"Lord Lord Mrak......" Geffenhardt XVII rubbed his red eyes and nose from crying. Although he was already extremely angry and sad, no matter how hard he tried, his face could not contain the majesty and momentum that an emperor should have, and was more like an overly excited child. "And Bishop Ronis's vengeance, I must make this murderer pay the price. There is also the Necromantic Guild, I am going to write to the Holy See to ask for their support, the Empire's 100,000 army, we must raze that valley to the ground!"

Xiao Yi sighed secretly. There is no need to guess the result, and the argument that the whole country can attack the Diya Valley and attack the Diya Valley can not be attacked is ignored for the time being, the key is that this kind of thing cannot happen at all. An expedition with all the might of the country would not be of any real political interest, an impulse that no minister with even a modicum of sanity would approve.

And even if everyone was as grieved and indignant as the young Emperor and determined such a plan, it would still be only a plan. With the exception of the barbaric nomads, the war of the state is only a last resort of politics and strategy, and according to what I have heard from Sandru and Asa, almost every necromancer in the Deya Valley is of great importance in human society. Influencing a country's political environment, economic conditions, and diplomatic situation can easily stillin' any war plan against them. And without Bishop Ronis, there is no one who has the ability and influence anymore, let alone the determination and courage to gather forces from all sides to deal with them.

And most importantly, she knew that her father had caused all of this, and she must not let the whole country pay an inexplicable price for her father's sinful past.

The young emperor took a breath, calmed down, looked at Xiao Yi and said, "You really didn't disappoint me. I knew that you would never have anything to do with the Necromantic Guild. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust. Xiao Yi bowed her head and replied.

"Captain Roland has told me all the reasons for what happened. I can't imagine that the Duke and you have such good intentions, and you yourself are willing to go to prison to suffer, just to lure that spy out. It's a pity that in the end, not only did he not bring the murderer to justice, but also affected the Duke..... Commander Roland has already told me that Duke Mrak's last wish is for you to inherit his title and position. Although there is no precedent for such a precedent in the Empire, this is the last wish of the Duke, and the ministers have always praised your ability, and there should be no problem with Commander Roland supporting you on behalf of the military ministers. With someone as capable as you to assist in the affairs of the country, not only will I be much more relieved, but I think the Duke's spirit in the sky will also be pleased. ”

In the end, the teary-eyed young emperor said to Xiao Yi with a calm face like water in a comforting tone. "I heard that your husband also passed away in an accident....I can see that you are a very strong person, and tears are streaming down my heart. Don't be too sad. Rest assured, the Duke's soul will definitely go to heaven, and the murderer will be punished with justice after all. ”

"Yes. Xiao Yi bowed his head and replied, quiet and gloomy, it seemed that he was indeed as His Majesty the Emperor expected, a strong person who hid all his sorrows in his heart. In fact, in her heart, she really didn't know whether she should cry or laugh.

On the way out of the palace, two or three officials who had come to see the emperor saw her and saluted her respectfully, but they were already called 'Lord Duke' or 'Lord Prime Minister'. She smiled and responded with a bearing befitting these titles.

Although it is just a little rumor that has been revealed out of nowhere, everyone knows that with the support of the military ministers and the trust and love of His Majesty the Emperor, her sister is very likely to become the imperial concubine, the key is that her own shrewdness and ability are not inferior to her father, and the position of prime minister is already a certainty. Even the palace guards looked at her with admiration and adoration.

A female prime minister in her early twenties is not only unprecedented in the history of the entire continent, but probably unprecedented. That's what she inherited from her father. Xiao Yi secretly smiled bitterly to herself, without the slightest sense of accomplishment, more responsibility and pressure. It's not a blessing.

At the gate of the palace, a carriage was waiting for her.

The car is a delicate and luxurious car, and the horse is also one of the four best horses. Even the driver who drove the car was in a strong figure, and his waist was straight. Even with the resplendent palace next to him, he didn't squint, just looked at the front of him with a blank face, holding the reins in front of him, as if he was only alive to drive. The qualities of the people of the Duke's palace were well known in the king.

