A strange world

Chapter 679 Chapter 76. The Princess and Colette

Annan returned to the quiet tavern.

Calling out Pumi who was hiding in the kitchen, Annan said: "It's still the same old rules."

Princess... Colette...

Annan, who had not solved his problem but had one more problem, walked out of the tavern and was about to get on the carriage when a carriage rushed from the front.

Looking at the familiar family logo, Annan knew that trouble was coming...

The coachman tightened the reins and stared at Annan from the window with his amber eyes...

It's no coincidence that Colette appears here.

Annan didn't know what was wrong, but she was a mage and she was a warlock, so she obviously had no advantage in wisdom...

"Why are you here?" Annan pretended to be surprised, "I was about to go see the princess."

"I want to ask you..."

"Sorry, this matter is very important." Annan refused, continued to board the carriage, and then said to Colette who was blocking the front, "If you really have something important, follow me to the City Lord's Mansion."

Colette finally got out of the way and followed Annan's carriage.

What to do next?

Looking away, Annan thought of a way to escape. How did Colette find her...did Valencia secretly give her something?

Annan thought that Colette didn't seem to know everything. She just traced it back to him in some way, but she didn't know what it had to do with him.

if it is like this……

Two carriages arrived in front of the city lord's mansion one after another.

"I won't be long."

Annan and Colette said as they jumped out of the carriage and stepped up the steps.

The officials in the city lord's palace recognized this popular knight, and Annan came to the garden without being hindered.

"Where's your butler?"

Surprisingly, Annan saw no sign of the housekeeper.

"housekeeper?"

"That man with a sly smile."

"He... just went out."

"Well, just in time, I want to tell you something...don't show surprise."

"What's up?"

"The butler next to you is a vampire from another force..."

The fake princess was stunned at first, and then showed surprise as if she had just reacted: "Are you serious?"

"I overheard the conspiracy between it and other vampires." Annan deliberately made the situation more serious, "and said that he wanted to control you to achieve their evil plot..."

"What should we do, tell the princess?"

The fake princess showed clumsy uneasiness, quietly walked around behind Annan, and stretched her sharp nails towards the heart behind Annan...

Annan thought that she had been playing the role of the princess for too long and would not show her emotions. She looked at the garden and said, "No...it's best not to tell her first, but don't tell the city lord's palace either."

"Why?"

The fake princess stopped moving. Annan turned back and looked at the fake princess standing dignifiedly next to the flowers: "Because we don't know what they want to do yet... so I need you to play a show."

"You... want me... to be a spy?"

"I'm not a spy. I'm just pretending to cooperate with them and investigate their purpose...Forget it, you are the most important part of the princess's plan. You make the decision."

In fact, Annan didn't know if this was good advice... but anyway, he had already told the fake princess that it was her business to do it.

No matter whether the fake princess is discovered or assassinated, it will not affect his and the princess's plan...at worst, the real princess will temporarily play the role of the princess.

"You will protect me, right? My knight..." The fake princess, who showed fear, wanted to grab Annan's arm, but he skillfully dodged it - the princess at home always wanted to grab him like this recently.

Annan said tactfully: "I have to perform other tasks, so I can't follow you all the time. But I think as long as you are in the city lord's mansion, you will be safe."

"Okay...can I call you if I'm in trouble?"

"Of course, I am still your knight in name." Annan saluted as a knight and said goodbye to the fake princess.

Colette was still waiting at the door. Annan walked towards her: "Please tell me, Miss Colette, what do you want from me?"

Colette looked at Annan, but there was only a gentle smile on his face that made people want to get close.

"Is my father really dead?"

"Of course, this is what I saw with my own eyes." Annan stopped smiling and spoke with a heavy tone.

"But why is there a voice saying it's him..."

"This is impossible." Annan said seriously, "I watched him die with my own eyes, and then he was rescued by the princess..."

Refers to the body being absorbed by the princess.

Colette believes in magic: "It's true, it didn't lie, and it pointed to you in the end."

"I……?"

As the leading actor in two million-dollar-grossing films, Annan's acting skills were even praised by Betty.

"I don't understand... Colette, can you tell me what happened?"

"Can."

Then Colette told what Annan already knew.

"You mean what mark the Archbishop of Valencia left on me?" Annan showed surprise as if he had heard it for the first time.

"Um……"

Annan was thoughtful, but still shook his head: "If it's like you said, Valencia's consciousness is still there, the princess should tell me..."

Those beautiful amber eyes looked at Annan seriously: "What do you think I should do? Accept the marriage, or accept the existence of the person who calls himself my father."

Annan seemed to be dreaming back to January 17th. Facing the "daughter" trap, he said with considerable experience: "Miss Colette, this is your family matter. I can't give you the answer, but... I want to take you somewhere."

Annan invited Colette to get on the carriage and took her to the Grand Theater, which was still under renovation.

"Why come here?"

"I'd like to ask you to watch a magical video."

Annan asked everyone to go out temporarily, took out the magic stone, and showed Colette "The Fall of the Wizard's Tower".

A story about a girl's rebellion against a noble marriage... Nothing is more suitable for Colette than this story.

Colette felt fresh at first, and then like all young people, she was attracted by the story. She watched Ruth reject the marriage arranged by the family, met Jack, tasted the sweetness of freedom, and finally rejected the family's arrangement and life and chose Stand with your loved ones.

In the end, Ruth, wrapped in a blanket, looked alone at the collapsed mage tower.

“Here’s my answer: Ruth lived her life only for herself, and I hope you do the same.”

Annan stood up. I watched "The Fall of the Mage Tower" again with Colette, hoping it would be useful.

"Live for yourself..." Colette chewed on these words and raised her head to look at Annan, "Can you help me."

"What can I help you with?" Annan asked curiously.

"My uncle arranged the marriage for me... As long as I take you back and declare you to be my fiancé, he will no longer be able to-"

"I refuse." Annan didn't even think about it.

I treat you as my daughter, but you actually want me to be your fiancé?