After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

But I still couldn't wait to ask about the things I cared about most.

"Are you serious? Duke Brian is interested in my expedition plan!"

Rufus nodded.

"Yes, on the surface, this expedition does seem a bit crazy. But great things are always crazy. How can we end the thousand-year war between humans and demons without a little madness?"

Leia nodded repeatedly, her mouth corners almost raised to the sky.

Rufus's speech continued:

"To be honest, Lady Leah's plan has caused considerable...controversy within the church and the aristocracy, with many voices of opposition. Lady Leah, please disregard the opinions of these insects. Their shallow insights are worthless in the face of the impending victory."

Constantine finally understood that this guy was here just to flatter Leah.

Originally, due to the church's recall order and the nobles' non-cooperation, Leia's mentality was on the verge of collapse, and it was only a matter of time before she retreated to the Holy City with her tail between her legs.

Now, after getting this injection of chicken blood, she will stay here no matter what.

At that time, once the orc army across the plain begins to act, the Knights will be killed without a burial place.

Duke Brian hardly needs to pay any price. He can kill the Knights and the Goddess's Blade by just constantly making promises and writing blank checks.

No need to take any risks.

To put it bluntly, when faced with the evil behavior of the **, all you have to do is push them and they will destroy themselves.

But even if he knew, Constantine had no way to stop the other party.

Leia is in a very good mood now. Anyone who dares to pour cold water on her should be prepared to be hit by the holy sword.

But I don't have any actual evidence to accuse the other party.

Even the information that Brian was colluding with the demons was obtained by Aize before, and Leah would not believe it no matter what he said.

How vicious.

Under Constantine's angry and helpless gaze, Rufus made a "please" gesture to Leah:

"Lady Leah, as a token of his appreciation, my master asked me to bring some gifts with me. They are now parked outside the camp. I wonder if you would be interested in taking a look."

Leah's head was dizzy, and she nodded without thinking:

"Of course, take me there!"

Under Rufus's guidance, Leah quickly arrived at the convoy guarded by Christina and her men.

Rufus clapped his hands, and the guards in charge of the transport immediately and skillfully lifted the cloth covering the cart.

All kinds of supplies were displayed before our eyes by the light of torches.

From food, to a huge amount of weapons and armor, to medicines, etc., everything is available.

There were even two full trucks of alcohol.

A large number of high-quality supplies appeared before our eyes.

You know, Leah had gone to Tafia in person before, and she only brought back some small amounts of supplies after running around, and she suffered a lot of humiliation for it.

Now, these things were delivered directly to her door, and Leia was a little overwhelmed.

She pointed at the things in the car and said, a little confused:

"Are these... supplies for the upcoming expedition?"

The blue-haired butler smiled and shook his head:

"How could that be? The supplies for the expedition will be dispatched separately later. These are gifts from my master to the Goddess Blade Brave Squad and its subordinate knights."

"Gift?"

"Yes, a gift! You all made such a great sacrifice to defeat the Great Witch Villian, one of the Thirteen Leaders, and eliminated a great threat to both humanity and the Goddess. This gift is a small token of your gratitude."

As he spoke, he turned around and waved his hand. Two guards carefully took a beautifully wrapped box from the car and handed it to the butler.

The butler took it and handed it to Leah:

"This is a personal gift from my master to Lady Leah. It contains a bottle of red wine that he has treasured for a long time. It has a history of 300 years. It is rare and very valuable. Please accept it."

If you want to praise someone, praise him/her as hard as you can and praise him/her to the death.

Constantine felt a stomachache watching this.

When Aize left the team, he often taught his subordinates a sentence: If someone shows kindness without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief.

Be wary of those who bully you, and be even more wary of those who are good to you.

But Leah obviously didn't have this idea in mind.

The past few days have been so hard for her. Now that things have turned around, why would she even think about whether there is any problem?

"I... thank you for your deep friendship, Your Excellency the Duke!"

Leah was so moved that she almost cried. When she took the gift box, there were even some tears in her eyes:

"I swear in the name of the Goddess, I, the God-Chosen Hero, Leah Alfred, will definitely make this expedition happen, no matter the cost!"

He looked very serious and heroic when he swore.

But there is always a feeling that a mouse is greedy for cheese and ends up running into a mousetrap.

Seeing that Leah had completely fallen into the trap, Rufus smiled faintly and continued to increase the stakes slowly:

"Right now, Duke Brian is mobilizing troops, and they are expected to be assembled in Tafia within a few days. We will then come and reunite with Lady Leah."

How many days are left?

