Emperor Fire

Holding Soso's hand tightly, Shiro looked gentle and his tone was almost coaxing, "We are very happy together, aren't we?"

It took Soso a long time to blink his eyes, and nodded hesitantly.

"So living with me is not an unbearable thing? I will protect you, whether it is the emperor of the Banding Empire or the king of Gulan, or even anyone." Xi Luo leaned forward slightly, "and Di Lin A completely different way of getting along and a relationship.”

"Dillin?" Suo Suo's gaze was fixed, as if he had found his way out of a thousand threads.

A trace of gloom flashed in Xi Luo's eyes very quickly, but his expression remained unchanged, "Dillin has Hydein, they are the future lifelong partners."

"I know. I just want to be Dilling's neighbor."

……

Would you rather be Dilling's neighbor and watch him and Heiden from afar than spend your life hand in hand with him?

Shiro pursed his lips.

"Are you angry?" Suo Suo wanted to raise his hand, but found that his hand was still held in his palm.

"No. I'm thinking." Ciro raised the corner of his mouth, "I'm thinking about what Dilling will face when he returns to Shamanlier."

Soso looked at him in confusion.

"If I remember correctly, Dilling is now a teaching assistant at St. Padres Academy of Magic."

"Yes. He is Heidein's assistant teacher." When Soso said, his tone was full of pride and pride.

"So, he has given up the inheritance rights of the Baseco family." Ciro said, "But this time he used the name of the Baseco family as an envoy to the empire. Such a borrowing should cause trouble for him, right?"

Suo Suo was startled, his brows were slightly furrowed.

Ciro went on to say: "Baseko is a big family, and it does not belong to Andre alone. Even if he is the current patriarch of the Baseko family, it is impossible for Dilling to use the family relationship endlessly, especially Using their connections to bring the family into dangerous straits."

"A dangerous predicament?"

"The new king and queen of Gulan will not tolerate your existence, not only because of your origin, but also because of your relationship with the Baseko family. In order to eradicate the grass, they will definitely put forward favorable conditions to instigate the emperor of Shamanlier to hand you over to you." Get out. At that time, the only thing the Baseko family can do is to support you on the throne of Gulan."

Soso's face turned pale.

Xi Luo said: "Gulan and Shamanlier have always been allies. If the above inference becomes a reality, then the war between Gulan and Shamanlier will break out immediately. King Gulan will not throw it in his hand rights, and the Baseco family will not give you up."

Soso murmured, "I can go back to St. Padres."

"If you go back to St. Padres, you won't be able to bring any benefits to Shamanlier." Ciro paused, and said, "You know, I made a deal with Dilling. Shamanlier and The reason why the Baseco family can agree with the existence of this transaction is because they feel that they can get the benefits they deserve from you. Once this benefit does not exist, Dilling will face the opposition from Emperor Shamanlier and the Baseco family. Double pressure."

Soso's eyes dimmed.

Shiro felt cold sweat dripping from his palms.

"But I'm different." He said softly, "I can protect you. Gulan and the Banding Empire are already hostile countries. I don't need to worry that King Gulan will put pressure on the empire." These words are of course mixed with Quite a bit of moisture, but mostly true.

Suo Suo hung his head and thought for a long time before saying, "Why?"

"Because King Gu Lan is not strong enough."

"No, I'm asking, why did you propose to me?" Suo Suo raised his head, his face full of confusion.

"Because," Shiro stood up, lowered his head and kissed his forehead hair, "I want to be with you."

Suo Ergen was flushed red.

"You don't have to answer me right away, but I hope to get the answer as soon as possible." Ciro took his hand and walked back, "You can start thinking now."

The night is very long.

When Soso and Ciro came back from a romantic candlelight dinner, it was still dark.

Ciro sent Soso to the door of the tent, and the smile on his face disappeared after watching him go in.He turned and left the camp, walked to the carriage parked not far away, opened the door and sat on it.

Not long after, Galen ducked in.

"Your Highness."

"Is the result of the vote so soon?" Ciro's voice was particularly gloomy in the darkness.

Gallon said: "Yes. The parliament passed the initial vote of the proposal."

"Both the Richard family and the Danya family voted for it?" Even though the darkness covered his expression, it couldn't conceal the anger revealed in every word of his sentence.

Gallen said: "The votes of the Danya family and the Richard family are scattered, and the total number is equal. However, His Majesty and Mrs. Rachel have planted many hidden chess pieces in the parliament in recent years. This time, these dark chess pieces have been exposed. "

Ciro said: "I can imagine how furious he was when he made such an idiotic decision to brand the entire empire with a colonial brand!"

"Your Highness?" Galen rarely saw him so furious, "It's just a proposal at the moment, and it hasn't been amended into a constitution yet."

Xi Luo said: "But it has been extremely obvious that he does not hesitate to burn everything if he fails to achieve his goal."

Gallen was silent for a while and said: "I think that when the critical moment comes, the Danya family and the Richard family will stand on His Highness's side."

Ciro said: "If they are sane."

"Perhaps this is a good thing. If His Majesty really supports the clause proposed by the God of Light Society that they should crown the emperor of the empire, it will definitely cause criticism from the major families of the empire. They might fall to His Highness's side."

