Scepter of Thorns

"This is a private ball." On the way, Edmund explained, "The pope and the king of the Celestial Clan will come, and maybe the young members of the royal family will also take the opportunity to deal with you. But no matter what, you just need to bite to death I was the one who brought you up, and I will keep silent about the Lord God's other requirements for you."

"Yes, Father." A flash of understanding flashed in Edward's eyes, "But I still have some questions, and I want to talk to you when I go back."

"Okay." Edmund readily agreed, "I think so too."

The scale of the ball was not large, only some dignitaries from the royal family and the Holy See, they were well-dressed and chatting with each other, and the resplendent and magnificent decoration made the whole hall as bright as day.Edmund led him in through the main entrance, and the master of ceremonies shouted loudly: "Prince Dorsas and his eldest son are here—"

In an instant, people's conversations stopped, and all eyes were on the two of them.Edmund turned a blind eye, and bowed indifferently to the king who was sitting in the main seat. Edward followed him, and quickly scanned the entire venue from the corner of his eye.

"Edmond, my brother, you are finally here." Mephisto Dorsas, the king of the heavenly realm, said with a smile. His appearance was six points similar to Edmond's, and the immortality of the heavenly clan made him look young. Extremely, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Excuse me." Edmund bowed.

"We are brothers, so there are so many rules." Mephisto left the chief seat, patted Edmund's shoulder affectionately, and then looked at Edward. Beloved pure-blooded clan, 'Edward, I'm your uncle, you can come to me if you need anything."

"Don't dare to bother Your Majesty." Edward also followed his father's way of saluting, and said calmly, "I am mediocre, and 'I am quite favored by the Lord God' is a bit exaggerated and panicked."

"Ha, you child." Mephistopheles seemed very interested, and his voice raised a little, "then invite Pope Olando to come and see."

After he finished speaking, the people around him immediately gave way, and the young man in priestly attire walked straight up, with a laurel wreath with antlers stuck in his golden hair, the silver-white pope couldn't help but feel a little loose. His eyes were crooked, but the divine and bright power could not be concealed. His eyes were curved and smiling, "Hello, Lord Edward, I am Pope Olando."

He bit the "lord" hard, unconsciously showing a bit of hostility. "It is an honor to be a believer to be favored by the Lord God." He still said with a smile, "But you are pretending to be humble and pushing back and forth, isn't it a bit offensive?"

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Edmund stood behind Edward, and said in a persuasive tone: "Young people should not be too proud. Even if they have won the favor of God the Father, they must carry their weight clearly. Otherwise, this is the truth. Offended."

Pope Olando's face turned ugly for a moment, of course he knew who Edmond was talking about.He received the medal "Youth" bestowed by the Lord God, so he was able to occupy a high position and be confident. Doesn't this mean that he is too arrogant?

Edward, who was standing by the side, was thinking quickly. Although he didn't know Edmund's weight in the heavens, seeing the embarrassment on the Pope's face but he was worried about something, he simply said flatly: "What the Pope said Yes, I am indeed somewhat inappropriate."

When he said this, he immediately blocked Olando's next words, and if he pursued it, it would appear that he was preoccupied, but Edmund was still stuck in his heart, making him a little speechless.Mephistopheles smoothed things over just right, he stood up and said, "Now that everyone is here, I declare that the dance has officially begun!"

The music is like a smooth fish, subtly swimming into this almost stalemate atmosphere.People dispersed and danced under the lights.Edward knew that his seniority was not enough to stay with these three people all the time, so he tactfully walked into the dance floor and began to chat with some young nobles.

He behaved very gentlemanly, and interspersed with some humor appropriately, which made many people think of him well.But not everyone, at least the big princess of the heaven in front of him is very disdainful of him.

Speaking of which, the dress of this princess is the most unusual one.The other princesses wore skirts and painted light makeup, only she wore thick smoky makeup, a tattered denim outfit with intentional stitching marks on it, and her short hair was dyed gold and silver. Lots of black hair rings.Not only that, but she was also covered with many fragmentary pendants, like crosses, skulls, etc., which were tinkling non-stop.Both of her wrists wore leather rings inlaid with blunt metal thorns, and her black-dyed nails kept tapping on the table.

"You guys." She parted her red lips with round nails, "You are just a bunch of fame, fortune, lust and lust, how can you understand my beliefs."

The people who talked with him were silent, and Edward's eyebrows twitched.When the princess dismissed her departure, someone whispered, "It's Ostana, the eldest princess of the heavens, but she has always wanted to change her name to Scarlet Anna White Sin Reincarnation Fate Dumb. That's what I said, the eldest princess's taste is really... special."

