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Chapter 3606 The Princess and the Knight's First Chapter
Chapter 3606 The Fairy Tale of the Princess and the Knight
"Yes, after all, it is a calamity."
The girls nodded, understanding what Xia De meant.
"So how do you plan to contain it? With your coffin magic?"
And so the large, star-blue book appeared in the last rays of the setting sun:
"Since a snake's molted skin can hold the dice of fate, it means it can hold solidified fate."
He tried to bring the black arc closer to the "Handbook of Fate," but ultimately gave up.
"Never mind, I still feel like doing this would allow its power to directly contact me."
He then took out the small coffin that had briefly sealed the demon during the Fifth Era and threw the Curved Arc inside. This did not prevent the Curved Arc from "creating a second Infinite Serpent," since the [Coffin of the Underworld] could not seal fate.
However, if the arc unexpectedly transforms into the Infinite Serpent again, then at least Shad's seal can hinder that serpent for a period of time.
This was something with both risks and rewards, and in Shad's view, the risks outweighed the rewards. After discussing it with the witches, Shad decided to place it on the "Radiant Messenger" rather than in the town.
The boat girls cleared out a special room located high up on the ship to house the coffin, and the girls arranged by the witches would monitor its condition 24 hours a day.
Once Shad finds a way to shatter "fate," he can try to smash it. In that case, the dice obtained should be exchanged for their holders, rather than being distributed among everyone involved in the event.
"The Society of Prophets must have a way to break the cycle of fate. Judging from the parchment that Shad brought, the Society must have broken many cycles in the past."
Standing together in the empty cabin, looking at the coffin covered by a crystal dome engraved with runes on the only platform, Megan said to Shivi.
The blue-eyed boat girl suddenly said:
"Speaking of the Ring of Fate, when I was studying under Her Majesty Violet, she told me about a 'War of Fate' that broke out in the Fourth Era, also known as the 'War of Shattered Rings.' It is said to be a war between powerful beings of fate, and its impact was quite extensive."
"During the Fourth Era, a great war broke out among several holders of the Ring of Fate, right?"
"I've only heard Her Majesty Violet mention this, and I don't know the specifics. There's no such thing as the 'Ring of Fate' in the story. After all, the Fourth Age was full of conflict, and a total war that affected the whole world broke out almost every fifty years. That war was actually quite small in scale."
Miss Elizabeth said, seeing that everyone was interested in the topic, she added:
"But I know the outcome of that war. It is said that the two strongest warriors who made it to the end had a one-on-one duel, but the result was that both were injured. No one won, and soon the new war covered up the traces of the old war."
"In that case, embedding the Ring of Fate into someone's body and then destroying that person is also a way of shattering the ring. This is still the same as reviving the Infinite Serpent, returning to the starting point."
After much deliberation, Shad ultimately decided against immediately seeking help from the Society of Prophets. The prophets had clearly been concealing many things, yet all the information they provided was accurate.
He thought he should ask his other friends first; surely someone would know something. And having obtained that curved arc today was already enough.
(Mia is running.)
The snow in Tobeskoye started on Monday morning and didn't stop until night. The city was once again covered in silvery white. Under the light of the gas streetlights, fine snowflakes fell densely. Children wrapped in scarves stood by the roadside watching the snowflakes under the lights, but were soon pulled by their mothers' hands and walked quickly towards home.
Yodel Palace, located in the city center, remains the brightest area in the entire city of Tobesk. Almost every window here is lit up, and people are willing to believe that the figure behind every curtain has the power to determine the fate of the country.
Adelina, who is celebrating her birthday today, is standing by the window, except that there are no curtains in front of her.
Behind them was a magnificent banquet hall filled with the clinking of glasses. A huge, five-tiered cake, resembling a pagoda, was placed on a long table in the center of the hall. Champagne glasses and goblets were held, and the well-dressed guests were all chatting happily with each other.
The little princess, wearing a diamond crown and a silver-white evening gown, simply stood sideways by the window, gazing at the three moons amidst the falling snow.
The gaslights on the walls and the crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling illuminated her beautiful face and lovely figure. The princess, now eighteen, actually looked not much different from when she first met Shad at sixteen. And this was precisely what Adelina Cavendish hated.
Emilia has probably returned to St. Byrons, Iluna is likely on another tense and exciting mission in the darkness of the city with her squad, Shad is dealing with the calamity of fate on the island, her aunt is discussing the construction of a new arsenal with her father, and even her sister Lacia has been summoned by her mother to accompany her to meet a countess who has come from afar.
