Luke sat in his study. Looking at the books in his hand with relish, Luke has been busy with state affairs, although he has collected a lot of books, he has little time to read, and now he is at home, just read more of these books to pass the time.

"Hosts, there are guests asking to meet. A middle-aged man dressed in servant's clothes gently pushed open the door and stood in the doorway to Luke.

Luke put down the book in his hand and said unhappily, "Didn't I say that I didn't see any guests!"

"Why, don't even see me?" a lady's voice came from outside the door, and Catherine, dressed in a magician's robe, walked in.

"Her Majesty Queen Catherine. Luke was surprised by the guest in front of him, although he has been staying at home recently, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know anything about things outside, with his decades of business, someone has already provided him with detailed information, today is the day of the king and queen's wedding, why did one of the protagonists come to him, is there something wrong?

Thinking of this, Luke quickly stood up, and Catherine had already walked to the desk, found a chair and sat down, Christina stood silently behind Catherine, carefully guarded.

"What's wrong?" Luke didn't say hello, and asked Catherine directly, "Otherwise, you wouldn't have come here at this time." ”

Catherine said with a serious face: "Chad rebelled!"

Luke was taken aback and said in a loud voice: "How is it possible, what about Your Majesty?"

Catherine sighed and said, "The exact situation is not clear, but it is very likely that it has been"

Luke heard the news and sighed, although Fernando XIII removed him, but Luke did not have too many complaints, as a king, it is necessary to hold all the power firmly in his hands, but it is a pity that Fernando XIII is too calm, if it takes 10 years to do it slowly, the effect is definitely better than now, Luke also saw this point of Fernando XIII, so he quietly stayed away from the court, he did not want to rebel, so he was destined to lose in this gladiatorial battle, and he had no choice but to get out earlier。

Seeing that Luke was silent, Catherine said: "Now that time is pressing, Chad has mobilized the garrison troops in the imperial capital that he can control, and the palace is surrounded by regiments, so the news cannot be leaked. The magic array that teleported directly to the barracks had been sealed, but fortunately, another magic array that only His Majesty the Emperor knew about could still work, but it could only be teleported not far outside the palace. ”

Luke was secretly worried about the current situation, but on the surface, he only said lightly, "Oh. ”

Seeing that Luke didn't seem to care, Catherine continued, "You are the only one who can save this empire now. ”

Luke shook his head and said, "I'm just a civilian now, and it's appalling for you to say that. Hey, people are old, and they just want to go back to their manor for a few days to live a peaceful life, and let the young people do those things of fighting and killing. ”

Catherine ignored Luke's excuse and said to herself: "Once Chad is in power, I am afraid that tomorrow he will purge the city of people who may threaten him, and the next thing is to choose a young child to take the throne and take over the power." Luke, you don't have to act like it's none of your business, do you remember the old king's entrustment? Do you remember the oath you made when you were young? Chad rebelled, the king has been martyred, and at this moment, the future of the empire is uncertain, if you retreat at this time, not only will it be difficult to protect yourself, but will you really bear to let Chad continue to oppress the poor who are struggling to survive?"

"Lord Luke, for the sake of the Empire, for the sake of the poor people of the Empire, I, Catherine Randy, in my capacity as Empress, beg you to stand up. I admit that the empire has slowly degenerated over the course of 200 years, with corrupt officials, poorly trained soldiers, mercenary merchants, and poor people toiling for a day and barely making ends meet. None of this is impossible to change, and when this riot is put down, won't your Luke's talent, with Orlando's and my support, bring new vitality to this empire?"

Luke's eyes were already slightly red, and he remembered the dream of his youth, for which he failed to take good care of his wife and neglected his two daughters, no matter how hard he tried, with Chad's constraints and Fernando XIII's interference, it would not help at all. I thought that I would slowly stay away from the center of power and find a quiet place to spend the rest of my life quietly, but now such a thing has happened, the opportunity to change the fate of this empire is in front of him, and Luke has no other choice, even if he escapes overnight now, but Sophie will definitely stand behind Orlando, although the Royal Knights are extremely powerful, but its provisions are provided by the royal family's inner treasury, once Chad controls the power of the empire with a puppet, the consequences of many things do not need to be thought about.

Luke suddenly found that he had not been so passionate for a long time, and he stood in front of Catherine and said firmly, "I am willing to serve you, Your Majesty!"

Catherine let out a long breath, and with Luke's support, everything turned around: "Please mobilize all the forces at your disposal at once, block the main streets of the city, and the Royal Knights will attack the palace as the main force, and all operations will be under your own command." In addition, I hope you can invite Master Victor **, because now Chad's Archmage de Silva is the only one he can deal with. ”

"As you wish, Your Majesty. Luke said loudly.

