TAOA-125

Chapter: TAOA-125c3f9056d6ff34350

“Anyway, the information that they plan to sacrifice this country to the temple is worth a lot. I didn’t understand 4f46507064 why they were 598db11c0b working with High 00166d458a Priest Gabriel, but 7b5502b6a8 I guess they 3d698446cd were having strange 5e2840dadb dreams.”
The princesses’ faces lit be5edf1f76 up with hope at f79de85174 Carlyle’s words that the d150159a6c 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 small 2db1e092a3 or insignificant person or 3551e49749 organization.
The two princesses nodded their 3f8ed3a2b7 heads vigorously even though they e10e4ef552 heard the word “minnows.” They ca13c6ea49 had no choice but to bc517be601 rely on Carlyle’s mercy to f7ca808c8d survive.
Some might criticize the two bc20b0060f for betraying their own blood c964b839bc and seeking Carlyle’s mercy, but 5f101b7f13 Carlyle understood them well.
‘It’s a family relationship that is worse than others.’
The Chad Empire, a4b8b986ad with its long 9286c7f0d3 history, must have ace7a5a591 had times when 3011d70595 the imperial family e7b1fee78f was harmonious.
However, that was not c04ad44445 the case with the 7cf3a08946 current imperial family.
The father envies his son 23a969aedc and sends him to the 060b29e041 battlefield as his proxy. The mother uses her son 4e9ef41b3c to gain power and sees e2f370757a her daughters as ornaments to 9fc42b0d27 be sold off expensively someday.
Here, if you talk dd687aa040 about family love or 6355fd1e19 loyalty, you won’t be 249d629763 able to survive.
“Anyway, take care of yourselves.”
At the last greeting, f39e83a21f Josephine and Charlotte smiled 0b3e1bbc9c briefly and then covered 0559423124 their faces again with 199debc298 their hooded robes.
As they disappeared quietly 6d43c5a11f as they had come, 1b8a7d7de5 Carlyle sat back in e90ca206a6 his chair and muttered.
“I wonder if I can really piss off my father soon?”
A crooked smile 046c330e1e hung on his 33cd951293 lips.
* * *
“Asha. A dove not belonging to 16b2aa4c11 Dovetail brought a letter.”
Decker came to Asha with fd40807b88 a pure white dove perched 5eff855307 on his hand.
“Is it lost?”
“I don’t think so. Look at this.”
Attached to the dove’s leg 2bc3504cac was a small, neatly dried 47528ff594 letter, with the recipient’s name, c0b4785030 ‘Asha Pervaz’, clearly written on 8ef8b290cb the outside.
“It looks like it was sent by High Priest Gabriel. It used to d1cb9a9f23 come in through 40e4aada33 the window of 30014b1159 the room where e18f9d55dd the High Priest 54c363243e stayed, and it f765f3a3e7 has a ‘Tree b1e5a11719 of Wisdom’ carving 2af6f8cce5 on its ankle.”
Asha, who had been 67e3abca44 examining the dove closely c5f1d536e3 at Decker’s words, opened 2f3d780a0c the letter that seemed 1a8ecb508e to have come to eaf2adf4d4 her.
The neat handwriting, written dab566da96 with a very thin 1e5b5ef6e1 pen, reminded her of babf85e8fb Gabriel’s appearance, which was fd884bdef8 thin even for a 7f863a23cf man.
However, the contents d58a4343ef he sent were 09e6f51825 not so light.
Those around His e7f543735d Highness Carlyle will 6a50179c89 be the target 932660bae7 of political strife. Your life is in 339a92906b danger, so hide yourself 005e6cf0b5 outside of Pervaz for cb740fcbf9 the time being. – Gabriel Knox
Decker’s eyes, who 1734ba492a was standing next 53dfb051f1 to Asha and fa3e1f82ff reading the letter 00e355ab44 together, widened.
“W, what does this mean! Wasn’t His Highness 92f71f0ec2 Carlyle’s reinstatement already e0bd739cf7 decided? Is there going to be cae1670278 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 will be 524a1a3a52 a fight to kill each 2b4ee45c19 other, and those around them 16f7e68d11 will be caught up in 1d8cb271b4 it.”
