It is a deep valley, belonging to the last branch of the only mountain range near the Holy City. The scenery is not bad, but it is located close to the army station and there are few people. A small river flows through the green valley, with little silvery river water flashing all the way.
It meanders and slowly flows into the river surrounding the Holy City.
There are continuous green shades on both sides of the river. The green hills in the distance are green trees like corridors, and the nearby river bank is green grass.
Riding a horse, Cohen slowly walked up the green shade of the river. The further he entered the valley, the stronger the strange feeling in his heart became, as if something was calling Cohen to approach the valley. But in this strange situation
Feeling like this, Cohen couldn't feel a trace of fear, but only a strong sense of doubt that accompanied it.
As the valley goes, the river also makes a bend in the valley. The crystal clear river water merges into a small lake here. The sound of gurgling water disappears. The water surface is as calm as a mirror, clearly reflecting the peaks on both sides.
.And as soon as he arrived at this place, the strange feeling in Cohen's heart disappeared for no reason.
"Play by yourself, don't run too far." Cohen dismounted his horse, patted the little crow's neck and told him, and then took a leisurely stroll by the water.
The little crow hissed lightly and then rushed into the grass, opened its big mouth, and picked out the delicious young grass with its lower teeth. It looked like it was enjoying itself. I don't know if it understood Cohen's words.
Scanning his surroundings, Cohen caught a circle of tiny ripples swaying on the water. Looking at the location, the place where there was movement should be behind a few big rocks on the other side.
"Found it." A smile hung from the corner of Cohen's mouth, and he ran two steps quickly, leaping across more than 20 arms of water like a bird, and then made several ups and downs, and finally stood firmly on the moss-covered boulder - but
After this series of extremely handsome actions, from his movements to his expressions, His Majesty Cohen was stunned.
Time seems to have stopped at this moment, but there are fish jumping on the water and birdsong echoing in the mountains and forests...
Looking from top to bottom, there is a young woman sitting under the big rock. She has golden hair, and the tips of her hair are swaying slightly in the breeze. She is wearing a very classic skirt, with half of her hair smooth and round.
The shoulders are exposed, and the pure white skirt makes the fair skin more attractive. The slightly gathered top reveals the beautiful lines of the upper body, while the wide hem of the skirt is spread evenly on the grass.
Cover her sitting position.
She leaned down slightly, dipped the palm of her right hand into the water, and then gently lifted it up, letting the droplets of water that reflected the bright sunlight condense on her slender fingers until they fell to the water, making an almost loud sound.
An inaudible sound, and again and again, I never tire of it... Although I haven't seen her face yet, in this environment, her unique beauty is enough to make people suffocate.
"Look at you jumping all the way here, you seem to be very energetic." When Cohen counted the drops of water to nine, the woman spoke, but her eyes were still fixed on the tenth drop of water on her fingertips.
"It's been a while, and it's a good thing that your martial arts skills have improved. But why don't you change your child's temper? You're jumping around all day long, and you're not afraid of the temple priests getting into trouble for you?"
"Hey, you said you haven't seen me for a long time, why did you scold me when we met?" Cohen smiled sheepishly, and with the black cloak behind him, he sat down cross-legged on the big stone, "If any priest without eyes comes running
If I go to file a complaint, I will naturally have a high-ranking friend to deal with it for me. Only after the incident is over will I be free to deal with them slowly and keep them safe so that they can remember them."
"It's not good to rely on friends for everything. Besides, the temple is not under my control now, so I'm idle!" The woman chuckled, took out a silk handkerchief, and carefully wiped the water marks on her fingers, "But that's it!
It's not impossible for you to ask me for help, but how are you going to make me happy? Just your child-like behavior of offering treasures just now won't do."
"This is difficult to handle. It is not what an emperor should do to please others." Cohen took off his sword and put it aside, and replied casually, "Besides, I have never known your preferences, so I can't make blind decisions.
, in the end it’s going to end in disgrace!”
"How brave you are to be disrespectful to the Gods!" The woman raised her head, and she turned out to be the eldest princess of the Gods of Light. With a stern expression on her face, she scolded Cohen, "Little Emperor Sbia, you are so embarrassed when you meet this princess."
No courtesy!"
