In the Name of the Queen

"Don't know?"

Roland was stunned on the spot.

If the person in front of him was not Alina, he would have to deduct some performance points as a punishment.

Looking at Roland's gradually gloomy face, Alina explained softly: "I really don't know. Sif's fate is extremely vague and it is impossible to judge the direction."

Seeing that Roland was a little unhappy, Alina quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, it's better to not see the direction of fate than to die absolutely."

"Absolute death? Do you mean that Sif has no chance of winning with my help?"

Alina said softly: "In the competition between countries, you have the opportunity to draw or even win, but this will block Sophia's path to the emperor, so she will take action."

Roland understood.

If Sophia, a strong man who transcends the level, is put aside, the comprehensive national strength of the Sussex Empire is still stronger than that of the Vladimir Empire.

Using powerful industry, trade and maritime power, Vladimir can be locked on the east side of the continent at all costs.

Although they are rich in resources and can be self-sufficient, they will be excluded from the mainstream civilization.

Being excluded from mainstream civilization is the eternal pain of the Rurik people.

They were civilized too late.

Because of this, they have a sense of inferiority in their hearts.

When facing the Sussex people, the Golden Kite people and even the Odin people, they are very inferior.

Of course, except for the Wends who share the same roots with them.

The Rurik people think that the Wends are the civilization depression.

This time Sophia insisted on asking for an enclave in the Val city-state, and also wanted to have a chance to have direct contact with the countries that claim to be civilized.

It can be imagined that before the real war begins, the Val city will never be calm. All countries will definitely send elites to test exchanges on the Val stage.

The competition for the Val city will surely be a preview of the war.

Seeing Roland lost in thought, Alina did not continue to disturb him. When she was about to leave, Roland suddenly looked up at her and asked slowly, "Can you help calculate Lisa's fate?"

"Of course, I see her often, so there is no need to call her over."

Alina took out the special divination card angel card, thought for a moment, took out the guardian angel that was closest to Lisa's characteristics, and placed it on the main seat.

Then she took out the angel card representing Roland and placed it on the other side.

Roland's fate is unobservable, which means that his invisible angel card cannot be turned over and can only be a bridge connecting the fate of others.

A thin red line was generated between the guardian angel and the invisible angel, connecting their fates together.

Alina thought for a moment and began to look for the next red line. Unfortunately, it could not be observed.

She could only judge that there was another red line entangled with Lisa.

"This"

"Just tell me if you find anything. We need to be honest with each other."

"Then did I really say it?" Alina hesitated and continued to stack armor.

"Speak!" Roland was a little nervous.

Alina is different from those charlatans. She never pretends to be mysterious. As long as she won't be backlashed, she will speak her mind.

However, she is hesitant now, which shows that this matter is not ordinary.

Alina hesitated for a moment and continued, "Roland, we are friends. I have no right to interfere in your private life, but Miss Lisa..."

"If I'm not mistaken, she likes you."

"Then what?" Roland asked back in surprise.

Anyone who is not blind can see that Lisa likes him.

Is there a need for divination for this?

Alina was stunned.

Originally, Roland did not avoid Lisa's gaze, so why did he have to be associated with another red line.

If the divination cannot find the source of the red line, it means that the other end of the red line is temporarily unobservable.

There are very few unobservable people. There are only two women who are related to Roland and whose fate is unobservable.

Sif and Sophia.

Sophia is excluded first.

As long as Roland still has a trace of reason in his mind, he will not be connected with Sophia.

After eliminating the wrong answers, there is only one answer left.

Sif.

Although Alina knew that the rumor that Roland was Sif's lover was a rumor, she could see that the relationship between the two guys was a bit too good.

In short, Roland was in a triangle relationship.

Not passive participation, but active action.

No matter who Roland chose, she thought it was reasonable and would send her blessings, but Roland chose to take them all.

Alina suddenly felt a little regretful.

She was really rude. Why did she have to say these things.

Even if Roland was a scumbag, Lisa was a poor person, and Sif was a love stealer, what did it have to do with her?

She was just Roland's temporary subordinate, future partner, and debtor who owed him two lives.

Alina was in distress. She didn't know how to continue this topic at all.

Got it!

She bit her tongue, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fainted.

