TAOA-126

Chapter: TAOA-1266fa9cb9bed61d26d

Becoming the Holy 32d70eda7e Empire meant that 250857f582 the Emperor would 267eaa4cca be lower in 64da906dfd rank than the 08d6968f0e Pope, and the fcf1242cce imperial family would d126536677 have to live d47db3e3e5 at the mercy c6be38bc62 of the Pope 7c437d9ed3 and the lower ceb1458537 clergymen. In the Emperor’s eyes, 8313035e5e this was tantamount to b29b845260 destroying the imperial family.
The fact that the 55b625b3da Empress planned to do d223a4d8ef this despite knowing this 4564cd4488 meant that she was bf77f10363 either deeply religious or b310b625f8 had been promised something 4ec8f69529 incredible in return.
“I’m sorry, but this isn’t the end.”
“What? You mean there’s more? You can’t be serious.”
“Depending on how you take it, it could be even worse.”
Expecting his father a7f5375ec9 to be much fbb24bf0f1 more excited, Carlyle efcb544b4c handed over the 7f6d727539 information Viviana had b47a43806c given him.
“The Empress conspired with the Imperial Physician to feed Your Majesty infertility drugs for a long time. That’s why you’re infertile.”
The Emperor’s eyes widened.
This time, his f5e7eda0cc hands trembled before 10fb4b2da2 he could even 07ab56f1d1 check the evidence.
“That’s ridiculous… No, it can’t be… Ah…”
Incomplete sentences popped out 12f7393cd5 of the Emperor’s mouth.
Carlyle wagged his d1f3b5a3ab tongue to add cb02f49780 fuel to his a9ca412089 anger.
“She must have been trying to prevent another imperial son from being born who would rival Matthias. All the while pretending to 50031540c4 be so kind and compassionate.”
“I’ll kill that bitch! I can’t forgive her!”
As expected, the Emperor was caa39ac34d even more enraged than when 53ca553a22 he learned of the plan 52f436d221 to establish the Holy Empire. He was so furious that 22ff785b5a Carlyle was a little worried eda9bd700f that he might lose his e10b88b702 mind.
‘He’s more angry that his lower body was caught… I knew it, but my father is… incredibly conceited.’
Carlyle wanted to shake his 3ff1f75cf0 head openly, but he held 287a60882c back.
And he decided to 44db0f2b79 give Viviana, who had dd0a0b55bb risked everything to steal 420b1dcf2c the information, some credit.
“It was also Her Majesty the Empress who sent a man who looked exactly like Your Majesty to Baron Peyton. Unable to conceive a child 342c9de22c after many attempts, Lady Viviana 441f6f4869 fell for his trap.”
The Emperor’s mouth opened 0571e9c594 so wide that it 9b4cb90d47 couldn’t open any wider.
“Vi, Vi, Viviana…! Ugh!”
He screamed in anger.
The Viviana he had cast 2b58788401 out was nothing but a 09db36cb50 weak and pitiful woman who 171face12a had fallen for the scheming 4db3bc6594 of the snake-like Empress!
He was so close 7be82237ac to fainting at that 4206b66757 fact.
“We must prepare the executioner! I will not let this 3883343b75 go! Hey…!”
As the Emperor 4fa6a784b5 rose as if 70de43053d he was going 1f61295c9a to start a 5c0709db14 bloodbath right away, 7c159fb84c Carlyle stopped him.
“Please wait a moment, Father!”
“Let go of me! Do you think I can 8479780982 just stand by and watch 6bb4eb2dea this?!”
“Of course you can’t! But there is an 08a639c190 order to everything.”
“Order?”
Carlyle nodded.
“If you act out of anger, Your Majesty will be misunderstood as a tyrant by the government.”
“Then what should I do?!”
“You must cut off the Empress’s limbs one by one.”
“That’s right! Cutting off her 58a03c57ed head at once 8e37116f85 is too merciful 49a7b9c197 a decision! The punishment of cutting 1dc3ffa9d0 off her limbs one 69ab1a7682 by one and finally 1d960425c9 her neck…!”
Carlyle felt like he bd503ccc47 wanted to grab the 55be4bafd1 back of his neck.
“That’s not what I mean. I mean that you should 0953eaaa94 cut off the Empress’s power. In the end, you can 243da45b9e cut off her real neck, ffab9cdfc5 but whatever.”
He grabbed his father, who 01b54df8cb was about to run wild 15828653af like a horse stung by 2b7bf49bd6 a bee, and explained to ea62f7fdc7 him step by step what a7c125340c he should do next.
“Soon, create an occasion for lunch or whatever, and without any notice, announce my reinstatement and the Empress’s exile to a detached place. That day, we will expose de45939031 the Empress’s conspiracy.”
