Chapter 36 July Flower Society
Luther did not force him to stay, but only let him stay for one more night. When Ye Yanze suggested returning to the temple, he readily agreed.
Zelsa came with the temple's carriage and stood behind Ed as a diligent servant, but her eyes could not help but turn to the two people surrounded in front.
He looked at Ye Yanze standing obediently in front of Luther, slightly raised his chin, and let him tie the cloak belt for him. Luther reached out to smooth his hair again, smiled and whispered something in his ear, Ye Yanze blushed and pulled his hand back.
The next second, Luther bowed again as if to apologize to him. Ye Yanze's expression softened a little, but his ears were still red. He stretched out his hand and let Luther kiss the back of his hand gently.
Zelsa unconsciously clenched her hands. Ye Yanze's reaction was probably fake, but there was still a 20% chance. This possibility made him feel like there was a fish bone stuck in his throat, and he felt a little cheap at the same time.
So what if he is really involved with Luther? What does it have to do with him?
That's not right. If he gets involved with Luther, Ye Yanze can kick him out at any time. After all, the head of the Hilt family is certainly more valuable than the dangerous element who is currently useless.
Ye Yanze and Luther were finally ready to separate. Zelsa lowered her head and stared at Ye Yanze, but he was calm and walked over and even took the initiative to extend his hand for Zelsa to help him get on the carriage.
"Your Highness, if you need anything, Hilt will ensure your safety during next month's southern tour."
Luther stood beside the carriage and looked at Ye Yanze, raising his voice a little with a smile on his face.
Elemental erosion is happening all the time. Regular purification rituals are to ensure that elemental erosion in the area near the royal capital will not be too serious. The subsequent southern tour will be for His Royal Highness the Son of God to personally go to the south to patrol the city and carry out purification.
If this is not done, the number of patients with elemental erosion in a region will increase dramatically over a period of time.
In previous years, many mages accompanied him on his southern tour. After all, not all patients tortured by elemental erosion would wait obediently for him to save them, such as the famous Jishihui.
There are many areas of severe erosion in the south, with the worst-hit city being Gaya. Almost everyone there has elemental erosion disease, and the mages sent there will begin to lose strength and develop black spots within a year.
There were no resources to be gained from that city for the noble families, so they all tacitly gave up on that city, not allowing the people in the city to leave, not providing supplies, and not sending mages or doctors to rescue.
A group of people who sneaked out from there secretly formed the Jishihui. Originally, they only plundered the resources of the noble families and sent them to Jaya. Since Ye Yanze was canonized as the Son of God, they have added an activity, which is to snatch the Son of God away.
Luther's words seemed light-hearted, but in fact they implied that he didn't need to take the United Conference, the Aristocratic Family, or the Society for the Savior seriously, because Luther had the ability to protect him.
Zelsa subconsciously clenched his hand, his face tense, but Ye Yanze gently scratched his palm with his fingers. Zelsa didn't know what he was thinking, but he felt a secret joy.
Zelsa looked at Luther and could actually see a hint of green in his black hair.
"Thank you. When I need your help, I won't look for anyone else."
Luther smiled, seemingly pleased by his answer, but when he stepped back, he looked straight at Zelsa who was standing beside him. The arrogance in his dark blue eyes was very familiar to Zelsa.
The noble lords would have this expression when they saw the untouchables harassing them, as if they had seen something dirty, but it was not worth paying attention to.
"Zelsa, come in."
The carriage drove out of Hilt's manor, and Ye Yanze lifted the curtain to call him in. The little bit of joy he had felt before was long gone, leaving behind a faint irritation.
"You're very quick." Zelsa sat opposite Ye Yanze as soon as she came in and sneered. "In one day and one night, what methods did you use to make Luther your man?"
"The pure and kind-hearted Holy Son? They don't know that His Highness is good at seducing people with his appearance..."
Ye Yanze poured a cup of water on his face, but there was no anger on his face, and he even spoke in a gentle and soft voice.
"Are you calm now?" He even took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to him, watching Zelsa lower her head and take his handkerchief to wipe her face.
"It seems that you have calmed down. Then listen to me." All the expressions on Ye Yanze's face were restrained. He lowered his eyes and looked at his fingertips with a cold and distant feeling.
"Luther did not appear out of nowhere. It's just that something went wrong in this life, allowing this illegitimate son to successfully usurp the throne."
"He's not easy to deal with, but now his intention to seek cooperation is obvious. We can't be sure what his real purpose is, but we can use him. After being reborn at this point, we have too few cards to use. We can only use him first."
