Lord Duke

Chapter 39

In the palace that day.

A scream pierced the morning silence.The maid sobbed and threw away the cleaning tool in her hand, the door was open, and a lot of people rushed here.

In the opened room, there was a large pool of dark red blood, and King Phil was lying in a pool of blood with his eyes closed and his face was ashen.There is still a long-lasting tulip fragrance in the house, mixed with the bloody smell that has faded after a period of time, stimulating the taste of those present.

The servants were astonished, panicked, and at a loss.Finally the steward in the palace remembered to call the queen, and tried to calm down.

The manager was stunned for a while, and then remembered that he was going to order the senior male servants to go in and clean up the scene. Before he could say anything, a voice sounded flatly: "Go and invite the embalmer. The male servants will clean up the place. Will... ...the king..." The queen has arrived.Very light and flat voice, but enough for everyone to hear clearly.It's just that the last words are hidden in the air.

Seeing the queen coming, the servants all bowed their heads and stepped aside. Queen Isa calmed down and glanced at the servants around her. She raised her eyes slightly, and finally she seemed to be a queen. She just said: "Everyone is stunned What are you doing? Why don’t you do what I say?”

So someone went in to move the king's body, but Queen Isa suddenly said, "Don't move, let's clean the room." The well-dressed servants tidied up neatly, and their expressions tried their best to remain unchanged.The terrified maid tried her best to stop crying, and lowered her head to stand behind the crowd.

But after a while, the room returned to its clean appearance. If it wasn't for the corpse on the ground, everything would be the same as usual.

The delicate little golden crown on Queen Isa's head shone with a cold and harsh light, hidden by the lights from nowhere.She was almost expressionless with cold, and there was no sadness, no breakdown, and no emotion on her face.She is no longer that sweet and delicate girl, but a real queen.

Her stern face was three points similar to that of Duke Payne.Swinging away the fearful and trembling servants around, after casually giving the password, the heavy carved wooden door was closed, and finally only she and...King Phil were left here.

Queen Isa walked forward step by step.She walked very slowly, as if using all her strength.Not far away, King Phil was wearing the golden and red king's suit, lying quietly on the ground, but he would never wake up again.

Queen Isa took a step, and suddenly remembered a long time ago.At that time, he was a gentle boy, and she was a naive girl. After all, the memories of youth brought a little freshness, and they were recalled inappropriately at this time.She gave a vague, somewhat sad smile.

I used to love him very much.

They danced lightly on the dance floor, and they walked hand in hand in the sun.He would look at her tenderly and tell her he loved him and he would pamper her.The previous chaotic scenes flashed before my eyes.

It turns out... I remember it so clearly.

The solid wood floor has neat lines and looks extraordinarily beautiful.Queen Isa thought about it, and suddenly sighed.She walked forward slowly, knelt down and looked at King Phil, seeing his clear eyebrows, she seemed to be divided into two selves, one was extremely indifferent, and the other was crying sadly.

Maybe... She still loves him.

She stretched out her hand to caress King Phil's cheek, and her expression was finally touched as if it had been broken.Because she smelled tulips—her favorite tulips.Mixed with the smell of blood, she couldn't distinguish it for a while. Queen Isa sniffed lightly, got up and looked around the room. She saw some withered tulips in several vases in the room.

In memory, who is smiling softly: "Isa, my love is like tulips, it will always be with you and will never leave."

Tears finally could not hold back.No matter how much the relationship wears off in the past few days, Queen Isa covered her eyes, and big and big tears fell down, she finally couldn't help it, no matter how hard it was, she couldn't stop loving him...

Queen Isa is not stupid, she knows that King Phil's death doesn't matter if she can find out anything, even if what can be found out, so what?Nothing, nothing can be done.

She helped King Phil up, leaned him against the head of the bed, and sat beside her.Part of the white skirt fell to the ground, and Isa looked at King Phil as if she had made up her mind.Her thin lips parted slightly, and big and big teardrops were still falling down, but she was smiling at this time, and she said: "Phil, I can't be with you in this life, and I will be with you...to grow old together in the next life." .”

