Chapter 45: Letter from an Old Lover
Almost all of Turin passed from the office to the palace, and Oreo felt like the whole city was in a hurry, as if every Ocassimite was struggling for an unknowable future.
As the carriage drove into the palace, Angelil consciously jumped out of the carriage in the astrological tower, and Tamia followed, and she quickly wrapped up with Angelil, presumably trying to get Angelil to teach her a few new spells.
The setting sun in the distance was about to sink to the ground, and as the time was almost up, Oreo turned into black smoke and drifted off into the distance, landing firmly behind Atifa. She was leaning against the railing to watch the sunset, her expression focused.
I heard Angelil say that there were a lot of things going on in the empire in the past two weeks, so Oreo consciously didn't bother her. Except for the time they met when they returned to Turin, the two hadn't seen each other for more than ten days.
"Atifa."
Oreo softly called out Attifa's name, but Attifa didn't move.
Reunited after a long absence, it stands to reason that she shouldn't be like this.
Puzzled, he stepped forward and saw a trail of tears hanging on Atifa's cheek, and he quickly reached out to remove it.
"Who bullied you?"
Atifa ducked her head away from the hand, and she took two steps back to the right, holding her hands on the railing and sobbing quietly.
The two have known each other for many years, and in Oreo's impression, Atifa has never been a little girl who will get angry for no reason, so Oreo has not accumulated enough experience to deal with her, and he is at a loss for a while.
It took him a long moment to think about why Atifa was sad, and he said quickly.
"You gave me roses...... I shouldn't have swallowed it, I'm sorry. β
The words did not serve to comfort her, but Atifa was even more aggrieved, tears sliding down the corners of her eyes, and she pursed her mouth tightly, choking deep in her throat.
"What the hell did I do wrong?"
Oreo didn't know what his expression to show, and he spread out his hands to hug Atifa, but the girl turned into a dragon and glared at him viciously with orange eyes.
β......β
Oreo froze in place, and he took two steps back, staring at Atifa from afar.
"Atifa, the dragon's eye is manipulating you, you have to control your emotions."
"I'm in good control."
Atifa gritted his teeth and said, "You don't look at what you've done!" β
Oreo was stunned.
"What did I do? Collecting resentful energy at night, I killed a lot of wild animals...... Has this damaged the ecological environment of the Empire? β
Atifa scoffed.
"Don't talk about what you have...... What is Filia's relationship with you? β
Oreo's eyes widened.
"What's the relationship? Didn't I tell you, and besides, aren't they all engaged? β
"Who knows if she's engaged or not!"
Atifa clenched his fists, and his whole body trembled with anger. "Why did she send that thing to the Okassim Empire, and even directly to me!"
"The thing?"
Oreo turned his head consciously, and sure enough, he found a letter on the coffee table, which was placed in a very conspicuous position, but unfortunately he was so preoccupied with Atifa that he didn't see it at all, and he walked over quickly.
"What is written in the letter?"
Sure enough, Atifa didn't answer him, and he had to open the letter, intending to see what it contained to make Atifa so angry.
The envelope contained a coarse, yellowish piece of paper, a common writing paper used by the nobles of Jessel, made of highly poisonous flowers and plants, which were usually used to record doctrines, and the scriptures were as incorruptible as new for thousands of years.
"I know I shouldn't ask you anything more, but I don't know who else I can turn to in such a predicament. The western conquest of the Okasim Empire had already aroused a lot of opposition, and the defeat of the city of South Gomont made the situation even worse.
In order to support this expedition, my father signed a loan agreement with the Walden Chamber of Commerce, and after the victory, the Imperial Military Department would reward my father for a war exploit, so that there would be enough money to return to the Walden Chamber of Commerce, but no one expected that the Empire would face such a fiasco.
At the instigation of well-intentioned people, there were popular riots all over the empire, and the empire had already suffered a defeat, and now it had to spend energy to suppress the rebellion, and the military and treasury were in debt, and they could not pay a penny. I had expected Gerus to survive the Empire, but the Waldens actually used this to get my father to hand over the Dragon's Blood Steel blueprints, and I didn't expect him to be such a person......
It was the entire Armor Casting Department that agreed to the request of the Military Department, but his subordinates blamed his father, who has now been dismissed from his post and is at home, and the debt to the Walden Chamber of Commerce has become his father's personal debt.
Oreo Pravor, my father is seriously ill again, and I really don't know what to do, and I beg you to come and help me in Jessel, for the sake of our old friendship. β
Putting down the letter, Oreo was silent for a long time.
Out of her husband's identity, in order to reassure Adefa, Oreo told all about Filia, and Adefa knew his friendship with Filia very well.
Because of this, now that Filia is in trouble, there is no reason why he should not help her, which is the real reason why Atifa is so angry.
"Atifa."
Oreo whispered, "It's not what you think. β
"What is called is not what I thought it was."
The black dragon roared, "Your old lover and his fiancΓ©'s marriage is yellow, aren't you going to the Venada Empire to save her from fire and water?" β
"I have to do this."
Oreo looked straight into Atifa's eyes and replied with a frank answer. "Risking treason, Filia has provided us with a whole box of Vinada steel, a favor that both mine and the Okasim Empire should repay."
Worried that Atifa is to blame, he added.
"I'll be back to solve the current difficulties for her, don't worry, I will keep enough measure."
"Oreo Pravor."
Atifa's voice came from the deepest part of her throat, and her expression was hideous, as if she was going to swallow Oreo in the next second. "For so many years, I have fulfilled any request you have made to me, but what about you, when I begged you to go to Jessel, you refused me, and now your old lover can call you to Jessel with a letter, is it fair to me!"
"It's two different things."
Oreo paused, he felt that Atifa was very wrong today, so he slowed down his voice, "Atifa, can you calm down a little, we can have a good talk." β
"I said I was calm! And what's the use of having a good chat! You're not going to Jessel in the end, and who can stop you from what you're going to do? β
Compared to the angry Atifa, Oreo is extremely calm.
"Why do you have to worry about the identity of an old flame, Filia is just my friend, and his father used to be my teacher. You know, I still have a lot of friends in Jessel, and I'll settle them in quickly...... Artifa, can you put yourself in my shoes and think about it for me? β
"I don't want to hear that."
Atifa choked up, "I don't want to see you either, you go, go to Yesel and never come back." β
In Oreo's impression, Atifa has never been such a girl, she never makes a big noise when she is jealous, and most of the time she is always alone, but she is not a man with a romantic nature, so most of them are misunderstandings.
Today's situation can also be regarded as one of the misunderstandings, but looking at Atifa's current state, Oreo doesn't know how to explain it.
Love is the devil.
After much thought, Oreo looked up.
"Atifa, the letter mentions Dragon's Blood Steel, and Philia gave me a copy of the drawing for that thing, but I never came up with the results. This time I'll go to Yesel, and I'll come back with the method of making Dragon's Blood Steel, just for the sake of the Okasim Empire, okay? β
"For the ...... of the Okassim Empire"
Atifa's mood gradually calmed down, "I don't have any choice but to promise you, right, but this time I won't be as good at talking as I used to." I don't care what happened to you and that woman in Jessel, but when you return to Turin, you will become the Prime Minister of the Empire, and my Prime Minister! β
"When his father was ousted from the throne by Angelo, Angelo's condition was to make his father the prime minister. It was an honour to the rest of the Pravors, but an insult to our family, and I once vowed never to be Prime Minister again. β
Oreo closed his eyes, his face full of weariness, "But Artifa, I promise you. β
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