Chapter Twenty-Six: The Heart of a Merciful King
The long holy sword was stuck in the ground by Elizabeth, and the ruby on the hilt was almost level with her vision, and the strong contrast between the great sword and the little girl was fiercely stimulating people's eyes.
"Huh?"
Nagi, who was beating Gilbert, stopped her fist less than a centimeter in front of the other party, and Gilbert, who didn't feel the imaginary pain, was also stunned, and also looked at Elizabeth on the throne with a strange gaze.
"Stop. β
Elizabeth smiled faintly at Nagi, as if to say something sparse and ordinary.
"What are you kidding, Your Royal Highness, who gave you the right to be crowned king privately?"
Gilbert opened his arms and said to Elizabeth with a surprised expression.
"This is a never-ending battle, and there is no turning back for the people here. β
Gilbert pointed the thin sword in his hand at Elizabeth and shouted with a hint of desperate madness. Nagi's return proves that even Hassan has been defeated by her men, and it seems that there is still a numerical advantage on her side, but this advantage is like a castle in the air, he is now at war with all the magnates of the empire and the Holy See at the same time, if he can't kill them all in time, not only himself, but everyone who supports his faction may not escape death.
"Yes, Elizabeth, we can clean up all these souls in a few minutes, don't be afraid, it will be over in a minute!"
Nagi clenched his fists, and also turned back to Elizabeth and said, If people die, they will die, and since this Gilbert dares to do so many great deaths, then he must pay the price.
"It doesn't matter who lives or who dies! Miss maid, I must cut off your head today, and keep your skull as a souvenir for perpetuity. β
Gilbert flicked his long flowing hair and threatened Nagi viciously.
"Enough. β
Elizabeth let go of the holy sword in her hand and walked towards Gilbert step by step.
"Gilbert, you want this, don't you?"
Elizabeth stuck the crown above her head into the tip of her rapier's sword in Gilbert's stunned expression.
"Your Highness, you will understand that I am not intent on usurping power. β
Gilbert did not show any greed for the crown that hung from the tip of his sword, and he sighed and put the crown back on Elizabeth's head.
"I know. β
Elizabeth reached out to Gilbert.
"So I'll give you a chance, and you'll give me a chance too, okay?"
You've always been like this, naΓ―ve, willful, but that's who you are, Elizabeth. Seeing Elizabeth's smile full of kindness at the moment, Nagi released her clenched fist, maybe violence really can't solve all problems, as the new empress, Elizabeth will also use her own methods to protect the country.
"Your Highness. β
Gilbert took out the "Proclamation of the New Emperor's Enthronement" from his clothes, signed the names of all the nobles present, held it in his other hand, and then he held the proclamation in front of Elizabeth with the hand holding the rapier, staring at the thin and small Elizabeth with complicated eyes.
"You want power, I give it to you. β
Elizabeth eventually took the bulletin from Gilbert's left hand.
"If you want reform, I will give it to you. β
Elizabeth put her index finger in her mouth, closed her eyes, and bit it gently.
"What else do you want, say it, I can't give you anything!"
One stroke at a time, Elizabeth wrote her ghostly and crooked name on the bottom of the bulletin with her bitten index finger.
"But I am here to ask you, ask you, ask youβcommand you. β
Elizabeth re-rolled up the bulletin and slapped the empress-stained bulletin on Gilbert's palm as she punished her teacher.
"In this day, here, not a single person will shed blood. β
"Yes, Temple, no, it's Your Majesty. β
Holding the bulletin tightly in his hand, Gilbert held back the tears rolling in his eyes, and knelt down to Elizabeth in public, somehow, in this wastewood princess whom he once looked down on, Gilbert felt that he saw a seed of hope that no one else had.
"Your Majesty, how can you compromise with him like this!"
The young nobleman, who had stood up against Gilbert at the beginning, stood up again, and he also knelt down in front of Elizabeth and yelled hoarsely at Elizabeth.
"We are willing to fight to the death for His Majesty, and to shed blood and sacrifice for His Majesty, it is the glory of our waiting!"
He slammed his fist down on his heart to show his loyalty, and fought for the king and died for the king, and was it not a matter of course?
"I'm a king, but I'm also an ordinary man. β
Elizabeth turned back, not daring to meet the expectant eyes in front of her, and she took heavy steps, step by step, to return to the throne that symbolized glory, power, and never-ending nightmares.
"How can the king be an ordinary man? You are God's chosen shepherd to rule over the mortal world. β
Dominique flapped her wings and came to Elizabeth's side, only to see her stretch out her hand, and a soft light surrounded Elizabeth's body, and she smiled, as if she was cheering each other up, praising Elizabeth.
"I'm not God's chosen shepherd. β
Little Elizabeth sat down on the great throne, and she shook her head at Dominic, rejecting the other man's words.
"People, when they are happy, they will laugh, when they are sad, they will cry, when they are lonely, they will be loved, they will be outstanding, and when they are outstanding, they will be lonely. People always ask for too much, but they don't want to think about how much they get. β
"But we are so sad, but we still live in a noisy life on this continent all day long, right? Whether it is pain or betrayal, after wiping away our tears, we still have to live. β
Nagi picked up Elizabeth's words and brought her voice to everyone's minds, and she walked over to Elizabeth and straightened the crooked crown that Gilbert had woon.
"I am the same as all of you here, nothing special, and you don't need to expect what I can do. β
In Elizabeth's eyes, Nagi's figure finally coincided with another person, the same duplicity, the same mysteriousness.
"But ah, I believe, believe that there are miracles in this world, and that even an incompetent monarch like me can govern this country well. β
Sneaking out of the palace because of his anger with his younger brother, he joined an adventure party that didn't seem to be reliable at all under a random pseudonym, and then was involved in a series of strange events, and was finally pulled into a burst of golden light by the elf boy.
"Establish a House of Nobles to oversee my decision-making, strip Gilbert of the title of Earl but allow him to continue to run the Praetorian Guard, give me the title of Duke of Gaderic and give him the title of Lord Protector, give me a state funeral for my parents, and then prepare for my coronation." β
Elizabeth issued edicts to bring the huge country back to a peaceful routine.
"It is not your parents who can crown you king, not the holy sword in your hand, nor the crown on your head. β
Nagi took Elizabeth's hand and said with a smile.
"It's the heart of a king in your chest. β
The next moment, the surrounding Yiqi disappeared in a white light, the bustling meeting hall was nowhere to be seen, and there was only a white world inside the entrance, and the trial of the "kingdom" was finally over, and Nagi returned to the www.biquge.info of the Biqu Pavilion again.