Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 685: 320: Long-Term Planning_2

Chapter 685: Chapter 320: Long-Term Planning_2

But compared to the past, the two of them also learned from the local population about the official account provided by the Church regarding the fall of Rolannar City during the war years ago.

Six years ago, when Kantadar initiated a war to attack Holy Land City, the former king of Seryan allied with the eastern nobles of Seryan, and took advantage of the Church’s deployment of troops to the western border of Lumansor Territory, to rebel against the Church.

The faction of the former king bloodily purged the priests and church forces in the court and major cities, as if they had colluded with foreign enemies for many years, seizing the opportunity of the eastern invasion by Kantadar to attempt to regain power.

The simultaneous outbreak of the Seryan civil war and the invasion of a powerful foreign enemy ultimately led to the unavoidable fall of Holy Land City in the year 860 of the Holy Solar Calendar.

Honestly, Leon wasn’t sure whether this situation matched the reasons for the fall of Rolannar in his original timeline.

But at least from what he heard, the eastern invasion by Kantadar in this world, up to the point when Aviout successfully occupied Holy Land City, wasn’t much different from the painful memories experienced by the deceased young hunter in his mind.

Yet the similarities ended from this point in time.

The fall of Rolannar City was not the end of the eastern invasion by the Kantadar people, but the beginning.

The Kantadar and Urians captured the two major territories of Seryan Kingdom, “Lumansor” and “Vilan Valley,” with Aviout’s forces pushing through to central Seryan, nearly conquering half of Seryan…

In this world, the war six years ago was purely a dispute among the Western Continent’s humans.

…There was no widespread calamity of undead, nor any “Cursed Land” shrouding the Rolannar Region.

Rolannar City had never been occupied by demons from the Spirit Realm.

Thus, naturally, since there was no “Undead War” here, the “Holy War Alliance” in the Sobonitz Domain never existed.

In fact, as Leon gathered from the common folk, even though the Holy Sun Church, with the help of the Holy Court reinforcements from the Dinexion Kingdom, quelled the “rebellion against the Church” instigated by the former king of Seryan and eventually defeated the alliance of Kantadar and Urians.

But the Kantadar king Aviout, who initiated the invasion, still managed to safely retreat from within Seryan’s borders.

Not encountering any Spiritual Fields, neither he nor many of his Kantadar generals or the Sobonitz lords disappeared as they did in Leon’s timeline.

This means that Kantadar at present has not been left shattered like in Leon’s time; Kantadar remains a complete and powerful Southern Kingdom.

Thus, the Sobonitz Domain is still firmly in the hands of the King of Kantadar and the eastern lords.

If Leon and Ines were to follow their original route and enter Sobonitz openly… if anything unexpected occurred, they’d be in grave danger.

Leon had no desire to endure another escape journey.

“Why don’t we head north?” Ines recalled the map of the Western Continent and suggested: “Go north to Dragon Claw Fortress; we can pass through the territory of Border Marquis Deyatuk to return home.”

Leon thought about it, recalling the border map of the three kingdoms he had studied during the Undead War, and nodded.

Heading north through the “Vilan Valley Territory – Holy Eagle County” in northwestern Seryan to reach the southern border of Orland, this indeed was the fastest route from the Rolannar Region into the Northern Kingdom.

“That’s a good idea, but if we do so, I would have to detour from the King’s Domain if I wanted to return to Avalon…” Suddenly, Leon stopped speaking, his brows furrowing uncontrollably.

Seeing him suddenly fall silent, Ines’s slender eyebrows raised slightly, and she seemed to have realized something as well.

The young girl’s expression turned peculiarly strange.

“Leon, you say… this is the so-called parallel world that resembles our original world… does that mean at this very moment, aside from us, there’s another ‘you’ and ‘I’ belonging to this space-time on this land?”

Leon’s expression suddenly became as strange as Ines’s.

It was precisely what he had just realized.

A parallel space-time “himself”?

A parallel space-time “Ines”?

If this place indeed is a parallel world, this is naturally a matter of course, an obvious thing.

But…setting Ines aside for the moment.

Another…himself?!

Another Li Ang?????

An unpleasant thought suddenly crossed his mind, and Leon irritably got up to pace.

If there is a parallel self belonging to this time in Avalon Castle now, it would also mean…there’s a parallel world Olivia.

But….

Leon rubbed his face hard and suddenly wanted to fly back to Avalon immediately, to “kill” the parallel “himself” with a single stroke.

Even in a parallel space-time! Even if it were this world’s “Olivia,” he didn’t want to see Olivia nestled beside anyone other than himself.

Even if it was another him.

Leon’s eyes showed through his fingers, radiating a murderous intent that was fiercer than ever.

…. Damn it, Met! You better still be alive, or next time we meet, I swear I’ll kill you a thousand times!

Ines looked at the throbbing vein bulging on Leon’s forehead, somewhat puzzled.

Why did the usually gentle and calm Leon suddenly radiate such a fierce aura, with eyes that seemed ready to bite?

However, the clever girl quickly figured it out, her brain suddenly understanding.

“Leon, could it be that you…? Pfft~…~” Ines covered her mouth with her fist, trying hard to suppress her amusement, as she choked through her laughter: “~cough cough cough cough…”

The rare self-jealousy, indeed a strange scene.

Hearing Ines’s stifled laughter, Leon became both angry and embarrassed.

Unable to take it out on the cheeky girl, he could only sullenly turn to leave: “Your Highness! Tomorrow morning we depart immediately, heading to Oran City to quickly find a way back!”

With that, he scratched his hair vigorously, forcing himself to calm down, then turned to head back to his room to rest.

….Damn parallel world, he didn’t want to stay here for another second.

“… Hehehe~….” Watching Leon’s back leave in a huff, Ines finally laughed out loud, holding her stomach.

She leaned against the bed and waved a hand: “~Mr. Leon, there’s no need to get so angry. Remember, this world is different from ours.

Perhaps in this world, you haven’t even married Miss Olivia; why fight yourself for no reason~”

Leon paused at the door, suddenly enlightened.

That’s right….. Even Azeryan had become King of Seryan.

His fate with Olivia in this world wouldn’t necessarily be the same?

Leon couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief, his shoulders relaxing.

But Ines wasn’t done teasing him yet; she smiled mischievously and whispered in a devilish voice:

“….~Of course~… Miss Olivia might have another beloved in this world, who knows~….”

Leon felt his heart clench and turned back angrily.

Ines pretended to be frightened, covering her mouth.

“~Of course, of course~~… There’s also the possibility that Miss Olivia is still single right now~…. Wow, Mr. Leon’s gaze is terrifying~…..”

Leon’s brow twitched endlessly from the teasing; he suddenly had a strong impulse to spank her and teach her a good lesson.