Chapter 444: All the Nobles Take Their Seats

As the spectators looked on, the Chamberlain first broke his white cane into two pieces.

"Farewell, Your Majesty."

Minister Hermes respectfully placed the broken staff on the queen's coffin and bowed to it.

This means that Mycroft has ended his lifelong allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen, and is also equivalent to being relieved of his position as Lord Chamberlain.

He felt a little regretful, but also seemed relieved. Turn around and leave from the coffin.

Attorney General Carter, who was standing behind him, also stepped forward, tore his shoulder strap into two pieces and placed them both on the coffin.

"Farewell, Your Majesty."

Minister Carter also closed his eyes and whispered, feeling a little lost.

This was not speaking to the queen's soul, but rather to her past self.

After all, the queen is not like ordinary people. Her soul does not officially ascend to the dream world until the funeral is completed. When she died, the Crown Lord's knights had already connected her to the Crown Lord's kingdom. Now all that remains in the material world is her body.

Each minister must destroy the token of power given to him by Queen Sophia at the funeral and remove himself from his status as minister. The list of new ministers will be decided at a roundtable meeting the day after the national funeral.

There is no doubt that another thing will be announced at this roundtable meeting.

That was a declaration of war on Star Antimony.

Aiwass was wearing a solemn black priest's robe, with his hands in the cuffs in front of him. Stand quietly behind Isabel.

Logically speaking, Aiwass should be worried about the war.

After all, Avalon was originally destroyed by Star Antimony, not to mention that Aiwass would soon leave Avalon for the Theocracy. Can Isabel really withstand such pressure alone?

Obviously, those ministers also felt a little worried or excited because of this.

And the people who knew about the advancement of Star Antimony were obviously a little distracted - compared to the ordinary people who only knew how to be angry, they knew that Avalon had reached the edge of the cliff. Avalon could be in for destruction at this point, whether it initiates war or not.

——But Aiwass is not nervous at all now.

Because now there is a secret information-except for Isabel, only the people who lived in the Silver and Tin Palace last night know it.

Emma's assassination of Isabel even alarmed the Theocracy.

Perhaps it was because Bishop Mathers realized that he was bewitched, so he urgently contacted the Theocracy through church channels. In short, Bishop Mathers came to the Palace of Silver and Tin in person that night.

After asking Aiwass and Isabel whether they were still in danger and whether they needed purification and treatment, he made a very sincere apology to Aiwass and Isabel for being charmed.

After that, he served as a messenger and explained to them what the Theocracy meant.

——The Theocracy recognized that Avalon was on the side of justice and allowed Avalon to launch a limited war of revenge against Star Antimony.

In other words, the Avalonians can stop this war whenever they want; Star Antimony must at least ask King "Valentine VII" to abdicate and make compensation to Avalon that satisfies Avalon. , the revenge war can be mediated and ended. After the war began, the Star Antimony people could only resist within the territory and could not counterattack into the territory of Avalon, otherwise the Theocracy would intervene to stop it.

Aiwass breathed a sigh of relief after learning about the Theocracy's attitude.

In the original timeline, the Theocracy encountered very difficult troubles in 1899, the summer of the year Avalon was destroyed. Because of this, when Avalon was invaded by the Star Antimonians in the autumn of 1899, the Theocracy remained silent and unable to help.

And now it is January 1899.

The vicious incident that caused the order of the Theocracy to almost collapse and was not solved by the players until 1900 has not yet happened.

The relationship between The Theocracy and Avalon is very close... In a sense, it can even be said that Avalon is one of the vassal countries of The Theocracy. After all, Isabel herself is a quarter of elf blood. And this time there is no doubt that Xing Antimony is 100% responsible. Therefore, the Theocracy stood firmly on the side of the Avalonians.

Therefore, the attitude of the Theocracy is a clear-cut stance.

Not only does it support Avalon in launching a war of revenge... but the Eternal Pope personally orders that nine papal guards will be sent to personally protect Isabel.

The Pope's Guards are the "elven stewards" of the founder's family who are only responsible for preventing the founder's family from becoming extinct.

The protection from the elves means guarding until death. After all, Isabel's lifespan is definitely not as long as theirs.

