Tome of Blood

Chapter 499 -154- The overall situation has been decided

Charlotte's welcome dinner ended in rather dramatic fashion.

Before the dinner, she was still just a queen unilaterally addressed by the parliamentary nobles, and one of the contenders for the Fallen Star Throne. But after the dinner... she had become the sole heir to the throne.

The Duke of West and others who took the lead in the provocation have been detained.

What awaits them will be the trial of the Royal Parliament, and the charge is very severe - treason.

Murdering the Queen, colluding with the fallen vampires and trying to subvert the country's power... Although it seems strange to add the word "fallen" in front of the vampires, in black and white, the accusations against nobles such as Duke West and Viscount Cassim are definitely worthy of the name. unambiguous evidence.

The Lilac faction nobles had complicated expressions.

Even the most stubborn members of the Lilac Faction had to admit that the moment Duke Asia bowed to Charlotte, they had already failed.

It's not that they can't abandon Duke Asia and elect a new heir to the throne, but although they deny it in every possible way, they know very well that what really gives them the confidence to compete with the parliamentary nobles is not their own strength, but their own strength. It's support from the vampires.

Even... the reason why the three legends of the Fallen Star Kingdom announced that they would remain neutral in the succession of the throne is inseparable from the Blood Clan.

Nobles are not stupid.

Although even Duke Asia denies it, anyone who knows a little bit about the current situation will realize that although the evidence of Duke West is conclusive, his questioning in the banquet hall may have hit the truth——

What could make Duke Asia give up the throne and bow to Charlotte could not be other reasons but the vampire clan.

The Castel family and the Blood family reached an agreement on the succession to the throne.

Or to be more precise, the Holy Royal Court and the Blood Tribe reached an agreement.

If there hadn't been Charlotte's Holy Light Trial against Archpriest Campbell, many people might still wonder whether the Castel family really fell to the Blood Clan, so the Blood Clan chose to give up supporting Duke Asia and instead support the Kastel family. Count Steer.

But obviously, the "judgment" of the Holy Light will not lie.

Not to mention that after "trialing" the fallen high priest, Count Castell even received the divine favor from the God Lord, which undoubtedly further strengthened the girl's legitimacy.

The kingship of human kingdoms comes from divine authority, and kingship must be granted by God.

Even if Charlotte openly cooperates with the Vampires, even if the Castel family really had a secret agreement with the Vampires, under the shining light of the God Lord, everything can be attributed to the will of God, and everything... will be legal. .

It was the Divine Lord who guided the Saint to inherit the throne, and it was also the Divine Lord who guided the Saint to cooperate with the vampires.

Outrageous?

Ridiculous indeed.

After all, the Holy Royal Court was built on overthrowing the rule of the vampires. For the Holy Royal Court, the vampires were evil.

But so what?

God’s will cannot be doubted, and God’s thoughts cannot be guessed by mortals.

Since the Lord of God has given Count Castel the favor of God, it means that the Lord of God also recognizes what Count Castel has done. Everything that Count Caster does... is in compliance with God's will.

If you can't figure it out, then keep thinking about it. If you really can't figure it out, just think of it as God's will. After all... God must have deep meaning, and God must be right.

And the miracles in front of everyone's eyes...can't be faked.

At this moment, even the two vampires, Albrecht and Yurst, looked at Charlotte strangely.

As Charlotte's blood servants and dependents, they know Charlotte's true identity.

It was precisely because they knew Charlotte's true identity that the two of them were shocked.

However, despite being shocked, they were not very confused.

Although the Holy Royal Court attributes the creation of the world to the God Lord and preaches that the God Lord awakened from ancient times, and although there are many legends of creation gods in ancient times... the Vampire Clan has its own inheritance and has also experienced the era of the rise of the Holy Royal Court. , in the eyes of many vampires, the God Lord is indeed powerful, but if he really talks about "creating the world", he is afraid that he is not flattering himself.

