Chapter 40: The Villa
A silver wine glass was thrown to the ground, and the delicate vulture ornament on the glass could not withstand such a violent impact, and one of its wings fell off and was scattered aside.
Senate's face was full of iron, and he looked at Raphael and Karina kneeling in front of him viciously, he clenched his fists hard, and roared in a rage: "Why? Tell me why! Who allowed you to mobilize the elite troops stationed in the Free Paradise to rob and kill Ryan?"
Karina knelt on the ground, looked at Senat who was about to choose someone to devour, and replied cautiously: "This, this, I heard, I heard that Raphael failed in Seabreeze City, and I think this Ryan is simply hateful, he has destroyed my ...... more than once"
"Shut up!" Senat roared, his fists clenched into fists with too much force, and his knuckles had begun to turn white: "Useless things, can't you use your brains well?From Giethoorn to Elmida, to Thor Fortress, and Sea Breeze City, this Ryan mage and his companions have shown enough strength, and in this case, you don't even have a plan at all, just let the elite troops stationed in the Paradise of Freedom attack? What is the difference between this and sending them to death?"
"But, but ......," Karina hesitated, but in order to shirk her responsibility, she said, "You can't just swallow your anger, can you......?"
As soon as Karina's words were said here, Senat slapped her on the right side of the face, directly knocking Karina to the ground. Senat strode over to Karina, pressed his upper body down, and said in a condescending posture, "Are women so stupid? I wonder if you're my daughter, damn it, maybe I should have shot you on the wall in the first place, you big-breasted idiot, you and your mother can only serve men, and everything else is a mess!"
Karina meekly lowered her head, as if listening to Senat's reprimand and scolding, but no one saw that Karina's right hand, hidden under her body, had been tightly clenched into a fist, and her well-maintained nails had been completely embedded in the palm, but Karina was silent.
"Listen!" Seinat grabbed Karina's hair, turned her face to himself, and said, "I warn you, it is imperative that you seduce Steven at once and conceive him." As long as you can do this, you are still the head of the free heaven aspect, otherwise, you can go back to me obediently, I can marry another daughter to him, anyway, you know, he doesn't care about his own woman. ”
"Yes, Father. Half of Karina's face was already swollen, and a wisp of blood was running down the corner of her mouth, but Karina's face still maintained a submissive expression, she looked at Senat with remorseful eyes, and whispered: "I will definitely do what you tell me, Karina is young and ignorant, sometimes she does wrong things, please forgive me." ”
"Very well, that's right. Senat nodded, and his face changed to a fatherly countenance, and he helped Karina up, and then comforted her softly, "I was a little angry just now, but it's also for your sake." You must know that although there are no informalities in achieving great things, but for our loyal subordinates, we can't just abandon them, and what I hate is not that you made a sneak attack on Ryan, but that you sent people without even a plan. ”
"I understand that I will never do this again. ”
"If we want to restore the glory of our ancestors and rebuild an empire that has been passed down for thousands of years, we must rely on thousands of loyal warriors, without whom we are nothing. Therefore, we must always keep in mind that they are our swords, our most handy weapons, but as masters, we will never give up the weapons in our hands easily. ”
"Alright, let's go down and get treated. Senat waved his hand, as if speaking to an unrelated person: "Give you 3 months, I hope to hear good news." After the child is born, if it is a boy, Steven is at your disposal. ”
Karina bowed respectfully to Senat and took a dozen steps back before turning around and walking towards the door. When Karina reached the door, Senat suddenly said to herself, "It's better to lose those toys of yours." ”
This remark made Karina's body shake, but her face remained deferential, there was no change at all, and her walking pace was barely affected, and she walked out of the room.
When Karina walked out of the room, she saw several handsome men kneeling in the courtyard by Senat's guards, and the lower bodies of these men were all covered in flesh and blood. Karina's expression tightened, and she could see at a glance that these handsome men were her most favored faces, and it was obvious that this was the meaning of Senat's last words.
Karina knows that Senat has a lot of illegitimate children, and she is just lucky, marrying Steven through a political marriage, which became the director of the Free Paradise region, but now Senat is very dissatisfied with Karina, once Karina loses this position, then it is likely to be more unbearable than these men in front of her, for women, Senat's subordinates have more means to humiliate, they are only loyal to Senat alone, as long as Senat orders, even their own parents will not hesitate to start.
