In a dense forest in the southern part of the continent, two wagons and a team of knights were walking along the path in the forest. The trees here grow extremely tall, with crowns connected at twenty or thirty meters high, and from below, they look like a green dome, and the trunks of the trees are the pillars below, supporting a huge hall.

This is the Greenwalled Forest where the southeast branch of the Temple of Nature is located, and in the carriage is the current ruler of the kingdom, Queen Laura.

Queen Laura poked her head out of the carriage and looked at the green above the zenith, and the feeling of not being able to see the sky made her even more depressed. At present, the war with the rebels has reached the point of exhaustion.

The city of Baviria has fallen, the main commander of the western front, the Duke of Fort Rock, Hoval, is trapped in his main city Fort Rock, and the war with the Empire in the north is still in a state of tug-of-war, and in the south, Celinda, the daughter of Count Carlos, has captured the city of Lagos, and the head of Duchess Josefina has been sent to the royal capital, as long as he crosses the territory of one more duke, Selinda's army will be able to enter the city.

Queen Laura saw no other possibility of changing the war, so she could only use her last plan and ask the Temple of Nature to send troops.

She once visited Priest Roland, the chief priest of the royal capital, but Priest Roland refused her plea to ask the Temple of Nature to send troops to help the kingdom.

Roland's reasoning was that the Temple of Nature would be neutral in this war, and did not want to interfere in the conquest between mortal nations. But Queen Laura knew that this was all nonsense, and the priests of the Modernist Sect of the Roland family had a strange tacit understanding with Xiao Chen and the others of the Tower of China. Therefore, Roland naturally will not oppose Count Carlos, who is an ally of the Tower of China.

Unable to cooperate with the priests of the Temporal Sect, Queen Laura had to come to the Divine Presence for help.

This natural temple in the southeast of the empire belongs to the sphere of influence of the Divine Arrivals, Queen Laura sent a messenger before, and the temple responded positively, and arranged a very important meeting for him, so important that Queen Lara had to travel in person, first through the teleportation array to the nearby city, and then take a carriage deep into the forest to the temple.

"The forest here is a bit oppressive, but it's better than seeing the dejected bunch. Princess Laura poked her head out and took a deep breath, feeling a refreshing breath seeping into her body, and at this moment, the anxiety and fear that had tormented her that day seemed to be temporarily away from her, and she returned to the carriage and whispered: "Teacher, you said that if we really lose in the end, can I find my home in such a place?"

Master Salmeron sat across from her, holding a sword in his hand. There were only the two of them in the carriage, and when he heard this, he turned on the soundproof magic circle equipped on the car, slowly shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, in the current situation, it is normal for you to have such thoughts, but you should not show it. As a king, you must understand how many people around you will be affected by your joys and sorrows. Their fighting spirit depends on your steadfastness, and their strength comes from your faith. Therefore, one of the last qualities that a king can show is weakness, a weak king will become a sacrifice in a power struggle, and a weak dynasty is like being built on gravel. ”

Queen Laura said, "I'm sorry, teacher, I didn't mean to. It's just that the situation these days makes me have to think about such a thing, and what I just said may be a good one of the many possibilities.

Every day when I was in a daze, every night when I was asleep, there would be a much more terrifying scene in my mind. To get rid of these scenes, I had to think of something.

But it seems too unrealistic to expect a big victory, and often some kind of tragic battle reports are delivered to me immediately, knocking me from a beautiful imagination to a tragic reality. Do you know how bad that feels like?

On the contrary, sometimes thinking about this not-so-tragic ending is a relief for me. ”

Salmeron sighed, "Your Majesty, it's still that we people are too useless to let you be bothered like this. ”

Laura shook her head and said, "No, teacher, you can't be blamed for this. All those decisions were made by me in the end. If there is anyone who can be blamed for these things, it is me. These days I have been thinking about what my father had told me, that when he was dying, that the king was a man who dealt with the mess all day long. I thought it was a nonsense he uttered when he was dying, and that I would take care of the country better than he did, because I would never bother to do all the crazy things he did to keep his life going.

But now I am gradually discovering that sitting on the throne, what I am facing is not only a mess, it is like being in a mess of mud, I can't get out, I can't sink and I can't sink down, and I suffer all kinds of torments every day. If it weren't for the loyal people of you who keep me company, I probably wouldn't know how to persevere. ”

"Your Majesty. I believe that this meeting with the Holy One will change this situation. The Sage of Fahs is one of the three most powerful people in the Temple of Nature, and is now the only banner of the Divine Presence after Gibran's death. It's just that...... I don't know what price he will have to pay us. ”

"He will be interested in me because the Adventists need worldly forces. "I am ready to sacrifice anything, including myself. ”

"Your Majesty, don't think so. ”

"Teacher, what is this? So many people have died on the battlefield, and what can I not pay for my title, my reputation, or even my soul and body? If this is the case, I will feel glad, but I am afraid that the real price will be far greater than that. ”

Queen Laura paused and said: "Since the founding of this country by our ancestors, we have always excluded the power of the temple from the rule of the kingdom, we respect the god of nature, but we will not associate any important occasion of the empire with the temple, whether it is the sacrifice of the kingdom, the triumph of war, or various celebrations and festivals, they have their own set of customs, under such influence, for hundreds of years, most of the people in the kingdom have not been so deep in their belief in the gods, on the contrary, they are more willing to obey the orders of the royal family. But this time...... This time, I really don't know what will become of it. This may be the sorrow of the weak. ”