Act Three Hundred and Twenty-Six The Kingdom of Undercurrents
It was at this time that two eyes suddenly opened in a crystal ball placed on the walnut desk. Those eyes looked at the Archduke Viero not far away, with an unspoken smile in them.
meaning.
"It seems that the era of your Majesty's words has passed," it said, with a teasing voice: "But this is just the beginning. Sooner or later, your granddaughter will take back all your power, and this kingdom will no longer have anything.
Nobles, the royal family dominates the family. The Corcova family stole the crown from the Sifach family, and now they are using their old tricks to take power away from you aggressively."
"Shut up!" Duke Viero flipped the table furiously, with a loud bang, and everything on the desk rolled down onto the carpet. The huge noise scared the maids outside the door to tremble, and the crystal ball
It rolled toward the corner of the wall and then stopped.
The eyes on the crystal ball still looked at Duke Viero with a sympathetic smile.
"Your Excellency is already old, and will soon become a waning old man. You still had some power in your hands, but as your brain gradually deteriorates, even your servants dare to defy you. Your daughter is just
This is just the beginning. She was originally willful, but due to your majesty, she failed to show this potential ambition. But soon you will find that you can't suppress anyone's ambition.
Even those humble untouchables dare to fool you into applause."
"That's enough." Although Duke Viero understood that the other party was just talking nonsense, he felt panic from the bottom of his heart.
The eyes on the crystal ball did not stop, and the bewitching voice continued: "And soon, you will lose even your power. By then, you will be just a bad old man who has lost your use value.
.You will find that all affection and loyalty are nothing but lies. All of them will leave you, leaving you alone to wait for the dead. You understand. These sweet words and blooming flowers around you
, it’s just based on your strength and power, but those untouchables want to embezzle your wealth privately, let alone when you lose your binding force on them? Think about it carefully. Don’t wait until there are no bones left.
I will regret it later.”
"...Onnie will never leave me."
"Really, even if your daughter really loves you, she will get married one day. Your daughter has fallen in love with another man, and she will soon leave you and fall into that man's arms.
Until then, will she still care about you?"
"That's nice to say..." Viero said coldly: "But in the end, you guys don't all have the same intentions. You don't want me to get along with you guys."
"Haha," the voice in the crystal ball sounded extremely hateful. It sneered: "In this case, you should have thrown this crystal ball out long ago, but you thought twice and kept it. I understand the noble
We are all good at leaving at least one escape route for ourselves, and your Excellency is no exception. In this case, it is not impossible for us to sit down and negotiate. Right, you have to give us a chance to make an offer."
The expression on Duke Viero's face changed unpredictably for a while. He seemed to be struggling, but finally he began to say: "If you try to harm the interests of Eruin and Viero, then you better not say anything.
Griffin is at least my granddaughter, and I cannot stand against her."
After saying this, the Duke seemed to relax, as if a huge burden had been lifted.
The eyes in the crystal ball smiled even more.
"You know very well who we are, how could you be interested in a mere Eruin. Of course, we don't care whether your granddaughter is dead or alive. It's not offensive, it's just that we don't like to tell lies in a roundabout way. But since you are like this
If you mentioned it, then we don’t have to do anything to your granddaughter. It’s always good if fewer people die. Isn’t it?”
"Then what exactly do you want to do?" Duke Viero asked unmoved. He was no longer young and vigorous, and he no longer easily believed other people's words.
"It's very simple," the voice replied: "We know exactly why Elu became like this. It's just because of some people who shouldn't be there."
"You want to take action against the Cadilloso family?" Duke Viero said decisively: "That's impossible."
He stared closely at the eyes on the crystal ball. If the other party wanted to let the Viero family collide with the Highland Knights and kill people with borrowed knives, that was a wrong idea.
But the eyes on the crystal ball continued indifferently: "Listen to me, Lord Duke, why should we take action against Darus' grandson? This is not in our interests, but that Lord Count really cares.
Is it just a gain or loss for Eruin? With a hero like him, he has a place even in the Cruz Empire, how can he focus on a mere small kingdom."
"What exactly do you want to say?"
