Chapter 20: Embarkation (Part II)
Driving away the servant who had upset her, Mrs. Angelica took a breath of relief and casually called the guard behind her: "What's your name?"
"Edward! The guard, who still looked very young, straightened his waist extremely nervously, and his right hand clenched into a fist and hung down sharply on his chest: "Always at your command, ma'am!"
"Edward?hehehehe......" The chuckle made the guards even more nervous, and Lady Angelica turned around gently, and looked at the guards with a gentle look, "So, dear Edward Tasso." I'm going to give you a very important task now - go and call back your captain Tormond at once, and tell him that all his plans have been cancelled, can you?"
"Husband, ma'am, Captain Tormund is already on board, and even if we are going to go at this time, there will be no more ships in the harbor to ......."
"I don't care! Even if you swim, you have to swim over and call him back!" Mrs. Angelica glared: "If my little Allen has any three strengths and two weaknesses, even if it is a little bit of skin, I will cut off your head and stick it on the tip of the gun to show the public, understand?!"
"Yes!" the guard, named Edward Tasso, almost fled. Until she saw him run away, the proud Lady Angelica suddenly went limp, and leaned against the side of the bed as if she had suddenly lost her strength. Biting his lip, he painfully closed his seductive eyes.
With slow but firm footsteps, he walked out of the door step by step, looking at the noble lady who was crying there, and sighed long, with great helplessness.
"Stupid woman, you can do anything for a Hague fort. Lord Otto Kwyn gently exhaled the smoke in his mouth, picked up the small pipe in his hand and put it to his mouth: "Last time it was Sera, this time are you going to even take Allen?"
"Otto......" The lady got up from the side of the bed with a little difficulty, sneered a little miserably, and mocked a little: "Why, you came to see my jokes?, or did the wise and wise Lord Kwyn finally discover his wife's plot?!"
"I have known it since your ambitious father, Venerable Holard Minest, gave you in marriage to me. Lord Otto Kwyn shook his head: "How can a man like him look up to me as a little country viscount?"
"He has his eye on Fort Hague, the bridgehead that can reach south and complete his ambitions to invade Dominica - I know it, and I'm not stupid!" Otto shook his head self-deprecatingly: "But I didn't expect him to be so mad as to do this." Slaughtered villages, turned the countryside into ruins, and killed my son!"
"That's all because you didn't cooperate, and Saira didn't have to die!"
"That's because I know how terrible wars can be, because I've seen them with my own eyes!" "There is never a winner on the battlefield, and one war is enough to drag the entire kingdom to hell." ”
"Perhaps in your eyes your noble father is full of ambition, but it seems to me that he is an old man who has been tormented by dreams, and he has been completely distorted, far from being the Marquis of Hollard, the wise man who saw reality clearly. The old man's voice was full of contempt: "Back then, he would never use his daughter as a sacrifice for the so-called family revitalization!"
"Well, my dear 'good husband'. Mrs. Angelica still sneered: "If you all understand, why would you be willing to marry me in the first place?"
"Because I'm a man, and you're the most beautiful woman—people are very confident, and men with swords think they can conquer the world, let alone a woman. So hehehe...... In the end, it was all conquered by women. ”
He coughed twice very self-deprecatingly, looking at the noble lady who was still sitting there without moving, Otto Kwyn stepped forward and pressed his broad left hand on his wife's shoulder very gently: "Don't be too disappointed, don't forget the little squire, Allen, she may not die like this." ”
"At such a time, you will still believe the stupid words of that stupid boy?Am I glad that my husband is so pious?!"
"I don't trust anyone, but I believe that the Radiant Cross would never have arranged such a miracle for no reason—how many knights could claim to be able to do that Edward?" Otto Kwyn suddenly smiled heartily, "It's the gods who are stopping your mad father." ”
"Look, I dare say that the boy will return to Turin alive, and he will not stay just as an acolyte. Do you think the Knights of the Sacred Tree will be happy with the Marquis of Hollard? ”
"I thought you didn't care if Eren lived or died. Mrs. Angelica smiled reluctantly: "It's unexpected. ”
"She's my child, and she has my blood in her body, how could I not care?" Otto Kwyn sighed, "but definitely not in your way, absolutely not. ”
"In what way, like that?!"