Xiao Yi got into the car. The driver flicked the reins, and the four horses started at the same time, and led the carriage forward quickly but steadily. After a while, he returned to the Duke's Palace.

It had only been two days since Duke Mrak was assassinated, but everything was back to business as usual in the Duke's Palace. The good qualities of the subordinates and the strict requirements that the Duke had maintained before did not make them look discouraged by the change of masters. Although Geffenhardt XVII had intended to bury Duke Mrak, a master of all ages for the country and the people, the two daughters of the Duke insisted on rejecting His Majesty's kindness. The funeral was very calm, low-key and fast, even a little secretive, there was no superfluous ceremony, and the style of the duke himself was implemented, and everything was efficient.

As soon as Xiao Yi got out of the carriage, a subordinate came to report: "Miss." Captain Roland and the ministers have already sent the official documents, and they have all been sent to your study. And also. A priest from the Academy of Magic has come and said that there is a confidential matter to discuss with you. ”

"Got it. You call him to come to the study. Xiao Yi was slightly stunned, nodded, and walked towards the study.

The study is still the Duke's study. It was the duke's secret place for business, and it was deliberately surrounded by three empty rooms around it, and there were not even windows, and the people would never approach it unless it was an emergency. Xiao Yi walked into the study, saw the heavy documents piled up on the desk, sighed, walked to the desk and sat down.

A young priest was also led to the study. The servant turned and left. The pastor closed the door.

"How's it going?

"Oh, I've been in the Academy of Magic for the past two days, and I don't know much about his arrangements. What kind of story is it?" Asa walked to his desk.

"The thrilling story of a great duke's family and a necromantic guild spy who infiltrated the royal capital. Rationally connect the current situation with everything that happened before, and use a lot of knightly bridges...... It was after the vampire appeared in the hunting ground that the Duke suspected the priest because of some clues that he had stumbled upon, so he secretly investigated. After a lot of thrilling intrigues, it was discovered that he was actually very likely to be an undercover agent sent by the Necromantic Guild to the church. It's a pity that all this is just reasonable suspicion, and no evidence has been caught. As with all the twists and turns, the spy fell in love with the Duke's daughter—" Xiao Yi glanced at Asa with a smirk. "But this Duchess has a pious faith and a strong will, and is not tempted by evil. It was at this time that the spy finally revealed his hideous true colors. It turned out that the vampire was originally his accomplice, and he eliminated the vampire and saved the emperor just because he wanted to use it to make a meritorious contribution and get close to Bishop Ronis. The spies assassinated the Bishop and fled. The Duke was too remorseful to pursue it, and vowed to catch this spy and bring him to justice. So he staged a realistic bitter ploy with his daughter, trying to take advantage of the spy girl's affection for the Duchess to catch him. Everything went well, but unfortunately it fell short at the last minute, and the spy killed the Duke and fled. The Duke left a last word to his daughter in his dying years, hoping that she would take over his job and continue to serve the Empire. That's about it. ”

Asa was stunned for a long time before he let out a long sigh and squeezed out a strange wry smile on his face: "It's indeed a good story." Is this really made up by Captain Roland?"

"How could it be. Xiao Yi also chuckled. "It was Captain Roland who told my sister to make it up. ”

"Is it her? Asa smiled wryly and nodded.

"And it must be much better for her to tell such a story to His Majesty than from the lips of Captain Roland and me. ”

"The Emperor, that kid is completely convinced? I think there will be flaws in it after careful consideration. ”

"Men conquer the world, women conquer men. Xiao Yi smiled slightly. "That's what my sister said she read from the book. ”

"A man who can be conquered is not a real man. Asa smiled and shook his head. "It doesn't matter if you're conquered by a woman or something. ”

"Then what do you say is a real man?" Xiao Yi looked at him with a smile.

"I don't know. Asa shrugged.

