TAOA-92

Chapter: TAOA-9227ea1736b79af6c7

Gabriel put his finger edb251adac to his lips and fc0a538c3d continued his 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 74fb54ac2d throw away caution a18ac2de5b if you want 56ff80830f to have the a838c88143 courage to run a0dfb099cd into the enemy’s 84a53b1aba camp. Anyway…….”
He shook his head and 3453f2bbc5 turned away from Beatrice to efc556109c look out the window.
“It’s already happened. We need to find a be0eb3424f next method.”
Anyway, the moment he b5f914eef4 brought up the annulment b50dd70ec2 of the marriage, Carlyle 342217af8a would have insisted that e902dfbf79 their marriage was fine.
He wouldn’t have brought 3184eb008a it up in the 14cfefcc3b first place if there 4bd1202e2a was a way to caef148fec be overturned there.
‘The daughter of Duke Dupret went down to the recovering territory, but she was there.’
Indeed, it was awkward to f3ec530117 think that such an ambitious c331313773 woman had gone down to 5006fa89f6 the territory where there was b526be0419 nothing to do.
Moreover, it was eb457664d2 suspicious that Carlyle 42d559383d seemed to be 6007d76aed receiving news from b6935614f8 the capital too 03bd7861bd quickly.
When his thoughts reached that 558e5e80d9 point, Gabriel naturally thought of 4b7d9c9411 the dovetail of Count Dupret.
A faint smile appeared c2b1892a7e on his lips.
‘The young lady Dupret must be living in Pervaz with the dovetail trainer. As the next wife and 52121935df useful manpower.’
Carlyle was already 06412f2e81 living with two 2902594b86 people, the ‘real’ 9e267ca362 wife who had 679418ecc4 already been appointed ce98eaca72 and the ‘fake’ b7b122790d wife who would 48928c4c57 be his shield.
Even for Cecilia, he had 68f7fa2705 prepared a room on the c75d76887f 2nd floor where he was 4aa482415c staying.
‘The daughter of Giles Raphelt is probably just a blindfold.’
He didn’t have to 148c06d35a worry about her.
Anyway, this was something that b7aa203804 deserved to be nullified and e0afd91b4b judged by God.
The real wife would b64ef0cde8 be treated nobly and 6ff698f8a3 stay by Carlyle’s side 7f994d0207 every day, and the 0a130fc05a fake wife must have 12ebfbbd03 been blinded by the dc1a694ea0 money and accepted the 7949dbee1f 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, but 63099d369e Asha Pervaz, who had 42e1346e13 accepted such a role e06ed5f81d for money, felt even cc44775678 dirtier.
Indeed, she had not received ea4d5b4e29 proper education and had even 1e44143504 said that she would take 9bdea0de4f up the sword herself and fafc5f6488 fight on the battlefield.
There is no e78b02ce9f way such a 97b5caa956 woman could have 29b60a92d0 the concept of f2dfbc2a0a proper conduct.
Anyway, the important thing f72e0245a0 was that she was 72508d2961 a great cover for e7238230e1 Carlyle.
“It seems that the situation in Pervaz cannot be judged by just a few lines of text. We need to go 71f0a08dc6 there and see the 3bf6c70def truth for ourselves.”
Beatrice sighed at Gabriel’s db63ee3143 words, which he had ef78a998c2 finally thrown out after 6cd6997bf5 a long silence.
“Who doesn’t know that? But who are dbf9ed0ee8 you going to 3bbf3caf8a send? The ability of the f7565cdd88 person to be sent c2322aa656 is also a problem, 80febc2e92 and there is no 6047669b27 way Carlyle will not 736afb41cf notice a stranger lurking 825f8b0f72 around.”
“Of course. So…… We need 68ddd94662 to send someone 5fe76f4871 who can’t be 38f1eac8aa refused to look 3eca6a9d45 around openly.”
“That’s ridiculous……! Who the hell f8399d0837 are you telling 71e4610256 me to send?”