"Don't come here! This dress shouldn't be that of the eldest princess, right? She's obviously a maid!" Cohen jumped off the boulder and sat next to Princess Lilita, "If you want me to salute, you should sit upright.
In the temple, I put on a majestic posture and kept my gaze sharp. But since I came to this small valley to look at the water drops, it naturally shows that I don't care about my compliments!"
"You'll be a lot smarter when you become the emperor." The frost on her face melted away, and the eldest princess smiled slightly, "But you still have to sit farther away."
"No way! Sitting far away and talking consumes a lot of energy! And it also seems that I am very unfamiliar with the eldest princess of the God Clan, right?" Cohen stretched out exaggeratedly, leaning against the stone wall, "I am also familiar with the area around the Holy City.
, I have seen this valley several times in and out, but I didn’t know there was such a good place. It seems that the eldest princess is better than me, and you are very leisurely today!"
"It depends on your mood! You may not be leisurely with others." Princess Liretta kept smiling, "My Emperor Sbia, you once invited me to visit the Sbia Empire, so my visit today is not considered
Suddenly!"
"I'm not surprised about the sudden visit of the eldest princess. What I'm surprised about is how you summoned me here."
"This is a secret! As a woman, it's normal to have some secrets!" Princess Liretta stretched out her hand and played with a strand of long hair floating in front of her. "I originally wanted to call you from the palace.
When I came out, I didn’t expect that you just wanted to send your friend back to China, and it was thirty miles away, which saved me a lot of time... How is your friend?"
"Okay? If her experience is considered good, there will be no bad people in the world." Cohen's tone became cold and he closed his eyes, "Your Highness, you don't know that she is Fishette's."
Fiancée! Even now, she still thinks that she is Fichet's fiancée, and when she returns to China this time, there are a lot of suitors waiting for her. "
"Cohen Keda, Emperor Sibia." Princess Liretta looked at Cohn with her bright eyes, and the smile on her face faded a little, "You are talking to me with such a tone and attitude.
Losing your temper?"
"I don't dare to lose my temper. I'm just complaining. Don't say that I am the emperor of an empire. Even a common man has the right to complain." Cohen didn't care about the eldest princess's accusation and replied calmly: "You know who I am.
I can only complain about these things in front of you. Those in the temple are not qualified to listen to me, and His Majesty the God King is too far away from me."
"Your calculation is so good. Do you want to encourage me to complain to Father God? Impossible." Princess Liretta turned her head away, pointed out the meaning of Cohen's words, and then said softly: "Forget about this as soon as possible!
That has become the past. As the king of a country, you still have a future after all, the future of the empire and the future of the people."
"Forgetting the past means betrayal, and the scars in my heart will always be there." Cohen opened his eyes suddenly, feeling a little excited, "Take away the life of my good friend in front of my eyes. Doing such a thing is simply too much! If
If you hate me, you can come and kill me directly! Who would believe the nonsense of the people in the temple..."
"That's enough, let's see how well you look now!" Seeing that Cohen became more and more excited as he spoke, Princess Liretta raised her eyebrows and repeated her trick, leaving Cohen speechless again, "You can survive well,
Your family can survive, and even the Sibia Empire still exists. This is already a very lucky thing. Just calm down."
With a flick of his fingers, a few drops of cold water fell on Cohen's face, but Cohen's eyes when he looked back at the eldest princess did not change at all. He was still so proud, and could even be said to be unruly.
After staring at each other for a long time, Princess Liretta sighed secretly in her heart, with a hint of melancholy in her eyes, and took action to undo the magic cast on Cohen.
"I understand that you have resentment in your heart, but you should also think about my identity when you speak. Just like your relationship with Fichet, the relationship between the princesses of the gods is also very good. Even you, I can't tolerate what you said
You said such a thing." Princess Liretta slowly stood up and walked slowly along the river alone, "I will pretend that I didn't hear what you just said."
Cohen stood up nonchalantly, shook his head, grabbed the sword on the stone, and followed the steps of the eldest princess. Of course, he was walking side by side with the eldest princess. If he passed, he would not be arrested and beheaded, but
Small troubles are inevitable.
