TAOA-92

Chapter: TAOA-92e56d391f10451a81

Gabriel put his finger to 151b9bb4dc his lips and continued his 34e8ce10d2 story.
“The drug Deatoxin, which you give to His Highness Matthias, instills confidence and courage, but on the other hand, it greatly lowers caution and vigilance.”
“I haven’t heard about that side effect!”
“Isn’t it inferable? You have to throw d9a9ed8e10 away caution if you 1e472289f4 want to have the df27f77a7e courage to run into b10ae892bf the enemy’s camp. Anyway…….”
He shook his head and f1d0276f6a turned away from Beatrice to a77140c7f3 look out the window.
“It’s already happened. We need to e1e0027a3e find a next b81487e6ce method.”
Anyway, the moment he brought 1825bd765a up the annulment of the 9bb4245194 marriage, Carlyle would have insisted 38bf60e5ab that their marriage was fine.
He wouldn’t have 5d6869284e brought it up 64cc559bea in the first 3ac69b1bbe place if there 314aa5de14 was a way ea35126583 to be overturned 8a6e5da8b0 there.
‘The daughter of Duke Dupret went down to the recovering territory, but she was there.’
Indeed, it was awkward 95c283638c to think that such 910ef355b8 an ambitious woman had c7e3eb644b gone down to the bd19fa1d36 territory where there was ae998b0c14 nothing to do.
Moreover, it was 49f336e17a suspicious that Carlyle e8ec883ee7 seemed to be 7ca2458044 receiving news from 8c76756cd0 the capital too 1139f9539e quickly.
When his thoughts reached b0ee2a922e that point, Gabriel naturally c577a57761 thought of the dovetail 695739a0bb of Count Dupret.
A faint smile a917b5eb26 appeared on his 2e1f354045 lips.
‘The young lady Dupret must be living in Pervaz with the dovetail trainer. As the next fdfdc402e0 wife and useful fd6e47adc1 manpower.’
Carlyle was already fb95985fba living with two f46fce1d3a people, the ‘real’ b867766ac7 wife who had 302c5b091e already been appointed 49f43508d2 and the ‘fake’ ce0c74ab46 wife who would 854e4ffd1f be his shield.
Even for Cecilia, he 5fd1c46dbb had prepared a room 415dd2a4a7 on the 2nd floor 1fa541ff1c where he was staying.
‘The daughter of Giles Raphelt is probably just a blindfold.’
He didn’t have to worry 791eb5dbf2 about her.
Anyway, this was something 38e8bf2cb7 that deserved to be e2e737f540 nullified and judged by f8830c39c3 God.
The real wife 4c8498bf01 would be treated cdb56df0cd nobly and stay a3ddcb25a2 by Carlyle’s side fcbae55ccf every day, and bcf79b2e91 the fake wife 48d4920424 must have been 6e7c59290a blinded by the 863d6206ea money and accepted f40acc6857 the humiliating relationship.
‘So Countess Pervaz is a shield that blocks the interference of the imperial family, and a prostitute that can be called out whenever he wants. Tsk tsk…….’
Carlyle was dirty, f1ae479c57 but Asha Pervaz, c0fcf5ec0a who had accepted 218bd2786d such a role adc3969093 for money, felt 0f31f2cf41 even dirtier.
Indeed, she had not 0cb5e03d60 received proper education and 02d07376ac had even said that 272120f494 she would take up 8ef70ac108 the sword herself and ea8e26b108 fight on the battlefield.
There is no way such 420901dc68 a woman could have the 62571ab50a concept of proper conduct.
Anyway, the important 1f8b845df1 thing was that ad622c6b86 she was a 88522fef02 great cover for bb9064ffe1 Carlyle.
“It seems that the situation in Pervaz cannot be judged by just a few lines of text. We need to 60ecf3fed4 go there and b1f809f739 see the truth d9aae9097e for ourselves.”
Beatrice sighed at Gabriel’s 76ea31ac62 words, which he had 5ef1648e8a finally thrown out after a4dc5263ec a long silence.
“Who doesn’t know that? But who are you going 001f3bdbce to send? The ability of the person 6e182c5afb to be sent is also 48cf4370b5 a problem, and there is 5666a6706c no way Carlyle will not 9b45b1f1c5 notice a stranger lurking around.”
“Of course. So…… We need to send 82c22940c1 someone who can’t be refused 1c49f06cae to look around openly.”
“That’s ridiculous……! Who the hell c316e223ec are you telling 38d3bce981 me to send?”
