Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 709: 330 Different Destinies_2

Chapter 709: Chapter 330 Different Destinies_2

There’s no Spiritual Field.

No encounter with the mysterious ghost of the White Beard old Mage.

No guidance from the soul of the Corpse Demon Knight in the Earth Vein Spirit Lamp to his former territory.

Did the three of us never pass through Selva Village?

Even Ines doesn’t know this; it seems I never specifically mentioned it to her in this world.

However, Leon thought that was probably the case.

…. In this world, since there has never been a Cursed Land, that forest has never been shrouded by a Spiritual Field in hundreds of years.

So, they probably didn’t suffer the pursuit from the enraged Callisto residing in the outskirts of the “Nightmare Forest” during their escape in the original space-time.

A small change like a butterfly effect might have entirely caused them to miss Selva Village in their northward route.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but once again realize what kind of pain and despair Olivia from this world had endured… Six years ago, she witnessed her entire village being slaughtered, her father and all her familiar friends brutally killed…

…

Just as he was about to continue asking, Leon looked up and saw Treya, clad in military attire, quickly entering the banquet hall upon being called.

“Master, I brought Sister Martha~”

The brunette Female Knight with a single braid smiled sweetly and saluted the Lord. Within just a day and night, she seemed to have completely thrown Leon’s mention of another “Leon” out of her mind.

The Kite Swallow Knight firmly believed in her judgment. Besides some slight discrepancy in memory, the person before her, regardless of character or mannerisms, and those inconspicuous little habits only familiar people who lived together for years would know, was undoubtedly her Lord and mentor, with whom she had experienced life and death for many years.

“Good timing, I might as well ask the questions together.” Leon also didn’t elaborate much on his identity.

He directly asked the three ladies who were once stranded at Western Port: “Do you remember the Minstrel who took you from the Athias embassy back then?”

“You mean that Master Galliard?” Martha responded. As a financial officer, her memory was naturally sharp. She hadn’t forgotten the great poet who led some willing ones across the sea.

Treya also nodded with arms akimbo: “That strange great poet? Of course, we remember. Did you forget that we used to chase after his rumors during our travels with Lord Larian, trying to find him? Lord Larian and Miss Magrina always wanted to invite him to West Bay for a proper thank-you…”

She paused and sheepishly covered her mouth, whispering, “Oh… I forgot, you probably really don’t remember now.”

Elena looked at Treya in surprise, not understanding her meaning.

“Did Galliard ever say anything strange that left you utterly baffled or made no sense?” Leon asked again.

For now, infiltrating Oran Palace seemed unfeasible.

However, that mysterious Minstrel, undoubtedly a powerful Spellcaster, Leon still wanted to understand if he was just pretending to be unfathomable or truly had the ability to foresee his arrival.

In this time where Lady Aphrodite’s legacy isn’t available to refer to, besides Oran’s Royal Palace, only this person’s actions transcended common sense.

The three ladies looked at each other in confusion.

Martha tried to recall the poet from six years ago, shaking her head helplessly, “Your Highness, that great poet’s speech was five or six out of ten lyrical verses, I really can’t remember much. If you want strange words, frankly, most of his words were peculiar.

Moreover, that night, halfway through the boat journey, Master Galliard got off the boat, and we actually didn’t have much conversation with him. Perhaps you should ask Lord Larian; he might have spent more time with the poet.”

Treya and Elena echoed the sentiments.

Leon patted his forehead.

Surely overlooked.

In this world, the women, who unfortunately became Kantadar slaves, weren’t mercilessly tormented by Pilireno as in the original time-space. At least, after being given to Kovis by the Felcon Family, they worked as aides in the embassy.

During this period, Miss Milena even fell in love and married Acro.

Lady Wenreisa, a noblewoman from Kantadar, also remained working under Kovis.

If not for other foreign-born women disliking staying in Kantadar, and Elena missing her brother wanting to leave, perhaps they might still be serving as Lady Officials under Kovis.

Under these safe circumstances, the ladies weren’t “saved” by Galliard, naturally leaving little impression of him.

Fortunately, since Lord Larian and Miss Magrina still eloped with the poet’s help, they must have had more contact with Galliard.

“Where is Lord Larian now?” Leon inquired.

“Lord Larian is currently in ‘Upper Beiso County,’ leading an army to monitor the southern troops… Would you like me to send someone to summon him back to Audoruk?” Treya answered.

Leon quickly waved his hand upon hearing that: “No need, I’ll go find him myself.”

After seeing off Elena and Martha, assuring them, he decided to take Treya back to find Ines, stopping by to say hello before leaving.

Although Upper Beiso County isn’t far, it lies at the boundary of the Northern and Southern camps of this Dual Queen Era, bordering “frontier” territory, so he doesn’t plan to bring the Little Princess this time.

Considering Ines’s perspective, Audoruk is perhaps the safest place for the two of them in this world. It’s naturally more reassuring to leave that restless little girl by Ines’s side than to have her follow him to the front line.

The Royal Palace map clearly outlined the power dynamics of the current Northern and Southern dynasties.

The frontier of both regimes slices across the “Temorin Territory” from the east, and along the separating river between Ostania and Upper and Lower Beiso County, reaching the southwestern foothills of the Great Vestra Territory.

The territory of the Northern Dynasty, though not as extensive as the Golden Lion Dynasty, which reclaims much of Orland and begins expanding south, is far more vast than the lands originally occupied by himself and Little Ines in the original space-time, with a population numbering in the millions.

With Queen Ines’s substantial resources and support, there’s no need for the two to tire themselves with former plans to rebuild power.

From the palace steward, Leon learned Ines’s location and quickly proceeded to the rear hall.

Though each passage was guarded by layers of blue-robed Sea Eagle Forbidden Guards, Leon’s prominence meant none obstructed him.

Along the way, the Forbidden Guards standing firmly and respectfully saluted the Grand Master, the Queen’s consort, and the Regency Prince of the Hecha Dynasty.

Having grown accustomed to it, Leon no longer concerned himself much with maintaining the identity of the mysteriously vanished “counterpart.”

On the contrary, he felt a deep mystery brewing within his heart…

Leon Zangson, this world’s other self, just where on earth had he gone?

According to Ines, he had mysteriously disappeared over a month ago.

The place and timing of his disappearance were… intriguing.

When Ines mentioned this yesterday, though she blushed and hid behind a fan, she did not conceal critical information amidst her shyness.

In her eyes, he had vanished literally during their afternoon nap over a month ago.

If Leon remembered correctly, the date matched the day he and Little Ines inquired about when they arrived in this world at the Rolannar Tavern.

And synced up with the moment he vanished.

Seemingly concurrent with the time he and Ines awoke in the Great Temple’s shrine…

This speculative connection prompted Leon’s hypothesis.

Could it be that his arrival here swapped this world’s him into another space-time? So was Leon exchanged into his world?

This possibility can’t be excluded. However, if so… what of Ines’s situation then?

If his entry here triggered some world-rule clash like a “character switch-over,” leading counterparts across parallel space-times to switch places.

Why, then, did Ines remain unaffected? That Magic spell had not solely brought him here.

There are now truly two Ines’s in the palace, and Leon is certain he hasn’t observed any sign of so-called world-rule contradiction.