Shanna. Edric.

This is the name of that elf girl, and it has become the most precious treasure in my heart for a time.

Because no one knew her name, and I was the exception, it was as if a little secret was shared between the two of them, which made me rejoice and ecstatic.

It's just that I still don't know, what is the relationship between her and her dead father?

Friend? How is it possible, since ancient times, in the ruthless imperial family, in order to find a successor with enough ability, my father and emperor could even order me and my eight brothers to kill each other without hesitation, and use this way to determine the winner - how can there be friends?

Well, if not friends...... Confinement?

Suddenly, the word popped into my head.

The father's imprisonment?

Thinking of the elf girl's appearance like that of the Nine Heavens Goddess, and then thinking about the dozens of concubines in his father's life, this idea seems not impossible.

Otherwise, why does it take her approval to become the new emperor? Why is she Kalenkaya's Protector Sage? Why...... A long-extinct elf will appear in the human empire?

From the bottom of my heart, I felt ...... Under the weather.

Sometimes, the human mind is like a terrible monster that has escaped from the loose, and once it is created, it can hardly be suppressed.

I can't stand the peerless goddess in my heart, but what I have in my heart is another person, another old man, or a dead old man.

Even if that old man is my father.

Since even the mighty empire is in my hands, ...... Take her into your own hands, too.

Once such an idea is generated, it is like a frenzied weed that can no longer be contained.

A feeling that had been suppressed for the past few years was drawn out from the depths of my soul, naked and fruitful, eroding my thoughts.

I'm crazy about wanting to have her. Own her heart, own her body, own her qiē.

Possess her!

This thought filled my whole body and mind.

Finally, the day came when this thought could not be contained, and I did it.

I used the power I had to send a "challenge" to the girl, a challenge for the winner to be the king and the loser to be the winner...... Challenge.

In my ability...... It will definitely work.

Or rather...... I thought I could make it.

When I challenged her, she just smiled and looked at me like an ignorant junior.

This gaze ...... I hate it so much!

I don't want the relationship between the two to be just that between seniors and juniors. It's the relationship I need.

All I wanted to see was this beautiful elven girl, nestled in my arms, looking at me with longing and hope, begging me to possess her. Instead of this, it seems to tell the helpless look of "you are such a troublesome child".

With this in mind, the challenge began.

And to my surprise. The men and horses I brought with me - me. My guards, the masters of the palace, all those who followed me, all failed in the end.

The elven girl defeated them all with just one finger.

The power he was proud of was in front of those fingers as slender as white onions. It seems to have become extremely weak and ridiculous.

He was defeated.

Moreover, it failed badly.

"Run the empire well."

Beyond this, the girl didn't say much, but built the Sage Tower herself. He lived in the imperial capital all year round.

At first, I was a little happy.

"Although it was very strict, did you stay by my side in the end?"

Gradually, though, the elven girl attended the councils I convened as usual, but she no longer showed her true face, and the countenance that haunted me could only appear in my dreams forever.

For a long time, I still wishfully thought that I was just not good enough, not enough, so I didn't impress her, and she stayed in the imperial capital just waiting for me, waiting for the day when I had enough ability to be worthy of her.

And I've been working hard for that day.

A qiē seems to be developing unhurriedly on the right track, flowers falling and blooming, year after year.

Until that day.

On that day, it was the Empire's every five years to worship the gods, and after I had completed a qiē worship procedure, I saw a man in the crowd below.

Even though it was very far away, I recognized her at a glance, and she was the person I had been thinking about.

Shanna. Edric.

It's just her, and I won't admit it.

Even she waved her hand at me, as if she recognized me.

However, I couldn't be happy at all.

Because I found that her appearance was still the same as when I first saw her, a young girl of fourteen or fifteen years old, as if the years could not leave any traces on her body.

I was fourteen or fifteen years old, and when I met her, I was about the same age as her, and that was one of the reasons why I always wanted to be worthy of her.

And now, twenty-nine years have passed since I was sixteen years old, and I am forty-five years old.

Even though I looked like I was in my thirties with proper maintenance, the truth was more brutal than I thought.

I know I'm getting old.

No matter how much I maintain my health, my physique, which is beginning to gradually weaken, clearly tells me that I am getting old.

I am already a middle-aged person, no longer the youthful and high-spirited young emperor of the past.

I'm old, and I'm really old.

If it weren't for the big difference in appearance between the two sides, I believe that if I went out on the street with her, even if we were father and daughter, absolutely no one would doubt it.

This time, I was silent.

When I was young, I was in my prime, full of spirit, and she was as red as water, like a goddess.

When I was old, my life was getting older and I couldn't do it, but she was still beautiful. It hasn't changed.

