You should have a serious face, but be impeccable in your language and etiquette.

It is said that she is the widow of a powerful vassal under the late King Nun. Six years ago, she was invited to the Palace of Heroes by the Regent of Lisban. She took care of the Grand Duchess's daily life and taught her the corresponding etiquette. She should have been like the princess in the Renaissance Palace.

Like Ni Bakvi, she is an excellent and competent female official. If she had not asked the Prince of the Stars, who was reading leisurely, to follow him to attend the Northland etiquette class.

By the way: She was also one of the reasons why Thales took the Grand Duchess to skip class for the first time.

Ms. Jinx still had the same voice that made people unconsciously nervous: "In addition, I also brought words from several other adults."

"I suggest you listen carefully even if you are from the South."

Hearing this, Thales helplessly stopped what he was doing, turned around and bowed to her.

Ms. Jinx nodded with satisfaction, raised her neck like a swan's neck, and cleared her throat.

"Your Excellency, the Grand Duchess of Longxiao City, asked me to remind you that during the period when she was in power," the lady said proudly, "these new books arriving in the palace..."

"Okay, Ms. Jinx," Thales scratched his ears with a headache: "Please tell Her Majesty the Grand Duchess, I will wait until she returns to open the gift."

Ms. Jinx narrowed her eyes. Although her expression remained unchanged, Thales knew that she was dissatisfied with the prince's interruption.

But a few minutes later, the lady spoke again.

"The Earl of Lisban also asked me to remind you that when he was accompanying the Grand Duchess as regent," the female officer lowered her posture slightly this time, but still looked directly into Thales's eyes: "For your safety and Longxiao City

honor, please obey the king’s edict..."

"Okay, Ms. Jinx," Thales stroked Jenny's horse head, calming her dissatisfaction with the master's delay in untying her restraints: "Please thank the Earl of Lisban for me, who is busy with the regency and still takes the time to care about me.

, and told him: I will not run out of the ax area and spear area."

Jinx frowned slightly.

"at last……"

"Captain Seri Nicolai asked me to remind you that because the political day is particularly special, please be sure to cooperate with Lord Justin and the Guards when you go out." The lady's voice softened, but it was still nervous: "Also,

Because of your bad record of returning after eight o'clock two months ago..."

"This time, once you come back past five o'clock in the afternoon, he is going to recall all the guards and lock the city gates. He also recommends that you take care of your own food and accommodation."

Thales frowned, took a deep breath, and exhaled for a long time.

He automatically filtered Ms. Jinx's beautification in his mind and restored the original words spoken by the Fallen Starman with his arms crossed in displeasure and a pale dead face: "You asked him not to come back after five o'clock.

Just die outside!"

The prince pushed open the fence, stepped on the horse stool, saddled up and mounted the horse.

"Okay, Ms. Jinx," the prince said, facing the serious female officer, and pondered for a few seconds: "I'd like to trouble you again, and tell that person... to Lord Nicolai..."

Lady Jinx raised her eyebrows.

"Five o'clock?" Thales sighed and said seriously:

"Why doesn't he die?"

The next moment, Thales flicked the horse's reins without hesitation, and rode out with Jenny's loud neighing sound!

The prince rushed past the astonished female officer without looking back, and the guards and soldiers who followed him followed suit, including the helpless Wyatt, the calm Rolf, and the sulky Ada.

He shook the horse's reins and galloped out of the square in front of the Palace of Heroes, heading towards the first city gate.

The journey from the Palace of Heroes to the Spear District did not take much time, especially with the full cooperation of the Grand Duke's personal guards and patrols, the streets and roads were smooth and smooth.

When he just teased Huaiya, he was not lying about one thing: Thales fought for it and had the hard-won opportunity to play chess in the Spear Zone not far from the Palace of Heroes.

Thales, who was jolting on the horse, controlled the ups and downs of his body, looked at Jenny's ears and her cheerful pace from behind, and curled the corners of his mouth.

In the past six years, at least his riding skills have improved by leaps and bounds. In terms of culture, Exeter may be slightly inferior to the stars with special inheritance, but when it comes to the emphasis on military skills, even the most rude and low-level nobles of the North have to leave behind.

There are a lot of colleagues in the stars.

Thales still remembered that during the outdoor course (that's a polite term) between him and the Grand Duchess, when Nicolai, who was in charge of the "class", discovered that his only two students, Thales, were unable to ride horses because they were allergic to horses.

Not good, when the Grand Duchess resisted getting on her horse because of fear in her heart...

The expressionless Fallen Starman directly asked for a thick rope, tied them tightly to the horse, and then set the horse's tail on fire.

Once a day, two hours each time.

Ten days after the effect was immediate, both he and the girl became equestrian "masters", at least experienced ones, despite vomiting and dizziness.

After completing this step, Nicolai untied the rope and began to leisurely correct their riding posture and skills, and introduced the horse equipment.

Then it’s time to take up arms…and then it’s time to hunt on horseback…

Later, a former White Blade Guard told Thales privately: Multiply the duration and frequency by two, and then turn the torch that lights the ponytail into a honeycomb, which is the standard riding training of the White Blade Guard.