The weakest among them has a strength equivalent to the peak of the fourth energy level. Among them, outstanding strong ones like Oswald the Butler even have a fighting strength equivalent to the fifth energy level.

And this time the Theocracy sent all the elites among the Pope's guards, all of whom were strong men of Oswald's level. And they are all young enough, unlike today's "elf housekeepers" who are all old.

——A total of nine Queen's Guards equivalent to the fifth level!

As the country with the most top-level powerhouses at present, the Theocracy only has a total of more than fifty powerhouses of this caliber. This time, nearly one fifth was dialed directly to Avalon.

The attitude of the Eternal Pope is very clear.

It was just that the Star Antimony people bullied Avalon and there were too few top powerhouses of this generation... so the Theocracy's wealthy people directly made up the difference.

There are a total of seventeen fifth-level people on the Xingti side. In addition to the old monarch of Xingti, the Red and Black Phases that he could not command, and the dead Emma, ​​there are a total of thirteen left.

On the Avalon side, Janice has left, and there are four "big-name" extraordinary people left. Counting these nine people, there are exactly thirteen people in total.

——What, you like to bully people? Then if you have the ability, send them all out?

Obviously, the Eternal Pope was also angry.

Because when the Avalon royal family was cursed before, the Church also meant that it would be better not to go to war. Because after all, they have not directly attacked the monarch——and directly attacking the rulers of other countries is the one item that is expressly prohibited in the rules set by the Church. The rulers of each country can only be overthrown by the locals, and are not allowed to be solved by other countries.

Even in the original world line, the Church was almost paralyzed, and the Xingti people who were fully armed and ready for war had to wait for the Minister of Trade Drost to poison the queen before they dared to start a war.

As a result, the Stars are getting more and more rampant, and even directly attacked Isabel herself.

This angered the Theocracy.

——What, you are shameless, right?

If the Theocracy was not a permanently neutral country, they might have to beat up the Stars themselves this time.

Although Avalon could not send them out for war, this also prevented the Stars from using the decapitation strategy. They could even let them catch all the spies, which also falls within the scope of "keeping the living space safe". In other words, the Theocracy hoped that Isabel could find a way to use them more to cause trouble for the Stars.

And it would greatly boost the morale of the Avalonians, letting them know that the Theocracy was on the side of Avalon!

But the Stars could not say anything.

Because it was indeed Emma who did it.

When they heard the news, they were also scared. Because the Stars were not ready for war at all, Emma was sent here to cooperate with the Avalonians this time - she did not attack Julia because of Valentine VII's intention, but because of the personal request of the Red Prime Minister.

The result is that no matter how the prophet of Xingtan divined, the answer he could get at most was "the succubus did attack Isabel."

Not long after Bishop Mathers left, the Xingtan royal family called the Temple of Silver and Tin.

This should not be done in terms of etiquette. For such a major event, a formal diplomatic letter must be issued to ensure that each conversation is recorded by the three parties. But because they were eager to explain, Xingtan called directly that night.

It was Valentine VII who called personally.

After asking Aiwass for his opinion, Isabel chose not to answer the call.

Because the "attacked young queen" should be angry, especially since the great guardian "almost died" because of it. At this time, the Church generously provided help, so it was normal for her not to answer the phone.

When the phone rang for the second time, Aiwass answered the phone for Isabel. Isabel listened quietly beside him.

The "Valentine VII", who was known for his cold and decisiveness, seemed unusually gentle and even humble on the phone at this moment.

He didn't care that it wasn't Isabel who answered the phone. Instead, he immediately apologized to Isabel and all those who were injured and died in the incident, and declared that he would give "sufficient compensation".

His explanation can be summarized as: "This is what the demon in Emma did. Emma herself is also a victim. This matter has nothing to do with her and therefore has nothing to do with the political stance of Star Antimony".

Valentine VII verbally promised a lot of benefits. He also said that Star Antimony would immediately send a diplomatic mission of the highest standard, and let his eldest son visit Avalon in person, just hoping that Avalon would remain calm for the time being.

Obviously, he planned to cede a lot of interests in the next diplomacy, just hoping that the war would not happen.

