Age of Mysticism

  Chapter 384 Power Storage

   City of St. Lun, Rose Manor.

  The increasingly tense situation caused Agatha to cancel all her trips, and additional guards were deployed inside and outside the manor, and the spies set up cross magic guards in important areas outside.

  As the imperial spies sent abroad were secretly recruited into the imperial capital, the power available to Agatha gradually increased, but it was still far from enough to fight Fania.

  In the study, Agatha sat behind the desk and listened to the report of the female officer. She didn't wear a skirt, but rather neutral clothes, her hair was tied into a bun, and she was ready to fight at any time.

   "Your Highness, we have contacted almost all the ministers in the imperial capital, and most of them did not want to express their position. Several cabinet ministers all refused to meet the people we sent. The situation is very unfavorable to Your Majesty..."

  With the current court situation, Fania can be regarded as having shown his cards. With this pressing style of play, Emperor Augustine still stayed behind closed doors, complaining that everyone in the court was in danger.

   Not to mention the ministers, even the Secret Intelligence Bureau is extremely pessimistic about this struggle for imperial power.

  Agatha is in good spirits, her eyes are sharp and unyielding.

   "Is there any news from His Majesty? What's the reply from Milcombe?"

  The female officer replied: "There is still no news from His Majesty's bedroom. Millscomb's answer is still the same: He will lead the royal knights and palace guards to protect His Majesty's safety."

  Agatha couldn't help sighing: "Royal knights? Palace guards? After Fania declared herself the new emperor of the empire, how many of them dared to attack the new emperor!

   I don't know what the father is doing. His son has put a knife on his neck, but he still doesn't show up. "

  The female officer said worriedly: "If the royal knights and palace guards cannot be relied on, we may not be able to stop Prince Fania from leading troops into the palace just by relying on our Secret Service.

  An elite army withdrawn from the southern front this morning has quietly entered the city, and the Assault Bear team is among them. "

   "Has Shock Bear been transferred by the First Prince?"

   Assault Bear Squad is one of the special operations units assembled by the strongest fighters in the North, specializing in high-end battles. In the battle against the barbarians on the southern front, even if the Abyssal Apostle took action himself, he did not take much advantage of the Assault Bear Squad.

  Fania called the Assault Bear to the Imperial Capital at this time, obviously targeting the "Raven" of the Secret Intelligence Bureau, a unit composed of ace agents.

   Face-to-face confrontation, "Raven" is not the opponent of "Strike Bear".

  Agatha didn't have much reaction to the arrival of the Bear Assault Squad. She asked again: "Is there any news about Governor Meteor?"

  The female officer answered in a difficult way: "No! The governor's office of Raging Waves City refused to provide any information related to Governor Meteor.

  Your Highness, it is impossible for Governor Meteor to be ignorant of the situation in the court. Does his non-appearance... mean that he supports the First Prince. "

  Agatha didn't answer the female officer's guess immediately, but looked at a newspaper on the table.

   This newspaper is the Winter Capital Daily of the Yate County United, the most striking of which is "the obituary of the genius steam engineer Mr. Luke".

  The newspaper was published five days ago, and it was delivered to the imperial capital from Dongdu. The meteor should have arrived long ago.

  Why is there no news about him so far?

   "Your Highness..." The female officer reminded Agatha who was distracted: "These are all random guesses, Governor Meteor must still be loyal to you."

  Agatha couldn't help laughing and said: "Yes, he must still be 'loyal' to me. Continue to pay attention to the movements of Governor Meteor and all parties in Rage City, and report to me immediately if there is any news."

   "Yes, Your Highness!"

  At this time, the door of the study was pushed open, and Princess Dai ran in from outside: "Sister Agatha, I haven't seen you for three months, I miss you so much!"

  The guards chasing in saw that Princess Dai was already hugging Agatha, and immediately saluted and apologized: "I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness, we didn't stop Princess Dai."

  Agatha looked at Dai'er very happily, and said to the guard: "It's okay, I understand my sister, it's strange that you can stop her."

  The guard said: "His Royal Highness, Princess Dai'er is escorted by Miss Qingkong, she is waiting outside the door."

   Agatha heard that Qingkong was also coming, and immediately said: "Please come in, Miss Qingkong."