You know, some classics even regard the Creator God and the founder of the royal bloodline Kirari clan as one person.

Of course, many vampires themselves do not believe these "unofficial histories" handed down from unknown eras, and no one has ever acknowledged the vampires who survived from the age of myth.

However, although no one acknowledges these unofficial histories, they have laid the foundation for the Vampires’ understanding of the God of Creation.

The Creator God is a god.

The true ancestor is also a god.

They are all true gods. Who is higher and who is lower? Don’t even think about deceiving the immortals with the theory that deceives believers.

If we really want to talk about it, maybe the God Lord will have to call the True Ancestor a senior.

From this point of view, if the returned True Ancestor Mian Mian and the God of Creation have reached some kind of agreement in secret, it seems that... it is not incomprehensible.

After all, in the era when the True Ancestor Crown dominated the continent, the Holy Royal Court was not even a shadow, and although the origin of the God of Creation was mysterious, he was at best a descendant of the True Ancestor Crown.

Albrecht and Yurst were thinking a lot, and quickly attributed everything today to the fact that the True Ancestor Crown had probably reached some kind of agreement with the Lord of Creation.

However, as the focus of everything, Charlotte herself knew that it was not what they imagined.

Not only that, but if we really want to talk about it, there is no way to say whether this last "miracle" was bestowed by the "divine master" or whether the "sacred weapon" of the "divine master" descended on its own.

Charlotte remembers the description of divine countermeasures in the Blood Scripture.

The caster is not the God Lord himself, but the God Lord's supreme artifact, the Cardinal of Creation Law.

As a demigod, Charlotte has a fairly professional understanding of the working mechanism of the faith network.

In this era when the gods have retreated into seclusion, most of the time the gods do not respond to believers in person. Things such as the gift of divine magic and promotion to the priesthood often operate on their own according to the mechanism preset by the gods.

As far as Charlotte knows, Cardinal Law of Creation should be the core of the creation god to maintain the operation of the faith. This has similar records in many classics of the Holy Royal Court.

The divine blessing directed at her came from the Cardinal of Creation Law and was not given by the Lord himself. Then... there are two possibilities.

One possibility is that her actions resulted in a misjudgment of the artifact, while the other possibility is that she really gained the attention of the "God Lord".

Charlotte didn't know which might be the right answer.

However... combined with her speculation on the identity of the Creator God, no matter which outcome it is, it may not be a bad thing for her.

If it was a misjudgment of the artifact, it meant that the Holy Scripture of Blood was of a higher status than she had imagined. It was completely comparable to the artifact of the God of Creation, and could even deceive the sleeping God.

And if the God Lord is already paying attention secretly, it also means that the God Lord does not regard her as an enemy. In a sense, it can even further support her guess about the God Lord's identity.

Regardless of the outcome, the effect produced today is the same.

That completely confirmed Charlotte's identity as a saint, and pushed the legitimacy of her "peace negotiation" with the vampires and the validity of the throne inheritance to a level that is difficult to deny anymore.

Charlotte thought even more.

With this kind of aura that is simply God-given, even if her Dark Night Cult is completely exposed in the future and her secret missionary activities are made public, she can still use this as a tiger skin to raise the banner of legality.

Do not ask.

Asking is the acquiescence of the Lord of God, asking is to deal with the corruption of the Holy Royal Court, asking is the retinue of the great Lord of God, Lady Charlotte, who is extremely disappointed with the corrupted Royal Court, and decides to re-establish Protestantism under the will of God.

At the same time, with this solid Saintess halo and the Holy Light Trial against Archpriest Campbell, another direct benefit is that Charlotte already has sufficient and reasonable reasons to take the opportunity to destroy the Fallen Star Kingdom. The Holy Royal Court branch took complete control and eliminated the power of the Theocracy in Falling Star Kingdom.

Do not ask.

