"Your Highness, please don't get excited for now. I'm here just to ask you for some confirmation." Carl dismissed the Templar knights behind him and asked them to wait outside the palace.
Although the divine authority overrides the royal authority in the Monty Kingdom, the status of the parliament and the royal family is equal, and they both obey the orders of the sacred temple.
However, the royal family holds the military power that can mobilize the knights across the country, and the parliament only has a few hundred Templar knights. Even with the protection of the Pope, Karl does not dare to easily offend Princess Leia, the heir to the kingdom.
"Everyone, please step back." Leah turned her head and motioned for Alice to take the escort knight out.
"Your Highness, this...isn't appropriate. At least I should be allowed to stay in the palace to protect your safety."
Old Calgary is coming very menacingly, and I'm afraid it's not a good thing. Alice doesn't dare to leave Princess Leia alone in the palace.
"Under this blue sky and white sun, no one dares to mess around in my bedroom?"
After the Templar Knights and Guard Knights withdrew outside the door, only Karl and Leah were left in the empty hall.
After pondering for a while, Karl said: "Your Royal Highness, you only have half a year left before your adult ceremony, and I don't want to affect your future succession to the throne because of some unclear stains."
"Stain? I don't know what you are referring to..." Leah frowned, slightly confused.
"Collude with the orcs and provoke a war between the two castles. If these things are true, then your identity as the heir to the throne may be stripped away by the sacred temple."
"Where's the evidence? I didn't expect that Mr. Carl Ge, as the head of the parliament, also likes to talk nonsense."
"I'm just kindly reminding you that I'm not trying to frame you with an unfounded charge, Princess."
Karl took out a scroll from his arms and said, "According to the history books sent by Star City and Petersburg, some time ago, Carroll and Gladstone mobilized their troops without permission for military exercises and happened to meet Her Royal Highness the Princess who was attacked by orcs.
, rescued him and sent him back to the palace by the Petersburg Guard Knights.
Do you believe such a magical experience? Anyway, I don’t believe it.”
"But this is the truth, there is no hiding it." Leah argued.
"Then do you dare to swear to the sacred temple with the honor of the royal family?"
"I dare, I, Montilla, swear by the royal honor to the sacred temple that everything I just said is true. If there is even half a lie, I am willing to bear all the consequences."
In the past, Princess Leia would never dare to swear to the divine authority, but then she met Chen Feng and cooperated with him in telling a lie.
Lies are like this. Once there is a first time, there will be a second, third, and nth time, and it always works.
Seeing the calm expression on Leah's face when she swore the oath, Mr. Carl was doubtful, but he had nothing to do. After all, she swore to the sacred temple in the honor of the royal family.
The divine right is unquestionable, and the promises made in this way are infinitely close to the truth.
"It's my fault for disturbing His Highness's rest. Please excuse me first." After questioning to no avail, Karl had no choice but to leave angrily.
But this does not mean that Karl intends to give up investigating the matter. On the contrary, the more calm Princess Leia is, the more suspicious he becomes, and he immediately sends several close associates to squat outside the palace to monitor the princess's movements.
After Karl left the palace, Leah opened the door curtain and breathed: "It's all your fault. Now I have become a bad princess who can tell lies."
"If you don't lie, then the Lord of Gladstone will have to pay for your mistake, and tens of thousands of knights in Petersburg will not be able to escape the blame. Furthermore, do you need any valid reason to lie to a bad person?"
Chen Feng heard everything verbatim about the conversation between Leah and Karl.
Her status as a princess is not as stable as Chen Feng imagined. First, she was plotted by Carol to be used as war bait in the small town of Laika, and now she is threatened by the theocratic power of the Parliament. If she is not careful, she may lose her life.
The culprit of the whole incident was Commander Carroll, but the Lord of Gladstone City did not report to the royal family to accuse him, but chose to deliberately conceal it in order to avoid causing more trouble.
If the council knew that Leah was imprisoned in the orc lair, all kinds of detention and interrogation would definitely be inevitable.
They may even wonder whether their noble princess has been defiled by an orc?
"Karl, this old fox, will not give up easily. You should be more careful recently and don't run around outside the palace. If you have anything, you can tell Alice."
As she spoke, Leah changed into a simple black school uniform and threw the admission notice from Shenglan Magic Academy to Chen Feng, "I'm afraid you'll be bored in the dormitory, so I said hello to the academy's instructor Griffin and gave you permission.
Enter school with me, and you are a noble from Gladstone."
"Shenglan Magic Academy is relatively safe. It is protected by the Pope. Except for students and instructors, no one else is allowed to enter. Even the elders of the Council are not allowed to enter."
"Shenglan Magic Academy? But I don't know magic!"
"It doesn't matter. At best, your grades will be at the bottom. Shenglan Magic Academy has express regulations that only after one year of enrollment can the instructor eliminate unqualified students."
Leah pouted and placed a set of school uniforms beside the bed, "To put it simply, you can stay with me in the magic academy for a whole year."
"As a stepping stone, why not sleep in the palace?" Chen Feng shook his head and got into bed.
"Hey, Chen Feng, didn't you say that you Orientals all like to look at beautiful girls? Shenglan Magic Academy has gathered elites from major families, and there are many gentle and lovely beauties among them..."
"Since you don't want to go, then I'll return the admission letter. All my good intentions will be in vain."
"Wait a minute, it sounds...not bad!"
Chen Feng rolled to his feet, quickly changed into his school uniform, and followed Leah to the Magic Academy.
Shenglan Magic Academy was jointly founded by the Pope and the royal family. It only recruits members of the nobility, and they must be young people under the age of 16. The instructors responsible for teaching are all from the sacred church.
The sacred temple represents the supreme divine power, and the magic instructors appointed from here do not need to bow to the royal family members.
Griffin was teaching a basic class on magic. When he saw Leah, he frowned and said, "Your Highness, this is a basic class. You don't need to study it."
"I know!" Liya bowed slightly, pulled Chen Feng and sat at the back of the classroom.
At Shenglan Magic Academy, in addition to her noble royal status, Leah is also gifted and has excellent academic performance. She is the most promising student in the academy to awaken the power of thunder elements. Once successful, she will be able to control the power of nature.
Because of this, Princess Leia is the focus of her tutors and classmates, and she attracts everyone's attention wherever she goes.
And Chen Feng, because he sat next to Princess Leia, also won a lot of attention. Some people even suspected that he was also a distinguished member of the royal family. When they met him, they would respectfully salute and greet him.
Faced with this situation, Chen Feng did not tell the truth and continued to enjoy the feeling of being admired.