Chapter 10: The King's Suspicion
At midnight, the lion king was quiet. Almost all the shops are closed, and there are no pedestrians on the streets.
A drunkard came out of the tavern drunken with a bottle, walked to the wall, unbuckled his belt, whistled and began to urinate in the open.
"Smack". Not far behind him, a pair of tiny boots hit the ground.
"Hey, that drunk!"
"Huh?"
"Call you!"
Turning around, the drunkard saw Vivien in her long red dress and cloak standing in the distance, looking at him with a blank expression.
The smile on the drunkard's face gradually became subtle: "Yo, little sister?"
He hurriedly finished peeing and lifted his pants up.
Vivi stood quietly, looking at him expressionlessly.
"It's so late, it's not safe for children to be on the street. Even if it's not safe, what can I do if it's frozen?" the drunkard rubbed his palms and walked over to Vivian, "Do you want Uncle to take you home?" β
Vivien lowered her head and silently put a steel clasp on her left hand.
A minute later, the drunkard was lying on the ground with his head broken and bleeding.
Vivien took off her clasp and exhaled slowly, "It's much more comfortable." You were the one who plotted against me first, and I didn't break the contract. β
With that, he walked away.
......
Quietly descending to the balcony of Gray's room, Vivien pushed open the glass door of the balcony and returned to the room.
Gray sat on the edge of his desk, and the black cat nestled in the corner. Jones and Dora sat obediently on the couch. Catherine stood with an open Bible in her hand.
The old room had been ruined, and it was a new room for Gray.
Catherine looked at Vivien and said, "Where have you been? β
"Didn't you say go to the bathroom?"
"Do succubi need to go to the toilet?"
"Of course. You haven't been a succubus, how do you know?" Vivien rolled her eyes and sat back in her place.
Jones, who was next to her, peeked cautiously at her.
"What are you looking at? Am I good-looking?"
"No!" Jones quickly lowered his head in fright.
"You say I'm not good-looking?" Vivien smiled sweetly.
"No! I mean! I mean you're very good-looking!" Jones buried his head lower, and cold sweat began to break out all over his body.
Dora on the side didn't dare to speak.
Turning her face sideways, Vivien said to Catherine, "You can continue, my angel. β
Catherine sighed helplessly, "Where did we just go?"
"Section seven!" said Gray, the good student, with his hand raised.
"Okay, then let's move on to verse seven. β
......
At this moment, there is another person in the Lion King's Palace who is also secretly "making up for lessons".
"What is this...... Why do I want to sleep just looking at it? It's so boring. Shelley held the Bible and was engaged in the most difficult ideological struggle in his life: "No, I have to work hard, I am the fiancΓ©e of the paladin, how can I not even read the Bible?"
"But...... It's really boring, how can there be such a boring book in this world, and how can I keep up with Gray if I fall asleep?"
"Why don't I read romance novels for a while?"
"No, no, no! I can't slack off! That's not right!"
"Huh? How can I have a romance novel in my possession? Is it the Holy Spirit who is revealing that I should take a break? Thank you, Holy Spirit!
"Hehehehe, it's really a good romance novel!" Shelley chuckled as he lay on the bed.
......
In the stables, Tenedas was sitting very agitously with his back against the stall, enjoying the moonlight. Yes, sitting, with his back against the horse rail, and with Erlang's legs crossed. It's almost a cigarette.
The horses that had come with it from the White City, including the other two bone horses, stood obediently beside it.
In front of it crawled the horses of the entire stable, including the king's. All of them are respectful.
The grooms gathered in the distance and discussed.
"Just got into a fight, you know?"
"Got fighting? won't you stop it?"
"Who dares to stop it? That's the paladin's horse! Haven't you heard that when you encounter a weak opponent, such as only one or two hundred of them, the paladin doesn't need to make his own move, his horse can be done. β
"But isn't it bad that the king's horse is in there?"
"Who is bigger, the king or the paladin?"
"Uh...... Paladin Great. β
"That's right. β
Yes, Tenedas just blasted the horses of the entire stable.
A dirty child, who looked to be only eight or nine years old, with curly blond hair, looked at Tenedas from a distance with a shovel that shoveled horse manure and was stunned.
After a long silence, Tenedas said in the language of horses: "Truth be told, I am a horse that believes in the Holy Spirit and is blessed by the Holy Spirit. I was really disappointed to be here. Today is Sunday, and I realize that there is not a horse that prays like me. From today onwards, I hope you can all turn over and be a good horse with faith and pursuit. I pray every Sunday, and I have to pray before eating horse grass, do you understand?"