"Her Royal Highness is very..." Edward tried to find a suitable adjective, trying to ease the atmosphere, "It's very individual."

"Yeah." Someone pouted, "I heard that her etiquette teacher has been mad at her."

People said a few words in twos and threes, and then moved on to other places.

When it was a little later, the dance was over.Many people left a good impression of this new lord, and Edward had almost figured out the situation of the upper-class nobles. On the way back, he leaned tiredly on the cushion of the carriage, his superficial smile and humor exhausted. lost most of his strength.

Edmund sat across from him with his eyes closed.This is the biggest similarity between them, they all lived so hypocritically and tiredly to cover up their indifference.

After returning to the mansion, Edmond sent him into the room, "What do you want to ask, you will ask tomorrow." He said, "I made a mistake today, we are all tired, let's go to bed first."

Edward nodded.Then the moment he closed the door, he cheered up and sat up again.

He opened his notebook, recorded all the information he got today, and drew a relationship table to sort out several young nobles and the families behind them.Then he took out a general history of the Celestial Clan from the bookshelf and began to browse quickly, and copied it in his notebook.

Heaven is a country without foreign aggression. It is located above the continent of Mosaac and is blessed by the God of Light.Since there is no external struggle, the heavens have been fighting fiercely, and the system of parallel papacy and imperial power bears the brunt. The previous pope was too strong, and was forced to step down by the king of heaven and other forces. The current pope, Olando, is precisely because of his loyalty to the main god. And the weakness in political struggles has secured the Pope's position.

Of course, if there are other reasons, Olando was once bestowed the medal of "Youth" by the Lord God. He will always be 13 years old. It symbolizes the glory of being favored by God the Father.In terms of belief, he is an immortal myth. People believe in the God of Light, but they also believe in him. He has a large number of fanatical believers. They can walk from one end of the continent to the other in order to see the Pope.

This is beyond Edward's imagination.

The Pope's status made him have a subtle resistance to Olando. This resistance can be said to be a mixture of jealousy and arrogance. The pope is far behind him in this respect.

Edward searched a lot, but he didn't find any news about his father, Prince Edmond Daulsus, except for a name in the genealogy. He was like a ghost who came to the The human world left mysteriously again.Edward speculates that it may be because of the battle for the throne. The king of heaven, Mephisto, said that he is "a pure-blood clan that is quite favored by the Lord God" as his father said, so Edmond may return because of this.

But why didn't he bring himself with him when he returned to the heaven?

Edward rubbed the center of his brows, he had a headache, probably because he drank some wine at the dance.At this time, a bird song suddenly came from the corner. He looked into the shadows and found a golden birdcage was placed there, and there was a spotted owl inside. Only when everything is processed can it make a sound.

Edward suddenly felt that his headache was even worse.

...Why did this bird that originally stayed in the World of Warcraft Forest appear here! ?

"Woo! Goo!!" Seeing Edward care for it, the spotted owl suddenly became happy. The two tufts of cat-ear-shaped feathers moved. It twisted its body and tried to get out of the cage, but it was too fat , and finally only one head is exposed.

So Edward pushed it back.

Then the spotted owl got angry.

It screamed demonstratively, and the dark purple magic pattern flashed on the feathers, and the golden wire cage that trapped it seemed to be melted in an instant, and the golden wire twisted and fell to one side.The cage was snapped, and it flew out of it proudly.

Edward subconsciously took something to cover his head, and the spotted owl became even more angry. It originally wanted to peck off the thing, but suddenly it was attracted by something outside the window.

He forgot to draw the curtains just now, when he saw the spotted shadowed owl staring straight out of the window, he opened the window, and the spotted shadowed owl flew out nimbly, and then flew to the roof.

Although it looks chubby, it is actually very fast, and the eyes of a carnivorous raptor can detect any subtle things.It followed the trail and flew all the way north, flapping its frivolous wings violently, and overtook the uninvited guest in one fell swoop.

It swooped down to pick up the thing, and returned the same way.Although the window was closed, there was still a gap left. The spotted owl nimbly got in and bumped against the window lightly, making it close completely.

Edward had just come out of the bathroom. He was only wearing a nightgown when the spotted owl flew in front of him and put something in his hand.

His face changed instantly.

It was a bird, and then as if something was loose, it began to separate a little bit, and finally scattered into a black thorn lying quietly on his hand.

----Chapter52. Pretending & Finishing----

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I decided to sort out the previous plots and intersperse them appropriately in the novel...