On a quiet afternoon, the first snow in early winter fell outside the window. It was not cold and would not accumulate. It only added a layer of black mud to the ground. Because the windows were open, snowflakes floated in from time to time, and the fireplace beside Queen Carol was burning very vigorously. The fragrant pine wood made a crackling sound on the charcoal, and the heat blocked the wind and snow outside like a shield.
But the wind and snow are easy to block, but troubles can always come to you. Today, this troubles are called Count Feige St. Hall.
Queen Carroll was still mourning, wearing a simple black dress without any decoration, only the platinum holy emblem of the Goddess of the Thunder of the Truth was hanging on her chest. Since Andrew was missing and could not determine life and death, she insisted on wearing a white veil instead of black, indicating that she still had hope. When she saw Feich, she lifted up the veil and signaled Feich to sit on the chair of the guest opposite, just so that the fire could shine on her face so that she could see every expression of the visitor. Feich expressed her understanding that Carroll's family also suffered heavy losses in the blood-colored meteor, so she would naturally be frightened.
"What are you going to persuade me to do?" Carroll's voice was a little hoarse. She picked up the cup herself and took a sip. The servant and the maid were sent out from afar. It seemed that she had a premonition that this meeting was very important.
"It's even more serious than persuasion," said Feiqi. "I ask you to let the small nobles of the union come true. Let them gain the greater independent power they want, including under the banner of defending against blood-colored meteors, which is actually unrestricted in their own defense. I ask you to agree to their victory."
Carroll widened his eyes, confused in his eyes, but he was more angry after betrayal. "Feich, they will not succeed. The core nobles of the kingdom will not allow them to break the rules like this. The little lord can only be the little lord, and the quantity and quality of the knights are not allowed to exceed the regulations of the big nobles. If they are left alone, those little nobles will only become bandits and bandits, affecting the safety of the kingdom! How can you be with the little nobles? You are the Earl of Hall, the most powerful nobles!"
"You said the first sentence correctly, and the latter is not right." Feiqi said: "The little nobles cannot succeed because they lose the protection of the aristocratic system after they get your approval, and I will kill them. The big nobles will not succeed either, because I also want to kill them. I want to destroy all the nobles. No one is more noble than anyone else in the future, and only who is more progressive than anyone else. It is more blunt. After a period of time, there is only Hall and no noble unity."
Carroll laughed bitterly and threw the cup at Fitch, but could only watch it float between the two, stopping in the air, and not even the water inside it was spilling out. "Only Hall? What about Hoya? If you want to be king, what about my son? That is also Andrew's son, and the blood of your Hall family flows in his body."
"Dalmond is your son. Are you not going to take care of him?" Feiqi scratched his head: "You keep him by your side and raise him well. If you want to learn my skills, I will give it to him without reservation; if you want to learn something else, you can do something else, you can compete with me when you grow up, but it is best not to send it to the church."
"I never expected Andrew to be gone, and you immediately showed an aggressive and domineering look. Didn't you say you wanted to help Delmond become the next king? Where is your promise!"
"I'm going to train Delmond to be a good king, but that's about twenty years, and in those twenty years Andrew may not be there. He's in that position, at least for twenty years, will only be involved in people's back and forth. To put it bluntly: being used."
"So you want to pull my son down and sit in that position yourself? That's his throne, you're taking advantage of others' danger!"
"At least you know that the situation is critical at the moment." Feich nodded. If Carroll felt that she had the ability to use the power of the nobles to balance and his son's throne was stable, then Feich would have nothing to persuade her. "I said the same thing as my father. It is not impossible to keep Delmond on the throne and then act in his name. It does not affect what I want to do, and what should be killed will be killed. But Andrew's son should not be a puppet, and I will not let the child bear the infamy for me. Retreat from the throne, Delmond will become free and the crisis will disappear. Don't let my ambition hurt him."
Carroll raised his hand and tried to slap Fitch, but was blocked by the defensive spell. She felt that all her strength was like it had been smashed into the invisible water, but she could not lift a wave, and only her wrist was hurting under the recoil. "You...what you want to say is not to let Delmond block the way forward of your ambition, right?"
"Yes, you said the same thing from another perspective. I do have this idea." Feiqi waved his hand, and thousands of runes suddenly lit up around his body, protecting it layer by layer. "I have begun to prepare to advance against all the enemies. Whoever blocks them will definitely be injured. Carroll, think about Andrew, think about what the iron golem placed downstairs has been beaten like? Have you ever seen Hydes? It is almost rag. If you want Dedmond to withstand this pressure, that's fine. At least he can know that the first impact will come from me, not a monster that has fallen from the sky. Don't let him face this risk, keep Andrew's blood."