The prince couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.

The next second, Thales pulled the reins on his hands, exerted a slight force, and at the same time sat back deeply, sliding his legs gently back to a relaxed position.

The smart Jenny immediately began to slow down. Thales, who confirmed this, also loosened the reins in time to show encouragement, comforting this beautiful girl who was excited, uncontrollable in passion, and eager to vent. She let out a dissatisfied hum.

.

Jenny's horse's hooves hit hard, and after a few seconds, she stopped in front of their destination.

The mounts of Lord Wyatt and Justin also stopped.

While Thales was stroking and praising the elated Jenny, who had recently gotten into the bad habit of attracting the owner's attention with dissatisfied coquettishness, he lamented that the horses were no less difficult to deal with than humans. He thought of the few people with the black sand collar.

Hundreds of Cavalry God knows how much time and energy it takes to train a skilled galloping cavalry.

Thales stepped off the stirrups, handed the reins to Gennard behind him, and raised his head to look at his destination, a chess and card room in the Spear District.

It is said that this place was originally a well-decorated aristocratic hotel. Until the owner who ran it alone was killed by robbers in the catastrophe that swept through Longxiao City six years ago, one of his fellow Conmas people invested in the hotel.

I came here and it was converted into an entertainment room for the nobles according to the original decoration. I heard that the business was pretty good.

Of course, the word "business is good" has no meaning today. Ever since Prince Xingchen chose this place as his monthly travel destination three years ago, this chess and card room has had to accept that it is cleared once a month, waiting for the prince's visit.

Fate, but obviously this is not a bad thing, because after that, its business increased instead of falling, and everyone rushed to see the "place where the mysterious prince who had lived in the palace for a long time had fought".

Thales stepped into the chess and card room amidst the boss's flattering voice: hundreds of Grand Duke's personal guards and patrols had already thoroughly searched the place and isolated the surrounding areas.

The prince looked at the empty hall and sighed.

He slowly climbed the steps and arrived at the box on the second floor. Guards ranging from Justin to Wyatt followed closely behind him, ranging from Rolf to Wyatt.

Under the guidance of the boss, Thales skillfully stepped through a door and arrived at the largest box. It was a semi-open-air box with a large area. The terrace on one side faced the streets of Spear District downstairs, and was the prince's chess seat.

It's right next to the terrace, and you can have a panoramic view of the street from here.

Thales passed the terrace and was not surprised to see countless guards and patrols guarding key points from the street to nearby buildings. There were at least two hundred people with bows and crossbows cocked, patrolling regularly to guard against possible uninvited guests, almost

Everyone was staring at themselves on the terrace.

With this kind of formation and atmosphere, coupled with martial law, even if the number of people is reduced by half, it is impossible for the tragedy of six years ago to happen again.

Once bitten by a snake...

The prince shrugged, sat down in his seat, and put down his book.

He turned his attention to the chessboard and chess pieces in front of him. Starting from the Kingdom of Allenbia, "The Rise and Fall of Empires" has been circulated in the Western Continent for nearly a hundred years but is still popular. The seat opposite the chess player that was supposed to be empty.

"Okay," Thales looked at the red king standing on the chessboard. He looked at the familiar and unfamiliar black and red chess pieces in the chess box with a little emotion, and at the same time, he looked at Huai who was still checking the surroundings relentlessly.

Ya and Justin said: "You can go out. Anyway, we don't close the door and there is a terrace. It's the same for you to guard outside the door and on the street."

"As before, I want to stay by myself."

Behind Wyatt, Rolf nodded slightly. After putting down a plate of food and water that had been inspected, he grabbed the boss who was still ready to say something to please him and headed to the first floor. Ada had long since disappeared and was probably on the roof.

"Prince Thales," Lord Justin, the former White Blade Guard, said cautiously: "Old rules, three hours, if you need anything..."

The prince breathed out: "I will let you know as soon as possible."

Lord Justin nodded, looked at each other with Huaiya, and both walked to the door ten meters behind Thales, guarding the entrance and exit while staring at the prince who was reading and playing chess at the same time.

"It's like this every time." Thales shook his head and smiled softly. He continued to take out the chess pieces from the chess box and began to place them on the chess board one by one.

Silence returned to the box and the street, with only the footsteps of soldiers coming from time to time, and the faint sound of Wyatt complaining to Rolf from behind.

Guards, sling crossbows, shield warriors, pawns...

Just when Thales had placed the penultimate chess piece and was about to get the last chess piece.

Two slender, white fingers with beautiful nails suddenly appeared.

His fingers fell from the sky, grabbed the black king, gently placed it in Thales's chess formation, arranged it, straightened it, even aligned it with the chess grid, and turned the front side to the direction perpendicular to the red square.

Meticulous and extremely precise.

"Thanks."

Thales raised his eyebrows, raised his head, and nodded gently to the sudden appearance of the uninvited guest.
Chapter completed!