Chapter 857: Things After the Decisive Battle of Brildah
Even though the war had lasted for three days.
Recalling the dangerous battle three days ago, or the life-and-death battle in the Valhalla Canyon about 300 kilometers outside the eastern border of the Kingdom of Alolan three months ago, or even longer ago...
What made him feel distant was not the length of time, but two or three irreversible things.
"well."
All Loren's words could only turn into this sigh.
It really made him suffer.
He looked out the window on the second floor of the West Vancouver Freedom Memorial Hall.
On the Royal Avenue in the northern part of Blierda, golden sunlight shines through the stained glass and illuminates the square in front of the palace.
The guards, dressed in bright red uniforms and armed with spears, guarded the road leading to the palace with their eyes fixed firmly on the ground.
There was a busy scene inside the palace.
Servants shuttled back and forth along the marble-paved corridors, delivering piles of official documents.
The dignitaries and ministers of Brillda all had serious expressions and were arguing fiercely in the conference room.
In an office with a closed carved wooden door in the west wing of the second floor, the new monarch, Emperor Loren Klantel, was writing furiously at his desk.
His brown hair fell on his forehead, covering his slightly tired blue eyes.
The black tea on the table had already cooled down, and there was a mountain of official documents piled up beside it.
Three days ago, after being crowned, he began to be busy and exhausted.
The Wimsey Freedom House is located at the western end of the Royal Avenue in Bryldah, the capital of Crete, close to Wimsey's Throne.
It is the official residence of the Cremonese monarchs and one of the three royal palaces in use in Brildha today. Compared to the Saint-Astrie Palace in the center of Brildha, this residence is more for more casual diplomatic affairs.
At this moment, the Palace of Saint-Astrie still needed time to rebuild, so the Winchester Liberty Palace became the temporary residence of the new emperor.
It originally originated from another Peace Memorial Monastery donated by the Princes' Alliance to Brillda, where the Moon Monastery is located, during the period of the Wenxi Free Federation hundreds of years ago. Later, after the Seros Empire, the Elsaya Sanctuary, and the Wenxi Free Federation were unified, and Brillda became the capital of the Crean Empire, this extra ancient monastery was converted into a royal palace.
It consists of four wings surrounding a central courtyard. It adopts the "fairness, justice and respect" style of the coexistence of the princes of the Free Federation of West Vancouver. The exterior walls are decorated with classical columns. The north wing is the oldest part, which houses important rooms such as the royal banquet hall, bedroom, morning prayer chapel, and dinner room. The other wings are used as living spaces for members of the royal family.
Loren is in the West Wing at this moment.
There was a sudden knock on his office door.
"Come in."
"Your Majesty, the embassy has sent new diplomatic documents, the Minister of Finance wishes to discuss the budget, and..."
The secretary poked his head through the crack in the door and started talking about official business as soon as he entered.
"I understand. Please put it here."
Loren pointed toward the table, where he had just finished reviewing a document and then unfolded a map.
He was born into a small border noble family in his hometown, the Kingdom of Hutton. In his youth, in order to avoid becoming a lord who was busy with affairs all day long, he began to travel around. Later, what he saw and heard along the way made him a real priest. Now, in the end, he feels like he has gone back to the past.
It cannot be predicted before it happens and cannot be changed after it happens. This is fate.
"By the way, Your Majesty, the envoy from the Kingdom of Hutton is waiting for you in the east wing of the Jing Palace."
The secretary finally said to Loren.
The envoys from the allied countries should have arranged to come to Blildah in the next period of time, but it happened that the Kingdom of Hutton had its own powerful and influential people in Blildah, so they were directly appointed as envoys and could handle their official business before returning home.
Oh yes, it seems that His Majesty is also a Hutton, so that’s not surprising.
The secretary suddenly thought.
"Is it Migaia... the Duke?"
Loren looked up and asked, as if he remembered something.
He was like a prisoner who had been in jail for so long that finally someone came to keep watch.
I originally wanted to call Mi Gaiya by her name, but now I think it would be more appropriate to call her in a more formal way, after all, she is a great noble who has come to serve as an envoy to our country.
"Your Majesty, we have arrived and are waiting in the reception room."
The secretary bowed.
"I'll be right there."
Loren stood up, straightened his wrinkled collar, took a deep breath, and walked out of the office quickly.
He walked through the long corridor.
The southeast tower is four stories high and is the highest point of the palace. The palace's ancillary buildings, including the monastery ruins and the Royal Oak Garden, can all be overlooked from here. It is also the best place to meet guests.
It wasn't long before Loren arrived at a bright reception room in the east wing.
Open the door.
The faces of three old friends came into view.
"I was just saying that the Cinderella chapter of Holy War Romance is really good, especially the scene where the Governor was knocked down by his sister's shoes. Haha, I laughed so hard..."
