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Holkin sat in the carriage, reading the report in his hand with a serious expression. His son sat opposite him, calmly mixed with a little uneasiness. His eyes glanced at the information he was holding in his father's hand from time to time, and at the same time he quickly lowered his head respectfully without losing his politeness. This was the information he collected about Azus, the "City of Life" that the Empire official finally gave the city located in the Forest of the Dead. Of course, in the foreseeable future, it was only a matter of time before he set out to be the name of the Forest of the Dead to be swept into the dust and dust of history to be accompanied by the dust.

The carriage was slightly bumpy, even making people dizzy. But Holkin just put down the thick material in his hand and looked at his son.

“You did a great job.”

He only gave these five words about his son's gains from getting up early and going to bed late all day in half a month.

Then Holkin asked.

"What should we do according to your opinion?"

"I think we should be on Princess Elinoa's side, Dad."

Little Holkin has no intention of trying to hide his ideas. Modesty is sometimes not a virtue. If he cannot take action when it is time to take action, the next patriarch of the Holkin family will not have his share. "The Academy Council is obviously a mistake this time. Now that Miss Marian has lost Miss Brad, the conflict between the Lord Brad and the Council has intensified, and in order to maintain stability, the Council will at least be much more restrained than usual. Therefore, according to my opinion, in order to maintain its prestige and domestic stability, even if it only makes a gesture, the Council Council delegates power.^^^^^ The Lord of Heaven will appoint His Royal Highness Princess Alinoa as the official lord, because His Royal Highness Alinoa is a member of the Royal Guard and the second princess without inheritance. If she is accepted as the official lord, then the Academy Council can stabilize the emotions of the royal family and the army......"

"idiot!"

Faced with the old Holkin's scolding, the younger one could only keep silent. He knew that he must have made another mistake.

"What is Azus like now? Haven't you investigated it clearly?"

"Of course I have investigated. Miss Alinoa leads the patrol every day to maintain order in the city, and her methods are fair and reasonable, and are very popular with the people..."

"Have you read the internal report of the Council carefully?"

"Of course I have it, my father. But what does that have to do with this matter?"

Facing his son's rhetoric, Old Holkin couldn't help but sigh helplessly. Although he was young, he was just a businessman after all, and he could only be a businessman.

"What do you think of that temporary lord?"

Faced with this problem with his father, a hint of complacent smile appeared on his little Holgin's face.

"It's just a brave man who can use brute force. My father. As the guardian, he didn't even protect Miss Marian. If he really wanted to calm the anger of Your Excellency Brad, the Academy Council would definitely regard him as an abandoned son.^^^^^ He is useless and not worth caring at all. Moreover, according to the investigation, after Miss Marian's death, the entire Azus' affairs and operation efficiency were reduced a lot. It is obvious that this man had nothing to pay attention to at all."

"What kind of person do you think the Lord of Heaven is?"

Faced with the question of the old Holkin suddenly raised the question of the unrelated nature. The young Holkin was caught off guard, but he quickly lowered his head.

"I'm sorry, my father, I'm not qualified to evaluate it..."

"Of course you haven't."

Old Holkin said quite surely.

"You are just a young boy, and you have never even met the Lord of Heaven. What qualifications do you have to evaluate her?" When Old Holkin said this, he paused for a moment, and saw that his son understood his meaning. He continued, "You must remember. My son is able to lead the Academy Council, or even control the Academy Council alone. It is definitely not a person who can be despised. Why do you think the Academy Council can seize the power of the royal family? It is not because of their powerful magic power, or because the Academy is the foundation of the entire imperial power. But because..."

Old Holkin's voice became deep in an instant.

"They are good at ruling and know how to use the power in their hands. This is why the Academy Council has not aroused the disgust of many people even though it has actually been close to overturning the royal family.\\\\\\\\ You must understand that my child will never last long by relying solely on force to maintain the land power. But in fact, since I was not born, the Council Council has already controlled the entire empire. You know what this means. The Lord of Heaven is a cunning lander. She will never let the fools you mentioned build such an important piece of land. You must know that Azus has obviously become the most important central city in this forest, and may even become a large city as prosperous as Lily Flower City. Do you think that kind of reckless man is qualified to build such a city? Will the Lord of Heaven give power to such a person so unscrupulously? Have you forgotten what he did to get a honorary title?"

"But my father..."

Little Holkin did not give up, and he immediately put forward his opinions.

"Even if that man really killed a dragon, he was still a seriously injured dragon, and maybe..."

"It seems that I should have you, like when I was young, be a travel merchant and run around. When you have seen a real dragon, you won't say that."

Old Holkin snorted coldly in dissatisfaction.

"And don't you find it suspicious? Why didn't this young man named Yi Ming choose to conceal the facts and write the situation that the dragon was already seriously injured in the report? He could clearly choose to conceal this information and directly said that he killed a dragon. Wouldn't that be better?"

