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However, it was too late. Linda's head drooped weakly and she was completely silent.

Charlotte sat down on the ground dejectedly, closed her eyes, took deep breaths, and tried hard to suppress the emotions surging in her heart.

again and again……

Her pain, anger and hatred were reaching the red line.

However, Charlotte knew that she had to keep her sanity now.

After taking deep breaths for a long time, Charlotte gradually regained some composure, which made her gradually remember something.

Charlotte suddenly rushed to her bed and groped under it for a while, but found nothing.

"No, it shouldn't be..."

Charlotte muttered to herself, unwilling to give up easily, so she simply crawled under the bed.

Sure enough, Charlotte found a small wooden box on the back of her bed.

Charlotte immediately opened the wooden box, and indeed, she saw a teardrop-shaped sapphire with a dazzling luster inside.

There is no doubt that this is the sapphire on Helen's princess crown.

Seeing the gem, Charlotte probably guessed the truth - Linda probably blamed herself for losing the gem, so she made a deal with the Shadow Mage, as long as the Shadow Mage retrieved the gem for her.

Does this silly girl know that this kind of transaction will most likely cost her life?

Charlotte asked Renee to untie Linda and lay her flat on the ground. Charlotte carefully checked Linda's heartbeat and breathing, and after confirming that Linda was dead, she used her finger to dip a drop of blood from the corner of Linda's lips and smeared it on the sapphire.

The moment the blood came into contact with the sapphire, it disappeared as if it had been absorbed by the sapphire. This was the program for the wearer of the Miracle Sapphire Mark, and it would only restore the marked person to the state they were in one day ago.

Charlotte placed the sapphire on Linda's heart again and took two steps back.

After a moment, the dazzling light flowed out from the sapphire, gradually covering Linda's whole body like a layer of water waves.

Linda in the center of the waves was as light as a feather, and looked like she could float up at any time, but she didn't. Instead, the blood color and vitality reappeared on her body, as if time had really begun to flow backwards for this girl. The magic in it lived up to the word "miracle" at all.

I don’t know how much time had passed, the light faded, and a wholehearted and unharmed Linda lay there quietly, as if she was sleeping peacefully.

"Linda, Linda?" Charlotte patted the little girl's face gently.

“Ugh…” Linda slowly opened her eyes, as if she still had some memory of what happened just now. She groaned in a daze, “Miss, it hurts so much…”

Charlotte laughed and flicked Linda's forehead, scolding her, "You deserve it."

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Volume 76: Chapter 68 Chapter Idiots and Stupids

In order to ensure that there were no mistakes in Sapphire's treatment, Charlotte pressed Linda to the bed and checked her body all night.

Mainly, Charlotte was worried that the soul of the shadow sorcerer might not be dead - of course, the probability of this was very small, so she secretly used her own ability to test it.

This time, "confusing the mind" worked easily.

Linda called Charlotte "Mom" in a daze all night. When she woke up the next day, the little girl was so embarrassed that steam was about to come out of her head.

In addition to calling her mother, Linda also provided Charlotte with a lot of valuable information, such as that the shadow sorcerer came from an organization called the "Silver Star Hermitage".

The Silver Star Hermitage sounded like it should be a monastic organization like the Mendicant Order, but Charlotte had no impression of the name.

The church is a huge organization spanning two continents. Not only are there many factions within it, but there are also countless monastic organizations that have split from the church. I'm afraid even the Pope doesn't dare to say that he knows all the monastic organizations, so it's normal that Charlotte has never heard of the Silver Star Hermitage.

The reason why Linda knew about the Silver Star Hermitage was that the shadow sorcerer wrote a letter to Allen Fehrenbach in the name of the Silver Star Hermitage while possessing Linda.

That’s right, it’s the second-in-command of the Greenfield Principality, the bishop of the Greenfield Cathedral, Allen Fehrenbach.

The shadow sorcerer replaced Sean's miracle sapphire with a gem that looked almost identical. The fake gem was provided by Allen Fehrenbach. Although the two of them used specially trained mice to communicate secretly and had never met in person, Allen Fehrenbach undoubtedly had a close relationship with the Silver Star Hermitage.

