In the Name of the Queen

Summer Palace.

Sophia sat quietly by the window facing the sea, her eyes drifting out of the window, looking at the frozen sea.

It had been two weeks since the Battle of Baishan, but it was still as clear as yesterday.

Just as she was holding a teacup and in a daze, the azure ice spirit appeared quietly.

"Master, your human servant is here."

"Which servant?" Sophia asked subconsciously, and then laughed. Such a complicated question as which servant was still a bit beyond the scope of the ice spirit.

She waved her white snow-white hand and signaled the ice spirit to retreat.

"Let her in."

The ice spirit looked at Sophia's back, a little confused. For some reason, the breath of the queen made her instinctively feel a little strange.

"Go quickly."

Sophia's urging sounded, and the ice spirit disappeared quickly with a "whoosh".

It quickly dispelled strange doubts.

The master is the master, and as long as her soul does not change, she will always be the master.

A moment later, Angelina appeared.

She sat opposite Sofia with a pile of documents in her arms, looking a little distressed.

"Your Majesty, there have been a lot of things lately, and I have a headache."

"Unfortunately, this pain will soon be transferred to me." Sofia smiled and put down the teacup, glancing at the documents that filled half of the coffee table.

Angelina lowered her head a little embarrassedly, whispering softly: "I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't bother you, but there are some things I really don't dare to take the initiative."

Seeing that Angelina really blamed herself, Sofia's tone softened a lot.

"Don't be like this, this is my duty, but it's a bother for you."

Sofia picked up the first document and felt Angelina's headache.

This document is an official document sent by the Kingdom of Pruden and the Kingdom of Tyrol.

This is a document that looks a little strange but very important.

As allies of the Holy Alliance, the two countries requested the Vladimir Empire to jointly take strong measures to prevent the rumors of the restoration of the Wende Empire from spreading everywhere.

"Your Majesty, rumors stop at the wise, and we should indeed work with our allies to dispel rumors."

"What if it's not a rumor?" Sophia asked calmly.

Angelina was not surprised by Sophia's words.

She witnessed Christine guarding Sophia under the ginkgo tree, and also witnessed the transformation of Sophia and Roland from enemies to comrades.

Since they are comrades, Roland's character naturally speaks for Christine.

The Wende Empire is Christine's secular motherland, and she certainly wants to help her motherland restore its country.

However, it is easy to eat territory, but it is difficult to spit it out.

How to convince the two allies to accept reality?

Using power to suppress others will not only offend the two countries at the same time, but also make those countries who are watching the wait and see feel disappointed.

The two major powers of the Holy Alliance follow you, and the meat you eat will have to be spit out. It's better not to have eaten it at all.

Sophia is indeed a bit of a headache.

The two allies had their own ideas and were not so honest. They even wanted to take advantage of Suvolodkin's death to profit from it. They also played spectators in the Battle of Val City, allowing the Free Alliance to march straight in and fight the elite of the Vladimir Empire.

But Sophia didn't have much reason to blame the allies.

The Battle of Franks Fortress was Angelina urging the Pruden Kingdom to take advantage of the situation and attack Roland by surprise.

The Pruden Kingdom paid a huge price, but in return it was a horrifying explosion and a wasteland after clearing the walls.

Angelina did it too.

So she couldn't loudly accuse the allies of being inhuman.

The division of the Wende Empire was the basis for the three countries to form an alliance. If the Wende Empire was spit out, the Pruden Kingdom would become the number one victim of this war.

In terms of emotion and reason, the Vladimir Empire had to give them an explanation.

Not to mention that the war sentiment within the Kingdom of Pruden and the Kingdom of Tyrol has been mobilized, and even a round of nationwide conscription has been carried out.

If they are asked to spit out the territory they have eaten, will they be willing to do it?

Sophia smiled. The two countries have even used bayonets and guns to force the locals to learn Odin language in the occupied areas, which shows their ambition.

It can't be handled, it can't be handled at all.

Sophia's wisdom is mainly manifested in battle.

Her real diplomatic ability is probably at the level of "I propose to divide the Val city-state", "I propose to divide the Wend Empire", "who is in favor and who is against".

Before the Battle of White Mountain, Sophia might still hold on, but after the Battle of White Mountain, her ideas have changed a lot.

If it works, it works, and if it doesn't, it doesn't.

