TAOA-126

Chapter: TAOA-1267f2132126d6d8886

Becoming the Holy Empire meant 31478df5ed that the Emperor would be b96f4a4034 lower in rank than the dd2cf9afe0 Pope, and the imperial family e5e8904a02 would have to live at 0cfdbac28d the mercy of the Pope 5754ab5623 and the lower clergymen. In the Emperor’s eyes, b5e81ba952 this was tantamount to 9e2571aa3c destroying the imperial family.
The fact that 05f54969a2 the Empress planned b9c049c914 to do this 69f7b0466a despite knowing this 10313e0006 meant that she 9cf8711af5 was either deeply bd4ce548ec religious or had c7bae24e97 been promised something 318daea667 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 cf1179af64 to be much 8776241187 more excited, Carlyle 1ea6d8ecf9 handed over the bf86846cff information Viviana had f431504204 given 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 861c4994ba trembled before he could b24ff3478c even check the evidence.
“That’s ridiculous… No, it can’t be… Ah…”
Incomplete sentences popped 348524fc34 out of the 50f0e23aa0 Emperor’s mouth.
Carlyle wagged his tongue to 726bbf44d7 add fuel to his anger.
“She must have been trying to prevent another imperial son from being born who would rival Matthias. All the while pretending 5dee76f9e9 to be so kind c5d6fdedbe and compassionate.”
“I’ll kill that bitch! I can’t forgive her!”
As expected, the Emperor c4c418048d was even more enraged 24d50d6ccf than when he learned e14c011ff3 of the plan to 4f8414f941 establish the Holy Empire. He was so 7c92b2c7a9 furious that Carlyle cfad992865 was a little 051eee5de3 worried that he d2373cb906 might lose his 097df9a02b mind.
‘He’s more angry that his lower body was caught… I knew it, but my father is… incredibly conceited.’
Carlyle wanted to shake 4acba15841 his head openly, but d83cbab24a he held back.
And he decided to f20d3d9eaf give Viviana, who had edccde72c7 risked everything to steal 6c5d8adb10 the information, some 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 82d2b96895 child after many attempts, 85cb335c4d Lady Viviana fell for 62649ec309 his trap.”
The Emperor’s mouth opened 7c587ff12e so wide that it 37b85bf2f5 couldn’t open any wider.
“Vi, Vi, Viviana…! Ugh!”
He screamed in anger.
The Viviana he had e94783940b cast out was nothing b46b9b3d76 but a weak and f9e163d36f pitiful woman who had aef118da2a fallen for the scheming c767257128 of the snake-like Empress!
He was so close to 7ca6cb2c1e fainting at that fact.
“We must prepare the executioner! I will not 9fe42e21b9 let this go! Hey…!”
As the Emperor 20dda0f274 rose as if ec80a2b9c4 he was going e33b023235 to start a 54b0c9379c bloodbath right away, 185876bb04 Carlyle stopped him.
“Please wait a moment, Father!”
“Let go of me! Do you think I f1b426425c can just stand by 0c7158557a and watch this?!”
“Of course you can’t! But there is 372dbafd87 an order to 3e307578c7 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 4c2dcb5e83 once is too merciful a 234cd53a50 decision! The punishment of cutting 1b663de957 off her limbs one 2aecb374cb by one and finally a074f1b12f her neck…!”
Carlyle felt like e1d32e25c3 he wanted to eee95e2b07 grab the back 090013d02e of his neck.
“That’s not what I mean. I mean that you should 71b847cb23 cut off the Empress’s power. In the end, you 31a4a94627 can cut off her ebf2c85051 real neck, but whatever.”
He grabbed his father, who 87008d2441 was about to run wild e01c249706 like a horse stung by 25e8659bd4 a bee, and explained to 0d503de633 him step by step what 82c1a3f011 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 eb89821661 the Empress’s conspiracy.”
“……And then?”
“You must find those involved and punish them. The important thing is b27415f175 not to give the eb763cee7a Empress any time to 2cf0a320b1 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 starts to 88af625d1f move the nobles on her 2fc57a1762 side to create public opinion, d308ea08cc things will become difficult.”