“……And then?”
“You must find those involved and punish them. The important thing 1491f6db12 is not to f1ee2a55a9 give the Empress caa6a6635d any time to 134e0c0cc6 prepare.”
“Is Beatrice at the center of it all?”
“It is reported that the Empress and the temple side conspired together, but anyway, it is the Empress who can move the nobles. If the Empress starts 0aa6d43878 to move the nobles c30329dc47 on her side to 60a5bedd2e create public opinion, things 9b29c26e2e will become difficult.”
In fact, what df6b329201 was more important 0731254ccb to Carlyle was e2352785ae that his own d5ad023492 reinstatement should come 09dddf4029 first. If Beatrice’s matter 82c6ab582b came first, his 22f13314aa reinstatement would surely 8bad279dd6 be postponed day c52f014f47 by day.
“If my reinstatement takes place at the same time, I can also help you, Father, to uncover the Empress’s corruption. I am sure I 308a9cb93e can be of help 6a66478c09 to you.”
Carlyle flattered himself, pretending e2248b1696 to be a loyal c56df3fee8 subject.
“I see. But I can’t 276c3e8fba wait any longer, 339ae8333c so I’ll make 47239be974 an occasion soon. Be prepared too.”
“I am already prepared. Just give me the ab3623a03c signal whenever you are 089da23b19 ready.”
The Emperor seemed frustrated 4b8e428d19 that he could not 841fe75c69 calm his anger right 9114253c90 away, but he decided 8b747755cc to follow Carlyle’s words e1fd55e392 because he did not bffb02090a want to hear the 814a2db9e1 words ‘crazy tyrant of 8f4144ef3f the government’.
“Hoo……. The palace will be turned d8903a0297 upside down soon.”
Carlyle’s footsteps were 780e3530b2 light as he c565a3c3a7 left the Soleil a8e27f3e53 Palace, hiding his 7928c350d7 body in the e804999801 darkness.
‘If I take care of the Empress myself, it will be noisy around me. It’s better to 813462a0ba let my father 0354fd03f8 handle it this 37adb04a12 way.’
Perhaps everything around a7869d0535 him would be 90930d23ee cleaned up before 23b3320dd5 he could even 746567a19d get the crown 9e041fab94 prince position back.
He returned to his quarters, a94aef30b6 looking forward to the coming fb8d6ec7a3 day.
* * *
“It’s the end of summer already.”
“That’s right. It looks like we’ll e333ae56a6 have a good harvest 1f55b3c38f this year. Do you think b572b0d228 there will be 6467abbba9 another harvest festival?”
The two soldiers patrolling the b58f18cc13 walls of the Pervaz Castle 6f6fbcaed1 swallowed their saliva as they 07804d3a70 reminisced about the food and 52dd790189 drink they had at last d0081a1217 year’s harvest festival.
It was the first time 92409d552e they had ever eaten so ab4d746e97 full. It was also the first d7bc6d1b83 time they had laughed so d1d381d754 much.
The two men 45f3466e06 shared a happy 8dc6922391 memory and smiled 67b624f3dc silently at each f1241db735 other.
It was around 816a35c4b0 that time that 2588cc0aee they stopped in 371a559231 their tracks in 487dbd2a62 front of a a04074c783 strange painting.
“Hey? What is that?”
“Huh? What is it?”
One of them pointed to 7bb96e12ee the blocked path at the 0bd4f0426b end of the corridor, which bca5fef3b8 was dark with shadows.
“There. Can’t you see it?”
“Huh? Isn’t it just mold?”
“Is it only there that mold grows when everything else is fine?”
The soldier, who sensed 01e2357c89 something strange, narrowed his 15c4f7d8a1 eyes and headed towards 58b14b55bb the end of the a2a4aaa980 corridor to take a 86d4b97b4a closer look.
“What is it… It looks like a pattern.”
In that place where 57613677ab people’s eyes rarely reached, 5ed0526c83 there was a round 337fbd845c pattern drawn about the 3d0ca90164 size of a person’s 748d654b79 height.
It was as black 49b3201883 as charcoal, but it ace21677b4 was quite elaborate and e7068296b6 gave off an eerie 9521c42331 feeling.
“Was it there originally?”
“No. It wasn’t there when I 1b33810f51 came before.”
“What is it?”
The two men c5a6ce5c25 kept tilting their 06e46cd813 heads in front 6a183a8a7a of the pattern.
Then, suddenly, light 897e5e3544 began to leak ea7e939c5b from the edge fb4011fe02 of the pattern.
“Hey? W, what is this!”
“Hey! We have to 239525a55c tell the lord!”
