I weave my destiny in parallel time and space

"How about it?"

Xia looked at Alicia in her arms and whispered.

Alicia came back to her senses, she slowly raised her head and looked at Xia subconsciously, making strong eye contact without blinking.

Her breathing began to become heavier, and she felt the special smell lingering in the air that belonged only to Char.

She felt that her pulse was beating rapidly and her brain was slightly numb. Her lips opened slightly subconsciously, and there was a little desire in her hazy eyes, and she subconsciously stood on tiptoes.

"Cough cough!"

A cough from one side interrupted Alicia's thoughts. Her eyes gradually cleared up, and she subconsciously took a step back and left Xia Ya's arms.

Then she reacted and looked at Isabel slightly annoyed.

"What are you doing, scaring me!"

"I'm just reminding you to pay attention to the occasion." Isabel sighed teasingly.

“Although I am not as pedantic as those court etiquette masters, can you show the elegance and poise that a Brittanian lady should have.

I remember you were not like this before. "

Alicia reacted when she realized what she just wanted to do.

She looked at Arthur and Calcifer, who were looking at her with slightly open eyes, and a blush quickly spread across her face.

She looked at Xia Ya with a flushed face and said slightly annoyed.

"Can you go back to how you were before?

I'm not used to you being like this! "

Xia licked her lips, "I need time to get used to it."

"I don't think it has anything to do with his state." Isabel complained.

She walked slowly to the edge of the fence with graceful cat steps and looked down through the gap in the fence.

Looking at the scenery passing below, Isabel's head was numb, fear and shock intertwined in her heart.

But after gradually adapting to it, she felt extremely fascinated by everything on that vast land.

"Where do you most want to go next?" asked Calcifer on the hearth.

Isabel raised her head and looked at Alicia, and then said in unison.

"The British Isles."

Xia Ya nodded, "Then the British Isles can be the first stop of our European journey.

Don't be in a hurry to fly, Calcifer, the scenery along the way is also the meaning of travel. "

He seemed to be in a good mood. He looked at the scenery in front of him, put his hands on his hips, and asked the people around him. .

"How about having a barbecue tonight?"

"Okay!" Arthur said happily, "I haven't had barbecue yet."

Alicia also nodded, "Whatever you want."

Isabel didn't speak. She was leaning against the fence, looking quietly in the direction of Britannia, her thoughts flowing in her heart.

That night, when night fell, Char and Alicia skewered various vegetables and meat bought from the street on wooden skewers and grilled them on Calcifer.

Char made a barbecue grill that can be placed on the stove for easy baking.

They also moved the tables and chairs from the room and placed them in the courtyard. They also went to the tavern to invite Semele as a guest.

They sat on chairs, enjoying the evening breeze, eating barbecue, drinking wine, and looking at the beautiful scenery in the distance.

At a glance, there is an endless sea of ​​clouds, misty and unpredictable. Sometimes they are scattered, sometimes they are gathered together; sometimes they look like lions; sometimes they look like sheep; sometimes they look like pine trees.

A full moon hung high in the sky, and the silver moonlight fell, seeming to shatter all the tranquility and scatter it into the changing sea of ​​clouds.

The stars in the sky are like countless silver beads, densely embedded in the dark black night. The stars are connected into a silver river, as if flowing in the night sky.

Semele bit off a piece of meat from the skewer. It was salt-roasted tender chicken with crispy cartilage, tender texture and distinct shreds of meat.

Then, he picked up the wine on one side and took a sip, with an intoxicated look on his face and sighed.

"Char, maybe even the place where God King Zeus lives is not as comfortable as the place where you live."

"Then you can come often. All friends are welcome here."

Xia Ya smiled and picked up a bunch of mutton skewers. The mutton was dripping with crumbling mutton fat, and it was golden and translucent. The red and white mutton was burnt and bright after being roasted, and it shone under the firelight.

He took a bite of the mutton. It was neither tangy nor greasy. It was charred on the outside and tender on the inside. The meat was tender and had a strong aroma of cumin.

