CHAPTER XVII
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When Fei Wenli, dressed in military uniform, rushed to the temple area in the city, black smoke was already billowing in front of her and corpses were all over the field.
Some of the Erosa cultists were burned alive by a fire to protect the temple, some people were staring at the altar with angry eyes and blood flowing, and the once glorious and magnificent temple area was burned by the mages, and the captured cultists were collectively beheaded, and their heads fell to the ground.
Vivien Leigh hurriedly ordered her subordinates to rescue the wounded, but the three major mage groups worked together and were so efficient that the spell flames reduced the temple to ashes in a very fast time. The only thing the salvaging sergeant could do was to find piles of black, curled humanoid coke from the rubble.
Vivien Leigh's original anxious mood turned into anger, and she led Cynthia and the other high-ranking officials to walk quickly, and saw Icewind Castle, Phantom Forest, and Eye of Time talking and laughing in front of a burning temple. It seems that after this incident, the original tense atmosphere between the three major mage organizations has eased.
Nancy noticed Vivien Leigh's arrival, and actually left her disciple Kathryn where she was, and fled alone. Kathryn was suddenly appointed as the interim commander of the Phantom Forest, and looked at the menacing Vivien Leigh with a blank expression, unable to speak for a long time.
If it weren't for Nancy being like a mother and daughter with her, it is estimated that she would have been jumping to scold her mother at this time.
Charlotte gave her a look of self-pity, and Kathleen stood behind her arch-enemy with a roll of her eyes and for the first time. Dema and Dinah are also human spirits, and before Fei Wenli spoke, they had already taken a step in advance without saying goodbye.
Charlotte looked at Vivien Leigh calmly and asked, "You have solved the matter there?" Don't worry, we've almost solved it here." β
"Almost?" said Vivien Leigh laughing angrily, pointing to the blazing temple in front of her, "You call this almost solved!?"
As soon as the words fell, the beams of the temple fell with a thud in the firelight, and the apologists of the Church of Justice seemed to want to escape from the temple, but they were hit by the beams and wailed loudly. The breath gradually faded, except for the beep of the burning wooden beams of the fire.
As soon as Fei Wenli's face changed, she wanted to rush in to save people. However, as soon as he made a move, he was stopped by Charlotte.
"Charlotte, get out of the way!" Vivien Leigh angrily rebuked.
Charlotte dressed up and replied slowly, "Is this how the King of Erosa speaks to his ally, the Grand Duke of Icewind?"
"You ββ!!!" Vivien Leigh was hot all over, barely restraining her emotions, and squeezed out her distorted words between her teeth, "Please get out of the way of the Grand Duke of Icewind Castle." β
"No!" Charlotte replied stiffly, causing Kathryn to grunt out loud as she was hiding behind her.
Fei Wenli was stunned for a moment, and then her eyebrows rose up, and she held the hilt of the holy sword with her right hand.
"Get out of the way!" she scolded again, "don't force me to ......"
"Why don't you finish your sentence?"
The atmosphere was solemn, and Kathryne, who was hiding behind her, was dumbfounded, she secretly regretted that she had known that Charlotte would become so domineering, and she would not have shrunk and handed over the negotiation matter to him.
She was well aware of Vivien Leigh's character, and when it came to matters of principle, the young king seemed to be unexpectedly admitting death.
But strangely, this time it was Fei Wenli who flinched first. She was taken aback by Charlotte's calm rhetorical question, and waved her hand again and again, "I, I don't have ......" and quickly showed a pleading expression, "Please get out of the way! Brother, do you know what you're doing? Those people are citizens of Erosa!"
As soon as she softened, Charlotte's tone became no longer hard, and the same young king sighed, "The important thing is whether you know what you're doing? You know they're citizens of Erosa, but what are they doing? they're supporting the temple that is secretly plotting to support the rebels! From the time they chose to do so, they were no longer citizens of Erosa, but should be part of the rebels. β
"But at least they didn't kill their own countrymen! We can even forgive the rebels who participated in the rebellion, so why can't we forgive them?"
"That's all the more hateful!" said Charlotte, unyielding, "if they were forced to join the rebellion like the soldiers, then I can forgive them." Because it is the duty of soldiers to obey their tasks, participating in the rebellion is not their subjective will, but an objective fact that they have no choice but to do so. But theyβ"
Charlotte reflexively pointed to the burning temple, and there was still a faint wail in the beep, "They chose their own camp with their subjective will, and chose to advance and retreat together with the gods of faith." In that case, I'm doing this to get them what they want, right?"
Vivien Leigh faintly felt that something was wrong, but she was dumbfounded and speechless by Charlotte's remarks. After a while, she shook her head like a little girl.
"I can't tell you, I don't care, I just know that I can't let my citizens be burned alive in front of my eyes!"
With that, she turned sideways and tried to rush into the temple. But as soon as she moved, Charlotte grabbed her wrist.
From the moment they chose their gods, they were no longer citizens of Erossa, but lambs of the gods. β
Vivien Leigh's eyes widened, she felt that Charlotte had become so strange at this moment, which made her ask in disbelief, "Are you so simple to divide? You are like this, you are like this! What is the difference between your father and Brother Aven, who used to have different ideas!? I have always been on your side, do you want to abandon your beliefs and leave me as a deserter in the end?!"
"I didn't run away!" Charlotte raised her voice with a hot face and red ears, "I just saw the facts! Father and Evan were right! We were not wrong in the past! What changed was our position, and if we were in a different position, we would naturally look at the problem from a different angle! I just understood this fact, Vivien Leigh, you should ...... No, it's time for me to change my role, just be yourself. β
"What the hell are you talking about? I always think that no matter how people change, a treasure in the depths of my heart will never change! Why do you want to look like you're hurting alone for my good! Am I wrong? You make me even more unable to let go of this! What the hell is going on with you? Brother Aven, you are all like 'Fei Wenli, as long as you are happy, I will bear the rest of the pain and sins', have you ever thought about my feelings!? I am also the king now! Isn't my concept also the so-called king concept!?"
Charlotte was silent for a moment, he thought that there should be no right or wrong so-called ideas, only suitable and unsuitable statements. For the past two years, he has forced himself to harden his heart, will he be happy? However, for the sake of the north, for the sake of the people he wants to protect, he can only choose to make his heart as hard as sun-dried wood.
"If you can understand my feelings, please get out of the way!" said Vivien Leigh again, but Charlotte still didn't back down.
Just when the atmosphere was at an impasse, Kathleen, who was behind her, slapped her forehead helplessly. She felt that the communication between the two siblings was simply, and if it continued like this, it would become a nerve-wracking family ethics drama again.