"I'm afraid this is inappropriate..."
Although Consul Fred was happy in his heart, on the surface he showed an appearance of worrying about the country and the people:
"The Northern Territory will not be captured without a fight. What's more, the victory of the Loire Valley has turned the Marquis Garcia from a traitor into a deeply misunderstood hero. If you stimulate the Northern Territory at this time, I am afraid it will lead to great disasters." unrest.
How about this, I can represent the royal family and help the church to explain the situation to the north..."
"Will people in the northern border believe it?" Cardinal Mensay interrupted angrily, "Don't say that our church can't produce evidence of Marquis Garcia's suicide. !
They already had a grudge with the church, and now they have such a good excuse, how could they not use it
Therefore, in order to avoid greater turmoil, we must act first to nip the danger in the bud! "
Fred frowned, wondering: "But the northerners have just made great achievements in the battle against the orcs..."
"Consul Fred, today's Northern Territory has reached its peak in both strength and prestige! Don't tell me, the royal family is not threatened!
I know very well that the Central Army of the Empire was completely disabled in the Battle of the Loire Valley, and even His Majesty died heroically!
Such a result has achieved the glory of the northerners.
Didn't the royal family realize the hidden crisis? "
"What's your plan for dealing with the northern border?" Prince Leahy said before Consul Fred could speak again.
Fred immediately rolled his eyes, and was extremely speechless about the behavior of Prince Lexi's pig teammates.
Although the royal family also wanted to deal with the northern border, it was obvious that the church was more anxious now, so Fred had been holding his posture before, just wanting to take the opportunity to blackmail the church.
Unexpectedly...
When Cardinal Mensay saw that Prince Leahy was moved, he immediately lifted his spirits and said:
"His Royal Highness, the military strength of the northern border is mainly due to two people—Marquis Garcia and Count Angelet!
Now the Marquis of Garcia is dead, so as long as we can kill Colin Angelet, the northern army will completely lose its backbone, and there will be no more storms! "
Consul Fred snorted softly and said:
"Secretary Bishop Mensay, are you planning to assassinate an imperial earl? And you are an earl who just commanded the imperial coalition forces to win the Loire Valley Battle and saved the Glorious Empire?"
Cardinal Mensay had figured out the real state of mind of the royal family at this time, so he didn't care about the questioning of the Consul Fred, but looked at Prince Leahy with piercing eyes, and said:
"Your Highness, Colin Angelet is a hero of the empire, but he is also a threat to the empire! Under the current situation, he will become the source of civil strife in the empire! Therefore, at such a critical moment, there cannot be any kindness of women !"
Prince Lehi nodded, then asked:
"Tell me about your specific plan."
…
The afternoon sun is warm and pleasant.
With his hands resting on the back of his head, Colin lay lazily on the hilly slope covered with four-leaf clover, looking at the tributary of the Loire River flowing slowly below.
Annoying vultures flitted across the air from time to time. Although the battlefield had been cleaned and the corpses had been burned and buried, the smell of blood had not completely dissipated, attracting these scavengers to wander around reluctantly.
There was a sound of light footsteps behind her, accompanied by the elegant fragrance of roses.
Colin raised his head slightly, and saw that it was indeed the Duke of St. Grian.
She was wearing a goose yellow tunic dress, with her white and flawless feet, squatting down slowly beside Colin, her pure blue eyes were full of curious smiles, and her golden hair was casually draped over her shoulders On, reflecting the bright brilliance of the sun.
"You are very relaxed..."
"Then what else can I do?" Colin returned a smile to Duke Grian, "I want to get busy, but some people don't want to."
"Huh! They can't fight against foreign enemies, but they are quite exciting to fight for power inside!" Duke St. Grian said angrily.
"Don't worry, no matter what kind of conspiracies and tricks, they are nothing in front of absolute strength. As long as Harrison takes the throne, the war will continue, and you will be able to return to the Western Territory soon."
The Duke of St. Grian looked at the west deeply, gritted his teeth and said:
"I can't wait for this day to come!"
"Soon. It is estimated that Consul Fred will also receive the news of Emperor Reinhardt's death. When he returns to the camp, he can discuss the issue of escorting His Majesty's body back to Yulongcheng and the succession of the new emperor."
"Oh, by the way, Fred has returned. I just saw him come out of Prince Lehi's tent angrily." Duke St. Grian said gloatingly.
Colin smiled slightly, but didn't care about it.
But the next sentence of the Duke of St. Gerien caught his attention:
"In addition, I also saw Mensay, I don't know how he came here..."
"Cardinal Mensay?" Colin stared.
"Yes. I guess he received the news of the victory and came to condolences to the army on behalf of the church."
However, Colin did not agree with Duke St. Grian's guess. Instead, he sat up straight and said in surprise:
"No, in the victory of this battle, the Northern Territory has won the greatest glory. How could the church come here to express condolences? They should hide in Yulong City and curse us for our shitty luck..."
Duke St. Grian also looked at Colin with a serious expression, and asked:
"Then why do you think he came to the Loire Valley? Could it be that he is planning to make a fuss about Prince Harrison's succession?"
But Ke Lin shook his head again, and said: "Probably not, the news of Emperor Reinhardt's death could not have spread to Yulong City so quickly, and Mensay didn't come here for this."
"What is that for?"
Colin was silent for a moment, then said in a positive tone:
"Dragon City, I'm afraid something has happened!"
"What happened?"
"I don't know." Colin stared fixedly at the distant wilderness, his eyes gradually losing focus.
Duke St. Grian thought that Colin was meditating, so he sat on the grass next to him and didn't say anything to disturb him.
In fact, Ke Lin's perspective has already switched to Yulong City.
At the beginning, in order to prevent anyone from attacking Prince Harrison, he specially left a few blood slaves to guard in the dark.
At this time, the consciousness was possessed by the blood slave, and Colin heard the conversation between Prince Harrison and a royal knight:
"Sorry, Your Highness Harrison, we have searched all over the city, but we still haven't found the whereabouts of Marquis Garcia..."
"What about the Holy Light Cathedral? Have you searched it too?"
"This... the church is a sacred place after all, it's not easy for us to search..."
"You idiots! Uncle went to the church to confess before he disappeared, and you didn't search the church?"
The knight lowered his head, not daring to speak.
Looking at Prince Harrison's angry roar, Colin finally understood the real reason why Cardinal Mensay came to the Loire Valley.
At this moment, raging anger boiled in his chest.
Cold words squeezed out from between his teeth:
"Gregory, you'd better not be stupid!"
(end of this chapter)