"Hiss~"
A whole stable of horses whispered back.
......
Overall, the second night in the Lion King Capital was harmonious.
The members of the crime gang, oh no, the gospel gang, are doing their job diligently.
Gray, Jones, Dora, and Black Cat are all studying hard, and Bone Horse is trying to educate the herd about how to be a pious and faithful horse. Although it may not understand it itself.
Even Vivian, who had just joined, was actively engaged in the glorious task of elevating the Divine Faith after venting her bad feelings after going out to vent her bad feelings.
Yes, harmony, very harmony.
If there is any discordant sound in the Lion King's Palace, it is probably only the king.
"What did you say? The bishop said he still needed time?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. The Bishop said he needed some time. Lord Paladin seems to be a little resistant to our suggestion, but he asks you to rest assured that he will solve it as soon as possible. β
"How long is it as soon as possible?"
"This ...... He didn't say it. β
With a "snap", the king smashed the wine glass in his hand on the ground, but fortunately it was a golden cup, and it was not broken, but the wine spilled all over the ground.
"Go tell him now!There are only two days left until the canonization!Only two days!Do you understand?" The king roared, "In two days, I will wear the crown! If I can't announce the Paladin's direct allegiance to me at the canonization ceremony, how else does he want me to support his Reformation?"
"But, Your Majesty, two days is really not possible. The courtier, who was prostrate on the ground, said aggrievedly: "After the paladin came back today, he seemed to have lost a lot of temper. The furniture in the whole room was broken. This shows that he is not an ordinary resistance, but a very much resistance. At this level, I'm afraid the bishop won't be able to solve it in two days. β
"That's his business! He couldn't convince my father of the Reformation for twenty years, and now I'm willing to accept it, isn't that a big enough gift? He doesn't have to pay a price for it? Say it now! Tell him now!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" the courtier rushed out of the door.
The king closed his eyes, held his forehead, took a deep breath, and slowly spit it out. The breath was trembling slightly.
The queen on the side gently took his hand and said, "Things can't always go so smoothly, just like you inherit the throne, don't you? β
"But I don't want to wait many more years, and I don't have many years to wait. Susan. The king stroked the back of the queen's hand, which was holding his hand, and said, "I must take measures, otherwise my throne will not even sit securely." Do you understand?"
"This can't be ......," whispered the queen, "all those who may inherit the throne, don't you let you give ......"
"There are two left. One is Bob, who is too young to find any reason to deal with him. But I've already asked him to keep horses. And the other one is Irene. β
"Irene?"
"It's far-fetched, but it's not impossible. After a pause, the king continued: "This matter may be much more complicated than we think. Why did the paladins refuse? Why did she refuse such a superior condition? Ireen refused to let go, and I even felt that she had a plan for the throne. Otherwise, why would she insist on having more force than the royal family? The paladin disagreed, did that mean he supported Irene's idea?"
"Perhaps, maybe it's just because of the marriage contract? I heard that the paladin had a good relationship with his fiancΓ©e, Miss Shelley. β
"Do you really believe in love?" asked the king.
The queen pursed her lips and looked at the king quietly, without answering.
The king chuckled, and continued, "No matter how good the relationship may be, are not the conditions I have given enough to shake him? For a woman? I have never heard of such a thing." β
"Or is it because of faith? I heard that the Paladin abides by the Manifesto of Knighthood, and perhaps he did it to Archduke Bershear and Miss Shelley only because of the Manifesto of Knighthood?"
"It's even more bizarre. In this world, there is simply no such thing as a person of pure faith. Over the years, my father has made so many doctrinal dealings with the bishop, and I have watched from the sidelines. Even if it weren't for the presence of a paladin in the middle of the process, the bishop would eventually recognize the inheritance of the bastard. Do you think that the faith of the paladin will be countless times more pure than that of the bishop?"
The queen bowed her head slightly, and said no more.
The king said to himself: "I cannot put all my hope in the bishop. Perhaps, I should have done it myself. He's a paladin, yes, but he's still a human being after all. If you are human, you will have desires, at most they will be suppressed. And the suppressed desire is precisely the strongest. As long as I can find his desires, then maybe...... If the paladins themselves had agreed directly, I wouldn't even have to accede to the Church's request for Reformation. That's even better. Isn't it?"