The Star Knight

Opal: 【Why so many people suddenly appeared?Where did it all come from? 】Shepherd: 【The news spread immediately after the teacher left, the aircraft carriers of the Republic, the Empire and the pirates suddenly appeared... I didn’t have time to tell you just now, the archbishops are waiting, they want to see if they will be loyal to me or to Legison ...Thank you, Opal.I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to wait for the uncle to come over. ] Opal: [You're welcome, what about now? 】

Shepherd: [Crown first, then deal with them, depending on the situation.You'll be on my side, won't you? ] Opal: [at least for now, but I can't promise forever. 】

Andis coughed and said: "Everyone who came to watch the ceremony, please wait in the hall of canonization and prepare the coronation of stars."

The shepherd let out a long sigh, and the generals sat down beside the mat. Opal always stood by the shepherd's side to prevent Legerson from playing any tricks during this period.

Caesar came to them and whispered, "Your Majesty."

Opal knew that Raymond's existence could not be hidden from Caesar, he must have seen it, but he couldn't tell if it was Corolin himself.

Raymond said in a deep voice, "What's the matter, Caesar?"

Kaiser obviously had something to discuss with Raymond, and Opal and Raymond exchanged glances, and Raymond walked aside, opened the door and entered the secret room in the Hall of Consecration, and had a private conversation with him.

Opal was waiting by the side of the throne. Ames came out after a while, found Justin, and had a few words with him. Justin was talking to Tifeng, and after a short silence, he got up and walked towards Opal.

"Opal," Justin said.

Opal frowned and said, "Long time no see, uncle."

"We met again." Justin said, "Tifeng invited you to talk to him after the ceremony, is that okay?"

Opal said: "Of course, have you met my teacher?"

Justin said: "Yes, I admire Mr. Rector very much... Now there is one thing, I think only you can help here."

Opal raised his eyebrows, motioning for him to please speak.

Justin said: "It's like this. When the pastor takes over the Pope, he needs someone to crown him. All the people participating in the ceremony here are not neutral, only you and Legason."

"I remember you are qualified as an adventurer at King's Wharf." Justin said, "The shepherd originally wanted me to crown him, but I absolutely can't do that..."

Opal knew immediately that Justin was not suitable to be crowned, whether it was the relationship with the Republic or the military position in the empire. He nodded and said: "I understand, let me do it. But in fact, my position Nor neutral..."

Justin said in a low voice: "Thank you very much, Opal. How you really stand is another matter, but at least for now, no one knows your true identity, so you can treat yourself as an adventurer for the time being..."

Opal's heart skipped a beat. Justin's words meant that he already knew Opal's identity as a disciple of Cororin, that is to say, did Tifeng tell him?Then Tifeng might also know about what happened on the source of floodlight that year. According to the intelligence network of Li Wei's faction, some clues must have been investigated in the end.

Justin bowed slightly and returned to the guest seat.

The pastor went inside to change his clothes, and when he came out, seven archbishops followed behind him. The pastor held a scepter, Ems held a sword, Andis held a stellar scripture, and the archbishops behind him carried various magic weapons.

Opal took out his adventurer medal and put it on, holding the adventurer manual in his left hand.

Organ music was played, hymns echoed in the hall, and the pope's golden crown was placed in front of the throne. The pastor led all the bishops to kneel on one knee and glanced aside, but Opal said in a low voice: "My lord Grabini, the pope is leaving." I was with him at the last time before going, so at this moment, I follow the Pope's instructions and crown you."

The shepherd looked a little helpless, but he had to sigh.

As soon as Opal's words came out, the soldiers at the guest seat immediately whispered to each other, and Rotman asked: "I haven't asked for advice, what is your identity, young man?"

Opal showed the adventurer's manual to Rotman and said, "I am a member of the King's Wharf Great Astronautics Association, and the Pope has issued a commission for me to accompany him through his last days."

"Really?" the shepherd asked in a low voice.

"Fake." Opal whispered expressionlessly.

Shepherd: "..."

The two laughed together.

The organ stopped, and Andis said: "The 330th sixth Pope, Tocheng V. Grabini ascended the throne, all please be quiet."

The voice of the shepherd echoed in the hall of canonization:

"Following the will of the stars, I will dedicate my life to the creator of life, the stars flowing in the river of light for hundreds of millions of years, at this moment, take over the position of pope, please God bless us and the universe."

Raymond and Kaiser came out of the compartment and watched the scene in front of them quietly.

