It is not strange for a child to call himself a swan knight.
The identity of "Swan Knight" in Iris is like superheroes such as Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman who hide their identities through leather holsters. It is the incarnation of a mysterious, righteous, and invincible hero. Children cannot get rid of this "I
The cool feeling of "actually a mysterious hero who cannot tell his true identity" is so normal.
But for an adult, he still firmly believes that he is a swan knight, which is somewhat related to "The Return of the Dragon King".
For a prince - or even a king, this is even more outrageous.
At the same time, he is a handsome man with outstanding temperament. His beauty and temperament make him stand out among his brothers and sisters. Anyone who glances at him will definitely see him first - this is who he is.
A manifestation of the outstanding talent of the Path of Beauty. You must know that the entire Iris royal family has the inheritance of the Path of Beauty. They are not ordinary people. Any one of them alone will arouse people's fanatical pursuit and admiration.
But in front of this "Swan Prince", they seemed so ordinary.
His Highness the Prince has extraordinary perceptual intuition, and when he was only a teenager, he was able to make extremely sharp criticisms of master-level works of art. Even though he has such a beautiful and charming appearance, he is indifferent to sexual matters.
Deal with it.
When he was beheaded, he left no heirs. Just like the swan knight separated from his wife on their wedding night... Even though he was married, he was always the "virgin king".
There is no doubt that this is an eccentric, gentle, beautiful, pure, elegant and crazy artist.
The perfect creation of the twin mirrors, the incarnation of the apostle of beauty.
The only problem is - he became a secular king.
Some people fanatically worship him, but more people are jealous of him. Endless malice constantly attacks him.
Politics is the art of compromise, but this proud Swan King is unwilling to compromise - he always responds to other people's malice with the most radical attitude. He is also too sensitive, he only needs to see the other person's face and eyes, and hear
By listening to the other person's voice, you can realize the other person's true purpose and inner thoughts.
If the Swan King senses the malice in other people's hearts, he will immediately turn against him and ask someone to place a huge flower in front of the visitor so that he does not have to see the other person's face. If he realizes that the other person is taking advantage of him, he will
He will improvise a spicy and poignant poem and give it to the other person when he leaves.
If someone asked him to do something unjust, he would immediately turn around and leave; even if other nobles, or even his own relatives, asked for benefits from him, he would refuse them behind closed doors - without even seeing him.
I would rather write poetry in my room, or sing on the balcony... like a canary trapped in a palace.
To him, most people seem boring. Only the purest people...those artists, or children can arouse his interest.
Because of this, he has more and more enemies. Almost all nobles are deliberately resisting his orders, and almost all officials are delaying his policies - either they don't want to do it, or they don't dare to do it.
The efficiency of the government became slower and slower, or the nobles became more and more efficient in "targeting the monarch". Finally, the fire of poverty finally kindled on the petals of the iris, causing it to wither and wither.
"This overly noble king is completely incompatible with his nobles. He is unwilling to dirty his hands by doing dirty things, and is not even willing to execute anyone - even those who openly oppose him.
Minister. He still hopes to make people change their decisions through speeches and his songs and poems.
"It seems that he does not live in reality, but in a fairy tale."
Sherlock said slowly.
This monarch seems to believe that as long as he speaks sincere words that touch people's hearts, evil people will repent and good people will be inspired. His worldview is completely different from others... just like Don Quixote, indulging in his own fantasy filter
Perhaps it's not that he can't see the real world, but that he doesn't want to see it.
"Under the guidance of public opinion, the people who did not know who should attribute the responsibility gave this monarch a new nickname: the Mad King.
"-But even so, people actually still love this weird monarch.
"Because he is like a real knight. After taking office, he almost exempted the country from taxes. He even tried to solve the case seriously like the king in the fairy tale - since he was assassinated three times by an assassin disguised as a prisoner.
, this entertainment was abolished by his queen.
"Later, he tried to conduct private visits incognito, and went to various places to check for corrupt officials and bad governance - but there were not many of his own people around him, so all his "secret whereabouts" were basically highlighted. He went there
You can only see actors everywhere, and he is keenly aware of all hypocrisy, so he lost interest after a few times.
"——And after the people of Iris rebelled twice and were suppressed...the mad king suddenly came up with a crazy idea."
When Sherlock said this, he sighed slightly.
It was a sigh of regret, but also disapproval and regret.
"He believed that the people's rebellion against the nobles would only be met with brutal suppression. And he himself was powerless... He didn't know how many loyal people he had around him, so he planned to use this method to 'test'.
"It's just like the scenes that often appear in operas - for example, in the drama about fighting for family property, the head of the family fakes his death to see who is the truly filial child; the monarch fakes his death to determine who is loyal to the kingdom.
A loyal minister. He wants to find out who is truly trustworthy around him by feigning death.
"--Therefore, he tried to direct this rebellion towards himself."
Hearing this, Aiwass couldn't hold himself any longer.
Mainly because he and Sherlock both faked their deaths...
Hearing this sentence, I felt inexplicably ashamed.
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"I remember...you said that Xi Tiansi was behind this incident?"
Aiwass asked: "Is this the part?"
"Yes, Xi Tiansi is the second promoter."
Sherlock nodded: "The three Dukes all know that this is just the monarch's idea - they all learned the truth about this from Xi Tiansi. Because if the Duke wants to seize power, the Mad King will not be able to compete.
Therefore, the three have always maintained a neutral attitude, and the Grand Duke who owns a country within a country is the most reliable... On the other hand, without their consent, it is impossible for the rebels to come to the capital. After all, Iris's military power
, the security power is basically in the hands of the three Grand Dukes.
"Because of this... none of them seriously suppressed the rebellion. And the nobles did not dare to imagine that their monarch would make such a dangerous move - so even though some people heard about it, they still couldn't believe it. However,
Whether they believed it or not, they were playing the role of loyal ministers, trying to stop this rebellion to show their loyalty and tease their monarch... It was just a fake fight, and they screamed fiercely without using any force at all.
"In the end, because no one used any strength, the rebellion succeeded. The 'hot-blooded young man Louisois' directly captured the Swan King and beheaded him.
"And then, that young man disappeared mysteriously. No one knew which force he belonged to... Iris lost their monarch without anyone being prepared. And those nobles who screamed fiercely
, were also liquidated by the increasingly fanatical crowd - this time the archdukes still did not take action, and people did not dare to take action against these dukes who truly controlled the legions.
"——The question is, who is this young man who appears suddenly?
"Some people think that he comes from one of the three Grand Dukes, some think that he is from Eagle Eye, some think that he is the blood slave of the Son of the Moon, and some think that he is a foreigner...for example, Star Antimony's
Spy. Because of the existence of this man, the three Grand Dukes have been wary of each other to this day... and all the people investigating this young man have mysteriously disappeared.
"The Duke commissioned me to investigate this matter."