Chapter 83: Rescue the Princess
“l, l.... wake up quickly, l.”
In her sleep, l felt as if soone was calling her na.
The voice was so gentle, as if the person wouldn't bla her even if she chose to linger in bed a little longer.
“l, now is not the ti to be lazy. Miss Charlotte needs your help.”
Veronica’s voice sounded again.
l, who was sound asleep with her eyes lowered, frowned slightly, then struggled to open her eyes.
What ca into view was the familiar figure and a pair of clear blue eyes that seed to contain all the tenderness in the world.
“Sister.”
l slowly sat up from Veronica’s lap, then threw herself into her embrace, feeling Veronica’s presence like a spoiled child.
“I missed you so much... Sister....”
Veronica gently held l in her arms, softly stroking her long hair.
The two sisters nestled together, seemingly making up for all the ti they had been apart.
“I missed you too, l,” Veronica said gently, her voice carrying a trace of an almost imperceptible choke.
l buried her face in the crook of Veronica’s neck, taking a deep breath, as if trying to etch her sister’s scent into her mory forever.
“I’m sorry for making you face so much alone....”
Veronica said softly, her fingers gently stroking l’s hair.
l shook her head, lifting her gaze to look into her sister's eyes.
The clear blue eyes were brimming with tears, yet they were as gentle as ever.
“It’s all my fault, Sister...”
l's voice trembled.
“It’s all because I was too selfish....”
“You did nothing wrong, l.”
Veronica smiled, gently wiping the tears from the corner of l’s eyes.
Her movents were so delicate, as if she feared shattering so precious treasure.
The two sisters quietly embraced like this, enjoying the warm mont of reunion after a long separation.
Veronica’s hand softly stroked l’s back, silently soothing the unrest in her sister's heart.
l felt her sister’s warmth, and the confusion and fear in her heart seed to vanish in that mont.
She closed her eyes, allowing herself to completely imrse in this long-missed sense of security.
However, this brief tranquility was quickly broken.
Veronica gently pushed l away, holding her shoulders, her expression becoming serious.
“l, now is not the ti for sentintality. You need to wake up.”
Veronica said softly.
“Soone is waiting for your help.”
“My... help?”
l blinked, looking at Veronica confusedly.
“Do you rember Charlotte?”
Veronica said.
“She is currently facing the eldest son of the Michel family all by herself. She needs your help, l.”
Hearing this, l’s pupils trembled slightly.
She quickly got up, but suddenly rembered sothing.
“So... where exactly am I right now?”
“You are in a dream,” Veronica said.
“A dream within a dream.”
“Then if I wake up, won’t I never be able to....”
l was imdiately filled with hesitation.
Seeing this, Veronica gently grasped l’s hands, and a resolute light flashed in her clear blue eyes.
“l, listen to . Now is not the ti for hesitation. Charlotte needs you, and you need her.”
“But... but I need you too, Ronnie,” l lowered her head, a hint of pain flashing in her eyes.
“If I wake up, will we never again...”
Veronica gently lifted l’s chin, making her look directly into her eyes.
“I am always in your heart, l. No matter where you are, no matter what you face, I will be by your side.”
Her voice was soft yet firm, as if it could pierce through the fog in l’s heart.
“Do you rember what I told you?”
Veronica whispered.
“On your future path, soone will always be accompanying you, so don't be sad about the separation that has yet to co—”
“—That is for a better reunion....”
l murmured softly, then took a deep breath, the confusion in her eyes gradually replaced by determination.
“I understand, Sister....”
Hearing this, Veronica smiled reassuringly, gently stroking l’s cheek.
“That’s right, just like that.”
She leaned down and gently kissed l's forehead.
“Go, my little knight. —Go rescue your princess.”
l suddenly awoke from her deep sleep.
The sight before her made it difficult to adjust at first.
Broken glass, bizarre tal clusters and an iron statue, and Helena’s corpse sitting in the wheelchair.
Everything silently told the story of what had just happened.
She shook her head, trying to clear the fog in her mind, recalling what Veronica had told her in the dream.
“Charlotte!”
l suddenly rembered and hurriedly stood up.
Her gaze swept around, finally landing on the door leading to the main hall.
Faint sounds of tal clashing ca from there, along with muffled groans of pain.
l bit her lip, took a deep breath, and ran toward the main hall.
anwhile, inside the main hall, Charlotte lay on the ground, blood oozing from the corner of her mouth, appearing close to death.
