As a queen who has lost her kingdom, I can see the comments section.

At this moment, the caravan secretly changed direction and headed into the deep forests of the mountains; its purpose was self-evident.

'They seem to be planning to rob me and Eileen while they're at it, or even more than just rob me, huh... I'll show them who'll be the one in trouble.'

Amelia thought to herself.

Amelia also noticed the concerns raised by viewers about being poisoned. She leaned close to Eileen's ear and whispered, "Eileen, these guys are thieves. They'll most likely try to harm us. Be careful, especially against poisoning."

Eileen's expression changed slightly, and she lowered her head and whispered, "Miss Leah, if they are thieves, why did we sneak in?"

"Because I felt we were a bit strapped for cash and wanted to earn more money, but it wasn't appropriate to steal or rob, so I had you pretend to be decorating a horse-drawn carriage by the roadside, just to wait for thieves to attack us and then rob the thieves in return."

Amelia found a plausible excuse for her previous actions, which made Eileen and the audience realize the truth.

It turns out it was to rob a thief...

This kind of thing feels really strange, since it's usually thieves who rob others, so to think of robbing thieves instead is incredibly audacious.

"Miss Leah, are we really that short of money?" Eileen asked softly, somewhat puzzled.

The Duchy of Luban truly lived up to its reputation as a country rife with thieves. While others usually traveled in caravans to guard against thieves, they were just two seemingly frail young girls and a lone carriage. They were targeted by countless thieves along the way, and those who attacked them usually met with bad ends.

After dealing with so many thieves along the way, they had collected quite a bit of Kel. Although Eileen hadn't counted it, she felt it was at least several hundred thousand, which should be enough to live on for a long time.

Besides Kerr, they also brought various valuable and portable items such as jewelry, which also cost money.

“Not enough, of course not enough,” Amelia replied definitively.

"Ok."

Since Amelia said it wasn't enough, Eileen naturally didn't ask any further questions.

At this point, the convoy had arrived at the edge of a grove of trees and stopped.

Because the thieves' carriages had already surrounded Amelia's carriages during the journey, they had to stop as well when the caravan stopped.

Noticing the commotion, Amelia knew those guys were about to start.

"Ladies, you're unlucky to have met us."

Bryce pulled out a knife and walked over, his expression mocking, no longer trying to hide his true feelings.

The surrounding thieves also took out their weapons.

They didn't resort to poisoning or similar methods, because in their eyes, Amelia and Irene were just two lambs who had fallen into a wolf pack, completely unable to resist them.

"Kill them all!" Amelia's innocence vanished as she gave the order.

"Whoosh!"

Following Amelia's command, Eileen flew directly towards Bryce, the alchemical weapon "North Wind" appearing in her hand. With a single sword strike, she severed Bryce's head, the speed of which was so fast that no one could react in time.

Almost simultaneously, Amelia also took her alchemical equipment "Silver Moon," drew back the bowstring, and condensed wind on it to form an arrow, which she then shot out.

Chapter 46 New Identity

Amelia's aim wasn't great, but at close range she still managed to pierce a man's chest with an arrow, causing the thief to fall with a scream.

It was only at this point that the thieves realized what was happening.

"Is it an apostle, or even a mid-level apostle? Everyone, run!"

The thieves present all showed expressions of fear.

In fact, there were apostles among them, some even reaching the level of lower apostles, but that person was Bryce!

As a lower-ranking apostle, Bryce was killed without even having a chance to react, so it's easy to guess what rank the person who made the move was.

The thieves, who were originally hunters, became the prey and fled in terror in all directions.

"Not a single one of them will escape!"

Eileen's cold gaze swept across the surroundings as she swiftly caught up with one person after another and killed them before her eyes.

Amelia also occasionally fired a sneak attack.

In a short time, all the thieves in the caravan were killed.

Having seen many corpses along the way, Amelia was perfectly comfortable with seeing another large group of them and walked among them with a calm expression.

“Next, search the area and find anything of value, then set the body on fire,” Amelia said to Eileen.

Eileen nodded.

Burning corpses was something they did every time they dealt with the thieves, mainly to cover up the traces of Amelia casting Wind Sigh.

Now Amelia also knows that humans basically cannot worship the Tree of Nature or the Bard's Bow, which means they cannot use the Wind's Sigh, an ability belonging to the elves. Therefore, she must conceal this conspicuous feature.

Among the loot they obtained after defeating numerous thieves were alchemical tools that could be used to start fires, called igniters. These were cylindrical objects; by pointing the opening at prepared firewood and pressing a button, flames would be emitted, making it very convenient to start a fire.

The two handled the scene with practiced ease, finishing everything in no time, and then drove the carriage towards Beard City.

Eileen was driving the carriage, and Amelia was inside.

The magic crystal cannon occupied the largest space in the carriage. She covered the magic crystal cannon with a white cloth, and around it were various other things, such as jewelry, Kerr, books, water cups, and changes of clothes.

