Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 28 Oracle
General Joshuel, the former soul of the Northern Army, died, and the entire Triumph Fortress fell into deep mourning. After attending General Joshuel's funeral, the Royal Condolences Group took a train back to the Imperial Capital.
Agatha and Luke sat face to face in a separate compartment on the train. The train had already left the Tedega Hills area, but the two never spoke.
After a while, Agatha said: "General Qiao Shuer's suicide can be said to be the best outcome. If he is taken back to the imperial capital, given his status, no matter how he is tried, it will cause a lot of trouble.
I just don’t know what Sinclair would think.”
Luke looked at the scenery outside the window with a very serious expression. After a long while, he laughed at himself and said, "I did something very dirty in this matter, and it has made me feel uneasy. I used to be a very upright person, but now I have become more and more shameless. Sinclair has been avoiding me these days, and he will definitely figure out what role I played in this matter later."
Agatha looked at Luke who was in some pain, and reached out to hold his hand in hers.
"I understand how you feel now, because sometimes I also fall into this kind of self-blame and even hate myself. Do you want to hear a story from me?"
"You talk, I listen."
Then Agatha told Luke about something she had done in the past.
"Before taking over the Secret Intelligence Bureau, I had actually been working secretly for the Secret Intelligence Bureau. Once I went on a mission, and the mission started very smoothly. I successfully stole the intelligence. But when I was evacuating, I was discovered and hunted down. I was soon injured and captured, but fortunately the intelligence was passed on.
The young man who captured me recognized me and released me on his own initiative. In exchange, I would protect his family by becoming a princess.
I agreed, and even asked my father to ask for mercy for him and his family, but..."
Here Agatha paused.
Luke asked, "Your father didn't agree."
Agatha nodded. "Not only did he not agree, he also asked me to personally send his family to the gallows. I still can't forget the way he looked at me at that time. He didn't say anything, but it was like a sword stabbing my heart again and again.
I was only fourteen years old at the time and didn't understand why my father did this.
Now I know that my father is right. Politics is a game with a very low tolerance for error. Excessive compassion will only make us die faster. "
Luke smiled bitterly and said, "After listening to your experience, I feel much better."
Agatha smiled and said, "If you want to feel better, I have many stories here. Most of the things done by the Secret Service are shameful, and you will definitely not be bored on this trip."
Agatha's palms were warm, and Luke could feel her concern for him. The story she just told was definitely an indelible shadow in her heart, but in order to comfort herself, she still recalled it again.
Luke pretended to be relaxed and said, “I’m not as fragile as you think, I just had some feelings for a moment.
With the death of Qiao Xiuer and those stubborn officers, the problem of the Northern Army has been completely solved."
Agatha let go of Luke's hand and resumed her princess demeanor. "The solution was even better than we expected when we came here. Once they die, Fania's remaining faction will collapse. Once Sinclair's announcement of his renunciation of the throne is made public, no one will lean on him casually.
For some time to come, the Royal First Magic Legion will be a pure army.
But we still need to be careful because Joshua's death may arouse Sinclair's hatred towards us."
Luke's thoughts also turned to the current topic. He thought about it and said, "Joshuel's suicide was not only to save Sinclair , but also to inspire him and rekindle his desire to fight for the throne.
It’s not a bad thing for him to compete, as long as it is within the rules we set, healthy competition is beneficial.”
Agatha nodded: "I will talk to Sinclair alone when I have the chance."
The train whistled as it raced along the rails.
At this time, on the other side of the sea, at the Emerald Forest Emerald Dream Academy.
The Emerald Dream Academy is one of the oldest magic academies, and the elves are one of the first races to learn magic from the dragons.
This academy is located on the top of a high mountain and is a castle-like building. The academy is surrounded by almost vertical cliffs, with only a suspension bridge connecting it to another mountain with a slightly gentler slope.
The tops of most of the academy buildings are in onion style, which is not only a feature of elf architecture, but also the nests of flying creatures . Therefore, around the Emerald Dream Academy, flying dragon eagles, griffins and Pegasus can often be seen, which are all flying mounts tamed by elves.
An elf postman wearing green clothes and a green pointed hat rode a Pegasus and landed in a garden. Inside the garden, an elf mentor was leading a group of students to learn the effects of natural magic on plants.
