The deepest part of the palace, in Her Majesty the Queen's bedroom.
The Queen looked at Rodhart who was with the Cardinal at a loss, her whole face twitching nervously. "You already know..."
"Yes, I already know." Rodhart nodded silently.
"I am no longer a human being..." The queen's voice was filled with tears, and tears rolled down her eyes.
"Don't worry, it's okay. No matter what you become, you will never change in my heart. You will still be you." Rodhart showed a somewhat miserable smile, stretched out his hand to touch the queen's face, and gave her a gentle kiss.
She wiped away her tears. "So neither of us has a choice. We have no other choice but to stand on the same side as the Bishop. The Bishop and I came to you this time because we have something to ask for your help."
.Listen to me, we are going to..."
After listening to Rodhart's words, the queen's whole body trembled. She said in a trembling voice: "What? You want me to call them all here and kill them now?"
"It's just the four or five old guys from the military, it's no big deal." Bishop Javi said calmly.
The queen shook her head: "No. General Thomas, the old Marquis of Minsk, Minister Johnson... these are all elders of the two dynasties and important ministers in the court. After their Majesty and Roland came back, they discovered..."
"They can't come back." The cardinal smiled and shook his head, and said slowly with a kind of confidence that was beyond words. "Even if they are not dead yet, as long as I am willing, I can guarantee that they will not come back.
The biggest obstacle no longer exists. I can say that I have nothing to worry about in this royal capital. And you can rest assured that the crime of killing them will never fall on us. Someone in this royal capital will bear it for us.
"
The queen looked at the cardinal and Rodhart and said in disbelief: "Are you trying to usurp the throne?"
The cardinal smiled and shook his head: "Usurping the throne? Impossible. Neither of us has the qualifications to ascend the throne, let alone the interest." He stretched out his hand and pointed lightly at the queen. "We are just helping the child in your belly ascend to the throne.
That’s all.”
"My child? I have no children..." The queen shook her head at a loss. She knew that she did not have children now and would never have children.
"I can think of a way to let you have it. Even if this is actually impossible, as long as I say it is, no one will believe it or dare not believe it. And as long as these most virtuous and respected ministers die, the empire will only be in the hands of the three of us.
It is within my control. And as long as I do some tricks, the responsibility of becoming the regent and assisting the throne will naturally fall into Rodhart's hands..."
"No~" the queen screamed. If the servants around her hadn't been ordered to stay away, I'm afraid this shout would have attracted many people. She looked at Bishop Javi's expression and was already hysterical. "What on earth are you going to do?
If you want a magic academy, I can give it to you, but you still threaten him? And you reach out to the empire..."
"I said, I have no interest in this empire. He is the one who is interested." Bishop Javi pointed at Rodhart. "Do you think I threatened him to make him stand with me? In fact, we are
Cooperation."
"You..." The queen looked at Rodhart.
Rodhart shook his head and sighed. "What do I do if I go into these things? You just need to know that now we can only do this. If you think about it carefully, if we don't do this, what will happen if we are beaten one day?"
His Majesty discovered your identity... This is the safest and most appropriate way for us to do this..."
The Queen shook her head tremblingly and interrupted Rodhart's words: "You actually want to kill His Majesty and usurp the throne. What about my sister... Why do you have to involve me? I don't want this..."
Rodhart said slowly: "But now that this has happened, we have to face it. That's why I asked Bishop Javi to come together..."
"Facing it? Didn't I ask you to leave with me earlier? If we left together, how could we still have these things to face? Just for the sake of seeking power and usurping the throne. And you said it so nicely...
"The queen's face was already full of tears. She slowly slid down from the couch and fell to her knees. "If you really still love me, why don't you go away with me? I am a woman, and women want it.
Not much, just a man you like and a place to belong to is enough..."
"But I am a man." Rodhart suddenly said in a deep voice. "A man cannot only have one woman. Because a man has to face the whole world, so he has no destination except this world."
The queen raised her teary eyes and looked at Rodhart in surprise. In her impression, this man was always so gentle and kind. He seemed to be the spokesperson for words such as gentleness, mellowness and beauty in reality. It seemed that nothing else could be seen.
, it seems that this man cannot have other emotions except those tender and beautiful ones. Now I don’t know why, but his voice and expression are filled with things he has never seen before. These things are harder, colder, and heavier, but
It is also an incomparable power. This is the true emotion that has always been deposited deep in his heart, the emotion of a man.
"Men see farther and broader than women, and have more things to face. Therefore, no matter how wonderful the emotion is, you cannot immerse yourself in it and ignore other things. That is escape." Rodhart also squatted down.
, holding the Queen's shoulders. He looked a little strange now. Although these are indeed his true emotions, it seems that it is not easy to show them in front of others given his strength and scheming. And his voice gradually became louder.
Shen, more serious: "Come with me, Chris. If you want to be my woman, just come with me."
The Queen hugged Rodhart tightly and cried: "No...I beg you, don't do this...Can't we leave together?"
Finally, Rodhart slowly broke away from the Queen's hand and stood up. His eyes looked at the Queen with disappointment, sadness, grief, and a kind of desolate determination.
The cardinal who had been watching with cold eyes shook his head slightly and sighed: "Chris, all these years of twists and turns have not made you grow up. After all, you are just a little woman. If you can be as strong as your sister."
It’s good if you are capable and mature.”
Although she was in extreme grief, the queen couldn't help but look at Bishop Javi in surprise because of these strange words. But Bishop Javi no longer looked at her, but looked at Rodhart and said
: "How's it going? It's really like what I said? There's nothing we can do about it... She's just a little woman after all. She can't afford these things, and she can't do them."