Roland was waiting for Alina's answer, but saw Alina spurting out a mouthful of blood and then fainted.

He grabbed Alina and was about to call the priest when Alina murmured weakly:

"Yes, I'm sorry, I said too much today and got backlashed. Wait until tomorrow"

"Shut up! No more dangerous divinations, this is an order!"

If he had known that Alina would be backlashed, he would never let curiosity get the better of Alina and let her calculate Lisa's fate.

He carried Alina to find the priest.

The priests and temple warriors sent by the Temple of Light to Roland came from all over the place during this period, so he didn't have to worry about treatment.

Knowing that Roland's important subordinate was injured, Christine decided to treat him personally.

She originally had some prejudices against Roland, but all of them disappeared after Roland became a Knight of Light.

No matter how many problems Roland had, he was still in the same camp.

Although Roland did not convert to light directly, he was still one of them.

Christine refused Roland to enter the prayer room, and her reason was simple.

"During the treatment period, no one is allowed to enter."

Although Roland was a little worried that he could not follow in, he believed in Christine's business ability.

As the initiator of the Holy Spring Resurrection Ceremony, Christine was a lucky person who was favored by God.

If she could not be saved, then there was basically no hope.

Although Alina was attacked, her injuries were not serious, so Roland was not too worried.

He was very busy during this period and had no time to accompany her, so he had to leave.

The construction of various areas in the Governor's jurisdiction was carried out in an orderly manner.

It was carried out in the order of industry, military, infrastructure, economy, and education.

These constructions require a huge amount of funds.

The division of the Val City-State got some money, but not much.

According to the rules, Val City has just joined the Empire and will not change its current status within ten years.

The current status of Val City North District is a direct jurisdiction, neither directly under the royal family nor under the jurisdiction of the governor, so Roland naturally cannot take the money here.

But this time he has made the greatest contribution after all, and William can't give nothing, so he left 30% of the spoils in the governor's jurisdiction.

70%? That's for the treasury.

As a loyal minister of Her Majesty the Queen and a pillar of the Empire, Roland couldn't find a reason to refute.

Even if all these spoils belong to Roland, there is still a big funding gap.

The hunting plan against illegal merchants in Samaria has to continue.

Roland returned to the Governor's Mansion, skillfully turning the weighted feather pen with his fingertips, thinking carefully.

He has been too busy during this period. Did he miss anything?

Only he, Sif and Stanley knew about the plan to set a trap for the Samarian merchants.

At least the officials of the three provinces were not informed during the planning stage.

After all, these people had a deep connection with the Samarian merchants. Who dares to guarantee their loyalty?

But Stanley is different.

He has a blood feud with the Samaritans, and the turning point of his life began when he married a Samaritan wife.

With the help of his wife's tribe, he ascended to a high position, but then fell quickly.

These things were not enough to make Stanley completely hate, what really chilled him was that the child he and his wife had was someone else's.

He also had an illegitimate child, but at least he didn't bring it home.

He didn't cross the line.

The believers of the goddess of abundance can only have one wife, but there is no limit on lovers.

The emperor and high-ranking nobles certainly won't satisfy one woman.

Their countermeasure is a legal lover.

The status of a legal lover is lower than that of a wife, and it is mainly to meet the needs of men.

Their children are illegitimate children, and under normal circumstances, they have no inheritance rights.

According to convention, as long as the woman and illegitimate child outside are not brought home, it is not considered betrayal.

Stanley's wife knew what he was doing outside, but Stanley didn't know how much his wife played.

Roland's evaluation of this mess was to respect Stanley's choice.

Just as Roland was thinking, there was a knock on the door.

"Governor, someone wants to see you. He said he is your friend and provided you with special props."

"Special props?"

Roland thought of the other party's identity, smiled and stood up, and walked towards the door.

"Mr. Sura, long time no see."

Roland smiled and extended his right hand to Sura (appeared in Chapters 83 and 84), the owner of the magic props store.

Sura hesitated for a moment, but still extended his hand to shake Roland's.

The handshake ceremony was a popular custom in the Magic Empire. Putting down weapons and shaking hands was used to express that there was no hostility.

The Magic Empire is gone, but there are many traces of magic civilization.

Sura felt the magic power surging in Roland's body, and felt a little emotional.

