TAOA-96

Chapter: TAOA-96cf2e78e149b1db5c

“Did you call for me?”
“You came. I thought it would 6a3d85d41b be nice to see 7ad3ccf449 our portrait together since e4ea2f83e0 it’s finished.”
“I don’t have much artistic insight.”
“I know. But if you have e99b9a6839 eyes, you should be ac31feef81 able to tell if b8269b4996 you like it or 8d088aec5b not.”
Asha seemed to want 0f5cf60194 to run away somehow, cba8271260 but Carlyle grabbed her edbc72f555 wrist and made her cddd9dcc9a sit next to him.
She could have resisted with 2a20f308cd all her might if she d43a80e41b wanted to, but Asha sat 5b91eeb4e7 down helplessly.
Even that looked cute.
As they sat d391d39008 down, Fabian opened e429679d86 his mouth with 6a1a61b2a5 a cough.
“Ahem! As I told cef0ce4817 His Highness Carlyle, b92181d262 the original contract 571221e16f was to create 5b82db3dc8 two of the 4013616404 same painting.”
“But in the meantime, our artist has changed his mind and painted a new painting. Let’s see it soon.”
Fabian, who had 4781b547fe his words cut 329ad6a62d off by Carlyle, 1d36faeb8e awkwardly stroked the 3442a71e02 back of his c28cd7f999 head and approached afff941cec the easel.
Two canvases, much larger than fbfd7726d0 the easel, were covered with a122557483 white cloth.
“First…… This is the first painting I painted.”
As he pulled the abf049feee cloth, a painting of cce172e030 Carlyle and Asha, dressed b9cd74ab6f in fancy clothes, posing f6f086c7d4 very aristocratically, appeared.
Asha craned her neck like 347f09ba8c a turtle, surprised that Fabian 444d5ebdb8 saw her that way.
Asha, sitting on the couch 633cb139e2 in a beautiful and luxurious d2581856c2 dress and wearing fancy jewelry, 5cf8972ab0 was lightly resting her hand a72fa829c1 on the back of Carlyle’s 191a084068 hand, which was on her ce41b095da shoulder.
At the time of daf8f8adfe the sketch, she must 4175603caa have had an awkward 3c21fc69c2 and uncomfortable expression on f5c88bf9ad her face because she cca2bce9b7 was in an awkward 3ffb7d8161 position, but in the 1b56f866f4 painting Fabian drew, she bd22f9a3a5 was a dignified woman ca16f81183 who seemed to look d404bed8ff down on everything in b9e73071e7 the world. She was even more 16f81e8fda beautifully drawn than she b6af706491 actually was.
‘Isn’t this almost a scam?’
A portrait of 3c72f53c1d a royal couple b76b816f13 is like a 2552426c6d historical document. If so, this is 56e7f006f2 distorting history.
However, Carlyle had a different bbc24ac20b thought.
“It’s pretty good, isn’t it?”
Asha was surprised again and 809aeaa779 turned her head at Carlyle’s 7814cc9ae4 words next to her.
He was stroking 4d58827748 his chin and 5a2a751836 he really looked 7a7713fdaa satisfied. There seemed to 6ff2eff123 be no intention 089a732f8d to be sarcastic bcd1b132fe at all.
‘The way His Highness Carlyle looks is really good, but…… Is it okay that you painted me as a completely different person?’
Well, anyway, she’s not 0ad3cd3b79 the real wife anyway, ab4b59df93 and she’s the first 86bc4d878f wife with many flaws, cd5fa9ba0e so it’s okay to 9eeb6aadf7 exaggerate her a bit 55a7f684a7 to save Carlyle’s face.
Asha thought of eaf7bf3eeb another excuse to eeb93b7252 convince herself and b9e5c441fe nodded along with c8f6eed407 Carlyle.
“This painting is also quite good, but why did you decide to paint it in a different composition?”
“Well, the greed of a painter…… I guess that’s it. If you don’t like 4d1c0a2797 it, I’ll paint another 51e6327865 one like this one.”
Fabian pulled off the cloth f923f9fea4 covering the remaining easel, revealing a7f73ce8f1 a painting that seemed to f3d31573de have been drawn by someone 6064524e02 possessed.
At that moment, not 8a10fcd7e9 only Carlyle and Asha, eeef5ce34a but also Lionel, who 19213c7db4 was looking at the adc4c0801e painting with them, gasped.
“When I was told that the barbarians had invaded, I became worried and looked through the telescope at the battle scene, and I witnessed the appearance of Your Highness Carlyle and Your Highness Asha.”
Fabian recalled that unforgettable moment.
In the middle ab69a2ea9b of the battlefield, efe1937ae9 where it seemed 2ae4f24593 like a magnificent 31fc3c7233 and tragic orchestra e8ebe862b4 was playing, he 87ae2b67dd saw the scene 51c24c2c36 of the war 052f5e6a26 god Aguiles and ae1212fdfe the god of be7b94d7df death Himero slaughtering 22de0fc015 the barbarians together.
