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The Vatlanti Bishopric and the Liturgical Ministry have sent supreme leaders to present honors, and the Faculty of Church is led by the Chief Secretary of State, Queen Goschel, to welcome the glorious return of the Gospels of the Empire in a private name, the Eastern Cardinal Monofati stood beside the Crown Prince Schopenhauer and his party, whispering softly, with a knowing smile on the old man's face, the elder bowed his head and was diligent and silent and pious in his life, and there was hardly any drama at all, the old patriarch once said that the priest was only angry once in his life, indeedThe old cardinal was busy almost all his life, cramming endless research, commentary, teaching, and worship every day, and his voluminous theological works and exhortations were the most popular classics of the monasteries, and the old man's transcendent position in the empire caused Prince Schopenhauer to have to make up for an all-night Mia doctrine before arriving at Greenpati, which led to a conversation without any cold scene, and it was the "tallest dwarf in the empire" Schopenhauer did not like aristocratic children who could only pat on the back, he preferred to accept close friends like Napoleon and Constantine, the latter is the future cornerstone of the empire, behind Constantine is the eastern aristocratic circle, Napoleon almost means half of the Holy See, if you add the war machine Rommel with great prestige in the army, the crown prince feels that his foundation is quite solid and can withstand any pressure that his father has hinted at many times.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took advantage of the gap between the cardinal archbishop brewing a doctrinal principle, and glanced up at the slender woman standing at the front of the port, and she was the only one who dared to occupy the best place to greet her, and drew a vacuum circle around her, this woman was a court literature teacher, but Prince Schopenhauer did not have much contact, but Columne and his sister Princess Ralph had received many poetry courses taught by her, Schopenhauer chuckled at the corner of his mouth, Shorty, Shorty, why do you like such a woman, yes, Queen Goschel is very beautiful, and even absolutely heroic, maybe she will be the only female sword master in the Empire, but don't you think she is a little olderSuch roses are too prickly. Schopenhauer felt sorry for his friends, roses, or it is wise to choose those that have not yet fully bloomed, and the roses that are blooming like the chief secretary of state can last a few more years? Schopenhauer retracted his thoughts, looked at Aphrodi who was looking at the sea beside him, and began to mourn for himself, he seemed to be more miserable than Napoleon, and the dwarf man had a good impression of him with an imperial moon. At the delicate moment, Constantine blinked at the crown prince, Schopenhauer, who was caught in this open secret, glared with a smile, and the genius young man of the Northern Auvufu quietly made a gesture of contempt, and Schopenhauer replied unceremoniously.

On the surface of the sea, a row of black spots appeared.

The port was instantly sensational, some of the acute nobles and celebrities holding flowers in their hands couldn't wait to throw out the flowers, and some of the ladies and ladies who wanted to see the high priest himself scattering flowers later did not want to be left behind, and for a while, Green Patty became a sea of flowers.

Monofati, who was hit on the head by several bouquets of flowers, was not angry at all, smiled slightly, bent down to pick up a bouquet, and said to the crown prince with a rare joke: "It seems that I don't need to spend several Bourbon silver coins to buy it, the flowers that have been hoarded in the flower beds near the port of Green Patti in the past few days have long been swept away, and I have to buy them from neighboring counties, and they are all sold at a good price, which is not common in the empire, except for Jupiter City, which is a good thing, and I am very happy to be able to see such an empire." ”

The crown prince then picked up a bouquet of flowers from the ground and said with a smile: "The east is rich and welcoming, and with the prosperity of the seafaring industry, it will only become more and more lively, I hope you can write more books, and in the future my children will have the best books to read, which will help them grow up." When they grow up, they will definitely remember their childhood. ”

Like the old patriarch, the cardinal archbishop, who had the best hope of being canonized by Vat Transecan after his death, shook his head and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness, but Mono Fati is too far from that height. ”

Schopenhauer did not continue to speak, today's conversation is already very meaningful, and adding weight without knowing how to do it will only have the opposite effect. The reason why the crown prince is not related enough to the clerical class is that it is too troublesome that these old people do not lose to the political wisdom of scholasticism, and they can become cardinals or cardinal archbishops, they are all wise men who have lived for at least fifty or sixty years, and any glamorous promises are no match for the erosion of time, and the old people have enough patience to wait, once they break their promises, it is easy to be lightly blacklisted by them.