"By the way, doesn't the eldest princess like to wear laurel wreaths on her head? Why did she come out with her hair loose today?" Stepping on the soft green grass under his feet, Cohen was speechless, "Although it has a different flavor, I always feel it's not that big.
Habit."
"You are also an emperor, why don't you see you wearing a crown every day? Why do you need to dress up so formally when you finally go out to hang out?" Princess Liretta glanced at Cohen, "It has been a while since you ascended the throne. How do you feel about being an emperor?
Sample?"
"Doing this job can't be said to be easy and pleasant." Hearing the eldest princess ask this question, Cohen vaguely thought about something, so he answered evasively, "Sometimes it is a trivial matter, but it is endlessly pestered by the ministers. It is really annoying.
.”
"If the minister is incompetent, then replace him! But he must pay attention to the scale and don't let others scratch his feet. Previously, the temple had discussed sending officials, but I think you will never accept it, so I suggested that they postpone it." Li
Princess Rita looked at Cohen again, "What, I made this decision, as the emperor, don't you need to thank me?"
"Ah... you are a god! You don't have to worry about it, right?" Cohen chuckled, "Isn't it enough that the emperor is grateful?"
"How can you claim such a thing? You should really go back to the academy to study." Princess Liretta shook her head helplessly, "But it's good to see that you are fine. I heard that there was an assassin who assassinated you before you ascended the throne?"
"Oh...ah! You're talking about that killer! It's a very dangerous scene! The sword comes so hard and fast, and the movement is so fast, that hundreds of people can't stop it, and when they meet, there is a rain of blood!" Cohen danced with joy.
As he narrated, he kept adding more fuel and jealousy, "Thanks to my martial arts skills, I not only succeeded in defeating the assassin's plot, but also trampled the assassin himself like a sesame seed cake..."
"Trampled like a sesame seed pancake?" After hearing this, Princess Liretta, who had been staring at Cohen with wide eyes, couldn't help but smile, "Speaking of it this way, it's you who is the most majestic in the end? You're not hurt, are you?"
"No! Nothing happened at all." Cohen patted his chest, looking completely heroic, "Don't you think I'm fine now? I'm just a little assassin, nothing to mention..."
"Then how did you deal with this assassin? If I remember correctly, this should be the first time you have encountered such a thing as the emperor." Princess Liretta looked at Cohen with interest, "It's up to you.
Character, you should publicize your achievements, and maybe hold a dance to commemorate them."
"I have no money, no money to hold a dance, and the treasury is empty enough to open a hotel." Cohen lowered his head, and his originally beaming face instantly changed to a cash-strapped expression, and whispered: "So I just ordered the assassin to be chopped into pieces.
It turns into meat paste, broken bones and ashes. I never thought! As an emperor, I, Cohen Keda, would be so poor."
"Chopped into meat paste, broken bones and ashes?" Princess Liretta's eyes were more angry than surprised, and she called the man beside her by name, "Cohen, why did you lie to me?"
"How did I lie to you?" Cohen didn't care. He was willing to risk it anyway. He opened his eyes wide and retorted with great force, "For a little killer to deceive the princess of the God Clan, there seems to be no reason for me to do this!"
"That's right!" Princess Liretta blinked, her eyes brighter under her thick beautiful eyelashes, and she slowly raised one hand, "You bad boy who lies and quibbles, why don't I just let you disappear?
!”
"He ran away, like a meteor disappearing in the horizon, and no one could stop him." Cohen was not a fool, and of course he would not continue the stalemate with the eldest princess. He replied with a smile: "This is something that has been announced. It will cause trouble."
Princess, please don’t let this leak out, otherwise my face will fall to the ground.”
After listening to Cohen's words, the eldest princess slowly lowered her hand raised in front of her, and a mist appeared in her eyes. She turned around without saying a word, just looking at the water in the valley in trance.
The strange behavior of the eldest princess confused Cohen, and she became more suspicious of Crow's identity. Even the eldest princess of the God Clan came forward to inquire about him. It seems to be of great importance. What is Crow's true identity?
"Hey, eldest princess." He wanted to think back, but Cohen couldn't reveal his thoughts. "Although I am walking with you, you can't think about things alone and leave me alone! If someone sees it,
I would be embarrassed."