"I think the most unexpected thing is the mechanical dance of the cat fairy. But why did that actor quit and say he would not act in the second part?"
Duke Miagaya with black hair and black eyes and the Duchess with silver hair and red eyes were sitting on an embroidered sofa, chatting and laughing while holding teacups.
The ice witch Artemis was standing by the window and turned around when she heard the voice.
"Loren, long time no see."
Artemis greeted Loren.
Strictly speaking, they had met three days ago, but they had no chance to meet in the past three days.
But we didn't say much when we met three days ago, so if you really count it, it might have been three months since we last saw each other.
"Come on, Loren."
"Loren!"
Migaiah and Ifatia also stood up and saluted.
They were old acquaintances of Loren since their time in Ikerit.
"Ifatia, you really haven't changed in more than ten years."
Loren smiled and waved his hand, indicating that they didn't need to be so polite.
These two people were deliberately bowing to him to torment him.
"Don't you think Mi Gaiya hasn't changed much?"
Ifatia turned sideways and stood on tiptoe, put her hands on Migaiya's cheeks, and observed her husband.
Mi Gaiya is now in her thirties, but actually looks no different from someone in her twenties.
"Yeah, his other appearance probably won't change much."
Loren sat down on the couch and motioned for Artemis to sit down as well.
After a brief chat, Loren discussed past and current state affairs with his three old friends.
Although the topic was heavy, Loren's tense nerves finally relaxed a little when he was with his best friend.
The morning sun shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto them, illuminating their worried faces and also revealing a bit of warmth.
Loren knew that in addition to the burden of being a monarch, he also had friends by his side to face difficult challenges together.
The time of heart-to-heart conversations in the past may be difficult to reproduce, but the moment of joy at this moment will be the driving force that supports him to get through the difficulties.
Anyway, after negotiations with the Krewe Empire, Loren will serve as Emperor Loren Klantel for at least one year in the empire, until the situation stabilizes. If he doesn't want to be the emperor anymore, Princess Alexia of the Silver Moon Restoration can be the legitimate successor to the throne of the Krewe Empire as Cyrus.
Although Alexia has the trust of several military gods, is a core member of the Silver Moon Restoration Society, and is the legitimate successor who can pick up the Sword of Heroic Spirits of Cyros, but now not only is Kreeleon in chaos, the situation in the entire southern continent is even more complicated. It is difficult for Alexia to take over this mess. She needs a strong man comparable to Helicintos, who has enough international prestige and domestic deterrence, to quickly solve the problem.
"What the hell is this... I'm a priest who has sworn an oath to the goddess of fate. How can I become the emperor of the Cremon Empire?"
After Loren finished his business, he pinched his brows. In the past two days, when he fell asleep in the palace, he would open his eyes and think about life. He still felt it was too magical.
He had long ago vowed to dedicate his entire life to the goddess of fate, to become her sword to fight against evil and her hand to save the unfortunate.
What's more, he is not an orthodox emperor. He is essentially a Huttonian, not even a Cretan.
It was completely forced to be supported by the military gods and the powerful people in Kremer.
“…”
Migaia and Ifatia looked at each other, not knowing how to apologize to Loren.
The only honest person in the team, and the only one who was not informed of the plan, is now sitting on the throne and sighing.
The current situation is indeed that the Kreming Empire requires Loren to be the emperor, and for the sake of peace in the southern continent, Loren cannot refuse this responsibility that only he can bear, even if this responsibility does not originally belong to him.
"I asked the goddess of fate, and she has no objection."
The Ice Witch could only comfort herself in this way.
She had used divine magic to divine.
“…”
Can the goddess of fate speak?
Ifatia wanted to ask this, but she felt that it would be a bit disrespectful to ask it.
Migaiya glanced at Ifatia and felt that Ifatia's idea was extremely rebellious.
"By the way, Florence is still waiting for you."
The Ice Witch added to Loren.
When talking about the Church of the Goddess of Destiny, we have to mention another colleague of hers and Loren, Florence, the Paladin Leader of the Church of the Goddess of Destiny.
The reason why these several great demons were able to sneak into Brillda with Hyperion was all thanks to Florence's help, and Florence replaced Loren to guard the Kingdom of Hutton in the rear.
"After I dealt with the chaos in the Krelian Empire, I was able to take a rare vacation back to Ikerit. Now that I think about it, I haven't been back for a long time."
Loren also missed his good brother, and his expression could not hide his excitement.
Florence probably still lives in his house now.
Ever since Florence moved to his house, Loren hadn't been able to take Florence to have a good time in Ikerit before the war in the southern continent began. Loren's last impression now was only that he was very happy living with his brother.
The military gods were embarrassed to keep him for too long, as he was originally captured by the Kremer Empire.
