Chris's Faith of Fire

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Now Ladia no longer needs to look up at her father.

Yet she felt herself sinking deeper into darkness.

This small, but neatly kept room that even contained all the cosmetics a noble girl needed was her birdcage.

Ladia looked through the window at the river bank she had seen when she came. The refugees were still raising their hands in the air, praying for salvation, but only a few of them could be saved.

She remembered her father's words, so she drew the curtains and stopped looking.

"What's the matter, Your Highness? Are you dissatisfied with the smallness of this room?"

Ladia looked back at the visitor who opened the door.

She has medium-length blond hair and a beautiful but awe-inspiring face.

His once best friend, his companion who shared the goal of becoming a female knight, now looked at him with pity.

Ladia's pride was stimulated, and she looked back at the female knight.

"Where's the little boy with me."

"He was placed as the cupboy of the castle. He is now safe and sound. Although he does not have these cosmetics and lace dresses, he lives in a room as big as you, Your Highness."

Looking at the lace dresses on the bed, Ladia wanted to tear them into pieces immediately.

However, her father once taught her to learn to be patient, and what he said was probably the current situation.

"Ingrid, you guy..."

But I couldn't stand it alone in front of this person.

She remembered the first time she met this girl at a banquet. The two of them were wearing long skirts and glaring at each other... It was as if the well-behaved person they showed in front of adults didn't exist at all.

It has been almost 10 years now, but the relationship between the two has still not changed.

Ladia turned around and punched her hard. Ingrid smiled and took her punch.

"Huhu~~ Your strength has become weaker, Ladia."

"Wordy!"

Taunted, she raised her leg and kicked Ingrid in the breastplate.

The blond girl frowned, as the armor that had been kicked just now had a dent in it.

"Well... I'm sorry, you are still as strong as ever, but so what!"

With a clang, the plate armor that Ingrid took off fell to the ground, and she raised her hands in a fist-fighting posture.

Seeing her respond with such an action, Ladia couldn't help but curve the corners of her mouth and adjust her posture.

"Hide your face, Miss!"

Ladia roared angrily and swung her fist. My fist hit Ingrid's jaw straight like a poisonous snake that had been waiting for a long time. Hit the white wall behind.

This woman's strength is no joke. If she hadn't stepped back in advance, her skull might have been smashed.

Ingrid smiled bitterly, but she was naturally not to be outdone. She bounced up with the help of the wall and stabbed straight at Ladia's face.

"It's you who should pay attention, Your Highness Princess!"

The silver-haired princess saw the path of her punch, and she flashed her head to the right and raised her left arm to protect herself and block the opponent's continuous punches.

Ingrid, who had missed several hits, gradually became tired. Ladia saw the right opportunity, leaned down and punched her in the abdomen.

"Hmm... Damn it, what if you wait for me to peel off all the plate armor from my body!"

"It's so ugly! A warrior who likes to make excuses."

No matter how strong Ingrid was, she was still a girl. Ladia's superior skills naturally made her feel very unhappy. The weight of the punch made a little tear come out of the corner of her eyes, but the blond girl who noticed this immediately Wiped it away with the back of my hand.

"Don't be too happy too soon!" She waved her fist again mid-sentence, aiming straight at Ladia's chest.

Naturally, such an attack with obvious intention could not touch the silver-haired princess. She turned slightly sideways and nimbly dodged. However, Ingrid jumped, lowered her fist and punched upward at an extremely tricky angle, hitting the princess in the face.

"Well!"

He actually dared to hit the princess in the face. This guy must be the only one in Garnet who dared to do it.

He had already given up on his identity as a princess, but the Ingrid in front of him had done so earlier than he did.

She recalled the first time she and she met. At the banquet, the two of them glared at each other for about half a moment. Even Duke Lebar and his father, King Kane, felt a little embarrassed.

Their education of their daughters is reflected in the actions of the two girls, which are too deliberate.

Children may be able to hide their feelings from adults, but they are not so good at it with their peers.

"You guys have been so rebellious since you were a child. You really inherited it from your father!"

Dodging was already too exhausting, and Ladia's fist hit Ingrid's chest. The blond girl who was hit by the impact could not hold back and punched back with a blushing face.

"You, you are the one! You are obviously not suitable to be a knight at all! You actually want to wear that kind of lace skirt!"

"Bullshit!"

The angry Ladia moved closer to Ingrid, so close that they could almost feel each other's breathing.

She grabbed the other person's collar with both hands and lifted him up easily.

