Realm of Power

The cold wind blew across the window sill, bringing with it the rustling sound of large holes falling on the window sill at night. The night was very quiet, and the pretty shadows were like eyes. The fat man took a sip of the hot Kujit liquor and looked at the man covered in wind and snow with bright eyes. The beautiful Grand Duchess was arranging the snow on her collar and asked

"Why are you here with such heavy snow? The Winter Veil Festival is approaching. Don't you need to help the instructor prepare?"

"I miss you so much that I can't help but want to come see you. This is the right reason, right?" Nilai took off her white fur, revealing her beautiful and thought-provoking figure. She glanced at him angrily and came straight to him. Beside the bonfire with the fireplace, he took off his gloves to reveal his ten white fingers, squatted down to warm himself, and said

"The impact that you avoided seeing your mentor last time was no different than an earthquake for the entire Northern Dominion. Seeing your mentor rushing there in such a hurry, but being rejected, many people thought that you had no regard for your mentor. The support of the emperor has been neglected, and the empire is dissatisfied with the temple and does not even spare the most basic face."

"You know the real situation at that time, that was not my intention." The fat man sighed helplessly and put down the wine glass in his hand. This kind of Salander wine glass can hold nearly half a catty of wine. Although the fat man took a sip, There is more than half of it left, and the dark red wine is sitting in the glass, making ripples.

"I just asked you to hide, but I didn't ask you to go to the Black Forest."

Nilai breathed into her frozen little hands, her eyes sparkled, her nose wrinkled slightly, she came to the fat man's table, picked up the remaining half glass of strong wine, and put her lips to it. He took a big sip and closed his beautiful eyes with unfinished thoughts. sighed

"It's been a long time since I've had such a delicious wine." Nilai opened her eyes, her pretty face turned bright red, so beautiful that people dare not look directly at it. "I can guarantee that this must be brewed by us Salanders." Yes, because I felt a very special smell from it, it seemed that even my soul was on fire, but I didn’t know what it was.”

The fat man laughed dumbly and said

"What you are drinking is Ruilanxiang, a secret wine of the Kugit Royal Court. There are definitely no more than 100 barrels in the entire continent. If you like it, I will give you ten barrels. Under normal circumstances, I don't drink. , that unique smell you feel is actually worthless to say, it is the smell of human blood.

This is a habit of the Kugit royal court making wine. They believe that only by mixing a certain proportion of human blood into the wine can the spirit achieve the best effect of keeping out the cold."

"human blood"

Nilai looked weird and stuck out her tongue, like a frightened bird, and quickly put down the wine glass. Said happily

"Okay, let's be honest, I came to you to save my life this time. The mentor's situation is very bad now, and now I can only find you, the great savior, to rescue you. I saved you last time, you owe me a favor"

"What's wrong?" The fat man picked up the wine glass. It’s so annoying and funny, women’s logic is just like this, it’s unreasonable,

""It's not all your fault."

Nilai's pretty face was smeared with glow, and she gave him a drunken look, "Speaking of it, it's still the last time we selected the next generation of saints, but the situation is even worse. There are only two candidates for the three saints now. Far from it. The proposal to select a saint candidate from the north, center and south was suddenly met with collective opposition from the northern nobles. Several high priests of the temple even looked on with cold eyes, and the mentor became ill as a result."

"Does this... have anything to do with me?"

The fat man had a look of dementia on his face. Under Nilai's resentful eyes, he felt like vomiting blood. Could this kind of random nonsense be considered his own fault? If he wasn't framed like this,

He opened his mouth, but finally gave up his defense. What should he say? There is nothing to say. This is the tragedy of being the leader of a country. Every move may lead to various conjectures. Some of them are right, but most of them are wrong. That's wrong. It can be imagined that the northern nobles of Salander, who have always listened to the wind, have a strong fear of the empire.

Especially now that we have got rid of the shadow of war and are enjoying the various beauties brought by peace. There is no external pressure, and the commonality of aristocrats who are content with pleasure has been fully exposed. Everyone is afraid of the day when they unintentionally offend His Majesty Falcon, and finally The tragic fate of being reduced to a prisoner. The Empire has never been afraid of provocation. Look at the 30,000 heads chopped off by the Black Forest Punks at once, and you will know how miserable the consequences will be for those who oppose His Majesty Falcon.

Maybe even Fatty himself didn't think of it. He originally wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys and establish the prestige of the empire. But under the current situation, the chicken was killed, but the monkeys were scared and nervous. Could this be considered an unexpected surprise? Fatty It’s also very helpless, this is the human heart, it’s always impossible to grasp,

Not allowing him to think too much, Nilai finally failed to resist the temptation of the wine. She picked up the wine glass again, stuck out her little tongue and licked it, and said somewhat gloomily, "The northern nobles turned their backs on the spot and insisted on canceling the southern candidates. In response to your war against the South, this time even the high priests of the temple agreed. The mentor was alone and fainted on the spot when faced with the accusations from everyone. "

"There is such a thing. This is definitely a misunderstanding."

