Standing at the window and sighing alone for a while, Prime Minister Pitt took out the pipe he was carrying, and unhurriedly filled the pipe with tobacco, his hands did not pause, and his brain also thought quickly.

Do you want to discuss it with Guderian and them? No, no, not everyone in the cabinet is of the same mind, they will inevitably be shaken, as long as someone has other thoughts, everyone else will suffer, not to mention, they don't know that Queen Anna has passed away, if you really want to discuss it with them, I am afraid that this secret will not be kept.

Will His Majesty know about this? Tiamat Palace has its own channels of information, but after all, now that the Ministry of the Interior has been abolished, they may not be so efficient and pervasive...... No, on the contrary, after the abolition of the Ministry of the Interior, the intelligence efficiency of the Tiamat Palace will increase, and the existence of the Ministry of the Interior itself is a kind of constraint on the Tiamat Palace.

If he said this, His Majesty probably knew about it, and the invitation was sent to the palace of Tiamat, and as long as he sent someone to find out, it would not be difficult to know who had received the invitation, and, with his present character, he would have kept an eye on Glamorgan......!

Thinking of this, the old prime minister's hand also stopped, he put his pipe aside, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his free hand.

This may instead become an opportunity, an opportunity for His Majesty to attack Jericho, the last time it was obvious, Your Majesty was impatient to do it to the eldest princess, wanted to do it to his own daughter, since he didn't even care about the life of the eldest princess, then, it was deeply involved in this matter, and Swain, who had already made him look unpleasant, was afraid that it would be difficult to escape. But what will he do......

What will he do?

With deep doubts, Prime Minister Pitt picked up his pipe and put it in his mouth. When he wanted to light a fire, he groped through his pockets, but could not find a match.

He looked at his desk, and as he took off his coat, he took the match out of his pocket and placed it on the table.

Now, only one spark is needed to light this pile of firewood and grass that has been prepared for a long time......

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Swain sat in his study, he had just finished writing a letter, and after drying the ink, he took the glue and began to glue the envelope.

"Have you sent all those invitations?" he asked, bowing his head and gluing the envelope as he addressed the envelope.

"Yes. Artemis nodded, but she frowned as if she had a headache, "But why do you want to hold the banquet in Govélenburg? it's too far away, and it's ...... That place is not suitable for banquets. ”

"I see what you mean. Swain gently blew the glue dry and set the glued envelope aside, "There's no way to borrow your castle, and now Karin Castle is the home of the Thirteenth Lesson, so I can't invite anyone here." ”

Artemis stared at Swain tightly, as if trying to see something in Swain's expressionless face.

"This is certainly not your real intention, if you want to borrow a venue that can hold banquets, you should have more and better choices, deliberately put it in Glamorgan, put it in Govélenburg, you must have other intentions. ”

Swain looked at Artemis quietly, then handed the envelope on the table.

"You care?"

Artemis lowered his head and whispered, "I just care about my castle. ”

Sven stared at Artemis for a long time.

"Do you believe me?"

Artemis couldn't help but stagnate, she didn't expect Swain to ask such a question, with her relationship with Swain, there is no trust between the two of them at all This kind of thing will stand together today, it's just that Artemis is forced by the situation to do nothing, if it weren't for Yang, she wouldn't be willing to succumb to Swain and do things for him.

However, Swain's words also made Atmiss calm down and think about it carefully, and it is true that their initial acquaintance was full of gunpowder, especially after Earl Heckat and Jan were injured by Swain, and Atmiss and Swing were inseparable at that time. However, after the death of Earl Hecate and the rebellion of the Ministry of the Interior, Artemis gradually realized that although he and Swain have a deep grudge, for Sven, the relationship with others is only about the use value, he doesn't care about these grudges at all, if objectively speaking, he has helped Artemis a lot.

Artemis suddenly sighed, and she suddenly found that she had been polished enough edges and corners by this society in the past three months. The lazy and cynical girl has been replaced by Baroness Haverford, who is sophisticated and able to reconcile with her enemies. Now she and Swain can no longer be said to be enemies, but they can't be said to be friends, their previous relationship is very special, the most accurate description should be their current status relationship - boss, and his subordinates, are not connected because of hatred or affection, just because of interests, just because of mutual needs.

Can this kind of relationship be called trust?

Artemis was a little confused, she didn't know the answer to this question.

After a long time, Artemis let out a long sigh and shook his head and replied, "I don't know. ”

Sven nodded, as if anticipating Artmis's answer. "I see, it seems, you still have at least some trust in me. ”

Artemis couldn't help but be stunned.