They were very grateful to Loren for helping them deal with the mess, so they tried to plan a home visit for Loren so that Loren could have a few days to return to the Kingdom of Hutton.
"I wonder what Juliana would think when she hears that you have suddenly become the emperor of Cremorne."
Mi Gaiya held her chin and muttered to herself.
As far as he could remember, there were some unspeakable signs in the relationship between Loren and Juliana before he left the Kingdom of Hutton. Later, after hearing about Lanqi's series of operations of welding the red line at Ikerit College, Miaiya felt that things were probably heating up.
Juliana may have thought that Loren died for saving her, but now the explosive news is not only that Loren has been resurrected, but he has even become the emperor of the Kremer Empire and is setting out to end the war and unrest in the southern continent.
Anyway, Migaiya wants to see the sequel. The happiest thing for him and Ifatia is to eat melons together.
"Oh, I still want to have dinner with her."
When Loren heard Julianna's name, his eyes first flashed slightly, and then his brows drooped again.
He also didn't know when he would see Juliana again.
Even if he had holidays to return to the Kingdom of Hutton, Juliana rarely had holidays to leave the Kingdom of Alolan.
The only consolation is the help of the mysterious instructor introduced by Professor Bolao. He and Juliana have gone from being friends to dining partners.
“Why eating?”
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Ifatia and Migaia looked at the Ice Witch in confusion.
You said that the relationship has made some progress, and it has indeed made some progress.
But I always feel like I'm going in a strange direction.
Perhaps only the Ice Witch who was in Ikerit at the time could resolve their doubts and sense of disharmony.
It's like the thinking module has been contaminated by a very familiar mysterious existence.
The Ice Witch also shook her head.
She also didn't understand why Loren and Julianna's date ended up spending the entire day eating out.
"Where's Lanci?"
Seeing that the other three were silent and only exchanging glances, Loren took the initiative to ask.
He also heard a little about Professor Landry, and Lanqi's identity in the Kreming Empire was Professor Landry.
Lanci can always finish a job that others cannot see the end of in a short time. In fact, this is because Lanci works so hard that he is crazy and works harder than anyone else. So when Loren recalled Lanci's tired state that day, he was really worried that Lanci would suddenly collapse from overwork.
"Lanqi and the others went to see Violet today."
Miaiya looked at Loren, smiled and answered.
He could see that Lanci had tricked Loren thousands of times, but Loren still didn't blame Lanci as always.
"When they heard that Violet had woken up, several members of the Silver Moon Reform Society went to see Violet."
Ifatia added.
"Lanqi actually felt a little guilty and didn't dare to come to see you. He kept talking about it while eating breakfast today. He said he owed you money and he would definitely pay it back if he had the chance in the future."
The Ice Witch recalled Lanqi's words and also spoke.
"It's a good thing that we can save the southern continent. Besides, Lanqi has changed now."
Loren shook his head and laughed.
If it were during the time at Ikerit Academy, Lanqi would definitely not have any feelings.
Loren knew that Lanqi had no bad intentions, it was just that Lanqi's ways were really different from others. Now Lanqi seemed to be starting to learn how to be a human being.
“…”
The Ice Witch had previously imagined that Loren was the mastermind behind the incident.
Now I realize that she was the one behind it.
She had never done anything inappropriate in her life, except for forcing Loren to sit on the Snow Wind Mechanical Throne. She felt that she had done something wrong.
She was no different from Lanqi. The double guilt she felt towards Loren made her feel extremely guilty and she didn't know how to talk to Loren.
"Um, to reply to Ikerite, can you give me a day? We agreed on that last time."
The Ice Witch couldn't speak.
Only when she is alone with Loren can she confess her misunderstanding of him and tell him about this dark history.
Just before in the temple, Loren promised her that next time he had the chance, he would take her around Ikerit as a colleague.
"No problem, that's what we agreed on."
Loren certainly remembered that during his most difficult time, it was the Ice Witch who helped him deal with church affairs and did not question him like others did.
Although the time he can go home to visit his family is very short and the journey is very tight, if nothing unexpected happens, it should not be a big problem to spare a day or half a day.
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you in advance."
The Ice Witch nodded slightly to Loren.
She had never had the opportunity to go out and play alone with her colleagues before.
You might be seen as an old-fashioned person.
It would not be a good idea to ask Ifatia and Hyperion, as they were too young and their behavior was completely different from his own.
As for Talia...let’s not talk about Talia here.
A friend who is a little more mature, stable, not too old-fashioned and reliable. After thinking about it, the only person who can come to my mind as the Ice Witch is Sigrid.
When the time comes, I'll go ask the Catholic boss Sigrid about how to get along with my colleagues on weekends.
Sure enough, finding a strong career woman like Sigrid who is good at handling interpersonal relationships is the best choice.
The Ice Witch also felt a little relieved.
"By the way, how are you going to get back to Ikerit?"
