The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

Duke Feng took Lian back to the capital.

As soon as the two entered the city, they were surrounded by royal guards. These soldiers did not communicate with others and only completed their tasks.

Duke Feng and Lian were brought into the palace and to the door of the king's reception room.

The two looked at the heavy door in front of them. The royal emblem on the door showed the identity of its owner.

"Duke Feng, please come in!"

Duke Feng took a deep breath and suppressed the tension in his heart.

He was not clear about the purpose of the king's meeting with him this time, but Duke Feng was very clear about the procedure for meeting the king.

He took off the sword from his waist and his heavy coat.

Duke Feng, wearing a shirt, pushed open the door of the reception room.

The door closed behind Archduke von, and in the slightly dim room, only the king was sitting there.

The king sat on a thick woolen blanket, surrounded by various books.

Duke Feng only took a glance and saw several books from the North.

Outsiders thought that the king did not understand the changes in the north, but in fact, the king knew his kingdom better than anyone else.

The old king's body looked even older than the last time he saw him, but his eyes were like pearls in the dark night, giving Duke Feng the illusion that his thoughts and intentions could be seen through.

"My king!"

Duke Feng knelt on one knee and covered his heart with his right hand.

This is the etiquette of a knight dedicating everything to his master, and it is the highest etiquette in the kingdom.

"I accept your loyalty, Von."

"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty."

After a brief exchange, Duke Feng shut up.

He couldn't see through the king's thoughts and could only wait patiently for the king to ask questions.

The king seemed to be reading a book, and reading in a dim space was not a good habit.

"Feng, you have been to the Northland in person. What do you think?"

Thoughts?

That's much older!

Duke Feng did not dare to hide anything and told everything he had seen.

The culture, institutions, geography and economy of the North.

Although Duke Feng was a military man, his report was quite comprehensive.

Of course, he did not hide the fact that the North wanted independence, and he strongly condemned this unjust act of rebellion against the kingdom.

"Well, you don't have to pretend in front of me. I heard that you quickly accepted the system of the North and invested heavily in factories and businesses."

The king had already figured out Duke Feng's situation early on, so he wouldn't be easily deceived.

Duke Feng lowered his head in shame. After a long time, he raised it again and asked His Majesty the King a question.

"Your Majesty, the current system of the kingdom has become a shackle that hinders the kingdom's progress. It is time to try a new path."

The great nobles who had direct communication with the king were well aware of the current shortcomings of the kingdom.

The aristocracy has been separated from the masses for too long and has become a cancer that harms the kingdom.

The king tried to change the status quo when he was young, and a lot of people followed him to try to bring about change.

However, as they were born into the kingdom's aristocracy, they did not know in which direction to change.

Today, after experiencing the changes in the north, Grand Duke Feng finally realized that the king and everyone had made a wrong focus from the beginning.

"I know what you mean. Give some of the rights we have taken from the people back to them, and make the entire kingdom rich."

"…I'm sorry, Your Majesty. This may be treasonous, but it is effective."

As a witness to the New Deal in the North, Duke Feng knows the benefits of returning power to the people.

But the king was clearly thinking more.

"In the short term, the development of the Northland is indeed beneficial, and all industries are thriving, but how can you guarantee that it will remain the same in the future?"

As a king, Henry stands at the highest point of the kingdom, and his vision is naturally broader than that of Lord von.

"Every change in history has only benefits in the early stages. People enthusiastically welcome new things and trample on the old and rotten. But time will prove right and wrong, and only time can do this."

The kingdom's meaning was clear: he did not trust the changes taking place in the North and believed that such changes would breed something more dangerous.

"Once ignorant people take control of power, it is more dangerous than letting demons enter human cities. Feng Qing, you once swore to me that you would protect the human kingdom. I hope you still remember your oath!"

Grand Duke von knelt down before the king again and swore his loyalty.

"Very well, you can go out."

“…Your Majesty, the younger generation of the Freyr family is quite good. I hope you can be more gentle with them.”

"Frel Lian, I know her. She and her brother are really good. They are considered the best among the young people. Unfortunately, they are too young."

"His Majesty?"

"Listen carefully Feng Qing, young people are not trustworthy. They have too little experience and think that what they see is everything. Their ideas are too easily changed by reality and influenced by the people around them. Compared with outstanding juniors, I trust people like you more. Feng Qing, please step down."

"Yes, my Lord!"

Duke Feng stayed in the king's reception room for a while. When he came out, he saw Lian standing outside nervously.

Lian saw Mr. Feng coming out and walked up to him to ask him something.

But Lord Feng shook his head at Lian, and then left without any reluctance.

Lian was the only one left outside the reception room, with no one to advise her or help her.

The attendant waiting at the door lowered his head and looked at his feet silently, without any communication with Lian.

Lian waited at the door for two hours. Even though she had a well-trained body, her feet were still numb from standing.

"Sir, has His Majesty not summoned me yet?"

"Wait patiently."

Lian had no choice but to continue waiting, from dawn to dusk. Even the attendants had changed shifts, and no one came from the reception room to summon Lian.

Lian bit her lip, she didn't know how she had angered the king.

Did he ask me to suppress the North and then be hated after my failure?

But Duke Feng also failed.

Lian didn't understand and didn't know why the king wanted to make things difficult for her. She felt a little anxious and was even more uncomfortable with being manipulated for no reason.

Just when Lian was about to ask again and leave if she didn't get any result, a beam of light appeared from behind.

Lian turned around and saw a priest holding a lantern, standing quietly behind him.

"You men of the temple, what are you doing in front of the king's door?"

"Don't be so nervous, child. Your Majesty the King has entrusted you to me."

There are rumors that the temple and the king are fighting for power, and logically there should be no clergy in the palace.

Lian became alert and put her hand on her earrings.

"If you use the Black Rose here, you will be arrested by the Royal Guards. Child, I have no hostility towards you. I am also a loyal servant of the King."

It was the first time that Lian met this strange priest, and the attendants beside him did not have any special reaction, which showed that this priest was indeed qualified to enter and leave the forbidden area of ​​the palace.

Lian's head was full of question marks. She didn't know what the king wanted to do to her, and she was even less clear about the intention of this priest approaching her.

The priest waited for Lian very patiently, letting her struggle on her own.

"…Come with me and pledge your loyalty to the kingdom, or leave the capital and return to the north to stay with your brother. These are the two choices the king gives you."

Seeing that Lian was reluctant to believe him, the priest had to make his words clearer.

Only after hearing these words did Lian dare to believe the other party's identity.

Lian bowed to the closed door, then followed the priest's footsteps and walked towards an area of ​​the palace that had never been opened to the public.