Light arcs and stars sprinkled gold powder-like rays of light, stained glass refracted brilliant brilliance, and the hall of canonization was completely dark, except for a layer of dazzling white light shrouded in front of the throne.

Opal and the pastor were shrouded in that layer of light. Opal solemnly took over the crown, and the pastor knelt on one knee and lowered his head.

"Very young." Tifeng whispered.

Justin nodded and said, "Grebini is the youngest pope ever..."

The youngest star knight in history put the crown on the head of the youngest pope.

"Okay." Opal said.

At this moment, everyone has not yet understood what this scene in the canonization ceremony means. Two teenagers under the age of [-]—Opal, who inherited the leadership of the Star Knight, and the official seat to rule the entire Lion Star Autonomous Prefecture, Even the Pope of the Vatican forces in the whole universe, like two roaring forces, pushed the huge vortex started after Azeroth's death again, and involved all the countries in the Star Alliance into this catastrophe and rebirth. In Star Wars.

Three months later, the Great Astronautical Society:

"The situation in Lie Xing is getting worse. The hostage has not been found yet." Raymond came back with the information.

Opal leaned over the table and flipped through it casually, saying, "Hasn't the teacher come back yet?"

"No." Raymond said, "There is no contact information either. I'm starting to worry about him."

Opal said: "With the teacher's ability, there should be no danger."

Rector is not like Corolin. Corolin's mind is full of plots and tricks all the time, but what Rector does is more of a trick.Compared with Corolin's habit of taking the initiative to attack and strategize, Opal prefers to attack later like Rector.

"But Long Ray is not with him." Raymond said.

Opal pondered for a moment, and said: "He also said that he doesn't want to use the power of Long Ray anymore."

Neither Raymond nor Opal spoke. Opal leaned on the back of the chair, tapped his fingers on the table, and were silent with each other.

This is the [-]th day after they returned to the Great Astronautics Association. The empire briefly entered a period of stability after the incident of the Falcon Star and the succession of the priest as the Pope. However, under the seemingly peaceful appearance, there seemed to be a bigger crisis A conspiracy is brewing.

Opal found that Raymond had talked a lot less since meeting Kyle Lei.

He tapped on the side more than once to ask, but Raymond always avoided answering. In the end, he really had no other choice, so he said to Opal: Let me think clearly first.

Opal had no choice but to let him go, no longer questioning or reading his heart, he had his own opinions, and of course Raymond could have them too.

"Then let's see..." Opal said, "What has to be done recently."

He cheered up and looked at the information brought back by Raymond. The analysis on the Pope and Alex had been submitted to the Association of Astronautics, and Opal was therefore among the ranks of official adventurers—the current rating for him is Club 4.

And a report from Opal mentioned that the empire is about to undergo a regime change. The power behind Alex is huge and far-reaching, and he is very likely to become the next emperor of the Lion Star Empire.The detailed content has been reviewed by Opal and Raymond, and the part about the Star Knight is omitted, only the dispute between the Holy See, the Rotman family and the prince is kept.

The pirate kings Sauron and Kyle Ray, who originally supported Baroque in power, completely fell to Legerson's side. Through Jasmine's help, the pirates and Legerson, who represents some forces in the Holy See, and the largest family in the empire, Rotman, have become Alex tough backstage.

Baroque successfully held onto the biggest backer of the Holy See, and the support of Justin and the pastor meant that the eldest prince would not be immediately eliminated as a loser.And Opal's statement also proved Cororin's attitude.

As a result, the Meteorite Empire, Shepherd, the military system controlled by Justin, Rector, and the Republic's Tifeng lineage became Baroque's supporters.

From this point of view, even if the Pirate King turns against him, the two sides are still evenly matched and have the strength to fight.

The relationship between the two parties was finally clarified. This report is extremely precious. Opal recalled the conversations between various forces in the Arc of Light three months ago after the coronation ceremony, and especially remembered what Tifeng said most clearly.

"How are you doing recently, Ivan?" Tifeng said kindly, "I haven't seen you for many years, you've grown up."

Opal laughed and said, "The book hasn't been returned to you yet."

Tifeng said: "It doesn't matter, the copy itself was copied from the Prophet's library, how is your uncle's business doing?"

Opal said: "Uh... it's okay, he's been traveling among the stars recently, and he may want to do some other small business, I guess he won't go to the Republic for the time being. How is General Levi?"

Tifeng said: "He is still the same. He is recuperating on a small planet of my family. It is good to let him settle down occasionally."