She doesn't have good diplomatic skills, and Angelina, who even thought of summoning a blizzard when attending a festival ceremony in the capital of another country, doesn't have it either.

But Roland has it, and a lot of it.

Now Roland belongs to everyone.

Roland is not only the Caesar of Sussex, but also the Prime Minister of the Golden Kite Republic and the Privy Minister of the Vladimir Empire.

He can have the last name York, Bonaparte, or Vladimir.

"Transfer this matter to the Privy Minister, our new Duke of Kazan, Mr. Saint Laurent Bonaparte York Vladimir."

Angelina nodded slightly, but she was silently complaining in her heart.

Her Majesty the Queen unceremoniously put her last name in the last and most important position, but in Roland's heart, York's last name must be the most important.

Of course, if the Queen really proposed it, Roland would also follow her advice.

After the sword that cut off Baishan and killed all the judges, any impulse to confront Sophia head-on would be regarded as the stupidest idea in the world.

This is also the reason why the two allies have to respect Sophia even though they can mobilize millions of troops.

You can disrespect Sophia's opinions, but you cannot disrespect Sophia's sword.

Angelina brought a lot of documents, and Sophia just glanced at them and made a unified instruction, asking the cardinal minister to deal with them as appropriate.

Of course, she did not completely do nothing. She wrote a handwritten letter and invited Roland to the tea party in a very polite tone.

The time is Sunday.

As for how Roland got to the Summer Palace before Sunday, that was Roland's problem.

Seeing this handwritten letter, Angelina breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile returned to her face. The slightly dark circles under her eyes due to fatigue also shone a little.

After continuing to ask Sophia for urgent matters that must be dealt with as soon as possible, Angelina carefully put the handwritten letter in her arms and said goodbye.

Sophia never looked back, just silently looked at the frozen sea level.

High-quality sea outlets are the obsession of the Rurik people. The giant bear in the north has an almost paranoid desire for the vast ocean.

Unfortunately, they don't have it.

The northern sea outlet is frozen for at least four months in winter, and the throughput capacity is limited during the thawing period.

The southern sea outlet has to borrow from the two straits controlled by the Nubian Kingdom, which is not very convenient.

In addition, there are several enclave ports, all of which are small in scale. It is very troublesome to transport goods on a large scale from land to other countries.

In this war, she insisted on dividing the Wende Empire and also meant to seize the sea outlet.

However, Roland insisted on supporting the restoration of the Wende Empire, which made her a little unhappy.

Sophia stood up, walked slowly to the window, opened the window, and let the cold wind mixed with snowflakes drift in from the window.

It was another winter evening with snow all over the sky.

If it were her in the past, she would definitely like this kind of weather, but after the Battle of Baishan, her special obsession with snow also disappeared with that shocking sword.

What was cut off was not only the arrogant judges, but also the road she had walked.

That was a beautiful and innocent era. She once had three companions, who set out on the road of abundance, light and nature respectively, and she chose winter.

The coldness of winter matches her character of liking to be alone.

In those years, in order to suppress the negative emotions accumulated during cultivation, she would sleep for a while under the polar glaciers every winter.

The opportunity to ascend to the divine realm was beckoning them, and they agreed to stay in the material plane for a while.

The departure of the ascensionists would have a significant impact on the material plane. If the ascensionists could use the power of faith to strengthen the material plane before leaving, the damage to the material plane could be minimized.

After all, Theia was their hometown. Sophia thought it was a good thing that they could ascend to the divine realm, and they should leave something for their hometown before leaving.

They agreed to work together to create thirty-two artifacts to strengthen the defense of their hometown.

These thirty-two artifacts will build a solid plane wall to prevent the invasion of foreign demons.

The new plane wall constructed by the thirty-two artifacts will not only prevent foreign demons, but also make it almost impossible for them to return to their hometown.

Sophia decided to visit every corner of her hometown before leaving.

She is the youngest of the four goddess candidates, much younger than the other three, so she is still full of nostalgia for her hometown.

In a snowy winter, she went to the polar glacier as usual to find materials for casting artifacts and hibernate for a few weeks.

The other three knew her habits and would not interfere with her.

They went to various parts of the world to find materials.

This should have been an ordinary winter, a busy and ordinary day before they left their hometown.

However, Sophia could not find the other three people after waking up.

After an anxious search, she looked at the plane wall with a back door left, and instantly understood.

