The King's Follower [Rebirth]

Edward didn't fall into a coma for too long, it was just because the stimulation he received was too great for a while, and it was a bit unbearable.He had never trusted Philip, but he did not expect that the other party's blind worship of his status as a divinely favored one would sacrifice his life for him.A person lost his life because of him, disappeared from this world forever, and the guilt brought about by this was like a huge rock, falling from the sky, hitting his heart without warning, making him almost completely lost for a while. thinking and judgment skills.

Fortunately, it is not that Edward has not seen death before. He had experienced a war in his last life, and he had seen bloody and cruel fights and killings. He has also seen their inhumane generals abandon some sub-orcs who are not of much use value, and when he was captured by the king's army that time, he even saw the bloody soldiers raped his valet .

These experiences allowed him to quickly break free from the sadness and guilt brought about by Philip's death. After ten minutes, he woke up, sat on the bed and sorted out his thoughts for a while, calmed down his mood, and then got up and left room.Tonight, the development of things is almost completely beyond their imagination, but it is only almost. In this battle with the king, they still have the upper hand. It just depends on how they deal with this emergency, and Edward faintly feels that —May Orgona forgive me, he thought—Philippe's death seemed to give them an added advantage, if only they were quick and bold enough.

"Your Excellency?" the soldier guarding the door of Edward's room saw that he opened the door, and immediately asked, "Do you need anything?"

"Take me to Major General Luke." He said immediately, his voice involuntarily brought some of the majesty and unquestionableness he had when he was the crown prince, "Now, immediately."

It is already early morning, and the darkness of night can temporarily suppress all doubts, making people endure and wait, but when the sun rises, they must give everyone an explanation and tell everyone what happened, which means , Wait until the morning, when the horn sounds for the army to gather for training in the morning, they must decide what to do next.

The soldier opened his mouth, swallowed back the words he wanted to persuade Edward to go back to rest, and immediately led Edward quickly towards the place where Major General Luke was.

Major General Luke is not in his room. Except for such things in his army, although he does not need to deal with them personally, he needs to be present.The matter of interrogating the assassins was okay, they had already made preparations and arrangements, but the sub-orcs who died unexpectedly were not within the scope of his preparations.Standing in the morgue of the military hospital, watching the thin and small sub-orc man have taken out the body of the ice pick, his gaze stayed on the big hole in the sub-orc man's chest for a while, and finally moved away, sighed, squeezed I pinched the bridge of my nose.

Military hospitals have embalmers who specialize in repairing remains. After all, at the border, there will always be soldiers who die for the country. When their remains are transported back to their hometown, it is best to keep them intact and decent enough to reduce the grief of their families. .Now, these morticians are carefully stripping off his tattered clothes.Seeing this, Major General Luke immediately left the morgue and went to the corridor outside.

"Major General Luke." A familiar voice came, and Edward appeared at the entrance of the corridor. Major General Luke noticed that his face was still pale and his brows were tightly frowned, but his eyes were no longer the same as before. He was expressionless, dazed and empty, and his gaze was once again condensed, shining with a gleam of determination.

"You don't need to say the greetings." Edward walked to Major General Luke, raised a hand to stop his greetings and greetings, and his eyes stayed on the door of the morgue for a few seconds, as if he could Seeing through the thick wooden door, you can see the inside of the house.

Finally, he turned his eyes away, looked at Major General Luke, and said straight to the point: "What do you do next, what do you think?"

Major General Luke put his fingers against his stubble-covered chin, pondered for a moment, and said, "Please don't blame me for being too cold-blooded, sir, I think this is a good opportunity. Originally, we wanted to pretend that you Because of the serious injuries in this assassination, and now, they actually killed an innocent sub-orc man, which is very beneficial to us in terms of public opinion."

"You're right." Edward nodded, his face paler. He didn't like talking about a person's death as if talking about an object, especially when the person died for him.But now is not the time for him to be sad, he must calm down, put all his personal feelings and personal emotions behind him, as if he has never experienced all this, and think about these issues as calmly as possible, "I think now, All we have to do is spread the word throughout the army that the king tried to assassinate a priest and brutally murdered a priest. Tell them that Philip died for me, for Orgunra, so he is a great The martyr is a well-deserved saint. We must arouse their doubts, provoke their anger, and arouse their resistance and fighting spirit. This must be spread throughout the barracks tonight. Tomorrow morning, at the gathering training Then, I will give another speech."

"You want us to declare war tomorrow?" Major General Luke narrowed his eyes.

"Yes." Edward took a deep breath wearily, his body was still weak, but his spirit was extraordinarily excited.

"Our plan is not so fast, Your Excellency Edward." Major General Luke said, "His Highness has discussed with us, and after this matter is reported back to the Royal Capital, he will be the first to raise troops and leave the Royal Capital."

