After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Heidi, still immersed in her own guess, took several seconds to react.

"Don't be in such a hurry to leave. Come sit with me for a while. I'll have someone arrange afternoon tea. You can rest for a while."

The words of retention came out almost subconsciously.

For no other reason than to stay with Aize for a while longer.

Even if there are other girls around him at this moment, it doesn't matter.

From previously ignoring Aize's love, he suddenly became humble to this extent.

Heidi herself found such a huge transformation incredible.

But facing Heidi's expectant eyes, Aize still shook his head.

"No, I still have some work to do before Mr. Arthur finishes his negotiations with the guild."

The intelligence screening, which was like looking for a needle in a haystack, had just begun. There were still mountains of information in the study that had not even been touched.

In today's world where time counts, how can we live such a leisurely life?

It's not like I'm here to vacation in the capital.

"Farewell."

After saying that, without staying any longer, Aize left the room without looking back.

Alicia, who was wearing a maid outfit, turned around and bowed, then hurriedly followed, closing the door of the room.

Heidi was the only one left in the office.

After being rejected twice in a short period of time, Her Royal Highness the Princess was extremely discouraged.

The moment the other person disappeared from his sight, he collapsed directly into the chair.

To be honest, Heidi also knew that Eze was unlikely to accept the invitation.

Even if I accept it, what's the point now that things have come to this?

Is it possible to save their relationship?

It's just asking for trouble and adding to the embarrassment.

But even though she knew it, deep down in Heidi's heart, there were still some unrealistic expectations that she herself could not erase.

Of course, the result was unsurprisingly disappointing.

"Oh... forget it."

With a long sigh, Heidi shook her head with a wry smile, and picked up the question that had been interrupted before and continued thinking.

That Vivian is actually the great witch Villian?

indeed.

The degree of compatibility of all conditions is terrifyingly high.

So much so that Heidi herself, frightened, subconsciously wanted to deny it, but she could not find any reason to overturn this speculation.

But why would Villian stay by Aize's side with such an attitude?

Could it be that she is a partner who has established contact with Charlotte in the past?

Not too possible.

Unlike Charlotte, who is a conservative among the vampires, Villian is a well-known demon king and supporter of total war among the demons.

The large-scale fall of the kingdom's territory a few years ago was also due to her handiwork, and she is guilty of countless blood debts.

It's impossible for such a person to be a partner of a brave man like Aize.

So what's going on now?

No, this matter must be made clear.

Heidi made a decision secretly.

Soon, after a few hours, the sun, the greatest protector of the residents of the royal capital, sank below the horizon again.

Along with the night came the blood slaves' offensive like a punch card, and the human defense also began.

The lights on the protective wall were bright, and arrows, accompanied by sharp sounds of breaking through the air, were shot continuously towards the shadows wriggling in the darkness.

Since the surrounding houses were flattened, the open ruins left the monsters nowhere to hide, and the battle was much easier than the hand-to-hand combat in the past few days.

Under the cover of night, Heidi changed into casual clothes, covered most of her face with a hood, and quietly came to the outside of the workshop.

Prepare to find out the background of the so-called Vivian through direct contact.

To be honest, this behavior actually doesn't make any sense.

After all, even if she really was the Great Witch Villian, so what?

After all, she couldn't deceive Aize.

In the battle on the Anlin Plains, Heidi, who was under the full firepower of the witch clan, endured hundreds of fierce attacks from spells within the first few minutes of the battle.

The ground where they stood was blown into a crater.

Heidi, the team's main tank, was shamefully carried out of the battle without even seeing the main enemy.

So she didn't know Villian.

But Aize is different.

Aize, who withstood the attack and made the final kill, couldn't possibly not know what she looked like.

In other words, even if she is really Villian, the current situation is 100% recognized by Aize.

Therefore, this behavior is meaningless and makes you look like a clown.

Thinking of this, Heidi bit her lips hard.

She understands the truth.

However, driven by a complex mixture of doubt, worry, anger, and of course a little jealousy, Heidi couldn't help but want to find out.

He gently pushed open the door of the workshop and walked into the brightly lit but still empty room.

