At the thought that Denisha had been secretly following, Lorna didn't want to play outside, and the three of them simply went back to the palace together.

The happiest was Denisa, who found a shop and bought a new pillow, and when she returned to the palace, she went to sleep.

The royal guards of the royal palace have eyeliner all over the royal city, and the news of the killing of the epidemic doctor on the street of Chino has long been transmitted back, and it has been known by ministers at all levels, and there are different opinions for a while.

After returning to the palace, Solandelle was tired, and Chino sent her back to the mansion to rest and go to the restaurant to enjoy afternoon tea by herself.

While eating, Sting sat down opposite him and looked at him seriously: "You killed an epidemic doctor on the street?" ”

Chino tasted the rose cake in his hand and shrugged his shoulders: "Is this something serious?" ”

"Are you kidding? Of course, this is a serious matter! Sting paused at this point, his serious expression suddenly disappeared, and he laughed out loud, "Don't you see, the king heard the news, and laughed so hard that snot bubbles came out!" If he laughs until he loses his breath, do you think you're making a big deal? ”

Chino couldn't help but wonder: "It sounds like the relationship between the royal family and the Crimson Church is not good. ”

Sting: "Of course, after all... Cough... In short, the two sides are now in a very delicate coexistence, and the king has long looked at the Crimson Church very unpleasantly, but he has never been able to clean them up. ”

Chino thoughtfully: "Let me guess." Because the blood therapy of the Crimson Church is the only way to stabilize the signs of those infected with the beast plague, they did not give the secret of blood therapy to the royal family, but accumulated a lot of popular support among the people with blood therapy, which made it difficult for the royal family to take violent measures, and could only watch their influence grow step by step. When the influence of the church accumulates to a certain extent, they will want to take a share of the pie of power in some way. ”

Sting nodded, "You're very proficient in this doorway. ”

Chino was familiar with thousands of years of world history in his previous life, and he was tired of watching all kinds of power struggles, so he couldn't be proficient.

Chino picked up a piece of fruit hard candy and put it in his mouth, squinted and asked, "Halfway through what you just said, when you mentioned 'Suo', you should be talking about Solandelle." Could it be... Someone in the Crimson Church wants to marry a princess, bind to the royal family in this way, and meddle in kingdom politics? ”

"Damn, you're a man with good ears." Sting helplessly held his forehead, lowered his voice and said, "Since you have guessed everything, I will not hide it, I only ask you to keep it secret." Yes, you guessed it right, the archbishop wants to marry the royal family, and when Solandale is 16 years old, he will have his son marry her. ”

"Click." The hard fruit candy cracked into several pieces under Chino's teeth, and he looked at Sting with a blank face, chewing the candy again and again, and the candy cubes were quickly crushed and turned into syrup.

For some reason, Sting was stared at a little uncomfortably.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Sting took the initiative to continue the topic: "Yesterday, the king thundered and remembered this, but we, high-level political figures, have a lot to do with our every move, even if we resist in our hearts, we have to make concessions for the interests of the kingdom, so it is impossible to do anything to the Crimson Church - at least not on the surface." ”

"But you're different, you're just a magistrate, not so much in terms of prestige. Although according to the "Church Special Asylum Law", you should be handed over to the church for trial if you killed the epidemic doctor on the street, but when Denisha intervened, the church immediately suffered a dumb loss. The king was glad to know this, and you breathed a bad breath on his behalf. ”

Chino said lightly: "It has nothing to do with me killing people and not being angry." It was a mistake for the common people to kneel to the plague doctor and not fear the kingdom, and it is my duty as a ruler of the kingdom to reverse this mistake. It's as simple as that. ”

Sting said with interest: "Seriously, you speak very interestingly, obviously you sound like a madman, but if you look closely, you will find that there is subtle and meticulous logic in it." ”

Chino didn't talk to him about this, but asked, "So, what does the king himself mean about marriage?" ”

Sting took a sip of wine and said silently, "If the king had a choice, do you think he would still be angry yesterday?" ”

