(I don’t know if it’s my illusion… It seems that before the Quiet Incident, when Yang Hao went to the parish to negotiate with the Border Elf Kingdom, the little queen who stayed in the palace “never spoke again”, and she didn’t even “open her mouth” in front of the world…)
Mother Teresa's face was filled with gloom. She believed that Yang Hao must have trained people to speak for him, and that most of the power should be concentrated on the Queen and the Royal Army...
But why did the Queen "not speak"? Under his education, the Queen could not be so "ignorant", nor could she really give up on him who was like her second parent...
If Priscilla and the others would choose to remain silent because of the position of their buttocks, then why would the Queen...
Theresa fell into deep thought.
Soon she began to feel fortunate that Yang Hao finally stopped thinking about these things.
She felt a headache just thinking about it, let alone coming up with a way to untie the threads of the already tangled ball of twine.
She said that this ball of twine should not be "untied".
It would be more practical to just burn it.
"Oh, forget it, forget it, let's not think about these things... His boots are about to break, um, I bought them here... The razor is too blunt and can't be sharpened no matter how hard I try, so I bought a new one... The rest is bread, candles, firewood, a blanket, and a lantern..."
When Yang Hao went out to chop firewood, he would sometimes go to a far place. If he used a torch to light his way home, there was a risk of a forest fire, so he had to buy a lantern.
Although Theresa was quite sad because the lantern had become much more expensive due to rising prices, it was a necessity after all.
At worst, I can just pretend to convert to the God of Light and pray for him, and then find a way to make more money during this time.
She walked out of the city humming a song whose name she couldn't even tell.
But just when she was in a good mood and started to think about "what to eat tonight" -
However, she noticed from the corner of her eye that the flag of the Roman royal family seemed to be faintly raised at the location of the town's portal hub.
…
An extremely ominous premonition suddenly rose from the bottom of my heart.
Sister Teresa pretended to look back casually and confirmed again and again that there was no one following her.
"Come on, don't tell me they've passed..."
Her expression suddenly changed, and she muttered as she ran towards the monastery at a faster speed.
…
At the same time, in the royal palace of the Roman Empire, the young empress was preparing for her "public speech" before taking office as the empress with the help of her maids.
In fact, she didn't need to do anything. She just needed to be dressed up like a puppet by the maids. Finally, after the head maid sent by her uncle led her to the podium alone, her duty as a puppet was completed.
She didn't even need to speak.
Because she can't speak.
"Sir, we are ready."
"Except for the head maid, you all go down."
"Yes. I wish you all the best."
After the maids dressed up the Queen, they left at the order of the Queen's uncle.
The head maid stayed in the room, looking at the Queen's uncle with calm eyes. She placed one hand on the Queen's trembling shoulder and took a deep breath:
"Is this okay?"
The elegant head maid did not say a word, but the same sound as the queen's came from her belly.
In response, the Queen's uncle simply nodded with satisfaction.
In this way, he can legitimately make decisions for the entire empire as the "Queen's mouth" without becoming the target of public criticism.
But that's not enough.
At best, he only had a legal voice. How to solve the next drought and famine in the empire, how to solve the border conflict between the Elf Kingdom and the Diocese, how to solve the covetous eyes of the powerful country across the sea - these are still big problems.
Now the Roman Empire needs that regent.
Chapter 7: Nun, Witch
After learning where Yang Hao might be, Priscilla and Knight Robert decided to visit him as a small team immediately after completing their repairs.
This time it is not suitable to bring too many people.
On the one hand, they were not there to "arrest" but to "request", so naturally they could not visit in a superior and intimidating manner.
Moreover, the town needs some staff to stay behind in case of emergency, and those important consumables need someone to supervise them - they don't believe that the townspeople can fulfill this supervisory responsibility.
After all, those townspeople were villains who were eager to dig out even the steel blocks underground to supplement their family income.
On the other hand, Priscilla thought she needed to talk to Yang Hao... and also thought she needed to talk to Theresa.
She knew she had done a lot of wrong in the Silence incident, but if possible, she hoped to use this opportunity to make amends...
After all, there is still a bond of "lovers" between them. As long as he still cares about the people of Dawn, as long as he is still the man in her memory who can do anything for humanity...
Then she can naturally use this renewed relationship to atone for the mistakes she made before.
…
After Priscilla led the Imperial Knights to the outskirts of Skull Village, she did not head towards the deserted village, but instead walked along a dirt road at the foot of the mountain outside the village that was almost covered by weeds.
She knew where Mother Teresa lived, and she also knew that if nothing unexpected happened, Yang Hao would be there too.
It was only when they finally climbed to the mountainside at dusk that they could finally see the dilapidated monastery.
What they saw was not the former regent, His Majesty Yang Hao.
Instead, it was an expressionless white-haired nun.
The nun stared at the witch standing at the front of the team, using a long-handled gemstone staff as a hiking stick, and then she uttered these words:
“Priscilla, the little witch from Skull Village, you’ve made a fortune in the capital, have your own connections, and are ungrateful—why do you have the nerve to come back
You have the nerve to come to me? You didn't even say a word for him during the Quiet Incident. Why do you dare to come back like an ungrateful bastard? Huh?"
The nun directly attacked the Night Witch with sharp and rude curse words, which made the accompanying Imperial Knights look at each other in bewilderment.
In response, the Night Witch showed only a slight trace of shame on her face. She raised her hand to indicate that she would handle the matter herself, and then took a step forward.
"Theresa, I—"
But before she could finish her first sentence, the nun started to curse again:
"Don't f**king try to get close to me, I don't know you, I'm not your friend, I'm not a f**king ungrateful and shameless bitch like you!
If you really still have some sense of shame as a human being, then you should get as far away from me as possible and stop fucking disturbing his current life!"
