After the last rays of the setting sun disappeared, the sky completely darkened.

The autumn wind carries the fragrance of ripe rice in the window, and the candle flame flickers on and off like waves.

Vivien gently closed the window: "It's a great harvest this year." ”

"yes, this winter should be fine. ”

Reinhardt sat at his desk and remembered the hard work of two years ago.

In any case, the kingdom has finally had a good harvest this year, and this winter, they no longer have to whisper to other kingdoms for help.

Despite this, however, Reinhardt did not see much joy on his face.

"Grandpa is forcing you to sell medicine again?"

Vivien noticed the solemnity on her husband's face, which he had been doing since he received a letter from Victoria during the day.

"Am I doing something wrong?"

Reinhardt asked.

In the letter, Caesar asked him, like other kingdoms, to sell Valrhona Elixir, a potion that could change the balance of power between kingdoms and make it easier to rebuild the kingdom of Asha.

Vivien poured Reinhardt a cup of tea, "Don't you want to compete with other kingdoms?"

"I don't want to. ”

Reinhardt clenched his teacup: "I don't want my people to be hurt again. ”

The kingdom of Yasha is too weak, and Reinhardt knows very well that he should not participate in the competition of other kingdoms.

If Valrhona's potion is really as effective as other kings think, then it will definitely change the strength of the kingdoms again, and start a struggle again, and the kingdom of Asha, which has just stabilized, cannot withstand such a new war.

"They want to be the leader of the alliance, and I'm not going to stop them. Reinhardt gently turned his glass: "I am willing to obey the winner." ”

This is the survival of a weak country.

At the same time, Reinhardt still had doubts about Valrhona's potion - his mother told him that the forest elves were studying the effects of the potion, and before the effect could be known, she asked Reinhardt to ban Valrhona's potion from spreading in Yasha.

Reinhardt had heard those rumors, and unlike the other kings, he did not think that the High King was narrow-minded.

For a variety of reasons, he promised his mother.

"Vivien, do you believe that the High King will create rumors?"

Reinhardt asked.

"I believe it. ”

Vivien did not hesitate, compared to Reinhardt, she did not have such a positive view of Lin Lei.

But despite this......

"I believe the High King would create rumors, but I don't believe he would do such a thing on purpose in order to strike the Alliance. ”

Vivien added that she didn't like Lin Lei, but that didn't mean she thought Lin Lei was a bad person.

Although she didn't want to admit it, she knew in her heart that most of the actions made by the High King had good intentions.

"Reinhardt, you've made the right choice. ”

Vivien comforted Reinhardt and added, "But you have to be careful of domestic pressures. ”

"I understand. ”

The solemnity on Reinhardt's face gradually dissipated.

There are many nobles in the kingdom of Axia who are encouraging him to make Valrhona Elixir, but he can control it - if he can't control these people, what kind of king will he be.

"Thank you, Vivien. ”

Reinhardt took Vivien's hand.

"You're my husband!"

Vivien looked at him tenderly: "Reinhardt, no matter what you decide, I will stand by your side." ”

A savage princess many years ago, she has grown into a qualified queen at this time.

In the rainstorm, a group of civilians are running in the forest.

"Run, run!"

"I'll be able to find the mages in no time!"

The young man urged loudly, and a child fell to the ground, and the young man turned to carry them, and after walking long, two exhausted women fell.

"Carry them!"

The young man called the other adults.

But the two women who were spread on the ground refused: "Don't waste your physical strength, you guys run quickly, if you are slow, you will be arrested by the guards!"

"Third aunt..."

Someone cried softly.

"Run, run forward!"

The woman drove the young man away with a stick: "I can delay for a while, you must not stop-"

They shouted, and the others were red-eyed and about to leave, only to find a stream of shining golden light speeding from afar.

"Paladin!"

Hope burned in their eyes again.

"What's going on!"

Brooke led the paladins to the humans: "Why are you being hunted by the guards!"

He had just defeated a group of guards who were chasing this group of people, which made him feel incredible, these humans were just a group of ordinary people with no power, and they couldn't even commit crimes, why would the guards chase them.

"Your Excellency. A young man came up to him: "Our lord asked us to buy potions, but we refused to buy them, so he sent troops to arrest some of our people." ”

"That's all?"

Brooke was furious, and the spread of Valrhona's potion was getting stranger and stranger!

It has caused a sensation in various countries, and the power boost it has brought has caused fierce competition among the kingdoms, and I didn't expect that even forced purchases appeared.

