Today is the opening day of the Hampawo Kingdom Ice and Snow Festival. It is the most important non-religious festival in Loen, and it is even famous across the entire continent.
Today's Ruen brings together tourists from all over the world, as well as ice sculpture masters and art design masters from the whole kingdom. From Jenkins' understanding, the Loen Ice and Snow Festival is more like an art exhibition than a so-called celebration.
The weather was beautiful today, and it was snowing again even though it was early spring. After getting dressed, Jenkins took the newspaper and boarded the carriage with Alexia and prepared to go to the city, where Dolores would wait for them.
"Did you hear what happened last night?"
After the carriage began to move forward, Jenkins waved the newspaper to Alexia, and the photo of the messy Hall 3 of the opera house was the headline.
"I heard that, although I was not there, I also know that this matter is very strange."
"Of course it's strange. The second prince actually brought so many bodyguards to watch the opera, and he prepared heavy machine guns in advance. There aren't many of those things even in the army, right?"
Jenkins believes that most people can see the problem he raised. After all, everyone knows that you don't need to carry a heavy machine gun to watch an opera.
"I don't think it's about Dolores, you're just unlucky..."
After saying this, seeing Jenkins' complexion was wrong, Alexia smiled, and changed from sitting opposite him to sitting beside him.
"These two Stuarts are fighting, yes, they are Dolores' elder brother and second brother. In fact, compared to Dolores' threat, the struggle between these two is the most intense. Now The two princes have already participated in politics, and each has a certain amount of support in the army. More importantly, compared with the Kingdom of Fidiktli where you are, the proportion of queens in the Kingdom of Hampavo is very small. In their eyes, maybe Dolores is not an opponent at all."
The newspaper reported last night's accident very "rigorously", but it didn't occupy the front page exclusively. The other part of the front page was the news of the opening of the Ice and Snow Festival. As for the report on the accident at the opera house, it only evaded the important and explained that there were not too many casualties. The newspaper did not mention the robber's origin or even "saved everyone, His Royal Highness".
Even a foreigner like Jenkins could see in the newspapers the oddity of the incident and the complex entanglements hidden behind it. This matter has nothing to do with him, he just watched the anecdote.
"But what is the reason for them to do such a thing in the downtown area of Ruen? Isn't this too bold?"
Jenkins asked again.
"Haven't you heard?"
Alexia asked suspiciously, "Didn't Dolores tell you?"
"What's the matter? She just took me around the city yesterday, and then we had dinner and watched the opera together..."
Alexia's eyes narrowed subconsciously, but Jenkins didn't notice:
"It seems that she forgot to tell you... You can think so. That's right, His Majesty King Salsi II suddenly fainted in his study at noon last Wednesday and woke up three hours later. According to the doctor's Diagnosis, something is wrong with him."
Dolores pointed to her head, then continued:
"For the sake of maintaining stability, the public was not told about this matter; also for the sake of maintaining stability, only a few people knew about the follow-up. The doctor also made a more detailed diagnosis: Salci II lived at most until the end of this year."
"oh?"
Jenkins was immediately interested, and now the three kingdoms really have problems.
"I went to see it with my own eyes, and the conclusion is basically correct. There are some strange things growing in Salsi II's head. I am not a doctor, so I can't tell whether it is a pathological tumor or something else. But because The location is very dangerous, and living to the end of this year should not be considered a very conservative estimate."
Although this matter was an absolute secret to this country, Dolores did not tell Jenkins, probably not because she wanted to keep it a secret from Jenkins. It's hard to guess the mind of a young girl, so Jenkins doesn't try to guess.
And for the treatment of this disease, Jenkins' [Life Origin] is useless. But he is not incapable of treatment. Jenkins can think of a very simple and direct way:
While using his abilities to keep Salsi II alive, he directly opened his head violently, cut off the strange things, and then healed his head.
But this can easily lead to problems with the brain. Jenkins' ability can only maintain life or accelerate growth. For an organ with an extremely fine structure like the human brain, the therapeutic effect is certainly possible, but it is hard to say whether it can be restored to its original state.
"Since His Majesty's life is in danger, the battle for the throne has reached a fever pitch?"
Jenkins concluded.
"Yes, and it suddenly entered a white-hot stage. Before that, Salhi II was in very good health, healthier than some young people. No one would have thought that such a thing would happen suddenly. I think, Stuart The children of the family originally planned to prepare for a long-term battle, and even planned to compare with their father who can live longer."
Dolores said so.
Ordinary people have strange things growing in their heads, and they are basically hopeless in this era. The many strange magical spells, spells and rituals of the bestowers, of course, have the possibility of curing various strange diseases, but Jenkins has never heard of them anyway, and no one dares to say for sure about this part of the brain. Can be cured.
Even if Salsi II could find a similar ceremony, he might not be able to afford enough. Most of the abilities or rituals of the bestowers are not completely harmless, but for the extraordinary, those harms are almost negligible.
Especially when it comes to treating diseases, the ideal method is to sacrifice to unknown existences, and then there is an equivalent exchange among alchemists, but no matter which method is used, it is very dangerous.
As for seeking help from the Orthodox Church, that is even more impossible. Don't think that Jenkins can apply for numbered items from the Church of the Sages at will, and bring them to areas outside the church for use, but in fact, the church takes a very cautious attitude towards any numbered items. Even the category with the lowest level of danger is not something that can be used casually.
Not to mention, according to the content of the "High Tower Agreement", the Orthodox Church will not provide any help to the members of the royal family that may increase their lifespan. Even if His Majesty asks the pastor of the [Church of Everything and Nature] in a remote town to help treat a cold, he will never get the pastor's consent.
Therefore, it is conceivable that the Kingdom of Hampawo may not be peaceful in the past six months. Coupled with the fact that the two kingdoms of the same size have also experienced various troubles and internal and external troubles, it can be said that the entire material world is now in chaos.
"Therefore, it is not without reason that the Church of the Sages implied that you approached Dolores in a public capacity. Although the Church of the Orthodox God will not interfere in the election and succession of the throne, once there is unexpected trouble here due to the struggle for the throne—Estua It’s hard to say what happened to the ruthless children of the Te family, at least the church can find a reasonable reason to intervene in the struggle for the throne.”
Alexia continued, as for the unexpected troubles she mentioned, they should refer to the disasters caused by mortals rashly contacting the extraordinary due to their greedy ambitions.
PS: For readers who read this for the second time, please refresh the table of contents, I added more than 200 words in the second half. The added content ranges from "As for seeking help from the Orthodox Church" to "The pastor's consent".