"What if I take a step back?"
The old man across the table suddenly asked.
"Back again?"
Jenkins hesitated for a moment, thinking about the last condition:
"How else can I retreat?"
"I can take the initiative to abdicate and let you ascend the throne directly."
"Um?"
He put down the silver table knife that was going to cut food for Chocolate, and leaned forward slightly under Chocolate's somewhat dissatisfied eyes:
"This is really a big step back~"
"Yes, and the previous conditions remain the same. It belongs to my private property. After my death, it can all belong to you."
"Then what about the conditions? There must be a reason why you insisted on letting Jessica succeed you and suddenly changed your mind."
Although he was calm on the surface, Jenkins actually had turmoil in his heart. If the other party abdicated directly, it would save a lot of trouble.
"She has already lived in your house, what else can I do? If I continue to insist, Jessica will only continue to hate me. There are not many young people around my age. At that time, there were only these servants around."
If an ordinary old man said this, Jenkins would definitely believe it, but when the other party said this, he didn't believe it at all:
"Okay, okay, let's just talk about the conditions. If I want to succeed, what do I need to do?"
"Wait for two years. Today, two years later, I will voluntarily surrender the throne to you. During this period, if I die unnaturally, the throne will automatically belong to Jessica. Of course, you should not worry that I will commit suicide, since I promised to give you the throne in two years, so naturally I will not break my promise."
The Jenkins in the past might not have understood this condition, but after going through the realm of possibility, he already understood that Queen Isabella liked Jessica not only because of her daughter-like attitude, but also because she wanted to be in the After her death, the entire kingdom continued to follow her path.
She is very accurate in seeing people, and she can see at once that if the heir is directly Jenkins, then there will definitely be a big change in the future of Fidek Terry. But if it was Jessica who grew up beside her, those old orders and laws with a clear brand of Isabella could survive for a long time.
Now Jessica took the initiative to spend the night at Jenkins' house, and did not come to see her for two or three days, so Queen Isabella confirmed that Jessica has completely fallen to Jenkins now. Even if she succeeds, the actual manipulator is Jenkins.
That's why the two-year deadline was proposed. On the one hand, it greatly eased the relationship with Jessica. On the other hand, it also gave her enough time to ensure that her political assets would not be easily liquidated.
"Two years? Sorry, I can't wait that long."
"I have calculated this time. You once said that you will marry the heir of the Northern Kingdom in two years. Could it be that you are inheriting my throne by then?"
"Feel sorry."
Jenkins shook his head and did not intend to further explain his motives, because it was completely unnecessary, and the spirit of the other party was not strong enough to accept the fact that he said the savior of the end of the world. Now he is racing against time. If the other party proposes to wait two days, he will agree, but let alone two years, he cannot wait even two weeks.
"What are you in a hurry for?"
Queen Isabella asked, without continuing to dwell on the subject of concessions:
"I found you a little impatient today?"
"Yeah?"
"Of course it is. For the elderly, it is very easy to understand the psychological activities of young people. This is probably why young people like you hate old people. They are not willing to wait for two years. That is to say, Are you planning to force me to abdicate in the near future? I heard that Marquis Mihail secretly dispatched some of the ships sent to the north back to the seaport outside Nolan."
Jenkins didn't speak, and concentrated on processing the meal for the chocolate.
"I know you don't like me all the time, maybe it's because my way of acting is very different from yours. I have investigated you, and I have also learned about your family and friends around you. In short, you are a... good person? But a good person cannot be a qualified king."
Another reason for opposing Jenkins' succession and leaning more towards Jessica is that she thinks Jenkins cannot be a good king. This is not selfish, and sometimes even Jenkins himself thinks so, which is why he needs the help of the three Jessica Windsors.
"Are you trying to persuade me to give up?"
"No, I can see your determination, and I don't want to really cause domestic turmoil at this time of year because of the battle for the throne. Are you planning to force me to abdicate?"
"Yes."
Jenkins had no intention of objecting.
"Then I hope at least there will be some peace."
"I hope so too."
After that, the two stopped talking. After finishing their meal, Jenkins got up and said goodbye.
Queen Isabella knew that Jenkins had made up her mind, and Jenkins also knew that the other party would never give up the crown easily. Maybe what will happen over the weekend will be more troublesome than he thought, but things are here, and Jenkins won't back down easily.
