The Amber Sword: Act wizard, Dragon and Empire III

"Brando, do you remember when we were just back to Trentheim, I asked you to keep track of our whereabouts, don't publish the things outside?" In the smoke-filled room, Veronica finally opened its mouth. Brando nodded, what really happened, so Princess Gryphine also had to wait until Freya arrived at Wahlendenberg to learn about their good news. The injured Nemesis party, including the Swordbreaker Knight group, were also placed in Schafflund, Kouha sisters I went to Valhalla, but Medissa Scippamira. The activities of a few people were mostly limited to the castle. Although there were also people who met in the castle and Ciel's apprentices on weekdays, in fact, these people were generally in addition to the festival. Will not leave the castle, Amandina even issued a strict order, at least until the harvest festival, should not leak the news.

Princess, although this is a bit unfriendly to a sister who cares about the safety of his younger brother, Veronica warned him that he was very solemn, so he reluctantly agreed. He looked at the look of anxiety on Veronica face, and for a moment hesitated, thinking that he had missed the news?

The problem may only lie at the Shepherd's Hostel, but the owner of the hotel is an old subordinate of Red Copper Dragon. The veteran who has experienced November War is absolutely reliable and unlikely to be bought. Either the youngsters of the Swordbreaker Knight group was seen by interested people, but the chance is too small. Today, Gries is a commercial port. A large part of the businessmen who travel from north to south are Kirrlutzian. A few youngster are here. It's too inconspicuous, not to mention they don't wear military uniforms.

Brando thought for a while and finally decided to wait for Veronica to speak.

Amandina stood behind him without interrupting, eyelash hangs down. There was an inconspicuous light flashing in the dark eyes hiding underneath, and he was also thinking about something. The smoke ring was rising inside the room, forming the shape of a mountain or a monster. Marshal Mangrove smoked the pipe one by one, and the pipe flashed dark red. He supported the pipe with his elbow on his knee. With one hand on his thigh and a coat, he stared at the sheepskin map on the lower legs without raising his head, as if there was some treasure buried there.

Veronica smiled bitterly, and continued to say, "Do you want to know why?"

Brando shook his head: "I'm not used to exploring the secrets of others, but I know this is necessary for you, and for me it's just a hand, so I'm happy to raise it."

"Thank you, Brando." Veronica nodded. Looking at him with appreciation.

At this time, Mangrove choked the pipe on the short sides, and finally raises head came. He looked at Brando up and down with the left eye, but it was strange that Brando did not see Kirrlutzian's consistent arrogance in that deep but sharp eyes, but gave people an image like It was the feeling that the general was looking at the soldiers.

"You're fine, Mr Count, did not embarrass your grandfather." Mangrove speaks authentic Vanquer cavity Kirrlutz, he was born in Four Borders Plain northern area. With the wild nature of Kirrlutz northerners on his body. However, the burly old soldier also commented on this, as if looking up just for such a sentence without end. Then he bit his pipe again without a word.

Brando is almost a little flattered. You should know that after one year in history, the other party will become the commander of the Kirrlutz army. His grandfather once served as the joint marshal. His authority in the empire can only be said to be under the Queen , Holy Cathedral of Fire supreme one and he just sit on an equal footing.

"Brando. In fact, we want to keep Lenarret in your territory, and do not announce the news to the outside world." Veronica hesitated again and again, and finally said with some difficulty: "I mean, you better let the outside world think He is already dead, do you understand what I mean? "

Brando stays a moment.

The court fight. The word seemed to come to his mind naturally. A series of plots of conspiracy and strife already rehearsed in his mind several times in a flash. His first thought was that other successors in the empire may be tempted to move after the Big Bang. After all, it is unlikely that someone can do that. Survived the explosion, but in this case, shouldn't it be timely to announce the news that the eldest son is still alive, what is the plan of Veronica?

could it be that There are others supported by the military, so they want to move Kirrlutzian The eldest son of the emperor is imprisoned forever Trentheim ? This idea is too dangerous. Brando Scared a cold sweat, but in his opinion Lenarret It seems that this is not the case. If so, the eldest son of the emperor should be at this moment. already Under house arrest.

He looked at this female Army Commander very suspiciously.

Veronica and Mangrove exchanged a wink. The former looked very difficult, but the latter took off the pipe, spit out a ring of smoke, and nodded firmly to her.

"We suspect that Her Majesty wants to kill his eldest son." The female Army Commander finally spoke.

"What!" Brando and Amandina cried out in unison.

The two looked at each other as if they saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Amandina's eyes are unbelievable. She instinctively suspected that this was a conspiracy, and she almost stood on the spot. But Brando himself is much calmer. He took a light breath forced himself to calm down and asked, "Why?"