This made the witch a little embarrassed.
Priscilla thought that as a nun, Theresa would at least be willing to listen to her explanation of the whole process... But now it seems that she has no intention of communicating at all.
In the eyes of Sister Teresa, there seemed to be only two choices: leave or fight to the death. But no matter which choice, Priscilla could not choose.
If he leaves, the Roman Empire will be destroyed by internal and external troubles because it will completely lose its regent.
It's a fight to the bitter end. Now that she doesn't know what kind of feelings Yang Hao has for Mother Teresa, she doesn't dare and can't do that...
Because if he did so, the worst result might even be that he would be forced to directly stab the empire, which was already facing internal and external troubles, and directly generate new batches of rebels within the empire, or simply lead bandits to rush around.
Although Yang Hao himself had no military talent, he was well aware of all the weaknesses of the Roman Empire.
Knowing the weaknesses, even a five-year-old child could deliver a fatal blow to the current Roman Empire, let alone a possible bandit army.
No matter what, we have to use the conversation to make Sister Teresa let down her guard temporarily, at least to allow her to meet Yang Hao.
Thinking of this, the Night Witch took a deep breath.
She raised the staff slightly, then slammed the tip of the staff hard onto the gravel on the ground.
With the crisp sound of breaking stones, she could see Sister Teresa timidly taking two steps back, then gritted her teeth and stood back in her original position.
For the time being... Now I have a chance to speak.
"Theresa. I am willing to explain to you the mistakes I made before. But before that... can you let me see him?"
“What if I say no?”
"I have to see him. Theresa. Please, the Roman Empire can't lose him now."
Priscilla's sincere plea made Theresa sneer subconsciously:
"Who abandoned him when they said they couldn't lose him? He did so much for the people, but who was the first to insult and abuse him
You fucking built a vast country with his help, but when your own interests were damaged, who threw your founding hero away like a rag after wiping the toilet
How dare you ask him to continue serving you after you betrayed him?"
Priscilla was speechless for a moment. After all, what Theresa said was all true.
But when I think of the current plight of the Roman Empire, and the disasters or impending sufferings of the towns I see along the way...
She was able to speak out again: "This is for the people, Theresa. This is for the people."
"Fuck you! Who doesn't know that the people of the Roman Empire are a bunch of ungrateful idiots? Even those primitive savages in the Monster Forest know how to be grateful better than you!
Even the guano of a crow is more noble than theirs! Forget about saying you are doing this for the people, you are just doing this for your own wallets, right? Ha ha ha! "
"Theresa, don't you see the current situation of the people? Don't you understand what the drought means to the Roman Empire? Don't you know how miserable the lives of the people in the drought-stricken areas are now, and how much they hope to return to their previous lives?"
"Isn't that what they asked for? They deserve it? Isn't this the life they want? Now aren't they satisfying their own needs by expelling and insulting Yang Hao
They are content, so why do they want him to go back? Why do you dare to assume that the residents there prefer life under Yang Hao's rule to being happy in the drought? "
Mother Teresa's extremely disdainful and feigned surprise tone once again put Priscilla into an awkward silence.
Chapter 8: Why are you still standing there? Go home.
By now, Priscilla probably understood that Theresa had no intention of talking to them at all—
Theresa's only goal was to drive them all away, just to prevent them from having contact with Yang Hao.
She had a rare thought in her mind: "Why not just control her first?" But then she thought again, Yang Hao, who was alone at this moment, must have regarded Mother Teresa as his only spiritual support. If she did so rashly, it would only force him to a more extreme position...
But we can’t fight, and communication is almost impossible... What should we do
Priscilla swallowed hard, not knowing how to respond to Theresa's words for a moment.
At this moment, Imperial Knight Robert took a step forward, leaned over and pleaded in a very humble manner:
"Sister... You are right. We cannot assume whether the people in the country are willing to enjoy life under drought. You are right."
"But we can be sure that the Roman Empire needs a regent now. Only under the leadership of the regent can the Roman Empire be a whole. Only he can do this."
“Right now, the Roman Empire is not only fraught with internal crises, but even the powerful empire across the sea is eyeing us covetously.
This is not only for the common people, but also for the survival and shelter of this empire.
So Sister... please let us meet with Master Yang Hao. Just once. We must meet with him. At least give us a chance to explain it to him.
Otherwise, we will have to fight each other with weapons. I am sorry to have to inconvenience you for the time being."
Knight Robert thought very clearly - since he couldn't use the reason of the common people to make the nun who was acquainted with the witch make concessions, then using the reason of the entire Roman Empire should be able to gain some concessions, right
Not only that, he also knew that there were indeed people in the world who would never give in no matter what.
With neither side able to give in, as a knight who had survived the brutal battlefield, he knew that this was the worst moment of "fighting with swords" but he had to go through it.
The nun in front of him was so tiny. Even the barbarian children were stronger than her.
Knight Robert made a confident judgment: If it was limited to words, the nun would definitely not give in. But if the threat of the blade was increased... she would definitely give in.
Faced with a sharp blade, anyone who has never been on a battlefield will subconsciously feel fear.
That would be all, they just hope to have a chance to contact the Regent in a peaceful manner.
Knight Robert stood up, his right hand already on the scabbard, stroking the scabbard while slowly moving up to grasp the hilt.
With a "click" sound, the sword was slightly unsheathed - but unexpectedly, although the nun was frightened to the point of paleness and dared not even breathe, she still stood firmly in her place.
Not to mention that she retreated out of fear, she even took another step forward and stood directly in front of Priscilla.
“Bang!”
Then, in front of everyone, he reached out and slapped the Night Witch hard.
The Night Witch looked at the nun silently, anger flashed in her eyes, but she did not have the courage to look into the nun's indignant eyes.