Chapter 195: The Intersection of Fate
Carl's gaze fell on the oil painting again, the most striking of this oil painting signed "The Intersection of Fate" is the young men with different expressions on the bow of the boat. At the foreground was a young man with a knight's sash and a knight's dress, with a straight figure and high spirits, who had his feet straddled the side of the ship, his head held high, and looked at the city of silver tides with great interest.
Beside him was a handsome young man in civilian clothes, one of his hands on his waist, holding a noble sword hanging from his waist, and one hand pointing slightly forward, as if to say something.
A little further back beside the two of them, a young man with a sail hat and a sailor's suit was leaning sideways, and the captain with two mustaches was having a lively discussion.
And in a slightly remote place, near the sails, a young man dressed a little old-fashioned, standing quietly in the corner, as if forgotten by the world, unremarkable.
Obviously, the person that Lady Loris once liked should be one of them. But who it was, Carl really couldn't tell.
"Is it Lord Robek?"
Carl couldn't guess and decided to answer according to the most standard routine.
Mrs. Loriss smiled lightly, did not answer directly, looked at the oil painting, and said with a full of memories: " This is my father's last work, I still remember, that day, he was still drinking, from morning to night, drank all over the tavern of the dock, and even fell drunk directly on the dock, the next day, when my father woke up, he suddenly saw the rising sun, saw the noisy and busy dock, as if he had been apocalyptic, and suddenly realized that life was so busy, should not be let down, so he immediately went home, took out the dusty painting tools in the storage room for a long time, and recorded the scene he saw for the first time. ”
"Of course, maybe my father really got a revelation from God!"
Mrs. Loriss smiled and said, "He didn't know that he had painted a moving moment with all his heart, but he happened to include several legendary figures who would stir up the fate of the continent in the future!"
As she spoke, Lady Loriss pointed to the high-spirited young man standing at the bow of the ship and said with a smile: "This is His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Holy Hyrule Empire, at that time, he was still a wanderer who liked food, travel, adventure, and chasing beautiful women, and left a lot of affairs in the Kingdom of Thunder and even the various city-states along the Harp Sea. ”
Carlton couldn't help but look at it twice, but he didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor, who is known for his wisdom and ability, would have such a side when he was young. Of course, he had also faintly heard some gossip about His Majesty the Emperor.
The court struggle of the Holy Hyrule Empire has always been fierce and complicated, because of the existence of knight blood and magic potions, so that the kings and emperors live far longer than ordinary people, which to some extent in disguise strengthens the authority of the king and the emperor and the stability of the imperial political situation, many contradictions and conflicts were forcibly suppressed during the reign of the king and the emperor, but once the king dies, it will usher in a violent general outbreak.
As a result, the major empires of this era have formed a unique dynastic cycle rate, and every time the throne is replaced, it is a major reshuffle of the major forces within the empire, the conflict is unprecedentedly fierce, and the competition for the throne is also extremely dangerous, and many times it even takes several wars to be resolved. This is especially evident in the Holy Hyrule Empire, where almost every emperor takes the throne and needs to step on the bones of opponents, lead a large army to take the thousand-year-old imperial capital, and pass through the triumphal arch surrounded by knights before he can truly be crowned emperor.
Although the old emperor of the previous generation, His Majesty Pepin II, tried to change this situation in which every change of throne brought huge war and internal friction, and abdicated early, choosing an heir from many princes to take over the emperor's position in advance. But it was only forcibly suppressed that the struggle shifted from the court battlefield to the palace intrigues.
The change of the throne of the previous generation of the Holy Hyrule Empire can be called the most wonderful palace power drama, originally His Majesty Frederick was not favored, he liked beautiful women, food, travel, and often wandered outside as a wanderer, but he was ignored by everyone at the beginning. However, in the end, he was the victor of this power drama, and when he led the commoner knight princess to the throne, everyone was surprised to find that he had unknowingly recruited so many outstanding talents in the years he had been wandering among the people.
As the first emperor to marry a commoner princess, the first emperor to use commoner talents on a large scale, His Majesty Frederick III's courage is comparable to that of ancient virtuous kings and emperors, and the love between him and the commoner princess has become an enduring topic, attracting the longing of countless young girls from commoner backgrounds.
"That is His Majesty Frederick III, and who is the one next to him?"
"That's the Grand Duke of Provence of the Star-Eye Family!"
Another famous man, the Grand Duke of Provence is not only a close friend of His Majesty Frederick, but also a disciple of the contemporary sword saint Mars, although he was born in a great noble family, but he has no interest in the extravagant enjoyment and intrigue between the nobles, only fanatically obsessed with swordsmanship, so he deliberately concealed his identity, as a commoner to worship the contemporary sword saint Mars to learn swordsmanship, at the age of less than thirty years old he broke through the limit of the Golden Knight, promoted to the knight of destiny. Before Alicia, he was the youngest Knight of Destiny in hundreds of years on the continent.
But Karl is most familiar with the Provençal Justice, the father of André, the "brightest morning star on the Rhine". The girl Andre, who has an abnormal fetish, formerly known as Angelina, is now chasing Princess Alicia with a dead face, although she keeps saying that she only loves Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia, but like all playboys, she still can't help but ** when she sees an outstanding beauty-after Alicia went to the Ice Palace as a guest, she harassed the flame knight Karen from Norville, the country of volcanoes.
"Also, see the captain with the sail hat? Guess who he is?"
"Captain?"
Seeing such a deliberate reminder from Lady Loris, Karl instantly thought of a name: "Could it be the Pirate King Roselic?"
In the last hundred years, the most famous captain and navigator related to navigation is none other than the pirate king Roselik!
However, it is surprising that the famous Pirate King actually met the Emperor of the Holy Hyrule Empire and the Grand Duke of Provence!
"Huh!"
Lady Loris couldn't help but chuckle, "The Pirate King Roselik wasn't a pirate from the beginning, he was originally a famous navigator and explorer. However, although many people know that the Pirate King became a pirate after the famous 'Great Voyage', few people know that the 'Great Voyage' to explore the route to the New World was carried out with the support of His Majesty Frederick III. ”