Western Fantasy: The Princess Wants to Save the World

Chapter 175 Back then

Cecilia looked at the scene displayed on the monitor in front of her and couldn't help but curse inwardly.

The scene on the monitor is still changing.

The bad captain said that there was a problem with their ship and hoped to be taken in.

Their own ship was not as good as the one Cecilia later found.

Now that I have lost my direction, I naturally want to make plans after I get on board.

Joyce found out that the other party was the crew member of the first ship rejected by Cecilia, and wanted to find Cecilia as soon as possible.

The captain is also a man of principle.

The entire ship was chartered by Cecilia, and now they want to take in others, and they also want to get Cecilia's approval.

The two went to look for Cecilia one after another, only to find that Cecilia was missing.

The two had not met yet.

Joyce immediately began to arrange his knights to search for Cecilia on the ship, while the captain came to find Joyce.

After a long time without finding any sign of Cecilia, Joyce's first reaction was that Cecilia had been taken away by the black magician, so he discussed with the captain to return directly.

The captain agreed and told the black-hearted captain that they were going to return.

The black-hearted captain's first reaction was that it was that bitch's idea.

He didn't care about lurking or not, and directly led his sailors to attack the people on the ship.

At this time, Cecilia had just been imprisoned in the mermaid kingdom.

Cecilia was worried that if they delayed any longer, the mermaids would come again.

Fortunately, the sailors on the ship are all experienced, and the sailors of the black-hearted captain are not worth mentioning in their eyes.

The captain no longer cared about the lives of Captain Blackheart and others, and started to set off for Clifton Port according to Joyce's orders.

Fortunately, when the sirens returned to this sea area, Joyce and others had already left.

The black-hearted captain and his companions will face the crazy revenge of the sirens.

As soon as Joyce reached the shore, he went to see the Earl.

After Leonard was removed from office, Gallup has not yet arranged for a new duke to take over the territory here.

Maybe they forgot, or maybe there is no suitable candidate at the moment.

This earl is an old acquaintance of Cecilia. The last time she and Valken came to investigate Leonard's manor and interrogate the relevant personnel, it was this earl who helped.

Joyce found the other party and told him that Her Royal Highness the Princess was missing and hoped that he could provide manpower to help.

This is incredible.

The Earl immediately arranged for people to search the surrounding areas starting from Clifton Harbor.

Joyce is smart.

He judged that His Highness's disappearance was most likely caused by being taken away by someone with magic.

With the way they are searching now, they probably won't find any clues.

When the Earl just started to dispatch people to look for Cecilia, Joyce sent a letter to Valken, informing him of Cecilia's disappearance and hoping that he could provide two people with powerful magical abilities to help.

Joyce made other preparations, too.

If someone kidnapped Cecilia and wanted to use her as a hostage for a deal, that would naturally be the best case scenario.

But what Joyce didn't expect was that he waited for Lorian's personal assistance, but did not wait for any clues about Cecilia being held hostage.

The distance from Aslade City to Clifton Port is neither close nor far.

Fortunately, there is a river not far from the city of Aslade.

Lorian sailed north and arrived at Clifton Port on the fourth day after receiving Joyce's letter.

Valken had wanted to come, too.

But he is not a free man now and needs to make military achievements. After thinking it over, the only person he can trust is Lorian.

When Lorian learned that Cecilia had disappeared, his first reaction was—

Most likely it was Cecilia who pushed her into it.

The second reaction was confusion. If Cecilia was really half-hearted, she should have left some clues before disappearing.

Lorian subconsciously discarded the idea that Cecilia was in danger.

He didn't think that if Cecilia really resisted with all her might, there would be no trace or clue left.

After arriving at Clifton Harbor, Joyce took Lorian to the boat they had set out on.

In order to keep the trace, Joyce renewed the fee for a period of time.

The captain was relieved.

You don’t have to go out to sea, you can make money just lying at home.

