236. Day and Night
Samir gave a few more orders, she was to return to the city of Neveh, the capital of Assyria, with the coffin of Sinakh, and the legions to switch defense areas to ensure the stability of the newly occupied city-state, and the main generals to return to the city of Neveh with the coffin of His Majesty Sinakh. After the state funeral, Lorvard and Faust will travel to the city of Enriel.
Sémur then concluded his first court meeting after his succession to the throne and retreated to the apse of the palace. Luo Huade stood in place for a long time without speaking, and when Prime Minister Alpha walked by him, he patted him on the shoulder and said: "Lord Luo Huade, you are the new hope of the empire, you are really both civil and military, and the whole country is looking forward to your new achievements!"
Faust wanted to see Semir, but the chamberlain told him that Her Majesty was tired and grieved by the death of Emperor Sinach the Great, and did not want to see anyone in private. Faust had to leave the palace silently, his residence in the city of Rees was of course the most luxurious living room in the temple of Enriel, but the great magician was unwilling to live in the temple, and even when he passed through the main hall, he involuntarily performed the magic of retracting his breath, deliberately avoiding the idol on the altar.
He tried to comfort himself in his heart that Her Majesty had sent him to the city of Enriel to avoid the temple. In the city of Enriel, he could live where he liked, and no one dared to restrain him, but in the capital, as the chief high priest of the empire and the sage and national teacher respected by all the people, he had to live in the main temple and preside over various ceremonies in front of the statue of Enriel.
When he faced the statue of Enriel, he naturally had a feeling of wanting to avoid it, and even closed his heart, so that even the gods could not hear his true heart when praying.
On the other hand, Sémir sent him to a distant land far away from the Assyrian plateau, as if he did not want to live with him in the royal capital. Although on the surface, Her Majesty the Empress has enough respect for this sage and national teacher, and has shown complete trust in military affairs, but they are also business-oriented, and as before, the personal relationship between the two has not changed at all.
On the surface, Faust knew that Semir had been quite tolerant of him and even deliberately sheltered him. Because of Sinaher's assassination, Faust, who was in charge of the Divine Array at that time, was actually primarily responsible.
Although everyone, including the great magician Diego Jo, who was present at the time, not only did not accuse Faust of using the Air Elemental Armor Technique, but was also full of gratitude to him for temporarily saving Sinach's life, it was Faust who interceded with Semir to save all the guards present from punishment. But Faust himself understood what was going on, he didn't have to use the Air Elemental Armor Technique to block the arrow, and the more important purpose at that time was to create an assassination opportunity for Gilgamesh.
Even if no one else knew the inside story, Empress Semir must have known, but she didn't say anything, and she didn't even mention it. A few people questioned Faust's disadvantage of protecting His Majesty Sinach, but they were reprimanded and punished by the empress.
Her Majesty knew that he had betrayed Sinach and deliberately allowed the Assassins to succeed, but she did not punish him, and still made him a high sage and national teacher, which was good for her. But Semir sent Faust to the city of Enriel to face a war that was doomed to defeat and hopeless, was this her punishment for him?
On the way back to Neveh, the capital of Assyria, with Sinach's coffin, Faust's mind was full of contradictions. In fact, Semir was no colder to him than before, but he was not closer to him than before. But now that the situation has changed, Faust's thoughts and feelings have also changed, and he always feels that the love in the centrifugal is farther away, and he does all this in the hope of being closer!
Faust felt as if his soul had split into two parts, and he was talking to himself. He was indeed primarily responsible for Sinakh's death, but it was his original intention to get rid of the tyrannical emperor, and now that he had succeeded, he should be gratified, so why did the feeling of dissatisfaction in his heart become even stronger?
The Assyrian Empire's policy of consolidating the gains and shrinking the front was formulated by him, and the city of Enriel was to be abandoned in the plan, which was also a strategy proposed by Faust himself. The decision he made, Samir also adopted, so what was wrong with sending him himself to implement it?
The defeat of Enriel may affect the honor and prestige of the sage national teacher who is on the front line, and Samir duly sends another scapegoat, Loward, to face this future crime, which is enough to make Faust grateful. If he had helped the Assassins assassinate Sinach and reverse the Assyrian Empire's state policy, he had done what he wanted?
But Faust still felt pain, and in the dark night, he asked himself silently: "Faust, Faust, you have lost nothing, and you have fulfilled your original intention, got rid of the tyrannical emperor and reversed the fate of an empire, why are you more and more lost?"
When a seemingly impossible wish comes true, the ** lurking in the heart also begins to sprout stupidly, and the things that I knew were impossible and didn't think about it before sprouted like hopeless seeds. After returning to Neve, before the state funeral of Emperor Sinach, Faust, who lived in the main temple of the Empire, endured inexplicable torment in his heart every night, as if the imprint left by Satan in his soul was burning him.
