I didn't pay attention to the way the eldest daughter was crying and fussing. Anyway, I couldn't understand what she was saying. But at this moment, I suddenly remembered the mother coaxing her child that I had seen on TV before, so I also

Not knowing what was going on, I subconsciously patted her back with my hand.

"Don't cry, don't cry..."

"Erica."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

I looked back at Diana, only to find that she pointed to the opposite side with a suppressed smile. Then I looked in the direction she pointed, and saw a lot of people opposite looking at her in disbelief.

Me. I was stunned for a moment, then I let go and let the eldest daughter and I look at each other's faces. Looking at the little girl in front of me who was crying with runny nose, I suddenly realized that she was not just a little girl.

Child, she is also a noble and the quasi-heir of Archduke Michael, which means she is a real princess.

"What...what should we do now? Diana?"

"Put her down."

"Oh well."

I walked to a nearby chair and put the eldest daughter on, who was still sobbing. Then Diana took out her handkerchief and wiped the eldest daughter's tears and nose. In this aspect, she definitely looked like a

At least she looks more like my mother than I do.

At this time, William, who had fallen aside before, also regained consciousness and walked over with the help of a knight.

"Ms. Erica, we..."

"Can you speak English?"

"Uh... I know a little bit."

"Go and talk to her later. Oh, by the way, let someone tie that thing up first." I pointed at the Baron who was squirming on the ground. He was still crawling towards Diana in a somewhat crazy way, his eyes

I also kept staring at the severed finger she placed on the ground. I took advantage of William's opportunity to order his men and walked to Diana's side and picked up the unusual-looking severed finger.

The reason why it felt abnormal was that there was no blood from the severed finger at all. It felt like the entire finger had become dry and like a piece of rubber since it was broken. I tried to pull out the ring on it, but the result was...

No matter how hard I try, I can't make the ring move at all.

"Have they really grown up together?"

"Of course." Diana comforted the Grand Duke who was about to calm down and said, "In fact, if he wears it for a few more years, his entire arm will look like this."

I took a look at the state of the Grand Princess. Although she no longer shed tears, she still sobbed occasionally. However, her hands kept holding Diana's sleeves, looking like a wronged child who wanted to seek care from her parents.

.

"How should I destroy this ring?"

"Originally... I originally wanted to force the other party to interrupt the spell effect before killing the baron, and then take the ring to a volcanic island in the South China Sea to destroy it. But now... I really didn't expect the brainwashed victim to do it at first.

There are so many people..." Diana glanced at the Grand Duchess and then continued helplessly: "Am I being hypocritical?"

"It's no big deal, human nature is like this..."

At this time, I also saw that Diana felt that she could no longer save these brainwashed people, so she felt a little guilty. But I felt that this was just an unexpected ending. After all, none of us expected it.

This will eventually happen. I don't know how far away the volcanic island in the South China Sea is from here, but I'm sure it won't take 3 hours to get there. In other words, the elf girl, the eldest daughter, the group of knights and the people in the backyard

The maids have all been sentenced to death, and this result was caused by my own hands.

I don’t think I did anything wrong, because I care about Diana’s safety more than the life and death of these people. After all, I don’t know these people, and there is no need to know them. If I really want to be hypocritical, I am the most hypocritical.

people.

I don’t know why, there is an inexplicable pressure in my heart. Some of it is like what happened when I was performing black missions in the past. My right hand is shaking a little. This is a situation that only happened when I shot civilians for the first time.

But there are some differences.

"What is this... guilt? No, no... it must not be..."

I quietly comforted myself with a few words in my heart, but this answer was actually just perfunctory. At this moment, William came over and spoke to us in less than proficient English.

"Ladies, is this over?"

"So be it." I replied casually, but didn't look at his face.

"Are you William from the Council of Sages?"

"Yes, dear elf lady..."

"Diana Phyllis Argyle."

"Oh, hello, Ms. Argyle. I have seen your portrait in the parliament, but your real face is much more beautiful than the portrait."

