Volume III Volume II Chapter IV
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"Today is a special day, and there is no one to be seen on the streets of Mallot, which used to be bustling with people...", Evan just wrote the first sentence on the first page of his diary, and he felt that he was not fit to write a diary. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info Evan didn't continue to force himself, he put the pen down gently, sighed, looked at the empty room, and then looked out the window at the desertion.
This day did not matter to Evan because the king Byron, who was the most important to him, had died. From this day forward, the Kingdom of Salins will welcome a new king, and a young queen, Christine, the daughter of a duke from the Duchy of Deraman.
Evan never imagined that the girl who had infiltrated the light infantry team, who had both courage and recklessness, would one day become the king of the kingdom of Salins. Remembering that Christine was just a delicate, lively and cheerful aristocratic girl, her heart had always remained in the Winter City of the Duchy of Deraman, and was never stored in the palace of Mallot. But it was such a seemingly impossible person who finally took Byron's king's scepter, sat on the highest throne, and accepted the coronation of the whole of Mallot, and the prostration of all the people of the kingdom of Salins.
In fact, for Evan, which prince becomes the prince and becomes the next king of the kingdom of Sarins is within the scope of acceptance. Even the little princess Knightney, who is regarded as a disaster star, can do it, but but...
Evan closed his eyes and let out another long sigh. In his fifties, he tried to stand up with his hands propped up on the wooden table, but he found that his hands were shaking in fists. Trembling is not because time is at work, but because the heart is passing bit by bit.
"Wait for me!
"It's about to start! Crown Queen Christine! Put on the crown!"
The two youths hurried through the window of Evan's house, still shouting and chasing, and the young man who ran in front had no intention of stopping and waiting for the one behind, because he didn't want to miss a single detail of the coronation process.
Evan recalls Byron's coronation, when Evan had already joined the army, but was still very young. He stood in the army with his brother Faulkner, watching the new king, who was not very tall, to be crowned.
"Brother, I'm going to command more troops to protect the country in the future," Evan was more outgoing than Faulkner, who was already eager to try his hand at the time, "You're in charge of protecting the king." ”
"Of course, the knight's job is to guard the most important things. ”
Such a conversation is still vividly remembered by Evan, but such a picture has become blurred, and time is like an arrow flying off the bowstring, and before one can react, it shoots into the heart of the years.
Evan looked back at the letter written by Bradley himself, which described Bradley's layout and plan for the future of the Kingdom of Salins, and included a solemn apology to Evan. Bradley's decision to deal with Fenrir had already been written in the letter, but Evan remembered and remembered a number of other people involved in the rebellion, including Bradley himself.
The deputy commander who had resigned at home crumpled the long letter and threw it into the bottom of the stove. It's only June, and he wants to burn it all down when it gets colder, along with everything he's done to the country, all his thoughts and grudges.
Three months had passed, and it was already September, and Evan had not left his house for five days, and he had not even stood by the windowsill very often. But today is different, because today he received some new news.
"Queen Christine has been in power for three months and she is known to the people as the 'Frost Queen' because she is Walter's widow. "An old friend of Evan came to visit him at Evan house, the first time the old friend had been here since Byron's death. It's not because he doesn't want to catch up with Evan anymore, but because Bradley became the regent of the kingdom and began to overhaul the kingdom's army. A large number of idle and idle officers were removed from their posts, most of them were products of King Byron's time, and Amsey, who did not know much about military affairs, did not care about these mediocre officers, so their existence was like a moth in a big tree, corroding the army of the Kingdom of Salins.
Evan's old friend was also an officer in the army, but instead of being removed from his position, he gained greater control over Bradley as he recognized his abilities. He is not the only such person, as many officers are dismissed, as many officers are rewarded, Bradley is very good at managing the army, and he is the only one who puts the kingdom's army in order. The beneficiaries of the truly capable and unflattering soldiers were selected and promoted to become the backbone of the army of the Kingdom of Salins.
After listening to the praise of Bradley from his old friends, Evan also wanted to see the new appearance of the Kingdom Army of Sallins today, after all, Evan had been working in Mallot's infantry yard for many years, and it was his real home, and it was just a bed with a roof.
