By word of mouth, no one has linked the new Emissary of the Holy See to the traveling scholar who saved all the honored ones in the Cardinal's attack.

In fact, even the dozens of honorees in the original ranks, even though most of them are now scattered all over Merlin, no one knows that the traveling scholar who traveled with them is the same person as the Holy See oracle.

Otherwise, Ludwig would have known the news a long time ago.

"So, when he was walking with us, he was deliberately approaching you?! What else did he do? ”

Ludwig's heart pounded.

He felt embarrassed about his reaction at this time, because he had completely lost his qualification to care for Lin An.

But the tongue did not accept the control of wisdom, and involuntarily blurted out the question, and immediately regretted it:

“…… No, you don't have to sue me. ”

Since Lin An has even found out the murderer behind the scenes, he will naturally not be passively victimized.

Ludwig was ashamed and annoyed by his incompetence.

I didn't even know that I was mentally hinted at, and I even needed Lin An to rescue-

This just proves that Lin An made the right choice at the beginning.

Since he can't even resist this kind of assassination of Cheng Dù, how can he be qualified to imagine that one day Lin An will change his mind again!

What he did under the influence of the spiritual seed was like the best mockery, making him realize his meanness, darkness and madness, as well as delusion.

"Don't get cranky, it's not your fault."

Delusion makes people crazy, and low self-esteem makes people self-destructive. Lin An prevented Ludwig from sliding further into the abyss:

"Do you remember Sidney? He was also affected by the spiritual seed, and for this, he almost caused a catastrophe, so you don't need to blame yourself too much, the person who should say sorry is me. ”

Lin An closed his eyes.

At this moment, her self-blame was sincere.

The victimization of two close people in a row has sounded the unprecedented alarm in her heart.

"With my spiritual power, I didn't even realize Angus's intentions, not to mention that you are not even a spellcaster, how can you realize his deliberate secret hand - if you can't do this, he will not become the only oracle of the Holy See."

Ludwig was silent for a moment.

"If you knew what I've done in the last few years, I wouldn't say that."

"That's why you need to be more energetic."

Lin An said, "At least before Yiqiē breaks out, we still have time to clean up the situation, don't we?" ”

“…… Of course. ”

Ludwig sighed.

Maybe if you continue to blame yourself and feel guilty, you will get more attention from Lin An, but in that case, even Ludwig will look down on herself.

So he rubbed his face vigorously and quickly cleaned up the leaked feelings.

Although after today, he finally lost the last unrealistic hope of Lin An's change of heart, Ludwig would rather his impression in Lin An's mind stay in the ice field than leave an image of self-pity and incompetence.

"You're meeting me tonight for this? Who told you about me? ”

When reason returned, the experience of these two years in the imperial capital would not be forgotten after all, and Ludwig quickly found the key point:

Lin An shouldn't have found out the problem on his body.

Otherwise, she would have been back for many days and would not have been slow to react.

"Who reminded you? I want to think about it...... By the way, it's Saxon, right? During this time, only he was most often by His Majesty's side and was able to contact you privately. How much did he know, and where did he find out? ”

A chill appeared on his grim countenance, and Ludwig's voice turned cold:

"We underestimated him, we didn't expect a few princes to fight so hard, but it was him who His Majesty finally wanted."

"With His Majesty's permission and help, that stinky boy may indeed be able to cultivate a secret force that can catch my horse's feet."

Lin An's expression had already told Ludwig that his guess was correct.

"Sure enough, it's him!"

"In this case, the secret forces he controls will not be able to be cultivated overnight."

"What's more, his real enemies before should be Byron and Yorkiadan, or even Charles, and they won't put most of their power on me."

"So, I will be discovered, maybe because of Charles and Victoria, or maybe I have a secret deal with Byron."

Lin An was surprised by what Ludwig's words revealed.

Could it be that Dwig actually knew about the affair between Prince Charles and Princess Victoria?

And he actually tolerated it?

Well, the marriage of Ludwig and Princess Victoria may really be just a typical aristocratic marriage.

Normally, even if the aristocratic couple has a good relationship, it will not prevent them from having a lover outside.

In their words: "Romance is not a fault", "a lover is a necessary embellishment on the edge of a nobleman's clothes".

As long as it does not make trouble on the table, embarrass the spouse, or even affect the inheritance of future generations, it can be tacitly approved or even encouraged by the aristocratic circle.

In this case, the only thing that is more sensitive is that Victoria and Prince Charles are brother and sister.

