Cumberland and Emerson looked suspiciously at the petite "woman" in front of them.

Cumberland looked at Dion up and down, and said to Todd, "Your Majesty, are you sure? Let this kind of person go to the Holy Acropolis, I'm afraid it will be swallowed without bones in two days. Leftover."

　　 Dion patted the saber on his waist and raised his head: "My lord, my swordsmanship is enough to protect myself."

　　 Todd laughed at this time: "I can assure you that, as the executive judge, Dieng often has the opportunity to hone his swordsmanship."

Emerson touched his moustache and said as he thought about it: "However, Dion, your analysis of the fight for the throne can indeed explain the current series of events. I think this inference has a high degree of reliability. ."

　　 Todd paused, then asked again: "So, do you think Knight Dion is suitable for the post of Captain of the West Side Mission?"

　　 Cumberland glanced at the king and shrugged: "If your Majesty feels right, I have no opinion."

　　 "Emmerson, how about you?"

"Knight Dion's intelligence collection, analysis and summarization capabilities surprised me, and in terms of the overall situation, he fully meets the requirements of the head of the envoy." Emerson said this, looking at this only in his early twenties. The young man said worriedly: "But if I remember correctly, you have always lived in the Papal Kingdom before and have never been to the Holy Acropolis. The customs there, especially the relationship between the powers and the rich, I am afraid that you have nothing. As you know, this will be detrimental to your work."

Seeing that there is finally a chance to get rid of the boring life of doing nothing, Dion is willing to let this reason ruin his hope of going on an envoy: "Then, I request the company of a deputy envoy, as long as there is a guide who knows the local environment better, I have full certainty to stand firm in the Holy Acropolis!"

　　 Emerson and Todd looked at each other. The latter fell into deep thought and said to himself, "The deputy?"

　　 After a while, Todd suddenly said, "I have a personal choice."

　　 Two hours later, Mary came to the King’s Audience Room. Hearing Todd’s request, she shouted in surprise: "I hope that as a member of the Muxi Mission, I will be an envoy to the Holy Citadel?!"

　　 Todd sat on a chair and wrote quickly: "The Kingdom of Muxi has never dealt with the Holy Guard. You are the only one of us who understands the situation."

　　Mary bit her lips tightly: "Your Majesty, don't you worry that after I go back, I will secretly collude with the people of the Holy Acropolis and stand on the opposite side of the kingdom?"

Todd stopped writing, raised his head, and looked at Mary: "Since I am willing to hand over this errand to you, it means I trust you unconditionally. Besides, the purpose of Muxicheng's mission this time is to The Holy Acropolis provides food aid instead of declaring war against them. You don't have to worry about conflicts between the two countries."

"Frankly speaking, I don't have any good feelings about my birthplace." Mary sat across from the desk, looked at the sun outside the window and whispered dreamily: "From the moment I came to the world, to the moment I got married. For a moment, I was never allowed to walk out of that prison-like castle."

"They see me as a commodity for sale. I can't walk into the sun because that will tan my skin. I can't run or jump because that will leave scars on my body. Like a bird in a cage, I groom my feathers and put on makeup every day in order to be sold for a good price one day."

Todd put the pen down gently, and the sad face in front of him made him feel tight: "Mary, if you resist this errand, I can find another person to act as deputy. All you need to do is Before the mission goes out, give them a detailed introduction to the situation of the Holy Acropolis."

"No, I will go, why not?" Mary took a deep breath, like a naughty girl climbing on the roof, looked at Todd and said with a smile: "When you deliberately stay away from the pain of life Earth, you will find that the nightmare in your heart will grow bigger and bigger. The best way to overcome fear is to face it, not to escape it."

With a smile in the corner of her eye, Mary looked at Todd with no hesitation, only determination and affirmation: "Moreover, I am no longer the doll at the mercy of others. I have my home and I am willing to use my life. Things to protect."

　　 Seeing Mary's determination, Todd nodded: "I understand, I will let Cumberland send the most elite troops of the Knights to protect the personal safety of the entire mission."

　　 After dealing with the issue of candidates for the mission, the sky was already full of stars, and the hungry Todd walked towards the bedroom and saw a familiar figure at the end of the corridor.

　　Because of the injury to the spine in the war, Huggins, who is inconvenient, leaned against the porch and repeatedly rubbed the muscles of his thighs with his palms to relieve the fatigue of his legs.

　　 Todd walked along the corridor, from behind Huggins, and said, "You need a cane."

　　 The latter saw the king and quickly straightened up, moved his legs and feet, indicating that he was OK.

　　 Todd walked in front of Huggins, looked at the other person's hesitation, and said in a deep voice, "If you have anything to say."

　　 Hudgens lowered his head and said softly: "The Raglans are willing to donate part of their wealth to build a welfare hospital for immigrants outside the city in the name of the king."

　　 Hearing this, Todd looked at Huggins with a sharp gaze: "Your idea?"

　　 Hudgens shook his head slightly: "It was Mr. Raglan's idea."

Todd's expression relaxed, and he sighed inaudibly: "Take a sum of money from the vault of the palace, plus their donations, to build a decent medical facility for the immigrants outside the city. Don't use mine. In name, just do it in the name of the couple."

　　 Hudgens bowed and bowed, saying that he would do it immediately.

