As a child, Aurelian always followed closely behind her father.

As a little princess, she firmly believes in her heart that her father can do anything.

What she longed for, her father could always easily present to her.

And all the people who came to visit behaved extremely respectful to the father, without exception.

It only takes a low voice from my father to make people shudder.

As a child, Aurelian didn't understand the reason behind this.

It's just that my father is like a superman, and he has special abilities that other adults don't have.

But her father always told her in a serious way:

"This is because the emperor deserves everything he wants."

So when you become an emperor, you can have everything?

As time passed, Aurelian grew up and she became sensible.

Understand the position of the emperor in this country, and understand why my father is omnipotent.

That belief has never changed in her heart.

When you become an emperor, you can get everything you want.

However, young Aurelian doesn't really have much desire.

She knew that she had two older brothers above her, and that they would be the future heirs of the empire.

The most important thing is that Aurelian already understood it at that time.

To become emperor means that the father must abdicate.

After all, it is impossible for a country to have two reigning emperors.

The abdication of the emperor means death.

Aurelian didn't want her father to die.

For her, the loss of the only family member she could feel affection for was unacceptable.

Therefore, becoming an emperor means the death of his father.

Reality has already given the answer.

Becoming an emperor does not mean that you will be able to get everything you want.

She could not prevent her father's death.

Nor can it bring back the mother who died young.

It's the same now,

She can't even have the person she craves the most.

became an emperor, but on the contrary, his actions were more restricted.

Her every move was under the watchful eye of everyone.

Any fault of the emperor, no matter how small, will be magnified ten million times.

And between the ...... with the teacher To put it bluntly, this is even more perverse.

She could find an excuse to bring the teacher back to the palace and keep him with her forever in the name of maintenance.

But even so, she could only be confined to this title of student for the rest of her life.

Because she is the emperor, and the emperor does not get what she desires.

"So ......"

There was a hint of helplessness in her voice.

"It's just ...... Teacher? ”

At this moment, Aurelian was kneeling on the rock, her shoulders heavy and her eyebrows lowered.

Those eyes that were once radiant are now quiet and deep in sadness.

Like a lake in the night, the glint of tears in the corners of the eyes was particularly red in the moonlight.

She raised her head and looked helplessly and confusedly at the man in front of her.

saw that he was also silently bowing his head.

But this time, he is no longer the kind of teacher who looks at his students.

Instead, he faced her softly and firmly with a new attitude.

With the dignity of a gentleman and aristocrat, he fell to one knee.

Gracefully place your hand respectfully on your left chest and bow your head.

"Your Majesty."

Aurelian's eyes widened, and her heart tightened as if she had been pulled by a rope that had been tightened.

Once a minister, a lifetime is a minister.

Victor's attitude is very obvious.

Outside the Empire,

I'm a teacher, you're a student,

There is a moral bottom line between teachers and students.

Within the Empire,

You are the king, I am the minister.

Between kings and ministers, it is insurmountable.

But what Aurelian wanted, that wasn't the answer.

Her teeth clenched into her reddened lower lip, and in despair, her body trembled slightly, and she choked in a low voice:

"That'...... Then I will give up the throne and sever the teacher-student relationship between us. ”

Her voice carried a faint hint of hope.

"In this way, you ......"

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly found herself unable to say the next words.

Her gaze fell on her hands above her legs, her heart empty and confused.

Even if you give up the throne, what can you do?

The empire still needs to be inherited.

And the bloodline of the Thor family, now she is the only one left.

Is it possible to find a random person to inherit the throne?

That was undoubtedly a disregard for his father's last wishes.

Then, wouldn't it be nice to give birth to an heir to Thor's bloodline?

No...... Not good at all.

If you want to abdicate, you must have an heir to the Thor bloodline.

If she wants an heir to Thor's bloodline, she must bring her teacher back.

But she is the emperor, and Victor will definitely not do anything beyond the bounds.

Therefore, she cannot have an heir and cannot abdicate.

This is an Ouroboros with the same answer and question.

There is no solution.

Therefore, she could only tremble her body and keep her head down.

Cautiously, as if afraid of losing the man in front of him, he spoke:

"It's ...... Refusal? ”

Aurelian didn't dare to look up so that she wouldn't see Victor nodding.

She also didn't want Victor to open his mouth so that he wouldn't hear Victor's refusal.

Even though he knew the answer in his heart, he still fantasized about the faint hope that had been shattered.

In the end, I could only helplessly and desperately get the clear answer:

"If you call me back to the empire with you in your majesty's capacity, I will return with you."

"If you want me to go back and continue teaching you as a student, I will also return to the empire with you."

There are only these two answers.

Other than that, Aurelian had no choice.

After Victor demonstrated the power of his sixth-order magic, Aurelian knew she could no longer stick to her original plan.

Because she can't defeat Teacher Victor.

Since it is destined not to be obtained, then ......

It is better to harden the attitude and restore the dignity of the emperor, so that at least the sadness that should not be experienced can be avoided.

But grief could not be recovered so easily, and Aurelian only felt that she was in such pain that it was extremely difficult to even stand up.