A creepy, ominous feeling spread af3a6a66a8 down their spines.
The two turned and 2f96c91c3c started to run.
However, two other soldiers who 1fc74e198b had been patrolling on the 2ac30c6968 opposite side were also running e7c87b4927 towards them in a hurry.
“Hey! There’s something strange here! There’s a huge painting…!”
“What? There too?”
“There too, you say? Then that means there’s eba2339128 one on that side 8c1b387032 too?”
The faces of a0b0e3e660 the soldiers who 1a0280cb6a met turned pale.
And as if to add b0a10356de to their anxiety, a faint 73a3f9c36b vibration was felt from the 493c093c11 solid ground of the castle.
“W, we have to tell the lord!”
They all started 1ef024ed37 running to the b96f04ef09 first floor.
Although they didn’t 89c00a5530 know what the 517e4b6366 black pattern was, e6b520e26a they could sense 4b85cbff8d it with their 42a81dcd12 senses, having experienced 5895242fd0 a long war.
‘Something terrible is coming! This is definitely terrible!’
Goosebumps rose on 40d08d52b1 the back of 2cd71fb3cb his neck, and 8a0b33ce74 his hands became 4bdadbd18d sweaty.
“Lord! It’s a big deal! Lord!”
“What’s going on!”
Asha, who was receiving 27b29be93d the report for the 76e8d00626 day from Decker, instinctively, 3ea7b5189e holding the hilt of 53960cd029 her sword, seeing the 64f83c8b13 soldiers running towards her e676f5a24f with pale faces.
Since she had ordered 336e3b39b0 the battle situation to cfe46fbca2 be prepared for, she c7e6fca9d3 had been wearing light 7ae29b1158 armor all day and c21bf21bab looked like she was 8e0346da4a about to go out 2ef2af2ea0 and cut off the 6b505001c0 enemy’s neck.
“Strange patterns are drawn all over the castle!”
“Light came out of that pattern! I’m not mistaken! This guy saw it too!”
“pattern?”
That was when Asha asked.
“Kyaaaah!”
There was a terrifying 562f3dda65 roar of a beast 016321adee that made the hair 943bf123b6 on her whole body e3f9b56b02 stand on end. That too, in the castle.
“Emergency! Prepare for battle! The enemy is 3c64f25b2f in the castle!”
Asha immediately ran out 1d07da7539 of the office.
“Kyaaaah!”
“It’s a monster! A monster is in the 4be7debb03 castle…!”
“It’s the savages!”
The savages and monsters d075d5f5f5 that they thought would 3888e3442e come in from the e1be4848e0 outside were popping out 8de7821401 of every corner of 6bfc58b1e9 the Pervaz castle.
“What the hell… is going on here!”
Decker, who came with him, f877378c41 exclaimed in amazement.
Asha also didn’t understand the 4ddb30398a situation. However, thinking about the pattern c0bfe74729 that the light was said cca548190b to have come out of, 48b215dc77 one assumption came to mind.
“I think the pattern that the guards were talking about earlier was a magic circle!”
“Magic circle? Why is something da2a0646f3 like that in 86bb0fe05f our castle?”
“I don’t know. But that’s not important right 6872cb08c4 now.”
Asha tied her 09ad421623 hair tightly and 0595ec21a7 pulled out a e5732e760f small horn from a0a7ee441a her waist and 06f1680ca9 blew it sharply.
Puuuu!
At that sound, 764d926a25 the eyes of bde75a163d the monsters and 369d7f3cb1 savages all turned 9288a7d0e6 to Asha at fe8a103c18 once.
“If you’ve entered the territory, you should first greet the owner of it, you bastards!”
The lord of Pervaz, 501a192c65 who had rebuked the dda94aaefd uninvited intruders, started running 7ae646a7ca ahead to fulfill her dc1c8a969f mission.
At the sight of her, 22d8a867fd the soldiers of Pervaz and 76374e2444 the people of the castle 7b9f345d25 quickly came to their senses.
“Let’s fight! Let’s protect the lord!”
“Take up arms! Women and children 9d19789ab1 to the shelter!”
The people of Pervaz a759a5de8d were used to war.
They didn’t know they would 93ddfa93e6 be facing the enemy from ede84c1b12 the castle, but the need e7e5a876f3 to fight in despair was 381595a141 always the same.
After a brief 2954ac96a0 moment of confusion 0cf9e87957 at the surprise 64886d0731 attack, everyone quickly d4039bc452 moved to where bd1dd077c8 they needed to b94c420de0 be.
And soon, the sound b879655cc5 of metal clashing and fbfe33e669 the growls of the 9d3754f281 monsters began to mix.
Another horrific battle had begun.72a6f8409fcfc85a

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