Chapter 39: A Conspiracy Emerges
Ambrosia is still so prosperous, immersed in singing and dancing, whether it is the previous war between Charles II and King Paul, or the invasion of the Kingdom of Lorraine, it has not brought any disturbance to the people of this city. But how long can this calm last?
"Honorable Duke Ouranos, Your Majesty is now recuperating from his injuries, and no one can disturb him." A guard stood in front of Allen and reached out to stop him.
Was Charles II's injury so bad? Hearing this, Alan stopped walking into the palace, thought about it and raised his head and asked, "Then who is in charge of state affairs now?"
"It's Prince Edward Regent."
Alan nodded and asked, "So where is our Prince Edward now?"
The guard said in a tone that was not very sure: "Back to the Duke, His Royal Highness the Prince should go to the gladiatorial arena."
"Oh, the Colosseum?" Alan frowned and thought for a moment, and finally said, "Leonardo, go." Go to the Colosseum. ”
"Yes, Lord Duke."
It was still the monstrous cheers, or the bloody fight, as if it was a grand sacrifice to the never-ending desires of those nobles of Ambush.
"Gloria, look. This gladiator is a berserker of the Northlands, and when they go berserk, they can tear tigers and leopards alive, which is very powerful. Edward watched the gladiatorial fight with relish as he explained to Gloria.
Suddenly, Edward noticed a commotion at the entrance to the arena, and then what seemed to be a clash that became even more chaotic.
Edward frowned, and said to Pori, who was standing beside him, "Go and see who is making trouble?"
Pori immediately said yes flatteringly, and was about to walk over. The next moment, he was hit by a figure. Then he fell hard in front of Edward.
Edward was furious. Slap the table. stood up and said angrily: "What kind of person is it, dare to be presumptuous here."
With Edward's roar, the originally noisy crowd quickly fell silent, and the gladiator guards trembled one by one and stopped what they were doing.
"That's enough, Leo, stand down." Allen's stopped Leonardo's movements.
Leonardo looked around and made sure it was safe, then respectfully stepped out of the way. Revealing Allen behind him.
Pori pushed away the person on his body, stood up and touched the back of his aching head and roared: "Who are you, you dare to be presumptuous in front of His Royal Highness the Prince, don't you want to live?"
Edward looked at this Allen, who was dressed in battle armor and had a cloak as red as blood behind him, and sneered: "I thought who dared to go wild here, it turned out to be the Duke of Ouranos." How? What are you doing in Ammousi, not in your city of Essis?"
Alan narrowed his eyes and looked at Edward, glancing at Gloria beside him. Today's Gloria is dressed in a one-piece navy blue gauze skirt, slim and elegant.
Alan smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the prince is here before." There was an emergency military situation below, so I had to break in. Please forgive your sins with His Royal Highness!"
Edward snorted coldly, in a bad mood, and looked at Alan more and more unpleasantly.
"Since the Duke said that there is an emergency military situation, then your Excellency will talk about it." Listening to Edward's tone, it was as if Alan couldn't say one, two, three, four, and he would be punished.
Alan looked at Edward, who looked dissatisfied, and said, "Since His Royal Highness the Prince wants to hear it now, then I will say it." The kingdom of Rollin has declared war on us, and the opposing army has reached the city of Tulga. ”
"What?" Edward was shocked when he heard this, and then he felt a sense of desolation. He didn't expect that the Rollin Kingdom would dare to declare war against the Anmuxi Kingdom without declaring war. You must know that for hundreds of years, it has been Anmuxi who has suppressed Luo Lin, and there has never been a case of Luo Lin attacking An Muxi.
When the surrounding people heard the news, they were all shocked. Ambush just had a big fight with Moslian, and this is going to be a war again?
Pori, the master of the gladiatorial arena, is also thinking about Allen's rudeness at this moment, he brought out a group of prisoners of war slaves in the previous war with Moslian, and if he starts a war with the Rollin Kingdom this time, he will definitely get a lot of prisoners of war.
Alan looked at Edward with a confused expression, sighed in his heart and continued: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, hurry up and report to Your Majesty, we need to quickly organize the army and start a counterattack."
"Oh? Oh! Fast! Someone is here to prepare a carriage and enter the palace quickly!" Edward shouted in a panic, and there was a bit of hysteria.
