Chapter 255 Sakura's Conjecture on Becoming Queen: The War Ends, the Throne Changes...
"You're here! Have you had breakfast yet?"
Vesper, dressed in a very casual-looking robe, sat at a long table looking at a document whose contents were unclear.
This time, Lei finally saw what the room on the top floor of the White Tower looked like.
This is a study. Against the wall, besides the bookshelves, there is a large brown solid wood wooden table. In addition, in the center of the room, there is a sofa and a long table for guests, as well as some green plants.
Lai discovered that the study rooms in the royal city all seemed to be arranged in this way.
"have eaten."
He found a seat facing Vesper and sat down.
The Holy Archmage looked more haggard than usual.
He used to have the same white hair, but he was always energetic and spirited. Now, his eyes reveal undisguised weariness, and he looks much older.
He didn't seem to be as adept at the sealing as he appeared.
Come to think of it, it is a forbidden technique to close spatial rifts, so how could it be used without paying a price?
"How are you feeling?"
Out of politeness, Ray greeted him.
"It's nothing."
Vesper's smile remained kind.
People say that your face reflects your heart, and Vesper gave off the impression of being a friendly, approachable neighbor from beginning to end. He easily won people's favor.
"Where is your little friend? Why haven't I seen him?"
Mentioning Ryan, Lai couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"Lian hasn't woken up yet, and I don't know what's going on."
"oh?"
Vesper hadn't expected this either.
Would you mind letting me take a look?
“He hasn’t woken up, so I can’t get him out.”
"No, I meant to check on your physical condition."
"Okay, sure."
Ray walked to the solid wood table, and the Holy Archmage stood up and placed his right palm on Ray's forehead.
Magical elements rippled around the two of them.
Vesper slowly closed his eyes. Throughout the entire process, Ray felt no discomfort whatsoever, and the examination was quickly completed.
"You can sit here."
"good."
Lei pulled out a chair from under the table and sat down opposite Vesper.
"How about it?"
"Ray asked."
"He is asleep, absorbing a small amount of your energy through a contract to repair himself."
"He was injured?"
"That seems to be the case."
"When will He wake up?"
"That depends on you."
"I?"
Lei was puzzled.
"To protect your safety, the element is consciously controlling its recovery process."
The Holy Magister explained.
"Is there anything I can do?"
Hearing this answer, Lei felt disappointed; he was still too weak.
"Nothing needs to be done, just protect yourself. The Wood element governs Wood, which represents life, and will one day awaken again."
Just wait patiently.
"thank you."
"Lay, don't be so polite. Relax, the hardest times are over."
"Um."
Do you remember this?
Vesper pulled out a document from the list of documents he had been looking at and handed it to Ray.
"If I remember correctly, this is the magic circle I found in Sakura's notebook."
"Yes, you're not mistaken."
"What's wrong with this painting? What did you find out during the investigation?"
Lai noticed that Sakura's notes were also placed in a prominent position on this table.
"Lei, I'd like you to translate Sakura's notes."
"I really can't read Japanese. It's just that some of the characters are the same as my native language, so I can read it with some guesswork, but I still can't understand most of it. It's basically not very useful as a reference."
"It's okay, I just want to know a little about Sakura's past."
"What does this have to do with the magic circle?"
Lei asked, puzzled.
"Well... I've been investigating this matter ever since you mentioned it. I did make some discoveries while in the orc territory."
"Is it related to Sakura?"
"Um."
Vesper did not deny Rye's guess.
"I have tried using this magic circle. It can summon a demon."
Lei couldn't help but gasp.
"As early as a hundred years ago, the demon race had almost disappeared from the continent. Although there were some people on the continent who worshipped the demon race and did a lot of bad things under the guise of the demon race, they did not cause any great disturbance."
That was probably shortly after Sakura arrived on the mainland.
In everyone's impression, when she first came to the mainland, she was a very gentle and quiet child.
Later, she learned basic common language and asked the monk Langdon, who had been protecting her, to take her to many places on the continent.
