Strayer was reading a book in his study. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the fire more than ten years ago, the public library of the royal capital was burned down, and a large number of precious books and materials were lost, but the library in the royal palace was not affected by the flames, and many books and copies were preserved.

He was checking the contents of the Inheritance Codex, and for some reason, the ceremony that was going to take place in a few days seemed to be bothering him a bit, and he looked a little nervous.

At this time, the regent Esier summoned him to the council chamber to discuss matters.

So he carefully arranged his clothes, and walked briskly through the two arcades, and came to the empty council hall, where in addition to Uncle Esir, there were three other people, General Hunter, the Priest Wayne, and the diplomat of White Teng.

Strayer nodded to the three of them, and then solemnly bowed to Esir, who was bowed to him.

These three, plus Uncle Wang, should have been to discuss the matter of dealing with the Earl of Grey Mountain, and they had summoned themselves so that he could sit in on the discussion, Strayer thought. He had made it clear that he would fully support Uncle Elsir, and although the Earl of Grey Mountain was very strong, he was still far from breaking away from Lothar.

He also didn't believe that the Count of Grey Mountain would really defect from Lothar.

He had met the old fellow once, and at the meeting of the nobles a few years ago, the old fellow seemed as shrewd as a fox, and that he had to reap the benefits of whatever he did, just as the most mercenary businessman always sought the greatest profit, and that breaking away from Lothar would not benefit them in the slightest.

But Strayer really didn't expect that Uncle Esir didn't call him to discuss the matter of the Count of Gray Mountain, so that he couldn't react for a long time after hearing Esier's question.

"I'd like to propose a change to the Legacy Code so that you can be crowned early, what do you think?" asked Ethiel.

Strayer's heart tightened suddenly.

The Inheritance Code was used to verify the legitimacy of the succession to the throne, and it was also the vehicle and symbol of the law of Lothar. Each of the laws of the kingdom was decided by the nobles collectively after deliberation, including His Majesty the King and the representatives of every class of nobles down to the Honorary Knights, and it was reasonable that the change would have to be decided by the Council of the Nobles.

Especially when it comes to the interests of the nobility and the inheritance of the national system, it cannot be determined by the king.

Lothar's Legacy Code clearly states that if the heir to the throne is less than ten or less, the sole heir to the throne may be crowned king in advance if there is no one in the royal family to serve as regent, but the position of regent must be established. And when there is an older relative in the royal family who can serve as regent, the heir to the throne must wait until he is twenty years old before he can be crowned king.

Strayer, for example, would not be able to become the king of Lothar until he was twenty years old.

“…… Coronation in advance?" Strayer asked hesitantly.

Essir nodded: "After this verification of the code, it happens that the patriarchs of various factions have arrived, and I would like to take this opportunity to propose to modify the coronation conditions so that you can be crowned as soon as possible, which should stabilize the current situation and calm the complaints of some nobles." ”

"Yes...... I'm going to school in Iluvita......" Strayer replied, and it seemed like he didn't want to be crowned king too soon.

"You can still go to the Academy, and I'll continue to manage Lothar here until you're ready to take over. You've also seen those allusions in Count Greyhill's letters, and I think that's the best way to do that at the moment. Esier explained, looking extremely patient.

"So, what do you say?" Strayer asked.

"We've decided to hear from you before we decide. Esier said.

Strayer's gaze was fixed on the floor, and the eyes of the other four people in the chamber were all focused on him, and there was no pressure in those gazes, but he felt as if he was overwhelmed by four heavy boulders.

"The ancestors have a deep meaning in setting this law...... he said slowly.

He looked around the council hall and found that there were indeed only five people, including him, who were present, so he continued: "I see that Uncle Wang's affairs are heavy, and if I am in a position, I will definitely not be able to bear this heavy responsibility, I still have too many things to learn, if I am crowned early, it will inevitably seem frivolous, and if I accidentally do something that will damage Lothar, it will be even more irreparable." ”

Strayer said that the voice behind him gradually sounded, and he seemed a little excited: "I hope Uncle Wang can think about this matter again." ”

That's what rejection means.

Hearing that the reason for Strayer's refusal was similar to the reason for General Hunt's opposition on the side, Esier didn't say anything more, just to give Strayer time to think about it again, but Bai Teng, the administrative officer who supported the revision of the code, frowned, looking a little surprised.