Xi Luo said: "Things will not be so simple. Don't forget that the authority to expand the parliament is in the hands of the emperor. If necessary, he can place others in the parliament at any time, and he has achieved the purpose of controlling the vote of the parliament. Before he So I didn't do this because I didn't want to offend the other big families. But if Richard and the Danya family can't join his camp for a long time, his IQ will force him to make this decision."

Gallen frowned and said: "The role of the family is not just to vote in the parliament. I don't think His Majesty will do any good."

"Of course." Xi Luo said, "control the vote of the parliament, and after passing the clause that the God of Light will crown the emperor of the empire, he can abolish the crown prince in the name of the God of Light and support his favorite prince. This kind of thing he If you do it alone, you will be backlashed by all the families, and you will be alone. But if you tie the Light God Society, you will be evenly matched."

The more Gallen listened, the more alarmed he became, "But from now on, the lifeblood of the empire will be held in the hands of the Society of Light."

"Do you think he still cares now?"

"His Highness said that His Majesty's original purpose was to get rid of the constraints of the major families."

Ciro closed his eyes and sighed: "He is not suitable for this job. His courage and wisdom are only enough to deal with women. Moreover, things have evolved to the point where it is no longer the time to promote idealism .There is only one thing occupying our minds now, how to get rid of each other."

"Your Highness, do you want to return to Van Riel as soon as possible?" Gallen asked.In fact, they got the news that Kasdaron II handed over the proposal of the God of Light to the parliament for voting. The news was the day before yesterday.At that time, he was preparing to unseal the seal for Soso, but this matter was temporarily shelved.Unexpectedly, in less than two days, the parliamentary vote has passed.

Shiro didn't answer right away.

Gallon felt that the atmosphere in the carriage was very oppressive.

Ciro said slowly, "Departure tomorrow."

For Soso, the journey from today to tomorrow is extremely long.

Even after returning to the tent and lying on the bed, the scenes of being in the woods in the early morning kept flashing through his mind.Candlelight for dinner, steak for dinner, and words from Ciro.He always thought that his memory was not very good, but this time, he remembered every word of Ciro very clearly.

"I hope you can join me in guarding this beautiful and rich country and bringing peace and happiness to the friendly people."

Guard the country?

Can he?

Soso was confused.He never expected that he could protect a country, including Gu Lan.Ever since he became sensible, the comments accompanying him have always been stupid, useless, cumbersome and so on.Although these comments were not heard in person, the discussions behind them seemed more real.

Although, when he knew that his spiritual power was sealed, he secretly thought that one day he would become stronger, but this kind of strength was only used to protect his friends, such as Dillin, Raymond, and Siro. He never thought that one day someone would invite him to protect a country and its people, and it was one of the two most powerful countries in Dream Continent.

The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't fall asleep, so he couldn't help but put on his clothes and ran out of the tent.

"Your Highness." A guard came out of the darkness.

Suo Suo said, "I want to see Dilling."

The guard pointed to the nearby tent and said, "This is the tent of Lord Dilling and Lord Heidein."

"Thank you." He walked lightly to the door of the tent, only to remember that Dilling and Heidein were still asleep before dawn.

The night was very quiet, except for the occasional sizzling sound of the fire in the middle of the tent.

Suo Suo swayed back and forth in front of the tent for several times, and was about to leave when he saw the tent was thrown up, and Hyde was wearing a large nightgown, hugging his chest, staring at him displeasedly.

"Ah. Hyde...instructor!" Suo Suo immediately stood up and said nervously, "I'm sorry to disturb you."

Hyde pointed his finger outward.

Soso took several steps back.

Hyde put down the curtain of the tent, and after a while, he changed into a clean magician's robe and came out.

"Mentor." Soso whispered.Hyde has always been an object of awe to him, facing him, he will always become a child who doesn't know where to put his hands and feet.

"I haven't taught you anything." Heiden said lightly.

Suo Suo said: "But you saved me."

Heiden said: "Then you should call me benefactor."

"...Benefactor." Suo Suo said obediently.

Hyde accepted it frankly, "You look a little troubled, I hope it's because of the magic problem."

Sosuo blushed, "No." Lying was not one of his few specialties.

"The expected answer. Because of Ciro's date with you in the morning?" Hyde hit the nail on the head.

Soso looked at him in astonishment, "How do you know?"

Heiden said: "This is not the point, the point is your choice."

Soso's face collapsed.

"We will leave tomorrow. Who are you going to go with?" Heiden paused, "Or should everyone go together?"

Sosuo's eyes lit up, as if countless stars were asking: Is it okay?

"Of course...not." Hyde felt a little better because of the interruption of his sleep.

Soso continued to hang his head in despair.

Hyde touched his chin and said, "I thought the answer would be simple. What interfered with your decision?"

Soso hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth, "Siro invited me to stay and guard the empire with him."

Hyde frowned, then raised his eyebrows, and said with some gloating in his tone, "Is he going to ask you to be the chief magician of the empire?" In this way, Vincent's position is in jeopardy.

"Ah, no. Yes, yes..." Sosuo's ears turned red.

"I understand." Heiden said, "So, you are now seriously considering marriage with Ciro?"

Soso froze.

Hyde thought for a while, and tentatively said: "You are not seriously considering whether to protect the Banding Empire, are you?"

Suo Suo had a look of embarrassment at being talked about.

Hyde: "..."