"But sooner or later, people will see the problem..."

"It would be strange if the problem is seen! The dragon is dead! Who knows if it was injured in the battle with this guardian, or before?"

Under the father's stern questioning, little Holkin opened his mouth and finally said nothing.^^^^^, while old Holkin looked at the forest outside the car window with a contemplative gaze.

"My son. Don't forget our purpose here. I have a very bad premonition. His Excellency Brad was a big deal this time, and he also recruited 1,200 guard soldiers... I always feel something is wrong."

Yi Ming stood on the branch, looking at the abortion passing by.

(How is the situation? Yiming?)

"Mr. Brad is really a big battle. He has dispatched so many guards, fully armed... In addition to the private soldiers of these three major families, those who don't know will probably think they are preparing to go to war."

Yi Ming leaned against the thick tree trunk and made a comment with a sneer. Although the Lord of Heaven had reminded him, Yi Ming still couldn't understand. What did Brad draw so many soldiers to do? After all, Azus's current population is less than 200. It's better to say a small village than a city. There is no need to use such a big deal... What exactly does this old guy want to do?

(Whatever Mr. Brad wants to do, we must be prepared... He is still very cautious, or he just can't find a partner to negotiate?)

"You know, this is my 3270th complaint..."

(It would be great if I could read minds, right?)

Meyali asked back with a ridiculous question and blocked Yi Ming's mouth. He could only shrug helplessly. No matter how joking, if Meyali really had the ability to read mind, she would probably become very painful. Yi Ming knew that Meyali had always been grateful that her ability was not the ability to read mind. Not everything in the world is known as the better. Sometimes, only being confused is the best.

So Yi Ming's complaints are only at the stage of joking.

(Come back quickly, Elinoa is ready. I need to accompany Marian. Let me leave the next question to you, my Lord.)

"As a fiancée, are you unwilling to share the burden for me?"

Yi Mingdi asked back but did not receive a response from Mayali. Obviously, she had either withdrawn her ideological communication or was pretending to be inaudible.

So Yi Ming could only sigh helplessly, and then his figure became illusory and disappeared immediately.

When I saw Azus under construction, almost everyone frowned.

It was simply too messy. The surrounding houses looked almost casually built, leaving only necessary paths. Although the entire urban land planning was quite good in terms of scale, it was terrible to the details. Both residents and patrolmen were covered in dust, and even the roads were a bit rough. Fortunately, at least they could accommodate carriages.

Yiming, Elinoa, and Bell Roga stood in the square in front of the castle, waiting for these "guests" to arrive. When he saw Brad get off the carriage, Yiming hurriedly greeted him and signaled Elinoa to meet the representatives of the big family. After all, his main course was not those masters, but the man in front of him with infinite pain and sadness.

"I'm really sorry, Lord Brad...if it wasn't us..."

"What's the point of saying this now?"

Brad sighed as if disheartened, then he pushed Yiming away coldly and strode towards the castle.

"I want to meet my daughter, where is she now?"

"plz follow me."

Yi Ming looked at the people who were chatting with Elinoa without saying a word. Obviously, as Mayalie told him before, these great nobles and royal members regarded Elinoa as their future masters. So he stopped talking nonsense, but directly led Brad to the castle. Yi Ming didn't care whether his rudeness would annoy those nobles. Of course, it would be even better if they could make their evaluation of themselves worse. Otherwise, Yi Ming's efforts in this performance would have been in vain.

As for Bellroga, after saying hello, he was immediately forgotten by everyone.

There was a dim fire flashing in the dark corridor. Yi Ming gently pushed open a door, then moved away with a nervous expression.

Brad walked into the room with heavy steps, and his close guard immediately blocked Yiming outside the door.

In the dim room, a huge rectangular ice cube lay quietly on the ground. In it, Marian's face was calm, as if she was falling into a sleeping princess.

"Maryan…my…daughter………………”

Brad reached out and gently stroked the surface of the ice. Yi Ming stood at the door, staring at Brad with a scrutiny look.

This corpse is of course fake.

In fact, although at the beginning, everyone was having a headache about how to fake a corpse, Elinoa even offered a reason to simply cremate. However, Yiming believed that instead of leaving a tail of suspicion in others' hearts, it was better to let him witness it with his own eyes and use his own eyes to be convinced.

The ice coffin was created by Elinoa, and what she did was just to use spells to create a piece of ice.

Next is Yi Ming’s job.

By modifying the light structure inside the ice, Yiming easily reshaped and copied Marien's light values ​​and modified them into the ice. In this way, since the reason of "preservation" can be used to shirkee the past, it can also allow Brad to see a real corpse. Of course, the "corpse" frozen in the ice cannot be touched with his hands.

Brad gently stroked the ice coffin, and after a while, he stood up and turned to Yi Ming with anger that could not be concealed.

"So…………"

Brad said coldly, his voice mixed with obvious disgust.
Chapter completed!