Every word that Highfield spoke was like a sledgehammer hitting Desiree's heart, stimulating the nerves in her heart. She pointed her finger at her husband, but her arms, mouth, and body were trembling.
, unable to speak a complete sentence.
As the princess of the Ma Xi Kingdom, she didn't know who was calling the shots in this country, but she was still unwilling to accept that the throne that was within her reach was taken away from her. What was even more unwilling was that her husband and son did not stand with her.
together.
well
Highfield, who was leaning on the sofa, shook his head, stood up, hugged Desiree, and sat down together regardless of her resistance.
As the second son of the Highfield family and unable to inherit the title, he is more open-minded than his wife in this regard, otherwise he would not allow his son to inherit the Gonzalez surname.
In the Northern Continent, queen rule has existed since the Fifth Age, but not much. And when the queen and her husband give birth to an heir, the heir will inherit his father's surname as his middle name. (Note)
Carl's full name is Carl Gonzalez, and he did not inherit Highfield's surname.
…
"Have you met him?"
In the garden, King Orf Gonzalez held a small pair of scissors in one hand and approached a juniper tree with long side branches. He grabbed the side branch with the other hand and cut it off tremblingly.
.
To the northwest of Masi is the Central Plateau, and to the northeast are the Honakis Mountains, which withstand the raging cold current in the north. Even in February, the average temperature is around 6 degrees Celsius. Coupled with the "cultivation" inherited from Fenneport
"", keeping the plants in the garden in an extremely lush state all year round.
Orff is seventy-three years old this year. His already completely white hair is still extremely thick, and his beard around his mouth and chin is neatly groomed. He has some cloudy gray-blue eyes, a face with obvious outlines, and a pair of spectacles on the bridge of his nose.
The wrinkles were deep. He did not wear a crown, only a relatively simple solid-color cotton robe.
"Yes, Grandpa." Karl nodded in agreement and walked respectfully behind Orff.
"What's your impression of him?"
Karl thought for a while, looking like he wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it.
"Grandpa, I..."
"This is normal." Orff didn't take it seriously and handed the scissors to Karl. "Compared to flowers like you who live in a greenhouse, he may have a harder time. You are just a 'reader'
, the last time Countess Lovelace saw him, he was already the 'Corrupted Baron', and now he may have become the 'Chaos Tutor'."
After taking the scissors, Karl did not trim the plants, but just followed Orff with them.
"Although you can't inherit the throne now, you have also received relevant education. Karl..." Orff adjusted his glasses and looked at the young man who was taller than himself, "Tell me, why are you
Aunt Madeleine will disappear, why will Rawls appear again?"
Karl shook his head and responded very simply:
"I have no idea."
Orff was not disappointed and took a few steps forward:
"Karl, you are a smart boy, but you are just unwilling to learn these things... When Madeleine just disappeared, I thought this was a warning from the church that it was dissatisfied with me, the Gonzalez family, and Ma Xi.
It was only later that the Grand Master agreed that Countess Lovelace would become an advisor to the Gonzalez family, that I found my idea ridiculous.
I had always thought that Ma Xi was special. It was far away from the headquarters of the church, separated from Lemberg and Sehgal by the Central Plateau and Feneport. It was also deeply influenced by Loen, so I thought that the church had always been very uneasy about it...
…
But later, even after Madeleine disappeared, Countess Lovelace became the first royal advisor who was not a member of the Church of Knowledge, and the influence of the Church in Ma Xi has not weakened. At that time, I realized that there was no need for the Church to do this.
Because the belief in the God of Knowledge and Wisdom has penetrated deeply into the hearts of every believer since the beginning of its establishment in Lunberg, Sehgal, and Masi."
Karl raised his head and looked at his grandfather's emaciated and hunched back with some disbelief.
Since the church will not do such a thing, the only way to hide it from the Pope, who is an angel and a saint, is...
"Tell your mother that what doesn't belong to her will never belong to her."
…
"The order has been sent from the Holy Tower, but your arrival is faster than I expected."