Loren asked the Ice Witch, Migaia and Ifatia.
"We estimate that we will stay in the Empire for a few more days to rest and then return to Ikerit."
Ifatia poked her lips with her index finger, thought for a moment, and then answered.
Hyperion, the Ice Witch and several other great demons are on the allied route of Florence. It is more convenient for them to return to Ikerit by the original route. Now the international situation is still the most complicated and it is a sensitive period. Using unofficial channels to cross countries can easily cause unnecessary trouble.
Lanci and Talia are special intelligence agents of the Person Kingdom. They have to go back to Person's capital, Flower City, Pariah, to meet their superior, Lieutenant General Nigel, and then return to Hutton from Person.
"Anyway, Person and Hutton are close, and we'll reach Ikerit in a few days."
Ifatia remembered that it was very convenient to travel between Palia and Ikerite every time she accompanied Migaia, and the difference between the two routes was actually not that big.
"We haven't been to Huadu for a long time."
Mi Gaiya agreed with a hint of nostalgia.
Apart from Ikerite, the flower city of Pariah is the city-state that he and Ifathia are most familiar with.
"I haven't seen Rosalinda and Etiou for a long time. Miaiya and I will probably go to Huadu first this time."
Ifatia smiled expectantly.
Parieu also left behind many legends about the Duke of Miguel.
They might follow Lanqi and Talia to take the Flower City route and revisit the old place of Pariel.
"But Mi Gaiya, won't you be surrounded if you go to Huadu..."
Loren remembered that Miaiya still had a fanatical fan club in Huadu.
Mi Gaiya, who has been missing for such a long time, suddenly returned. I'm afraid she will be discovered and chased everywhere as soon as she goes out on the street. I won't be able to calm down no matter where I go.
"It's okay. Mi Gaiya has a way to hide."
Ifatia puffed out her chest with confidence.
"Don't mess up the flowers any more."
Loren just shook his head.
He has a more detailed understanding of the situation in the southern continent these days than anyone else.
"After the Flower City Incident, followed by the full-scale war in the southern continent, the problems of the Person Demon Realm have been temporarily accumulated and have not been completely resolved. Now the preliminary solution seems to be that the Person Kingdom wants to open up a principality exclusively for the demons on the southern border of the Crelin Empire and transfer most of the Person Demon Realm there. This was brought up during the peace talks."
Loren preached to several people.
Placing the Demon Principality between Persen and Kreming was completely acceptable to the residents of Persen, because compared to the Kreming Empire that had just invaded, they trusted the Persen Demons, with whom they had lived for so many years, more. The Persen Demons were also an excellent buffer zone for the Persen Kingdom.
Although the compensation paid by the Krewe Empire was much lower than that paid by the defeated because of Loren's advancement and the Empire's active pursuit of peace talks, it was still either money or land. What Person wanted was land, and what Krewe Empire happened to have was land.
This matter is still under discussion with the Kingdom Parliament Alliance. Whether this principality plan can be established and recognized by the alliance depends not only on the intentions of the Kreming Empire and the Person Kingdom, but also on the approval of the vast majority of the allied people for the Demon Kingdom. Perhaps a referendum will be launched.
"There is actually a lot of hope. The unrest in the southern continent can be quelled this time. The efforts of several great demons for the allied forces are indispensable. Moreover, there is the Ice Witch, a very positive half-demon priestess. She is almost tied to the good deeds of the Church of the Goddess of Destiny. Everyone's resistance to the demons is no longer that strong."
Loren shared all the news he learned with his old friends.
"I don't care. Whether the demons can recover or not is none of my business. I only care whether the Bosen Demon Realm is fun or not."
Ifatia was laughing and joking with the mentality of a tourist.
"Wouldn't your sister be very happy?"
Migaiah asked Ifatia.
He had heard Ifatia talk about her sister in her hometown a long time ago. Princess Talia's original long-cherished wish was to restore the country, so she embarked on a long journey to find an opportunity to restore the country. She was much more determined than Ifatia, who chose to marry and give up as soon as she arrived in Ikerit.
The demons of Person all claimed to have seen the Demon King on the day of the Flower City Incident.
Originally, the demons of the time thought that the Nine-Seal Demon King was an existence that only existed in history and legends.
Even though the demons could not see the appearance of the Demon King clearly at that time, now all the demons of the Person Kingdom are convinced that the Silver-White Singer on the Brillda final stage is their Demon King, because she is the last and only Nine-Seal Demon King in the world.
"Alas, my sister has long since given up on restoring her country. She now only wants to retire in Ikerit."
Ifatia closed her eyes and spread her hands.
My sister's only wish is to live a carefree life in Ikerite.
And marry a good man.
The world is full of things that go against your will.
When you want something, you can't get it no matter what. When you have let it go, it may suddenly come true.
(End of this chapter)