Scepter of Thorns

Heaven, Seine Palace.

Mephisto stood with his hands behind his back in the gallery of portraits of his ancestors, and the portrait in front of him was Jean Daulsas, the old heavenly king.The man with thin lips and tight lips is wearing a golden laurel crown, and his cold eyes make people's hearts tremble.

His attendants reported to him: "Your Majesty, Olando has already used that spar, but he still has doubts. In addition, Princess Ostana went to visit Serones in prison."

Mephisto frowned and said, "Take care of the princess these days, don't let her run around. As for Olando, when he used that spar, he couldn't wash it clean. Now we are on the same boat, burdened with The same crime will save him from having a different mind."

The attendant bowed his head respectfully, "By the way, Your Majesty, three days ago, Olando contacted a doctor of the Countess in private, and the specific tests have not been found out yet."

"Countess?" Mephisto pondered for a moment, "Didn't that organization disappear?"

"It seems that the leader has been re-elected." The attendant said, "In addition, we found out the name of the doctor. Her name is Celine, and she seems to have a certain status in the organization."

"Then her medical skills must also be outstanding." Mephisto ordered, "First stop the medicine given to the Pope, and call him into the palace in five days."

"Yes."

The attendants retreated, and a young Celestial Clan came from the end of the corridor, "Father."

"You're back." Mephisto finally smiled, and he hugged the man hard, "How are you over there?"

"I have my own power, father. I have the ability to survive." He hugged each other tightly, "How do you feel recently?"

"It's still about Olando and Edmund." Mephisto sighed, "None of those two guys is safe."

"Edmond is a strong opponent. He is almost equivalent to Joke's spiritual leader. Although you have suppressed his people in the court, it is inevitable that some people slipped through the net." The man said, "More importantly, his The son is back. I suspect he intends to put Lord Edward on the throne."

Hearing this, Mephisto said coldly, "I'm still in office, so I won't give him a chance to succeed."

"Of course I believe you, Father." His son said with a smile, "But I came here this time to discuss with you the comeback of the Baroness Organization."

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Edmund sat on the high-back chair and took a sip of black tea. His eldest son stood opposite him, "Father."

"You were kidnapped last time, and that person did it without anyone noticing." He said lightly, "Can you recall that incident?"

Edward rarely showed a confused expression, "I don't really remember."

Edward's eyes sharpened, "Are you cursed?"

"...needle, it was a needle that gave me the final blow." He said, "I don't know if I was cursed or not, and my consciousness was very blurred at the time. All I remember is that I broke the glass, but it didn't alarm anyone , that can only show that the kidnapper has created a realistic illusion, and he is very strong."

Edmund looked at his expression carefully, and smiled.

"Do you know where we found you?" His tone was inexplicably mocking, "After my subordinates hurriedly reported the news of your disappearance to me, the butler found you in the bedroom, and you were lying on the bed and sleeping. The glass of the windows is intact."

"I don't know what that person's purpose is." Edward looked straight into his eyes, "Maybe he just wanted to warn you."

Edmund smiled.

"Okay, let's ignore the kidnapper." Edmond moved his fingertips a few times, and a golden-red coin appeared out of thin air in his palm, "Do you still remember our game?"

"Is it about Seronius?" Edward also smiled, "You bet that Mephisto and Olando will call me into the palace again, and it is under the circumstances that you cannot follow; and I bet that May Pfister will not come to me, he will judge Seronius Tami. In fact, it was Orlando who judged Seronius, she accused me, and the pope summoned me to the judgment seat."

"You won, although there are still some mistakes, but the overall direction is still correct." Edmond put the coin into Edward's hand, "But what I want to tell you is... Joker owes me three coins, and Senna has Three coins."

After speaking, he stood up and walked slowly back to the room from the back garden.But Edward still stayed where he was, with ups and downs in his heart.

What's the meaning?He pondered over and over again, could it be that the biggest enemy is not Joker, but Senna?

Edward thinks that Senna should be another incarnation of Kylos, which is similar to a crow.But there are so many mysteries about him that it's hard to believe what he's showing.

Senna... he pondered, and returned to the room.

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Edmund stepped into the room, and there was an unexpected guest at his desk, but he was not at all surprised, "Celine."

"It's me, Master Spade." She had short hair and her eyes were stern. "Did you just talk to Lord Edward?"

"Yes, he has a lot of ideas, so we talked." Edmund lowered his head, "What's the matter?"

"I've thought about it for a long time these days, but I still have doubts." Celine clasped her hands with a solemn expression, "It's about Senna."

