A princess from one country comes to another country and plans to stay there!
Judging from the reports given by Miria and Didier, Princess Celine seems to be just in charge of the operation of a chamber of commerce stationed in the Kingdom of Saxony on behalf of the royal family of the Kalsemmen Empire, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that she is a dignified princess. Being suddenly sent to a small border country is a sign of being deliberately exiled from the center of power. Although from the very beginning, Her Royal Highness, the princess with the reputation of a golden gem in the Carlseman Empire, had no rights, the power of the Carlseman Empire was in the hands of her brother, Prince Augusta.
But this makes people feel even more incomprehensible...
"What's going on in the Kalsemmen Empire recently?"
"Some, that is, Prince Augusta has been rumored to ascend the throne on the day he is baptized by the Holy See, and will truly become the leader of the Carlseman Empire from then on."
The fact that Prince Augusta of the Kalsemmen Empire is preparing to ascend the throne has already spread throughout the eastern part of the continent. After all, as the most powerful country in the eastern part of the continent, the political situation in Carlsemmen has always been the focus of attention of all countries, and This time Augusta's accession to the throne happened to overlap with the time of his baptism by the Holy See. Only a fool with a wet brain would believe that there was no deal between the two parties. The thought of such a behemoth like the Holy See being here With the Kalsemmen Empire looming behind them, almost all intelligence agencies in various countries have tightened their nerves.
Yalin frowned and thought about it. If it were what happened in the so-called strongest empire in the east of the continent before, he probably wouldn't be interested in taking care of it. But now the Kalsemmen Empire is something he can't ignore. There are two reasons. , First of all, Elogel's sister Elsa is still trapped in the Kalsemmen Empire at the moment. I originally thought that I could easily get Elsa out of it, but I didn't expect that there was a big leak on Croside's side. The second reason is that there was a flaw in the personnel arranged by Croside, and they actually attracted Ishtar, the goddess of the Holy See.
Even Qiang Yalin can look down upon the empire built by secular mortals, but when the gods are vaguely supporting it, this is not something that he can look down upon.
Since Ishtar has been alarmed by the matter of recapturing Elsa, it is natural that he must stop. As for whether Ishtar has noticed the specialness of Elsa and whether he will use Elsa as a bargaining chip against himself, Ya Lin has no way to ask about these things now. What is important is what the attitude of the goddess who showed the miracles of the country in the Kalsemmen Empire is towards Kalsemmen. There is one surprising thing in the message sent back from Black Dragon Rogge. , that is, the Kalsemmen Empire is actually producing Demon Knights.
Although Rogge has not participated in the Dragon War and does not even know what the Demon Knight is, judging from Rogge's description of those so-called huge puppets, it is obvious that the Kalsemmen Empire has mastered the control of the Overlord. The Demon Knight technology, which had been lost for a long time after being accepted by the times, was not only mastered but even produced and used in actual combat.
This is really something unexpected!
The former White Dragon King indeed gave the Demon Knight and other relevant information to Overlord Garserik two thousand years ago to help him build a war machine to fight against the dragon alliance and the gods. However, when the era of the Overlord ended, these information should They have been separated. At least for more than two thousand years, the shadow of the Demon Knight has not been seen in the wars of all sizes on the entire continent. Moreover, in order to avoid the emergence of the second overlord Garserik, the Holy City and the Holy See took very close care of the various documents and materials that had been left behind. Even Yalin felt that he had excepted the demons that might have been secretly hidden by the Holy City and the Holy See. In addition to the knight information, the magic knight technology may have really been lost in the secular kingdoms of the mainland.
But now the Kalsemmen Empire is secretly manufacturing a terrifying war machine like the Demon Knight. As for where the Carlsemmen Empire got the information about the Demon Knights, Yalin is not interested in taking care of it. It is the Holy See’s control over the Carlsemmen Empire. This behavior shows an intriguing attitude.
You must know that the Overlord Garserik is still a taboo topic between the Holy See and the Holy City. At least there is no country or civil organization that dares to take the risk to vindicate the Overlord. At most, some scholars who study history privately They discussed a few words, and they were extremely cautious lest they be heard by believers on both sides.
It is impossible for the Kalsemmen Empire not to know what it means to create the Demon Knight, which once represented the legacy of Overlord Garserik, and it is impossible for the goddess Ishtar to not know what kind of ambitions the Kalsemmen Empire has, but since Prince Augusta actually wants to ascend the throne on the day of his baptism. This is obviously an agreement that the Holy See and the goddess Ishtar have reached with the Kalsemmen Empire...or rather with Prince Augusta.
