Chapter 81 Friends, have you heard of the rotman?
"You're wrong."
Old Alvin took a deep breath and said slowly: "I can't choose any of them."
...Oh?
Do you eat this set? Want to perform a righteous and unyielding performance?
Annan was stunned for a moment and suddenly became energetic.
Seeing the strange light flashing in Annan's eyes, Old Alvin quickly explained: "No, don't get me wrong. Because I... am not actually the third prince's person, I am just a nail beside him."
He sighed, looked at Annan's eyes, and said slowly, "I'm not sure if you have put any curse on me that 'Lying will die'... But I think you should be able to see that what I'm telling the truth now is the truth. We can cooperate completely because we are not enemies at least now."
As he said that, Old Alvin took a deep breath and his expression became serious.
He showed an expression that made Annan a little familiar, and said something that made Annan a little familiar:
“—Have you heard of charlatan?”
No, but have you heard of ○Price?
Annan really wanted to ask back, but after thinking about it, he still forced himself to go back.
It's quite uncomfortable to hold it in.
Annan pondered for a moment, and looked thoughtful: "You mean..."
——In fact, he didn't know anything.
"You guessed it right."
Old Alvin took a deep breath: "I am a believer of the charlatan... No, don't worry. Wait until I finish speaking - although the relationship between the respected grandmother and the charlatantan is not very good, we now have the same goal.
"Our immortal corrupt man is the god of eternal life and heirlessness. Unlike the respected grandmother, we advocate the eternity of individuals... Since children are the continuation of parents' lives, why do we need descendants to continue their lives if parents themselves can live forever? No matter what they want to do, what regrets are there for them, and why don't they do it yourself instead of giving it to descendants?
"So you ask me, do I support the Third Prince or the Winter... Of course, I don't support either."
Old Alvin said slowly: "Because I have always been loyal to His Majesty the King-
"There is no more ritual that can please the corrupt man more than the royal family's successor.
"His Majesty the King has a total of nine children, five daughters and four sons. Now three are still alive... The eldest princess, the third prince, and the fourth prince."
Lao Viscount laughed: "And this - of course, is our credit.
"Disease, curse, accident. Our ultimate goal is to make the royal family die.
"In this way, Henry VIII must pray for the help of the corrupt man or grandmother, so that he can give birth to another son...or directly restore his youth and gain immortal life. Not to mention that His Majesty once launched a war against the Duchy of Winter. Even if his grandmother is willing to bless His Majesty, he is now as old as this, can he watch his children grow up again?
"Even if he really chooses this way... we can kill his child again. How can we guard against thieves for thousands of days?
"Besides, we didn't let him kill his children with his own hands. This is the most troublesome and cruelest step, we have completed it for His Majesty."
Old Alvin said slowly: "When Your Majesty realizes the problem, he only needs to make a choice. On the one hand, he returns to his youth and gains eternal life; on the other hand, the dynasty passed down from generation to generation fell into the hands of outsiders for no reason..."
Annan understood.
From the very beginning, there was only one choice left to Henry VIII.
--eternal life.
How many people can resist its temptation?
Even if the price is to keep giving birth to the lives of children?
Even if the king had disgust on his face and was reluctant on his lips, when he really had no choice but to choose and really restore his youth... wouldn't he be happy about it?
When he grows old again, can he really stand it and not hold the ceremony?
So, to be safe.
If Henry VIII really planned to use the ritual of the charlatan, he would definitely make the charlatan's church legal in the Kingdom of Noah. This was not difficult for him - if all his children died, his scattered power would return to his hands.
This is a real plot.
Just wait until Henry VIII grows old and is too old to have children, and is about to die... and then he will successfully kill all his children.
Henry VIII had no other choice.
...I don't know if it's an illusion.
Annan always feels that the pseudo-gods in this world... seem particularly enthusiastic?
Whether it is a skeleton man or a stolen man, they are like salesmen who stop people everywhere on the roadside, "Come on, come on, please try it out." Then after eating it, they felt it was really good, and they were embarrassed to not buy it, so they paid for it...
——Free things are the most expensive.
Annan understands this truth very well.
But obviously... people in this world don't seem to understand it very much.
"...If you want to blame, you will be surprised. Mortals will grow old after all."
Old Alvin snorted and sighed in a low voice.
He curled up in his seat like a skeleton, and his figure looked particularly thin.
"...that's why you say that you are neither standing on the side of the Third Prince nor on our Duchy of Winter."
Annan nodded and understood the position of Old Alvin.
The old grandmother's clergy included the inheritance, family, offspring and authority, which was completely in conflict with the corruption man. Therefore, he could not defect to the Duchy of Winter. Instead of pretending to cater to him and then betray him, it would be better to explain it to Annan directly.
On the other hand, he was just using the third prince. However, the Jerant family is indeed his enemy... The reason is very simple, because the Jerant family has already taken the lead, and they are the forces that support the eldest princess - the king's most optimistic view is the eldest princess.
What the charlatan needs is to kill all the royal descendants before the king dies. Whether it is the third prince or the eldest princess, they are their enemies.
Since Old Alvin is a nail buried on the Third Prince, it means that as long as he is allowed to live, he will continue to weaken the royal power of the Noah Kingdom.
At least before the king completes the charlatan ritual, the more the royal family dies, the happier the Kingdom of Winter will definitely be.
So Annan Lingdong would not kill him at this time.
At most, he would report this matter back - trying to prevent Henry VIII from gaining immortality at the end of the ceremony, or directly assassinate himself... This is the most cost-effective and labor-saving plan.
The premise is that he is really "Annan Winter".
——I didn’t expect that you made the same mistake twice.
Annan took a deep breath and showed a gentle smile.
However, I really got very critical information...
He was a little lucky that fortunately he didn't take action to kill Old Alvin directly. Otherwise, he would not know when he would have known the existence of the "Corruption" behind the scenes, and would only think that this was a normal war of successors...
"Very good, you're honest. Worth commending."
Annan smiled slightly, took two steps back, took the kitchen knife and hammer back into his bag, indicating that he was not hostile.
"Oh, by the way."
Annan said casually: "When you ask that person... to take me to your study. Where should your letters and documents be?"
"Do you want to confirm?"
Viscount Barber frowned slightly, but he nodded calmly: "Yes. This is my sincerity in working with you...how?"
"Of course, we have a happy cooperation. Since you have a charlatan behind you, when your plan is successful, you will definitely have a chance to lift the curse on your body. It would be great that our cooperation will be terminated until then."
Annan smiled slightly: "Do you want to send someone to take my followers over? You can discuss the details of the cooperation with them--"
He was very sure that Viscount Barber would agree.
With Viscount Barber's character, he is likely to consider Annan's huge advantage in front of him as the blessing brought by the power of the "Extraordinary".
In this way, he would definitely agree to meet Annan's "companions". The purpose was to cliché from them - since they discussed cooperation, they would definitely show each other some trump cards. I definitely didn't believe that every Annan's companion could be as smart as him.
Of course, Annan didn't believe it either.
However, he didn't need them to discuss cooperation...
Because the condition of the spell imposed by Annan on Alvin was triggered when he was "prepared to expose Annan's identity to others", making him forget what he was going to say while his heart was paralyzed.
——But Old Alvin definitely couldn't guess.
Annan’s subordinates... are the “other people”.
They didn't know Annan's true identity at all!
Chapter completed!