Emperor Fire

As a result of discussions with Ciro, the future queen of the empire finally decided to stay in the imperial capital personally during the most difficult period in the history of the empire.The task of going to St. Padres was given to Gallon.

The current situation is indeed the worst and most difficult period in history for the Banding Empire.

Internally, the former empress Castalon II and Empress Samantha passed away successively.Before the crown prince ascended the throne, more than half of the imperial capital was destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of imperial capital citizens were left homeless.

Externally, the God of Light is still watching. The fall of the God of Vulcan was beyond their expectations, but it also strengthened their determination to control the empire.In addition, because of Soso, Gu Lan's king and queen have been secretly flirting with the God of Light. Recently, they have been writing letters asking about Soso's return date, with a friendly tone as if no arrest warrant has ever been issued.However, these disgusting letters did not reach Soso's hands, but were directly filtered out by Keane under the instruction of Ciro.

If there is any comfort in this chaos, it is that Marshal Hayden Nafist, who guards the border, gets along very well with Duke Baseco of Shamanlier.They are discussing opening a small sorority party on Santu's territory to promote mutual friendship.The Pope of the Society of Illuminati had personally written to ask when they would withdraw their troops, but it is said that the answers of Marshal Hayden and Duke Baseco made His Majesty the Pope furious.

After Xi Luo received the news in the imperial capital, he was very curious and wrote to Hayden to ask the content of his reply.Marshal Hayden made the following reply: I told him that I was reluctant to part with Andre, and I decided to wait for him to leave before withdrawing troops.It is said that Andre replied in the same way.

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Ciro forwarded the letter to Olivia.

Olivia really laughed happily.Ever since she learned the bad news about Queen Samantha, she has never smiled so happily. "I bet that what the pope wants to do most now must be to intervene between Hayden and the Duke of Baseco and destroy their friendship."

Ciro said: "Well. As Hayden's friend, I don't think he would be interested in an old bloated old man."

Olivia said: "Your attack area is too wide. If it were me, I would point out very clearly that it is the superior who sits in the innermost part of the Illuminati Palace and likes to wear golden clothes to highlight his existence." A bloated old man of old age."

Ciro said: "This sounds good, I will remind Hayden to use this sentence as the beginning of the letter next time."

Olivia smiled for a while, and her face gradually became lonely.

Ciro stopped the pen in his hand, changed the subject without any trace, and said, "The reconstruction project is going well."

Olivia said: "I just discovered that wood magicians and earth magicians can play such a big role in urban reconstruction."

Ciro said: "Magic is not necessarily used for fighting."

Olivia said: "Perhaps the purpose, teaching method and teaching style of the Royal Academy of Magic should be changed."

Shiro looked at her expectantly.

"The first three years of learning elemental magic, the next two years can be changed to engineering classes or combat classes, etc." Olivia said, "This will allow the mentor to give more guidance and advice on their future career planning, maybe It can also run the cooperation between the students of the four departments. Of course, this is only my preliminary idea."

Ciro said with a smile: "This is a good suggestion. At least I have the urge to realize it after hearing it."

Olivia rubbed the bridge of her nose wearily, "Actually, this is Vincent's suggestion, in his usual dishonest way."

Ciro said: "It's also the way he always cares about people."

Olivia responded casually, counting it as approval.

Ciro remembered something, and asked with some concern: "How about your deal with the mirror that hides the siren?"

Olivia said: "I will abide by my agreement."

Shiro's heart sank.He didn't know how the siren would take away her friendship, but it was not a pleasant thing for any human being.

Olivia said: "For so many years, I only have one friend. She is gone, and friendship is meaningless to me."

Ciro lowered his eyelids.He once quietly asked himself, what choice would he have made if the sea monster asked him at that time, and finally found that he chose family affection.In the case of choosing one of the three, he abandoned his family affection, because no one in this world could bring him this kind of affection that can only be continued through blood inheritance.He knows that he will not have children in the future, but he has Soso, and friends like Galen and Hayden.Olivia should be in the same mood as him.Because he foresaw the impossibility of his own future, it became a choice that could not be discarded.