"Yes, just like that little girl. I will give her the right to choose, whether it is to marry a man with the surname Minest, or another nobleman, even if it is an ordinary squire, whether she can inherit the Hague Castle or not—this is my first counterattack against your father!"
..................What do you say, Sir Alan Kwyn is also on the ship, and is going with us to Turin?!"
The little priest had a stunned expression on his face, and his right hand trembled and pointed to the next room, looking at Edward who was still very calm there: "This, what the hell is going on?"
"It's complicated, so I'll cut it short. Edward smiled slightly: "In short, this young master seems to want to secretly leave The Hague Fort and go with us." ”
As for Allen's true identity, Edward thought it was better not to sue Weber - he would find out later anyway, and it was better not to let him be too stimulated now.
"And we can't get anyone on board to find out who Alan is, at least for now. Edward spread his hands: "Then escort this one all the way to the city of Turin." ”
"It doesn't sound bad, the Minest family has always been very generous. The little priest was quite open-minded: "It shouldn't be very troublesome, right?"
Won't it be a hassle? No...... It's bound to be quite troublesome. Edward now wonders why he hadn't found out sooner, otherwise there wouldn't have been an extra oil bottle on the way!
It's funny to say, I originally thought that this Miss Allen sneaked out for some reason, but in the end she just wanted to go out to breathe, and naively thought that she would definitely protect her...... Why?!
If it weren't for the fact that it was too easy to be caught killing people on the boat, and because the eldest lady didn't kill people when she came out, that Lady Angelica would have known that she was with her, and Edward really had the urge to throw her into the river to feed the fish!
With a soft sigh, Edward got up from his chair and opened the door to head out onto the deck - although the room was fairly clean, the body didn't seem to be well adapted to the water, and Edward even suspected that he might still be a little seasick.
After coming out of the tavern, Edward finally cleared his mind a little, and could finally determine why Lady Angelica wanted her life so much.
Marquis Holard Minest, who had been controlling the Kingdom of Turin, wanted to extend his influence to the south of the kingdom - perhaps by exploiting it, or perhaps by using it himself, Wizard Aiden himself was one of his men, killing and causing chaos in the territory of Fort Hague, attracting everyone's attention, and at the same time killing Sir Serra and taking Fort Hague into his pocket.
And the Sacred Tree Knight**, who discovered the problem, went to the Knight of Torniel Gombray and secretly went to The Hague Fort to investigate, and naturally fell into the trap that had been ambushed a long time ago, and was killed with Ser Serra.
If he escaped alone that night, I am afraid that it would be in line with their wishes - the Marquis of Holard could take the opportunity to publicize that it was the Dominicans who had done this terrible evil, and that an insignificant cog would lead the entire war machine, and that the Kingdom of Turin would go to war with Dominica again!
But instead of running away, she killed the Wizard Aiden, which was obviously different from their "script" - Lady Angelica was not sure how much she knew, and she was afraid that her insistence on returning to the Order's headquarters had also caused her murderous intentions.
Power, conspiracy, assassination, blood...... The terrifying whirlpool seemed to be able to tear itself into countless pieces at any time, Edward was silent and didn't say a word, looking at the hands in front of him that were shaking because of excitement, it was obvious that it was a whirlpool that could devour itself at any time, why did he still ...... in his heart So excited?
Whether it's the madman wizard, Webb Alexander, Lady Angelica, Alan Kwyn...... or themselves, all of them are just pawns on this chessboard, and they may be abandoned at any time, unless the situation can be reversed.
You must not stay at this level, and you must not be at the mercy of others and let others decide whether you are dead or alive!
The black-haired boy suddenly calmed down and looked at the door with a smirk. Despite the fact that there was a wooden plank away, he knew that Miss Allen was hiding behind the door and peeping at him.
By the way, if those people want to kill themselves, I'm afraid they will also bring Eren back, if they can thwart them...... Sounds interesting.
Well...... It seems that this young lady is not completely useless, at least she has found a very good and interesting target because of it.