Perhaps the key to finding the truth lies in Alan Fehrenbach...

Charlotte sat by the window of her room, holding the miracle sapphire in her hand, thinking silently.

The miracle sapphire that originally shone brightly has become dull and looks no different from an ordinary gem.

The good news is that this sapphire is not a man-made miracle, but a natural miracle. Man-made miracles will gradually be consumed in repeated use until they are completely worn out, while natural miracles are much more durable and will restore themselves to their best condition after each use, just like being recharged.

The bad news is that Charlotte doesn't know how long this "charging" process will take, but she knows that this process is usually very long, it may be several months, or it may be several years, or even decades, but it certainly cannot be a few days.

For a large family that has been passed down for thousands of years, decades of CD is completely acceptable. Every generation of the head of the family has one more life than others at a critical moment, which is a great advantage. But for Charlotte personally, this long "recharging" time makes her a little painful.

"Miss, Miss, this is the new cake I learned to make, please try it..."

Linda excitedly brought a plate of steaming exquisite cake to Charlotte.

Charlotte looked up at Linda, blinked and smiled, "Why don't you call me mom?"

Linda's face flushed red, she didn't understand why, last night she really wanted to call the young lady "mother", and in her confusion she actually called out, and she called out many times. Linda felt that she must have lost her mind.

Charlotte mischievously admired the little maid's embarrassed look, put away the gem, picked up the cake on the plate and took a bite.

I have to say, although Linda is a little dull, she is really good at cooking.

Although cakes originated very early, the method of making cakes in this world is actually very crude, not much better than bread, and Charlotte doesn't like to eat them. However, the cakes made by Linda are sweet and soft, which suits Charlotte's taste very well.

Linda said that she learned her cooking skills from the cooks in the castle, but Charlotte felt that at least in making desserts, Linda had her own understanding and had surpassed her teacher. It was just that the little maid was not very good at speaking and did not know how to express herself, or she did not realize that her level had surpassed her teacher.

"Did that person contact you?" Charlotte asked while eating.

Just as Charlotte guessed, there was another lurker in the riverside castle. Linda knew that person existed, but she didn't know who he was, because the shadow sorcerer possessed Linda seemed to be just his deputy. That person could contact "Linda" through secret codes and letters, but never met "Linda". "Linda" could only accept orders and do some work of delivering messages.

"No." Linda shook her head.

Charlotte pondered for a moment, then speculated and said, "Perhaps we can try to use a secret signal to lure that person out of his hole."

Linda shrank her neck: "But, but I don't understand their secret code..."

Charlotte paused for a moment, then sighed helplessly.

Charlotte is now basically certain that the reason why the shadow sorcerer chose to possess Linda was not because he had any intentions towards her, but simply because Linda was easy to deceive.

In the heavily guarded riverside castle, it is not easy to find a second breakthrough like Linda who is not taken seriously but can move freely in most places.

However, after Charlotte reconsidered, she felt that she was a little too fanciful. The other lurker was obviously very vigilant. Not only did he not show up in front of "Linda" from beginning to end, he even never contacted "Linda" since Jose Melefield "fell ill". He was as wary of his companions as he was of his enemies.

It is almost impossible for such a person to be lured into the trap by someone who actively contacts him with unprecedented secret codes.

After sighing, Charlotte could do nothing but silently hope that her father could be independent and catch the hidden assassin on his own.

Charlotte was willing to believe that Jose Melfield must be able to dig out the assassin. After all, Grand Duke Greenfield had many more cards in his hand than she did.

However, something happened that afternoon that surprised Charlotte.

Because Grand Duke Luyuan had not appeared in front of outsiders for a long time because he needed to "recuperate", Jose Melefield suddenly walked out of his "ward" and issued a bloody order. As the order was issued, the castle's steward Wolf Vonderen led a team of knights into the castle, and then dragged out the servants and guards in the castle one by one, killing them on the spot, leaving corpses all over the ground and blood all over the ground.