At this moment, Amelia brought up a lot of new things and first picked up a notebook to look at it.

This record book contains the notes of Bryce and his group, detailing how they met with the Hicks family, how they gained their trust, and how they clearly explained the relevant information.

Amelia understood the situation after a while, and then picked up a sapphire ring, which was the important token to gain the trust of the Hicks family.

Amelia put it on her hand.

“From today onwards, I am Lily Hicks!” Amelia smiled.

Upon hearing Amelia's words, the live chat immediately erupted in excitement.

[Lily Hicks? Is Amelia planning to impersonate that person and infiltrate the Hicks family?]

[It's like she's missing something but it comes to her; Amelia was just thinking about how to get a good identity to live in, and now the right identity has appeared.]

The Hicks family is truly pitiful. In the original storyline, they were impersonated as relatives by thieves, and now they're going to be impersonated as relatives by Amelia and her friends.

Chapter 47 Beard City

No, no, no, they just got lucky.

[In the original storyline, the entire Hicks family was wiped out. Amelia's appearance can be seen as saving them, so pretending to be their relative isn't a bad thing.]

The audience, of course, did not know that Amelia's initial goal was to impersonate Lily Hicks, and assumed that Amelia had come up with this idea after just acquiring the relevant items.

After making her decision, Amelia lifted the carriage curtain and told Eileen about her plan.

"Miss Leah, are you going to impersonate a distant relative of an earl's family? Won't that give you away?" Eileen asked, a little worried.

“Don’t worry, she definitely won’t be exposed. The Hicks family only knows Lily Hicks’ name and her keepsake; they don’t even know what she looks like,” Amelia said confidently.

If a group of thieves could successfully deceive the Hicks family, she felt she could certainly do it herself.

"Also, you'll start calling me Miss Lily from now on, just in case we accidentally give ourselves away," Amelia instructed Eileen.

"I understand, Miss Lily."

Eileen was still somewhat worried about Amelia's decision, but since it was Amelia's decision, she wouldn't object.

“Lily Hicks has no other relatives, only servants, and the servants don’t have fixed names, so it seems that they can be called whatever they want. In that case, you will continue to be called Eileen Becher, my maid and bodyguard.”

Amelia made a decision.

Using Eileen's real name wouldn't cause any problems, because nobody knew that Eileen had fled with Amelia Stevens, the deposed queen.

Eileen was taken aback by Amelia's words.

"Maid?"

“Yes, that’s the only way. You can pretend to be a maid. Oh, right…” Amelia seemed to have thought of something and said, “Since you’re going to be a maid, you need to wear a maid outfit. There were maid outfits among Bryce’s and his men’s spoils. Eileen, you should change into one first.”

Eileen: "..."

The carriage stopped by the roadside.

Amelia chuckled and shrank into the carriage, beckoning to Eileen before picking up a maid outfit.

Eileen had no choice but to come in and begin to take off her clothes, revealing her milky-white skin as her clothes were removed.

After taking off her dress, Eileen quickly put on the maid outfit.

The maid outfit was black, with a white ruffled apron, white stockings that tightly covered her thighs, and black round-toed leather shoes.

Eileen was quite lucky; the maid outfit fit her quite well.

After Eileen finished dressing, Amelia personally put Katyusha hair accessories on Eileen's maid outfit, and kept her hairstyle in pigtails.

After finishing dressing her up, Amelia looked Eileen up and down and nodded in satisfaction: "Alright, Eileen now looks just like a real maid."

“Miss Lily, I don’t know any of the etiquette for maids. Won’t this cause problems?” Eileen asked with some concern.

"No problem, you just need to stay the same as usual," Amelia said reassuredly.

"I see."

Since Amelia thought everything was alright, Eileen naturally chose to believe her.

The two then continued driving the carriage towards the nearby city of Beard.

This time, it didn't take long before Beard City appeared before them.

Chapter 48 Miss Lily

The Principality of Luban is known as the land of art, and its capital, Beard, naturally also enjoys the reputation of being a city of art.

The city's architecture is highly artistic, with domed structures everywhere and numerous domes. The architectural style emphasizes the central point and features vibrant colors.

On both sides of the wide street, fiery red maple trees and streetlights are arranged in distinct layers. The autumn wind blows many red maple leaves, which are scattered on the ground like decorative patterns.

There were many people coming and going, basking in the afternoon sun, chatting and laughing as they walked down the street. Regardless of gender, their clothes and appearances were more vibrant than those of people in other cities, as if they had an obsession with colorful hues.

Flower shops, bookstores, pubs, clothing stores, restaurants, alchemy shops, general stores, racetracks, theaters, art galleries... all sorts of shops are scattered in an orderly fashion in different locations.

Occasionally, you can see bards on the street, playing harps or guitars and producing melodious sounds.

The carriage slowly made its way into the city. Amelia lifted the curtain and looked outside, and was quite impressed by the bustling city.