Chapter 44: Smoke
"Settle down, Ether." The eagle-eyed man stepped out of the carriage and saluted Ether on the rack, while the mighty Praetorian Guard knelt down in front of him, not daring to look directly at the man's face.
Esher, on the other hand, slowly got up, and looked at the feared man in front of him without the slightest hint of concern, for he was his own uncle, and even if he was the king of this country, he had only stolen it from his father.
"It seems that you have taken care of everything here, so I will be at ease." Baldwin said indifferently, even when he saw the heavy mecha behind Esser, the man was calm.
"Uncle Wang, if there is nothing to do, please allow me to go back to the military department to discuss matters." Esser's words did not show the slightest respect to the emperor of the kingdom, and before Baldwin could speak, he saw [Achilles] leave the embassy with Esher. It is already a big crime to transfer mecha in the city without permission, and Ether even used force to coerce foreign envoys, and he has already died many times if he was replaced by others, but Ether has the qualifications to run amok.
Looking at the black demon god in the distance, the man showed a subtle smile: "After all, it's just a wayward child!" ”
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Through the window, Arthur looked at the chaotic embassy realm and sneered slightly. Everything that happened just now was in his own hands, and behind him, the embassy staff had to admire the correct decision of this young man sent by the family. While the embassies of other countries were protesting violently, he ordered everyone not to move.
"Master Arthur, they are too arrogant like this!" Still, there were objections. Arthur turned to look at the elderly diplomatic envoy and said calmly: "Even the Holy See cannot influence the will of the East, and there is no need for us to trouble ourselves for the battle of will." In the East, this did not work, and in the pre-imperial period, the emperors of the new Rome only paid lip service to killing foreign ambassadors. ”
Everyone couldn't help but gasp, most of them had gone to the East in the past ten years, and they didn't know much about the East. Although I don't know if what Arthur said is true, it still makes their hearts tighten.
"But this is already the New Brad Kingdom, not an empire." Obviously, there are many people who are dissatisfied with the barbarism of the previous kingdom.
"Yes, but you can't deny that the Rastinians of Constantinople wanted to succeed the Herod and establish a new empire. If you are dissatisfied with my handling, you can report it to the family council. But no one should show their dissatisfaction with the New Brad Kingdom without my permission. At this time, the young man was no longer amiable, but had a sharp spirit in his bones.
"Yes, yes!" Suddenly feeling Arthur's resolute will was different from the past, and even these diplomats who had been with him for a long time couldn't help but be frightened. When they heard that the family had sent a son to serve as a diplomatic ambassador, everyone laughed. In their opinion, being sent here is only a loser, and it is nothing more than a kind of exile. You must know that the child of the family at this age, the one who has sharpened his head and wants to enter the core of the family. And to come to the Far East at this time is to completely give up power.
But the Doria family, who are Genoa, has always believed in an iron law, that is, the moment of giving up rights, even the moment of the end of life.
Who would refuse the temptation of power?
But when they saw this young man from the family with their own eyes, they were impressed by Arthur's resolute spirit, which was the absolute obedience of power above power, and the self-consciousness obtained from years of cultivation.
This is clearly a temperament cultivated under the influence of power, and it is completely a loss and a waste for the family to put it here.
It had only been a few days since he came, and the entire embassy was firmly in his hands. Seeing the young man's back in the distance, everyone waited until Arthur walked out of the door, and then they breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone looked at each other, and there was no room for the other party's words, and the old diplomat at the head had no choice but to shake his head and continue to go back to the work at hand.
Arthur went straight back to his bedroom, where he simply moved to his bedroom for the sake of work, while his entourage lived in the living quarters.
Arthur opened the door, he had made sure that no one was nearby so he dared to meet the man.
"Anthony-kun, you're in a lot of trouble!" Arthur looked at the embarrassed young man in front of him, he was the best in his family like himself, shining like a star, but now he was calculated, like a lost dog.
Despite knowing that the attack inside the Venetian embassy was linked to this man, Arthur took him in.
"All in all, thank you so much this time." Anthony looked at each other with a complicated expression, the two had only had a relationship on the [Hydra], and the other party actually saved himself. And there was intrigue between Venice and Genoa because of the trade privileges of the East, and even conflicts broke out!
"What are you going to do now? Your previous whereabouts are easily exposed, and the kingdom will soon suspect you. And now you can't seem to go back to your own family. Arthur asked, looking at the other man.
"I'm ready to turn myself in. I didn't kill the person, even if it was planted by the other party, it is not difficult to find the flaws. It's not good for me to hide here now. Anthony, who had calmed down, finally made a decision after much thought.
"If I were you, I wouldn't do that!" Arthur took a bottle of champagne from the wine cabinet and poured it for himself and Anthony. "If what you say is true, those who blame you are just trying to make you show up on the scene, and there is no need for flaws or not. The only thing you're right now is to hide your whereabouts and hide from me. Once you're in their sight, it's easy to obliterate you silently by their means. It's just a cover-up 'silence' just to deceive your family. In other words, you are a smoke bomb, they can not kill you if you are not in the public eye, and once you want to tell the 'truth', they will kill you, and even I can't save you. ”
"You mean, those people know I'm with you!?" Anthony suddenly felt creepy, and subconsciously looked around, as if the danger was lurking there.
Arthur nodded, "Yes, more than that, they are more desperate than anyone else to hide you. I won't kill you unless I have to. ”
"In other words, am I just a smokescreen in their hands?" Anthony felt fear and anger, and for the first time he felt so little power.