Back in time, after Emil agreed to Byron's proposal, he returned to Melissa's house with Ophelia. It was already afternoon.

Emil thought to himself that it had been a whole day, so Nova's matter should have been resolved, and Annie, who had nothing to do, must have finished wandering around and returned here.

However, he still didn't expect that he would be the first to come back.

Because he had to act according to Byron's instructions, he could not return to Blackpool Town now, so he could only stay here and wait for Byron's next plan.

However, he and Ophelia were the only two people here. Although Freddy was very hospitable and did not dislike his status as a commoner, he still had nothing to talk about with this fifty-year-old uncle.

After a while, Ophelia inquired about Melissa's whereabouts, and found out that she had never come back since she went out to investigate yesterday. This was very unusual, because Melissa would go home to spend the night every night.

.

"Then have you sent someone to look for it?"

Freddy shook his head and said with a smile.

"Oh, it's not a big deal. This kid is not young anymore. He must have some private space. Maybe he can spend the night at a good friend's house."

"Oh, you are so generous," Ophelia sighed, "She is not that kind of person, no, she is probably in trouble, I have to go find her."

"Really?" Freddy was still a little confused. After all, he always thought that his daughter was just like ordinary people.

"Well, that's it, Uncle Freddy, I'm leaving first," Ophelia said goodbye to him, and then looked at Emile, "Do you choose to stay here, or go out with me?"

"Haha, do you think I have a choice?" Emil smiled bitterly.

"Okay, let's go."

Ophelia smiled slightly, took Emil's hand and went out.

"Oh, slow down, slow down, my hand is going to dislocate."

"Tch, you are too weak to resist the temptation. It seems that I will have to train you well in the future."

"Don't be like this."

Freddy looked at their backs and couldn't help but smile enviously.

"Haha, it's great to be young."

…

Since she was looking for Melissa, Ophelia first thought of the Knights' headquarters.

She guessed that Melissa must be too busy with something to even go home and rest.

As soon as they entered the knights, the busy knights inside all noticed Ophelia, and their faces were full of shock.

"Hey, Ophelia, they seem to be looking at you."

"Me? What's so good about me?" Ophelia didn't know why. She was going to go straight to the third floor and go to Melissa's office.

However, a young male knight immediately ran over and stopped her.

"Ah, I forgot to mention that I am a friend of your deputy captain." Ophelia quickly explained the situation.

But the knight shook his head, and then showed a look of great reverence.

"Um, are you the legendary White Knight?"

"ha?"

Ophelia took a step back unconsciously. She looked around and found that the other knights were looking at her.

"Really? I've heard that you have returned to White Peak Town. It turns out to be true. It's great. You are our idol." The knight became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally held Ophelia's hand tightly.

.

"Wait a minute, what pure white knight? What idol?"

Ophelia quickly retracted her hand and continued to retreat.

"Eh? Isn't it? You are a descendant of the Taranka family, right?"

"This...how do you know?" Ophelia was slightly surprised, and then looked at Emil beside her.

"Well, you don't think it was me who revealed it, do you? I've been with you all the time." Emil said helplessly.

"Are you acquiescing? Haha, it is indeed you," the knight showed a pleased smile, and then continued, "Everyone in Baifeng Town knows about this. The last knight of the Taranka family, wearing

With pure white armor and strong martial arts skills, he will one day return to Baifeng Town and take back everything that belongs to his family."

"...This is all nonsense," Ophelia was speechless, but she thought about it carefully before she understood, "Oh, I understand, it was Melissa who told you, right?"

"No, no, no, you misunderstood. We knew from the beginning that the people in Baifeng Town know the history of this town very well. We also know how your family was persecuted. If one day the Taranka family wants to

Come and lead us, and we will definitely follow you to the death, so you..."

"Hey, don't say such things in public." Ophelia quickly covered the knight's mouth.

At this time, a slightly older knight came over and said.

"It's okay, Miss Taranka, there are no outsiders here."

