Jenkins saw that the prop ice archer chess piece played a role, and knew that the information was about to be obtained. He looked at Sarkhi II who was sitting across from him. The king looked at the picture on the chessboard with a serious expression, and his thoughts at the moment could not be seen from his expression.
In the end, the Duke of Loen still told the reason why he entered Loen:
"Your Majesty wants to take advantage of the opportunity of the royal family leaving Loen to cleanse the city of disloyal people. The army has already ambushed outside the city, and the date of action is today, after midnight to be exact..."
Jenkins looked at the time, it was about two rounds, that is, an hour later.
"I entered the city, on the one hand guarding the palace for His Majesty to prevent the palace from being destroyed in the ensuing turmoil, and on the other hand keeping an important thing for His Majesty."
He told the truth, but not the whole truth. At the very least, the Duke didn't mention at all that Sarkhi II had a clone in Loen.
Dolores knew this too, but she didn't point it out. He just said that as a member of the royal family, he has the responsibility to guard the family's palace in times of crisis, so he hopes that Duke Rodbyer can hide Sarhi II in the city and palace, and hand over the command of the army guarding the palace. come out.
Of course, the Duke would not hand over the command of the army so easily, especially when he heard that Dolores was not the only Stuart who came back. But just like when Sallot persuaded the city defense force, Dolores's words were obviously not enough, but under the influence of off-site props, she finally succeeded in gaining command of a thousand-man army.
The Duke of Rodbyer is not idle either. He will serve as the adjutant of this army and assist Dolores in guarding the palace. Declared allegiance to Dolores, and did not tell the secret.
"So, the items that the old duke kept for you won't be related to our victory in the duel?"
Jenkins, who was sitting on the chair, asked, but the king opposite did not answer, but instead asked:
"If we don't have this duel today, then in the near future, wouldn't Dolores plan to launch a coup to directly overthrow me?"
They have all seen Dolores' staffing and follow-up arrangements just now. Based on the current comparison, Dolores' control over Ruen is definitely much stronger than her brothers and sisters. The person Luo Lisi is loyal to, she took control of the police station almost without saying a word, and even a small team of the city defense force secretly found her and pledged allegiance to her, which was obviously well prepared.
From this point of view, Salote is far inferior to his younger sister.
"How is it possible, is Dolores like that? You know your daughter better than I do. I think this kind of ridiculous temptation is unnecessary."
Jenkins said relaxedly, looking at the chessboard again. At this time, the main picture displayed on the chessboard is still Loen City from a top-down perspective, and the sub-perspective of the small picture in the corner is everyone's actions.
"I used to ignore this daughter. I only noticed her talent in the past six months. It probably started when you exposed the Fabry scam, which led to the reform of the financial industry of the Three Kingdoms. I used to think that she was just a girl who likes adventure stories." child."
"Actually, Dolores is a child who likes adventure stories. When I met her, she had no interest in the throne."
"So, now you changed her and gave her the idea of becoming a king?"
"No, I didn't change her, time changed her, young people always grow up."
Hearing this, the three princesses covered their mouths and laughed. Jenkins himself was only twenty years old, and the influence of his elven blood made him look younger, so it was a bit funny to say this.
Then the third round will be played, and this time it is still Salhi II who starts first:
"After mastering the city defense force, Salot thinks that the first thing he should do is not to search for the traces of the three sisters from the opposite camp, but to be the first to understand what will happen tonight. He will mobilize the troops to carry out the investigation around Loen. Search, and at the same time arrange for the army to enter the city, martial law will be fully enforced tonight, and Loen will enter a state of war."
"But relying solely on the city defense force, it is impossible to declare that Loen has entered a state of war. This requires the city hall to issue an order."
The Eldest Princess reminded that although the three major kingdoms have parliaments, in comparison, the northern kingdom's parliament is like a decoration. In fact, the king has the final say. Therefore, it is not necessary to ask the parliament to declare the king's capital into a state of war, only the mayor of Ruen City is required. Obtaining a document authorized by the King will suffice.
Now that Sarhi II is not in the country, the management of the country is governed by a huge government agency. Correspondingly, Ruen only needs the mayor's consent to enter a state of war.
"But now Salote has an army, so now he has the final say. Yani, don't be obsessed with procedures, procedures are only used to restrain the weak."
