"So, we'll be moving to the palace afterward?" As they walked up the narrow yet elegant staircase, Yun Wei couldn't help but ask the knight behind him, "What will happen to the king who originally lived in the palace? Will he just listen to you like that?"
“Of course,” Isaac answered with considerable certainty. “I think we have such an understanding. After all, I have already tacitly agreed not to pursue the wealth illegally seized from the territories by the three legions.”
"I don't understand." Yun Wei shook his head slightly. "Is this also one of the rules of the game among you nobles?"
Isaac chuckled softly, "How could that be? You're just making fun of me."
Yun Wei said no more.
Based on his experience in his previous life, he knew that established rules of the game were often broken by someone.
But since Isaac seemed so confident, he didn't want to be a spoilsport, so he naturally changed the subject, "So, what are you planning to do about Blackso? Speaking of which, I don't think I've seen Vivian's brother. What happened between you two?"
“Uh, we just had a fight, and I won.” Isaac paused for a moment, then answered vaguely, “Right now, I can only focus my energy on Red Moon. As for Blackso and Golden Cloud, let’s just leave them as they are for now.”
Alejo was actually right beside them, but Yun Wei, surrounded by fanatical mages, didn't notice him because his body was scorched black by the flames.
The two chatted casually for a while longer.
Upon entering the room, the entire space was bathed in the glow of the setting sun, and in the early summer season, a layer of humid warmth lingered.
"It's so stuffy." Yun Wei quickly strode into the room and opened the window.
From this perspective, Moonflower City also appears chaotic, somewhat like a scene of war and turmoil.
Shops on both sides of the street were closed, and throngs of itinerant merchants were exchanging news with suspicion. Groups of soldiers who had withdrawn from the city walls passed by and eventually disappeared into the dusty depths of the alleyways.
Only the Tower of All Laws, not far away, remains unchanged since ancient times, standing proudly and independently within the academy.
If he hadn't met Isaac, he might have been just another ordinary person, completely unaware of the ins and outs of things, living his life in a daze. Yun Wei thought to himself.
Just like in his previous life.
Or perhaps in a previous life, when he was running frantically through the rain, someone was standing on high ground, calmly observing him.
As he thought of this, Isaac suddenly hugged him from behind.
He was once again completely enveloped by that familiar scent of grass and trees.
Yun Wei's back was always completely open when facing loyal knights, so this embrace seemed somewhat unexpected.
In fact, he sweated quite a bit today and didn't feel very refreshed.
So Yun Wei subtly struggled, turned his head with difficulty, and asked, "Hey, Issa, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing. Yun, let me hug you for a while." The other person's voice was muffled, as if they were extremely tired.
Yun Wei could sense that the other person was quietly burying their head in the crook of his neck, as if trying to absorb something.
He was very familiar with this action because he had always done it before.
So he stopped resisting, gently patted the other person's arm, and whispered, "I'm here."
Finally, the two collapsed onto the soft bed, embracing each other with all their might. Their legs were intertwined, and their fingers were unconsciously interlacing.
“Actually, I wasn’t prepared at all.” Isaac lay on his side, staring intently at Yun Wei in front of him, his smoky gray eyes filled with fragile melancholy.
The knowledge he acquired eight hundred years ago is completely insufficient to cope with everything today.
“Most of the time, we don’t have a chance to be prepared,” Yun Wei could only awkwardly comfort. “As long as we keep moving forward, it’s already much better than staying in one place and being helpless.”
His thumb lightly brushed across the other person's calloused tiger's mouth, and a slight itch arose in his own heart instead.
This subtle emotion was so strange, it seemed to have bypassed the neurons in the fingertips and spine, almost defying the rules.
"Isa".
Yun Wei abandoned the useless platitudes and instead called the other person by their nickname. As a magician, he was still better at reciting accurate spells.
The knight had already closed his eyes wearily, but replied with a slight upturn of his lips, "What is it, Yun?"
A well-timed silence serves as a pause in the ongoing process, like spring rain confirming a tacit understanding without words.
A playful breeze lifted the pale gray gauze curtains, carrying the cool night air into the room under the bright moonlight, and stealing away the whispered secrets between lovers—
"I like you."
"Yes, me too."
...
As it turned out, Isaac's concerns were quite valid.
The very next morning, the two received an anonymous letter at the front desk containing what was even evidence of Theodore Russo's treason.
After several discussions, the two changed their previous strategic plan and quickly carried out a series of operations, including forcing the king to abdicate. Almost effortlessly, they imprisoned the stubborn red-haired king in a monastery in the suburbs.
But things didn't always go smoothly.
In the process of stripping the Russo family of their kingdom title, they encountered their first test.
This test comes from a box locked with runes.
It was found deep within Theodore's bedchamber by the royal guards who had sworn allegiance to him.
This level of rune lock was no challenge for Yun Wei, who was trained by Sid.
And so the two of them came into contact with countless, chilling pieces of evidence.
Almost simultaneously, several grand dukes representing the interests of the Red Moon Kingdom's nobility came to Isaac's door. They bluntly stated that how he handled the box would determine the Red Moon Kingdom's peace for a long time to come.
At this moment, they were all standing below the palace steps, and Yun Wei stood with them.
There was only one king sitting on the throne, staring expressionlessly at the restless vassals below.
“Your Majesty, you are the successor of the Temubranche family, and we should naturally support you unconditionally. However, you must also make some gestures to ensure we have no worries,” the leading elder said shrewdly and respectfully.
He is the leader of the seven Grand Dukes of the Red Moon Kingdom. He comes from the Crimson Maple Duchy, east of the Eagle Tail Plain, a place with rolling hills, producing various precious metal minerals, and famous for its highly profitable mint.
His statement was quite direct.
Either Isaac destroys the box, and everyone wipes the slate clean.
Alternatively, Isaac could choose one of their granddaughters to be "Augusta," which is queen.
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