Aphrodite deliberately distanced herself from the crown prince and the cardinal, and when she saw the increasingly large fleet ships, and even the imperial flag could be clearly recognized, the boulder in her heart was finally lowered.

She is a common hero in the eyes of countless celebrities in the empire, and she has returned triumphantly.

Unlike ordinary young ladies, her interest lies in studying the far-reaching meaning behind a string of gospel fruits, just like a game of Paya war chess that has been played for a long time, there are many types of chess, and the situation is mixed, and suddenly she finds that a clergy chess piece has a huge impact on the entire chessboard, then what she has to do is nothing more than to keep an eye on this chess piece, take this chess piece as the center, and pay attention to the fluctuations it brings, which is a very simple but very smart approach. Aphrodite, who brought the Northern Aowu Fu from the local big family into the first-tier echelon of the empire with his younger brother, subconsciously glanced at the chief secretary of state not far away, she had a moderate amount of respect for this Queen Goscher, and Aphrodite believed that as long as she had the opportunity and position of this queen, she could do just as well.

Miss Haysz, the note-taker who had come to the harbor with the Secretary of State, gently reminded her superior, "Miss Aphrodite is watching you. ”

Queen Goschel didn't turn around, looked out to sea, and quipped, "A lot of young nobles in the east are looking at you." ”

The intellectually classical note-taker said blandly: "Their vision is really poor. ”

In fact, the young nobles who secretly look at Miss Haysters are not only young nobles of the same age, but there are no longer a few elderly nobles, the common point is that the eyes are hot, in the empire, the nobles like three kinds of clothes on women the most, those wearing knightly outfits and those wearing nun robes, but in recent years, the third kind of latecomers prevail, that is, wearing the exquisite and simple costumes of the Senate, the nobles of the imperial capital are willing to spend a little gold to imitate this uniform, and then give it to the youngest and most beautiful canary in the family, imagining that they are the female members of the Senate with an official salary, Haisz as a chief secretary of state, young, elegant, and intelligent, which makes her very sought-after in Jupiter City, there is an endless stream of admirers, which makes the status of her small family skyrocket.

The Secretary of State smiled, "That's good." ”

Haysters blushed slightly.

Queen Goschel quipped, "The sequel to "A Thought Reed" is definitely coming out soon, would you like to read it this time?"

The note-taker, who had an excellent temperament, still shook his head and said, ""Reed" does not meet my aesthetics, so I won't buy it." ”

The chief secretary of state nodded, not surprised, and said seemingly casually: "Have you read that new book by Cardinal Maupassant?"

The note-taker hesitated for a moment and said, "I have read it carefully, but it seems that some of the content has been ghostwritten, and the in-depth elaboration of the "Teachings" is very accurate, and. ”

The secretary of state asked, "And what?"

Haysters lowered his voice and said, "That person explained a lot, but buried more, and it seems that he is dissatisfied with the Holy See. His writing, like the stars, is orderly, but flowing with awe-inspiring wisdom. ”

The Secretary of State praised lightly: "Heszz, I really wronged you as a note-taker. ”

The note-taker suddenly remembered the origami that flew out of the window at the end of the corridor of the Senate.

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Jupiter City Ulm Street, from No. 1 to No. 46, 46 mansions, including almost half of the empire's generals and legion commanders, from the name, it is known that the glory here belongs exclusively to soldiers and warmen, the family coat of arms is a snow-white wolf, Rudolph has 2 out of 46 numbers. Its left hand is the family of the Imperial military minister, and its right hand is the Pompey family, the leader of the Imperial hawk soldiers, for any other family, it is simply living in the cracks to breathe, but Rudolph shows enough strength and domineering, Rudolph's children, since childhood, have been instigated by the elders to bully and flirt with the granddaughters of the military minister, or fight with Pompey's grandchildren, every time the family will give them a military battle plan with no morality at all, so that Rudolph's young wolf can always show strong cooperation and discipline, the Rudolph family has no friends in the empire, but the enemy has set up a large number, almost from the palace to the imperial capital gate, But there are not many enemies that can keep the Rudolph family in mind, the relationship between the two neighbors is average, not friends, but not enemies, but Pompey is definitely an enemy, and what makes Rudolph's master angry the most is the most unpleasant playboy in this family, who comes to the family garden to drink tea when he has nothing to do, this little bastard, really thinks that he has won the position of deputy commander of a large army, and he doesn't dare to hang him up and whip him? It was this little lion cub back then, who made the two families who originally had a harmonious relationship into a miasma, Pompey was Rudolph's only remaining friend twenty years ago, but as the guy named Nero continued to grow up, it was completely finished, and after countless imperial military meetings, the head of the Rudolph family and the Marquis of Pompey of the same age were able to maintain a high degree of consistency in the imperial strategy, because of some disputes between children, they fought in the solemn chamber, slammed the table and smashed the teacups, and scolded, while reminding the staff officers around him to quickly write down some new words, one time was heard by the passing Emperor Jupiter, and angrily reprimanded a famous sentence that was very popular in the entire empire: "Very good, very good, the two best generals in the empire turned out to be shrews!