When Lorian arrived at Cecilia's room, he first felt a breath of dark magic.

The black magic is quite weak.

As for any traces of magic, no traces were found at all.

It's impossible that Cecilia was taken away by the black magician without any defense.

Could it be that Cecilia volunteered?

But if it was voluntary, why didn't you leave even a single word?

Joyce asked Lorien, "How?"

Lorian shook his head.

Joyce was extremely anxious. As the princess's knight accompanying her on the trip, he would be held responsible if the princess lost even a hair.

Lorian told Joyce he would think of another solution.

After this period of time, whether it was Cecilia's previous improvement method or the practical experience he had gained on the battlefield not long ago, Lorian's magic has improved a lot.

There are many more methods that can be used.

But none of these methods helped him find Cecilia.

Cecilia looked at the two anxious people on the monitor, then looked at the time in the upper right corner of the monitor.

two days ago.

Cecilia fast-forwarded the images on the monitor in front of her and saw that Joyce and Lorian were about to go out to sea again.

Drag the progress bar back.

At this moment, they are now at sea.

Cecilia didn't care about anything else and immediately rushed out of the patriarch's office to find the high priest.

The high priest was having a heart-to-heart with the young patriarch.

She was acutely aware of the problems between them.

I also sincerely thank Cecilia for giving the two of them space and not interfering too much in this matter.

The atmosphere finally eased a little, and then they saw Cecilia rushing towards them without caring about her image.

"Please save my friend."

The high priest frowned. She still thought of the friends Cecilia mentioned as the ones from four hundred years ago.

The few of those who are still alive are now dark magicians.

The high priest did not think there was any need for those people to be saved.

Cecilia continued, "They came here with me. I separated from them, and they came back to me."

Because of her anxiety, Cecilia's words no longer had any logic.

But the high priest understood.

At least the people Cecilia wanted to save were not those black magicians.

This matter was a very simple one for both the high priest and the small patriarch.

The high priest sent Cecilia back to the ship directly, and reached a consensus with Cecilia before leaving, "The mermaids do not trust humans. The chief trusted you back then, and I choose to believe in his choice."

"Cecilia, please don't let me down."

The young patriarch was reluctant to part with Cecilia so soon.

During the time Cecilia was in prison, the young patriarch felt that he had developed some bond with her.

The young patriarch wanted to say something polite, asking Cecilia to remember to come see her if she had the chance in the future.

But then she thought again, the mermaids didn't like Cecilia in the first place, so there was no need to let her take the risk again.

Cecilia's full attention was on turning the boat around and leaving this troubled place.

Lorian was not very surprised to see Cecilia suddenly appear on the boat.

Joyce, who was still relatively calm, had tears in his eyes.

The boat turned around again smoothly.

When passing by an island reef, Cecilia saw the remains of a ship that looked very familiar.

He looked away as if he hadn't seen it.

Joyce just confirmed that Cecilia was fine and then left.

Joyce didn't ask where Cecilia had been or what she had done during this time.

Lorian naturally asked.

Cecilia only said that she went to the Mermaid Kingdom, but because she left so suddenly, she didn't have time to leave any message.

Lorian could see that Cecilia was just trying to fool him, but he pretended not to know.

After getting ashore, Cecilia's steps seemed a little unsteady.

She has been soaking in the water all this time.

Although the blessing of the ocean helps her live a normal life under the sea, the feeling of walking firmly on land seems like a thing of the past life.

After arriving at the accommodation, Cecilia covered her head and slept all day.

Then it started to request information from the system.

Cecilia first confirmed the existence of the dragon. After learning that there really was a dragon, Cecilia was extremely shocked.

"I remember that you never mentioned this matter four hundred years ago?"

The system pretends to be dead and makes no sound.

Cecilia was afraid that the system would disappear at any time, so she took advantage of every opportunity to inquire about matters.

