chapter 147 A flash in the pan

Click!

With a crisp sound, the sword in Paticia's hand shattered and fell to the ground, turning into broken ice.

Extreme ice control, Patricia possesses more powerful ice abilities than Noelle. It is more accurate to say that it is because Noelle has not practiced her powers that she has been stagnant.

"You! How dare you hurt me!"

Covering her wound, she said in an extremely angry tone.

Patixia looked calmly at the enemy envoy whose hand she had severed. "You're the assassin in the capital, aren't you? Whose orders are you following now?"

"The King will make you regret this!"

Paticia didn't say anything, but just muttered something softly. Because the voice was so soft, I couldn't hear clearly what she said.

Suddenly, with Patisia as the center, a white mist erupted and spread out in all directions like a huge wave, spreading out in ripples. In just a moment, the white mist engulfed the entire garden.

Under the moonlight, the garden sparkled with cold light, and the ice reflected the moonlight, making this originally ordinary garden become strange and beautiful. The crystal clear ice replaced the blooming flowers, creating this ice realm.

Patricia casually picked a frozen rose and walked lightly to the man.

The cold air spread so quickly that the entire garden was frozen in the blink of an eye. Moreover, she was standing there, her lower body was frozen in the ice and she couldn't move.

"Do you want to be an enemy of the Kingdom of Zebikra, Patisia?"

"I haven't killed you because you're not an enemy of the Kingdom of Edvira, nor of Norelle. I don't like killing, but... no matter who it is, I will never forgive anyone who hurts Norelle."

"You will regret this, Patisia. Zebikla's cavalry will crush the Kingdom of Edvira, and your fate will be the same as mine."

"I have never regretted anything, as long as I could protect my family. Answer me, who brought you to the Kingdom of Edvira? Who hid you in the Kingdom of Edvira?"

"Do you think I will answer? That Valkyrie who swept across the battlefield is so naive. Kill me. I am a mercenary and will never betray my employer."

Paticia didn't say anything more, but threw the rose in her hand to her. Her expression finally remained on a twisted and hideous smile, and was finally completely frozen.

Patricia turned around, picked up the white blanket on the floor, put it on, and walked towards her room.

The moonlight shone on the extremely strange ice sculpture. With a crisp sound, the ice sculpture shattered and the broken ice scattered on the ground dissipated. Everything was so strange and so fast.

Paticia didn't like to think about unnecessary things. This person appeared near Paticia not long ago. She was from the Kingdom of Zebikla and was a mercenary of the Kingdom of Zebikla. She was defeated by Paticia in a battle with the Kingdom of Zebikla. After that, she would appear near Paticia from time to time to convey the love of Emperor Zebikla for her.

Noelle didn't say anything, but looked at Patricia quietly.

Patricia rubbed Noelle's head without saying much. This was a tacit understanding between the two. Patricia didn't like Noelle to worry about her because she was her elder sister. She hugged her when they met again, and would be more straightforward and decisive when they parted.

Noelle transferred 30,000 from her own imperial guards to Paticia. This was not supposed to happen, but Noelle rejected everyone's objection. Of course, I did not object to this.

"Secretary, please protect Noelle while I'm away."

"Yes, I will. I wish you good luck in martial arts."

"The assassins are from the Kingdom of Zebikra. Find them. Please be careful and protect Noelle."

"Huh? What?"

Paticia didn't say anything more, just nodded slightly and turned away.

I was stunned. The assassin was from the Kingdom of Zebikra? How did she know such a thing?

I still feel a little uneasy. That frail-looking girl is the Valkyrie who protects the Kingdom of Edvira...

Her appearance is like a flash in the pan, and we will separate as soon as we meet.

Noelle bit her lip and said nothing.

"This morning, the Essen family's mansion was frozen by her. It seems that I can't be slow. After all, she is my opponent, right, Secretary~"

Edith on the side smiled meaningfully.

Chapter 148 How to Avoid the Hatchet

The day after Paticia left, the capital returned to its former atmosphere.

The Zebikra Kingdom is coming with great force, but everyone believes that as long as Patisia is still in the Edvira Kingdom, the Edvira Kingdom will be safe.

After Paticia left, I intensified my investigation into the previous assassination attack on the Queen.

Edith seemed unwilling to slow down Paticia, so she took the initiative to cooperate with me. Together with Lenora and the other two, we found a few clues. According to what Paticia said, we investigated the matter as much as possible. The other party was indeed a mercenary, and a mercenary from the Kingdom of Zebikla.

How did these people get into the capital? This is the biggest mystery at the moment.

“Aaaaah…this is so annoying!”

After closing the official documents, I began to feel bored with these jobs. Every day I had to look at a lot of things and then sort out the useful ones to hand over to the Queen. So compared to the Queen, my job as a secretary was more difficult. As for Noelle, apart from constantly learning and practicing her powers, she had nothing to do during this period.

Although she had gone against everyone's opinion and lent the Imperial Guards to Paticia, and received recognition from many people, compared with her own safety, the safety of the country was the most important. Originally, this Imperial Guards had not been used even once in the capital.

