From Christina's point of view, she has been with Catherine, which can certainly prove her innocence, but if something like that happened between two women, it would obviously affect Catherine's reputation if told in public, so Christina Christina used what she thought was the right way to prove Catherine's innocence, which was to fabricate lies. It was precisely because of this belief that Christina unknowingly covered Catherine's whereabouts.
"Are you sure that everything you saw is real, Christina?" Ryan saw the panic flashing in Christina's eyes. He looked at Christina with his bright and clear eyes and said loudly: "You know , sometimes, the eyes can deceive us, and for magicians, there are many ways to do this, such as mirroring."
Just as Ryan finished speaking, multiple mirror images appeared around him. A total of four mirror images of Ryan stood quietly in place. No matter how much everyone looked, they couldn't tell who was the real Ryan. Ryan showed everyone a full minute before dispelling the magic. Then he stood in front of Christina and said in a very calm tone: "If you think this is not enough to prove anything, then I have another way. .”
"Hmph." Christina snorted heavily but said nothing.
Ryan smiled at Christina and put his hands on his face. After about ten seconds, Ryan took off the Fabia magic mask covering his face, revealing his true self. Face, and Christina witnessed this scene with her own eyes. She watched with incredible eyes that the Fabia in front of her turned into Ryan in a moment. Her first thought was that she was dazzled, but Christina rubbed it hard. Rubbing his eyes and shaking his head vigorously, he still found that the person wearing Fabia's clothes in front of him was the Ryan magician who had defeated him before.
"You read that right. The person standing in front of you is Ryan from the Leis team. We once played against each other in the Royal Athletic Competition." Ryan shrugged towards Christina and said, "Katherine was murdered three years ago. I was at the scene when Luke was there, but because she was not as strong as her, I almost died. Fortunately, my teacher arrived in time, but unfortunately I had to escape in embarrassment in the end."
Ryan's words were actually incomplete. This was what several of them felt after careful discussion. If others knew that the mighty Archbishop of the Church of Light, the head of the Royal Knights, the president of the Imperial Capital Magic Guild, etc. were actually It is really unbelievable that a lich became the queen of the human empire under his own eyes, and Ryan and the others could not provide any strong evidence to prove Catherine's identity as a lich. Could it be possible to use the lich conversion ritual to transform Catherine into a lich? Catherine restored,
Therefore, under Delanai's suggestion, Orlando and others agreed to conceal part of the facts and lead the whole matter to the struggle for power within the imperial capital. Although the latter would also cause dissatisfaction among many people, it was easy to understand, and Orlando would Personally select a member of the Fernando royal family to become the new His Majesty the King to continue to maintain the royal bloodline of this empire,
"The reason why I returned to the imperial capital under the pseudonym Fabia is because of Catherine." Ryan had already turned his attention to the other members present: "Catherine murdered Luke and took the opportunity to seize power. Fortunately, Faras was able to do so with the help of Victor. Confronted with Catherine, this situation lasted for 3 years, I think you have probably heard about it every day."
"I don't want to be anonymous, but Catherine's power is too strong. My teacher has not been able to recover yet, and once I appear as Ryan, I may not be able to see Farasi and reveal the truth of the whole thing. They will be killed directly, so this is the only way to do it.”
"On the evening of the beginning of the new year this year, I deliberately showed my traces to make others think that I had sneaked back to the imperial capital. After learning the news, Catherine couldn't help but chased me. Fortunately, I had already contacted Faras and the others before. It’s time to take this opportunity to expose Catherine’s flaws.”
Ryan revealed the truth of the whole matter in public, only concealing Catherine's true identity, but this was enough. Christina's face turned pale after hearing this. She couldn't believe that all this was true, but Ryan's words It sounded so convincing that Christina couldn't find anything to refute.
"Now you understand what happened and why Catherine is no longer Her Majesty the Queen." Orlando said at the right time: "Then since you have the guts to attack the command center of the military camp, you must be prepared to bear all the consequences. …”
"Wait a minute." Seeing that Orlando wanted to hold others accountable, Christina stepped forward without hesitation: "I said, I am responsible for everything tonight. I instigated them. The whole thing is... It was planned by me, and I will be responsible for any consequences."
"You are no longer a Holy Knight, Ms. Christina." Bacon stood behind Orlando and said coldly: "What qualifications do you have to participate in the internal affairs of our Royal Knights?"
"You are not the leader, Bacon, so what qualifications do you have to say this?" Christina said tit for tat: "Unless Her Majesty Queen Catherine personally admits these accusations, I will never believe that the beautiful incarnation would do such a thing. Waiting for things, Ryan is the fiancé of Faras, and Faras is the sister of the wife of the leader of Orlando, you can definitely collude... "
"Shut up." Bacon was furious. He also said it was the first time he heard someone slandering Orlando like this. But as soon as he spoke, Orlando gently waved his hand to stop him: "Let her continue. This is her right to defend herself." .”