"The Lord Regent has mentioned you many times in front of us, calling you a model soldier in the Kingdom of Salins," Evan's old friend emphasized as he left, "Evan, you may want to take a moment to think about it, this country still needs an experienced and loyal general like you, I believe Prince Bradley... The regent, with his mind, will never mind the past. ”
After Evan sent off his old friend, he smiled helplessly - it was supposed to be a past that he minded, how did it become Bradley He didn't mind?
Evan knew very well in his heart that although Bradley did not kill anyone with his own hands in that kingdom-changing coup, he created and exploited power. In that situation and situation, even if it wasn't Fenrir and Cowton, there would be other people belonging to Bradley's camp who would kill Walter and Byron ruthlessly.
So Evan has never been able to forgive Bradley, even if he nominally left the throne to Walter, Walter's unmarried wife Christine, and even Princess Knightney, who has not yet grown up, he will never be able to clear his name of murder and seizure of the throne in Evan's heart.
Evan will not choose to come back to help Bradley, nor will he care whether his queen is called the "Frost Queen" or the "Cold Queen", he will only follow his heart and stick to the original principles. Moreover, his brother has regained his knight's sword and returned to the core of power in the kingdom of Salins, Faulkner can do much more than himself, and his abilities are far above his own.
Ever, who had stopped pacing, lay down directly on the hard bed board and glanced at the paper ball at the bottom of the stove. He put aside all the things he had just thought about, and began to sort through some of the results of his secret investigations—Ammeh's whereabouts, Winlith's traces, and the men who had worked together to kill Walter.
After another three months, Mallote finally got a little chill, and Evan came back from cutting some sticks from a small forest far outside the city to prepare for the winter that belonged to the kingdom of Salins. In fact, for a veteran who has been exercising, this chill is nothing, even if it is a little colder, he does not need to use firewood to keep warm, but this year's Evan has already felt the feeling of aging.
As Evan guessed, the "Frost Queen" of the kingdom has always lived in seclusion, rarely appearing in front of the people for half a year - she is just a vase at the mercy of Bradley, and her position in this country is estimated to be only an inch of the throne.
On the other hand, the former eldest prince Bradley, a man who is about to turn thirty years old, is putting the direction of reform in all aspects of the kingdom of Sarins. After half a year of rectification, the kingdom's army has been renewed, and Evan confirmed this fact with his own eyes, and he secretly ran back to the barracks to observe for a while before coming to this conclusion.
The former wrongs have also been largely redressed, and many of those who have been exiled and left voluntarily have returned to their former homes, vowing to give everything for the revitalization of the Kingdom of Salins and a strong kingdom.
Evan also learns that Bradley is very tolerant of the remnants of Amsoil and Walter, and that Bradley will not care if they are willing to come to Mallot and submit to him. There were also some stubborn ones among them, and they were all disposed of by Bradley without mercy.
Evan learns that Archibald, the former director of the White Orphanage, has also returned to Bledley to plead guilty, and the elderly man is also forgiven. Evan wanted to meet with the other party, after all, he and the kind old man had been in charge of the underground research of the White Orphanage, but unfortunately the highest insider had died at the hands of the thief Fenrir.
The White Orphanage was also reopened under Bradley's arrangement and became a regular orphanage. When Evan visited this familiar place at night, he found that the entrances to the underground research buildings were sealed, and he did not know where the research materials were being shipped.
Evan knew that this kind of human research would not be recognized by everyone, and that it would make some people hate. But he still chose to take charge of this job back then, just to make the kingdom of Sallins stronger. Since Bradley had a better way, Evan didn't have to worry about it anymore, and he didn't have the qualifications to worry about it.
Although he rarely went out of the house, Evan learned a few things about the government - the Kestrel Academy had more and more power, and the border nobles all compromised with Bradley. And most importantly, Bradley has begun to set his sights on the rest of the continent, and the regent, who is not determined to maintain the status quo, is waiting for the right moment.
Evan picked up some dry sticks of wood and walked to the stove, where there were no more paper balls, for when he realized Bradley's ambition, he picked it up again and thought hard about Bradley's national policy.
The warm wood made Evan feel very comfortable, and he suddenly remembered his father Nicolas Torres, who was still in his hometown, and his nephew Feide, who was somewhere, and a hope and hope were born in his heart. Evan then decides to go back to his hometown to visit his old father, and then, as originally planned, to find those who are considered dead.