Alicia was sitting next to Chara. She was patiently picking up the meat on the skewer on the porcelain plate with a fork. Part of it was given to Isabel who was waiting on one side, and the other part was eaten by herself.

Arthur couldn't sit still. He took a bunch of mutton skewers from the plate on the table and ran to the edge of the courtyard to eat while looking at the sea of ​​clouds.

Alicia bought Sonny a knitted ball when she went grocery shopping this afternoon, and now he is pushing the ball in the yard.

Calcifer seems to be in a good mood, or in other words, he has been in a good mood every day since he was freed, and he is still singing his pan song on one side.

"I took a walk around the imperial capital today," Semele said. "I found a lot of secret police walking around in front of the tavern. I think they must have noticed that their queen was missing."

"It's also expected." Xia Ya picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip. The malty aroma and refreshingness of the cold beer filled his mouth, making him feel happy.

He looked at Isabel, "What will happen in the palace after you disappear?"

"The emergency plan will definitely be activated. First, we will block the news, and then we will start to mobilize the power of the whole country to find me, and call my other sister, Eugenia."

Isabel knew this very well, and perhaps she had been thinking about it all day.

Xia Ya didn't know whether Isabel was nostalgic for the imperial power, but what he knew was that the queen was a very responsible person.

"They will wonder if the Western French Empire and the West Asian Empire kidnapped me, and will send spies to investigate the news.

Of course, nothing will come of them.

Finally, in order to avoid the spread of panic, all senior officials of the empire, important nobles, and elders in the royal family will hold an emergency meeting to discuss solutions before the news spreads.

There are two ways, either to let Eugenia succeed to the throne, or to choose a regent to take charge of all government affairs during my absence.

Eugenia is proud and thinks highly of herself, but she really has no ability to deal with Victor.

For him, compared to letting my sister succeed to the throne, making him the regent would be the best choice for him.

It is not a problem to become the regent, gain the power to issue decrees, and then gradually control the military power of Britannia through this war.

If he can lead Britannia to defeat the two invaders, then he may also gain public support.

After taking control of the political and military power, and winning public opinion, he also made good friends with those nobles and royal families.

At that time, the country basically belonged to him. "

"This country will not belong to him." Xia Ya said.

Isabel nodded, "Actually, my father had no interest in the throne at the beginning. He intended to hand over the throne to Prince Victor to inherit.

But unfortunately, his political goals were too radical and too aristocratic.

During his reign, the power of the aristocracy was bound to become uncontrollable.

My father believed that if Victor were allowed to be in power, it would ultimately lead to the alienation of the people and gradually make the royal family lose the legitimacy of its rule. "

Isabel raised her head and looked at Xia. After a moment, she said, "I have a question. Is the person you are talking about a royal family?"

Xia Ya nodded.

Isabel's brows relaxed slightly, which actually made her feel a little better.

If the country of the Britannia family was taken away by an outsider in her hands, then if she died in the future, she would not have any face to face all the ancestors of the Britannia family.

"If it's true as you said, that person will appear after three to six years." Isabel whispered, "With all due respect, he simply cannot face Victor who has been in office for so long, even if he really succeeds in ascending the throne and becomes a puppet The probability is also very high.

Unless he is orthodox. "

There was a glimmer in Xia Ya's eyes, and the corner of her mouth raised an imperceptible arc.

"The orthodoxy of imperial power is indeed one aspect, but if you want to become an emperor, you don't necessarily have to obtain the orthodoxy of imperial power, right?"

Isabel tilted her head in confusion, but suddenly, she seemed to remember something and opened her eyes slightly.

Char's words continued.

“Although there are faint signs of being suppressed by the imperial power in this country, it still has an extremely large popular base, and even the royal family must respect it.

In the past, all emperors who succeeded to the throne also needed them to be crowned.

That’s it.”

Xia Ya's eyes flickered and continued.

"Theocracy."