Chapter 45 You owe me a thank you(1/3)
The suppressed commotion in the Hall of Stars has officially turned into an uproar in the entire hall!
Regardless of civilians, officials, or nobles, everyone rushed forward to catch a glimpse of the descendant of the Brilliant Star who had not appeared for twelve years.
Under Gilbert's order, groups of guards who had been prepared hurriedly entered the scene and formed a human wall. They raised the anti-collision shields and electric shock batons urgently borrowed from the security hall. They tried their best to resist the crowd and maintain the situation.
order.
"Back off! Otherwise you will be treated as disrespectful to the royal family!" Many guards shouted at the top of their lungs.
Although these guards often turned back to look at the boy with a special status, who was only six or seven years old.
Taylor stood calmly, calm and calm, facing the eyes of the whole hall.
This is what I have to face, everything I can't choose.
He was a little unmotivated, so even though he was receiving countless looks, his mood was extremely calm.
Especially the gazes of the dozen dukes and earls, which coexisted with confusion, surprise, anger, unwillingness, deep thought, and obscurity, and then invariably turned into scrutiny and vigilance, cutting like swords.
And——that complicated look from Jann Kevin Deere.
Zhan felt that all the blood in his body was flowing backwards, impacting his brain.
Trembling slightly, he stood up slowly and looked at Thales in disbelief.
It's that boy.
how come?
The so-called illegitimate son of Lord Mann.
he?
What's even more ironic is that I just saved his life from an assassin yesterday.
If I had persisted yesterday...or simply didn't have to intervene and let him die under the assassin's sword...
He clenched his fists tightly and gritted his back teeth.
No, they haven't lost yet.
still have a chance!
However, louder, louder, and more deafening cheers came from Xingju Square.
The news of the descendants of Bright Star was finally announced to the entire kingdom.
"Please go back to your seats, my lords," Gilbert said coldly: "I think your majesty will humbly accept your advice and accept your suggestion of naming an heir."
"Why does this boy have a nine-pointed star...it has been twelve years...Your Majesty..." Count Sorel couldn't take back his surprised expression and sat back on the stone seat in a daze.
"We have never heard that Queen Keya has a third child... Who is this unidentified child..." Earl Dastan muttered. He sat back on the stone seat, frowning and thinking deeply.
"Your Majesty, we still need an explanation!" The one-eyed Duke of Nantriest, Coste lowered his head, making it difficult to see his expression under the shadow, but his clenched fists never let go.
He suddenly raised his head and stared at Kessel V with one angry eye: "At this time, a boy wearing a nine-pointed star clan emblem appeared... Are you fooling us!"
Kessel V didn't even look at him, just stared in another direction.
"Kai, I understand, so this is your purpose." Val frowned, exhaled softly, and said in a low voice: "Like this group of disgusting people, you have already planned the national meeting held today.
It's a meeting, not to deal with Exeter... but for this child."
The Duke of the North leaned back, looked at Thales who was expressionless, and then at the king who said nothing, and said in despair: "You all think of me as a fool, don't you."
"Ha, after working on it for a long time, no one cares about Exeter and the war except the North itself," he laughed sarcastically: "Look, this is the glory of the stars and the afterglow of the empire."
King Kessel V ignored him, and the lords also avoided his eyes.
The obese Duke Cullen frowned rarely, thinking seriously and solemnly without saying anything.
"Don't be surprised, these are the Bright Star Royal Family and the Nineteen Nobles," Duke Falkenhauser laughed dryly, regardless of whether he himself was scolded, and mocked: "The pillars of the stars!"
After calming down, Jann Kelvindir exchanged a look with Coste. They tried to communicate with Duke Cullen on the other stone seat, but the latter just lowered his head and pondered, as if everything in the outside world did not concern him.
thing.
Damn old man.
The young Duke of Nan'an and the one-eyed Duke of Cliff cursed secretly in their hearts at the same time.
He is obviously the initiator and approver of the "New Star" plan, but when accidents happen, he always shrinks the fastest.
