Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 824 Isabel's Growth

March 31st.

Avalon, the house of silver and tin.

Yulia was tinkering with something in her room, wearing a monocle on her head that was specially used for focusing and magnifying.

But at this moment, there was a light knock on her door.

...Who is coming at this time?

She frowned slightly, put the tools in her hand aside, and paused her work: "Come in."

Yulia pressed a button, causing the lens of the alchemical glasses on her left eye to remove its effect and pop up automatically.

If it was at her home, Yulia would definitely ignore him. But there was nothing she could do, this was the Palace of Silver and Tin... who knows, some important person or something important might come to see her.

"Yulia~"

Just then, a voice that was extremely familiar to her came from the door.

Yulia's body suddenly stiffened and she suddenly looked up at the door.

I saw Aiwass open the door with a smile, and then he leaned on the door with half of his body hanging outside the door: "Did you miss me?"

She subconsciously took a step forward...but it only took her one step to react.

"…Your Majesty, are you bored?"

Yulia puffed up her cheeks and said angrily.

Just for a moment, she thought it was really Aiwass who came back!
But Aiwass usually calls herself Yuli and doesn't knock on the door so softly.

Besides, Aiwass is not available to come back at this time...

"What's wrong? Isn't this also Aiwass?"

Isabel took off the mask on her face and threw it into the void, turning it into nothingness.

She came in with a few light steps, not forgetting to close the door.

Isabel then sat down on the chair next to Yulia, hugged her and started to cry fakely: "Little Yulia has become so strange and started calling me Your Majesty, wuwuwu..."

Yulia was somewhat helpless, so she simply sat on Isabel's thighs and hugged Isabel's neck with her backhand.

For a "iron-blooded queen", this was an act of usurpation. But for Isabel, she particularly liked Yulia's intimacy with her.

Isabel's love for Julia has nothing to do with Julia's blood relationship with Aiwass... These two girls of the same age, who are both kind and sincere and lack friends, have been together in the Temple of Silver and Tin for so long that they have already become close friends.

As they spend more time together, their behaviors become more and more similar to their true personalities.

Isabel was no longer as gentle, intelligent, generous and considerate as she was at the beginning - in other words, she was no longer pretentious. After Yulia became Isabel's closest friend, Isabel liked to tease her, make a joke or act coquettishly.

And Yulia is no longer the soft and sticky girl she was at the beginning.

Because her character is not that gentle... If you have to say it, it's just that she was burned by the Flame Butterfly and had no strength at all. She was in a drowsy and powerless state every day. It's better to say that she is weak than gentle.

She continued to act that way afterwards, simply because the Julia that Aiwas knew had always been the same as before.

She didn't want her most trusted, closest and favorite relative to suddenly feel that she had become a stranger - especially after Aiwass helped her resolve the life-and-death crisis.

Or rather, she was instinctively afraid... afraid that Aiwass would distance himself from her because of this.

No matter from a rational point of view or from her understanding of Aiwass, such a thing would not happen - but she was still afraid. Because fear has nothing to do with reason.

But in front of Queen Isabel, who could see through people's hearts, Julia's disguise seemed so childish and thin.

She liked to tease Yulia and always managed to make her lose her temper, but she would never make her really angry. Every time she got angry, she would comfort herself. After a few such cycles, Yulia simply stopped pretending.

"That's right, Isa."

Yulia said softly: "I have something to discuss with you."

Isabel said without hesitation.

"Not long ago, Master Nobel came to see me."

Yulia's voice sank: "It is said that there is an alchemist competition in Xingti..."

"You want to go to Xingti?"

Isabel immediately guessed what Yulia meant.

Her brows were slightly furrowed, and she was lost in thought.

And Yulia continued, "Teacher, he was ostracized by people in Leipzig a long time ago. He used to be a very talented alchemist, but he was envied by others... and now, the people who ostracized him are long dead, and everyone knows that Nobel was a genius who was ostracized by people because of envy.

"But at this time, an impostor appeared on Xingti's side. He claimed that he was the only student taught by Professor Nobel, registered patents for all of Professor Nobel's formulas, and brought out a series of 'Nobel's inventions over the years'. However, almost all of these achievements were suspected of infringement...

"——Because the 'Nobel student' claimed that they are all 'old inventions', things invented by the teacher in the past. But each of them was invented earlier than other very similar inventions today. In other words, if what he said is true, the inventors of these things will be replaced by the teacher..."

“…That will cause controversy.”

Isabel blurted out: "Isn't this just making Master Nobel hate you?"

She was very smart, and with Aiwass's training, she had an almost instinctive sensitivity to the relationships between people.

Especially now that Xingti had just lost the war with Avalon, their original contemptuous and arrogant attitude towards Avalon would turn 180 degrees. At this time, Master Nobel, who had drifted to Avalon because of jealousy, would definitely be hostile or flattered by people for this reason.

The hostility was because his help must have increased Avalon's strength, thus tipping the balance of victory;
The reason for the praise is that if "he had not left Xingti for this reason", the outcome would still be uncertain!

If the media is willing and no one tries to stop it, they can even exaggerate the importance of Nobel Prize infinitely from the perspective of public opinion, and through a chain reaction directly elevate it to the level of the key factor in determining the outcome of the war - Isabel believes that at least this step can definitely be done.

In this case, a "Nobel student" came out to "vindicate" him and wantonly snatched away other people's patents and reputations. If people became enthusiastic, anyone who stood up to stop him would also be labeled as "jealous of talented people" and "the culprit who squeezed talented people out of the star."

