The word "judgment" was like a bolt from the blue, and Lorelaia's mind went blank.
However, this blankness was not reflected on her face. The education she received since childhood had made Lorelaia accustomed to showing strength in front of others. Although her face was a little pale, she did not show excessive grief or loss of soul. She just asked in an inexplicably hoarse voice:
"When did it happen?"
"Half a month ago."
"... ... " Loreleija was silent for a few seconds, and then she said word by word, "Chariot, Judgment, follow me, the others continue training."
Half an hour later, Loreleija left the castle.
An hour later, Loreleija went to the Legal Affairs Department.
An hour and a half later, the meeting hall of the Law and Politics Department was razed to the ground. A candidate for the succession who had competed with Loreleija for the Source Seal was seriously injured, and several officials present also suffered varying degrees of injuries. In the end, it was Lord El-Melloi who rushed over after hearing the news and stopped Loreleija's anger.
The attack on Team E not only involved the Dead Apostles and the magician families hostile to Barthelmero, but also someone within the family secretly fueled the situation. For example, the seriously injured heir candidate used his power to delay the rescue operation of the Italian branch of the Magic Association, hoping to weaken Lorelaya's power in this way.
Several officials affected were more or less derelict in their duties and were held responsible by the new lord who was about to take office.
After spending more than ten minutes in the Minerals Department, which was not far from the Law and Politics Department, Loreleija returned to the Barthemello family.
That night, Loreleija convened a meeting with the current lords and those in power in the Law and Politics Department to make adjustments to the personnel involved.
Three days later, the current Lord of the Law and Politics Department abdicated, and Loreleija became the new Lord Barthemelo and officially took over the Law and Politics Department.
On his first day in office, the new lord who was finally able to use the name Barthemero directly, joined forces with his ally El-Melloi and many magician families affiliated with aristocracy to attack the democratic faction headed by Trumberio and Balyereta. The intensity of the means was beyond everyone's imagination.
On the other hand, Her Majesty the Queen, who ascended the throne of the head of the Barthelmero family, issued a series of revenge orders against the "Prince of White Wings" and his affiliated forces, and even cooperated with the old rival, the Holy Church, to destroy several territories of the Dead Apostles in one go. One of the territories of the Dead Apostles was destroyed by Loreleija alone.
Facing Barthemero's provocation, the "Prince of White Wings" did not fight back as if he had become a good guy, not retaliating when being beaten or scolded, which further boosted Loreleija's power.
Barthelmero Loreleija became famous overnight and became the most popular person in the mysterious world, even overshadowing the "God of Death" who fought with the "White Wing Prince" all night. Many people believed that Barthelmero was full of talents and the "White Wing Prince" was going to be unlucky.
With the full support of El-Melloi and Lorelaya's growing reputation, Lorelaya quickly dismantled the opposition within the family, successfully secured the position of lord, and made the name of Lord Barthamero worthy of its name.
It is worth mentioning that Lorelaia's direct descendants and the young magicians in the Clock Tower rarely call Lorelaia "Lord Barthemelo". They prefer to call her Her Majesty the Queen or the Young Lady. Among them, the group of problem students in the El-Melloi classroom call her that the loudest.
According to gossip provided by an unknown person, the classroom leader, Weber Velvet, has more wrinkles on his face. Although he is only in his early twenties, he is tending to be closer to thirty.
In order to prevent the rising star teacher of the Clock Tower from aging prematurely, and to prevent young people who hold important positions in the El-Melloi faction from following in the footsteps of Mr. Zhuge, Lord El-Melloi half persuaded and half forced Waver to give him a vacation for a period of time, and also booked him a plane ticket to the Mediterranean for a vacation, so that he could stay away from teaching and give his body and mind a vacation.
Just as the various magician families in the Mediterranean were cheering and preparing to take this opportunity to connect with El-Melloi, Waver did not board the plane to the Mediterranean, but quietly boarded another plane at the same airport and flew to the other side of the earth, the place that changed his destiny.
Sitting opposite him was a woman wearing a sun hat and sunglasses, wrapped up tightly. The woman had been dressed like this since she boarded the plane, and she never took off her hat and sunglasses, whether eating or sleeping. The strange behavior caused the crew and other passengers to talk about it, wondering if she was a female star.
It was not until the plane landed at F Airport and the two walked out of the airport one after the other and got into the same taxi that the woman took off her sunglasses and sun hat, revealing her true face that had been hidden for nearly 20 hours - it was Barthelmero Lorelaya, the undisputed celebrity of the Clock Tower in recent times.
"I am very grateful to you, Mr. Velvet, for accompanying me to Japan."
At this moment, Lorelaia no longer had the usual condescending attitude, nor the calmness she had when facing other lords. Her eyes, which once shone with an unyielding light, also lost their clarity, revealing a slight sense of confusion and uneasiness.
In this strange foreign country, she is not the lord of the Law and Politics Department, nor the queen of the Clock Tower. She is just an ordinary underage girl.
Knowing how hard the girl had worked and how much pressure she had endured during this period, Weber frowned and looked at Lorelaia with the same eyes as he looked at his problem students: "You don't have to do this."
"No, it's not necessary." Loreleija shook her head stubbornly. "I asked him to take over the E-Team. I must be responsible for my actions and give an explanation to his family."
"But, he's just missing now. Isn't it a bit—" Looking at the girl's dim eyes, Weber swallowed the rest of his words.
"There has been no news for such a long time, and the prophecy magic has not given any revelations. I think he might really..." The girl's eyes began to redden.
She showed no emotion when she heard the news of his disappearance; nor did she show any emotion when she took control of Barthemero and eliminated the opposition; nor did she show any emotion when she launched a counterattack against Ottenroche.
She thought she could bury her sorrow deep in her heart forever, but she didn't expect that in this far east, where he had lived, she couldn't suppress it.
Weber sighed softly, as if to comfort him, but also as if to strengthen his confidence: "No news is sometimes good news. I have a hunch that the guy won't die so easily. Maybe he is waiting for us at home now."
"If that happens, I will definitely teach him a lesson." Loreleija subconsciously clenched the whip in her hand, using my new strength.
"Then shall we go to the Matou family now?" Waver asked.
"No, we'll go to the Tousaka family first. The Tousaka family is the local governing family, and foreign magicians must obtain their permission before staying here. In addition, the current head of the family, Tousaka Tokiomi, has submitted an application for inheritance of the estate and patents to the Law and Politics Department. I've brought it along. Could you please, Mr. Velvet, act as the messenger of the Clock Tower?"
PS: Extra chapter "The Queen's Wrath"!
Lorelaia took off her glasses with shaking hands and said word by word, "Chariot, Judgment, stay, and the rest of you get out."
When everyone who should have left had left, Lorelaia finally couldn't hold back her anger anymore and started to curse without any image: "That was an order, that was my order. Who do you think you are to disobey my order? I didn't come to Hebei Province to see a bunch of scum like you! Scum!"