Edward was slowly walking toward her, the fire tongs in his hand cutting a crimson arc through the air.
“I admit, you certainly surprised ,” Edward said coldly.
“But now, the ga is over.”
The fire tongs cut a scorching arc through the air, whistling toward Charlotte’s head.
But just in the nick of ti, a curved blade blocked in front of Charlotte.
“Get away—”
Flas seed to burn in the girl’s pupils.
The New Moon humd in her hand, responding to its master's fury.
“Get away!”
The New Moon swept across, slicing the glowing red fire tongs into two.
The crisp snap of tal breaking burst open amidst the sll of blood.
The severed tip of the fire tongs spun and embedded itself into the marble floor, the molten iron scarring the ground.
“It seems our knight has finally awakened.”
Edward said coldly.
“However, did you forget sothing?”
As soon as the words fell, l suddenly felt a surge of suffocation.
An invisible force tightly constricted her neck, making it almost impossible to breathe.
She instinctively reached up to grab her neck, but grasped nothing.
“Edict III: All forms of assistance are prohibited during the duel.”
Victoria’s voice ca from the corner, cold and emotionless.
“Violators will be punished.”
l fell to her knees, her face turning crimson from lack of oxygen.
She struggled to breathe, but the invisible noose tightened further.
“Now... this duel is between and you!”
l struggled to lift her head, looking directly at Edward.
“The edicts did not ntion.... changing opponents during the duel is forbidden! Your opponent is , Edward Michel!”
A flash of surprise crossed Edward’s eyes.
He then turned toward Victoria, raising an eyebrow and asking:
“Is she right?”
Victoria was silent for a mont, then slowly nodded: “Indeed, the edicts did not explicitly forbid changing opponents.”
The invisible noose vanished instantly.
l gasped for air, greedily inhaling fresh oxygen.
She shook slightly as she stood up, helping Charlotte to the side.
“Charlotte, you rest first.”
l gave Charlotte a smile, then turned around.
“The rest is up to .”
The girl raised her hand, and red light flared intensely in her eyes.
All the books on the surrounding bookshelves flipped open.
Countless words seed to respond to a summons, pouring toward l.
Then, they converged above her head, forming a crown folded from words and pages.
This was the most valuable spoil of war she had obtained when she pastored Jason: from his soul.
—Scepter Liberation【Vainglory Coronation】!
In an instant, l’s aura suddenly surged, crossing from the Developnt Phase to the rank of The Baptized.
Edward observed l with interest, then spoke scornfully:
“Just a bluff.”
He picked up the Sword cane from the ground, pointing it at l.
“Then let see what qualifications you have!”
Before the words finished, Edward rushed toward l like a phantom.
His Sword cane was like a snake darting its tongue, aid straight at l’s throat.
l’s pupils slightly contracted.
The afterimages of Edward’s movents, broken down, quickly swept across her retina.
As the Sword cane swept toward her face wrapped in a whistling sound, she vaulted diagonally, utilizing a void shuffle.
Her boot heel grazed past the opponent’s ear and struck the tal statue nailed to the wall.
The scattering sparks scorched her hair, but they couldn't extinguish the boiling hot blood in her neck.
【Void Walk】 activated.
l appeared at Edward’s side in the blink of an eye.
The New Moon cut a silver arc, aid directly at Edward’s waist.
“Quick to dodge, I’ll give you that.”
Edward retracted his sword and turned.
The lingering sparks on the cane tip trailed a winding blood line on the floor.
"Clang!"
The New Moon’s diagonally sweeping blade precisely intercepted the trajectory of the third afterimage.
The sparks from the tal collision illuminated Edward’s startled face.
l’s 【True Vision】 captured Edward’s every subtle movent.
Her body seed to react instinctively.
The New Moon was like a living creature in her hand; every swing precisely sealed Edward's line of attack.
Edward clenched his jaw, a flash of unwillingness in his eyes.
He swung his Sword cane backward, creating an afterimage.
The mont the blade and the curved knife collided, the attack suddenly shifted into a thrust.
The blue light in l’s pupil flared violently.
A new trajectory suddenly lit up among the several predicted by True Vision——The sword tip eerily bypassed The New Moon’s defense, drawing blood on her left shoulder.
The sharp pain made l even clearer-headed.
She used the backward montum to activate 【Void Walk】, her figure leaving an afterimage in mid-air.
As Edward stabbed through the phantom, the true killing blow descended from above.
—Chop!
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