Go back? There's no going back.

Hearing this, Su Wei nodded and put down the communicator in his hand again.

"Ah? What's going on? Forget about us, but why is the princess waiting outside the main gate?"

As soon as Su Wei hung up the phone, the white-haired young man's puzzled voice came from the side.

"What else could it be? It means that the two adults have a good relationship and they want to meet and reminisce before the official awarding of honors."

Su Wei glanced at the white-haired young man with the gentle eyes of a fool.

"No... that's not right. According to the plan, shouldn't the princess be waiting on the medal-awarding platform, ready to personally award the medal to the victorious prince? Now they are meeting outside the main gate. Isn't the sense of ceremony ruined?"

The white-haired young man still looked confused.

"Huh...? Let's not talk about the sense of ceremony. You just said... let the princess come to confer the honor? Is your head okay?"

Hearing this, Su Wei blinked his eyes, and his gaze towards the white-haired young man became more gentle: "The status of a national knight is the same as that of a legendary hunter. They are people who have made great contributions to the empire and are recognized by the Emperor and the Queen. They are also the basic conditions for running for the next Lord."

"Unless the prince gives up the title of Knight of the Nation and voluntarily becomes an unknown knight to protect the royal family, the title of Knight of the Nation can only be awarded by the current empress of the empire. Do you understand?"

"Is this, like this?"

The white-haired young man suddenly realized something, and then he stared at Su Wei with a strange look: "How do you know so much?"

"You are too ignorant."

Su Wei raised his chin and looked at people with an arrogant look on his face: "You can't even figure out such a small matter. How can you support the first princess?"

"No, actually I support the Second Princess more..."

"A pagan like that is actually right next to me? It's so damn unlucky, ugh."

"...Are you becoming a little too aggressive all of a sudden?"

At the same time, outside the main gate of the royal city.

In stark contrast to the bustling scene in the city, here, the two teams met without saying a word, just staring at each other quietly.

After a moment, Elsie, dressed as a maid, turned around and lifted the curtain of the carriage behind her, and the first princess walked out of the carriage.

"Hey, long time no see."

After a moment, a sunny and healthy voice came from the carriage of another animal cart.

The next second, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a burly man with blond hair and meticulously groomed clothes walked out quickly.

As soon as he got off the car, he looked at the stunning face in front of him that he hadn't seen for twenty years. He was stunned for a long time before he suddenly came back to his senses.

Then, he scratched his head and laughed awkwardly: "I didn't expect that you have changed so much..."

Chapter 33: My beloved princess

"...I didn't expect you to have changed so much."

Looking at the first princess in front of him, after making such an exclamation, the man seemed to have thought of something, and quickly added with a smile: "Of course, I mean the good side."

"…You too, we both know each other."

Meeting the gaze of the man in front of her, the First Princess was silent for a moment, lowered her head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you... at that time."

Twenty years later, the first princess finally had the opportunity to say the words that had been buried in her heart for so long.

"Ah? No need. What do you mean?"

Looking at the scene in front of him, the man was shocked and waved his hands repeatedly, saying: "Well, anyway, we are now in a life-and-death relationship, you don't have to be so formal--"

"…Have you thought it through?"

Not paying attention to the man's half-joking response, the first princess just stared at him in a trance.

The four forces that once huddled together for warmth and formed this empire together for the sake of survival are also the four royal families today. The only person of the opposite sex of the same age that she had never beaten when she was a child is him.

He was five years older than her, mature and confident, meticulous in his work, always gentle and calm, and indulged her like a brother...

At this moment, in Celsia's memory, the hero who had rescued her from the siege of the Eternal Night Cult during the chaos in the royal city and led her away from danger alone...her hero, overlapped little by little with the man in front of her.

Once upon a time, during the twenty years when the other party risked his life to save her, the first princess always wondered if he would regret it if he was still alive, and whether he would resent his past decision.

But now it seems that even though he was displaced and had experienced twenty years that was unimaginable to ordinary people, the suffering had not distorted his mind, nor had it erased his personality.

Even though his hands, which were torn off by the cultists in front of her eyes at that time, still looked a little strange, and his fully grown face was not as eye-catching as that of some children today, he still seemed to be the same person, still the hero in her mind.

Sunny, gentle, honest and refreshing.

At this moment, after seeing the man's appearance with her own eyes, the last trace of worry in the First Princess' heart disappeared.

There is no doubt that he is more suitable to be the new leader than to be a lackey loyal to someone.

However, the First Princess stared at the hero in front of her without saying a word. She thought she would be excited about this reunion.

But for some reason, she found that her mood was still the same as when she met him twenty years ago, as still as stagnant water.

She raised her hand and pressed her temple hard, and the first princess came back to her senses.

After thinking for a moment, she spoke to the man in front of her in a calm tone again: "The riot was quelled because of you. Now it is not long before the Queen abdicates. Even in Emperor Ling's most rational judgment, you who saved the entire royal city will be the most likely candidate for the next king. You should make a decision after careful consideration."

"……Ok, I know."

"If I miss this award ceremony, the position of the next leader will definitely have nothing to do with me."

Hearing this, the man nodded in understanding, but he was not moved: "But I think it's not bad now."

"Giving up being a knight to protect the country and willingly becoming a servile lackey... I don't think this judgment can be called rational."

Looking at the stubborn man in front of her, the expression on the First Princess' face gradually became stiff. She felt that the irritability lurking deep in her mind suddenly dispersed the beauty of the reunion and accumulated at a very bad speed.

