Little Priest's Cat Diary

Although the city of Schulte in the north is slightly cooler than the south due to its geographical location, its climate is also extremely hot in summer.

The scorching sun scorched the earth, shrouding the rock-based city in scorching heat.

However, no matter how hot the weather is, it can't suppress the coldness in the room at the moment.

Even the bright sunlight coming in through the half-opened windows could not dispel the gloomy atmosphere here.

Sardis leaned against the window with his arms folded, and the sunlight came in through the window. The strong contrast between light and shadow gave people the illusion that he was in the shadows by the window.

The pitch-black mask had a cold luster unique to metal, making the black eye under the mask even darker.

The room was very quiet, only the breathing of two people could be heard.

One of the breathing sounds was obviously much faster.

Nadia had closed his eyes for a long time, his breathing was very disordered, and it could be seen from the expression on his face that he was in a very restless mood at the moment.

After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes.

"It turns out that after I left, so many things happened."

"You should be able to guess what I'm going to do next."

Sardis was still leaning against the wall, lowered his eyes, and said calmly,

"If you don't agree with my approach, get out of here as soon as possible."

"After all, you taught me and Mia when we were young. I don't want to become enemies with you, but if you want to hinder me...you should understand my character, and I will not show mercy."

Although the tone of the last few words is an understatement, there is a deep chill.

Nadia twitched her lips.

"Okay, don't say it so seriously, I didn't say I disagree."

He turned around and waved casually.

"You can do what you want. I won't stop it. Anyway, I'm alone and have nothing to worry about."

Saying so, Nadia turned around and quickly left the gloomy room.

Maybe it's because I don't know what to say next.

Or maybe it was because the atmosphere in this room was too depressing at the moment, so depressing that he, who was often ridiculed by Antiste as a rough-headed reckless guy, could hardly bear it, so he could only turn around and run away in a hurry.

After leaving the room, Nadia was walking on the long corridor. The shadows reflected by the sunlight passing through the window bars one after another passed over him again and again. His footsteps echoed in the long and empty corridor. .

I don't know if it was because of his mood at the moment, but he felt that the footsteps were much heavier than usual.

Regarding Sardis's question, although he answered it easily just now, when he was walking alone in the corridor at the moment, he had a serious look on his face.

What Sardis meant by that sentence, he knew very well.

Maybe someone else would think that the [-]-year-old prince was just talking angry and ruthless words, but seeing Sardis growing up with his own eyes, Nadia knew very well that Sardis Erdis is serious.

It is precisely because he has watched these two teenagers grow up all the way, so he understands what Mia means to Sardis better than anyone else.

It is a bond that is more than that of blood relatives.

Losing Mia, to Sardis, was tantamount to losing half of his body.

Although the tone of Sardis's speech just now sounded very calm, it was precisely because it was too calm that it made Nadia feel the desperate madness hidden under that calmness.

To be honest, he didn't have the same loyalty as his former boss, Treya, so although he was surprised by Sardis' plan, he didn't have much resistance.

He is a person who has such a treacherous idea that "the superior is incompetent, so he is not worthy of being followed"-of course, he is not stupid enough to say this idea-so, for a person who has been in the last four years The king who has come to the northern battlefield one of the few times in his life, his loyalty is really not that high.

To be honest, he was indifferent to the crown prince at first, but he gradually became disgusted with him because of Mia and Sardis.

In the past few years of fighting side by side with Sardis, watching Sardis quickly conquer the proud northern soldiers, gain the loyalty of everyone, and gradually be embraced by the northern army, he secretly felt in his heart, Sardis is more suitable to be the next king than the crown prince.

However, he never mentioned this matter in front of Sardis.

One is because he does not intend to interfere or influence the future of Sardis, and the other is because he vaguely understands that with Sardis' temperament, he will never be inferior to others.

Therefore, there is no need to do anything, sooner or later, the day will come when Sardis will compete with the crown prince for the throne.

However, he never expected that day to come so soon.

Still in such a heavy way.

Moreover, the gloomy expression of Sardis just now made others feel chills when they saw it...

Always made him feel very uneasy.

...Is this really good?

When she came to a window, Nadia stopped and stood in the corridor.

He looked down at his right hand, which was lightly clenched into a fist.

Sunlight fell on the back of his fist through the window.

In a trance, he suddenly remembered, a long time ago, the scene where the young child stretched out his small fist and bumped into himself.

Everything seems to be just yesterday.

Then, little by little, that young child grows into an adult.

Not long ago, the grown-up boy was still standing in front of him alive, stretched out his hand, tapped his forehead, and seriously gave him his first blessing as an adult.

Nadia clenched her fists that were only held in vain.

You said let me protect Sardis and keep him safe.

You said you hoped Sepul would watch over me and keep danger and death away from me.

But you yourself...

Do you keep forgetting yourself when you pray to the gods?

Nadia looked up at the sky, the sun was so dazzling that his eyes were a little sore.

Sardis is desperate to avenge you.

But, young master, do you really want Sardis to become what it is now?

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The 'seriously injured' Prince Sardis returned to Shult City in the Northland under the protection of the Northern Guards, which caused an uproar in the city.

You know, in Shult City and the entire Northland, Prince Sardis is already a famous figure.

Its prestige has even surpassed General Nadia, the actual commander of the Northern Army.

The people of Ston hate it deeply, and the people of the Northland regard it as a banner.

Victory on the battlefield one after another has brought him the heartfelt admiration of the Northland Legion and the admiration of the people of the Northland.

The strength of Prince Sardis is almost known to everyone, no matter how much the people of Ston hate him, they can't hurt him at all.

But such a powerful Prince Sardis was seriously injured in the royal city, which was supposed to be the safest place.

Naturally, the people in the North are talking about this.

