They recognized their feelings, but the knight had been reincarnated as a fox cub

Is all this part of the Queen's plan?

Alins and his master had been in Beatrice's trap from the very beginning, and Beatrice had already anticipated the fight between the two tigers.

If this is the case, then the Queen should have known for a long time that his master was still alive, and should also be well aware of Alins's exposure to cult teachings.

This is the only possibility.

Beatrice knew long ago that Alins was trying to prolong his life through cult methods, but she did not stop him. Instead, she turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.

Because she knew that if Fate knew that his apprentice had an affair with the cultists, he would not sit idly by and would judge Alins regardless of whether he knew that he was being deceived or not.

This way, she can reap the benefits.

Thinking of this, Kaido felt a chill all over his body. Even though he lived with Alins day and night, he did not realize that Alins was involved with the cult. However, Beatrice noticed it early on and kept her composure for so long.

The woman was very shrewd, which was totally inconsistent with her age.

The more he thought about it, the scarier it seemed, and Kaido was a little at a loss.

If this continues, not only Arins, but also Master will...

However, the fortress was surrounded by enemies. Beatrice must know what happened here, and she would give strict orders to her subordinates not to let anyone out.

Kaido pushed his glasses up, he was sweating profusely.

He caught a glimpse of a cloak on the ground and suddenly became concerned.

"Master, please put this on first." Kaido picked up the cloak and put it on Fei'er.

“............?” A big question mark appeared on the blonde girl’s head, with the tattered cloak on it.

"Don't ask so many questions, and don't say anything later." Kaido covered Fei'er's face with his cloak.

The feminized Fei'er is one and a half heads shorter than Kaido, and looks a little mini in front of Kaido, but it's okay this way, as she looks harmless.

Kaido was satisfied only after he wrapped the girl up like an object, making sure that nothing on her body except the lower half of her face was exposed.

He took a heavy breath.

Hope I can fool it.

He took Faile into his arms, and the two walked side by side toward the broken fence of the fortress.

"Stop." As soon as they walked out of the fortress, they were discovered by the guards outside.

The torches in the guards' hands and the mages' lighting spells were about to turn the outside into daylight.

"Please stay, both of you." A fully armed royal guard walked over with his hand on the hilt of his sword.

Kaido glanced at the other man's shoulder straps and showed his ID. "Make way. Something happened here. I'm Kaido, the deputy commander of the Inquisition. I'm taking the wounded out."

"I'm sorry, the Queen has issued an order. From now on, any creature that walks out of this fortress is suspected of having connections with the cultists. I can't let you pass." The captain of the guard raised his head and said calmly.

"Don't you know who I am?" Kaido said sternly. "I am the Deputy Knight Commander of the Inquisition. Do you know what will happen if you stop me?"

"Deputy Knight Commander Kaido, of course I know you." The captain of the guards glanced at the cloaked girl in Kaido's arms.

"But don't make a mistake. I am not your subordinate. We belong to the Imperial Palace, not your Inquisition. We only accept direct dispatches from Her Majesty the Queen. Without the Queen's order, even you, the Grand Knight Commander, cannot go there."

"you........!"

"Don't be anxious, Lord Kaido. I have just ordered someone to inform Her Majesty the Queen. If you have anything to say, please talk to Her Majesty the Queen. I am just a small captain of the guards. There is no need for you to be angry with me." The captain of the guards smiled.

Just when Kaido was about to say something, the royal guards along the way suddenly knelt on one knee and saluted.

Kaido thought to himself that something was wrong and looked in the direction along the way with a sense of something strange.

In the lonely night, apart from the sound of burning torches, the sound of high heels tapping on the ground was particularly obvious.

A girl with crystal high heels, black stockings, black hair, black lace skirt, fair skin and purple eyes, accompanied by several personal guards, walked over calmly with a relaxed smile on her lips.