——It was clearly her own invention, and she had done nothing wrong, but she was attacked by fanatics for asserting her rightful rights... Just thinking about it, Isabel, who had a strong sense of empathy, felt an indescribable discomfort and depression.

"If I were these researchers, even if I knew that this person was a fraud, I would probably still feel disgusted with the Nobel Prize winner."

Isabel said softly.

Yulia nodded. "More people don't know about this because they were not familiar with Mr. Nobel. As Mr. Nobel was suddenly praised, many of these alchemy masters criticized him and asked people to calm down. With the appearance of this 'only student', people felt that they realized the truth - they were all jealous and fearful, so they tried to suppress people's actions to clear Mr. Nobel's name.

"So when the news came back, Mr. Nobel was very angry. He wanted to go back to Xingbi to clear his name, and at that time, Count Leipzig planned to hold an alchemy apprentice competition in Leipzig... So Mr. Nobel wanted to take me with him to participate, and by the way, personally transfer all his patents and properties to me, and pass on all his real interpersonal relationships to me."

"…This should be Xingti's conspiracy."

Isabel made a sharp judgment: "I feel something is wrong."

But she was still thinking, so she just hugged Yulia tightly while thinking: "Tell me first...what do you think?"

“——I also think this is a conspiracy.”

Yulia said seriously, "If the teacher was secretly murdered, no one would be able to explain that 'that person was not his student'. His death would further intensify the internal conflicts of Xingti, and he might even become food for the liar."

"...No," Isabel frowned, "I just feel that the whole incident is not right. But I can't tell what is wrong..."

So Yulia stopped talking and just waited quietly for Isabel to sort out her thoughts.

Suddenly, Isabel said, "Is there a possibility that... those people are targeting you?"

"I?"

Yulia was stunned for a moment.

She had never thought of this possibility.

And Isabel reacted: "When I was attacked by that succubus Emma, ​​it was your face that I used... No wonder!"

In fact, she still hasn't figured out why Emma kidnapped Yulia.

At that time, she could only guess that it might be a conspiracy against Aiwass. They wanted to kidnap Yulia to make Aiwass afraid to act rashly, so as to restrict or even win over Aiwass, and then control herself and the entire Avalon.

But now she finally realized that perhaps the original purpose of the Star People was to get Yulia!
If you use this as motivation, it all becomes clear!

"...Since the target is me," Yulia immediately became nervous, "Then I won't go. Otherwise, it might cause trouble for Aiwass..."

She had heard Isabel mention at dinner a few days ago that the Star was now in a state of anarchy, the monarch had died again, and the first Prime Minister had been killed by "Miss Aleister" - who was the clone and alias of Aiwass. Considering that the Church did not come to cause trouble, the monarch of the Star should not have died of "natural causes" because of Aiwass.

In other words, the situation in Xingti had become so chaotic that even their own king could die suddenly.

And Yulia is only a third-level alchemist.

She has not yet been promoted to a superior transcendent, so it may be difficult for her to even protect herself...

“…No, wait.”

Isabel suddenly had an idea: "You can go."

"But……"

"——Because I will go with you too."

Isabel replied.

Her eyes brightened. "There is no monarch in Xingti now. Only the former queen is in power. And that queen is a friend of my grandmother. She has met me before. It is very reasonable for me to go out in the name of a state visit at this time.

"It just so happens that the war in Xingtan has also stopped - just yesterday, the Narcissus Principality was established. And Xingtan chose to acquiesce. So, the Black Eagle Principality should be established soon... Xingtan is now suffering from the internal chaos. With the death of the Red Prime Minister and the silence of the Black Prime Minister, I guess they should have already fought each other.

"And at this time, my state visit can further confuse the situation. Whether it is Narcissus, Black Hawk or Star Antimony, they all yearn for an ally. Avalon is a very credible ally - even though they were trying to invade Avalon not long ago, now they will compete to bow their heads for Avalon's goodwill and recognition.

"At the same time, for us, dividing Star Antimony into three parts will also be beneficial to the stability of Avalon."

In the past, this kind of thing was done by the Star Antimony people or the Iris people.

But Isabel thought that maybe she could do it, too.

Her talent is imitation.

She used to imitate Aiwass's thinking mode, and also imitated teacher Janice's piano playing and painting. As an artist, it is probably difficult for her to achieve her own achievements. This is also the reason why she is currently stuck at the fourth energy level.

But as a monarch...her talent for imitation makes her grow even faster.

But if there are enough people imitating, your own fruits will surely be born from them.

"Since I am going to visit Xingti, the Queen's Guards will naturally go with me. With the support of the power of the Theocracy, the chaos in Xingti will naturally be nothing to fear - you and Master Nobel can be protected together."

Isabel's mood became more cheerful.

But she still said cautiously: "But we have to wait a little longer - tonight is the promotion ceremony of Aiwas and Aleister, and the snow has not stopped yet. Anyway, we have to wait for the snow to stop before we travel and the game starts.

"Wait a couple of days, I'll confirm the specific details with Aleister in my dream first."

"Promotion ceremony..."

Yulia was a little dazed for a moment: "Brother is about to be promoted to the fifth level? But I just..."

But she hasn't even reached the fourth level.

She bit her lip, feeling the urgency.

Even if she couldn't help much...she didn't want to be left behind.

Thinking of this, Yulia raised her head and looked at Isabel.

She probably thought so too...

(End of this chapter)