Chapter 12 The Grand Duke, a Selfless Man

"At the beginning, I didn't think Albert was a good match. He was a German, and his uncle wanted to tear something off Britain." The elderly queen said lightly, looking at the girl sitting opposite her who was thoughtful.

"So what did you do?" Luna asked, holding the cup quietly. "I heard that you are the king with the largest territory in this world. I guess you have countless subjects. It's really enviable."

"I am rich." Victoria sat quietly on the black sofa, looking calm and indifferent, as if she was just announcing a fact known to everyone in this world. "People like us probably believe in one thing when we are born."

"Even the raging waters of the seven seas cannot wash away the holy oil on our heads that was given by the sky." Victoria said calmly. Luna blinked, as if trying to understand the meaning of this poem. She tilted her head and chewed for a while. "I don't think there will be any existence in this world that would not welcome my arrival." "

I came to this world to add luster to them." Luna said. Victoria felt that when this girl sat there, she looked like a sharp crescent moon that represented ominousness.

Victoria smiled. She quietly picked up a piece of sugar cube and threw it into the black tea, watching the white sugar cube being eroded and riddled with holes.

"Yes, I heard that you are immortal and your power will never be taken away." Victoria said, "It is indeed countless times more stable than our human kings."

"Will you be destroyed?" Luna asked.

"Of course." Victoria said, "After all, human life is as thin as a reed. We have always lived on thin ice. Do you know how many kings died on the guillotine or had poison dripped into their bodies through their ears by their close people." "

Then you died and your power was destroyed." Luna said softly, "How sad."

"Then why do you still need to know other humans?" she asked.

"Because humans are social creatures." Victoria replied, and the queen smiled, "For example, if there is no Melbourne, I can't become a real queen, and if there is no Albert, I can't become a wife, and now I need Mr. Holmes to run this huge empire for me."

"So our empire is much larger than yours." Victoria said.

Luna blinked.

"Halph is the most powerful among us," Luna said, "but she never seems to have as many territories and subjects as you do."

"Humans are always a group of people," Victoria said slowly, "whether it's me or some emperor in the dark, he must have his own tentacles and servants."

"I've heard of it," Luna raised a hand like a good student, "Halph said that human kings have royal servants, so although they are easy to lose power, they can also gain greater power."

"But will there be other kings in your territory?" Luna asked, "If it is Riel's territory, I can't do anything there, after all, Riel will be unhappy."

"Of course I will be unhappy too." Victoria said calmly, "but there is no way."

"Look," she raised a hand and pointed to the afternoon sunlight, "when the sun shines down, half of everything will become bright."

"The other half will become dark." The queen sighed softly, "So I understand that the so-called emperor in the dark will never be eradicated."

"So the only choice is to coexist with them." She said.

Luna thought for a while.

"For example, James Moriarty?" she asked.

"Have you heard of him?" Victoria smiled. "It seems that you have some understanding of this world."

"Or, does he have any deal with you?" Victoria asked casually.

"He is not a believer of anyone." Luna said, "I just heard Half say when she was arguing with Sean that no one would be interested in Moriarty unless they really wanted to taste what humans call pain." "

It seems that the relationship between you is very good." Victoria said, "Limited power seems to be a good thing."

"Limited power?" Luna raised his eyes.

"You don't have the ability to invade each other's territory or interfere in each other's affairs, right?" Victoria asked.

Luna nodded.

"So you can get along well," Victoria said, "but we can't."

"For example, James Moriarty, if he doesn't eat other forces, he will starve to death." Victoria said lightly, "He must parasitize this world and suck blood from those unlucky people. It's too difficult to remove the parasites." "

So for me, as long as the lamb is still healthy, I can only watch those parasites." Victoria said.

Luna was silent for a while, as if trying to understand the principle of this attitude, but it was too difficult for her.

"Don't you have a dark side?" Victoria asked with a smile.

Luna thought for a while, "Six of our kings are named after things that humans desire, and the other six kings are named after things that humans hate but desire in their hearts." "

So which side is the dark side?" She asked seriously, "Who is the powerless termite?"

Victoria knew that this girl was a little cold and ruthless in her frankness.

And she really couldn't answer this question.

"What about you?" She asked, picked up a piece of cake, took a bite, and left a gap in the perfect circle.

"Me?" Luna lowered her head, "I don't know yet."

"So I don't have all the power." She let out a long breath, "It's really unpleasant."

"Do you have such a time?" She raised her eyes and asked.

"You can find a teacher for yourself. You need teachers and friends." Victoria recalled her girlhood. Her mother and her lover smoked in the luxurious palace and occupied her wealth. The white-haired old king weakly slapped the table and said that Britain would not fall into the hands of a despicable and shameless woman like you, but he died that night.

The status of a king is born, but power must be taken by oneself.

"Be careful, Miss Luna." The queen who has seen thousands of sails warned, "When a king has not yet mastered his power, he is the weakest, and the most vicious and despicable deeds often happen at this time."

"Don't underestimate human beings, and don't underestimate evil." She said.

The girl leaned against the car window and looked at the scenery outside. This is the queen's country. It is indeed very prosperous and has a large population. What she said should make sense and should be adopted.

But she didn't understand.

If her power was eroded,

she should be destroyed.

Because she was born with her nature, she must contribute her nature to the world. If this nature is eroded by evil that is not in line with the world, then she must end her existence to take this nature away.

