Chapter 192 The Last King
Pinkman will always remember the day he was crowned.
When he opened his eyes, he saw many people surrounding him. Each of them gave him a kind and envious smile, took off their hats to salute him, and praised him as a gift from God and a chosen one of heaven.
Pinkman is identified as the next king.
Because he has a noble pink bloodline, he is a rare chosen one in the Rose Kingdom in hundreds of years. He inherited the exclusive name of the pink bloodline and was called Pinkman III.
In the Rose Kingdom, the King and Queen must be a human and a Rose Messenger, and together they maintain the operation and order of the entire kingdom.
The current king is Red XV, who has a human wife as his queen. Under their joint rule, roses flourish and people live and work in peace and contentment. The kingdom's territory occupies almost half of the entire continent, a feat that no king has ever achieved before.
People are looking forward to the fact that under the leadership of Pinkman III, the Rose Kingdom will achieve unprecedented success and make the whole land covered with roses. On that day, all witches and monsters will have to abide by the laws of the kingdom.
Just thinking about such a grand occasion is enough to make people excited.
Every time people saw the crown prince, they were very enthusiastic towards him.
Pinkman was worried.
He knew that he was not good at and did not like governing a country. He did not like disciplining others and hated to punish others. He just wanted to plant roses quietly by himself.
Pinkman has a very smart big dog named Bark. Bark can always find some sick roses or insect invasions and give timely warnings by barking.
Every day, he took his dog out for a walk, tended the roses in the garden, felt the breeze in the forest, crossed the stream, lay on the grass to bask in the sun, and then the day passed slowly.
The leisurely life did not last long.
When he was 25 years old, Pinkman was told that the old king had decided to give up the throne and let him rule the country. It was not because the king was too old, but because he believed that Pinkman would bring a different future to the kingdom.
The old king said, "When I was your age, I was fighting with my father, King Red XIV. Do you know why?"
Pinkman said he didn't know.
"For a witch."
"She is beautiful, intelligent and has an irresistible charm."
The old king stroked his red hair, a look of nostalgia on his face: "I was too young at that time, and I didn't know that the more perfect a thing is, the more suitable it is to be admired from afar, rather than to be possessed by oneself."
Pinkman suddenly thought of the scandalous rumors in the palace. He said, "Is the witch you are talking about Lady Isabel Ceroli?"
He had seen a portrait of this witch on the palace wall, displayed in the column of court wizards. The person in the painting was elegant and quiet, and was indeed a beauty. But she had left the palace for hundreds of years and there was no news of her.
"Yes, Miss Ceroli..."
A trace of melancholy appeared on the old king's face.
"At that time, not only me, but also my father and my mother, all admired Miss Ceroli very much. Of course, this is not a problem. It is human nature to love beauty. Everyone competes fairly."
Pinkman also thought there was nothing wrong with it.
For the Rose Envoy, love is a broad and open emotion. Falling in love with a person or a flower is a natural thing.
The only restriction is that the Rose Envoys cannot marry each other.
Once Rose Envoys combine, there is a high probability that the most troublesome black bloodline will be produced.
Black Rose Messengers are born with a desire for destruction. They have crazy and brutal personalities and once they are born, they will hunt other Rose Messengers.
This is for the continuation of the entire race and for world peace.
Therefore, the next generation of Rose Envoys will either be born naturally from roses, or be the combination of Rose Envoys and humans.
Pinkman was born naturally from a rose. As an extremely rare and noble pink bloodline, it is considered by everyone to be a blessing from God.
After becoming king, Pinkman could no longer travel freely.
The court wizards were worried about his safety and always stayed by his side.
The only place where Pinkman could be alone was in his rose garden.
As was the procedure for every king, Pinkman performed his duties and took a human companion.
The queen had a pair of very bright eyes and she would laugh at any joke he told.
Pinkman loved her.
Soon after, they had two children.
A little human boy and a little rose girl.
The little boy liked dogs as much as Pinkman did, and the little girl, though of ordinary red descent, was as cheerful and lively as her mother.
Only then did Pinkman slowly feel that being a king was not a bad thing.
Ministers will handle various tedious daily affairs, and only major matters will be submitted to the king and queen for decision.
One afternoon, the sky suddenly became dark.
Pinkman thought it was just an ordinary rainstorm on the eve of the storm.
But I didn't expect that this was the beginning of an endless nightmare.