Ye Yanze's words were all true, but he hid a part of them and didn't intend to tell Zelsa.
"Cooperation?" Water was still dripping from Zelsa's hair. He looked up, and the pair of black eyes stared at him. "Ye Yanze, not everyone is willing to be played by you."
"Be careful not to overdo it, or someone will catch you and eat you up."
Ye Yanze chuckled, he seemed to find what he said very interesting, he laughed again, tilted his head slightly to look at Zelsa, and looked at him without flinching.
"You make it sound like someone is being played on me willingly. Who is it?"
The slightly vicious expression on Zelsa's face faded, making him look even more dangerous.
"Don't you know very well that I'm a rotten person who will do anything to get what I want? As long as it's appropriate, there's nothing I can't trade."
"Okay, what's the point of talking about these issues?" Ye Yanze put down the cup in his hand and smiled sweetly, just like he looked at him and asked that day, do you like it? Do you like this gift?
"Say something that will make us all happy."
"Zelsa, if I say I can help you become emperor..."
"Like your brother, an emperor who was kept in captivity?"
Zelsa was not surprised that Ye Yanze would say such a thing, and interrupted him coldly. Ye Yanze was not in a hurry, and there was an inexplicable certainty in his expression.
"I mean to make the Hermann royal family yours. As for whether you will be deprived of power and become a puppet, that is none of my business."
Both Zelsa and he spoke in a nonchalant tone. They were both arrogant and ambitious people by nature. No one thought it was a fantasy for a pariah from the Kolin District to become an emperor.
"If I reject your proposal, will our cooperation end here?"
Ye Yanze smiled. Compared to Luther, the conspirator who used a lot of trash talk to hide his intentions, he preferred this straightforward and arrogant careerist.
"You can refuse and see what happens."
"Your Highness, we have arrived."
Ye Yanze looked at Zelsa and smiled more happily than ever before. He stretched out his right hand, with a bandage on his wrist. He put his hand on Zelsa's arm and gently pinched his arm. It was too hard and didn't feel good at all.
"Don't be in a hurry to tell me the answer."
Zelsa did not follow. He stood in the shade of the tree in front of the temple. The light and shadow intertwined, and his young, three-dimensional face cast a faint shadow.
The moment Ye Yanze said this, he felt the madness behind that smiling face. He only had a good face, a dirty mind, no mercy, no heart at all.
Apart from a vague desire for destruction and hatred, what emotions did he have that were real?
Such a person, such a person...
"Your Highness, that Ed doesn't have an attendant. Does he need one?"
Ye Yanze sat at the dining table to eat, while Ed looked for opportunities to tease His Highness. Ye Yanze took a sip of black tea, shook his head slightly, and an unconscious smile appeared on his face.
"Let him be. He is not the kind of person who can do these things."
Ed didn't know what he tasted, he suddenly fell silent and frowned, thinking.
"Your Highness seems to like him very much?"
Ye Yanze raised his eyebrows, nodded casually, picked up the napkin on the side and replied: "You can say that he is very likable."
How can he not be liked? He is capable and ambitious, but surprisingly innocent. However, he is not so bewitched that he is confused and knows his place.
For some reason, whenever Ye Yanze thought of Zelsa, he would think of Luther. The two people who obviously had nothing in common always made him feel similar at certain moments.
"What about Lord Luther... don't you like him?" Ed seemed to feel that something was very tricky and asked him in a low voice.
Ye Yanze wiped his hands, smiled and shook his head: "How could that be? I like him too."
He is in a high position of power, and he secured the position of the head of the first family by his own means. He is very good at acting and pretending, and he can act back and forth with him. He can be said to be knowledgeable and understanding.
Both of these are prickly, but both are very valuable. Ye Yanze put down his napkin, as if he had figured something out, with a smile on his face.
Since they all had value, there was no need to throw any of them away, so he accepted them all.
The light from the painted glass windows enveloped him softly. Ed always felt that His Highness seemed to be very excited about something, and his cheeks were a little red. He defined it as the beginning of love.
But... can Lord Luther accept that His Highness has a lover?
Ye Yanze didn't know that his loyal attendant, Ed, was already thinking about how to deal with the fight between the two lovers of His Highness. He was preparing for the purification ceremony in three days.
The royal court, noble families and the people of the capital will all attend this ceremony. No one is afraid of death. Even the common people who do not have elemental erosion diseases want to get as close to the place where the ceremony is held as possible to receive the purification power as much as possible.
There will be a lot of people, and a lot of people will be watching.
In addition to him performing purification, the emperor also stepped forward to light up the magic circle. The stronger the power, the more it will be recognized by the magic circle, and it will spread his purification power to a farther place.
