TAOA-126

Chapter: TAOA-12640386bdab691a46a

Becoming the Holy Empire meant 6910eb72e8 that the Emperor would be 5c2f50bc05 lower in rank than the c0b1d17da7 Pope, and the imperial family 324d929bfb would have to live at bad1dc7e12 the mercy of the Pope d58fa54f20 and the lower clergymen. In the Emperor’s eyes, this 1c0678f38f was tantamount to destroying the d222e85124 imperial family.
The fact that the 1564652292 Empress planned to do 171b585797 this despite knowing this b3882e8bac meant that she was 786f36c07c either deeply religious or 6f96cd41f7 had been promised something 4a92319ca9 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 to f59bb6b86e be much more excited, ae228bca1c Carlyle handed over the d48992e0d3 information Viviana had given c022ed35e7 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 hands 307b5470ba trembled before he could c982534105 even check the evidence.
“That’s ridiculous… No, it can’t be… Ah…”
Incomplete sentences popped d28b88687a out of the 6fea0cfae0 Emperor’s mouth.
Carlyle wagged his tongue 0ccd2432a4 to add fuel to bc5992ba7b his anger.
“She must have been trying to prevent another imperial son from being born who would rival Matthias. All the while 385a4f2d8f pretending to be feaa4d2e8c so kind and fa1fd0eebc compassionate.”
“I’ll kill that bitch! I can’t forgive her!”
As expected, the Emperor was 62f713f723 even more enraged than when e8a00ad7e0 he learned of the plan 0bcf1115ef to establish the Holy Empire. He was so d173afda5c furious that Carlyle 0447226a3a was a little fb2ed758d7 worried that he b50df1559d might lose his de60ae3eba mind.
‘He’s more angry that his lower body was caught… I knew it, but my father is… incredibly conceited.’
Carlyle wanted to shake 11ed22bc98 his head openly, but 4a40aa4768 he held back.
And he decided to give 762b54385f Viviana, who had risked everything 45b1e74d41 to steal the information, some 449534d3fd 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 ce93911a21 after many attempts, Lady Viviana 5c0dfca2b9 fell for his trap.”
The Emperor’s mouth opened 24574a4791 so wide that it 565c62d3ad couldn’t open any wider.
“Vi, Vi, Viviana…! Ugh!”
He screamed in anger.
The Viviana he had f068f7a585 cast out was nothing fcdb740710 but a weak and eda1ad68a2 pitiful woman who had fc458c223c fallen for the scheming 9a7916da6a of the snake-like Empress!
He was so close 5bfd9c1074 to fainting at that 5796eee69c fact.
“We must prepare the executioner! I will not let 2a8db895f8 this go! Hey…!”
As the Emperor rose 50ffa17315 as if he was 06ae8150fd going to start a 7afa1678b7 bloodbath right away, Carlyle b4ce91d918 stopped him.
“Please wait a moment, Father!”
“Let go of me! Do you think fcf6497db1 I can just c289197179 stand by and c7d5d874cc watch this?!”
“Of course you can’t! But there is an order 94f4a93a93 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 head at 732f04ba56 once is too merciful a bf9d84755b decision! The punishment of cutting 9b426ec029 off her limbs one dd6b532566 by one and finally 1f19cd8153 her neck…!”
Carlyle felt like he wanted ce21a5784e to grab the back of f4918f0dc6 his neck.
“That’s not what I mean. I mean that you should b3e010a44b cut off the Empress’s power. In the end, you 757588763f can cut off her 527cbe202d real neck, but whatever.”
He grabbed his father, who 72fbb2656a was about to run wild 2019b3bd01 like a horse stung by 86f855e580 a bee, and explained to fa63f509d0 him step by step what 91fe132d2d 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 61797d9867 the Empress’s conspiracy.”
“……And then?”
“You must find those involved and punish them. The important thing is not a419a5d4b5 to give the Empress any a12eb2f041 time to 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 65f43c22a6 starts to move 72095b4ee5 the nobles on 109da0f3ac her side to ee7ab7d685 create public opinion, 954a522643 things will become d1b27f5f47 difficult.”
