After the incident on a snowy night, Thoth justifiably consulted the Stiano family to Solomon, although disputes over adjacent routes are commonplace, but if this incident takes place on the border where the forces of the god of war are eyeing each other, the nature and severity of it will not be the same in Solomon's eyes.

As a punishment, Solomon reduced his title, fined him for his duties, and announced that he would deprive the Stiano family of their residency in the imperial capital and not return without a call.

In other words, they were expelled from the center of power in this country.

"Really......"

After listening to the report of the dependent, Thoth frowned, it seemed that this matter was his benefit, but he always felt that something was wrong.

What's wrong?

As the scheduled date for the Blood Mission's visit to the Empire approached, and all departments were preparing for their share of work, he had to put the issue on the back burner.

Finally, on a magnificent evening evening, the Black Emperor let go of the limitations of the imperial capital's space, allowing the carriage carved with roses and thorns to break out of the fog of the spiritual world and fall on the clean masonry surrounded by bats.

The arched doors opened under the gaze of dozens of pairs of eyes, and a hand in a black mesh glove reached out, like a white orchid shrouded in the night mist.

In a few eyes of envy and jealousy, Thoth held the hand without changing his face, and the master of the hand, the honored guest of the Empire, the queen of the blood clan, walked down the steps that the servants had hurriedly erected.

"Gui'an, His Highness the Beauty God."

The moment he saw the face of the god of beauty, his voice involuntarily softened, as if he was afraid of offending an ancient Greek work of art, "On behalf of the entire Solomonic Empire, I welcome you. ”

After a moment of amazement, Thoth proceeded to the next part that had already been rehearsed, and said what had already been drafted several times.

"This is a tribute to the flowers, and I hope their fragrance will soothe your nerves tired from rushing."

As soon as the words fell, an attendant stepped forward with a basket of flowers, and lilies, lilacs, and light blue hydrangeas were clustered together in a staggered manner surrounded by green leaves, which was eye-catching.

"Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Hidden Sage."

Ornia smiled, took the basket, looked at it politely, and handed it to her maid. The black veil on his hat obscures his eyes, reminiscent of the red moon looming behind the clouds.

"If only you could call me Thoth." "After all, God's name is always a mouthful," said Teth, politely. ”

"Then it would be better to obey your orders, Your Highness Thoth."

Medici, who lined up on both sides of the road with the "Red of War", showed a meaningful smile and teased through spiritual communication: "How is it, do you feel like you have picked up a fat gap?" ”

Thoth resisted the urge to roll his eyes and silently replied, "Shut up, you." ”

As the name suggests, the goddess of beauty is known for her beauty, but as the queen of the family, Thoth knows that beauty will only be Ornia's most insignificant virtue.

As far as the information he has is concerned, even if Lilith has fallen for a long time, the people of the blood clan are not as withered as the elves, they have well avoided the edge of the earth mother goddess, and scattered all over the continent to recuperate, but in the past thirty years, there has been a faint trend of unity, and gradually converged into a force that the Solomon Empire could not ignore.

Thoth also understood that the empire was established not only because of how wise and powerful Solomon was (although many nobles often did this), but more importantly, the six gods fought each other - on the contrary, there were many angels gathered under Solomon's command, and many of them were the most difficult to deal with the mysterious three-way high-ranking people, creating a feeling for the six gods that "they can win by fighting hard, but it will be troublesome, and they must avoid being stabbed in the back by the adjacent path after being seriously injured".

"In order for them to maintain this mentality of not daring to act rashly, it is necessary for the Empire to win over more allies." Thoth thought to himself, "In addition to Ornia, I don't know how many angels there are in the blood clan......"

"Crunch—"

The door to the conference room opened, and another bargain ended. In keeping with the principle of "ladies first", Ornia and her people came out first, a pair of scarlet eyes containing anger that had not yet dissipated, which had happened almost every other day since that seemingly happy welcome ceremony - after all, arguing with Tudor and Trensost, two very eloquent lawyers, was indeed a time-consuming and laborious affair, and it was understandable to be impetuous.

