The King's Follower [Rebirth]

The royal family is weak, and the restraint of feelings is regarded as a noble behavior, while enthusiasm and intimacy are the behavior of vulgar civilians.Edward was raised by a nanny since he was born. He was named Prince of Somerset when he was three years old, and he immediately left the court to live in his own fief. Strange as if a stranger.

Of course, I am not a descendant of the two Majesties, but a stranger in the first place.Edward walked unhurriedly in the tall corridor of the palace, followed by a long line of attendants, clerks, and priests. He had finished dressing, and now he was going to greet his nominal parents, the king and queen.He still remembered that every time he returned to the palace in his last life, he was so anxious that his heart was full of admiration and longing for his long-lost parents, but now, his heart was as calm as a pool of stagnant water, calm and calm.

Back then, the queen was unable to have children, so she came up with a way for doves to occupy the magpie's nest. She coerced and lured her sub-orc brother and the king's illegitimate son orc brother to give birth to a child for her, and even bribed the Leman Cathedral to do a blood test Archbishop.After the child was born, she immediately dealt with the two of them secretly without leaving a trace.It's ridiculous that she thinks she can hide the truth from the world, but who knows that the king has been aware of her every move for a long time, and not exposing her is just an idea of ​​using this child as a shield for his real heir, so that the child can grow up safely .

The Marriage Law of the Cuthbert Empire has severe punishment measures for the queen's behavior. If there is deception on the issue of blood offspring, such as abortion without the consent of the other spouse, or the exchange of heirs without permission, use your own An illegitimate child or someone else's child replaces the offspring of both parties, etc., in addition to certain criminal responsibilities, the marriage will also be judged invalid. The children of all children will become illegitimate children who lose most of their inheritance rights.

The king took advantage of this and began to prepare for the birth of his real legal heir.The potential of an orc can actually be tested when he or she is still an egg in the sub-orc mother's space, so the king began to linger in the flowers and have children with many sub-orcs. This is not because he is greedy for beauty, but But to produce the most powerful offspring.In the end, Miss Margaret of the Letterman family won the lottery, and the experts and the archbishop determined that this egg in Miss Margaret's space would hatch a dragon whose strength is not inferior to that of a king in the future.

So the king seized the time and secretly married Miss Margaret of the Letterman family before William broke his shell. They all witnessed at the scene and signed a contract with magical and legal effects, proving the legitimacy of the combination of the two.Therefore, William is the rightful and legal heir, and there is no flaw in his legitimacy.

The king and queen were waiting to receive the crown prince in the king's living room at this time. The servants guarding the door of the living room saw the prince and bowed deeply.Edward stopped at the door, and slowly took a deep breath. Since he was reborn a year ago, he has been refusing to return to the palace because of his illness. He missed the Midsummer Eve and New Year last year. This year, he will never return to the palace anyway , and he didn't want to escape any longer.Today is the first time he met his parents in name after his rebirth. Although he no longer has any superfluous feelings for the two majesties, he still can't help feeling that he is about to meet the two kings who ruined his life in the previous life. Convulsive tension, irrepressible resentment, and a hint of panic.This is also an important reason why he spent at least four hours a day in prayer along the way: he has been begging Orgun La to give him enough courage and calm to face reality.

Since you have given me the chance to live again, now, please give me enough strength.Edward subconsciously touched the Golden Ring Dragon on his chest, and silently recited prayers praising God in his heart, feeling himself gradually calm down.

"Your Highness, do you want to pass it on now?" the servant asked.

Edward nodded.

So the servant walked into the living room, through the door of the living room, Edward heard him shout loudly: "His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Prince Somerset, Duke of Estour, Earl of Brsenta. "

He slowly let out the breath held in his chest, and raised his chin slightly.The door opened again, and he walked in slowly.There are three thrones standing right in front of the living room, the king sits in the middle, the queen sits on the left hand side of the king, and the chair on the right hand side is prepared for Edward. On both sides of the three thrones sit several royal family members High-ranking dukes and their consorts, and at the end sat some of the king's favorite bastards.Although in formal political occasions, it is disrespectful for the guests to have the king's illegitimate son without titles present, but the current meeting is an internal matter of the family and has nothing to do with politics.All but the king and queen stood up and saluted Edward when they saw him.

