Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 209
Eternal Palace, in front of the Queen's palace.

Arleto, who was wearing a palace robe, bowed to Lucia and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty is ready to see you."

Lucia nodded slightly, and then under the guidance of the head maid, she walked all the way to the interior of the palace. After passing through two palace doors guarded by female noble knights, the two of them arrived at the inner courtyard where the queen actually eats and lives.

The buildings here are not as grand and magnificent as the main body of the Eternal Palace. Most of the surrounding pavilions and pavilions are no more than three or four stories high. They are elegant and have a soft style. Golden nan trees and ivy surround the building. They were talking and laughing while pruning the flower branches, without the strict atmosphere of the inner palace.

Aletto led Lucia around a corner of the corridor, and suddenly a small and agile figure rushed diagonally in front of him. A little girl about eleven or twelve years old rushed over chasing a black cat. Suddenly he saw two people. Renshi was startled, and without stopping, he bumped into Aletto's arms.

"Mom, mother," the little girl's face turned pale with fright, and she quickly glanced at Lucia behind Arleto, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

"First pay your respects to His Highness Lucia." After Arleto helped his daughter up, he didn't get angry and just ordered calmly.

"Ah?" The little girl's big, smart eyes widened and she said with an unbelievable expression, "Is he that Highness Lucia Sanks?"

"Dixi——" Arleto raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Ah, have you met His Highness Lucia?" Dixi hurriedly bowed and saluted, but there was still a hint of excitement on his face as if he had met an idol.

"Get up," Lucia smiled with interest and said, "Have you heard of me?"

Arleto lowered his eyes and responded: "Back to Your Highness, my daughter has been with the officials in the Eternal Palace since she was a child. Thanks to His Majesty's favor, I always take her with me. I have heard a lot about your deeds in the capital, and I have always admired you very much. That’s why I lost my composure for a moment, and I hope your highness will forgive me.”

"That's it." Lucia smiled and touched Dixi's little head without saying anything more.

"Okay, Di Xi, His Majesty is still waiting to receive His Highness. You can find a place to play by yourself first." Arleto arranged for his daughter to leave first. Looking at Di Xi's back jumping away, this head maid has always been as calm as water. A silent wave passed through his eyes.

It is true that the inner court where the queen lives has never been strict with those palace rules. Even the queen herself has never liked to put on airs in front of her servants, but this does not mean that she lacks control over the Eternal Palace.

On the contrary, except for Radagan's residence at the other end of the Eternal Palace, there is no trouble in this palace that can be hidden from the Queen's eyes. Di Xi happened to appear in front of the two at this time, maybe for Di Xi himself It was an accident, but for the Queen, it must have been a perfect arrangement.

Arleto glanced at Lucia without leaving any trace. She still had an ordinary expression that seemed to be completely unaware. Even though she was the leader of the black sword and her ability to see into the subtleties was the best in the world, she could not tell. Half a flaw.

After three years of acquaintance, she certainly knew that this demi-temple man, whose strength was second only to His Highness Godwin, was an extraordinary person. He could clearly see the Queen's arrangement, but he could still be so indifferent, which only showed that his character was far beyond the realm of the ordinary. As expected for someone of such age.

She sighed secretly, and her evaluation of Lucia in her heart was invisibly higher. On her face, she still calmly led the way to the room where the Queen was.

But what Arleto never expected was that Lucia relied not only on his charisma, which was far superior to that of his peers, but also on the fact that he knew too much.

Who is Dixi - a being who can be taken by the Eternal Queen Malika all year round to teach her through words and deeds? Even if she is stripped of her identity as the daughter of Arleto, the head of the black sword, she will never be just an innocent and cute little girl.In the three years since Lucia came to the royal capital, he had rarely heard of Arleto's name, and Dixi was naturally even more unknown. However, in the night of black knives in the future, this man's first plan was to assassinate the golden prince Godwin. Such an earth-shattering event!

What's even more outrageous is that not only was the assassination successful, but Dixi was also able to escort his mother Arleto to escape from the royal city afterwards. Although he died in the battle in the end, it was enough to prove his terrifying strength.

As for him coming here to meet the Queen today, it was apparently to deal with the recent incident of intercepting Gu Long's rebellion, but the real core purpose was to follow the previous agreement between the two and listen to the Queen's explanation of the change on the stone stage. .

Now he is certain that the orange flames that emerged from the sea of ​​gold that day were the legendary epileptic fire, and that the bodies of Beta and the priests and knights under his command all contained this destructive power of chaos.

Combining the information from the previous life and what I have seen in this life, the Crazy Three Fingers with the power of mad fire is obviously sealed at the bottom of the golden tree at this moment, but the wandering caravan that was buried alive by the entire clan in history has not yet appeared. Mongert and Monger, who were imprisoned in the underground waterway, also had no idea about this.

At least in the current era, the secrets of epileptic fire and gold are still limited to a few beings such as the Eternal Queen. Whether Godwin knows about it is temporarily uncertain, but among the seven demigods of the same generation, Lucia must know the most inside information. one.

Therefore, long before this meeting, he had made various speculations about Queen Malika's possible reaction - although the relationship between the two was always filled with countless temptations, calculations and mutual use, however, through the Queen's revelation of the truth today To this extent, he can at least determine whether mutual trust and cooperation can go further.

Now it seems that since he has met Di Xi here for the first time, which he has never met before, it means that the queen has opened up more trump cards that she had previously hidden to her, and her attitude is self-evident.

"It seems like we can gain a lot today." He said to himself in his heart.

While thinking about it, Aletto had already led him to the inner room where the queen was resting. The former stopped in front of the entrance and said: "Your Majesty is waiting inside, so I will take my leave first."

Lucia nodded, walked along the corridor behind the entrance, and gently knocked on the sandalwood door at the end of the corridor.

"Is it Lucia?" the queen's lazy voice came from the room, "come in."

Entering the room, Lucia immediately saw Queen Malika, who was leaning on the incense couch not far away. The latter was also holding a collection of poems compiled by country poets. Her cascading blond hair was casual. The ground fell to the side, and the sunlight from the glazed skylight shone on the Queen's exposed calves, reflecting a breathtaking whiteness.

"I have met your Majesty," Lucia bowed in greeting. "Gu Long's rebellion has been executed on Yatan Avenue, and Christopher has recovered as before after the life magic ceremony. Both of these things are thanks to your majesty's grace."

"Oh, you kid, you like to keep everything clear-" The Queen shook her head and laughed, throwing the poetry collection aside, raised her chin and said, "Sit anywhere you like."

After Lucia sat down, she squinted at him for a moment, raised the corners of her mouth, and said with a smile: "You said that the traitor has been put to death, but how did I hear that the person who died was just a stand-in without a formal identity, and you were the one who died?" Did you order a grand burial in the Ancient Dragon Tomb?"

The queen revealed the truth in one word, but Lucia didn't look surprised. She just nodded calmly and said: "Your Majesty is right. The person who died this time was indeed just a substitute, but the real person behind the scenes couldn't hide much after this battle." For a long time, the day I return to Sky City will be the day he dies."

Malika nodded with a smile and did not go any further on this topic. Instead, she said, "Let's get down to business. Regarding everything that happened on the Stone Stage on Holy Judgment Day, I can tell you the answers you want. .”

(End of this chapter)