His Majesty shook the cloak behind him, threw aside the etiquette of keeping quiet, and swaggered into the library. He was dressed in a yellow-brown calfskin inlay armor, each nail polished to a shiny finish, like rows of tiny stars twinkling.

"You bastard, I really thought you were going to pack up and get out of the way for a while, but you still have the leisure time to read here? I didn't expect you to be this kind of person, you don't understand etiquette at all!"

Siegel snorted, put down the book in his hand, didn't even get up, and greeted: "Your Majesty, what's the matter with coming to me?"

"You still call me Your Majesty?" you say that, and you don't know how to call me stupid in your heart. Evan slammed a chair away from the table and sat down. "Marquis of Heim, Lord Archmage, don't pretend, you think I haven't figured it out yet?"

"Want to understand what?" Siegel really didn't expect.

"If it weren't for you, I would have been hot-headed and would have fallen into the trap of the Mage Guild. But can you speak to me in a more polite way, I'm your king anyway! Are you mages like this, who don't look at others when they know magic, and who speak mysteriously, secretly, and crookedly, and who always think that others are fools?"

It is true that some mages have this problem, and even like to use ancient Chinese for daily conversations, which makes the atmosphere of conversation extremely strange. There are also people who like to mix dragon language or elf language into daily spoken language, which is also very difficult to understand. But Siegel doesn't think he's that kind of person, could it be that Evan is thinking wrong?

Siegel was puzzled, but he still restrained himself, made an unfathomable expression, and said tentatively: "You figured it out, then tell me, how to deal with the goblin matter?"

Evan had a smug smile on his face. Fingers tapped in mid-air, a strange smile on his face. "The goblins still have to be destroyed, but it can't be left to the Star Kingdom to make this decision - I thought about it for a long time before I understood what you meant! You're right, if I don't do anything and approve the goblin plan directly, it will indeed have a detrimental effect on my future rule. People will think of me as a belligerent, impulsive king. ”

"I hope you weren't. Siegel sat up straight and looked at him, then said, "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to drag some more people into the water. Evan said, "I decided to go to the various temples with great fanfare and ask them what to do. The Temple of War, the Lord of the Dawn, the Mother Earth, and even the Temple of Death, and of course, even the Mage Guild. Even if they came up with a plan, I still had to ask about it formally. Only then will I approve the plan. You're right, sometimes it's not what you can do, it's how you choose to do it. ”

This was definitely not what I had in mind at the time, Siegel thought to himself. At that time, the main thought in his mind was to avoid the Mage Guild's planet colonization plan. Protect the magical advantages of the Myrcan Core and keep yourself from getting bogged down in endless construction work. So Siegel angered Evan and chose to walk away. Although what he said at the Imperial Council was his own truth, he was actually not so paranoid. He had long known that this was not a world where mere chivalry could survive, and that history was full of countless compromises, and the number of times he persevered was extremely rare.

But when you think about it, Evan's approach is a better idea.

"If the multiple temples don't agree to this approach, then the Star Royals have enough excuses. It is even possible to get the Mage Guild and the Elves to do the persuasion work of these temples. I saw High Priest Aurora frowning all the time at the Imperial Council, perhaps to the Temple of Dawn. This thing can't go on. As the Sage of Dawn, I should always be able to ask for an oracle. ”

Siegel nodded: "No matter what God says, or even not saying anything, it is also an attitude. When the people encountered problems, they also went back to the temple to pray, and it was normal for the king to pray for blessings in person for things like interdimensional wars. And so it goes. Any opinion of the gods can be used as support for your final decision, and there will be many fewer twists and turns in the war at that time. ”

"Well...... Evan pouted, "Siegel, why can't you say this kind of good thing?"

"Why, you didn't pay extra for my attitude. Siegel smiled. Now it's a chance to reconcile and stay. You have to grasp it yourself. The history of the rise and fall of the last mage lord is still in hand, and maybe this time there will be a different opportunity.

"By the way, what are you reading?" Evan asked curiously, "What did you leave me and the entire Council behind and come here to read, so important?"

"I'm looking at the account of the last mage lord, how he ruined his family and his reputation. Siegel smiled, "It's a pity that it doesn't write about how he was defeated, otherwise I could have learned from it and learned some lessons." ”

"Do you want to accumulate knowledge for a possible future rebellion?" said Evan jokingly.