This place is so close to the orc territory. If they have already made some movements, they might launch an attack tomorrow without Leia knowing.

Constantine couldn't help but cover his face.

Without a doubt, Leah nodded repeatedly:

"Well, very good, thank the Duke for me!"

Rufus nodded, then suddenly lowered his voice, pretending to be embarrassed, and said hesitantly:

"There's one more thing, which is... uh, very important, but I don't know if I should mention it..."

"But it doesn't matter."

Rufus didn't say anything, but instead glanced subtly at the people around him, including Constantine.

Leia understood what he meant and turned to Constantine and ordered:

"You, take the people and move these supplies in and store them properly. No mistakes, understand!"

Knowing that this guy had a conspiracy, but being helpless, Constantine tried hard to suppress his emotions, nodded expressionlessly, and then walked away with his subordinates.

After making sure they were at a distance where no one could eavesdrop, Rufus reached into his pocket, pulled out a letter, and surreptitiously slipped it into Leah's hand.

Leah wondered:

"what is this?"

"This is...a letter from Her Highness Princess Heidi to my master. Please take a look."

Leah opened the envelope with a puzzled look on her face and began to read it in the dim light.

This letter was indeed written by Heidi and contained two contents.

The first is to ask Duke Brian to use his influence to lobby the guild leaders to protect Roderick, the president of the Tafia Guild, and not to pursue his actions.

The second is to ask Duke Brian to find a random reason to transfer Lord Sheen of Tafiafa for a period of time.

This was the letter Heidi had written by hand and given to Brian a few days ago in order to isolate Eze and take him back.

Because the situation changed so quickly afterwards, even Heidi herself forgot the existence of the letter.

Leah, who didn't know the truth, was even more confused.

"What does this mean?"

Rufus raised his head again and pretended to look around. After making sure no one was eavesdropping, he lowered his voice to the lowest possible level and said:

"Lady Leah, you don't know that Princess Heidi is very opposed to your expedition plan and is determined to sabotage it!"

Hearing this, the blond warrior widened his eyes:

"What!? You said Heidi... No! That's impossible!"

Rufus saw her scream out loudly, and quickly made a gesture to keep her quiet.

"Sh-sh-keep it down!"

"Ah—I'm sorry."

The butler shook his head:

"No, it's okay. This is inevitable. Anyway, when Lady Leah visited Tafia a few days ago, the Lord of Tafia, Viscount Sean Edgar, didn't agree to your plan because of Her Highness Heidi's interference!"

"What did you say!!?"

Leia's face flushed red in an instant, and her good mood was instantly gone.

After confirming that his words had taken effect, Rufus quickly added fuel to the fire:

"Absolutely true! After you left that day, Lord Sheen immediately regretted rejecting you. Didn't he later send supplies as an apology? Didn't you receive them?"

"Supplies? I don't have any..."

The blond warrior's expression froze on his face.

Because she remembered the batch of things she had sent shortly after leaving Tafia.

In fact, those things were what Aize fought for with Sheen in order to prevent his old subordinates in the Knights from going hungry.

The reason why Heidi rushed to send him off was that she wanted to take the opportunity to speak well of Aize and let Leah help her to bring Aize back.

Leah choked back.

But Leah had no idea about the entanglement involved.

After this clever lie based on information asymmetry, a new logical chain was formed.

Leia felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground, only to be able to stand with difficulty.

It turns out that those supplies were given by Xien as an apology. Indeed, why else would he send something for no apparent reason?

And this guy Heidi actually concealed the other party's attitude, and even hesitantly said that it was that loser Aize who got it?

joke.

She really is up to something.

Her breathing became increasingly heavy, and Leah held her head, gasping for breath.

“…Is this…true?”

"Yes, this letter is the evidence."

Chapter 104 No One Cares

Leah frowned:

"Evidence? How does this become evidence?"

Rufus glanced around once more, making sure no one was eavesdropping nearby, and then lowered his voice and said:

"Viscount Edgar also wanted to join Lady Leah's expedition plan. Seeing that she couldn't stop him, Her Highness wrote this letter, hoping to transfer the Viscount away from Tafia to prevent him from providing you with assistance."

The shocking fact shocked the blond hero so much that he even opened his mouth halfway and was speechless for a while.

"...No, this is impossible...She's also a hero chosen by the goddess, how could she do such a thing!?"

Rufus shook the letter paper:

"So, this is the evidence. If it wasn't to disrupt your expedition plans, why would she have the Duke transfer people away? Is there any other explanation?"

"……really."

Leah nodded through gritted teeth.