Pushing open the door, Rawls, who was not wearing a crown, walked out of the room. His valet in Ma Xi came up to him and greeted him in Rune language:
"Your Majesty, how are you resting?"
Rawls and his party arrived in Backlund this morning, but had already set off in the early morning to avoid the Intis army stationed in West Vilas County. Therefore, after talking with the war cabinet, he said that he was not energetic enough.
As a reason, I returned to the room to take a nap and rest.
"Not bad, is Delina awake?"
"An hour and a half ago, the Queen went to visit Queen Renate." (Note 1)
The valet's Loenese aristocratic accent was obviously not that fluent, and he only stopped at simple greetings.
"Take me there."
Rawls nodded indifferently. Compared to him, Delina, who was pregnant, was the one who was tired. Within a month, her father and brother died one after another, and they traveled all night.
"yes."
The valet turned around and led the way.
While following behind, Rawls was thinking about Roen's current problem. As he talked with Klein, George III "sacrificed" too much for the ceremony, which made it difficult for him to find room to start.
.Although the members of the wartime cabinet knew about the oracle, they still had reservations when facing him, and were in complex emotions of fear and worry.
The day after it was known that King Maxi and Queen Maxi had succeeded to the throne and implemented the dual-king rule, the war cabinet held a discussion, and Rawls, who was Viscount Derrian, also participated.
During the discussion, both Philip Negan, who supported the Conservative Party, and Earl Hall, who supported the New Party, showed implicit rejection of the new king. To be more precise, except for Rawls, who was not qualified to speak and was only an observer, the entire
The wartime cabinet always rejected the new king.
In Loen, during peacetime, the nobles and the parliamentarians they support are the country's decision-makers. With the support of the three major churches behind them, they can fight against the Augustus family who have angels. But now
During the war, without the decision of the War Cabinet, their status would have dropped a lot and they would have become vassals of Augustus.
It's just that they don't care about this. In their view, the war will eventually end. Unless Loen is destroyed, their status will be restored sooner or later. Because the church still needs them to expand their faith and to check and balance the royal family.
But with the arrival of Rawls Gonzalez, their future vision may come to nothing.
Both true gods have issued oracles. Does this mean that even after the war, the two major churches will change their attitudes and use Rawls, a king who does not belong to the Augustus family, to check and balance the royal family.
Because of the war, many things about Rawls and Delina's succession to the throne have not yet been finalized, such as whether Augustus or Gonzalez will sit on the throne. In the eyes of many people in the upper class, it is unclear whether
The probability is still Augustus, they know the powerful power hidden in this family.
This subtle change brought about many potential problems, so that Rawls could not find a suitable opportunity to intervene for a while. Especially now that winter has arrived, peace has briefly returned to the front, and the power of nobles and parliamentarians has once again taken over.
We still need them to get those factories up and running again.
But the nobles and parliamentarians did not dare to do anything more for fear of attracting blows.
In two or three minutes, Rawls arrived outside Renate's room and entered after the maid's announcement.
In the small living room separated from the bedroom, Queen Mother Renate, Delina, Princess Caroline, and Princess Mary (Govington's wife) were all dressed in pure black, with red eyes and residual tears.
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According to the requirements of the Loen royal family, even during a funeral, one is not allowed to cry in public, as this is considered a sign of weakness. But in such private occasions, there are not many restrictions. (Note 2)
Both mother and daughter had already stood up. Rolls walked over quickly, nodded to Queen Mother Renate, Princess Marie and Caroline, then walked to Delina, took her hand and sat down.
Come down. Then there are some words of comfort, and at the same time, you express your attitude in a subtle way.
Although Augustus had doubts about the Church of Storms' attitude, it was only limited to the extraordinary and political levels. Among ordinary royal members, the teachings of the Church of Storms had a profound influence, including its impact on families.
The philosopher of this world and a believer in the Lord of Storms, Lulmi believes that women are the angels of the family, but the father and husband are the rulers of the family.
Now that Rawls has inherited the throne, he is equivalent to the father of all royal members to a certain extent. At least in the family of George III, he occupies a dominant position, and his attitude also determines many things. (This is similar to ancient China.
