Chapter 780 Speech in the Auditorium
"Why, do you want to kneel down?"
Seeing Xius smiling and shaking his head, Isabella snorted: "Then don't waste time. Everyone is here, so let's start the meeting quickly."
After saying that, she turned around and strode away, her hair tied up high bouncing with her steps.
Isabella has participated in many affairs of Castel under the identity of "Prince", but this seems to be the first time she has come here in her true form.
Her high-profile return was mainly in the Principality of Tis, and many people in Blood Harbor had not seen her yet.
Seeing the queen's impetuous look, many people showed sighs.
Alexei had a nostalgic look on his face. "The last time I saw her was at the graduation ceremony. I was beaten up by her Knight Commander then. Now that I think about it, it must be Galahad. No wonder he looks so familiar."
"You can go over and get beaten up by him now." Hughes glanced at him.
[Knight] might be a shame as a path to transcendence, but it can still crush mortals.
On the other side, Beatrice's expression became complicated when she saw Isabella.
The last time they met, she was the Queen's loyal subordinate, but now she has become Caster's loyal fountain.
The day the Queen was assassinated left such a deep impression on her that Beatrice thought it would be a nightmare for the rest of her life.
I didn't expect to see the Queen herself today.
It feels strange that some of the ancestors you worship every year suddenly stand up and chat with you today.
"What's wrong?" Xius noticed her strange expression and came over to ask.
"It's a bit embarrassing. Although the assassination was a conspiracy, I certainly didn't protect His Majesty well. Later, I became the Pope of the Candlelight Society. This can almost be called a betrayal. Sigh."
Beatrice's tone was somewhat lonely.
She was still a young girl who knew nothing at that time and was full of unrealistic fantasies about the future. She never expected that so many things would happen later.
Xius thought about it and decided to comfort her. He turned around and pulled a young man over.
"Look at him."
Beatrice looked closely and felt that the person looked familiar, but she couldn't place it. Perhaps she had met him before? Who was this?
"He's a prince. I mean, Archduke William."
Hughes patted Beatrice on the back and said, "Look, the prince isn't embarrassed, so why should you be?"
A question mark slowly appeared in Beatrice's head.
The prince didn't mind at all. He smiled and replied, "Just call me Prince. This title is also an encouragement."
Beatrice looked at him curiously. "Don't you feel offended? And your assassination has lost its meaning."
The prince shook his head. "That's not the case, Miss Beatrice. When I went to assassinate the Queen, I never thought about success, nor did I care about fame."
"I went to assassinate just to tell my people that Tis did not surrender."
"I have no training, and I have never been a good assassin, but I still choose to go. The people call me a prince, and I will fulfill the duties of a prince."
"I know I will fail, but I just need to draw my sword, and someone else will come and thrust it into the enemy's chest."
"No resistance ever succeeds in one go, but the success of a resistance must come from the first time you draw your sword and point it at the enemy."
Beatrice was stunned.
The prince bowed slightly. Isabella in front of him glanced at him, suddenly chuckled, then turned around and continued forward.
Her long red hair is like dancing fire.
"Okay, let's go down first." Xius clapped his hands and gestured to the people in the corridor, "Let's go downstairs."
There was definitely not enough space for so many people in Hughes’ office, so they came to the hall below in a mighty procession.
Strictly speaking, this place is also a church. Everything is done here in the Imperial Truth, but few people pray. Therefore, the hall here - that is, the chapel - has rarely been used.
Sometimes technical priests would requisition this place to give lectures, and war priests would also come here when they were stuck doing sand table simulations.
Today, the chapel was surprisingly full of people.
The banshees, Castel's higher-ups, some of the onlookers, even Ignatius and many priests from the Temple of Silence, all gathered in the chapel this time.
In the distance, more people could be seen gathering around, standing on tiptoe to look over here. Big Gwen, who had been squeezed outside, was trying to lift Nora (above) higher.
Nora also has Chloe's diary on her head, which can be considered an alternative form of stacking people.
Well, it's three stories high, and they can't even make up a whole person. If Big Gwen and Little Gwen are counted as one person,
Nini, who was standing by, had an idea when she saw this and also lifted Monica up, making Monica scream in anger.
Seeing the chaos in front of him, Zeus stood on tiptoe to look forward, and could only see densely packed heads. He was originally standing in front of the pulpit, but after thinking about it, he simply stood on the platform.
Now he was tall enough that even Nini next to him could only look at him at eye level.
Zeus waved at the people, and the noisy crowd quickly quieted down, looking at their lord in unison.
Even Monica was put down with her mouth covered.
Xius coughed, looked at the people around him, and said loudly:
"Everyone, I'm very happy that we can gather here today and see faces I haven't seen for a long time. I'm also very happy to see these partners who have walked with me."
"Unfortunately, we are not gathered here today to celebrate victory."
"Castel has experienced countless victories. Although our journey to where we are today has not been smooth, we have also rarely tasted defeat."
"But this time, we were defeated in the battle on the Rhine."
The banshees in the house lowered their heads. Although they always looked unreliable, they were very serious when facing the battle.
Most of their abilities are born for combat, and they always regard combat as an honor.
In the battle between Rhine and Jules, they tried their best but were ultimately defeated.
Although they didn't show it much, they actually suffered a big blow. The banshees have been honing their combat skills day and night recently, and even Nini rarely writes reports.
Now when they heard Xius mention it, they felt their faces burning.
"But I don't think failure is entirely a bad thing."
"Nini, you participated in the entire battle. What do you think was the reason for the failure?"
Nini thought for a moment and said, "We didn't know Jules's ability. Our tactics were a bit radical. Besides, we weren't strong enough."
Having said that, Nini lowered her head in shame.
"So how do you think you can become stronger?"
(End of this chapter)
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