The question is that the church branch of Fallen Star Kingdom has cooperated with the fallen vampires. The question is that they have betrayed the Lord of God. Such crimes must be judged by Her Majesty the Holy Lady.

In short, Charlotte really felt that this divine favor was wonderful.

Not only did it give the Holy Book of Blood a wave of divine power, but it also indirectly solved several hidden dangers in Falling Star Kingdom, and even gave her the legitimacy to preach in the future.

She is really Qin Shihuang touching the wires... winning.

Of course, some people win and some lose.

As the special envoy of the Crescent Kingdom who witnessed the whole process of the "miracle" with his own eyes, Duke Yuehu's expression was quite complicated.

Looking at Charlotte, who was surrounded by the stars and accepted the surrender and worship of the Fallen Star nobles, Duke Yuehu sighed and asked respectfully:

"Saint...Your Highness, regarding the territorial conflict between the two countries, do you...really not think about it carefully anymore?"

Charlotte smiled slightly and said:

"Your Majesty the Duke, as I said before, I am the Earl of Castells, but at the same time, I will also be the Queen of Falling Star. As the Queen... I cannot betray the interests of the kingdom."

"Of course, the agreement I made with His Majesty Louis is still valid, if... His Majesty Louis still approves it."

After hearing Charlotte's words, Duke Yuehu fell into silence.

He heard Charlotte's refusal.

As for Charlotte's agreement with His Majesty the King...that's too far off.

Duke Yuehu knows his Majesty very well.

If Charlotte is still the Earl of Castells, perhaps His Majesty will still be willing to fulfill the contract, but if Charlotte becomes the Fallen Star Queen...

Your Majesty, there is absolutely no way that the Castel Territory, which is rich in mithril, will become the territory of Fallen Star Kingdom.

Not even if it’s just for a few decades.

The future is already full of variables, and uncontrollable agreements will only become waste paper.

"I understand, I will convey everything to His Majesty."

Duke Yuehu sighed and said.

The party lasted until early morning.

After the song was over, the nobles left one after another, and obviously... everything that happened tonight will soon spread throughout the Falling Star Kingdom, and even the entire continent of Miria.

After all, Falling Star Kingdom is considered one of the major powers on the continent, and a change in the throne of a king is naturally a world-class event.

Lord Stafford looked excited.

His face was flushed, and he had obviously drunk a lot of wine.

After the nobles had almost left, he led the senior members of the parliamentary nobles to Charlotte and said with excitement:

"Her Majesty the Queen, congratulations on receiving divine favor from the God Lord again. May the Holy Light be with you forever! May the Falling Star be with you forever!"

After saying that, he took a deep breath and looked at Charlotte eagerly:

"Your Majesty, after tonight, the overall situation has been decided. I don't know...when do you plan to be officially crowned and ascend the throne?"

Is it a coronation...?

Charlotte mused.

Although she doesn't like these red tapes very much, she also knows that this is the tradition of all countries in Miria.

Since she has inherited the throne, a coronation is inevitable, which also means that she officially takes over the scepter and becomes the ruler of the Fallen Star Kingdom.

After thinking for a moment, Charlotte looked at Marquis Howard aside:

"Do you have any requirements for the coronation time of the previous Fallen Star Kings?"

Marquis Howard was stunned for a moment, then said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, the coronation time of previous kings has not been clearly defined, but... it is usually held on the second Friday of every month."

"The second Friday of every month? The day of the blood moon?"

Charlotte raised her eyebrows slightly.

Marquis Howard said quickly:

"Yes, the Day of the Blood Moon. This is a tradition left behind by the Blood Clan during its behind-the-scenes rule. It is also influenced by the Blood Clan. Of course... you do not have to follow it. In fact, the Council has long planned to abolish this tradition that continues from the Vampire Clan. ”

Charlotte pondered for a moment and said:

"It doesn't matter. Let's choose the coronation date on the second Friday of next month, the day of the blood moon..."