Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

At that time, Lacie couldn't understand what this sentence meant, but now, she seemed to have come to her senses a little.

In order to prevent the coming of war, in addition to relying on the deterrence of powerful forces such as the "Limited Wishing Machine", there is another way...

The enemy - the human nations, and even the other races on the Pangaea, all need a common enemy that is strong enough to force them to unite in order to deal with it.

And now this enemy has appeared.

The disaster that destroyed the previous civilization will become the common enemy of all races in the supercontinent.

“Is this what Thea meant by that?” Lacier couldn’t help but wonder, “But even if there is a common enemy, won’t a war break out between mortals and mages?”

The thin and tall ghosts that polluted Diesel appeared thirty years ago, and the unknown factors that caused the elves' mistress to go crazy may have even come to the supercontinent with the elves three thousand years ago.

After she and Charles solved the abnormal incident in Diesel, the information that "the Slender Ghost may be discovered in the ruins of the previous civilization" has been known to all human countries. Even if Diesel's emperor told them that the previous civilization had left a warning of "Never touch the starry sky"...

But in today's Pan-Continent, the conflict between mortals and wizards has intensified to the point of life and death. Even without the warnings of the previous civilization, they probably have no intention of exploring the starry sky.

Now the only unstable factors that might bring disaster seem to be the elves of Lentiheim.

The guys were trying to repair their mistress, the huge ship from the depths of the starry sky.

But according to Laciel's judgment, it would probably take the elves decades to repair the starship to a point where it could be launched, and before that...

"I'm afraid that the mortals and the mages have already ripped each other's skulls off and knocked their brains out, right?"

Lacey complained in her heart.

Therefore, the reality is undoubtedly contradictory to the future described by the witch Xia. War is almost certain to come, the only difference is sooner or later.

"Won't the witch Thea be guaranteed to be lonely? Alas, the Riddler really can't accomplish anything!"

After a brief sigh, Lacier shared all her thoughts with her companions.

They held similar views to Rachel's, and generally believed that war was inevitable unless something unexpected happened.

For this reason, the upcoming trip to Victoria is particularly critical.

"Although we are unlikely to be able to stop the war between Victoria and the wizard world, we should do our best to slow down the arrival of the war," Charles whispered.

Godot, who was sitting opposite him, nodded and said seriously:

"I agree with the captain. No matter what, war is not a good thing for the current Pangaea. If the war triggers a disaster that leads to the destruction of the previous civilization, the consequences will be even more disastrous."

At this moment, Xi Rui suddenly came over, her violet eyes swept over everyone, and then whispered:

"I have an idea."

"Hmm?" Joseph, who is Xirui's biological brother and knows her best, suddenly had a bad premonition.

Rachel, who had not yet realized the seriousness of the situation, asked with interest:

"What's the solution? Tell me about it."

Upon hearing this, Xi Rui told her solution:

"The Emperor who assassinated Victoria."

"Huh?"×3

Everyone except Joseph was stunned.

Joseph covered his face, his muscles twitched for a while before he sighed heavily and advised:

"Didn't you listen to us at all? Didn't the captain tell us that Victoria now has a steam armored unit that is immune to spells, and it is suspected that it also has other cards. How can we threaten those who are so well protected..."

As soon as he said this, his good sister said to him and the other three in a calm voice:

"I tried, and I almost succeeded."

[To be continued]

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8. Never Care

"What did you say, Sissi?"

Joseph couldn't believe his ears.

The reactions of the remaining few people were similar to his.

Charles frowned, Laceel opened her mouth, and Godot scratched his head and couldn't help muttering, "Is this true?"

Although the possibility of four people hearing wrongly at the same time was small, it was not impossible, so Joseph confirmed it with Xi Rui again:

"You said you assassinated the Emperor of Victoria?"

Xi Rui calmly corrected:

"I just tried and failed."

"What would happen if you succeed?" Joseph said in a complicated tone, "If the Emperor of Victoria is assassinated, the situation in the entire Pan-Continent would probably be in chaos."

Godot, who was standing beside him, hooked his shoulder and continued:

"I agree with Joseph. If Xi Rui's assassination was successful, I'm afraid we wouldn't have to go to Victoria to mediate the war, because the news of Emperor Victoria's death would probably be the clarion call for the start of the war."

The wizard twirled the wand in his hand and pronounced unceremoniously:

"By then, the name Xi Rui will probably be recorded in history forever—as the culprit who triggered the war between mortals and wizards."

After that, he looked at Xi Rui and asked:

"Can you tell me? How did you assassinate the emperor?"

Xi Rui was silent for a moment, then replied:

"The Emperor often leaves the palace and comes to the streets of Sheffield to give speeches. Usually, he is accompanied by several guards, but Victoria is a country that does not welcome mages, and Sheffield is a city without magic..."

"I see," Godot nodded. "You attacked the Emperor while he was giving a speech?"

With Xi Rui's attainments in assassination, it is indeed possible for her to bypass the guards who know nothing about magic and launch a fatal attack directly on the Emperor of Victoria.

Can……

"But is it really that simple?" Godot asked in a low voice as if talking to himself.