Carroll's chest was fluctuating violently, and because he was too excited, his face turned abnormally red. Feich asked her to slow down and stopped saying anything irritating. After a while, Carroll asked in a hoarse voice: "Fech, did you get Andrew away?"
"No." Feiqi shook his head.
"They will use this guess to question you, anger you, make you an enemy of all nobles, and thus discredit your reputation." Carroll said: "Someone has raised some questions from me, and I can't fight, you must prepare early."
"Those problems were prepared for them." Feichi's words made Carroll's eyes wide open. "Why did the king disappear as soon as I came back? The Knights of Hell were commanded by me and were just in love with him. Can the king's loyal servants be eliminated in an instant, so that they could not even send a distress signal? Who else in this world? Why did the people in the magic school further block the scene and prevent them from getting close to others? Is it necessary to cover up Andrew's blood? Considering the relationship between the two brothers, Andrew may have been teleported and imprisoned and not died. Feichi, please release him quickly... Carroll, are these problems?"
"Did you hear about it or did you arrange it?"
"The intelligence of those people is not qualified to be my opponent at all. These problems are arranged by me. On the other hand, those who have expressed their loyalty to you recently, who actually want to climb the tower of power by stepping on the bodies of the small nobles' union, and then try to control you and Delmond, will not succeed. Oh, I did not arrange these two groups of people, I only arranged their failed ending."
"You're so scary," Carroll said. "Andrew didn't see through you, he said you're good everywhere."
"Yes, he always says that." Feiqi nodded: "The most important thing at this stage is not to make his mistakes. Open your eyes to recognize the reality: I am a terrible person, terrible beyond imagination. Only by throwing away all fantasies can you make the right judgment. Because this is the fact: I am ready to face all enemies and have started attacking. Please follow me, instead of being pushed by someone to block the road."
Carroll just nodded and said that he had to think about it carefully, and then let Fitch leave.
The memorial ceremony for King Andrew was carried out smoothly one after another, and under the calm, there was a turbulent tide. Everyone believed that they would be the trendsetters, and they could judge the situation and retreat at any time, but they did not know that there was a phantom snake hidden under the trend. The invisible Koktal freely entered and exited every room that was conspiring, understanding every plan and every bit of power they tried to hide, and then broadcast live to Feiqi. When they were wandering in their dreams, Feiqi picked up their worries and left only beautiful visions.
Feiqi stared at how the conspiracy grew from a budding tree into a twisted tree, and also heard how these people laughed unrestrainedly. The Hall family has been silent to the outside world, and the public explanation is that the family is still in a state of grief and sadness, and this is immediately interpreted as "the internal opinions are not unified, and the two generations of earls are opposite each other." Some of them are right. The old count is very dissatisfied with Feiqi's plan, but he sighs and shows off his face.
On the last day of the ten-day mourning, no matter how painful the sadness is, it should not affect the kingdom's progress. On this day, the main nobles will come to the palace and swear allegiance to the little prince. The United Kingdom of the Hoya nobles inherited from the Kingdom of Aria. The last transfer of royal power was decided by the United Nations of the nobles. This time they brought this thing out again. Of course, they did not want to drive Delmond down, but just wanted to use this form to threaten more interests. They felt that they were still very gentlemanly, and what they asked for was not a robber-like lion--well, in this regard, they were still right.
Feiqi came to the palace very early, wearing a loose mage robe, without a teasing stick or a pit sword, and seemed very relaxed. He found a place to bask in the sun on the garden platform at the corner of the city wall, asked the servant for some tea, and then stared there blankly. The tea was cold and the addition was cool, and he didn't drink a sip. In fact, if the wind hadn't blown his hair and the corners of his clothes, people would have mistakenly regarded him as a statue.
This is indeed not a statue, but an illusion. The real Fitch has been invisible and guarded by Delmond, and even Carroll doesn't know about this. During the day, either Shani or Eddie, they will find various reasons to enter the palace, accompany Carroll, and watch Delmond. However, after nightfall, Fitch always guards this child.
The devil does not need sleep. It can use this time to harm people, and he can also use this time to save people.
