After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

The petite figure that had stood firm even under the brutal attacks of the demons almost fell to its knees.

He even lunged forward, using his hands to support himself so as not to land face first.

But the situation right now is already embarrassing enough.

The princess shook her head and muttered to herself:

"Why... did it turn out like this..."

Killing local lords, although most of them were caused by the abnormal rage at the time.

But even if she calmed down, from a purely rational point of view, Heidi, as a princess, would kill the scum without hesitation and rid the kingdom of the harm.

As a result, one scum left and a bigger scum came.

Originally, the lives of the residents were just difficult.

This time, it even reached the point where it could no longer be sustained.

How ironic.

After seeing her reaction, Aize had already guessed what had happened.

After sighing softly, he asked:

"Did you kill the local lord?"

The princess nodded.

The ends of her hair, which had been forcibly dyed black and had not yet completely faded from its ugly color, drooped slightly and swayed with her exaggerated movements.

"That guy collected heavy taxes, traded slaves, and even mocked the royal family. He's not even worthy of being a noble, let alone a human being... But why did it become like this!!!"

It was a rare occasion when I got carried away by passion, and it turned out like this.

Heidi's current state cannot be properly described as doubting her life.

And Aize also sighed.

The aristocratic problem is complicated and this is what happens when there is any bloodshed.

And even now this is just the beginning.

If the situation continues as normal, large-scale riots will soon break out as the territory collapses, followed by the intervention of other nobles and infighting within the family.

The situation will become even more dire.

Therefore, if Aize had chosen to attack the nobles in the past two years, he would have definitely "uprooted them."

Commonly known as a family that is together in good order.

For example, in the bandit camp of Tafia, the young nobleman who was resurrected by the witch's technology was like this.

Of course, there is no point in saying more of these things now.

The problem is how to solve the mess that Rimok is in now.

Theoretically, they didn't have time to meddle in other people's affairs while they were on the road, but the living conditions of the local people had reached such a state that it would obviously not be right to just leave.

Let's make it quick and decisive.

"...Well, let's do it this way."

After thinking for a moment, Aize nodded slightly.

Heidi, who was lying on the ground and completely at a loss, just raised her head in confusion.

In short, just do it.

The Knights stopped briefly near Limok and quickly took action.

One day passed.

By the evening of the next day, in the makeshift camp, Aize looked at the report sent by his subordinates and nodded with satisfaction.

Smiling, he said to Heidi, who had been isolated for almost the entire day:

“It will take a few days to see the full effect, but it’s basically done.”

Heidi, who was curled up in a ball, raised her head mechanically, with chapped lips and numb eyes, looking at Aize in disbelief:

"…Finished? Finished what?"

"Of course it's the current situation in Rimok."

Aize briefly explained what he had done.

First of all, there is the problem of the local lord family.

Time was running out, and it was obviously too late to destroy the opponent's gate, not to mention that Heidi's random assassination had just happened, and it was obviously not appropriate to launch another larger-scale attack.

Therefore, after a brief investigation, Aize learned that the other party's widow seemed to be a devout believer of the Church of the Supreme God and was quite superstitious about this information.

So last night, he and Villian sneaked in, passed through the sieve-like defense network, and used the witch's magic to make the mother and daughter suffer nightmares and various "haunted" phenomena for a whole night.

As a result, before daybreak today, the Guards received orders to suspend all operations.

And this is just the beginning.

This group of soldiers are used to doing evil things, and the orphans and widows who have no prestige will definitely not be able to suppress them. Of course, they will continue to do evil things around them against the will of the law.

So, Aize had his subordinates disguise themselves and had a conflict with the other side.

Moreover, they directed their disturbance to a church owned by a church.

With deliberate fanning of the flames, the situation became uncontrollable and even the church was completely destroyed in the fire and chaos.

By now, the church must have heard the news and be furious.

I guess someone will be sent to investigate the situation soon.

As long as the local absurd and harsh policies are exposed, the intervention of the church will give these guys a headache for a while.

This is what is called killing with a borrowed knife.

