150 years ago, as a prominent first-line family of the Holy Empire, and the only existence in the epic continent that was crowned with the glory of the 'Dragon Slayer', Alfred was indeed extremely brilliant, at that time, maybe in terms of strength, Alfred was not comparable to the four giants of the empire, but in terms of status and influence, Alfred was by no means inferior- However, it was such a behemoth, with a will of His Majesty Bourbon back then, that night, it became a traitor who plotted to subvert the empire, and was suppressed by the thunder of Bourbon almost overnight, and the contemporary Count and Countess of Alfred were sent to the gallows at the same time, and the family was not spared from top to bottom, all of them were banished to the wasteland, and they could never return to the territory of the empire, which can be said to be completely disintegrated. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Of course, there are many doubts about this.

For example, Augustus searched through all the documents and materials in his father's study, and he couldn't find the motive and process of Alfred's treason, taking a step back, even if it was because it was too long, those relevant materials were lost in history, but think about it, how could such a huge family with deep roots in the empire collapse so simply? Even after being suppressed by Bourbon, it failed to cause any impact, and the empire did not produce any turmoil, as if a rural nobleman died in a remote mountainous area, and quickly returned to peace?

But that's Alfred.

The influence he had at that time, even if it didn't make Bourbon helpless, it was impossible for him to quickly collapse without leaving the slightest trace, right?

The whole process is like: Bourbon says that Alfred is plotting treason, so Alfred sticks out his neck for Bourbon to chop down.

It's more than funny!

Especially later, Augustus could not understand how Alfred, who was surviving in the wasteland, could have such a terrible old butler as Vernon Sr., and he also knew that his father often sneaked back to the Empire, so he could conclude that the Alfred he saw must not be the real Alfred.

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Of course, Augustus had the opportunity to touch the obscure secrets behind Alfred's backs.

In the abandoned monastery of the 'Whip of God' outside the imperial capital, Queen Diana also revealed her intention to tell him something, but Augustus flatly refused at the time- Because, at that time, from the time he knew that his father sneaked back to the imperial capital to have private contact with the chief secretary of state of the empire, he knew that no matter what kind of things Alfred was hiding behind the scenes, those things were definitely not him, at least not what he could touch now, and once he didn't do enough to get involved in the things his father did, he might only be able to face the same fate as his father!

Assassinated, killed.

This is by no means alarmist.

One is the chief secretary of state of the empire, the other is a traitor banished in the wasteland, how can it be a trivial matter that these two people who are at two extremes have a direct relationship?

Therefore, when Augustus left the imperial capital, he had already made up his mind to pay attention, and he could not investigate further in any case.

At least he couldn't think about it until the foundations of the Dark Court he envisioned were laid.

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But today, in this sunny monastery of Pachira, Mass brought up the matter again.

Augustus subconsciously stopped him for a moment, and although he soon followed the Mass, he never answered the Mass's question.

Mass sat down in the chair behind the desk, looking at Augustus standing in front of the desk, he was not surprised by the child's silence, he knew that this child was far calmer and smarter than he had imagined - so he waited a little before he said slowly, "You don't want to know your Alfred?"

It may be an interrogative sentence, but Augustus felt that the Mass was merely a statement.

He nodded very frankly and lightly: "To be exact, I don't dare to understand." ”

Mass's expression remained unchanged, he heard Augustus's meaning, and knew that Augustus was aware of the hidden dangers behind Alfred's scenes, so he made the choice not to touch it for the time being. He expressed his appreciation for this, but he still cruelly rejected Augustus's evasion, and he said calmly: "You are very clever, but unfortunately, since you have exposed the aura of Empress Catherine to the eyes of everyone, it is impossible for you to avoid these things no matter what." ”

Is it really about little Terina?

Augustus narrowed his eyes slightly.

He really didn't dare to touch those things, and he knew that with him now, if he fell into those things, he would probably die in a catastrophe, but since little Terina was involved, whether it was self-destruction or self-defeat, Augustus could not stand by no matter what, even if he knew very well that it was beyond his means.

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He pulled out the chair at the Mass desk and sat down, clearly determined to carry the long conversation to the end.