Although Edward was regent of Charles II, and the Kingdom of Rollin was also a country that he had always regarded as a barbarian, it was a war between the two great powers. In the past, Charles II supported him on his head and could still talk big, but now that the burden weighed on him, Edward didn't pay attention to it all of a sudden.
After Edward reacted, he immediately entered the palace under the escort of the guards and went to report to Charles II, leaving Alan and Gloria behind.
Regardless of Charles II's reaction to the news. Alan is now looking at the future princess and future queen in front of him with great interest.
Gloria was also surprised to see Alan, she did not expect to see the man who had been in the courtyard of the palace and shared food with her, the poor man who had also left his homeland and been exiled again.
Oops, he saw the sloppy appearance at that time. At the thought of this, Gloria felt unable to hold her head up. At this moment, facing the man who was smiling at him, Gloria felt that he must be snickering at himself in his heart.
"Miss!" Kelly whispered from behind Gloria, waking up Gloria in the midst of a struggle. Immediately Kelly glared at Alan fiercely, as if she was very dissatisfied with Alan's rude behavior.
Alan had actually guessed that the person in the courtyard was Gloria after that night. After all, there are not many people who can find one that meets his aesthetics in this world, so it is inevitable that he will be impressed.
Now when I see Gloria looking like she doesn't dare to look up, I can't help but laugh in my heart. However, when he saw the other party's maid glaring at him, he realized that it seemed rude to look at others like this.
So Alan bent down and saluted, "Dear Miss Gloria, please allow me to introduce myself." Below is Alan Ouranos, owner of the Duchy of Isis in the kingdom of Ammusi. ”
watched Alan introduce himself to himself in a serious manner. Gloria held back the awkwardness in her heart, and saluted with her skirt in her hands: "Hello, Duke of Ouranos."
Alan glanced at Gloria. Then he looked at the gladiatorial arena as if he was curious and asked, "Does Miss Gloria also like gladiatorial fighting?" I thought this barbaric activity was banned on the mainland. ”
Seeing Allen, he frowned slightly. As if she didn't like the gladiatorial fight, Gloria suddenly felt a sense of panic in her heart, and hurriedly shook her head and said, "The Duke has misunderstood, but His Royal Highness the Prince likes it, so he just asked me to accompany him."
Alan nodded and looked at the sky. The sun is already at noon.
Alan looked around and smiled at Gloria, "It's not too early, since I can meet Miss here." I wonder if I've had the pleasure of having Miss Gloria for lunch?"
Gloria looked at Alan in surprise, thought for a moment and replied, "Since it was the Duke who invited him, Gloria naturally has no reason to refuse."
Alan made a gesture of please to Gloria. So Gloria Adam left the arena first, and accompanied by Alan, walked to the Ouranos family's manor in Ammusi.
"By the way, I haven't been to Ammuxi City for a while. Have you had any interesting stories in town lately?" Alan casually searched for topics.
Gloria looked at Allen, who was sitting in front of her. At this time, Allen no longer has the free and easy casualness when he first met, and the whole person faintly reveals a momentum. Especially those dark eyes, which are as dark as ink, are bottomless, as if they contain the power to make people palpitate.
Gloria gently stroked the hair next to her ear, revealing her fair and delicate ear.
Speaking of which. If there's anything interesting lately. It was none other than the visit of the Holy See's emissary. When the emissaries of the Holy See came that day, it was really empty. Everywhere the envoys passed, they were paved with flowers and accompanied by a choir. The chants go on and on all the way. Recalling the scene, even Gloria was amazed.
When Alan heard this, he was slightly startled, and then returned to normal. The Holy See's actions are very fast, and it didn't take a few days to make such a scene, and it seems that the Holy See has also begun to act.
"By the way, Lord Duke, do you know? Recently, a warrior from the southern tribe came to the gladiatorial arena, and it is said that he is known as the dragon slayer!" When Gloria talked about Constance, she couldn't help but be amazed by Constance's performance.
"Oh? Dragon Slayer? It's still a long way to get to the manor, so could Miss Gloria tell me slowly?" Alan took Gloria's words with interest.
"Your Excellency the Duke is polite, but it's just some small talk, and I'm afraid that the Duke won't be interested." Gloria quipped, smiling. I don't know if it's Allen's easy response or if he finally met a listener who can no longer disguise himself, Gloria smiled happily at the moment.