That's all.

This is one of the basic rules of her life.

According to Half, she seemed to have not grown up for a thousand years.

She had been repeating the same erosion and end, so they suggested that she contact humans.

At the round table in the other world, Half was smoking a cigarette and looking at Riel who was sitting opposite him. He held his chin and looked at the scene in the black mirror with a faint smile on his lips. "Luna seems to have a bright future this time." "

To be honest, we haven't gotten familiar with her yet, and she was reincarnated again." Half said, "This time she has persisted in this world for a long time."

"That's because we have been keeping an eye on her." Dolby said. The translucent young man turned over a page of clippings and couldn't help saying, "It's purely the result of our efforts."

"Speaking of which, Dolby doesn't have any believers either." Riel said, raising a pair of gentle and warm eyes, looking at the young man opposite, "Maybe you can teach Luna the direction of development without believers?"

"I don't have believers because of my nature, which is not suitable for Luna." Dolby said. He continued to study the briefing in his hand. Riel knew that he had cut out all the articles published by Dr. Watson and pasted them on a thick scrapbook. "To be honest, human beings' desire for me is no less than Half, but it seems that after they understand, they will no longer believe in me."

"I'm even afraid." He said dissatisfiedly, "Riel is so popular with humans that it's really crazy to be jealous."

"Would you have such an emotion as jealousy?" Riel said, he reached out and touched a piece of his own fragment, "The Grand Duke, the selfless man, actually said something like jealousy."

"It seems that you are not very familiar with the words used for humans." Riel said, and he was also satisfied with the content of the fragment.

"Of course I know humans very well." Dubi said, and let out a long breath, "You all don't know humans better than me."

"I think it should be limited to individuals." Half flicked the ash of her cigarette, "If we talk about understanding individuals, of course you are the best, but I think you lack understanding of humans as a whole."

"Individuals are very useful at this time." Dolby closed the briefing and stood up, "Half, I think you always want to think well of humans." "

So did you read something mean and selfish from the words that Dr. Watson used to describe his friend?" Riel asked with interest.

"That's not the case. I know his name, Sherlock Holmes, and his nature. He's a detective." Dolby said, "So I'm going to visit him now."

"I hope he doesn't run away as ugly as my former believers." Dolby said, stuffing the thick briefing book into the cabinet, "You can read it if you want."

"He is a selfless person indeed." Riel said, yawning, "but unfortunately I'm sleepy."

"Maybe you will gain something from it," said the King of Yesterday with a smile, "Although the famous detective seems to have unstoppable desire and trust in me, he seems to have a steel string called reason tied around his poor neck to prevent his soul from getting close to me. Even if he dies, he doesn't want to be my child." "He has an

overly keen awareness of our danger." Riel said, "So I think Dolby will have a hard time."

"After all, Dolby is the kind of person that humans will think is completely harmless at first, but the more they get along with him, the more they will fall into nameless fear." Half took a puff of cigarette, "It's a pity that he is like this."

"Not everyone wants to be as popular as you." Sean sat down on the chair next to him. He was a tall man wearing a ragged, bloodstained suit.

The King of Killing.

The most notorious of the Thirteen Kings.

And as Luna said, they were named after things that humans hate but desire, so Sean was quite powerful.

"I sincerely apologize to everyone for James Moriarty," Sean leaned back in his chair unhappily, "I admit that I really shouldn't have touched that kind of thing."

"He doesn't want you?" Half glanced at him.

"He wants to invade me." Sean said, "After all, my nature is the one that least needs to develop skills."

"He also wants to invade Gold." He said, "The so-called rigor of scientists is that even if a god appears before their eyes, they must prove it and find out the principle of operation."

"Of course we know that his invasion will end in vain, but this kind of usurpation is really familiar and unpleasant." Sean opened his mouth slightly, revealing his extremely sharp canine teeth.

"You won't remind Gold?" Half said.

"Gold is too interested in this." Sean spread his hands. "She said that she likes this kind of thing the most, so she decided to join this game."

"It might be destroyed." Half turned her head.

"Not every king is as stable as you." Sean shrugged. "For example, Gold, isn't her greatest hobby to lure humans to invade her, and then finally enjoy their despair of having everything burned to ashes?"

"Otherwise, why doesn't she even reveal her real name." Sean said, "She is both a bait and a hunter, and the craziest one, risking the death of both the prey and herself to provoke the beast."

Half nodded and didn't say much. After all, every king has his own way of survival.

"Luna?" The knock on the door sounded slowly and in a special and distant way. Watson put the kettle on the table and opened the door.

A ball of translucent substance suddenly condensed and formed into a young man the moment he saw his face. He wore the same clothes as he was wearing now.

"Dr. Watson," the young man said with a polite smile, extending a hand, "Nice to meet you."

"I know your name, and I also know that you have served in the army, been injured, and are now a doctor." The young man smiled, "So now you should know that my name is Dolby, and I have been canonized as the Grand Duke."

"It seems that you have a lot of experience. Do you need a while to digest it?" He asked, "I came to London for something I want to do."

"So you and your friends, do you want to investigate me?"

"For every piece of information I find out about me, I will also know an equal amount of your privacy." Dolby said with a smile, "You should have a feeling about this principle now."

"Then do you want to continue?"