He was thinking of Sémir, but Sémir's image seemed to become abstract and blurred, the shadow of many women, and the charming smile and delicate body even moaned and gasped, making Faust shudder. On the other hand, it was becoming more and more difficult for him to endure the presence of the statue of Enriel in the temple, and although he was not in front of the statue, he knew that the gaze was on everything in the temple.
Semir lived in the palace, and Faust had no chance to see her except for the usual court meetings. This is also normal, because Her Majesty the Empress is holding a wake for Emperor Sinach, and at this sensitive moment, it is not appropriate to make any unusual moves. This made Faust feel inexplicably anxious, and one night he quietly left the temple as if he had fled, and appeared in disguise in a luxurious courtyard in the city of Nevea.
A ninth-level great magician traveled in disguise, so naturally he would not show his flaws, and the girls did not know that this old man with gray hair and wrinkles was a sage and national teacher respected by the whole country. Faust had money, and he was very generous, and the girls were so happy that they were eager to do everything in their power to wait for him to fly up to the most cheerful clouds.
Faust, a ninth-level great sorcerer in his fifties, was actually as good as a young man in his early twenties, and it was the first time that his youthful vitality that had never been vented had exploded so freely, he had drunk a lot of alcohol, and he had experienced unprecedented indulgence in his life. He woke up before dawn, looked at the bright colors of the ten girls in the incense pavilion, and laid down the shining divine stones between their thighs, lower abdomen, and cleavage, and then quietly returned to the temple.
No one found out what the Sage had done during the night, and the next morning there was a routine sacrificial ceremony, still presided over by Faust. The High Priest of the Empire stood by the altar and sang the sacred psalms, but he was not at all distracted, he felt that he was absurd, that all that had happened last night was just a void of boredom.
But when night fell again, he fell into this emptiness again, and a voice in his soul seemed to say, "Faust, why are you so troubled?" and he quietly left the temple again in search of his nightlife.
Although the Venerable Sage Master was the undisputed most knowledgeable person in the Assyrian Empire, he had little experience with the Wandering Temple, and once the floodgates were opened, it was difficult to restrain them. He always goes to the same house, which is very large and luxurious, he is always very generous, and the girl is of course very beautiful and charming.
Such guests were the most popular in the Academy, but Faust did a little too much, perhaps he did not rely on his own money or did not realize how generous he was, but simply indulged. Almost all the most beautiful girls in this academy accompanied him, and spent one passionate night after another in the mourning of the whole country for Sinach the Great.
People don't know the identity of Faust, only that he is a little old man who is not good-looking, but he throws money around the courtyard and asks many beautiful girls to accompany him every night. Later, Faust no longer took turns changing a group of different girls every day, at least he took a fancy to one of them, and let her stay with him every night for as many days as he could.
Because this girl's eyebrows are a little as long as Sémir, but she seems so weak and delicate, and always timid with a melancholy look, no matter how much Faust gives, this girl cannot smile at him from the bottom of her heart like other girls. When he possessed her, he could even feel the trembling and resistance in her heart, which aroused Faust's ** even more, she was like a flower that needed him to moisturize and care.
He plays like this in the courtyard and no one knows his origin and identity, and sooner or later he will get into trouble. It didn't take long for Faust to get into trouble, and the origin of the matter was this girl. There was a young general in the empire who used to play in this palace, and some time ago he went out with the army, and during this time he returned to the royal capital with the wealth gained on the battlefield, and he often came to look for the girl, and as a result, he heard that the girl was accompanying a little old man for several days.
The generals who had killed countless people on the battlefield would not have a very good temper, and finally one night he could not help but call the owner of the Jiyuan to discuss with the guest, and he was willing to pay a large reward and call the girl to accompany him. But the little old man didn't even pay attention to it, and didn't give him face at all for this imperial hero who had killed countless enemies, so he got drunk and rushed into the incense pavilion where Faust was.
Although a samurai faces a sorcerer, a sudden hand-to-hand combat is more threatening, but it also depends on what kind of samurai faces what kind of sorcerer. Of course, Faust didn't have a staff, and he drank a little too much, and he didn't even lift his eyelids on the bed, but with a slight wave of his hand, the sixth-level warrior crashed through the side wall and flew out and was injured.
The chaos was so great that a group of legionmen who were friends with the general heard the news and came to settle accounts with the little old man, but Faust was gone. The owner of the Records House couldn't tell where the mysterious and rich little old man came from. As a result, a group of meritorious soldiers who returned triumphantly on the battlefield demolished an incense pavilion in the Jiyuan, and smashed a lot of things and injured several people, and even the garrison guards of the royal capital were alarmed.