Sarhi II said, and reached into his pocket again, this time pulling out a black coin.
Jenkins was taken aback, and almost thought it was some kind of criminal coin that he had never seen before. But after looking carefully, I found that the size was wrong. Although the materials and patterns of the crime coins I had come into contact with were different, they were all the same size.
"This is [Mister Mischief's Mischief Coin]."
Sarhi II explained.
"I know, number B-06-2-4929, the front is a sun radiating outward, and the back is two overlapping crescents. After throwing, if it is heads, before midnight, luck will improve; if If it is negative, luck will decrease. The specific degree of decrease and increase is determined by the user himself."
Jenkins said what he knew.
"Then what if it's neither heads nor tails?"
asked the youngest princess at the table, but she was also older than Dolores.
"It's not positive or negative, then the user will disappear, and he doesn't know where he went."
Jenkins said that he probably understood in his heart that he was sent to another world [Prank Castle], and Mr. Mischief was probably very interested in the person who could flip a coin and get the result.
"It turns out that this thing works like this~"
Salhi II also listened with great interest, he was in a good state of mind, probably because the interesting game made his mind relax a lot:
"This is an ancient coin of unknown origin. In addition to its own value when it was minted, it also represents the years, history, and civilizations that have passed away. This is a priceless treasure, so the holder can, within the reasonable range of human reason, Bribe anyone with this coin, and the bribed person will be too surprised at its value to refuse."
As he spoke, he slammed the coin on the table, probably because of the information Jenkins provided just now, he deliberately turned the coin face up.
At this moment, in the picture belonging to Sallot Stuart on the chessboard, His Royal Highness the Prince was talking with his subordinates in a galloping carriage, but suddenly looked at the sky in a daze, then stretched his hand into his pocket, and put Salhi II took out the coin he pressed on the table from his pocket. What he got was not the one on the table at the moment, it should be just a symbol of power, so the style of the coin is different.
"Is this coin valid for the whole game?"
Jenkins asked.
"Yes, but you can only use one bribe per person to do one thing at a time."
replied His Majesty the King.
"This is a bit unfair. You have prepared before the duel. This coin is obviously an extremely targeted prop. But I was called here without knowing anything, and I didn't even have the opportunity to talk to my family. Saying you won't be able to go home tonight. It's not fair to me that I wasn't prepared for anything."
"But life isn't fair."
Salhi II said:
"I am in my prime, but I have to stay up all night playing games with you to decide the next heir. Do you think this is fair? William, you can use any means you can think of to win the game. Correspondingly, I'll do my best and there's nothing unfair about it because that's life."
"That's what you said, and there's nothing unfair about it."
Jenkins confirmed, regardless of the other party's reaction, and announced:
"After taking over the troops left behind by her father to guard the palace, Dolores' staff also told Her Royal Highness the information that her brothers had controlled the city defense forces. So, Dolores first dispatched all the police officers on duty from the Police Department to Going to the city, shouting on the street, reminding the citizens to be vigilant tonight, something might happen; on the other hand, she abandoned the city of Loen, gathered all the people who were willing to pledge their loyalty, and entered the palace with her troops , and actively launched defenses. Of course, Wendy, Prius and Agelina also followed Dolores."
"Let me remind you, this means that your side has completely adopted a defensive posture and left the entire city of Loen outside the palace to Salot. Are you sure you want to do this?"
Salhi II asked while leaning on the table with one hand.
"Yes, it's not just my idea, Dolores will certainly do it."
Jenkins leaned back in his chair and stroked the cat.
He didn't care how many backs Salxi II left behind, and now Alexia had gone to Loen to mobilize the snowman army in the snow castle in the mountains - Jenkins gave her his own walking stick as a token. As long as the army came to Loen, Dolores couldn't lose even if she wanted to.
Of course, Jenkins also needs to use props in his own turn. He thought about the things he was carrying, and finally took out a sin coin [Gem of Time].
"This is the real crystallization of years and time, representing a closed time loop and a self-contained destiny. This is not a general equivalent cast by any intelligent race, it represents the deepest secret of this world."
He briefly introduced, and then pressed the round gem coin on the chessboard. The cat rushed forward immediately, but was held down by Jenkins who had been prepared long ago.