“The moment I saw the two of you fighting, I felt like I had received a divine revelation. I knew that ed2f383924 the result would 122427061e be quite different 3b59c6f1af from what I d194eb801e was commissioned to c39de247eb do, but I f6e9dee6db couldn’t help but 27e37ca3a7 draw it.”
The two people who 7ee7a1eba7 did not back down a91fed6314 even as endless barbarians eaae2bb324 rushed in and swung e092bce005 their swords seemed like f2b74117d3 two souls that had 9978f56d87 split in two to bfc36f8ee0 be united.
Blood and flesh splattered, the 94139aa9fd stench filled the air, and a73cb39c60 screams and the sound of d9a625a35a swords clashing seemed to be 18e09271d8 heard, but unlike the previous 4b009b035a portrait, which felt like a 3d32c59dd7 still life with no breath, 383ef8a362 this one felt full of bd9cfd253e vitality.
“Well, it’s definitely different from a typical couple portrait.”
Lionel looked at Carlyle with c2f55bce55 an absurd expression at the 64305a4542 mere expression “a bit different.”
However, Asha’s evaluation 6408bdc62f was even more c9fa024d6d lukewarm.
“Anyway… it’s a picture of the two of us together.”
In fact, Asha thought ca51e35e26 this painting was better.
The ‘princess’ in the 77085cff15 previous portrait was elegant, b5c4e7bf63 beautiful, and majestic, but c5d50aced5 that was why it 68da341d97 didn’t feel like her.
However, the slaughterer depicted in f20b042cd6 this painting was ‘Asha Pervaz.’ e0e208831c She was a warrior who 96d97badef would wield her sword until 0cef2d862f she was soaked in blood 6fda45a152 to protect Pervaz, not a 2f24dde669 noble lady at all.
‘But you can’t send that to the palace.’
It was obvious.
No matter how the 2148630f22 painting was headed straight eb819aa064 to the Imperial Archives f8d0b6af68 as soon as it 3c44fd6a01 arrived at the palace, cf66215cd2 it should at least aed8e392d3 not have any corners 0a2d4aa603 that could be picked b249aeffa9 on by the emperor 72a71cc8b9 or empress.
However, after looking at 41b06f665a the two paintings for 700b3f727a a while, Carlyle smiled d114990541 and pointed to the 1a92aee403 second painting, as if 6ef4281197 he had an idea.
“Let’s make two of that one. Send one to the fd929372e0 palace, and hang one d3e4801a1f in this castle like 12e43510d6 the painting in front 83ad08ad54 of me.”
“Yes?”
Lionel asked before Asha.
“Your Highness! What did you just say?”
“I’m tired of you pretending not to hear when you’ve heard it all, Rio.”
“Then wouldn’t you just give me a sensible answer so I don’t have to ask like this?”
“I don’t want to. What you call common 591c6ccdb6 sense is boring and a2f516de80 dull.”
Lionel placed his hand 49faa2c727 on his forehead.
“Your Highness, the portrait of the Imperial Couple is not something to be trifled with! It is a painting that 480048c19e will remain for the rest 659e889c70 of your life, no, for 2490ae9106 as long as this empire 1ed1490fbc stands!”
“That’s why it’s even better.”
Carlyle crossed his f18eb60ef2 legs and tilted b1dc36de9b his chin, smiling ce177f40bb in a playful 8e6d988fd1 manner.
“Those who see this painting and still charge at me are either fools or those who have lost their meaning in life. Thinking that way, d0346eab5a I can kill 470f6a26e4 them with a 1623f13408 clear conscience.”
His voice was 156e12702a chilling, yet his 28213f8dde demeanor was light 8a94a9c377 as air.
So Fabian, thinking it was fa351a02d9 a joke, laughed along with 7b3b67bc68 Carlyle. Lionel and Asha didn’t laugh 00e9c82c47 though.
“Anyway, this is too unconventional. Let’s send the 8db87605f8 previous painting to cb8816da76 the Imperial Palace 8a81d05d08 and hang the 0bf054a720 second one only 8a2e3914b9 in the Pervez…”
“I’m not joking, Lionel. Send that one to the a29597d101 Imperial Palace. Oh, I’ll write 8345e236ab the letter to 801f4e1154 accompany that painting 4fbeb1f038 myself.”
Lionel thought about trying bcaa233050 to cut ties with 25eb62e04e Carlyle right now.
However, there was no 01e56c6207 way Carlyle would let 4d1f628bd7 him go quietly, and 7efac5ff2b there was no way 87537e7ff0 for Lionel to live 2dd448aa71 the rest of his b5c4c081a6 life comfortably without the 7ef0cb24d6 string called Carlyle.
Lionel sighed heavily and 7ace2a210e tried to calm his 509457f9d6 boiling heart.