"But at least we don't need His Majesty to be a real man, as long as he believes it. For people like him, rather than bothering to scrutinize the facts, they are more willing to accept such stories according to their own feelings. As long as he believed, with the help of Captain Roland, all the situation was under control. ”

"Does anyone else believe it?"

Xiao Yi smiled. "The others, who? the other ministers, Your Majesty has already believed it, and they dare not believe it? Captain Roland is clearly on my side, they are not fools, they know what to believe and what not to believe. As for the common people, they would not have been able to distinguish between the intricacies of cause and effect, they only needed to simply know what is good and what is bad. So everything was fine, and after a few days of ceremonies and formalities, I had fully and officially inherited my father's title of duke and chancellor. This is what Captain Roland has asked me to put back in my father's position to stabilize the situation. I also feel like it's my responsibility. ”

Asa stuck out his tongue and looked Xiao Yi up and down again. "Then aren't you the prime minister of the empire? and the duke....probably one person under ten thousand people, right?"

"It's tiring. Xiao Yi sighed. "Your Majesty said that in order to prevent you, an evil fellow, from coming to me in the future, I told the Holy Knights to strengthen the protection of me in the future. ”

And so it was. The most capable, youngest, and most beautiful prime minister of the empire has thus appeared on the stage of history with grandeur and magnificence. Asa remembered the stories he had heard before, and when he had seen them, it seemed that there would always be a similar sentence on them to express what happened and what would affect the future. "It must be written in the book. ”

And then it will be written at the same time: The most dangerous and most wanted criminal on the mainland has escaped from the royal capital. Since then, all mercenary organizations and bounty hunters on the continent have gone crazy for this man. Enter an era of what and what hunting. Xiao Yi smiled and sighed again. "Actually, it's really unfair to you. You have to bear all the charges alone, assassinating a bishop who is famous in the history of the mainland, and assassinating a prime minister who is conscientious and dedicated to serving the country and the people. Later... Maybe you're a big sinner who has been spit on by all people. ”

"Whatever they want, just scold. I don't have a lot of meat on me anyway. Asa smiled faintly and raised the mask in his hand. "Not only will there be no less, but there will be more of them. I'm going to have to wear this kind of thing from the face of a dead man at any time in the future. ”

Although Captain Roland had promised to help him clear his name at the right time. But even the most inexperienced people can now see that this is almost impossible. The Prime Minister has played with the whole country and the Emperor in the palm of his hand, and this kind of thing can never be revealed to the world just for the sake of one person's innocence.

Xiao Yi walked up to Asa, stretched out her hand to wrap her arms around him, buried her head in his chest, and muttered in a low voice, "I'm sorry." ”

Asa smiled and said, "That's weird, when did you feel sorry for me? I did all this just because I did it myself." He cupped Xiao Yi's forehead and kissed it lightly, sighing. "Now that everything is arranged here, I can go with peace of mind. I'm actually here to say goodbye to you today."

Xiao Yi looked up at him in surprise and asked, "So fast?....Won't you stay for two more days?"

"General Gru has already sent a message to urge me, and he said that if I don't go, he will come and catch me directly in the bipedal wyvern. It's a pity that I was caught by the old man Sandru in the past two days, and I don't have time to accompany you well. ”

Sandru has now become a mediocre priest in the Academy of Magic through the arrangement of Head Roland. After calling Asa to the Academy of Magic for the past two days, he lectured him on matters of magic almost day and night. Asa asked him why he wanted to stay at the Academy of Magic, and Sandru sighed and said, "Since Ronis is dead, I can't leave." We're staying here together to guard something. Or he might have gone to be pope a long time ago. ”

"What—what?" Asa asked.

Sandru's eyes widened and he said, "Anyway, it's something that has nothing to do with you, don't ask." He paused, frowned. "And even though it seems to have been resolved now, I always feel that something is not quite right, so I can't leave. Since you're going to go to that orc city, you have to hurry up now. You don't have to sleep for the next two days, even if I don't understand what I'm telling you, you'll have to memorize it for me......"