The noise soon began to clamor, and the noisy sound penetrated the walls and floors, and came to the baby's resting room, waking Delmond. The nurse came over. Feich saw her fingers trembling slightly and her expression was a little flustered, so she gave her a reassuring emotional spell, and at the same time picked up Delmond, leaving a phantom on the bed. He watched the nurse unbuttoned the buttons, but did not feed the milk on his body, but took out a small bottle. The sweet liquid droplets in the bottle penetrated the phantom, and then it was collected by Feich with spells. Then, the phantom's child was put back. The nurse felt no abnormal at all and walked out under the command of Feich's spell. "She is dead." Feich said to Delmond.
The little guy was still crying, and Feiqi held him and teleported to the magic school, asking Liz to find some goat milk.
Hadn't he seen the magician holding the child and carrying a bottle on his waist? Feiqi also felt it was quite novel. When he teleported back, the noise in the conference hall was no longer chaotic, but became a struggle between the two factions. The little nobles who were injected with chicken blood and the old nobles who were chewing tonics refused to give in to each other, one talked about reform and tradition, and one talked about impatience and one talked about slowly. They were so selfless that even Feiqi took the child to the hall without paying attention.
Of course, this has to do with Feiqi keeping invisible with his children.
Carroll's face was pale, but he did not collapse. After all, Feich asked for more and more thoroughly than the people under the throne, so she could hold on to the "small fight" in front of her. She had an idea that she could not get rid of, that is, to continue to delay the current situation and control it with her own strength. Will Feich change her mind? She also knew that this idea was a bit naive, but is there any harm in trying it?
She was about to declare her health unwell, but she discussed it tomorrow, but she heard a clear sound of footsteps stepping on the steps in front of the throne and gradually approaching. She was so scared that she didn't dare to move. "Don't be afraid, it's me." When Feich's voice sounded, Carroll didn't know whether she should be afraid. "Dalmond's nurse wanted to feed him medicine just now, so I brought him. Hold it. Leave your arms, he can't face the risks independently."
Feich put Delmond in Carroll's arms and placed a small bottle on the handrail of the throne. "This is part. I just checked it. It's not poison, but an alchemy medicine that will make the child vomit and diarrhea for a few days, and it's not fatal. I think they mean to make you tired and use the word alchemy to cause me some trouble."
"Thank you." Carroll hugged Delmond, his face pressed against his face, and his sweet breasts calmed her down. At this time, everyone also noticed that there was a child in His Majesty's hand, and immediately noticed something was wrong and looked for Feich's shadow. Feich had teleported back to his phantom, and reached out to pinch his nose.
"My dear sirs," Carroll said, "The Kingdom was attacked by a blood-colored meteor again. My husband and father were also killed in this attack, leaving only us, mother and daughter, who were really unable to assume the responsibility of coordinating and supporting the various noble territories. We only want to live a safe and stable life and are determined to go to the Lighthouse and avoid the troubles there. Since everyone is so enthusiastic, the Joint Conference of the Nobles is indeed a good idea. Then, many things in the Kingdom will be handed over to you."
Feich frowned. It was not very similar to what he wanted, but he didn't need to be perfect. Carroll knew that he wanted to destroy all the nobles, but he still wanted the Lighthouse Leader inside and outside. She should think that she would not attack the territory of Andrew and Delmond. Besides, there was the Church of the Goddess of Truth behind the Lighthouse Leader. She thought it was a bit beautiful, but it was understandable that she would think so.
Carroll stood up from the throne with Delmond in his arms, walked downward for two steps, and said again: "I'm sorry to see all the lords split up. We really don't have the strength to integrate. Just as King Aria passed away, the Joint Conference of the Nobles may be the only way to solve this problem, but please don't consider us mother and daughter anymore, otherwise it will be the scene today. You fight, we are tired and should go to feed us."
The queen turned around and left. Several nobles immediately wanted to rush over and hold her, but were blocked by the guards of Hall and the Siya family, so they failed. In a blink of an eye, Carroll's guards also left. Feiqi sighed and walked straight to the steps in front of the throne, patted his butt and sat on the floor, and then said with a smile:
"Stop jumping, sit down and have a solid heart, and you can have a chat. You all want to know my thoughts and attitudes. I will take this opportunity to talk about it so that you will not have any fantasies."
"I looked for a long time, only the old Earl Carpenter shouted "Long live His Majesty Delmond, Long live the Queen Mother, the rest are you all quarreling, which is really sad. In fact, seeing you fighting and busy bullying the orphans and widows, I think we are actually the same people, and they are a little ambitious. Carroll's meaning is very obvious. She doesn't care, and the rest is our business. Let me express my opinion first, I want to unify the world, and those who follow me will prosper and defy me. In addition, I would like to ask if I don't understand what's going on, but it's best to make a decision quickly."
Chapter completed!