Second Breath (5)

When Red Alsophila woke up, she found that Coco was poisoned, but she was not dead yet. She carried Coco to find Alex, and finally she ran to Neka's house.

She told me what the poison was.

It is a flower tree called "Kume".

The flowers can be used as medicine, and have a strong anesthetic effect, making people feel as if they are in a sweet dream. However, the roots, stems and leaves are all highly poisonous. When used together, they can make people fall into a deep sleep.

She was very familiar with this poison because she was not affected by any other poison, only this poison could make her fall asleep. This was because the anesthetic effect of this flower did not have any harmful effects on the body.

She would not die, but she also fell into a deep sleep.

When she arrived with Coco, the Pope had gone and Inger was still asleep.

She watched Coco die.

After Inger calmed down, he was silent for a long time. He looked at the red tree also plant lying beside the bed, which he had ignored before.

He thought the man's sensibility had gone away.

It turns out that she would also cry for an innocent person.

His parents and brother then rushed back home.

Alex had told him what to say beforehand, since he was clearly incapable of rational thought at the moment.

But Inger felt much better after his catharsis; his tolerance was higher than Alex thought.

After all, there was no one around him in his previous life, but he still lived like this.

He asked for a high-necked black shirt that covered his neck.

The scar was as clear as the one on his chest.

Alex looked at him, and Inger said, "I don't care about that, I just don't want my parents to worry."

When Peng Delijia came back and saw him lying on the bed, he was startled and rushed over.

Inger stretched out a hand to stop him: "Father, you'd better be careful. I'm a little tired and can't stand the torture." After saying that, he coughed twice.

Peng Delijia had no choice but to withdraw her hug and looked at him worriedly.

Kalena came to him, stroked the red corners of his eyes with her fingers, and said nothing.

Inger had the illusion that she knew everything.

Having loved ones around can really make you vulnerable.

"I just used magic to fly here, so I might have made a lot of noise and scared some people, but I'm a little tired now. Can I take a break for a while? Brother? What's that behind you?"

A cat came out from behind Lanmore. He picked it up and said, "Something happened in the palace. I was worried about you... But when I came out, I don't know why this cat followed me out and jumped onto the carriage..."

The cat was snow-white all over, with one red and one blue eye, as clear as a gem.

"Meow!" The cat howled fiercely and waved its claws.

Lanmore: "Okay, okay, I'll put you down, stop making trouble!"

As soon as the white cat came down, it jumped onto Alex and rolled around on his lap, acting coquettishly.

Alex stroked its head gently and placed it on Inger's lap.

The white cat howled a few more times, staring at Inger with its vertical pupils.

Inger saw tears flowing from those eyes, and his eyes flickered twice.

This scene seems familiar.

He had seen the same emotional, humane feeling in another animal's eyes.

“Meow meow meow meow!”

The white cat's mournful cry made everyone present feel uncomfortable.

Then the white cat jumped onto Coco's chest, patted her chest softly with its paws, and continued to howl.

Inger subconsciously took out his wand.

Alex: “Should…don’t…”

Maybe he couldn't save Coco, but maybe this cat that escaped from the palace could find out who killed her.

Just ridiculous speculation.

Inger chanted the mantra in Tibetan.

He heard the cat's words:

"I'm Coco! That's who I am!"

Inger suspected that he had heard it wrong, so he tried to cast the spell on the cat itself instead of the words he heard.

"Please! Tell His Majesty the Ninth! I'm Coco! I turned into a cat!"

It worked.

Alex looked up suddenly.

Others also looked at it in shock.

Inger's throat rolled twice and asked, "Your ability is not to talk to animals, but to enter their bodies?"

After the white cat "Coco" realized that they could understand her, she said eagerly: "Yes! But I just found out! I can enter the bodies of other animals now, but I can't go back to my body! Why? I am Coco! Believe me!"

That's because her body died.

Alex held out his hand. "Come here, Coco."

The white cat jumped into his arms without hesitation.

Alex carefully held her and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

In his previous life, he had just entered the palace and trusted no one, including this child.

