The shuttle in the second dimension

　After Lin Xuan entered the alley, Subaru kept his eye on it until he saw Lin Xuan emerge with a beautiful young woman in a blood-red dress. He knew the matter was resolved. However, he was puzzled by Lin Xuan's salute to the beautiful woman.

　"The head of the Baliyel family and one of the candidates for the king's choice, Priscilla Baliyel." Lin Xuan said, glancing at Priscilla and her knight who had not left yet.

　"No way, it's a competitor!?" Lin Xuan's words made Subaru quickly turn his head to look over, as if he wanted to confirm it, but as soon as he turned his head, he was stopped by Lin Xuan.

　"Don't go and look, Emilia is out." For Subaru, nothing he said was as useful as the word Emilia. Sure enough, as soon as Lin Xuan finished speaking, Subaru immediately threw the idea of ​​taking a serious look at his competitor out of his mind.

　While walking towards Emilia, Lin Xuan glanced behind him and found that Priscilla was about to leave with her knight, so Lin Xuan withdrew his gaze.

　"How is it, have you contacted me?"

　"No." Shaking her head, Emilia said dejectedly.

　"Since we haven't made any contact, let's go back first. It's getting late." Lin Xuan suggested after looking at the sky.

　"Ah."

　"Ok."

Chapter 43 Between the Thrones (Two in One)

　When returning to his residence, Lin Xuan said to Emilia, "When I went to the guard office to contact Reinhard, I met Priscilla Barrier, the head of the Lier family."

　"Eh!?" Lin Xuan's words stunned Emilia.

　"Not long after you entered the guard's office, I saw a young girl being dragged into an alley by thugs, so I went to check it out. Once inside, I discovered the person being dragged in was the head of the Baliyel clan. Although the information Rem gave me indicated that this candidate for the King's Choice was no ordinary person, I saw it and decided to help take care of the thugs. We then exchanged a few words."

　"I see." Emilia breathed a sigh of relief.

　"Aren't you curious about what I talked about with her?" Lin Xuan asked with a smile, his lips slightly raised.

　"I'm not curious. I really trust you, Lin Xuan." Shaking her head, Emilia said confidently.

　"What? I originally wanted to tease you about that person who wanted to recruit me to see how you would react." Shrugging, Lin Xuan said regretfully.

　"Hmph!" Emilia puffed up her cheeks slightly and snorted as if she was angry.

　"Haha." Looking at Emilia's expression, Lin Xuan laughed out loud.

　-

　At night, Emilia told Subaru that he would be the one looking after the house the next day.

　"Huh? Let me look after the house tomorrow!?" Subaru took a step back and shouted loudly, as if he wanted to confirm whether he had heard it correctly.

　"Of course, isn't that what we agreed upon?" Emilia turned around and explained to Subaru.

　"But I still haven't been able to contact Reinhard today. If I go to the royal city tomorrow, maybe I can see him." Subaru still hasn't given up the idea of ​​going to the royal city with Emilia.

　Looking at Subaru still doing useless work, Lin Xuan, who was sitting on the chair, shook his head helplessly.

　In the end, Subaru agreed to let Emilia stay and look after the house.

　Seeing Subaru still not giving up, Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

　After Emilia and Rem left, when only Lin Xuan and Subaru were left in the room, Lin Xuan spoke.

　"Subaru, I know you're worried about Emilia, afraid she'll be in danger like last time, but since you've already promised Emilia, I hope you can do your best. Tomorrow, Roswaal and I will be here to protect her. Don't worry."

　"Subaru did not respond to Lin Xuan, but remained silent with his back to him.

　Seeing that Subaru didn't respond, Lin Xuan frowned.

　"Think carefully about what I told you before. Think more before you do anything." After saying that, Lin Xuan stood up and left.

　He had said everything he needed to say. Whether Subaru listened to him or not was none of his business.

　-

　The next day, under Subaru's farewell, Lin Xuan and the other two boarded the dragon carriage and headed for the royal city.

