Chapter 464: Droste's Past

"Mr. Diomedes!"

When the square-faced serious elf heard Aiwas' voice, he thought for a moment that he was hallucinating.

After he turned around, he reluctantly confirmed that it was Aiwas who walked towards him.

"My Lord Bishop, what are you doing——"

Diomides was a little angry for a moment.

——I clearly told you, "Don't go out, don't go out, don't go out"! Why did you go out openly and find me directly!

This is already a hint to Moriarty and his son, telling them that "Charles Drost plans to kill Aiwas" and warning Aiwas not to give him an excuse during this period... No, that is no longer a hint.

That is already a clear indication!

They obviously agreed very well!

If there is something that must come to me, can't I let the old man Oswald come to me?

He is not familiar with Aiwas, and he will pass the message to them, on the one hand because he can't stand Minister Drost, and on the other hand because of his friendship with Oswald for many years.

The two of them graduated from the same class of the Pope's Guards, and they were also close friends who had known each other since childhood. They had been stationed together in a foreign country for a full four hundred years.

Among this group of Pope's Guards as guardian elves, only the two of them knew each other before they were transferred.

If one of them was a female elf, they would probably have grandchildren's grandchildren now.

Diomedes could basically confirm that as long as Aiwas stayed at home obediently, even if the Star Antimony people completely controlled Avalon, Droste would probably not dare to attack him.

Charles was taken care of by Diomedes since he was a child, and he was familiar with his personality.

He is now a coward. He has been forbearing and will not take action unless he is sure.

——It is completely opposite to Charles back then.

Diomedes thought.

When Diomedes went to Avalon on the order of the Pope to protect the bloodline of Dagonite, he was still a thin and timid boy. When Charles was just born, he was not as old as he is now.

When Charles was still a teenager, it was his most likable time.

He was optimistic, cheerful and sociable at that time. His facial features were deep, upright, and his speech was clear and powerful. He always had a smile on his face, and he would never be depressed even if he suffered setbacks.

At most, he would be depressed for a while, and then he would smile and cheer himself up again.

During that time, Diomedes was always a little depressed.

Because at that time, his partner in Avalon died.

When the other party was still a student, he had already known Diomedes, who was still a handsome uncle. When the other party died of old age, Diomedes was just a little older.

His will was depressed for a long time, and he would silently look through the old photos every day when he was free.

Those years were the years when he aged the fastest.

It was by looking at the young Charles who always cheered himself up and cheered himself up after failure that Diomedes gradually recovered.

So Diomedes used to have a good impression of Charles.

Charles was a popular man in his youth.

He tied his long flaxen curly hair into a ponytail. He could play cricket and football, and he also trained himself in horse riding to enter polo. His academic performance was also good, and he became a second-level lawyer in his sophomore year. In addition to his background as a founder of the country and his cheerful and passionate personality, he had many girlfriends in college, and he could change three girlfriends in a week at the fastest time.

Although he was a lawyer, Charles was always keen on exercise. He would get up at five o'clock every day to do morning exercises. Although he was a playboy, he did not drink or stay up late. His interests were sports, food and women, which could bring him pleasure.

When he inherited the position of the head of the family, he was only 38 years old. At that time, he had reached the fourth level and had become the Minister of Trade. He was hailed as one of the most promising extraordinary people to reach the fifth level. He had been married for many years and his wife gave birth to three children for him. The oldest one was even almost an adult.

But since then... for some reason, he suddenly started drinking. Then he became an alcoholic.

Long before he became a minister, when he was a special legal adviser to the Ministry of Trade, his habit of doing morning exercises had disappeared. As for the ball games he once liked, he had never touched them since he graduated.

The energetic and passionate boy in Diomedes' eyes slowly disappeared without a trace.

He even began to send Diomedes to do some dirty work - assassination, theft, surveillance. Diomedes didn't know if other guardian elves had done similar things, but it was his duty to obey the orders of the master of the house and protect him. He just gave a few words of advice when he had nothing to do...

At the beginning, Charles would listen to Diomedes' advice politely and respectfully; then he gradually realized his power and stopped accepting all suggestions, but still maintained his dignity. Later, he began to quarrel with himself, but still valued Diomedes' words and reluctantly corrected his behavior.

- Until the day when Diomedes ran into Charles insulting his daughter, Talia Drost.

He was completely disappointed with Charles.

From then on, Diomedes no longer discussed these things with Charles.

And Charles also noticed this - so he no longer called "Mr. Diomedes" but called him by his first name; he no longer asked for his advice, but directly ordered him to do something.

The once innocent and passionate boy gradually became cunning and sinister. The professional levels of his authoritarian path no longer moved, and his once strong and energetic body was now covered in fat. Charles, who was full of faith in law and justice when he graduated, eventually committed many crimes such as hiring a murderer, accepting bribes, smuggling, rape, etc. under the ravages of time...

——Now that things have happened, Charles has even become a traitor and regicide.

You know, it was Queen Sophia who sent him to the position of Minister of Trade back then!

The man known as "Minister Drost" is completely different from the past.

Everything has changed for him. The only two things that remained unchanged were the cheerful smile that always hung on his face and the burning desire in his heart.

——Therefore, Diomedes will deliberately do something that is not what Drost ordered.

For example, the illegitimate daughter that Droste might want to murder was handed over to Oswald for protection in advance; for example, when Droste forgot to ask him to destroy evidence, he never took the initiative to remind him.

These are all foreshadowings he left behind carefully, one after another.

