Asura Kingdom.
The royal capital.
Almost a year has passed since the teleport event in the Fittoa territory managed by the Boreas family.
In this year, the entire kingdom has undergone dramatic changes.
A large number of nobles and commoners were affected by the sudden disaster in this event, either losing family members, becoming displaced, or being caught up in the trouble and falling into hardship...
Although the Boreas family, the lords of the Fittoa territory, were not greatly affected, because the members of the Boreas family and the servants in the castle all happened to leave the territory the day before the teleport to attend events in other territories.
However, the survival of the lord did not mean that the territory was safe. Or rather, only the lord's family survived, while most of the people in the territory suffered serious losses. This gave other nobles an excuse and means to attack the Boreas family.
No matter how hard the Boreas family worked in the disaster relief afterwards, even taking good care of every resident of the territory and sending teams to search for the lost people who were teleported all over the world, various parties were still hostile to Boreas. Even the residents of the territory themselves were critical of the Boreas family.
After all, compared to ordinary commoners, the Boreas family was too well preserved, making it hard for people not to suspect that there was some kind of plot involved.
Some people even guessed that the teleport event itself was caused by the Boreas family.
The only thing that could silence the public was the disappearance of the Boreas family's eldest daughter.
Yes, like most commoners, the Boreas family's eldest daughter, Eris, also unfortunately disappeared in the teleport event, and could not be found.
Although the Boreas family tried desperately to send people to find her, they could not find any trace of her.
This tragic outcome instead reduced most people's hostility and rejection towards the Boreas family, treating them as the same kind who had been affected by the disaster.
Of course, no matter what, someone had to take responsibility for the impact of this event.
Even if the teleport was unexpected and could not be prevented.
After all, people died, and died in large numbers. Countless people lost their families, lovers, friends, and even the fields and crops that used to be harvested from the fields disappeared, causing incalculable losses.
People urgently needed an outlet to vent their emotions.
As a result, the Boreas family naturally became the first to bear the brunt and became the object of accountability for the Asura Kingdom.
It's like a country where, whenever there is a problem, an official in a corresponding position always needs to step down and resign. People don't care whether the official is the direct culprit of the event, but they still insist on holding them responsible, otherwise they cannot vent public anger.
The event in the Fittoa territory was the same.
People don't care whether the Boreas family was the direct cause of the event, they only need them to put forward someone to take all the responsibility and be responsible for the countless deaths.
In this situation, Sauros Boreas Greyrat, as the lord of the Fittoa territory, naturally could not escape.
Of course, the reason for such a swift reaction was also the power struggle between nobles.
The conflict between the Boreas family and other nobles was already great. With such a good opportunity, countless nobles naturally wanted to seize this opportunity to disarm them.
As long as Sauros died, the remaining members of the Boreas family would not be able to cause any more trouble.
This was undoubtedly the idea of senior minister Darius.
Therefore, with Darius's push, it was only natural and reasonable for Sauros to be sentenced and even executed.
But Sauros did not die. The direct reason was undoubtedly the Boreas family's counterattack.
Philip, Sauros's son, used almost all of his connections and abilities to do everything he could to keep Sauros from dying.
Of course, no matter how capable Philip was, it was difficult for someone without actual power and influence to affect the kingdom's judgment.
The direct reason why Sauros survived was the intervention of the Second Princess Ariel.
With Ariel's mediation, Sauros's death sentence was changed to a suspended execution, which would not be announced for at least five to six years.
Ariel's reason was that Sauros's death would shake the power balance of the four major families, leading to an imbalance of power among the four families that were originally mutually restrained, and causing one side to become dominant.
Although it was a temporary fabricated reason, it was adopted by the current king because what she said did make some sense.
Even Darius could not directly deny the king's order at the moment.
Sauros was thus granted a reprieve from the death penalty and did not immediately face death.
Ariel did this undoubtedly to repay Shirou and the Boreas family, and also to show goodwill to the swordsmith Muramasa.
Although both Shirou and Muramasa have disappeared due to the teleport, it is difficult to guarantee that they are both still alive.