——What is he afraid of?

Aiwass keenly sensed something.

It seems that something suddenly happened inside Star Antimony... That was a problem that did not appear in the original world line, which made Star Antimony lose the confidence to go to war with Avalon.

So Aiwas rejected him without hesitation - he was about to finalize the agreement with Grandet and no longer needed the resources of the Star Antimony people. Not to mention that the inside story from Grandet told Aiwas that Xingtan was now in a desperate situation and they could not give any benefits at all.

Now Avalon needs a victory and an enemy to awaken the spirit of the whole country.

Such a powerful reason for declaring war, and the Theocracy as a backer - if this time is missed, the Theocracy may not support Avalon so much next time. This thing can't be "saved for next time".

Valentin VII obviously also caught Aiwas's full confidence from his tone.

So he immediately realized that this was no longer negotiable.

But even so, Valentin VII still maintained a polite and friendly attitude and ended the conversation.

During the viewing ceremony on the National Funeral Day, no one from the Xingtan Embassy in Avalon was invited. People with a keen sense of smell have already sensed the breath of war at this moment.

Although Avalon has not expelled them, both sides now know that the war will start at any time.

The storm is coming.

And this depressing atmosphere continued until the round table meeting on the second day of the National Funeral Day.

January 3, 1899.

Perhaps it was the most important round table meeting since the new king ascended the throne.

When all the knights were in place, only the Minister without portfolio had not arrived.

But this time, the knights did not dare to talk about Aiwass anymore.

There was no noisy discussion, only the silence like late at night enveloped the entire round table hall. It seemed that the atmosphere of yesterday's funeral continued to this day.

But just when the knights thought that Aiwass, as the shadow of Queen Isabel, would not be present again...

Someone slowly appeared at the gate.

That person was Aiwass.

There was no crow on his shoulder, but a dancing flame butterfly.

The Queen's Guards sent by the Theocracy had arrived in Avalon at this time, and Aiwass no longer needed to keep the Night Demon on alert 24 hours a day. He could finally replace the flame butterfly and use the pastoral method to feed it experience.

When the crow left, the butterfly returned.

It meant that the Glass Island became safe again.

Aiwass was not wearing the knight armor of the Moriarty family now, but his own priest's clothes, trousers and white cloth shoes.

——That was the now nationally famous Minister Moriarty!

He was not wearing armor... Did he mean to take his seat as a spiritual councillor?

The knights discussed in a low voice, breaking the dead silence.

But at this moment, Aiwass, who had just entered the door, suddenly took off the outermost chasuble he was wearing.

He handed the chasuble to the etiquette officer guarding the door.

Aiwass's pure white shirt also had a pure white priest collar, and the collar also had the two golden thorn patterns with roses embossed. But the clothes he wore inside looked like a nobleman of Xingtan.

Pure white shirt, pure white trousers, pure white cloth shoes.

Coupled with Aiwass's platinum long hair, he looked like he was shining in the morning light.

He put his hands behind his back and slowly stepped onto the broken glass steps step by step.

Passing through the knights in armor, passing by the huge round table that could accommodate twenty-two people.

Aiwass reached out and gently touched every knight in armor sitting at the round table.

The butterfly fluttered between his fingers, and the elegant fragrance of sandalwood and jasmine spread in all directions.

Under the stunned but silent gaze of the knights, Aiwass sat safely in his seat.

That was the position closest to Isabel, on her left hand.

There was no doubt that Aiwass was the first knight of the round table without armor since the founding of Avalon.

Just like the glass steps that had never been broken since the founding of the country, the old tradition of Avalon that had been passed down to this day, although meaningless but unshakable, was also destroyed by Aiwass.

But now, no one dared to question it.

Aiwass held his chin with his left hand and looked around.

Some people looked into his eyes without fear, while others lowered their heads or avoided his gaze.

Aiwass chuckled, picked up the hammer in front of Isabel with his right hand, and rang the bell in front of the queen.

"——The meeting will begin now."

Evans rested his chin on his left hand and calmly looked at the knights who stood up.

He sat in his seat and announced leisurely:

"My lords... please take your seats."

(Volume 1: Glass Stairs, End)

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