He watched Strayer's back as he departed, his fingers full of gemstone rings rubbing each other in deep thought.

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There are still five days left before the ceremony of verifying the inheritance code, many nobles have already rushed from the territory to the royal capital to wait for the ceremony, and the griffon inn has been filled, but there is still no news from the Earl of Grey Mountain, and even several other families in the north have not moved.

Everyone's eyes were on the northern border of Lothar.

In the first few days, Baron Pike also took Morin around the royal capital twice, but he also did not visit the royal capital of Lothar for nearly thirty years, and it was destroyed by fire and rebuilt more than ten years ago.

And after the nobles in the royal capital gradually gathered, the eyes of the open and the secret increased, and the baron no longer went out and walked.

Although everyone knew that the owner of the famous Griffon's Shield lived in this inn, no nobles came to visit Baron Pike, and it was obvious that the aristocratic patriarchs of some age still knew about the past decades ago, and no one wanted to have anything to do with the Baron in the open.

And after some past events were dug up, the curiosity of the residents of the royal capital was finally suppressed, or transferred to a new place.

――With the gathering of nobles, all kinds of entertainment venues and luxury jewelry shops in the royal capital became lively.

Just like a festival, the streets and alleys are lit up, the street is spread out and the street is about to be crowded with vendors, there are always people playing cheerful music in the square, even the scorching sun cannot drive away the enthusiasm of the vendors, and some people carry real and fake goods on the street to sell those who are gorgeously dressed, and they can even chase from the city gate to the palace, as if they will not stop until they sell their "ancestral treasures".

It's just that as the ceremony approaches, more and more people can feel that under this festive atmosphere, there is actually an undercurrent of restless emotions gradually spreading.

Will the Count of Grey Hill come, and what will happen to the situation in Lothar?

Even Maureen felt the uneasiness.

After the baron was no longer in the house, the boy visited Osmond and Strayer alone, and it was Osmond who took him on a tour of the royal capital. I have to say that although Osmond is not good at words, he is much more reliable than Daddy Pike, at least he has never gotten lost, and the shops he took the boy to were all stores that were opening, and he never made the boy hungry. When the baron was a guide, he said more than once that he had taken the boy to a big meal, but he didn't even know how many years the restaurant had been closed.

Strayer was not with the two teenagers at this time, and if he had not changed his appearance without magic, he would have walked around the streets of the royal capital, and he would soon be recognized by the residents and surrounded by him, so he had to turn to the guards for help.

"What is that building?" asked Morin, pointing to a stone tower-like structure.

This stone pagoda looks very vicissitudes, not too towering, standing in the middle of a small square in the corner of the royal capital, the square is cold and cold, in the lively festival atmosphere seems to be forgotten in the corner.

"This is the 'lighthouse' of Lothar. Osmond replied.

"This is that kind of 'lighthouse'?!" Morin exclaimed.

Osmond nodded: "But because of the incident more than ten years ago, everyone said that this 'lighthouse' was cursed, and no one wanted to come to this neighborhood, and I heard from the adults that it was also a very lively place before that." ”

The lighthouse that Morin was talking about was not an ordinary lighthouse by the sea that illuminated the direction of the shipping lane, but a "lighthouse of order" that burned with the fire of order, and as far as he knew, there was only one "lighthouse of order" in the whole territory of Lothar, and the fire in it was burned on this land before the founding of Lothar.

As for Osmond's statement that people think that this "lighthouse" is cursed, the boy can understand it, and it starts with the role of the fire.

Under the light of the flame of order, the surrounding environment will magically change, becoming more suitable for the life and reproduction of the order race, rather than the unpredictable seasons like the Black Forest. Although this deep change of rules will be eroded and counterattacked by chaos, chaos can only gradually erode from the border of order, so there will be a permanent army on the border for defense.

But it is said that on that night thirteen years ago, chaos somehow passed through the fire of order and descended directly on the royal capital of Lothar, on the land at the foot of the lighthouse, and those blue wolves were the embodiment of chaos.

In the thousands of years of records in Toddell's history, nothing like this has ever happened.

Therefore, it is believed that the lighthouse is cursed and can no longer shelter the people who live on this land.

"Can I go in and have a look?" asked Maureen.