Brando's calmly called Veronica and gave a high look. She replied: "Sit down first, I will slowly tell you the ins and outs of this." Brando nodded, leading Amandina to sit across the sofa. Mangrove is still smoking a pipe, and Veronica has been brewing for a while before continuing to talk about the beginning and the whole thing. "This matter starts with the political environment of the empire. Our situation is different from your Aouine. During this millennium, the main problem facing the empire has always been the dispute between imperial power and religious power." She said, her voice was not bad Not Xu, it seems very gentle; her eyes flashed a light green luster behind a layer of smoke. She crossed her fingers and lay flat on her chest, but some of the facts mentioned in the mouth did not seem so mysterious to Brando.

Kirrlutzian is based on Flame King Gaetel, just like First King Eicht is different from Aouine. Gaetel, one of Four Sages, also left a belief for Kirrlutzian. He founded Holy Cathedral of Fire based on this doctrine. After the death of Gaetel, there was no such outstanding king in Kirrlutzian. In the history since then, politics and religion began to gradually separate, and from that moment on. The hidden danger of disputes between religious power and royal power was planted.

In the history of the next millennium, the dispute between patriarchal power and royal power has never stopped, but unfortunately, most of the leaders of Holy Cathedral of Fire are wise men, so the empire has never fallen into a state of division because of this battle. It is just that the power of the king and the power of the religion have come and gone, as if forming a historical law. In this historical tide, the empire gradually separated several traditional forces. One is the representative of the church's interests in the secular world. The Cecil family is one of the best. The Williams killed by him is from this family. It can be said bluntly that most of the Templar Knight group and the Holy Cathedral of Fire cardinal Bishop group come from these forces.

The second is the so-called imperialism. Although the empire maintains a high degree of centralization, there are only three Archduke Two of the self-governing territories are diehard royalists who maintain a marriage relationship with the royal family. Floral Leaf Shire of Kirk Family as representative, Kirk Archduke Generation and marriage to the royal family, almost all member Are flowing half of Kirrlutz Royal blood. They are with Kirrlutz The royal family was so closely related that they could hardly distinguish each other and spoiled one another. Brando in Faithwind Circle Encountered Fina It is from this family.

The third faction is military forces. Kirrlutzian Shangwu, soldier noble enjoys a very high status. The four Army Commanders of the empire were born from three prominent northern noble families. The northern noble in Kirrlutz is almost synonymous with soldier noble, because it has always been at war with the main enemy of the empire, -- Hazellian. Therefore, the outstanding soldier in the north of Vanquer emerged, and most of the backbone generals in the army actually came from the major noble families represented by Icerook, Nigel, and Norna in the north. soldier noble favors the imperialists, with the exception of the navy. Most of the imperial navy comes from the rich areas of the south. These wealthy children have generally attended church schools. Having a higher education is in itself the most determined proponent of Holy Cathedral of Fire.

The three factions are at odds with each other, and there is no such thing as internal or external. But about 150 years ago, after the death of the devotee Lean, the sectarian power began to decline. One hundred years ago, the empire supreme one was in the prime minister Nederhoven. With the help of the United States, power was refocused under the crown, and it should have been a new cycle; until the silver empress came to power, the emperor itself was a relatively rare emperor in the history of the --. She hated the mother's Kirk family. She also lacks trust in the imperialists, but she also hates the sectarians. She played with power in the court and supported the now prominent Palut family to suppress the other two parties. But in fact, she did not play beautifully. The Great Deacon Vala of the Holy Cathedral of Fire generation saw the toughness and rigidity of Her Majesty's character, and actively chose to compromise to --, but Constance almost offended almost all the noble forces during the reign. In the last years, there was no good end, after Lenarret succeeded It was soon forgotten by the world, and it did not seem to have ended.

But Her Majesty has created a miracle, that is, she has been in the hatred of almost everyone for almost forty years, and during her forty years in power, she was almost arbitrary, almost Turning the power center of the empire into her own words.

The so-called Iron Queen, after all, is not stigmatizing.

"His Majesty already is crazy," Veronica sighed: "She ordered someone to draw a full continent map in the one's own room. More than once in a private place, her goal is to unify the entire Vaunde, Kirrlutz for nearly a decade We have been intensively expanding our forces, and we very much doubt that Your Majesty wants to take the opportunity of Holy War to launch a comprehensive war. "

"Isn't it possible, just because of this suspicion that she will kill the one's own son?" Brando shook his head, feeling a bit ridiculous.

"Of course not. At first, there are at most two or three years of ruling under the condition of His Majesty, but Vaunde should be unified within two or three years. Brando. How likely is this?"

"So you doubt she will fall in love, but can her physical condition allow it?" Brando asked suspiciously. In his memory, the Queen silver was indeed in the retreat position for two years.

"Brando, I mean 'Originally', but Her Majesty is getting younger every day. Her health and energy are recovering to the heyday of her life. Her Majesty once had an adventure when she was young. Since then, her face has been fixed at the age of fifteen, but that only affects her appearance. This time, Her Majesty seems to be rejuvenated from the inside out.

The first reaction of Brando's is that this is impossible. After the mortal in the Vaunde world comes into contact with Laws, the life of one's own will be extended. existence like a sage, it is also common to live for hundreds of years, but I have never heard of anyone who can Back to old age. Even the fountain of youth. It's just changing the appearance back to when it was young, and reverse the process of Reincarnation's life, this already violates the most basic Laws.

