Chapter 1064 The Conspiracy of the Nobles

Elder Mai Sonoda looked at me sideways: "Do you still care about the reputation?"

"Well." I squinted my face and laughed: "I didn't care before. Now that I'm a colleague, I have to care about everyone's feelings, right?"

"Ha" the elder chuckled: "I thought you were always fearless."

"Don't say that, old man. Fearless is not a good word. There was once a monkey who thought he was fearless. However, a monk slapped him on the ground and suppressed him for five hundred years."

"What monkey, monk, what are you talking about?"

Seeing the confusion on Elder Mai Sonoda's face, I instantly remembered that there was no legend about Journey to the West in Zephyr Continent, so I smiled and pretended to be stupid.

The elder gave me a stern look: "It's inexplicable."

Afterwards, Elder Mai Sonoda told me about other elders’ views on the Queen’s knighthood and the reaction of the aristocratic circle to this matter.

The elders' reactions were divided into three groups. Among them, Elder Mai Sonoda chose to approve, Elder Meira, Elder Lindsay and Elder Siberian opposed it. Elder Priscilla and Elder Jennifer did not express any opinions.

Since the Great Elder Priscilla did not express her opinion, this matter could only be decided through discussion and decision by the four elders who expressed their opinions. As for the Elf Queen, she was the one who proposed the suggestion and was not included in the deliberations and could only observe.

Hearing this, I couldn't help but sigh: "The Queen can be excluded, the elves are really an equal race!"

Elder Mai Sonoda sighed and said: "For this matter, in the afternoon, the other three elders and I had a big argument in the temporary office, but in the end we didn't reach any definite result, and"

She looked solemn and said: "The knighthood thing seems a little bad now. I can only say that I will do my best. As for whether it can be done, I advise you not to have too much hope."

"Just do your best," I said, "You might as well say that, in fact, I didn't have much hope from the beginning. After all, many people in your clan are stubborn and not good at adapting."

The elder's expression changed slightly, but he soon returned to his natural state: "You are right."

Then, I asked the elder: "So what is the reaction from the nobles?"

The elder said: "The nobles did not have any extreme reactions."

"Oh? So, this matter is not opposed by the nobles?"

"That's not the case," the elder said: "The more unresponsive there is, the greater the hidden danger will be."

"how do I say this?"

"Think about it, this is a suggestion made by His Majesty. As a subject, no matter whether you agree or disagree, anyone who has any opinion should speak out. But they kept silent. What do you think this means? ?”

"This means" I thought for a moment and suddenly said: "Could it be that they are waiting for an opportunity?"

"That's it," the elder said: "They are waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity that can shake the people's hearts. They want to use this to make His Majesty lose the people's hearts!"

I felt a chill in my heart and blurted out: "Is it because the Queen wants to knight us?"

"Yes," the elder said, "It is the first time for an outsider to be knighted by an outsider in a thousand years. It would be fine if the matter of being knighted falls through. Once it is done, the nobles will always pay attention to your words and deeds, and will Every unsatisfactory thing you have committed has been recorded. When these things are enough to arouse public outrage, they will reveal all of them and use this to blackmail Your Majesty into becoming their puppet or even abdicating the throne. "

At the end of the sentence, Elder Mai Sonoda's expression was even serious to the point of ferociousness. She was panting slightly, her eyes full of anger and helplessness.

Of course, these feelings are not directed at me, but they still make me feel nervous.

"It would be a lie to say that there are no unsatisfactory things," I said, "but if it's just a few dispensable things, it shouldn't be enough to shake people's hearts, right?"

"I don't know about that," the elder said. "After all, the matter of the knighthood has not been approved yet, and I don't know what you and your family will do. Everything is still unknown."

Hearing what Elder Mai Sonoda said, I felt a little unsure. Let's not mention it. Just talking about Barbara, with her arrogant queen character, she would definitely act up for a while, but I just don't know if this act will arouse public outrage.

After that, the elder and I chatted for a while about other topics, mainly about whether Moonlight City has any heirloom treasures.

A large part of the reason why I asked this question was because I wanted to hear about the Moonlight Scepter and the legend of the ten weapons with divine power told by the Elf Clan Leader.

Elder Mai Sonoda was not opposed to this topic, but she was not very interested. She told me: "Moonlight City does have a treasure that has been passed down from generation to generation, but it only exists in ancient documents. It is said that it was the creation of A divine object given by the God of the World to a certain Fairy Queen, to frighten those powerful and terrifying monsters deep in the Fairy Forest."

"Oh~" I exclaimed and said, "Is there anything else? Is there anything else?"

The elder shook his head: "The ancient documents only record this, and nothing else. Moreover, I advise you, it is best not to think about this thing. It's not that I don't want you to find it, but you don't waste your limited life on it. It’s such a non-existent thing.”

"Thank you for your concern," I said, "Although I am very interested in exploring this aspect, I am not a professional explorer after all, and I will not go to war just because of a historical document."

"This is very good." Elder Mai Sonoda expressed his satisfaction.

Although I admitted that I would not go to war over this matter, I have to admit that I lied.

When Elder Mai Sonoda tried to persuade me not to do this, her eyes were wandering, even though it was only for a short moment.

Obviously, she is hiding something. Maybe, somewhere in Moonlight City, there is an artifact of the same level as the Moonlight Scepter hidden.

Moreover, this artifact has been obtained by the higher-ups of the elves, and they are using it to frighten the monsters deep in the elven forest.

Of course, the above are just my conjectures and there is no evidence.

However, isn’t evidence meant to be collected?

I smiled slightly and made up my mind: after Renn's department was formed, their first task had been determined - to find clues to the artifact.

To be honest, I still yearn for this kind of weapon with magical power. As the saying goes: if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your weapons. With awesome weapons, dominating the dungeon is just around the corner.

Although I feel that I am one step closer to my goal of dominating the dungeon, it is obvious that now is not the time. The top priority is to strengthen my personal strength, hone the team's tacit understanding, and face the Zephyr Championship that will come soon.

If I guessed correctly, this game will definitely not be as harmonious as in previous years, because there is an uneasy heart just around the corner.