As usual, Ashu Rufate received his guard equipment from the chief Scadra. He is now accustomed to this approach - probably because of safety reasons, all those working in the palace cannot take their uniforms and items out, nor can they bring other things in when leaving the palace. So it is normal to put their belongings in the temporary storage room at the gate (that is, the area where Scadra's office is located). As for weapons and equipment, it is kept more strictly, and the room where these equipment is placed is next to Scadra's office.

The guards on duty outside also have the right to search and check all those who enter and exit. Fortunately, they all knew that Asu Ruffat was a relative of Scadra, so the search and check did not finally fall on him.

Ashu Rufate was actually a little curious because this respectable court supervisor was always in his position. So far, Ashu Rufate could meet him every time he came over. It seemed that the old man had no idea of ​​"rest". As the court supervisor, he undoubtedly had to deal with many small and small things, because there was always a thick stack of documents piled up on his desk.

"Jana is not here today." When Asu Ruffat finished wearing it and passing by Scadra's desk, the old man suddenly said. "Be careful. Today the queen is going to teach herself, and you have to try the poison for lunch and dinner."

"Where is she going?" Ashu Rufat didn't think about it more, just asked casually.

"Some... family trivia," Scadra replied.

Ashurufat came to the gate of the queen's bedroom, where Falyss was here, and seemed a little impatient. The whole handover process was no different from the past - that is, it was just a sentence "no special accident happened". When Falyss left, Ashurufat was left with only one person.

Shortly after the Falyssians left, Ashu Rufate heard the sound of the door of the room opening. The queen, or the little girl, walked out of it. She had already changed into a relatively ordinary dress. Although the texture could be seen at a glance, at least she would not doubt her identity when she was wearing it.

"Your Majesty, you are..."

"I want to leave the palace." The little girl said without hesitation, staring at Ash Rufate. "Go out and take a look."

"This... I'm afraid it won't work for your safety." Ashu Rufate replied. He began to think about how he should face this situation. Maybe he should call Scadra over? Or just throw the little girl back to his bed? Maybe he could threaten her and say that he would expose all the previous experiences outside the palace, so that she could ride a horse or read a book obediently, so that she could spend the day peacefully.

"This time I'm not going alone, I want you to accompany me. You are my escort, and protecting me is your duty."

"That won't work. My duty is to protect your safety, not to send you to dangerous places... Many other parties in the royal city are quite dangerous, and I'm afraid I can't protect you by myself."

"Ashu Rufate, you only need to hold this position for one year to get the title of Knight... I guess you must not lose this position." The little girl said.

"That's certainly. But Her Majesty, I remind you that the only one who can decide on my position and dismiss me is the court chief Lord Scadra. Even if you are, you must give orders through him." Ashu Rufate suddenly felt that this little girl became tricky. It seemed that she was not that troublesome in the past?

"If I told him that you had scolded me and threatened me before, what would you say he would say?"

“…”

"If I told him that you would have known that I had sneaked out but did not report it to him in time, what would you think?"

“…”

"If I told him that you were so bold that you declared me as your fiancée even though you knew my true identity...what would happen?"

“…”

"If I told him that you had broken in and peeped in the church temple when I was bathing and cleaning...especially with this matter a high-ranking priest as a witness...what do you think would happen?"

The four questions were sharper than the other, which made Ash Rufate feel his heart tight. Indeed, he seemed to be doing too much. No, it should be said that in his heart, this little girl was too insignificant.

"Even if you can argue the first three, the last one cannot be explained. Ashu Rufate," the little girl already understood that she had an absolute advantage in this contest. "Don't worry. Today is my self-study day. No one will come to me, nor will anyone find out that you and I are no longer in the palace! You can make a choice, a simple choice, either listen to me or wait for me to reveal everything. Humph, at most I am nagged by Scadra, and you have to..."

Ashu Rufate looked at the little girl in front of him in shock. From the other party's firm eyes, he saw that the little girl's determination was unquestionable.

“…Go on the gallows!”

...

"Okay, Ashu Rufate, come out."

The little girl's voice came from above. Ashu Rufat looked up at a small sky at the entrance of the well - there was an old saying that "watch the sky in the well". He now really realized what this meant. When he was at the bottom of the well, the sky looked like a round, blue thing, like a blue full moon.