Opal nodded, and the two of them asked and answered, and they understood clearly. Tifeng did not expose Opal's identity, but asked about the purpose of Corolin and Opal in the old story, and Opal also used this content to Cleverly relayed, at least for now, Cororin has no action plan for the Republic, so don't worry about it for now.

After the battle with Iszur, the Republic's vitality was severely damaged. At this moment, the relationship between multiple parties is at the most sensitive time. A slight imbalance in the empire's power structure will affect the entire Star Alliance.In this extraordinary period, Tifeng had to hold on to come forward, and after a few words, he became a little unstable.

"Are you feeling better?" Opal said.

Tifeng nodded, and said: "I have to find something to do. I welcome you to the source of floodlight when you have time. Cullens also mentioned you, and I hope you can come as a guest."

……

"Opal?" Raymond said.

Opal came back to his senses, sorted out the details of the report, and said, "Raymond."

Lei Meng said: "How about we go and see the teacher? The last time he appeared was on Green Mercury..."

"Raymond, I want to ask you a question." Opal didn't know why he suddenly mentioned this, and said, "Answer me, Raymond, tell me what you really think, or I will read your heart."

Raymond frowned slightly.

Several adventurers walked past them.

With a low voice, Opal pulled the sofa a little closer, held Raymond's big hand, and got very close to him, saying, "Kairleh is your kind, and he is also an intelligent life."

Raymond: "..."

Opal: "You have an affinity for Kyle Ray, don't you?"

Raymond immediately said: "No, Opal, as you said, on the spaceship, when we left Rembrandt, my body was destroyed. You said that I am also a human being, and I think I am the same as you... ..."

Opal shook his head slowly, stared into Raymond's eyes, and said, "You don't think so, don't lie to me, Raymond."

Raymond was silent for a long time, then nodded, and said: "Yes, Opal, when I saw Kyle Lei, I don't know why, but I think I have found the same kind. Before I met him, I always regarded myself as a human being. But when he asked... I..."

Opal had expected such an answer a long time ago, so he moved closer and said, "Hi, Raymond."

Music was played in the distance, King's Wharf entered the evening, and the magnificent fire clouds rolled out of the window with the afterglow of the setting sun, gently spreading out in the evening wind.

"It doesn't matter if you are a human being or not." Opal said, "No matter what you are, I want you to promise me that at least between us, there will be no confrontation and choice between camps."

Raymond thought for a while, nodded and said, "I understand."

Opal said: "If Kyle Lei asked you to return to the clone army and lead the army for him, would you go back?"

Raymond laughed and said, "Of course not."

In fact, Opal was only talking about it. He always felt that Kyle Lei was not so simple. Maybe he was secretly planning a bigger move. He said to Lei Meng: "You promised me."

"I promise you." Raymond said, "No matter if I finally feel that I am a human being or a replicant, my attitude towards you will never change."

Opal nodded and said, "This is what I have always thought."

Raymond and Opal were a little relieved, and at this moment a clerk came over and said, "Level [-] adventurer Opal and fifth-level adventurer Raymond, please go to the king's living room on the third floor. Several gentlemen want to see you .”

"Business is coming," Raymond said.

"Isn't it almost time to get off work?" Opal glanced at the atomic clock. Logically, he would be off work in less than 5 minutes, and who would make an appointment to meet on the third floor?Looks like a big client.

The two quickly went up the stairs. There were many people talking in the king's living room. It was a conference hall with a long circular table. When Raymond opened the door, the conversation stopped briefly. There were seven men inside. two women.

"What would you like to drink?" A well-groomed middle-aged man in a suit got up and poured wine for them. The cabinets were full of fine wines from various planets.

"Volcano Spirits." Opal said, "Thank you."

Raymond said, "Same."

"Sit wherever you want." In the center of the long circular table, a man who looked like an important person was reading a document and gestured to them.

Opal was worried, and sat down side by side with Raymond. The middle-aged man put the wine in front of them, returned to his seat, and said, "These two are the new adventurers we mentioned."

Opal immediately knew that the two of them had been investigated. When they were investigating the rest of the commission, maybe the Great Astronautics Association had noticed this adventurer brigade.

"Introduce today's participants." The man in front of the circular table said: "Spades K Cana Liubin, Hearts K Wilson Aurier, Hearts Q Van Cervantes..."

When Opal heard the titles of the adventurers in front of him, he felt that this matter must not be simple. Is it about Rector's identity, or the incident in the Kingdom of Light Arc not long ago?

Just like being in contact with the high-level mercenaries on Liexing, and now finally being involved in the central power circle of the Great Astronautics Association, Lei Meng drank a mouthful of volcanic spirits, his neck turned red, and nodded slightly.