A trace of helplessness flashed across the fat man's face. No wonder Nilai blamed herself for this incident, but these northern nobles are too ignorant. On the one hand, the Black Forest is outside the empire's governance, and on the other hand, the empire needs to vigorously The supported temple, the two have completely different statuses for the empire, and they can actually be related together."

"You think so, but the people below don't see it that way." As the drunkenness surged, the elegant Grand Duchess also relaxed her figure, holding a wine glass, and sat on the thick carpet on the ground. The firelight reflected on the beautiful Grand Duchess's figure. The long hair as beautiful as gold exudes a magical golden red color,

The voice stopped and he said with a solemn expression.

"Your war in the Black Forest made it so clear that the Empire did not like the South. This was a fatal blow to the mentor who had spent countless efforts to gain support for the South from the nobles. Don't forget Yes, the mentor’s hometown is the south, and His Majesty treats the south like this,

Coupled with the previous fear of avoiding it, under this clear statement, which fool would dare to insist on the mentor's proposal?

Under the sudden change of attitude of everyone, how could the mentor, who was already anxious and sad, endure it? So I have to come here despite the snow this time. I just hope that you can make a statement as soon as possible to save this crisis for the mentor." Nilai said excitedly

"What kind of statement?" The fat man also felt a little guilty. He raised his head and looked at Nilai. The battle in the Black Forest had indeed shocked the northern nobles, but from another perspective, the war that broke out in the southern Black Forest was a great blow to those who were born in the south. The impact of Palstina on people is very great, just Even the temple believes that the empire is so dissatisfied with Parstina's leadership of the temple that it has closed the door behind closed doors. Under such circumstances, it is conceivable that Parstina's isolated situation is one that Nilai has not concealed. The appearance, with the joy and infatuation that is tempting and criminal, appears in front of him. This stunning beauty of Salander just sat down on the carpet without caring about neatness and manners.

Looking at the fat man with watery eyes, with a bit of drunkenness, Nilai mustered up the courage to say, "Now I can only hope that Your Majesty can agree in advance in his own name to the three-choice proposal submitted by the previous mentor."

"I'm afraid it won't work. Doesn't that mean I indirectly agree with the mentor and no longer serve as the next high priest?" The fat man shook his head violently, obviously not agreeing with Nilai's view, and said, "And even if I agree to this proposal, , there will be no change in the mentor’s current situation.”

"Why?" Nilai's face was stunned for a moment, and the fat man said, "Since it's one of three choices, without anyone's support, the candidates from the south will also be useless. At that time, the mentor will not only face It’s the ridicule of the North, but the ridicule of the entire Salander. People who don’t know the inside story will say that the Temple is completely focusing on the North over the South in this matter. It is a naked betrayal of the South, the birthplace of the Temple. You Do you want your mentor to be charged with such a crime?"

"but......"

Nilai's face turned pale, obviously she did not expect such a result, her lips were slightly opened, her eyes were blurred, she shook her head in pain and said, "Then what should I do? I am already in a mess, and now the entire temple is watching. The mentor made a fool of himself. According to the mentor’s tough and proud character, if there is no hope, in order to maintain my faith and dignity, I am really afraid that one morning, when I open the door, what I see is the mentor’s lifeless body. That must be the greatest sorrow in the world.”

"Okay, okay, I'm scared of you." Hearing what Nilai said was so serious, the fat man could only give in. He didn't want to watch the beautiful Salander flower wither in disappointment. Take this back and give it to the instructor, she will know what to do."

With a helpless smile on his face, the fat man stood up and went to the desk to pick up the top-secret plan for building an outer naval port in Moro and handed it to Nilai, who was looking red-eyed.

"Is this?" Nilai took the plan with confused eyes. After flipping through a few pages, the frost on her face finally dissipated. She glanced at him charmingly, exhaled, and said slowly, "So you are like this." Why didn't you tell me the big plan earlier, so that I could give the instructor some advice, and the instructor wouldn't have to look at those people's faces?"

"This is the empire's next plan"

The fat man stretched out his index finger to cover Nile's soft lips, and said calmly, "You must ensure that you maintain a tough attitude regarding the candidates. Don't forget that you are the one who owns the empire in the north of Salander." the spokesperson,

"You can wait until this plan is revealed and use the opportunity to severely attack those disobedient people. The north cannot continue to be in such chaos, otherwise, I will have to take action myself."