There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

“That should be it, but why did they attack us? Was it because of your identity?” Muir took off his gas mask and goggles, and tossed his hair as he spoke.

"I don't know either." Lu Qing shook her head; she didn't know exactly why these people attacked her.

After all, she didn't gain any memories of the princess when she entered this dream, and she didn't know what enemies the princess or the king had.

"Your Highness, are you alright?"

Just then, the guards finally arrived. When the captain of the guards saw the crown on Lu Qing's head, his heart skipped a beat.

Something terrible has happened.

That was the only thought in his mind at that moment, and his next thought was whether the princess was injured.

This concerns his future career, so he has no choice but to think about it carefully.

"I'm so sorry, it was my dereliction of duty to let these guys in!" The captain of the guard knelt on the ground, his expression a mixture of shame and fear.

.......

Not long after the captain of the guard found Lu Qing, his soldiers found the bodies of Minister Norson and his servants in Minister Norson's house.

It is said that this incident angered the king greatly. Because of the minister's death, other ministers, out of fear and other factors, doubled their own security forces, and the city's security level immediately rose significantly.

After being interrogated for some time, the assassins who attacked the princess and her friends finally revealed where they came from.

Not surprisingly, it was a member of the Guiji Cult. As for why the Guiji Cult wanted to assassinate Lu Qing, that remains unknown.

The members who carried out the assassination probably didn't know the truth either, but just in case they were lying, the interrogation has continued until now.

Lu Qing felt that asking like that probably wouldn't yield any results, so she simply told someone to notify her of any follow-ups and then went about her life as usual, waiting for the Holy Tree's blessing and the subsequent arrangements.

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Chapter 473: The protagonist must be this princess!

"The mission to assassinate the princess has failed."

In a dark underground space, a man with a somewhat hoarse voice spoke.

"The reason for the failure?" On the other side, a pale-faced man was playing with a scarlet gem in his hand, asking casually.

"None of our men came back alive. We only learned from the guards that the princess had defeated all of our men before they even arrived."

“There was also a thief with her. I had people investigate, and the information is very strange.”

"On the surface, she was just an ordinary orphan, but she and the princess were friends, and no one knows when they met."

"That little blue-haired girl, I quite like her, hehehe..." On the other side, a woman with long, slightly wavy, jet-black hair rested her chin on one hand and said with a wistful expression.

"Ah~ It's such a waste to kill them like this, especially Her Highness the Princess. Why don't I do it myself and brainwash them into my pets?"

"Shut up, you female hooligan! You should have done it inside the church!" A rather irritable voice rang out, and a burly, bald man with dark red markings on his skin suddenly stood up and roared at the woman.

"His Holiness the Pope of Honglisam, plus the strongest knight on the entire continent, with these two old guys around, any attempt to fight will inevitably result in certain death, do you understand, you fool?" The woman helped herself up, lifting her two semicircles off the table.

“She gained [psychic abilities], so no price is too high!” the bald man retorted.

“It’s easy for you to talk when you’re not the one suffering, but it’s not your turn to sacrifice yourself,” the woman retorted.

"Alright, stop arguing. The purpose of this meeting isn't for you to fight here," the man who spoke first said.

"The problem now is that the capital's security level has doubled, and our people can't get in."

“Even when I could see the target, the Knight Myron was always by my side, so I never had a chance to make a move.”

“Number Three, you’re too hasty. We don’t actually need to assassinate the princess. We can just carry out the plan step by step.” The pale-faced man put down the red gem in his hand and gently tapped the table.

“Plan…” Number Three frowned and looked at the other party, saying, “Number Two, I really don’t know why you want so much blood energy.”

"Is this plan more important than the person who gains the [Spirit Communication] talent?"

“That’s right.” Number Two nodded, then raised the blood-red gem in his hand, which was filled with a large amount of blood energy.

This power is extracted from the dead. Unlike ordinary animals, the blood energy produced by humans is much purer, and only such blood energy can condense into such a dazzling bloodstone.

Of course, there are many animals that are more advanced than humans, but the difficulty and quantity of obtaining them are disproportionate to that of humans.

"You need to speed up the collection of blood essence; what we have now is far from enough."

"More?" Number Three frowned and said, "We've already attracted the kingdom's attention, and it probably won't be long before they find out that we were responsible for the missing persons."

Number three.

Number Two's calm voice rang out. He stared at Number Three with somewhat cold eyes and said, "It doesn't matter how many people below die. There's only one thing you need to do, and that is to obtain Bloodstones for me at any cost."

