He heard the wind, he heard the tide, he heard something being thrown and falling into the sea with a slight sound.
He walked through the white sea fog, and it was a cold day.
Under the reef is a long, winding sandy beach. The sea water washes the sand and makes it finer and whiter day by day, erasing all the traces of birds and crabs. The wreckage of the last fishing boat was rotting, and the tide was so rough that few people from Reef City would come here.
He knew the princess would be here.
At the end of the sea fog, the princess in a white dress stands in the rising and falling sea water, and what is thrown is her crown. The tide carried the thin silver crown, which flickered twice before disappearing.
The sea breeze messed up her long hair, the skin of her arms hanging on her sides was pale, and the cold sea water soaked her ankles to a light red. The loose white skirt clings to the waistline, gets wet at the calves, and is blown to one side by the sea breeze like a fleeting light.
"Princess."
he yelled in a low voice.
"Sir." Adele opened her hand and looked at her flushed palm, "They took 'Roland' away too, I'm not a princess anymore. You can call me 'Adele'."
Her voice was calm, her fingers trembling slightly. The almost transparent white skin exposed to the sea breeze had tiny bumps due to the cold. She was almost shivering from the cold, but stood motionless in the sea water, not intending to come over, just looking up at him, as if waiting.
—The queen is pregnant, and Edward has a direct heir. Leave Reef City as soon as possible and return to Gelt without stopping.
The father's letter came almost at the same time as the king's official announcement of the complete stripping of Adele's "Roland" surname, in a tone that could not be violated.
She stood in the water, waiting motionless, her left hand behind her back, hiding her dazed panic. Even the surname of the royal family was taken away, and she had absolutely nothing, so she could only stand there, neither saying goodbye nor keeping her. Just pretending to be okay and waiting for him to walk by...or leave.
The sound of water splashed softly, and the young heir of the family walked over.
"excuse me."
He leaned over, put his left hand through her shoulder blades that were as thin as a butterfly's wings, held her restraintly at her side, and put his right hand through her calf that was as cold as ice, picked her up from the sea water, and walked towards the castle To explain in a low voice.
"It's cold, don't stand in the water for too long... Kelly will be worried."
His footsteps stopped suddenly.
The slender girl hugged him tightly with her arms, and buried her head on his shoulder.
Heinrich froze in place, tense like a snake suddenly being hugged by someone. The tide receded, and the world was silent. The chill of the sea breeze on her body came through her clothes, making her veins feel hot. It took him a long time to realize that this was a warming posture, and his eyelashes slowly drooped down.
What is the use of warming a snake
A cold-blooded animal like a snake can't even warm itself, so how can it provide warmth to others.
But the girl hugged him tightly.
"What else are they taking?"
Adele's voice was indistinct, she buried her head, Heinrich couldn't see her face, and she hid her sadness. But those sorrows and sorrows were too much, so much that they still blurred the voice a little uncontrollably.
"It used to be my mother, then it was my palace, now it's my surname, what will happen in the future? What else will they take? Reef City? Or Kelly?"
"There's nothing in Reef City, they won't be interested. Mrs. Kelly won't leave you."
"What about you?"
She raised her head, her rosy eyes seemed to be covered with water, but also seemed not to be.
"What about you, sir?"
"Will you still be my mentor?"
"I have a younger brother." Heinrich was silent for a long time, and then suddenly said, "His name is Ambalo. He is good at riding and swordsmanship. He will be a very good... heir."
—I may not be the heir of the Heinrich family, I may not be Otto Heinrich.
—then you are nothing.
"Just, would you accept a mentor who is nothing?" He asked in a low voice.
"Why not?" she laughed.
Smiling and laughing, tears finally fell drop by drop, and she hugged him so tightly.
"It doesn't matter that they took 'Roland', I can use my mother's last name. It doesn't matter that they take the palace, I still have Reef City." She whispered, trying to keep her voice steady, "It's okay, I'm not Nothing. Sir, I am not nothing."
He tightened his arms.
"I'm selfish."
She quietly curled up in his arms, tilted her head, put her ear on his chest, and listened to his heartbeat. After a long time, he suddenly whispered.
"No one is without selfishness," he said, "and so am I."
She can marry other nobles, she is a masterpiece of God, the most magnificent rose in the world, even if the surname "Roland" is lost, countless people will still fall in love with her.
But he wanted to take her away when he was nothing.
The sea mist was blown thin by the wind, and they walked along the long sandy beach, her skirts hanging down like angel wings.
There is only one set of footprints on the beach, like the fate of two people overlapping, meandering forward.
Until it is washed away by the tide.
Heinrich sank in the sea, and vaguely saw the light on the water, as if someone was coming and the world was turning into darkness. Many in Roland will rejoice... The Snakehead was buried in the sea with all the sin and evil of the two-headed snake. He has nothing to be reconciled to, he just feels sad.
He couldn't keep the promise he made when he had nothing.
But as Ambalo asked, he held the sword of power and status, but the sword cut the person he wanted to protect in the first place.
Love and hate are useless.
At the last second, he saw the black shadow and saw the crow fluttering into the sky.
… … … … … … …
East Berkeley nobles wait in a gloomy church.
They all wrapped themselves tightly in black robes, carefully covering the family crest. Time passed by, and the hearts of these people hung higher and higher, and finally a group of people who were also covered in black robes from head to toe rushed over.
The leader pulled down his hood, revealing Ambalo's face.