At the same time, he also expressed Lacier's thoughts -

If it was so easy to kill Victoria's emperor...why didn't the old-school wizards who saw Victoria as a thorn in their side do it? Even if they didn't want to dirty their hands, they could just hire assassins and killers.

After all, there will always be brave men when there is a big reward.

At this time, Xi Rui shook her head.

"No..." she said, "The Emperor of Victoria recognized me."

"Ah?" Lacie once again uttered an astonished sound.

"No, sister," she thought, "What's going on? It turns out that the most legendary experience during this period is not actually me and Ciel, but you?"

Joseph's face instantly turned gloomy when he heard this.

"The Emperor of Victoria recognized you?" he asked in a slightly hurried tone, "Did he…"

Before Xi Rui answered, Godot patted Joseph on the shoulder and said comfortingly:

"If the Emperor of Victoria really wanted to do something to Xirui, Xirui would not be able to appear in front of us safely like this. But don't forget, just like what the captain and Rachel said, Victoria may have mastered the forbidden spells passed down by generations of brave warriors and established a terrifying steam armor army."

His words were not pleasant to hear, but Joseph quickly calmed down.

"That's right." Joseph sighed, "Victoria is not as simple as she seems."

"Besides, hasn't Celine returned to Concord safely?" Godot leaned over, put his arm around Joseph's shoulders, and whispered jokingly, "You're too concerned, and you're confused. Why don't I feel that you care about Celine so much?"

"..."

Joseph's old face turned red. He glanced at Xi Rui secretly, and was relieved when he found that Xi Rui didn't hear what he said.

He elbowed Godot and muttered:

"As a brother, isn't it natural for me to care about my sister?"

Without waiting for Godot to say anything else, he cleared his throat and asked seriously:

"What happened after the Emperor of Victoria recognized you?"

Xi Rui first looked at Godot, then stared at Joseph for a while before answering:

“He invited me to have a chat with him.”

"Let's talk?" Joseph was confused by this wonderful development. "Did you...promise him?"

"Ah."

"So what did the Emperor Victoria tell you?" Godot suddenly interrupted, "Do you remember?"

Joseph was a little annoyed by the sudden interruption of the conversation, but what Godot asked was exactly what he wanted to know, so he endured it for the time being and agreed:

"Yes, if you still remember, please tell us the conversation between you two. The more detailed and clear the better."

Xi Rui nodded when she heard that.

She closed her eyes, as if trying to recall. After a while, she opened her eyes again and repeated in a calm tone:

"You are the assassin Xi Rui Bray who is beside the hero, right? I remember you... But for an assassin, being remembered or famous is definitely not a good thing."

"——These are the first words the emperor said to me."

"Then he invited me to a street cafe to chat."

"The guards following him tried their best to dissuade him, but he just waved his hand and made them all retreat obediently."

“So we came to that cafe.”

"The emperor first ordered two cups of black coffee from the waiter who looked very timid beside him, then turned to look at me."

"'Neither you nor I care about the taste of coffee,' he said to me. 'So, let's get to the point, Miss Celine - you want to kill me, don't you?'"

Xi Rui paused here, then suddenly lowered her head and looked at her right hand:

"When the emperor said this, his black eyes looked at my right hand - he seemed to have noticed that I was holding a dagger in my right hand that was powerful enough to kill him."

"I don't know how he found out, and he's clearly not going to tell me how he found out."

"In that case, I admitted to him that I came to assassinate him."

When Lacey heard this...she almost felt dizzy.

what's the situation?

She originally thought that it was outrageous enough that the assassin could sit at the same table with the victim to drink coffee and chat, but she didn't expect that what was even more outrageous was that the assassin frankly announced her purpose to the victim.

If the emperors of Sire and Victoria had followed a normal script, the next thing that would happen would be that the emperor would smash the cup as a signal, and then dozens of executioners would rush out and bring the assassin Sire to justice, right?

But obviously, the scripts they both got were not normal.

Because Xi Rui said again:

"The emperor just glanced at me and asked me, 'Why?'"

"He seemed very busy. From the moment he sat down in the cafe, he took out a pen and paper from his pocket and buried his head in writing and drawing something. He didn't seem to care at all that I was an assassin, and even less that I could take his life at any time."

"It seemed that all he could see was the paper and pen in front of him, and the scribbled words he was constantly writing down."

"But these have nothing to do with me," Xi Rui said, "After all, I only know how to kill people."

"But before killing someone, it is necessary to let the deceased know why he died... This is what Rachel told me a long time ago, so I told the emperor the information I got from my brother."

"The emperor finally stopped writing."

“He raised his head and looked at me.”

"At this time, the waiter brought two cups of coffee. He took one of them and drank it all without any expression on his face."

"He seemed very tired, but he couldn't rest. He was like a machine that was destined to keep running. He had to use coffee to keep himself awake."

"He told me..."

The middle-aged man with black hair and black eyes, who looked exhausted, carefully put away the manuscript paper covered with scribbled handwriting and said to the assassin sitting opposite him:

"Victoria needs the hero's holy sword, but Victoria never intended to kill the hero."