The emperor is the same.)
"...I intend to convert Delina to the Goddess of the Night, and me to the Lord of Storms."
Upon hearing this, both Renate and Caroline covered their mouths slightly, looking in disbelief. As for Delina, it was much better. Rawls had talked about this matter with her before coming here.
thing.
The issue of faith has not yet been officially implemented after Rawls and Delina inherited the throne. In theory, they were both believers of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom and were the mortal enemies of the Church of Storms. However, although it has not been implemented, those who understand this
Everyone knew that the two of them were going to convert.
This is a political need as well as a religious need.
If Rawls and Delina expressed their intention to still believe in the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, the Lord of Storms' next oracle would be to ask her followers to resist, but probably the first one would be a bolt of lightning.
You can let Delina convert to the Church of Night, and you can convert to the Lord of Storms. Even if the Church of Storms has any objections, they have to hold their noses and admit it.
“Would the church agree?”
Caroline, who inherited Augustus's blue eyes, blinked. She had always been tired of these rules and was not very interested in the Storm Doctrine. At least the royal family would not allow her to convert.
Rawls blinked and said with a smile:
"They will agree, otherwise I will tell them that I will also convert to the goddess of the night."
Then he said seriously:
"I will make a request to the Church of Storms. The male members of the royal family will believe in the Lord of Storms, and there will be no restrictions on women. They have never valued women so much, and the probability of agreeing is very high."
It is not only the Lord of Storms who has issued the oracle, but also the Goddess of Night. Rawls will definitely have to make some compensation in this regard, and the Church of Storms will definitely understand. They also know that if they object, the compensation will fall on them in other ways.
It is said that it is very likely that the gain will outweigh the loss.
In Loen, aristocratic women, especially eldest daughters, even if they come from a family that believes in the Storm Lord, have a high probability of converting to the Night Goddess. Adding another Augustus will not increase the influence much, let alone
Rawls also stipulates that male members of the royal family must believe in the Storm Lord.
After chatting for a while longer, Rawls stood up to leave, leaving space for a few people, and came to the study that originally belonged to George III.
As soon as he sat on the chair, he held his forehead and sighed. Although he tried his best to show a friendly attitude, except for Caroline, who had a relatively simple personality, everyone including Delina was actually a little distant from him.
, there is still a trace of fear hidden.
This is consistent with the attitude of the nobles and parliamentarians towards him. Within a month, the eldest prince Govington and the king were assassinated one after another, and within a year all the adult male heirs to the throne died. How could they not be afraid of these?
But compared to Delina and the others, Philip and Earl Hall could vaguely guess that George III and some princes must have acted out of character, otherwise Augustus would not give in so easily.
If this was just an ordinary world, the rumors that Rawls secretly usurped the throne would have spread throughout the world. He took a deep breath and took out a lead box from his space pocket, which was densely covered with various ritual runes.
As soon as I thought about it, the entire study was shrouded in a dull shadow, and the invisible power of order blocked everything.
Rawls gently touched the lead box with his palm, and the power contained in the many runes that took him a lot of energy to create immediately lost balance, directly canceling each other out, and were exhausted.
This is the ability of the "balancer".
The current Rawls cannot be regarded as a pure "balancer". He can also use the power of the "Hand of Order" without any scruples. If he is willing, he can face any king of angels except Gou Sanjia.
, although there are not many left.
The true "balancer" has only two abilities.
The first ability can deprive an extraordinary person below the angelic level of all abilities within a certain period of time and transfer them to another ordinary person. This includes spirituality and other powers. It is equivalent to "turning an enemy into a friend", but
Just like combat experience and knowledge cannot be transformed.
It takes at least one minute to deprive a saint of his power, but the transfer of power can last for more than five minutes. It depends on the endurance of the person whose power is transferred. Sequence 5 can last for about fifteen minutes. If the potion is digested,
, there will be corresponding improvements.
Demigods have stronger endurance and better effects, but the gains outweigh the losses. After all, even if you accept the power, you still can't stand it in the face of two demigods, so you might as well add a demigod to your side.