After asking a series of questions related to dragons, the only clue he got was that dragons are very rare. There are only three left in the entire continent of Swester, and due to the damage they suffered thousands of years ago, they have been in a dormant state ever since.

"What about the location? Is there a specific location?"

The system displays three highlighted points on the map.

There really is one dragon in one place.

"So the destruction of this continent was caused by the demons, led by the black magicians, invading other races?"

"Not really. There are other races that were not united before, just like you saw how bad the relationship between humans and mermen is."

Cecilia felt something was wrong.

This is simply a vicious cycle.

If she wants to gain the trust of the mermaids, she must really seal the black magician, but sealing the black magician requires the unity of humans and mermaids.

This is simply unsolvable?

What's more, mermaids can use the power of the sea to punish humans, and humans don't actually have any good way to deal with mermaids.

Cecilia suddenly thought of something - the Peace Treaty.

The Peace Treaty restricts all races except demons from harming humans.

This type of damage is more direct damage.

The way mermaids harm humans is usually to use the power of the sea to kill them.

This is almost the same as how humans take advantage of loopholes to control giants, dwarves, and orcs.

Seeing that Cecilia was thinking of the Peace Treaty, the system could not help but remind her again, "If we resolve the Peace Treaty with the mermaids now, it will be easier for the mermaids to attack humans."

Cecilia understood.

Besides, even if we were to discuss the Peace Treaty with the mermaids now, they would still not trust humans.

They will just think that this is another conspiracy used by cunning humans.

But judging from the current situation, the Peace Treaty has not achieved the effect she had imagined.

Unfair is still unfair.

The concept of "Peace Treaty" was first proposed by her, and then she received help from like-minded friends.

They embarked on a journey to help disadvantaged people build their own country and allow them to have a normal living environment.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they may take root and sprout at any time.

Cecilia couldn't help but start to recall, did Elar do anything when signing the "Peace Treaty" four hundred years ago?

The system was very direct and told Cecilia the answer directly, "He did tamper with the contracts with the giants, orcs, and dwarves."

Sometimes the truth is just so cruel.

The system's emotionless voice forced Cecilia to face this fact.

"What did he do back then?"

The system directly showed Cecilia the scenes from that year.

Theoretically, after the signing of the Peace Treaty, all ethnic groups should develop themselves without interfering with each other.

For example, the elves themselves love peace, and they don't want to see the lives of all living beings in the world suffer.

The mermaids live in the ocean, and before other races have sufficient technological levels, they have a natural barrier with the races on land.

There would be no infringement on each other.

The decision to go to the mermaids to sign the "Peace Treaty" was made at the suggestion of the elves.

"Although there is a natural barrier as protection, if one day a race invades the mermaids and finds that the mermaids are not bound by the Peace Treaty, wouldn't the mermaids be very pitiful?"

As for the giants, dwarves, and orcs, it is the most difficult for them to sign the "Peace Treaty".

Cecilia put in a lot of effort and finally completed the signing of the Peace Treaty.

But now we see that when signing the contract with the three land tribes, Elar really tampered with the "Peace Treaty".

Cecilia got goosebumps all over her body.

The young patriarch was absolutely right in what he said.

She is really stupid.

She didn't see the calculation and shrewdness in Ellard's eyes at all.

The other party still planted a mine in the Peace Treaty——

He can modify some details of the Peace Treaty without changing the general direction.

You know, with a document like this, a single word difference can lead to a complete rupture.

And Elar can modify some minor details, which completely betrays the original intention of the Peace Treaty.

Many scenes of her time with Ellard flashed through Cecilia's mind.

Back then, she truly regarded Elar as a good brother.

Cecilia closed her eyes in pain.

The system whispered in Cecilia's ear, "Don't you blame me for not telling you about this back then?"

Cecilia shook her head. "You didn't know that I would come to this continent in the future."

Her mission back then was to maintain peace on the continent of Swest.

Cecilia understood very well that in that situation, the system would not care about the subsequent impact as long as it did not hinder the completion of the task.