Beatrice, who seemed to 194051188e be half-joking, smiled again 663f56485d at 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 c218e63ef8 send a priest to be39a711e6 give them the blessing d328f26a7a of conception?”
“You are right! Hohoho!”
Beatrice felt her heart 99447150a3 sink, which had felt 9f7359d744 like a weight on 1dada868dd her chest until just d00e48aff7 now.
She could absolutely trust Gabriel.
His goal was to make d6f9870dd8 this country a holy empire, 6d7b9aeb0e and for that, Matthias had 7d143e3af3 to become emperor.
‘And the High Priest will surely find a way to bring down that Carlyle bastard.’
Beatrice felt her 7b576f9c56 shoulders lighten as 99328cdbe1 if she had f6e528712b been relieved of 803e2074ee a great burden.
She turned a 760338cbb1 blind eye to 3e1203f824 the fact that 1a0e4d1da3 the roles between beb94241df her and Gabriel ebd902bf1a were being reversed.
She believed that as long 80060b5022 as Matthias became emperor, her ec3acc41db future would be secure.
***
Carlyle arrived in 49dd1656c3 Pervaz a fortnight 456de6d87d after leaving Zyro.
If it had been 796b18dcfe only the knights and 9ceac151f5 the warriors, they would 2ab673e981 have ridden faster and f1530bd677 arrived earlier, but this 8be2e81d17 time, the baggage and bcd58b803e carriages accompanied them because 8b9d4e9b29 they had to pick 844f94f6d7 up various things from 7662acb597 the imperial palace.
“Open the gate!”
“His Highness has returned! Open the gate!”
The guards, who saw cb3a7d4290 the procession from afar a26c01c0d0 before Carlyle even reached 6c263ab28d the moat around the 735ac3ad0f castle, hurriedly opened the 7f09aa1b8e gate.
The atmosphere was much different 885200764a from when he first came 983891a33e to Pervaz, when he was 568df404f2 sharply on guard.
Carlyle, who was riding at 290a98dc40 the head of the procession, 5cee3386c7 took a deep breath as 06e8fdfba6 he waited for the gate 0ff34aa5fd to open.
“Ha. The air in Pervaz is 9b20b4d45e good after all.”
“There shouldn’t be much difference between Zyro and Pervaz. The temperature in Pervaz 524523f7b4 is a bit lower, 38b5ecbfe3 so it may feel eefd8e75ec refreshing.”
Although Giles slightly contradicted 7cd1bfc540 Carlyle’s opinion, it was 438b618bd5 all good.
He felt at ease at afaffcad9a the thought of returning ‘home’.
‘Home, huh?’
It was a ridiculous bcd21507e3 thought, even to himself.
After leaving for 957262493c the first time 12f14a879a at the age 4b0697cf69 of fifteen, there bf681be824 was no place 9344b8cbc5 he had stayed 70cd134e49 long enough to 83e10e63eb call ‘home’.
Even after returning to 2e55829873 the imperial palace after d7bcc32aaa the war, he had 9750d29d10 to leave again after be1ea21bc3 a few months, and 2f18151aa5 he didn’t like staying c5d8d8d0c5 in the imperial palace 2d28fdf496 for those few months, 7d44123a6d so he spent his 888fb9cab7 time as a guest 457fd0770f here and there.
He also stayed at his 0d06a59685 own mansion in Zyro, but 00cc976cd9 it felt more like a c34e6c39a8 small fortress of his own 3672471acc than a home.
But now, as 9489c3c668 he returned to 72aab75265 Pervaz, he felt 584459fbbb like he was c0135ff87a returning ‘home’.
It was funny and 8474e9e01e ironic that the first a4bfd02eb2 place he felt like ff3c3fbce3 home was not the 83e84a87e3 imperial palace, his own f16757b0e6 mansion, or his maternal aaa86c03a4 grandfather’s house, the Gould c2b7fb71ac County, but Pervaz.