"...Club J Lil Andores, Diamond J Ares Rotman."

Opal heard a familiar surname, Square J was a very young man, raised his glass and smiled at him, and said: "It's just a distant relative, there are so many members of the Rotman family, so many that even the general himself doesn't know each other. .”

After introducing everyone, the host of the meeting said: "I am the vice chairman of the Great Astronautics Association. You can call me Sen. This is my assistant. The chairman is out of town and I have no time to come back. I saw your report today. To be on the safe side, I will consult the two of you about something."

Raymond said: "There is no big ace and little ace? It seems that our treatment is not grand enough."

Several adventurers laughed, and Opal noticed a row of photos hanging on the walls on both sides, with names underneath, presumably the previous presidents of the Great Astronautics Association.

"The big ace has been missing for a long time." The young adventurer, a distant relative of the Rotman family, joked, "but the little ace is still in the association. To be honest, I don't know who the little ace is. I look forward to meeting one day."

"Let's gossip." Vice-chairman Sen said: "I'm off work right away, I'll settle the matter early, and I can go to Maple Leaf Street for a drink in time...Mr. Raymond, Mr. Opal."

Opal looked sideways at him, Sen took off his top hat, showed his respect, and said, "According to your application for membership, it shows that your native place is Scorpio, Iszur, the master of rotation light?"

"Yes." Raymond said, "But that doesn't mean..."

"I know, I didn't mean to inquire about the privacy of the two of you." Sen clicked on the operation button of the light screen, and reports flew by one after another, and reversed in front of Opal and Raymond. They were all the details of the commissions they had submitted, and nothing was involved. History and information.

"Let's put it this way." The man wearing the spade K brooch said: "Not long ago, you completed an expandability commission issued by the director of Green Mercury Bengbeng, and brought back the exact news beautifully. This information is very valuable."

Another high-ranking adventurer said to the person sitting next to him: "I gave this expandability commission to Director Beng Beng. At first, I didn't expect anyone to notice it. It can be seen that Green Mercury sees people. The ability of..."

Raymond said: "Let's get to the point, everyone, do you need us to explain the details of the commission and complete the information?"

"No." Sen shook his head and said, "This is a top-secret piece of information. Only the chairman and the vice-chairman are qualified to read it. What I want to talk about is another incident that happened during the entrustment process...the two are Iraqis. We have heard the name of His Majesty Corolin, the Szur people. The Grip of Light is the core planet of the members of the Dark Alliance, and in the interstellar world, his country has long been called the "Meteor Empire" by default, although the Lion Empire Don't recognize it, but I think the country actually exists."

Opal nodded and said, "But our identity does not represent Corolin..."

"Of course." Sen emphasized: "The Great Astronautical Association is different from the country of mercenaries. Lie Xing instilled in the mercenaries that mercenaries are a united whole, while the Great Astronautical Association respects the independent status of each member." , in the association, you can choose to represent yourself, as an independent adventurer, I think this spirit is very important."

Opal is always a little confused, not knowing what Sen's original intention is.

"So this involves another issue...the coronation ceremony mentioned in the Canon of the Kingdom of Light Arc." Sen said: "According to the news from General Rotman and the Intelligence Department of the Lion Star Empire, it seems that Opal Monsieur came to crown the new pope?"

Opal finally understood what Sen meant.

"Yes." Opal said, "As an adventurer."

The participants fell into a long silence.

"It's totally feasible." The adventurer wearing the Heart K Medal said with a smile: "Sen, I think that group of people in the empire are just making trouble for no reason. Forgive me, I have to go and have an appointment with a beautiful woman for the night."

Heart K left the table first, Sen seemed a bit embarrassed, Opal said: "As a member of the Great Astronautics Association, I would like to follow the association's statutes, as a friend of Grabini, and at the same time interpret this part of the ceremony in accordance with the Star Book , I am fully qualified to crown him."

"Anyone is eligible." Ares Rotman said with a smile: "As long as the Pope is willing, but your identity is a bit special. You are both from Iszur and belong to King's Wharf, so the purpose of this meeting is ..."

Sen interrupted Ares and said: "It's the first time in history that an adventurer crowned the Pope. I read the information. In fact, in the current situation, only you can do it. So be it." .”

Raymond said, "Is there any problem?"

Mori glanced at the two of them, and the spade K said in a deep voice: "Komori, you can't hand them over, otherwise the Great Astronautical Association will completely lose its independent spirit. In the past 100 years, we have made enough concessions." Including the alliance with Lie Xing, and to be honest, those rude little bastards have been very unfriendly until now..."

