The imperial capital of Camelot, the Black Lily District, the Night Garden.
It was drizzling.
Late summer showers are like this, coming in an instant and leaving silently.
In the dim lights under the rain, a carriage stopped by the busy road, splashing tiny water drops.
Different from the other carriages traveling on the street, this carriage has a matte black carriage, and on the outer edge of the carriage is an emblem of a black eagle and a sword and shield.
The eight contracted families of the Foresta Empire use plants as their emblems, while the black eagle and sword and shield are exclusive to the imperial family.
The blonde girl jumped lightly from the carriage.
As soon as her toes touched the ground, a dark umbrella immediately covered her head.
"I didn't expect you to be so sentimental, Char."
...
...
Airola glanced at the black umbrella above her head and silently moved closer to the boy holding the umbrella.
For Char and Airola today, there are many ways to shelter from the rain more conveniently.
Even if necessary, it is not impossible to temporarily change the weather over the imperial capital with some effort.
There is a similar forbidden-level magic device in the black tower, named the "Celestial Controller".
"In my hometown, there is a very popular limerick used to confess love between men and women——"
"From now on, mist and rain fall in Shengjing, one person holds an umbrella and two people walk together." ”
"Shengjing means the capital city... In the Foresta Empire, it means the imperial capital Camelot."
"In the imperial capital covered with drizzling rain, I walked side by side with my partner, holding an umbrella, hand in hand, towards the unknown and ethereal future..."
"I've always wanted to try this feeling with you."
"Today, I finally got what I wanted."
Xia Ya held an umbrella, looked at the misty scenery of the imperial capital in the rain, and spoke with a smile.
Airola looked at Xia with a dazed look in her eyes.
She seemed to have returned to that snowy night in Ceylon, which was freezing cold but seemed so warm in her memory.
That night, she and the young man in front of her snuggled up to each other with their body temperature, and walked into the vast snowstorm together, with thick smoke rising into the sky and burning ruins behind them.
But Arora quickly came back to her senses, with a hint of complexity in her sky-blue eyes.
"I don't remember such a limerick being popular in Ceylon."
"Ligermer, as the name suggests, is a popular culture circulated among common people. A young lady from the Winter Flower family like you, Xiao Ai, would naturally never have heard of it."
Xia laughed and said, "At least I got the point."
"You're still so good at these sweet words."
Aurora sighed helplessly: "No wonder even Miss Sylvia and Her Majesty Isadella are unconsciously attracted to you."
"Also, this person from the Shadow Council..."
She looked at the dignified and magnificent building in front of her with resentment.
Dark Garden.
It is also the base of the Shadow Council in the Imperial Capital.
Because of Augustina's previous covert move against Guderian in the star realm, and the subsequent disputes between the royal family and the great nobles in the imperial capital, the Dark Night Council supported the royal faction without hesitation.
As the nobles who had previously occupied vast amounts of resources were cleared out one by one, the Shadow Council's branch in the Empire also received a massive amount of resources like the White Tower, and further expanded and developed.
And this is also the destination of Char and Aira's trip.
Although according to Char's explanation to Airola, his main purpose of coming to the Shadow Council's base this time was to confirm intelligence and collect resources.
But Airola certainly wouldn't be fooled so easily.
The reason why Char came here was probably because of the Queen of the Night, Augustina.
As for the specific process and logical chain of inference? No inference is needed.
There is no special reason, just practice makes perfect.
Char's criminal record is so numerous that Airola wouldn't be surprised at all if Char suddenly got involved with someone of the opposite sex again.
"When we first came to the Night Garden, I felt that the way the Night Queen looked at you was very strange."
"Now that a year has passed, my initial premonition has indeed come true."
Airola looked at Xia deeply, with regret in her eyes.
"I don't know how a person with an unpredictable background like the Queen of the Night got connected with you, Char."
"Could it be that the love words and methods you just said to me are actually the same ones you said to Silvia, Miss Augustina and the others?"
cough--
Xia coughed lightly.
It's really hard to respond to this sentence.
You can't just say that you told the Queen of the Night who just hatched from her shell that you want to be her knight in the future, right?
Moreover, Xiao Ai’s guess was not wrong.
Xia has not forgotten that the first time he and Sylvia met, they acted out the famous scene from Titanic: "If you jump, I jump too."
I can only say that this version of intuition is too strong and needs to be weakened.
"Looking at the style of this carriage, you should be Isadella's person, right?"
"Do you still need me to pay for the ride?"
Faced with Xiao Ai who was full of regrets, Xia Ya decisively chose to be cowardly.
He started chatting with the coach driver who brought them here.
"How dare you, Your Majesty Xia."
Although he was the driver of the carriage, he was a young officer wearing the uniform of the Black Eagle.
Hearing Char asking him, he quickly bowed respectfully.
"According to the latest revision order issued by Her Majesty the Queen, the military and the administrative bureau of the empire are now also under the jurisdiction of the Sword Wielders."
"And as the supreme leader of the Sword Bearers, you are also my immediate superior in terms of hierarchy."
"Oh." Xia nodded: "Since I am your immediate superior, I just want to ask why there is a military carriage parked in front of my house."
"This is an order personally issued by Commander Diris. It seems to be the intention of His Majesty." The coachman thought for a moment and answered in detail: "He asked me and several other military officers to serve as your guards and protect your safety at all costs."
"At the same time, conduct a strict check on those who have entered and exited your mansion, especially women, and report to Commander Diris in real time to prevent any evil cults or enemy country spies from plotting against you."
My buddy is chatting and laughing with the evil god. Do I need you, a little four-ring, to protect me?