But Ariel firmly believed that they were still alive, so she spared no effort, even at the risk of incurring Darius's displeasure, to protect the Boreas family.
As a result, Ariel was assassinated several times by assassins sent by Darius in the time that followed.
But she survived.
This was not only because Ariel herself was cautious enough, but also because she gained an excellent subordinate.
That person's name was Fitz, a mage who fell from the sky.
After obtaining her, Ariel replaced her original guardian mage Derrick with Fitz, because Derrick died in the accident of the teleport while protecting Ariel.
As for Fitz's strength, it far exceeded Derrick's, and she saved Ariel from danger several times.
Her reputation in the royal capital can be said to be very high.
Of course, for now, let's not mention Fitz's affairs.
Ariel, having offended Darius, realized that she could no longer stay in the royal capital. She realized that she might have to move her base of operations and go to other countries to avoid the limelight and accumulate strength.
When she was making this plan, she happened to hear rumors about the hero Emiya.
According to rumors, a human named Emiya single-handedly broke into the palace of the immortal Demon Lord Atofe, fought Atofe for three hundred rounds, successfully defeated the Demon Lord, and obtained the title of hero.
Since no human had obtained the title of hero for hundreds of years, Emiya's story spread at an extremely fast speed.
Countless people yearned for and were curious about what kind of person this Emiya was.
Most people were very concerned and curious about this.
Darius, on the other hand, was so frightened after hearing this news that he fled back to his mansion in public, and did not go out even once in the following months.
This indirectly gave Ariel a chance to escape the Asura Kingdom.
"Emiya... Could he be the assassin who assassinated Darius back then?"
Ariel still remembered that a few years ago, someone assassinated Darius in the royal capital, and even escaped from under the nose of the current Water God Reida Reia.
It caused quite a stir in the royal capital.
At that time, there were rumors that the assassin's name was Emiya.
This Emiya had not appeared for so many years, but unexpectedly reappeared and ran to the Demon Continent.
Could it be that he was also affected by the teleport?
Complex thoughts arose in Ariel's mind, and she also instinctively began to imagine whether she could avoid fleeing the Asura Kingdom in disgrace if she could get the assistance of that strong man named Emiya.
But this was just an unrealistic fantasy.
After all, if she was imagining, Ariel could even imagine herself getting the assistance of both Muramasa and Emiya at the same time, not only possessing Muramasa's almost god-like forging skills, but also possessing Emiya's powerful strength that was enough to rival the immortal Demon Lord. Then she could really walk sideways in the Asura Kingdom.
But this kind of imagination was undoubtedly false.
Ariel would not indulge in false hopes.
For her now, taking advantage of the fact that Darius was frightened by the name of Emiya and was hiding in his mansion, afraid to go out, was the best opportunity for her to escape the Asura Kingdom.
So Ariel quickly summoned her two subordinates, the guardian knight Luke and the guardian mage Fitz.
Luke and Fitz quickly came before Ariel.
After hearing Ariel's order, Luke nodded without hesitation.
Fitz's expression, on the other hand, was very complicated. The figure with the androgynous appearance, short white hair, and sunglasses silently opened her mouth: "Princess Ariel, do you still remember our agreement?"
"Of course, Fitz... no, Sylphy."
Ariel called out the true name of the white-haired figure in front of her in a gentle voice, "I will help you find Shirou, and that is also my personal wish. It's just that the Asura Kingdom is too dangerous now, so we must first move to another location and take refuge in the magic university in Ranoa."
"I, I understand."
Fitz, or rather, Sylphy nodded.
After many years, the girl no longer had the naive look of Buena Village. Her expression had not only become firm, but also full of fiery emotion.
Especially when Ariel mentioned the name Shirou, a clear obsession appeared on her face, filled with a kind of longing.
But she was obviously more aware of reality than of complicated things.
The reality was that she did not have the ability to look for Shirou right now.
She could only protect herself and Princess Ariel first, and only after ensuring her own safety would she be able to do more things.
"Shirou... I will definitely find you."
Sylphy clenched her fists, her slender palms clenched into fists with extreme force, as if she had completely made up her mind and was prepared in her heart.
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