Bernhard, Archbishop of Winston Diocese of the Kingdom of Marsi, wears a bishop's hat and a plain white robe, on which brass threads outline the "all-knowing eye", constellation symbols, mathematical symbols, etc.
He looks to be about forty years old, with a medium build, a high nose bridge, and no beard. His eyes are relatively slender because of the deep and large bags under his eyes.
"Originally I didn't want to trouble you, but Countess Lovelace kicked me out..."
Rawls smiled helplessly.
"Hahaha, although Dorothy usually doesn't seem to care much about Jamil, she will ask me to take care of him every time she does experiments or research. Naturally, she won't want her only son to get involved in such trouble.
Come in."
Pastors and bishops of the Church of Knowledge generally have a kind of arrogance from the heart, but Bernhard has the cheerfulness and generosity similar to the believers of the Church of Storms.
He scratched the bags under his eyes with his index finger and said in a loud voice:
"Are you going to see His Majesty Orff?"
"Yes." Rawls nodded.
"Do you need to look different?"
"No need for the moment, after all, this is the first time we meet."
Orff was King Marsi, but he was also Rawls's grandfather.
Bernhard was silent for a while, nodded and said:
"This is what it should be... However, in order to avoid causing trouble, you'd better..."
Since Rawls wants to separate the identities of Viscount Derrian and Crown Prince Marsi, it is best not to appear in Marsi or the Wende Palace in his original appearance.
“I heard that ‘Erudition’ can simulate other abilities?”
Rawls had many ways to avoid being discovered, such as hiding in Bernhard's shadow, but he had to ask others to get in touch with him.
"I see."
Bernhard's slender eyes became dark, and Rawls' figure was reflected in them. They immediately lost their color, became transparent, and disappeared.
He nodded with satisfaction and said:
"This is the ability of the 'Wizard'. It can not only hide the figure and lower the voice, but also conceal spiritual warnings to a certain extent."
"Excuse me, Your Excellency."
The invisible Rawls gave him a slight salute, and could feel that his voice had become much lower.
"Well, come with me!"
Bernhard waved his arms and left the church.
…
"Your Majesty, Your Excellency the Archbishop wishes to see you."
The richly dressed Earl of the Palace hurriedly came to Orff who had just returned from the garden.
Orff was not surprised. He looked at his robe that was stained by mud and dew and said:
"I understand. Take Mr. Bernhard to the study. I'll change my clothes."
"yes."
…
When Bernhard followed the Earl of the Palace into the study, Orff had already changed his clothes. He was still wearing a solid-color cotton robe, but he had put on a small crown on his head, which was inlaid with various gems to represent the "full color".
"Eye of Knowledge".
He sat back on the sofa, looking at Bernhard who came in with cloudy eyes, bowed to him, waved his hand and said:
"Bernhard, I said, you don't need to be like this..."
As King of Marseille, Orff surpassed Archbishop Bernhard in status and was on par with Albert Mendoza as Pope.
After the Earl of the palace closed the door and left, Bernhard reached for the door lock, sealed the study, and smiled casually:
"If it was just me who came to visit alone, I wouldn't salute. It's just different today..."
He narrowed his eyes and blinked, allowing Rawls, who was in the invisible state, to return to normal.
The sudden appearance of Rawls did not make Orff look away. He nodded to Archbishop Bernhard:
"sorry to bother you."
"This is what I should do." Looking at the clock hanging on the wall, Bernhard's eyes turned into a straight line again, "One hour should be enough for your grandparents to communicate, and I will come back later."
After saying that, his figure also became pale and disappeared from where he was.
While they were communicating, Rawls was also observing his maternal grandfather, the King of Masi, His Majesty Orfe Gonzalez.
Although the other party still seemed to be in good spirits, his cloudy eyes and aging body showed that his condition was not very good.
Orff met Rawls's observing gaze, twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile:
"What? Are you a little disappointed?"
"You should be happy, right?"
He pushed up his glasses with one hand, and stretched out his other hand to wave to Rawls:
"Come here, let me see how you look. You look a little like Madeleine."
