雖然儀式已經結束,可畢竟司祭尚未宣佈典禮完結,所以兩側守衛攔住了卡蓮娜。564Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZoicymVXa
艾薇亞走了過去,在她身邊輕聲說了幾句話,不過距離太遠了聽不見。564Please respect copyright.PENANAwsS85KxfIf
卡蓮娜隨後走回了觀眾席耐心等候。564Please respect copyright.PENANAKcRVm44p5T
564Please respect copyright.PENANAziFrS0xznf
卡羅琳小姐一擺手,象徵典禮結束的聖樂奏起。564Please respect copyright.PENANAL3E043N5PK
她緩緩離開廣場,讓典禮的主角艾薇亞一個人在廣場中心接受大家的歡呼。564Please respect copyright.PENANAv3ciVzzoaB
騎士少女與我的目光交錯,我不好意思地別過了臉。564Please respect copyright.PENANApuXnQYGKJs
564Please respect copyright.PENANApR3JJn8VKD
「喂,她在感謝你啊,小絮君。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAMnctqYBf0f
「為什麼是我,不可以是感謝妳嗎?」
564Please respect copyright.PENANAiJ0S7RJu4l
「你不是說很多人對她說過加油,不差我一個嗎?啊?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAbgp8UpEZhv
伊琳諾用手肘撞了我一下。564Please respect copyright.PENANADwaE7MnF8u
564Please respect copyright.PENANAljN9e4k8jC
心裡在想別的事情。564Please respect copyright.PENANADEWs2zU1GV
艾薇亞現在的心情,一定是相當幸福吧。564Please respect copyright.PENANAcKdPyVnOWK
因此,我不敢看她的表情。564Please respect copyright.PENANALufrZeXr2x
「我」已經離開了她,現在坐在這兒看著她的,是一個她不認識的小絮。564Please respect copyright.PENANA8bzEOuwNVs
564Please respect copyright.PENANABFeJvhvW88
「……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAdI86R7rZFQ
伊琳諾忽然托住我的下巴抬起。
564Please respect copyright.PENANAlLmyTxn7SK
564Please respect copyright.PENANAYtrHM2GGpA
少女在嘆息。564Please respect copyright.PENANAlawwAVgcep
跟我想像中的幸福表情有著出入。564Please respect copyright.PENANANLLsa7dzTo
她的笑容很自然地,流露出遺憾。564Please respect copyright.PENANAqnfhIIjHiQ
完全不像是得到了什麼榮耀,反而,有點像是失去了什麼。564Please respect copyright.PENANAvB5MClJicS
564Please respect copyright.PENANAmbu2DLMCv3
所以她高舉徽章,指著星空。564Please respect copyright.PENANAPWgdlgRpB9
他會不會看到呢,帶著無盡的盼望,目光射向遠方。564Please respect copyright.PENANAlOcA6wvAqP
564Please respect copyright.PENANAqkk7JW7HtC
聖歌終結。
564Please respect copyright.PENANA7L2htWCAKK
呼聲漸漸停歇,艾薇亞向群眾深深鞠了個躬,轉身退到卡羅琳小姐身邊。564Please respect copyright.PENANAAdift8dCgj
564Please respect copyright.PENANAdYkIcbdSRE
564Please respect copyright.PENANAm0AwuHlaSH
564Please respect copyright.PENANAh2iLl9DmZf
564Please respect copyright.PENANAegrB4kCjA5
「喂,是不是你們叫卡蓮娜小姐來這兒的?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAg2rrxbjtLI
蕾蒂雅在聲音在身後響起。564Please respect copyright.PENANAZkxSZ6XeiT
「不是啊……她自己尋到這兒來的吧?」564Please respect copyright.PENANA0QV3XqE5WZ
伊琳諾轉身回道。564Please respect copyright.PENANA6ycxdtPgxQ
564Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6xUSiTnAL
「晚上好,蕾蒂雅。是我帶她來的。564Please respect copyright.PENANAjPdaPgVxjH
也許妳沒有見過她,不知道她的身份。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAb0dB0gP4Mu
