The Amber Sword

As time slowly moves forward in minutes, the nobles calm down again and Veronica takes a map from Sidney, marking several areas with stones and branches:

“December Square and the surrounding area are rioting people, and every street from the South Gate to the East Gate is blocked by water. South of Queens, as we passed there, we noticed a handful of guards confronting the forward crowd, all of which were unsuitable for passage. ”

As she drew, she explained:

“Upon entering the inner city, there were guards, even if the patrol cavalry and the city guard were in trouble, these imperial troops would perform their duties with loyalty, and there were a small number of monks from the temple of the Knights of Fire Corps stationed there, even if high-ranking forces infiltrated, it would not be possible to disintegrate their fighting forces in a short time. ”

She looked back at Brando and said, "How sure are you? ”

Brando shook his head and honestly said: "Not at all. ”

Night winds blow through the hills, through the woods, and the corners of the map make noise, and the stone branches pressed against them scatter, and everyone present feels the deep cold all night.

Veronica didn't care about the map, it didn't make any sense anyway. She looked at this young Eruin, and she didn't think, as if the answer to that question were supposed to be.

The head of the women's regiment said: "Then at least avoid the rioting people, who might be able to help you. ”

“I'm afraid it's hard," said Baron Homeys, the eldest son of Grand Duke Flower Leaf and brother of Faina. This is a young man with good, strong eyebrows and a soldier: “The current unrest is far less disturbing than it was recorded 23 years ago, let alone in the year of drowning, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to influence the inner city. ”

Everyone else present was silent and clearly did not see the opportunities presented by the unrest. But Brando felt that it was not that simple. If the rioting people were behind the shadow of the return of all things, but the herders rarely returned empty-handed, they would certainly have made an attempt once they started.

But he did not say his thoughts, and he knew that in this era, it was difficult for the nobles to distinguish between sects of cults, even intelligent generations like Veronica, who often mixed herdsmen with all things.

And he could tell the difference, but he couldn't explain why he knew so much about cults, which was a very taboo topic, and he simply wouldn't talk about it.

As calm as Brando's face, I'm afraid only Old Chancellor Ned Wen, the big man who scolded the Empire's wind cloud before frightened everyone before and then became silent again. Nor did he participate in the discussion of the people, but he watched quietly, but his mind was full, like he was not afraid of this cold night, his eyes always flashed.

The little Nederwegian next to Old Nederweyn hesitated for a moment to say: “Her Majesty knew a long time ago that pagans were behind this, and she did not ask, but was afraid to kill Levitt. ”

Little Ned Language, but the current imperial prime minister is also more than sixty years old. In terms of the life expectancy of the people of Vaughndheim, he is also middle-aged. Although he is not allowed to take on the new queen, he finally withdrew from politics at the last moment. Understanding and speculating about the political intentions of the queen is arguably the most authoritative of all present.

“Political instability in the Banker region is indeed the best way to kill.” Veronica nodded.

Only Brando frowned, and as a man from the civilized world, the subject of the massacre of civilians was somewhat unacceptable to him, although he understood that such a topic was of little consequence to the nobles.

In nature, herds of animals also often consume their own populations in equilibrium with nature, as do humans, whether through war or internal consumption, especially in difficult times of expansion.

The heart turbulence of the Empire is still rooted in the disconnection of the supply line, and the war between Metz and Changqing, south of the corridor, seems to be going to be difficult to end for a while, so long as the food-consuming population is reduced.

“Lord Neville, what do you think? ”

Veronica looked to the old Chancellor beside her.

Old Ned Language sighed: “Earlier, Her Majesty did not either. ”

Brando was stunned and did not expect the former prime minister of the empire to say such a word, as did others, but the words of the old prime minister evoked the memories of older nobles such as Grand Duke Mehotofen.

“Indeed," the latter nodded: "His Majesty will be like this today, indeed unexpectedly. ”

“What was His Majesty like before?” Brando suddenly asked.

Instead of a sudden outburst of curiosity, he realized that the sudden insertion of Old Ned Language into the topic might have meant something.

“Veronica Corps Leader should have some memories. ”

Veronica stunned for a moment and then nodded slightly: "Her Majesty was formerly known as the most virtuous princess of the Empire, but that was already her princess's time. ”

“I remember clearly," Grand Duke Mehotofen laughed. "At that time, we studied aristocratic etiquette together at Griffith Royal College. Her Royal Highness often talked to our young people about the future and ideals. Of course, she was most concerned about the status of the Empire, but at that time she thought that the Cruz people did not have to win prosperity and strength through war or through business and development...”

“Yes, I was a resolute opponent at the time," Veronica couldn't help but laugh, as if she remembered the youth of the past: “My age and Her Royal Highness are about the same size, I can be half dead by her naivety each time, but Her Royal Highness at the time was really too close to the present, she paid particular attention to commerce, hoping to achieve the prosperity of the second civilization since returning to glory through the expansion of the Black Forest and trade links within civilization. ”

Hearing this, Brando couldn't help touching his nose and wondering why the strategy was familiar.

“To be honest," the captain of the women's regiment couldn't help but lower her voice: “I actually agree more with her now, but her division of the empire is intolerable to me, and her attack on the princes violates the rules of the nobility game. ”

At this time, Brando suddenly realized that he knew too little about Her Majesty the Queen of the Empire. In another period of history, she was merely an excessive figure, and her reign of the Empire existed as a pre-emptive and post-emptive era between the two great emperors.

The well-known Silver Queen, Constance on the Supreme Throne, was the most peaceful period of the Empire, Jingping of the Four Seas, the only thing worth remembering is the Third Jihad, unfortunately this Jihad is destined to be the next bigger war, which has already been the experience of another legendary king.