In Christina's heart, she had a vague feeling that what Ryan and the others accused were true, but Christina was completely unable to accept the fact that Catherine was fighting for power. With the last bit of luck, she opened her mouth and said: "This is simply a war." Political deal, you teamed up to force Queen Catherine away, and then took over the power alone."
"Are you done?" Facing Christina's accusation, Orlando looked at her calmly. It wasn't until Christina looked at him blankly that Orlando said: "I don't want to use words to defend your accusation. , because it is redundant and meaningless.”
After Orlando said this, his eyes closed slightly, and an extremely strong sacred aura suddenly burst out from his body. Then everyone saw with their own eyes three pairs of looming white wings stretching out from behind Orlando, as if That night when the angel of Orlando came,
When Orlando opened his eyes again, the wings behind him had slowly disappeared, but the shock that the scene had just brought to others was far from disappearing. The originally noisy camp became completely quiet, because Orlando has proven to everyone that he still possesses the power of a Holy Knight. As a Holy Knight, if his heart deviates from his beliefs, these powers will disappear quickly. Obviously Orlando does not have that situation.
"Now, Ms. Christina, I will give you a chance to defend yourself. Although I have deprived you of the honor of Holy Knight in public, if you still maintain your piety to the gods in your heart, then you should still have the corresponding power. I remember that before I asked you to personally protect Catherine, you could already flash out the holy light. Although the effect was quite weak, 3 or 4 years have passed. Even if you have made no progress in strength, then The power you already have should still exist, unless you have broken away from your own beliefs."
Christina didn't say much. She knelt down on one knee, folded her hands on her left chest and her heart, closed her eyes and began to pray silently. Christina was once a young trainee holy knight. One of the people with the power of the official Holy Knight, and this is one of the reasons why Orlando cultivated her and selected her to participate in the Royal Tournament.
In Christina's view, even if her strength has not increased in recent years, her original strength will not weaken over time, unless she no longer believes in the gods, but Christina prayed for three minutes. At that time, the entire prayer in praise of the God of Light was recited silently, but there was still no light on her body, not even the faintest one.
Christina's heart slowly began to sink, because she knew that she was finished. As a Holy Knight, when Christina prayed in the past, she only had those gorgeous prayers and reverence for the God of Light in her heart, but Now, Christina spent a full three minutes praying this prayer. Her heart was still covered by Catherine's voice and smile, leaving her with no thought of anything else.
"How could this happen?" Christina cried out, which also meant that Christina's entire prayer failed because she was distracted. God will not give his power to those half-hearted believers, everyone present. There was an uproar after seeing this. They did not expect that today's protagonist, Christina, could not even do the simplest flash of holy light. Many knights thought that this was Orlando deliberately interfering with Christina's prayer, but they Even if you just recite the prayer silently in your heart, a faint holy light can be revealed, which means that everything is normal here, and there is only one explanation for everything, that is, Christina has fallen and she has lost the protection of the gods. ,
"Ms. Cristina, you are now suspected of participating in multiple murders with Catherine, including His Majesty the Imperial Monarch Fernando, Imperial Finance Minister Luke, as well as the Grand Consul Faras and the Cassano Overlord Ryan." Orlando looked at him with pity. Looking at Christina who was kneeling on the ground at a loss what to do, she said slowly: "Since you no longer call yourself a holy knight, you can only be restrained by secular laws. I believe you will get a fair verdict."
After Orlando said this, he turned to Faras and said: "Your Majesty the Grand Consul, although Christina no longer belongs to the Royal Knights, I do not want her to receive any unfair treatment. Please ask the Imperial Court to give her a fair Judgment.”
Faras nodded, but did not speak. In fact, if Christina did not make trouble in public today, then if she could repent, Orlando would not be able to treat her like this, but Christina bumped into her. If this was not severely punished, I'm afraid it would be I can't explain it anymore.
Seeing Christina being escorted away by several holy knights on duty, a bad omen appeared in the hearts of all the holy knights present: In the 200-year history of the Royal Knights, Christina was the first to lose her A knight who was judged for his crimes by a secular court for his faith. Could it be that the Royal Knights, who once had unrivaled honors, have begun to decline after a long peak
This idea is so crazy that no one dares to say it out, but it has taken root in the hearts of many knights with weak minds like a seed. Once the time is right, this vicious seed will inevitably grow rapidly. , maybe it will soon be possible to open a small crack in the seemingly solid hearts of these holy knights who claim to have firm beliefs. No matter how strong the fortress is, its first step towards destruction starts from this crack. ,