Later, the Marquis of Pompey presided over the holy war, the head of the Rudolph family turned to seafaring, doing something no better than the Vikings, plus the fall of a playboy and the low-key marriage of a celebrity, the quarrel between the two families gradually subsided, which made those generals who had finally adapted to the lively atmosphere in the council chamber still feel regretful, every time I mentioned to the younger generations that should be an extremely sacred council room, there would always be a similar emotion at the end: " Back then, for the Marquis de Pompey, I rolled up my sleeves and fought with General Rudolph. "Son, grandpa for the sake of General Rudolph, I scolded him in front of Marquis Pompey for not being a thing, brave, right? uh, but Marquis Pompey immediately rewarded him with a punch. "Well, it's boring now. ”

The head of the Rudolph family, Sargon-Rudolph is an extremely strong middle-aged man, unusually tall, and quite handsome, as a perverted dual-career master whose strength is adjacent to the threshold of the Holy Coffin Knight and the Sword Master, as a veteran nobleman of the imperial capital who can make the Marquis of Pompey can only fight with him, as a navigator who has established several hidden colonies for the empire overseas, and a powerful general who is more pirate than a pirate, the Marquis of Sargon is the most male wolf king in the empire, but this majestic wolf king has also made countless romantic feats, and when he was young, he competed with His Majesty the Emperor for women, and this woman is now the queen of the empire, it is said that she was almost the wife of this marquis back then. Sargon rushed into the garden at this time, picked up a young bastard who was about to drink tea, and dragged him out of the garden, and the blonde young man asked a lady who had made a pot of black tea for herself: "Sister Catherine, Sargon is ruining your black tea!"

Madame said softly: "Marquis, at least let Nero finish this cup of tea." ”

The Marquis was about to throw the prodigal son bred by the Pompey family over the wall, when he heard this sentence in a very gentle tone, even a command, he immediately smiled, loosened Nero's collar, and helped him straighten it out, and then kicked the young man's ass in the ass, and scolded: "Drink it and get out." ”

The young man who was as tall as the short Napoleon in the imperial capital rubbed his butt and sat back in his position, and began to drink tea, according to his speed, this cup of black tea can be drunk until next year, and he did not forget to squeeze his eyebrows at the marquis, which made the wolf king sitting on the side raise his hand to slap this kid into meat sauce, at least a puddle of meat mud is much more pleasing to the eye than the stinky face of the young man.

Madame smiled and said, "Nero, don't you preside over your legion meeting?

The blond young man smiled and said, "If he dares, he won't be afraid that my father will deduct his salary?"

The head of the Rudolph family was so angry that he almost couldn't help but make a move, but he noticed the warning look of the chief housekeeper of the family, and could only drink the hot tea in one go.

Madame asked, "How are you doing with the two Iron Oak badge holders?"

Now the young man, who was only one step away from the general, said casually: "Generally, they don't like each other, I guess that war maniac is killing people in his dreams, Sister Ekaterina, if it's you, would you like to sit next to him?"

The lady who was called my sister couldn't help but smile and said, "I don't want to." ”

The head of the Marquis family muttered, "You kid has a good mouth." ”

Nero said proudly: "That's not enough? I'm just younger, otherwise you rob me of a woman, can you not lose?" By the way, I don't want to sit in a pile with Rommel, just like you don't want to sit next to me now, understand? So I'm here today in the hope that the Marquis will write me a letter of explanation to the military minister and let me stay in Jupiter for a few more days. ”

Rudolph the Wolf King felt that he would rather go and scold this boy's father than quarrel with this playboy, and sneered: "I will write to you right away from Jupiter City." ”

Nero said calmly: "Anyway, your letter is dispensable, if it is written, I will leave a few days earlier than expected, if I don't write it, then I will drink a few more cups of Catherine's sister's black tea, and you can do it yourself." ”

If it weren't for the presence of the housekeeper, Rudolph would have scolded the cub's ancestor.