He took a deep breath and didn't hesitate any longer: "You say." ”

Mass looked at him quite intriguingly, he actually didn't hate this child, not only because of Sophia, but more because of Elizabeth, this is not surprising, Mass has long known that Augustus is almost unreasonably paranoid about Elizabeth, in his opinion, a man, as long as he has a bottom line and persistence, no matter how bad it is, it is not bad enough for everyone to hate it, even if he almost did something like that in the wasteland.

Of course, I can't talk about liking it, and I'm not familiar with it.

He said, "Let's start with the imperial capital." ”

"You may not know, I tried to check Alfred's past a long time ago, you don't mind, since I have done business with you, I always want to know something about you. At that time, I was looking into what Alfred's 'treason' was all about, but it was strange that my friends in the imperial capital couldn't find anything substantial, and the plot to try to subvert the empire seemed to be just a rhetoric, and everything was like, Alfred was convicted before he had time to commit any acts of treason. It's not normal, but there's no way, after all, too much time has passed, and I don't want to check and there is no entry point to check, so I actually gave up at that time...... But unexpectedly, this time I stopped in the imperial capital, and I inadvertently saw some things, which were vaguely related to Alfred's 'treason'. ”

"You wouldn't have thought that I saw these things in the sacramental congregation. ”

Sacramental Ministry?

Does Alfred's treason still have anything to do with the Holy See?

Augustus' expression was complicated, and the matter was as he expected, complicated and obscure.

"You may already know that I have been to the Lich of the North, and that I have met your old butler and your father there, and even old Vernon saved me in a way, so I didn't think much of it at the time, maybe your father and your powerful old butler were just hanging out? By the way, that's what I saw in the Sacramental Ministry, according to the top secret records of the Sacramental Ministry, not only me, but in the past 100 years, the Holy See has met Alfred's people on the Lich side of the North more than once, and it seems that since Alfred was banished to the wasteland, every generation of Alfred's Count has gone to the Lich side of the North. ”

"Augustus, why do you think your Alfred is involved with the Lich of the North?"

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Augustus, who had been listening quietly, said almost without thinking: "There are three possibilities: first, Alfred did indeed plot treason, and may have something to do with the Lich of the North; second, is there something on the Lich's side that Alfred is interested in? Are they trying to find something over there? Third, Alfred is just going to look, or to investigate, or to know what might be going on there?"

His reaction was just too fast.

Even Mass had to marvel at the outrageous insight of this child.

But at the same time, Mass felt a little strange, was this kid too calm? After all, he was talking about his Alfred, how could he feel like he was talking about someone else's business?

After sighing, Mass nodded and said, "You guessed right, I think so too." ”

"Next, let's use the method of elimination to try to find out the real intention of Alfred to go to the north repeatedly - first of all, it is unlikely that there is a conspiracy to commit treason, and the Alfred family, who was prominent at that time, should not have had a motive for treason? Fools know that even if he overthrows the Holy Empire of Bourbon with the help of the Lich, the human world will not tolerate him, and he will eventually be destroyed. ”

"And then there's the second possibility, Alfred is looking for something in the North, but looking for something, I think they should keep a low profile as much as possible, how can they be repeatedly encountered by the Ministry of the Sacraments? Besides, Alfred was so powerful back then, if he was looking for something in the North, what does that have to do with treason? He could have sent someone to sneak into the North to find it alone. ”

This is the end of the Mass.

Augustus interrupted him with a sudden frown: "No, no, I think there is something wrong with your logic, Alfred really didn't need to collude with the lich to commit treason - but he may try to collude with the lich after the treason fails." Also, the record of the Sacramental Ministries was after Alfred was banished to the wasteland, and it was only discovered that Alfred had repeatedly traveled to the Lich of the North, but what about before? Before Alfred was banished to the Moorland, who knows if they ever went to the North? Maybe they have been secretly sending people to look for something in the North, but the Sacramental Department has not found out and recorded it?"

No doubt.

Augustus's attitude has lost its respectfulness for some time.

He speaks to Mass even with you, not with you.

This may have been due to the fact that he was so nervous and engaged that he ignored the disparity between him and Mass, but perhaps it was also because he had unconsciously returned to the state he had in his previous life, standing on a high place, overlooking the world.

But Mass didn't care about these inconsequential details.

