After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Seeing him like this, Villian sighed softly and shook her head with a wry smile.

Then he squatted down and reached out to smooth his hair that was messed up.

He smiled and said:

"When she comes out, try to talk to her first. Maybe she's different now."

“…It feels unlikely.”

Aize has actually been trying to transform Heidi to some extent.

However, after two years, there was no result.

In this case, how can we expect this hard stone to become flexible in less than a month?

It feels a bit difficult.

It’s better not to have such expectations.

In response, Villian simply glanced at Heidi in the picture again, then smiled and shook her head, saying:

"I think... the atmosphere of this princess seems a little different from before."

"Um?"

Aize raised his head and saw the black-haired princess swinging a knife at someone.

Atmosphere?

what is that?

Can't tell at all.

"Really..."

Villian shook her head helplessly, but soon shrugged and smiled again:

"Okay, don't worry about it. If that girl really goes crazy, leave it to me. Haha, let me say that I really hope she sticks to it. Otherwise, how am I going to settle those scores with you?"

After saying this, the witch lady licked her lips slightly with a chilling smile.

Chapter 36: Psychological Preparation is Incomplete

The course of the battle itself was nothing noteworthy.

If Heidi was alone from beginning to end, it remains a question whether she could escape in the end.

So, from the moment Aize's Knights began to act and easily broke through the outer defense line and entered the interior, the outcome was already decided.

The slave traders were killed in an instant, and their bodies were scattered all over the ground. The remaining survivors were confused and terrified, and they dropped their weapons and surrendered.

Heidi was also confused.

Originally, when she was determined to break out of the cage and fight to the death, she had already made up her mind to become paralyzed on one side of her body.

Who could have thought that things would end in such a lighthearted and funny way.

Her high-spirited mentality suddenly fell to the ground, and she almost collapsed to the ground the moment the battle ended.

I watched as the knights and guards pinned down these slave traders one by one and took them away.

"Your Highness, you are not injured, are you?"

After simply arranging the work of his subordinates, Constantine came over and asked expressionlessly.

"I……"

Heidi raised her head in a daze, looked at her bloody hands again, and then asked:

"What's going on? What are you doing? Why are you... here?"

The question Heidi originally wanted to ask was why you knew I was here.

After all, the reason for going to such great lengths to send troops must be for this princess. Otherwise, could it be for these mixed-race slaves?

If it were Heidi a month ago, she would undoubtedly think so with certainty.

But now, whenever she tried to think in this way, Aize's slightly contemptuous and disappointed expression before they parted last time would appear before her eyes.

It felt like something stuck in her throat, and just thinking about it made her choke and breathless.

Constantine noticed the subtle change in her expression, but was too lazy to think about it.

Just said calmly:

"Lord Aize planned this operation after learning that a batch of slaves would be transported to the vicinity of Tafia tonight. The rescue of Her Highness the Princess was purely a coincidence."

"coincide……"

It was indeed a coincidence.

That is to say, how could it be possible that he just happened to come to save me?

Fortunately, it’s okay. If I really thought so just now, I don’t know how disappointed I would be now.

Fortunately.

Fortunately.

return……

Heidi felt uncomfortable, but she could only try hard to suppress her impulse to think wildly.

Constantine had work to do and had neither the time nor the interest to stay here with her.

So he asked directly:

"Her Highness, disguised as a slave, is this your intention to come to Tafia to see Lord Aize?"

"I do not--"

Negative words came out subconsciously.

After all, it would be too embarrassing to tell others that you came all the way here to ask for help.

If I really say that, I will be at a disadvantage in the future.

It makes me sick just thinking about it.

——and so on, which had almost become a fixed thought pattern in the past, operating almost out of control, making Heidi herself feel ridiculous and disgusting.

This is no way.

Along the way, Heidi had exhausted all her energy just to focus on escaping and had no time to think about anything else.

The result is that now, due to an unexpected situation, I suddenly have to meet Aize earlier than expected, but I am at a loss as I was not mentally prepared.