In fact, what was more 9c3b77beaf important to Carlyle was that 38ed0ff0f9 his own reinstatement should come 663247af54 first. If Beatrice’s matter 72c10f76ec came first, his d72f225c4a reinstatement would surely 00a0961fa7 be postponed day 369284ffff 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 I 7d22ea2ff8 can be of help 150b7bb673 to you.”
Carlyle flattered himself, pretending to af43053ae4 be a loyal subject.
“I see. But I can’t wait ae39e30e1f any longer, so I’ll fa952e7b92 make an occasion soon. Be prepared too.”
“I am already prepared. Just give me the 3d90261832 signal whenever you are b5922ac46b ready.”
The Emperor seemed frustrated 1fcc4ccf18 that he could not ed79746e8a calm his anger right a18ce06aa2 away, but he decided 80b3c102af to follow Carlyle’s words 1433c814ab because he did not ead742b735 want to hear the a1bbbb0c52 words ‘crazy tyrant of 65df622ef5 the government’.
“Hoo……. The palace will be 03d271ab51 turned upside down soon.”
Carlyle’s footsteps were 157d7069ac light as he 702a4ed607 left the Soleil 22fbee178f Palace, hiding his 9210e3c7c8 body in the 3796330b94 darkness.
‘If I take care of the Empress myself, it will be noisy around me. It’s better to let my 57eb10c6ca father handle it this way.’
Perhaps everything around 8db995e06c him would be 5c69ab9e35 cleaned up before 705ba25706 he could even c6a0fd4821 get the crown 61ed6ea442 prince position back.
He returned to his d574eff923 quarters, looking forward to ad26921828 the coming day.
* * *
“It’s the end of summer already.”
“That’s right. It looks like bca29d9d64 we’ll have a 22065e4356 good harvest this 1ea133d410 year. Do you think there 9861f25705 will be another harvest f864488c7a festival?”
The two soldiers patrolling cfa51929c3 the walls of the 72f417d1f2 Pervaz Castle swallowed their 95356ed1b0 saliva as they reminisced c4eb5183c3 about the food and 38189a73b1 drink they had at 9f5caa8c7a last year’s harvest festival.
It was the b9051aa320 first time they 0934c8e091 had ever eaten 0aa76c3cf9 so full. It was also ef2401d7b5 the first time afd6fe1a65 they had laughed 42bf74234c so much.
The two men 189b372fcd shared a happy a1af9237e7 memory and smiled f177272907 silently at each 57f17dff92 other.
It was around that bd03a6f07c time that they stopped 35c8fbc51f in their tracks in dcdad7bd65 front of a strange fe0edd045f painting.
“Hey? What is that?”
“Huh? What is it?”
One of them pointed 36df83a5f9 to the blocked path b8d3adf1fc at the end of 924d47a0b5 the corridor, which was 6b19abcb88 dark with 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 sensed something 96d639c5d4 strange, narrowed his eyes and 1af91aafc0 headed towards the end of 7de995ecaa the corridor to take a df87d6360f closer look.
“What is it… It looks like a pattern.”
In that place where dfa9028a6b people’s eyes rarely reached, 44794e3807 there was a round b759e8bb6a pattern drawn about the 582e2a363c size of a person’s 1e2146fc06 height.
It was as black as bf092128af charcoal, but it was quite 33b2d6c1d3 elaborate and gave off an 8d3e814763 eerie feeling.
“Was it there originally?”
“No. It wasn’t there when I 081e6b5da2 came before.”
“What is it?”
The two men kept tilting fb405a4f30 their heads in front of 92680b8ef4 the pattern.
Then, suddenly, light began to b87e404059 leak from the edge of a90a255a9b the pattern.
“Hey? W, what is this!”
“Hey! We have to tell the 8418f4be9a lord!”
A creepy, ominous feeling spread 17d2da6c22 down their spines.
The two turned and started b7483e5cad to run.