And then for the past two days, Asa hardly really slept at all. Sandru first spoke of the poison he used at the stake, and after learning that Asa had used almost all of his magic power to repeatedly catalyze the three corpses exhumed from the graveyard to attach the poison, he asked him not to use this magic in the future, so as not to lose the face of necromantic magic. Then he was taught day and night how to manipulate corpses, how to use body magic, and so on, which made him dizzy. It wasn't until this morning that a messenger came to the Academy of Magic to find him, and he was freed from Sandru.

"Why do you have to go to Oufu?" asked Xiao Yi.

"Actually, at that time, the city lord of Cedlos was against me coming back here. Fortunately, Lord Porugan, the former magistrate of Bracada, and General Gru were willing to help me, so I finally negotiated with them, and as long as they helped me, I would wholeheartedly work for Oufu for a year. Although things are not as we expected, after all, we must do what we promised them. And I don't have to worry about being wanted while I'm there. ”

"And what about a year from now, what are you going to do when you're done with Orf?"

"Naturally, I went to travel the world. This has been my wish for a long time. Now that everything is basically settled, I can go with peace of mind. ”

Xiao Yi pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Then what about after you travel around the world?"

"I don't know ..... either" Asa thought for a moment, then looked at Xiao Yi and smiled. "I want to bother you for a while, Prime Minister. ”

"It depends on whether I'm free or not. Xiao Yi smiled lightly.

"I'll wait until you're free...."Asa's voice became deeper and deeper, and he buried his head in kissing Xiao Yi.

A rush of footsteps approached the study. The two hurriedly separated. Asa took out his mask and put it on.

The commander of the royal capital guard walked into the study, saluted Xiao Yi, and said in a tone anxious and full of firmness: "Miss Duke." It is reported that a two-legged wyvern is hovering over the royal capital, and it is likely that the murderer has returned a few days ago. We've sent someone to inform the Holy Knights, and I've sent someone to protect the Duke's Palace, so don't worry, we'll be able to catch ......"

"Naturally, I'm not worried. Xiao Yi snorted coldly.

The Captain of the Guards looked at the Duke's ugly face in amazement. In fact, no one could have guessed that the wanted criminal with a reward of 5,000 gold coins would never be able to approach the royal capital so swaggeringly, and Captain Roland had already reminded them that sooner or later, someone on the Oufu side would explain the problem of the murderer's bipedal wyvern. The chief also heard that Miss Duke was about to inherit the title of Duke and Prime Minister, and hurried to show his loyalty. But now it's a reflection of this, he really doesn't know how his horse's ass gets on the horse's leg.

"There's no way around it. Miss Duchess let out a long sigh and said to the priest. "In this case, it seems that the only way to do this is to go and drive this bipedal wyvern away. ”

"Please rest assured, Miss. Maybe it won't take long. The priest nodded. "Well, I'll go. ”

"Be careful. Miss Duchess whispered. "Goodbye. ”

"Goodbye. The priest replied softly, turned and walked out.

The Duchess's eyes kept on the priest's back until he disappeared, and then she sat down and exhaled a long breath. Suddenly, she turned her head to look at the Guards commander who was in a daze there, frowned and said coldly, "What are you still doing here?"

"Don't dare to be lowly, don't dare to be lowly. Retirement from humble duty. "The Captain of the Guards almost escaped. I can't regret my complete failure this time.

The large conference table is densely packed with crystal balls. Each crystal ball reflects a different scene. An old man with a dark face and curly hair stood by the conference table, his bloodshot eyes scanning each crystal ball.

In the image of a crystal ball, the shadow of a two-legged wyvern hovered in the sky. In another crystal ball, a priest rode out of the ducal palace and ran straight out of the city.

The old man's eyes lit up, and he waved his hand at the two crystal balls, and the images inside became larger and clearer. He looked at it intently, thought for a moment, sighed, and muttered, "Waiting for the rabbit really works." I'll never bet with that kid Inham again...."