Volume 5 Pearls Chapter 471: Dinner Party Surprise
'She used a trick?'
Chen Lun guessed secretly.
Because he didn't know the specific information, he couldn't find out what Princess Anna had done.
At this time, Anna picked up the exquisite red wine bottle with an expressionless face, refilled herself with half a glass, then poured another glass of wine and pushed it in front of Prince Dazlet.
"Happy birthday, brother."
Although these were words of congratulation, her tone sounded unusually calm.
"Here's to you."
"Oh thank you, my dear Anna."
Dazzlet smiled with a hint of surprise and thanked his sister.
He took the wine glass that Anna pushed to him and planned to drink it, and then play with the cross sword in his hand.
However, just as the wine glass touched the lips, two figures walked over and interrupted the scene.
"Your Highness, on behalf of the Church of the Moon, I offer you my sincere blessings. May glory always be with you..."
An old woman in a black robe took off her hood, revealing her gray hair. With a calm expression on her wrinkled face, she spoke softly to Dazzlet.
This person is Sister Olmedo, the head of the Moon Church in the royal city.
Chen Lun looked at Him with some surprise, or to be more precise, at the person next to Him... That perfect tall figure, paired with a pure white hollow dress, gave people an incomparable sense of holiness.
There was a smile on the stunning and familiar face, and he looked at Chen Lun.
"Saint Rutina..."
Chen Lun said this in his heart, and at the same time bowed slightly to Him to show his respect.
When Noah returned to the team, he had told him that teacher Rutina would come to attend the prince's birthday dinner, but when Chen Lun was having dinner just now, he did not see Rutina among the guests. He did not expect that she had just arrived.
"Sister Olmedo, thank you for your wishes. With your help, the empire will develop better and better."
The prince placed the cross sword carefully on his knees, raised his head and smiled in response.
Olmedo nodded slightly, then raised his hand and pointed to the lady in the white dress beside him.
"This is my good friend, Rutina Castillo from Coleridge Forest. She has made great achievements in the field of painting. This time she brought a painting to give to Your Highness as a birthday gift."
"I have heard of the great name of Saint Lutina, and I have also seen the mural "Sacred Tree" that praises the Mother Goddess of Nature. It is indeed a rare treasure in the world..."
The prince praised with a smile.
"Although my father dislikes the Natural Cult, he admires the painting skills of Saint Lutina. At the same time, he also feels regretful that he was not able to let Clarenso paint a portrait of him... Now that a great painter of the same name as him has sent me a painting, I am very happy."
"You are too kind, Your Highness."
Rutina smiled.
“I have been preparing this painting for a long time. I hope you like it.”
He turned his head and gestured behind him. A huge painting covered with red silk was carefully carried in front of the prince by six male waiters.
Such a grand occasion naturally attracted the attention of the guests. Everyone looked at the painting curiously, wanting to know what was painted on it.
The painting is about four meters long and two meters wide. The corner of the frame that is accidentally exposed seems to be carved from some rare wood, and the mounting is very delicate and luxurious.
At this time, the knowledgeable guests recognized the wood used for the mounting. It was the "Shortbone Wood" from the Coleridge Forest. This wood is extremely precious and is basically not found on the market. It can only be seen occasionally in high-end auctions, but the price is often sky-high.
When the red silk was unveiled, Prince Dazzlet, who had been looking forward to it, narrowed his eyes and his expression suddenly became cold. The Babaye chief steward behind him also had a drastic change of expression and immediately screamed:
"How...how dare you?! This is blasphemy! It is a blasphemy against the Trisur Empire, against His Majesty the Sun King, and against the great and fierce father!"
Chen Lun was also shocked when he looked at the huge painting.
There was a scarlet and dim sky painted on the canvas. The extremely delicate and realistic brushstrokes depicted the oppressive atmosphere and the chilling deep fear... and in the central area, there was a sun hanging high in the sky.
But it is a dark sun!
Beneath the bright outline that resembles a solar eclipse, countless dark and deep rays of light dripped down. They condensed into a fluid, falling from the sky like a waterfall, and merged into a black sea that submerged the world!
What is reflected on the sea surface is the bright golden sun.
Such an unnatural and even eerie dark painting attracted the attention of countless guests present. Almost everyone had a look of shock on their faces and looked at Prince Dazzlet frequently.
"What does this mean?"
The prince spoke calmly.
"I hope you have a reasonable explanation, Saint Lutina."
Lutina lowered her head slightly, smoothed her hair with her hand and said softly:
"You can understand this as the anger of the Natural Cult for the hundreds and thousands of years of persecution they have suffered from the Sun Royal Family... I am just a spokesperson, conveying a message to you and the royal family."
He raised his eyes and looked directly at the prince with a very calm look .
"Of course, I drew this picture for another reason... This was the last wish of my best friend Athena Wolf twelve years ago. She wanted to tell the world what she saw in the revelation of fate and what she heard from the oracle of the Moon Goddess in her dream."
Lutina took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:
"The sun is the culprit that leads to the end of the world!"
His voice was not loud, but it echoed in every corner of the huge banquet hall.
The music had stopped long ago.
The court musicians fell off their chairs in fear, trembling with fear. The servants and ordinary stewards felt that the atmosphere became extremely cold in an instant, and their hands and feet became stiff and numb unconsciously.
The guests were silent and the scene was dead silent for a while.
Prince Dazzlett stood up slowly with a gloomy face, tightly grasping the cross sword in his hand and pointing it directly at Lutina.
"You are seeking death, Lutina... Even if I don't kill you, father will not let you leave Tourmaline Closter even a step."
"Then give it a try."
Rutina raised her fair chin slightly and said calmly.