Thinking of this, Riyalin couldn't help but become confused: "I'm not prepared to punish a mortal who touches his taboos and yet reach some kind of agreement with him. Is Ishtar in my impression so generous?"
"Or that some sort of punishment has been carried out."
Schneizel felt that the goddess might have punished Augusta. You must know that punishment in this world does not necessarily have to cause pain to the body or deprive freedom and life. For a powerful god, , some methods are to punish the mortals who have blasphemed themselves, so that outsiders can't see any signs at all, such as erasing a person's self-awareness and turning him into a puppet who obeys orders, or directly removing his body. Erase it and just replace it with an obedient person to pretend to be.
In mythology, gods are described as symbols of majesty, justice and kindness, but as a modern person, Schneizel is not the kind of fool who casually believes in mythology, even if the gods in this world do exist. The gods themselves also have desires and purposes. If you follow the teachings of the gods and seek justice and mercy within the tolerance of the gods, it may be okay, but after exceeding the bottom line of the tolerance of the gods, every beautiful myth that punishes evil and promotes good In the story, the gods never punish the evildoers less often.
And compared to mortals, gods with powerful power will be more thorough and terrifying when they inflict punishment!
Augusta, who had the ambition to challenge and desecrate the majesty of the Holy See and the goddess Ishtar, has long been punished. Now Augusta is either a puppet whose mind has been wiped or empty, or he is The whole person has long since evaporated, and Augusta, who is about to take the throne now, is just a pretender.
This idea came to both Yalin and Schneizel's minds.
If you think about it carefully, Celine, who is a princess and Augusta's sister, doesn't look like she offended her brother and was exiled. First of all, although Celine has a high status in the royal family of the Kalsemmen Empire, she does not have any real power. , and the relationship between the two brothers and sisters has always been very good. Augusta was able to bring down his father thanks to the assistance of Princess Celine's family, and Celine's family did not interfere much after Augusta came to power. As for the political situation, Augusta has long been in full power, and those families and forces that once threatened Augusta have long been expelled from the center of happy power, or have become dead souls under the knife.
For such a sister who has neither rights nor good feelings, Augusta exiled her sister to this remote border country. It was not so much an exile as a disguised protection. For those who followed Se The mage Leonas who came with Lin explained the problem. He was a confidant of Prince Augusta. Since he followed Celine, he was obviously under Augusta's order.
Schneizel inexplicably thought of his brother Lelouch and his sister Nunnally, who were exiled by his father. When he learned that Lelouch was exiled to Japan, he felt that his father's order was too much, but when he thought about it carefully, His father, Charles, was angry but unable to speak out about the assassination of Princess Mariana. It was obvious that his father already knew the identity of the assassin, but he was too worried about the other party to reveal it openly.
Since the other party killed Princess Mariana, the next one might be the princess's children, especially Nunnally, who was a witness. How could the prisoner let her go. Rather than letting Lelouch stay in this seemingly heavily guarded palace that has already been infiltrated and unable to protect him, it would be safer to send him to the enemy country on the other side as a hostage.
"In that case I can assume this."
After sorting out his thoughts, Yalin said: "The goddess Ishtar or the Holy See has taken the initiative to contact the Kalsemmen Empire after the black dragon attack. Let's not talk about whether it has reached some agreement with the Kalsemmen Empire or not. To punish Augusta, at least Augusta had the foresight to let his sister leave the royal capital and take refuge in the Kingdom of Saxony, and he himself must stay to face the punishment of the Holy See and the goddess, whether he is good or bad. "
"You can think so." Schneizel nodded in agreement.
"Let's not talk about anything else. Let your sister leave and stay to face the gods. Even for this courage, this king should be praised~ Well! He should be the king."
"The problem is that I don't know if the punishment of the goddess of Ishtar will follow Celine to the Kingdom of Saxony. Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that after committing an act of blasphemy against the goddess, she can continue to be baptized and enthroned. The Holy Holy See is preparing to make a big move under the cover of the Kalsemmen Empire."
The Holy See or Ishtar is preparing to make big news...
Yalin also agrees with Schneizel's analysis, but what is the Holy See planning to do? It seems unnecessary to spread the faith. Most of the subjects in the Kalsemmen Empire believe in the teachings of the Holy See. If it is just to spread the Holy See If his teachings were established as the state religion, it would seem to be overkill. It is also unrealistic to annex the entire Kalsemmen Empire and become a direct diocese. Doing so would be tantamount to an open declaration of war between the divine power and the royal power. The result would be chaos in the eastern part of the continent, and Ishtar would definitely not want to see this situation.
All right!
Yalin, who couldn't figure it out, finally sighed: "Let Luo Jie'an go back, and also inform Katras and Miriam to collect more information."