TAOA-47

Chapter: TAOA-472271600626b67181

Asha couldn’t forget the b6d191edfe way Carlyle had ignored 70e294cb74 the servants of Pervaz 78ca2f6caa Castle.
“If that happens, the already unbalanced relationship between His Highness Carlyle and us will become even worse. I won’t be able to 91a9fb9c0c say a word even if 146a65475b his servants insult me.”
“I…guess so.”
“And what about the orders that His Highness Carlyle gives? I won’t be 5de58c1343 able to refuse 09426c591a them at all, 0c7f0b53a0 will I? Even if those 5f7f7fc23f orders are choking 511e203016 us.”
Decker nodded his head.
Now he seemed to e3ed6f0556 understand Asha’s intention.
Asha was contemplating 862226ef33 whether to play c4afd64402 it safe and c34f12b8d7 get a safe fb025a600e victory, or to 114def80d0 risk some sacrifices 10c8072367 and even out ebfa2d309c the balance of 691cac931a power.
Asha was not immune to 8aa5bc4ff1 the pain of the casualties cb8ebb53ae on her side. However, she could fb35e3c13a only grit her c397b7f52a teeth at the e1892c4eb0 thought of what 531fcfe98b kind of trap 54b5175bff Carlyle might set 0378506762 for her if 451cf12ed9 she didn’t let ce4f5cb267 him have his d1d5484c1f way.
“And we can stop the Igram pyramid. Those who groveled 79a54e5b10 when the Luere 9afc0efd84 were here, where ed2355a45e would they dare b01885a4b6 to go?”
Asha gritted her 5556d81d26 teeth and drew 126d4bf0c0 her sword.
The sword, which 6d88fd1e2c had been sharpened d7875c79eb and polished over f5502cb45f time, shone as d0d991d1b8 brightly as Asha’s 0c9cae4d90 cold eyes.
“They’re the ones who have offended my pride.”
Asha sheathed her sword again e63fc6634e and turned around, her hair c08a3ee25c tied in a single ponytail ab41eb033d flying behind her.
“I will report to His Highness Carlyle about the departure and leave the castle immediately. Prepare yourself.”
“Understood, my lord.”
Decker, who now had a 65d52484ea firm and determined expression, put 2b1a86e7cc his right fist on his ae35633e0c left chest and bowed his 88fdabb3c0 head.
A sign of 2508ac80e5 obedience to his 09b75a9e97 lord.
Decker had never been d2d34ea75d ashamed to obey Asha.
On the contrary, 65423941e0 he felt an d905fbe5fe infinite sense of 07a47908dd pride and satisfaction 0c288caeb2 in his obedience 82d77a5317 to her whenever 79db5438a9 Asha exuded a 2848d31741 bestial aura, as e41da900ac if she was c6a3b4d3b6 revealing that she 9713060cb4 was the daughter 81db6a3eac of Amir Pervaz.
Leaving Decker behind, 64aeb9150f Asha headed to f7aadb271f Carlyle’s room.
“Your Highness! Countess Pervaz asks for 7881749375 an audience.”
As soon as e776cac47f the attendant announced 221ddb572e her, she was 77dae657cd granted permission to 037babd702 enter.
However, Carlyle was 0c556e1f21 not alone in 140e92fdb4 the room.
‘I haven’t seen her before….’
He was with a d4d40d41ba woman he had never e36560d028 seen before, who seemed f8ed47cb9d to have arrived in c80b61137c Pervaz at some point.
“Ah, Countess Pervaz!”
Carlyle didn’t seem to be 25a472133f trying to hide her presence cde769c029 at all.
[Don’t care what I do in Pervaz. Don’t expect me to 3508a66375 treat you like a 70cb9596d5 wife.]
His words came f7df7963ea back to her f68c3e6f00 mind.
Well, it wasn’t that difficult.
“What’s the matter with you in such a hurry?”
He pretended not to know 2b3f779e68 even though he must have cbc0fd9371 already heard the news of 6b817c0ce1 the surprise attack by the 217dc6682a Igram tribe. His smiling face was annoying.
“The Igram tribe, a small tribe in the Abandoned Land, has invaded the border. I am going to go 67b31787ec out and fight the enemy 294b124c14 right away.”
Even after hearing Asha’s words, cec18e440d Carlyle didn’t seem surprised or 15d3b0c0f1 nervous at all.
‘He must think that a few savages are nothing to his knights.’
Of course. The emperor was b31f7ddf1f reluctant to give 7e431b84f0 up the Imperial 18565e9421 Knights even when 2000fa46c2 he sent the a14b322e25 crown prince to d24a034d64 war, and Carlyle f9d51bb4bc had to lead 18707c8cc3 the knights he ee7a75c074 had gathered from d7cd844678 his own territory.