There were lightning and thunder in the sky, the power of the gods resounded throughout the heavens and the earth, miracles continued to appear, the land was torn apart, and the sun never rose again.
Pinkman prayed solemnly and devoutly to the gods.
The great [Dyke Builder] did not respond.
The endless darkness eroded every corner of the world, dragging people into it as if it had life, and the fire could not completely dispel it. Monsters emerged from the darkness and wantonly hunted and killed all living things.
All the Rose Messengers joined the battle to defend the kingdom.
They could clearly sense that the Dam Builders were becoming weaker and weaker, and the name of the Dark God was also spreading widely in the world. This powerful god from a foreign land had descended here, and his conquest of the entire world was irreversible.
Only gods can fight against gods.
The ministers discussed countermeasures with the court wizard and decided to make the coffin of immortality, so that the powerful rose messenger and some people could escape this disaster, live through the long years, and wait for the arrival of a new era.
As the king, Pinkman is the bloodline of the kingdom that must be preserved first.
Both his noble status as a king and the hope and unlimited potential carried by his pink bloodline are the keys to the future revival of the Rose Kingdom.
"Your Majesty, your safety is of utmost importance. Please enter the coffin and sleep first. We will also help the queen and the prince and princess sleep in the coffin immediately, and wait for the future with you."
"Please bear with me for now, with all the hope in the world."
"As long as you live, the rose will bloom again."
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The queen held the children in her arms and smiled at him.
The coffin door slowly closed.
At that moment, Pinkman felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
The Coffin of Immortality soon put him into a long sleep.
The destruction of the world seemed to become a long forgotten and faded dream.
…
Pinkman knew that he was not decisive enough, nor did he have the courage to be a wise monarch.
The old King Red XV once said, don't worry, just don't do anything, you are already more competent than many kings in the past.
In peacetime, this is certainly true.
Throughout the history of the Rose Kingdom, there have been many ambitious kings and queens who have made all kinds of crazy moves: forcing people to feed roses with blood, forcing rose messengers to intermarry with monsters, and even training special black rose messengers for external expansion...
Most of these policies plunged the country into severe turmoil and civil unrest, and the kingdom almost fell apart several times.
Pinkman has surpassed half of the old kings without doing anything.
But when the world was experiencing unprecedented changes and the gods were about to fall, he became terrified and didn't know what to do. His mind was in a mess and he was pushed around by his ministers and wizards.
When I opened my eyes again, it was a completely different world outside.
The darkness had dissipated, and the long-lost sunlight shone on his body again, making Pinkman breathe more smoothly.
The mysterious wizard who had been missing for many years, Ms. Isabel Ceroli, was riding a magic wand and floating in front of him, like another dream that was difficult to distinguish between true and false.
"The Rose Kingdom has perished..."
She talks about how the world is changing.
Pinkman's tangled thoughts were finally sorted out.
He finally realized that what was wrong at the beginning came from the queen's tight embrace of the child's hands and the smiles of the ministers and court wizards.
Because of [Eternal Love], he had a connection with the queen and the children, but now his heart is empty, as they have completely disappeared.
The world was in turmoil, dark creatures were rampant, and there was simply no material or time to make extra Coffins of Immortality.
They just wanted to keep the king.
As the last bloodline of the Rose Kingdom and the only remaining fire, they stepped deep into the underground.
This is everyone's hope in the darkness, and the last dignity and decency of the Rose Kingdom.
…
Before he closed his eyes, the kingdom was about to be destroyed. Everyone was trembling and despairing under the might of the God of Darkness. Everyone was struggling on the brink of death.
After he opened his eyes, the earth was reborn, the god Yao repaired the world, the sky and the sea regained life, but everything in the kingdom had disappeared.
Strange gods, strange world, strange land.
Loved ones and friends are gone with the wind.
I am the only one left, the lonely king of a fallen country, like a child who has walked into the wrong door, with no way back home.
Pinkman desperately hoped that this was just another long dream.
After waking up, the queen was combing her long hair in front of the dressing table, the children were chattering at the door, the big dog was barking and wagging its tail, waiting for its owner to take him out, and the rose garden outside the window was still gorgeous and dazzling under the sun.
It would be great if that were the case.
…
Pinkman can no longer find the meaning of his existence.
He raised his head and looked up at the sky with confused eyes, praying to God for an answer.
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