Chapter 442 The Real Idiot

Ashburn's tone was a little anxious and hurried.

The original Ashburn was not such a naive person. Although because he had considerable strength and a very high status at a young age, he inevitably developed a somewhat arrogant and domineering character.

But this kind of arrogance and domineering behavior is directed at those little people who are not worth mentioning.

When facing a truly important character, Ashbern is fully capable of the necessary scheming.

He never thought that being arrogant and domineering was a sin, and even regarded it as a good way to vent the pressure in his heart. In life, one has to wear a thick mask on his face all the time. Living is too tiring. If he can't find a way to vent this pressure, he will go crazy sooner or later.

Ashburn found two good ways to relieve stress.

One type is women.

Conquering a woman can give him a strong sense of pleasure.

Another is bullying.

Bullying those who are weaker than himself makes him feel happy both physically and mentally.

In front of beings of equal or even higher status than himself, Ashburn always behaves gently and calmly.

But this time, when facing the third princess Lydia, Ashburn could not control the impulse in his heart. He couldn't wait to prove his charm as a man to others.

No matter how this proof is accomplished.

This anxiety is also a manifestation of Ashburn's lack of confidence.

His anxious wait did not last long as he was soon rejected.

Moreover, the reason is quite ridiculous: there is someone I like.

Although he had guessed that this might be the answer, when he suddenly heard Lydia's answer, Ashbern still felt a surge of anger rushing to his head. His body shuddered, and a layer of densely packed small bumps immediately appeared on his skin.

As if he had suddenly experienced an extremely strong stimulation, Ashburn, whose personality had already become very sensitive, spoke almost subconsciously.

Opening your mouth is a threat.

You don't want to be forced to marry a man you don't like, do you? You don't want to be manipulated like a puppet, do you? He completely forgot who the woman in front of him was. She was the third princess of the Sibang Theocracy, a legendary master who was even more powerful than himself now.

If someone had a bad temper, he would have lost his temper immediately after hearing these words, but Lydia was quite gentle. She didn't lose her temper, but just took a sip of tea and glanced at Ashburn: "But, I don't like you either..."

Crunch.

The gurgling sound that kept coming out of the throat due to excitement suddenly stopped.

Ashburn, who had lost most of his eyelids, suddenly widened his eyes and looked dull. For a moment, he didn't know how to respond.

The reason why he proposed to form a marriage alliance with Lydia and even threatened Lydia with such words was entirely based on the premise that Lydia also had a crush on him.

And now, Lydia directly cut off the firewood from the bottom of the pot and... cut off this premise. This premise does not exist. Everything he said was wishful thinking.

This sentence directly causes critical damage.

However, Lydia's hurt to Ashburn was not over yet. She raised her eyes and looked Ashburn up and down, then stabbed him again: "Actually, I suddenly feel that even if I marry into the Copperfield family, it doesn't seem unacceptable."

Phew!

This blow had the effect of breaking armor, which directly led to Ashburn's defense being broken.

Moreover, it increases damage by adding weakness and critical hit.

What does this mean? This is almost like pointing directly at his nose and saying, this princess would rather marry the man that the Copperfield family doesn't like than marry you, Ashburn.

What words could be more hurtful than this?

That’s all.

Absolutely gone.

Even with Ashburn's temperament, he couldn't help shivering at this moment. His scarred face suddenly flushed, and then turned pale.

His chest heaved vigorously.

The ten fingers of both hands were clenched subconsciously, the knuckles were pale, and the fingers were trembling constantly.

That gurgling breathing sound came from the throat again.

Although Lydia didn't like the man from the Copperfield family, he was at least a normal man. At least she wouldn't have nightmares after seeing him. Ashbourne naturally understood this, but he felt that the power of the church he represented was still very important.

Just from the previous communication, Ashburn could feel that Lydia was actually a very ambitious woman.

He could even sense that this woman had the desire and greed to become a queen.

But I never thought that she would not give me any face at all. In other words, this woman would rather marry a man she doesn't like and would rather not be the future queen than marry me?

Is he really that ugly?

grass.

For a moment, Ashburn even had the urge to curse.

The surging energy in his body began to fluctuate uncontrollably, and he even wanted to rush over and tear the mouth of the bitch in front of him.

However, even though he was on the verge of madness deep down in his heart, Ashburn was able to control himself in the end. He knew very well what the consequences would be if he really did such a thing.

But Ashburn could not accept such an ending. His ugly face became even more gloomy and hideous. The scars on his face trembled like centipede legs. A gloomy voice came out of Ashburn's throat: "Your Highness, the Third Princess, have you thought it through?"

"The church's efforts will not be in vain..."

That's a threat.

Either become the wife of this Holy Son, and the Church will fully support you in becoming the queen.

Otherwise, everyone will go their separate ways.

Who is Lydia?

Originally, Lydia had studied the Book of the Dead for a short time and her own strength was not that strong, but she had developed a proud character early on.

What's more, who is behind him now?

It was Ron, the prophet.

Look at the people around Ron.

Dolores, Queen of Granville.

Christian, the Grand Saint of the Church of the Goddess of Dawn.

Irelia, the White Saint, Cecilia the Bloody Sister, Bai Yuan, the Orc Princess, Ifrit, the Descendant of the Dragon Clan...

Even several divine messengers from the Eternal Freedom Sect were completely subdued by Ron.

That was his real support. Although the Church of the Heart of Nature could be considered a behemoth, it was nothing compared to the forces around Ron.

With a slight smile, Lydia put down the teacup and glanced at Ashburn: "See you out."

Hiss! Ashburn was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the third princess would be so decisive.

Without even a second thought, he ordered the guests to leave.