"Rebellion never requires much knowledge. Siegel replied, "Internal, external, all sorts of reasons can arise, and knowledge and skills are often the least important." You know what I found out in the book? I just saw a conspiracy, a conspiracy of scheming. Your Majesty, if things were always as they seem, how much trouble would have been saved!"

"Come with me, Siegel. Evan said, "Don't call me Your Majesty, just call me by my name and tell me a few words of truth." ”

"Well, am I all a sycophant lie?" said Siegel, but he stood up and walked out with the king.

The imperial guards had long since driven the irrelevant people away, leaving enough space for the two of them. They descend from the candlelight-dominated library to the sun, letting the last scent of green leaves before winter arrive replace the ink full of history. Evan walked slowly, and Siegel followed slowly.

"Is the magic array in the palace already unable to stop you?" Evan asked suddenly.

"Can't say that. Siegel replied, "This circle makes me very uncomfortable in choosing spells, and there are many spells that I can't cast, but it can't stop me from forcibly destroying them." To put it simply, there are a lot of delicate tricks that I can't do, but I can use brute force. ”

"Well," Evan said after taking a deep breath, "Is it true that for some people in the Mage Guild and the Academy, this magic circle is just an ornament on a certain level?"

"That's right. Siegel nodded. From patching the dungeon's teleportation array loophole, he had already discovered the problem. Many of the palace's magic circles have failed, and there are traces of recent spell probing. The Mage Guild or the Academy City are already familiar with this, and maybe they are the main promoters.

"I always thought the Star Fort was impregnable. Evan shook his head, "You know my father died in a hunting accident, but do you know where he died? It was not in the hunting grounds outside the city, but after returning from hunting, he died in the palace. He somehow fell off his horse, and then rolled down the stairs for a dozen steps. Although he has become very rich, he was a good fighter in the past, and he never imagined that he would be so embarrassed. ”

Siegel tilted his head to look at him, and saw that Evan's face was clouded with sorrow, "So, you suspect that someone is using a spell to make a ghost?"

"I wish I hadn't, but it's keeping me up. The wiki has already looked it up, but I'm afraid it's hard to find the answer. Evan said, "The Mage Guild and the School City have become too powerful to threaten the rule of the kingdom. Relying on knights alone, even with the addition of temples, it is difficult to compete with mages. ”

"I'm also a mage, is it appropriate for you to tell me this?" Siegel waved his hand.

"It's true that you're a mage, but you're pedantic. Evan said, "You like to study spells, but you hate everything but that, especially troublesome politics." Before the mage, you were a knight, or a knight who had not experienced the life of an aristocracy. After that, you become a lord, partly because of Viscount Bill's desire, and partly to raise funds for your spell research. Duke Carlyle once said that you are a very simple person, and the last thing you can do at the moment is to rebel. He said that you are also a genius among mages, so you have also become very arrogant, and you don't care to do things like that. ”

"Thanks for the compliment, I really breathed a sigh of relief. Siegel said to Evan, "Actually, I was thinking just now, if the two of us were replaced, I am afraid that I would not be able to accept so much behavior as I did before." In many ways, I'm still a seaman, and I'm too far from a marquis or something, thanks to you, the king, who can tolerate it. ”

"I'm more of a swordsman than a king, we're about the same. "I'm a little inexperienced with those people -- you know who I'm talking about -- I'm still a little inexperienced. The next time you have an idea, just say it. I've had enough brains out every day, don't tire me out anymore. ”

Siegel himself didn't think so deeply, in essence, it was all Evan's own idea, and it was his own brainpower, but Siegel still nodded and pretended to say, "Okay, I'll pay attention." I think it's nice for you to pay attention to the various temples, but I didn't think about it that much. ”

"Don't be modest, you must have unspoken thoughts. ”

"One thing to note, if the temple takes advantage of this time to make some requests, how will you respond?"

"If the temples only care about the preferences of the gods and the needs of the believers, then what do I have to worry about as a king? But if the temples try to meddle in politics and try to bypass the king and lords to run the people, then there will be contradictions. I've made some preparations, and I should be able to balance the needs of the temple without too much of an impact. ”

Siegel nodded, expressing his last concern: "Evan, what if this step is also in the plan of the Mage Guild?"

Evan stood still, rubbed his hair, and said, "What else can we do? Don't worry, there's no better way anyway, let's talk about it!" )