Twilight War

Chapter 59 Divine Crown

I am God, I am righteousness, I am the crown.

01

My name is Odin, and I will become the god-king of Asgard. I will see everything in this world, I will hold all orders, and I will realize all justice.

...at least, that's what he thought before that rainy night.

Ancient beasts walked the world at that time, and the gods had not yet created humans in the courtyard.On the throne of Asgard is the original god-king - Bully.

And as the heir of Buli, one day, he will also become the king of gods.

And that day when Buli returned from Jotunheim, he was holding a child in his arms, and his too slender calf was hanging down from the blood-stained animal skin.

The boy was still sleeping, his whole face was almost terribly pale.

He stepped forward to touch the child.

"He's an ancient beast." Bully said suddenly.

He withdrew his hand.

"But he doesn't look any different from them."

"When he becomes an ancient beast, he will destroy everything." Bully's voice was as solemn as a temple bell.

The child was imprisoned in the underground palace of the temple by Bulli.

He took a candle lamp and walked down the steps of the underground palace. At the end of the corridor, the child was sleeping on the floor of the prison, with a blood-stained animal skin blanket under his body.

Probably because of the sudden light, the boy opened his eyes in the candlelight and looked up at him.

...like the stars of Asgard.

he thought then.

……

In the dark underground palace, Wisipel opened his eyes, and beside him was a burning candle.

He sat up from the ground, raised his head and saw the distorted words and paintings carved out of white stone on the walls of the underground palace.

He stroked the rough wall with his fingertips, thinking of the boy who wrote this on the wall in the dark thousands of years ago.

"It's time to go." He seemed to be saying to himself.

He got up and walked up the dark steps of the temple. Black crows seemed to fly through the wall, and those crows brought pieces of feathers.

—The Holy Communion has begun.

— Madame Habsburg came too.

The crows turned into ink and belonged to his body.

"Take it out." He raised his hand.

A crow landed on his shoulder, and placed the badge of the Knights of the Garter in Vichypel's palm.

It has clearly not been treated well and has a lot of scratches on it.

It belongs to Huangxuanjin.

"That wolf is still with him?" Vehipel asked.

——Yes, your wolf is not well-fed by yourself, but it is well-fed by others.

the crow said mockingly.

In the Golden Palace, Visipel opened the door, and there was a black wolf lying on the door. Seeing Visipel come in, the greedy wolf raised his upper body, Visipel touched his head twice, and pulled his right hand away. He opened a side drawer and threw the badge of the Knights of the Garter into it.

There are a bunch of little toys inside.

Some fragments of copper coins, and many badges of the Knights of the Garter.

Outside the window is the long twilight of the holy white city of Asgard.

02

Palace of the Holy Rosary.

There was a sumptuous dinner on the table, but everyone was silent.

Many ministers have received letters from the Medici Bank, and everyone's hands trembled when they opened the envelopes and saw the things inside.

The Medici is the Westland treasury that can lend money to the Vannes royal family.

The married lady of Habsburg is the queen of the gold and silver empire. She has long since retired to the background, but she still controls a considerable share of the Medici Bank as Miss Medici.

When the envelope was received, no one knew what it meant.

But when Mrs. Habsburg walked into the room with the boy on her arm, everything became clear.

The Queen of the Gold and Silver Empire stood behind Huangxuan Jin together with Queen Isabel of Vana.

What did this retainer of the three surnames do to win the favor of the two queens?

And Mrs. Habsburg only informed them of her purpose now, obviously not wanting to give them any time to discuss.

But they had already made a promise to the Lord of Buckingham.

When they made this promise, only the girl stood behind Huang Xuanjin.

They were happy to frustrate their overly proud queen, and even more wanted to watch Huang Xuan Jin become the laughing stock of everyone.

It is not something they can allow monkeys to climb to high places.

But now...even Mrs. Habsburg has expressed her attitude.

"Crack..."

In the silence, there was a sudden breaking sound.

Everyone looked at the boy in the corner.

When everyone was silent, Huang Xuanjin took the goose eggs from the egg tray while no one was paying attention, and then crushed the eggshells on the table.