"I know, but it's different now." Edward said, "I'm not seriously injured, and I'm still standing here. If I'm injured, in order to win everyone's sympathy, I can only lie down half dead. On the bed, but now, I can personally guide the public opinion, lead the angry army, not to rebel, not to treason, but to ask the king to apologize and ask him to confess his guilt.

"Now the situation is that Orgonla's favored man was murdered by the king of the Lancastrian family, and another of his loyal servants died in this murder. Orgonla will be angry, and he wants Abandoned the Lancaster family, abandoned the Cuthbert Empire, and I, as a divinely favored person who had received the oracle, felt his anger. We demanded an apology from the king, a sincere repentance from him, and a sincere repentance from him. His act of redemption was to extinguish Orgonla's anger. When His Royal Highness heard about the tragedy, he was very angry and terrified, so he decided to join our team, hoping that Orgonla could see his sincere repentance. For sake, bless the reign of the Lancastrians.

"Besides, I preemptively attack the king by suddenly raising troops against the king. We can catch him by surprise. Before he gets the news, we can at least drive out the forces belonging to the king in the three nearby counties. When His Royal Highness is on the way from the king's capital, we can continue Subdue the manpower, and finally the two forces will converge."

Major General Luke opened his eyes slightly, and said after a while: "A very powerful idea, Your Excellency Edward, you are indeed a crown prince."

"You're exaggerating." Edward said lightly, "Also, send your fastest soldiers and rush back to the capital to inform His Royal Highness the crown prince. You don't need to waste time and energy on concealing your body, as long as you can deceive them for a while. That's good, anyway, we don't need to contact His Highness the Crown Prince so secretly in the future. Tell him everything that happened and what I have to do, and let him prepare quickly and leave the capital as soon as possible.

Assassins appeared in the barracks!The news quickly spread throughout the barracks. Everyone just lay down for a few minutes, but now almost all got up, talking about this matter.No one can believe that this is true. After all, this is the army. Who would want to assassinate here?

Soon, the second news spread like the next wave. A trainee priest died in this assassination.Everyone couldn't believe it. These days, they took as much time as possible to meet these trainee priests, and at least talked to one of them and prayed. In this place where there is an extreme lack of suborcs, these gentlemen , Beautiful, intelligent, and understanding trainee priests are like nectar after a long drought, instantly enriching their boring life, which makes these gods occupy a very high and very important position in their hearts , almost became their idol.

Hearing that a trainee priest had passed away, everyone immediately lost their sleepiness. They nervously guessed the name of this person, and prayed sincerely to Orgunla like never before, hoping that it wasn't the priest they liked.

After another hour, when these discussions had not received any real news for a long time, there was a burst of sad singing, which was a mourning song sung by the trainee priests for Philip.The clear and mournful voice of the sub-orc man passed through the quiet military camp, echoing in the sky for a long time.Although their singing could not be heard clearly from places far away from the church, the sad atmosphere gradually infected the entire military camp from near to far.When the sky was bright, according to the feedback, everyone knew about the assassination incident and the death of a sub-orc man last night. Everyone stayed up all night, and waited until their superiors told them what happened last night. things.

"Very touching speech." Major General Luke put down Edward's draft, and Edward stayed up all night. The rest of the time was spent preparing for the speech in the morning. He wanted to stir up everyone's emotions, make them angry, and then Outburst, rush to the opposite of the king.

"Thank you." Edward stood up and looked at the white sky outside the window. In ten minutes or so, the horn for getting up would sound.

"Are you ready?" Major General Luke picked up his hat and put it on his head. "Next, it will be a tough battle." He stepped forward and opened the door.

"I've been preparing for this day for seven years." Edward said calmly, walking out of the room.

They walked in the slightly cold air in the early morning, Edward took a deep breath, and suddenly said, "Take me to see him."

Major General Luke was taken aback for a moment, and without asking any more questions, he quietly took Edward back to the hospital.

Philip's body has been mended, just waiting for the final wash and make-up.He hadn't put on any clothes yet, and was covered with a thin quilt.The temperature in the room was very low, and the bed Philip was lying on was engraved with a frozen magic circle to ensure that the body would not rot.

Edward approached Philip slowly, stopped by the bed, and looked down at him.The boy's expression was gentle and relaxed, as calm as if he was asleep. If it wasn't for the abnormal blue color on his face, he would look as if he was still alive.

"I'm sorry." Edward gently ran his fingers through his hair, "I lied to you." He felt the pain and coldness in his heart once again pierced by an ice pick, "I don't deserve your friendship And loyalty." He closed his eyes, holding back the tears that welled up in his eyes again.

"However, I believe that you have now obtained eternal joy and peace in the kingdom of Orgunra." Finally, Edward bent down and solemnly kissed Philip's cold forehead, "You will become a servant of the gods." , His Excellency St. Philip, who serves at Orgunra's side."

Major General Luke didn't wait too long, and soon Edward came out. "Come on," he said to Edward, holding out a hand in a "please" gesture.

Edward nodded, "The battle is about to begin." He looked into Major General Luke's blue eyes, "But victory will eventually belong to us."