txolops Chapter 59 58. Exposure
Chapter 59 58. Exposure
"Have you decided yet?"
"Yes, I've decided."
"Are you going to betray him?"
"Yes, I will make a clear distinction with him."
"Do you regret it?"
"No, no, even if we were friends once."
"Then please express my blessings to you, and may the light of my God bless you forever—because you have become a black lamb in hell."
Attention interested parties, attention interested parties, Betrayer Spade will be executed on Sleeping Day and then judged.
The Queen of Hearts nails the cross into his heart, and the Black Plum Blossom rings the death knell for the funeral.I will turn my back on the coffin of the dead and sing holy hymns.Give your orders, myjoker.
"Remember to fold a rose to express my mourning for him."
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Edmund didn't believe Edward's words. He didn't think that a powerless noble who had just come to heaven could stop the decision of the supreme ruler.But when he saw the eldest son who was eating on the long table, his heart sank, and he said coldly, "Where did this ring come from? Take it off immediately."
"The price of canceling the engagement." Edward's brows were slightly tired, and his voice was always casual, "I have tried to take it off all morning, but the only way so far is to cut off my fingers. "
Only then did Edmund realize that something was wrong, "Who can you ask for help?"
His eldest son did not answer right away, but put down his knife and fork, and gracefully folded the long scarf on his lap.
"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?"
Edmund was silent, and did not continue to ask, because he faintly felt that he knew more.
"...Did you succeed?"
"If I hadn't made it, I wouldn't be sitting here today," he said, "but promises can't be trusted until they've been delivered, so please do something in the dark as well, just in case. "
"That's for sure." Edmond deliberately lowered his tone, as if he wanted to make up for something, "I'm fully capable of solving this matter, you don't have to."
Edward turned his body sideways, and he showed a smile, "Although it's a bit late, I'm glad you can think so."
As if what he said was true.
——Actually, there is nothing necessary or unnecessary at all, it is just a simple mistrust.Attachment is just an appearance, like vines twining around a tree, it is not the only choice.
Edmund took a deep look at him, overly keen intuition is sometimes not a good thing.He clapped his hands lightly and summoned a few servants, "Then prepare yourself and follow me into the palace in a while."
"Yes."
Edmund stood up, feeling a heavy weight on his spine.He wasn't sure when he would be crushed, but he couldn't fall even if he broke, and this stubbornness was well inherited by his eldest son.He saw something familiar in the other's eyes, which made Edmond feel a little relieved, because he knew that his spiritual dagger would be passed on, and it would eventually pierce all this decay.
The Celestial Seine Palace is not far away.Mephistopheles was "very pleasantly surprised" by Edmund's arrival. He eagerly held Edmond's hand and said loudly: "My dear brother, you have been here for a long time, and I am very excited that you will come again. Like It's the same as when we were young, let's go to the back garden together, it must have been a long time since I saw you, and you also have a lot to say to me."
"My brother, the king of heaven." Edmond bowed and saluted, "on the day of parting. I also miss your enthusiasm, then I will comply with your request. The royal back garden will surely become more beautiful after you inherit. Beautiful, I really want to see it."
"By the way, my dear Edward." Mephistopheles turned around and said with a smile as if he suddenly remembered something, "My daughter Ostana saw you at the ball, and she thought you were a very gentlemanly and knowledgeable person. Nobles, I want to chat with you—you can settle the affairs of the young people yourself, and we, the elders, will not interfere."
Edward touched his chest with his right hand, "It's an honor."
Ostana was happily discussing a gorgeous Gothic dress with Serones, but she quickly put the lace, ruby and silver chain dress in the closet in dejection, and put it on reluctantly. Putting on the platinum princess formal attire, Serones covered the corners of her lips with a fan and smiled quietly. She asked casually, "Who are you going to see? Why did you suddenly become normal again?"
"Lord Edward." Ostana said languidly, "He is an extremely boring man. No one else can tell that he is a handsome nobleman. But I can feel that he is an academic madman in his bones."
"Edward?" Serones sounded familiar, but there are too many people with this name in the world, and she couldn't remember it for a while. "Then can I see this person behind the curtain later? I'm curious." .”
"That's my plan." Ostana snapped her fingers and crossed her legs carelessly, "I really don't understand why father would fall in love with such a person. This princess is very tired."
First came the notification from the guards, and then three knocks on the door politely.Her Royal Highness clicked her tongue, "Pretentious."
She lazily responded, the door was gently pushed open, and the blond young man walked into the gorgeous and dreamy room with a smile, "Hello, Your Royal Highness. I am Edward Daulsas."
He kissed the back of her hand and sat down in her polite greeting.Serones hid behind the gauze curtain and looked out. The thin gauze curtain could not cover the eyes of the divine heir at all, but his back was facing this direction, and she could only see the straight back of the other party.
Soon the two started chatting.Edward looked around the princess' room calmly. Although it looked clean, things were actually in a mess.This made Edward feel very uncomfortable, and there was a strong smell of perfume and silk cloth in the room, which affected his perception of the magic element in the air.
"Her Royal Highness likes black and red? They are gorgeous."
"Yes."
……
Perhaps inadvertently, the princess asked casually: "Have you read some more...um, more special stories? For example, "The Masquerade of the Red Death"?"
"Of course." Edward smiled lowly, "They are all more interesting than ordinary stories."
Ostana suddenly felt her eyes light up, and she said excitedly: "Yes! They really look like roses and crosses, that kind of bloody sinful but beautiful feeling, it's hard to extricate yourself!!"
But soon she realized that she had made a slip of the tongue, coughed a few times, and returned to her cold look, "Everything is illusory, only the pain of the soul determines the quality of life."
——Do you know that you have been exposed?