After crushing the shell he picked it up only to find that everyone was looking at him.

He looked at everyone with a strange face, and thought it was best to give everyone an explanation, "This egg... looks delicious."

While peeling off the eggshell, he said, "That roasted whole pig is also delicious."

Everyone looked at his oily plate and understood that he should have finished eating a roast pig just now while everyone was contemplating.

"It's really great." He looked at everyone still looking at him, and added a little redundantly.

"Really, please cut a piece for me." Mrs. Habsburg said in an elegant voice, and she handed the porcelain plate in her hand to the maid, her gestures were dignified but with the kindness of an old man.

The maid cut a beautifully colored roast pork for her.

"I want a copy here too." Isabel handed over the porcelain plate.

"It tastes really good," said Mrs. Habsburg, nodding after tasting a slice.

The others looked at Mrs. Habsburg and Isabel, holding the knife and fork in their hands, after thinking about it, they handed over their own porcelain plates.

The maid shuttled through the palace lit with silver candles, and everyone shared a sumptuous dinner.

"Your Majesty, are you not cautious enough regarding this canonization?" the Marquess of Buckingham suddenly said at the banquet.

Madam Habsburg stopped cutting the roasted pork. She looked at the Marquess of Buckingham from above the reading glasses, and after watching him finish speaking, she lowered her head again and carefully cut the meat in her hand.

She didn't send the envelope to the Marquess of Buckingham. It is estimated that the Marquess didn't realize that he was already an island in this banquet.

It's really pitiful.

"Is there? In fact, I discussed this issue with Your Excellency Tang Ruowang a month ago, and no one is more suitable than Your Excellency Huangxuan." Isabel said with a smile.

"Indeed." Tang Ruowang saluted Isabel respectfully.

"But Your Excellency Huangxuan is from Donghuang after all." Earl Somerset said while cutting the steak under the wink of the Marquess of Buckingham.

"What's wrong with Donghuang? Donghuang is a good place." Mrs. Habsburg said suddenly.She took the silver spoon and tapped the goose eggs in the egg tray.

"I remember that the Earl of Somerset seems to have partnered with others to sell things to Donghuang. That business went well." She said in a somewhat rambling manner.

"Unfortunately, I was shipwrecked. It was only thanks to my wife's kindness that I made up the debt." The Earl of Somerset said with his face downcast.

"Oh, I remembered. It doesn't matter. It's always like this in business. I don't know when I will encounter bad luck."

She beat everyone at the banquet like a goose egg on her hands.

She is like an old hen protecting her cubs, she dares to take a piece of meat from anyone who dares to hurt her chicks.

"Oh, what were you talking about just now? Xiao Jin is from Donghuang, right?" She said with a kind smile.

"Yes, but His Excellency Tang Ruowang also served in Donghuang before. If we can't compare with the emperor of Donghuang, we really don't have the courage of a big country." Earl Somerset said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

The bell of the Corinthian bell tower was ringing in the distance, and Huangxuan Jin tilted his head and poured sauce on the barbecue to show a smiling face.He looked up at the misty dusk.The shadow of the Goddess Gullweger casts over the square.

The light coming through the window gradually faded into the huge shadows in the room.

Candles burn quietly.

Meanwhile, the Habsburg mansion.

Mr. Habsburg picked up the bread on the plate which he had baked himself, and bit it with his eyes closed.

He stared at the dentures embedded in the bread, "When will Madam come back?"

"I don't know, sir." The butler shook his head gracefully.

03

That feast is over, and he will become Vaner's new major general.

Huang Xuanjin leaned on his chair and watched the setting sun outside the window.

A bunch of photos were thrown in front of him.

"What's this?" He frowned as he looked at the men in the photos who had died miserably.

"This is a case that the Heresy Inquisition is currently working on." Isabel said, "There are mysterious symbols on the bodies of the deceased. After research, they are Ruen characters."

"The language used by the gods of Asgard?"

"Yes." Isabelle said.

"Is there any other information?" he asked.

"These people used to be a woman's lover, many of whom she met at the Ninth Street black market." Isabel said.

"Which woman?"