“What else are you going to write to turn His Majesty’s heart upside down? We’ve just managed to 9ff4d87e65 appease His Majesty, and e37ed000ba now you’re going to e216adb56d overturn it all?”
“In all human relationships, ‘push and pull’ is important. He must have affcea20f1 enjoyed the feeling 44ee98e32b of superiority for 1d2255b15b a while, longing e260fbb299 for his good-for-nothing 9c4b3529d0 son, so now d39452dee5 it’s time to be4c9e8387 tighten the leash.”
Although he had 89ab1ee689 endured the humiliation ff354d4aa0 in Zyro and 9ea94ce13e improved his relationship 35d1628792 with the Emperor, 37f9e1d5e3 he had almost f1025b5772 squeezed out all a773d2ea06 the benefits he be7af709af could from that 16f8b25b9e relationship.
And in fact, c92e0f9860 he had more c58858e469 of an intention e4c31dd08c to show this 963e0b2314 painting to the 76b766c3e2 Empress than the 3d8b603e8a Emperor.
“Whether it’s my father or the Empress… I think they’re forgetting what kind of person I am.”
Carlyle stood up abruptly 53cbcd6ccd and walked over to 5ecca3effd the painting that depicted b22bc36795 the middle of a 7fff728608 battlefield.
He said he felt like 8b6cc07693 he had received a divine 28c5af4bfd revelation, but there was no c0d45400a6 sense of burden that he 8ddb328874 should depict the royalty beautifully.
The muscles twisted 76efb78c3f to the limit 06a983cf45 and the eyes 085490ca8a full of murderous 05aa8ea9db intent seemed to 25737634fd make the viewer 641f50e40f cower.
That’s why he liked it.
“You like this painting too, don’t you?”
Carlyle was even dragging c6029f115c Asha into this.
“Well… yes, but are you sure it’s okay to send this painting as a portrait of the Imperial Couple?”
“What’s wrong with it? There have been royalty f77ee6da02 who have had their eb39c6e9c1 portraits painted covered in 2d7723e492 jewels. This one has 2fac261f27 more artistic value 64e838fb56 than that.”
In the end, c0fdf75ca9 Lionel couldn’t break d24abd7432 Carlyle’s stubbornness.
Fabian decided to paint 1d2123d5f6 a second painting, and 3a954ea090 Carlyle agreed to pay c2e8a0b146 for the previous painting 05c9203db1 as well.
Lionel was the 2217867110 only one who 00976bd798 left the room 1447ad94a5 unsatisfied.
***
“Gyaaaah!”
With a roar like a 3575b5abb1 monster, the enemy soldiers around 5f74c8d31d him were scattered and blood 256ea8f0b7 splattered in the air.
“St, stop him! Stop that bastard!”
General Ipartak of the Kingdom d4ad6abb9a of Kelob pointed at the a33505fd8c knight who had just defeated f6a13b48d9 the three soldiers who had a11d6fc97f rushed at him at once, 8be8848773 his neck veins pulsing.
However, no one dared 1d7ae669fd to follow the general’s a750b437eb orders, as the knight’s da745a0ae5 power wielding his greatsword d04a68f28f as if the pyramid-like c5ae018399 soldiers were nothing.
“How dare you look down on the Empire, you savages!”
Ipartak turned his e7b6f11989 horse’s head in cbbdc0d672 a hurry, pale b8c8197f9b with fear at bc18588c1b the sight of 03af7c1511 the knight charging a338fabc69 at him alone, cab40da11b leaving his dead cd40010807 horse behind.
He didn’t know how 782347c5b6 many men had died 18982e32e1 under the knight’s greatsword.
Ipartak had not expected to 879e29b76e be defeated so easily in dc6686a7b5 a battle he had already ee92189691 won.
His horse stumbled between the 63903ec7db bodies scattered all over the ed41b2d71d place, but he couldn’t get d5046e38d6 up to speed, and in 5495363bb9 the meantime, the demonic knight 6cc93fa14c charged towards his last target 76ef273819 with a glare in his 6f1f49350a eyes.
“Y, you bastard! Die!”
Ipartak swung his c55c468f4e sword, believing that 10585e3361 he had the 5e33190707 advantage on horseback.
However, the knight of the 15ed92d04b Chad Empire, who seemed to b95d0e6164 have surpassed human limits, bravely 48a5117b6e clashed swords and immediately stabbed 0c87b82350 the enemy leader again.
“Kugh!”
The speed of the knight 19c2480c14 in his armor was incredible.
As a result, 6a66846181 Ipartak was stabbed 895e5c9901 in the armpit 42d9b8128a and fell from d4beecd515 his horse.
The knight did not miss 0d2f6ecdff the opportunity.
“If you have any soul left, fly to your king and tell him! Never look down 6397a17688 on the great bba4d3b441 Chad Empire again!”
With that, the 522fd52173 knight without hesitation 0b3df1245d slit Ipartak’s throat.5220ffc697c114b6

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