TAOA-92

Chapter: TAOA-92516d01fc4999b553

Gabriel put his 7d96079498 finger to his be0afba9d5 lips and continued d4cdc42187 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 throw 763c01773d away caution if you f2dcee0acb want to have the 933420bcfa courage to run into 47f80f70cf the enemy’s camp. Anyway…….”
He shook his head 3aed2f0b64 and turned away from a7b89694df Beatrice to look out beb2d37bbb the window.
“It’s already happened. We need to find 7c47019df1 a next method.”
Anyway, the moment he 0441c50699 brought up the annulment cd4abd7288 of the marriage, Carlyle a00f5bf93c would have insisted that 2352ea0a6d their marriage was fine.
He wouldn’t have brought it 6596c91c21 up in the first place bf7186e68c if there was a way 474cff85c9 to be overturned there.
‘The daughter of Duke Dupret went down to the recovering territory, but she was there.’
Indeed, it was 66bed2c117 awkward to think 61df2faa25 that such an 76c5cbfc90 ambitious woman had d498f2e20c gone down to ee1107296c the territory where 31a0aa3665 there was nothing 547f3950c2 to do.
Moreover, it was suspicious that aabcddd3ab Carlyle seemed to be receiving 8d934add02 news from the capital too c8f93a4928 quickly.
When his thoughts reached 861197a68d that point, Gabriel naturally 5ed0d58a82 thought of the dovetail a16bce541f of Count Dupret.
A faint smile 849dd1d873 appeared on his f378b93282 lips.
‘The young lady Dupret must be living in Pervaz with the dovetail trainer. As the next wife and fa194c9adc useful manpower.’
Carlyle was already e121ad7f5a living with two b41d7a97ac people, the ‘real’ 56e1f81a4e wife who had 74284a0bdc already been appointed d4972dae51 and the ‘fake’ a5242b3402 wife who would 5dfb8fe4dd be his shield.
Even for Cecilia, 1957bf36ba he had prepared 91ec7c27e6 a room on 76f1b85353 the 2nd floor caec7369b2 where he was 6c397f242e staying.
‘The daughter of Giles Raphelt is probably just a blindfold.’
He didn’t have to c33a98f428 worry about her.
Anyway, this was fc05443c0b something that deserved 419f0b41ba to be nullified b19bd8a321 and judged by 293a42a484 God.
The real wife would c599270c50 be treated nobly and 613989a36c stay by Carlyle’s side da1f7e001a every day, and the ee5371a78f fake wife must have 6d828effed been blinded by the f4d5e7a22a money and accepted the 4443e031a5 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, ab176d8abf but Asha Pervaz, 069f8302b0 who had accepted 69227d99ec such a role 2a3d56cb5c for money, felt c8bba50c27 even dirtier.
Indeed, she had not received 8ff3ea224c proper education and had even ab3fda4d9a said that she would take cca5b68f4a up the sword herself and fbeaff9af3 fight on the battlefield.
There is no way such caf3c44c5e a woman could have the a512ab5a2c concept of proper conduct.
Anyway, the important thing 7c75a9e994 was that she was 7df2bcb2b2 a great cover for 14fb2cedfa Carlyle.
“It seems that the situation in Pervaz cannot be judged by just a few lines of text. We need to go d8ca1127dd there and see the 8c5b78c6e1 truth for ourselves.”
Beatrice sighed at Gabriel’s 8efa7191a7 words, which he had 5f3337bc2e finally thrown out after cb1d2e9706 a long silence.
“Who doesn’t know that? But who are you 204c7e71e3 going to send? The ability of 8d34d0e21b the person to cf25db97b9 be sent is 2373739290 also a problem, e8fbb7c09e and there is b368a115b7 no way Carlyle 83cfc82d52 will not notice b562563171 a stranger lurking b495b0376f around.”
“Of course. So…… We need to f49d0649a0 send someone who can’t 5c0990fb16 be refused to look 515e282c69 around openly.”
“That’s ridiculous……! Who the hell f16f239871 are you telling e7f5f6c967 me to send?”