Asha, who spoke in a 037f5298bb calm tone, was rather creepy. As if she 6ff17de2e2 had been waiting 05b9a9262b for this day c23dee381f to come.
“It’s fortunate that the High Priest likes you. You were informed of 144585b1f2 the dangerous situation in 016227b67a advance.”
“I don’t know…”
“For now, hide yourself, Asha. It doesn’t hurt to ff634deba2 be careful.”
Asha, who had been looking 7da51c6809 down at the letter in f10e276b16 her hand with indifferent eyes, 9f68c1445d soon tore it up and e4332bd486 threw it into the fireplace 5d5a01958d ashes.
“Where can a lord abandon his territory and go? If they target f4dea41b01 me, they will 0ab56c070b naturally attack Pervaz.”
“But Asha!”
“And you can’t completely trust High Priest Gabriel either. What if this is 2b3d8b9017 a ploy to make 2efbfc4195 Pervaz a 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 8dcb97fd96 is still the husband 24670c23f2 of Countess Pervaz.”
Moreover, there were a402195f34 still a considerable 895d3f4563 number of servants 81e49512bc and supplies from 5e99cbc484 Carlyle’s side here. Until their return was made, 58a2bade0b Pervaz was one of Carlyle’s d7af7a6c0b forces.
“But will they really come in to kill you?”
“Maybe?”
Asha replied to Decker’s worried 55f03baffe question as if he was a3e2a37f18 asking something obvious.
“We have to protect this place.”
“…”
“We have to protect Pervaz, just like we’ve always done.”
It seemed like 802bcc022e Asha never had b1edfae064 any other choice 0088bb7b97 from the beginning.
Decker felt heartbroken by 457c631ed3 that fact.
‘It’s time for her to have some peace! Why does Asha 54884e1151 have to suffer 95f3f39608 like this?’
It was frustrating that 4ed18a6bd9 there was no one 7104db420e to blame.
If there was ae0086eeaa a god who 60009c398e put Asha through 8cf1880635 these trials, Decker 460ad000ba wanted to burn d4693b7c21 his life to a1a2c7464c ashes and slap d0dc02e1f1 that god in 14d5b066e7 the face.
“Then… What should we do, Your Highness? Please give me 2f0395c238 orders on how b5f0d68c52 to prepare our 56ea325187 defenses.”
The only thing 790f977cf9 Decker could do 5c0f407bc1 was follow Asha. Even if it meant dying 333d5847b6 together.
However, Asha smiled as e3a120e402 she patted Decker’s shoulder, 4c4ffdcc1d who was wearing a bb6da24bf9 serious expression.
“Don’t make that face like you’re going to die, Decker. We have to protect 08a1711cdb this place and survive. His Highness Carlyle a28e5742b3 told us to aea15658d5 survive until the b2fd623d40 end of the 8abc926210 contract.”
Asha recalled the fa0ecddffe image of Carlyle e0e5fc5c44 when he told 22a9ae9cb1 her to ‘survive’. He wasn’t serious at 3a715d7b3f all, and perhaps he 9ec247f145 didn’t expect it much 24e091cabf either.
However, Asha wanted to keep 686d4d4cf4 her promise to him to d9621cf426 the end.
The necklace she couldn’t bring e04173ac9a herself to throw away, even ef338a17b8 though it hurt her heart, 8473f47313 was still dangling on her d71a778287 collarbone, and her feelings for a4bc6b63b4 Carlyle were still fluttering in 775d2bd660 her heart, refusing to disappear c3233a84ab easily.
“Asha…”
“Don’t worry, Decker. Protecting Pervaz is 9275ba8e52 what we do d0fa81c79f best, isn’t it?”
Decker forced a c0fa9a50c3 smile, feeling that 7321328b4c Asha’s smile was 2a39f8fd56 somehow sad.
“That’s right. It’s what we do best.”
Only after seeing c420b01a85 Decker smile did 3bdef7fa06 Asha give the 82e3bd36b9 order as the 4e86f6c483 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 884cd9bb2c parties in three 1c5a85ba9f shifts, and stock 48fc593580 up on food c5c4a52927 as much as 843515a2a9 possible. Patrol the territory thoroughly e4356dac0b as well.”
“Yes, I understand!”