These servants and guards who were killed were obviously suspects who were observed to have abnormal behavior during Jose Melefield's "recuperation". Jose Melefield was too lazy to investigate further, so he identified them one by one and simply killed them all.

Charlotte, who had just made a sincere wish, seemed to hear her father saying to her: "I won't check it anymore. I'm done with it."

Charlotte was surprised why her father suddenly gave up, but her doubts did not last long, and she got the answer.

From her bedroom window, Charlotte saw a group of cavalrymen galloping into the castle. She immediately felt something was wrong and hurried downstairs, and then she saw her brother Andre being escorted into the hall by a group of fully armed knights.

Jose Melfield stood in the hall with a frosty face, obviously having been waiting for his eldest son for a long time.

Rosie Melfield stood beside the Duke of Greenfield, looking meaningfully at Andre as he entered the room, with a smile on her lips. No matter how you looked at it, that smile made people feel that it was filled with some unconcealable pleasure.

"Father, father, you, you are recovered..." Andre said tremblingly and cautiously.

Jose Melfield was not in the mood to greet his eldest son. He walked up to Andre, raised his foot and kicked the eldest son in the stomach.

"Ah!"

Andre was almost kicked backwards, holding his stomach and screaming in pain on the ground.

The anger in Jose Melfield's heart seemed to still be unresolved. He took a few quick steps and wanted to kick Andre twice more.

"Father! Brother!"

Charlotte rushed down quickly and stood between her father and brother to prevent Jose Melfield, who was angry, from really beating her stupid brother.

Other people of the same generation might not know, but Charlotte had inquired about it. Her father had been a three-winged swordsman when he followed Emperor Leopold through life and death 20 years ago, and he might have already been promoted to a high-level swordsman. As for Andre, he was probably only slightly stronger than Charlotte, and he really couldn't stand a beating from Jose Melefield.

"Father, my brother made a mistake. You should just teach him a lesson. Why are you so angry?" Charlotte advised kindly.

Jose Melefield stopped hitting people for Charlotte's sake, but he still spoke angrily: "I teach him? He is the Duke of Green Plains now! How can I be qualified to teach him?"

Charlotte asked, not understanding what Jose Melefield meant.

"Andre actually dared to announce in front of many members of the Melfeld family that his father had passed away and that he would succeed the Duke of Green Plains. Even the succession ceremony had been prepared. He was really anxious and wished that his father would die soon..."

Although Rosie's words might have been fanning the flames, they did help Charlotte answer her questions.

Charlotte looked at Andre in shock, "My stupid brother, what stupid thing have you done again?"

No wonder Jose Melfield was in no mood to even investigate the assassination. If he continued to pretend to be sick, his own son would have replaced him!

"No, no, I didn't," Andre curled up on the ground and defended himself, "It was Perold, Count Perold who lied to me. He lied to me that your father was dead, and even asked Viscount Chester to testify for him..."

Hearing this, Jose Melefield was so angry that he trembled, and wanted to rush up and kick Andre twice. It seemed that he wanted to kick Andre to death. Charlotte quickly hugged her father.

Jose Melfield pointed at Andre and cursed: "Idiot! How could I have a son as stupid as you! Don't you know that Chester is the son of that old man Perod? How dare you believe my son's testimony! Do you have a brain or not! Idiot..."

Andre was afraid of being beaten again, so he held his head, stuck out his butt, and lay on the ground pretending to be dead.

Jose Melfield kept scolding for more than an hour before it came to an end, and Charlotte dared to let go of her furious father.

Jose Melfield looked at Andre, who was pretending to be dead and almost asleep, with a disappointed look on his face. He said, "From today on, stay in the castle. Without my permission, you are not allowed to step out of the riverside castle."

"I see." Andre responded in a muffled voice.

"Get up! When has the Melefield family ever had a Duke of Green Field lying down in all the history of the country?" Jose Melefield roared again.

Andre was frightened again and quickly got up.

Jose Melfield waved his hand tiredly, and everyone understood and dispersed one after another.