Rodhart did not speak, but still looked at the queen with that look. The pain in his eyes became more and more serious. Finally, he turned his head and whispered: "Actually, I already knew it, but...
...I still hope..." His voice became lower and lower. "Forget it...you do it..."
The crying queen was startled. Before she could react, she felt sharp pain in her limbs.
The long sword with the light of white magic danced in the air with a bright sword flower and then sank into the scabbard on the cardinal's waist. The queen screamed and lay on the ground, and bursts of black smoke came out of the wounds on her hands and feet.
Angry. Bishop Javi waved his hand, and the white magic light completely enveloped the queen's figure.
"Stop struggling. The time for your blood to awaken is too short and your strength is too weak. The key is that I helped you fully awaken, so you are almost like a rag doll in my hands. Don't blame me, nor your lover, we
I have given you the opportunity, and I can only blame you for not accepting it. You are unwilling to take the initiative to help but know too much. Sacrificing yourself will help us more than living." Bishop Javi pulled the queen up and put her on the bed. The queen
Her hands and feet twitched and she opened her mouth. But it was of no use. Not only could she not move in the light of this white magic, she seemed unable to even speak.
"Everyone knows that the vampire bit Her Majesty the Queen a year ago. In addition, the cardinal and the priests from the Magic Academy certified it. No matter whether others want to believe it or not, this is absolutely irrefutable.
And as long as this identity is confirmed, many things that follow can be logical, such as colluding with Diya Gu, assassinating His Majesty the Emperor and Captain Roland, etc... The rest just needs to get rid of those old guys as soon as possible, and you can take over.
Holy Knights, I will take over the Magic Academy and fully support you. This huge Ionfast Empire is yours." Bishop Javi patted Rodhart on the shoulder and said, "Give up one.
Feelings, you get a country. No matter how you calculate this account, it is reasonable."
Rodhart still didn't dare to look at the queen on the bed. Although his expression was still mainly silent sadness, there was also a bit of excitement that could not be concealed. These two completely different emotions made his expression very strange. Silence
After a while, he asked Bishop Jarvi: "Give me this country? Do you really want nothing?"
The cardinal smiled lightly and said: "I told you before, all you need to do is send troops to attack Oufu after you take control of this country. Once Oufu is destroyed, all you want is a sword and a woman.
.Of course, the woman I want will not be this little woman."
Although the queen lying on the bed cannot move or speak, she can still listen, cry, and be sad. If the heart can really be broken, her heart is probably full of holes now. See it with your own eyes and listen with your ears.
The man she loves and relies on most abandons her as a prop and a stepping stone. This is the most fatal harm to any woman.
But she doesn’t know that this is also the fate of people like her. In fact, it’s not other people’s ruthlessness, but her own incompetence. She can’t get the recognition of others, she doesn’t have the ability to be their partner, but she still has to get close to get along with her. What will happen in the end?
There are only dolls or tools.
"Lord Hart, the fourth captain of the Holy Knights has something important to report..." At this time, a voice came from outside the dormitory.
The cardinal and Rodhart looked at each other. This was the person they sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion to inspect the situation. This was also the news they had been waiting for. Rodhart said in a deep voice: "Let's talk outside. How's it going?
?”
"Report sir. The Prime Minister is still handling official business in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Nothing unusual has happened."
"Huh?" Bishop Javi and Rodhart looked at each other again, but this time their eyes were full of surprise.
They came to the palace as soon as possible in order to rush for time, but they did not completely ignore the Prime Minister's Mansion. Instead, they sent several members of the Holy Knights to investigate the situation there. But they did not expect that it would be like this.
As a result, even if the news came back that the Prime Minister's Mansion was razed to the ground and a war broke out involving thousands of people, they would not be so surprised.
"Is it true that nothing happened? Have you conducted a careful cross-examination and investigation?" Rodhart asked in a muffled voice.
"The three of us visited the Bishop at the same time, questioned the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to investigate, but we did not find any abnormality." The answer outside the door was very affirmative and confident. In fact,
The members of the Holy Knights are indeed confident in their abilities. Since they say there is nothing abnormal, then others will definitely not find anything abnormal if they conduct a careful inspection.
"I got it, step back." Rodhart ordered in a deep voice. After the footsteps faded away, he turned to look at Bishop Javi. "How could this happen? Did we guess wrong?"
"Did they really not go to the Prime Minister's Mansion? Then... where would they go?" Bishop Javi's expression now became more solemn than ever before, and his usual calm expression and confidence were gone. He seemed to feel now
Come out, things may not be as under your control as you imagined.
After pondering for a moment, Rodhart snorted: "Never mind, we don't care whether that kid tells the Prime Minister about us or not. Anyway, we rushed over to take care of this place just to prevent any accidents on the Prime Minister's side."
As long as Chris's identity as a vampire is exposed, her influence can be minimized. Without his influence, even if the kid escapes from the hands of the Marquis, he will only be a single horse and cannot affect the overall situation.
Bishop Javi also nodded. Now the tacit understanding between the two people seems to have reached a certain level. "Now as long as you continue to do what you need to do, it doesn't matter what happens to that kid next."
Not long after, the cardinal came to the outside of the dormitory, found the valet waiting outside and issued an order: "Send orders from me, Lord Rodhart, and Her Majesty the Queen to summon General Thomas and General Minsk immediately..."
The prime minister also came to the palace with urgent matters."