[Comprehensive Fairy Tale] The Uncrowned King

Every time he comes into contact with Paliulius, it will make Samuel firmer in one idea: Paliulius is an out-and-out careerist.He had thought of Paliuliu's word many times in his mind, but not this time.

"Proclaim the emperor?" Samuel asked unconsciously.

A king is not the same as an emperor, and a kingdom is not the same as an empire.Maybe Samuel didn't understand the difference before, and just thought it was called by different names or the size of the territory, but after he went to the library of the Knights and read the books, he also knew the difference. difference.

In the continent of Hillsbu, although the kingdom and the empire are both monarchies, there are many differences in them. It can be written in a book in detail, but the most critical difference is that the empire implements dictatorship. According to the system, the emperor said one thing and had the power of life and death for his subjects, while the king of the kingdom had to discuss everything with the nobles. If the king's opinion was contrary to that of the ministers on important matters, he would not even be able to decide.

The kingdom of Hainaidil was a kingdom before, and the king was more like a nobleman among the nobles than the owner of the country.People have to go from being in a relatively relaxed environment to accepting stronger control. This process is by no means as easy as Paliulius said.

"What do you think of me now?"

"Dictator." Samuel said through gritted teeth.He can accept the monarchy, that's because there are such things in modern times, such as queens, but calling himself emperor will only remind Samuel of the European emperors who fought everywhere, those dictators.

"Dictator? I like this word. Yes, I want to be a dictator. Moreover, for the sake of war, I can only do so. I will not let the noble council talk about fighting without doing anything, and discuss everything It’s been a long time. If I don’t put all the rights in my hands, how can I go to war without worrying that someone will hold me back?”

Centralization, the word instantly came to Samuel's mind.Before the war, it was indeed necessary to do so, but what about after the war?Can Paliulius put his rights back and restore them to their original state?Of course not, don't even think about it.Even, Paliulius' ambitions will become bigger and bigger. When the surrounding countries cannot meet his needs, he will even ignite the flames of war on the entire continent until he is defeated or dies.

"So, Samuel, just stay with me obediently, don't think about doing anything, and don't interfere with me."

Paliulius asked Musa to send him back, where he remained in prison.Then Samuel remembered that he forgot to ask why Paliulius shut himself up.However, he doesn't want to ask now, that answer is definitely not a good answer.

After that, news continued to flow from Musa to here.There was no news about Prince Coleridge, but Paliulius had someone forge one and executed him on the spot——Samuel didn't understand why he dared to tell him such a story, because he was sure that even if he told it, no one would Will you believe it?Cinderella Cinderella, who was envied by so many girls in fairy tales, was regarded as a witch by Paliulius and burned in the central square. Controlled himself and cried for a while, obviously not at the age and situation where he could cry, but he was like a kid, unable to control his tear glands; Paliulius was reforming the noble council and gradually taking power from them; The army is training soldiers according to the standard of level one alert...

Samuel didn't want to know this. Every time Musa spoke, he would look sleepy, as if the shadow had materialized and weighed on his head.But he must also know, and even try to extract more plans from Musa, although he often fails.He had to know this, evasion couldn't solve any problems, although he couldn't leave the palace yet, at least the news had to be synchronized with the outside.

But Samuel tended to get a little creepy sometimes.Why did Paliulius tell him this?He has no family background, only a fictitious overseas identity. Could it be that Paliulius wants the support of overseas forces?But he also said that it is very difficult to come here from overseas, and he is close to death, and the result is not known. Paliulius shouldn't count on this; what he said is true or false?Is there any lag?What role did he play here?

When he was depressed and had many thoughts, Samuel would find something to do for himself, but he had nothing else to do, he could only hone his martial arts over and over again.He was not searched, so the weapons were still on his body. Although he could not leave the palace, the interior space of the palace was large enough to deploy it.He moved out all the furniture in the hall and put them in the corner, freeing up a large space, and then practiced his sword in the middle.He has no one to point out, no opponent, and can only rely on illusions and reflections to improve.