Because the child was sent to him by the queen, he gave the task of poison testing to her.

Later, he was moved by the child's innocent nature and wanted to train her to be his confidante.

Until she handed over the cup of tea and Inger drank it.

After Inger was poisoned for him, his trust in her hit rock bottom.

But in the end, she still faithfully completed the task he gave her.

She drank the poison sent by the queen and died in his place.

This was the second person to die for him.

Inger looked at Alex and the white cat, and finally smiled.

He said to Coco: "I will try to repair your body, and you can try again to see if you can go back."

Lanmore pointed at the cat and said, "Wait? You just believe what it says? That's a cat?!"

The white cat Coco bared its teeth at Lanmore, and then said anxiously: "Your Highness! You know I have a little treasure chest with letters written by me! Every time I write to my sister, I will save a copy to see if my handwriting has improved! There are also wax sealing tools you bought for me and dried flowers that I dried myself!"

Alex comforted her and said, "It's okay, I know you are."

After a while, Inger removed all the toxins from her body and repaired the damaged tissue.

Look at the six beads floating on the wand.

Inger could feel that his magic power had grown tremendously again, at least approaching level seven.

But he had just reached level six not long ago.

The magic to repair the body is no longer as strenuous as before.

But he was not very happy.

"Okay, you try it."

The white cat jumped up again and pressed its paws on Coco's chest.

She shook her head: "It still doesn't work."

The white cat jumped back into Alex's arms and wiped the tears from his cheeks with its paw pads: "Don't be sad, Your Highness. There's nothing wrong with being a cat."

Inger thought for a moment and said, "I will seal her body first and then slowly find a solution later."

Lanmore still couldn't believe it: "...Am I dreaming?"

Kalena pinched his face.

"Ouch! Mom!"

Inger chuckled.

The three people didn't know what Inger had been through. Seeing that he was not in serious condition, they gave him a few more instructions and then left with Ola.

Inger asked his servant to bring the materials, and immediately started to DIY a magic collar.

A real-time translation magic circle is engraved on the bottom of the circular inlay. The polished spherical magic stone is inserted into it, and then magic power is injected to activate it.

The white cat Coco excitedly wagged its tail: "This necklace is so beautiful!"

Her words can also be understood by others.

Inger touched her head and Coco rubbed it vigorously in his hand.

At this time, a little griffon flew in from outside.

Finne cried out, slid over to Inger, squeezed Coco out, and slipped under his arm.

"Finelle, be nice to Coco." Inger rubbed Finelle's neck.

Coco jumped back into Alex's arms and stuck out her tongue: "I won't argue with little brats!"

Inger said, "This magic stone should be able to last for a month, and it doesn't consume much magic power."

Alex nodded and stood up with Coco in his arms. He opened his mouth, but stopped himself from speaking.

Everyone had left, and Inger could no longer force himself to smile; he just felt very tired.

For the first time, he didn't regret saving Alex.

But the second time, he died because of his own mistake.

He is the one who is arrogant.

The villain is more cruel and decisive than expected.

He was scared.

But when I see my relatives and friends, it seems that it is all worth it.

After all, in the end, no one died————

"...Alex, that village..."

Alex: “…”

Silence has already told the answer.

Yes, there is no such perfect ending.

The one guarding there is Bixi. Even if she doesn't do it herself, Lucia will never let go of those willing sacrifices.

In the comics, the queen killed her palace servants and her two sons. So how could there be only so few people as sacrifices?

Despite this, he would still be glad that the person who died was not someone close to him.

They were speechless.

An Lienong was rescued.

An 8th-level combat wizard sacrificed a group of people and fled to the north with an 8th-level healing wizard.

The road ahead is unknown.

This was not the first time Alex had faced such despair.

This time it seems even more cruel.

Only by putting yourself in the situation can you truly understand the desperate situation.

Unlike last time, Inger didn't have the energy to comfort Alex.

And Alex could no longer make him promises he couldn't keep.

Inger: "...I'll take a nap. Let me know if there's any news."

Alex: "...Well, you have a good rest, I'm going back."

