How to wear a goddess statue

For Solancia, this is destined to be an eventful year.

Three months after Aleuil took control of the royal city, Horst and others traveled a long distance, crossing half of Solancia, and finally arrived at Bananna, a seaside city with the help of his brother.

He took a breath, and issued a notice to many cities in the name of King Solan, denouncing Eleuil as a sinner of treason, and announced the abolition of the symbolic meaning of Acht as a royal city, and designated the city of Bananna as The new royal city.

This is not only an announcement, but also an unspoken call.

call what?Of course, it is necessary to gather the forces of the major cities, and the army will press back to Acht, and drive Aleuil from the position that originally belonged to him!

...However, this announcement did not actually play the role that Horst expected.

In the City of the Sun God, the concubine Naymar was still under the bright light of the night pearl, she closed her eyes and listened to someone finish reading the letter, laughing out loud.

"Don't pay attention to him, a dingy dog ​​who has lost his family. He has been pretending for a long time. Even if he asks someone to fight him, he has to beat around the bush. Do you expect the city lords from all over the world to lead their troops there with their loyalty to him? It's ridiculous."

The concubine Shen curled her hair, thoughtfully: "I don't know what Eleuil's plan is. Forget it, let's see what she says first."

In Wash City, it has been nearly four years since Kopal took over as city lord. She is still dressed as a man, but her aura is completely different from the cautious one in the past.

He doesn't have to worry about the danger of revealing his gender, and he doesn't have to consider the uncertain factors from his dead father. After several years of training, Kopal has become a qualified city lord, far more qualified than his father.

In front of the desk, Kopal picked up the notice from the so-called New King City, read it carefully, and threw it aside expressionlessly.

Vanesse, who used to be the daughter of a businessman and is now serving as a female official beside the city lord, heard the movement, looked out curiously, and asked, "That pile of important documents seems to be important, why did you throw them away?"

Kopal shrugged: "It's waste paper, I don't know how it got in."

Vanesse: "?"

Kopal: "Really, you can take a look."

Vanesse picked up the paper with Horst's seal and read it: "...it is indeed waste paper."

The two looked at each other and decided to pretend that this official document did not exist.

What, an announcement from Bananna?Didn't receive it, probably lost somewhere halfway.

In the city of Eluleila, Luketa, the lord of the city, stared at the same official document and remained motionless for a long time.

He thought of the persistence of the family for generations, upholding etiquette, advocating the law, and being loyal to the monarch.

These are things engraved in their bones.

But at this moment, Luketa looked at every word on the paper repeatedly, but uncharacteristically, he had no intention of responding, nor did he have the great principles that were always on his lips.

The city lord thought of his son, and the only son, Luka, was still in Acht.

This bastard has become the personal guard of the princess, and every letter he regularly sends home must have a paragraph looking forward to the future. Luca is very confident that he will follow Eleuil to make achievements—even though he has not accomplished anything yet.

The city lord also thought of the former king, the king he had sworn allegiance to.

The news from Acht that Horst was the murderer who murdered the former king was also received by the city of Eluleila.

Staff reacted differently to the news.Some people think that the news is true and reliable, because the narration in the report is well-founded, and it can also explain why the Queen hates Horst so much; some people think that the credibility is very low, and the Queen may be trying to make her rebellious actions sound more legitimate. Only then will this blame be buckled on Horst's head.

At that time, Luketa did not make a clear statement.

He bowed his head in silence for a long time, and finally folded the notice issued by Horst and placed it on the side of the fire.

The flame reached a corner of the paper, spread rapidly, and quickly burned it, leaving only a piece of black ash.

Five days passed, ten days passed, half a month passed——

Horst waiting in Bananna City: "..."

Why are there only so few people here?

There was no gathering of hundreds of troops as imagined, and several city lords sent people to reply, but they were all meaningless words, and they just refused to send troops to support.

However, most of the city lords near the sea in the south of Solan responded to the call, and the reason was more attributed to the lord of Bananna—that is, Horst's elder brother Taz.

Unlike Horst, who is not good at martial arts, Taz is the eldest son in the family and has been raised according to the standards of a city lord since he was a child.

He seems to have inherited the warrior skills of the Solan royal family. During the ten years he was in Haicheng, he did his duty and repelled the invading pirates several times, and even wiped out a famous pirate group.

In the south, Taz's name is well known.

Just like on the northwest border, the name of Eleuil has been circulating among the people.

The City Lord's Mansion of Bananna City is now temporarily requisitioned by Horst as the palace of the new king city.

In the main hall of the "Palace", Horst looked at the replies from the city lords from all over the place, flipping through them faster and faster, with a more serious expression on his face, and finally folded the letter papers together, leaning on the back of the chair and sneering.

"Seeing that I escaped from Acht in embarrassment, everyone began to hesitate. Who are you fooling in the letter!"

