Chapter 1156 Athelas sleepless night (6,000 words, ask for a monthly ticket)
?The King's Palace of Aceras is located in the second half of the city center, also known as the most famous West District.-- .
Surrounding the Royal Palace is the wealthy area of Asselas, which is an excellent residential area that is quiet and peaceful.
Across the street is the busiest commercial district of Aceras.
There are many shops in the commercial area, selling all kinds of exquisite products from almost all over the world.
Because the proud elves always like silence, even in a bustling business district, the noise is not high, and by the time it reaches the king's palace, it has basically dissipated.
Today is different. Although we are in the empty and quiet palace, we can still clearly hear the 'buzzing' noise coming from the business district.
Dozens of palace servants in blue uniforms were crowding in front of a large floor-to-ceiling window, staring in the direction of the sound, and discussing something in low voices from time to time.
Carion IV was wearing a loose pajamas and walked in on a thick carpet.
As I get older, my sleep is a little light, and I will wake up when there is the slightest movement. Not to mention, at this time, there were bursts of noise outside.
He coughed slightly and asked displeasedly: "What are you doing here? What happened outside?"
The servants were all startled, turned around immediately, and bent down respectfully. They were so frightened that they did not dare to breathe. They looked at each other secretly, and no one dared to speak.
Carlion IV frowned, feeling annoyed in his heart, and said with a straight face: "It's noisy outside. What happened?"
At this time, the door on one side opened and a middle-aged elf walked in.
He is short in stature and has a thin build. He wears a tailored green uniform and a pair of white gloves on his hands. He behaves elegantly and is polite and just right. It is obvious at a glance that he has received the most professional etiquette training.
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He came closer, bowed respectfully to King Carlion IV, and asked softly: "Your Majesty, have you been awakened?"
Carlion IV rubbed his eyes in distress and sighed. "No, I lay on the bed for a long time and couldn't fall asleep. I always feel a little too excited today.
It's so noisy outside, what happened?
Although as the saying goes, 'The king is always the last to hear bad news.'
But, my manager, there has been such a commotion outside, you should let me know now, right?"
Listening to King Carion IV's complaints, all the servants were so frightened that they were all covered in cold sweat and hurriedly knelt down on one knee.
Deceiving the king is a serious crime~!
There was silence in the room for a moment, and you could clearly hear a pin dropping.
However, the noise in the distance still kept coming, which was in sharp contrast with the silence in the room. It seemed like two completely different worlds were formed.
Extremely weird.
The palace steward also felt a little sweat on his forehead. He hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand to the servants next to him and ordered: "You all can go out."
The servants were as if they were being pardoned. They lowered their heads and stood on tiptoes, walking as silently as cats, and trotted out of the room.
The palace steward walked quickly to Carlion IV, first helped him sit down, then poured a glass of amber-colored honey wine and placed it next to Carlion IV. After doing all this,
Then he respectfully lowered his hands and stood beside King Carion IV.
King Carion IV shook his head, smiled bitterly and sighed, saying: "When I was young, I could sleep until dawn without even having a dream.
But now...
It’s impossible to refuse to accept the old age~!
I couldn't sleep well in the middle of the night. It was so noisy outside that I woke up all of a sudden.
It was dark but I woke up again during the day. I almost felt like my ancestors were calling me when I saw it."
The palace steward twitched his lips and forced a smile, saying: "Your Majesty, you are joking.
You can still pull the horned bows of the rangers, and I am still waiting to prepare for the celebration of His Majesty's 100th birthday."
A self-deprecating smile appeared on King Carion IV's wrinkled face. He blinked and said: "You think I don't know, that's because they are fooling me and asking me to pull the bow with reduced strength.
When you get old, you get old, and it’s time to make way for young people.”
The palace steward looked embarrassed and said in fear: "Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Although Caerion IV could not be called a wise warrior, his performance has always been mediocre. He continued the policies of the previous generation and seemed a bit mediocre.
But the palace steward who had served him for decades knew very well that His Majesty the King, who looked very ordinary and worked very ordinary things, was not a stupid person.
On the contrary, Caerion IV was very smart and experienced in governing, and he could not hide anything from his eyes at any time.
It's just that he doesn't seem to be showing off. Perhaps his decades of hard work as a crown prince have smoothed his edges.
"But..." The palace manager paused for a moment, and then continued with a smile: "But Your Majesty, you can clearly tell with just a glance that they are trying to trick you, which means you are not old yet. On the contrary, you are not old yet."