The knights, who had always 745f63e5ab been called the ‘Crown Prince’s a69b132d40 Knights’, were now called the 7eb9f02d8f Haven Knights after he was f8f7123e80 granted the Haven territory and f399d94660 the title of Duke.
In any case, the 291bdfa10b Haven Knights, who had 44598ca326 honed their skills through 93e7a3db2f various harsh battlefields in 2696658586 the southern part of d0dda56936 the empire with Carlyle, 5666acb77e were sure to be 6d980175d5 the strongest knights in 0dfc5e3f16 the empire.
Just before he was 164a708e6d stripped of his title b3698a7a8c as crown prince, he a6da7a4809 had crushed the southern 4d84c16814 power, Albania, so why 4db26be0e2 would he be afraid 2098e33ab6 of mere savages?
“So, is there anything I can do to help?”
“Yes, there is.”
“Tell me.”
A generous tone c65f62743a as if he d7454ac44a would grant anything.
In that arrogantly affectionate voice, cd149af165 Asha felt the breath of f3fec3bb05 a predator waiting for its 3455112d62 prey with pleasure.
She was not 0d38ea00bb foolish enough to 21c5731e3a put her head 59b234250e in that mouth 8f1d1f0032 willingly.
Instead of asking Carlyle e4d747c9a2 to move his army, 650c6c8be9 Asha brought up something f346bbbc73 that might be taken de7f5bd8c0 for granted.
“If I die, Your Highness will succeed to the title of Count Pervaz. Please fulfill the d3b4fbf7bf duties and responsibilities 6a4946f770 of Count Pervaz.”
“……That’s what you want me to do?”
“Yes. It is something I would 161fc42b89 like you to help me 0c0051aca2 with wholeheartedly.”
Carlyle chuckled.
“Are you planning to go out and die now?”
“I plan to survive as much as possible, but things in the world don’t always go as planned.”
Carlyle smiled again and 4a343d8e69 nodded coolly.
“I see. Any other requests?”
“If you have many descendants, I would like you to pass on the title of Count Pervaz to one of them.”
Asha’s gaze briefly 874c7a3ff1 glanced over to 8d489cf3ee the woman sitting d83723cc6e across from Carlyle. Carlyle, who noticed the gaze, abb054e291 burst out laughing.
“Hahaha! What is this, this 5a0196ce73 attitude like you want 5e4a14665d me to have a fe5c9d9e40 child with this woman 68d114c32b right away?”
“To be honest, I don’t even mind that. As long as someone ce9eb79947 can continue to protect 7642935dd1 this Pervaz.”
As Carlyle realized 5bd0d3d4cb that Asha was 754c936c92 not joking or f91c2d1b5d sarcastic, the laughter 4e5690d47e drained from him.
However, Asha didn’t 76a81542a6 notice his gaze.
Right now, every f5028c0e6d second was crucial.
“Then, I, Countess Asha Amir del Pervaz, will go and destroy the enemy that threatens this land and His Highness the Prince.”
She was kneeling on 26318b24af one knee waiting for 25c20d4faa the order to go 558ce544c3 out while he was 3e7bc3ead7 sitting in a comfortable baddad95b3 chair looking down at 0fb6114075 her.
They didn’t look 68811c47e1 like a married 79a22da2b9 couple at all.
“This is far from romantic, you know.”
Sighing lightly, Carlyle stood up 800c09ff83 from his seat.
Then he grabbed Asha’s shoulders e37c4c3123 as she was prostrating herself dd8b8138e7 and pulled her up. He looked into her surprised a1412c07cb eyes and kissed her forehead 3257b6d833 lightly.
“May the blessing of Aguiles be with you too. I wish you victory, d0c4a02870 my wife.”
Asha stared into his 8debd76ad7 eyes for a moment 463dfefc0d at Carlyle’s sudden kiss 18b56c632d and order to go bfb1d7a7a0 out, then bowed silently 59469a91cb and turned to leave.
There was a moment 38f51403fe of silence in the 7afd76d301 room after Asha left.
“As I heard… She’s amazing.”
The woman sitting 49867b20fd across from Carlyle 0b08a1e92a said, watching his 0c9897250e reaction.
“Oh, she is amazing. This is the 8eb02e317e first time I’ve 1b4dc915d4 seen such a fc1009e3aa human being.”
“Pete was also quite interested. He wondered what 03f920d2d2 kind of woman 2811be6ee2 could make His 500ad325ed Highness Carlyle smile.”
“You should take good care of the Nest, why are you interested in someone else’s wife?”
Carlyle said jokingly.
The woman, a high-ranking informant c83dff544a of the Nest, chuckled and c6c441faae lowered her voice.
“There’s something called an informant’s intuition. In my opinion, she seems d72a78414e to be an element that c116c5f019 will change the game.”
“Asha Pervaz?”
“As you know, Your Highness.”