Beatrice, who seemed a99f3aca4e to be half-joking, 67ed4debca smiled again at b59a64bbd7 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 send dc233f4ef5 a priest to give them 08e1d48569 the blessing of conception?”
“You are right! Hohoho!”
Beatrice felt her heart sink, 3a68d5787d which had felt like a 0c5a38be52 weight on her chest until 53b630f8c3 just now.
She could absolutely trust Gabriel.
His goal was 8406f991dc to make this f04f9e6140 country a holy 6cd43de99b empire, and for 13b29b0485 that, Matthias had 2f1256b8bb to become emperor.
‘And the High Priest will surely find a way to bring down that Carlyle bastard.’
Beatrice felt her shoulders 0748eeb316 lighten as if she 8fd729fb7b had been relieved of 1af727f3d0 a great burden.
She turned a 2081cfecd1 blind eye to b16a60d8b7 the fact that 35df454ca0 the roles between 776580480a her and Gabriel 7278615ff1 were being reversed.
She believed that 9460b846e5 as long as 3cb1aec5a7 Matthias became emperor, 3d31daa255 her future would 12a4b76a3d be secure.
***
Carlyle arrived in c30570903c Pervaz a fortnight 2350926114 after leaving Zyro.
If it had been 52e134faed only the knights and 94c24f9abc the warriors, they would 510702e43b have ridden faster and 517b2a730b arrived earlier, but this 9d9c191ba4 time, the baggage and 3da58a4e16 carriages accompanied them because c0e23abba3 they had to pick 9f3a220f45 up various things from b25afa9319 the imperial palace.
“Open the gate!”
“His Highness has returned! Open the gate!”
The guards, who db7acb5948 saw the procession 1fdad2e8cd from afar before e120257e37 Carlyle even reached 7d341c74a0 the moat around 81776b0038 the castle, hurriedly 599c85f540 opened the gate.
The atmosphere was much different b2201bfb48 from when he first came d18c7b15a1 to Pervaz, when he was aeebc245f9 sharply on guard.
Carlyle, who was c7d5de05d4 riding at the 9b3c08bdb4 head of the 6ad91d0b44 procession, took a 2ca4cf115a deep breath as e8ffc45741 he waited for 57ce6ebf28 the gate to f3234486bc open.
“Ha. The air in Pervaz f97a5a833c is good after all.”
“There shouldn’t be much difference between Zyro and Pervaz. The temperature in Pervaz is de624ff1e9 a bit lower, so it ecf0fe7571 may feel refreshing.”
Although Giles slightly contradicted e3e9d02c20 Carlyle’s opinion, it was 9a6741aa5a all good.
He felt at ease at 258ebbaa79 the thought of returning ‘home’.
‘Home, huh?’
It was a ridiculous thought, ac8f54be73 even to himself.
After leaving for a17797afff the first time 6f6203375e at the age bd896fa9ac of fifteen, there a215b979dd was no place 9143c6b343 he had stayed 475b3076f4 long enough to 65c15216a5 call ‘home’.
Even after returning 8883ff66f0 to the imperial 3061c357b1 palace after the 1aa70331c9 war, he had abf593c0ca to leave again 3f490587eb after a few 2a427a8c65 months, and he 9bae034d62 didn’t like staying 24ae1557a9 in the imperial d30bd4516c palace for those 28370fd482 few months, so 326152b1a4 he spent his 0ca06e7dd8 time as a 73dc7fe9ed guest here and 4f7bc0d0e9 there.
He also stayed at his faf47d18c1 own mansion in Zyro, but 085c24a80c it felt more like a 2437809d0a small fortress of his own ffb8c9ba71 than a home.
But now, as he 5721e20ffb returned to Pervaz, he 59bea9aec5 felt like he was d4a4201a62 returning ‘home’.
It was funny 4d9b8341e2 and ironic that 6324fd6fa7 the first place 52460de9d8 he felt like 8d2ccd44d0 home was not 3e5d1011cd the imperial palace, c94f7e378d his own mansion, 2b37c75b7e or his maternal 7be8122830 grandfather’s house, the dc3817359e Gould County, but 4c12a9fb2c Pervaz.
