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Seeing me staring at her wearing her hair and helmet, Amrudina smiled sheepishly.

"It made His Highness laugh. I should have cut my hair short, but my family said it would be better to have long hair and strongly opposed it, so it was a little troublesome to wear the helmet."

"It's good to oppose, it's wonderful to oppose." I nodded repeatedly and gave 32 likes to Amrudina's family members who have never met and may never show up in the future. You have far-sightedness, Amrudina.

It would be a pity and a waste if Ludina's long pale hair was cut short. Just like Little Ghost's long moon-colored hair, I would be very distressed if even a fraction of it was cut off.

After coming back to my senses, I coughed a few more times, and the topic that had been drifting to the edge of the universe finally got back on track.

"Amrudina, I came to see you this time to discuss something about Kaluge."

"Is it about Lady Carol? Your Highness, please tell me. I will definitely tell you everything I know." After hearing the serious matter, Amrudina put on a serious face again.

"Uh... It's like this. I don't know if you've heard of it. Arturia had previously ordered Colgate to break through to the power of the world before she completed the King Arthur postgraduate examination. However, Colgate

There hasn’t been any movement so far, and Artoria’s test has begun again, so I’m a little worried..."

"Is this an agreement between Her Majesty the Queen and Lady Carol? This is the first time I have heard that there is such a thing." Amrudina pondered for a moment, but in the blink of an eye, she smiled lightly with an indifferent expression.

.Looking extremely confident.

"However, if it is Lady Carol, I think Your Highness should not have to worry."

"Why? If it takes Artoria half a year to complete the test, that's fine, but we can't rule out the possibility of a few days. Where do you get your confidence in her?" I didn't understand.

asked.

"Because Lady Carol is really powerful, so there is no need to worry."

"Even if you say so..." I shrugged helplessly. It's not that I don't believe in Colgate, it's just that Artoria's time to complete the test is too unpredictable, and I'm afraid that Colgate will make a mistake.

"Haven't Your Highness heard the rumors about Lady Carol?"

"Well, if you mean that she is the second most powerful among the twelve knights, I know that she has to serve Arturia while maintaining this strong strength. It sounds true.

It’s a bit unbelievable. You know that the other twelve knights are also one-in-a-thousand geniuses, so Caroline’s talent should be much stronger than the other twelve knights.”

"Yes, to be precise, it should be said that Lady Caroline's talent is no less than that of Her Majesty the Queen."

"Oh?" I exclaimed out of curiosity. Has anyone compared Arturia and Caroline?

"Judging from His Highness's reaction, it seems that he has never heard of it. However, there are very few people who know about this matter. I only know about it because of my identity as a participant."

"What on earth is going on? Can you tell me about it?" I became more and more curious.

"If you are His Highness the Prince, of course you can." Amrudina nodded, showing an expression of recalling the past.

"Your Highness should know where Her Majesty the Queen's identity as King Arthur's heir comes from, right?"

"That's right. It was Beja's mother, the previous Elf Queen, who sacrificed herself to open the inheritance door, allowing Artoria to obtain the inheritance of King Arthur. I'm right."

"That's exactly the case, but did your Highness know that there was actually more than one candidate for heir that year?"

"Is there such a thing? I don't know who else is there besides Artoria. Are you saying that Caroline is one of them?"

"Yes, there are three candidates, and Lady Kaluge is one of them." Under my shocked gaze, Amrudina nodded, confirming my guess.

"I didn't expect...I really couldn't imagine it at all..."

I think my IQ is a bit insufficient. It’s not that I think less of Carol, but comparing her with Artoria, in every aspect, Artoria is more suitable to be the successor of King Arthur. There is no way

That needs to include Colgate.

"Your Highness is also surprised, isn't it? Facing Her Majesty the Queen, who is a perfect fit for King Arthur's heritage in every aspect, it seems unnecessary to have Lady Caroline as a candidate."

"Well, although it's a bit rude to say this, in this aspect, Carole is indeed not as good as Artoria." I nodded and admitted, especially the king's demeanor, momentum, mind, and personality.

, talent, Artoria's innate kingliness, simply kills everything instantly, no one is more worthy of King Arthur's power than her, unless King Arthur is reincarnated to compete with her.

Well, this cute guy has indeed been reincarnated...

"Could it be that you mean..."

"Well, there is only one reason why Lady Caroline was able to stand on the same level as Her Majesty the Queen, and that is that her talent in becoming a strong person is not inferior to Her Majesty's. Perhaps... she is even stronger than Her Majesty.

A little bit, and at that time, your highness must also be aware of the situation of our elven clan. Because of tens of thousands of years of weakness, the desire for an extremely powerful queen like His Majesty King Arthur is so strong that it is unimaginable.

so……"

"I see, I understand. It's because of this that Carolie became one of the candidates."

I kept nodding my head. If it was like what Amrudina said, it would make sense. After all, even if we were both candidates, there would be higher and lower positions. There was nothing wrong with choosing one more to prevent accidents.