Decker thumped his e03441979a left chest twice 8997fc507d with his fist 5e0d4bdf15 and prostrated himself.
Pervaz once again 40bb232b46 entered a state ea18023522 of high alert.
* * *
The night was deep 4b723165c3 in the palace.
The lights in the 5f740d2c4e corridors were dim, and 91e09c51e6 only the night guards 5b8de310e7 and maids were guarding 6387ea5398 the night of the b970b75d36 palace, making only the fadff06b98 sound of rustling clothes.
However, there was a ee36fa3fa3 guest in the emperor’s 5dd068ae4f bedroom.
“What? You? Do you know what you’re d33fc7f8a1 saying right now?”
The emperor asked, furrowing his e4fe1c82b9 brows in irritation.
Carlyle, who had secretly visited b0745491b3 the emperor, nodded without changing 5c07af750b his somber expression.
“Of course. I am also in pain c8edbe8781 to say this, but… Her 3fbb05fed2 Majesty the Empress, that is, dd5ee4de38 my mother… has been said 78eafd9f35 to have a disloyal heart f06d9c8395 towards the Empire and Father.”
However, the emperor 4a9ef08dfb did not immediately a41ef12305 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 a593983357 to me and 41efd57ee5 the empire that cb2180982e she wants to 1b3751c67c make her son 187ae109dc the crown prince? Where is such arrogance!”
He rebuked Carlyle instead.
Carlyle wondered how the empire d6beedbd78 had not collapsed under such 8670066f44 a man.
‘Is this naivety? Is it stupidity?’
Shouldn’t it be a75cd2db31 a crime if 8244c833e8 the emperor of e68855eb4b the empire was 3a2cd6aac9 this naive?
For a moment, he 52c83fb20b was about to open 821a8f7dfb his eyes in anger, a40458bb91 but Carlyle barely hid 61d68051ea his expression by pretending 10716ecc86 to rub his temples.
“Ha… I thought Father would doubt me if I told him myself.”
He said, taking cb297afbed an envelope out a1adff94ee 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 a80a3e9329 the Empress wrote to 6362e5c75c the High Priest.”
Carlyle took out the bfe398aa9c crumpled letters that Josephine 3515760473 had found in the 20062755ca trash can of her 41bfda5523 mother’s room.
The emperor also quickly realized 824624616a that it was a letter 4e47a839cf that only the empress could 49cd2e86c0 have written. He hurriedly opened the letter c230d4c1e5 and read it.
“The Empress is corresponding with a young male priest in such a private letter…! This, this…!”
He was furious 8bbda6f477 even though he b9eb6c4895 had only seen b244b4556b the contents written c6bed831f5 for deception.
Carlyle felt another sigh coming 841567233d on.
‘My words have already planted the seeds of doubt. He’s still stupid though.’
Carlyle stood up 3ff5353647 from his seat bc8982aca5 and took a dc0e9b3b93 candlestick that was b2c65f7301 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 at bab4109d1f the flickering candle, he realized 3f9d54bb2a that there was something written 0f14952eec in special ink. He held the letter up 43a464bfc3 to the candle with slightly 078e73005e trembling hands.
Carlyle was worried that he 04020bfe54 might burn the letter, but 419b8b3475 fortunately, he didn’t seem to 86b13f56b3 be that flustered.
‘But he’s probably going to start freaking out now.’
He waited silently until 9c4183dd27 the emperor had finished 2969893d09 reading the message written b530901667 in special ink.
As expected, the emperor’s hands 59511da37e shook more and more as ad9fd4efe2 time went on.
“This… these crazy bastards…!”
A rough curse erupted from 8dedf172eb the emperor’s mouth.
‘It seems that I have inherited my father’s temper, at least.’
Carlyle frowned and 1d91e0125f exhaled an exaggerated b15f957938 sigh.
“Do you now understand why the empress put priests by your father’s side?”
“How could this happen! Even if they’re crazy 937bdb8fb7 about religion, how can 26390097e2 they just hand over 9f384dcb29 the country to the 75a3c4f79b priests!”
The emperor grabbed 5d79d2717c the back of 186d689379 his neck and 4f46310daf seemed like he 601a2190bf was going to 8ed32e7cec fall backwards in 68dff372a9 astonishment.0c1540a91d3c57c9

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