May 6, Mosk, Kremlin.

"This is a birthday present from Duke Yovanovich?"

Katerina opened the box, and among the soft red silk, lay a huge sapphire, which shone brightly in the sunlight, and there were faint points of light like golden stars, which were dazzling.

Katerina, who has been exposed to many rare treasures since childhood, saw at a glance that this was by no means a cheap glass product, but a naturally occurring gemstone, worth .... Immeasurable.

"Yes, Your Highness."

On the opposite side of the desk, the butler, who was wearing a gray coarse linen coat and dressed no different from an ordinary worker, said respectfully: "Last year, due to some accidents, this gift could not be delivered to Your Highness, and the lord asked me to apologize on his behalf." ”

"In addition to the gift, what else does Duke Yovanovich have to tell me?" Katerina closed the box and asked in a surging voice.

"Nope."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure."

Looking into the butler's eyes, Katerina was silent for a moment, then picked up the brass bell placed in the corner of the table and rang it.

Ding Ding Ding....

The maid Marusa walked into the room, and Katerina said, "Take Fedorov's butler to the guest room to rest." ”

The butler hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, have you agreed to accept this gift?" ”

"I'll answer you later."

“.... Be. ”

Fedorov left the study after Marusa, and when he was gone, Katerina put on a black cloak and hurried out of the palace to St. Basil's Cathedral next door.

"With regard to the truth, we must adhere to the basic principle of taking the needs of the people as the guide, and we will do whatever the people need, and we must never stay away from the people, let alone commit acts of violence or illegal detention against innocent people.....

In the pulpit hall, Katerina, dressed in a black cloak, stood by the door frame, quietly watching Mavi on the stage explaining the truth to the monks, without making a sound.

Just as she was observing Ma Wei, Ma Wei also discovered this 'uninvited guest'.

"Okay, you can now freely discuss the question of how to practice the truth, and if you have anything you want to ask, you can ask me later."

After instructing the monks to study on their own, Ma Wei stepped down from the pulpit, came to the foyer, and whispered, "Your Highness, why are you here?" ”

"Find a quiet place to talk."

"Hmm."

When the two came to the empty living room, Katerina took off her hood, combed her loose hair with her fingers, and took out the box sent by Duke Yovanovich: "Father, look at it." ”

Ma Wei opened the box and saw a sapphire the size of half a palm inside, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

He had served on privateers for so many years, and he had robbed and seen countless treasures, but the size and weight of Adam's Star still surprised him.

Even the huge diamond weighing 317 carats set in the crown of King Rhodes IV of the Kingdom of Windsor could not compare to the Star of Adam in front of him.... No, it should be said that the Star of Adam is five times larger than the diamond in the crown of Rhodes IV!

"It was given to me by Duke Yovanovich." Katerina explained: "He said it was a birthday present. ”

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"Birthday present?" Ma Wei raised his eyebrows: "Your Highness, you are going to have a birthday?" ”

"No, my birthday is November 7th, and the so-called birthday gift is just a pretext."

A gift that came out of the blue, and it was so valuable....

Mavi suddenly thought of Archbishop Henry's preparation for the abolition of serfdom: "It seems that Duke Yovanovich is in trouble, and this is a sign of his courtship to you, Your Highness." ”

"I'm not sure if I want to take it."

Katerina was a little undecided, and this was the purpose of her special trip to St. Basil's Cathedral.

There are some things that she can't say alone, and she has to ask Ma Wei's opinion.

"What do you think, Father?"

Mavi hesitated and said: "Accepting it is equivalent to accepting Duke Yinvanovich's overtures, once there is a civil strife in Petersburg in the future, Archbishop Henry begins to purge the aristocratic faction, Duke Yinvanovich will take the aristocratic faction to His Royal Highness you.... For us, this is actually a good thing, but for you, Your Highness, it is not necessarily. ”

"I don't care."

Katerina said: "These rotten nobles are the biggest stumbling block on the road to the revitalization of the Romanov Kingdom, and only by getting rid of them completely can I realize my wish to revitalize the Romanov Kingdom.... For this reason, I am not afraid to bear the infamy of bloody brutality. ”

"I mean, if Duke Yin Wanovich and them come to your Royal Highness, but end up in a different place, then all the officials and generals who follow Your Highness will be in danger, which is not good for the future."