But Ornia had also seen the angel with great winds and waves, and no matter how unhappy he was before, he was only a little more aggressive, not as angry as he was today.

So what did you two do?!

Thoth looked back at the people still in the conference room, and Tudor nodded to him with a deep face, and said with a lip sync, "After that, please." ”

“……”

I really want to give you a punch, young man! I'm just a mediocre entertainment consultant and tourism consultant, so why do I have to wipe your ass?!

But it didn't have a good effect on beating up his colleagues in broad daylight, and Thoth still went after Ornia first, God knows how the queen walked in high heels, but fortunately he quickly regained his elegant and graceful image, looking back and smiling, his eyes were full of affection - as if the anger just now was just an illusion.

"Gui'an, His Highness Thoth."

Ornia's smile couldn't be faulted with a magnifying glass, "Yesterday you took me up the Tower of Babel, the scenery from above is magnificent, and I'm looking forward to what you have to show me today." ”

This is diplomacy, the most "decent" diplomacy, even if the previous link makes you unhappy, you must continue to go on the next link, otherwise you will not give face and do not understand the rules.

Thoth could, of course, pretend he didn't notice anything, but he felt that wasn't the best solution.

"Would you like to go to the Royal Academy? It is the cradle of knowledge, the temple of learning, and the hotbed of the pillars of all nations, where Tudor and Trenthorst graduated, and you would never imagine it......"

He paused deliberately.

"What?"

"They would be pulling each other's hair like little girls." Thoth blinked, "If you're interested, let's take a look at the playground where little Trustor ran hand in hand with little Trenthorst." ”

He added solemnly: "It was a punishment for them for developing a debate match into a boxing match." ”

"Poof." One of the Blood Clan's envoys behind Ornia couldn't hold back a laugh, but before he could say sorry, the queen giggled, and the silver bell sound made him stupid for a moment.

Perhaps because it was the weekend, the Royal Academy was very quiet today, only the chirping of birds and the tinkling of spring water, Thoth and Ornia tacitly chose to maintain this quiet, to maintain the daily dignity of the servants did not notice them, and the students who wanted to use the weekend time to open up the gap with their classmates did not notice them, only when they came to a round table, the birds pecking at the sycamore on it screamed in surprise and staggered away.

Thoth thoughtfully asked, "Maybe you'd like a pot of tea?" ”

"But it's disrespectful."

With a stroke of Thoth's fingers, a window opened, and after a ping-pong sound, the fragrance of tea wafted out, and a transparent teapot and two teacups seemed to be held by a pair of invisible hands, swaying out and falling onto the table.

Ornia watched as he gently poured amber tea into his cup, and admired his eyelashes as he bowed his head—his face was so soft that it was pitiful.

"With all due respect, do you have elven blood?"

Ornia enjoyed Thoth's services with peace of mind, and quickly found a reason for her gaze.

Thoth smiled slightly, "It's okay, people often say that." ”

There is no admission and no denial. Ornia thought to herself that this sage was indeed as approachable as rumored, unpretentious, but a master who did not leak.

"While it can be difficult for a lawyer to deal with once he speaks, your anger today seems to be somewhat unusual." Thoth took a sip of tea, "But what faux pas did Tudor and Trenthorst say?" ”

"Does the mystery of the voyeur also include the human heart?" ”

"You're laughing, that's the skill of the audience and the clowns, I'm just using a little bit of intuition on my part."

Thoth tentatively revealed some of his true attitude, "Besides, I personally want to be friends with you, so I can't help but pay more attention to you. ”

And I've been coveting your bloodline's pharmacological knowledge for a long time! Thoth silently added in his heart, I would also like to send a few Potions Professors to the North to cultivate some hardy plant varieties!

"Just now we were discussing the question of territory, and there was some dispute over the ownership of the mountains and forests in the province of Fenerport."

Ornia took a breath, her red nails scraping the table unconsciously, "The lieutenant of Count Tudor said, 'If you convert to His Majesty the Emperor, you will get more.'" ”

Thoth imagined that if anyone dared to say such a thing to Medici, he was afraid that he would be charred in the next second.

Wait, there weren't any fatalities, did you?!