The gap between the two was magnified in an instant, so big that I felt powerless and irresistible at a glance.

It's less than 30 years, but what if it's 40, 50, 60 or even longer?

Maybe by that time, I will have become a dying old man, just like my father who was lying on the sickbed back then, born in the ...... Maybe twilight death.

And she still has the same face, with a longevity that I can't imagine, and she still exists in this world.

Maybe dozens or hundreds of years later. When my grandson, my grandson's grandson, and even my descendants of many more generations saw her, she was the same as when she first saw her.

I didn't know it was then. Will my children and grandchildren be in the same mood as I am now?

The difference in life span between two different races was the first time that it was so real in front of me. It made me realize how far away that girl was.

My whole life. Maybe it's just a decade for the elven species.

And Shanna. Edric, the girl whose strength I can't guess to this day, doesn't know how long she will live.

You hate me for being late, and I hate you for being early.

In a trance, I seemed to understand the meaning of this sentence.

But maybe it should be changed.

I hate you for being born early, and I hate for being late.

I know it's just my imagination. The difference in longevity is an almost irreparable gap between short-lived and long-lived species, even if I was born early and late...... What's the point?

The end result was just a small part of her life, and I was gone.

I am not willing to accept this result.

Maybe it's my desire to be young. It made me act like a child.

-- Troublemaking.

Try your best to find trouble for her to vent her frustration.

It seemed that this would ease the sadness that made me almost faint.

All the way up to ......

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In Shanna's mind, the moment she heard the name, all the doubts were replaced by complete shock.

- Nessat. Edric.

In the entire imperial capital, is there a second person with this name?

No, she's the only one!

Other words...... The man that Melanster IV spoke of was himself, and the heir to the throne...... It's her too!

(No, no, no, no!) The director must have taken the wrong script again! This guy has been fighting to the death with my predecessor for so many years, and now he will actually pass the throne to me?! It's definitely better to pass it on to any prince than to pass it on to me, an outsider who is not related to me!! ）

The Kalenkaya Empire was not without princes, and sitting at the heads of the fifteen dukes who really had real power were the seven princes of the empire.

Even,The Mars family of Leilo who communicates a lot with girls...... He is also one of the seven princes, and of course, the only prince with a foreign surname.

Not only Shanna thought so, but also many nobles around her, and even among the seven princes, four of them instantly showed gloomy looks.

――Why did you pass the throne to the Lord of the Sage Tower?

In many ways, the Sage's Tower gave the impression of being out of place for this group of nobles.

It's not just that it generally doesn't participate in aristocratic exchanges, but also because the tower itself never has that aristocratic atmosphere, and even makes many nobles repulsed.

In addition, the attitude of His Majesty the Emperor towards the Sage Tower became worse and worse, and the tower became weaker and weaker, so that many people did not take such a force in their eyes at all.

It was only recently that a legendary powerhouse suddenly appeared in the Sage Tower, which made many forces a little wary of it.

It's just that there is not much vigilance.

and Gao Ji. Nyxos's conjecture is similar, many people think that the legendary life of the Sage's Tower is approaching, and they don't care how long the tower is, so they don't pay much attention to this force.

And now...... His Majesty the Emperor actually said that he passed the throne to the owner of the Sage Tower, Nasha. Edric?!

What kind of international joke is this?!

"Your Majesty, no!"

This time, except for a few powerful families who had a fairly good relationship with the Sage Tower, the rest of the group of nobles knelt down almost at the same time.

"Your Majesty, the matter of the throne is a matter of importance, don't be rash, I implore Your Majesty to take back your fate!"

This time, even different from the situation where Fang had just spoken sporadically, the voices of this group of people spoke in a uniform voice, sad and loud. It's almost like the ceiling of the council hall is going to be lifted up to the sky.

"Your Majesty, don't do it! Please also ask Your Majesty to take back your fate!! ”

"Oh?" Melanster IV smiled, his face suddenly gloomy, "Since you still know that I am your Emperor's Majesty, how can the words of the monarch be child's play!" Since he said it, then this throne will belong to Nesat after the first day of the first month of the frost month next year. Edric! ”

"Your Majesty, no!" GAO Ji. Nixos stepped forward, his expression sympathetic. It seems to be a good nobleman for the sake of the country and the people, "Although Lord Nesar is in charge of the Sage Tower, after all, he is very old, and he does not care about the world, and he does not have a detailed understanding of the society of the empire. It's hard to take on such a big responsibility! ”

"Old?" Melanster IV smiled, "Nexus. Did you know that Edric is a legend? The legendary powerhouse has a lifespan of five hundred. Even when you die of old age, he is still alive, how can he start when he is old? ”

"This ......" Nixos muffled for a moment, a little hesitant to continue.