Charlotte was originally planning to leave, but the silent Jose Melefield suddenly said, "Charlotte, do you think the real murderer behind my assassination is Count Perode?"

"It shouldn't be Grandpa Perold." Charlotte answered without much hesitation.

Jose Melefield had only asked casually after his mood had fluctuated drastically, and he had not expected to get any answer from Charlotte. However, Charlotte answered without hesitation, so he asked curiously, "Why are you so sure?"

Charlotte shook her head, spread her hands and said, "It's not why I'm so sure, it's because Grandpa Perold has already told you so."

"What do you mean?" Jose Melfield was stunned.

"Grandpa Perold has seen through your pretense of illness! If Grandpa Perold believed that you were really seriously ill and dying, would he persuade my brother to become the Duke of Green Plains? No, he doesn't even think highly of you, let alone my brother. He would only send troops to seize the riverside castle himself." Charlotte smiled helplessly and replied, "This time, he urged my brother to succeed the Duke of Green Plains and held a grand succession ceremony for my brother. It is obvious that he wants to embarrass you and indirectly tell you that he already knows that you are pretending to be sick. If Grandpa Perold is the mastermind behind this, he should not be in the mood or leisure to play tricks on you like this now."

Hearing Charlotte's analysis, Jose Melefield's face darkened. He was so angry with Andre that he didn't understand why Perod Melefield suddenly wanted to support Andre as the Duke of Green Plains. As Charlotte said, Perod's actions were undoubtedly telling him, "Why are you still pretending to be sick? I see through you!"

These unruly tribesmen really made Jose Melfield hate them to death, but he could do nothing about it. These people had seniority, strength, and troops. If they really wanted to make trouble, how could the title of Duke of Green Plains alone suppress them?

In addition to his gloomy face, Jose Melfield couldn't help but look at Charlotte more. He suddenly realized that there was such a huge difference between his eldest son and daughter. One was extremely stupid, while the other was extremely smart, which was inconsistent with her age.

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Volume 77: Chapter 69 Chapter Charlotte's Reminder

With the return of Jose Melfeld, the situation in the Principality of Greenfield immediately improved. The nobles at all levels who were in cahoots with each other immediately calmed down, and the ambitious people who were ready to make moves temporarily put aside their little thoughts.

However, even though things are getting better, there are some things that even Jose Melfield cannot change, such as the Demon Trial.

The church's demon trial continued to expand, which seriously disrupted the social order of the Green Plains Principality. Even some knights stationed on the border to defend the tribesmen came to Jose Melfield to complain that the people in their territory could hardly live a normal life.

Jose Melefield discussed this with Bishop Allen Fehrenbach several times, but Allen Fehrenbach simply evaded the question by saying that this was an oracle issued by God and that he could do nothing about it. He hoped that Grand Duke Midorita could understand.

Charlotte didn't know whether Jose Melfield understood or not. Anyway, Charlotte didn't want to understand. The next day, she asked someone to buy a few cats and dogs that were good at catching mice and kept them in the riverside castle.

At this moment, Charlotte was really glad that the religious leader in her territory was Fado, the country pastor who only knew how to farm and raise chickens.

Although as the chief priest, Fado was indeed a bit weak. When the necromancer came, he closed the church and became a coward. But the good thing was that he was not very good at making trouble. After such a long time, the religious trial in the Viscount Lanwan was still not tense.

Charlotte heard that Fado had also tried.

In addition to trying to find Charlotte to ask for the head of the necromancer, Fado also went to the countryside to catch several men who committed chicken rape, saying that they were blasphemous, hung them up and whipped them. Then, all the chickens raised by Fado were taken away and eaten by weasels that night.

The honorable chief priest was no idiot, so he could not fail to realize that this was revenge from the nearby villagers. Fado was so angry that he wanted to mobilize all his men - about seven or eight illiterate priest apprentices - to attack those villagers who "did not obey the king's rule".

You not only don't pay the tithe, but you also dare to steal my chickens. You really want to rebel!

But before the departure, Fado accepted it with a pinched nose. Forget it, poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. This chief pastor is broad-minded and will not bother with these unruly people.