Chapter 435: Kissing Without Saying a Word
"What did you think of?" Antonio asked, looking at Rogge with concern.
"All I can think of is that Wilhelm may wish to use your relationship with the High Priest to make some trouble," Rogge said, looking down at the letter of command in Antonio's hand, "Your feud with the High Priest is something that many people know, and Goethe has dragged us back many times before that. β
"Wilhelm suffered his worst defeat when Goethe did not appear in the swamp of death, and I think he may be considering taking advantage of the dispute between the Knights and the Priesthood in order to fish in troubled waters for his purposes. β
When Rogge said this, he raised his head and stared at Antonio with deep meaning: "Don't forget, the execution ground incident that happened to Tali was because of Goethe's arrival, Wilhelm is the best at taking advantage of the enemy's shortcomings, and Goethe is our shortboard, and the dispute between you and him is the fulcrum that he can use." β
"This bastard!" Antonio angrily tore up the order and said to Rogge, "In that case, we must keep Goethe away from us, and I must immediately report to His Majesty the Holy Emperor and ask him to transfer Goethe and the priesthood back to the imperial capital!"
"Then it doesn't have to be," said Rogge, shaking his head with a smile, "even if you ask the Holy Emperor, Goethe will not go back easily, what we have to do now is to stay away from him, let him stay in Mosko City and King Salenchesky to clean up the plague mess, and we will go back and take Tali and Catherine to Elizabeth." β
"It's fine. Antonio nodded in agreement, Rogge turned back and asked the lamp god to open the dimensional passage, and suddenly heard Antonio behind him ask, "Have you found Elizabeth's whereabouts?"
"I haven't seen her yet, but I assume she must be there, that's her only safe haven. Rogge replied confidently.
The group returned to the royal palace in Mosko through the dimensional passage, and from the palace steward, Rogge learned that the king of Erus, Salenchersky, and his son, Marquis Machersky, had awakened, and the king's daughter, Miss Maria, was safe.
He led everyone to Catherine's room, pushed open the door and saw Tali sitting on the edge of Catherine's bed, and when they came in, Tali quickly stood up, and Rog walked to the side of the bed and saw Catherine's eyes closed, and looked back at Tali with an inquiring gaze, and the mermaid nodded to him and said, "She's fine, she's just asleep." β
Rog sat down on the edge of the bed, took the wolf's eye amulet from his neck and leaned over to put it on Catherine, when suddenly two arms wrapped around his neck, and Catherine suddenly took him in her arms and pillowed her head on his shoulder for a long time.
"Okay, they're already people who have had weddings, don't do this. Rogge smiled and put down the wolf's eye amulet, touching Catherine's smooth hair with his hand and whispering comfort.
"Promise me, if I don't listen to the persuasion to marry someone else in the future, you must take me away, even if it is kidnapped!" Catherine hugged Rogge tightly and said with a crying voice: "I'm so afraid, if you don't come in time to stop the wedding, what will become of me?"
"Silly girl, there won't be anything like this again, just don't take off the amulet I gave you. Rogge smiled and kissed her ear, Catherine looked up at him blankly, Rogge noticed that her eyes suddenly became a little hollow, he frowned and asked, "Catherine?"
Catherine stared at him for a while, then suddenly put her lips to his lips, put her arms around his neck and kissed him non-stop, the people present looked at each other a little embarrassed, and suddenly saw Catherine let go of Rogge, panting and lowering her head, and pulling her collar with her hand.
"That's what it looks like?" she whispered to herself, although her voice was low, it didn't escape Rog's ears, he frowned when he heard this, and looked back around the room, suddenly finding that there was one person missing, so he asked, "Where did Lilith go?"
Everyone present, look at me, I'll look at you, no one knows where Lilith is, Rogge shrugged his shoulders and smiled when he saw this: "Okay, while the little villain is away, I'll tell you her secret, do you know? Yesterday morning, the little villain wet the bed!"
As soon as she heard this, Catherine stared at Rogge with wide eyes and shouted, "I didn't wet the bed, and the bad wolf is not allowed to speak ill of me!"
As soon as the words came out, the people present suddenly showed surprise, Catherine hurriedly covered her mouth when she saw this, only to see Rogge jump off the bed, reach out from under the bed and grab the back collar to lift the little Lori out, and said to Catherine who looked panicked: "If you don't come out again, I'll throw you out!"
After saying that, he carried the motionless Lilith to the window, Catherine was so frightened that she shouted: "Bad wolf, don't throw it, I'll just come out, I won't make trouble!" After saying that, Catherine was stunned and fell on the bed on her back.
"Didn't I tell you that you weren't allowed to learn those dark arts?" Rogotti slipped Lilith to the window, looked down and stared at her and asked, little Lori looked at him timidly and muttered, "But I have memorized it, and I can't forget it......"