"Miss Dale Molixiang, there is a letter for you. It was sent from the Golden Shield Empire across the ocean. It carries your hometown's thoughts about you."
The elf postman took out a few letters from his bag and shouted to the busy students.
"I'm here." Dai'er stood up from a group of elves. She was wearing an elf's leaf feather hat, her face was covered with a lot of dirt, and her eyes were full of joy at receiving a reply.
Dai'er ran to the side of Pegasus, took the letter from the postman, and saluted, saying, "Thank you, Mr. Postman, who flies in the sky and brings everyone news from far away. I wish you good health, and the wind direction will always be where you want to go."
Dai'er thanked the postman like an elf.
The elf postman took out a harmonica and played a little tune for Dale, then said, "Ms. Jasmine, you are the most elf-like human I have ever seen, and I wish you good health.
Goodbye, I am a postman riding a Pegasus, and there are many people waiting for me to deliver their thoughts from afar to their hands. "
The elf postman pulled the reins of Pegasus, and the Pegasus neighed, spread its wings and flapped them. Dai'er took out her magic wand and cast an updraft to help the Pegasus take off.
"Goodbye, harmonica-playing postman!"
Dale waved to the sky. After the Pegasus flew away, she turned to the elf teacher and said, "Professor Macatina, can I take a leave for a while? My sister and someone very important to me wrote me a letter, and I can't wait to read it.
I promise to make up for the missed classes and complete the homework carefully. "
Professor Makatina was an elf wearing black-rimmed glasses. She looked at Dale and couldn't help but smile: "Of course, my favorite jasmine fragrance, family and friendship always come first. You came to study in the Emerald Forest so far away alone, your family and friends must miss you very much.
Today is your day, you can read the news from your hometown."
The elves shouted, "Molixiang, who misses her hometown, go read the letter quickly. We will take good care of the radishes you planted and prevent them from being eaten by the rabbits hiding underground."
"Thank you, Professor Makatina. Thank you, my good friends."
Dai'er took the letter and quickly ran back to the dormitory building of the Natural Science Department of the college and went into her room.
There are seven letters.
Agatha, Luke, Clear Sky, Jennifer, Bruce Benn, Hediciko, Lydia.
An Ye came out from under Dai'er's hat and looked at the letter with his two little eyes.
"Princess Dale, your heart is beating fast. Whose letter do you want to read first? The damn sheriff, he didn't even write back to me. Ever since he became the mount of Queen Clear Sky, his tail has been lifted higher and higher."
Dale picked up Jennifer's letter and held it above her head: "The sheriff's reply to you must be together with Jennifer's letter. He is your good partner. You have teamed up to steal all over the imperial capital. He will not forget you."
Dark Night grabbed the envelope with both his claws, bit a row of teeth marks on the edge of the envelope with his teeth, and then tore the envelope open.
There were actually two letters inside, one of which was written from the sheriff to Dark Night.
An Ye happily grabbed the letter and jumped onto his own small bed on the bedside table, lying down comfortably to read the letter.
Dale looked at the letters on the table again. Her hand reached for Agatha's letter, but she turned and picked up Luke's reply.
After opening the letter, Dai'er was quickly attracted by its contents.
It turns out that the natural energy in the Emerald Forest comes from the Magic Spring, and Miss Qingkong had been to the Emerald Forest and found the Magic Spring.
Princess Dale, who majored in natural science at the Emerald Magic Academy, immediately became very interested in the magic spring.
After reading Luke's reply, Dai'er picked up Qingkong's reply.
In the letter, Qingkong recounted her experience of searching for the Magic Spring in the Emerald Forest and recommended some natural science books that contained clues to finding the Magic Spring.
After reading Qingkong's letter, Dai'er immediately got up and ran to the college library and borrowed all the books recommended by Qingkong.
Now she had a purpose.
It is to find the magic spring and get the blessing of the Elf God like the clear sky.
Although I don’t know whether the Elf God will bless a human being, searching for the magic spring is itself a very meaningful thing.
Of course, the magic spring cannot be found in a short time. After Dale put away the letters from Luke and Qingkong and the borrowed books, she picked up the letter from sister Agatha.
At first, Dai'er had a warm smile on her face, but as she watched, the smile gradually disappeared.