Then, Aize also informed other nobles who had cooperative relationships with him and were related to Lord Limok's family of the information here through letters.

Soon, these profit-seeking guys will smell the scent and force their way in here with their own bloodline.

Orphans and widows want to keep it?

nonexistent.

After a series of attacks using other people's weapons to kill someone, the situation was basically resolved.

Although due to time constraints, there were a lot of compromises.

Some things were done quite crudely.

But after all, given the current environment, being able to do this so quickly is already remarkable.

Aize sighed softly:

"Anyway, this solves the problem for now. We should continue on to the capital. Let's pack up and get ready to go. We can't delay any longer."

After saying that, he didn't stay for long and went out to arrange things.

Her Royal Highness the Princess, who stayed where she was, looked at Aize's departing back with extremely complicated emotions.

What you are doing is worthless and may even make the situation worse.

And this guy, along with the mess he had left behind, solved the problem in no time, chatting and laughing, with almost no effort.

Not reconciled.

Heidi was very unwilling.

After all, this guy has only been a hero for two years, and the time he has officially been involved in politics and decision-making is even shorter.

Why is he better than me?

Of course, she had thought about similar questions many times in the past two years.

So now that things have come to this, and we have gone through so many things, the so-called unwillingness is just that.

Not very intense.

What really dominates the mainstream is a feeling of extraordinary inner peace.

Sense of security.

No matter if he had just been assassinated or had just turned into a hero, everything in the future was still uncertain.

Or in the past two years, every time he encountered trouble, he solved it accurately and quickly.

During the previous Tafia incident, he was still fighting against Brian in a desperate situation.

And this time, when the situation had deteriorated so much that it was almost hopeless, he had already prepared everything and took action quickly.

The greatest emotion that Aize brings to Heidi is always a sense of security.

A sense of security that any problem can be properly solved as long as he is around.

Her greed for this sense of security, mixed with the extreme arrogance that came with her status as a princess, had turned her into the person she had been for a long time.

If it were the Heidi of the past, she would never admit this.

But now, Her Highness the Princess has confirmed this once again.

And now that that boring arrogance has completely disappeared, another thing has been exposed.

Another thing that Heidi had been struggling to deny, but ultimately could no longer deny.

The princess sighed deeply, scratched her half-black, half-red hair randomly, buried her face between her thighs, and rubbed it hard.

It seems like he is trying to hide something, but also like he is venting something.

Then, as if someone had paused her movements, she stopped, sighed deeply, and muttered to herself:

"Sure enough, I really like him..."

Obvious things.

Rather, why did I wait until now to truly admit this?

Chapter 56 Why No Response?

After almost easily solving the mess left by Heidi Yurimok, the knights led by Aize continued to march towards the royal capital at full speed.

The rest of the journey went quite smoothly and nothing worth mentioning happened.

Everyone successfully arrived at a forest near the royal capital, which was their intended destination.

Just as he stopped and hadn't even stood firmly, a figure flashed out from the side.

He pounced directly on Aize:

"Aize! You're finally here!"

The girl with pink hair and blue eyes, Alicia.

A few days ago, she disguised herself as a coachman according to Aize's orders and was responsible for sending Brian on his last journey before rushing to meet him.

Although she took a longer detour, her ability to transform into almost any creature allowed her to arrive several days earlier than the main force.

She hadn't seen Aize for a few days, so as soon as they met, she pounced on him like this in front of everyone.

Such performance surprised Aize.

He spread his hands, smiled awkwardly, and didn't know how to react for a moment.

Heidi, who saw this happy scene, felt even worse.

Previously in Limok, after being comforted by the sense of security given by Aize again, she finally admitted in her heart that she liked Aize.

This liking was not a sudden impulse, but started two years ago.

Although I did consider practical interests when I first proposed the marriage, the implications of this aspect are actually quite significant.

Otherwise, Heidi wouldn't have lost her temper when she heard that Aize wanted to cancel the engagement.

Of course, these are all things of the past.

What's the point of admitting it now?