Edward stopped in front of the throne, knelt on one knee, bowed his head and saluted: "Father, queen."

"My dear son." The king smiled kindly, and held out his right hand to him, beckoning him to come forward and kiss his ring.It is a gesture of affection and intimacy for a superior to allow a inferior to kiss his ring.

Immediately Edward stepped forward, knelt at the king's feet, took his hand in both, and kissed the king's scepter ring which he put on the ring finger of his right hand.The king lifted his chin with his backhand, looked at his face lovingly, and said gently, "You've lost weight, my son."

"Sorry for worrying you." Edward said softly, he glanced at the king, then lowered his eyes meekly.He could see that the king's kindness was just a pretentious mask, because his eyes were cold, and in those eyes, seeing the hounds was probably warmer than seeing himself.

Edward held back a burst of trembling. In his last life, the death sentence read by the herald was still in his ears. When he thought that the man who raised him could hang himself to death in St. Anthony's Square without hesitation, he felt cold all over his body, and his heart flooded. There were bursts of intense tingling and soreness.

In his last life, he regarded this man as the father he admired the most. After all, a child always loves his parents deeply, especially a child who lacks love. The desire for father's love and mother's love can even surpass the instinct of survival.Edward has more contact with the queen. The queen can always take time out to visit him every year. However, the name is visit, but it is actually worried that Edward will get out of her control and come to check the prince's state of mind. Because of these more contacts The cold and blunt attitude and indifference shown by the Queen of China towards him pushed Edward even more towards the king.Compared with his mother who was impatient in every word and deed, Edward loved his father who rarely saw him a few times a year, and who was extremely gentle and tolerant each time.He believed that if it was possible in the previous life, he would be willing to sacrifice his life for the king.

Edward loved the king deeply, but the king's feelings for him were nothing but contempt besides disgust and disgust.Edward's existence is the Queen's family's provocation of royal power and contempt for the king. His birth is not blessed, and his existence is even more entangled in the king's throat. In addition, in the previous life, under the deliberate guidance of the queen, Edward was just a A dandy who indulges in enjoyment and only studies a little bit in eating, drinking and having fun, the king is a soldier who is strict with himself, and what he despises the most is a dandy who wastes his youth.The queen guides Edward in this way to make it easier to control Edward and achieve her own goal of regent, and the king is happy to see it, and even contributes to the flames.

The king touched his face, leaned down and kissed his forehead gently: "Go to your mother, she misses you very much."

Then Edward knelt at the queen's feet and kissed her ring.The queen's acting skills are even better, her eyes are full of tears, and she has an expression of trying to suppress her emotions, which makes everyone cry, which makes people feel very sad.Edward couldn't stop sneering in his heart, the resentment and anger towards the queen constantly surging in his heart made him almost unable to control the expression on his face.At William's coming-of-age ceremony in the previous life, the king revealed the facts, declared his marriage to the queen invalid, abolished Edward's right of succession, and canonized William as the crown prince.Of course the queen refused to admit it, and the united family rebelled against the empire, triggering a war.

In the months since the war began, the queen has completely disrespected Edward.The queen didn't like Edward at all. Back then, the king loved the queen's younger brother more. Her queen position was actually snatched from her younger brother by Ji Ji. Edward was her younger brother's child, and his appearance was seven or eight percent similar. The queen The jealousy and disgust for his younger brother were transferred to Edward.In the past, the queen could maintain the superficial relationship between mother and child, but now, she has been working hard for more than 20 years, but once she has failed in the east window, she is extremely frustrated and irritable, so she vents all her dissatisfaction and anger on Edward. Rebuke and insult, even hands-on.In order to unite another family that had long opposed it, the queen even forced Edward to marry the elderly patriarch of the other family in exchange for an alliance.

Edward, who felt that his future was bleak, was deliberately captured in order to escape from the queen's control. However, what he waited for was hanging from the king.With great difficulty, he escaped from the capital with the help of William, but was caught up by pursuers in the middle of the night.After that explosion, which could be regarded as an accident, Edward found himself back to seven years ago when he opened his eyes again.In that year, William was still hiding with his seriously ill mother in a small town far away from the capital, Lehman, living a precarious life, and he was still the incompetent crown prince who knew nothing about the world, and his latest hobbies were poetry and lute.