"Really..." Diana suddenly remembered something and reached out to fumble for something in her pocket. After a while, she took out a metal badge the size of a thumb and said, "Do you recognize this?"

I also leaned over and took a look. It was a very delicate-looking badge, with a red gemstone inlaid on the front, and on the side was an engraving of a snake biting its tail. It looked very delicate, but not

It's like a mechanical craft product on Earth, but there is a pin-like structure on the back of the badge. Generally speaking, this thing is so exquisite that it doesn't look like something that craftsmen in this world can produce. It's probably like this.

Feel.

"Of course... of course, the 'Philosopher's Stone' badge can only be worn by the elders of the parliament... you..."

"I am the 61st person." She said and turned the badge over, with LXI engraved on the back.

"Hello, distinguished Speaker..."

"Speaker? I don't have any position in the parliament."

"No, currently all elders must be classified into the speaker level."

"Level...? When did this academic community differentiate into class concepts? It's disappointing."

After Diana finished speaking, she ignored William and turned around to continue taking care of the Grand Duchess. William also looked at me helplessly. I didn’t know what they were talking about. It was the first time I heard what they said about the Council of Sages and the Elder Speaker.

Yes, so I could only shrug.

"Ask...Ms. Argyle, Ms. Erica, what are you going to do with the male...Wesker Ronan?"

"I listen to her." I pointed at Diana towards William, then made a motion of slitting her throat and asked, "Do you want me to deal with it?"

"He has no meaning anymore. The problem is what to do with the ring."

"Excuse me, is there anything we can do to help?"

"She said she was going to take the ring to a volcanic island in the South China Sea and destroy it."

"South China Sea? Volcanic Island? Is it Nulin Island?"

"I have no idea."

"Yes, because that's the closest volcano to here."

"Two ladies, if you need a boat, we can provide it. Although it is within the territory of Venetia, the Sydney Chamber of Commerce's speedboat can arrive safely within one day."

"Is it……"

Diana was not interested in this proposal. After all, I knew what she cared about now. After all, no matter how fast the ship was, there was no point in it. Destroy it with a volcano... a volcano? I suddenly remembered something and asked Diana.

"How do you destroy this thing when you get to the volcano?"

"Throw it into the magma. The high temperature of the magma will quickly dissolve the gem... What are you doing?"

I didn't listen to her speech, so I picked up the severed finger and walked aside. I quickly walked to the fireplace and looked at the stone on it. Finally, I left the door disappointed. Ignoring the eyes of everyone behind me, I came to the mansion.

The flagstone space in front of the gate.

"Erica, what are you going to do?"

I turned my head and glanced at everyone chasing after me, then smiled and said.

"Maybe they don't have to die."

"What?!"

I wasn't worried that the eldest daughter standing next to Diana could clearly understand what I said, but I forgot that William, who was not far away, could also hear clearly.

"Ms. Erica, what did you just say? Are we going to die?"

"Ah, um... I'm sorry." I took out my dagger and started tapping the stone slab on the ground and then briefly explained the reason. Of course, after hearing this, William trembled all over and almost collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, a knight came up to help him.

The Grand Princess also curiously left Diana and walked to him to ask, and several knights also followed.

I knew their reactions without looking at them. The messy footsteps behind them were enough to explain it. I even heard some beating sounds. I turned around and took a look. It turned out that it was a guy who had brought Mr. Ronan who was tied up.

came out, and then became the target of the group of knights to vent their anger.

However, the situation was quickly brought under control. The knights quickly regained their composure under the scolding of the Grand Duchess, and then she came over to talk to me. However, because I couldn't understand, I had to ask Diana to translate for me.

"She asked you, what do you mean by 'no need to die'?"

"Destroy this ring? What else can you do?"

"What are you going to do?"

"We'll talk about it later, but I just said maybe, so I'm not sure if it's possible."

"Stop being so pretentious, just tell me."

Although the eldest daughter didn't speak except for the first sentence and just stood aside silently, she didn't panic at all. She just came over and looked at me knocking on the stone slab and said something.
To be continued...