This was the first time that he, the Son of God, was treated like this.

For a moment, an evil fire was burning wildly in Ashburn's chest, almost driving him crazy.

However, Ashburn was indeed a man who could accomplish great things. Although he was extremely depressed, he suppressed his irritability, took a deep breath and spoke again: "Princess, everything can be discussed. Even if you don't want to get married, as long as you are willing to give up some other interests, we can still talk..."

Ashburn stayed in the princess's mansion for nearly two hours and finally left.

Intense fatigue can be clearly seen on that ugly face.

Yashborn couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart. Why didn't he realize before that the third princess not only had a great talent in cultivation, but was also very good at conspiracy and intrigue.

After all, rebellion requires a legitimate reason.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Although there have been almost no rebellions in the Dusk Continent over the past eight thousand years, even if there have been occasional unrest, it would be quickly suppressed by the dragon clan.

Therefore, most people have almost no experience in this area.

However, for these smart people, experience is not necessary. Just simple thinking can help them think of some important points. First of all, rebellion requires a flag, or in other words, a leader.

Although the church is working behind the scenes, they are absolutely unwilling to stand in the front. They want to maintain their reputation and be decent, and cannot tolerate any stain on the church.

The third princess Lydia is a very good choice. First of all, she is a member of the royal family. Although she is not a male, she is also a legitimate heir, but her inheritance rights are very late.

Secondly, Lydia has a good reputation among the people.

Although millions of people froze to death this winter, tens of thousands of civilians survived this cold winter because of Lydia's rescue.

It can be said that the Third Princess spent all her family wealth and used her connections to purchase a large amount of food from the neighboring Granville Kingdom and delivered it to the civilians. Although she failed to save everyone, now no matter which civilian mentions the Third Princess Lydia, they will respectfully praise her, saying that she is a good person.

And this kind of reputation is very useful when rebelling.

This is why Ashburn chose Lydia.

In Ashburn's opinion, Lydia was very ambitious. She put so much thought and effort into spending so many gold coins. Was it just to save some civilians?

Are those civilians qualified?

Her Royal Highness the Princess must have already started preparing for rebellion a long time ago.

As for the other princesses and princes, they had no popularity among the common people, and it was already good enough that the common people did not spit at them directly.

It can be said that Lydia is the only choice.

Of course, Ashburn would not point these out. Instead, he threatened to support others in rebellion and forced Lydia to give up her interests. Unexpectedly, the Third Princess was not moved at all.

At the very least, the interests of the royal family cannot be shaken in the slightest.

The interests that are divided can only be those that originally belonged to the nobility.

After a fierce argument for several hours, even Ashburn felt dry in the mouth. In the end, he was not able to gain much advantage from Lydia, which made Ashburn quite depressed.

At the same time, his desire to marry Lydia became stronger and stronger.

If they could really conquer Lydia, with the couple working together, it wouldn't be too much of a burden to conquer not only the small Theocracy of Spang, but even several other nearby countries.

…

Just after Ashburn left, two other figures appeared in front of Lydia.

One of them was West, the first divine envoy of the Eternal Freedom Sect.

Even though West was just running a small business in a magic supplies store when Ron met him, his ability should not be underestimated as he was able to control a behemoth like the Church of Eternal Freedom.

Moreover, West was arranged by Ron, and Lydia gave West absolute respect and trust, directly handing over a lot of things to West to handle.

This guy is very suitable for developing power in secret. Under West's operation, within less than a year, although the royal city was calm, in the border far away from the royal city, the reputation of Princess Lydia had long been equated with that of the Virgin Mary.

Ron had already taken control of everything, and West was working very hard.

Besides, why did he create the Eternal Freedom Sect? Was it just to hold a party? Vulgar.

Silver party is just a tool.

Rebellion is the goal.

This guy had been thinking about changing his life for a long time, so he worked extra hard.

With the assistance of Simmons, the third divine envoy of the Eternal Freedom Sect, almost all the trustworthy forces of the Eternal Freedom Sect in the Spang Theocracy and the Granville Kingdom have been mobilized.

Ashburn thought Lydia had only rescued tens of thousands of people.

But he didn't know that this winter was colder and more unbearable than ever before.

Lydia took out most of the assets that Ron had given her before, and added the wealth of the Eternal Freedom Sect. The food she purchased this winter was calculated to be tens of thousands of kilograms. This winter, the number of people who survived because of Lydia was more than a million.

It can be said without exaggeration that now, as long as Lydia is willing to stand up and make a call, at least hundreds of thousands of people will quickly gather under Lydia's command and start a vigorous rebellion.

"West, give the order and prepare for action." Lydia took a deep breath, looked at West, and gave the order in a deep voice: "Pay attention to our target, and eliminate the nobles who are causing trouble."

"As for those clergymen that Ashburn requested to be eliminated, they are still useful. We can just make them disappear openly."

A hint of excitement also flashed in West's eyes. He nodded vigorously and his body quickly disappeared into the shadows.

Immediately, Lydia turned her gaze to another figure.

Simmons.

"Mr. Simmons, please continue to lurk beside Ashburn."

Simmons smiled kindly and looked like a gentle gentleman, but Lydia knew very well that the third God's Favored Envoy was more dangerous than the first God's Favored Envoy. His handsome appearance and gentle smile were simply the best mask.

Beneath the mask lies a cruelty even more ferocious than that of a demon.

"No problem. Ashburn trusts me very much now."

"I think it won't be long before Ashburn can't help himself and takes action against his father and mother..."

"I have never seen such an idiot in my life. He doesn't even trust his own father and mother, but instead trusts an outsider..."

It’s temporarily gone today, will be made up tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)