"I'm giving you some time and space to be alone. With that, Leorik got up and walked to the other end of the garden, leaving Todd and Mary behind.

Looking at the other party's wary face, Todd spoke first: "Mary, there are some things ......"

Mary stretched out her hand to stop the other party's words: "To ensure safety, I first have a few questions for you. ”

Staying safe?

Todd was a little depressed, but nodded his head in agreement.

"Where did we first meet?"

"At the aristocratic drinking party in Silver Ring City, I used Gospel Flowers to participate in a gambling game. ”

"Where am I to tell you about my powers?"

"In the audience room of the Knights' headquarters in Twilight City. ”

The two of them asked and answered like this for more than a minute.

After confirming that all the answers were correct, Mary finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty, it's really you! Why are you here?!Please forgive me for being abrupt, the situation in the city is too complicated, and I have to be careful." ”

While Todd expressed understanding, he also asked, "There are a few things that I need to confirm with you." ”

"Speak, please. ”

"First of all, I called you and Dion in the soul space, why didn't there respond?"

Mary's eyes widened, and she looked puzzled, "We're also wondering why you haven't held a meeting for a long time, we always thought something had happened in Twilight. ”

Todd looked Mary up and down, "When was the last time you attended a soul meeting?"

"About two weeks ago. ”

Todd mentally counted the time: "The day I lost contact with you, it was about a week ago. During this time, have you ever met anything out of the ordinary, or been exposed to anything strange?"

Mary struggled to recall the memory, proposing hypothetical after hypothesis, all of which Todd rejected until she pointed to a royal brooch on her chest, which drew the latter's attention.

Looking away from the other party's white and snowy skin, Todd looked at the strangely shaped brooch and said to Mary, "Can you take it off and let me see it?"

Mary nodded, took the object off her chest, and placed it in Todd's hand.

In the sunlight, Todd took a closer look at the brooch.

Silvery-white appearance with two swords and a shield. At first glance, there was nothing suspicious about an extremely ordinary Holy Acropolis insignia, but it was quite heavy to pick up, and the material felt a bit like a strange metal.

Placing the brooch on the table, Todd activated the soul space again, and this time he summoned Mary in without hindrance.

Returning to the real world, Todd picks up the brooch and knows it.

It seems that the culprit blocking the soul communication is this small brooch.

"Who gave you this thing?"

Mary replied, "It came from one of my father's astrologers, who said it was a pass in and out of the palace garden." ”

"Astrologer?"

"Yes, this astrologer came to my father not long ago, but my father trusted him so much that he even entrusted him with access to the Vault. ”

Todd picked up the badge again, looked at it over and over again, and after remembering all the features of the badge, he planned to put the matter aside for a moment and talk to Rachel later. He then handed Mary back the badge and motioned for her to pin it to her chest again when the conversation was over.

Mary was puzzled: "Your Majesty, since we found out that there is a problem with this brooch, why do you still let me wear it?"

"If the information is correct, then the astrologer you are talking about, probably from the Council of Elders, is a very difficult enemy. After thinking about it, Todd decided to be careful: "So, I need you to try to keep the status quo and not make anyone suspicious." ”

Seeing that Mary had no objections, Todd said, "Second thing, what progress has the Twilight Mission made on the work of the heir of the Holy Acropolis?"

Hearing Todd's question, Mary perked up: "Your Majesty, there is something you may not know, Dion has made a great contribution. ”

"Great achievement?"

"The candidate supported by the church, my second brother, Matilde, was fascinated by Dion. Mary said this, and a smile was still on her face: "No one expected such a thing, my second playboy brother, actually fell in love with Dion at the first sight of him." ”

Todd was a little crying and laughing: "You mean, His Royal Highness Matilde is in love with the knight Dion?"

Mary smiled and nodded: "The world is really wonderful, isn't it? No one would have thought that my amorous brother would fall in love with a man." ”

Todd had an explanation for this.

Dion has a "pheromone" parasite, and the pheromones emitted by the worm's body have completely affected the brain of His Highness Matilde.

Mary continued: "When my second brother fell in love with Dion, he wrote love poems for him every day and organized countless banquets just to dance with him. After a period of getting along, Dion got from him a list of nobles who supported the church faction. As long as we give this list to my eldest brother, the matter of the election for the throne will be ......"

Todd interrupted her, "There's one thing I want you to know, Mary. ”

Without waiting for her to ask, Todd once again pulled the other party into the soul space, and showed Mary the secrets about Sinclair and the church, as well as the conspiracy behind the candidates for the throne, in the form of memory images.

When the two opened their eyes again, Mary's face was pale and her lips trembled slightly.

"How could there be? How could there be such a thing?!My big brother, why did he do this?!"

Todd looked around, motioned for Mary to lower her voice, and explained, "Twilight originally intended to support His Highness Sinclair on the throne, but now it seems that this plan has completely failed. ”

Mary grabbed Todd's hand and asked eagerly, "Then what should we do now? Could it be that all the previous efforts have been in vain?"

Todd pondered for a while, then spoke: "If His Royal Highness Matild is obsessed with Dion, maybe we can change the person we support a little. ”

"What do you mean...... Change the object of Twilight's support from Sinclair to Matild?" Mary said worriedly, "But the second brother was originally on the side of the church, and Twilight City's support for him to come to power, wouldn't he shoot himself in the foot?"

Todd had a headache: "The lesser of two evils, compared to your scheming eldest brother, perhaps the second brother who is greedy for pleasure is more in the interests of Twilight West City." ”

After saying this, Todd looked at Mary and sighed: "If you can also be one of the candidates, it will be good......"

Mary's eyes darkened: "The Holy Acropolis will never approve of a queen, and even if people agree that the queen will ascend to the throne, I have few supporters in the city compared to my two older brothers...... Moreover, I don't like the city at all......"

Todd pursed his mouth and shook his head, patting Mary's hand lightly, signaling her not to think too much: "If you tell Dion this news, you will say that Twilight City has changed the direction of support from Sinclair to Matild in the matter of the heir to the throne." Also, if possible, let him try to stabilize His Highness Matild, who may be the success or failure of our confrontation with the Church. Later, I'll be in communication with the Cabinet in Twilight City and arrange a series of follow-ups. ”

Watching the depressed Mary leave the back garden, Todd, who was in a mess in his mind, began to try to sort out a clear line of thought in so much information.

Leoric, King of the Holy Acropolis, came to his side, smiled and said, "Kid, do you have time for the next game of chess?" (https:)

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