Catherine nodded solemnly, and said to Luke word by word: "The future of the empire, everything is up to you." ”

Victor watched Catherine leave Luke's study under the protection of Christina and 20 of Luke's subordinates, and then he slowly walked out of his hiding place and walked into Luke's study.

When Luke saw Victor coming in, he said to him, "Victor, Chad rebelled, I will follow the Queen's orders to quell the rebellion, and I hope you will be able to deal with De Silva." ”

Victor sighed and said, "You finally got away from the center of power, are you going to be swept up again?"

Luke waved his arms vigorously and said confidently, "For the sake of the future of the Empire, I can't stop there. ”

Victor sighed again and said, "Every dynasty rises, someone will say such a set of high-sounding words, even Fernando I, who was born as a holy knight, but which dynasty has really done this?"

Luke said firmly: "It's man-made!"

Victor seemed to sigh at all, he sighed again, and said, "I know it's useless to say anything now, with our friendship, even if you are about to destroy this empire, I will support you." ”

Luke patted Victor on the shoulder and said, "Thank you, old friend, but I think I might be able to break the spell of history and truly bring peace and happiness to the people of this empire." ”

Seeing that Victor still wanted to sigh, Luke smiled and said, "Okay, time is running out." Her Majesty has already gone to the barracks, and I will also go to command the army to quell the rebellion, and we will talk about it at dawn tomorrow. With that, Luke walked out firmly.

Victor looked at Luke's back and whispered: "It seems that Catherine's influence can't even be avoided by you, hehe, a woman actually has the ability of 'natural charm', is this really an ordinary person, alas, why do I care about it so much, as long as the people close to me are fine." ”

Chad sat in the royal banquet hall at a loss, the bright sunlight outside the window had shone through the gaps in the window screen, and the sunlight that originally made people feel warm and comfortable, but it made Chad's heart keep sinking. From time to time, screams came from a distance, and the source of the sound was getting closer and closer, which made Chad even more panicked.

"Report!" a herald covered in blood stumbled in: "Great, my lord, the Royal Knights have broken through our third line of defense, and they are about to kill here, I, we can't stop it!"

When Chad heard this, he burst out laughing and shouted at the corpse of Fernando XIII, who was lying on the ground: "Behold, look, you beautiful woman, she has brought someone to save you." ”

"I didn't think I'd end up like this. Chad laughed and suddenly cried: "Why, why, why would an assassin come to assassinate you, as long as Luke fades out of the center of imperial power, in two years I will be enough to empty you, and then you can hold your woman in bed and dream of your conquest." ”

"My lord, my lord?" the herald, covered in blood, said with some hesitation when he saw Chad's madness, "Let's run away, maybe it's still too late." ”

"Escape?" Hearing this, Chad stopped crying, turned around and said: "This night of hard work, my men have been wiped out, even if I escape, I can only hide like a mouse, in front of the wanted warrant of the Empire! Without power, status, and money, what is the point of my life?"

There was a rush of footsteps outside, the door of the royal banquet hall was kicked open, and a group of people surrounded Luke and walked in: "Chad, you assassinated His Majesty the King, intending to rebel, and now you don't surrender obediently!"

When Chad heard this, he shouted loudly: "No, I didn't assassinate Your Majesty, I didn't. With that, he rushed towards Luke as if he were desperate, but was firmly grasped by the guards beside Luke.

Luke waved his hand, the guard let go of Chad, and Chad was unstable on his footing, and fell in front of Luke at once, Chad didn't bother to get up, he crawled directly on the ground a few times, hugged Luke's thighs and said: "Luke, you and I have been friends for more than ten years, yes, I am very greedy for money, and I want to monopolize power, but I will never assassinate Your Majesty!

Luke bent down and patted Chad's shoulder gently, interrupting Chad's words, and then Luke slowly squatted down and whispered in Chad's ear: "I know, but someone must be responsible for His Majesty's death, isn't it? Of course, this person can't be me, but who else can there be in the imperial capital?"

Chad said bitterly, "I, I understand. Just one thing for you, my son, he, he doesn't know anything"

"It's okay, old friend. Luke laughed and said, "I'll find a lot of people to prove that he knows." ”

"No, you can't"

Before Chad could finish speaking, Luke waved his hand, and someone dragged Chad down, and Luke stood in front of the corpse of Fernando XIII and said in a voice that only he could hear, "I will prove it to you, only I can save this old empire!"