"There is no one around, come up!" the little girl said for the second time.

It is easy to climb up because the edge of the well wall is carved with small pits for climbing. Even the little girl with insufficient arm strength can easily climb up, let alone Ashu Rufate. Moreover, this well is a bit clever, and the well railing is located on the well railing that can actually observe the surrounding situation, which allows those who climb up to observe the surrounding situation first and then climb out.

Ashu Rufate jumped out of the dry well. As the little girl said, there was no one around, so he had enough time to carefully look at the secret passage entering and leaving the palace.

It is not wrong to say that it is a secret passage. An inconspicuous well inside the palace is connected with another inconspicuous dry well outside the palace. If I hadn't experienced this personally, no one would have thought of it. The more important thing is that there is a small mechanism between this underground passage, and a large stone that seems to be inactive is blocking the center. So even if an outsider accidentally discovers this secret passage, he will be confused by this illusion. But there is actually a clever secret opening and closing mechanism here, which can be opened from the inside, allowing an adult (and not too tall or too fat) to crawl through the ground. But without the mechanism inside, people outside cannot enter.

The little girl had passed this secret passage before and left the palace many times. However, in fact, there were not many such adventures, because there were always female teacher Jana supervising it. The last time she met Ash Rufate by chance was the little girl's first outing, and she was turning left and right, unfortunately forgot her way home.

In short, through this secret passage, Ash Rufate and the little girl can sneak in and out of the palace, of course, the premise is that no one can discover it during the time of departure.

"Let's go to the trade zone for a walk," said the little girl. "The last time I went there, I was attacked by a bad guy..."

Ashu Rufat pondered for a while, and he stared at the little girl's outfit. It must be said that the queen is the queen, even if she dressed up as usual as possible in her eyes, and the average person was very different from that. This time he persuaded the little girl not to bring any accessories, but this exquisite outfit was still too eye-catching.

"To be honest, you don't plan to go out quietly like this for the last time, right?" Ashu Rufate asked.

To be honest, it's silly to ask this question because the answer is very obvious.

"Before we go to the place you want to go, we'd better get a more common outfit." Ashrufat said. He had left everything in the little girl's bedroom, so he was wearing his daily clothes at this time. "Otherwise, I'm worried about being recognized."

The little girl completely accepted this cautious proposal. As mentioned earlier, since the time when Ash Rufate came to Eagle City, he had spent his spare time to visit the entire city. So without much time, he took the little girl to find a small tailor shop in the noble area.

The tailor shop was empty at this time and there was no customer care. There was only one shop owner about forty years leaning against the counter, dozing off with bored eyes closed. However, when Ashu Rufate entered the door, the shop owner immediately opened his eyes.

"Ah, dear guest." The owner's eyes stayed on Ashu Rufat for a second, on the little girl's body for ten seconds, and immediately smiled. According to a deep-rooted prejudice, the tailor was the one who knew the most about looking at clothes and recognizing people. After seeing the little girl's clothes clearly, the owner showed an indescribable joy on his face. "Is there anyone who can serve you?"

"Ah, I'm here to buy clothes, we both want them."

"Ahhhh, the customer. I'm going to tell you, this store has it..." The owner was planning to brag about it and then take two distinguished guests to see the most expensive and beautiful clothes (just like an honest businessman would do), but Ashu Rufate stopped this long speech in time.

"Ah, sorry, we... are actually short of money and can't afford to buy very good clothes." Ashu Rufate said humbly. "The clothes we are actually borrowed by a kind-hearted person."

“Borrowed?”

"Hey, I met a thief in the city... it's hard to describe it." Ash Rufate said. "It's just a little money on you. Please show us the cheapest ones."

The smile disappeared from the owner's face and replaced it with a look of contempt. However, as the saying goes, mosquito meat is also meat. Although these two customers can't afford any good clothes, they are here to buy clothes. So he brought the two customers to a corner of the store, where quite a lot of old clothes were piled up here - obviously those stocks that have not been sold due to texture or style issues.

"A adult clothes are one big silver orli," said the owner. "Children's clothes...three small silver orli." He quoted a conscientious price because the two people obviously did not have much oil and water.

"This dress is good." Ashu Rufate first found a set of suitable girls among the pile of clothes.
Chapter completed!