Lai thought that this was probably the origin of the drawings of other races and monsters in Sakura's notebook.
Not long after that, she passed away due to illness.
Her death was very sudden; doctors diagnosed it as a possible sudden illness that occurred at night.
That night, after Sakura fell ill, there was no sound in the room, which was unusual. It was for this reason that the monk Langdon, who was in charge of looking after her, suspected that she had been murdered.
But the alleged murderer was never found, and Langdon eventually died of depression as a result.
Vesper had briefly mentioned this to Rye before, but he hadn't paid much attention to it at the time. Now it had been brought up again.
"What was discovered in the orc territory?"
"Lay then asked."
“I sent people to re-investigate the hotel where Sakura and the others had stayed. They found the same magic circle on the bed board of Sakura’s bed, and there were signs that it had been used.”
"This doesn't mean anything."
"Yes, that's right. If it were only found in one place, it could easily be a coincidence. But traces of this magic circle have been found in multiple locations."
Ray felt cold all over, as if his blood was frozen, and a bold guess appeared in his mind.
"Could it be that Sakura betrayed the continent of Casa?"
"No, I believe Sakura wouldn't do that. An ordinary human without magic cannot use this magic circle without the help of others."
"So you suspect that Sakura was instructed or coerced by someone to do this?"
"We cannot rule out this possibility."
"Vesper said."
"A girl from another world, with no relatives or friends, trusts the person who once helped her implicitly, and she happens to have the opportunity to get close to the interior of the White Tower."
"Sakurako was used."
“We cannot determine the truth, but all the evidence points to this speculation. Langdon once said that in the days before Sakura passed away, she was confessing something.”
Ray flipped to the last few pages of Sakura's notebook and pointed out the paragraphs with the word "devil" written on them to Vesper.
"These words mean 'demon.' This one means 'summon,' this one means 'terror' and 'horrible,' and this one means 'escape.'"
That's all I can recognize. And the same word can have different meanings in two different countries.
Ray told Vesper the words he could recognize one by one.
From these few words, we can barely understand Sakurako's fear and desire to escape at that time.
"No need to rush, we have plenty of time."
Vesper turned to the first page of Sakura's notebook.
"Okay, are you sure you want to start from the first page?"
Vesper simply smiled and remained silent. Ray resigned himself to being the temporary translator.
The entire morning, plus half the afternoon, was spent translating and discussing with Vesper.
As Vesper listened to Rye explain the meaning of the words, he wrote them down on blank sheets of paper.
Unfortunately, Lai could only recognize a limited number of characters, and much of the content could not be connected into a complete sentence.
Fortunately, in addition to the text, there were some small illustrations as annotations. This made the painful reading process a little easier.
After flipping through all the notes, Lei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Please let me know if the investigation yields any results. As a fellow countryman from the same place, I cannot stand idly by while Sakura's situation is being handled."
"Can."
Vesper readily agreed to his request.
Just then, Lai's stomach growled. They hadn't eaten lunch, and neither of them had eaten much during their discussion; it was almost dinnertime now.
The human body seems to have reached its limits.
"Shall we have dinner together?"
"No need, I still have some things to take care of at home. If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."
Ray declined Vesper's offer and made an excuse to leave the White Tower.
On the way back to the manor from the White Tower, Lai's expression remained tense, and he looked very serious.
He wondered if Sakura had summoned the demons from the subspace, bringing disaster to the entire continent of Casa.
Vesper seems to have this suspicion as well.
Even if it wasn't Sakura, she's still a prime suspect.
The mysteries surrounding her are perhaps only known to herself.
After all, more than a hundred years have passed since then.
Lai then thought of another question: when Sakura transmigrated, Vesper was young, and he had seen Sakura before.
Based on this calculation, he must be at least three hundred years old.
Humans on the continent of Casa have an average lifespan of two hundred years, and Vesper is a human...
So, no wonder Ryan called him an old codger back then.
Well.