突兀地,旁邊的女士回過頭來,向蕾蒂雅打招呼。564Please respect copyright.PENANALZslnxpJHE
564Please respect copyright.PENANAF0SR9UcERy
「啊……妳是……」
564Please respect copyright.PENANA9k4ULrYXXD
「噓。別跟卡蘿琳說我來過。564Please respect copyright.PENANAUFIBFXyB5p
我現在只是以平民身份觀看典禮而已。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAgdlbF5cEIZ
她跟蕾蒂雅似乎是舊識的樣子。564Please respect copyright.PENANAjVDCWN2XhO
聽起來,似乎她曾經是王國的一員。564Please respect copyright.PENANAEmyBFCJoPe
564Please respect copyright.PENANAXXpglNPMPr
「這,怎麼可以……卡羅琳閣下必定很想和妳見面……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAuCF36VIxJ3
「她臉皮很薄,不會主動服輸的。而且輸的是我不是嗎?」564Please respect copyright.PENANABfKfGKmLWv
「因為這種理由不去見面?這太情緒化了。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAbxDFB2Pgc5
「啊哈哈。蕾蒂雅現在竟然也會質疑命令了,不也很情緒化嗎?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAYCc4TJCmBf
564Please respect copyright.PENANAX73vHKtBgG
蕾蒂雅靜默半晌。564Please respect copyright.PENANAArjv3Cgb7v
564Please respect copyright.PENANA7vQv0TFing
「……真的不去打招呼嗎?」564Please respect copyright.PENANA3jjrOfjRwC
「今天就讓她和新一代的新星談談吧……我已經對王國沒有用處了。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAMvWB28bEvw
「請不要這樣說。妳在學術上的造詣……」
564Please respect copyright.PENANAva4jchAMq6
「好啦好啦。先談正事,這個女孩,可是聖羅瑞斯的公主殿下喔。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAAizddFRk1c
564Please respect copyright.PENANAwFJuKugNqK
她在蕾蒂雅耳邊低聲說道,但沒逃過我的耳朵。564Please respect copyright.PENANAGJPGJh9hiL
564Please respect copyright.PENANAid7wUpqiGm
「……!傳聞說,她在起義軍攻進王宮時已經自焚身亡……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAxukPHW6hoy
「以我對她的認知,她一定不會殉國的。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAggXUXp3bNJ
「……微僕現在先去引見。但……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAwQ6LMUjZYq
蕾蒂雅拉住了正要隨眾離場的少婦。564Please respect copyright.PENANApSWWeG48og
564Please respect copyright.PENANAdPuQb7fBxZ
「請留下寓所地址,日後必會前來拜訪。」564Please respect copyright.PENANA4togN1AfHt
「妳一個人來?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAUu5PcubKw8
「……卡羅琳閣下私下已經很悔疚了,只,只是……」564Please respect copyright.PENANALbtquiXYvI
「只是還不至於會主動認錯吧?而且,她是對的,要道歉的應該是我。」564Please respect copyright.PENANATtCVAvAue9
兩人持續著不著邊際的對話。564Please respect copyright.PENANAuIFEMpDoh3
「妳們又何必爭論誰對誰錯?拜託了,請去見一見卡羅琳閣下!」
564Please respect copyright.PENANAW2xFEZppLR
「我會的,但不是今天。蕾蒂雅,妳以前不是會為私情耽誤正事的人啊?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAGwy1D68Nta
「我……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAW5ZDahsK9O
她在蕾蒂雅沉默的一刻離開了。564Please respect copyright.PENANAtWGjIIBYlF
564Please respect copyright.PENANA4vX8aMY1DI
「那位女士是誰啊?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAVzvWgzqSmN
我向蕾蒂雅問道。564Please respect copyright.PENANAZZUn9z5NnX
