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Chapter 515 King and Queen

In the palace garden in the early winter afternoon, the sun is shining warmly on the earth, the temperature is suitable, and the cool breeze is gentle.

Todd, who was sitting on the terrace on the second floor, looked at the lady in royal attire across the dining table and asked softly: "Snake fruit wine? Juniper tea?"

The charming Queen Mary nodded with a smile and said: "It would be great if there was coffee."

Todd paused for a moment and said helplessly: "I tried asking people to go to the south to find coffee seeds, but it seems that there is no such thing here?"

Mary shrugged regretfully and said: "Over the years, I have never forgotten the fragrance that lingers between my teeth, and I have always warned myself not to indulge in something, but every time I think about it at night, I always toss and turn.

, can’t sleep.”

Mary's words made Todd hear some overtones, but the latter still chose to deal with it with silence and a smile.

Mary stared at Todd's face and saw that he had no expression. She looked disappointed. She looked around and said, "This palace is really deserted. When I came here, I couldn't even see a few attendants and maids."

"I gave most of the people a long vacation." Todd poured some tea into Mary's cup and said calmly: "I am the only one who lives here. There is no point in having too many servants."

Mary stared into Todd's eyes, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes: "You are the strangest king I have ever seen."

Todd looked up at the sky, then took another sip of tea, and said slowly: "The palace is cold and windy at night, and the number of servants is small. You might want to consider staying at the hotel at the foot of the mountain..."

Mary interrupted Todd unhappily: "Since I came to the palace, I have only been sitting there for four hours. This is the third time you want me to leave! I don't understand if my presence makes you feel distressed.

, or irritable?”

Todd put down the tea cup in his hand and said slowly: "Mary, believe me, I am doing it for your own good..."

Mary frowned and said angrily: "Ten thousand steps back, even if you don't want to see me, facing the Queen of the Holy Acropolis, is this the way the Holy King treats guests?!"

Todd smiled bitterly and said: "Mary, actually..."

"I don't care! I won't leave!"

In anger, Mary's noble and inviolable temperament made Todd temporarily absent-minded.

The latter waited for the woman to calm down and then said to her: "Mary, listen to me, the palace under your feet will soon be in flames of war."

Mary, who was feeling angry, turned her head to look at the scenery below the mountain. When she heard Todd's words, she couldn't help but turned her head in surprise: "War?"

"There is a group of enemies who have been lurking in Muxi City, waiting for an opportunity to seize the power of the kingdom. Today or tomorrow may be the time for them to take action."

After the shock, Mary stood up and said loudly: "Where are those loyal knights? Where are the army of the kingdom?"

Todd shook his head and said: "Mobilizing the army now is equivalent to telling the enemy that I have insight into their actions; moreover, the kingdom's army is riddled with holes, and I can't guarantee how many people here are still loyal to me."

The wide-eyed Mary was in a daze for a while, then ran to Todd's side, holding the hem of her skirt with one hand, and grabbing the latter with the other hand, and said without hesitation: "I brought seventy loyal people.

Knights, they are all my most reliable companions in the Holy Acropolis. Come with me, we will go to the Holy Acropolis, and then gather the army and come back!"

Todd gently held Mary's catkins, shook his head gently and said, "I can't leave."

The smart Mary thought for a moment and quickly guessed Todd's intention: "You...you want to be a bait to lure out those rebels?!"

Todd nodded.

"Are you crazy? How can a king risk his own life?!"

Mary tugged on Todd's sleeve tightly, her face as delicate and beautiful as a flower was full of anxiety: "Why do you have to sacrifice yourself every time?! Is this kingdom really worthy of you doing that?

!”

Todd gently took Mary's hand and said firmly: "Because I sit on the throne, I must stay."

Mary knelt down on the ground slumped, leaned her head into Todd's arms, and murmured: "Why? Why are you like this every time?"

Todd gently raised Mary's chin, looked at her and said seriously: "While there is still time, you can leave this city as soon as possible and return to the Holy Acropolis to wait for my news. In a few days, the people here will

Everything will be calm again..."

Mary shook her head vigorously and whispered: "I won't leave. First it was my father, then my ex-husband, and now it's you. I'm tired of running away and don't want to run away like this anymore."

Todd sighed: "You don't need to do this."

Mary raised her head and looked at Todd: "Rachel didn't leave, right?"

Todd hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"She is willing to stay in this city and live and die with you, why don't you believe that I can do the same?"

Mary rested her head on Todd's knee and whispered: "In your mind, is Rachel the only person you can trust? No one else can really get into your heart?"

Todd stretched out his hand to Mary's swan-like white and flawless back without touching it. His hand stopped midway, and he said to Mary in an unusually vicissitudes of tone: "Being with me is a matter of love."

It's hard and boring work. Even Rachel, she suffered a lot and suffered a lot while following me."

Mary retorted angrily: "When Rachel talked to me about you, she didn't look like she was regretful at all. She told me that the greatest luck in her life was meeting you."

Todd lowered his head, looked at Mary in front of him, and asked curiously: "What did she say to you?"

Mary's voice was barely audible: "Secret."

In the dusk sky over West City, the afterglow of the sun stretched the shadow of the city longer and longer, dyeing the scenery in front of me into a golden oil painting.

The king and the queen sat side by side on the terrace, talking to each other, as if they had forgotten the existence of time, until the sun set and the moon rose.

The night wind was getting stronger and stronger. Mary, who was only wearing a palace dress, felt the temperature slowly drop and shivered involuntarily.

Todd took off his coat, put it on Mary's body, and whispered softly: "It's night, go back first, I will arrange for someone to deliver dinner to your room."

Mary nodded, grabbed her coat, and followed Todd towards the inner palace.

Before they had taken two steps, a harsh explosion suddenly came from behind them.

Todd returned to the terrace and looked towards the direction of Muxi City.

Fire and thick smoke rose in the direction of the Muxi Knights' military camp, and faint sounds of fighting and shouting could be heard in the air.

Holding the railing of the balcony tightly with both hands, Todd said coldly: "Finally, the curtain of the stage opened."

.m.


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