Scepter of Thorns

"To be honest, I'm a little scared." Selu looked into the mirror, "I saw him at a Joke ball, he was exactly like Master Spade. I..."

"Are you timid?" The person in the mirror was casually applying eyeshadow, a thick black color was smudged at the corners of her eyes. If she didn't have exactly the same facial features, it would be difficult for her to connect with Selu.

"...Yes." She was a little uneasy, "How can I make him believe me?"

"You are very timid about everything." Heselu giggled, "Don't you like wearing eye shadow and lipstick very much? You see, the lipstick is pinned to your waist, and you don't even dare to touch it."

Selu blushed and retorted, "I just..."

"Then put on eyeshadow." She interrupted herself, nodding her eyebrows, "Just like me."

Selu sorted out some basic documents, including the recent affairs of the Countess and the movement of her property, but she still needed some freshening up. She looked in the mirror and hesitantly took out a black eyeshadow pencil.

"Is this really okay?" She asked in a low voice, "I'm going to have an audience, not a bar..."

Selu in the mirror laughed loudly, and she was almost out of breath, "Is there any relationship between the two?"

"Then I should be more formal..."

"What is formal?" She shrugged exaggeratedly. "Lipstick like Celine, or a black and gold dress like Cena? Do you know why I want you to wear eyeshadow? Because this is who you are, a real, self Selo."

"Myself……?"

"The so-called timidity, the so-called cowardice, are all imposed on yourself. Just like you can't wear eye shadow or lipstick, who forbids it? No one, only you." She stroked the mirror, as if comforting another person Seru's restless heart said, "Selin and Senna are outstanding, so you must be inferior to them. Who said that? Who stipulated it? Is it someone else's comment or a question of your ability? But so what ? Are you what they say you are?"

Seru stared at her, the black eye shadow collided with the bright lipstick, intertwined into gorgeous colors, and a certain longing in her heart seemed to be awakened.

"You were supposed to live like me, that's what you were."

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The Palace of Seine is about to receive a lady who rides the night.She stepped out of the wooden carriage, and the carriage whose nameplate was deliberately concealed stopped in front of the palace. A gold-encrusted spade token was handed into the hands of the guard. He checked the authenticity of the spade token while scanning the visitors.She was covered with a layer of black veil, blurring her face, and he couldn't identify her, he could only confirm that the order of spades was real.

It was a long way from the side door into the side hall, and he led her silently until a door at the end opened, bright light filtered through the tiles, and she finally lifted her veil.

Before the attendants leading the way could see the woman's face clearly, the voice of the Heavenly King came, "Come in."

Seru walked in and the door closed behind her.

The king of heaven wears a white mask, just like the statue cast for him by devotees.He may have a smile on his face, "Welcome, Miss Selu. The Countess has developed very well under the care of the Senna family."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Selu bowed slightly, "The development of the Countess is also due to His Majesty's support."

They have a tacit understanding and go directly to the topic.

"That's what Celine left behind. I've always hoped to merge with Spade, but the nature of the two organizations is different after all." Tianwang folded his hands, and there was a touch of coercion in his eyes, "So I hope we can establish Long-term and stable cooperation."

[He has realized it. ] Heselu whispered in the illusion, [He found out that the Countess was out of control, so he wanted to get the Spades in.]Didn't you hear him say that he wanted to cooperate? It must be because he found that he couldn't intervene with the Countess. Celine's so-called entrusting the Countess to him was just a cover, and he knew it now. ]

"We are very happy to receive further support from Your Majesty." Celine took out a stack of documents from the space ring, "But I hope that Your Majesty can treat the 'exchanger' provided by the Countess fairly. The 'exchanger' provided last time— ——that is, the exchange of the Lady of Spades, several of our Countesses have been prejudiced in the Spade Party, we will be honest with the Spades, Your Majesty, please be able to distinguish right from wrong, and don’t listen to gossip.”

Last time, [-] people had an internal exchange, and Spades and the Duchess got wind of it, and each member felt that the other party had bad intentions.In a way, though, they were right to be skeptical.

Selu provided the information of twenty exchangers, and those of Purda the Reticent were mixed in.Tian Wang checked them one by one, and he seemed to smile, "The information is very clean."

"It's not just the information that is clean." Selu emphasized, "We just want to be treated fairly, not to be suspected, excluded and ignored."

Seru was actually very nervous inside, and she used all the courage in her life.After a while, the Heavenly King agreed, "Submit it to the [-] of Spades."

The second of spades is Edmund's original butler.As a member of Spades, Selu is very clear about the internal organization, and he almost agrees by saying this, but she still has to figure out how to arrange the first lady's spades.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." She saluted again, and left under Heavenly King's order.