There are many young people who have not seen it at all."
King Caerion IV couldn't help laughing after hearing this.
The palace manager also laughed twice along with him. At the same time, he secretly wiped the sweat from his palms: Ka, this old guy always likes to say that he is old and always talks about "retiring".
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But if anyone is out of their minds and takes his words seriously, they will definitely be in bad luck.
Kallion IV was delighted for a while, and then he said: "Okay, okay. Legos, it's enough for them to make me, an old man, happy, so you can make me happy too.
I won’t tell you this anymore.
By the way, what happened outside? Has it been noisy since just now?
It’s like a festival. I don’t remember any other celebrations at this time?”
The manager stopped talking, with a troubled expression on his face.
Kalion IV raised his head and looked at him in surprise, saying: "What? Your expression is wrong."
The steward had a worried expression on his face. After hesitating for a moment, he considered his words and said slowly: "Your Majesty, those guests from Ruman caused a sensation in the business district."
Carlion IV thought of Lorraine's beautiful girlfriend, and smiled with envy on his face - when he was young, he did not have such a great ability to settle so many girlfriends at once. In fact, just
The tigress at home was enough to give him a headache...
At this time, another burst of noise came through the night.
"Um...no~!" Kallion IV was startled. Then he realized that the noisy sound outside was more like a group of people shouting slogans.
Carlion IV's face turned cold, he put the wine glass in his hand on the table, looked directly at his palace steward, and said dissatisfiedly: "Dear Legos, please tell me the truth."
The palace steward couldn't help being frightened, and his face suddenly turned pale. The more kindly Carlion IV was called, the greater the anger in his heart.
He bowed in panic and said squeakingly: "It seems that there are a few people who don't want us to form an alliance with humans. They are shouting peace slogans around the guests of the Ruman Empire."
Kallion IV held down the armrest, stood up slowly and walked to the window. He listened to the sounds outside the window. He turned back and said thoughtfully, "It's not that simple, is it?"
Kallion IV seemed to have remembered something. He sighed for a long time, with a lonely expression on his face, mopped the sparse white hair on his head, and murmured as if talking to himself: "It's them again...
…This is just to make humans laugh at us.”
After saying that, he slowly walked back to the table in silence and sat down. After a while, he suddenly laughed and laughed at himself: "I am old, and no one takes me, an old guy, seriously anymore."
The steward said eagerly: "No, only His Majesty is the master of our kingdom. That is just the people expressing their wishes. You don't have to worry about it."
Kalion IV shook his head, glanced at his manager strangely, pointed out the window, and said: "You think I don't know what's going on outside?
Before I die, some people are impatient."
When the words came to this point, the manager shivered in fright and hurriedly bent down. He didn't dare to raise his head, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
Who is waiting for the king to die?
Of course he is the crown prince. Although he is a prince, he is already fifty years old. He has been a prince for fifty years from birth to now. Maybe he has been impatient for a long time.
But the manager only dared to think about it in his heart. If he said it out loud, he wouldn't be able to cut it off even if he had three more heads.
King Carion IV sighed faintly and said: "Neutral, you think I don't want to be neutral, of course neutrality is fine.
Watching others fight to the death, we are selling things on the side and making a lot of war windfalls. Of course it is good, it is simply great~!
Tell me, who doesn’t want such a good thing to happen to them?”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The steward's mind changed quickly and he thought to himself: What does His Majesty the King mean by this? Does he want to remain neutral? But it doesn't look like...
King Carlion IV sneered, and then commented: "A bunch of short-sighted guys can only see the bigger picture in front of them.
But they don’t want to think about what is the foundation of our country?”
The manager was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer.
This question was a bit profound for him. In fact, not even him, including most of the elves, could not explain this question clearly.
"Ocean trade~!" Carion IV simply answered himself: "The reason why our elven kingdom's life is rich and stable is because we are a maritime country, and we always have a superior status in trade.
Intuitively speaking, our money is earned from the human continent."
Carlion IV didn't care whether the palace steward understood it, he seemed to be talking to himself.
"If the human continent falls into continuous war, who will we sell our cloth, handicrafts, incense powder, wood, ores, and magic crystals to?"
The palace manager suddenly understood and said: "I understand."
Carlion IV shook his head sadly and said: "Without the money earned to buy food and raw materials, how can we ensure the quality of life of the people?
We and human beings share weal and woe. We all suffer when we suffer, and we all prosper when we suffer.
Why don’t they understand such a simple truth?”