"Ms. Violet. She inherited a large fortune after her father died, but she is still unmarried and likes to raise young and beautiful boys."

"So?" Huang Xuanjin frowned and asked.

"Little Jin, I haven't told you that when you are quiet, you still look a bit delicious." She said while pinching Huangxuan Jin's chin.

"You never said that." Huang Xuanjin quickly shook his head.

"Then I'll make it up now." Isabel said kindly with a smile on her face.

"Do you still have to do this kind of chores in the end?" Huang Xuanjin pushed Isabel away and said with some dissatisfaction.

"As I said, you will be the queen's lackey."

"Then does it make a difference if I become the major general or not?" the boy frowned.

Isabel suddenly smiled, very lightly, and she looked at the boy, "Yes, of course."

"When you are lowly, no one will listen to what you say even if you are hoarse. But when you are at the top of power, even if you just whisper something unimportant, everyone must listen."

"But I have nothing to say." The boy said.

"You have to climb there first, otherwise when you have something to say, everything you say will just be drowned out." Isabel said.

"The most important thing is that after you become a major general, you will have a monthly salary of two hundred gold coins." The girl picked up the wine glass on the table and leaned back on the chair.

Huang Xuanjin raised his eyebrows.

"Okay, I should go too." He picked up the clothes on the chair and walked to the door. "The feast here is over, but the curtain of Paradise Lost is about to rise."

Isabel looked at the back of the boy in the corridor.

She remembered what Tang Ruowang had said to her.

That's right, so what if the young man can get to where he wants to go, so what if he sacrifices his bones.

Paradise Lost, Black Widow's Room.

"That's why I'm here now." Huang Xuanjin said resignedly while lying on the rocking chair.

"Well... that is to say, Isabel intends to let you have sex?" The black widow understood his meaning very quickly.

"Generally speaking, yes." Huang Xuanjin said: "Isabel said that she has met many lovers here, she must be a frequent visitor here."

"You want me to introduce you to her?" Black Widow asked.

Huang Xuanjin nodded, "Will she come here soon?"

"In fact, there is an underground jewelry auction on Black Market Ninth Street tonight, and she should be there."

"Then what are you waiting for, I am the most delicious dessert on Madam Violet's plate tonight." Huang Xuanjin patted the armrest and stood up.

"But...she only likes the one that looks melancholy and fragile." The black widow shook her head with some pity.

"If you don't come, I will be a lonely soul in this world forever." Huang Xuanjin immediately put on a melancholy look and read the poems in the wanderer.

He looked out the window, as if thinking about something.The black eyes are like ancient mirrors, reflecting the bustling lights outside the window.

Of course, the most likely one should be the whole roasted pig at the dinner just now.

"Well, it's melancholy enough, but not fragile enough." The black widow said while holding a pipe.

"Do you need me to vomit blood?"

"Forget it, you are already very fragile." Black Widow frowned.

04

"The owner of this underground auction house is Shawei, the man who holds half of the black market Jiujie." The black widow said in front of Huang Xuanjin: "It's not fun to mess with him, so remember , just wait for me, do you hear me?"

Huang Xuanjin nodded obediently, and looked around the huge underground auction field.

"The auction will be held for a long time. There will be an opera before that. Mrs. Violet will come to see this opera in advance every time."

The black widow was suddenly caught by the corner of her skirt as she was walking. She turned her head and was about to scold Huang Xuanjin when she watched Huang Xuanjin quietly pointing to the other side of the auction house.

On the other side of the ring auction, a silver-haired man was looking down at the booklet in his hand.

"His Royal Highness?" The Black Widow was stunned, "Why is he here?"

"I don't know!" Huangxuanjin roared: "Why don't we go, we don't know Mrs. Violet at this moment."

"Look at how cowardly you are, Your Highness can still eat you." The black widow looked at him with contempt.

Huang Xuanjin nodded seriously, and complained in pain: "Not only can he, but he doesn't spit out his bones. He's just a beast! He's a devil!"

"How about this, you come with me." The black widow pulled Huang Xuanjin out, took the eyebrow pencil and drew on Huangxuan Jin's face, then put down the eyebrow pencil, "Don't worry, His Highness will never recognize you like this gone."