　On the dragon carriage, Roswaal looked at Lin Xuan with a smile, which made Lin Xuan feel a little uncomfortable.

　"Roswaal, is there something on me that made you keep looking at me after you got in the car?"

　"No~~~~ I was just thinking, Lin Xuan, you are really popular. As soon as you arrived in the capital yesterday, the other candidates for the royal election wanted to recruit you. It turns out that it was the right decision for me to let you become Lady Emilia's knight." Roswaal said with a smile in that devilish voice and tone.

　"How do you know?" Lin Xuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Emilia in confusion, as if he wanted to confirm whether she was the one who told Roswaal.

　Facing Lin Xuan's puzzled look, Emilia shook her head, indicating that she was not the one who told Roswaal.

　"Yesterday, the lord from Baliyel announced that he wanted to recruit you." Looking at Lin Xuan with an ambiguous look, Roswaal explained to Lin Xuan how he knew about this.

　"Hey, hey, hey, no way." Lin Xuan pulled his lips together. He hadn't expected Priscilla to do this. He had only met her once, so even if she was interested in him, there was no need for her to do this.

　"So, now you can say you're famous in the aristocratic circle~~~~~"

　"Hehe..." Lin Xuan pulled the corner of his mouth and said helplessly, "If I had known, I wouldn't have rescued her yesterday. She could handle it herself anyway."

　"Ah~~~ It's no use regretting it now~~~"

　"I know." Lin Xuan responded unhappily and turned his head to look out the window.

　"Pfft--" Looking at Lin Xuan's helpless look, Emilia covered her mouth lightly and laughed softly.

　-

　The place where Lin Xuan and his friends lived in the royal capital was not far from the royal city, and they were riding a dragon carriage, so they arrived at the royal city soon.

　Stepping down from the dragon carriage and looking at the magnificent royal city in front of him, Lin Xuan took a deep breath and suppressed the tension in his heart.

　"Ah~~~ Lin Xuan, are you nervous?" Although Lin Xuan concealed it well, Roswaal still saw through it at a glance.

　"After all, it's my first time attending such an important occasion. It's normal to feel nervous." Lin Xuan patted his face lightly and let out a long sigh.

　"Are you okay?" Emilia looked at Lin Xuan worriedly and asked with concern.

　"It's okay. I'm much more relaxed now." Lin Xuan showed Emilia a relieved expression and walked behind her with a smile. At this time, he had already put himself into the identity of Emilia's knight.

　Seeing that Lin Xuan had relaxed, Emilia also breathed a sigh of relief. It was not that Emilia was worried that she would make a fool of herself because of Lin Xuan's nervousness, but she was worried that Lin Xuan would force himself to help her.

　"Okay, let's go." Seeing that Lin Xuan had adjusted his condition, Roswaal clapped his hands and signaled that they could go in.

　In this way, Lin Xuan and Roswaal followed Emilia, and under the watchful eyes of fully armed guards on both sides, they walked through the magnificent corridor and came to the end of the corridor, in front of a huge door that required one to look up to see the top.

　"I have been waiting for you for a long time, Lady Emilia."

　The speaker was a burly man in armor. While speaking, the man bowed to Emilia. After the bow, the man looked at Lin Xuan who was standing behind Emilia with a scrutinizing gaze, obviously examining this new face.

　Facing the salute from the burly man from Nanming, Emilia nodded. Meanwhile, she introduced Lin Xuan to the burly man.

　"He is my knight."

　"Knight?" The burly man glanced at the [Destroy] hanging on Lin Xuan's waist and said, "If anything happens, please protect your master, Lady Emilia. The rest will be left to us guards."

　Nodding to the man, Lin Xuan said, "I will."

　"Please come in, Lady Emilia." As the man spoke, the door slowly opened.

　As the door opened, the scene inside the door, that is, between the thrones, also came into Lin Xuan's eyes. The bright red carpet was spread on the ground, the exquisite decorations on the wall reflected brilliant light, and the gorgeous chandelier hanging from the ceiling was even more dazzling. However, the most eye-catching thing in the entire throne room was probably the throne placed in the deepest part of the room.