Samuel felt that he had made progress, but he had no comparison and could not practice it. He didn't know whether the progress was real, or if it was an illusion caused by self-deception, caused by the long silence, but there was nothing wrong with it except practicing swords. There are other things to do, so the original boring things become interesting. Sometimes he will do some funny moves, like the radio gymnastics that he still remembers a little bit, and then he looks at the strange eyes of the soldiers outside the window and laughs. .He found that, among other things, at least his body has improved. His ligaments have been completely stretched, and his body has become more flexible. He can even do the stretching movements of ballet dance, so he put gymnastics into a new exercise program middle.

He also practiced gymnastics before, but it was just simple movements such as kicking, teasing, and hitting, and he spent most of his time on the sword.But after Samuel discovered that his body was incredibly flexible, he suddenly remembered the mermaid, and unconsciously touched the thousand-thread scales on his chest that he gave him. It looked no different from other skins, but It looks like scales.That mermaid strangled the enemy with its flexible limbs, and his scales were on his body. Could it be that besides the function of communicating and deepening feelings, the scales also have the function of transforming the body?At least relying on his original body, it is impossible to split the big character.

The mermaid's body is incredibly soft. Although it didn't suffer any real damage during the confrontation, you can imagine the lethality of those moves just by looking at it. It can tear a person into pieces. Countless pieces.Even if Samuel has this kind of physical condition now, he still wants to try the mermaid's style of play.

The mermaid mainly relies on his arms and limbs, because his lower body is the tail, so the twisting of the arms and the winding and flapping of the tail are often combined, but Samuel is different, he has two legs.He began to try his best to recall the descriptions of joints, deadly parts, and action parts in those novels, and rubbed his bones in the mirror. He regretted that he only read the texts for fun before, and he often skipped the fighting scenes and didn't care. , and didn't notice the descriptions of the human body that those writers must have checked the information.

If I had known it, I might as well not have watched it, at least he would never come here like a middle school boy who wanted to explore, stepping on that strange river.But what's the point of saying these, he can only imagine that there is an enemy in front of him, and then demonstrate various actions that he has deliberated, and modify them over and over again.

Winter came, the outside was covered with snow, and the fireplaces in the palace were all lit up, and Samuel didn't want to move anymore.He is used to heating and air conditioning in modern times. Even though his physical fitness has improved now, he still cannot adapt to the low temperature behind the gas fireplace.

He met several times with Pariulius, who had come to him.Their conversations always broke up badly, and what annoyed Samuel even more was that Paliulius always looked at him with a helpless obsession, which made him explode at all, and because Paliulius never She wasn't angry with him, but her courage grew from being used to it.Paliulius said that his enthronement ceremony will be held when planting begins in spring, and he will announce the Kingdom of Heinedir as the Heinedir Empire. He will be Paliulius I, the first in the history of Heinedir Emperor.

Samuel thought that everything could not be contained, the war was about to start, and the peaceful age he dreamed of would disappear with it.Lost and disappointed, he had the idea of ​​running away countless times, wanting to go out, whether it was going out to escape or trying to change, in short, don't be trapped here.

But Paliulius kept him under stricter supervision, and said Samuel had to attend his coronation as an "important person".What important person?Samuel couldn't ask an answer, and Paliulius only said to tell him in advance when the time came, and said it was an honor, and he had no room to refuse.But no matter how Paliulius said it was a good thing, Samuel felt that it might not be for him, maybe it was a terrible thing.But Paliulius didn't say anything, neither did Musa, and the soldiers watching him never said a word, nor did they make eye contact with him.

He could only be trapped here, passively listening to the news that Paliulius gave him, and he would not know what he really wanted to know.He paraphrased that classic sentence somewhat sadly, thinking that he was a poor bird trapped and no longer free.

Xiaohua flapped her wings unwillingly, allowing Samuel to see again its huge body that had gained weight many times because of its delicious food.Samuel picked it up, thinking that if Xiao Hua looked like this from the beginning, then he would definitely not be able to pick it up.

"I'm the trapped bird! A bird in a cage has no freedom..." Xiaohua also learned the aria.

"If you are really a bird, at least you can fly out to find out information for me. But look at you now, you are a hen that lays eggs, rather than a chicken raised to eat!"

What responded to Samuel was another red mark on the back of his hand and a persistent cooing sound.