"Greetings, Her Majesty." Seeing Beatrice react so quickly, Kaido felt a little numb on his scalp. Even though his palms were full of sweat, he still hugged the girl in his arms, knelt on one knee with her, and saluted.

"Isn't this the Deputy Knight Commander? It's a rare sight to see you here tonight." Beatrice said jokingly.

"I heard that something happened in the abandoned fortress on the outskirts of the city, so I came here to check out the situation." Kaido explained.

"Oh, check the situation. The deputy knight commander is really loyal to his country. He was so anxious that he didn't even bring half a soldier with him and rushed here alone." Beatrice's tone was pretended to be emotional, but it sounded very ironic to Kaido.

The other party's implication is that you are a civilian staff member, you are powerless, you went out without any subordinates and came empty-handed, saying that you are going to suppress the incident, do you believe it yourself? ?

"If Her Majesty the Queen still needs to mobilize troops for such a matter, wouldn't it make us, her subordinates, look incompetent?" Kaido lowered his head and looked submissive. "The matter has been resolved. I will have the knights of the Inquisition come to clean up the scene later."

As he spoke, Kaido deliberately moved in front of the girl beside him.

"Isn't this inappropriate?"

"............what did you say?"

"What I mean is that the knights in the imperial capital all have higher titles. If you want to give orders to them, Deputy Knight Commander, you should at least notify Grand Knight Commander Arins first, right?" Beatrice looked at Kaido with a smile.

“…You are right.”

"I mean?" Beatrice glanced meaningfully into the fortress. "Come to think of it, with such a big incident, where is Grand Knight Arins?"

"............." Kaido didn't know how much information Beatrice had now, so he didn't dare to answer her questions casually.

"I'm not very clear about this either."

"Not very clear? Lord Kaido, you are the deputy knight commander, how come you know nothing about the knight commander's movements?" Beatrice is much younger than Kaido, but Kaido always feels pressured when facing this girl.

"The Knight Commander has his own ideas, and he may be on his way here."

"Your Majesty, please allow me to send the wounded out first. We can talk about other things after the Grand Knight Commander arrives, okay?" Kaido indicated that there were wounded people behind him, hoping that Beatrice would make way for him.

"Oh~~" Beatrice nodded. "Is Alins on the way?"

"My loyal deputy knight commander, where is Grand Knight Arins on his way? The Yellow Spring Road?"

Fei'er's body trembled under the cloak.

"............" Upon hearing this, Kaido's mind flashed with a hint of astonishment, but he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

"Your Majesty, I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Don't you understand, or don't you want to understand?" Beatrice licked her lips.

"Someone in the team has converted to a cult and is plotting a rebellion. Even now, you are still able to pretend to be ignorant of the matter. I have to say that you, the Inquisition, are really united."

“….” Kaido’s expression froze slightly.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm complimenting you. To be honest, I like people who are loyal and righteous." Without paying any attention to Kaido's increasingly stiff expression, Beatrice walked behind Kaido on her own, her beautiful eyes as cunning as the moon.

"He is kind and loyal, and knows how to protect his relatives and friends. He is better than your heartless and heartless master."

“………” Fei’er lowered her eyes.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Kaido looked a little unhappy.

"You are listening to the sympathy. If one of your fellow disciples converted to a cult, you will help cover it up. But guess what, if your master is still alive and knows that one of you has converted to a cult, will he cover it up for you?"

"Not only that, she might even kill her own relatives for the sake of justice, right~?" Under the moonlight, Beatrice's beautiful purple eyes looked particularly enchanting.

"Sometimes I wonder, why do you always protect such a heartless and ungrateful person?"

"Your Majesty, you have spoken out of turn." Kaido frowned. "No matter what, please show some respect to a deceased person who dedicated his entire life to the empire without seeking personal gain."