Lei pulled his increasingly scattered thoughts back to reality.
He's already a Saint-level Archmage, and a rare spatial ability user on the continent. It's normal for him to live a long life, right?
Yes, anything can happen on the magical continent. You can't use ordinary people's thinking to consider these illogical things.
Ray comforted himself.
A month after the main boundary marker was repaired, new news came from the Orc battlefield.
Soldiers from various territories and tribes returned victorious.
This event signifies that the Allied Forces' operation to exterminate the remaining demon army has ended, and the continent of Casa has essentially returned to a state of peace.
The war is finally over.
November 19th of that year became a significant milestone in the magical history of the continent of Casa.
Meanwhile, on the seventh continental day after the allied forces withdrew, Willard, the lord of the third territory of Speth, who was half dragon blood, officially announced his claim to the throne.
His actions were tantamount to stirring up a storm across the entire continent.
Soon, the dragons, elves, and beastmen stood behind him, offering their support and acknowledging the legitimacy of his throne.
The lord of the second territory has adopted an ambiguous stance and has not yet made a formal statement. It seems he is waiting for the other parties' reactions.
The lord of the first territory, Bersardon, had been assassinated long before the war with the demons began.
Currently, the Regent is in charge on the surface, but the real power lies with the White Tower, the Papacy, and an alliance of various noble families—these three main forces.
Upon receiving the news, the royal palace and its surroundings were instantly ablaze with lights. This marked yet another sleepless night for countless people.
Regarding this matter, Lei truly did not expect that the gentleman would make such a decision.
In his view, three of the six most influential races on the continent are on Willard's side.
During the fight against the demons, Vesper and Willard got along quite well. Vesper's attitude was almost identical to that of the White Tower, so the White Tower shouldn't cause any trouble.
Furthermore, the Third Territory is that gentleman's stronghold. Although it has experienced war, its strength remains undeniable.
As a citizen of the Third Territory, Lai was also pleased to see a monarch emerge from within the territory.
Willard's move has a very high chance of success.
About a week later, the court reached a final decision.
The first territory acknowledged his status as king. The second territory followed immediately.
A new king has been born.
Willard seized the throne peacefully and became the first emperor on the continent to wield real power.
In the final month of this year, the continent of Casa is about to usher in a new era.
This kind of succession to the throne without the smoke of gunpowder and the flames of war is a very good outcome for the people of the human race.
The throne was vacant, and someone stepped up to take it on. On the other hand, this also solved a major problem.
And it was precisely because Willard ascended to the throne.
His bloodline, which had been criticized and despised in the past, and his mixed-race identity, have also become proof of his nobility.
Lei could clearly sense that the public sentiment was beginning to subtly shift.
Those mixed-race people who had lived in the shadows and hidden from the crowd began to bravely take to the streets.
The scornful looks were still there, but no one dared to lay a hand on them anymore.
As everyone can expect, the new king will bring some new policies to these mixed-race people after his ascension to the throne.
Apart from these, there have been no major changes in people's lives.
In mid-December, Willard arrived at the royal city with three dragon nobles and a group of his subordinates.
The people of the city lined the streets to welcome him, and all other matters concerning the people were postponed.
Neil's marriage was postponed again, which angered the Duchess so much that she barely ate for several days.
Leigh stood in the crowd and witnessed this grand welcoming ceremony.
Willard somehow regained his human form. He rode his warhorse, occupying the most prominent position in the ranks.
Directly above him, three giant dragons hovered in the air, adding a sense of majesty to the entire parade.
People were amazed by the new king's handsome appearance and also submitted to his power.
With such a leader, everyone is full of hope for the future of the mainland.
Willard walked past the crowds toward the largest palace in the royal city. Ray watched his retreating figure, a few thoughts forming in his mind.
Some are happy, some are sad.
Not only Ray, but all the noble scions and court ministers present were filled with curiosity about Willard.
Every important decision he makes will lead the country in a different direction.
How to face the new king and how to continue the family's glory have become important issues that each family is about to face.
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