Nero blew the black tea, drank it slowly, got up and said with a smile: "Sister, I'm going on a date with a certain young lady, and I'll report to you tomorrow." ”

The head of the Rudolph family could finally justifiably roar, "Get out!"

A garden without Nero, the pest, is a real pleasing to the eye.

The Imperial Wolf King can finally drink tea comfortably, and the calm Marquis, like a majestic mountain, can bring a sense of security to any woman. As for the furious Marquis, it's a volcano. On the ocean, Marquis Rudolph, who liked to hang a large string of pirate corpses on the mast of his ship to dry, was a demon.

Looking at Nero's flirtatious back as he swayed away and slapped a maid on the buttocks, Rudolph's butler sighed: "Why don't you accept him? I know that you like this young man more than many imperial eagles, including Napoleon." ”

The Marquis said softly, "You know the answer. ”

Of course, he admires Nero, a lion in sheep's clothing, who has single-handedly played with Rudolph's young wolf since he was a child, a natural strategist, such a little boy knows how to betray the family children to win the trust of the enemy first, plus the control of the granddaughters of the military minister, and finally successfully control all the children of the three families, for this Pompey eagle cub, there is no clear line between enemies and friends, only victory and defeat, but under this distinct personality, this child has some more valuable essence, which makes up for the cold-bloodedness and cruelty in his blood, such as infatuation, in the Rudolph family, Garbo is not the most beautiful, not the smartest, but he just liked it, and even if she got married and became someone else's wife, she still insisted, and all the people who attended the wedding at that time were waiting for this lawless young guy to make trouble, but no.

Lady Catherine, the woman who tamed the Wolf King, the legendary woman of the Empire on a par with Queen Goschel, frowned, "And what about Miss Garbo's happiness?"

The Marquis said flatly: "There is no way to do this, Nero himself knows this fact. Those seemingly gorgeous adventures are only suitable for knights with no background. ”

Mrs. Catherine fell silent.

The Marquis looked at the sky and said in a hoarse voice: "That child who has the same godfather as Nero, why didn't he choose a heroic death, is he cowardly, or?"

Madame said calmly, "Who knows." ”

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At the call of the Empress, Ka Miao carried out one of the most detailed geographical mapping and geological surveys in history, and one of the six teams made the most arduous journey through the vast ice fields, along the long coastline, all of them with chapped lips, when they finally arrived at the second largest port in the Empire, Audrey Harbor, which is the largest year-round ice-free port in the Empire, the most breathtaking picture presented to everyone, outside the harbor stood two great statues of 100 meters high, one is a majestic stone statue of the sea god Poseidon inserting a trident into the sea, and the other is an iron statue of the goddess of ice and snow, weighing 610,000 poundsIt is rumored that the copper and steel on the statue of the goddess of ice and snow are enough to support all the weapons of a legion, it is located at the end of the coastal arm that surrounds the harbor, and the statue of Poseidon in the sea is far away, guarding the harbor together, a young woman takes off her cloak and walks slowly along the path on the shore arm, the more you move forward, the more you need to look up at the statue, and the followers behind you take the initiative to stop, and it is very tacitly to leave all this world to their empress, and the immortal idol that has stood for thousands of years.

The young empress walked to the feet of the goddess of ice and snow and looked at the stone statue of Poseidon, in the Kamiao tradition, the golden trident was not only used as a weapon of the main god, but also could split the earth and the sea, and flow food and hot springs from the cracks, so the people of Kamiao revered the god of the sea, and also loved the god of the sea that brought abundance, and the goddess of ice and snow Skadi on the top of the empress was the only saint-ou deity who was willing to give care to Kamiao, she brought eternal cold and barrenness, but the Kamiao people did not hate her, because the goddess brought poverty at the same time, so that the Kamiao people cultivated a spirit of fearlessness against any disaster and hardship, which is the greatest wealth of Kamiao, a forgotten country。

Their empress had been standing by the sea for too long, and an old man had to call a girl and take out a brand new mink coat from her bag, black and shiny, the best Audrey sable, which would make the rich ladies of other kingdoms delight to madness, Audrey sable was scarce even in Kamiao, and was recognized as the "king of the fur" This is the treasure of a hunter on the way, who was going to change his son into a set of head-to-toe armaments, after meeting this team, Orion looked at the queen whose hands were covered with frostbite, and this strong man who had almost bitten off his entire arm by a white bear without squeaking immediately gave away his coat and refused any payment from the queen with tears in his eyes. When the Empress and her party left, all the people of Ka Miao in the village knelt silently on the ground and kissed the footprints she had left behind.

