Isabel had already had breakfast early and was sitting in the study looking at something with concentration on her face.
But instead of working on the documents, she was secretly reading the novel.
It is a "banned book" that has recently become quietly popular in Avalon - describing the political struggle and office romance between Minister Aiwass and Queen Isabel.
Mainly because Aiwass and Isabel are both young, handsome and accomplished. Coupled with the previous scandal between Aiwass and Miss Aleister, this young minister who was appointed by the former queen to serve as minister of affairs,
In people's minds, she and the young queen became friends and foes.
Generally speaking, this kind of thing involving the royal family will definitely be discovered as soon as possible and subsequently investigated and dealt with.
There is a high probability that the author will become a piece of dried bacon in the Hanging Square.
But when people were frightened and bought it and collected it with the feeling of "I finally caught up with the legendary out-of-print banned book Jue Zan today", they unexpectedly discovered that it was not banned.
Not only has it not been banned, it even continues to be serialized!
So people thought of the news that "Miss Aleister was driven out of Avalon", and they immediately understood it - oh, this is what Her Majesty the Queen meant.
Co-authored by us, this is a legitimate cause that the royal family acquiesces to and even supports!
In an instant, similar jokes and novels sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. Some were printed and sold independently, some were serialized in newspapers, and some painters also received orders to draw similar paintings.
That is to say, people still remain rational, so they have not written operas with related themes. The previous ones can still be said to be the personal behavior of the people, but operas must be reviewed by the Inspectorate. The young minister is not in Avalon now.
, if he discovers this thing when he comes back and becomes angry and wants to liquidate it, then things will become big.
——So Isabel planned to do it herself.
She gave herself a pen name called "Rose Kelly".
She plans to write an opera herself, from libretto to arrangement, and then secretly let it pass the review. As long as people see it performed, they will probably know the royal family's attitude on this matter.
But this is just an idea.
Isabel has no writing experience - so in order to collect materials, Isabel plans to first see how novels on the market are written and see if there are any plot points that she can learn from.
So she asked the Queen's Guards to quietly buy a few books from the black market. It happened that Aiwass had something to do in the past few days and could not meet him at night. Isabel even read the novel at about four o'clock in the morning last night - in order to maintain
She usually goes to bed at twelve o'clock in the evening.
As a result, she was so sleepy that she had no choice but to make up her mind:
It's already this late, and I haven't slept enough anyway, so I might as well not sleep at all.
So Isabel drank the sobering potion, and then used the harp Aiwass gave her to treat herself, forcibly removing the negative effects of the potion.
After having breakfast early and practicing singing and playing, Isabel sat in the study and planned to continue reading.
When she was reading those books last night, she felt blushing at first when she saw the heroine's name - but then she slowly felt a strange feeling. It was as if she had personally experienced a mystery.
adventure and spent a wonderful time with Aiwass.
Last night's sleepless night was meaningful: Isabel felt that she had resonated with the path of beauty. This wonderful experience of seeing herself as a "character in a novel" and even creating a new fictional art herself.
Her strength has indeed increased visibly.
...but this book is a little different.
It is said that this is the most popular book on the black market, with the highest evaluation and the lowest stock. Isabel's personal guard also had a hard time buying it. Isabel has always had the habit of "saving delicious food until the last bite".
Therefore, I plan to read this book last, so as not to spoil my taste and prevent me from eating other things.
As a result, it made Isabel blush a little.
Half ashamed, half angry.
Because this book contains a lot of discordant descriptions that are not suitable for children.
But what makes Isabel most angry is that none of these stories are about herself - they are about Aiwass and "Miss Aleister", and even Aiwass and the female Star Antimony agent, and Aiwass and Iris.
The sensational story of a flower girl spy.
The story of Aiwass and Isabel is only a wonderful story of "how they tacitly work together to fight against their common enemy, and how they fight each other for their own power and interests." They cooperate and backstab each other.
The author of this book strives to create an atmosphere in which "Aiwass and Miss Aleister are lovers, while he and Queen Isabel are in love and mutually recognized enemies."
A rational explanation for why there is no plot about Her Majesty in this book - but Isabel knows that the real reason must be that the author did not dare to write it.