Chino: "Don't have any backup plans?" ”

Sting: "Listen, Twilight Death, I know what's going on in your crazy head. In addition to gossiping with you this time, I also gave you a warning on behalf of the king, don't provoke the Crimson Church again, understand? ”

"Just because the king is happy doesn't mean it's what the king wants to see. Every member of the royal family is happy to hear that you killed the plague doctor this time, but when they pay a lot of monthly coins and energy to help you clean up the aftermath, their joy will be left. ”

"We can't deal with the Crimson Church with brute force at this stage, so today is your first and last time killing the plague doctor. If you do this again, no one will stand behind you. ”

"Okay." Chino gave a seemingly concise, but somewhat vague answer.

The two didn't discuss the Crimson Church anymore, but chatted about some daily life.

As he spoke, Chino picked up the apple on the table and prepared to eat it.

"Wait!" Sting looked at the apple in Chino's hand for a moment, and stopped, "You'd better not eat this, this shape and color looks like it was picked from the apple trees that Solandelle planted." ”

Chino tentatively took a bite of the apple and tasted the sweetness in his mouth, a little inexplicable: "What's wrong?" Why can't you eat it? ”

Sting looked at Chino with a ghostly look, he took another identical apple, took a bite and spit it into the garbage basket, grinning and saying, "Damn... How did you eat such a sour apple? ”

Chino took another bite of the apple: "I don't understand what you're talking about, it's very sweet." ”

Sting was directly stunned: "Is it your bad taste, or my bad taste..."

Chino has congenital painlessness and does not feel pain, but his sense of taste is normal, and he doesn't understand why Sting thinks the apple is bitter and doesn't think much about it.

He was sure it was sweet.

...

For the next 3 days, Chino rested in the palace, and there was nothing to do every day, except for his normal routine, he played the piano with Solandelle the rest of the time, and taught her a lot of Beethoven's piano music, and she listened to each of them with great joy.

If it weren't for the upper limit of the emotional harvest value, Chino suspected that Solandel would have to contribute thousands or even tens of thousands of respect points to him.

On the 4th of the snow return, the officials of all parties who participated in the New Year's banquet were ready to return, and so was Chino.

Before leaving, there is one more thing, and that is the reward for cracking the smuggling of salt crystals.

Persius gave Chino 50 gold moons as promised, and then took him to pick up the reserve royal guards.

Persius took Chino into the training ground and introduced: "There are many reserve royal guards, and there are 880 people on the register now, some of them are the heirs of the royal family of Doguland, and some are outsiders who have awakened the day after tomorrow, so the level of this group of people is high and low, and it is recommended that you choose carefully." ”

At the training ground, 880 members had been formed into 44 columns in units of 20 to be inspected by the king, and everyone was holding their heads high and was in high spirits.

Pertheus looked sideways at Chino, his eyes deepening.

Among these people, the top 50 people in terms of comprehensive strength are all his henchmen, and no matter which one Chino chooses, he has eyeliner by his side.

Persius cleared his throat and said lightly, "These people who lead each column are the elite of the reserves, at least the 'candle bearers' of the second sequence. There are also several elites among the elites, such as this Lynch in front of you, who is the "Iron Will" of Sequence 3 and has been pre-selected in advance to be the real Imperial Guard, and I can give him to you if you like. ”

Chino glanced at Lynch, who had a determined gaze, and did not stop for long, slowly walking through the queue.

Perseus frowned and looked at Chino, not knowing what he was going to do.

Walking to the last row, Chino saw a girl who was extremely petite, at most 1.5 meters, and for a strong man, she could even sit directly on her shoulder.

Her appearance is even more delicate like a doll, with thin cherry blossom-colored lips slightly upturned, and when she purses her lips, she can see the small dimples on both sides of her cheeks, and only a pair of eyes reveal a perseverance that is different from that of her peers.

The girl noticed that Chino was looking at her, but did not make a look in response, still looking ahead.

Chino pointed at the girl, "I'll want her." ”