A familiar voice sounded by itself, and Dennis's heart was beating like a deer. She knew, she knew who the voice was. It was her father! It must be! There was no one else.
She turned her head and met her father's eyes.
That familiar face was covered with scars and wind marks. But it was the face that made people look forward to and reassured the most. Dennis walked over and couldn't wait to hug his father. The familiar smell and temperature.
"When did you come? I thought you were still in Elengrad."
Throwing herself into her father's arms, Dennis asked delicately. Only in her father's arms did she look like a little girl... Yes, she had always been a little girl. In Rod's eyes, she had always been twenty years old.
At her early age, many aristocratic girls were still doing needlework at her age. The title of queen was really a bit heavy for Denis. What's more, what she had to bear on her shoulders was the future of the entire Kislev.
"I was here a few days ago, but I rushed down here to see you and Caroline."
Speaking of Caroline, Rhodes couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. It was like a lump stuck in his heart, with mixed feelings.
"Caroline...I haven't seen her for a long time...there have been a lot of things lately..."
Denise stood up from her father's arms with a guilty look on her face. She had indeed not been to the Magic Academy for a long time. She was ashamed to say that she had spent her entire youth there, and it was also there that she learned the ways of the world and the dangers of the palace.
Now, she slowly ignores it. She thinks that her stepmother is there, so she no longer cares too much. In fact, she has never admitted that Caroline is her mother. After all, there is no blood relationship at all.
The reason he trusts her is because he trusts his father...
"How is she doing?"
Dennis asked.
"How should I put it? It may be okay in some aspects, but not so good in some aspects. Her temperament has undergone some changes... have you noticed it?"
Rhodes sat down and lit a cigarette. The tobacco from the Arabi region has a strong smell and can make people relax for a short time. Recently, I really need to relax.
"Father, you mean that Caroline's character has become cold, even cold, right?"
Until now, Dennis is still reluctant to call Caroline stepmother. However, Rod did not ask her to call her stepmother at first. In private, she calls her by her first name, and in public, she addresses her as dean or madam.
"Yes. I went to see her this morning. I thought she would be very happy..."
Rhodes paused——
"She was indeed happy, but it was only for a moment."
As he said that, Rhodes' heart seemed to be squeezed tightly and thrown aside. The lovers who were passionate at the time are now strangers... Is all this just caused by ice magic? Sometimes, even Rhodes himself
Don't know the answer either.
"Ice magic can change a person." Dennis said, "Advanced frost magic can freeze a person's emotions and make her cold and ruthless. What's more, she won't even recognize her closest relatives. As Caroline The dean of the Magic Academy must be the most powerful frost mage in Kislev in order to convince the public. I think she has been working hard towards this..."
"I know, if it's just this, I'm not worried. I'm just afraid of other things..."
As Rhodes spoke, he couldn't help but frown again. An uneasy feeling disturbed him, like a pair of ghost eyes lurking in the dark, always staring at and examining himself from time to time. Rhodes couldn't tell what was wrong, but I always feel like there is an aura of decay and death in the Magic Academy.
For a moment, Rhodes regretted it. When he asked Caroline to be the principal of the magic school, he originally planned to let her better assist Dennis, so that the two of them could complement each other and help each other and take care of each other. But now, Caroline is because of After studying magic, I became cold and numb. What I thought was the right decision at first seems not to be the case now.
The good times are always so short. Rod vaguely remembers that the happy time between himself and Caroline was only the two years when the civil war broke out. They supported each other and leaned on each other. Whether on the battlefield, in life, or in bed. ...But now, the conditions are good, I am the Great Lord of the North, my daughter is the Queen of Kislev, and my wife is the dean of the Magic Academy. Everything is ready, and when everything is prosperous, people have changed... Maybe this is human calculation. It's better to let God decide, Rhodes sighed.
"Okay, let's talk about you, my good daughter."
Rhodes thought and changed the topic to his daughter. She didn't look very good either. Even though she was wearing makeup, she looked a little haggard but her eyes showed. There were also a few white hairs on her forehead, which was originally Not for her age...
"Fortunately for me, nothing major has happened recently, and everything inside and outside the palace is relatively stable. Fiscal revenue has grown steadily, gradually filling the deficit in the national treasury."
Dennis answered with a smile. She almost couldn't continue acting, but she still had to continue acting... pretending to be strong. She couldn't tell her father that she and Boris had a secret love affair. She didn't dare to tell him, because this matter had become a source of evidence. It is in the hands of the opposition. The current Kislev is so similar to the Kislev at the end of Katarina's reign... On the surface, it is harmonious and stable, but behind the scenes, there is murderous intent.
The cowardly Tsar Pavel, the calculated Duke Samuel, the nobles inside and outside the palace who were aggrieved by the reforms... everything was like an undercurrent of waves flowing under a calm stream. But Dennis could not tell these things. She couldn't tell her father that she fell in love with Boris.
"Is it really okay?"
His daughter's words did not make Rhodes relax. On the contrary, Rhodes saw his daughter's erratic eyes keenly. No matter how calm a person is when lying, his eyes will always show a little bit of unconfidence. At least, she I don't have the courage to look you in the eye.
"Okay...there is a problem..."
Dennis pursed his lips.
"Say, no matter what happens, my father will always be behind you."
Looking at his daughter, Rhodes said firmly.
"Villanelle was drugged and defiled by Pavel while attending a palace dinner... Her father already knew about it."
"This is no small matter..."
"Indeed... I have comforted Villanelle and guaranteed that Pavel will never see her again. But it is hard to say about her husband. I can't guarantee that Nikita will not do anything impulsive.
Things come out."
Dennis said.
Rhodes was silent for a moment——
"You must be prepared. It seems that Pavel cannot stay in the palace. The people and nobles have been resentful of him for a long time. If the crisis breaks out again, remember not to take any side. You are you, you are the queen.
. It has nothing to do with anything. Do what you can. Don’t involve yourself in this turmoil. Second, if the contradiction is irreconcilable, look at the situation and be prepared to replace Pavel. Of course, the premise is that the people
will. How to guide public opinion is the top priority."
Rhodes said seriously. Dennis also listened carefully, but in the queen's heart, there were all kinds of mixed feelings. Dennis could only sneer to himself, if this was a storm, how could he stay out of it? Since he and Bao
From the moment Reese was together, there was no turning back. If Pavel was unfaithful, how could he be any better?...But how could he tell his father all this? He took such good care of himself, and all of this was
The inheritance he built with his blood and sweat...