St. Aaron's Empire

The holy city of Pest

Cabinet Chambers

August 1540 in the Calendar of the Gods

There are too many stories about the Holy City of Pest, since the beginning of the Bright Age when the gods divided the land and the sea, and the intelligent race, this holy city has been standing in the northeast of the continent of Huronyar. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

From the first dynasty until the moment of the sinking of the continent of Huronyar, the capital of the Terran Empire could only be the Holy City of Pace forever.

Because we want to thank and commemorate the gods, the gods who have given mankind this thousand-year-old capital.

Every time the Golden-robed Pope visits this legendary holy city, he will definitely emphasize this again.

The holy city of Pace was completely white, and the dazzling sunlight shone on the pure white walls, but when it was reflected back, it had become gentle and delicate. The city is divided into six sides, and at each sharp corner a tall tower gracefully bulges outward, and the archers are merely ornaments, and the magical flames that burn day and night are the symbols of holiness.

The upper and lower ends of each wall are engraved with sacred runes, like two dotted laces on a white scroll, and the powerful power of the runes has made the city unharmed since the day it was built. In the middle of the scroll, there is a beautiful but mysterious font, according to the records of the royal family, it was written in the dragon language, the ancient human language, the ancient elf language, the ancient dwarf language, and even the ancient dwarf language before the decline, and the ancient goblin language before the collapse of the race, before the royal family passed down the common language.

It's written on it, and no one can understand it anymore.

It is indisputable that the walls of the Holy City, engraved with the mysterious characters of poetry, are as dazzling as the most beautiful pictures in the world, but also graceful and calm.

In the Holy City of Pest, where there is sunshine, there will be the light of the holy runes, which comes from the spread of faith in the Holy See of the gods for thousands of years.

In the holy city of Pest, where there is sunshine, there will be smiling faces of the people, and this is thanks to the wise rule of Aaron, the king of Nioh.

At this moment, Sain Aaron, known as the "Nioh", was leaning on his chair, which was not much bigger than others, with his legs crossed, rubbing his fingers against the stiff short beard that he had forgotten to clean up in the morning, but his brow was deeply furrowed.

The henchmen and ministers had just dispersed, and they described a scene of peace and harmony in the country, singing and dancing, but this brown-haired middle-aged man in his fifties always felt that something was wrong.

The two hundred years of silence of the gods were a wonderful opportunity, and the earthly power that had gradually flowed into the Holy See of the gods had returned to the royal family after several generations of efforts.

Just when the royal family was having a good time, a miracle struck, and it was like a trumpet of the gods for the Holy See.

The miracle caused the doctrine of the gods to expand irrepressibly, but the Church of the gods was unexpectedly silent.

It is like a sleeping lamb, growing harmlessly in tranquility.

In the past ten years, apart from using holy water to gather low-level magicians and develop believers, the Gods and Sects have done nothing, and no matter which one of them, it is absolutely impossible to change the current pattern. The people of the Holy See saw that everyone was still as humble as they had been ten years ago, and that they were as indifferent to worldly power as they had been ten years ago. Even hypocrites and heretics, which the Holy See will never tolerate, have not even been mentioned by the Pope in Golden Cloak during these ten years.

The thirteen princes of the Holy Aaron Empire, plus King Arthur, these fourteen people are the pillars of the entire empire.

The Holy See of the Gods is subordinate to the Thirteen Holy Churches, plus the Templar of Pest, these fourteen holy places are the pillars of the entire Holy See.

The Holy See of the Gods, with its sheer size and structure comparable to that of an entire empire, has been given a chance, but it is still as quiet as a sheep.

Nioh always shuddered, it must be a tiger pretending to be asleep.

It was silent for ten years.

And in this eleventh year, Sain feels that this will not be ordinary.

Sean rubbed his lower back, and the posture of leaning back on the chair looked very comfortable, but after all, it was not as good as when he was younger, and after sitting for a long time, he would still have back pain. The sun was sinking outside the window, and it was time for him to check on the homework of the Seventh Prince, Lance Aaron. He habitually slapped the table, declaring that the day belonging to the empire was over, and the rest of the time belonged to his family.

A rush of footsteps rang out outside the chamber.

The visitor didn't even knock on the door, pushed it open and walked in quickly.

Even Nioh Aaron, no matter how good-tempered he was, frowned.

Two men came, one bowing down and handing over a scroll, while the other, sweating profusely and exhausted, fell down on one knee and saluted Theon.

"Duke Jusen's eight-hundred-mile emergency paperwork!" said the herald who knelt down on one knee.

This is an emergency document that can only be issued by the Duke level, and the speed of the carrier pigeon tends to be faster, but for safety, this level of letters is only transported by the herald, and the people and horses are changed along the way, and they can often be sent thousands of miles away in one day and night, and the Duke must send knights to escort them along the way, but they are not allowed to peep at the contents of the document without permission.