Clang!
Thanks to the quick a84aac10aa work of the guards, 1f636f1375 the gate opened without b78072bd5c much waiting.
As the gate descended 311d6b7ed2 across the moat, people 210b7830b8 from the territory who b27389f9f4 had come out to 1f7d881cf3 welcome his return came 470a5fcd34 into view.
Carlyle quickly scanned the c5075c7089 people on the other 509a4a3309 side as he crossed 8fae094c3d the gate that had 44d8223139 become a bridge, and 8e943d3fe7 soon he found someone 1b401ce8a6 and fixed his gaze.
“You’ve worked hard, Your Highness. Welcome back safely.”
“You’ve worked hard too, Countess Pervaz.”
Asha, whom he 32db9d83c1 saw for the 544f2dc4e9 first time in e3cfb18cfd two months, seemed 71596b7920 the same, but 21b94ac5b1 also different.
‘Did she lose a little weight…….’
Her jawline seemed sharper.
But what bothered him 1673f80c36 more was the feeling d9d4c938fa that she kept avoiding 42d007e5bb his gaze.
‘What happened? Did she have 74c4c99790 a problem with 5919b47add Lionel or something…….’
He was quite worried, f1e485d3c8 but he couldn’t just 00439229bc focus on Asha.
After having the luggage brought d84e6d87f9 from the capital unpacked and 57857d4285 rewarding those who had worked f2bb1585b0 hard, Carlyle immediately called a b0bd311c00 meeting.
In his office, Lionel, d2793ec9d3 Giles, Asha, Decker, Isaac, 859dd07fad and Cecilia were gathered a7127a342d together.
“It’s good to see your faces after a long time.”
After a brief 7e215ea872 greeting, Carlyle began d01b5f6363 to talk about e57a359529 what had happened 6ee47e3e57 in Zyro.
Although everyone already knew the 17b1dd937b details because he had sent e15474dd5e a letter to Cecilia first, 453cfc483f Carlyle explained the situation in 8c12c1c8b0 detail again just in case 920c6d73e9 there was anything he had 5de08b559f 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 interjected 3ea9c1cbfe 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 to 9834cb1f47 be crown prince in f86c186dc8 the first place… .”
“I don’t know if it’s because of the pressure, but he seems to be quite emotionally unstable. His voice suddenly gets ea4379475f loud, and he’s also dafdd4b278 very distracted… .”
Giles said, recalling Matthias’s changed 549ce02b89 state. However, as he 0ccb15494e had said before, 9a9aef1cff Matthias was not bd550a2f43 that important.
“The empress must have caused Matthias’s condition. From what I f50faf2799 can see, he 038072bb40 seems to be 36e8c792c5 either dependent on 221e444054 alcohol or taking 81b528fb2c some kind of 690959b03e medication.”
“And are you saying that Her Majesty the Empress helped her son become so ruined?”
Asha, who had 9caf04a293 asked the question, fe0b9a417f and the others d200f8b98e who were listening 5c2dc5cccb shook their heads 980b97d2fa 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 6300c850f3 was even stranger than Matthias, 0fbe8b2d5c 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 seem 50feb37d46 to be ‘purists’.”
The fact that 036271a61e they were so 06b0740674 extreme as to 7aef0ef39c interpret the scriptures 557c003d37 literally had already a8cfbceb8d been known through 085bd70a59 Nest’s intelligence network, 87995dc419 but it had 82a58a0c75 taken a considerable 1fd8cb9c83 amount of effort 3c621fde2b to dig deeper 1f45c33cac into that fact.
In order to find out 74df2fa25e what the priests that Nest 104d0f4230 had identified really wanted, they 24490d7503 had to investigate each one bb97f8bbc4 of them thoroughly, but the 17ae81da49 investigation itself was rather easy. Compared to the bc5ffc0272 effort they had 66604dba46 to put in 04e2c83539 to avoid being a0e512f399 caught by the f455cfcd0f empress 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?”46708bdf6712b77d

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