Asian Girl Completion Manual

Chapter 529 7. Inside the Golden Palace

"Huh~"

"The annual Magic Association rating examination has begun! The time and place for the examination are listed in today's newspaper! One copy only costs 1 Nari!"

"Woo~"

"A brand new mechanical design module, if you have the ability, you can use it with any level of magic."

"Du~"

"Hurry up! Get in the car quickly, okay? The train is about to leave, why don't you stay here!"

Passing through the vast ocean, the sea breeze caused by the uneven heat and cold at noon landed on the Western Continent from the sea, bringing into view the lively place that seemed to be paved with gold.

The increasingly wider city is filled with the sound of machinery running, regular signals and the sound of people talking and rushing on their way.

On top of the building, countless flags with the golden "Gedlin Coat of Arms" engraved on them were attracted by the passing sea breeze, fluttering their faces, dyeing large areas of the buildings here with a golden brilliance.

This is Saint-Nali, the pearl of human civilization, perhaps from a long time ago.

Many years ago, even travelers traveling in the harsh and cold wilderness would fall in love with this wonderful place. But even so, after Queen Elizabeth came to the throne, the brilliance here can no longer be summarized as a "pearl".

Just like the golden light emitted by the bright and dazzling flag, this is the sun, the sun of the Western Continent, and the sun of the whole world.

The sea breeze then moves forward, passing through the dense commercial land and residential areas, and entering the hinterland along the central axis of Saint-Nali, where a golden palace will come into view. This is the center of Saint Nali and the center of power of the entire Nali.

"Kakaka!"

The gate guarded by armored men did not stop the pilgrims from all over the world. They often appeared outside the Golden Palace, trying to observe the Queen's thoughts through this building that was somewhat distant from them. Think and admire her virtue and wisdom.

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"Shvali felt that since the coalition forces in the Southern Continent also contributed their efforts at that time, it stands to reason that they should also have a share in the development of New Dragon Court, no matter how big or small."

In the outer court, in a spacious room, an elderly gentleman wearing a black formal suit stroked the neatly combed white "V" beard on his lips, and his eyes moved slightly to look at his colleagues and those in the most position beside him. The queen above is sipping tea.

It has been more than five years since she ascended the throne, and the Queen's palace has become deeper, which makes the newly-appointed Prime Minister feel quite pressured.

Queen Elizabeth, who had her long blond hair neatly combed into an elegant bun, glanced at the Prime Minister and said calmly,

"What do you think, Ooni-san?"

At this time, they were discussing daily matters, and the topic was, as the Prime Minister said, related to the division of interests in the Southern Continent.

To understand the stakes, one must have a detailed understanding of the previous relationships between Nali, the Western Continent countries and the Green Dragon Court.

In the past, the development of the Southern Continent had always been tacitly authorized by the Western Continent to the merchants and nobles below. After all, the rulers of various countries have unfinished business in their own backyards, so how can they have the leisure to deal with the southern continent that is far away?

As long as those merchants and nobles hand over enough money, they can gain the tacit approval of the Western Continent countries for their development of the Southern Continent. As long as they bring back those valuable resources and demi-human slaves, who cares what they do there? Why not alleviate the conflicts in your own family?

This is also the source of so many cities and city owners in the southern continent with different powers, each independent, and like an isolated island. In essence, it is a kind of colonial plunder.

But on the surface, the officials of the countries that signed the "Southern Continent Protection Regulations" do not support this kind of plundering. However, the Southern Continent is full of scattered demi-humans and human natives anyway. Even if you do something, they will die. Even if they die and become slaves, no one will come to the Western Continent to complain.

It's just that no one in the human race expected that something really happened before.

The city lords who ran over to develop were chased and beaten all the way by the local dragon people from the southern continent, and they returned to their hometowns with piss, bruises and swollen faces. This matter was more troublesome.

Everyone is not doing well in terms of face and morals, but one thing is clear: they still have to regain their position.

But to be honest, both Shivali and Kadu seemed to be a little stretched in this matter.

Coordinating army and naval operations across continents will consume a lot of the country's resources and energy. Officials of Shivali and Kadu don't really want to spend this money. What's more, from the mouths of those who escaped for their lives, they can know that the man who beat them to death The Flying Dragon Queen is not a good person. Not only is she very strong, but she also robbed a lot of things from their western continent. If we really want to fight, the Dragon Queen relies on the mountains and the sea to eat. I don’t know what she will hit. Time is the end.

Things ended in a stalemate. To sum up, the situation in the Western Continent at that time was as follows: the public sentiment was very angry, troops had to be mobilized immediately, the money was not in place, and the progress was not made.

Just as the two countries were shouting, the thunder was loud and the rain was small, Queen Elizabeth from Nali in the far west suddenly handed over a step. It turned out that there was an indigenous dragon man from the southern continent, who had the same origin as that dragon queen. ran over to convey the meaning of peace.