As for another ability, it is the use of balanced power, such as discovering various imbalances, such as the "invisibility" of the "witch", the hiding and sealing of the "mystic mage", the secrets of the "mysterious mage", and even the "parasite"
"parasitism" and so on, and break these by destroying the balance.
The latter is somewhat similar to Amon's power, like the historical projection pulled out by Klein. If it does not reach the angel level or possess angelic status, it will "lose balance" in an instant and dissipate directly.
This mainly tests the "balancer's" understanding of the concept of "balance" and authority. According to Rawls's concept, anything that is unfavorable to him can be regarded as unbalanced, and he has the ability to destroy this balance and achieve
The ability to modify the underlying rules to some extent.
The disasters caused by the "Sailor" path demigods, and the mechanical dolls created by the "Senior" path demigods can "lose their balance". Even angels, Rawls can make them lose their balance when their minds are wavering and their sanity is on the decline.
, causing their "anchor" to lose balance.
In other words, you can't make mistakes in front of him, otherwise he will have the opportunity to let this mistake directly become the ant nest that makes the Thousand Miles Embankment fester.
Of course, this refers to the angel level, even the king of angels. If an ordinary saint stands opposite him, he is already making a mistake.
As for the power of the "Hand of Order", it only adds the ability for Rawls to modify the underlying rules of a certain area and build a "Kingdom of God" that is completely under his control. For example, he can make the "Secret Servant" in this area
Losing the blessing of "Secret" can reduce the ability of "Servant of Secrets"'s "Grafting" and "Insect of Time" to create errors to an extremely pitiful level, with only one or two successes in ten times.
At the same time, because his body already contains a copy of the "Hand of Order" characteristic, while he is digesting the "Balancer" potion, he is also digesting the characteristics in his body.
The power that sealed the lead box lost its balance and dissipated. Rawls opened the box, revealing a roll of tawny parchment with a line of words written in Elvish on the surface:
"The Book of Disasters."
He got this from Laticia Dorila of the Moss Ascetic Order, from the Elf Queen, "Queen of Scourge" Goshinam.
Rawls, who was at the level of the King of Angels, frowned. Although he could feel the specialness hidden in it, he could not tell what it was. The only certainty was that it belonged to the "Sailor" path, but this did not require induction.
Judge it.
I briefly browsed through it and found that it only recorded some of the history of the elves in Elvish language, nothing special.
"The Hanged Man" Alger relied on the mission he received from the "Queen of Natural Disasters" Goshinam to get rid of the sacrifice connotation contained in "The Hanged Man", and at the end went to the Western Continent, where Rawls needed
The sefirot "the kingdom of disorder".
After devouring Trunsoest, the pollution of the "State of Disorder" was also passed on to him. Although it did not affect him, it did not bring him any benefit. After all, his own status was already very high.
He hesitated for a moment, took out the "Book of Natural Disasters", closed his eyes, and disappeared into the study.
…
On the Sunia Sea, near Pasu Island.
Rawls was floating in the air, his gray-blue eyes filled with majesty, and he reached out and pointed toward the sea.
Rumble
In less than a minute, five or six coral reefs and several rocks rose from the sea, forming a sea platform for Rolls to land on.
He held the "Book of Natural Disasters" in his left hand, his lips moved, and the index finger of his right hand stretched out to draw in the air, as if painting on the air.
He is revising the rules of this "offshore platform",
Although he can stand directly on the waves, he still has to be careful when facing the "Book of Natural Disasters" which contains high-level "sailor" power and is comparable to a "0" level sealed object. Just like he is running directly to Pa
The purpose of being near Sudao is so that after any trouble is caused, someone or God will put an end to it.
Rawls, who had almost turned the offshore platform into his own "Kingdom of God", lowered his head to look at the parchment book in his hand, and used the power of the "balancer" to carefully disturb the balance of power contained in the book.
Note 1: Britain has the title of Queen Mother, The Queen Mother
Note 2: This is one of the many weird rules of the British royal family, but everyone including Queen Elizabeth II has violated it, or it may just be a marketing number.