There are even signs of a relapse.

But fortunately, Heidi didn't lose her mind.

She swallowed the second half of the sentence that came out of her mouth, and after a brief period of self-determination, she almost exhausted all her strength and said:

"Yes... I, I have something important that I need Aize's help with. Where is he? Can you take me to see him as soon as possible!?"

The capital is in danger and not a single minute can be wasted.

Constantine nodded.

"If the plan hasn't changed, he should still be directing the operation outside the city. I'm also responsible for rescuing, settling, and negotiating with the slaves here. If you can't leave, I'll have someone take you there."

This statement undoubtedly puts the slaves at a higher priority than the princess.

If it were in the past, she would have been furious.

But perhaps it was the experiences of the past few days that made her seriously doubt the so-called aristocratic royal family, and Heidi did not have too much dissatisfaction with this.

He just nodded decisively.

"Well, then... please."

Constantine arranged two knights to walk in front to lead Heidi.

These two were both members of the Knights of the Goddess Blade in the past. After the Tafia incident, they voluntarily stayed behind to follow Aize.

One of them was even born into a minor noble family in the kingdom, so Heidi had some impression of him.

Now, they simply removed the symbols of the church and their identities from their armor, and even mockingly painted the silver enchanted armor black.

The naked provocation contained in it made Heidi, who was unable to escape the connection, feel hot on her face and bitter in her mouth.

"Um……"

"……Um?"

While hesitating, Heidi seemed to see something strange out of the corner of her eye and turned her head involuntarily.

She found a strange figure standing next to her without her knowing when.

It was a woman with pink hair, blue eyes, and wearing a cloak that made it easy to move.

From the outside, it is quite cute, but its eyes are unusually dull, and it feels like it has triggered the uncanny valley effect, which makes people feel creepy.

Moreover, he was staring at himself.

He didn't move, didn't blink, and even when he took a step forward, she also took a step forward, and the distance between them remained at a highly stable level without changing.

It's eerie, like something out of a horror story.

They had never seen such a person before, but the knights around her were not surprised by her.

Who is the newcomer?

"Who...are you? What are you looking at?"

The princess asked directly, feeling as if she was getting goosebumps all over her body from being stared at.

"I?"

After being asked the question directly, the girl's face finally showed some expression and she looked a little more like a normal human being.

"My name is Alicia, and I'm... uh, what's my job title? Oh, right, I'm Aize's maid and bodyguard! That's what Miss Villian said!"

Maid?

bodyguard?

That’s not right. I have the impression that Aize doesn’t like this?

The pink-haired girl, Alicia, continued:

"As for what I'm doing, of course I'm looking at you!"

"...Look at me? What's so good about me?"

"I used to work for Duke Brian, and he often told me that he might assign me to assassinate a foolish and arrogant princess named Heidi in the future. Of course, the plan was never actually carried out. I heard that you were that Heidi, so I wanted to come and see what kind of person you are."

Alicia herself didn't mean any harm and was just relaying Brian's original words.

But to Heidi, these words sounded somewhat unfriendly.

But just as she was about to say something, the girl added:

"Besides, you're Aize's former teammate, and reportedly his ex-fiancé, right?"

"...Yes, so what?"

The pink-haired girl frowned slightly:

"I heard that Aize's former teammates did a lot of extremely excessive things to him. I want to ask why? Why would they do these things to their teammates!?"

Aize didn't specifically tell Alicia about the bad things that happened in the team before.

After all, he himself doesn't want to mention it.

Besides, now that a new life has begun, it's not good to keep talking about these things and making yourself look like a nagging woman.

But Alicia still learned a lot of relevant information from various people, such as Villian, Chris, and the knights.

To Alicia, who maintains a simple and pure concept of companionship, both Leah and Heidi's behavior towards Eze is unreasonable.

Hence this very pure question.

But this pure question sounded strangely harsh to Heidi.

Why did you do those things to him?