"If it had been before, you would have immediately retorted. ”

Artemis looked at Swain in a daze, and suddenly the whole person became decadent, and said dejectedly: "Yes, I lost to this society, but you, you have also changed, maybe the imperial capital is indeed a hard whetstone." ”

"But my essence will not change. Swain looked at Artmis, his eyes not fluctuating.

"Maybe I'm a little used to listening to your unreasonable orders, but that's all. It's true that I don't hate you as much as Young, but don't expect me to trust you as much as Her Highness Caterina does—I'm not her, and my essence hasn't changed. ”

Swain was silent for a moment, then turned his gaze back to his desk. "So, how about doing me a favor for Her Highness Katerina?"

Artemis was stunned, not reacting to what Swain meant.

"This banquet is important, not only for me, but also for Her Highness Katerina. ”

"But...... I don't know what you mean, I don't trust you much, but at least I know a little, and if you say that, you won't tell you what it's for, will you?"

"You're actually a lonely man, Artmis. Swain sighed suddenly, for some reason, Artemis always felt that his expressionless face looked a little melancholy, "You don't have any friends, that's why you value your family so much, because you don't have anyone close to you except your family." That's why you're so disgusted with the obligations of the Hecate family, because you know that if you inherit this family, then you will only continue to be lonely like this. ”

Artemis was silent, and although the word "lonely" seemed so out of place with her, deep down in her heart, she couldn't agree with Swain's words. There were really few people around Artmis, it seemed that in her memory, there were only her father, brother, and Manfred by her side, and other than that, there were only those employees who came and went in the thirteenth lesson, but those people were always on the run for tasks, and even if they stopped in Govélenburg for a short time, they would leave in a hurry immediately, and they were not very familiar with Artmis.

"My relationship with Her Highness Caterina is not as good as you think. Artemis shook his head and said, "But, when you let Yang go, I'll do you a favor." ”

"That's hard work for you. Sven still lowered his head, "Please prepare the banquet more sumptuously, so that the guests don't arrive and be disappointed and return empty-handed." ”

"I see. Atmiss nodded, but instead of going out, she continued to stand at Swain's desk.

"Anything else?"

Artemis hesitated for a moment before he said, "Yes...... Can I ask you one thing? Of course, not about that topic, but just ...... It's just that I can't let go of some of my previous doubts—"

Sven looked at Artemis and nodded. "If I could, I would know it. ”

Artemis lowered her eyes as if in thought, and after a moment she looked up, the hesitation in her eyes gone. "Why did you make such an offer to my father when you first came to Govélenburg?"

Swain remembered the meeting, and it was clear that only three months had passed, but it seemed as if time had passed so long that Count Hecate was no longer alive.

"Why do you ask this all of a sudden?"

"Because of your changes, I would have felt a little credible if it were you now, but I couldn't even react to that dumb hint when the sharp-edged Earl of Midnight uttered that dumb hint, and you didn't look like a joke at all, but those words seemed like a complete joke. Artemis stared into Swain's eyes, not flinching at all, "Didn't you just say that you knew everything?" ”

"I want thirteen lessons. Swain replied frankly, "I need this department, its staff, its powers, I need these to achieve my goals." ”

Artemis stared at Swain for a moment, then sighed.

"Now you've got it all, haven't you?"

"It's not enough. Swain stood up, turned his back, and spoke a heart-wrenching voice in a flat tone to the shutters behind him. It's only thirteen lessons, and it doesn't achieve my goal, what I need is a powerful state apparatus that can control the empire of thousands of human beings, I don't need them to pay taxes to me, I don't need them to kowtow to me, even if the whole empire will come and curse me, it doesn't matter, no, it should be, even if people all over the world hate me, I won't care, when I decide to do it, I have no hesitation. ”

Artemis was so stunned by Swain's words that she couldn't think of what kind of purpose was worth such a huge price.

"If you tell the emperor these words, I will not blame you. Sven turned and looked into Artmis' eyes as calm as ever, "As I said, I don't hold a grudge against anyone, whether I end up failing or succeeding. ”

"I don't understand. Artemis shook his head and said, "What are you going to do? I can hear you, you're not for power, not for power, not for status, you don't care about glory or anything, the only person you care about is your sister, but does she need you to do that?"

She stared at Swain tightly and asked, word by word, "What are you going to do?"

"What am I going to do?"

Sven opened his mouth, but didn't immediately spit out.

Atmiss looked nervously at Swain's bared teeth, and she suddenly had a premonition that if she heard what Swain said next, she would never be able to untie the connection with this man.

"I'm going to kill this society. ”