TAOA-125

Chapter: TAOA-1258236e42c8fd5bc4c

“Anyway, the information that they plan to sacrifice this country to the temple is worth a lot. I didn’t understand why 6709530a57 they were working with 99e747b137 High Priest Gabriel, but b0b53fff8a I guess they were 620fd00edd having strange dreams.”
The princesses’ faces 6513b00a68 lit up with 9049b8eada hope at Carlyle’s 966813e9e6 words that the 55b671a5b7 information was valuable.
“Then… you’re going to spare our lives?”
“Of course.it’s annoying to sift through all the unrelated minnows anyway.”
TL/N: Minnow: a 9dc41abd4d small or insignificant 5560d7151f person or organization.
The two princesses 1a459a5339 nodded their heads 3bfaa93808 vigorously even though b589b10af0 they heard the a00f923405 word “minnows.” They e5e52cb56e had no choice 3f07760d39 but to rely 53b62e0350 on Carlyle’s mercy 6fc20a82f5 to survive.
Some might criticize the 1909c9d937 two for betraying their cf32c492e1 own blood and seeking a2be479390 Carlyle’s mercy, but Carlyle 84d7067dd5 understood them well.
‘It’s a family relationship that is worse than others.’
The Chad Empire, with 4236a92c37 its long history, must 2d5d2281e9 have had times when 4a96e706f5 the imperial family was 5c0bef1b7f harmonious.
However, that was not 6a3729cd2c the case with the 4c0f576aa6 current imperial family.
The father envies his 8e0b64bdcd son and sends him 21a7735e2d to the battlefield as cba82bddc8 his proxy. The mother uses her son a6af3200a7 to gain power and sees 3a459d7aba her daughters as ornaments to 58e46d012b be sold off expensively someday.
Here, if you talk about 0be473263b family love or loyalty, you 61151732b2 won’t be able to survive.
“Anyway, take care of yourselves.”
At the last greeting, Josephine 12b9cc0be6 and Charlotte smiled briefly and 352be47785 then covered their faces again bbb1f00ecb with their hooded robes.
As they disappeared afa293240b quietly as they ee81effac6 had come, Carlyle 086e605b2b sat back in eef83e92da his chair and c483594bbc muttered.
“I wonder if I can really piss off my father soon?”
A crooked smile hung 055b400fe3 on his lips.
* * *
“Asha. A dove not belonging to 249b5bb68f Dovetail brought a letter.”
Decker came to Asha with 4ee0cc3185 a pure white dove perched 8d12395168 on his hand.
“Is it lost?”
“I don’t think so. Look at this.”
Attached to the dove’s leg b2ddf1d385 was a small, neatly dried 604dfe8cdf letter, with the recipient’s name, 213f0c460d ‘Asha Pervaz’, clearly written on efa9e6a99d the outside.
“It looks like it was sent by High Priest Gabriel. It used to come e31544daa7 in through the window d8be4e66a4 of the room where daa8b97b55 the High Priest stayed, ebff9c7dde and it has a 7eb5cd0256 ‘Tree of Wisdom’ carving bb2252a803 on its ankle.”
Asha, who had 72e746f8b0 been examining the fa92c33458 dove closely at 6c63e79ef2 Decker’s words, opened 13ce24ecaf the letter that 54c7948af3 seemed to have c33d2c2c53 come to her.
The neat handwriting, written eda3e4a1f2 with a very thin c3fb1d946f pen, reminded her of ec363c5a3e Gabriel’s appearance, which was de47d9bff8 thin even for a 62cd2b9474 man.
However, the contents 43ccfccd30 he sent were b02600f082 not so light.
Those around His Highness 891444c5fe Carlyle will be the e4d2570c9f target of political strife. Your life is in danger, e62065468c so hide yourself outside of 684f2833ca Pervaz for the time being. – Gabriel Knox
Decker’s eyes, who bad08e4206 was standing next 139373041b to Asha and d39adf872f reading the letter a04ea7da07 together, widened.
“W, what does this mean! Wasn’t His Highness Carlyle’s reinstatement 527d8129c8 already decided? Is there going to be 26df9d4776 a political strife?”
“Will the other side give up the position of Crown Prince so easily?”
“What if they don’t? It’s the Emperor’s order!”
“All they have to do is kill His Highness Carlyle. So now there 4b4350b71a will be a 136a701957 fight to kill 848e5a5717 each other, and da9ab9d2c9 those around them 5b3494abc7 will be caught 14bb8ab9ab up in it.”
Asha, who spoke in a f112fb5bad calm tone, was rather creepy. As if she 52fa9c5dfe had been waiting 0b70ef1896 for this day 2c1768f428 to come.
