Chapter 20: The Undercurrent

"As long as the token is broken, it means that their mysterious breeding ground hidden in the far east has been discovered and destroyed by insects, and it is likely to be exterminated. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Only at that time can I teach it to the outside world according to the original oath, so as to ensure that the unique skills of this mysterious tribe will not disappear in this world, now do you understand?

"I see!, how did you get chosen as the inheritor by the mysterious tribe of the East?"

"Your Royal Highness, how many questions have you asked me, is it now my turn to ask you, as we just said!" He has sacrificed a lot of brain cells in order to make up this story, and if he keeps rounding up this story that he made up casually, I'm afraid he can write a novel. So he made a decision and decided to remain mysterious and not give her a chance to continue asking.

"Uh... Okay, you ask!" Joanna also realized that she seemed to be asking too many questions, not to mention that such questions were generally not meant to be said to others.

"I don't have many questions, you answer them one by one. First question, why were you hunted down by the man in black?"

“...... I guess they might want to arrest me so that I can coerce my father into doing something detrimental to our Andrews!" Joanna told Ping An about her journey from the Holy Land of Medias to the territory of the Aerys Empire and then her own judgment.

"Why do you think it's the anti-royal forces within your empire who want to capture you?"

"It's just... Just by feeling. The combined power of those forces is too strong, if they are completely united, it is enough to overthrow the throne of the Aerys Empire ruled by our family, but those forces are also dissatisfied with each other on weekdays, and it is not so easy to tie up in the same boat. For a long time, in order to maintain the rule of the entire Iris Empire, our family has divided the permanent territories of the previous anti-royal forces, and at the same time renounced all domination over their territories, so that those territories have been in a state of autonomy of the various feudal forces, on the condition that they openly recognize our family's actual rule over the Iris Empire. My father, as the nominal king of the Aerys Empire on behalf of our Andrews, began to worry about these things more than a decade ago when I was very young. Therefore, I think it must be one of those anti-royal forces within the empire, and only they have the strength and courage to do such a thing. Joanna said as she thought about it.

Ping An has also studied some of the history of this world with Master Kane since he was a child, and naturally he has also heard about some long-term disputes within the Aerys Empire, those powerful family forces that have lived in the Aerys Empire for a long time have had a glorious history, and they have been the king of the Aerys Empire, compared to the length of time, each has a deep heritage, and naturally it will not easily succumb to the other side. Now that I have listened to Joanna's analysis, I can't help but admire a little, no matter how old she is, she has learned so many political games from the side of her father since she was a child, and she can analyze her own judgment based on these things in the past, and in the sound of peace, these analyses do not seem to have any loopholes and problems.