If Ludwig didn't care if Victoria found a lover to find his brother, then in the aristocratic concept, the wife lover had a noble status, or even a more skillful one, which could make the husband proud.

Of course, this is just an unspoken rule that prevails in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital, which is drunk and lustful.

Here, no matter what weird happens, there will be no fuss.

Even if Lin An had only lived in the imperial capital for a few months, it was not unheard of words such as "feast of beasts", "romantic night", and "lady's veil", but it was impossible for anyone to dare to extend such an invitation to her.

Moreover, Merlin's world conditions and values are relatively conservative after all, and the upper class society indulges in private and indulges in lust, and still adheres to tradition on the surface.

Ludwig was originally part of the traditional aristocracy.

He may not be a standard, dogmatic knight, but in terms of marriage, according to Ludwig's original temper, it is impossible to tolerate his wife cheating with another man.

At this time, Lin An finally realized the terrifying nature of that spiritual seed.

Not only does it indulge the deepest dark desires in the hearts of the victims, but it also distorts the nature of the victims beyond recognition.

Lin An didn't really understand this in Sidney, perhaps because Sidney's desires have always been very simple, and the mage circle he is in is far simpler than the aristocratic circle.

In Ludwig, Lin An realized the distortion of character after the spiritual seed was imperceptible for a long time.

She finally understood where Ludwig's self-loathing and discouragement came from.

If it is replaced by Lin An, once he wakes up and realizes that he has taken a shortcut and has replaced Melissa's position as a pentagram, he will also have a feeling that the sky is falling apart.

The association was too deep, and Lin An picked up Ludwig's words after a while, adding:

"It's not just Byron, it's probably because of me—because of Odin, he hates me."

"And the relationship between you and me, if you have the heart to investigate, it is not difficult to confirm."

"It's because of those mistresses."

Ludwig said lightly, "His hands are not that long, and he can bypass our contacts on the northern front and find out what happened in the beginning." ”

Lin An was not very surprised, "You and Haimo are still in contact?" ”

Hemmer was one of the first recipients to come back together.

"Of course."

Ludwig smiled, "I can develop so smoothly in the imperial capital, and it is indispensable to their power - I need them, and they need me." ”

Lin An looked at Ludwig's subtle expression, and suddenly understood something.

The ideal state of absolute equivalence is rarely in the relationship between needs, and there is often a gap.

And Ludwig's special status determines that he and most of the honorees have the upper hand in this relationship between need and demand.

A single recipient, to be honest, is not remarkable at all in this imperial capital where the earl walks all over the ground and a single brick can smash three members of the royal family to death.

But if there is a heart to unite, exchange resources with each other, and have Ludwig, a new celebrity who stayed in the imperial capital, as an intermediary, even if the recipients are only loose alliances, each in the south and north of the world, it is enough to condense into an undercurrent.

What's more, the generals and soldiers who came back from the northern front to receive medals were far more than their group.

In the northern front, of course, they were competitors and formed gangs, but in the imperial capital, they were all regarded as people from the northern front, and they were labeled as natural.

Although Ludwig could not have snare it all, the Empire's encouragement and reward for meritorious heroes had to continue due to the ongoing fighting on the Northern Front.

With such a steady stream of new blood joining, as the honorees help each other and strive for promotion, over time, it is not difficult for the faction of the northern front to become a major force in the middle and lower echelons of the military, and even reach the upper line to break the old rule that the top bosses of the military are controlled by the big nobles.

And Ludwig's special status as the princess's husband may become a key point in the conflict between the military nobility and the new forces.

If the operation is successful, it becomes a compromise point in the conflict between the two parties, and Ludwig may even have the opportunity to be the biggest beneficiary.

After all, Ludwig did not lack military exploits or status, and during the Great War, it was not impossible to complete the three-pole jump from a low-level general to a commander in front of the battle.

Lin An didn't know if Ludwig saw such a possibility.

Reason told Lin An that Ludwig should have seen and had the heart to push the situation in this direction.

He was an ambitious man.

If his marriage to Princess Victoria was mainly due to the power it bringed, then Ludwig would not have given up his original favorable conditions and was content to be the husband of a princess in the imperial capital.

Lin An just didn't expect Ludwig to be so ambitious and thoughtful, and he actually hit the idea on the army that the emperor valued the most.

Establishing a position in the imperial capital and holding a certain amount of power was only the accumulation stage of Ludwig.

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