「……是卡羅琳閣下身處民間時的鄉村教師,克洛兒(Karol)。564Please respect copyright.PENANA4eChabQSow
因為某些理念上的爭執離開了王宮……還是先做正事吧。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAeMThHwrWyY
564Please respect copyright.PENANAdD2kAQieKi
蕾蒂雅不願多談,拉著我們走到卡蓮娜面前。564Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ts3CiJkqQ
「卡蓮娜小姐……不,公主,先前多有失禮,請妳見諒。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ0TLQNacJ
「亡國之人沒有地位可言,不用介意。我也為先前隱瞞身份致歉。」564Please respect copyright.PENANATQPl9Cs4CZ
公主襝衽行禮。564Please respect copyright.PENANARb2iwG0Wp4
564Please respect copyright.PENANAgQSIs31cP2
「我先通傳一聲,請公主稍侯。」
564Please respect copyright.PENANAKXbjWIT3kH
564Please respect copyright.PENANAt3fISTo0H0
564Please respect copyright.PENANA1Gy5axxaSQ
564Please respect copyright.PENANAdsJZwZ1n0r
564Please respect copyright.PENANAKmUf94dpac
「公主殿下,請恕未曾遠迎。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAUiytnJov9Z
「謝謝……能見到妳真的太好了,卡羅琳閣下。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAsGaQOKJnPc
在教堂內,卡蓮娜和卡羅琳正在交談。564Please respect copyright.PENANAFNTZCKKheE
我和伊琳諾本來想在外面等候,但卡羅琳小姐卻吩咐我們留下。564Please respect copyright.PENANAf6wdDw6OkJ
艾薇亞和蕾蒂雅就坐在我們旁邊聽著,礙於正在談正事,我和艾薇亞都沒敢交談。564Please respect copyright.PENANALx1t1ifQlR
564Please respect copyright.PENANAsjJRRD9M3R
「長途跋涉辛苦妳了。那麼,請問所為何事?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAdYKCx7ksv7
「請你們……為我救回莎薇恩。」564Please respect copyright.PENANATJRIJoCqFi
「莎薇恩?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAq9nW2b4dn3
「我的近侍。為了替我拖延時間,自己留在王宮裡面並未隨我出逃。564Please respect copyright.PENANA8YMiMdvw3k
莎維恩他是個很溫柔的人,無論我犯什麼錯,他都肯為我善後,又不會責怪我。讓著我,疼愛我,我很喜歡他。只是,這次犯錯太大,他善後不了……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAhF9hcPouED
564Please respect copyright.PENANAlVLn14MCA2
公主說著說著就開始哭哭啼啼。564Please respect copyright.PENANAdg6srYJ3aR
已經從商量公事的口吻變成訴苦。564Please respect copyright.PENANAXt4Otij8VS
卡羅琳拿出手帕邊為她拭淚邊聽著。564Please respect copyright.PENANAnLCgYAcipQ
564Please respect copyright.PENANAmmYtCFrLeg
「這是羅瑞斯王家的請求嗎?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAZqU9bErfw8
「啊?這是我個人的請求……」564Please respect copyright.PENANATt4EbuMmNC
「抱歉,如果要出動武裝部隊,必需要有羅瑞斯王室政府的正式求援,才能合法地動用武力。」564Please respect copyright.PENANA9nFiLxNOdW
「動,動用武力?這……我……不希望擴大戰火……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAzBqA6Tp1fK
「請妳諒解。如果不打敗竊據國家的亂黨,根本就沒法救人。妳很想救回妳重要的人吧?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAnakUkdmg5v
「……是嗎……我明白了。564Please respect copyright.PENANA0be3ggHkp5
做錯事的是我,要負責任的是我才對。564Please respect copyright.PENANAoeMSBG5HOK
所以我要救他。無論多麼艱苦,我都要帶人回去。趕走那群佔領著城堡的人,救回他。請幫助我。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAtAxbRCvVKl
564Please respect copyright.PENANALFv4kFNWbU