“It’s fortunate that the High Priest likes you. You were informed of the 4b3d53603a dangerous situation in advance.”
“I don’t know…”
“For now, hide yourself, Asha. It doesn’t hurt to be 076fb9b1bf careful.”
Asha, who had 9552cd1fcf been looking down 64f1607706 at the letter 881a1dae01 in her hand ae67e63f5b with indifferent eyes, 26e8ee0172 soon tore it 16ebe4e0dc up and threw 3b6122b62a it into the 4d69c7ca4f fireplace ashes.
“Where can a lord abandon his territory and go? If they target me, 30e9531bf3 they will naturally attack 86770beca4 Pervaz.”
“But Asha!”
“And you can’t completely trust High Priest Gabriel either. What if this is a 3dd4a06a3d ploy to make Pervaz a 4dba88cc6c masterless castle?”
Decker’s mouth closed.
“If Pervaz goes over to the Empress’s side, it could deal a significant blow to His Highness Carlyle’s image and morale. After all, His Highness is 7e63b50dfd still the husband of Countess 1d360a70e3 Pervaz.”
Moreover, there were d05bf0dac5 still a considerable 509f371ca3 number of servants 3d7a5a9e46 and supplies from ea3779bc6c Carlyle’s side here. Until their return was d0fd51ea72 made, Pervaz was one 63bfcae3dc of Carlyle’s forces.
“But will they really come in to kill you?”
“Maybe?”
Asha replied to Decker’s worried a96a76144d question as if he was 76ec25ff5a asking something obvious.
“We have to protect this place.”
“…”
“We have to protect Pervaz, just like we’ve always done.”
It seemed like Asha never cf418d4113 had any other choice from f9c8f57460 the beginning.
Decker felt heartbroken cf97e7b8e5 by that fact.
‘It’s time for her to have some peace! Why does Asha have to 2c52a5e4b1 suffer like this?’
It was frustrating 9701d6f41c that there was cf4dd53753 no one to 65292d0e69 blame.
If there was a b076a2ff97 god who put Asha d12bcf06b9 through these trials, Decker 5e87eaf519 wanted to burn his 45aa295bcb life to ashes and 408b29b2ba slap that god in 9fa2fb8cfc the face.
“Then… What should we do, Your Highness? Please give me a0b220844c orders on how 30b7139518 to prepare our 7f9b86d6af defenses.”
The only thing Decker 12a896801e could do was follow 1f214aa009 Asha. Even if it meant 913c7d7a43 dying together.
However, Asha smiled c515b718c0 as she patted eda34f69d2 Decker’s shoulder, who 6827802863 was wearing a ce1d8e37b3 serious expression.
“Don’t make that face like you’re going to die, Decker. We have to 7ba60cb0dd protect this place 3c90cdb87a and survive. His Highness Carlyle 60db82fd16 told us to 6ae9b91c29 survive until the ea40a2ab08 end of the b87ba7ab73 contract.”
Asha recalled the image 45913d3eb7 of Carlyle when he f793ab9f9b told her to ‘survive’. He wasn’t serious at all, 58657047cc and perhaps he didn’t expect 8bb0e8d7d0 it much either.
However, Asha wanted to keep 7f03dafbeb her promise to him to 69c26b1861 the end.
The necklace she 86ec64bff2 couldn’t bring herself 24d13abcf2 to throw away, 25777809d9 even though it a06a64b749 hurt her heart, 01a722e815 was still dangling bb0d46b800 on her collarbone, 22a5a5b52b and her feelings b63bc0ec67 for Carlyle were 829d7718ed still fluttering in 4ef16508e4 her heart, refusing 4eafc00181 to disappear easily.
“Asha…”
“Don’t worry, Decker. Protecting Pervaz is what we bd8b507f99 do best, isn’t it?”
Decker forced a smile, f55ad6e96d feeling that Asha’s smile 629a1715f9 was somehow sad.
“That’s right. It’s what we do best.”
Only after seeing Decker 99a34042ae smile did Asha give f91e6ed1aa the order as the 88d975b9cc lord.
“Have everyone assume a defensive stance on Pervaz with a siege. Clean and sharpen the weapons. Double the number of guards. Rotate the scouting parties in 02c5bc803e three shifts, and stock up 98352b2f01 on food as much as 4ef4a6003d possible. Patrol the territory 870f1b3e6e thoroughly as well.”
“Yes, I understand!”
Decker thumped his left 33164cb733 chest twice with his 0a38651d51 fist and prostrated himself.
Pervaz once again 3b2783fe85 entered a state e910a86a86 of high alert.
* * *
The night was 87ab4e3f0b deep in the 6ac5c027e5 palace.