　　 Seeing that the other party hasn't left yet, Todd asked strangely: "Is there anything else?"

　　 Hudgens smiled reluctantly: "Your Majesty, my energy is not as good as before. If you can agree, I would like to find a few people to share my work..."

　　 Hearing this, Todd has understood what Huggins is thinking.

　　 Because of the Raglans, on the one hand, to worry about Todd's anger, on the other hand, it is also to avoid suspicion. Huggins, who has retired, hopes to return power to the king.

　　 "Stand here, wait for me."

　　 After saying this, Todd walked towards the bedroom without looking back, leaving Hudgens alone on the promenade in a daze.

　　 A few minutes later, Todd, who changed into a robe, covered his figure with a large cloak, and covered his face with a low brim. He walked to the confused Huggins and made a gesture: "Follow me."

　　 The two got into the royal carriage, with a team of guards dressed in disguise, and drove towards the city center at the foot of the Palace Mountain.

　　 Listening to the noisy voices in his ears, Todd stopped the carriage in a hidden corner, opened the door and walked onto the street.

　　 Hudgens got out of the carriage when he saw this, greeted the guards, and followed the king's footsteps.

　　The place where Todd got off is close to Muxi Square, which is the busiest and busiest place in Muxi City.

　　 Although it was eight or nine o'clock in the evening, the crowds on the street did not disappear at all. Thousands of people gathered around the square, enjoying the entertainment life at night. A newly choreographed love comedy is being staged in the open-air theater. The actors perform hard and the audience laughs. Officials, businessmen and craftsmen after a busy day leave their places of work and rush into the tavern in the business district in groups. Indulge yourself in the hotel; the hawkers push all kinds of trucks, and the pedestrians who pass by are selling their products, and the bargaining voices are endless.

　　 Holding a bowl of seafood chowder in his left hand, and holding a dozen skewers in his right hand, Todd, who does not have the image of a king, eats street snacks while walking toward the south of the square.

　　 Hudgens followed behind him, glanced at Todd's expression, carefully persuaded: "Your Majesty, it's getting late, we should go back."

　　 "It's not far, just ahead." Todd finished eating the food in his hands, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and pointed to the front to say to Huggins.

　　 The group of people who came out of the palace walked forward for another twenty minutes and came to a lonely hill.

　　 This hill is located in the center of Muxi City, but compared with the colorful and noisy downtowns around it, it is quiet like an isolated island.

　　 Huggins looked around while climbing the hill.

　　The luxuriant trees in the sky, the grass and wildflowers beyond the margins, and...hundreds of tombstones standing quietly in the night.

　　 He recognized this place.

　　 This was originally the residence of Alfonso, but later became the cemetery of the dead in the Knights battle.

　　 Todd walked up to the height of the hill, looked back at the starry lights at the foot of the hill, and asked, "How is this view?"

　　 Huggins, who didn't know what the king intended, said carefully: "Your Majesty, it's beautiful."

"The tower-like building is the Musee Cathedral in the kingdom that is about to be completed. Elijah is leading a bunch of art masters, rushing to make the last part of the frescoes on the roof of the church; that place is like an aristocratic manor. It is Muxi College. By the end of next month, the college will be officially renamed Muxi University. There will be seven branches, nearly 100 academic departments, and more than 2,000 students. There is also the brightly lit light near the sea. In the area of ​​Muxi, where the expansion of Muxi Seaport has just been completed, it is now able to stop the largest ship of the Southern Empire, and Muxi Shipyard will soon build a third dock, which will be the largest among all the parish kingdoms. ..."

　　 Todd turned his head in the direction of Huggins, and said calmly: "Do you know the beauty in front of you, who do you want to thank?"

　　 The latter paused for a while, and said softly: "Of course it is Your Majesty. Without you, this is just a deserted beach."

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　　 Todd pointed his hand to the ground not far away, and said word by word: "Thanks to them for the fact that West City can have today!"

　　 Following the direction of the king's finger, Hudgens looked at the dense tombstones in his field of view~lightnovelpub.net~ and stood there.

Todd paced slowly to the nearest tombstone of the cross, looking at the words carved on it-Seth Drummond, 1152-1171, the eleventh lance of the Twisie Knights, died in the Battle of North Stone .

Todd knelt down, brushed the ashes on the tombstone, and whispered in a voice that only he could hear: "Perhaps the first instinct that a ruler has is to take the sacrifices of others as a matter of course. Things, but after so many years, I still can’t do this kind of thing..."

Todd, who was silent for a long time before squatting in front of the tombstone, stood up again and said to Huggins: "I never think that the king is a pleasant errand, nor do I think that power is a supreme honor. Because of being in a high position, the first thing I open my eyes when I wake up every day is not thinking about what I can enjoy today, but what I should do for my subjects today."

　　 "Huggins, my rebuke to you and the Raglans is not because you deceived me and violated the king's majesty; but because you began to put your own interests above the people."

"Unlike the time at San Sidro Monastery, in the past we fought and struggled for food and clothing and for survival. But now, we fight to live up to these dead warriors and to protect everyone behind us. !"

After speaking, Todd patted Huggins on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Everyone makes mistakes. Today I will correct your mistakes. One day in the future, maybe It's your turn to warn me."

　　 After saying this, Huggins was left in a daze, and Todd walked down the hill alone.