Chapter 51 Chapter 51 From pantomime audience to pantomime actor, ...
Mrs. Capet hurriedly bowed to the messenger, and when she heard "the wedding will be held in three days", her joyful expression turned into shock.
"Three days later...? Isn't this... a bit hasty?"
She didn't dare to question the king directly, so she said tactfully, "My daughter's wedding dress hasn't been prepared yet..."
"Your Majesty has already considered everything the Duchess has said," the messenger interrupted Mrs. Capet with a smile. "The wedding supplies will be delivered to the estate tomorrow. Miss Capet, just wait and get married."
Mrs. Capet lifted her sleeve slightly and quietly slipped a brocade bag into the bag: "Your Majesty is so anxious..."
The messenger weighed the item, his smile growing even wider. "Madam, don't worry... His Majesty simply wants to share in the festive mood before the hunting ceremony."
"So that's how it is." Titis's eyes and eyebrows seemed to relax, and she thanked the envoy repeatedly. Lin Miao, who was standing diagonally behind her, could clearly see her fingers rubbing constantly.
Three days of wedding preparations would be a drastic time commitment for a commoner family, let alone for the royal family, which values etiquette above all else. Even the politically sensitive Thetis, and even Julia herself, would have been skeptical of the idea that a king would break centuries of royal tradition just to "get some good luck."
Yeah, it’s probably the family dog that’s exerting force.
Lin Miao secretly praised An Wei for his high efficiency, lowered his eyes and waited for Mrs. Capet to send the messenger away. Unsurprisingly, his sinister gaze fell on her.
With the same cold gaze, she would fall into an excited state because of her big dog; as for Titus... she would rather fall into a violent state.
The kind that kills one person with one punch.
"Besides proposing to you...what else did His Highness the Seventh Prince say?"
"To answer mother, these are all...sweet words." Lin Miao's voice was as soft as a mosquito.
"Oh? Didn't he promise you that His Majesty would grant you the marriage as soon as possible?" Mrs. Capet pressed on.
"No." Lin Miao shook his head, revealing a somewhat conflicted expression. He slowly said, "But after my daughter agreed, His Royal Highness the Prince asked about Vice President Klopp's meeting with me that day..."
"Vice President Klopp?!" Mrs. Capet raised her voice, looking around warily. "What did Leah say?"
"I just told the truth. The vice president thought I might awaken my talent for light in the future, so he gave me a gift for self-defense..." Lin Miao twisted his hands nervously. "Mother, did I say something wrong?"
"...No, you did the right thing." Mrs. Capet's face was like an overturned paint box, alternating between red and blue. Yet, she managed a soothing smile. "Even if you don't tell me, Your Highness can get the answer from the Vice President."
She could no longer stand, so she took the imperial edict and hurried into the castle.
Can't wait to verify your conjecture?
Lin Miao looked at her back and curled his lips slightly.
Once Mrs. Capet used the secret line in the palace, she would be able to obtain the "secret" information that Klopp had met the king before the seventh prince;
Compared to the good-for-nothing daughter who was firmly controlled for the past seventeen years, "the powerful Illuminati Association interfered" sounds much more reasonable, right?
Don't let her down.
Lin Miao started towards the main fort. After all, she was also impatient to see a dog-eat-dog drama.
…
Three days left to the wedding.
The wedding supplies and rewards promised by the king were delivered to Capet Manor like water.
The Duke, his wife, eldest son and daughter stood in the scorching sun to greet them. On the contrary, Lin Miao, who was "about to be married", was doing nothing in the room, admiring the grand scene downstairs through the window.
Seeing that the reward carriages had come to an end, Capet and his men directed the servants to carry the boxes into the castle. Just as they were about to go back, a low-key and elegant dark brown carriage suddenly appeared at the gate of the manor.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted by the servants, and an old man in a blue ankle-length robe holding a silver staff walked out. Even in the extremely hot weather, he still wore a gorgeous cloak with coats of arms.
Madame Capet stopped moving suddenly, and the Duke turned his head to look at his wife noticeably before he hurriedly bowed to the old man;
Lin Miao watched the scene with great interest, and guessed the identity of the visitor from their reactions.
I don't know what the old man said, but the Duke of Capet lowered his head even more, but Thetis next to him kept his back straight and looked directly at the old man.
The old man turned to face Tittis, and slammed his silver staff heavily to the ground. His raised forearm trembled slightly, and he seemed extremely angry.
The woman in the black dress who was scolded in public was not afraid at all. Instead, she raised her head and took a step forward, almost reaching the silver staff.
The Duke tried to pull the lady away, but she pushed him away. The old man became even more angry at Titus's disobedience and raised his hand with the blue diamond ring to hit her in the face.
The Capet siblings behind suddenly rushed forward as if they had received some instructions. One of them stopped the old man's movements, and the other one hugged Mrs. Capet from the side. They finally managed to separate the fierce confrontation, and the scene fell into absolute stillness.
Lin Miao, who could only hear sporadic noises throughout the entire process, watched with great fascination, as if he were watching a wonderful pantomime.