Oh, it turns out that the Southern Continent doesn’t really want to fight us to the end!

Life still has to go on (you still have to save face), let’s turn over what happened in the past (turn over the past era of joint development), as long as you don’t bully us in the future (as long as you follow Nali in the future), we can cooperate well ( Just develop the southern continent well).

Although Shivali and Kadu are still greedy for the resources of the Southern Continent, they can't afford such a large military expenditure for the time being. Only Na Li can afford it, so they can just drink some soup with Elizabeth.

What's more, according to their calculations, they might be able to take advantage of this opportunity to use troops against the southern continent to drag Nali into the quagmire of unlimited investment to curb Elizabeth's expansion. Why not?

Therefore, whether it was Shivali or Kadu, their decision-making at that time was to watch the fire from the other side, wanting to watch Nali suffer a big loss. The Iser green dragon in the southern continent, as long as you are not a fool, you know that it must be Nali. The people they found had no foundation at all, let alone any military strength.

The main body of the so-called "Southern Continent Human and New Dragon Court Alliance Army" is actually the new army trained by Na Li, with some troops from other countries and demi-human troops as embellishments.

This obvious use of military force and the incalculable war results caused even the parliament and all levels of society in Paris to generally oppose Elizabeth's decision.

But Elizabeth did it forcefully. Narli's army performed bravely and skillfully in the southern continent. They defeated the so-called "Dragon Queen" in one fell swoop and retreated back to the deep mountains in the south to hide and dare not come out. This was all because

Hearing the Queen's voice in the distance, the Prime Minister named "Ooni" touched his beard again, and then said,

"At that time, His Majesty made a surprising move, bribed and recruited the legendary pirate Blackbeard of the Eastern Ocean, and collected all the ancient relics and technologies of the Storm Sea. When he decided to use troops, he overcame all opinions, selected talents, reformed the army's shortcomings, and supervised the war in a timely manner. The Nari sergeants and the people even sacrificed their lives and property to serve the country. All these are from our Nari. Even if Shivali and Kadu intend to seek cooperation, they should wait and let them dry.

"I think the best official reply is: 'Nali has reached a consensus with Xinlongting and will no longer interfere in the affairs of the Southern Continent. Please discuss all cooperation matters with Xinlongting in detail, and Nali will not participate.'"

All the ministers nearby were speechless at the newly appointed Prime Minister.

The previous prime minister was a member of the New Party. Although many things still had to be done, many of them conflicted with Queen Elizabeth's decision-making. That's why His Majesty replaced him with a Griffin Party prime minister, hoping that the new prime minister would be more obedient.

But as the saying goes, when things go to extremes, they must be reversed.

This person is so flattering. In fact, he only needs to say the last sentence, and the previous praises are all nonsense.

And this is already a refined version of Elizabeth's warning. You must know that at the beginning, he could make up this "hidden compliment" for several minutes as a reason. What matters is a compliment.

Above, Elizabeth, who was drinking tea, slowly put down the tea cup, then slowly stood up, revealing her elegant white and gold dress.

Seeing that Her Majesty the Queen had stood up, the ministers below all planned to stand up one after another, but Elizabeth only walked to the maid waiting beside her holding a warm towel, and wiped her hands with the towel as the end of lunch.

Then, she waved her hand and asked them to sit down again.

"That's it. Also, when will the matter about the female pirate and Sardinian woman be settled? Princess Isabel is still with her. Do you want my sister to be eaten by a shark one day?"

All the ministers remained silent and looked at Marix, who was in charge of the Secret Service.

He looked at his colleagues beside him expressionlessly, and then said,

"When the Black Chief was bribed by us the year before last, he originally wanted to bring Princess Isabel back as a token of friendship with us or a bargaining chip. So without our permission, he took the first step and stabbed the Sardinian woman in the back without our permission. Pirate. Although the pirate suffered heavy losses and was even seriously injured, he still allowed her to escape. But the Black Chief said that this was because Princess Isabel was protecting the pirate captain when she escaped. He did not dare to fire for fear of accidentally injuring Princess Isabel. That’s why Your Royal Highness the Princess is allowed to do so.”

Marix is ​​too senior and may be the least afraid of Elizabeth among these people.

The meaning of this sentence is so obvious that it doesn’t need to be obvious anymore. The translation is:

"Don't blame us, she's not your sister, she doesn't want to come back at all!!"

Elizabeth sat back on her seat, without any unnecessary expression on her face, she just asked,

"Sir Marix, I remember that you have a granddaughter who is not yet a minor. I would like to ask, if your granddaughter rebels and runs away from home, as a grandfather, will you bring her back or let her wander outside?"