It wasn't the pain that Teacher Victor had caused her with magic, and Aurelian knew better than anyone else.

It was the grief of being completely abandoned, completely told that there was no fate.

Even so, she could only forcibly hold back the pain.

Because she is the emperor.

"Victor...... Clavenna. ”

What the emperor can't get,

"I command you."

Just let the others,

"I will, revoke your status as an earl, and revoke you, a citizen of the Empire."

"At this point, leave the Carencian Empire, and forbid ......"

I can't get it either.

"Step into the borders of the Empire."

The last sentence used all of Aurelian's strength.

It's like letting a bird that is regarded as a family fly, untying its feet and letting it fly freely into the vast sky.

At this moment, Aurelian may have finally understood her father's words.

The emperor can have everything, but he can also choose to give it up.

Victor gave her two choices, a teacher and a student, or a monarch.

But Aurelian is the emperor,

The majesty of imperial power is inviolable.

She rejected the two-choice question and told Victor.

Between these two identities, she will not choose either.

"From now on, you don't have to care about anyone."

At this moment, she was finally able to raise her head again and stare at the former teacher.

Watching him get down on one knee and watching him still be unfazed.

Even though he had been deprived of his title and nationality, there was no emotional fluctuation on his face.

It was as if everything was expected to be in his sight, as if everything was supposed to follow this trajectory.

Everything is the result he wants.

"You can take everything you have in the Empire with you, Victor."

Aurelian regained her former calm and dignity.

The sadness and helplessness on her face vanished like a phantom, and the coldness and majesty of being an emperor reshaped her face.

But she didn't get up, and looked down at Victor in a superior manner.

"I will never care about you again, even if the news of your death comes again."

"Even if you become my enemy, or the Empire's enemy, because of it."

"As the emperor, I am also willing to bear it."

Victor in front of him still remained on one knee.

His calm gaze received Aurelian's gaze without evasion, as if to convey in silence that he had accepted everything.

"So, please go."

Aurelian exhaled, her feeble body finally relieved of its heavy burden.

Her shoulders lifted slightly, and she continued to speak calmly:

"I don't want to see you again."

Victor closed his eyes, as if immersed in a bottomless calm, and slowly lowered his head.

"Yes."

This was the last time he responded to the empress's orders as a courtier.

Then, he slowly stood up and gently flicked his trench coat.

At this moment, the only thing Aurelian could see was the back of Victor turning away.

Looking at his imminent departure, she only felt the eternal furnace in her heart beating more intensely.

It is to reach a state of pain that is absolutely irrelievable.

But now, she must bear this pain, and she must ignore this pain.

She didn't have the familiar teacher Victor.

There were no more courtiers named Victor.

So, she had to grow up on her own,

Become an absolutely ruthless "witch",

Only in this way can she be like her father,

Be the strongest.

Suddenly, a heavy roar erupted from the top of this shattered cliff.

This is the bell that represents life and death.

At the moment, it swept the entire clouds.

The dark green fog shook off from the empty and clear sky of the Western Zhou, and the hideous and dead ghost obscured the bright sunlight with the mist.

Yingying's ghost fire bloomed from the Western Zhou, forming a whirlpool of death, swirling and surging in the thick fog.

In an instant, it seemed as if it was completely enveloped by the space of the dead.

The environment had changed so quickly that Aurelian didn't even know what was happening right away.

She stood up and looked west with some confusion.

Eyes finally fell on Victor.

At that moment, she saw that Victor was acting unusually indifferent, as if he didn't care about the abnormal environment around him.

Aurelian thought that all of this was caused by Victor.

"Who allowed you to go."

Immediately after, a heavy, old voice rang out in the fog-shrouded sky.

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Aurelian instantly realized who was coming.

"Outside...... Grandfather? ”

At this time, Archduke Barlow walked out slowly from the corner of the dark green clouds, on crutches.

His body was entangled in dark green flames, and his cloudy eyes looked even more eerie and majestic under the flames.

The shriveled skin was covered in flames, and the pale bones were revealed in the flames.

Even the tip of the cane in his hand showed a terrifying countenance, and a dark green flame burned in the hollow of it.

Grand Duke Barlow walked towards Victor with heavy steps.

Those fierce ghostly eyes glanced at Aurelian on the way, as if they were paying attention to her state.

Then, he turned his attention back to Victor, who still hadn't turned his head.

"Thou hast despised death and thou hast escaped from the abyss of the dead,"

"Your destined death came ten years ago, but why, you want to return to the world."

Before he could finish speaking, he slammed the void with the cane burning with the green fire in his hand.

In the next second, countless melodious revenant flames rose from the west of the dense fog.

Hovering ghosts and thickening smoke swirled together and soared high into the air.

Surrounded by smoke and fire, a green castle with a dead silence rose from behind him.

Archduke Barlow's eyes lit up with fire, and he stood in front of the city like a powerful minister in charge of the castle of the dead.

With strong indifference, the verdict was lightly pronounced:

"Are you blaspheming death?"