Just as she was regretting why they didn't continue the performance, she casually glanced over and her eyes were suddenly fixed on Mrs. Capet who was hugged by Daisy - her right hand was blocked by Daisy's body.
“…”
From her perspective, she could just see the pale and thin hand, which, with Daisy's cover, condensed into a ball of black mist.
Lin Miao had seen that black mist countless times, so there was absolutely no way he could mistake it—
Demonic breath.
From pantomime audience to pantomime actor, it only takes three seconds.
Lin Miao quickly retracted his gaze, leaned against the wall, took out the three-headed dog's scales from his storage ring, and called out in a clear voice, "An Wei."
The scales emitted the sound of metal colliding and sparks flying when blacksmithing.
The thought, "Where is her dog?", passed through her cerebral cortex, but was quickly smoothed out by the deliberately coquettish voice of the young man on the other end: "Miao Miao, you look for me."
His unique coldness made even his coquettish expressions seem like the imperfect disguise of a beast. Lin Miao pinched his numb earlobe and returned his attention to the main task: "Is it possible for a human to possess both the favor of light and darkness... or mana?"
"Impossible," An Wei replied decisively. "A person's 'Favor' essentially refers to their affinity with demons or angels, and is absolutely exclusive. Awakened mana comes from the special favor of demons or angels, which is equivalent to being 'marked' by one. The forces of light and darkness counteract each other, and it's impossible to plant your own mark after being marked by another."
No wonder…
They said her Divine Blessing was weak and she had no Light Mana, but after all this time, it turned out that what Titis awakened wasn't a Light Talent at all!
...But that's even more interesting.
Lin Miao stroked his scales, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Who is responsible for the talent testing ceremony for entering the Bright Association?"
An Wei: "He has been in charge since Fed became vice president. Before that... Borat was also in charge for a while before he became president of the association."
Before Borat became the president...
What did Daisy say? Borat has been the Association's Grand Mage for thirty years...?
Thirty years... Thirty years...
Because Favor can develop twice, the Kingdom of Kreze usually tests for Favor and awakens Mana twice, at the ages of seven and seventeen.
Mrs. Capet is forty-seven years old this year, which means that the time when her "divine favor value" was measured was most likely thirty years ago.
According to Errol's information, Thetis married the Duke of Capet the day before her eighteenth birthday.
Thirty years ago.
"..."
"Lord Anwei," Lin Miao said slowly, his voice trembling with a glimpse of the truth, "I would like to ask you to go and get the test report of Chatitis Lugo when she was seven years old."
"Okay." Although he didn't know what the human lady intended, An Wei agreed immediately without any intention of asking further questions.
There was the sound of several people entering downstairs. Lin Miao looked out the window again and could only see the shadow of a brown carriage slowly driving away.
Perhaps Mrs. Capet and her father parted ways on bad terms, perhaps...
Lugo, the old aristocrat and cabinet minister, will not have a good ending.
*
Two days left to the wedding.
Mrs. Capet kept Lin Miao under strict watch, so she couldn't find a chance to sneak out. Naturally, she had to ask Lord An Wei to "condescend" to come.
An Wei also used magic to transform himself into a Q-version man, with black and red braids, dark eyes and snow-white skin, which was more realistic and exquisite than Errol's.
...Although the competition between brothers was useless, it made her feel happy.
In consideration of the contribution of the little devil An Wei in bringing her two pieces of news, Lin Miao allowed him to sit cross-legged in the palm of her hand, holding her thumb and rubbing it bit by bit, with an obsessive expression on her cute little face.
The little Q-version man narrowed his eyes comfortably: "Miaomiao, which one do you want to listen to first?"
Lin Miao: "Let's talk about Titish's report first."
An Wei: "The report is - there is no report."
Hearing this, Lin Miao curled her lips as expected: "As expected."
In order to collude with Borat to modify the test results at the age of seventeen, Titis must not be tested with a dark affinity value at the age of seven.
Although there is also a possibility that Titis did not awaken her magical powers that year, it is obvious that the person behind the scenes chose to destroy the evidence because of guilty conscience.
This indirectly proved her idea.
As for who did it...
She tends to think it was Thetis's father, Minister Lugo, who did not want his daughter to bring "shame" to the family.
"What's the other news?"
Lin Miao bent his index finger and poked the little devil from behind.
"Hmm... Thetis Cape is here to see Vice President Klopp," he said. "She's been here twice before, but she couldn't get that bastard... Errol. She finally caught 'Klopp', and now she's taking her anger out on me."
"She asked me why I said you had the Light Favor, and whether the king's decree for the wedding to be held three days later was due to my interference..."
The little devil complained softly and pretentiously: "Miaomiao has no idea how terrifying that human can be when he goes crazy..."
Lin Miao ruthlessly interrupted his coquettishness: "So, how did 'Vice President Klopp' answer her?"
"Before I tell Miaomiao, will you give me some small rewards?" He turned around and kissed her fingertips. Lin Miao was not sure if there was any particular requirement for the position of the kiss.
She asked good-naturedly, "What do you want?"
"I want Miaomiao..."
“…’s headband.”
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