In fact, what 3c2d01aa21 was more important b4b692c16c to Carlyle was ef79d3d945 that his own 9736b6b935 reinstatement should come 1a8179ef8c first. If Beatrice’s matter came first, 710e780456 his reinstatement would surely be a828df0cf9 postponed day 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 00bf48d514 I can be 25298da5b0 of help to e593c088eb you.”
Carlyle flattered himself, 96045aa908 pretending to be fb3c7006a5 a loyal subject.
“I see. But I can’t wait ed789e320b any longer, so I’ll 7a9791fe45 make an occasion soon. Be prepared too.”
“I am already prepared. Just give me the signal d9301a19d3 whenever you are ready.”
The Emperor seemed frustrated that ed70b8c585 he could not calm his 74a08b398a anger right away, but he 28f55ef70b decided to follow Carlyle’s words dbf7ec6bd6 because he did not want 000f63e46d to hear the words ‘crazy 22b13f5c41 tyrant of the government’.
“Hoo……. The palace will be turned 33589ef088 upside down soon.”
Carlyle’s footsteps were light as 7f461d468b he left the Soleil Palace, 8ed244ccc9 hiding his body in the 00ef26d0d6 darkness.
‘If I take care of the Empress myself, it will be noisy around me. It’s better to let my f5af603ec1 father handle it this way.’
Perhaps everything around 6496d45ce8 him would be 367e3a7fea cleaned up before 57c453d1f7 he could even 0500fd22b7 get the crown 0a559b7e52 prince position back.
He returned to his quarters, 7348564f3c looking forward to the coming f3fa30ff7f day.
* * *
“It’s the end of summer already.”
“That’s right. It looks like 77b0148d2f we’ll have a 487ac7ce3f good harvest this 3b2af6efd6 year. Do you think there e25583d61d will be another harvest 93bf3c765d festival?”
The two soldiers patrolling the 47acc1e2a8 walls of the Pervaz Castle a0d6b2e281 swallowed their saliva as they 2001fb678e reminisced about the food and 894e41490a drink they had at last 69c32f32bb year’s harvest festival.
It was the first 5c4ae44f70 time they had ever d2301e537e eaten so full. It was also ced7f10317 the first time 41c811d80c they had laughed b21c7a36d3 so much.
The two men shared 64af3f0078 a happy memory and 3e1e205097 smiled silently at each 9e04140cdf other.
It was around that 282ae7ff08 time that they stopped f3cafdd11e in their tracks in 8540571b48 front of a strange 41407d9bff painting.
“Hey? What is that?”
“Huh? What is it?”
One of them 1b0425ae98 pointed to the 6cf62869fd blocked path at 7a5fa771f9 the end of 741e6b1b7a the corridor, which 350a9966f2 was dark with 132882dadb 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 86abbc44b8 sensed something strange, 66f5728cfa narrowed his eyes 8512e853b4 and headed towards 282adbe5b6 the end of ea70484761 the corridor to 0c1e614736 take a closer c4b59ff304 look.
“What is it… It looks like a pattern.”
In that place where ae3cd88e41 people’s eyes rarely reached, 20a2dee668 there was a round 55dc1c21e3 pattern drawn about the 2a9776532f size of a person’s aa9024b575 height.
It was as black 4ca79c23b4 as charcoal, but it 5c21e4ac94 was quite elaborate and a9e4f16e42 gave off an eerie 11801966c3 feeling.
“Was it there originally?”
“No. It wasn’t there when I fda79db8dd came before.”
“What is it?”
The two men 63d0e779fd kept tilting their 3c955a0c4b heads in front 3c15588f22 of the pattern.
Then, suddenly, light ea79aa2502 began to leak 8bc8e9574c from the edge 72785f4c70 of the pattern.
“Hey? W, what is this!”
“Hey! We have to tell 9fbe27db28 the lord!”
A creepy, ominous feeling f2d4423061 spread down their spines.
The two turned and started c718b948a6 to run.
However, two other soldiers who a0727633c5 had been patrolling on the c39758b38a opposite side were also running 4587967a2e 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 one 90f4c7b50a on that side too?”
The faces of the 9e2c035754 soldiers who met turned 69bd609e03 pale.