"No, no, you misunderstood. On the contrary, this is the most rational judgment I have ever made."

Without noticing the subtle change in the First Princess's expression, the man's face once again showed that sunny look. He just stared at her in front of him and said, "Because, in my eyes, there are things more important than the so-called national knight."

Having said this, he smiled refreshingly.

"In the past twenty years of fighting those things, I have realized again and again what is most important to me."

"If I hadn't been missing that person and wanting to see him/her again, I would probably have been lost in that world over there."

Having said that, the man who was once one of the crown princes took a deep breath and stared at the familiar yet unfamiliar princess in front of him, as if he had become more resolute in his decision.

Then, without paying any attention to the prying eyes at the main gate of the royal city behind him, he took two steps closer in full view of everyone, slowly lowered his head, touched the ground with one knee, and extended his right hand to the other crown prince in front of him.

"My beloved princess, please... let me become a blade that you swing only for you, a knight that exists only to obey you."

After the man finished speaking, there was silence all around.

In the direction of the main gate of the royal city, after a moment of eerie silence, a deafening cry suddenly broke out.

"..."

The expression on Celsia's face also froze little by little at this moment.

With the almost explicit words of the other party in front of her echoing in her ears and looking at his unreserved attitude at the moment, she fell completely silent.

For some reason, although the current situation was completely different from that time, at this moment, the strong emotions that were almost exactly the same as when the other party risked his life to save her twenty years ago surged into her mind like a tide.

Slowly widening her eyes, after twenty years, Celsia finally realized the essence of this emotion.

That was a guilt that was extremely strong.

Regardless of whether she was covered in bruises back then or now, when she only needed to nod to save the other person from embarrassment, she felt guilty for not being able to respond to the hero in her heart.

But even Celsia didn't know why she was so reluctant to let the other party become her follower this time.

"…Feel sorry."

After a long silence, the first princess clenched her knuckles slightly, shook her head with a gloomy look in her eyes, and said, "It will take some time before the awarding of honors."

"You...think about it carefully again."

Leaving these words behind, without looking at the man in front of her, Celsia turned around and went straight back into the carriage.

Returning to her own space, the expression on her face gradually became confused and dazed.

The carriage started moving again and passed through the main gate.

The scenery outside the window kept receding backwards. Through the car window, the cheering crowds on both sides of the street only made Celcia feel noisy.

Obviously, today should be the happiest and most relaxing day in her past twenty years, but... watching all this in a daze, she suddenly realized that she no longer knew what she really wanted.

However, in the next second, when a particularly familiar face in the crowd that seemed full of joy suddenly entered her field of vision, Celcia was stunned.

Wait……

Wait a moment……??

Why is this kid here?

Testimonials

The update has been completed and will be put on the shelves soon.

This is my first time writing a book, and I’m very nervous.

Let me be frank with you. After the book is put on the shelves, the updates should be at least 7,000 to 8,000 words a day, which is enough to keep you full.

When writing this book, I tried to add some growth elements when conceiving the characters.

In fact, when the setting was first written, there was a problem with the protagonist's age.

In my previous life, I prepared a relatively important plot, but it was a bit far away from what I am writing now, so I couldn’t force it out, which made some readers unhappy.

This is my problem, I will pay attention to it.

The author and the readers are on a two-way journey, and I am very grateful to all the readers who are willing to read this.

I remember when I first started writing this book, I was planning to write a sweet article that would make everyone laugh.

Now we are undoubtedly moving steadily towards our goal.

Now, after more than 100,000 words of preparation, I have finally come to this point.

It's time for the carefree little kid to grow up.

In the comment section, many readers mentioned that the protagonist was too weak, and said that they hoped he could use the princess's connections to grow while living in the palace.

In fact, there is no need to worry too much about this.

Personally, I don't have the habit of deliberately suppressing the protagonist. According to the current progress, the protagonist will probably leap to the front-line combat force soon.

The witch adoptive mother will also handle it perfectly.

What do you want to see? I know for sure.

Let me put it this way. If the subsequent plot is not satisfactory, I will consciously hang myself on the southeast branch.

I still have some confidence.

Well, that’s about all I have to say.

See you tomorrow at noon.

Chapter 34: Offer loyalty to the new queen!

"I rely on, I rely on!"

A few minutes ago, in the royal city, below the medal awarding platform.

The young man with a tuft of white hair on his forehead was making strange noises.

The reason he shouted out was the picture that popped up on the communicator in his hand.

That is... the scene happening outside the main gate of the royal city at this moment.

In the picture, the First Prince, who had turned the tide and single-handedly stopped the evil cult's conspiracy twenty years ago, is performing... the knight's salute to the current First Princess.

"Wait a minute? Could it be that the prince is going to confer an honor on a royal knight instead of a national knight?"

Staring at the screen, the white-haired young man seemed to have thought of something and said in surprise, "No wonder. I was wondering if the welcoming ceremony clearly said that honors would be given, but until now it has not been made clear what honors would be given. It was clearly announced at the beginning before..."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you all for your sponsorship! It's ten silver coins per show, you won't lose anything by watching it, and you won't be fooled by it! It's a live broadcast of the First Prince swearing his loyalty to the First Princess! It only costs ten silver coins, only ten silver coins!"

Along with the white-haired young man's exclamation of sudden realization, there was also the voice of a man in the communication screen.

That was one of the citizens who was now standing closest to the main gate.