"Everyone has heard what His Majesty said," Gilbert responded coldly as he watched the earls and dukes sit back in their seats: "Your Majesty will recognize this boy as his bloodline at the national meeting today."
The middle-aged noble took a step forward and tried his best to suppress his excitement: "The Brilliant Star King Vein will be renewed here..."
"Wait a minute!" The Duke of Cliff, the one-eyed dragon Guost, seemed to have just recovered from the shock. He interrupted Gilbert loudly: "We all know that your Majesty had two children who unfortunately died at the age of 12.
Years ago, we still don’t know the origin of this boy!”
It may have little effect, but stop it anyway.
Otherwise, they have been planning for so long...
Thales sighed and looked at Coste.
Are they the ones Gilbert said, hoping to rely on sudden crises to change the situation in the kingdom and seize power and interests?
He swept past Coster, he swept past Jan, he swept past the earls.
Thales lowered his gaze and shook his head slightly.
It's like a farce in a wet market.
But it determines war and peace, and the future of countless people in this kingdom.
"To interrogate the identity of his son in front of His Majesty, in the State Council," Earl Godwin, a royalist, shouted dissatisfied: "Who gave you such power?"
"This is related to the inheritance of the throne and the future of the Kingdom of Stars. Every nobleman of the stars has power," Count Lassia received Duke Zhan's eyes and said slowly: "How can you treat this as a child's play."
Falkenholtz clapped his hands and said with a stern smile: "Okay, just now the Bright Star Royal Family was a historical antique that was about to be swept into the garbage dump, but now it is the future of the kingdom that everyone is concerned about."
Coster and Jenn glanced at Falkenholz dissatisfied at the same time.
"Let this damn farce end quickly," Val said, covering his forehead and suppressing his anger: "No matter what the outcome, the North is facing the threat of war."
"Although I know you don't care, even this crisis is... in short, let's end it soon." At the end, the Duke of the North, whose eyes were burning, shook his head slightly and said sarcastically: "No matter the king or the lord... the North
I should never have counted on you."
The lords looked at each other and were silent for a while.
The sound in Xingju Square increased again, reaching all the way to the Hall of Stars, but this time, I didn’t know why.
King Kessel V lightly tapped his scepter, attracting everyone's attention. The Iron-fisted King's expression was dull and unconcerned.
"Tales, let everyone see who you are." The king's tone was calm, but his words made people look shocked: "Sooner or later, they will kneel down in front of you, swear allegiance, and become your arms and the pillars of the kingdom.
.”
Several earls turned their heads calmly and completely gave up any intention of speaking.
yes.
If this boy really becomes the Supreme King of the Stars in the future...
Zhan calmly clasped his hands and quickly calculated today's situation.
If the High Council composed of nineteen nobles does not recognize the identity of this child... then...
Even if it damages our popularity...this damn country meeting...
Footsteps sounded.
Everyone on the stone seat turned their heads and watched the boy walk to King Kessel's side.
The boy who was receiving the attention of everyone, looked thin and pitiful, but still looked calm and even a little absent-minded.
I saw him sigh.
"I'm Thales."
In the noisy background, the traveler whispered.
So the people in the hall quickly became quiet in order to hear his words clearly.
This is also a skill he learned when speaking in his previous life. When speaking in a noisy place, he should ask others to quiet down without being louder than them.
Rather, it forces others to shut up in order to hear what they say clearly.
"I am a descendant of Canxing. My father is the supreme king of this country, His Majesty Kessel Canxing. My grandfather is the late king of this country, the King of Changzhi, His Majesty Eddy Canxing."
He scanned every lord in front of him.
He saw the Duke of the North sitting alone with a dull expression and his head bowed silently.
Val Arend.
And the two northern earls sitting behind him.
He saw the aggressive Cyclops of South Trist again, Zhan who stared at him and shook his head slightly, Falkenhausz with playful eyes, and Duke Cullen who kept his head down and smiled.
Counts who all have different expressions, but all have the same evil intentions.
To be continued...