Chapter 7: The Two Sides Deceiving Each Other

"The oath is established!"

In the center surrounded by three corpses, the trench in the blood pool,

Mei Li finished announcing the last line of the oath.

Between her and Su Ya, an invisible bond seemed to have formed.

Thus,

She directed her ill-intentioned gaze toward Su Ya, who seemed unaware of what unequal treaty he had signed.

"Um, what should I do next, right—"

A mischievous, devilish glint flashed in Mei Li's rose-red eyes,

"After the oath is established, she will be able to take and give as she pleases with Su Ya; that is, she no longer needs to pretend, and can freely treat Su Ya as a slave to command,"

"A slave bearing the identity of a king."

"This will be a great magic stronger and more powerful than the spirit magic before the age of the gods!"

"But such behavior is undoubtedly inefficient, will make the slave feel angry and deceived, leading to rebellion."

"For a sorcerer who will stop at nothing to reach the source they seek, the correct approach is——"

"Then, my king."

"Mei Li lifted her skirt politely, stepped back slightly, bent her knees in a curtsy, like a lady,"

"The urgent matter now is to leave here, return to the capital and inherit the throne."

"Please make your decision!"

"Before achieving her goal, Mei Li does not spare flattery toward the impostor who has just taken the king's place before her, pretending not to know that the other is an impostor,"

"But, in this process,"

"her gaze toward Su Ya, however, is calm, with scrutiny,"

"If this person is that kind of idiot who cannot see the situation, excited at obtaining a beautiful maiden maid, unable to restrain his desires, he might attempt improper conduct toward Mei Li, or act like a fool who orders others around."

"Mei Li will immediately make him understand who the true master is!"

"However,"

"To Mei Li's surprise,"

"After Su Ya stood up, he said nothing, neither supporting nor opposing her proposal, merely gazing at her calmly with his emerald-green eyes,"

"."

"Then came a prolonged silence,"

"This left Mei Li feeling a bit at a loss."

"Has this person never seen a beautiful maiden sorceress?"

"My king, do you have any objections?"

"At this moment,"

"The girl's somewhat nervous words fell upon Su Ya's ears, as if she were truly a loyal subordinate rushing forward to massage his feet!"

"But Su Ya had already read from the other's slightly raised brow and the fleeting smug gleam in their eyes the genuine excitement welling up inside them!"

"The true nature of this cold, aloof sorceress maiden,"

"seems"

"to be completely different from the appearance she outwardly shows?"

"Let's not rush this." Su Ya nodded, indicating he understood, then continued to silently gaze at the girl before him.

"Not rush?" Mei Li's brows furrowed instantly,

"She remained outwardly very calm, fitting the persona she presented as a retainer, but the smile at the corner of her mouth had turned stiff:"

"My king, you may not fully understand the current situation."

"Then please allow me to translate for you——"

"The enemies you killed, those two Macedonian scouts, belong to the Imperial Allied Cavalry Regiment; they maintain direct contact with the regiment, and operate in teams of three."

"As far as I know, they rendezvous every ten minutes; killing two scouts means that from now on, every second, their captain could possibly discover the anomaly here."

"Then——"

"The enemy you will face will be a professional assassin!"

"Professional? Assassin? Su Ya slightly frowned, finally hearing a term he was somewhat familiar with,"

"Is the assassin you're talking about the one I'm thinking of, the profession called Assassin?"

"Mei Li endured, exhaled a muffled breath, and explained rapidly:"

"That's right; with your current strength, it's absolutely impossible to defeat such an enemy, so——"

"However, at this moment,"

"Su Ya, however, shook his head with a bitter smile, interrupting her,"

"Those don't matter."

"You"

"Mei Li's words got stuck, she felt suffocated, increasingly unable to figure out what this guy in front of her was thinking,"

"Can't beat him, won't run—what are you after?"

"My king, for now" Mei Li still wanted to continue advising,

"Listen to me, Mei Li." Su Ya shook his head again, continuing to interrupt her, speaking in a low voice,

"I don't even know if I have a court steward, nor do I know what it means for me to stand here; moreover, when you say you will serve me as king, I even feel like laughing."

"Su Ya turned his head, looked at the corpse of Arthur Pendragon on the ground, fell silent for a moment, then self-mockingly laughed:"

"People expect a strong, noble king who can lead them to victory over powerful foes and walk toward prosperity and peace."

Wouldn't it be better to make that guy the king?

Upon hearing that, Mei Li was instantly taken aback,

What does it mean?

Wasn't it you who stabbed him to death? Why are you still acting?

Su Ya continued his performance,

His eyes hollowly scanned the battlefield, and his gaze finally settled slowly on the back of his right hand,

There, a scarlet dragon‑shaped emblem was displayed.

Staring at this royal seal of the Pendragon family, Su Ya let out a heavy sigh, as if in an instant his whole being were isolated from this world, lonely and dazed, muttering to himself:

"I was clearly trying to save him."

"But why did he give me this emblem?"

"Clearly, he is more suitable than I am."

And at this moment,

Seeing the three parts of collapse, three parts of bewilderment, three parts of bitterness, and ninety‑one parts of pain that appeared on Su Ya's face.

He resembled a ruined king who had sung "Clearly" nine hundred ninety‑nine times, then donned a mask of suffering and shouted, "Raise your eyes—ruin, forever lose my love."

Mei Li's heart suddenly trembled wildly!

At that moment, she could not see any trace of falsehood in Su Ya's expression!

And this Su Ya made her think of a chilling possibility—

He,

might not be the fake she thought he was.

He could be—

the true son of Yuse Wang!

Britannia's new king!

She couldn't help but follow Su Ya's jade‑green eyes, filled with sorrow, as they stared blankly,

and look at the dragon‑shaped emblem imprinted on Su Ya's hand!

Then,

The strange scene she had just seen overlapped in her mind with the boy before her!

It seemed, it seemed

That guy indeed first stabbed Arthur Pendragon with a sword, then suddenly flailed about, looking regretful, as if saying "I'm sorry, I'll save you, don't die," and tried to rescue Arthur Pendragon,

At that time, the guy almost attracted Seleucus, which gave her a huge fright, so this scene left an especially deep impression on Mei Li.

And the emblem on that guy's hand was indeed—Arthur Pendragon, on his deathbed, voluntarily grasped his hand, as if willingly sending him over, and finally even passionately interlocked their ten fingers and raised them high.

In the world of magicians, the generationally inherited magic imprint transfer project is not voluntary for the individual; such an organ‑like thing is hard to be stripped away, and even if forcibly removed, it will cause the Magic Circuit to become incomplete, mismatched, and the imprint to collapse.

And now,

the magic imprint that Mei Li saw on Su Ya's hand,

without a doubt,

shows no sign of any collapse or damage.

So what meaning and complex relationship does this represent? Could it be that Arthur Pendragon is the fake? A substitute bearing the imprint, concealing the truth of royal blood?

Thinking this, Mei Li couldn't help but gasp sharply!

Her complexion suddenly turned somewhat painful—

If Su Ya is genuine, then making a crossing oath with this genuine person means she's playing with fire; should the royal family or the knights supporting the new king discover this, the forcibly signed oath could easily be revised or erased,

and what she would face

would be a worldwide Britannian bounty and the extermination by all kinds of non‑human monster knights!

(End of chapter)