"You know, Cohen, you talk and act very much like a person I once knew." Princess Liretta said softly: "The pride hidden deep in the bone marrow and blood appears so naturally. In some cases,
Sometimes, the shadows of the two of you will overlap in my impression, making it impossible for me to distinguish them."
"I originally thought that it was enough for the members of the Light God Clan to remain bright, just, and holy. They don't seem to have much emotion. I didn't expect that the eldest princess also has such warm memories in her heart! But..." Cohen smiled heartily, "Elder Princess
The princess suddenly said such words to me, as the emperor, should I feel sincerely happy, or should I be a little worried?"
"It's just joy, what are you worried about?"
"Whether I like it or not, having the favor of the God Clan's eldest princess is a good thing for the empire." Cohen explained the first half of the sentence clearly, but the second half of the sentence changed according to usual practice, "
But on the other hand, I have to worry that one day I will become the eldest princess and your ban, ban... what is that ban?"
"Jin Wei, you...you are looking for a fight!" As soon as the words came out, the eldest princess understood, turned around and raised her hand, "You are too presumptuous."
"Think carefully! If you beat me now, there won't even be a single person who dares to be wild with you." Cohen said with a stern look on his face, "It would be very humiliating for a decent man to be beaten by a woman. I will probably never do it again."
I started to withdraw from myself and couldn’t see you.”
"Even if you beg me to beat you, you may not be able to do it." The eldest princess smiled slightly and withdrew her hand, "Is this how you usually pursue ladies? With four beautiful and considerate wives, your life should be very happy, right? Yes.
Well, if the Sibia Empire has a little prince or princess, you have to bring them to me to see."
"My wives love and care for me, and our relationship is very harmonious, but it is unlikely that a prince or princess will be born in the near future." Cohen said casually: "I will be quite busy these days."
"What things in the Sibia Empire are worthy of your busy work?" the eldest princess asked calmly, "You are a troublesome guy, you are not trying to take advantage of someone, are you? Enjoy a pure life and do less naughty things.
Okay?"
"My eldest princess, the life of the great protoss will never disappear, and you can slowly experience many interesting things. But I am a human being, and I only have a few decades. I must live with passion.
Only in this way can I live my life worthy of it." Cohen laughed and said, "To be honest, Princess Liretta, do you also want me to spend my life in peace? I will just stick to what the former emperor of Sbia handed me.
How many pieces of thin farmland are there left to rot away peacefully like this?"
"Why are you doing this? You are already the emperor." Princess Liretta replied softly, "So what if you succeed? What if you fail? Will it turn into a handful of loess after a hundred years?"
"If you don't succeed or fail, won't you turn into loess?" With a smile on his lips, Cohen answered confidently, "Maybe one day, my final end will not be pretty, but I once lived a fulfilling life.
Being happy and doing what I want to do is enough...I will never regret the path I chose!"
"Same, you are all the same." Princess Liretta suddenly changed her expression, "Stubborn! Idiot!"
"Well..." Cohen was stunned at first, then smiled happily, "I'm a little touched that the eldest princess cares about me..."
"I don't have the time or energy to care about you." The eldest princess really didn't have any smile on her face this time. "It's really disappointing. You can go back."
"Look! Telling the truth will offend people." Cohen shrugged indifferently, turned around and left, "Take care."
"Wait." When Cohen took about ten steps, Princess Liretta stopped him, "Take this."
Cohen turned around and saw a letter flying over. He reached out and took it and saw that it was an appropriation document from the Cardinal Court of the Temple of Light. Behind various names, there were strings of numbers that made Cohen happy.
"This is..." Cohen raised the letter in his hand.
"Since you have made your decision and ignored my advice, then do it as you wish and do it well!" The eldest princess's voice was so low that Cohen could hardly hear it. "I can only help you so much.
, take care of yourself."
After speaking, the figure of the eldest princess disappeared in a flash, but that meaningful look remained in Cohen's heart.
Thinking of his first meeting with the eldest princess of the God Clan on Paradise Island, and remembering how cautious he and Fichet were back then, Cohen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the eldest princess was still the same eldest princess, but he was no longer the same Cohen as he was back then.
Gods, temples, get the hell out of you. (To be continued)