Veronica smiled bitterly: "I know you won't believe it, but it's true, Mangrove won't lie to me, and Lenarret is also the heir chosen by our military, and we share the same shame on this issue."

Brando was silent for a moment, and said, "So that's why she doesn't want Lenarret to continue existence within the empire?"

Veronica nodded and said a paragraph of secrets: "As an exchange of Holy Cathedral of Fire compromise. Your Majesty once secretly exchanged an oral agreement with Vala, which is to pass the fifteenth successor to the throne after fifteen years. And pray Fifteen years after the year of fire, there is only one and a half years left. "

"In that case, will Holy Cathedral of Fire be troubled by her?"

The female Army Commander heard the Brando talking about Holy Cathedral, but couldn't help but feel a little emotional. She said: "It's not that simple, Brando. In fact, the reason why Vala chose to give up was because Her Majesty stood behind Dragon Race."

"Dragon Race?" Brando hesitated. He heard this secret for the first time. raises head looked at the two, Veronica looked helpless, Mangrove just sips the pipe one by one, until the dark red light in the pipe gradually faded, he put down the pipe, but took out the box containing the shredded tobacco from the coat. It seems that he is fully absorbed in the one's own addiction, and does not care about the empire's life and death. The two men didn't seem to lie to him.

Veronica nodded: "We are not too clear in specific situations, but Dragon Race does owe a bit of affection, it seems to be related to her getting old look that year." She stopped. Difficult to continue to answer: "Although it is a bit offensive to talk about Her Majesty's personal **, I can't care much about it now. Brando, Her Majesty's temperament was not like this before, and her previous character is gentle and demure. It is the most beloved Princess in the empire. It can be said that it is not a star of the royal family. Even the previous generation Great Deacon has been jealous of her. It changed a lot, becoming tough, indifferent, and hard-working. Only a few people knew the truth about what happened during that time, but one thing is certain: Dragon Race played a major role in it.

"This happened forty years ago?" Brando asked.

"Yes, after that, Dragon Race secretly signed an agreement with the empire in order to compensate her. The content of the agreement was only known to Her Majesty the previous generation, and only the existence was able to corroborate this agreement, only in the entire process of Her Majesty's succession. They all have the shadow of Dragon Race. Her Majesty is the eldest daughter of the Empire, but in fact, according to the Kirrlutz tradition, the eldest daughter is not eligible to become the emperor under the condition that one of the princes can inherit the throne. existence, at the time it was said that it was no small and no big, but it is said that the previous generation Great Deacon also experienced it throughout the process, so we, the junior, couldn't fault it. "

Brando thought for a while, and then asked, "So, isn't it that Dragon Race will appear again?"

Veronica came out with awesome gaze. Even Mangrove stopped loading tobacco. The one-eyed old soldier stopped and took a deep look at him. Brando understands that he guessed right again, then he can boldly assume that Dragon Race will definitely put pressure on Holy Cathedral of Fire. Besides, since Her Majesty is capable of continuing to govern, there is indeed no reason for Holy Cathedral to force her to abdicate. As for the verbal agreement After all, it's just a verbal agreement.

Just so.

Lenarret does have a reason for drop dead!.

Brando's his brows gradually tightened. He was thinking whether this was an event that happened in history or changed because of his arrival. The silver Queen in Amber Sword was in retreat for two years. What happened between the players at that time has not reached the height that can affect the royal decision, so no one should know the inside story, including him, is the same.

But there are too many possibilities. It may be that Her Majesty was also so crazy at the time, but was eventually blocked by Holy Cathedral of Fire and Veronica and the others, and then history re-tracked, but what if not?

Yes, all of this is just an assumption.

He came to raises head, looked to Veronica and asked, "What evidence do you have to prove it?"

"Before I left the empire, Prince Razaire was missing, and his sister was missing with him," Veronica replied quietly, but the facts described were somewhat creepy: "His Majesty is always right This matter was rather indifferent, as if it was indifferent, which caused the alertness of Mangrove, so he took me out of the White Rose Garden under the name of Lenarret. "

Razelle is the four princes of Kirrlutz Empire. It seems that this happened indeed in history, but his already can't remember the final result, which shows that it was a trivial matter at the time. After all, the conspiracy in the royal family is staggered, and it is not strange to occasionally die one or two heirs. As long as the dead is not the first heir, it is generally not too noticeable, not to mention just missing. But Brando felt a little strange, and asked in doubt: "Will your Majesty your mother agree, she won't see it?"

Mangrove stunned his pipe and finally spoke: "It is a tradition of the empire for the heirs of the throne to go out and experience, even if they are noble like Her Majesty, they cannot be prevented without proper reasons."

Veronica also nodded and echoed: "The core of this plan is that as long as Lenarret is not dead, Her Majesty will not be able to uprightly acknowledge that oral agreement. As long as she also acknowledges that agreement, then Lenarret can be regarded as the most empire. Orthodox heir to the throne. "

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