Chapter 294 Unavoidable Pas (1/2)

Rhode remained calm even though he had mix feelings. Although, in the game, there were several missions when ordinary NPCs would suddenly emerge and confess — ”Haha, I'm actually a spy”, ”Haha, I'm actually a Demon Lord”, and ”Haha, I'm actually…” — those were only plots and players weren't too into them. At most they only felt like ”Damn, this is over exaggerating!”

However, when you were in the situation yourself and the person was your companion for a long time, even if you were an experienced player who couldn't get more familiar with game plots, you would still have unexplainable feelings deep inside your heart. In other words, you couldn't differentiate if it was good or bad. Games were games and players knew that.

This was an indescribable feeling.

Rhode was dubious.

He knew that Lize was a Cleric when he first met her. After he came to this world, he got to experience some things that only mercenary groups in this world would go through. Being a mercenary involved risks, and due to this, even Marlene, who had joined the mercenary group later, was always aloof and drew a clear line between her and the mercenaries. Besides, she didn't intend to stay for long from the start. This was normal as both parties held different statuses, and while a short period of interaction might be fresh and interesting, things might get more difficult in future.

Nevertheless, because of this, Rhode found it pretty hard to accept that Lize was actually a princess. If Lize truly belonged to the royal family, she wouldn't be in a mercenary group to begin with. Even Marlene, who had joined the mercenary group temporarily—her identity was still the Senia Family's heir. For such a person, even if she wished, her family would definitely disapprove of her being a mercenary. A person of her status had wishes that money couldn't buy, such as beliefs and faiths.

However, Lize had spent so much time in a mercenary group having fun, which was unbelievable because the royal family would definitely disprove of such matters. It would be unbearable for a member of the royal family to become a mercenary.

And what made Rhode most suspicious was that, in the game, he was familiar with Munn Kingdom's history, but he had never heard of Munn Kingdom having another ”Her Highness”. This could explain another matter, which was that her presence wasn't influential in the game, and no missions were related to her. As a player, Rhode wouldn't know. Of course, perhaps the endless flow of information in the royal family's library might contain this information, but to Rhode, there were much more important things to check on than a NPC who had nothing to do with the game or any missions. Even though Rhode was termed the 'Walking Library', his knowledge consisted of only the games. He was here for the game, after all, and not to study history.

”I knew you would come, Lize.”

Rhode poured a cup of tea and placed it before her. The young lady hesitantly lifted the cup and stared into the red liquid with a complicated glint. Lize's feelings were equally mixed, but unlike Rhode's, her feelings were not only messy but also fearful.

That's right, fearful.

Ever since the first incident on the floating boat, Lize had lost all her companions and at that moment, Rhode had supported her to stand back up on her feet. Afterward, it was also Rhode who assisted her to rebuild the mercenary group and even Lize couldn't believe everything that happened thereafter. They were a small little mercenary group of Paphield but now, they were representing the Paphield Region and were about to stand in the most sacred arena of all mercenaries — The Midsummer Festival stage.

Lize believed that if her leader was looking over them from heaven, he would be glad to see the mercenary group reaching such a step. Also, she was sure that if Rhode wasn't here, everything wouldn't be possible. In fact, deep down in Lize's heart, she had accepted Rhode's presence. But, for unknown reasons, she couldn't bring herself to address Rhode as ”Leader” like Anne did… This indeed was an awkward matter which Lize had often heard many people discuss. However, Rhode wasn't mindful at all, but… what about now? Was she about to confess the secret that she had been keeping in her heart?

The young lady placed the cup on the table.

This is my apology and something that I must do.

”Sorry… Mr. Rhode, I have been keeping my identity a secret all these while. But I don't mean to lie and in fact… I thought I could give up this identity forever.”

Lize paused and lifted her head.

”Just as you thought, Her Highness Lydia and I are sisters, but… we have different bloodlines.”

”Oh?”

Rhode widened his eyes in astonishment. Could it be that Lize was the offspring of a scandal? But wait, Munn Kingdom had always been under the rule of a queen.

Then… What's this…

Before Rhode reacted, Lize raised a question.