After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

The red-haired girl looked down at herself, and in her hazy eyes, there was a hint of light than before.

But it also posed a problem for Elena.

After all, the princess's current physical condition is not suitable for any unnecessary hassles.

But she didn't hesitate for long, and quickly nodded and started to do as she was told.

Although her body is not suitable for the tossing and turning, Heidi's more important problem now is her heart.

If the trouble can cheer her up even a little bit, it won't be a bad thing.

So, with the help of Elena, the weak princess slowly moved from the bed to the wheelchair that had been prepared long ago, and then pushed her to the window.

In the garden downstairs, within just a few minutes, the number of refugees had decreased significantly compared to before, and it seemed that they had all run outside to watch the "captured vampires".

The rest of the people were also very emotional.

In this garden that was once filled with aristocratic ballroom dancing and fine wine and delicious food, they cried with joy, hugged each other, or clinked glasses with broken bowls of porridge.

The scene is nothing short of magical.

But surprisingly, Heidi did not feel disgusted, and even felt an inexplicable calmness in her heart.

After all, the absence of nobles does not mean the absence of people.

Good.

This kind of thinking is quite meaningless.

The corners of her mouth raised to an almost invisible angle, she looked at Elena and asked:

"You said this was... Aize's arrangement? What arrangement?"

"The thing is like this..."

Elena relayed all the information she had.

The vampires were attacked and had to enter the palace for protection, plus Aize's plan to crack down on the high-level vampires, etc.

But to the common people who were unaware of the complicated inside story, the capture of the vampires certainly meant that the incident had made a very significant progress and was probably finally coming to an end.

Of course they will be happy.

It can be considered a side effect of the Aize Plan.

After listening to these stories, Heidi fell into a new round of silence.

The heartbeat began to accelerate.

Although the news of the vampires being captured was false, it was true that there had been significant progress in the incident and a solution was imminent.

Therefore, this exciting scene before our eyes can be said to be both fake and real.

Protecting and leading civilians in desperate situations, bringing them courage and hope, this is what the ancestors who founded the Kingdom of Art did.

This is also something that should be done by a princess like me.

As a result, I feel like a waste here - no, not like, but - I have become a complete waste who can only toss and turn here, and it is Aize who fulfills the responsibilities for me.

Shameful.

Now that all her values, motivations and emotions have completely collapsed, the only thing still functioning normally in Heidi may be her guilt towards Aize.

The scene before her made it difficult for her to grasp this emotion amidst the chaos.

Even his consciousness became a little clearer.

This cannot continue.

If this continues, won’t it be the same as before?

It's just like the old me who threw everything to Aize and let him take care of everything.

No.

Even if the honor, dignity, responsibility and obligation of the nobility were all lost, he was destined to lose Aize, and even his family stood against him.

Only this one thing is not acceptable.

The only thing we cannot do is repeat the same mistakes.

Heidi closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then grabbed the armrest of the wheelchair.

With a little effort, he stood up tremblingly.

This caught Elena off guard and scared her a lot.

"Your Highness, please be careful not to fall!"

As he was about to come over to help her, he was gently pushed away by her.

"According to what you said, Aize... he wants to bring the vampires to the palace, and... he should be here soon, right?"

"Uh...yeah, that's right."

"Then let's go. Welcoming guests is... the host's job. How can we let Aize, who is also a guest, do this for us?"

The princess said this with a long-lost faint smile.

Chapter 104: No War in the Capital

So, when the vampires arrived at the palace, Heidi appeared there.

In fact, her condition did not improve much. She only relied on her strong physical fitness and the remaining guilt to force herself to continue moving forward.

From a long-term perspective, the consequences of such stubborn resistance are difficult to estimate and may lead to more serious mental trauma later on.

Therefore, Aize really wanted to persuade her to go back and rest.

But I couldn't persuade him.

As a princess, Heidi personally settled the vampires in the palace.

Even after the operation here was completed, a small dinner was arranged temporarily, attended by herself, Aize, and Charlotte.

Since the original banquet hall had been opened to accommodate refugees, the only venue chosen was the study.

A small table, a few improvised dishes, and the only unaffected wine collection were all the royal family could offer at the moment.

After sitting down at the table, Charlotte's eyes wandered between the other two people, and then asked:

"What about that witch? Isn't she going to participate?"

"Virion, she is discussing the topic that she hadn't finished with your subordinates."

Aize picked up the red wine glass on the table, shook it a few times pretentiously, brought it close to his mouth and took a sip, then frowned.

It's so sour and astringent. I really don't know what's so good about this thing.