The fateful guess forced his brain to rac, and he rewind to the scene in the conference room a few minutes ago, and there was indeed a pale, shivering guy next to Tuddor...... Fortunately, it didn't see blood on the spot.

Wait, I remember that the Bloods seem to be able to curse people?

Thoth's heart, which had not yet been completely put down, hung again.

"Actually, you think it's ridiculous, right?" Ornia narrowed her charming eyes, and her tone was so cold that it almost made Chunguang feel a little bleak, "His Majesty Solomon, who does not believe in wisdom and martial arts, is the chosen son of this era, but is nostalgic for a phantom of the past, an ancient god who has withdrawn from the stage of history. ”

"First of all, allow me to apologize to you on behalf of that reckless young man."

Thoth was rightly silent for a moment, and then said earnestly: "Compared with you, his life is too short, and his vision is too narrow, like a summer cicada that has not experienced the bitter winter, and a finch that has not soared in the heavens—although such people abound in the Empire, but he is in his position, he should be more cautious in his words and deeds, and I will report his dereliction of duty to His Majesty, and let His Majesty the Emperor punish him as he deserves." ”

In addition to appeasing, he deliberately mentioned the Black Emperor.

"Yes, mortal life is too short, what's the point of being angry with them?"

Ornia understood his hint and said it as if the story had been turned.

But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the other man stood up, and attached himself to his ear, and said in a voice that was not pretentious, and was born to make all men smitten —

"So I'm still willing to deal with a long-lived being like you." He added, with a little regret, "Of course, if only all the Immortals were as reasonable as you. ”

"You're laughing."

Thoth was almost so sick of the scent of osmanthus on his body that he couldn't keep himself from slipping under his seat.

"Alright, please take me to see the playground where Tudor and Alista ran hand in hand."

Ornia straightened up and smiled a very familiar, mischievous smile, "I'd love to hear from you about their innocent boyhood. ”

"Gladly."

Thoth sighed silently, and less than two months after they parted, he began to have a crush on a certain little crow.

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"Father, I don't understand."

"Why is it that Thoth can hold the 'consciousness that one day he will be betrayed' and at the same time care so much for his believers?"

"The betrayal that nearly destroyed you is deeply seared in His heart...... Anyone who has ever seen those three traitors bow down to you and how they have stolen your authority will find it hard to believe in what is called 'piety'. ”

Amon sat at a table muttering to himself, and next to him was a statue of an upside-down hanged man.

"But I've seen Him handle prayers, and I've seen His lovely and vivid responses."

"He will blame the children who pride themselves on their cleverness and do not like to work hard, and he will shake his head at the young lovers who pray for a long love, and the daredevils who have the courage to enter the ancient ruins only to cry and get lost, will drive him crazy, but if he sees a well-arranged ritual magic, his eyes will immediately light up, and he will say things like '100 out of 100 can hit 90 points'......"

"I could feel the love He had for those people...... That kind of love that comes out of nowhere, as if instinctive. ”

"But...... Could it be that while His heart is moving for these people, he is also imagining that he will one day be betrayed, abandoned, and forgotten? ”

"You said that the essence of human nature is 'self-torture'...... But this is also too contradictory, according to Adam's words, 'too unreasonable'. ”

Why was He able to endure this ...... Inner tearing? How did He endure it? ”

"If it were me, I wouldn't have been able to do that...... While I know that helping some people will be appreciated and revered by them, the thought that they will one day turn their backs on me makes me prefer never to have a believer. Amon said angrily, "Anyway, it's enough for me to believe in myself." ”

Shadows spread from the corners of the room, growing, turning into a large, illusory hand that caress His broad forehead.

"Then let's go and see what occupies most of his daily life."

"Go and see the people He loves, but may one day betray Him."

"Go and see what He has blessed, but perhaps one day he will forget His land."

In a hoarse voice, the hanged man said, "I will not tell you any more definitive answers, because the truth should come from practice and be tested by practice." ”

"But I have one last question." Amon jumped off the table, "Aren't you really going to wear a piece of clothing?" ”

The upside-down hangman solemnly said: "This is the detail of the play. ”

“……”

Forget it, you're happy.