She leaned her head against King Phil, her expression suddenly gentle.She didn't know why it happened like this, she was tired and didn't want to figure it out.

She smiled, but took out a dagger from under the pillow—she always knew that King Phil was seriously ill, so he always kept a dagger under the pillow.

The dagger shone coldly, looking cold and beautiful.Queen Isa half leaned on King Phil, who was already a little stiff, tears could not stop falling down, but she was smiling, with a knife in her hand, and blood gushing out from her hand.

very cold.Strength is slowly draining.She glanced at King Phil with some nostalgia, and began to show the first half of her life involuntarily in her mind.

The white skirt turned bright red.Isa thought of a long time ago, she suddenly wanted to smile, she remembered a time long ago——

Beside the white hospital bed, an angry, crying little girl, scattered toys on the ground, the little girl ran away.She didn't look back, and the figure on the hospital bed was blurred, blurred and invisible.

She suddenly thought that she owed Brother Payne an apology.It's rare to think of such a long time... At that time, she was too impulsive after all.Later, she, who unilaterally broke off the relationship and stood up to the royal family, did she make Brother Payne feel sad?

Or... don't let it go.

Brother Payne, I hope you can meet someone who loves you very much.That person will smooth out your pain, so that that person can become your support.I also hope you are safe in this troubled world.

The tears were warm...and a little salty.

She was a little tired, and her consciousness was not very clear. She seemed to have returned to that time in the half-dream and half-waking state. In front of him, King Phil smiled gently against the sun. His eyes were full of affection, and he was half-bending down and stretching out his hand to Isa: " Come with me."

"……it is good."

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Western.

The Kling army failed to advance again.It was completely different from the situation in the previous life. Because the timing was not good enough, the old fox who had been waiting and watching appeared at once, and the layout was arranged to block the Kelin army.

Duke Duck, no, he is no longer a Duke.At this time, Mr. Duck was not in the Duke of Eaton. He was standing in front of the window, looking at the Kingdom of Eaton in the distance, and sighed softly: "Quickly end all of this."

This is a small town in Bangladesh.Old Mr. Duck just sighed, and another mellow and majestic voice sounded from beside him, a man in solemn black clothes, with some gray hair stood beside him, and looked into the distance together: "He Nothing will happen."

A quiet woman sitting on the side had a letter spread out on her lap, and she was looking at it carefully, ignoring the two people over there.She was wearing simple pearl earrings, and she was reaching out to wrap a strand of hair behind her ears. She was a beauty with white wrists and black hair, and the years did not leave traces on her body.

These are the parents that Slanter likes to run around, they are old Mr. Lanney and Mrs. Alice.The remaining forces of Mr. Duck himself can't play a role blatantly, and there are family children who have inherited his title in the west, so it's even more difficult for him to intervene.As he said long ago, he was already an outsider.

So simply after receiving Slant's letter, he stopped caring about these matters and ran to Slant's parents.Because he was also really curious about what was written in Slant's letter, and by the way, he could see how his old friend was doing.

So on a sunny day, in a peaceful small town with flowers, the two parties met.

After Lanny read the letter, he frowned and disapproved.Mrs. Alice next to him patted his hand to comfort him, but she hesitated and didn't know what to say.

They and Dak have been in this small town for several days.After all, they can't meddle in the situation of the Principality of Eaton indiscriminately, and simply do nothing and stand by.They knew clearly in their hearts that Slante would be fine. Their own child was cunning and eccentric, with an indescribable temper. They all knew that he seemed affectionate but was actually the most cold-hearted.

I never thought... that I would have the deepest affection for a person.And... a man.

Parents can't object casually. The two of them made up their minds and planned to go back and see the person their child loves so much after the chaos settles down during this period of time before making the next decision.Lanny thought further, Slante had no descendants, so who would inherit his title?But after An Lisi said something, she finally got rid of this thought.

If possible, they still hope to have a gentle and lovely girl to accompany their children.

Slanter's letter clearly and plainly stated:

—— Stop everything to love him.

Their children are so smart, maybe they have thought of all the reasons for their opposition.Don't give them any room for maneuver, tell them the importance of that person in a precious and precious way.