"It's said that she's already made some discoveries and inspirations, and she wants to strike while the iron is hot and produce results quickly. She told us to just do whatever we want and not to bother her."

After analyzing the stone tablet, Villian believed that someone was using ancient magic to transfer some kind of magic power.

The technical staff of the Blood Clan also discovered that the progress of Eternal Night was much slower than expected.

Eternal Night is formed by the magic power overflowing from the blood slaves, which means that some of the magic power is indeed used in other places. The views of both sides can be said to be in perfect agreement.

In addition, the mysterious team of brave men, who were willing to risk exposing their identities and kill directly in order to destroy the cooperation between the two sides in this regard, only demonstrated the correctness of the direction and the criticality of progress.

Villian, who was full of anger, naturally wanted to resolve the matter as quickly as possible.

Anyway, Aize knows nothing about magic, so just leave this to the witch.

"There should be results soon, so I'll take this opportunity to tell you about the progress so far."

Aize, who always hates socializing, attended this small banquet just to exchange information.

It includes the analysis of ancient techniques, adventurers who come back from the dead, etc. The content is actually not much, but it is very crucial.

"The dead were resurrected, and they turned into disgusting creatures that were neither vampires nor human? What on earth do those guys want to do?"

After listening to the story, Charlotte bit her lip and showed an expression of undisguised disgust.

Aize spread his hands:

"Who knows? There's so much I don't understand. But according to common sense, they're probably trying to revive something, and that's why they're doing this experiment."

"Resurrecting what... could it be my brother?"

Charlotte's brother, the former true ancestor of the vampire clan, and one of the thirteen leaders. Even among the demon clan, he is considered a terrifying enemy who bears the most blood debts of mankind.

Before the Tafia incident, because of the information leaked by Charlotte, he was ambushed and killed by the Silver Star Squad led by Uriel, and was blasted to pieces.

But he still left a tube of blood as a backup. The mysterious disappearance of this bottle of blood was also the reason why Charlotte intervened in the incident in the royal capital.

It can even be said that her primary purpose in coming here was to ensure that the bastard would not come back to life.

So, when it comes to resurrection, this is naturally the first thing she thinks of.

Aize did not comment on this view.

Resurrecting the previous true ancestor of the vampire clan was an assumption he had made before arriving in the royal capital.

Judging from subsequent developments, this possibility does exist.

After all, high-level vampires who rely solely on blood to revive do not possess their original complete consciousness and are more like cloned individuals with flesh and blood bodies.

This is not a very acceptable result.

Therefore, if we rely on that ancient ritual, it may be possible to resurrect him while retaining his intact personality.

But is it really that simple?

Something just doesn't feel right.

"if it is like this……"

On the side, Heidi, who had been silent, suddenly lowered her head and said sadly:

"If that's the case, then Arthur... is a traitor who has defected to the vampire clan. He... no, he's unlikely to do such a thing."

In response to this, the vampire girl smiled contemptuously:

"Impossible? What's impossible? In fact, isn't he the culprit who spread the blood plague? He almost took Aize's life."

"Woo..."

Heidi's cheek twitched violently as her sore spot was touched.

Charlotte, however, continued to sneer, as if to add insult to injury:

"From our vampire perspective, what we lack most are undercover agents and traitors from the human side. After all, we are a short-lived race, and we will do anything to achieve immortality. Among the nobles of your kingdom alone, how many people have cooperated with me? Do you want me to tell you?"

It sounds harsh, but it's true.

Among the demons, the vampires and succubi have the most human supporters.

There is no need to say much about the succubus.

Although the physical stimulation provided by vampires is not as good as that of succubi, the fact that becoming one of their followers can bring immortality is a fatal temptation to many humans.

Not to mention the vampires' ridiculously strict bloodline and aristocratic system, which is even more like a dream for those gentlemen with class consciousness.

Unfortunately, the Regent Arthur is such a person with aristocratic consciousness.

So Charlotte's inference is very reasonable.

It was so reasonable that Heidi didn't know how to refute it.

She closed her eyes and took deep breaths to calm her excitement.

Aize also took the opportunity to wink at Charlotte, indicating that it was enough and she should stop tormenting Heidi.

In response, the latter snorted and looked away slightly unhappy.

After half a minute, Heidi finally calmed down and did not faint again.

She gritted her teeth, picked up the wine glass, poured the blood-red liquid into her mouth, and swallowed it down without tasting it.

According to traditional etiquette standards, it is extremely rude, but no one would consider it now.

"I'll find out."