Constance sat alone on the floor of the dungeon, not the slightest dissatisfaction with the harsh environment. Due to Edward's interest in Constance, his treatment is much better, at least he can eat enough for every meal. And then every time Edward came, he gave his sweat or his life.
However, the guard door of the Colosseum did not call himself today, although Constance had already heard from the reaction of the audience that Prince Edward was coming.
Syllable! The sound of the cell door opening. After that, there was a sound of footsteps, coming from the door of the dungeon, and finally stopping in front of Constance.
Is it your turn? Constance thought silently. No, there's just one footstep! If you want to fight on your own, you will never be able to send only one guard!
Constance looked up, and through the thick black hair that covered his eyes, he saw a figure in a large cloak and hood standing outside the cell door.
The figure noticed Constance's gaze and reached out to him, motioning for Constance to come closer.
Constance stared coldly at the figure, not moving.
The figure sighed, and finally spoke, "You are doing well, and I want to help you." Come here, I won't hurt you. ”
Constance thought about it for a moment, and now he had nothing worth dealing with. So Constance stood up and took a few steps forward. The chains on his feet rubbed against the cold, hard ground, making a crisp sound, which was constantly amplified in this silent dungeon, and was heard far away.
Constance walked up to the figure, separated by a cell door. But even with this closeness, Constance couldn't make out the face hidden in the shadow of the hood.
The figure nodded in satisfaction and said, "It's a pity that a warrior like you should die in a prison cell. I ask you, do you want to get out?"
Although Constance did not understand the mysterious man's intentions, at this point in him, there was nothing to hide.
"Of course I want to get out."
The mysterious man suddenly laughed twice, and then said, "After you go out, what are you going to do next?"
Constance frowned, but said without hesitation, "Of course, it's back to my tribe."
"Do you still want to go against the Kingdom of Ammuxi?" The mystery man then asked.
"Of course!" Constance said proudly that he was not a prisoner at the moment, but a king, with his own ambitions and his own lofty dreams. "We Paris and Ambrosia will never die!"
"It's stupid." The mysterious man suddenly let out a sigh.
Constance was furious, but he was breathing heavily, but he was able to control his anger. Because he knew that his anger was useless now. After a while, Constance calmed down and said calmly: "Stop going around in circles and tell your purpose."
The mysterious man seemed to be quite surprised by Constance's performance, and said in surprise: "I didn't expect that the Southern Barbarian, who has always been known for his rudeness and barbarism, could control his anger. Looks like you're really useful. ”
The mysterious man muttered to himself and continued, "Constance, if you really want to regain your freedom, then show me your true strength."
Constance suddenly laughed disdainfully and said, "Why do you say such a thing?" Who are you?"
The mysterious man said mysteriously: "It doesn't matter who I am, it doesn't matter why I say such things. The important thing is that your only hope is in me. If you don't believe it, be prepared to die in prison. ”
Listening to the mysterious man's words, Constance scoffed: "It turned out to be an idiot who didn't know what to call it. , since you don't want to say anything, then don't bother me!"
"You!" The mysterious man who was ridiculed by Constance said angrily: "You barbarian, what qualifications do you have to laugh at me!" Don't you know your situation yet!"
"Hahaha!" Constance's laughter resounded throughout the dungeon, causing the dungeon to hear the sound of anklets rubbing against the ground, apparently alarming the other slaves. "It's you who doesn't understand the situation! You have to figure it out, my name is Constance, and I'm the dragon slayer of Paris! If you're just a little minion who can't be the master, then don't waste my time!"
The mystery man was silent, not sure if he was so angry with Constance that he couldn't speak or if he was thinking about something. Finally, when Constance was about to get impatient, he spoke, in a cold and angry tone: "Good, you are good! Now I believe why you are called the Lord of Paris. ”
With that, the mystery man threw something at Constance. Constance caught it, stretched out his hand and saw that it was a key.
"Here's your cell key. But that doesn't mean anything, even if you get out of the dungeon, you still can't escape from Ammusi. So you have to be obedient and behave, and I can release you back to your Paris. ”
Constance thought quietly for a moment, and finally asked, "Why do you want to help me?"
The mysterious man laughed and said, "All this is the guidance of the Holy Light." (To be continued.) )