Diris...or rather, Her Majesty the Queen arranged such a group of guards for me, in fact, it is for the following sentence: "Carry out strict inspection of women entering and leaving the mansion and report in real time."
I can only say that my second wife is worthy of being the queen known for her iron-blooded wrist. With this desire for control and the ability to take action, perhaps only I can bear it.
Having said that, this person really dares to answer.
Just like that, he sold out those two weird succubi and the queen behind him... Aren't you afraid that you will be harassed when you return to the military?
Xia looked at the coachman with a hint of sympathy in his eyes: "What an honest child. What's your name?"
"Lulu, Lulu. Lamperouge."
"What a nice name! Do you have a good friend named Suzaku?"
After hearing what Char said, the coachman was slightly stunned: "I didn't expect His Majesty Char to know this. I do have a companion in the military codenamed Suzaku."
"Before being transferred to perform your escort mission, we used to work together in the "Black Knights" under the military. It is the military's ace team, named in honor of the legendary Black Knight Cain during the founding of the country. ”
Xia was silent for a long time: "Then your military is really full of talented people."
…
This is Char's second visit to the Night Garden.
Because of the strange attitude shown by the Queen of the Night during the first visit, and Char has always been a master of risk aversion, and has always been extremely cautious about such attitudes of unknown origin, so after discovering that something was wrong, Char tried his best to avoid dealing with the Shadow Council.
But now that the misunderstanding has been resolved and the reason for the strange attitude has been found out, Char's visit this time is naturally more justified.
Even if Augustina really wanted to settle accounts with him for the shame of trafficking underage dragons and riding her, Char at least had the ability to protect himself now.
The person who greeted him was still the person in charge of the Dark Night Garden.
However, his strength has improved, from the peak of the fifth ring to the sixth ring.
"It is an honor to meet you, Your Majesty Char."
The person in charge bowed respectfully and said, "According to the chief's order, your authority in the Dark Night Council is now equal to that of the chief himself."
"Any secret intelligence, historical archives, and even all extraordinary materials stored in the Shadow Council... even the 17 holy relics owned by the entire Shadow Council, except for those currently being used by the leader himself, can be distributed by you at will."
"If you wish, there is no problem in selling Dark Night Garden directly and converting it into money."
"The leader's orders?"
Xia was slightly stunned.
"Augutina knows I'm coming?"
"Is it inconvenient for her to see me now?"
"Um."
The person in charge nodded respectfully and said, "The leader went into seclusion a few days ago, and the place where he practiced in seclusion is unknown to anyone."
"However, your authority within the Shadow Council was actually adjusted a long time ago."
"According to our internal classification standards, your data confidentiality level and authority are both at the "Prometheus" level, which exceeds the "Angel of Death" level. ”
As if afraid that Char wouldn't understand this special word, the person in charge added a few more sentences.
“Prometheus is a hidden level within our Shadow Council, also known as the Fire Thief level. ”
"This is the highest level of authority and privilege, above all Shadow Council stronghold leaders and high-ranking officials. Before you, only the leader himself was at this level."
Prometheus
Also, the fire thief.
Xia's eyes moved slightly.
It is impossible for him not to know the connotations of these two words.
In other words, these two baseless words actually came from him.
After all, not long ago, he had personally told Hathaway in "Char's Flying House" the story of Prometheus who stole fire for the human world but was imprisoned on a cliff.
And relying on his spiritual power that was now as bright as the sea of stars, Xia Ya naturally remembered very clearly that when he was telling this story, Ye was lying on top of his head and listening.
If the previous ones were just speculations caused by excessive coincidences, then the exposure of the two hidden words "Prometheus" and "Fire Thief" in the Dark Night Council at this moment can completely confirm Char's previous speculations.
Augustina is the night.
only--
"Closed in the dead end..."
Char pondered over this word.
As a pure-blooded dragon of the night, a congenital mythical species, it stands to reason that there should be no so-called bottleneck for Ye.
"Are you really in seclusion..."
"Or do you simply not want to face your own dark history... or do you not want to face me, a pretentious beastmaster who wants to become a dragon knight?"
Char murmured quietly to himself.
However, no matter what, at least with the assistance of the Shadow Council, the purpose of Char's trip has been achieved.
Although he originally had the support of the Empire and the White Tower, these two were different from the Shadow Council.
The empire itself had been weak for a long time, and had only recently recovered from its decline. It was a time when everything needed to be rebuilt, so naturally there was not much surplus grain in the treasury.
The White Tower, after all, is just a force for teaching and educating people, and its heritage is only five hundred years old. Although it has accumulated a lot of wealth, it is still lacking in holy relics due to the lack of top-level powerhouses of legendary rank.
The Shadow Council is the king of the gray world of the Western Continent and the largest arms dealer and intelligence dealer...
After thousands of years of inheritance, the information and holy relics accumulated within it can be described as massive.
And what Char had to face in the First Age was the old sun god from the glorious era.
That's not a being that can be killed simply by throwing money at it... Compared to pure Rhine gold coins, relics and intelligence are more effective preparations.
And the next thing he had to do was naturally only one thing -
"Xiao Ai, we may not be able to return to the Garden of Eden in the next few months. I'm afraid that such a gentle place will wear down my will."
The tenderness of last night was also the last indulgence that Xia gave himself.
Although he always admitted that he was lustful, he never lost his priorities.
The blonde girl nodded and took Char's hand: "Yeah."
"Well, let's get started."
Xia smiled.
"Take the best sword in the village, recruit the best and most amazing teammates, complete the tedious ring-running tasks, and get all the restrained special props."
"Put all your efforts into preparing all the strategies and intelligence."
"Then, after making every possible effort to prepare for the situation, and after there is nothing more to be done—"
"Push open the door to the top floor of the magic tower."
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