The moment he entered the room, he could see the woman operating the magic stone with her back to him.

"What? Again? Don't worry, I'll eat dinner well, but we have to wait until this test is finished, right?"

Noticing the movement behind her, the purple-haired girl seemed to have mistaken it for Aize. She said this and turned around casually.

Their eyes met immediately.

Vivian—the smile on Vivian's face froze immediately, then faded at a speed visible to the naked eye, her contempt evident without reservation.

Before Heidi could speak, she took the initiative to speak:

"Hey, isn't this Her Royal Highness the Princess? What's up? What brings you here so late at night? Looking for Aize? Too bad he left a few minutes ago."

As he spoke, he pointed proudly to the steaming bread and dishes on the table next to him.

This was delivered personally not long ago by Aize because he was worried about Villian's health who was working non-stop.

If it were before, this would be enough to make Heidi jealous to the point of deformation.

But at this moment, Her Royal Highness the Princess, who came with doubts in her heart, was not thinking about this.

Just staring at Villian.

Villian was a little confused as she didn't know what she was up to.

But there was no avoidance or retreat, and the two people's eyes collided in the air.

"what do you?"

After a long silence, Heidi spoke first.

"ha?"

Such a meaningless question naturally couldn't get any valuable answer. Villian just tilted her head in confusion and impatience.

"You said you were an Imperial noble named Vivian. However, I've never heard of any Imperial noble with such power, so this can't be your true identity!"

Now that she was here, Heidi didn't plan to hide anything and just laid it out directly.

"Considering the timing of your appearance, right after the battle on the Anlin Plains, who... who are you?"

"……oh?"

Villian put away her contemptuous expression and crossed her arms with interest.

I thought this guy was just crazy and looking for trouble, but I didn't expect it was for this.

Although she realized it a little late, since she noticed it, Villian must take it seriously.

Therefore, Miss Witch did not rush to speak, but was thinking about how to answer.

It was at this moment that the embarrassed Princess raised her head and happened to see the patterns projected onto the ceiling of the workshop through the magic-removing stone.

My eyes widened instantly:

"…What are these?"

"These?"

The sudden change of topic made Villian, who was thinking, pause for a moment.

After turning her head and taking a look, she shrugged and replied perfunctorily:

"Aize asked me to investigate the composition of the blood plague ritual. There are some doubts about it, but unfortunately there has been no progress. What's going on?"

"These patterns... I've seen them before."

Her Royal Highness the Princess said so.

Chapter 67: 200-Year Problem

Although she cared about Vivian's identity, Heidi still knew the importance of things. She decisively cut off the topic and dealt with the business first.

Soon, Aize was also called over from the study.

The three of them walked in the corridor of the palace and came near the throne room.

After turning a corner and walking down a long flight of stairs, we arrived at the basement of the palace.

A tightly closed, huge metal door, as tall as two stories, appeared in front of them.

Aize glanced around and narrowed his eyes slightly:

"Is this the palace's treasure house?"

The princess nodded:

"Yes, you probably haven't been in there before, right? Even I haven't been here for several years."

Although he had never been inside, Aize still knew some knowledge about this treasure house.

It is said that it has a history of hundreds of years and was built even earlier than this palace.

The original intention of its establishment was to collect various treasures owned by the royal family.

At that time, the kingdom was at its peak, and the wealthy and willful king invested a huge amount of resources far beyond what was necessary in the construction of this facility.

Not only were large amounts of refined steel poured into the four walls, but a large number of high-level witches who had not yet left the human territory at the time were hired at great expense and cast a huge number of spells on them, from traps to hardening.

Even the gate itself does not have any key-like structure, and only someone with direct royal blood can open it.

These obviously excessive investments make this treasure house one of the safest places in the world.

Even now that the blood plague has broken out and all the guards have been transferred away, invading here is still extremely difficult.

As she spoke, Heidi stood in front of the door.

Upon recognizing the royal bloodline, the magic circle on it immediately began to glow.

With a loud bang, the door opened.

As the door opened, the lighting formula engraved inside was immediately activated, instantly revealing the entire treasure house in front of the three people.