An instrument of this level is bound to involve a wide range of issues and have a profound impact. The last time such a duke-level document appeared was when Nioh led his troops to suppress the rebellion of the eastern dukes at the age of seventeen. The content from a duke's military book almost determines the success or failure of the expeditionary force and the future direction of the entire human empire.

"Duke Jumori?" Nioh immediately became serious when he heard this, and took the scroll and opened it.

Attached to the scroll are two strips of cloth, several texts, and a very large drawing.

At the sight of the picture, Thein's face changed completely, and he clucked at the edge of the table with both hands.

He groaned for a long time, sighed, and then said lightly.

"Go get Fiona over. ”

He paused again, then spoke again.

"Inform the commander of the city defense battalion, the knight of the Holy Knights, Aaron Olivier, and the seventh prince Lance, take fifty royal knights and rush to the Dukedom of Jusen overnight, and the detailed orders will be delivered in time. ”

As soon as Sain had given the order, he drove out all the people in the cabinet chamber, and even the guards who were guarding outside the window were dismissed, and then he pulled two chairs at random, placed them next to a small tea table, and sat down.

Throwing the scroll on the tea table, Thein sat down, poured a cup of hot tea, picked up a slice of lemon from the cup, squeezed some juice, and then threw the whole piece in, he took a sip, with a distant aftertaste, and leaned his head back in his seat and closed his eyes.

"Click, click, click. ”

I don't know how long it took, but there was a slight sound of walking in the hallway, but in front of the urgent paperwork, it seemed so calm and calm.

A breeze blew slightly, and the closed door of the council chamber quietly opened.

A crimson patterned embroidered shoe stepped in, followed by a gorgeous long crimson skirt with wide cuffs in crimson, a tall collar in crimson, and a slight hint of snow-white skin.

The corners of the woman's crimson mouth have some fine lines, but they exude a mature and sensual charm, and the long brown hair entwined with brilliant magical elements is pulled up high, elegant and bright.

It's a pity that from the moment she came in, the woman's eyes have always been like a pool of stagnant water, the ancient well is not wavering, and the cold is to the bone.

The woman walked up to Sain's side and looked at the man who had been in high spirits in her memory, his face was already full of wrinkles, and he was tired in the horizontal and vertical ravines, and his originally shiny brown hair had thinned a lot, and his sideburns had already turned white.

The corner of the woman's eyes twitched, and she looked at him quietly, and after a long time, she slowly spoke.

"Second brother. ”

With his eyes still closed, Sain gestured to the seat next to him.

"Sit down. ”

Fiona Aaron, the head of the Department of Magic at the War College and sister of Nioh, sat down in her chair and took a sip of her cup of hot tea in exactly the same gesture as Sein.

"We haven't seen each other in years, little sister. Thorn's eyes were still closed.

"Since the third brother went, it's been eleven years. Fiona stared at the teacup in her hand, watching the flesh of the lemon flutter through the tea.

Sein suddenly opened his eyes and stared at his sister, who he once knew.

"My father went early, and my eldest brother was murdered in the rebellion, have you forgotten what we said at that time?"

Fiona just looked at the teacup steadily.

"You said that the eldest brother has passed away, the second brother is the leader, the third brother is the body, the younger brother and sister should be the wings, and the four brothers and sisters will work together to calm the Quartet and return the people to freedom and clarity. Sain's hands were shaking.

Fiona was silent for a long time before she looked up and smiled.

"Since the body is no longer there, how should the flying wings deal with themselves? If the second brother really cares, you shouldn't send the third brother out to compete for God's gift and bear God's punishment. ”

"The world is no longer the chaos of the past, since the Quartet has been pacified, the Holy See is silent, Xiaomei thinks that the second and fourth brothers can handle the affairs of the gods. ”

Sein looked at his little sister in a daze, sat back in his seat, and handed over the scroll in his hand.

"Claisson's expedited paperwork, take a look. ”

Fiona took the scroll, knowing that it must be important, and read it word by word.

My king personally enlightened

On August 2, 1540, the second team of the Western Freshmen of the War College, led by Baron Kyle Jones, Duke of the Desert, set off from the border of the Duke of the Desert to the War College, and arrived at the border of the subordinate realm on August 11, and the subordinates took on the task of escorting. The subordinate sent 4 squads with a total of 36 forest knights to guard. In the early morning of August 16, the subordinates did not receive the carrier pigeon of the guardian knight, and sent 4 squad of forest knights and a squadron of regular knights to search again, and found that the second team of the new generation suffered heavy casualties, and all the guardian knights were killed.

According to Baron Jones, the Freshman Second Brigade was attacked by about 30 timberwolves and then by a small number of crossbowmen, archers, and black-clad assassins, killing eight and wounding the rest.