She was abandoned.

Theia plane was abandoned.

The three goddesses did not intend to do anything for their hometown. What kind of first ascend to the gods to drive the later ascend to the gods, they never thought about it, that was all Sophia's wishful thinking.

They had been planning to abandon her and secretly go to the God's Domain from the beginning to the end.

If that was all, Sophia would not blame them even though she was sad. Everyone had different ideas, so they just had to be well in the future.

However, they destroyed the artifacts and left hidden dangers in the plane wall, leaving a backdoor for them to return when the plane was annihilated and reborn.

Their intentions were very obvious.

They did not want to bring the latecomers to play, they wanted to eat alone.

If that was all, Sophia would not be too angry even though she despised them.

After all, people are selfish, and gods are no exception.

Making the most favorable choice for themselves does not seem to be a big deal.

However, the three goddesses had more vicious intentions. They wanted to eat not only the bonus of becoming a god, but even everything in their hometown.

They left a backdoor for themselves, just to come back and harvest when the material plane was annihilated and reborn.

What they wanted to eat was the entire plane.

Including Sophia who missed the ticket to becoming a god.

Sophia opened her right hand, and only a hilt remained in her palm. The ice-attributed artifact Azure Rage disappeared with the sword.

Also disappeared was all the ice-attributed power in her body.

She had tried many times.

She tried to make up the thirty-two artifacts, repair the plane wall, and prevent them from returning home, but the artifacts were easy to make, but the damaged plane wall could not be repaired.

This reserved backdoor was also the way for the God's Punishment Army to descend later.

Although the price was high, as long as the price was paid, the God's Punishment Army would arrive as promised.

Sophia's kindness and gentleness completely died with the departure of the three goddesses. She only wanted to protect her hometown and punish deserters.

She held a sharp blade and ruthlessly eliminated opponents, and finally established an unprecedented unified empire at the end of the Age of Gods.

She had no opponents in the world except the God's Punishment Army.

She owned the whole world, but had no comrades she could trust. In the final God's Punishment War, she faced the God's Punishment Army that came like a tide alone.

She detonated the artifact Azure Rainbow, and died together with the God's Punishment Army, and her soul also entered the underworld and experienced countless reincarnations.

It was not until the Sixth Age that her memory was awakened again.

Sophia's lips slightly raised, letting the sea breeze blow her long hair, the ends of her hair brushed across her cheeks, and the flaxen hair caressed her face, bringing bursts of numbness.

The long hair that was once as blue as the sea water returned to its original color, and the blue eyes turned back to light gold.

She seemed to have returned to the carefree look when she was still with her parents.

It was as if she had returned to the past when she shared endless time with her three half-sisters.

But she knew very well that she could not go back.

The three "sisters" became mortal enemies, and her parents became the dust of history. Even if they could cross the Styx, they would be given new souls and would no longer be her relatives.

This is probably the idea of ​​breaking down before building up.

Sophia sighed lightly, shrank her neck, and left the window that was blown by the cold wind.

She hadn't felt this weak for a long time.

This weak and empty feeling made her regain the long-lost feeling of being excited about getting stronger.

Sophia suddenly wanted to laugh.

The strong people in the world believed that she was the only super strong person of the fourth level, and that she had a powerful force that could rival the Holy Land.

Those who participated in the Battle of White Mountain would never have the idea of ​​resisting her by force.

They would never have thought that she was the weakest among the sixty survivors of the Battle of White Mountain.

If someone rushed into the Summer Palace now, there was a chance to kill her in her weakest state.

But they didn't dare.

Under that shocking sword, no one dared to draw the sword against her.

Sophia took a bearskin coat from the hanger and wrapped it around her body. Looking at the gradually falling night, feeling the layers of warmth brought by the bearskin, she suddenly became curious.

What was Roland doing?

Of course she couldn't have thought that Roland was creating life day and night.

According to the agreement, he should have reported to St. Rurik Castle, but Sif refused to let him go.

Unless

"You can't leave unless you leave a pure-blooded descendant for the York family."

Sif's expression was solemn. She dragged Roland into the bedroom and began to make unremitting efforts for the continuation of the family.

Outside the window, the blue moon was in the sky, and the companion moon was dim.

Inside the house, the moonlight was like water, and the naughty elves were playing in the Garden of Life (End of this chapter)