Roland is a good seedling for learning magic.

But he also understood why Roland did not follow his teacher to learn.

Magic has declined.

To be precise, magic is not declining, but there are no resources.

No matter how good a fuel car is, it cannot start without fuel.

Although magic is good, the magic crystal is gone.

Fortunately, he came prepared this time.

Roland invited Sura to the small reception room and asked the servants to serve him tea.

When there were only two people left in the room, Roland smiled and asked, "Mr. Sura, you must have come from afar for something important, so why not just say it."

"I didn't come from afar."

Sura smiled and said, "The Magic Association has a secret teleportation array near Lake Val, and I came from there."

"Since it's a secret teleportation array, you shouldn't tell me." Roland smiled and shook his head.

Sura said with a serious expression, "You accepted the teacher's wordless book, so you are one of us. Anyway, you won't tell anyone, right?"

Obviously, Sura was trying to get close to him.

Sharing secrets can quickly bring people closer.

Roland picked up the tea, took a sip, and said nothing.

His meaning was very clear. The appearance of the descendants of the Magic Empire was significantly different from that of other people. Although the Magic Association and human countries signed a peace treaty, this treaty was about to expire.

It's hard to say whether to renew it, how to renew it, and how long to renew it.

Thinking of the international conference that just ended, Roland's eyes lit up.

Could it be that Sura came to renew his contract?

After figuring out the other party's intention, he smiled and said, "Mr. Sura, there are still three years and four months before the peace agreement expires. It's not too late to talk about the renewal then."

"Sif and I can't make the decision now."

Sura smiled and asked back, "Can we make the decision then?"

Roland smiled but didn't answer.

Sometimes, not speaking is also a kind of answer.

Sura changed the subject and lowered his voice and said, "If my judgment is correct, you have used up the magic in the ring, right?"

Roland never denied the magic of the magic world. He took out a slightly damaged ring and said with a smile:

"Thank you very much, it really saved my life. Mr. Sura, it's a bit unfair to give this ring as a gift."

Sura was almost amused by Roland's words.

Gift?

The things Roland bought last time were not as valuable as the fraction of this thing!

Rings that can store magic are common, but rings that can store and automatically release life-saving magic are rare.

Sura did not expose the truth, but continued: "Mr. Roland, what is your impression of magic?"

"The powerful and complete power system of magicians is the foundation for building a powerful magic civilization. I recognize the power and richness of magic. It's a pity that the magic crystal mine has been used up."

As we all know, no matter how much praise is given in the front, what we really want to express is the pity/but the content after that.

Magic is indeed good, and it can be comparable to the extraordinary power system before level one.

But the magic system has two fatal flaws.

The first is the lack of feasible promotion channels between level one and level zero.

Although there are theories, there are no practical results.

But the extraordinary system based on soul cards is different. This road has produced three goddesses.

The extraordinary road is confirmed to be passable, and there is more than one, and the end point is the true god.

The magic road is difficult to walk, the future is uncertain, and there is also divine punishment on the head.

What's more, the magic crystal is gone.

Roland is not stupid, how could he choose a dead end.

Sura understood what Roland meant. He took Roland's ring and took out the magic scroll from his arms. The fingertips were dancing with lavender light and quickly completed the charging.

He handed the ring to Roland and said with a smile: "After-sales service is over."

"Thank you for coming all the way. I wonder how much the after-sales service will cost this time?" Roland happily took the ring back.

This is a life-saving artifact. Even if there is a divine blessing, who would complain about having too many means to save life?

"No charge for the first after-sales service."

Sura smiled and said: "There is another thing. Teacher Anthony wants to meet you."

"Oh, why didn't you say such an important thing earlier? Master Anthony is an elder. I respect him very much. I dare not neglect his affairs."

"Wait for me to pack up and leave. By the way, what is the matter with the master asking me to go? Tell me if it is convenient, so that I can prepare in advance."

Looking at Roland's positive attitude, Sura nodded secretly, and somewhat understood why the teacher looked at Roland differently.

Potential is certainly an important factor, and Roland's ability to behave is also very important.

He said calmly: "The magic crystal veins are not exhausted."

Roland's eyes lit up.

He understood the reason why Sif's fate took a turn.