Scepter of Thorns

"Hello, Little Spade K." Edmond smiled, "Can we go in now?"

"Of course." Celu made way respectfully, and Senna walked in first. When he saw Celine on the sofa, his eyes still showed surprise that was too late to hide.

"It's surprising, isn't it?" Celine raised her chin, "But I did come back."

Edmund quickly restrained his inner emotions, "It's been a long time, Miss Spade K, it seems that the journey to the God Realm has reshaped you."

"Yes, Master Spade." Celine stood up, "If I hadn't decided to go to the God Realm five years ago, then I would always be a stupid and conceited girl. But it's different now. Sooner or later, Senna will bring you to the God Realm." Here, so I have something very important to tell you, and I hope we can discuss countermeasures together."

Then, she glanced back at Cellu, "My dear sister, it's time to show your abilities."

In the next second, the messy house disappeared, and a huge and complex maze of playing cards rose from under their feet. In the center of the maze was a European-style round table with exquisitely carved seats placed in four directions.

"Take your seats, friends," said Cellu. "I've written on the table how long I can maintain this illusion."

After Edmund sat down, he realized that the table was a retrograde clock, "It seems that we must hurry up."

"Then let me start first." Celine knocked on the table, "Before that, I can tell you that we are absolutely safe during the time indicated by this clock, and even God cannot listen to our conversations." ——I think everyone has guessed that this conversation I have is about God.”

No one interrupted her, and Celine continued: "During the five years as the envoy of the Goddess of Truth, I have had close contact with many gods. And my master Serunes—that is, Serune, who is disguised as the priest of the heavens, Ness Tammy's woman, she has a marriage contract with the God of Light."

"What?!" Cellu suddenly stood up and shouted, "How could God the Father and the Lord of Light marry a woman?"

This is unbelievable to all believers in the light.

Celine glanced at her, "Of course, many of them are self-assessed by Serones' father, the main god of the human race. So far, there has been no substantial relationship between them."

Edmund suddenly asked, "Then do you know the relationship between Edward and the God of Light?"

This question has been rooted in his mind for a long time, but when he finally asked it, Edmund was not relieved, but felt vaguely ominous.

Celine was silent for a moment, and the expression on her face became more and more complicated, "Then, I will tell you the core content of this conversation. Master Spade, since you asked this question, it must be because you have been exposed to something, have you Can you tell me because it could be critical to where we are right now."

Edmund took a deep breath. He knew that what he said next was taboo, but the truth often required the courage to break everything.

"As you all know, Edward is a half-breed of the Heavenly Demon Race, because when I was in the Human World, I married a Demon Race woman. She came from the Monroe family in the Demon World, and fled there for a while and came to the Human World."

"Why did you do that?" Senna was keenly aware of the problem, "Or did someone ask you to do that?"

"Yes." Edmund lowered his head, "That man's name is Kyle Rose, the main god of the Celestial Clan, that is, the God of Light."

——! ! !

It was as if glass had fallen to the ground, but the crisp cracking sound was silenced for an instant, and he silently lowered his head.

"And then..." Cellu asked with a trembling voice, "What exactly does he want to do?"

"Then Edward was born, and the God of Light personally blessed him: '16-year-old son, 26-year-old pope.'" Edmund paused, "He arranged for Edward Daulsus's life , from the moment he was born, this game started."

"You know all this?"

"Yes, I have predicted Edward's future in advance, so I can leave the human world with peace of mind. After all, he is my only heir." Edmund rubbed his brows wearily, "And I must abide by the law of silence. This is God the Father. Put me in chains."

"Since you know everything about Edward, can you tell us his next fate?"

"Burn," he said, "and the corner of the card will be ignited by the flames, and the ashes will be scattered under the throne."

Celu blinked, not understanding why he spoke so abstractly, but Sena understood, "You're still afraid of that person, aren't you?"

"He's everywhere."

Then Edmund said nothing more.

Celine broke the silence, "Let's not talk about this now, let me talk about the information I got from the God Realm."

"Kellos is the god of light, and Orion, the god of darkness, is one of the main gods at the beginning of creation. But as far as I know, both of them are looking for the same person—the god of chaos."

Senasi thought, "The only thing mentioned about the God of Chaos is probably the "Epic of Creation", and it is an extremely vague image. It is said that he and the God of Light jointly created the Mersaq Continent and forged two One of the scepters was given to the Demon Realm clan, and the other to the Human Realm clan."

"I know this." Celu finally heard that someone understood, and quickly explained, "The one in the demon world is called the scepter of lies, and the one in the human world is called the scepter of thorns."

Senna glanced at her approvingly, and then asked Celine, "Do you suspect that Edward has something to do with the God of Chaos?"

"Yes." She pursed the corners of her lips. "The relationship between the God of Light and the God of Chaos was once very close, and Kairos and Edward...they were lovers."

Cellu no longer had the energy to express surprise, she lay powerlessly on the table, feeling that all the beliefs she knew had been subverted today.

Edmund closed his eyes. He had already speculated about this, but when the prediction came true, he felt powerless.

"Lover? What did you see?" Senna asked.

"When he was in the God Realm, he was lying on Kylos' sofa with the other's clothes on his body. My master Serones was very jealous of this, and finally forced Edward out of the God Realm by means."

"But that doesn't mean anything." Senna frowned slightly, "Maybe they are just close, not as you imagined?"

She shook her head, "Impossible."

"The relationship between them is not just friends. Standing there, I feel as if the air is sticky, and the vague intimacy and ambiguous atmosphere can't be concealed at all. What's more, you know what courtship is. When a man is pursuing his partner, he will show the best side of himself in front of the other party, especially to show his own strength." Celine sneered, "Even I can sense that after Edward came to heaven, Kai Erros has become much more pleasing to the eye - he was so annoying before."