[I think he is letting water. ] Heiselu was silent for a moment, and said, [He already knew something, but he didn't pursue it, as if he was deliberately defending the baroness. ]

"It's fine if you agree, let's settle the matter of Purda first." Seru put on the black veil again, and she was walking in the side road of the palace at this time, and there were rooms where laundry and sweeping utensils were stored on both sides.A maid on night watch hurried past with a luxurious robe in her arms. There were dark water stains on the exposed fabric, which should have been accidentally spilled just now.

This robe is not only gorgeous, but also extremely heavy. It has three layers of cloth, each layer is tattooed with dark patterns, and the outermost layer is platinum gold silk.The maid's eyes were sharp, she saw Seru's extraordinary dress, she quickly wanted to stop and salute.But she was holding the robe, and couldn't see her feet clearly, and suddenly tripped over the hem of the clothes that dragged the floor.

The smooth silk brought her forward at once, and she fell heavily on Selu's lap.Driven by inertia, a hard object hit Celine's calf. She glanced dissatisfied at the self-defeating maid, who hurriedly knelt on the ground and accepted the servant's reprimand.

"What are you holding so flustered?" Selu deliberately lowered her voice, and scolded, "Open it up, let me see what touched me."

The long robes were slowly unfolded, like a beautifully crafted scroll.Seru's heart shuddered, it was the heavenly king's fine clothes.

But this dress doesn't have any gemstones or pearl embellishments, which means it is soft and there can never be any hard things.

She pretended to be stroking the fabric in front of the guards, but her hands groped around the inner layer of the robe a few times, and finally touched something with a rounded outline at the corner.There seemed to be an opening where it was located, Selu reached in with a finger, and lightly hooked it into the palm of his hand.

A minute later, she clenched the things in her hands, and ordered in a flat manner, "Be careful next time, don't be rash with such expensive clothes."

The maid said with a low eyebrow, "Yes."

No one noticed the clue in her palm.Seru secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and she couldn't help speeding up the pace of leaving the palace.When he got into the carriage, Heselu frowned and asked, "What did you just take?"

"I don't know, but I always felt that it was very important, so I touched it away." Celine dared to spread her palms and looked at it carefully, "This...isn't this Senna's stone? It seems that it was taken away by Edward in the end. "

[We've seen this stone beside him when we worked for him before. ] Heselu recalled, [but that was before Celine came back, and you didn't tell her about it after she came back. ]

"There are some things I just don't want to tell her." Seru whispered, the emotions in her eyes were blurred by darkness, "This stone...is said to be able to suppress the gods?"

[Yes.No matter what, just stay by your side first, if the king of heaven finds out that he is missing, you must be the first to be suspected when asked.Now that you have suspicions, you might as well keep it well, maybe one day...] Heselu paused, [You can use it to contain the God of Light. ]

"Brother said that the origin of this stone is very evil." Selu was a little uneasy, "Whether it will work or not is another matter, if he wants to deal with me..."

[What are you afraid of him doing? ] The other party laughed disdainfully, [Don't worry, the God of Light is busy with the war with the Demon Realm, how can he have the time to deal with the baroness inside the Celestial Clan.Even if he finds out that he's missing and suspects you, he won't dare to confront you directly given the current situation. ]

"...Okay." Seru thought for a while, but carefully put it away.She seemed to be thinking about something, "If one day, the founder of the Countess can see that we can finally be strong in front of the ruler..."

[Kellos Senna will one day be pleased to have a successor like you. ] Heiselu patted her on the shoulder, [so you have to work hard to shorten the distance between yourself and 'comfort'. ]

The wheels creaked, and the carriage, carrying people full of thoughts, galloped away into the deep night.

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The delicate flowers bloom, the white ones look like stars, and the dark fragrance floats, as if the unsealed wine is intoxicating.The thorns grow wantonly, overflowing from the corners, covering the ground, climbing up the head of the bed, and wrapping around the imprisoned.They pierced his skin, drank his blood, and eventually gave birth to pure white buds.

Edward woke up again from his lethargy.He opened his eyes in a daze, and the force of the thorns tightened, as if he was afraid that he would escape.

kellos.Edward chanted that person's name again, Kylos.

The long-lost light broke into the sealed space, and the thorns receded in shock, leaving only blood-stained wounds.The owner of the name walked in, and the clear footsteps seemed to echo in his ears.

"Should I be thankful?" Edward's voice became hoarse because of the captivity, but he still laughed provocatively, "You gave me a handout before I died."

"It's my fault." Kairos accepted his provocation head-on, and he took off his heavy and gorgeous robe, "I shouldn't let you still have the strength to speak."

damn it.

Edward gritted his teeth. He saw clearly that the robe was not the one from last time, but a new one.

"So impatient?" he sarcastically said, "Did your gentlemanly demeanor come off with your clothes?"

"You probably misunderstood." Kylos stared at him, his eyes getting darker, "I only care about how the gems I put in last time are well maintained."

----Chapter95. Night interview & end----

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