In a dark room, a thin girl was lying quietly on a large bed, her long hair spread out on the pillow.

The only light source in the room was the moonlight squeezed in through the narrow window panes. The cold moonlight shone on the girl's face, outlining the outline of her face.

She looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, and her delicate face still showed some childishness, but this girl was lying here quietly, her face was pale, there was no breath of life, she seemed to have died long ago.

But it seems like he has never lived.

However, the most obvious thing is her right hand, which must have been cut off just now. The sleeve is empty and there is some blood oozing out.

After an unknown amount of time, the girl finally opened her eyes. As she woke up, the oil lamp on the indoor wall burned instantly, illuminating the entire space.

Only then could one see that there was still a person standing in the room. He was looking at the girl on the bed in a daze, and when he saw the girl coming to life, his eyes became brighter.

"Great, Elena, you finally woke up. I was almost worried to death." The man tightly held Elena's remaining left hand.

"Go away, I want to see my father." Elena pushed him away with a cold face.

Although the man looked exactly like his father, she could tell at a glance that it was a substitute, and she knew very well that even if she died, her father would never look at her again, so why would he keep waiting by the bed?

She wakes up.

However, the aura of the substitute suddenly and unknowingly became stronger, which meant that the real Cornes took over the consciousness of the substitute.

Although Elena was still in a daze, after noticing traces of her father's magic power, she subconsciously knelt on the ground to salute her father. However, because she had just woken up, she stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Yes, I'm sorry, father, I lost my temper." Elena quickly apologized and quickly straightened her body.

Looking at his daughter who was kneeling humbly on the ground and trying to maintain her balance because she had lost an arm, Cornes remained expressionless.

"It seems like you've lost miserably."

"I'm really sorry. I'm so useless. Please kill me. I just hope it can calm your anger..."

Before Elena could finish her words, she heard a "pop" echoing in the room, and she suddenly felt a burning pain on the left side of her face - Cornes slapped her.

"Idiot, have you forgotten the mission I gave you? How dare you act without authorization, and ended up exposing the fact that I am still alive to Emil."

"...I, I just can't swallow that breath," Elena covered her face and said angrily, "Those humans actually caused you to lose so many substitutes, and that was all your hard work."

"well."

Cornes sighed, then squatted next to Elena and touched her head gently.

"Father? You..."

"No need to say more, remember your mission, you don't need to worry about other things."

"But...are you really not angry with me? I have embarrassed you." Elena looked at her father with a puzzled look.

"Haha, you mean losing to a human is considered embarrassing? Then where do you put me?"

"You didn't lose. After all, you survived those despicable humans, right?"

"My silly boy, if you lose, you lose. There is nothing to argue with. Moreover, this failure just shows that it is useless to seize the power of the Demon King. If you want to conquer this continent, you still have to rely on wisdom. Otherwise, even if I defeat the human race, I will lose."

What can I do? I will have to fight against the Elf King and Dragon King in the future. My great Demon King couldn't defeat those guys a thousand years ago, so how can he defeat them now?"

"Yes, I understand." Elena lowered her head.

"As long as you understand, don't beg me for mercy again. Before your mission is completed, I will not kill you under any circumstances," Cornes said lightly, then fell silent for a moment, and then added

He said, "After all, you are my only precious daughter."

"Thank you very much for your attention." Elena suddenly showed a flattered expression.

"Well...it seems it's time to implement that plan," Cornes thought for a moment and said, "Now, your mission will be completed soon."

"Well, what should I do next?"

"Go to the Magic Academy and steal a key for me no matter what you do."

"Understand, then my mission will be accomplished, right? You will be impressed by me, right?"

Cornes shook his head and said in front of Elena's frustrated eyes.

"Of course not...don't worry, we'll talk about it later, but at least if you can do it, I will be very happy."

"Really, really?" Elena's eyes shone brightly. Although the wound on her right arm still hurt a little, making her break into a cold sweat, after hearing such words, her heart was filled with happiness.

"Of course it's true, my silly boy, when have I ever lied to you?" Cornes showed a kind smile. In order to hide his appearance from others, he now looked like an old man.

His smiling face was quite eye-catching under the light of the lights, but in Elena's eyes, his father was emitting a dazzling light at this time, which dispelled all the haze in her heart.

"Don't worry, father, even if I try hard... no, I will definitely complete the mission successfully."

…

On the other side, due to Elena's departure, the barrier outside the town also disappeared.

Emil waited until it was completely light before embarking on the journey to Castile again.

He asked Lilith to speed up as much as possible, because he was already dizzy from hunger, and if he didn't find a populated place in time, he might faint from hunger.