Feeling that his emotions seemed to be a little out of control, Edward forced himself to empty his mind and began to recite prayers and saints' teachings silently.Soon, he felt that all the negative emotions in his heart gradually subsided, and he calmed down again.

Edward sat down on the chair on the right hand side of the king, and listened to the two majesties expressing their concern for each other, until the king said: "Edward, I think you already know that you have another brother, his name is William is 12 years old."

Edward nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, I heard that he just lost his mother. May I see him?"

The king was a little surprised. Edward had always disliked his half-brothers and sisters. Although he would not hurt them, he seldom had a good face and did not want to have too much contact with them.But despite his doubts, the king waved to the end of the seat: "William, meet your eldest brother, Prince Edward."

A thin, short child jumped out of the chair.Orcs are not like sub-orcs. They were very thin and small when they were minors, and their bodies and minds were equally retarded. Not only did they look almost the same when they were 17 and ten years old, but their thinking was also immature. One day, the head will start to grow by leaps and bounds, and within half a year, it will reach the average height of two meters of orcs, and the facial features will also change from immature boys to men, with strong muscles growing on the body, and most importantly, begin to exude courtship. The smell also began to desire the sub-orcs, the brain began to develop again, and a new understanding of the world began, that is, entering adolescence.As for when to fully mature, it depends on the individual's physical fitness.

William walked slowly to the throne. He looked hesitantly at the king, then at the people around him, and finally imitated Edward and knelt down on one knee, saluted with non-standard movements, and said, "Your Highness .”

William grew up in the north far away from the royal capital, with a thick accent and muddy pronunciation.The aristocrat spoke with a standard accent, with clear pronunciation, ups and downs, tactful and graceful, just like the pearl of gemstones, soft and noble.And William's accent sounded like an ax, hacking heavily into the wood, heavy and hard.

Everyone in the room started to chuckle softly when they heard William's voice, especially the illegitimate sons of the king who sat at the end. Everyone knew William's extraordinary potential and the king's love for him when he first entered the palace, so they were very happy. Happy to see him being laughed at.

William's face flushed; he knew he was being laughed at for his accent.In the place where he used to live, except for his mother, Miss Margaret, no one could chew on words and speak with a standard accent with airs.Miss Margaret naturally hoped that her son could speak a gentle aristocratic accent, with elegant manners, perfect manners, and outstanding temperament. She emphasized to Edward all the time his noble origin.But compared to the abstract and unknowable royal relatives far away in the sky, William hopes to be able to mingle with the orc children in the same village.People have always adopted a xenophobic attitude towards different things, so William failed to learn the standard pronunciation, nor did he write down the cumbersome etiquette rules. He was like an ordinary country boy, with clumsy manners and a rough accent.

The exact same scene as before made Edward a little dazed, but back then, he didn't offer to meet William like he did now, but directly expressed his dissatisfaction with William's entry into the palace, but the king still let William go forward to salute.In the last life, that child was just like now, thin and small, kneeling in front of the throne, being ridiculed by the nobles present.

Looking at William's embarrassed and stubborn face, Edward suddenly felt a little distressed.In the previous life, even though William knew the two people's backgrounds well, he still treated him with respect, even when he was captured and became a prisoner, he still treated each other with courtesy.After living a new life, among all the people he knew, Edward was the only one who didn't have any negative emotions towards William, and even felt grateful. He had always been more polite to William than intimate, but in the end, only he stood up and reprimanded those who humiliated him. The jailer maintained his dignity.

So he stretched out his right hand to William, with the back of his hand up, and the crown prince's ring on his ring finger gleamed in the sun.

The laughter in the living room stopped abruptly. Everyone knew the meaning of this gesture. The crown prince motioned for William to come forward and kiss his ring, which showed that he liked the child.And you must know that even nobles, few people have received such a straightforward favor from the crown prince. He hardly stretched out his right hand to anyone.

