"I understand. I'll handle this myself."
"My apologies, Lady Knocknaree, but things here have reached their final stage. I don't want any more complications. To be frank, the goblins here make me sick. I'm not going to waste any more time on them."
As the Queen of the North, Knocknaree naturally had her pride. Had she not known beforehand, that would have been one thing, but now that she did, she naturally would not allow Aurora's scheme to succeed. In theory, that was enough. Shen Fei had fulfilled his duty by warning her. If something still went wrong, that would be Knocknaree's own problem.
However, Shen Fei had his own thoughts as well. If Morgan had not been defeated, he would certainly have only warned Knocknaree. But Morgan had already fallen, and Knocknaree was another matter entirely. What if she was so confident that her people would never betray her that she drank that poisoned cup? Others might not do such a thing, but with Knocknaree, it was hard to say.
Of course, if something happened to Knocknaree under these circumstances, it would definitely have nothing to do with him. But she was Castoria's one and only good friend in this Britain Lostbelt. The two of them argued whenever they met, but that was simply how they expressed their feelings. In the original timeline, Castoria had gone on a rampage because of Knocknaree's death.
Although Shen Fei did not know about that, simply watching the two of them bicker made it clear how close they were. So, just in case, he still intended to proceed according to his own method.
His method was simple. Just like what had been done with Fae Calendar Ash, he found a stand-in to assume Knocknaree's appearance. Then Shen Fei used the Feather of the