"This concerns me and Number One, no, the goal of our entire Silent Sect."

"At the very least, you should tell us what you're going to do," Number Three said angrily.

He was furious with the performance of the second riddle solver, which stemmed not only from a lack of trust in them.

If people don't even know what they're doing, how many people would feel comfortable carrying out orders?

"........"

Number Two was silent for a moment, then patted Number Three on the shoulder and said, "Work hard, you'll understand later."

"Meeting adjourned."

Number Two removed his hand from Number Three's shoulder and turned to leave the dimly lit conference room.

"Goodbye."

The woman, number four, stood up from her chair and left as well.

"........"

The bald man number five said nothing and walked past number three, panting heavily.

After everyone left, Number Three thoughtfully placed his hand on the spot where Number Two had patted earlier and found a note hidden in the lining of his clothes.

"!"

Upon seeing the contents of the note, Number Three's pupils contracted sharply, and he forcefully suppressed the look of surprise that was about to appear on his face.

There is a traitor among us.

"........."

"A traitor?"

He glanced meaningfully at the spot where Number Four had just been sitting, then shook his head and walked out of the conference room.

........

"Where are you going, Miao Miao?" Lu Qing asked Miao Er after receiving the follow-up arrangements for the blessing of the sacred tree.

“I don’t know.” Muir looked at the letter in his hand and shook his head.

"They said to wait at the Royal Capital Square, and a carriage will come to pick me up later. What about you, Lu Yi?" After Muir finished speaking, he looked at Lu Qing with some curiosity and asked:

“I’m going to the cathedral. If nothing unexpected happens, I should be going to see the Pope,” Lu Qing said, waving the letter in front of Muir.

“It’s not the same place.” Muir lowered his head thoughtfully, feeling a little strange.

"Will this multi-person dream actually separate us all?"

"There are occasional situations like this, where multiple people need to do different things in different places." Lu Qing recalled seeing others mention this when browsing forums before.

This kind of dream is not uncommon. Just like in traditional RPG adventure games, multiple protagonists go on adventures in different parts of the world, eventually coming together to defeat the final boss.

"I still feel it's better to have more people, so we can take care of each other in case of any emergencies," Muir said with some concern.

"Don't worry, even if it's a special dream, a white four-star dream won't be too difficult," Lu Qing said, patting Muir on the shoulder.

“I hope so,” Muir sighed.

.........

the next day.

After saying goodbye to Muir, Lu Qing took a carriage all the way to the location of the Royal Cathedral.

Eileen and Knight Myron followed her into the church.

The letter didn't say anything about not being able to bring others. Anyway, Lu Qing had personally asked her adoptive father, and if he said there was no problem, then there definitely wouldn't be a problem.

Eileen was her personal maid, following her everywhere, and so was Myron, her knight-errant.

Yes, especially after she was assassinated by the Guiji Cult, Knight Myron needed to be by her side even more.

After all, no one knows whether the Guiji Sect will send someone to assassinate the princess again, nor does anyone know how strong the assassin is.

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Chapter 474: If working can be considered a kind of faith...

"Good morning, Your Highness." After Lu Qing entered the church, the Pope, dressed in a light purple silk robe, slowly walked over and said.

"Good morning, Your Holiness the Pope," Lu Qing greeted him respectfully.

"Ah."

Nodding, the Pope then looked at Knight Myron standing behind Lu Qing and said, "Long time no see, Knight Myron."

"Yes, it has been quite a long time." Knight Myron nodded, and after recalling for a moment, said, "About seven or eight years."

"To be precise, it's nine years," the Pope said with a soft chuckle.

"........."

They were silent for a moment, then burst into laughter.

These two people clearly met when Lu Qing came here for a spirit communication ritual last time, but this time they're saying things like "it's been a long time," or "seven or eight years."

This was actually a conversation between the two of them when they last met, but when the Pope said it had been a long time, Knight Myron suddenly remembered it and that's why he joked about it.

"Okay, enough joking around,"

The Pope stopped smiling and then looked at Lu Qing, saying, "Your Highness, you should know why you came here."

"Yes, it's because of the blessing of the sacred tree," Lu Qing nodded obediently.

“Alright, then I’ll be frank. Your Sacred Tree Blessing is [Spirit Communication]. You are one of only two people currently known to be alive who possess the talent of [Spirit Communication].