"Where's Vincent?" he asked.

Olivia paused slightly with her fingers pinching the bridge of her nose, "Strangers or..."

or what?She didn't go on.But there is no need to say any more.

Shiro smiled knowingly.

"Actually, I've always wanted to ask you a question." Olivia hesitated, "I heard from Vincent that Samantha said something to you before she died. Can you tell me what it is?"

Shiro's smile slowly faded.

Olivia said with interest: "Of course, you can also choose not to tell me."

Ciro took a deep breath, and then slowly said: "I told her, she will always be the queen mother in my heart, and will always be the most benevolent and wise queen in the empire."

"Did she appreciate you?" Olivia immediately denied it as soon as she said it, "No, she won't."

Ciro said: "You know her very well."

"I used my half-life friendship to get to know a friend, but I only got to know her side." Olivia said.

Ciro stood up from the chair, went to the window sill and opened the window.

The sound of chirping birds came in, making the room even more quiet.

"She said that she would rather be ruined than me to erase everything she has done." Ciro's voice was low, against the cheerful birdsong, it was like an inconspicuous dark cloud hidden in the sky full of stars, gloomy and lonely.

Olivier was silent for a while and said, "What about your decision?"

"The empire needs a queen who is not afraid of death and dies heroically." Xi Luo said indifferently.

Olivia laughed suddenly, "Actually, you and your mother are the same kind of person. The only difference between you is that she is just the queen, and you are the legitimate heir to the throne."

Shiro frowned.

"Don't hate your mother too much." Olivia closed her eyes, and gently pressed her fingers on her forehead, "She had a lover when she was young, and the other was a very ordinary sixth-level knight, but he was handsome and funny. , brave, and has many advantages that make girls fall in love at first sight. Just when they were in love, your father appeared. With the halo of the future heir to the empire, even if he is a pig, he must be a golden pig. Special Everyone in the Lozo family is against your mother being with that knight. But you should understand your mother's character. She always likes to make her own decisions. So the greater the pressure on the family, the stronger their love. Until one day, A fire broke out near the knight’s house. Some people said that they saw the knight rushing in to save people, but in the end, only one person was killed in the fire, that knight. You should know the story later.”

Queen Samantha and King Kasdaron II fall in love and soon become an enviable couple...

Ciro said: "She doesn't love him."

Olivia was taken aback.

Ciro said: "As you said, I am a kind of person with her."

Olivia's eyes slowly recovered from the daze.

The sky was bright, and in a trance, she saw a young girl sitting gracefully beside the lilies and looking at her with a half-smile...

Although Ciro did not get a useful answer from the Society of Light, Hussein, who was ordered to arrest Montella, got an unexpected piece of news.Montella hasn't left the Ban Ding Empire yet!

With many people almost desperate for the possibility of Otis waking up, this news is undoubtedly quite exciting.Even though the imperial capital was in dire straits, Ciro still sent half of the elites from the Royal Academy of Magic and the Royal Knight Academy to help Hussein encircle Montella.The dean of the Royal Knights Academy, Barnett, who was nominated to go, still declined with sick leave.This is the third time Barnett has refused Ciro's order after the empire suffered a catastrophe.

Soso looked carefully at Ciro's side face, even though he was sitting across from him quietly eating snacks with him, Soso could feel that he was absent-minded. "Actually, if you are very busy, it doesn't matter if you don't have snacks with me." Thinking of his shock when he saw Fan Riel who was ravaged after the war for the first time, Suo Suo felt how much it is to eat snacks leisurely here waste of time. "How about we put the snacks in the space bag and take them over to eat?"

Ciro raised his hand to hold his hand ready to pack, and said with a smile, "It's not me accompanying you, it's you accompanying me."