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Maybe they will never be used, maybe Drost himself will suddenly remember... But they will eventually have a chance to destroy Charles Drost, liberate Diomedes, and give him freedom and a new life. owner.

Diomedes was so secretive that he was never discovered. Drost will still leave the most important things to him, because he has become very suspicious now. Only the guardian elf can never betray him. He must protect his life as much as possible and complete his orders 100%.

Just like now - when Charles wants to silence Aiwass Moriarty, he sends an early warning to the whole family.

According to Diomedes, it is impossible for Xing Antimony to give Charles much benefit.

Because Xing Antimony has serious internal divisions and controls power at the same time. And the benefits they gave to Charles - those lands and titles, were actually equivalent to asking the three parties to jointly pay the price.

One party proposed a plan and asked the other two parties to pay together to accumulate merit for the party who proposed the plan. This is impossible. It's impossible for them not to hold back. In the end, even if he doesn't regret it, most of the benefits will be reduced...or he will be directly assassinated to default on the debt.

This also means that Charles will not get a high status in Avalon's new government.

On the other hand, as the head of the founding family, a high-level head of Lloyd's, he has an extremely good reputation in the eyes of the public, one of the richest businessmen in Avalon, and is also a world-class scholar with expertise in mathematics, astronomy, etc. James Moriarty, who has a monograph in various fields, will become the target of the Star Antimony people.

There is no comparison between Charles, a loser, and James.

As long as the Star Antimony takes over the authority of Avalon through the fake queen, Professor Moriarty will be reused immediately.

By then, Aiwass would be absolutely safe.

Therefore, if Charles wants to kill Aiwass, he must kill Aiwass first before the Star Antimony people control Avalon, and in the darkness when the order of Avalon completely collapses——

As an inspector, Edward has no priority to inherit, and Julia has passed away. Aiwass is Professor Moriarty's future successor. Charles definitely does not have the ability to directly cause Aiwass, the sole heir of the Moriarty family, to die unknowingly. So as long as he kills Aiwass, Professor Moriarty will definitely notice him.

That means offending the other party.

Now letting Diomedes try to abduct Aiwass was his last courage. As long as Diomedes brings back old James's resolute attitude, Charles will continue to be cowardly.

As a bishop with a bright future, Aiwass will definitely not forget this grudge and will keep it in his heart... He will become a thorn in Charles's eyes and make his master sleepless.

When Aiwass gains further power in the future, he will be able to reveal the sins of the Star Antimony people and expose Charles's crimes.

In the process of reluctantly getting along with Charles, Diomedes also learned Charles's smooth acting skills and the skill of hiding his true thoughts. Although there was a look of regret on his face, Diomedes was actually quite satisfied with the result.

...But at this time, Aiwass came up on his own.

This directly disrupted Diomedes' plan.

But when he looked at Aiwass, he was about to get angry, but suddenly he was startled.

He vaguely captured some kind of information from Aiwass's eyes and expression.

"Please take me there, Mr. Diomedes."

Aiwass put his right hand on his chest and saluted, and said politely and respectfully: "Let me talk to him. Don't worry, I won't risk my life.

"I am confident enough...he will not come to kill me after listening to my words. In other words, he cannot kill me."

——He can't kill me.

Although he is a fragile priest, Aiwass's words reveal such confidence.

"What are you..."

After hearing Aiwass' words, Diomedes gradually understood something: "Want to save someone?"

Ewass had obviously guessed that Minister Droste had murderous intentions towards him - this meant that Ewass realized that the letter he sent to Princess Isabel had been intercepted by that guy. Because only through this channel would Minister Droste have murderous intentions towards Ewass, whom he had never met before and was not familiar with at all.

And based on this point...

Sure enough.

What Ewass said next was exactly the same as what Diomedes had in mind: "Yes, I not only want to survive, but also want to save Sherlock as well.

"I guess the missing Sherlock should also be with him. Minister Droste wanted me to go so much, probably to make a breakthrough and pry open Sherlock's mouth.

"——In that case, if he wants to know something, I will tell him. If a hostage is needed, let me be the hostage. I will replace Sherlock... He has long been disconnected from the Hermes family, so let Minister Droste let him go to the Church. As long as he never comes back, there is no need to kill him, right?

"Killing two people to offend two families is only a bad idea. Now I choose to take a step back and surrender to him - I use Professor Moriarty's support, the friendship of the future 'Moriarty', the information he wants to obtain, the evidence he wants to destroy... I use these things to exchange our lives - especially Sherlock's life.

"Since Minister Droste claims to be a businessman, let him see if this deal is worthwhile."

Evans said clearly.

Just like Professor Moriarty, the words he used to persuade the Grand Inquisitor Shafiya before. Create an atmosphere of "no loss no matter what", a friendly atmosphere that makes him relax, and then let him think "what if I agree with him" and think along the words of Aiwass.

Minister Droste does not want to offend Professor Moriarty, but wants to deal with this matter cleanly. Aiwass came to reconcile in person, which is the most acceptable solution for Minister Droste;

Diomedes does not want Aiwass and Sherlock, two righteous and innocent young people, to be killed, and hopes that they can serve as witnesses to record Minister Droste's crimes.

——This is called learning and applying.

Although it is a little more immature than Professor Moriarty's rhetoric.

But Diomedes has been persuaded by Aiwass.

Because Diomedes can accept this result, he also thinks that Minister Droste can also accept this result... Then this plan must be feasible.

So Diomedes stopped dissuading him, and took Aiwass to the Temple of Silver and Tin.

It doesn't seem like kidnapping, but more like traveling together.