Isabel sat quietly in her study, looking through the letters she had sent back.
"It's really interesting."
She stretched out her finger to flick the letter paper and chuckled: "What do you think, Mr. Hermes?"
As early as a week ago, Isabel sent a letter to Star Antimony, expressing her intention to have an "official state visit."
Star Antimony did not respond to the news immediately.
Although Avalon and Star Antimony are separated by a sea, this will not easily affect the transmission of news.
This is because such international-level letters are handed over to the church for delivery. The apostle "Winging Fire" who is responsible for the candle is keen on sending items for others, and the letters delivered by the apostles and transported by the church can also be delivered to the greatest extent.
Information security is maintained to a certain extent. Therefore, there is no possibility of "the letter is lost" or "the letter is sent but has not arrived yet".
After such a long time, Xing Antimony didn't reply...but he replied immediately after the Theocracy started recruiting troops yesterday.
But Isabel was neither angry nor angry, but had a smile in her eyes and a leisurely demeanor.
Her eyes became brighter and brighter, and she already had the calm temperament of a monarch.
"They are afraid, Your Majesty."
Mycroft Hermes said without raising his head.
Wearing a thin sweater and a white shirt, he sat opposite Isabel, sorting out documents slowly.
Compared with last year, this man who was as fat as a seal has obviously lost twice as much weight now.
On the one hand, it was due to fatigue... On the other hand, it was also because of this reason that his adaptability to the Dusk Road became weaker. The obviously abnormal "steady and solid obesity" was largely due to his
Physical inertia caused by adaptive overflow on the dusk road.
After all, neither his and Sherlock's father, mother, nor other members of the family are fat. And Mycroft himself is quite self-disciplined, and there is no trace of his habit of gluttony or gluttony.
He has become so fat because his adaptability to the Dusk Path has exceeded his energy level - this is a very typical loss of control on the path. Not all loss of control will make people crazy, or
Becoming a deformed monster. Becoming fat is also a relatively mild form of loss of control.
Now, as his workload gradually increases, Mycroft's adaptability to the Dusk Path also deteriorates.
The flesh on his face has faded a lot, and you can already see a little bit of Sherlock. He is much more handsome than before, and he already has a look. Compared with Sherlock's image of a thin young man, Mycroft
His face was still square and square, but he had a calm and upright air.
He exhaled, put the documents up, put them away gently on the table, and said slowly: "Obviously, those... little actions of the Theocracy scared them.
"Originally, they might have been worried about Your Majesty's visit. But now that the Theocracy has begun to recruit troops, they don't dare to refuse your visit. In other words... they are eager for you to arrive at Star Antimony as soon as possible. It is best to
Before the elves arrive."
Mycroft looked at the Queen's guards in the corner of the room, chuckled and asked, "Do you think I'm right?"
"Although we don't know why the Church suddenly lifted its neutrality and resumed conscription..."
The oldest of the queen's guards replied casually: "But since it was a joint decision made by His Majesty the Pope and the cardinals, it must be correct.
"Those humans should have replied to the letter. This is a courtesy. What's more, the person in power of that country now is not the king, but the queen mother. They replied after hearing the news about the Theocracy's conscription... This seems very ridiculous. It seems like the Church
It’s like the country conscripts troops to punish them.”
"They are not qualified!"
Another elf who looked much younger than Isabel smiled and made a clear voice: "Not enough! My instructor said back then that if one day the elves form a paladin army again, then we will definitely be fighting against the enemies of the world.
"
"Indeed," the queen's guard, who looked to be in his thirties and had the most mature temperament, nodded. "If the church wants to clean up the torn Herasl, there is no need to recruit troops. Those imperial people are always too
You think highly of yourself - even when Herasl was at his peak, it would never be possible for His Majesty the Pope to change the traditions of the Theocracy for this reason.
"According to my understanding of the church, this is mostly to fight against enemies at the apostle or even Tiansi level. The purpose of lifting neutrality in advance is just to not make people feel confused and fearful at the critical moment, but to allow people to adapt in advance."
She is the oldest among these guards, so she has never had a clear and clear understanding of Star Antimony, but she knows the empire quite well. She always feels that it is actually a part of the Herasl Empire... not even
Know how many parts the Herasl Empire was split into and what their names were.
"Since they are so anxious, let's not be anxious yet."
Isabel did not correct her words, but just folded the letter leisurely: "Set the time in a week, let them dry it first. And Aiwass plans to go there first to do something... to save him trouble."
Now that she has a child, her work style has obviously become calmer.
After Aiwass and Aleister merge and take off the Holy Crown, Aiwass can meet Isabel again in the dream world.
Knowing that Aiwass was safe and well, Isabel finally felt relieved.
Through communication in the dream world, Isabel also learned of Aiwass's plan.
Aiwass plans to go to the Narcissus Principality first and meet up with his mentor - Master Chongbo has sent out a message to recruit archaeologists for a long time. And Aiwass's archeology mentor Bard has also been sent there by Isabel.
Aiwass should be on his way now.
It is said that the ruins contain the remaining power of Tiansi, and Aiwass is very concerned about it.
However, as one of the very few dual-path fifth-level experts in the world, Aiwass will definitely not have any problems.
What's more, Aiwass said that there will be a cardinal accompanying him this time.