In fact, he is old, and the deadline is approaching, which does not conflict with the legend having a life span of 500. Isn't it possible that the legendary powerhouse is near?

And the emperor replied to him with this reason, in fact, he had already expressed his attitude very clearly.

If you insist on what you say now, it is likely that you will make Your Majesty unhappy, and the consequences of the Emperor's Majesty's displeasure...... Not what he wanted to bear anyway.

He is not a good official who is really worried about the country and the people. It's just that I don't want Nassat. Edric sat in that position.

If his exhortation had worked, it would have been okay if Edric hadn't sat down, but if he had stayed in three, Edrick would have ended up sitting in that position...... Wouldn't the fate that awaited him be very miserable?

"陛xià-"

Nicksus hesitated, but the rest of the nobles stepped up again.

"Your Majesty, no!"

In the face of the persuasion of many ministers, Melanster IV seemed a little irritable: "The emperor has made it very clear! Next year, the first day of the Frost Moon, Nasat. Edric is Karenkaya's next Emperor! As for what you said about not caring about the world - ha, the empire is peaceful, you don't have to worry about many important things, you can hide at home and enjoy life - but do you really think that the emperor doesn't know anything?! ”

"You don't ask about the world? Who do you think proposed to oversee the construction of the Grand Canal in Innit 36 years ago? Who built the source of nature thirty-three years ago! Thirty-one years ago, the second phase of the Imperial Library project, the national teleportation array parallel network twenty-five years ago, the Tianxun reform twenty-three years ago, the inner courtyard of Lancaster College seventeen years ago, the national promotion project of the Demon Plant ten years ago, the Imperial Border Joint Defense Body five years ago, and the nine-year compulsory education this year...... Who came up with it! Is it these people who are here!! You answered the emperor!! ”

Melanster IV roared and roared with some disregard for grace, as if to vent all the emotions in his heart, and the many nobles in the council hall were dizzy, and no one dared to say a word of rebuttal.

"Speak! Why did they become dumb one by one at this time! Is this what you talk about old people who don't care about the world can do! ”

Melanster IV shouted like this, but his heart felt unprecedentedly smooth and transparent, as if some heavy shackles had been removed, and people were all sublimated from body to soul.

Why do you want to fight against the Sage's Tower?

Perhaps only he understands the reason for this.

He wants to be recognized, not the kind of recognition that the elders have for the juniors, but the real recognition between men and women.

But the disparity between the races was so great that it almost made him desperate.

I am young, and you are in the prime of life.

I'm dying old, and you're still red.

After despair, all that's left is madness.

- If you make me miserable so much, then I will never let you feel better.

Although extreme, this is the result of decades of emotional accumulation.

And now...... Because in the eyes of the Three Spirit Clan, he saw something and reported it to him, but he suddenly understood.

"Since the gap is big, let's make up for the gap, since the longevity is not enough, then go for the longevity, since you can't beat her, then cultivate until you can beat her!"

Half of his life has passed, if he doesn't work hard, then after the remaining half is over, what awaits him in the end can only be darkness and death, but it will never be that ray of hope.

Not enough life? Practice!

The legend has a lifespan of five hundred, if five hundred is still not enough, then cultivate to an epic!

And in such a mentality, the position of the king of a country has become his biggest obstacle.

"Since I'm chasing you, it's not a big deal to stumble you a little, right?"

At this moment, Melanster IV felt as if his state of mind had returned to the high-spirited youth of the old days, and he had once made a wish to get the white of that maiden.

That wish, once polluted by all kinds of variegated colors, has become cloudy, and now, those variegated colors are gradually fading, and if they are not fully restored, they will one day be restored to the white and flawless they once were.

His wife queen?

She was an exiled nobleman from Osland, and the union between the two was just a transaction.

It is precisely because of the power that the queen has left in Oslan that this has led to the immortal feat of taking Oslan in one fell swoop.

As for the Epic Ancestor who had just been promoted? I probably don't know where in the pan-continent I am struggling to survive, right?

"The Emperor's wish - you never know!"

Melanster shook her head slowly but surely, laughed, and her momentum rose to a point where it was hard to breathe.

Behind his head, two silver-gray snake-bellied swords intertwined, constantly condensing and forming, as if they were two tightly wound chains, trying to lock the target of a qiēcun zài.

Shanna watched this scene and grew her mouth again in shock.

It was all too familiar to her, because she had just experienced it not so long ago.

-- This is the emblem of the will of cohesion!

And looking at the energy fluctuations on Melanster IV, I am afraid it also means that he is ...... at this time

Advanced Legends! (To be continued......)