For example, back then, Little Ghost had three candidate saints. But according to Little Ghost, if nothing else happened, she and the Little Fox’s Sky Fox ancestor were actually just that person named

...Xiaosha? No, my memory is confused. This is the name of Beansha's sister.

In short, that person is the first candidate for the Saint, and the ancestor of the little ghost and the little fox. In fact, they are just her companions. To put it bluntly, they are the candidates. Only when the first candidate has an accident will it be their turn. It must be Caroline

This is also the case.

"What happened next?" Although the result is clear at a glance, I am still very interested in the process and want to know.

"Later, Lady Carole gave up on her own initiative."

"Oh, it looks like her style." I laughed and expressed my understanding.

It is not difficult to imagine that Carol would make such a choice. Not to mention that she was not as good as Artoria in all aspects of being a queen. Even if she could be compared, she would definitely make the same decision.

Because she was originally a loyal fan of Artoria, and even her current expressions and behavior are imitating Artoria, and the two sisters have been Artoria's followers since they were young. Perhaps as early as that time, Carl

Jie has already burned the soul of the maid and decided to stay with Artoria, assist her and take care of her.

The last reason is that she also has an idiot sister. As twins, the two sisters are undoubtedly the most suitable candidates for the Gemini Knights. Caroline has probably already set her sights on this identity, because the Gemini Knights represent the two people around King Arthur.

Maid. It is completely consistent with her life goal. Artoria becomes the king and she becomes her personal maid. This is simply a perfect puzzle made by God himself.

Probably all the talents were sucked away by my sister when she was still in the womb, leaving only the poor sister who was timid and fearful of having immoral attributes. Because of her strong identity and talents, she was dragged down from the position of the successor of the Twelve Knights.

Point of no return.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel pity for that idiot maid who made dirty jokes, but also found it interesting. I couldn't help laughing, and even missed a very important piece of information. Amrudina seemed to do it on purpose.

Avoid talking about it and try not to mention it.

That is, there are seemingly three candidates in total.

"Amrudina, you just said that thanks to being a participant, you were one of the candidates for the heir to the Twelve Knights, right?" I asked curiously as I wiped the tears from laughter from my eyes.

"That's right. In addition to Lady Carol and Lady Jeluka, there are a total of eighteen candidates, and I am one of them."

"Why do you feel like you have no regrets at all for not being able to become the heir?" I stared at Amrudina carefully, trying to find even a trace of loss and regret in her expression, but I couldn't find it.

"To tell the truth, it might make His Highness laugh." Amrudina blushed slightly.

"It's okay, just tell me."

"Although we have great respect and admiration for the Twelve Knights, in fact, some of us are not very envious of the identity of the successors of the Twelve Knights, because after inheriting, it means giving up what we have learned before.

Everything, completely accept the power of the twelve knights, completely follow their previous path, and the possibility of surpassing them in the future has become very slim."

"It turns out that you were still thinking about surpassing the Twelve Knights." I couldn't help but smile.

"That's why I said I was afraid that Your Highness would make you laugh. At that time, I was still young and my strength was too weak. I didn't know the heights of the sky. Only when my strength increased, did I realize how terrifying the strength of the Twelve Knights was. It was beyond the reach of ordinary people."

Mrudina lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Really? What now? Now that you know the power of the Twelve Knights, do you still plan to surpass them?" I looked at Amrudina and asked suddenly.

"This..." Amrudina raised her head and glanced at me, as if she was afraid that I would be angry. After hesitating for a while, she made up her mind and her eyes became firm.

"No, my subordinate has not given up!"

"That's right, that's the momentum." I couldn't help but gently raise my hand and caress Amrudina's head through the helmet as a reward for her answer.

Amrudina was stunned for a moment, then showed a very regretful and remorseful expression.

What's wrong?

But then I thought about it, and I immediately understood that she was probably regretting why she had to put on the helmet in a hurry just now.

Puff~~~ What a simple and cute knight.

While sighing, I couldn't help but think deeply about it.

It turns out that the original candidate for the successor of the Twelve Knights was not something everyone wanted to be.

It's not surprising that if an ordinary person can inherit the power of the Twelve Knights for nothing, and the power grows rapidly, this kind of thing is naturally a dream, especially for me, who dreams about being like a little ghost. Every day when I sleep,

For a lazy person who can quickly improve his level and strength by just biting someone.

No, even I was like this. When I was a child, I always had extremely great and lofty dreams, such as becoming the legendary superman and then having a harem with curvy superwomen in the Kingdom of Light, etc., race categories and

My size can no longer stop me. The only thing I have to worry about is whether the energy tank on my chest that beeps every battle for no more than three minutes will be so weak when I roll on the bed.

Ahem, cough, cough, the topic has changed. After saying so much, I just want to explain that even myself, who has a lifelong goal of eating and waiting for death, once had such a pure and great dream. What are Amrudina and the others?

Identity? Twenty proud elves selected from among the hundreds of millions of arrogant elves of the elven clan. It would be a joke to say that they have no pride in their hearts and no dream of surpassing the Twelve Knights.

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To be continued...