The king is coming!
Since Roland Wimbledon's army entered Chishui City, the news began to spread in the streets and alleys of the old capital, and reached its peak after the lord of Silver Light City surrendered. Although a small number of people have repeatedly stressed that he has not ascended the throne, compared with the title of traitor and invader a year ago, most people have already believed that the future king of Graycastle is none other than Roland - and it is even possible that he is. The line is for the coronation.
However, the new king's movements do not seem to be positive, and he will stay in a city for about a few weeks, so when the news came true, it was already mid-summer.
The rising temperature did not dampen people's interest in the slightest. The tavern was full of voices discussing the enthronement ceremony, ribbons were tied on both sides of the street, and the houses with double floors near the palace were all rented out. The old capital, which was gradually declining, seems to have regained its former vitality. Perhaps only at this time can it remind the people living here of the style that the capital should have.
A year later, Roland set foot on this territory again.
The moment they passed through the city gate, the petals collected by the girls scattered all over the sky, and the shouts of the people instantly ignited the whole city—they were not praising the new king’s wisdom or benevolence. Just a habit.
Nini and Pod are one of them.
The pair got the best seat overlooking the venue because they happened to live in a tower close to the main street. The parents were too busy to entertain the spectators who rented the house, and they had no time to control the two little ghosts. They were also happy to climb to the top of the tower and lie on the red bricks to watch the grand march of the army into the city.
"Come on here... Is the man standing on the carriage the King? He looks much younger than His Royal Highness the Second Prince," Nini shouted, "Wow, look, he's waving to us. Lord Tifeko will not do this!"
"Everyone in this direction," Pod shrugged. "We're so high up, it's no wonder he finds out."
"Of course we are included in everyone, isn't that right?" Nini said confidently, "Just looking at his face, he is much kinder than His Royal Highness the Second Prince."
"Then the kind-hearted His Majesty the King hanged a large number of nobles, including His Royal Highness Tifeko, his own brother. The temporary gallows in the square are still there. If you add rats, he is a king. The most killed ruler in the city."
"Hey, why do you always contradict me?" Nini glared at him angrily.
"I don't like him," Doujia said, "he doesn't regard this city as his home at all. He preaches that there are more job opportunities in the West, and encourages people to go to the West. So what should we do? Today's tavern opened by my father. The number of customers is less than half, isn't it because of him?"
"Then who do you like, His Royal Highness Second Prince?"
"I hate it too. In order to catch a witch, the whole city is not peaceful... The best is the old king, at least not-"
"God, look! That woman beside His Majesty!" Nini didn't wait for him to finish, she quickly put the topic of the dispute behind her, and pointed at the king's open carriage and exclaimed, "She turned around. Here... God, she's so pretty!"
Pod had to sigh helplessly.
However, the discovery seems to have become a new focus of attention - the meaning of being able to ride with the king at this moment is almost self-evident. The noisy discussions on both sides of the street suddenly increased a bit, and it was obvious that everyone was full of interest in this strange and beautiful woman.
At this moment, the two suddenly heard a peculiar whistle.
Before they could react, a gray figure like an arrow from a string passed by in front of the two and ran straight into the tower. Then there was a panicked shout from downstairs, as if someone fell to the ground, and there was the crunch of a wine glass shattering.
"What was that just now..." Nini was surprised.
"I don't know, but it seems to be aimed at our house!" Doupod turned over anxiously, "Let's go back and have a look first."
"Um!"
The two climbed down the brick wall one after the other along the way they came, and jumped into the house through the window, but they were surprised to find that several armored warriors had surrounded the guests in the house. In addition to the fragments of the utensils, there were also a few feathers left.
Nini's first reaction was that the words of His Majesty the pod arrangement were heard, and the second reaction was to cover his mouth and hide, no matter what she saw, she couldn't make a sound.
However, neither idea came to fruition.