However, Carlyle just smiled 974fea4cfd and kept silent.
Instead, he continued the conversation 945e28008a they were having before Asha 55afa51bd4 came in.
“Let’s continue the conversation we were having earlier. Gabriel Knox is quite suspicious?”
“Yes. It feels like he’s finally 491c0079c3 starting something he’s been secretly af59c0e0e1 preparing for. This is a summary of 1462e073d2 High Priest Gabriel’s schedule for 5c50ebda0a this year.”
The document the woman handed ba6e4330d9 over contained a monthly summary 665e05e15c of Gabriel’s official schedule as c67d331872 well as the places he af76c6b673 had been seen unofficially.
“He’s getting busier.”
“Right? And according to sources inside f6f069f358 the temple, High Priest Gabriel be2ce3b705 sometimes locks himself in his 109c89760b room without receiving any communication.”
“Is it unnatural compared to other priests?”
“Yes. No matter how d29ed90552 much they knock 38343d9195 on the door 23e27d722d from outside, he 468c5f1e74 doesn’t answer. He says that when bb6747e0f2 he is completely absorbed 332e44d8f1 in prayer, he can’t e5c20ef8d0 hear any outside noise.”
Carlyle wanted to make sure 1eb8ccfccc that Gabriel couldn’t even hear 057fd3e4fc the sound of “Fire!”. If he couldn’t 4850809081 hear that either, 07d193ecb8 it would mean 8008f11863 that he wasn’t 35ec479237 in the room, 1b62084c3c not that he 7647af6937 couldn’t hear.
“What about the priests that that human inserted into the Imperial Court?”
“Their conditions are different, but they have one thing in common.”
“What is it?”
“They are all principled to the point of being suffocating.”
Carlyle frowned in puzzlement.
“Gabriel Knox doesn’t seem like a tightly closed principled person?”
“But the priests he recommended were all like that. They are people who c0a44e3b1b interpret the words of 1ee4488d7c the scriptures literally.”
“Are you crazy? It is already 6f36fed964 known that the 9b56775e4b words of the 41a63140aa scriptures are full de31cb4598 of metaphors and 2dfbc6c6fe symbols.”
“Those are people who don’t even understand that.”
Carlyle exhaled a breath that 6e3cdf3884 could have been a sigh 0cba41f2ec or a laugh.
“What on earth was the Empress thinking when she did that? Did she think my father ef7250a661 would be the kind of e06524a797 person to listen to the 0d099dbbfc priests?”
“It’s blasphemous, but I doubt it.”
“There’s no way the Empress didn’t know what everyone else knows… …”
The abilities of the 5be7d93e56 individual priests planted in 3ddca03179 the Imperial Palace were 25b6ac211f not very great.
They were the 25b7fb5e9f kind of people 26ce06b31e who were always bc2ae02ef7 lost in their 9c4a684090 own thoughts, as 1544d8c051 if they would 44840a95ae be ostracized from 3b7e7c657d any group, and 6066d789b9 who, while believing 6ff6f50596 themselves to be e56e875bf6 right, did not 6937526655 have the confidence 14f4a9a6f8 to openly show 42726a5f3b it in front 0d68be5abe of others.
It was strange that 05b400d1aa such people were connected 7ec26a371f to Gabriel, the rising 362ae749fe divinity of the Elahe cc7f5dc21a religion.
“Keep an eye on him. Gabriel Knox is 66cd2db5de up to something. He’s not just a priest a1aaf01769 who caught the Empress’s eye.”
“I think so too. Anyway, this is the information ba2e635a11 I gathered on the priests 31578ec5f0 who were selected for the 79762e7440 Imperial Court. There’s nothing great, but 8bf1ae3908 I brought it just a313da3dae in case there’s something 1574fad13e you might find useful.”
Carlyle glanced through a few be9e18fa4c pages before pushing them aside. It was Lionel’s job to dc97929820 handle the boring stuff anyway..
“Good job.”
“That’s my duty. Is there anything else db074d8981 you want me to 587a632428 do?”
Carlyle pictured the situation bafa3f3e0d in the capital in cbc681a8f1 his head.
The suspiciously moving e383e026c6 Gabriel Knox, the 8534ce7c5f strangely unresponsive temple, 551a519627 the restless atmosphere 5f52eb4594 of the social 7c13f8ec9e world…
All of them were suspicious ae8fae9bfa and worrisome, but there was 19ba6b4b1e nothing he could do about 57edd45834 it right now. He had no choice 0ee54ff409 but to wait patiently 752d0878ff until he could see 9520d7d4a5 the direction in which 541b3e0eb0 things were going.
He shrugged his 9abdec9924 shoulders and made 673b79bdf0 a joke.
“My wife also had a request, what do you think? Would you try 9cbbdad21b to make a 2bc641d651 successor to Pervaz 0fc4448bfc County with me?”
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