Chapter 460 Desperation is like a snake, anxiety is like sand.
Chapter 460 – Desperation Like a Snake, Anxiety Like Sand
At the very beginning, when Isabel saw Queen Sophia, she felt happy from the bottom of her heart.
It wasn’t because of any utilitarian thoughts like “this ceremony will be easy to get through”,……, but simply because she felt that she was very lucky to have the opportunity to see her deceased grandmother again. It was like seeing an acquaintance or a classmate in the newspaper and feeling happy about it.
Moreover, Isabel noticed that the imported episode said that it was “announcing the end of the Kingdom of Avalon” and that it was taking place in the near future. Then it will have some reference value …… With Isabel’s status as the Queen of Avalon, she must pay attention to this promotion ceremony no matter what.
Maybe, she can get some information from it, to make the real Avalon avoid this future.
But soon, Isabel saw her own cowardly and weak appearance.
She couldn’t help but feel a pang of embarrassment that made her want to strip her down and let herself go on. It was also the first time she saw how immature she had been in the first place from the perspective of a bystander.
But after that, the smile on Isabel’s face disappeared when she realized that Queen Sofia was going to arrange a marriage for “herself”.
–I am what you can get?
Anger and resistance sprouted in the bottom of Isabel’s heart, and her hostility towards the Star Antimony Queen and Prince instantly grew.
Isabel made up her mind then that she wouldn’t just play along even in her dreams.
But immediately afterward, she saw her grandmother poisoned by Minister Drost, herself planted and wronged, the contemptuous face of the wicked woman from Star Antimony, and the knights of the Round Table Hall killing each other ……
When Isabel woke up, she subconsciously clenched her fists, and her whole body couldn’t help trembling.
Not because of fear, but anger.
Isabel’s temper is considered a very good type, she was born until now, has never been angry. She had never felt anger from the bottom of her heart, so much that she hated or even hated someone.
But this time, for the first time, she tasted what “anger” was.
It was a feeling as if she was breathing hard into a pot of burning coals – her heart and lungs felt the burning heat, her head swelled up, and there was a burning heat under her eyes that made her eyes sore, and tears almost flowed out of her eyes.
She wasn’t afraid, she wasn’t sad, she just couldn’t stop tearing up as if she was irritated, her chest heaving and trembling as she drew in her breath.
Isabel could feel some kind of cool liquid running down the back of her head toward her spine, and her body, held in Shafiya’s arms, winced as if it were feverish, curling up harder and harder as if it were trying to turn back into a fetus, compressing itself as hard as it could like a cat.
The power from the Way of Beauty’s path continued to amplify her stirring emotions and inspire her. Isabel’s pupils burned with lime green flames, and the power from her mind reverberated in the air like water waves, making the air around her appear blurry.
–If she had a big, powerful bomb at the moment, Isabelle would be eager to rush back to the Temple of Silver and Tin and explode it with them in her arms!
And soon she thought that she still had Avalon to guard, and there was also Ivars waiting for her ……
Isabel gradually regained her rationality.
“…… Don’t be afraid, Isabel. They shouldn’t be able to catch up.”
Just then, Shafia suddenly spoke up, whispering comfortingly, “There will always be a way …… I’ll protect you.”
With that, she placed Isabel, who was cradled in her arms, onto the ground and reached out to sip away the tears that had accumulated in her eyes.
…… So the import is over?
Isabel was stunned and speechless, noticing this as an afterthought.
This was above the Red Queen’s largest clock tower, the same place that Janice had left overlooking the entire Glass Island.
Isabel stood in exactly the same place as she had then, watching the dark clouds gradually spreading outward from the Temple of Silver and Tin, and the hallucinatory sounds of killing and cursing seeming to ring in her ears.
The wronged Isabel didn’t whimper in aggravation, nor did she become hysterical with fear and confusion, which comforted Safiya a little. She just clasped her hands to her chest, shrunk into a ball, silent and stubbornly stood still, her pupils staring blankly ahead, as if looking at what remains in front of her eyes as a false image …… Only the tears on her face silently flowed on and on.
The true and stirring emotions are very infectious, so that witnessed all of this Shafei Ya are for her to feel aggrieved and sad, think about it can not help but nose sour.
…… Little Isa is really a good child, and it is really not easy.
But what can I do about it ……
Shafiya sighed secretly, feeling despair at the situation, she could only frown slightly and keep gently wiping away the tears on Isabel’s face. And soon, she realized that this would not work, so she simply hugged Isabel and let her cry in her arms.
She did not say anything.
Because Shafia felt that even if she said a lot, Isabel would probably not be able to understand.
According to her knowledge and understanding of the little princess …… Isabel’s brain at this moment has become a blank.
Her only relative and elder, the monarch of Avalon, was poisoned and killed by Minister Drost, whom she and her grandmother both trusted, and the elders of the knights who were gentle and friendly to her killed each other without mercy, and the laughing banquet hall was instantly covered with blood and death. Even someone took the name and existence of “Isabel” from her, making her an assassin who murdered her grandmother ……
Everything happened in a flash, from the time the poisoned wine was consumed to the time they fled the scene, in less than a minute.