"I've heard there's a mage camp nearby, have you heard of it?"

Brooke asked, holding back his anger.

The purpose of his trip was the mage camp, and it was just a good time to meet this group of people.

"My lord, we can take you!"

The young people were pleasantly surprised, and with the protection of the paladin, they were able to reach the camp safely.

This camp is part of the Secret Council, and since the Human Kingdom began to arrest its members, the Council has been doing nothing but going so far as to be openly active.

Like the Paladins, they oppose Valrhona's Elixir, and for this reason, Brooke wants to work with the Hidden Council.

He had searched several camps before learning that the current Speaker of the Secret Council was in the camp on this side - he had thought that the Speaker must be Lin Lei, but he was disappointed when he arrived at the camp.

"It's ...... you"

Brooke looked at the silver-haired girl, "Miss Eve, are you the Speaker of the Secret Council?"

"Acting Speaker. ”

The astral sorcerer nodded slightly: "I am in charge of this operation, and after it is over, I will not be the speaker." ”

Brooke frowned: "Where is Lord Prophet, I've been looking for him for a long time." ”

"He's doing a very important job. ”

Eve replied, "Even I can't contact him now." ”

Of course, it is a lie that he can't be contacted, but the work done by Lin Lei is indeed very important to Xia Hua.

The establishment of the Justice League can not only protect the demigods, but also prevent the two queens from further expanding their power, and even bring great benefits to Xia Hua's future war.

Because of this, several kings did not want the turmoil of Valrhona's potion to disturb Lin Lei.

As the situation in the human kingdom became more complicated, they let Eve take over the work of the Hidden Council.

"This girl is so bad. ”

Brooke stared at Eve and couldn't help but think.

Although he was a little disappointed not to see Lin Lei, he knew that Eve could control the Secret Council and not be impeached by the members of the parliament, which also represented her wisdom that could not be underestimated.

He knew the information of this girl, she was the leader of the forest elves, she grew up on the battlefield since she was a child, and her current identity was equivalent to Lin Lei's spokesperson.

There is not much difference between cooperating with her and cooperating with Lin Lei.

However, after scanning the camp, Brooke changed his mind.

"You're sheltering these ordinary people!"

He saw that there were a large number of ordinary humans in the camp, these humans did not have the slightest strength, but there were very many of them, as if they were all under the protection of the Hidden Council: "You elves don't want to interfere with the human kingdom, do you?"

Brooke looked at Eve warily, he hadn't seen this phenomenon in the previous camp, but he had seen it here.

It's strange that the Secret Council would civilians.

"My lord, are you too sensitive?"

A paladin didn't think the scene was strange at all.

"Shut up. ”

Brooke shut him up and stared at Eve, he was a little sensitive, but in the current chaos, he couldn't be sensitive.

Brooke craves denial from Eve's mouth.

However, the astral sorcerer smiled coldly, "We're preparing. ”

Preparing — not denying it, not acknowledging it, but Brooke heard the meaning behind it.

It is possible that the elves will interfere with the human kingdom.

Brooke was cold, and there was no worse news than this - the Human Alliance was chaotic enough now, could it be even more chaotic in the future?

"Head Brooke, I received the results of the investigation into Valrhona's potion today. ”

Eve's sudden words instantly caught Brooke's attention: "What did you say?"

"Valrhona Elixir, we've been working on it for a few weeks. ”

Eve beckoned and called an old mage over, "Bring me the results report." ”

"Understood. ”

The old mage of the Terran glanced at Brooke, then let out a sigh and turned away.

"According to our research. Eve faced Brooke and gave him some reports in advance: "Valrhona's potion is a very successful potion, and it is not harmful to the body. ”

"No harm?"

Brooke was relieved, and he felt that the tension he had been pressing had disappeared all at once.

"No harm, no, no!"

He burst out laughing, but was a little confused in the laughter: if there was no harm, then what he had been feeling abnormally and all the actions he had done lately were hallucinations and wrong actions?

"I'm not done yet—"

Eve interrupted Brooke's laughter, then took the report from the old mage.

"Here's the detailed report, see for yourself!"

She handed the report to Brooke.

Brooke had a sense of foreboding, and he opened the report, looked at the words on it, and his face gradually turned pale.

"As you can see, Valrhona potions don't harm the body. Eve looked at Brooke quietly, then added, "But it can change the brain, make people more immersed in an emotion, and make it last longer." ”

"For example...... Let a person fall into crazy killing intent for the rest of his life. ”

The report in Brooke's hand fell to the ground.