Suo Suo said, "Huh?"

Ciro said: "Do you know how long it has been since we sat down and had a good meal together like this?"

Soso tried hard to think about the last time they had a meal together, it seemed that he was lying on the bed, and Ciro fed him spoon by spoon?

"Are you busy this afternoon?" Shiro had to ask.Ever since he became the future queen of the empire, Murdoch and Hopkins took turns to come to the palace to look for him.Going to inspire the hearts of the people for a while, and teaching him the queen's etiquette for a while, if he hadn't made an appointment in advance, he might not even be able to make an appointment for this afternoon tea.

Suo Suo said: "Grandpa Murdoch said he will have a holiday in the afternoon."

Shiro nodded in satisfaction.After all, he is the patriarch of the three major families, so he really has his own way of looking at people. "I'll take you to a place in the afternoon."

Suo Suo said, "What clothes should I wear?"

Shiro was taken aback.

"Grandpa Murdoch said that I have to wear different clothes when I attend different occasions." Suo Suo scratched his head and said, "I don't know much about the clothes of the Ban Ding Empire." After he finished speaking, he suddenly bit his lower lip, like He secretly stared at Shiro as if he had done something wrong.

Ciro said with a smile: "It's okay, you can learn slowly, anyway, you have a lifetime of time. I will arrange the clothes for you this time."

"En." Sosuo obediently continued to eat snacks.

After afternoon tea, Shiro picked out a small milky white suit from the clothes he ordered for Soso last time, and tied a crimson bow tie for him before taking him out.

On the way there, Suo Suo has been lying on the edge of the car window looking at the silent ruins on the side of the street.

Ciro patted his head and said, "Don't worry, other places have been under construction."

Suo Suo said: "Why isn't there any near the palace?"

Xi Luo said: "The closest ones to the palace are the nobles. They have other places to stay, so it doesn't matter if it's later. I'm going to solve the civilian residences first."

Sosuo nodded and said, "This is very good."

The carriage made a turn, and the surrounding scenery gradually improved.This area was the result of being blocked by Soso and Odis, and even the half of the palace was not seriously damaged.

After a while, the carriage stopped outside a big dark gray house.

Keane opened the car door.

Ciro and Soso got out of the car one after another.

Keane turned to knock on the door.Since Gallon went to St. Padres College, he has assumed the role of Captain of the Crown Prince's Guards.Although Ciro didn't make it clear, he knew very well that his position in the future might be either the vice-captain of the emperor's guard or the captain of the queen's guard.

The door was quickly opened, and the visitor squinted his eyes and looked at Keen and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Keane said: "His Royal Highness is here."

The man was stunned, and it took him a long time to react. He slammed the door shut, and then ran away with a long series of footsteps that could be heard across the door.

Keane: "..."

Suo Suo said: "What happened?"

Keane struggled with how to politely tell him that his future partner didn't seem very popular with his subordinates.

Shiro waited patiently at the door.

After a while, the door was reopened.Barnett appeared behind the door in person, and said respectfully, "Your Highness."

Ciro was not at all unhappy about being turned away, and said very kindly: "I am very worried about your condition, Barnett."

Barnett froze.From the day he wrote the leave note, he had already thought of ten thousand bad outcomes, but none of them expected Shiro to stand in front of him and greet him with such a friendly and familiar attitude.

"Your Highness, uh, I'm much better." As a knight, he wasn't very good at lying.

"Aren't you going to invite me in?" Shiro looked at him and smiled slightly.

Barnett hurriedly made way for him, "Please." No matter how much he disapproved of Ciro in his heart, his long-term habit made him always involuntarily respectful when facing Ciro.

He took them to sit in the living room. I don't know if it was a coincidence, but there was a portrait of Castalon II hanging directly opposite the living room.In the portrait, he is heroic and lifelike, as if he is leaning against the wall and looking down at them.