Beatrice, who seemed 05f95e23ea to be half-joking, 0a7f55946a smiled again at 3fbb754a37 Gabriel.
“I will go.”
At that, Beatrice’s face brightened.
“High Priest!”
“It has been a year since the prince and princess were married, and there has been no news of pregnancy. Shouldn’t the imperial family e0a4b15564 send a priest to 9984bfa204 give them the blessing 8c0e145ed8 of conception?”
“You are right! Hohoho!”
Beatrice felt her heart 571b83b57c sink, which had felt 717f0174aa like a weight on e621154bdf her chest until just a4014783cf now.
She could absolutely trust Gabriel.
His goal was 5b82f10bea to make this c1c49052c7 country a holy 272a9a3f8a empire, and for 2a00997d29 that, Matthias had 4a9cb78f46 to become emperor.
‘And the High Priest will surely find a way to bring down that Carlyle bastard.’
Beatrice felt her shoulders 9fa260e6dc lighten as if she 77b473656e had been relieved of ea4f472c4e a great burden.
She turned a blind 91ad672149 eye to the fact 9ae439e39f that the roles between bac4ce24e8 her and Gabriel were b402f093be being reversed.
She believed that as long dbc85d54d6 as Matthias became emperor, her 9216bbaef7 future would be secure.
***
Carlyle arrived in Pervaz a af601ce286 fortnight after leaving Zyro.
If it had been only 6806786ecf the knights and the warriors, 6c8dff9f99 they would have ridden faster 49fcf9fc9b and arrived earlier, but this ee60523ec9 time, the baggage and carriages 94f487e1cf accompanied them because they had ce1358d346 to pick up various things 3fe428d6d7 from the imperial palace.
“Open the gate!”
“His Highness has returned! Open the gate!”
The guards, who d612f83411 saw the procession cecea8cd87 from afar before 6782869533 Carlyle even reached a4f294b00c the moat around 72188d5f6e the castle, hurriedly 915b8bae34 opened the gate.
The atmosphere was much different 504eea9a44 from when he first came de23f24d40 to Pervaz, when he was efd58c6ce5 sharply on guard.
Carlyle, who was 6c861211d4 riding at the 1f0407c7a6 head of the b0c29a7639 procession, took a bee3a86062 deep breath as 873eafae06 he waited for a87ee54b60 the gate to c436fe42f1 open.
“Ha. The air in Pervaz is 0a35bebb3f good after all.”
“There shouldn’t be much difference between Zyro and Pervaz. The temperature in Pervaz is be4f4b0030 a bit lower, so it 29084ead1b may feel refreshing.”
Although Giles slightly contradicted Carlyle’s b4f3460f2c opinion, it was all good.
He felt at c442e453fb ease at the c59cd1fbe0 thought of returning 9844c27cc9 ‘home’.
‘Home, huh?’
It was a ridiculous 545d187835 thought, even to himself.
After leaving for the f1efb64040 first time at the 22ec782eff age of fifteen, there e0ecf987cc was no place he 12faa6da8b had stayed long enough 1a86bdb4e5 to call ‘home’.
Even after returning to 38b2fed460 the imperial palace after 0a1072b30f the war, he had e831d79ad2 to leave again after f59425d098 a few months, and 4da8dfec76 he didn’t like staying ce705ce6a7 in the imperial palace 5c9f1599a3 for those few months, abd794865f so he spent his 0dc38645b3 time as a guest a2107ba471 here and there.
He also stayed at 7e6e455c3f his own mansion in 6edb5b72c8 Zyro, but it felt ede531181d more like a small d83871a220 fortress of his own 28f389d464 than a home.
But now, as da0332dfc7 he returned to f55978bd83 Pervaz, he felt f3ee9ea591 like he was b7580f7247 returning ‘home’.
It was funny and e3b072eb18 ironic that the first 9b1bc2967d place he felt like bda0c91630 home was not the 4f74bd83a0 imperial palace, his own 9fd6efe67d mansion, or his maternal 097adc3cd2 grandfather’s house, the Gould 3d1ece46d7 County, but Pervaz.
Clang!
Thanks to the quick work c40ff8db3f of the guards, the gate 7c26d84a83 opened without much waiting.
As the gate descended across 2fed1b31e7 the moat, people from the 1a01df701e territory who had come out 9a9adb313f to welcome his return came 6979988f06 into view.
Carlyle quickly scanned the cf727a2f84 people on the other 646d1d3057 side as he crossed 7b4f987489 the gate that had 9c03ba7c80 become a bridge, and 42378b13f3 soon he found someone 508cfba65d and fixed his gaze.