He just sighed that this was really a paranoid child, his caution, his stubbornness, and his meticulousness were too inconsistent with his age.

He thought for a moment and explained: "No, I can tell you with certainty that if there is something that is being sought, it must have happened after Alfred was banished to the wasteland, if you don't know the Sacricade, you won't know how much the Sacricade pays attention to the Lich side of the North, whenever a human goes to the North, the Sacricade will definitely have a record." ”

"As for what you said, Alfred wanted to collude with the lich and try to take revenge after the conspiracy was revealed, which may not be explained by me, but Augustus, Alfred enjoys the glory of the 'dragon slayer' after all, as a proud and powerful surname, even if they are banished to the wasteland, they should not be reduced to give up everything and choose to cooperate with the dirty orcs, you should know that for nobles, decency, status and glory are sometimes more important than their lives. ”

"Not necessarily. ”

Augustus tugged at the corners of his lips and said categorically: "I never doubt whether there is a limit to the meanness of human beings, hatred can make people give up life, of course, it can also make people give up more, compared to hatred, the so-called glory, the so-called surname, insignificant." ”

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Mass was speechless for a while.

Didn't this guy know that he was talking about his Alfred?

Did he really think that his Alfred would be so despicable?

He rubbed the sides of his head with a headache, and for the first time he felt that it was too much effort to talk to someone who was too smart.

Mass smiled wryly, "Well, I can't explain this for the time being, let's put this question aside for a while, and let's see the third possibility - Alfred is investigating something in the north, or maybe they know that something might happen in the north." ”

"Actually, I'm personally more inclined to this, we might as well boldly imagine, Alfred's so-called treason, could it be a scene co-directed with the imperial Bourbon royal family?

"Come to think of it, it's really possible, not only because if that's the case, all questions are answered, but also because Alfred's banishment to the wasteland makes it easier for them to spy on the northern lichs, who survive in the wasteland, and of course can keep an eye on their neighbors and detect their movements. ”

Augustus tasted it in every way.

He wasn't stupid, the experience of the two lives, plus everything he had in his previous life, made him think of this very early.

He must admit that, no matter how much he doubted it, this was indeed the most likely point.

Because this is the only way to explain why his father, a sinner from the wasteland, would sneak into the imperial capital and have a direct relationship with the chief secretary of state of the empire.

He fell into deep thought.

His fingers also subconsciously tapped on the armrests of the chair.

In fact, by this point in the conversation, Augustus was already keenly aware that although the Mass explained a lot, it seemed that he was ultimately trying to direct his mind to this last point, and he had told him so much that he was trying to tell Augustus the truth about Alfred's treason.

It seems that when Mass was in the imperial capital, there should have been communication with Queen Diana.

This also explains why Mass spoke for Diana just now, so that Augustus knew that sometimes his enemies were not necessarily his real enemies.

It's just that what does this youngest cardinal of the Holy See have to do with the Chief Secretary of State of the Holy Empire?

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But we have to admit that this absurdity is closer to the truth. ”

As Augustus pondered, Mass spoke again, and he apparently noticed the small movements of Augustus' fingers, which reminded him of the piano performance that this child had performed at a dinner party in the Imperial Capital, when he came from the wasteland and really frightened the noble children of the Imperial Capital.

Augustus still did not speak.

It's been a long time.

He said slowly: "There is still a problem...... If Alfred was banished to the Wasteland to check the Northern Lich because he was in the service of the Holy Empire and had an agreement with Bourbon, then why did Alfred decay so quickly over the past 100 years? You may not know, but when he was banished to the Wasteland, although Alfred was greatly damaged, after all, the roots are still there, but now? After my father was attacked and killed, Alfred was almost finished...... What reason does the Holy Empire have to watch Alfred go to ruin?

The Mass grew solemn.

He seemed to have been waiting for Augustus to ask the question.

He said, "Augustus, do you know about the monastics?"

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PS1: Okay, this is the story, it's a twist, and then it's the real story of the book......

PS2: Nima, I can't help but feel a pain when I think about the fact that this story has just begun, the story structure I originally conceived is too huge, and I don't know if I, a rookie, can handle it...... Tears.

PS3: Recommend a movie, The Da Vinci Code. (To be continued.) )