「那麼我們先草擬一份合約,聲明羅瑞斯王室政府跟帕歐斯王國的協力關係。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAyuJvngusii
「啊……不能現在就出發嗎?我在路上浪費了太多時間了。如果能早一點……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAzwVdfwPWUu
「不用擔心,叛軍想要抓住的是妳對吧?只要那位莎維恩一天不供出妳的情報,叛軍一天都不會殺他。我相信他足夠聰明,會想到這點。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAJFrh1Wqcec
卡羅琳小姐溫柔地撫摸著公主的頭髮,公主在她的勸解下平靜了點。564Please respect copyright.PENANA8mwWSLBlUe
564Please respect copyright.PENANAyRoDNXx4ys
「只要能救回他……即使要用我來換他的性命都可以……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAOK2rcKZaLX
「放心吧。我們一定會盡力為妳救回他。」564Please respect copyright.PENANA9d2vofotUI
聽到了她親口承諾,公主緊繃的神經完全放鬆下來。564Please respect copyright.PENANADuYizfm9Jy
月餘的長途跋涉累積下來的疲勞侵佔著鬆弛的身體,讓她顯得睡眼腥松。564Please respect copyright.PENANAQPy1IKyhP6
564Please respect copyright.PENANAVeKEIzYVq1
「公主很累了吧?艾薇亞,妳先帶公主回王宮休息一下。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAoG3dlDAql7
「啊,咦……好的……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAnvOvQ7zZSN
「啊,有什麼想先跟小絮和伊琳諾說的就先說了吧,妳也很想分享一下吧。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAYf3dHbuB89
564Please respect copyright.PENANASvYtKJSoc7
「艾薇亞,恭喜妳了。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAYyAey2m68C
艾薇亞看著我們說不出話來,倒是我先忍不住說道。564Please respect copyright.PENANAXXeTw2IPaL
「謝謝。你能待在這觀看整個典禮,我很高興。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAvaCOfDaDtn
564Please respect copyright.PENANAPKg6eabIUK
騎士少女伸手擦去眼眶中微微的水滴。564Please respect copyright.PENANAoBweXDa6QU
564Please respect copyright.PENANAdbXDHWk1OC
「……不用謝謝啦。這是作為朋友的義務……疼。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAgBnTaFnNtb
屁股被筆尖戳了一下。564Please respect copyright.PENANATNAkTT8pzi
「是啊,朋友的義務呢。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAO1mJ47JZ3E
伊琳諾詭異地笑道。564Please respect copyright.PENANAWslM5jY8v6
564Please respect copyright.PENANA9sIleduPPr
「看見大家全都專程來鼓勵我,稍微,有點感動…」564Please respect copyright.PENANAc2EDF6afzE
艾薇亞掩住臉,像是已經哭出來了。564Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3oazr9Lz4
564Please respect copyright.PENANAdCVU98xiWN
「艾薇亞,妳今天很帥喔!」564Please respect copyright.PENANAKyWe3h8Gv8
伊琳諾暗中又踩了我一腳之後說道。564Please respect copyright.PENANAFUz4lF97qT
「哎……真,真的嗎?」564Please respect copyright.PENANA9gn6suU2Kv
「真的。我好羨慕喔。」564Please respect copyright.PENANA4ngXWNK5NA
564Please respect copyright.PENANAu2HUu3Vrxj
艾薇亞臉上又笑又哭的,看起來傻傻的。564Please respect copyright.PENANAelBLidLTnt
她不擅言詞,在這場合總不知道該說什麼。564Please respect copyright.PENANA1oJxe6Gx66
564Please respect copyright.PENANA5eXj0gTPsL
「對,對不起……明明有很多話想說,但這時候總是……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAyBDmMxzTYB
「不要緊。妳也累了吧?先去吃飯洗澡吧,明天我們再慢慢聽妳說。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAwuAb4MvKRM