After hearing this, the palace steward wondered: "Then why didn't your Majesty directly agree to their alliance request?"
A sly smile suddenly appeared on King Carion IV's face that was incompatible with his age. He said: "When doing business, you must learn to bargain. I am not just raising prices. I am waiting for humans to pay back the money, and I want to squeeze more from humans.
Come up with something. Tariffs, trade quotas, special goods, things like that.”
The palace steward smiled and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, you are really cunning...well, you are really wise~!"
King Carlion IV patted his big tui, picked up his wine glass, and said thoughtfully: "Now, the Flying Eagle Group of Lorraine has posed a huge threat to us on the mainland.
Some of their products overlap with ours, but the prices are cheaper than ours.
The endless emergence of new things has had an impact on our homeland.
They are just a little acclimated now. Once they adapt to our style, the consequences will be disastrous."
"So His Majesty wants to delay the negotiations just to make the Ruman people make concessions on trade?"
Carlion IV's face was full of energy, and Chengzhu said with a smile: "To be precise, it should be a huge concession."
But then he frowned again and said worriedly: "But it's hard to say now, at least that boy from the Lorraine family is very naughty.
By the way, how do they behave when so many people are watching?"
The manager curled his lips and said unwillingly: "Indifferent. They are still shopping. Well, I heard that they are still enjoying their shopping."
Kalion IV looked out the window, snorted, and murmured: "As expected of a fool who dares to fight head-on with the High Priest of the Undead. This guy is very courageous.
Now I'm in trouble, someone may see through my trump card.
You go and tell the guards in front to let the crowd disperse."
The manager thought for a moment and said, "Should we bring the local garrison with us?"
"No need," King Carlion IV waved his hand and said, "As long as you show your face, I don't think those guys will dare to continue making trouble."
The steward was startled for a moment, and when he saw a stern expression on King Carlion IV's face, he immediately understood: going by himself represented the attitude of His Majesty the King.
If anyone dares to stab them, His Majesty the King will deal with them personally later.
And those guys who dare to cause trouble are usually extremely smart. I believe that as soon as they appear, they will know where the wind is blowing.
Thinking of this, he saluted respectfully and walked backwards out of the room.
Kalion IV stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hands, looking at the bright and beautiful Pillars of Athelas outside the window. He chuckled and said to himself: "Neutral? This is a war where either friend or enemy is involved. Where can there be any
Give us a chance to be neutral~!”
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"Fighting three moves with the High Priest of the Undead..." After the Imperial Guard said one sentence, the crowd of onlookers who were closely following the Imperial Guard suddenly became silent.
Only then did everyone remember that the young man sitting lazily on the bench in front of them, with his arms stretched out on the back of the chair and a listless expression, was the legendary Lorraine.
The Lorraine who traversed the demon continent for thousands of miles, killed countless lichs, stole the most beautiful woman of the Semitic tribe at the much-anticipated wedding, and finally fought head-on with the undead high priest and forced the undead high priest to return without success.
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In the past, they could only hear such stories from the myths played and sung by bards.
Even the most powerful mage in the Elf Kingdom and the great elder of the Druid Church dare not say that they can withstand the attack of the Undead High Priest.
It's just that people really can't connect the tired and bored look of Lord Lorraine waiting for his girlfriend to go shopping with the legendary demigod heroes like Jason and Heracles.
Lorraine robbed a war fortress and, pursued by thousands of necromancers, successfully broke through and returned to the human continent, causing a huge sensation outside the elves.
But the focus of the elves' attention is their hero Balentine. Who would care about a guy who lives thousands of miles away from them?
And not long after, the impact of this incident faded a lot.
So when the elves mentioned Lorraine, the first thing they thought of was the Lorraine who stole the princess, the notorious Lorraine in the Elf Kingdom, not the Lorraine who fought with the undead high priest.
It wasn't until the Imperial Guards reminded them that they realized that the young man in front of them, who looked good-looking but a little handsome, was a ruthless man who didn't care about his life.
The governor of the Ruman Empire, the lover of His Royal Highness the Princess, the husband of His Majesty the Pope of the Holy See of Light... (Although the official propaganda has been publicized, they are all very pure, pure, pure. Friendships without a trace of other things. But
How can this clumsy cover-up trick be concealed from our bright-eyed people?)
Lord Luo's long list of titles alone is enough to scare a lot of people to death.
At this time, you have to think about the consequences of annoying others.