"But it's normal for Star Antimony to be panicked," Isabel said casually to Mycroft, "I heard there was something going on over there... white tide?"
"Well, a kind of undead disaster. It is said that Valentine VII did not prepare a funeral when he died, so he faked his body. Some people also say that he became the earthly apostle of the Winter Division... After all, there is a blood relationship."
Mycroft nodded: "It hasn't expanded yet, it's only affecting a small area. The undead transformed by the former king have a special characteristic... that is, they will not lose too much of their original
has extraordinary abilities, and also retains almost complete sanity and memory.
"I think this is another kind of child of the moon - the cold child of the moon. Maybe it can be called the child of winter? Haha..."
Mycroft said and smiled.
If this happened in Avalon, he would definitely have a huge headache - the previous Queen got up with resentment and turned into an undead, saying that she wanted to return to the royal capital and take over the royal power. And her behavior was to
Everyone else was killed and transformed into undead with high IQ like myself. This matter is very troublesome to manage. No matter how you deal with it, it will definitely come true...
But since it happened on Star Antimony, Mycroft was happy to watch the fun.
He knocked on the table and asked Isabel, who was able to communicate privately with Aiwass: "I heard that it was a conspiracy of the Ziggurat? It was the price they paid for the Winter Maiden to be promoted to the Winter Division in order to fight against the Red Prime Minister. Now.
Hong Xiang is dead...what does the Ziggurat say now?"
"The Ziggurat doesn't plan to deal with this matter. They plan to cut off the Winter Maiden to a certain extent."
Isabel really knew about this, and she said directly: "On April 9th, the Ziggurat will rise from the ground and fly to Avalon. I have prepared a place for them to stay...just arrange it directly
Go to Eagle Point Village. They will like the death energy and the power of dusk in Eagle Point Village... and the Wild Hunt can also form a barrier to prevent the leaked undead from entering the world of ordinary people."
This was something she and Aiwass had discussed.
Mycroft was speechless: "If I didn't ask, you really wouldn't tell me, my lord!"
"Because there is nothing to deal with in the short term. Most people will not know that the Ziggurat has come to Avalon, and there is no rush to recruit students. We do not have a soil that is complete enough to accept necromancy...
…I have already let the "Glass Steps" subtly begin to influence public opinion last month, but it will take a few special events to make people accept coexistence with the Necromancer."
Isabel smiled, quite proudly: "I am also doing things, Sir Hermes. Not everything depends on you."
Mycroft shook his head.
A little helpless, but also a little relaxed.
"By the way, there's one more thing -"
Isabel suddenly spoke: "Do you know the 'Second Legion'?"
As we all know, there is only one Griffin Legion in Avalon.
Mycroft nodded slightly hesitantly, shook his head, and said euphemistically: "I may know, or I may not know."
"Don't be afraid, Sir Hermes."
Isabel said cheerfully: "It's not a bad thing. That's the person Ligeia pulled away from me.
"The people inside include Haina and David. After Haina became a royal guard, David, who had become a warrior before, also got a new career beyond the road at the end of the month - the 'Black Knight'
.Aiwass said that he has long wanted to step into the path of transcendence... Now he is finally satisfied. Compared with demonologists, this profession is more suitable for him."
Of course Mycroft knows what the Black Knight is——
That is the new profession opened up by "Lan Malok" of the Nitian Division.
That really belongs to their "ancestor" - although they are not from the same family, after so many years, they can be more or less related.
"I plan to form a brand new legion. The era of warriors has arrived, and we cannot continue to rely on the air cavalry. As for the black knight, this profession that transcends the path will still have the opportunity to change to Ligeia's profession in the future.
I plan to recruit a new group, and the end of the month has already passed...the first batch of black knights should have appeared by now."
Isabel said with a smile: "Can you help me, Sir Hermes?"
"...Then which department should these black knights work in?"
Mycroft realized that a large wave of workload was approaching, and he covered his forehead in pain.
"Let's take the Inspectorate. Compared to inspectors whose abilities and personalities are biased toward discipline and surveillance, the Black Knight, who is obsessed with revenge and justice, is more suitable for supervising power itself... and is also more suitable for doing things that are not suitable to be done openly.
.”
Isabel narrowed her eyes slightly: "As the path of Avalon gradually becomes more complex, there will be more and more voices of all kinds. We certainly hope that people will no longer be constrained as they were in the past and cannot freely express their path.
way...but we also don't want those who are bewitched and bribed to mix among the crowd and cause chaos.
"With the hybridization of paths, society will become relatively freer, but it will also become more chaotic - both Herasl and Star Antimony have proved this.
"The people of Avalon are also people of Hrasl, and we also have the opportunity to restore the glory of Hrasl. But at the same time... we must also be wary of the fall of Hrasl.
"'Using copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes; using history as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs; using people as a mirror, you can understand gains and losses'... This is what Aiwass said to me."
Isabel said calmly: "Although it is difficult, it is the right way. So we have to go, but we can't go with confidence. We have to go carefully - being right means difficulty, because in this world
Nothing is easy.”
After staring at Isabel for a long time, Mycroft suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and laughed loudly.
For a moment, he seemed to see the shadow of the old queen in Isabel...
This little princess... no, this young queen is growing up so fast.