「小絮,伊琳諾,謝謝你們……明天有空,我會再來找你們的。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAyvBIJJLNL7
564Please respect copyright.PENANAzCBw7OLE3N
「不要哭啦,又不是什麼不開心的事。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAJ29NyNdwXk
「……別又迷路了,不然公主大人會發火喔。」564Please respect copyright.PENANA7WPliMXmwz
艾薇亞笑著點頭,然後帶著公主走出了教堂。564Please respect copyright.PENANAqmqvLAGAgS
564Please respect copyright.PENANAg0afmaXzjV
「那麼,我們也告辭……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAoXh4kKt9VI
「等一下。我有點話想跟你們說。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAPNkhRTu2C3
564Please respect copyright.PENANAec0Y31uvFc
卡羅琳小姐臉上早已沒了先前的溫柔,她拿出一張地圖,攤在我們面前。564Please respect copyright.PENANAQdrBN0ZTRS
564Please respect copyright.PENANAe7gwO7qqaP
「這兩年的策劃是時候回收成果了。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAtIzbRqDaku
她向旁邊的蕾蒂雅笑道。564Please respect copyright.PENANA9EEmMRM0KS
「知道剛才我為什麼要支開艾薇亞和公主嗎?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAcUgwVzDdPh
「……因為要說一些不適合她們聽的事?」564Please respect copyright.PENANASZ3jqLAetj
我從卡羅琳小姐要我留下開始,就隱約意識到了。564Please respect copyright.PENANAJEeyGwfImy
她雖然有時候的確會溫柔,但剛才對公主的慈祥,起碼有一半是裝出來的。564Please respect copyright.PENANAlv2tcBRZOl
564Please respect copyright.PENANA63nUllqn0g
「沒錯。想不到我正在想以什麼理由侵略聖羅瑞斯時,她就過來給了我一個正當的宣戰理由。」564Please respect copyright.PENANA68PyAR1hYx
「這……妳打算向聖羅瑞斯宣戰?!」564Please respect copyright.PENANAH1BNwPhxXf
伊琳諾呆了呆,問道。564Please respect copyright.PENANAEPA4wl4L7F
564Please respect copyright.PENANAG1T6ozphTe
「……如果是為了救一個人,出動軍隊未免過於勞師動眾。妳剛才把話題扣到王室政府的許可,就是為了戰爭吧。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAK2OCPUICDf
「我就知道你會明白。伊琳諾,妳覺得呢?」564Please respect copyright.PENANA8SeWyu3Un9
「呃……戰爭這種事我不懂,可是……發動戰爭又為了什麼呢?」564Please respect copyright.PENANA8B4hMjF20p
「為了解放。從宗教的霸權,貴族的壓榨中解放世人。」564Please respect copyright.PENANA9eh6oRcgYJ
她一字字的說道。564Please respect copyright.PENANAoM4fllbYVz
564Please respect copyright.PENANAyDI1nfJUHK
「我們身處自由的憲政國度。但世上大部分國家,仍然保持君權神授的落後思想。教庭閉鎖知識,以異端信仰打壓異見的做法,身為魔女後代的妳應該很清楚才是。」564Please respect copyright.PENANA9lIgVPDGFJ
564Please respect copyright.PENANAqTCVZ92PZx
「這……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAtskS1Kvg8Q
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「擁有力量的人如果只顧獨善其身,不理會世上還有其他受壓榨的人們,那為什麼上天給予你改變一切的力量?564Please respect copyright.PENANArfhzla4J6E
聖羅瑞斯將是我們宣佈自由之聲的橋頭堡。到時候,凡夫俗子假借宗教之名奴役別人的社會將不復存在。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAGZThaAry5r
564Please respect copyright.PENANAsnvjtqHIE8
伊琳諾逐漸由呆滯變成了點頭。564Please respect copyright.PENANAQIiG7NqYSj
她大概已經被說服了吧。564Please respect copyright.PENANACFsERHPObh
564Please respect copyright.PENANA8No0O2mSJF