And those who were smart began to peek at the beauties who were shopping crazily in the store, guessing whether the one with chestnut hair among them was the eldest princess?
Is that one with a slender waist and slender thighs an alchemist?
The one who looks like a vixen, and when she smiles, like a silver bell, tickles people, is it Adele who is good at magic and dancing?
And that butt is big, round and upturned. It looks like the person giving birth to a boy is His Majesty the Pope of the Holy See of Humanity...
Lorraine paid no attention to their reactions, but instead focused his attention on the elf beauty who was teasing him. The elf woman was tall and thin, with a face as thin as a knife. A pointed chin and a small face.
, the corners of his eyes raised slightly, of course she was a little worse than her girlfriend, but she had a different exotic feel.
Of course, Lord Lorraine would not dare to strike up a conversation on the street, but it should be okay to admire a beautiful woman.
But then a pretty figure appeared in front of him, blocking all Lorraine's sight.
"Does it look good? Do you want to watch it for a while?" Adele put her hands on her hips, lowered her head and looked at Lord Lorraine with a smile.
Of course she refused to admit it at this time. Lorraine pretended to be suspicious and asked: "What are you looking at?"
Adele smiled charmingly and said, "What are you talking about?"
Lorraine leaned back, pointed to the shops on the street, and said, "The shop in front sells furs. The style is very good. There is a pure white silver fox fur coat that is perfect for you, Dai'er."
"Really?" Adele looked back suspiciously, and sure enough, there was a fur store right in front of her, with a gorgeous silver fox fur coat displayed in the window.
Under the moonlight, the fur has an attractive luster, as if light is flowing on it.
Adele bent down and kissed Lorraine hard on the face, and said happily: "I guess you are interested. Why am I looking at that sāo vixen?"
When Adele said the last word "yo" with her voice like a silver bell, she slightly picked a tone, full of charm and youhuo.
Although Lord Luo was used to hearing this, his heartbeat still couldn't help but skip a beat. But Lord Luo reacted immediately.
"What do I think she is doing? She is too thin. She is not as beautiful as you." Sir Luo blurted out the lie immediately without thinking about it.
"Then you'd better watch~!" Adele's face changed instantly. She straightened her waist and snorted coldly. She stepped heavily on Lord Lorraine's face and twisted it with her pointed heel.
I twisted it, then tossed my long hair, turned around and walked back to the store.
Lord Lorraine grinned, "hissed" and took two breaths of cold air, and said angrily to himself: She was obviously the one who seduced me.
Seeing Lord Luo's painful look, the people next to him who were originally envious of Lord Luo couldn't help but feel their scalps numb for a while: Only this man, a paladin, could withstand those women.
Destroyed. If it had been someone else, he might have been dead long ago.
At this time, a middle-aged man dressed meticulously and with a solemn expression walked in at a leisurely pace.
The captain of the Guards' eyes lit up when he saw the person coming, he put his fingers on his helmet and said loudly: "Good evening, my lord steward."
The palace steward nodded to the captain of the Guards and said calmly: "Thank you for your hard work, brothers."
Then he bowed solemnly to Lorraine and walked away without saying a word.
Lorraine nodded politely at him, feeling a little confused: Who is this guy? He just said hello, turned around and left. It seemed...no, he just came to say hello. What does this mean? Could it be?
A new custom for the elves?
Seeing Lorraine's suspicion, the captain of the Guards explained in a low voice: "His Majesty the King's palace steward."
"Oh~!" Lorraine suddenly realized.
He smiled and nodded. It seemed that the old guy Carion IV was also dissatisfied and asked his personal followers to come forward. This was a warning.
Sure enough, after the palace manager left, the crowd gradually dispersed. Although there were still people pointing fingers at Lorraine, they were all discussing how he came back from the demon clan. No one dared to shout slogans and engage in nonsense.
The ground was making noise and causing trouble.
Lorraine looked around, and there seemed to be no more sneaky figures hidden in the crowd.
The front foot is Xibo Maidong, and there are people behind it who are causing trouble, followed by the king's cronies.
"It's really lively tonight~!" Lorraine shook her head and smiled.
Catherine each held several bags in her hands, and walked out of the store in a crowd. She threw all the bags in front of Lorraine, almost burying Lord Lorraine in them, and then walked to the next store with laughter.
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Lorraine casually opened a bag and saw a transparent gauze black underwear inside. The prince's eyes widened instantly and he felt his blood pumping.
Lorraine giggled, her mouth watering with happiness.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
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