Karina, however, pretended to be indifferent, and walked straight past her faces, ignoring the pleading gazes, perhaps they had been happy with each other last night, and they were inseparable from each other, but at this moment, Karina regarded them as passers-by.
"I can't afford to lose everything I have now, and I can't repeat my mother's fate. I'll get revenge on all of this, but only until I get the power to do it, and until then, I'll be able to endure and do whatever it takes to gain power, including that kind of thing with Steven's!"
Karina walked out of Senate's villa, her steps so firm, as if she had faith in her heart.
"Master, this is the specific situation of the loss of a surprise attack plan in Seabreeze City, as the executor of the entire plan, I should take full responsibility for the failure of the plan, please punish you!" Raphael knelt on the ground and said loudly, "I am willing to bear any punishment, including my life." ”
"Get up!" Senat said kindly, holding Raphael to his feet, "The main reason for this failure is that Ryan's bastard, if it weren't for him, maybe our adventure would have been successful." Senat seems to attribute the failure of Seabreeze City to Ryan's intervention, and it seems that he does not intend to punish Raphael, but Raphael knows that his master will not let himself go lightly, and his failure this time just gives Senat a good opportunity to weaken his strength, and this is also Raphael's only chance to live, at least until the "Soul Eater" killer organization in Raphael's hands is not really handed over, he will not be in danger of his life.
"Of course, you also know my rules, my subordinates are not effective, and there must be some punishment, otherwise it will be difficult to restrain everyone. Senat's words turned, and as Raphael imagined, he began to hold him accountable: "I think so, this time the surprise attack on Seawind City has suffered a lot of losses, and our strength in the east needs to be replenished, you can select a group of newly trained people from your own Soul Eater, and divide them into several mercenary groups for registration to make up for this loss." ”
"Yes, master. "Raphael had already thought of a countermeasure before coming to Senat's villa, so he was very happy to agree to Senat's order, which was obviously to weaken his own strength.
For Karina, all of her is given by Senat, so Senat will use it to threaten, if Karina is a little dissatisfied, Senat can completely replace Karina, an illegitimate daughter with her own blood, I'm afraid Senat can take out dozens of them at a time.
Raphael's identity is completely different, his power is inherited from his ancestors, that is, the guards of Senat's ancestors from generation to generation, it can be said that after so many years, it is almost impossible for others to interfere in organizations belonging to Raphael, such as soul eater, so Senat can only use it as a favor, after all, it is impossible for Senat to do those dark and evil things in person, there must always be a murderous knife, but this knife must be beaten from time to time, so that it can accidentally cut the master.
Senat saw that Raphael agreed without hesitation, and he was naturally very happy in his heart, which shows that Raphael is still loyal to himself, maybe he sometimes has some power, but this also shows Raphael's ability, at least in Senat's view, a man's strength is directly proportional to his desire for power.
"Well, so that there are no holes in our defenses. Senat said: "If Karina can integrate the forces of the Free Heaven and make use of all the resources left by Steven's ancestors, I think we can completely infiltrate the Free Heaven, at least when we go north to attack the imperial capital, the Free Heaven is completely neutral as it says." ”
"Yes, master, we will definitely be able to defeat the imperial capital and rebuild the great Moroel Empire. ”
"Yes, the final victory must be ours. Senat seemed to be in a good mood, and he began to loudly proclaim how vast the territory of the Morore Empire established by his ancestors was, how large the population was, how strong the army was, and how huge the wealth was, and after Senat spoke for almost an hour, he suddenly turned the topic to Raphael, "Raphael, you are the descendant of my ancestors' guards, I believe you will definitely be able to assist me in rebuilding the empire." My ancestors personally trained their armies and commanded them to victory after victory, and I think I will be no exception, I will personally train and command your men and turn them into the most elite troops. ”
"As you wish, my majesty!" Raphael had long been mentally prepared for Senate's words, and he lost no time in patting Senate's ass: "Long live the Moroel Empire, long live Your Majesty Senate!"
Senat smiled, as if he had seen himself standing on the high viewing platform, receiving the cheers of his people and troops.