「早年,聖羅瑞斯國王暴斃,你們有沒有聽見什麼傳言?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAEoRDXztXPO
「嗯。王妃見國王意圖另立養子繼位,於是先下手為強毒殺丈夫,以保住親女兒的王位……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAdgTAt0kIRu
伊琳諾邊說,卡羅琳邊搖頭。564Please respect copyright.PENANA75K0Udhvo2
「蕾蒂雅,說說國王當年是怎麼死的。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAgurYEz7Wk9
「是。當年我潛入羅瑞斯王宮,在國王的早飯裡,投下了毒液。」564Please respect copyright.PENANA2JZMBIvMmf
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蕾蒂雅臉色漠然地說道。564Please respect copyright.PENANAyAwifbkPnw
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「王妃是無辜的。只是她是最大嫌疑人,在稍微散佈一點謠言之後,所有人都相信是她。她受不住壓力,拋下孩子權位去了教堂當修女。564Please respect copyright.PENANA2q2i9s1Czs
下一步,我們收買了首相,吩咐他干預政務,製造暴動驅逐王室。564Please respect copyright.PENANAGHwDtqPcwY
我們許諾成事後能讓他掌控國家的實權,同時我國永久保護他的政治權利。564Please respect copyright.PENANADEmVTxiCFp
本來計劃到這兒就應該完結了,可是那位首相不滿足於我們能給他的好處,決定撇開我們,自己來控制整個國家。564Please respect copyright.PENANA7kZycGof6G
他如今成為了國家元首。他認為收了我們的好處之後,能夠拋開我們從容脫身。」564Please respect copyright.PENANADPlmhNglCX
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卡羅琳小姐臉露冷笑。564Please respect copyright.PENANAc1mazGGu1K
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「也許是我忘了告訴他前任國王是怎麼死的。野心大的人,總是不滿足於手上擁有的,而去冒險搶奪一些他帶不進棺材的東西。564Please respect copyright.PENANAK07beyeZbH
我也早已準備好讓他身敗名裂的醜聞。毒殺前國王,製造謠言趕走王妃,利用公主營私舞弊等等,一切都能推到他身上……他認為自己把那個莎薇恩的好事都套到自己頭上已經很聰明了,可是他永遠想不到,當初我做這些事時早已想好該怎麼推到他頭上。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAVksnkzvH9W
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「不過直到今天為止,都不是使用這些醜聞的時候。要是貿然出手,首相被趕下台之後,也無法從接任者手中奪過實權。564Please respect copyright.PENANAVOdFjWsktz
但是機會來了。公主簽下合同,正式委託我國出兵復國之後,再動用這些醜聞破壞首相先生的形象,把公主塑造成無辜受累的清白者,那麼出兵侵占就變得輕而易舉。而且,聖羅瑞斯跟我們一直是友邦,保護友邦的公主重奪王位也不會讓我們失去輿論支持。反而,聖羅瑞斯的人民說不定還很歡迎。」564Please respect copyright.PENANA7aBcBoGT4s
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「卡羅琳閣下,合同條款該如何撰寫?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAtJcyuFVly7
蕾蒂雅忽然問道。564Please respect copyright.PENANACQWHqpSTXo
「要確保我們能夠掌控國家。反正那位公主只是個小孩子,必定會看都不看一眼條款就簽下名字……她只會以為,這是循例簽字而已。564Please respect copyright.PENANAUp1Z0xFJCm
此後只要加以控制,聖羅瑞斯就會直接變成我們的屬國。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAoU1eJZ4rbn
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「……妳真的有自信能取得勝利?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAUCMvcxqX2b
的確就我聽來,計劃似乎非常全面。564Please respect copyright.PENANA5TIAYO5DSO
但最重要的一點是,如果出兵無法取勝,那之後一切都免談。564Please respect copyright.PENANAxCNxrYk1DZ
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「的確我們的人口和常備軍不及聖羅瑞斯多。軍力比約為一比三,你有這個疑惑也很合理。可是,第一個問題是,聖羅瑞斯剛經歷過內亂,精銳的皇室衛隊損失過半,剩下的士兵也多是直接由亂民收編。不論訓練還是後勤,都不如養精蓄銳多年的我們。564Please respect copyright.PENANA1ATgtpvI6k