"Let me correct you. I didn't say anything wrong, and..." Beatrice put her hands behind her back and tilted her head like a mischievous elf. "How can you be sure he's dead?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Isn't that right? Nothing is absolute. Maybe some people are not dead, but just creating a false appearance to cut off the thoughts of their enemies. In fact, they may have changed their appearance and are living happily somewhere." As she said this, Beatrice looked at the girl next to Kaido with a smile on her face.

"Miss, you agree?"

“..........” Fei’er said nothing.

"Silence means agreement? Look, this lady also agrees with me."

"Your Majesty, can we talk about these things later? This lady just happened to pass by here and was accidentally injured by the cultists' riot. I need to take her out for treatment..."

"It sounds like it's serious." Beatrice said with concern. "How about this, take her to my palace and let the court physician treat her."

"How can this be possible? It is too much trouble for your Majesty..."

"It's not a problem. Don't you always say that you treat everyone equally in the Inquisition? Then what's the problem with me taking this young lady back to my palace for treatment? ~"

Kaido was speechless for a moment.

"Oh~ This lady looks somewhat familiar. Have we met here somewhere before?" After approaching, Beatrice narrowed her beautiful eyes.

"........."

"I don't think you've ever met this lady..."

"Huh? Isn't this Miss Fei'er?" Without waiting for Kaido to continue, Beatrice looked at Fei'er with surprise. At this moment, she and Fei'er were so close that they could feel each other's hot breath.

"Why are you here? Did you go out for a walk after the party and accidentally passed by here and got affected?"

Hearing this, Fei'er said nothing, but just nodded slightly, tacitly agreeing with this statement.

"Ms. Fei'er, do you still remember me? We just met at the banquet tonight."

"Come to think of it, it's great that you're here." Beatrice laughed like a silver bell. "You left something in Aoshan Villa. Thanks to my careful subordinates, it was found. I'm just about to return it to you."

thing??

Fei'er was puzzled.

Did she leave something behind at Aoshan Villa?

After saying that, Beatrice took out a blue flower from her arms and handed it to Fei'er.

"Is this hair flower yours?"

“...........” Fei’er was stunned for a moment before she reacted.

Head flower.........

By the way, she did remember that she seemed to have forgotten to bring something when she left the villa.

This hair flower should have fallen when she sneaked into Aoshan Villa to investigate...

Beatrice had this thing, which meant she was fully aware of her actions.

He raised his eyes and met Beatrice's gaze, and found that there was a rather playful smile in the latter's eyes.

If Fei'er still had some luck before, now, everything is gone.

"Head flower?" Kaido looked at Fei'er who was silent, and then looked at Beatrice who was smiling like a flower. He didn't know what banquet Fei'er had attended, so he had no idea about the story behind this head flower.

"Why are you so careless? Didn't I tell you before I left? Hair flowers can fall off easily, so be careful."

"Come to think of it, before I left, I seemed to have told you that we would meet again, right?~"

"........."

"It's fate that we bump into each other again by chance."

"Oh, speaking of which, Lord Kaido, you don't know yet, right?" Beatrice changed the subject and turned the topic back to Kaido.

".......know what?"

"Sometime ago, there were some unexpected events in the palace."

"misfortune??"

"That's right." Beatrice slowly said to Kaido, facing his puzzled gaze. "It's not a big deal, but it's not a small deal either. The imperial tomb was robbed."

"Robbery of the Emperor's Tomb?"

"Yes, but what's strange is that the tomb robber seemed to have a conscience and only took away two burial objects, but........."

"Although he is not greedy for money, he seems to have some special quirks. He actually stole the body from the coffin."

"Remains?........." Kaido thought of something and glanced at the girl beside him unconsciously.

"Yes, I should have discussed this matter with you earlier. After all..."

"The tomb that was robbed was your master's tomb."

"Really? The imperial mausoleum has not been visited by any tomb robbers in the past thousand years. Sure enough, there is always a loophole."

“….” Kaido was silent.

"Speaking of which, what does Miss Fei'er think about this matter?~"