"Lord Noxiu, are you hungry?"

"I don't!"

Ai Luolinwei's question scared me. I don't want to eat the food she cooks anymore, even if I starve to death!

"Well..."

"It's no use for you to stay here. Why don't you go find Her Majesty the Queen and see what she is doing now? I have sorted out the official documents. The rest is her own business."

I can't interfere with anything. Even though I am the one handling the documents, the power is actually controlled by Noelle. Only with her consent can I carry out the remaining steps.

Someone needs a secretary, but I don't need a secretary. I now truly understand the meaning of this sentence. When there's something going on, they make things difficult for me, and when there's nothing going on, they just...

I covered my face, feeling like I couldn't continue.

"Hasn't Lenora come back yet?"

"Ms. Lenora is currently investigating the previous assassination."

Ever since she made a slight breakthrough, she has been working even harder, with an expression that says, "Since Patricia is not in the imperial capital, I have to do my utmost to protect Her Majesty the Queen."

What did Noelle do to those two people that made them follow her so wholeheartedly?

"Lady Edith hasn't taken any action yet."

As for Edith, she also noticed that something was wrong and became serious for the first time in a long time. It was probably more because she was competing with Patricia for something. After all, she regarded Patricia as her opponent.

I look at the mountain of documents and wonder who my opponent is.

There has been no progress in the system mission so far, Elolinwei, Lenora, and Edith.

How can I conquer these three people? It's not a question of whether to conquer them or not. If I take action against these three people and Noelle finds out, nothing will happen to me and the three of them may not be able to survive.

When Noelle becomes scary, she is really scary.

"Lord Noxiu, are you worried about something? Why don't you have some snacks?"

"I don't want to eat... I say, Eloline, what can I do to avoid the hatchet ending?"

"Ok?"

Well, obviously you don't understand...

Chapter 149 Angry Edith

"Lord Noxu, Lady Edith is here."

When I was still struggling to figure out how to reject the ending with the hatchet, someone unexpected came.

"Please let her in."

I put away the documents and took a sip of tea to moisten my throat. Edith walked in quickly, took a quick look around my office, and then walked straight across to my desk. "Where's Her Majesty?"

"Probably in the library or the training grounds. Lady Edith, what do you want to see Her Majesty?"

Those who come with bad intentions will not be visited by good people. Edith should not have time to come to see Noelle recently. Looking at her expression, you can tell that she is in a bad mood. What could have made her so unhappy?

Edith rarely shows her true emotions, and most of what I see are fake, so her obvious expression made me a little overwhelmed. What happened that made her so angry?

Edith said nothing, but placed a letter in front of me.

"See for yourself"

I glanced at the letter in front of me, then opened it and took it out. What on earth could have made Edith look so unhappy?

There are not many words, just a few lines.

"..."

After reading it, I roughly understood why Edith was angry. The content of the letter was about the Biya Mountains. It stated that the 30% of iron ore that the Ulysses Empire promised to give to the Kingdom of Edvira had been reduced to 10%, and the 20% was in exchange for the Ulysses Empire helping Noelle to implement a certain plan.

This letter must have come from Edith's scouts. Was Noelle planning to execute some plan? And it was kept secret from almost everyone. Thirty percent had become twenty percent, which was already a very high number. Edith had signed this treaty, so it was understandable that she was so dissatisfied. She might even be labeled a traitor. Even within the palace, the leasing of the Biya Mountains to the Ulysses Empire was met with widespread criticism.

Because Edith was the one who took the blame, not many people actually dared to do anything to Edith. Edith herself knew that she was the one who took the blame, but because she had power, those people didn't dare to do anything.

"Secretary, I need a reasonable explanation."

"Even if you ask me, I don't know what Norelle plans to do. She's actually reduced it to 10%. She wants the Ulysses Empire to do something for Norelle in exchange for 20%. What do you think it will be?"

"If I could guess, I wouldn't have come to you, Secretary. What exactly does Her Majesty want to do? She didn't even discuss it with us. Even you, Secretary, don't know about this."

I spread my hands. I don’t know everything about Noelle, and I don’t need to know so much. She is the queen, and even if she wants to do something, it is her freedom and has nothing to do with me.

But this matter is a bit strange. If Noelle's purpose is Patisia, I don't think it is a loss. The value of Patisia is far higher than 20% of the iron ore, and the Kingdom of Edvila does not only have iron ore in the Bia Mountains.

"So why are you so angry? If I were to trade 20% of the iron ore for Paticia's safety, I think it's worth it. Or do you feel like Norelle has tricked you? Are you unwilling to accept this?"

Chapter 150: The Speaker Says He Is Honest

"Patisia? Do you think this 20% of iron ore is for Patisia's safety?"

"Is not it?"

What Noelle would do now should be to protect Patricia with all her strength. Could she be doing it for other reasons?

"What she got in return for the 20% she paid was an engineering team from the Ulysses Empire."

Engineering team?