Although he ate the food provided by Elena, he didn't know what kind of poison it was. After the attack, his stomach was emptied instantly.

Along the way, Cosette was still complaining that Emile had used too much of the fairy spring in her kettle, otherwise it could be shared with them at this time to satisfy their hunger.

However, when she mentioned this matter, Emil looked embarrassed for some reason, and then muttered softly.

"Who wants to drink your bath water?"

"……Well."

In fact, Cosette did not think of this at first, but now that Emile reminded her, she suddenly realized that she had indeed made him and Ophelia drink the bath water before.

"...I'm sorry, but what I have in it is indeed the fairy spring for drinking, which can temporarily alleviate my atavism."

As soon as he heard this, Emil suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, Your Highness Cosette, how often does this atavism of yours occur?"

"Well..." Cosette thought for a moment and said, "Almost once a day."

"What?" Emil was surprised.

Because after Ophelia successfully poured the fairy spring on Cosette, he obviously felt half lighter when he picked up the kettle. This meant that at least half of the spring water in the kettle was used up. He was a little worried about what would happen next.

Is it enough?

"That's why I said, you guys are using too much. I can take one bite a day for a month."

"...What should I do?" Ophelia understood that she had done something wrong, and she suddenly felt troubled.

Emil felt that she couldn't be blamed for this matter. After all, in such an emergency, no one could think of so much. Of course, it was useless to blame anyone now. It was better to think about how to solve the problem.

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay. I just need to drink less, and it won't happen when I'm asleep." Cosette saw that the two of them were in a low mood and quickly comforted them.

In order to help Emil fight, she did not hesitate to slit her wrist, which led to the later atavism. But at that time, she clearly could just scratch her finger. The reason why she did this was nothing more than

She just wanted Emil to feel that she was in debt, so that the other party would be more willing to do things for her.

In other words, Cosette herself is the most to blame for the current situation. Drinking less of the fairy spring can indeed suppress the atavism, but she has to endure some pain. Of course, she is now

I had no choice but to swallow my own bitter pill.

Lilith flew east for several hours after leaving the town. Until noon, they failed to leave the grassland area. However, Emil could vaguely see many people gathering on the avenue on the ground.

"Lilith, let's go down and take a look. Maybe we can find something to eat."

"I got it."

"Wait a minute," Ophelia stopped her. "If we continue like this, we will scare those people. Then they will all become birds and beasts and scatter, and we won't be able to get food."

"Oh, that's the truth." Emil nodded, and had no choice but to let Lilith fall farther away from the crowd, and then several people walked towards the group of people.

After getting closer, Emil discovered that there were more than a hundred people here. A small number of them were richly dressed and should be nobles. The others were plainly dressed and were obviously servants. At this time, they were all gathered around a luxurious carriage. Unknown

doing what.

Emil asked the others to wait nearby and planned to squeeze into the crowd to see the situation, but Ophelia persuaded him again.

"Let me go. You are so hungry that you can't even stand. How can you squeeze in with them?"

"Oh, that's up to you."

Afterwards, Emil looked at Ophelia's back as she easily squeezed into the crowd, and couldn't help but feel a little strange. She had obviously not eaten for a day, and she had fought before, so she couldn't tell that she was hungry at all. However, he

Understanding that knights generally have very strong endurance, I stopped thinking about it.

After a while, Ophelia squeezed out again, and there were actually a few sesame seed cakes in her hand.

"Great, it turns out that carriage is for selling things." Ophelia ran back happily, and then stuffed the biscuits into the hands of Emile and Cosette, but she didn't keep them.

"That's it, then you won't eat it?" Emil suddenly asked.

"Ah? Oh, I forgot." Ophelia scratched her head in embarrassment.

"Pfft!" Emil burst out laughing as soon as he took a bite.

"Haha, Ophelia, you are too stupid...ahem." Cosette ate the sesame seeds without any disdain and laughed, almost choking.

"...Uh, is it that funny? I'm going to buy two more." Ophelia felt confused, and then walked towards the carriage again.

After eating a few bites, Emil temporarily regained some energy. Only then did he notice a sense of dissonance. These sesame cakes were not delicious. Only common people would eat such things if they had no other choice. However, the people gathered around the carriage also

Including some nobles, it stands to reason that even if they starve to death, they will not eat food from the common people.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to see someone in the crowd falling to the ground, still holding half a piece of sesame seed cake tightly in his hand. He was a noble, but he was devouring food that was difficult for ordinary people to swallow. No matter how he thought about it,

unusual.

"No way," Emil looked at the sesame seed cake in his hand and stopped chewing, "Why do I have a bad feeling again."
Chapter completed!