Because among the four king souls, except for Dolores' ice soul, the other three souls have all completed the awakening process. Therefore, Jenkins hopes to awaken the Ice Soul before the King Soul is transferred, so that he can directly carry out the fusion when he becomes the Queen.
But the awakening of the king soul is a matter of luck, the soul of the dragon is the encounter with a giant dragon hunting, the soul of the tree is the seed of Jenkins' closing the world tree, and the soul of darkness is the catalysis of three superpositions plus three soul darkness.
Jenkins' speech is tentatively scheduled for Sunday morning, so there are two days left before then. For the remaining two days, Jenkins did not wander around the city, but searched for information on special items related to [Ice] in the church library.
Miss Bevanna talked with Jenkins about the king's soul during this period. The church knows that Jenkins has the soul of the tree, and the believers of lies have the soul of the dragon. And taking advantage of Miss Bevanna's questioning, Jenkins directly revealed the exact clues of Ice Soul and Dark Soul.
The latter showed a surprised expression:
"As expected of you, you were able to complete such a difficult task when we didn't know it. I knew that you must have important things to do every day when you don't know where to go instead of meetings."
"The current difficulty is that the transfer of the king's soul is in trouble. I asked the star spirit, and the star spirit said that I must become a king in a true sense in order to suppress the two possible heirs in terms of identity and complete the transfer of the king's soul. … Otherwise, you can only extract the soul forcibly, but this is what those cultists will do."
"So, the weekend thing has to work?"
She heard about it from Bishop Parode.
"Yes, it has to be successful."
"Well then, the church will fully cooperate with you. The matter of the throne will definitely be a success. And if you can really get three king souls, we have sufficient reasons to borrow the flames you need from the Church of the Sun, and return There is a certain possibility that the dragon souls of believers will be lied to by asking for them through trading. In this way, the souls of the four kings will gather together, and the Church of the Sages will be in the Twelve Churches... "
The more she thought about it, the happier she was, as if she had seen a bright future.
Although Jenkins was also infected by this happy emotion, the awakening of Ice Soul was not completed before Sunday. Even with the help of the church, this kind of matter that relies on probability is not easy to solve.
Jenkins even went to ask Ms. Audrey for advice, but Ms. Audrey's divination did not give a particularly clear direction. She only said that the follow-up development of the matter would be relatively smooth, and all he needed to do was wait patiently.
But Jenkins just doesn't have that time to wait.
It's Saturday, one day before the town hall speech. In the early morning of this day, Jenkins rushed to the mansion where Salhi II was staying with chocolates in the early morning of drizzle.
After saying hello to the old king, I followed Alexia to the basement. Today is the day to return to the basement and ask [A4-type arithmetic auxiliary external machine] to calculate the result of divination.
Jenkins had already prepared crime coins for Alexia as the fare, but in the end Alexia paid for it herself, and she had the last coins left in her hand, which happened to be spent this time, so that Jenkins could still have some things to do. A rainy day.
Waiting in the basement is very anxious, especially the following information will affect the next action plan. Jenkins wanted to go to the first floor and talk to Dolores who hadn't gone out yet, but he was worried that Alexia would come back anytime.
Chocolate crouched on the basement steps, her head bobbing as Jenkins strode back and forth. The tail dangled behind him to sweep away the floating dust on the ground, but the dust did not stick to the tail. Chocolate is a very clean cat. Jenkins didn’t even have to wipe his little paws after he went out and came home—this is also Because the cat doesn't walk on the ground at all.
In short, waiting is a very anxious process. Jenkins paced back and forth, thinking about today's itinerary.
Tomorrow is the day to publicly expose the Tulip scam, and everything has been prepared, but he still decided to go to confirm the key figures and witnesses today, and they will all be able to appear on time.
Church dignitaries will also arrive at the city hall tomorrow to hear Jenkins' speech. For this reason, the originally scheduled one-day adjournment of the week has been moved to tomorrow. Jenkins will visit the other eleven churches one by one today to reveal some of his thoughts.
The Church only knows that Jenkins wants to force Queen Isabella to abdicate, using his speech as an excuse to gather the crowd. But Jenkins took the speech more seriously. After all, the seizure of the throne was not just an opportunity, but once the divinity missed it, and wanted to plan another big scam, even the god of lies could not complete it within a week or two.