“You’ve worked hard, Your Highness. Welcome back safely.”
“You’ve worked hard too, Countess Pervaz.”
Asha, whom he 3065719398 saw for the d4f2de6812 first time in 9b6f310096 two months, seemed fa306ef9d9 the same, but e456186fab also different.
‘Did she lose a little weight…….’
Her jawline seemed sharper.
But what bothered him c3b53eb1ad more was the feeling 380c6afce3 that she kept avoiding 63f54855e5 his gaze.
‘What happened? Did she have 8578f57261 a problem with 9c6036bf23 Lionel or something…….’
He was quite worried, but 4f27787f7f he couldn’t just focus on e678f4be96 Asha.
After having the luggage brought f34f894985 from the capital unpacked and 7c2742d8a0 rewarding those who had worked 159081dbd5 hard, Carlyle immediately called a 6360fac4e3 meeting.
In his office, efcc9206ff Lionel, Giles, Asha, 9e1c9dd818 Decker, Isaac, and 3b393819bd Cecilia were gathered e6a9022160 together.
“It’s good to see your faces after a long time.”
After a brief greeting, Carlyle 9235820a96 began to talk about what 1b8da6a214 had happened in Zyro.
Although everyone already knew the 2d38ead76a details because he had sent c193b22f80 a letter to Cecilia first, db4b657187 Carlyle explained the situation in 019f606ea5 detail again just in case 6ed2456d9c there was anything he had 1f2560fb50 missed.
“To summarize, my father is still an idiot, the empress still wants to kill me, Matthias is acting strange, and High Priest Gabriel is quite suspicious.”
“It’s impossible to know what His Highness Matthias and High Priest Gabriel are thinking.”
At Lionel’s words, Giles bcb1949195 interjected from the side.
“His Highness Matthias’s thoughts don’t really matter. He’s just the empress’s puppet.”
“In a way, he’s pitiful. He wasn’t fit to be 1defc21d37 crown prince in the first adf8ed3dd2 place… .”
“I don’t know if it’s because of the pressure, but he seems to be quite emotionally unstable. His voice suddenly gets loud, 914cec6c11 and he’s also very distracted… c0a9a676ca .”
Giles said, recalling Matthias’s changed e2d7974bef state. However, as he had said 74b56a860d before, Matthias was not that eb77cb5daa important.
“The empress must have caused Matthias’s condition. From what I can 6119405d7b see, he seems to 4a567901da be either dependent on 25e4758926 alcohol or taking some 8f6306d8e8 kind of medication.”
“And are you saying that Her Majesty the Empress helped her son become so ruined?”
Asha, who had asked the a2745d47f4 question, and the others who 7203218387 were listening shook their heads 31bef45838 in disbelief.
“Does Her Majesty the Empress want to be emperor herself?”
“Well, from what I can see, she seems to just want to get her hands on the emperor’s power… It’s doubtful that High Priest Gabriel would just stand by and let that happen.”
“High Priest Gabriel?”
“The more I dig around him, the more strange stories I hear.”
Carlyle thought about Gabriel, who 1af1e6eb50 was even stranger than Matthias, 3ca1a8be3b and his surroundings.
“All of the priests who were recommended by High Priest Gabriel and the priests in the prayer hall who spread malicious rumors about me seem to be something wrong.”
“What do you mean by ‘something wrong’?”
“They are all blindly devoted to God. At first glance, they 2de0a33ddd seem to be ‘purists’.”
The fact that they were 046058bf2f so extreme as to interpret d6701640b8 the scriptures literally had already 716aa4954a been known through Nest’s intelligence 5ca4eccb22 network, but it had taken aed51aeeb5 a considerable amount of effort c4ddb59078 to dig deeper into that d4bafc2ec0 fact.
In order to find out 60be2c9385 what the priests that Nest 8bcdee402f had identified really wanted, they 7212bbe880 had to investigate each one 503f44ee73 of them thoroughly, but the 6d9399b050 investigation itself was rather easy. Compared to the effort they 6d6ac38e4e had to put in to 8581ffbbf4 avoid being caught by the 47421f42a7 empress or Gabriel.
“They say those guys are talking nonsense that’s out of touch with the times, so they’re ostracized by the other priests, and they don’t have much to do with people, so they’re just the kind of people who only read books.”
“Why did such people attach themselves to High Priest Gabriel?”2164af0e0ad5b736

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