Hearing his somewhat old voice, Rawls bent his back and approached Orff, raised his head and looked at him with a smile, watching his old wrinkled hand gently caressing his face.
Looking at the obvious wrinkles on his face, he moved his mouth, but still didn't speak.
"You look very much like your mother, but your face shape is not the same. I have seen photos of your father, and it looks more like your father."
Rawls' nose twitched and his expression was a little stiff. In fact, he had never seen his mother Madeleine, and there was never a photo of her in his home. The only memory he had of her was the half picture on the tombstone.
Palm-sized photos.
"Don't you have any memory of her?" Orff was a little disappointed, but recalling the information he had seen, he sighed helplessly, "That's right. Your mother passed away after you were born. It's normal to have no memory."
He retracted his arm tremblingly, took off the crown from his head with both hands, and placed it on his lap:
"As I get older, I can no longer hold it after wearing it for a while."
Although this crown looks small, the large number of gems inlaid on it makes it not light in weight.
Rawls could see that his grandfather, King Maxi, was just an ordinary person, not an extraordinary person.
"Squeeze it for me."
Orff patted Rawls on the shoulder and leaned back on the sofa.
Still without speaking, Rawls stood up and walked behind him, gently squeezing his shoulders. You could see the loose skin, the heavy pigmented patches on it, and you could feel the distinct bones under the cotton robe.
"When I heard the news about your mother and you, I couldn't believe my ears, even if Dorothy personally proved our blood relationship in front of me... I felt fear at that time, not right.
Your fear, but the fear of it.”
Rawls saw Orff touching the crown on his lap with both hands and touching the "all-knowing eye" inlaid with gems on it.
"I can understand how you feel." Rawls said the first words he entered here.
"It's good if you understand..."
Orff used a low and hoarse voice to express his thoughts when he was young, including that he did not choose to become an Extraordinary because he was afraid of the Church of Knowledge. After Rawls's mother Madeleine disappeared, he insisted on letting non-knowledge
Dorothy, a follower of God, became an advisor to the Gonzalez family...
"...But later, I gradually understood that the important thing in Ma Xi is not the Gonzalez family, but the Church of Knowledge. Without the church, there would be no Ma Xi. But your arrival gave me the thoughts I had when I was young...
But after meeting you, I can confirm that your arrival has nothing to do with the church..."
Faced with his daughter's only son, who has been missing for more than 20 years, Orff is really worried that when he sees him, the other party will show "abnormal" affection. Although he also has some regrets about Rawls's behavior just now, at least he can
To be clear, the other party is not someone who would give up many things for the sake of the throne...
Even though I am just an ordinary person, I can still see some things from the experience brought by my status as a king and my age.
"You should have already met the 'Great Master'?"
"Yes."
"What did she say?"
"Actually, she and I know very little. Most of them are just guesses and conjectures."
Rawls did not lie. Although he knew better and his inference may be closer to the truth, speculation is always speculation.
"Sometimes, the truth is not that important." Orff sighed longly, picked up the crown again, and looked at the gems on it, "Especially for people like us."
"Listen to what I have said, tell me about you. Although I have read a lot of information about you, I still want to hear your real experience."
"Well, because my mother passed away after I was born, and my father has been immersed in work..."
Rawls rummaged through his past memories in his mind, getting along with Uncle Edmund Robert, visiting his mother in the cemetery with his father Mason Adrian, studying alone at Lincoln College in Tingen, and hearing about his father's death.
news, support the Adrian Firm, choose the Conservative Party, and help Philip investigate Allston...
Except for some deeply involved things such as the Tamara family, Trunsoest, the Tarot Society, and the intention to seize the throne of Loen, almost all of them were mentioned.
Olaf listened attentively, put a hand on his shoulder and held his hand, nodding from time to time.
Note: In the UK or in Europe, you often hear about certain dynasties, such as the Bourbon dynasty and the Stuart dynasty. In fact, the king’s surname has changed. But considering the extraordinary factors and the presence of the Angel family, we just directly
Change your patronymic surname to your middle name.