No matter what people think, this lighthouse is older than the country after all, and it has silently guarded Lothar for so many years, and the boy suddenly wants to go in and see what that legendary fire is like.

Osmond shook his head: "It is said that in the past, you could only enter as long as you verified your identity and passed through the security check, but after that night thirteen years ago, this lighthouse was sealed off and engraved with a magical enchantment, so that even the soldiers of Lothar could not enter it. ”

"Ahh

"It is said that the Holy Council sent people to prevent others from entering, and they also assigned special scholars to conduct research to find out the cause of the failure of the fire that night, but after so many years, I have not heard of any progress in the research, but this lighthouse has been blocked, and I don't know why we Lothar are not allowed to take over. Osmond said, unhappy with the Holy Council's approach.

However, they said that for safety reasons, they were afraid that the cultists would take the opportunity to take advantage of the fire, and if this fire was really extinguished by ill-intentioned people, then the whole of Lothar, and even the entire southern plain, would suffer. ”

"But if you really want to go in and visit, maybe you can ask Your Highness. Osmond added: "After all, after all, it is in the royal capital of Lothar, and the royal family can still enter this lighthouse, His Majesty the Prince Regent has been there, and His Royal Highness Strayer has occasionally climbed this lighthouse before, and he said that the view from it is good." ”

"Since only the royal family can enter, forget it," Morin shook his head and gave up: "You shouldn't bother Your Highness with this kind of thing now, let's talk about it when we have a chance later......"

Osmond nodded, and led Maureen to the next location.

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At the same time, in the vicissitudes of order, a dark-haired teenager is climbing a spiral staircase.

Unlike the lighthouse by the sea, the flame of order is not kept at the top of the tower, but burns in the belly of the tower.

In the center of a complex circular magic enchantment, the floating fire is like a pure ball of light, and the light it emits is obviously strong but not dazzling, because this light is more like the light in some kind of spiritual perception, making people feel warm and comfortable from the inside out.

In the space where this flame was located, outside the magic enchantment, a middle-aged man sitting on the ground opened his eyes.

It just so happened that the dark-haired boy had come here.

The magic he used to disguise his appearance had receded, revealing his true face.

It's Strayer.

For some reason, he looked at the middle-aged man with a hint of trepidation.

The middle-aged man sitting on the ground did not get up, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Strayer, blood lit up around his pale fingers, and Strayer's face immediately showed a painful expression, clenching his teeth, tensing his body as if he was being tortured by something, and twitching slightly.

"You did something wrong today. The middle-aged man said.

His voice was erratic and hoarse, and he could even say that he had no strength, but his tone was exceptionally cold.

"I, I don't understand......" Strayer said with difficulty, looking like he was going to fall at any moment.

"Repeat your task. The middle-aged man said gloomily.

Strayer's heart sank, and he took a few breaths: "Wait, wait for the coronation...... Then wait for the next step instructions. ”

"So do you know what went wrong?" The middle-aged man sitting on the ground was illuminated by pure fire on one side, and the blood emitted by his fingers on the other, looking very strange, and there were even two heavily armored guards on the side, but they were familiar with this scene.

Uncle Elsir, Hunter, Wayne, White Vine, and himself.

There was no sixth person in the chamber at the time.

Strayer barely bothered to hold his body: "I thought that the early coronation was too ostentatious, and the organization would not like it—hmm"

The blood on the middle-aged man's fingertips was even stronger, and Strayer couldn't continue.

"Now you don't have to worry about that," said the middle-aged man, "you need to be crowned king as soon as possible." ”

"Then I'll go back and propose to Esir—"

"No, he'll be sure to bring it up again in the near future, and you just have to 'change your mind after consideration' and say yes. The middle-aged man said.

"Understood. Strayer nodded effortlessly, not asking why Esil would bring it up again.

Years of experience have taught him that any attempt to question the organization's judgment and plans will be punished with the severest penalties.

The middle-aged man finally withdrew his hand, and the blood disappeared.

Sweating profusely, Strayer gasped and asked hesitantly, "Five days later, the verification of the inheritance code ceremony, my identity-"

"That's not something you need to worry about, we're free to do that. The middle-aged man snapped.

Strayer hurriedly bowed his head humbly.

"Let's go back. The middle-aged man said:

"The next time you do something wrong, the shallow sea is your only destination. ”