"Sister." Sailu couldn't help but said, "Don't you like the God of Light?"

Celine glared at her, her cheeks bulging like a goldfish, "Why should I like him? Do you know how difficult that guy is? He's so neurotic that it's unbearable. I also sympathize with Edward. hands."

Celu... Celu actually wanted to poke her face, because her sister seemed to have pressed a weird switch and began to think about it.

"...You can't imagine that his room is either black or white. It is said that the envoys before Somania left there because they suspected that there was something wrong with their eyes. My God, he was forced Syndrome?! And Edward is relatively normal in the God Realm. After he left, Serones came to him with eyes like this and that, especially because you messed with my people and I will kill you sooner or later. Well, Seronius is so dazzled by love that he still can't see it..."

Then she struggled and said, "I really want to beat him up."

Cena coughed, and Celine finally realized her gaffe. She sat up straight as if nothing had happened, as if she could cover it up, "Where did I go?"

Celu listened with gusto, "Serones was dazzled by love, and then what?"

... Celine glanced at Senna, who seemed to be amused, "You just said that Edward and Kylos are lovers."

"Oh." She was a little embarrassed, "I'm done."

"..."

I always feel that she has been abnormal since just now.

"Okay." Celine couldn't face everyone's eyes, she racked her brains to think, "Oh, I remembered, there is one more important news that I haven't told you."

She finally turned serious, and tapped her index finger on the table, "Listen, every word I say next will have a great impact on the future. I hope everyone can be more careful, because this is related to the future of the Celestial Clan."

"Senna, I think you should be very aware of the problems of the Celestial Clan's beliefs?" she asked.

Senna lowered his eyelashes, his pale lips opened and closed, "Abandoned."

"We have been abandoned by the gods." He said calmly, "It started a long time ago. Whether it is sacrifices, believers, piety or anything else, it can no longer impress the main god."

"He started to be indifferent to the Celestial Race. At this time when other races are beginning to become stronger." Celine felt a little heavy. Going forward, even the dwarves who have been hiding from the world have appeared, and I have only heard of this race that is good at forging in legends."

"But the Celestial Clan is falling behind, not only that, we are still fighting over the ridiculous things." Senna said lightly, "Joker just took advantage of this loophole, he thinks that when the gods no longer favor the Celestial Clan, people should believe in it." Someone else who could save them from their misery—himself, for example. If I recall correctly, Master Spade, you were forced to leave because you opposed his cult of personality."

Edmund didn't nod or shake his head, he sighed, "No matter how much trouble they make, they are just confused by the interests in front of them. I am very fortunate that today we can stand on a higher ground and look at the overall situation No matter what Joker thinks, as long as the person with spades is still there, there will be no trouble."

"You must know Olando, yes, that is the pope who was given the badge of youth. In fact, he is just a test for the main god by the royal family. They want to know whether the main god will be moved when a person is devout to a certain level." Ed Meng said, "But they were disappointed, a youth badge could not satisfy at all, because what the Celestial Clan needed was more substantial things, such as the believers of the light could be further strengthened, and more elements could be mined - not just a name."

Celu listened carefully, and then said something in a low voice, but everyone present heard it, and fell silent without exception.

"I remember that the God of Light was not like this before." She seemed to know the weight of these words, her voice was small but firm, "He is a very wise monarch, maybe you all think it's nothing, but the Celestial Clan is there For a period of time, it surpassed the other six races. I remember very clearly that the demons were driven back to the demon world, and then fell into a long rest period. The human race was shocked by the powerful power of the heavenly clan, and then chose to form an alliance. Therefore, the belief of light flowed into the human race As a result, all human races now believe in the God of Light... In fact, I just want to say that there must be something wrong, otherwise how can a person become so powerful? It seems, it seems that the present is different from the past Like two people."

Cellu didn't notice that when she said the last sentence, everyone fell into deep thought.

Edmund clapped his hands suddenly, bringing them back to their thoughts.

"You may think that I am partial, but I must tell everyone my conclusion." Edmond stood up, with a trace of majesty in his eyes, "I have decided to support Edward's ascension to the throne."

Celine was the first to agree, "That's what I thought."

Senna also stood up, "I agree, this seems to be the only way out of the dead end in the heavens."

As for Cellu, she shrugged innocently, indicating that everyone said what they said.

The clock was ticking towards the end, the illusion was over, Celine returned to the living room, suddenly pulled Cellu into a small room inside, leaving the two men outside.

"Sister?" Celu looked at her suspiciously.

She dragged her sister to a hidden corner, "Listen to Celu, you must, must have less contact with Senna. If you can't do what he asks you to do, try not to do it, you understand?"

"I understand." Cellu nodded, but still couldn't help asking, "Why?"

Then she saw that her sister who had always been calm and strong suddenly showed a confused expression, like a deer lost in the forest, soft and slightly fragile.

"I, I think..." She couldn't even complete the sentence, "Why is Senna becoming more and more like Kylos?"

living room.

Senna sat quietly on the sofa, as if he was in a classically decorated palace instead of a messy small hall.He kept looking at Edmund without saying a word.

"Okay." Edmund finally lost the battle, "Your father is fine, but he really wants to see you again."

Senna smiled, "After today, I'm not eligible to go."

"I know this is too much for you." Edmund has never been so embarrassed, "but..."

"Master Spades." His words were interrupted gently by the other party, "You can watch your son ascend the throne in the future, but my father can't, this is the end."

Edmund wanted to say something more, but Senna had already stood up and left.

goodbye.He could only read these two words silently, because all comforts were pale and powerless in the face of the cruel reality, and he was already exhausted.

----Chapter64.Secret Meeting&End----