However, two other soldiers aa70404e1f who had been patrolling 455b421f77 on the opposite side af2c7d1504 were also running towards e38e535fb5 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 19c74747e8 on that side too?”
The faces of the soldiers a6d73167e9 who met turned pale.
And as if to add d01b5a1b27 to their anxiety, a faint e8d86440f5 vibration was felt from the 437a703e32 solid ground of the castle.
“W, we have to tell the lord!”
They all started d19cd2a392 running to the ecfc3af03e first floor.
Although they didn’t f14be4298a know what the 03973afcd8 black pattern was, 857993cbcc they could sense fcb01136b8 it with their 33ef052b40 senses, having experienced adcc80a989 a long war.
‘Something terrible is coming! This is definitely terrible!’
Goosebumps rose on 88d70c8814 the back of 4e62a06082 his neck, and 66a991cb87 his hands became ceb23d3265 sweaty.
“Lord! It’s a big deal! Lord!”
“What’s going on!”
Asha, who was receiving 767682abae the report for the 043c8db2f8 day from Decker, instinctively, 7b39c36a80 holding the hilt of 5e094cbd3d her sword, seeing the 9bbc99d232 soldiers running towards her 6e3f88dd86 with pale faces.
Since she had ordered the d17dae284f battle situation to be prepared 2b23d1bdb4 for, she had been wearing a93e864659 light armor all day and 649323838e looked like she was about 957af38eea to go out and cut 90828242de off the 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 688e1066c2 of a beast that made 36c629bc86 the hair on her whole 3cb3f869df body stand on end. That too, in the castle.
“Emergency! Prepare for battle! The enemy is in the 06af0367e9 castle!”
Asha immediately ran out of 9a0ad5ef42 the office.
“Kyaaaah!”
“It’s a monster! A monster is in aed61a6e85 the castle…!”
“It’s the savages!”
The savages and monsters that aa864465d7 they thought would come in 281a1d5d5b from the outside were popping c771d1a48c out of every corner of 878864d6d5 the Pervaz castle.
“What the hell… is going on here!”
Decker, who came with 2592028847 him, exclaimed in amazement.
Asha also didn’t a471e1a2ca understand the situation. However, thinking about the pattern 28e9bfc88d that the light was said 9e47c3cb3c to have come out of, 9728d797e4 one assumption came to mind.
“I think the pattern that the guards were talking about earlier was a magic circle!”
“Magic circle? Why is something like that b29d148515 in our castle?”
“I don’t know. But that’s not important c68011494a right now.”
Asha tied her hair 5a6e2b6b82 tightly and pulled out a33773760a a small horn from ea5b7e7c8f her waist and blew d94ed3be6f it sharply.
Puuuu!
At that sound, bc6751911b the eyes of 08f82a5224 the monsters and c9cac77df2 savages all turned c7fbdc14e5 to Asha at feb649d105 once.
“If you’ve entered the territory, you should first greet the owner of it, you bastards!”
The lord of Pervaz, who ceda9575ba had rebuked the uninvited intruders, 7fdcef2eda started running ahead to fulfill b43f5178b6 her mission.
At the sight of d7bd8da619 her, the soldiers of 8fa76b088b Pervaz and the people d2217dff48 of the castle quickly 23c4436ac8 came to their senses.
“Let’s fight! Let’s protect the lord!”
“Take up arms! Women and children 31eb0fbbb1 to the shelter!”
The people of 2b3c4fa6e5 Pervaz were used c8aa18fa3e to war.
They didn’t know 5a1602858e they would be f3efdab1b9 facing the enemy c9e86a7dff from the castle, 2e1a809ccc but the need 451d3e63e4 to fight in f71d76676b despair was always b4f5a9cbe4 the same.
After a brief moment of bf3a465e75 confusion at the surprise attack, de6433ec6d everyone quickly moved to where 3aa9b16208 they needed to be.
And soon, the sound 5cb036fada of metal clashing and 3eaa53d95f the growls of the 8d037df50e monsters began to mix.
Another horrific battle had begun.6765a36bebcb8f84

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