Mariquez didn't answer the question and just said,

"According to our intelligence, the pirate captain has been wandering on the sea. We intercepted some of the shores we stopped at before and caused some damage. Now she may still be wandering in the Northern Ocean, or she may have landed in the North. If she has landed In the north, she will definitely die without a burial place. The Turan family will help us keep an eye on it. But it seems that the Turan family also has some trouble to face. They did not elaborate, but it may be related to the Sema Snow Mountain."

"I understand. I leave this matter entirely to you. Within three months, I want to see my Isabel back. Anyone else, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

"No more, Your Majesty."

Elizabeth nodded, then stood up expressionlessly, left the meeting place, and walked towards the inner court where she lived.

Now she was the only one of the Gedelin royal family living in the inner court. She originally had two half-brothers, but Elizabeth sent them all out of the palace and sent them to other places.

I can't tell whether it was because the power was rejecting any other possibilities or because Elizabeth was already disillusioned with the blood of this family. In short, she didn't kill them, but she didn't give them any chance either.

The inner court of the Golden Palace was the same as the outer court. There were many inner court ladies and maids serving her, but she still felt empty, as if she was the only one in the entire Golden Palace. Those ministers, inner court officials and maids were just her cold appearance. Tools and puppets in.

Especially in front of her pair of eyes that can see through desire, all relationships for her are only cold interests and desires.

It is precisely because of this that she becomes increasingly taciturn.

Even though the Golden Palace keeps more and more expensive dogs of all kinds from all over the world, the place is strangely becoming more and more deserted and quiet.

She lived like this for five full years.

The maids behind her followed her from the outer court back to the inner court. Many of the cleaning maids next to her lowered their heads. The maids following behind her also seemed to have been deprived of the right to make sounds, dragging their bodies silently and following her until Elizabeth returned to her chamber alone.

"Go and rest, there are other things to do in the evening."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The maid behind her retreated, and Elizabeth was the only one left in this huge palace. She glanced at the desk full of official documents, and originally wanted to move there and handle the affairs as she expected.

But halfway through, he stopped where he was.

For some reason, she was in an especially bad mood today. She couldn't be said to be irritable, but she just felt like she didn't want to do anything.

She may need a vacation, but she is not a queen who is tense all the time. She understands the principle of combining work and rest, so she will also arrange short time to rest during high-intensity work.

But even so, it seems that it is never enough, and only constant busyness can fill the hole that cannot be relaxed.

After hesitating for a moment, she walked straight to her dressing table and sat down quietly. Her expressionless face was reflected in the mirror, which was no different from that of five years ago. No, even younger.

She looked at her majestic self in the mirror. She made no unnecessary movements for a long time. She only tapped the prosthetic eye in her eye socket, waiting for it to make a crisp response.

"Prosthetic eyes."

During this period of time, her strength will increase, and her body will not weaken.

Since she came to the throne, she has been so young and as bright as gold. Even the only time she got sick was the time when Fisher called her four and a half years ago and there was no news.

"Buzz buzz"

The eyes sent back an unknown response from the heart, seeming to ask "what?", but Elizabeth didn't say anything to follow up the question.

She just rang the bell on the dressing table, as if she was waiting for something.

"Squeak"

After a while, the door to the palace suddenly opened, revealing a smiling middle-aged beauty outside.

The middle-aged woman has a soft appearance, wearing a slim-fitting pale gold dress that is different from other maids. Her long blond hair is tied into an elegant bun. This is Diane, Elizabeth's chamberlain official. Her Majesty Elizabeth's confidant,

"Your Majesty, I'm here. Do you have any orders?"

".Diane, please comb my hair."

"Ah, that's strange. There shouldn't be any dinner arrangements on tonight's schedule."

Having said that, Diane still came over, very familiarly reached out her hand to touch the golden hair accessories on Elizabeth's head, and methodically took off the complicated hair accessories on her head one by one.

Elizabeth glanced at Diane who was serving her behind her. Her expression didn't change much in response to her question.

"It just occurred to me suddenly."

"Is it because of something, Your Majesty?"

"Nothing."

"It turns out that it's like this because of some reasons that I can't explain."

"There has to be a reason?"

"That's inevitable, Your Majesty. Everyone has a reason for doing anything, and you are no exception."

Elizabeth glanced at the gentle Diane behind her through the mirror again, but did not deny her words.

With Pandora's prosthetic eyes and the ability to see through everyone's desires, she certainly knows that everyone has their own purpose in doing anything, and that is of course desire.

Even Diane behind her was like this. She entered the Golden Palace to serve herself just because she wanted her useless brothers and sisters to have a place to stay. Although Diane never mentioned it to herself, Elizabeth read her request with her prosthetic eyes.

But after all, she had never spoken out, and she probably felt it was inappropriate, so she just used her salary in the Golden Palace to support her family.

Elizabeth has known very early on that many desires are hidden in her heart, and many of them have never had the chance to be turned into actions; but on the other hand, what turns into actions must also be desires.

