Conspiracy from within the letter

"I give you one last warning, Lady Lize. This is a terrible idea, the principal will kill me" - Adzer

"It's fine if I just say it, right?" - Lize

Lize put a hat on her head and then put on a mask to hide her identity, in her hand was a letter with a yellow wax mark for her to take with her.

Lize lightly kissed her index finger and drew a circle in the air, it opened a gate and on the other side was a forest that was the place she needed to go. Jumping to that side, the gate closed, but then something sharp touched her back.

"It's not a good way to receive people" - Lize

"Who are you?"

Holding out the letter with the golden wax mark on her hand, the person took the letter from her hand, her sword sheathed. Lize turned her head towards the person who pointed the sword at her, it was a knight in silver armor covered from head to toe.

"My name is Ambrosius, I have been ordered to receive those who come to help" - Ambrosius

"With your sword?"- Lize

"Honestly pardon my rudeness ma'am...?" - Ambrosius

"Alter, just call me Alter"- Lize

"That's just a nickname, isn't it?" - Ambrosius

"That's right, you're smart"- Lize

A compliment but actually a curse sentence is more correct.

She was taken to the gathering place of the quest participants, where there were many knights and magicians and people from the cathedral, even children...

Wait, a child?!

Lize was surprised to see a child standing in the royal tent.

"Did you bring children?" - Lize

"It was the emperor's request, the temple was called here for a reason" - Ambrosius

The reason behind what Ambrosius said, did he think she didn't know? This is the protection of the royal representative.

From a long time ago....

In the eyes of the royal family, the people's lives were nothing but trash. To be able to recruit more talented people to the palace, the royal family will choose anyone to be a representative, a target to protect. If the representative is still alive, those who are credited with protecting the representative will be admitted to the palace.

The representative of the royal family, which could be anyone, was nothing more than a pawn, a bait for those who aspired to a position in the royal family.

This is a cruel game that has been forbidden for a long time, but for the royal family, it is different, they have the power, can cover everyone's eyes and ears, originally she did not like the royal family. Because the way they run the country is so stupid.

"Those bastards....."-Lize mumbled

"What did you say?" Ambrosius turned to Lize

"Ah no, it's nothing"- Lize laughed

If she was found to be swearing at the royal family, they would surely cause her a lot of trouble.

Lize walked over to the child, who didn't look scared but innocent, neon blue hair, yellow pupils. She reached out her hand to the child and called out some candies, the child looked at her with curious eyes. Finding it quite amusing, she added a few simple tricks to make the child laugh.

"Hey, focus. Let's start the negotiation."

A middle-aged man's voice broke the atmosphere, Lize sighed wearily, she didn't bother to listen but just stood there pretending to be present.

"Is this someone from that academy?"

What is this, suddenly want to find her to cause trouble?

It is true that you do not know your own strength.

"Hey! Do you hear me, you brat!"

The middle-aged man touched Lize, she grabbed his hand, the middle-aged man used his strength to break free. But strangely, he couldn't lift his arm from Lize's hand. She raised her eyebrows, gently pulling the middle-aged man's hand off her shoulder, Lize hit his vitals so hard that he froze. She raised her foot and kicked his head down, looking at him with scornful eyes.

"Bastard"

"Kneel down you idiot, what the hell are you to touch me?" - Lize

"You treat someone like me?! You'll regret it"

"Just keep barking, old man. You're going to die at my feet, but you can still speak." - Lize

"That's enough, Alter. This is an important mission, don't cause friction. Alter, the royal family has an agreement with the academy, if you ever act violently towards your comrades. ..."- Ambrosius

"Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm not stupid. He won't live after 15 minutes anyway" - Lize

Lize's leg pushed the middle-aged man lightly and left.

In the end, they all split up to go on their quests, and Lize went with the child.

The sound of their footsteps stomping on dry leaves made a rustling sound in the night, Lize felt that the child was walking slower so she stopped.

"Sit down, and put your feet out here" - Lize

The child did not say anything but obediently listened, he sat down on the rock and let Lize do whatever she wanted.

She knelt down and lifted the child's feet, saw that his shoes were as thin as a piece of cloth, and gently removed the shoes, revealing the scratched soles of the feet that were still bleeding. She knew right away, even the clothes worn on the child's body were not of good quality.

"Your leg hurts without telling me a word. Why suffer?" - Lize

Taking out a box of cream from her robe, Lize applied it to the child's feet. The thick cold liquid touched his foot and it startled him, it must have taken a long time for this child to do so.

"That's good, it'll heal quickly."

Carefully bandaged the child's legs, it must have taken a while to heal, so she lifted the child with one hand forcefully. The startled child clung to Lize's neck but soon let go because it thought it was rude. Looking at it confused made her giggle.

"If you're scared, you can hug me, I don't mind" - Lize

She wondered why the child was so silent, never said a word until now.

At such a young age, it makes no sense to be a representative.

Suddenly a strong fishy smell hit Lize's nose, the smell of blood, the smell of death, she knew there was danger ahead, so she looked at the child with a gentle smile on her lips.

"Now I will create a barrier, you there close your eyes, cover your ears with your hands, no matter what happens. Until I appear, you absolutely must not come out of the barrier, promise ?" - Lize

After she finished speaking, Lize drew a circle with runes and placed the child in the center, and that was it. The barrier will not be destroyed externally, since it is strong enough to break it or the person inside the barrier leaves the barrier on their own.

When she turned around, she disappeared into thin air.

Now the moon was high, on a desolate lawn, where the corpses of people from the group were lying everywhere, blood stained red like a lake of blood. A huge thing was devouring the corpses of the middle-aged man just now.

"You know, if you want to do something, always remember to choose the right goal to act on"

From the darkness, Lize stepped out, the big thing turned towards her but she didn't seem scared at all.

"Am I right? Ambrosius?"

The huge thing shrank back into a man with short, naked brown hair wearing only shorts.

"How do you know it's me?" - Ambrosius

"The first is that the representative is a child not an adult, that's the most suspicious point. In the past, there have been horrific events over the course of more than 10 years, most of the victims who become representatives are teenagers and elderly or sick people. Although that horror has been forgotten by the world, it still exists in the forbidden history of the royal family." - Lize

"What about that? Doesn't it prove that I'm the mastermind behind it all?" - Ambrosius

"It's a letter. The golden wax seal is imprinted on the letter, with the image of a lion. Of all the wax seals, only royalty can have. Moreover, the wax sealant on it is cheap and easy to break. Normally, the royal wax seal is not so easily broken. I immediately recognized it as a fake letter." - Lize

"It's all just your speculation, do you have proof?" - Ambrosius

"Then why don't you check, the letter you took from me"- Lize

Ambrosius took out the stack of letters he had taken from the participants, he searched for the letter from the academy. He was very insecure, there was no way the plan he had meticulously prepared would be discovered so easily.

When he saw the letter from the academy, he just stared at it and dropped other letters, when he opened it, there was a card inside.

{The Fool}

He was tricked.

He could hear Lize's laughter echoing mockingly.