"how?"

"Do you know Senna's real identity?" The woman knocked on the table, "I mean other than the ace of spades."

"Compared to Senna, I am more surprised by you." Edmond took out a stack of documents from the drawer, "Your Excellency the Countess."

Celine laughed out loud.

"Sure enough, Mr. Spade, our every move can't be hidden from your eyes." Celine took the document and looked at it, "Don't pay too much attention to it, no matter how you say it, our Senna family has some roots. But we respect Women's rights, illusionists are mostly women who are extremely sensitive to emotions, so I am the leader of this organization."

"The Baroness is an extremely mysterious organization." Edmund continued, "It only recruits people who are extremely talented in certain areas, including medicine, witchcraft, art, etc., and supports them to realize their dreams. And it can Provide an absolutely private place for those who devote themselves to study undisturbed, a place full of geniuses, ghosts and freaks. But because of the change of leaders more than ten years ago, it gradually declined due to economic problems. But obviously, what you brought from the God Realm is not just a lot of information."

"Speaking of the Countess." Celine said thoughtfully, "I received a letter from Pope Olando a few days ago. He privately spent a lot of money to hire the Countess's psychiatrist. I had some insights in my heart, so I went there for a walk. If you can tell me Senna's true identity, in exchange, I will provide Olando's psychoanalysis."

Edmund looked at her fixedly, and said softly, "Okay."

He took a metal clip from another drawer and pulled out a few photographs.Then he arranged the photos one by one on the table, pointed to one and said, "This is when he was 14 years old."

Celine stared at the photo, her pupils gradually dilated.

After a while, she raised her head, "He lied to us."

"If you only refer to bloodline, then yes." Edmond was very calm, "He is not the offspring of your mother and an elf, he is a pure Celestial Clan. But obviously there are more serious ones, his identity is the greatest hindrance."

"Did you know it from the beginning?" Celine was a little frustrated, "Then why let him participate?"

"To wait for you." He hooked the corners of his lips, "I'm waiting for you to suspect, and for you to come to me, Celine. This is my real plan. From the very beginning, he was not in my friend list, nor Never will."

"I underestimated you, Master Spade." Celine sighed, "Then what I want to tell you is that about Olando, he was hypnotized five years ago."

Edmund thought for a while, "Continue."

"There is a gap in his memory, and you once said that Olando...is an experiment." She couldn't help but use that word, "In order to test how God behaves to the believers who are absolutely loyal to him, but everyone is disappointed gone."

"You mean, Mephisto hypnotized Olando?"

"Not only that, hypnosis alone cannot achieve the five-year brainwashing effect. He put a long-term drug in Olando's diet, but because of Olando's habit of penance, he has not eaten much, so it appeared. As a side effect, he started to have a headache, his memory was fuzzy, and he was in a sensitive and suspicious state, so he was extremely easy to be provoked." Celine said, "I think this is a good opportunity to drive them apart, you'd better be in Mephistopheles Meet with Olando before giving the second hypnosis."

"Okay, thank you for reminding me." Edmond nodded, "How is Seronius?"

"She." Celine showed a slightly weird expression, "She exposed her identity and claimed to be the daughter of the main god of the human race. Because she has divine power in her body, the people of the Holy See dare not do anything to her."

Then she stood up, "Since we have reached a consensus, let's do it first, Master Spade. Then I will go."

Celine's brow flashed the brand of God, and it disappeared into the room in an instant.She left Edmond's study room, but instead of going in the direction of the exit of the mansion, she turned into another corridor.

Her invisible body passed through a door, and Edward, who was recording something, raised his head and glanced imperceptibly in her direction.Celine felt the other party's faint murderous intent and knew that she had been exposed.She simply showed her figure, and landed on the ground lightly from the air.

Edmund stopped writing and looked at her calmly, "I've seen you."

"You have a good memory." Celine spread her hands, indicating that she was not malicious, "I am Serones' envoy, and you have seen me in the God Realm."

Edward rolled his eyes, "Are you at odds with Seronius?"

"It's really sensitive." Celine was a little surprised, "Well, I came here this time just to talk to you."

"After you talked to my father?" he said casually.

Celine raised her eyebrows, "How do you know?"

"You have a faint fragrance, which is extracted from a flower called Don Juan. Although my father doesn't like flowers, he has no concept or feeling for incense. The servant often dyes incense in his study when cleaning, Because Don Juan keeps moths away." Edward closed the book, "and I am very sensitive to many things. Sit down, miss, I think we can indeed talk."

----Chapter69. Peace Talk & End----