Although Ingrid was surprised by this move, she, as a knight, did not forget to react. She kicked Ladia's wrist, which seemed to hit the muscle that was exerting force. Ladia felt a burst of pain. The hand relaxed due to the searing pain.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ingrid grabbed Ladia's arms and pushed her down on the bed.

The two stared at each other for nearly five seconds before Ladia head-butted each other.

"Uuuuuu!"

Stars popped out of the blonde girl's painful eyes.

However, they were already angry and would not stop fighting because of such a trivial matter.

The two girls were tearing each other apart on the bed. When they found an opening, they punched each other in the face. Unknowingly, their cheeks were swollen and a faint blood flowed from the corners of their mouths.

However, neither of them cried. They were laughing until they were sweating profusely and lost their strength...

The duel ended while lying on the bed.

The long lace skirt had already been wrinkled and fell into a mess under the bed.

"Huh...huh...what a wild girl. How could she punch and kick her savior without saying a word?"

Ladia turned her head and looked at Ingrid, who was lying on the side. Her medium-length blond hair had been completely spread out, and she looked much more feminine than before.

"Ha...ha...you too, you're showing no mercy in a fight but you talk about your highness the princess, and you still use that kind of thing to humiliate my mother?"

Looking at the long skirt that fell to the ground, the blonde girl laughed out loud.

"Maybe you are more suitable for this now."

"What do you mean?"

Realizing that there was something wrong with her words, Latiya continued to ask.

"I haven't told my father about discovering you yet..."

"..."

When she heard the word father, Ladia became nervous.

If Duke Lebal knew of his existence, he would definitely be placed under house arrest and would be sent out when he was of use value.

Ingrid should have noticed this too.

But she didn't want to explain too much.

The girl tidied her hair and sat up from the bed.

"Yesterday, spies came to report that the Agote Fortress had completely fallen, and no one survived... The Demon King's army is attacking south."

"Agathe! It's actually even there..."

Agat, known as a fortress that has not been breached for hundreds of years, actually...

"Legends are easily broken, Ladia. It's just that the time has not come yet."

"What about you guys? It's more dangerous if you continue to stay here."

"We are the front line of the southern continent. If we collapse, it will not be good for Neferait and the Empire. They will try their best to support us."

"Do not make jokes……"

Ladia murmured.

"How is that possible..."

It's something humans can fight against.

She couldn't continue to speak in the middle of her words. Although she had experienced hell personally, she didn't want to show weakness in front of her friends.

"You will be saved, Ladia. Tomorrow I will arrange for a man named 'Spider' at the southern dock. He will extradite you to Nefrait, where you will be acquainted with Cardinal Patricia. Live a peaceful life~~”

She spoke calmly and calmly. If she followed Ingrid's words, she would be able to achieve her original goal.

Yes, you must survive first.

The strongest people in the world are the true people of Nefera. Now that they no longer exist, only the warriors of the empire are qualified to fight against monsters.

As long as I can reach the Theocracy and see Patricia...

Everything is going fine, except for one thing.

"Then what are you going to do..."

Ladia sat up and asked the blond girl beside the bed.

She remained silent in response to Ladia's question. What should we do next?

I haven't even thought about it myself.

But what Duke Lebal said to her once came to mind.

"It is my mission to exercise dominance on behalf of you who cannot uphold the royal way."

After the girl finished speaking, she opened the door and left the room.

Tuluratea stayed alone in this small birdcage...

Chapter 69 69. The Guilty Man——1

When I regained consciousness, I felt a cold sensation.

"It's so cold!"

This was her first feeling. In order to adapt to this place without light, her eyes were subtly blurred, and there was no light around her.

It took a while for my eyes to gradually adapt to this environment.

Is this a dungeon?

The front of the field of view is an iron fence that has begun to rust. There are only straw beds in the small room. I don't know if it is because of the stagnant water that cannot circulate, but it smells like putrefaction.

It was really bad, worse than sleeping in the wild. If a disgusting bug appeared here, I wouldn't even know where to escape.

Just kidding.

How could I possibly think of nothing but insects when encountering something like this?

I have also become very optimistic.

It seems that what happened before was not a dream. Yvette and the two male mercenaries killed Cardinal Zachary and found themselves.

So now I'm going to be in this dungeon.

The pants were wet and smelled of ammonia.

Now I don't even want Lian to save me like this.

It was so embarrassing.

"But where exactly am I now..."

The rotten stench emanating from the surroundings was unbearable.

It was true that I was in a dungeon, but where exactly was I in the dungeon? How long did it take from the time I passed out until I woke up?