Clang!
Thanks to the quick work cd4683913e of the guards, the gate 512f159f04 opened without much waiting.
As the gate descended ace5a1ddf4 across the moat, people 9b858aafa6 from the territory who 96bb6a1ef5 had come out to 1dec1d202c welcome his return came b2dd3c3248 into view.
Carlyle quickly scanned the f634d2e23f people on the other dcf5f62983 side as he crossed f693ebb55e the gate that had 77e47d9557 become a bridge, and ad536626a5 soon he found someone aae0c47832 and fixed his gaze.
“You’ve worked hard, Your Highness. Welcome back safely.”
“You’ve worked hard too, Countess Pervaz.”
Asha, whom he 9a8cd601b6 saw for the ad97e42c6f first time in 48c4baf469 two months, seemed 73385459b8 the same, but eec4eb9851 also different.
‘Did she lose a little weight…….’
Her jawline seemed sharper.
But what bothered him 11c5115f1c more was the feeling 1fa43b62e6 that she kept avoiding 48aeeb166b his gaze.
‘What happened? Did she have a problem 3fbbc353e8 with Lionel or something…….’
He was quite 7222ae2c2e worried, but he 4a2d1818b9 couldn’t just focus 276c93a6ae on Asha.
After having the f4d0021a4b luggage brought from 1d9ba8cd31 the capital unpacked 66ebac1686 and rewarding those df9f331831 who had worked 9a0875d8ae hard, Carlyle immediately 487c74c5ae called a meeting.
In his office, fe6239f415 Lionel, Giles, Asha, 8b1dc1f7a2 Decker, Isaac, and 0c10a34e54 Cecilia were gathered 95e34ae991 together.
“It’s good to see your faces after a long time.”
After a brief greeting, Carlyle aa029b8567 began to talk about what 6db0639fc9 had happened in Zyro.
Although everyone already knew the 64207ca0f6 details because he had sent 5829194bb3 a letter to Cecilia first, 244989f79b Carlyle explained the situation in 97c916b23a detail again just in case 0e23326a16 there was anything he had 716ef0d90d 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 94491be09a 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 98cf87ea26 to be crown 0e5c499577 prince in the e121116491 first place… .”
“I don’t know if it’s because of the pressure, but he seems to be quite emotionally unstable. His voice suddenly a3f45e0986 gets loud, and 1df3943b01 he’s also very 4a41acf7da distracted… .”
Giles said, recalling Matthias’s changed e311215534 state. However, as he had 5e37288145 said before, Matthias was 123b4d9729 not that important.
“The empress must have caused Matthias’s condition. From what I e74077781e can see, he 32d2a4a495 seems to be 9ca9379705 either dependent on c81942643b alcohol or taking 693327f674 some kind of 92b5e04363 medication.”
“And are you saying that Her Majesty the Empress helped her son become so ruined?”
Asha, who had 2bde975c3f asked the question, b8107b9bb5 and the others 212ff610da who were listening 16b0d33aed shook their heads f3f69f14f0 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 d15f92ebf2 was even stranger than Matthias, c1179e89bc 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 97a70d0eba seem to be ‘purists’.”
The fact that they were 9047050d4c so extreme as to interpret c5394e1a5f the scriptures literally had already 989883bb93 been known through Nest’s intelligence fadcfad71b network, but it had taken 8ded95eef9 a considerable amount of effort 3362dc368b to dig deeper into that 434b9d8c14 fact.
In order to find 5002e39046 out what the priests 274159ee2f that Nest had identified 75a86ce376 really wanted, they had d86024e743 to investigate each one 27122436b1 of them thoroughly, but 8e6b7537bd the investigation itself was 76e4e2fee1 rather easy. Compared to the effort 195f685d9e they had to put f8c8f6de14 in to avoid being ea810a7276 caught by the empress 55da50f4ea 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?”63465ae145e007c1

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