而且,除去常備軍質素問題,我們還有優秀的騎士,新編的火鎗旅,隨時應召的大量魔法師……這些精英只要動員起來,就是另一支不弱於常備軍的少數精銳。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAnbTAoxLUMQ
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這國家的登記騎士約有幾千人。火鎗旅不清楚,註冊魔法師人數近十萬,就算大部分不擅長戰鬥,以及除去老弱病殘,都應該有接近一萬位能夠參與作戰的魔法師。564Please respect copyright.PENANAcsD9SoJnAs
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「……聽起來妳好像很有信心。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAxjBEb4pSfI
「當然了。你知道我國的軍費佔國民收入比率嗎?要是你知道,也會跟我一樣有信心。564Please respect copyright.PENANAs4C1xoWzot
我有疑惑的,是另一件事。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAuzz3shomev
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「什麼事?」564Please respect copyright.PENANA0qa15Vwk27
「那個叫莎薇恩的人。公主繼位初期,他實際上是聖羅瑞斯的影子領袖。雖然年紀輕,但卻是有主見的有識之士。要是復國之後,他回到公主身邊的話,就會增加掌控聖羅瑞斯的難度。所以……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAB4cdzZrE8x
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「所以?」564Please respect copyright.PENANACC4hLR15z3
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「小絮,你認為,那個叫莎維恩的侍從,還在人世嗎?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAiImf4cImrg
「……什麼啊。妳不是說,叛軍不會殺他的嗎?」564Please respect copyright.PENANA64nNi2SFcM
「那是哄小孩子的。你真信了?」564Please respect copyright.PENANA7EK41gzBLh
卡羅琳小姐臉露微笑。564Please respect copyright.PENANATIwAmhAgQ1
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「你想深一層。首先,叛軍得到的情報是,公主已經自焚而死。無論他們相信與否,公主對他們來說,可能已經不再重要。564Please respect copyright.PENANAKA0f2aqCNZ
那個人的目的是留下主持大局,拖延時間讓公主離開。如果叛軍不再需要公主,或者相信公主已死,那叛軍未必會饒過他。」564Please respect copyright.PENANA4WW7kU4oY3
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「啊,小絮君……那個綁架公主的黑衣人,是不是叛軍的一員?如果是,叛軍知道那個侍從欺騙他們的話,說不定會……」564Please respect copyright.PENANAoPymyatNh0
伊琳諾在旁邊補充。564Please respect copyright.PENANASykXKhrUFR
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「……有可能。他當時很明顯不是要殺死公主,而是綁架她。不過幸好他已經被殺了。蕾蒂雅,當時妳有沒有發現什麼?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAESYWAMNNkT
「…………他被我碎成了幾十塊,你說我能不能發現什麼?」564Please respect copyright.PENANAvn2hWJzSox
陷入了尷尬的沉默。564Please respect copyright.PENANAu6z2f4rOZ9
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那個綁架者,我絕對不會看錯,一定是跟我同樣出身的人。564Please respect copyright.PENANAbzK2V3aE4j
他綁架公主,自然也是族長下令的。564Please respect copyright.PENANAFu0694ALWf
可是,為什麼?這個只辦暗殺的家族,為什麼突然會去收叛軍的酬勞,去綁架公主?564Please respect copyright.PENANAt8RYFTS8I4
也說不定,他們根本不是叛軍派來的。564Please respect copyright.PENANAjKrQXWqvCF
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「總之,莎薇恩有可能已經身亡,那自然最好。但如果他仍然存活的話……564Please respect copyright.PENANA2FmUnlLmpT
小絮。必要時,連他也殺了。不要讓公主知道。」564Please respect copyright.PENANAIiAhMDWhqP