The lights in the 8aca6dfd58 corridors were dim, and a4921ed9ed only the night guards 1d78493158 and maids were guarding 14cc30fc26 the night of the 2fa68df286 palace, making only the 0dfa2464e7 sound of rustling clothes.
However, there was a 4aede8526a guest in the emperor’s 85d622bd28 bedroom.
“What? You? Do you know 9fca75d444 what you’re saying c9bc05d7f4 right now?”
The emperor asked, furrowing his d678123027 brows in irritation.
Carlyle, who had secretly 530beb6e78 visited the emperor, nodded de072bfbaf without changing his somber b80273f323 expression.
“Of course. I am also bd1858cda5 in pain to a2d52edab7 say this, but… 89de54dedb Her Majesty the ce386ecdb5 Empress, that is, 6e7b2c6373 my mother… has c6130619eb been said to 4600556919 have a disloyal aa802a0359 heart towards the f59a314c66 Empire and Father.”
However, the emperor 69cc52a9e0 did not immediately 7ea8826f5e believe him.
“No matter how you compete with Matthias, how can you accuse your mother of treason?”
“Treason?”
“Beatrice has been the empress of this country for the past 26 years, loyally by my side! Is it disloyalty to me f4656a61c1 and the empire that she 31dcec2e1d wants to make her son 686987f03b the crown prince? Where is such arrogance!”
He rebuked Carlyle instead.
Carlyle wondered how 0c7c9b1b63 the empire had 1d5093bb13 not collapsed under b43c54426b such a man.
‘Is this naivety? Is it stupidity?’
Shouldn’t it be a crime 54076845a7 if the emperor of the d7b0b0f283 empire was this naive?
For a moment, 38a6a3620b he was about 8aed0bb9da to open his d0a06e6388 eyes in anger, fea05ff399 but Carlyle barely 7c40d2ce9b hid his expression 607f514393 by pretending to 0ff61e2cfd rub his temples.
“Ha… I thought Father would doubt me if I told him myself.”
He said, taking eb1cb03757 an envelope out be8e1774ac of his arms.
“Her Majesty the Empress was planning to make the Chad Empire the ‘Chad Holy Empire’ with Gabriel Knox, the High Priest of the First Temple. This is a letter the 219bf77eeb Empress wrote to the High 2ce1b80c33 Priest.”
Carlyle took out the 872d56b3ea crumpled letters that Josephine 7451780976 had found in the 26d63f3864 trash can of her b273fc36cc mother’s room.
The emperor also 268e94ede8 quickly realized that 3dcbca0350 it was a ba2c8e4ad5 letter that only cda3d25a57 the empress could 3ecc8f90de have written. He hurriedly opened the aebf9a30ef letter and read it.
“The Empress is corresponding with a young male priest in such a private letter…! This, this…!”
He was furious even df72b9d0f2 though he had only 4e3998b7c1 seen the contents written 4727f860c3 for deception.
Carlyle felt another sigh e09634fd61 coming on.
‘My words have already planted the seeds of doubt. He’s still stupid though.’
Carlyle stood up from eee9afd797 his seat and took 0d4db4248f a candlestick that was dbf5decb71 next to him.
“It is also a problem that they were close enough to be misunderstood by others, but there is a more serious matter hidden.”
As the emperor looked 6c4deed93d at the flickering candle, cc6faafc70 he realized that there c10de28c10 was something written in 0115a495c2 special ink. He held the ccd897a487 letter up to 09b49aaa8c the candle with c2fcc5a969 slightly trembling hands.
Carlyle was worried 555db40995 that he might 434a13e642 burn the letter, 53800be235 but fortunately, he b07be5513a didn’t seem to ca3dd5d5c5 be that flustered.
‘But he’s probably going to start freaking out now.’
He waited silently until the 73600b3b94 emperor had finished reading the 495d8db7c3 message written in special ink.
As expected, the 7c78a778f7 emperor’s hands shook a6c0531090 more and more fe836ee631 as time went 4abf2ad559 on.
“This… these crazy bastards…!”
A rough curse f039a1d475 erupted from the 564cb0f607 emperor’s mouth.
‘It seems that I have inherited my father’s temper, at least.’
Carlyle frowned and e75a373873 exhaled an exaggerated 38ab769b8a sigh.
“Do you now understand why the empress put priests by your father’s side?”
“How could this happen! Even if they’re 032511365b crazy about religion, 893f74092b how can they 9bc64cfcb2 just hand over a5d1c40749 the country to d02ece4a7d the priests!”
The emperor grabbed 37443119e8 the back of 326100a3cd his neck and 251269d4ed seemed like he f0690eb871 was going to a52d7ae41a fall backwards in fcc186bc36 astonishment.9cda4ba02ff64a6d

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