I, the Knight King, wield my sword for my myriad subjects.

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Looking back at young Vivi.

Her fair forehead was restored to its original state, with no trace of that strange scarlet mark remaining.

But just as Lani's light gray eyes reflected the figure of the girl with the aloof face in front of her.

"Go eat her."

A strange, mature female voice rang in her ears.

The voice seemed to possess some kind of magic, constantly lingering in her mind and entangling her self-awareness.

Lani shook her head, her sense of self feeling intensely uneasy.

So she began to try to use her mind to dispel the foreign voice from her mind.

However, time quickly proved her efforts to be futile.

The unfamiliar, mature female voice became increasingly clear during the process of her expulsion.

At the same time, some things in her field of vision began to change drastically.

In Lani's eyes, the girl Vivi's simple linen dress had somehow been replaced by an exquisite and gorgeous fitted black silk dress.

What surprised her most was that Vivi was wearing the exact same silver necklace as her.

Seeing this, Lani shook her head frantically and took a few steps back in fear.

She firmly told herself:

This must be an illusion!

From Vivi's perspective.

"Miss Lani, what's wrong?"

All she saw was a strange expression on Lani's face, revealing a complex mix of excitement and panic.

When Lani heard the strangely dressed girl, Vivi, speak in a normal voice, she felt inexplicably at ease.

So, she mustered her courage and, feigning composure, responded to the young girl, Weiwei:

"I'm fine, let's go quickly."

After saying that, Lani reached out her hand, wanting to touch the other person.

But just as she made this move...

The mature woman's voice, which had been constantly echoing and repeating nonsensical words in her mind, changed the content of her speech at this moment:

"That's right! That's how it's done."

Lani instinctively resisted the command from the unfamiliar voice, and quickly withdrew her hand that had just been extended towards the girl Vivi.

This made Vivi, the girl opposite her, even more confused:

"Miss Lani, are you really alright?"

"I'm not feeling well, you go ahead."

Lani avoided Vivi's gaze, lowered her eyes slightly, and then continued to justify her behavior:

"After all, I have a lantern in my hand, so I can walk behind you to light the way."

"Yes, Miss Lani."

Fortunately, the young girl Vivi obediently agreed at this moment.

After casting a concerned glance at her, Vivi caught up with the main group of townspeople fleeing the disaster.

Returning to Lani's perspective.

In her field of vision, Vivi's attire had not returned to the simple linen dress she had first met; she was still wearing an exquisite and gorgeous fitted black silk dress.

Despite the distracting voice of the unfamiliar woman echoing in her mind, Lani tried her best to remain rational and think clearly:

Judging from Weiwei's behavior just now, she did not show any abnormalities.

It turned out I was hallucinating.

But what is the origin of hallucinations?

With this in mind, Lani raised her hand, which was resting on a phantom blood-red butterfly.

When her gaze fell upon the illusory, blood-red butterfly.

The blood-red butterfly has exhibited new and unusual changes.

It extended its long, thin mouthparts and then stabbed at Lani's fingertips.

pain!

The next moment, Lani felt a wave of dizziness and sharp pain.

The blood-red butterfly pricked her fingertip, and drops of blood oozed from the wound.

This is not an illusion!

The blood dripping from the wound on her fingertip made her realize that the strange events happening to her were not just a simple hallucination.

So she tried to shake off the eerie, blood-red butterfly.

But her actions were to no avail.

The crimson butterfly slowly sucked the blood that oozed from her fingertips.

Subsequently.

Its illusory body began to slowly solidify.

Upon seeing this, Lani instinctively held her breath.

She swallowed hard. Having grown up alongside a Silver Knight, she had naturally come into contact with many extraordinary events caused by supernatural powers.

So, at this moment.

She made a clear and accurate assessment of the current situation:

I have been corrupted by an unknown supernatural force.

So, what should I do?

"Go eat her."

At that moment, the unfamiliar female voice that had been echoing in her mind answered her inner voice.

But Lani still didn't take the voice seriously, and instead took something out of her pocket.

It is—a bracelet with an extraordinary design.