Immediately afterwards, the reason for the prince's injury spread quickly in Schulte City and the entire Northland.

Everyone knows that Prince Sardis was seriously injured because of repeated assassinations.

And the mastermind behind the assassination of him... is most likely the crown prince Pastor, who is afraid of Prince Sardis's outstanding military exploits on the battlefield.

Crown Prince Pastor who has never appeared on the battlefield in the North.

Prince Sardis, who has been fighting the Ston people on the battlefield to protect the Northland all these years.

No need to think about it, almost all the people in the North fell to the latter and were extremely dissatisfied with the former.

Especially in the royal city, three royal decrees came in a row, removing Prince Sardis from his military post and calling him to return to the royal city immediately, which further aroused the dissatisfaction of the people.

Many generals of the Northern Land Legion secretly or explicitly persuaded Prince Sardis not to return to the royal city.

It is safest to stay in the North.

Once you go back, it will be like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth.

There were even a few stupefied youths who yelled directly, Your Highness, you managed to save your life and come back, and if you go back to the prince's territory like Wangcheng, you will die!

Then these stunned youths were dragged down by the colleagues next to them covering their mouths.

Under the unanimous opposition of many generals, Prince Sardis finally violated the royal order and stayed in Shuerte City.

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When the information about Schulte came back, King Davie fell into a long silence.

After all, things developed to the scene he least wanted to see.

As always, the old attendant standing in the shadows looked at King Davies who had been silent for a long time, and let out an old voice.

"Your Majesty, you may go to Schulte City in person and tell His Highness Sardis that after you call him back, you will definitely ensure his safety, maybe..."

"It's useless."

King David shook his head.

"He won't trust me anymore."

He paused and said, "...No, it should be said that he never believed me."

He raised his head and looked towards the north, the northern city that was already very strange to him.

Four years ago, his prestige in that city was unmatched.

If it were him at that time, the current situation would definitely not appear.

However, since the battle four years ago, he has a deep understanding of that battlefield.

So, after that, except for the first year when he went to the Northland once or twice in person, in the next few years, he never set foot on that Northland battlefield again.

That... the battlefield where Treya died.

Perhaps this is the so-called cause and effect.

Now, four years later, his prestige in that city has been replaced by his son.

That city and the Northland Legion stationed there even became a force against his son.

But who is to blame?

Most of the current situation is caused by himself.

"Kaya, you always say that Pastor's indecision follows his mother."

The gray-haired Wang let out a deep sigh.

"Actually, that's not the case. The child's character may be inherited from me."

If he can be more decisive and make a quick decision when the two children conflict, then no matter which one he chooses to give up, the current situation will not happen.

It's just...he couldn't bear it.

Either way he watched Pastor grow up.

Or Sardis who never actually treated him as a father.

To him, they are all his children.

He couldn't let go of this, and he couldn't let go of that.

He tried hard to maintain the balance between the two children, always thinking that he could do it, but he didn't know that when the children grew up, they had their own thoughts and wills, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't control them.

The white-haired old attendant was silent for a while, and then whispered in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, you value family affection too much."

King David was silent and did not answer.

When he was still very young, he saw with his own eyes several of his older brothers fighting openly and secretly, saw other brothers die one after another in so-called accidents, and saw with his own eyes the actions of his father and king against his son in order to keep his power. Struggles and death stand on the sidelines and even contribute to the flames... that has become his inner demon.

Later, he became king.

Later, he became a father.

At that time, he thought, he would never become a father like his father.

He will take good care of each of his children.

However, the identity of the king made it impossible for him to become a qualified father after all.

He can only choose one.

King David raised his head, his eyes became sharp again, and the moment of gloom just now had completely disappeared from his eyes.

Sitting there, he was still the mighty king.

It's not too late, he has made a decision.

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"Prince Sardis, is he trying to rebel? How dare he?!"

"He wants to occupy Shult City in the Northland and confront us?"

"Just because the young priest died unexpectedly, he did such a thing, is he crazy?"

Amidst the annoyed or unbelievable reprimands and curses from the people around him, Crown Prince Pastor's expression was very calm.

For some reason, when Sardis did such a thing, he actually had the feeling that it was so.

A person who can stab a knife into his body without changing his face is much more terrifying than a lunatic.

"So, when he left Wangcheng with an excuse, I originally thought that since I was accused of assassinating him, I should just finish the matter and send someone to deal with him on his way back."

Pastor said lightly, "However, considering that provoking my father one after another will arouse my father's wrath, and with his ability, the assassination may not be successful, so I gave up this idea."

"Your Highness, Prince Sardis is in Shult City, so shall we have nothing to do with him?"

"Don't worry, we just need to wait."

"wait?"

"I think the father has almost made a decision."

Pastor said,

"Sardis has touched the reverse scale of his father."

"He's a father, but, likewise, he's a king."

"As long as he is still on the throne for a day, he will not allow anyone to challenge his authority, even if that person is his son."

Having said this, he stopped suddenly.

Pastor turned his head and looked out the window, in the direction of the Sea God Temple he was familiar with.

A self-deprecating and bitter smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

Probably no one would have thought that the civil war that led to Portoyas, the naked face-to-face tearing between brothers, and the war between father and son... was just because of a teenager.

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"This is the 'silent temple' you mentioned?"

And at this moment, a certain young man who was almost comparable to the existence of "the beauty of the country" was following behind the red-haired phantom thief Sidir, and came to a temple ruin hidden deep underground with great interest.

"Yes, I got an ancient map, which said that there are treasures left by the legendary gods in the ruins of this temple."

Oh oh oh, treasure map!

The boy's blue eyes sparkled instantly.

Phantom Thief——

Treasure Map--

The ruins of the underground temple——

This is the way to travel to another world.

So, can my flame slash appear?