"The Romanov Kingdom is different from the Windsor Kingdom and the Popon Kingdom, the Romanov Kingdom has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, and only the medicine can cure it, and Archbishop Henry saw this and planned to do something against the aristocratic faction." Katerina said: "Otherwise, by virtue of the teachings of the Church of Truth, it will inevitably attract a large number of people, who will be like a pile of hay that has been exposed to the wind and sun for many years, and it only takes a little spark to ignite a raging fire." ”

"In that case, then accept it, if the noble faction also chooses to help us, then it is only a matter of time before Your Highness ascends to the throne."

"I don't think it's going to be that simple...."

Katerina shook her head, took out the gem and pointed it at the sun, looked at the bright golden dots inside, and said, "Priest, I heard that you have been looking for extraordinary objects with magical powers recently?" ”

"Well, there's been no clue."

Ever since the last time he heard the true god Badge talk about the relics of the gods, Mavi has been keeping an eye out for some strange things, and the other day he took Yunia on a trip to the Mosk grocery market to find some treasures inside, but found nothing.

"This sapphire is very rare, Father, don't you check it? Maybe that's what you're looking for. ”

That's right!

Only then did Mavi remember that he should test the 'Adam Star', and he had been talking about Duke Yovanovich just now, causing him to forget about it....

Calling for Unia, Mavi handed her the 'Star of Adam', and God has always been the most sensitive to the perception of supernatural objects, yes or no, you can know it at a try.

The 'Star of Adam' was bigger than Yunia's small hand, and in order to prevent it from falling to the ground, Yunia could only hold it with both hands, and while injecting power into the gem, she carefully stared at the inside of the gem.

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Some otherworldly items require extremely harsh conditions to use, such as the 'Eye of the Golden Crow', which the communication always carries, and the ruby that hides the eyes of the gods, which can never be activated except to bring luck to the communication.

The majestic power poured into the 'Adam Star', and at first, the gem did not react, but under the continuous output of Unia, the golden light spots inside the sapphire suddenly seemed to have life, emitting a dazzling light.

The golden points of light wandered inside the gem, colliding with each other and ejecting out, like a group of restless elves, desperately trying to break free from the shackles of the gem....

No magic array appeared, and no strange phenomena occurred, and the power input by Yunia seemed to have become the source of the activities of the golden light spots.

The spot is so small and glaring that you can't see what it is, even if you put your eyes on it, but it's certain...

The sapphire 'Adam's Star' is indeed some kind of transcendent item.

"Daddy, these little stars seem to be trying to escape..... "Yunia observed for a moment and said, "I suspect that the 'Adam Star' is actually some kind of transcendent item for sealing purposes, and someone has locked these little stars in it." ”

Seal?

It is indeed a good way to seal some kind of existence with expensive gems, and the reason is the same as Ma Wei's theory before, human beings are dismissive of the stones on the ground, but rare treasures can arouse their crazy love.

Who would be stupid enough to smash a palm-sized sapphire?

Who is going to have trouble with money?

The existence of the little golden star sealed in the 'Star of Adam' must have given insight into the desires and weaknesses of human beings.

As Yunia stopped injecting power, the golden stars that wandered in it also stopped moving, and returned to their previous silent appearance.

"Your Highness...."

Mavi looked at Katerina, who understood what he was trying to say: "The 'Star of Adam' should be placed here with you, Father Priest, for me, it is just a stone, and it would be great if it could be of use to the Romanov Kingdom." ”

"When I study the effect of this gem, I will definitely return the original." Ma Wei said immediately.

"If this is really some kind of seal, I think it will break one day."

Katerina smiled and shook her head: "Priest, the help you have provided me is far more than the value of this sapphire, and I have seen too many rare treasures, although this gem is precious, but it is not very attractive to me." ”

"If you don't mind, Father, I'd like to use this gem to exchange you for someone."

Ma Wei frowned: "Who?" ”

"Dino Pluto."