Edward probably got the idea of the princess, he thought quickly, selected a few books from the books he had read, and combined a sentence pattern, "Because pain is a gift from God to believers, it makes people sober, But it can't be forgotten."
He used two sentences from "Praise of Light", because Edward really didn't think he could say such a seemingly deep but useless sentence.
Ostana raised her chin, and she was playing with a rose cross with her hands hidden in her skirt. She changed the subject, "Then what do you think is the patient in "The Masquerade of the Red Death"?"
"It's everyone's crime." Edward said indifferently, "And the only way for them to atone for their sins is to sacrifice themselves to the god of death."
He stood up and turned slightly sideways.Serones, who was hiding behind the veil, was thinking about the topic they talked about, "The Masquerade of the Red Death".Yes, she felt that the name was very familiar, but she couldn't remember anything. This memory seemed to be wiped gently by someone, and all traces disappeared.
Then she saw Edward's side face, the young man seemed to have noticed something, and glanced at her, but it was this glance that caused Serones' heart to set off a huge wave.
It's him! ! ! !
She began to gnash her teeth, her beautiful pale pink nails were deeply embedded in her palms, her red lips turned white from being bitten, and she secretly spit out a few words, "This... heresy, heresy!"
The dark blue divine power quietly penetrated into the air, attacking the target little by little in the form of filaments.Edward suddenly felt something, he began to feel agitated inexplicably, and simply retreated to the window.Facing Ostana's puzzled gaze, he explained, "It's just a little tired. After all, if you want to see Her Royal Highness, you must start preparing from last night."
But even so, Edward's situation did not improve.The dark blue silk was almost touching his hair, and just when Serones was secretly proud, a more powerful golden divine power cut off the silk in the air cleanly, this fierce counterattack She was caught off guard and fell off the chair all of a sudden.
Her hair was messed up, and her blue eyes were full of shock and resentment.Of course Edward also heard her voice, but Her Royal Highness looked a little embarrassed, so he wisely didn't ask further.
The ring he concealed in his white glove had just been burned, and then the feeling of being targeted and in danger disappeared.Ostana spoke quickly, "Let's stop here today, I hope we can have more opportunities to chat. Also, you are indeed a very knowledgeable person, Lord Edward."
He secretly understood, and after looking at the direction of the gauze curtain again, he saluted and retreated.
After confirming that the person had left, Ostana lifted the gauze curtain, but after seeing the scene inside, the original small complaint disappeared.She was so frightened that she quickly helped Serones up, "What's wrong with you?! Are you all right!?"
Serones stared straight at the direction Edward was leaving, waves of pain hit her like waves, "Head, head hurts!!!"
"I, I remembered..." Her body suddenly slid to the ground in a strange posture, as soft as if there were no bones, she murmured, "The Red Death Masquerade, yes... it's role-playing , I am the patient, I was stabbed by the king and fell in his arms. But why should I do this, because I know he killed Herdina, and Herdina told his secret killed me, so he's going to kill me..."
Then she laughed wildly, "...because he wanted to kill me, but I didn't want to die, so I lost my memory. But I still love him, and he has already given his heart to another person."
"Serones? Serones!" Ostana patted her cheek lightly and asked worriedly, "Should I call the doctor?"
As if everything had been pressed to a halt, she clutched the hem of the other's skirt, "No, don't do anything, dear Ostana. You can't marry this man, because he's a vile heretic! "
"Huh?" Ostana opened her mouth slightly, eyes full of surprise.
"He's a half-breed of the Heavenly Demon Race." Serones panted lightly, her divine power was damaged, and it was difficult to even speak, "He is not the favorite of the gods in the legend, but a sinner exiled by the gods! "
"Can you help me up, Ostana." She recovered quickly, stood up calmly with the help of the princess, "Let's go to your father's place, I think I may be able to help you cancel the engagement. "
"...Okay, I'll take you there."
But Serones didn't see that when she said the word "Heavenly Demon Hybrid", Her Royal Highness did not see disgust in her eyes, but strong curiosity, just like a child discovering a new toy.
And the two girls didn't know that everything that happened here was presented in a huge water mirror, and the black-haired demon stood on the scarlet clock face, looking at the mirror with great interest.The shackles made of the hardest metal in the demon world are imprisoning his bone wings and limbs.
In the mirror in his eyes, there was another woman with short hair. She was like a shadow hidden behind the curtain, and even Serones didn't notice her existence.
"God envoy Celine." He moved his lips, "It seems that he is going to be in danger."
He lowered his head and stared at the clock face, and asked with a smile, "Are you still not considering releasing me in the form of a demon?"
"But why not? The demons advocate destruction, and the highest level of respect we can pay a person is to kill him with our own hands. He is the person I admire the most. Isn't that exactly your purpose?"
The powerful bone wings are stretching wantonly, shaking the chain and rattling.
"Release me." The demon bewitched in a low voice, "The Celestial Clan is too soft, but he can touch the 'reality' anytime and anywhere, and except for the time when I signed the contract, all my love can only be deposited in the illusion It's just so unfair."
"And even if you don't release me, with my strength, how long can you imprison me?" The devil smiled, "Since there will be a day sooner or later, why not let it come sooner?"
The scarlet hour hand turned faster, as if it was thinking about something.
The scenery on the water mirror changed again, this time it was the Celestial Clan's Seine Palace, and Mephisto was listening to Seronius Tammy's words with a serious face.
Mozu licked the corner of his lips, his dark tongue was stained with a strange taste, "I did it, you want me to cancel the engagement for you."
But as for the method and the consequences, this is out of his consideration—the evil taste of the demons.
This is a game that cannot be stopped from the very beginning, and it belongs to two people fighting alone, and he has already played the first card.
"How would you take the cards... Edward."
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