Mage Veigar

Chapter 297 Self-directed and self-acted
Time comes the next day.

The dynasty's army has begun to move eastward through the ports.

As there are not many large ships, the transfer can only be done in batches. In addition, due to the harassment from the Kingdom Army's war airships, the troops cannot be airlifted, so the speed is very slow. It now seems that it will take about 10 days to successfully transfer all of them.

The army groups were transferred first, but the Royal Legion and the Imperial Army were left last.

Because Saint Laurent had already fallen, an army group was in Saya City to snipe the enemy's footsteps. In order to be on the safe side and stabilize the morale of the army, the Royal Army certainly could not be the first to leave the East. And the Empire, in order to show its ridiculous great power demeanor, also chose to stay and leave last, which made Vega not know whether to cry or laugh.

He cried because he had to stay at the front line for the time being.

If Saya Castle were to fall one day, he might not even be able to leave in time.

I smiled because staying here gave me a better chance to communicate with Princess Xia.

As long as you can make friends with Princess Xia, you might have a chance to get the pendant on her chest.

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Three consecutive days passed without him finding any chance to get close to the princess because she was always with the king, and it was impossible for Vega to flirt with the granddaughter in front of her grandfather.

Of course, he is not the kind of person who puts all his eggs in one basket.

Vega took this opportunity to try to collect information about the awakening potion, but found nothing. For the time being, he had not heard that other than Princess Xia, any other royal family had the awakening potion, which made Vega even more annoyed.

With this irritable mood, Vega took to the streets.

Due to the blockade of information and the arrival of the dynasty's army, most civilians did not know that the dynasty had abandoned them, so the city regained its former vitality and looked prosperous.

Of course, those who got wind of the situation had already secretly packed up their things and prepared to flee.

Therefore, what Vega saw was the prosperous city of Tully. He could take this opportunity to quietly enjoy a cup of coffee and a piece of bread in the store and enjoy the only oasis in the war.

"Your coffee, sir."

The waiter brought a cup of black coffee without sugar or milk, which was naturally sour and bitter.

Recently, Vega has fallen in love with this pure taste.

Sitting in the coffee shop, he was especially grateful that he had boarded the army's chariot. Otherwise, when the war came, he would probably be like the civilians here, unaware of the impending danger and thinking that everything was developing in a good direction.

After drinking half a cup of coffee, Vega let out a long sigh.

He shifted his body weight to the chair and looked out the window with his pupils dilated, a sign of daze.

But after a few minutes, his dilated pupils shrank, and Vega saw a person——

Shia Saint Laurent.

Why did this princess appear across the street?
Moreover, he was only wearing the clothes of an ordinary noble, and was only accompanied by a female servant.

In such a time of war, a beautiful girl walked onto the street wearing a priceless pendant. What's the difference between this and seeking death? Even if she is innocent, there must be a limit. It is true that being in the royal family, she is ignorant of the sufferings of the world.

Vega didn't go over to say hello right away.

He glanced behind Princess Xia and found that the guardian knight Carol was indeed following her secretly, but the princess did not seem to know about it. Instead, she was happily buying small items one after another at the stall.

With just one glance, Vega made a rough guess.

Perhaps this princess was so "naive" that she thought she had escaped on her own without being noticed by anyone, but she didn't know that she had been secretly protected by Carol.

But this is an opportunity.

Vega rolled his eyes, realizing that this was his only chance to talk to Princess Xia, but he still lacked an opportunity to strike up a conversation and improve her favorability. Otherwise, all he would get in return would be some polite greetings.

Time and opportunity wait for no one, what should we do now?
Vega looked around and suddenly his eyes fell on a few homeless people sitting on the ground with lifeless eyes near the door of the coffee shop. An idea flashed in his mind.

Vega suddenly realized that if there is no opportunity, he can create one. This is the same as war. Moreover, the materials for creating opportunities are right in front of him, and it would be a waste not to use them.

What's the easiest way to gain favorability?

Of course it’s a hero saving a beauty.

Vega believes that he has not read so many novels in vain. Although this trick is quite bloody, the effect is definitely immediate.

Vega took out a few copper coins that the clerk had given him as change, and threw them in front of the homeless through the window. This instantly attracted the attention of several homeless people, and they immediately started to scramble for them.

Veigar used his old tricks again.

Under the influence of magic and mental power, he threw several copper coins accurately and continuously. Several homeless people followed the copper coins like hungry wolves smelling blood and walked to the edge of the street. They also noticed Princess Xia opposite.

Sia Saint Laurent's beauty needs no further explanation.

Even Vega thought she was a beautiful elf from a fairy tale, let alone these homeless people.

Although Xia deliberately let her hair down to cover the pair of ears that were unique to her royal bloodline, this did not prevent the homeless people from looking at Xia's face and the gorgeous pendant on her chest with greedy eyes.

The homeless men looked at each other.

Three of the younger ones said to an older one, "Boss, the little girl with those two symbols can definitely be sold for a high price, and that pendant is definitely worth a lot of money. If we do this, we won't have to worry about anything in our lives."

"But looking at their attire, they look a bit like aristocrats."

"No matter if she is a noble or not, since she dares to go without guards, we dare to take action."

"Yes, after selling it, the worst that can happen is that we take the money and flee to a city occupied by the United Kingdom."

After a few words, several people made up their minds. For them, who were living in danger of starvation at the next meal, even though it contained risks, it was the only chance to escape the current situation.

Several people walked quickly towards the opposite side.

A few minutes later, one of the homeless men snatched a small object from the maid and ran into the alley, but he was not running very fast and seemed to be deliberately slowing down.

When the maid saw her things being snatched away, she subconsciously chased after them.

In addition, the tramp could not run fast, so of course she chased him relentlessly. Even though she knew that the kind and merciful princess would not scold her, as a servant, how could she lose her master's things?

As the maid started to chase after her, Xia subconsciously hurried to follow.

Because the maid was her backbone every time she sneaked out, so of course she was very afraid of getting lost from the maid.

As the two chased and fled, they were soon led into a dark alley.

Then the real purpose was revealed.

Four homeless people of different ages surrounded the two men and smiled "hehehe" at them.

Vega, who was following closely behind him, also smiled “hehehe” at the same time.

As long as a short while passes, when Princess Xia's fear reaches its peak, it will be his turn to appear as a "hero to save the beauty". In this way, it should be no problem to instantly increase her favorability to the maximum.

But at this moment, Vega discovered that the guardian knight Carol had arrived.

An ominous premonition arose. Why did Vega feel that this routine was a little familiar?

The young villain directed and acted out the heroic act of saving the beauty, but was taken advantage of by the protagonist who was passing by?
(End of this chapter)