The old man said softly, "Anna, go and give this to the queen, it's too cold there." ”

The girl whose face has long been frozen and bleeding has caused her delicate appearance to be a little embarrassed, it is difficult to imagine that such a young lady who has experienced wind and snow is the biological daughter of Ka Miao's current martial god, and is the only heir, although she took the leather coat, but said: "The queen will not wear it." ”

The old man sighed and said, "You try it." ”

Anna hurried over and stumbled, and the old man hurriedly said, "Anna, slow down!"

The girl let out a loud sigh, but her pace did not slow down. Coming to the queen's side and carefully handing over the mink coat, Anna was mentally prepared to be criticized, and said: "Queen, you put it on, or old Kennan will definitely scold me." ”

The empress retracted her gaze, squeezed out a gentle smile on her pale face, did not refuse, draped it on her body, reached out to touch the idol, and said softly: "Ka Miao erected the statue of Poseidon, which means that he does not reject wealth and warmth, and Ka Miao also worships the goddess of ice and snow, which is silently telling those arrogant and forgetful kingdoms: Ka Miao is established from disasters and will never fall in disasters." ”

Anna said firmly: "No one can make Kamiaoren bow his head!"

The empress turned around and reached out and touched the head of the girl, who was actually about the same age as herself, "Anna, there is whale meat at night, don't be shy and shy when the time comes, the belly is your own, and you can't treat it badly." Ladies also have to fill their bellies to cope with those suitors. ”

The girl's face was flushed and she was embarrassed to speak.

The Empress asked softly, "Anna, if one day the Kamian people can move to warmer and more fertile places, do you think we will become more like the Plantagenets, and take luck as a bargain to be taken for granted?"

Anna blurted out, "Of course not!"

The Empress smiled and asked, "Why? If one generation will not, two generations, a hundred years from now?"

The girl thought about it for a moment, but was unable to give an answer, the question was too big.

The Empress asked herself, "Try it." ”

She took off her mink coat and draped it over Anna, joking warmly, "I don't want your father to protest when I go back." So this dress is my gift to you. ”

Anna was nervous, but the Empress patted her on the head, "Your efforts in the past two years are far heavier than a piece of clothing. If I could, I would like to give all the Kamiao people the gifts they deserve, but I can't. ”

Anna burst into tears.

In the distance, everyone who saw the empress personally draped her clothes on the girl's body bowed their heads and silently chanted: "My king is immortal!"

When such an empire is finally twisted into a rope, can't it still strangle the gods of injustice?

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A naked man, who has walked through many places alone, walking and forgetting at the same time, so far away that no one can imagine.

Walked through an ancient dragon's lair.

Walked through the battlefield of Ragnarok.

Walked through two abyssal planes.

It is constantly torn apart, constantly tortured, the thick soul is constantly thinned, and the memory is only left with a few of the most important fragments mirrored.

He eventually came to the gates of Hades, which were guarded by the nine-headed dogs of hell, Elbegar.

After a long conversation, a long way home appeared at the man's feet, one of the bodies of El Beiga, which seemed to have no end.

What started as a little light turned into a pillar of light, and finally became a sea of light.

In the sea of light, a splendor of the holy staircase appeared, and the naked man whose memory was erased bit by bit with his footsteps did not forget to bow to the head of the cerberus.

The Eastern Continent, the Holy Empire, Marceau, the underground castle of Poetry, the desk, the wooden box, and the half of the dragon's heart finally stopped the restlessness that had lasted for a year.

The lush green path of the Ursula trees spread wildly seemed to touch the most feared taboo, and the corridor closest to the room began to burn.

The twigs of the trees, a little farther away, began to wither and senescing.

In a dark room, a naked man opens his eyes.

Bent down and picked up his heart.

He came from hell.