Lothar made up her mind.

At this moment, the door was pushed open.

Fringira hurried in.

She had just been outside, watching the recruit training with great energy.

These recruits use wooden swords and shields, and they crack and fight lively, which is much more interesting than boring queue training.

Fringira walked in the door, sniffing, and her face was full of suspicion: "I seem to smell the stench of those wolf cubs?" ”

"Your Excellency, you must have summoned a wolf cub, did you?"

Lothar was surprised: "Can you smell it?" ”

"Yes, albeit lightly."

Frimpilla twitched her nose and sniffed all the way until Lothar came to her, staring at the crystal bottle with werewolf blood: "What's in this bottle?" ”

Then he was terrified: "My lord, if you want a transcendent bloodline, I can give you the first hug, don't be confused for a while and become a werewolf!" ”

Fringilla's face was full of sorrow, as if Lothar was about to fall into boundless evil, and she was the priest who had painstakingly persuaded her.

"Why are you confused for a while... There's nothing wrong with werewolves either. ”

Seeing that Frigila's expression was different, Lothar had no choice but to reassure: "Don't worry, there is no such thing, I don't plan to give up the human body for the time being." ”

The sworn enemies of the Blood Court are the many werewolf families in the Two Sicilians.

If the Blood Royal Court and the "Hell" camp to which Prajna belongs are just hostile, then the Blood Royal Court and the Werewolf Family of the Two Sicilies are old enemies!

An old enemy like Germany and France.

Fringira let out a sigh of relief: "No, my lord, you have to believe me, werewolves, a foul-smelling beast, wild and primitive, do not match your identity and temperament at all. ”

Lothar looked at Frigila, who rarely complimented her, and reached out to grab her long silky white hair: "Since I promised you, I won't break my promise, and I don't have to say such nonsense." ”

"Fryne, you and Pranya come with me, I want to meet His Majesty the King."

...

Lothar walked in the afternoon, in a slightly quiet royal palace.

The queen mothers and princesses live in their fiefdoms all the year round, and the only members of the royal family who really live in the palace are Princess Sibylla and her son.

All the way unimpeded.

No one came forward to question him.

As the Grand Master of the Royal Knights, he was in charge of all the garrisons in the palace.

In other words, apart from Baldwin IV, on the surface, he was already the most prominent person in this palace.

Even if he wants to be detrimental to the king, there is a high probability that he will do it.

Grand Master of the Royal Knights, this position is equivalent to Baldwin IV's absolute confidant.

Outside the door of the inner court, Lothar informed the attendants, and soon he led him to Baldwin IV's bedchamber.

Under the candlestick, Baldwin IV, who rarely wore a mask but a scarf, looked at Lothar very calmly: "Baron, have you cleared up the matter of the Knights?" ”

"Well, the royal knights can muster together a hundred armored cavalry and three hundred sergeants, and they can leave Jerusalem at any time to fight the infidel army."

"Yes, Lothar, a hundred armored cavalry is not a lot, but it is definitely a lot, and if used properly, it can also have a decisive effect."

Baldwin IV's voice revealed a hint of reminiscence: "At the beginning, in the Battle of Mongisa, the armored cavalry I led was only 500 men. ”

With that, he looked at the two ladies behind Lothar, "These two ladies are the witches who follow you, please take a seat, two noble spellcasters." ”

Lothar motioned for Prajna and Fryn to find a chair to sit down.

Leprosy is not as contagious as people think, but it has been demonized among the people, otherwise there would have been no normal people in this court for a long time.

"Your Majesty, there is a man who wants to see you, according to him, he is the son of King Nur al-Din, the lord of Aleppo and Syria - Saleh."

"Saleh, actually ran out of Aleppo? It was a surprise. ”

There was a rare hint of surprise in Baldwin IV's tone.

"No problem, I will meet him tomorrow and give him the courtesy he deserves."

Lothar looked at Baldwin IV, hesitated, and said, "Your Majesty, I want to know, what is the matter with your condition?" ”

Baldwin IV raised a hand with some difficulty, and rolled up the silk sleeve, revealing the bandaged arm underneath: "It will deteriorate quickly, and I probably won't have long to live." ”

Lothar took out the crystal bottle, placed it on the table, and said softly, "My lord, this is the potion that my witches have concocted for you, and there is a high probability that it can cure leprosy. ”

Baldwin IV looked at Lothar in surprise for a long time before saying, "What is the price?" I know that the potions that witches concoct have a price. ”

Lothar whispered, "The price is that you'll become a werewolf." ”

"At the cost of becoming a werewolf, cure leprosy..."

Baldwin IV let out a long sigh: "Lothar, the people of the church say that leprosy is a curse, a punishment for those who have sinned deeply. ”

"I don't believe in that, or I don't really believe in the church."

"To them, I am not a devout believer, only I know that I am."

"Lothar, I appreciate your kindness."

Baldwin IV's smile was still gentle: "I once sought out a witch and tried to get her to heal me. ”

"It's not that she can't do it, it's just that I refused."

"Her solution is to take the blood of a hundred children and sacrifice it to an evil being in exchange for my cocoon and become a butterfly."

"I have to admit that I did feel tempted by this, which is a big mistake."

Lothar said in a hurry: "How can these two be confused, and the preparation of such a potion does not require the killing of others. ”

Baldwin IV smiled:

"Lothar, I have endured enough for the sake of the kingdom, I have lost my hair and beard, and my body has become more and more distorted and miserable.

Now, I just want to die in human form. ”

Baldwin IV looked very calm, as if all that he had told had been inflicted on someone else.

"I've already explained what happened after death. When I die, I will be succeeded by my nephew, Queen Sibylla, but his husband will be Belle. ”

"Don't think of me as indispensable."

"During the Battle of Mongisa, I thought I was the Destiny King, but the battle of the Spring Valley made me wake up from a dream."

Baldwin IV smiled: "Lothar, I am not as talented as you think, give me a healthy body, and there is only a limit to what I can do. ”

"Optimistically, at least leprosy took away my consciousness and erased my pain."

Lothar fell silent.

He knew what kind of pain lepers had to endure.

The muscles are twisted, the hands and feet are atrophied, and even the five senses are constantly fading.

It wasn't physical pain, but mentally, for one's own decaying body.

Lothar had some difficulty understanding Baldwin IV's obsession, and in his opinion, human identity was not a very important thing as long as he could live.

In later generations, many people even looked forward to being able to get rid of the weak human body and achieve mechanical ascension.

"Your Majesty, I just want to persuade you one last time."

Baldwin IV shook his head, and he pointed to his head: "Lothar, you can't imagine how terrible it would be for a werewolf to become the king of Jerusalem. ”

"Whatever you think will change because of the change in your body, and perhaps one day, I will give you an order to eat a child, and then you will still fulfill your allegiance to me?"