"You are just a mortal who has only lived for twenty years, and all you talk about is killing this and that... This is just an incarnation of mine. If you want to kill me, then have your father take all the royal family's 'Holy Guards' to the spirit world to find my real body."
After He finished speaking, He turned around and was about to leave.
whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Suddenly, five golden beams of light fell from the sky, like the sharp corners of a pentagram occupying five directions, tightly surrounding Lutina.
It was the "Holy Guard of Light" who was responsible for the personal protection of Prince Dazzlet.
According to Princess Anna, they should have gone out on another mission, but unexpectedly they returned to the banquet hall at this time... Chen Lun couldn't help but glance at Princess Anna, who just raised her eyebrows and gave him an apologetic look.
At the same time, among the crowd of guests, three high-ranking members of the Church of the Sun, wearing white robes with gold patterns, stepped forward and stood in front of the old nun Olmedo of the Church of the Moon.
"Olmedo, I never thought you would be so unwise."
The person who spoke was Chen Lun's old acquaintance, Archbishop Terrence.
Olmedo ignored Terrence, looked past the three people, and directly looked at Prince Dazzlet, and asked expressionlessly:
"Your Highness, are you sure you want to attack me? The Moon Church is one of the few churches among the Seven Gods that supports the royal family... Are you trying to push us away? Or are you trying to fight several churches on behalf of the royal family at the same time?"
"you……"
Prince Dazzlet's eyes twitched and veins popped out on his forehead. He suppressed his anger and took a deep breath.
He knew that what Olmedo said made sense, but it was definitely not to that extent. He alone could not represent the entire Moon Church.
"Olmedo! You brought Lutina to me for personal reasons and deliberately humiliated the crown prince on such an occasion. This is disrespect and contempt for the empire and my father, and even more so, blasphemy against the God we believe ... No matter what, you cannot escape the heavy responsibility!"
The prince said this in a cold and resounding tone.
The sword in his hand was held straight, and the tip of the sword flashed with a cold light.
"As for Lutina, don't worry. After your incarnation is destroyed, I will report your words to my father truthfully. I hope you can still be as arrogant as you are now!"
Dazzlet immediately ordered:
"Suppress them both!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Five tall knights in golden armor simultaneously emitted dull sounds from their fully enclosed visors.
With a loud roar, the Holy Guards of Light and the surrounded Lutina disappeared from everyone's sight. In order to prevent the aftermath from destroying the palace banquet hall, they joined forces to drag the battlefield into the spirit world.
On the other side, Olmedo did not put up any resistance, and allowed Terrence to tie her up with shackles made of light, and was taken out of the banquet hall by three high-ranking members of the Church of the Sun... But the old nun turned around and gave Prince Dazzlet a meaningful look.
Things seemed to have come to an end.
Everyone present remained silent, obviously still quite shocked by what had just happened. No one could have imagined that such an accident would happen at Prince Dazzlet's birthday dinner.
Chen Lun frowned.
He also heard what Her Majesty Lutina had just said. He did not expect that she was actually a good friend of Floy's ancestor Athena. Twelve years later, she took the opportunity to convey a signal of dissatisfaction on behalf of the Natural Cult to draw a picture specifically for her friend's last wish and showed it to everyone present.
The guests are all important figures in the empire. I believe that such news will spread from the royal city very quickly, and the Sun Royal Family will not be able to stop it... As for what changes will happen in the future, it remains to be seen.
"The dark sun in the painting symbolizes the sun god 'Sui Mu' who was once killed by 'Li Fu'... What was revealed to Athena, the ancestor of Floy, at that time? Could she be another person guided by fate?"
Chen Lun speculated secretly and felt a little depressed.
Although his spiritual intuition did not give him a strong warning, he still felt a little uneasy. Tonight's dinner was originally full of murderous intentions. Princess Anna and the Sun Cross were waiting for an opportunity to murder Prince Dazzlet. He just wanted to protect himself and Floyd as much as possible, but things got complicated. Her Majesty Rutina intervened, adding another variable...
"Brother, don't be angry. Father will punish them."
Princess Anna then slowly stood up and handed over the glass of wine that the prince had given her earlier.
"Today is your birthday, let the party continue."
"Um."
Prince Dazzlet held his cross sword and nodded expressionlessly.
When he saw his sister handing him a glass of wine, he shook his head and declined.
"I won't drink anymore. I'm in a bad mood."
Anna didn't say much, but silently put the wine glass back on the coffee table.
But Chen Lun noticed once again that the crown on her golden hair flashed a glimmer, and Prince Dazzlet changed his mind the next second. He sighed and whispered:
"never mind."
Then he picked up the wine glass very naturally and drank it in one gulp.
Princess Anna's eyes were deep, and she actually followed the prince's actions and took a sip of wine as well.
“Ahem…”
Dazlet suddenly started coughing. The chief steward Babaye hurried forward, supported him, and rubbed his vest with his hand, asking with concern:
"How are you, Your Highness?"
“Cough cough cough!!”
The prince's eyes widened and his face flushed. His originally handsome and fair face was full of disbelief. His expression was distorted and his veins were exposed due to suffocation and pain all over his body.
The wine glass fell weakly and broke into pieces on the ground.
Ping!
All the guests noticed something strange and some of them couldn't help but exclaim.
Prince Dazzlet gasped rapidly, blood first flowing from his nostrils, then from his open mouth, and finally from his eyes and ears.
He realized something and pointed at the broken wine glass on the ground with his last bit of strength, then looked at his sister. However...Princess Anna was also bleeding from all seven orifices and fell straight to the ground.
"Your Highness the Prince and Your Highness the Princess...are both dead!!"
Chief Steward Babaye stood there in a daze as if struck by lightning and screamed in shock.