Two days before Sinach was officially buried in the tombs of the Assyrian emperors, Prime Minister Alpha was furious and ordered the perpetrators to be severely punished and investigated. The troublemakers were all cleaned up, but where to find the little old man? According to the description, the little old man looked a bit like the sage and the national teacher, but after someone said this, he quickly slapped his mouth and explained in a loud voice that he was not intentionally offended.
It's also interesting to say that Amon also made trouble in the Monfils family back then, and used the topic to play the storm in the city. But Faust is different, when he wakes up and leaves immediately, it is impossible to show his identity like Amun to make a fuss, and he can't even let his name leak, otherwise it will be one of the biggest scandals in the empire in recent times. The reputation and prestige of the sage national teacher have also become his burden.
Faust never went to the house again, nor did he see the girl again, for three days later he had gone to the city of Enriel with the Minister of the Interior, Lord Loward.
Upon arriving in the city of Enriel, Faust did not live in the temple, but in the makeshift palace where Sémir had stayed. There was no academy in Enriel City, and the sage master also felt that what he had done in the previous paragraph was so absurd, as if it was a person he didn't know at all, and he definitely didn't want to mention it again.
However, when the night came, he felt that his soul was even more desolate, and he had been accustomed to prayer for many years, but now he did not know to whom to pray?
He saw his own appearance in the mirror, his face wrinkled and unattractive, and remembered that the general who rushed through the door was so young and heroic, and perhaps the girls really liked such a man, right? Tell me, if Sémir knows my intentions and turns away from me, is it because I am not young and handsome enough that such a look can attract a woman?"
Surprisingly, he actually heard Satan's response: "I can't answer this question because you can't decide whether she will fall in love with you or what she is attracted to." But it's never for nothing, you can only decide what kind of charm you have, maybe you should pray to the god of youth and love, but as far as I know, it's all up to you. I guide you to a power that can restore you to a youthful and handsome face, not an information illusion that can be seen through. ”
This time it was the real Amun who spoke, and when Faust returned to the city of Enriel, Amon also returned to the plain of Duk, where he heard Faust's prayer to Satan and answered it in his soul, while also directing Faust's original power and instructing him in a special transfiguration technique.
This transfiguration technique does not change a person's life, nor does it make Faust a different person, but Faust has enough mana to appear young and handsome when he confirms the power of his origin from scratch. In fact, this is a kind of divine art to assist the cultivation of physical arts, which can reshape the bloodline, but the premise is that Faust needs to pass the tests of "purity of the body", "purity of the bloodline", "breakthrough of the limit" and so on.
...... Amon left Barron two months after the death of Hammurabi II, and his whereabouts were very secretive, mixed with Nescott Lee's caravan, sitting in a very ordinary carriage, accompanied by Wendy. It is only known that the man and woman were relatives of Nescott Lee and were to follow the caravan to the city of Salem, but it is not clear that they were the god Amun and the former Barun Maiden.
The country has changed monarchs, some people are happy and some are sad, and for Nescott Lee, the great merchant of the city-state of Uruk, it is really bitter. He had set up a business in the city of Malduk, and cooperated with Medanzo to smuggle military supplies, including war horses, armor and weapons, through wandering explorers, and also made money in the business of money lending.
So the businessman saw the opportunity to increase his investment, and his business in Maldok City became bigger and bigger, including not only smuggling and trading with Salem City, but also the new Maldok City itself needed commercial trade support. The lord of the city, Yusir, once hosted a banquet for Nescot Lee, who had come to inspect the trading houses, verbally praising him and promising to find an opportunity to recognize his merits and earn him a noble status.
But all this prospect was destroyed by a war, due to the sudden invasion of the Assyrian Empire from the northeast, the army led by Prince Vonniu urgently retreated from the west bank of the Eudy, the city of Marduk was broken by the army of Hati and renamed the city of Budamia, the lord of Yusil was nowhere to be found, and Neskot Lee suffered heavy losses.
The most profitable trading house is gone, and the title of nobility is not to be counted on, this merchant has lost a lot of weight. He was very envious of his colleague in the city of Monfils, because he had befriended the god Amun during the war, and now he has not only become one of the largest merchants in the lower Egypt, but also the deputy director of the property administration of the city-state of Monfils, with the title of nobleman, and is allowed to buy a large territory. And his business talent is no less than that of Xio, how can he be so unlucky?
One afternoon, while Nesscot Lee was drinking a sullen drink and sighing, he suddenly saw joy fall from the sky. It turned out that after the new monarch Vonnux I succeeded to the throne, he actually issued an order to recognize the contribution of the Uruk merchant Neskot Lee to the country when the country was at war, not only bestowing him a title and title, but also giving him a fictitious position in the kingdom's treasury, which is higher than Xio's status in Eju!
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(To be continued)