"You...Oh, forget it," Ophelia sighed, then suddenly pulled Emil and rushed upstairs, "Don't be stunned, run!"

Soon, they left the hall on the first floor, leaving only the group of knights looking at each other.

Standing at the corner of the stairs on the third floor, Emil couldn't help but ask her.

"Ophelia, why did you run away just now?"

She did not answer immediately, but showed a helpless smile. She looked at the sky and thought for a while before speaking.

"...Actually, I was quite touched when I heard those words. It seems that the people of Baifeng Town have not forgotten my family, but now is not the time. I am not capable of leading them."

"Why? Didn't they say they were willing to follow you?" Emil asked puzzledly, "You can take over Baifeng Town and assist Byron."

"No, it's not that simple," Ophelia shook her head, and then explained patiently, "If you think about it carefully, there are twelve paladins in the empire. They are the top combat power of the empire. Excluding the dead Cress

Ti, the rest all chose the candidates for the throne that they supported. There was no one else except Zelens and me on Byron's side, and this old and strong paladin ranked sixth in the knight competition nine years ago...

"

"Is this so powerful?"

Emil thought for a moment. Even nine years ago, Zelens was still young, but he was able to stand out from thousands of knights in the entire empire and get sixth place. This is really not easy.

"Hmph, it's nothing, it's just sixth place," Ophelia didn't take it seriously and continued, "I admit, it's really good for Zelens to achieve this achievement, but the age of the paladin doesn't matter, the nobles care.

What matters is how much combat power he can contribute."

Emil nodded, and then he understood that the nobles didn't care about anything except their own interests.

Ophelia leaned against the wall, crossed her arms, and looked relaxed.

"As for me taking over White Peak Town, I will have to confront Leonard head-on, but he has many talents. Do you think Byron can compete with him with only me and Zelens, as well as a group of random knights?

Competing? What's more, even if Leonard is defeated, what about the other candidates for the throne? You can't even imagine their methods. Even if they can't defeat them based on their strength, they will carry out assassinations or sneak attacks. In the end, the people of Baifeng Town will be defeated.

They will be dragged into a pit of fire by me, or even the whole army will be annihilated. In the end, it will be me who hurts them."

After hearing these words, the emir suddenly realized that it seemed that he had thought the competition among the candidates for the throne was too simple.

"Didn't you say that you would support Byron to ascend the throne? But hearing you say that, the hope seems slim."

"So didn't I say that now is not the time?"

"Oh, what do you want to do next?" Emil asked.

"Next? I don't know... To tell you the truth, I am only responsible for fighting. The strategies and plans are all left to Byron. Oh, by the way, Byron is just like you, he has a very flexible mind and is full of bad ideas.

, you have to watch out for him."

"Well, that's not a good thing to say about your master."

"Haha, there's nothing wrong with it. He's not here anymore, and I'm saying this for your own good. You'd better listen to my advice."

Ophelia smiled and walked to the third floor.

"...Oh, I really don't understand you."

Emil shook his head and quickly followed.

After a while, the two came to the door of Melissa's office. Ophelia knocked on the door several times, but there was no response, and then she opened the door directly and went in.

As expected, the office was empty. It seemed that Melissa didn't even come to the Knights headquarters.

She decided to ask the group leader.

The head of the group's office was right across the street, and Ophelia pushed the door open without even knocking.

As a result, they saw Charles drunkenly lying on the sofa, and two young girls wearing scantily clad clothes were sitting next to him.

"ah!"

The girls were frightened out of their wits when they saw a knight in armor rushing in with a sword.

Because they had encountered a similar situation before, when the deputy leader Melissa stormed into the office aggressively, drew a sword and threatened to kill them.

"Oh, Melissa, why are you disturbing me again? Didn't you say that you have the final say in everything?" Charles said slowly.

When Emil saw the drunken state of the other party, he couldn't help showing a disdainful expression. When Charles ran to the prison to rescue them, he thought that the leader was a very upright person. Unexpectedly, he actually neglected his duties during working hours and even
To be continued...