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but the look in Alex's eyes as he stood up with the cat in his arms gave him a feeling of farewell.

1892.4

"Still no reply?" Inger sat under the tree and flipped through the newspaper.

Jason packed up the tea set and replied, "Yes, the waiter just said he was busy."

Inger pursed his lips.

[What on earth has he been doing in these three months? ]

Alex used to go to his house often.

Indeed, at the beginning of January, he didn't want to take care of anything and spent half a month in bed.

But after that, he couldn't meet Alex to discuss some things.

The letters I sent fell on deaf ears, and the replies I received were always "I'm busy."

He cannot enter the palace without permission, and the level of security in the palace has been rising sharply recently.

Lanmore didn't go home very often, and when he did he would scold Ola, which showed that their subordinate-subordinate relationship was pretty good.

But every time Inger asked about Alex, Lanmore would hesitate and evade the question.

Inger suspected that Lanmore had been bribed by him, but he didn't know how the boy had managed to win over his brother who was not greedy for money, sex and power.

Inger later went to the Holy See to meet the Pope.

One is to discuss the revision and publication of a new spell book.

Even though he had the thorn in his heart about Queen Lucia, the book would eventually be published.

It should be said that it must be published.

It is because Queen Lucia has this weapon.

They need equal weapons to protect themselves.

A genius and a group of ordinary people.

He has to believe that the latter can win.

The other was to inquire about the treatment of the Queen and Bixi.

"The Queen is a traitor: the country can deal with it, but Bixi can't. She is the bishop of the Goddess Church. Tell the outside world that she was controlled by the Queen's forbidden magic and was taken away."

The Pope also looked very haggard. The heir he had raised for more than ten years suddenly betrayed him. This must have been a big blow to him. Moreover, they must have had deep feelings for each other before.

The Pope listened to his words, paused and said: "You said the same thing as he did. I have already agreed with him to do so."

This "he" must be Alex.

Inger asked, "Where's Alex?"

The Pope knew that he was concerned about these things, so he pulled him to sit down and slowly said, "He has officially become a citizen. The eldest princess allowed him to enter the parliament, and he is helping her deal with some things."

The queen's escape meant that he no longer had to hide himself.

It is heart-wrenching to see two siblings who were once political enemies now peacefully working together on government affairs.

However, in the comics, the next step is the fight for inheritance rights.

Apart from the second and third princes who were killed by the empress, and the helpless princes and princesses who were imprisoned in the cold palace or exiled, there were only three people left.

Inger turned back to the front page of the newspaper.

It clearly says

[The Fourth Prince Returns! Who Will Take the Throne?]

In the photo, the fourth prince Rudolf was wearing light riding clothes, carrying two spears on his back, and looking very vigorous. Behind him followed a group of wounded mercenary knights and a long convoy of carriages.

Even from the blurry black and white photos, one can see the murderous aura of these people.

The Fourth Prince had previously been forced to withdraw from the Central Government by the Queen and Aura. Now that the Queen was gone and the Second and Third Princes were dead, all those who leaned towards her faction were like headless flies.

There was no way Aura, who held a completely opposite stance, would accept them, so they would naturally turn to the Fourth Prince.

In fact, although the Fourth Prince had a grudge against the Queen, his political stance was consistent with that group of people.

In addition, the central government already retained a faction that was pro-Fourth Prince.

On the surface, this is a battle for the throne between the Fourth Prince and the Eldest Princess.

In fact, because of the law of succession, the Fourth Prince is in a more advantageous position.

As for Alex, on the surface, he still belonged to the faction of the princes who were banished to the cold palace, or the faction that was attached to the eldest princess. His mother was just a commoner, and she had no advantages in terms of status or power.

In the battle for succession, he was in the most disadvantageous position.

In fact, he did not become emperor at first.

On the page, there are various exciting discussions on the situation.

Inger became increasingly upset as he read, and he flipped back to the international pages.

Two major events also happened in these three months.

One was the official transformation of the Empire of Saranbra into the Democratic Republic of Saranchin.

The other is that the crown prince of the Levitra Empire was formally established.