"Your Highness, this is a reply from Lady Bella."
Ye Yanze was wearing casual clothes, standing in front of the bookcase, flipping through the Encyclopedia of Potions. It was so thick that he had to hold it with both hands. He didn't turn around, but just asked Ed to put it aside.
"There is one more thing, Your Highness." Ed hesitated and looked at Ye Yanze's back: "It's about your personal servant Zelsa."
Ye Yanze smiled and waved his hand to let him speak.
"I have found out what you asked me to investigate. Zelza does not seem to be from the Corin District of the Royal Capital. It is said that he came from the severely eroded area in the south. So...so he seems to have some relationship with the Jishi Society."
“After entering the temple, he has been in contact with the people of the Society for the Promotion of the World.”
After saying this, Ed lowered his head, waiting for His Royal Highness to get angry, but he only heard the dull sound of a book closing, followed by a chuckle.
"Got it. You can go down now. Don't tell anyone about this."
Ed looked up at Ye Yanze in shock, then lowered his head and said he was leaving.
Your Highness, are you really in love?
Ye Yanze just supported his chin and looked out the window. The window was square and the farthest he could see was the spire of the clock tower in the center of the royal capital. A group of gray-white birds flew around in a circle but never broke through his small world.
No wonder he subconsciously came to him for cooperation. It turned out that he was waiting for this opportunity to get close to him, pretending to seek cooperation, but in fact he wanted to gain his trust and join the southern tour team, and then kidnap him with the help of internal and external forces.
After the purification ceremony, he went on a southern tour. He was really curious about what Zelsa was going to do. Would she tie him up and take him to Gaja, and force him to use purification all the time? Or would she, as he said, cut open his chest and offer him as a sacrifice?
No wonder he panicked when he heard that Luther wanted to protect him.
Ye Yanze was not sad or shocked at all. It was all just a show, and no smart person would take it seriously. He was just purely curious about what he would do if he succeeded.
Because no matter what Zelza's original plan was, now it will only go according to his plan.
*
The day before the purification ceremony, the streets of the royal capital began to clean up consciously, and flowers were placed in front of every house. The closer you get to the central square where the ceremony is held, the more you can feel the festive atmosphere.
Men, women, young and old walking on the street all wore July flowers on their chests. It was the symbolic flower of the temple, with double golden petals. It was neither seductive nor graceful, but simple and pure. It had no fragrance, but its roots were thin and weak.
The towering bell towers and the spire-topped buildings were decorated with colorful silk. Mages, who were rarely seen on weekdays, came and went, casting spells everywhere. The family emblems on their chests were all blue, basically - mages of the Hilt family.
There were also some young men wearing sky blue robes with only an academy logo on their chests. They gathered in twos and threes, with vivid expressions on their faces.
"They are students of St. Tropez's Elemental Academy, trainee mages. Cute, aren't they?"
Ye Yanze needed to check in at the clock tower in the central square one day in advance. He leaned against the window and looked down. Next to him was Zelsa, who had become increasingly taciturn recently.
"It's just a place where the children of the nobility play house."
Zelza's outfit was similar to his, except that he was wearing a robe and the other was a uniform with a stand-up collar, but he seemed to be born to suit the uniform, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, long legs and a tall stature, and he had the aura of an imposing predator.
"Prejudice, but you will have a chance to break your prejudice."
Ye Yanze said this meaningfully, and before Zelsa could ask him, the annoying Luther came over.
His outfit was so similar to Ye Yanze's, with a golden tassel on one shoulder and a red, white and blue silk ribbon on the other. He wore white gloves on his hands, his hair was parted in a 3:7 split, and his every move was elegant and calm.
"Your Highness, the ceremony will be tomorrow. How is your health?" He walked quickly to his side, took off his gloves and gently stroked his hair.
Zelsa subconsciously stepped forward and followed Ye Yanze. Luther took the time to glance at him, and their eyes met and then separated, and the silent hostility was tacit.
"That's about it, don't worry."
On Luther's index finger was Hilt's family ring. He lowered his head to adjust Ye Yanze's collar accessories, his eyelashes drooped, and he sighed softly.
"You know, it's hard for me not to worry about you."
Zelsa looked at his hand expressionlessly, the coldness between her brows almost overflowing.
Ye Yanze chuckled, took the white gloves from his hand and helped him put them on himself. He drooped his eyelashes, put them on and looked up at him. The sunlight was gentle and particularly fond of him.
"Your Excellency, you will see a very good spectacle tomorrow."
"Oh? Then I'll wait and see."
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