"That's right," Rogge shrugged and nodded, "So, I've already brought you here, and I can't bring you back." After saying that, he threw her out of the window, and the little Lori fell from the third floor of the palace with a scream, turning into a little owl in mid-air, and fluttering for a while before stabilizing her body.
Rogge returned to the room, and put the wolf's eye amulet on Catherine's neck under the watchful eyes of everyone, and the girl gradually opened her eyes, and when she saw Rogge's face clearly, the first thing she heard was: "Remember, silly girl, don't take off the amulet again, even if someone wants to cut off your head!"
"I seem to have been controlled again," Catherine said, looking at him uneasily, "is the dark wizard not dead yet, or does he still have a spell on me?"
"Not this time, but this time it's scarier than the Dark Wizard. Rogge glanced back at the window with slanted eyebrows, and saw that the little furball finally flew up, landed on the windowsill and gasped for breath, and suddenly found that everyone was staring at him, and the little furball smiled at them, turned around and jumped out again.
Catherine was relieved to learn that the dark wizard Ivan was dead, and then everyone went to visit the king's family, Salenchesky was grateful for the rescue, and the Marquis of Marcherski learned that Locke had done a great job in rescuing their family, and his impression of him changed greatly.
The king then decided to hold a banquet for everyone, and at the banquet Maria asked her father for permission to marry Locke, and Maria's brother Machersky changed his attitude at this time, and no longer objected to his sister's decision, and the king agreed to his daughter's request on the spot, allowing Locke to marry his daughter.
"You kid has become the king's son-in-law and a winner in life!" said Rogge, smiling and slapping Locke's shoulder.
"I told you that Maria and I are true love, and I will marry her sooner or later!" Locke smirked.
"Unfortunately, one thing is not perfect. Rogge took a sip of the brandy in his hand and smiled.
Locke looked at the smile on his face suspiciously, and heard him say: "You become the king's son-in-law, and you won't be on the wanted list in the future, so your life as a wanted criminal is over, but it's a pity that you didn't surpass me until the end, just a thousand-year-old second!"
"If you mention the matter of the second child again, I will put this plate of cake in your face. Locke frowned and picked up a plate of cream cake from the table.
"Okay, okay, be your colt, I'll come to you and hug your thighs when I finish washing my hands!" Rogge patted him on the shoulder, smiled and turned to leave.
Locke was about to put the cake down when he turned around and said, "By the way, I forgot to tell you, you couldn't have slapped that plate of cake in my face!"
Locke was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and when he turned around to see that the cake plate in his hand was empty, he turned around sharply to look, only to see Lilith holding the whole big cream cake with her two small hands and taking a big bite, and when she looked back, she saw him staring down at him, holding the cake and trotting into the crowd.
King Salenchesky, who had recovered his senses, began to govern his long-abandoned government, reactivated a group of virtuous ministers such as General Grammy, and treated the plague in Errus according to Antonio's advice, settled the displaced refugees, properly housed the bodies of the dead, and carried everything out in an orderly manner.
After solving the affairs of the palace, Rogge and the others rested in the palace for a while, and then set off to leave Mosco City, Locke stayed in the palace to accompany his fiancΓ©e, and Antonio temporarily left his parents at the Grammy General's house, and followed Rogge all the way west, to a hilly area on the border of Mosco City's territory.
"Where are we going?" Antonio stood on the hillside and looked at the hills, and asked Rog in a loud voice, who beckoned to him, "It's coming soon, let's go!"
The four of them climbed a mountain and went around to the bottom of the hill, and two huge statues were impressive, and the three of them looked at the statues and gates hidden under the deserted mountains in amazement, and asked in surprise, "What is this place?"
"This is the tomb of the Winged Demon King of Siroko. Rog looked at the two huge winged demon statues in front of the gate and said, "Siroko was once the most powerful winged demon king under the command of the vampire king, and the winged demon army led by him invaded Erus from the eastern front, and once occupied the entire territory of Erus, but was defeated here by the reinforcements of the elves and dwarves. β
He walked to the two stone doors carved with hideous demons, touched the cold doors with his hand, and said, "However, he is not really dead, but sleeps here forever, waiting for the day when he will wake up, and all Elizabeth has to do is to revive him." β
"We've been in Mosko for a long time, could Elizabeth have awakened the demon?" said Tali, looking at the door with some concern.
"It's hard to say, let's go in and see, whatever is hidden, we have to go in. Rogge said as he pressed his hands on the demonic eyes carved into the two doors, and the two eyes immediately glowed red, and the stone door rumbled open.
The four of them were about to enter the gate, when they suddenly heard a "click" sound, they followed the sound and looked back, only to see a large number of cracks in the two huge winged demon statues on both sides of the gate, accompanied by a "bang", the rubble cracked, and the two winged demons roared sharply, each stretching out a huge claw and grabbing them.