Then Agatha said to Del: "I'm very happy to see you too, but I have something very important to talk about with Miss Weatherlight. You should go and see the sculptures I made during this time. I'll talk to Miss Weatherlight about it." After I'm done, I'll go find you and hear what you've been through in Dongdu?"

  Princess Daier knew that what Qingkong and Agatha talked about must be very important, and she had plenty of time to talk with her sister: "Okay, let me see what new works my sister has, see you later!"

   "Just a minute!"

  The female officer left with Princess Dai.

   Qing Kong walked in with her attendants, and Princess Daier, who was leaving, waved to her with a carefree and innocent look.

  The door of the study room was closed by the departing guards, leaving only Qing Kong and Agatha in the room.

  Agatha invited Qingkong to sit down on the lounge chair by the window. Outside the window was a plant glass greenhouse, which was full of blooming roses, which were particularly bright against the snow scene outside the greenhouse.

   "Thank you for taking care of Dai'er during this time. I didn't expect her to go to Dongdu quietly with you. I hope she didn't cause you too much trouble."

  Clear sky leaned against the back of the lounge chair, admiring the scenery outside with green eyes, and said lightly at the same time: "Princess Dai'er has a very keen sense of changes in the court, and she sensed danger, so she fled.

   also know where to flee. "

  Agatha couldn't help smiling and said: "She has been very smart since she was a child. If many royal families are killed in this great change in the palace, she has a greater chance of surviving than all of us."

  Clear Sky turned to look at Agatha: "Meteor sent you to Rage City, why are you still here? You can't stop Fania now."

   "But someone has to do something?" Agatha took a deep breath: "If I stand up, at least there is still a chance to stop him; if even I give up, he will really kill the king and the father.

   Meteor will not respect him as the emperor of the empire, and neither will Alec... The empire cannot be divided at this time! "

   "If the empire really needs a new emperor... would you be interested?"

Qingkong's question made Agatha turn her head, her eyes were full of various guesses: "My father is still alive, but he can't show up for some reason. The succession of the emperor has its rules, and it's not his turn." to me.

  You, do you know something that I don't? "

Qingkong and Agatha looked at each other: "I know some news that you don't know, but I can't tell you right now. You just need to answer me... This time is a good opportunity for you, if You are willing to take on the responsibility of ruling the empire, and I think Meteor will support you."

  Although Luke had already solicited Queen Christina's ideas in Snow City, he asked Agatha's attitude towards the throne for the last time.

   Agatha didn't know what kind of news Qingkong had obtained, and she asked such a question at this time.

  She thought for a while and said: "No... I have never thought too much about the throne, especially after getting to know Meteor, it makes me feel that the persistence and competition for the throne is really ridiculous.

  This era is no longer the previous era. To me, the high throne is nothing but a cage sentenced to life imprisonment.

   When everything stabilizes, I will take a long vacation for myself and take a long trip. Go see the strange places Meteor said, and explore the secret places where treasures are hidden. "

   Qingkong knew that Agatha was not very interested in the throne, but she didn't expect that he would have such a big influence on her.

   "Your Augustine family is really all extremes, there is a **** prince fighting for the throne, and there is a princess who wants to escape the royal life.

  Since you are not interested in the throne, you should not mind Queen Christina supervising the country, and even becoming the first queen of the Golden Shield Empire in the future. "

   Agatha asked in amazement: "What do you mean? What on earth do you know that you would make such a ridiculous suggestion!"

  Qing Kong said: "Meteor is now escorting Queen Christina back to the imperial capital from the northern border, and Her Highness the Queen said something related to Her Majesty.

  His Majesty is doing a very dangerous thing. If he succeeds, it will bring a greater crisis to the empire than the usurpation of Prince Fania. "

   Agatha said seriously: "What is my father doing?"

  Qingkong replied: "I think...it is best for Meteor to tell you the specific situation. My task is to stop His Majesty when he finally takes that step..."

   Agatha understood what "stop" meant.

   "You want to murder the emperor?"

   "As long as he can rein in the precipice, I will not do anything to him."

   Agatha looked at the clear sky, this is an elf known for her mystery, beauty and strength. Every time I see her, I always fight against the oppressive feeling that emanates from her.