Huang Xuanjin looked back at the reflection on the metal pillar, and was utterly frightened, "I won't even be able to recognize myself in this way."

"Which normal man would paint his face like this!"

"That's a peony, I think it's pretty, and I even painted your eye makeup, I think I have good skills." Black Widow said quite confidently.

"Let's go, before Mrs. Violet comes, don't frighten her."

"Come here!" The black widow pulled Huangxuan Jin over, and pinned a spider web pin on his chest, "Now you are in my shop, and tonight is your debut night!"

Have I fallen from being a prostitute to officially prostitution?

Huang Xuanjin thought desperately.

The candles in the front row of the stage were lit one by one, and the women wearing gorgeous crowns put on costumes in the background.

The Black Widow led Huang Xuanjin to the back seat.

The woman sitting in the shadows turned her head to look at them, and nodded gracefully, "Black Countess."

The woman has brown hair and red lips, and looks about thirty years old.

Huang Xuanjin looked at her.

That woman is that kind, maybe you don't think she is so beautiful at first glance, but her self-esteem and nobility make you think she is a beauty after you look at her a few more times.

Just like jewelry that you didn't care about at the beginning, after you know its expensive price, you will always find it beautiful and indescribable after you look at it more.

"This is..." She looked at Huangxuan Jin.

"It's the child who recently followed me." The black widow sat next to Mrs. Violet, "I haven't found a sponsor yet."

"I've been short of people recently, and I can't find any news about my last two children. Maybe I have made enough money and don't want to be treated as a canary anymore." Mrs. Violet said with a smile, she tilted her head He glanced at Huangxuan Jin.

"It's pretty enough, but it's so beautiful that it's almost cutting off your hands." She smiled lightly and shook her head, "If there is a boy I've always liked next time, I might as well bring it with me."

Knowing that he was directly rejected, Huang Xuanjin suddenly felt hopeless in his life.

He sat beside the black widow, and found a thin man with a half-covered white mask standing beside Mrs. Violet.

"He is Xia Zuo, my jewelry appraiser, and he is usually responsible for maintaining my jewelry. Today, I plan to take a few photos, so I brought him here." Mrs. Violet said.

"Oh." Huang Xuanjin, who was caught thinking, nodded.

Xia Zuo lowered his head slightly towards Huangxuan Jin.

"Countess Black, Lady Violet." Suddenly came a male voice like a broken jade.

Wischpel came over at some point, "Did he come to see the opera, or to participate in the auction."

"Both." Mrs. Violet said with a smile: "Since Your Highness is here, please sit down too."

Wischpel shook his head, "I still have a seat over there, so I won't sit here."

He got up and sat down at the seat not far from here, where Tang De was watching the opera with great interest.

As soon as he walked away from the black widow, he patted Huang Xuanjin's hand, and found that Huang Xuanjin had snatched his fan from just now, and hid himself behind the fan.

"I won't eat you again." The black widow looked at Huangxuan Jin with contempt.

"What's the matter?" asked Mrs. Violet.

Huang Xuanjin and Black Widow quickly shook their heads.

The woman on the stage sang an aria. The woman wore a black mask. After the aria ended, she looked at the jester who was also wearing a mask.

"who are you?"

"I'm the one who came here tonight."

"Which drama is this?" Huang Xuanjin asked the Black Widow sideways.

The black widow looked at Huangxuan Jin without saying a word, knowing that he was not asking her.

Mrs. Violet next to her was fiddling with the bone fan in her hand, "The Princess and the Riker, I like it very much."

"Madam likes drama?" Huang Xuanjin asked.

"My father likes it." Mrs. Violet said with a smile, "Do you know Queen Street?"

Huang Xuanjin nodded quickly.

"The nearby Xicheng District, which was burned into ruins, used to be where I lived. My father built a huge stage at home. Every night, actors sang operas at home, and women sang arias on the stage."

Lady Violet's voice was soft and slow.

Huang Xuanjin recalled the ruins he had seen before, as if everything in the ruins had come to life, joys and sorrows on the stage, gathering and parting.