As soon as they landed, the samurai noticed the two "uninvited guests", but no one came to arrest them, instead grinning at them. After a quarter of an hour, the group of people quickly filed out again, leaving only the dumbfounded parents and guests. One of them, who seemed to be the leader, took out ten silver wolves and handed them over to the stunned father.
It wasn't until everyone left that Nini stepped forward hesitantly, "In the end... what happened?"
"It's unbelievable," his father said excitedly, "Just as the honor guard passed the corner of the street, a spectator suddenly pulled out a well-stringed crossbow and aimed it directly at His Majesty the King in the car!"
Nini took a deep breath, "Then what?"
"We were all terrified. If this arrow was shot, the whole room would be dead. Fortunately, at this time, a bird... No, a person flew in and stopped the guy!"
"people?"
"It can't be said that she was a bird when she flew in, but turned into a person when she hit the man's head—a little girl about your age," a guest added. "We saw the crossbow fall to the ground. Only then did he react, and he swarmed the assassins and suppressed them, and after that, the samurai broke through the door and rushed in."
"Are you sure you didn't see the dazzling eyes?" Doujia questioned, "That bird... No, what about the person who can change into a bird? You didn't drink the dream water secretly and have hallucinations, right?"
"After we subdued the assassin, she was gone," the father raised his palm and slapped his son on the back of the head, causing him to stumble. "And if you doubt me casually, you will suffer!"
The crowd burst into laughter.
Nini focused her attention on those few feathers—they looked like ordinary goshawk wings, but were much larger and softer. She carefully collected the feathers, pinned them between the ends of her hair, and looked up and down in the mirror.
It looks like she can fly too... The little girl thought contentedly, she will use this to make a new headgear.
This seemingly thrilling assassination incident did not make any waves, and people quickly moved the topic back to the king and his party, and in places they didn't know, similar things happened at least a dozen times.
It's just that under Sylvie's vigilance, all single-person actions that pin their hopes on luck have failed without exception. Even most of the premeditated patrols took the target directly without even alerting the surrounding masses.
"Thank you for your hard work," Roland nodded to the carriage behind him while waving his hands. "I didn't expect there were so many extra parties in the old capital. It seems that the situation is not as stable as I thought."
"This is what I should do, Your Majesty." Sylvie replied.
"Since you know it's unstable, you shouldn't choose this way to enter the city," the rude voice came from Agatha - I don't know if it's because of her age, when it comes to safety issues, Roland feels that her temper is more than that of the book. It's getting more and more like, "Mortals are too fragile, and sometimes just an inconspicuous wound can kill you."
"I will stop all attacks," Anna said calmly, "not to mention Nana Pine is also in the team."
"You can't be so used to him."
"Cough cough..." Roland interrupted quickly, "In order to build momentum, this risk is acceptable. As a new king, you have to be familiar with the people."
Sitting in the carriage were Sylvie, Agatha, Isabella, Phyllis, and Zoe, plus the elites of the First Army on the periphery. In theory, it was almost impossible for such a powerful configuration to have accidents.
"It's a different matter - you can choose a more secure method, such as standing on the high platform of the palace and preaching to the people."
True, but he can't say that this move is more of an addiction to think about a patrol, such as placing two microphones in front of the carriage, and then saying hello comrades and so on...
"Your Majesty, the palace is almost here." The guard reminded him, and this sentence also made Agatha stop her preaching.
Roland breathed a sigh of relief. Across the redecorated gate of the inner city wall, he had seen a queue of nearly a hundred people, respectfully waiting for his arrival - among them there were disciples like Thassa and Barov. Among the "old ministers" in the western border, there were also many "new ministers" who had surrendered from minor nobles, but most of them were scholars and civilians recruited from the local area.
After completing the unfinished rectification last time, the entire central area of Graycastle will be officially under his control, and when the Eastern Front Army occupies the Haifeng County area, Graycastle will initially become a unified kingdom.
When the carriage stopped, Roland lifted his cloak in high spirits, stepped off the frame step by step, and waved to everyone behind him.
"Come on, follow me into the palace!"