"...Sister Dai'er, I know you like him too, so I have been suppressing my feelings for him in my heart and not letting them grow. But how can you suppress feelings? Especially when I think it's for the country, my heart falls even faster.
Dai'er, I don't know how to face you.
sorry……"
After reading the letter Agatha wrote to her, Dai'er suddenly felt empty in her heart, as if she had lost the most important thing. She regretted coming to the Emerald Magic Academy.
But before coming to Emerald Magic Academy, I didn't know what my feelings were for Luke. It was not until the heartache at this moment that I realized it.
Go back to the Empire, go back to the Empire, go back now.
Dai'er wanted to pack up and go home immediately.
But she suddenly remembered something, so she quickly took out all the borrowed books and found the letter written by Qingkong among the pages.
End of the letter: She has been with him for a hundred years in his life; you have been with him for tens of millions of years in the divine journey; and only I can walk hand in hand with him forever!
This paragraph of words seemed to be added by Qingkong after he finished writing the letter. When she first saw this paragraph written by Qingkong, Dai'er thought it was related to the search for the Dream Spring.
But now thinking about it, it seems that the clear sky means pointing in another direction.
Divine path?
Is this Miss Clear Sky hinting at my fate?
Dale sat in a chair in a daze. The window of her dormitory faced the garden. Professor Makatina was teaching the elf students in the fields. In the distance , there were endless mountains and boundless jungles.
A majestic griffin flew across the sky outside the window with a sound of breaking through the air.
In the Golden Shield Empire's capital, Saint Lun City.
The royal delegation returned to the Imperial Palace from the triumphal fortress at Tedega Hill.
Queen Christina, who had returned from the North to express her condolences a long time ago, immediately met with Princess Agatha and the Governor of Raging Waves City, Marquis of Meteorite.
After the three of them talked for an afternoon, a series of announcements and decrees were issued from the palace.
The first and most important announcement was that the emperor's grandson Sinclair formally announced that he would give up his right to inherit the throne.
After this notice was issued, it immediately caused an uproar in the entire court.
At this point, the power of the court represented by the eldest prince Fania collapsed, and all those who had placed a heavy bet on Sinclair lost all their money. Sinclair, a potential stock, had no room for growth, and the monkeys scattered and each sought their own way out.
Some people decided to join the Meteorite Reform Society and become the much-criticized Hou Party.
Some people still want to make a Jedi counterattack and rebound from the bottom, and want to bet on the stock of the second prince Alex again.
The palace then issued a second important notice:
The former commander of the Northern Army, Joshua, colluded with some senior officers of the Northern Army and colluded with the Abyss Temple to assassinate the eldest princess Agatha and the governor of the City of Fury, the Marquis of Meteorite, in the Triumph Fortress. After the assassination failed, Joshua committed suicide together with the main participants of the assassination.
The Queen Regent remembered Qiao Xuer's past achievements and decided not to pursue the matter any further.
Committing suicide out of fear of punishment!
Kill the chicken to scare the monkey!
Even Qiao Xuer and his loyal senior military officers were dead. Those who wanted to defect to the Second Prince felt a chill on their necks.
In fact, when people knew that there was a meteorite in the delegation to the Northern Army, many people knew that the Northern Army was in trouble. But the Northern Army was the iron plate that the eldest prince Fania had been managing for many years, and General Qiao Shuer was in charge. The meteorite might cause trouble, but the trouble it could cause was limited.
But what no one could have imagined was that this time, the meteorite not only made the emperor's grandson Sinclair give up his right to inherit the throne, but also killed all the backbone members left by Fania. It was really like uprooting them completely, cutting off even their retreat.
The Northern Legion was easily disintegrated by the meteorite. Can the Second Prince Alex, who was trapped in the Crescent Oasis, still stir up trouble?
The palace shock caused by the two palace announcements had not yet passed, and the third palace passage was signed and issued by the Queen Regent.
Gabriel, the chief minister of the Imperial Cabinet, was no longer suitable for the tiring work of state affairs due to health reasons, and the Queen Regent approved Gabriel's resignation application.
The Queen Regent appointed Marquis Meteorite to the position of Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet, and ordered Prime Minister Meteorite to reorganize the cabinet as soon as possible and complete the handover with Gabriel's cabinet as soon as possible.