Ryan Smith is a full-time instructor of warriors at the War College.

Ned Miller: A full-time swordsman teacher at the War College.

Asre Haber.

Stove, dwarves.

Claison Will.

Will Clinton.

Alice Brown, second daughter of the Duke of Brown

Julie Louis.

Seeing this, Fiona couldn't help frowning and looked up at Sein, her face full of surprise, but also full of puzzlement.

Attacking the freshmen team of the War College, whether it is successful or not, has always been a great crime that cannot be tolerated, but it is not the first time it has happened, and it is not unheard of in the team with the children of dignitaries and dignitaries. Although it was the first time that such a heavy casualty had been inflicted, in any case, even the death of an earl's second daughter would definitely not be enough to carry the weight of the duke's urgent paperwork.

"Keep watching, if it were just that, I wouldn't have called you here. Sein had long since calmed down from the shock when he first saw the paperwork, slowly took a sip of the already cold tea, and said flatly.

Fiona realized that the scroll was actually extremely long, and that it was only halfway open by this point, so she unfolded the scroll and read on.

According to Baron Jones, the knights immediately launched a search for the place where the battle took place and the body of the murderer, but found that the scene of the battle was extremely bloody, and the backup of the murderer that Baron Jones found out did not take the corpse, but each body was pierced in the face, the head and limbs were cut off, and the torso was divided vertically into several sections, which were combined into a strange totem.

It has not been possible to confirm the identity of the body so far. Its totemic style is transcribed below.

The subordinates knew that this must be a great matter, and did not dare to judge without authorization, so they sent an urgent letter to our king. This matter is not well guarded by the subordinates, and if it happens, it will be from the royal capital to receive the responsibility.

Fiona paused and unfolded the remaining scrolls again.

"How so, how come!" Fiona's hands trembled as she fell to the ground, her eyes instantly filled with tears, but they were full of anger.

Sein bent down and picked up the scroll.

"That's right, you read that right. ”

"The second brother is the leader. Sain stroked the extremely short stroke on the totem, high above, in the shadow of the Forest of Giant Trees, which must have been a blood-drenched human head.

"The third brother is the body. "Under the skull, there are three strokes of different lengths but very elegant, which must be the torso that has been cut.

"Brother and sister should be wings. "On both sides of the torso, there are two slender and plump marks forming the shape of flying wings, which must be the murderer's siblings.

"Together, it's the shape of an eagle. Sean smiled wryly.

"That is a sign of heresy, a sign of a heresy that our four brothers have single-handedly raised. He looked fixedly at the scroll in his hand, the totem in the scroll, and perhaps the scene of the brothers and sisters laughing and playing in the past, and the golden iron horse of the past.

Fiona was no longer young, and the years and the wind and frost had turned into maturity and wisdom, and she took a few deep breaths before calming down.

"Not quite right. Fiona mused.

"Not bad. Sain seemed to anticipate what Fiona would say and nodded.

"Your second brother Simon has always been the de facto head of the heretical organization, and even though he has been gone for ten years, I still don't believe that the people he has led will do such a cruel thing. ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, the heretical organization is outside the Northeast Slope Valley, even if it is a wolf ambition and intends to bite back, it will not run thousands of miles to the west of the empire to rebel. Not to mention that it is within the Western Five Dukedoms, which have always been staunch supporters of the royal family. ”

"But the empire is stable, and the Duke of Jusen has always been kind and upright, if someone frames him, who will it be?" Fiona couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Could it be ......" Fiona couldn't help but be shocked when she thought of something.

"I'm afraid that our old friends, who have been silent for ten years, can't bear it anymore. Sein stood up and turned his back on his hands.

"The stakes are serious, the slaughter of the new students of the War Academy, the murder of the teacher, the murder of the young daughter of the count, the murder of several teams of forest knights, and the blame for heresy, this is not a mortal sin that can be taken off casually, how can we confirm who did it?" Fiona frowned.

"I've already sent your fourth brother and Lance over, and now I can only wait for the results of Claesson's investigation. Maybe we don't have any evidence to prove who did it, but I can almost smell the murder behind it. Sein walked back to the tea table, looked at his sister, and slapped two strips of cloth on the table.

"Look at these two strips of cloth. ”

They were two strips of cloth with bloody letters written on them, with bright red handprints. One is handwritten beautifully but powerfully, and the other is very serious but crooked.

"Stuart, Arthur, Harbour?" Fiona frowned, looking at the well-known surname, and the name that she was unknown but all too familiar with.

The silly girl seemed to think that the killer was a robber who was going for her, but unfortunately, no one thought that the silly boy next to her was the real target. Sein turned and stared at Fiona.

"They're going for the kid who got you to fight with the cardinal. ”

"It's the Holy See of the Gods. ”