The tall and burly man on the opposite side said indifferently: "Why, are you trying to shirk?"

"There is no excuse, just pretending to be stupid and pretending not to understand." Horst said irritably, thinking of Aleuil, I don't know how many times he began to regret, "Why didn't I kill her together at the beginning, causing the trouble now? , really—"

In front of his brother, he didn't bother to put on his mask, because it wasn't necessary.

If anyone had always known what he was like, it was Taz.

The fact is indeed the case, Taz took a sip of his wine in no surprise: "It's not surprising in the current situation. You still want to call Acht back?"

Horst: "If I don't fight, Eleuil will come over sooner or later. Instead of waiting for her to integrate the situation on Acht's side, it's better to do it now."

Taz: "The thing is, we're not doing well either."

Horst: "..."

Yes, the troops that Bananna has summoned this time are not many, and there are still pirate forces watching. If they really bring all the troops to confront the princess, the new royal city may be completely captured by pirates as soon as they leave.

Horst's mind is used to thinking about secret means. In the current situation, without any ideas from his staff, he couldn't make up his mind, so he had to say: "Listen to you."

"It's unrealistic to take the initiative. Let's clean up our stall first, and defend the south."

we can only do this.

Horst sighed, "Thank you, Taz."

"Who made me your brother." Taz said.

Yes, their branches have always supported each other, otherwise how could they have almost replaced the direct line before?

It's a pity that there is only a little difference, only one Eleuil.

Horst was gnashing his teeth in hatred, when he heard Taz go on to say, "Who made me your elder brother, even if you want to go to Eleuil."

Horst: "..."

Taz: "Haha, it's just a joke."

This was indeed just a joke. From the beginning of Horst's plan back then, he knew everything, and it was he and his deceased father who had been secretly assisting his younger brother to realize his plan.

From the moment you set foot on this path, nothing else is possible.

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Compared to the Horst brothers, Aleuil seemed not in a hurry to send troops to the south to deal with Horst who still regarded himself as the King of Sauran after fleeing the royal city.

Inside and outside of Acht City, Eleuil's influence expanded extremely quickly, which was a silent and vast process.

From His Highness to His Majesty, people have selectively ignored one thing - Eleuil has not yet been officially crowned.

Yes, no coronation.

Strictly speaking, Aleuil is the controller of the royal power at this time, but he cannot really be called a king.

Therefore, everyone addressed him as "Your Majesty" both in person and in private.

As for the title used in the official written form, the record clerk struggled for a while, and finally carefully called Eleuil of this period "Your Majesty the ruling queen".

...a complicated and strange title, but very appropriate.

As for the reasons for the delay in holding the coronation ceremony, Eleuil gave two explanations.

The parental tomb has not yet been completed.

The traitor has not yet been captured.

Only when the above two points are achieved, Eleuil will be officially crowned king.

Such an explanation is enough to convince outsiders, but whether there are other secret obsessions in Eleuil's heart, such as waiting for Rhodes to watch her become a king... others will not know, nor will they understand.

Eleuil looked at the official documents piled up on the table.

On the topmost piece of paper was written the latest information about the Kasneh Kingdom.

Ever since Ashru's death, Eleuil began to doubt the motives of Kasniel Kingdom.

The content of the information was calm, and it was easy for people to think that it was just superfluous, but Eleuil's suspicions never subsided, and she had a certain degree of vigilance towards Kasner.

The news of the civil strife in Solancia had naturally been placed in front of those in power in Kasneh long ago.

The opponent will not let go of this opportunity, and must choose the right time. In this case, she cannot confront Horst head-on and consume troops, otherwise it will only be cheaper for Kasner.

This is really, let people not happy.

Eleuil closed his eyes lightly, and put the information aside.

The sun disc and the moon disc alternately cruised over Solancia.

Under the gaze of the gods of the sun and moon, the four seasons of this land rotate until another year.

The tombs of the late kings were completed.

It was just the rough ending before the repair, so it didn't take long. The newly built royal tomb is located in the valley behind the palace, lined up with the tombs of many Solan kings of the previous generation, like a monument.

Before this day came, Eleuil also thought about whether Rhodes would suddenly appear and tell her softly at the funeral that the souls of her parents had indeed broken free and returned to the Kingdom of God along the Ilu River.

However, no.

On the day of the funeral, the ceremony was presided over by Eleuil, assisted by Rhiya and the High Priest of Death.

Fifteen years later, the former king and queen who were hastily buried in an unnamed cemetery outside the city have turned into two clean skeletons, leaning on each other, just like they did before they were alive.

The high priest of the god of death recited the long poem of the sacrifice, and the musician played the harp to play the corresponding melody.

Eleuil listened calmly until their last syllable fell.

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Rhodes will have to wait until the next chapter to be freed from the fight against sleepiness, miscalculation Orz