"Do you want me to guess your Majesty's reason?"

"Haha, I didn't expect that besides being serious about your work, you also have the ability to guess like this?"

"Thank you for the compliment, but my younger siblings and I have never lost when we played riddles in the past."

Diane stroked Elizabeth's hair and used a comb to sort out the broken hair that had been scattered just now. Elizabeth did not refuse and just said softly,

"Heh, then take a guess."

"Well, I guess...it's because of Mr. Fisher Benavidez."

"Snapped!!"

The expression on Elizabeth's face faded little by little, and then she suddenly reached out and slapped away the other person's hand on her hair.

This time, although the voice was not serious, Diane took a step back and looked down, and her palms were already blue.

When he looked up again, he saw Elizabeth's face in the mirror becoming extremely cold. She sneered and said without looking back,

"Why, I heard the story about Fisher and I from the public, and I felt that I had seized the opportunity for speculation, but is it too late to tell me now? You have worked here for four years, don't you know What should be said and what should not be said?"

"Don't dare, Your Majesty"

Diane smiled bitterly and put her injured and bruised palms into her arms. She had worked beside Elizabeth for so long, and of course she knew that many speculators had used her Majesty Elizabeth to connect with the long-disappeared person. Fisher's story is speculative.

But Diane knew very well that when His Majesty sent the request of "returning Princess Isabel in exchange for gold and title" to the captain of the Sardinian Women's Kingdom, she had no longer found anyone who might be able to cooperate with her. Fisher is in trouble with ladies.

Maybe she didn't care from the bottom of her heart, just because the unknown gentleman once told her that he would definitely come back.

And the queen once again chose to believe in the other party.

Therefore, over the years, except for matters related to Princess Isabel, she no longer has any personal emotions in anything she does, but only weighs Nali's interests.

"Are you seeking death by saying these things today, Diane?"

After Diane's palm was hit hard behind her, Elizabeth did not stop. She looked in the mirror, stretched out her hand, combed her hair, and asked in a cold voice.

"Of course not. Your Majesty just asked us to inquire about the progress of the Cardinal Factory in Longting City in the Southern Continent. General Barbatos stationed there brought a message. I. I just wanted to confirm with Your Majesty, but there was no expect."

"information?"

Elizabeth's eyes moved slightly, but she stopped combing her hair.

Through the mirror, her golden eyes reflected Diane's figure behind her, and the other person's desire was instantly revealed.

She doesn't have any desire to make money through speculation.

So, that news is

"Your Majesty, the news brought by General Barbatos may be related to that Fisher Benavidez."

"possible?"

Elizabeth then brushed her hair and returned her eyes to the mirror.

"Yes, the general said. He found that a gentleman from Nari who was good at blocking attacks with magic broke into our factory where we produce cardinals. He was not familiar with Mr. Fisher's appearance, but he just heard the voice next to the gentleman from Nari. The female companion called him 'Fischer'. General Barbatos couldn't be sure, so he had to ask me to report it to you."

Elizabeth was still combing her hair, but her movements were getting slower and slower.

"In other words, everything is uncertain and everything is just his guess? I did not come to the Southern Continent to confer Barbatos' military position in person. I only know that he is brave and good at fighting. How can you guarantee that he is not a speculator?"

"Unfortunately, Your Majesty, I can't guarantee it. That's why I brought General Barbatos's words word for word, hoping that Your Majesty will make a decision. Of course, I also got a little luck. Maybe His Majesty can feel better because of this?" "

Diane suppressed the pain in her hands, stretched out her hand again and took Elizabeth's unfinished blond hair, and slowly tied it up. She also whispered again,

"Your Majesty, the final report said that the gentleman, with a strange female companion, headed towards the south of the Southern Continent."

Behind her, after finishing the report, Diane lowered her head and carefully took a step back, keeping her distance, waiting for her order.

In the mirror, Elizabeth's hair accessories changed. She was still as beautiful as ever, and she was the rising queen of Nali like the sun.

She was so majestic, with unquestionable indifference and ruthlessness in her empty golden eyes.

In the past years, she has always been like this with power in her hands. Everyone, even herself, has become accustomed to it.

But under the dressing mirror, a slightly yellowed photo was still placed in the frame.

In the photo, Elizabeth and Fisher, wearing the costumes of the Royal Academy, stood side by side and very close to each other at the entrance of the Royal Academy. At that time, the photo camera was still a rare thing, and only the eldest princess like Elizabeth could hold it. Come out and leave a memory like this.

On the screen, Elizabeth's smile is bright, her eyes are bright, and her hands are tightly clasped under her slender scholar's robe.

Elizabeth looked at the photo expressionlessly, only the hand that was about to break the back of the inner court officer's hand behind her tightened her grip tighter and tighter.

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