Even if it is not the timid Isabel, but other people …… in seeing this series of domino-like chain, let a person can not react to the silky smooth moves, I am afraid that the brain will be down for a moment.
She must stay here to protect Isabel.
Such a thought popped up in Shafiya’s mind.
Since the queen died and the imposter Isabel appeared, I’m afraid that the king’s power will also fall into the hands of the Star Antimony people. Then Avalon is in danger …… The Iris people can t be trusted at all, the survival environment of the Eternal Frost Empire is too harsh, and it is even more unlikely that they will cooperate with the cunning and dangerous goblins, so they are left with only one path, and that is to defect to the elves of the teaching country.
Although the current teaching country is still in a state of turmoil, they have no choice.
It was necessary to escort Isabel to the Sect State before they could do so.
She could definitely do this easily – even though she was a Lawgiver by birth and didn’t know how to ride. But as long as she found a pureblood griffin, she could ride it and bring Isabel along for a safe run.
Technically speaking, with the griffin’s range, just the griffin with Isabelle would be able to take her directly to the Sect State by herself. But then, Shafia definitely couldn’t rest assured.
Isabel had never left the Glass Island, or even the Red and White Queens. As the only princess of the Avalon royal family, she had never lived on her own, she was shy to the point of stuttering just to communicate with the Avalonians, and her Elvish was not fluent enough to communicate properly. If sent directly to the Church Kingdom, which is still in a state of chaos, she is afraid that she will lose herself …… or be abducted by goblins is also possible.
Not to mention, Star Antimony dared to make such a bold move, probably their army was already on its way. If Isabel was allowed to leave on her own, it would be no different from murder.
If Shafia followed the whole time, it would solve the problem of Isabel s safety.
…… But if that happens, Queen Sophia s body can t be snatched.
If it had been dead for too long, the blood of the corpse would have to deteriorate. Once the blood started to rot, it would lose its potential to be used as material for the ritual – and the “Shadow of Avalon” ritual was just one step away from being completed.
Prince Albert is suspected to be dead, and John and Isabelle are the only remaining members of the Du Lac family. Together, they are only in their early twenties, so neither of them can be sacrificed to activate the ritual.
She had to resurrect Lancelot.
Otherwise there was no way she could take Avalon back from that group on Isabel’s own. The Star Antimony people even prepared a double …… exactly like Isabelle Ghost knows if it is a trick of those necromancers and alchemists, maybe she still has the blood of Du Lac!
Anyway, Isabel is also a transcendent on the Way of Beauty path, and would not have been able to activate the Scepter of Avalon.
Whether she was real or fake, the many privileges of the Avalon Monarch could not be exercised. And those traitors who had betrayed Avalon and turned their swords on their peers were more than certain that they wouldn’t turn back even in death – they’d still be dead if they turned back anyway, so they might as well just stand there until they died.
Janice has left Avalon, Meg, who was a pillar of the kingdom, is dead, and Arius, the Grand Justice, is senile.
Nothing could be done with just the two of them, her and George.
Even among the traitors were the descendants of the founding fathers, and perhaps their guardian elves were also involved in this coup …… After all, the Pope’s orders to them were only to maintain these apostolic family lines from extinction, and did not say that they had to be on the side of Du Lac.
Suppose it was just a matter of keeping Isabel down and subsequently failing to recapture Avalon. That would also be a failure …… Maybe in the future, Isabel would still need to use her own life to complete the ritual. Then the rescue at this moment seems to be equal to no rescue.
Therefore if one wanted to recapture Avalon from those hateful Star Antimony people, one had to get Sophia’s blood as early as possible.
The antimony people must not know about the existence of the “Shadow of Avalon” ritual, so they would not attach much importance to Sophia’s body.
As long as you can secretly access the body ……
…… But in that case, Isabel can’t just leave it here.
Although the group of traitors do not have the “Eye of Avalon” in their hands, it is impossible to directly lock Isabel. That aside, there is a possibility that he will not be able to come back alive …… If Isabel is not sent to the church country, she will always be dangerous. Those who wanted to kill her were not just the Star Antimony people, but the survivors of the entire Round Table Hall.
-That is to say, the whole of Avalon.
As long as Isabelle died, the identity of that fake would be completely confirmed. At that point, she was the one and only Du Lac, the Queen of Avalon. It would make sense for the knights to be loyal to her and obey her orders …… And the whole of Avalon would be clutched in the hands of the Star Antimony people.
“Ah, what to do ……”
Feeling an unusual headache, Shafia pulled hard on her hair, tugging and tearing at it.
She was so anxious that her scalp was about to explode.
The double pressure of saving Avalon and preserving the Du-Lac family was completely on her alone.
And she had only just given birth a few months ago now …… Her own daughter was all still waiting for her at home at this very moment!
She can’t talk yet, she’s all still drinking milk.
No delays. No exposure. No failure. No death.
Shafia sucked in a sharp breath of air and held Isabel tighter in her arms, as if to draw some reassurance and courage from her Highness.
–But all she could feel was a blur before her eyes.
Despair was like a snake, and anxiety was like sand.
(End of chapter)