40. There's A Traitor Among Us
Lucia stood by the queen's side, waiting for her command.
"Please speak, Your Majesty. No matter what the task is, I will complete it."
"The task is actually very simple," Xia Lulu said slowly. "During your time accompanying Xia Yi to the Blackstone Kingdom, you must execute any order she gives you."
On the surface, Xia Lulu's command seemed redundant. Obeying orders was the duty of the royal maid team.
But Lucia had served Xia Lulu for many years and understood the weight of this command.
She knelt before Xia Lulu and replied loyally, "Your command will be obeyed, Your Majesty."
"Xia Yi might be a bit willful."
"I will satisfy any whims of the princess, please rest assured."
"Very good." Xia Lulu nodded in satisfaction.
"Your Majesty, why didn't you send my sister to accompany the princess?" Lucia asked. "Sera knows the princess better than I do, and she has been with the princess for a longer time. She is more suitable for this task."
"…Because Sera would not bear to part with Xia Yi."
At this point, even if Xia Lulu didn't say it explicitly, Lucia could guess from her expression and understood most of the situation.
As a maid serving the royal family, she shouldn't ask too many questions. She just needed to complete the command. But Lucia frowned slightly and couldn't help but whisper:
"Do you bear to part with her?"
"…"
The Silver Dragon Queen's expression faltered. She lowered her eyes and didn't answer Lucia.
…
"We should set off, Princess," Lucia reminded. "The lizard clan is already waiting for us outside the palace."
"Um… okay."
When Xia Yi replied to Lucia, she seemed a bit distracted.
They were setting off, really leaving the Dragon Kingdom!
She still couldn't believe it. Was she dreaming?
After transforming into a dragon, she had lived here for nearly six years and had never left.
Now she had obtained the transformation potion and successfully tricked Xia Lulu. Like Monet, who had become a dragon in the past, she found an opportunity to leave the Dragon Clan openly. Then she could return to the human world and slowly control the curse with the transformation potion, and she could become the human Sword Saint Wright again.
Am I dreaming!?
"Lucia!"
"Princess, I'm here."
"Come to me."
"As you command."
Lucia walked in front of Xia Yi.
This elder sister maid had a very proud figure and was very tall. Just standing normally, her shadow could cover the silver-haired loli.
But she kindly bent down, making her line of sight just below Xia Yi's horizon.
This movement caused the white and soft part to sway in front of Xia Yi, making her very jealous. Damn, this huge evil, is it really so bouncy…
Then, Xia Yi raised her hand towards Lucia, intending to reach out to her cheek.
Lucia didn't resist, and just like that, the little princess grabbed her cheek and pinched it.
"Does it hurt?"
"A bit." Lucia's cold expression didn't change at all.
"Um… It seems it's not a dream, it's real."
Xia Yi confirmed.
She really had the upper hand in the game between her and Xia Lulu.
She won!
"Princess, do you need to continue pinching?" Lucia asked. "Or, do you need to pinch other parts of my body?"
"Ah, no need."
Xia Yi's thoughts were interrupted by Lucia's words. Her cheeks turned slightly red, and she put her hand back.
"Let's go find Gu Ya!"
…
Xia Yi and Lucia, along with Gu Ya and his party, entered the Blackstone Kingdom and returned to the territory now controlled by the Blackstone Prince.
They kept their movements hidden and made no public announcements.
Apart from the few lizard people who were at the Dragon Palace that day, no one in the Blackstone Kingdom, whether it was Gudan's army or even Gu Ya's own forces, knew that the Silver Dragon Princess from the Dragon Kingdom had arrived.
Xia Yi was discussing strategies with Gu Ya and his party.
Gu Ya had collected all the intelligence from the past few days and handed it over to Xia Yi for review.
Gu Ya's territory was almost surrounded, and Gudan's army was closing in. It was a critical situation.
According to the original plan, they were to have Hei Ya lead the army to resist Gudan's forces, then feign defeat and start retreating, luring Gudan to pursue.
During this time, Xia Yi didn't have to do anything, just wait in the camp.
During this time, Gu Ya's front line kept shrinking, and Xia Yi could only wait, almost bored to death, and she couldn't appear in public.
On the fourth day, a change occurred.
Hei Ya reported to Xia Yi with a frustrated look: "Princess Xia Yi, according to the original plan, Gudan's troops should have reached here by now, but they all stopped. No matter what we do, they refuse to pursue, and Gudan has not shown up!"
Lucia stood quietly by Xia Yi's side, not intending to express any opinions, and let the little princess make the decision.
Everyone's eyes fell on Xia Yi.
"What's going on?" Xia Yi asked Gu Ya.
Gu Ya was a bit troubled, but he still said, "I suspect that we have a mole!"
"A mole?"
"It might be an informant that Gudan planted in our army. The fact that I, Hei Ya, and a few of my confidants went to the Dragon Kingdom for help, and that Princess and Miss Lucia came here, should not have been exposed. But in the eyes of the informant, we suddenly disappeared for a while and reappeared and immediately took action, which might have made my uncle suspicious and suspect that there is a trap!" Gu Ya explained.
"Gudan now just doesn't want to take the initiative to attack, probably planning to starve our army to death," Hei Ya said with a frustrated look. "If we let the prince abandon our army and people and run away, it would be a complete loss of public support, and there would be no hope of turning the tables!"
"Damn old dog, choosing to play it safe at this time!"
Gu Ya angrily slapped the table, then looked at Xia Yi.
"Princess, why don't you just take action and wipe out all of Gudan's troops!"
Xia Yi shook her head, "No."
"With the strength of the princess, plus Miss Lucia, it can be done completely, right? How can my uncle's army be an opponent!" Gu Ya was very puzzled.
Lucia answered for Xia Yi, "To wipe out Gudan's army, with the strength of the princess, it can be done easily, but can you provide accurate information to the princess, knowing where Gudan is? He's not a fool. As long as he needs to use the army as his shield, he can escape secretly. At that time, what are you going to do? If you can't find Gudan, let us dragons continue to slaughter indiscriminately, one city after another, until the entire Blackstone Kingdom is slaughtered clean?"
"This…"
Gu Ya was caught in a dilemma.
"But if my uncle doesn't fight, and the princess can't take the initiative to attack, doesn't that mean we can only sit and wait for death?"
"Not necessarily," Xia Yi's mouth curled up. "I have a plan that can definitely make Gudan show up, as long as you two are willing to cooperate."
"Princess, please tell us! As long as we can defeat Gudan, we'll do anything, we will definitely cooperate!" Gu Ya was so excited that he was grinning from ear to ear.
Hei Ya's eyes also lit up, seeing hope.
But after Xia Yi explained the plan, Hei Ya's face was stunned, his eyes were about to fall out; and Gu Ya was even paler, his knees weak, his body trembling, almost kneeling down and begging for mercy.
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