"That's a headache for the imperial family." Plum Blossom J said with a gleeful smile, "It's okay to let Yin Ni have a headache for a while."

Opal said: "What? Who are you handing over?"

"Take you," Ares said.

Sen gave Ares a reproachful look, and the adventurers all laughed.

Raymond's expression showed a hint of vigilance. Hearts Q Van Cervantes has never spoken, but at this moment he said: "Please rest assured, friends, the chairman personally ordered that the two of you must not be handed over to Alec." S."

Opal said, "What happened?"

Sen said: "Please keep the following content secret for us. The Rotman family believes that your status is special, which represents..."

He seemed to be thinking about the wording, and finally adopted a compromise title: "...representing the Marshal of the Meteor Corps, His Excellency Colorin. He believes that the Great Astronautics Association has a position in favor of the Meteor Corps in this matter and has damaged the Holy See. The tripartite relationship between the Empire and the Meteor Corps requires us to send the two of them to Lion Star and hand them over to the Imperial Court for Trial."

Opal said: "Although I am from Iszur, I acted as a special envoy of the Grip of Light for a considerable part of the time in the Holy See, but at the time of the coronation, I was indeed an adventurer, wearing a his crown."

"That's enough." Sen replied: "Every member of the Great Astronautics Association comes from all over the interstellar world. We recognize the multiple identities of every adventurer. When you wear the medal of color, you are a member of the adventurers." , so it was decided to pass."

Raymond said: "Harboring our two imperial criminals, what will happen?"

"That's not something you should worry about." Sen smiled politely: "The chairman will solve it."

Opal asked: "Will it cause conflict?"

"Ah." Plum Blossom J said: "I think it will, but the conflict between the Great Astronautics Association and the high-level empire has been protracted, and this straw will be added."

Another said to him, "Maybe it was the straw that broke the camel's back."

Ares said: "I think asking to hand them over is just an excuse. Marshal Rotman's real intention is to annex the entire Great Astronautical Association and treat us as his private intelligence department..."

Opal said: "The worst case scenario is..."

Sen said: "The worst case scenario is that the army comes and arrests people, so you'd better stay in the association. I don't mind making things bigger and making it impossible for Rotman to step down."

"Let's leave here." Raymond said: "Or after a while, come back after the storm subsides."

"Don't!" Ares immediately said: "Don't, the chairman also intends to use this as an excuse to negotiate with the high-level empire and ask them to suspend their cooperation plan with Lie Xing..."

"Ares," Sen said, "You talked too much today, and now I'm starting to regret having you at the meeting."

The adventurers laughed together, and Sen said lightly, "The meeting is over."

"By the way, let me ask you something." Ares followed Raymond and Opal downstairs, and said, "I heard that your brigade is called the Star Knight Adventure Brigade? Star Knight?"

Opal's heart trembled, and Raymond said with a smile: "No, we just admire the Star Knight."

Ares nodded and said with a smile: "I also heard the legend of the Star Knight for a while. In fact, I admire Horius, who used to be the Star Knight."

Opal thought to himself that these adventurers were like S-class mercenaries on Liexing, with a comprehensive intelligence network, and it was estimated that the family background of several of them had been investigated clearly.So he didn't beat around the bush and said, "My teacher also admires Horius very much."

"There is also Nolan, the prince of the phantom star." Ares said: "He has left too many unsolvable mysteries of the universe, waiting for us humans to discover. Not long ago, I also found the information about the tomb of Horius. A clue..."

Opal twitched his eyebrows and said, "Isn't he buried at King's Wharf?"

Ares pointed to the underground, and said: "It's in the underground of the Great Astronautics Association, but no one knows where it is actually, it happened more than 1 years ago..."

The three of them walked out of the Great Astronautical Association at night, and the night entrustment pavilion in Area C on the side opened, while the main venue closed the door to send away the last wave of adventurers.

"Go to Maple Leaf Street for some wine?" Ares said, "I invite you..."

"Opal." Rector's voice sounded from the corner outside the association.

"Teacher!" Opal said.

Lei Meng immediately said: "Teacher, are you back?"

Rector folded his arms, leaned against the wall, looked very tired, and nodded.

When Ares saw this, he bid farewell to the three of them, and went to get on the suspension car. Rector, who hadn’t contacted him for a long time, came back. Shoulder, said: "You haven't sent us a communication for too long." "You have grown taller." Rector smiled, and said to Opal: "Find a quiet place to talk. I need your help."