The outer ring is jet black, as if it were made of some kind of rough, obsidian-like rock.

However, its inner circle is completely different; it is purely transparent and colorless, as if it were made of some kind of smooth and rounded jade.

At the same time, the bracelet does not appear to be a closed circle, with a clearly visible seam at the break.

Between the tiny cracks at the break, a wisp of silvery-white light slowly swirled.

This is something that Grandpa Lawson specially gave her tonight.

The story goes back to when Arthur first learned that Blackrock Territory had been invaded by a powerful enemy and decided to leave his home to confront them head-on.

Lay on the bed, Lani stared blankly at Arthur's departing figure.

Instantly, the scene of Arthur quietly guarding her side earlier that day flashed into her mind.

So she quickly made her own choice—to share the burden with Arthur and evacuate and guide the people he was protecting.

She had thought that once Grandpa Lawson learned of her decision, he would strongly stop her and then take her away from the dangerous Blackrock Territory.

What she didn't expect was...

After she got out of bed.

Grandpa Lawson simply shook his head and then made way for her to leave the room.

"Grandpa, I'm sorry!"

Grandpa Lawson's pampering these days and his indulgence at crucial moments made Lani feel a little guilty:

"Has my granddaughter been a bit disobedient lately, causing you too much trouble?"

But Grandpa Lawson didn't sound reproachful at all. He simply took out a uniquely designed bracelet from his pocket and handed it to her.

Then, Grandpa Lawson earnestly instructed her:

"Silly child, you've always been Grandpa's good granddaughter. What have you done that's disobedient?"

Please make sure to wear this bracelet with you at all times.

If you encounter any extraordinary events that you cannot handle tonight, take out this bracelet.

"It's a talisman your grandfather found for you; it will surely protect you."

"grandfather?"

Lani understood Lawson's choice from his instructions and hesitated to speak.

"I owe my old friend a lot of favors, so I'll pay them all back this time."

Grandpa Lawson gave her a kind smile, and after handing her the bracelet, he stroked her forehead.

"I also want to see just how much capital my granddaughter's crush has to be so cocky."

My thoughts return to the present moment.

After Lani took out this uniquely designed bracelet.

Just as her grandfather Lawson had instructed, it quickly produced miraculous results.

First, there was the unfamiliar female voice lingering in Lani's ears.

"Um?"

The unfamiliar female voice stopped repeating its monotonous and strange words and, unusually, uttered a questioning sound before falling silent.

This finally allowed Lani's nerves, which had been under constant pressure from the strange woman's voice repeating itself, to relax.

Then, there was a blood-red butterfly that kept drawing blood from her wound with her fingertips.

The blood-red butterfly no longer perched steadily on Lani's fingertip; it suddenly began to flutter its wings, as if drawn by some invisible force.

Now, let's look at the strange bracelet that Lani has taken out.

Suddenly, a rich, blood-red hue appeared on the transparent, colorless inner ring of the bracelet.

This intense crimson color quickly materialized into a lifelike fish fry, which then began to relentlessly ram against the jade inner ring that imprisoned it.

With each impact, the crimson butterfly resting on Lani's fingertip trembled even more.

Lani could tell that the blood-red butterfly was struggling as it fluttered its wings; it seemed afraid of the bracelet she had taken out.

then.

She quickly pressed her advantage, bringing the bracelet directly close to the blood-red butterfly.

The next moment, just as expected.

The blood-red butterfly's body, which was almost solidified, disintegrated in an instant, and the blood it had drawn from Lani vanished.

Immediately, it dissipated into a cloud of blood mist, which was then absorbed into the bracelet that Lani had taken out under the influence of an invisible force.

Followed by.

The tiny red fish fry inside the transparent, colorless jade circle of the bracelet no longer crashed against the barrier that imprisoned it.

Instead, it began to absorb the blood mist that had entered the inner circle of the jade.

Suddenly.

As Lani held the bracelet, she felt a surge of joy emanating from it.

A short while later.

Lani noticed that the tiny red fish inside the jade bracelet were growing slightly.

Lani breathed a sigh of relief.

But just when she thought the extraordinary events that had happened to her had been resolved.