398 The Different Sophia (2/2)

Sophia's green eyes and her petal-like lips would easily arouse the tenderness in most men's heart. They would totally forget the fact that Sophia herself was a level-five blood power alchemist and tried their very best to protect her in their arms.

However, in Lucien's mind, his response was rather cold. To him, although Sophia was right beside him when the change happened, he still could not rule out the possibility that it was the princess who did all of this.

”No worries, Your Highness. I'll protect you with my life.” Lucien pretended that he had completely fallen in love with Sophia. With a bit hesitation, he reached out his left hand and gently patted on Sophia's shoulder.

Sophia slightly nodded and her arms climbed onto Lucien's left arm. With her body leaning against Lucien's, Sophia said, ”I am a caster. Only with the protection of a brave knight can I fully exert my power. If we support each other, we can destroy all the conspiracy. I can help you become the next duke. At that time, we…”

”I will destroy all the conspiracy! For you!” Like all men who were carried away by their passion and love towards a woman, Beaulac promised the princess very confidently, as if all of a sudden, he had become unstoppable.

Meanwhile, Beaulac's right hand which was holding the sword lowered to his waist.

After a short while, Sophia suddenly took a few steps back with her flushed face as if she felt too shy to stay this close to Beaulac. On the other hand, Beaulac also grabbed the sword tight again, but he had taken out the Holm Crown Ring, Electron, and put it on already.

”Only two people can do this: my brother, or Arthen. While my brother is the future emperor, Arthen is the one who is most likely to become the future duke. They have the power to make Sir Metatron, the Glorious Crown, work with them. After all, Sir Metatron is no longer young, and thus he had to consider his family's future,” Sophia stopped acting like a little girl and analyzed seriously, ”and with no doubt, their targets are you and me. My father loves me, and the empire had queens before. It also happened before that the first successor in order died before ascending to the throne. My brother won't feel safe when I am still alive! No wonder he wants to be part of the competition as well.”

”Sir Metratron is also helping them? What shall we do?” Lucien pretended that he was deeply shocked, ”They are not afraid of the investigation? His Majesty will be enraged if you die.”

The look on Sophia's face was rather gloomy, ”They have taken actions, and they must have been prepared for what is coming to them. Maybe even uncle Ulrich is their ally as well! Once we die, they can say anything they want! But there's still hope for us…”

”Hope?” Beaulac was very confused.

Sophia nodded and said in low voice, ”Although Sir Metatron is very powerful, like I said, he's old, and his power is receding. If we can find the secret chamber first, through a hidden passage, we can go into the inner structure of the palace. There we can find a powerful scroll which is used to control the powerful magic circles. My father told me this when he was in this competition, and I am sure he only told the secret to me.”

When she finished her words, Sophia looked up and said to the young man both solemnly and helplessly, ”Beaulac, are you going to fight for me? Are you going to pursue the hope with me?”

”I am forever your knight, Your Highness. I shall never retreat.” Beaulac nodded affectionately.

There were tears in the princess's eyes. ”Then, we should set off to find the secret chamber right now! We can only rely on each other!”

Sophia was rather satisfied seeing that Beaulac had become totally carried away by her provocative words. Turning around, she asked Duda to find a safe place to hide and wait until the end of the game.

The moment when she turned around, the excited look on Beaulac's face twitched a bit.

Lucien knew that he was right. The princess indeed knew the existence of the inner structure of the palace.

But what did the princess want? Her personality just changed so fast.

And why would she needed Beaulac to help her?