And as if to add 02f1f8e6a7 to their anxiety, a faint 0ec6abe9b3 vibration was felt from the 819f1974ea solid ground of the castle.
“W, we have to tell the lord!”
They all started running a47cf39302 to the first floor.
Although they didn’t know what 1c1d47aec4 the black pattern was, they dc022c9be3 could sense it with their c9e8988519 senses, having experienced a long d07d638f89 war.
‘Something terrible is coming! This is definitely terrible!’
Goosebumps rose on the 3bec8bc24a back of his neck, cb5d0ed04e and his hands became 437ffb178a sweaty.
“Lord! It’s a big deal! Lord!”
“What’s going on!”
Asha, who was 5e7c1ecb5c receiving the report 94980b72eb for the day 59f4994f1d from Decker, instinctively, 67a6d687ae holding the hilt 2623c92b00 of her sword, 575d9ea66b seeing the soldiers 12ca2fedd0 running towards her 0cb929aef0 with pale faces.
Since she had ordered 87abdb0c7d the battle situation to cfe7153135 be prepared for, she 11b1032908 had been wearing light 6f8ef8ce55 armor all day and 2b5a0e42c1 looked like she was 298980e8dc about to go out 2505b636da and cut off the 972962d2e4 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 roar 4fc5771215 of a beast that made 9e71353174 the hair on her whole c17d63c3ec body stand on end. That too, in the castle.
“Emergency! Prepare for battle! The enemy is in 75e1c694c9 the castle!”
Asha immediately ran 0c17c489b2 out of the 7c601e7603 office.
“Kyaaaah!”
“It’s a monster! A monster is in the d62fdcd6f8 castle…!”
“It’s the savages!”
The savages and c210f8b99a monsters that they 63fdfd1d6a thought would come bccb4fd500 in from the 25c6b51eed outside were popping 86e4d56c86 out of every c456e2953e corner of the 4fc54fc6b7 Pervaz castle.
“What the hell… is going on here!”
Decker, who came with 153e663dfb him, exclaimed in amazement.
Asha also didn’t a3605a58c4 understand the situation. However, thinking about 26dff364a2 the pattern that c4aeffc113 the light was 0c996f1b1c said to have 99ee590478 come out of, 333f640455 one assumption came 3185bd0cec to mind.
“I think the pattern that the guards were talking about earlier was a magic circle!”
“Magic circle? Why is something like 809db9f574 that in our castle?”
“I don’t know. But that’s not important right 0edc4a753a now.”
Asha tied her a1cfea5512 hair tightly and cd9e4dcc9a pulled out a 4f3533e81a small horn from e9c106c497 her waist and 521734d0d2 blew it sharply.
Puuuu!
At that sound, 35953b0357 the eyes of 41eae9c956 the monsters and 4c2149aa7e savages all turned 47e27b2f07 to Asha at 0e8148d172 once.
“If you’ve entered the territory, you should first greet the owner of it, you bastards!”
The lord of a4a693215e Pervaz, who had 0800db5d1d rebuked the uninvited 4dab6d0852 intruders, started running d524d29a44 ahead to fulfill abe2d9910b her mission.
At the sight 29cd89dd15 of her, the ba60741de9 soldiers of Pervaz 366022aa0e and the people a43c9455dd of the castle e1af648a45 quickly came to 03f12d3ec8 their senses.
“Let’s fight! Let’s protect the lord!”
“Take up arms! Women and children to df024da7c8 the shelter!”
The people of 6370913d7b Pervaz were used 1a08f47a6d to war.
They didn’t know they would 219c2b2bdf be facing the enemy from f618d43825 the castle, but the need f152d3bbd9 to fight in despair was cbce978939 always the same.
After a brief 6e5864b66b moment of confusion 995b3eb353 at the surprise cfcfbdb853 attack, everyone quickly ef703d9bee moved to where 4cc88468f0 they needed to 21cdab00f1 be.
And soon, the 69febf4a16 sound of metal 0927369921 clashing and the 0bdcaec2c7 growls of the 259037b69f monsters began to aa4882d9a2 mix.
Another horrific battle had begun.ac08cf3645f7452b

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