   "It seems that I have to wait until I see the meteorite to know the truth."

   "Actually, I don't recommend that you know too much of the truth. It is best to let His Majesty leave with dignity."

  Agatha forced a smile and said, "It's up to me whether to accept the suggestion or not. Before Meteor and His Royal Highness the Queen arrive at the imperial capital, do I need to do anything?"

   Qingkong cast his gaze out of the window.

   "I want to use the sewers of St. Lun City to arrange a large-scale secret technique, which can provide us with some combat power that can be used as cannon fodder when Fania launches a coup.

  After the secret art ceremony, the sewers of Saint Lun City need a major repair. Fortunately, this is winter, and there will be no scenes of flooding the imperial capital..."

   Agatha also looked out of the window, and the snow fell even more heavily.

   "The sewers in Saint Lun City should have been repaired long ago."

  …

  Due to the outbreak of war in the northern border of the Golden Shield Empire, all the residents in the northern border could escape. People who can't escape will not run out casually in this bad weather, so Queen Christina's convoy has hardly encountered anyone during the two days of running on the snow field.

   This is also related to the fact that the team specifically bypasses cities and villages.

  The four royal horses pulling the cart trotted forward, and Luke scanned the sky through the open window with a telescope.

   After a while, he sat back in the car again, opened a folding table between himself and the queen, and spread a map of the North on it.

   The moving carriage was slightly bumped.

Luke found the current location of the convoy on the map, pointed to Queen Christina and said, "Just now I saw the Harrier Eagle used by the Northern Legion scouts for scouting. We should have been discovered by them. There must be traps and ambushes arranged by assassins ahead." lock up."

  The queen asked: "What should we do? This place has not left the area controlled by the Northern Army, and we cannot escape their surveillance."

  Luke thought about countermeasures.

  If Taotie is willing to accept rides from strangers, the easiest way is to take Queen Christina and fly directly to Saint Lun City.

After thinking for a while, Luke said: "Our whereabouts have just been exposed, and the assassins are not so quick to arrange the attack. At night, you and I will separate from the team on horseback, and let your guards attract the sky to follow. Our two targets are not easy to be exposed. .

   And the riding speed is also fast, and you can reach the imperial capital after another day and night. "

  Luke's suggestion made Queen Christina fall into deep thought.

   Being attacked is not just a matter of personal safety, even if the assassins are repelled, precious time is wasted. If you are entangled by waves of assassins, it may delay the best time to return to the imperial capital.

  Separate from guards does reduce targets, light cavalry is faster.

  But I am the queen of the empire, spending a day and a night alone with a young man will definitely cause some gossip in the future, and the scandal of the royal family is a popular subject of folk gossip.

  Especially when I married an aging emperor when I was young, and then stayed alone in the cold palace for several years, and Meteor is the object of admiration for all the ladies of the imperial family.

  Queen Christina is well aware of the ability of nobles to fabricate rumors to smear each other.

   But without thinking too much, Queen Christina said to Luke: "Okay, I will listen to you. At night, I will ride away quietly with you."

  Luke didn't think too much, all his attention was on the map. After crossing the northern border, there is Yimapingchuan. The royal horses bred by the extraordinary can run with their hooves free. Even if the assassin finds himself and the queen, it is not so easy to intercept them.

  Therefore, the assassin's best and final ambush location should be near the city of St. Lun. There is a city guard corps stationed outside the imperial capital, and assassins can lay out ambush circles while waiting for work.

  Luke plans the route on the map.

  Queen Christina watched Luke thinking while drawing with a pen, and couldn't help but think of herself when she was still a princess.

  At that time, I liked lying on the tower of the castle the most, looking at the endless golden rice fields outside, imagining what kind of person I would marry.

  When I was in my teens, I really liked the stories about the knight and the princess. The knight overcame many difficulties regardless of danger, defeated one enemy after another and rescued the princess, and then the two lived a happy life together.

  What is happening now is similar to those stories, but I am no longer a princess, and happiness has long been a luxury.

  At a certain moment, Christina suddenly had a bold idea.

  But she still laughed at herself in the end: "Stories are all lies, we are all slaves of fate!"

  (end of this chapter)