And the history of Her Majesty's princess, and of her teenage years, is rarely known.

So did Brando, who found his knowledge of Her Majesty's princess's time was confined to a few descriptions of Tulaman.

Why is she changing so much?

Brando suddenly remembered a conversation and couldn't help but whisper to herself: "… So what did she see in that seal, apart from crystallization? ”

Old Ned raised his head, looked sharply at Brando, and shook his head.

“No one knows, but I have a guess. ”

It was like two people were playing dumb riddles, and the others heard a mist, but only Brando could understand, and the problem was back to square one.

This is an ambiguous question even for Tulaman, but the old man in front of him tells him:

I have a guess--

He stunned and immediately stared at the former Prime Minister of the Empire.

The old man was silent for a moment before saying: “I heard a statement that Her Royal Highness had brought back a female infant from there. ”

“What?”

“From the crystal. ”

Brando came to understand that the key to realizing the problem was this baby girl.

The old Chancellor stopped the conversation and looked around for a week. The Duke of Mekhotophen and Little Nederwen, present in the room, immediately sought an excuse to retire. Only Baron Khometz was a little confused about the situation, but was immediately dragged away by his own sister.

Faina also looked at Brando with some apprehension when she left.

Veronica was also prepared to retire, but was retained by the old Chancellor.

“You stay, Legion Leader, and you are also a client," he said. "I doubted once in the past that this was an intentional lie, but it was only after witnessing the actions of Her Majesty the Queen for decades that I realized. ”

Brando and Veronica did not intervene, and they understood that what the old Chancellor was about to say was the point.

Indeed, the old prime minister replied slowly:

“… I suspect that the baby girl is a newborn species. ”

“What is a newborn species?” Veronica asked somewhat puzzlingly.

Brando pressed the shock wave in his heart, recalling the literature he had seen in the past, explained to the head of the women's regiment: "There are many statements about the native species, but the Bukas believe that the greatest possibility is the pureblood gods...”

“The people of God? ”

“It is not a god people, it is a pureblood god people, the Minors are also descendants of a thin bloodline god people, the dragon of darkness Odin is also a god people, but the true generation of pureblood gods, only the knights of Heaven and Blue. ”

The old Chancellor nodded slowly beside him: "Mr. Count knows more than I do, so the heavenly knight in the Epic of the Sky is also a first-born species. ”

“Why is there a newborn baby girl on the last battlefield? ”

“I don't know, maybe Odin and the Witch Queen. ”

“It's impossible," Brando shook his head: "The blood of the Gods is a generation thin, and Odin and the descendants of the Witch Queen can only be Minor.” He paused and asked, “Lord Niedervin, what makes you think that? ”

The Old Chancellor was silent, as if hesitating, but finally determined to say: “Few know that His Royal Highness made a vow of fidelity after the end of the Jihad, which was, of course, a secret, and it was Walla who was the vigilante. ”

“Seven years later, when Her Majesty married the Duke of Olsen, and seven years later the Duke was assassinated by cults on his way to the Mets area, Her Majesty gave birth to seven princes and three princesses, all of which I thought were gone… but then suddenly I figured out the joints and, after creating suspicion, I quietly asked Walla to testify that Her Majesty had never broken her vows. ”

“What!? ”

Brando and Veronica couldn't bear to make a sound, and they'd never heard anything stranger.

“The princes and princesses? ”

The old Chancellor nodded: “Since then, I have been suspicious. On the one hand, I have proclaimed my seclusion and stopped asking about the affairs within the Empire. On the other hand, I have been investigating myself and finally found some traces. I found that for 10 years Her Majesty had been secretly supporting some well-known alchemists who had exterminated the Dark Men of East Metz and imprisoned Mayad in order to obtain the blood of God in the hands of the shepherds. ”

“You mean…”

“I suspect that Her Majesty is trying to reproduce the first-born species, that the princesses are her masterpieces and, of course, that she claims that these children are her own and that her marriage to the Duke of Olsen is a good cover, but in fact there are long doubts within the Empire that, after all, Her Majesty's body does not look like a woman of childbearing potential. ”

“Wait," Brando suddenly got a little creepy, and he couldn't help but think, "Is the next great emperor of the Cruz artificial?" However, he immediately reacted, with the exception of the Empire's eldest son, who was the son of Brother Constance, who had taken the throne from her brother, so that she would finally return it to her elder brother's blood, which was one of the Silver Queen's promises to the dragons and the Empire's forefathers.

“Nothing.” He waved, indicating he thought too much.

They looked at him strangely, but did not ask.

But Brando came up with another question, "Now that Her Majesty is trying to recreate the new species, what is her intention? Where's that freshman she brought back from the last battlefield? ”

He asked the question, but the old prime minister shook his head: “It is not known, not to mention that the pureblood gods can be reproduced. I do not know why Her Majesty was obsessed, but the original seed did not end up in her hands. ”

“What?”

“I happen to have investigated the matter, and the existence of the child was artificially concealed, and only a few people knew of her existence. And I found one of the three clients named Pamid. Unfortunately, Mr. Andotle, I went one step later, and by the time I found him, the gentleman had been summoned by God to go one step further. I had spent a fortune buying all his notes from his widow, and I had learned the truth from the words in them. ”

“I can be sure, Mr. Count, that your grandfather covered this up for Her Royal Highness at the time, and that the baby girl was eventually taken away by a woman named Gloria, who was not an empire - and I went the wrong way at first, thinking she was close to your grandfather and wasted a lot of time on it, but nothing. And then I changed my mind, and I looked at the people around your grandfather, and I found out that this woman was your father's fiancée, and in the royal lineage of the kingdom of Eruin, there was a princess by that name. ”

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