Seeing the arrival of the Heinrich family as scheduled, the East Berkeley nobles also took off their hoods. One of them glanced behind Ambalo and frowned contemptuously: "Is there no one in the Heinrich family? Why did they send you here?"
Ambalo didn't get angry, just smiled, and raised the familiar sword of the double-headed snake family: "For now, I think I am still qualified to negotiate with you on behalf of the family."
Seeing the sword, the others looked at each other in amazement. No one expected that Otto Heinrich would hand over the sword to Ambalo, but in this way, he did have the opportunity to discuss with everyone present. qualifications.
The atmosphere eased down, but some people still had doubts.
Because they found that most of the faces of the Heinrich family who came this time were relatively unfamiliar. In this regard, Ambalo's explanation is that most of the family members are participating in the war on the sea of the kingdom of heaven, and only those who were in charge of the family's internal affairs can come out to negotiate.
"People from the Saint Lorraine sect will arrive soon, and there are quite a few of them."
The leader of the East Berkeley nobility explained to Ambaro.
Ambalo nodded in understanding.
After waiting for another two hours, the sound of hurried hooves finally came from outside, and there were quite a few people. The nobles of East Berkeley breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is everyone here?"
Ambalo asked in confirmation.
"With them, we're all here."
"That's good," Ambalo seemed to let go of something on his mind, and took a step back.
With a swipe, when everyone in the church was unprepared, Ambalo and the members of the Heinrich family he brought with him suddenly drew their weapons and blocked the exit of the church.
"Anbalo! What are you doing?"
The complexions of the East Berek nobles changed suddenly, and they asked sharply. Those who were more sensitive immediately drew their weapons, and those who were more astute turned around and ran towards the window immediately.
Crash clatter.
The stained glass of the church was smashed violently from the outside, the glass shattered all over the place, and matchlock guns protruded in from the outside, aiming at everyone in the church.
The East Berkeley nobles stared wide-eyed.
"traitor!"
Someone finally came back to his senses, realized what was going on, and immediately pointed angrily at Ambalo, a member of the Heinrich family, and cursed loudly.
"Sorry," Ambalo bowed, "We are only fulfilling our duty of loyalty to His Majesty."
The knights of the Knights Templar tied up the nobles who gave up resistance one by one, and those who tried to resist were beaten to death in the church on the spot.
Ambalo leaned on the carriage, watching the actions of this group of Templar knights who didn't care about the bloodshed in the church at all, and didn't miss the blood stained on them earlier—it seems that there is no need to ask the fate of those Old Gods.
"It's terrible."
Ambalo said in a low voice, subconsciously looking at the sword hanging on his waist.
The other clansmen who followed him were also silent. Ambalo's sword was stained with blood, and their swords also had blood from the same clan.
In an extremely huge family, no matter what, it is always impossible to have only one voice. Even if the Heinrich family has a special secret decision, it is inevitable. There are ambitious radicals and compromisers who are unwilling to confront the royal family, but their voices are always drowned out by another voice.
But this time, the most fanatical and radical careerists in the family were all taken to the battlefield of the Sea of Heaven by Heinrich, and the rest were the Compromise faction led by the Ambalo organization.
After the family fleet set sail, Ambalo quickly left Port Iris and returned to the Roland Empire. According to Heinrich's arrangement, he intercepted and killed the representative originally sent by the family to negotiate with the nobles of East Berkeley in advance, and obtained a peace with the Knights of the Temple. connect.
When Ambalo cooperated with the Knights of the Temple to kill the coup in advance, a bloody purge was also going on within the Heinrich family. The family began to withdraw from various ports and migrate to the western region. Opponents either succumbed or quickly Quickly lost his figure.
The two-headed snake is splitting.
With the distant sea of heaven, the radicals of the family were buried in the sea, and the double-headed snake lost its most vicious and ruthless head.
……………
The Roland Empire was disturbed by this series of upheavals, and everyone's nerves were tense.
All eyes are on what to do with the Two-Headed Snake family, a family that has been divided into two with a verifiable and unforgivable act of treason, while at the same time literally stopping a coup d'état. No one knows who is leading this series of upheavals, let alone guess where the family will go.
Everything has to wait until the queen returns to the country and convenes a big trial.
Although Ambalo was a member of the nobles who stopped the East Berkeley, he still couldn't help feeling nervous after being rushed to the imperial capital to wait for the summons for interrogation.
"Honey, I'll go with you."
Mrs. Haiwei, who was wearing a veil, held her husband's hand and said softly but firmly.
Ambalo smiled at her, thinking things were less worrisome.
As the carriage passed a crossroads, the newsboy read aloud: "... Congress indicts former Minister of State Otto Heinrich for 'treason', Judgment Day June 14th...Also, Otto Heinrich He is accused of being involved in organizing and carrying out the murder of the Queen…”
Ambalo pulled the curtains tightly and frowned.
"What's wrong?" Hai Wei asked.
"How could he be prosecuted as 'treason'?" Ambalo said to himself in confusion, "Besides, anyone in this world could pull the trigger on His Majesty, but Heinrich...how could he?"
Haiwei looked at him in surprise: "Why do you say that?"
"Even if the family makes a decision to kill the queen during the rebellion, I believe he will move the gun at the last moment." Ambalo murmured, looking down at the side sword, "he will able… "
How could he actually shoot her when he could kill her brother and father
Ambalo shut his mouth tightly and said no more.