The other woman's husband had been arrested recently for embezzling winter relief funds, and the Countess had come specifically to plead for his release. The Countess's family was related to the Kingdall family, from which the Queen came, so even if Queen Diana didn't want to help, she had to appear, which is why Lacey was summoned to accompany her.
So the little princess attended her eighteenth birthday party "alone." Although there were many of her friends from Tobesk and many strangers who flattered her, she didn't care much about the presence of others, except for her maids.
Those exciting adventures, those wonderful stories, those dangers that made her heart race, and the fact that Shad and her life were no longer confined to the small Yodl Palace, and that she was no longer the naive girl who thought she was great just because she had a gun holster strapped to her leg at sixteen.
If she could, she would prefer to light a campfire at the foot of that snow-capped mountain and spend the night with the witch, elves, and unicorns who were probably still watching over the frozen lake. Even without a celebration, spending her eighteenth birthday there would be incredibly romantic.
There was really nothing in the banquet hall that interested her.
"Father will probably come over to say a few words in a little while, but will my sister come over later?"
She was thinking to herself when she felt someone tug at her, and then she saw it was her younger sister Alice, whose hair was tied with a blue ribbon.
"Sister Adelina, you've been spacing out for quite a while now."
As the hostess of the banquet, this was very impolite. Adelina nodded, intending to continue chatting with the guests, when she sadly realized that her little sister seemed to be catching up to her in height.
"I can't end up being the shortest princess in the family, can I?"
She rejected such a future and desperately hoped that she could become a witch's apprentice and grow up to be as tall and beautiful as Tifa, Matilda, Miss Aurora, and Rita—Margaret already had a great figure before becoming an apprentice.
Even if she were to become like Stella, Adelina could accept it, since the other woman is also around 5.6 feet (about 167 cm) tall.
The cake wouldn't be cut until His Majesty the King arrived, so it was still a boring social occasion. Standing with her sister Alice, Adelina wondered how much longer she could enjoy "the power of the older sister," before she was surrounded by a large group of familiar local noble girls.
Everyone congratulated Adelina on her eighteenth birthday, comparing their hairstyles and jewelry, and talking about the others who couldn't come because of pimples on their noses.
Then came visiting politicians with wine glasses, hoping to seize some political opportunities at the princess's birthday banquet, and of course, they wouldn't forget to curry favor with the favored princess.
An eighteen-year-old princess naturally attracts the attention of young male nobles. Adelina managed to politely dismiss most of them, but one marquis's son remained, talking to her and refusing to leave.
Adelina didn't quite remember which family the other person belonged to, but she felt very annoyed, yet she couldn't say something like, "Can you give me some peace and quiet?"
However, her impatience was noticed by the maid behind her and Princess Alice beside her. The maid had repeatedly hinted to the marquis's son to end the conversation, but the latter ignored her completely.
So Adelina finally had no choice but to speak up:
"Excuse me, I need to go to the dressing room to touch up my makeup."
In social etiquette, this was already a very obvious hint, but as Adelina turned to leave, the young man from the Marquis of Bohr's family unexpectedly reached out to stop her, and he clearly wanted to touch Adelina's sleeve.
This is extremely rude behavior.
Then, someone reached out and grabbed his hand. The young man then felt a monstrous force lift him up and slam him to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.
He felt as if every bone in his body was groaning.
The sound of a body hitting the ground, followed by a painful scream, drew more attention. Seeing the marquis's son lying on the ground, people wondered who had attacked someone at the princess's birthday banquet.
But when people saw Shad Hamilton standing there with a cold expression, they turned away nonchalantly and whispered to their companions:
“Look, Grand Duchess Galina’s young knight.”
"I know it's him. Who in all of Tobesk doesn't know such a handsome young man? I heard about his wrist..."
Others who did this in the Yodel Palace would be escorted out by the guards, but Shad's actions, aside from attracting some attention, went unpunished.
The guards seemed oblivious to what was happening, while the palace attendants continued with their work. Those who had witnessed the events firsthand whispered things like, "Mr. Paul is really outrageous."
Mr. Paul's friends hurriedly came over to apologize to Princess Adelina for his rudeness and recklessness. After the princess gave a curt nod, they helped the young man, who was trembling with fear after seeing Shad's face clearly, to his feet and hurriedly left the banquet hall.