This is indeed very reasonable.
Because if the author dares to write some blasphemous stories about the monarch, Isabel will definitely contact the Arbitration Hall to arrest him immediately; but on the other hand, although the author is very cautious now and does not write indiscriminately, Isabel still plans to arrest him.
Get up - it's not that she doesn't like to see it herself, but she definitely can't let others see it.
——But what you wrote made me angry!
Although I don’t know whether the author is male or female, or what his background is, judging from the rather detailed political description, he probably has access to people in the Round Table Hall. At least his description of the atmosphere in the Round Table Hall is very accurate.
of.
"--His Majesty."
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door of the study.
That was a familiar voice that Isabel hadn't heard in a while - the serious voice of the Great Guardian.
Isabel was immediately in a hurry and wrapped this thin booklet inside "Elf Diplomacy: Food, Etiquette and Culture" on the corner of the table. Seeing an empty section in the middle of the book, she reached out and tried to press it flat but failed.
So I simply picked up the vase on the table, pressed it on top of the book, and pushed it back to the corner of the table.
She breathed a sigh of relief and signaled the guard to open the door.
As soon as I opened the door, I was surprised to see a large number of people walking in together.
In addition to the Grand Inquisitor who is on leave - Grand Justice Arius, Grand Arbiter Ligeia, and Grand Guardian George, the three highest-level transcendent beings in Avalon are all here.
This immediately cheered up Isabel.
Because even Ligeia was extremely serious: she didn't drink!
Ever since Ligeia gradually became familiar with the Glass Island, she has almost not shied away from going to the bars she loved to go to when she was "Meg", and has resumed her usual routine of drinking beer and eating fried chicken.
A comfortable fishing life. Especially after the arrival of the Queen's Guards, she even had time to go fishing in Muwan County. After fishing, she would go home and stew the fish to share with Isabel.
"...Qing Barton, shouldn't you be in Star Antimony?"
Isabel looked at the Great Guardian with a serious and even guilty face in a strange way, worried: "Could it be... that there is an ambush in the Griffin Legion?"
——But why would the Great Guardian bring his son?
"No, everything is going well in the battle ahead, Your Majesty the Queen."
The Great Guardian shook his head: "I just came all the way back - now the Griffin Legion is still stationed in Star Antimony. I have ordered them to temporarily enter the stationing state. I will not continue to carry out military operations unless I go back..."
After he finished speaking, he knelt down on one knee and lowered his head to apologize: "I'm here to apologize to Your Majesty."
"……What?"
Isabel was a little surprised. She looked at the serious expressions of the Chief Justice and Ligeia, and then asked, "Why?"
"Because my son, David Barton - he left the authoritarian ways last night."
The Great Guardian said seriously: "This is undoubtedly a betrayal to His Majesty, so I brought David to you to apologize as soon as possible."
"...Wait, you are off the road? What's going on?"
Isabel still hasn't figured out the situation.
——Is it possible to escape from the road?
"Is the child okay?"
She asked subconsciously.
The Great Guardian patted David on the shoulder and motioned for him to speak.
David's expression seemed a little flinching, but he didn't regret it - his eyes were quite determined.
"That's it, Her Majesty the Queen..."
David quickly recounted last night's dream.
"Last night, his body suddenly burst into flames."
The Great Guardian added: "Nadia was frightened at the time - but she soon realized that it was the influence of some mysterious force and did not dare to interfere. So she immediately contacted me... I was in Star Antimony at the time
, the phone couldn't be dialed. It all relied on a supernatural prop to send me an early warning - it was originally left by me in advance to be used when she and David were in danger.
"I rushed back with Philip immediately. Philip flew very fast, so I arrived in less than half an hour. And when I arrived, we both noticed that the power of the road in David was disintegrating...
But his body was reshaped into something else."
The Great Guardian said solemnly: "We woke David up quickly - after confirmation, we found that he had obtained the new profession of 'Warrior' to adapt to the path! However, the professional power of his original authoritative path was
Lost..."
"You should still remember where the strength of the 'warrior' comes from, Your Majesty."