William looked at Edward's hand in a daze, and then he suddenly remembered that when the prince had just entered the room, the king made the same movements.So he stood up tentatively, but hesitated whether to go forward.

"Come, come here." Edward looked at him with a smile. He felt pity for the lost little animal, and he stretched his hand forward again.

William walked carefully to Edward's feet, knelt down on one knee, and grabbed Edward's right hand with both hands.He was seated at the back, and he didn't see where Edward was kissing, so he kissed the back of Edward's hand, just like what he had seen in the village when the orcs invited the sub-orcs to dance.

The king laughed loudly: "You kissed in the wrong place, my child. You want to kiss the prince's ring, which shows your respect and love for him. Kissing the back of the hand only happens between an orc and his favorite sub-orc."

"I, I didn't kiss the wrong place." William whispered, but the echo effect in the living room allowed everyone to hear his voice clearly. "I like His Royal Highness, so I can kiss the back of his hand." As he said, he took Edward's hand, kissed the back of his hand again, and then kissed his ring.

"I'm glad you like me, dear brother, get up." Edward bent down, held William's arm to help him stand up, and said with a smile, "But these two kinds of likes are different, what His Majesty said is like, It refers to the kind of love you want to marry and have children with that sub-orc man. Of course, you don’t understand it now, but it’s okay, you will know it when you become an adult.”

William frowned slightly, and he remembered what his deceased mother once said to him:

"The current Edward Lancaster who bears the title of crown prince is not your father's child at all. He is the product of peace between the old king's bastard and the queen's younger brother, a bastard born of a bastard!"

"I like Your Highness," William muttered softly, "I am also willing to marry His Highness, so can I not kiss the back of His Highness's hand?"

"Oh, poor silly child, didn't your mother even teach you these things?" The queen smiled lovingly, as if she was teasing her younger generation, "His Royal Highness is your brother, with the same father Brothers and sisters of my mother are not allowed to marry. What a poor child," the queen exclaimed suddenly, "how can you not know all this?"

The nobles laughed again.

William knew that he couldn't refute this sentence, but he still thought about it, and shot back: "In "Genesis", it is said that the almighty god Orgona put a dragon egg on the world's first sub-orc man, Phines. In the space of the dragon egg, Aragorn, the world's first golden dragon orc, was hatched. Later, the two became husband and wife. It can be seen that the world's first orc was born of the first sub-beast, and they are actually father and son. .Even fathers and sons can get married, why not brothers?"

Once again the drawing room fell into a dead silence, because William raised a religious question that until now had no solution.

On the Salman continent, orcs and sub-orcs are oviparous mammals. A small life is created in the form of an egg and exists in the space of the sub-orcs' mother or father. After twelve months of gestation, Only then broke out of the shell, left the space, and was born into this world.Therefore, in essence of species reproduction, the ancestors of the orcs and sub-orcs created by Orgonla are actually father-son relationship. However, now, the combination of this relationship as husband and wife is incest that is not tolerated by law and morality.No one can say that Orgon is wrong, and that Fines and Aragon cannot combine, but now no one can agree that a father can have a relationship with his own child.

Regarding this question, many scholars throughout the continent have given various explanations for tens of thousands of years, but no one can give a perfect answer.So this problem has become a blind spot. No teacher who explains "Genesis" will take the initiative to raise this problem. Generally speaking, because underage orcs and sub-orcs are not aware of love and desire, they usually don't think about it. Be proactive in thinking about this question.

"You asked me, what a clever boy." Edward touched his hair with a smile. William had the golden eyes unique to the royal dragon blood, but inherited his mother's black hair, which was cut short. Yes, felt like a small brush, "Maybe we can find time to go to the library and look up books?"

"Okay." William looked at Edward's face and nodded obediently, a little reluctant to move away from his realization.Edward is the best-looking sub-orc man he has ever seen. He didn't understand why the orcs in the same village always focused on the sub-orc man. Now he thinks he can understand it. If it was Edward, he would also like to Do nothing every day, just stare at each other.Then he suddenly thought of what his brother Stephen's father, his mother's bodyguard Richard said:

"You don't know how noble your birth is, my dear Master William, you will marry the most beautiful sub-orc in the whole continent in the future. There is no doubt about it."