After all, they don't want their children to suffer, especially now... two men together are simply not tolerated by the world.

But they were even more afraid that that person would disappoint their child's affection.

Of course, Dak also knew about it from Lanny and Alice. Seeing their worry, he simply comforted him: "Don't worry. That kid Slanter is a man of his own mind."

After Duck had a few cups of tea here, he said goodbye directly. He opened the door and bid farewell to the two of them.The two stood up and bowed back.One of them was dressed in black and the other was dressed in white. They looked at each other, and finally smiled without knowing what to say, and put these things aside first.

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North meets Garth.

In the military tent, the silver-haired and well-dressed Gus saw the silver pattern in the white robe, and it seemed that he would always be North with compassion.He inadvertently touched the cuff lightly, there was a small pointed piece of iron that was not taken away.

Pastor Krill still wore his black pastor suit, with the double cross embroidered in silver thread on the chest.He was standing next to North, and other irrelevant people in the military tent had already left outside, so the only person sitting was particularly abrupt.

Speaking of which, Krill was originally just a preacher, he didn't have the ability to lead an army and gather the morale of the army, so the person who secretly manipulated it was actually the one sitting, the real ruler of the army, and a member of Kling , although he does not know the specific status.

The sitting man had bronze skin, and he had a wild and unrestrained temperament. He had chestnut hair, chestnut eyes, and a handsome face.He sat on the chair unruly, and greeted North in front of him casually: "Hey, you are finally back. Are you dead?"

When Gass saw this person, his pupils dilated for a moment.This is——the person who rescued them when they were young, a subordinate trusted by the second prince of Klinguo, who also trained him in hell... Master.Its name is - Fleiro.

not to be trifled.It's hard to guess.This is his definition.It's just that I didn't expect to see him here.

He suppressed the mood swings at that moment, lowered his eyebrows and said calmly: "The King of Eaton Kingdom is dead." North, who was next to him, suddenly made a sound, and said softly: "Military Master, it's late, my brother is exhausted, is it right?" Want him to take a rest first?" He stepped forward, but his body half blocked Gass.

Gass narrowed his eyes, curled the corners of his mouth, and his mood suddenly improved.Fleiro glanced at North with a pair of sharp eyes, and there was a flash of malice in his eyes and then quickly disappeared. He said, "Kriel, you can make arrangements. Let them all go."

Creel next to him walked out of him and led the two of them out.In the vacant military tent, Franlo took out a pipe from nowhere, took a puff, and the smoke was filled with smoke, and his fingers made a rattling sound on the armrest of the chair, which was very ear-piercing and unpleasant.

After a long time, he said, "Noth is...Gas's weakness. My apprentice shouldn't have a weakness." The final voice was so low that only he could hear it: "It's a pity that Nous is still very useful. Chick ..."

The army of Pastor Creel had been in a stalemate with the army of Pastor Ovi before. The two armies were originally one, and many of the soldiers were actually religious people. But now, the two armies There are differences in doctrine, and it all depends on who can convince more people.

The result is that the two armies only have a small battle occasionally, which is neither painful nor itchy, let alone hurt.However, there will be casualties in wars. Previously, Pastor Krill's orders had been strictly followed by the orders of the Fleiro military adviser. Although the result was not a big victory, he did not dare to have the slightest doubt.

Fleiro controlled the morale of the army, and had been in a stalemate with the army of Priest Ovi.In fact, Fleiro is not good at marching and fighting. The second prince of Kelin sent him here only in the hope that he could stir up the conflict between the two armies and make them lose out in the fight.The only strange thing is that there seems to be some powerful person in the enemy camp pointing behind the scenes, but the final result always seems to be a small fight, and there is no big storm at all.

Of course, only North and Garth knew his identity. Priest Creel and these soldiers naively thought that they were like-minded and capable congregants who believed in God.In fact, it doesn't matter if you know it, after all, these people's belief in religion has reached a crazy level.

Only recently, he always felt that his fingers would vibrate involuntarily.Could it be that this time they couldn't break into the Principality of Eaton?It had been a while since he had received any information from the Klin army in the west.

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Cough... re-edited this chapter

The main character doesn't seem to come out hehe