After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"No way! I'm just stating the facts. Oh, I have some other questions for Mr. Arthur."

As he spoke, he leaned back more and more relaxed, even half lying on the sofa.

Alicia, who was standing aside, obviously had never had the opportunity to participate in a conversation of this level before.

She felt a little awkward, probably not knowing how to sit properly. Seeing Aize half lying down, she followed suit, instantly changing her mocking posture to x2.

It looked extremely funny, but for Alicia herself, it was just an unintentional act.

But the effect is outstanding.

Could it be that this child is actually naturally black?

While thinking about this with amusement to himself, Aize waved his hand and continued to put pressure:

"According to records, Heidi and the Royal Knights handled the situation very appropriately in the early stages of the blood plague outbreak, successfully suppressing its spread for a time."

"As a result, at some point, the lockdown measures suddenly failed, and several areas even became ghost towns within a short period of time. Why did this happen?"

"Could it be that someone, someone with considerable power, is interfering?"

These are all suspicious points in this incident.

As Arthur learned about these things, his face turned red visibly.

He even had trouble speaking and became extremely angry.

"I don't need you to remind me of these questions. I want to know them too! Do you think I did all this? You actually doubt my loyalty!"

Aize smiled and shook his head:

"That's not true. I absolutely believe in Mr. Arthur's loyalty, but if we don't investigate, how can we clear our suspicion? And if we want to investigate, we need Mr. Arthur's cooperation."

"So, could you please help with the Adventurer's Guild's affairs?"

After so much preparation, Aize's true intentions were finally revealed.

Arthur's facial muscles were twitching at this moment.

He wanted to say something else.

But Heidi's suspicious look was like a thorn in his side.

He lost all his confidence almost instantly.

"...I understand. I'll do it right away."

After a final, futile psychological struggle, he finally gave in.

He nodded, leaving behind a look full of resentment and dissatisfaction, then left the room to negotiate with the higher-ups of the guild.

The moment the door closed, Heidi couldn't wait to ask:

"Aize, is Arthur...really a traitor?"

For Heidi, although Arthur has various problems, he is still a half-family member with blood ties.

Moreover, he has been doing his best to assist her over the past few years and has no intention of usurping the throne.

If he really had a problem, Heidi would probably break a bigger defense than Brian did at that time.

In response to this, Aize just shook his head:

"Who knows? Anyway, let's just say this for now. We'll just have to wait and see what happens next."

He did suspect there was something wrong with Arthur.

But it's just a suspicion, there is no evidence.

As things developed to this point, Aize was extremely nervous and in a semi-crazed state where he thought everyone was a traitor.

Suspected?

Too normal.

When Aize was looking through the information last night, he couldn't even rule out Heidi as a suspect.

But when it comes to negotiations, it’s a different story.

Using specious evidence, they will first put a big hat on you.

Once you lose your composure and enter the vicious circle of having to prove your innocence, what happens next will no longer be up to you.

For example, now, the original position was that Aize wanted him to help.

But now the situation has inexplicably turned around, and it seems that he needs Aize's help to prove his innocence.

This is what is called void card making, and it works every time.

So what if he actually has a problem?

Even better.

When the situation is so bad and everything seems to be going according to plan, it is difficult to find loopholes.

If Arthur is really a traitor and can't bear the beating any longer and takes action first, then Aize's chance will come.

This is what is meant by "stirring up trouble by striking the grass" and "making a noise on the mountain to scare the tiger".

After hearing these explanations, Heidi nodded slowly, and the conflicted look on her face seemed to fade a little.

But soon, she seemed to notice something else. She raised her hand hesitantly, pointed to Aize's side, and asked:

"What... is going on?"

"Um?"

Not understanding what it meant, Aize turned his head away.

Alicia, who had just been lying with him on the back of the sofa, had secretly leaned over in the past few seconds.

From the very beginning, the two of them naturally snuggled up to each other with the world-famous mocking posture of "Look at this xx, it's lame" that looked like a certain person's painting.

"Hmm? What's up?"

Alicia, who was being pointed at, looked innocent and seemed to have no idea what was going on.

By the way, she subconsciously leaned closer to Aize.

Such behavior is a little more harmful to Heidi.

Chapter 65 Isn’t it pretty good?

For Alicia, the overly powerful ability to change results in a self-awareness that is so fragile that it could collapse at any time.

Therefore, we need the so-called anchor point.

All of his personality construction and emotional fluctuations are basically formed around the anchor point.

This is what makes her most different from ordinary people.

In the past, she played cosplay and pretended to be a mixed-race person, working tirelessly for the villagers who had nothing to do with her, without asking for anything in return.

And now, the anchor has moved to Aize.

So she gradually became less concerned about the identity issue that she had been concerned about before.

I only think about things related to Aize.

Unconsciously, I also like to have more physical contact.

Such as now.

This behavior was almost instinctive, and she herself was not even aware of it.

But to Heidi, it was another matter entirely.

Since she was in the team, Chris always argued with her in a sarcastic way.

Then a month ago, he faced off against Villian in Tafia, and was completely defeated.

Then Charlotte unilaterally attacked him and left him with no chance to fight back.

All women who have a good relationship with Aize seem to have similar attitudes towards Haidi.

Well, it’s not just women.

Including Constantine, he didn't give me a good face, but that guy had a blank expression and his emotions were not that intense.

At this point, Heidi certainly knew that this was 100% her own fault.

Even when I think back on what happened in the past, I feel ashamed and extremely disgusted with the inexplicable person I was before.

But one thing is for sure, being grabbed by the clothes and slapped in the face by the women around Aize will certainly cause PTSD.

For example, now she took it for granted that Alicia's instinctive behavior was also a mockery of herself.

Therefore, a feeling of irritability suddenly surged up.

His heart was beating rapidly, his cheeks were burning, his tongue was numb, and his face became extremely ugly.

If I hadn't treated Aize as a tool.

If you don't have the so-called aristocratic glory in your head and become self-righteous.

If only I could stand by Aize’s side when he was in the most difficult time instead of just watching from the sidelines.

Could it be that the person snuggling up to him like this now is me?

Even though I know it's meaningless, this question has been echoing in my mind over and over again, almost uncontrollably, over the past few days, including now.

It made her feel all over and her self-loathing deepened.

The result is that those meaningless regrets and what-ifs pop up in my mind more and more frequently.

Direct closed loop.

As for dissatisfaction with Alicia, there wasn't much.

Her Royal Highness the Princess no longer has the extra brain capacity to blame others.

Aize naturally saw her reaction.

"What's wrong? You don't look well."

“…No, nothing!”

Heidi was extremely embarrassed when she was exposed. She turned her head away hurriedly and wiped her face a few times, as if she was trying to wipe away something that didn't exist.

She didn't want Aize to know about the regret and remorse she had felt during this period.

On the one hand, it is for the last bit of face left.

On the other hand, I am also afraid.

I was afraid that if Aize knew these thoughts, he would further ridicule and alienate me.

If it was before, it would be fine.

After experiencing the past few days, I have clearly and unavoidably realized the fact that I like and depend on Aize.

If Heidi were to be ridiculed by the person involved in this situation, she would probably want to bang her head against a wall and die.

So at this moment, facing Aize's gaze, she almost used up all her life's knowledge of emotional control and acting to force herself to calm down.

I can only say that Her Royal Highness the Princess is truly a person of profound skill.

After a few seconds of intense self-consumption, at least on the surface, she finally returned to normal.

Right, what's so exciting?

Isn't it just that there is a very cute girl who casually sticks to her ex-fiancé whom she likes but was ruined by her.

That's all!

it's not a big deal!

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"Woo——"