"You should know that the people who really influence Her Royal Highness the Princess are just the villains around him. Those low-status 'new favorites' of the nobles who were born in Tonigel. If they cannot gain the favor of Her Royal Highness, they will not be trusted by the King."
It has no status at all in the country."
"You know who those people are. Some of them were originally untouchables. The mercenaries and adventurers are the most despicable group of people in this kingdom. They seized you under the banner of the grandson of the Earth Sword Saint.
The power that should have been obtained is trying to turn this once glorious kingdom into a decadent country where demons are dancing around."
"Think about it, would the grandson of Darus really condone such people? Was Eruin like this before he left the kingdom? Everything happened after he left the kingdom. Now the Earl
After disappearing, his original subordinates became even more unscrupulous and even dared to flirt with the nobles in the north."
"Your Majesty Duke, can you tolerate all this?"
"Huh," Duke Viero regained his composure at this time, and sarcastically said, "So, you have traveled thousands of miles to come here just to help us?"
"Haha," the eyes in the crystal ball said with a smile: "Your Excellency, we are not children anymore. These high-sounding words are too boring. I am just telling you a possibility. Of course, we also have our own goals.
.But at this point, our interests are common. Those sycophants from Tonigel can influence the eldest princess of Eruin, and as her grandfather, why can't you also try to influence her?
"
Duke Viero was slightly startled and could not help but frown.
"There is no tension here, and there is no need to offend anyone. You are just trying to make your granddaughter listen more to what you say. This is human nature, isn't it? Besides, everyone uses their own methods. Do you plan to
Surrender without a fight and withdraw from the political arena of the kingdom?"
"What are you going to do?" Duke Viero asked after being silent for a long time.
"We provide you with the necessary resources," the voice replied: "It can be funds, manpower, intelligence or even advice. With these things, you can regain influence within the kingdom, at least you will not be squeezed out.
The political power center of Eruin. We can even let some of the most powerful wizards in the world cast those powerful extraordinary spells on you to rejuvenate your body and return your body to its peak.
moment, let your territory crawl under your feet again."
"What good will this do to you?"
"It's hard for you to understand the benefits we have received, but you should be very clear that we have been secretly trying to bring this world under our control. This is our most important purpose, but this control has no impact on you.
So we can have common interests."
Duke Viero was silent.
This is an answer that is not on the same level. If another person tells him this answer, he may not believe it. But he knows who the people behind the crystal ball are and what they did in the past history.
It seems to support what they said.
This answer is not reassuring, but he also understands that as a mortal, he only needs to worry about the interests in front of him. It would be better if the two parties are not intertwined.
I have to say that he was moved. Especially the last point. No one wants to stay young forever. After a long time, Duke Viero said silently:
"So what do I need to do?"
…
Griffin silently stared at the girl in front of him.
To be precise, she was just a little girl. The little girl had beautiful golden curly hair, especially around her ears. The fluffy curly hair was tied into two playful and gorgeous ponytails, with a thin layer on her forehead.
Her bangs could not cover her bright blue eyes that looked like the sea. The girl seemed to be full of vitality, although every move she made reflected the best royal and aristocratic etiquette, and her slender body was also restrained by that piece of clothing that looked a bit tight.
Under the long skirt, she still gives people an impression of being restless from the bottom of her heart.
Perhaps it was the curiosity and cunning hidden in those eyes that gave everyone who saw this little girl such senses at first sight.
The golden sunlight penetrated the plant curtains on the upper floor of the Holy Palace of Valhalla, and fine light dust floated in the air, falling on the little princess of Sifah.
This is the first time Griffin has met his nominally distant cousin.
Ever since the Sifah family and the Corcova family had an enmity, she had gradually become estranged from Levon Onnesson. Princess Chiara was born only after that, so naturally she had never met him.
But even so, the other person's familiar ice-blue eyes still made her feel familiar.
Especially Chiara used an unusual opening statement to quickly close the distance between the two.
"Are you the famous Princess, my other sister in name?"
"You are so beautiful, Sister Griffin."
Chiara's milky voice still made it difficult to notice her little devil-like side. The half-elf girl almost instantly regarded her cousin's sister as an innocent child.
But she didn't notice the cunning look flashing in the other person's eyes.
……(~^~)
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