　Luxurious. Looking at the scene before him, these were the only two words that came to Lin Xuan's mind. However, despite his emotion, Lin Xuan still followed Emilia inside with a faint smile on his face.

　On both sides of the red carpet stood two groups of people. On the left were members of the Knights Military Officers, and on the other side were civil officials and nobles.

　Not long after Lin Xuan and the other two entered, they heard the sound of a door opening behind them. Glancing at the door behind them from the corner of their eyes, Lin Xuan withdrew his gaze and shook his head when he saw the three people walking in from the open door.

　"It seems that you still haven't listened to my words."

　Walking in from the gate were Priscilla, one of the three official candidates for the royal election, her knight—Al, and—Subaru.

　"Subaru!?" Emilia, like Lin Xuan, was looking at the gate. When she saw Subaru following Priscilla in from outside the gate, she couldn't help but exclaim.

　When Subaru saw Emilia, he was happy at first, but then he became panicked. The reason was that he betrayed the agreement they had made.

　"That... Ai, Emilia... I..." He opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to defend himself, but before Subaru could say anything, Priscilla put her arm around Subaru and said to Emilia playfully.

　"What's the matter with you staring at my maid, you idiot?"

　"If you let me go, Emilia-tan will misunderstand me." Subaru tried to break free from Priscilla in panic, but found that he couldn't break free at all.

　Looking at Subaru and Priscilla, Emilia pursed her lips and said nothing.

　At this time, Lin Xuan walked out from behind Emilia, bowed to Priscilla, and said, "Master Priscilla, I'm sorry that our servant has caused you trouble."

　"Sure enough, compared to this, I want to snatch you away from that half-baked guy." After looking at Lin Xuan, Priscilla seemed to lose interest, let go of Subaru, and walked past Emilia.

　"Why is Subaru here?" Emilia asked after Priscilla left. "Didn't we agree on this? I told you to wait patiently. Don't you remember?"

　But unfortunately, before Subaru could answer Emilia's question, the voice announcing the entry of the Sages' Association was rang out, and then the adults of the Sages' Association walked in in an orderly manner.

　Looking at the adults from the Sages' Association entering the venue, Lin Xuan looked at Roswaal and pointed at Subaru, obviously asking Roswaal what Subaru should do.

　Understanding Lin Xuan's intention, Roswaal made a decision and said, "Let him sit at the table with you."

　But Emilia seemed to disagree with this decision, but before she could finish, she was interrupted by Roswaal.

　"Ah~~~The meeting is about to begin. Lady Emilia, please go to the center."

　Roswaal's words forced Emilia to agree with his decision for now.

　"We'll have a good talk later." Emilia said as she walked towards the center, while Lin Xuan took Subaru to the area of ​​the Royal Guards. As for Roswaal, he stood with the civil nobles.

　"Subaru, I thought you would listen to what I said, but it seems I thought too much." As he walked towards the knights' area, Lin Xuan said to Subaru who was following behind him.

　"No, I..." He seemed to want to explain, but was interrupted by Lin Xuan as soon as he opened his mouth.

　"You don't have to explain anything to me. Leave your explanation to Emilia." After saying that, Lin Xuan stopped. It was not because Lin Xuan wanted to do anything, but because he had arrived at his destination.

　Just when Lin Xuan stopped, the knight standing in front of him suddenly turned around. Looking at the bright red hair, Lin Xuan instantly recognized the person in front of him.

　"You are here as expected. When I heard that Lady Emilia would be present, I thought you might come back." Looking at Lin Xuan and Subaru standing behind him, Reinhard smiled.

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Chapter 44 Begins (Two in One)

　The dragon-loving kingdom of Lugnica, a nation sworn in alliance with the divine dragon, Bolkonni, and protected by it. However, just six months ago, a member of the royal family who had forged a pact with the dragon died in an accident. This unforeseen death undoubtedly left the nation without an heir and a king.