"I'll give you some time and space to be alone." After Leoric said this, he stood up and walked to the other end of the garden, leaving Todd and Mary behind.
Seeing the guarded look on the other party's face, Todd spoke first: "Mary, there is something..."
Mary stretched out her hand to stop the other party: "To ensure safety, I have a few questions to ask you first."
Ensure safety?
Todd was a little depressed, but he still nodded and agreed to the request.
"Where did we first meet?"
"At the aristocratic reception in Silver Ring City, I used gospel flowers to participate in a gambling game."
"Where did I tell you about my powers?"
"In the audience room of the Knights' headquarters in Duixi City."
The two of them asked and answered questions like this for more than a minute.
After confirming that all the answers were correct, Mary finally looked relieved: "Your Majesty, it's really you! Why are you here?! Please forgive me for being abrupt, the situation in the city is too complicated, and I have to be careful.
"
While Todd expressed his understanding, he also asked: "There are a few things I need to confirm with you."
"Please tell me."
"First of all, I called you and Dion in the soul space. Why was there no response?"
Mary opened her eyes wide with confusion on her face: "We are also wondering why you haven't held a meeting for a long time. We always thought something had happened in Muxi City."
Todd looked Mary up and down: "When was the last time you attended a soul meeting?"
"About two weeks ago."
Todd calculated the time in his mind: "The day I lost contact with you was about a week ago. During this period, did you encounter any unusual people or come into contact with any strange things?"
Mary tried her best to recall that memory and put forward one hypothesis after another, but Todd rejected them one by one. It was not until she pointed to a royal brooch on her chest that the latter paid attention.
Taking his eyes away from the other person's white and tender skin, Todd looked at this strange-shaped brooch and said to Mary: "Can you take it off and let me see it?"
Mary nodded, took the thing off her chest and put it in Todd's hand.
Under the sunlight, Todd examined the brooch carefully.
It has a silver-white appearance, and the pattern is two swords and a shield. At first glance, it looks like an extremely ordinary Holy Acropolis badge. There is nothing suspicious about it, but it is quite heavy to get, and the material feels a bit like
A strange metal.
Putting the brooch on the table, Todd activated the soul space again, and this time he summoned Mary in without any hindrance.
Returning to the real world, Todd picked up the brooch and understood.
Apparently, the culprit blocking soul communication is this little brooch.
"Who gave you this thing?"
Mary replied: "It came from one of my father's astrologers who said it was a pass to and from the palace grounds."
"Astrologer?"
"Yes, this astrologer just came to my father's side not long ago, but my father trusted him so much that he even gave him the authority to enter and exit the backyard."
Todd picked up the badge again and looked over it over and over. After memorizing all the characteristics of the badge, he planned to put the matter aside for a while and talk to Rachel later. Then, he would
The badge was handed back to Mary, signaling her to pin it on her chest again after the conversation.
Mary expressed confusion: "Your Majesty, since we have found something wrong with this brooch, why do you still let me wear it?"
"If the information is correct, then the astrologer you are talking about may be from the Presbyterian Church and is a very difficult enemy." After thinking about it, Todd decided to be cautious: "So, I need you.
Try to keep things as they are and don't make anyone suspicious."
Seeing that Mary had no objections, Todd added: "The second thing is, what progress has the Muxi Mission made in the work of the successor to the Holy Acropolis?"
After hearing Todd's question, Mary perked up: "Your Majesty, there is something you may not know. Dion has made great contributions."
"Have you made a great contribution?"
"The candidate supported by the church, my second brother, Mathilde, was fascinated by Dion." Mary talked about this incident with a smile on her face: "No one expected that such a thing would happen.
The thing is, my playboy second brother actually fell in love with Dion the first time he saw him."
Todd was a little dumbfounded: "You mean, His Highness Matide fell in love with Knight Dion?"
Mary smiled and nodded: "The world is really wonderful, isn't it? No one thought that my romantic brother would actually fall in love with a man."
Regarding this matter, Todd thought of an explanation.
Dion possesses a "pheromone" parasite, and the pheromones emitted by the parasite completely affect His Highness Matid's brain.
Mary continued: "After my second brother fell in love with Dion, he wrote love poems for him every day and organized countless banquets just to dance with him. After getting along for a period of time, Dion learned from him,
We got a list of nobles who support the church. As long as we hand this list over to my eldest brother, the matter of the throne election will be..."
Todd interrupted: "Mary, there's something I want you to know."
Before she could ask questions, Todd once again pulled the other party into the soul space and showed Mary the secrets about Sinclair and the church, as well as the conspiracy behind the candidates for the throne, in the form of memory images.
When the two opened their eyes again, Mary's face was pale and her lips were trembling slightly.
"How could it be? How could such a thing happen?! My eldest brother, why would he do this?!"
Todd looked around, signaled Mary to lower her voice, and explained: "Muxi City originally planned to support His Highness Sinclair to ascend the throne, but now it seems that this plan has completely failed."
Mary grabbed Todd's hand and asked eagerly: "Then what should we do now? Has all the previous efforts been in vain?"
Todd pondered for a while and then said: "If His Highness Matide is obsessed with Dion, maybe we can slightly change the candidates we support."
"You mean... to change Muxi City's support from Sinclair to Matide?" Mary said worriedly: "But the second brother was originally on the side of the church, and Muxi City supported him in coming to power.
Wouldn't it be like shooting yourself in the foot?"
Todd had a headache: "Which is the lesser of two evils? Compared with your scheming eldest brother, perhaps the pleasure-seeking second brother is more in line with Muxi City's interests."
After saying this, Todd looked at Mary and sighed: "It would be great if you could also be one of the candidates..."
Mary's eyes dimmed: "The Holy Acropolis will never recognize a queen. Even if people agree with the queen's ascension, compared to my two brothers, I have almost no supporters in the city... and I don't do it at all.
Love this city…”
Todd pursed his lips and shook his head, patted Mary's hand gently, and told her not to think too much: "When you tell Dion this news, just say that Muxi City will support Xin in the matter of the heir to the throne.
Clay changed to Matid. In addition, if possible, let him try to stabilize His Highness Matid. He may be the key to success or failure in our confrontation with the church. Later, I will communicate with the cabinet in Muxi City,
Arrange a series of follow-up work.”
Watching the depressed Mary leave the back garden, Todd, whose mind was in a mess, began to try to sort out a clear line of thought among so many messages.
King Leoric of the Holy Acropolis came to him and said with a smile: "My child, do you have time to play a game of chess?"
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