Chapter 1367: The Mystery of the Feast (Seventeen)

"You mean, Queen Shi'ar may have visited Charles? What did they talk about?" Schiller asked with narrowed eyes.

"I want to know too." The Eye of Agamotto in Strange's hand gradually lit up, and he smiled and said, "Even if they have an old relationship, they should not be so passionate on the first night of reunion, so there is probably nothing inappropriate for children. We can go and see it with our own eyes."

After that, the light of the Time Stone enveloped several people, and the time in Asgard changed from night to day, and then from day to night again. When Schiller landed, he looked out the window again and saw the bright light of the engine of the Shi'ar Empire spaceship when it landed.

A group of people came out of the spaceship and laid a carpet on the ground. The Asgard guard of honor stopped opposite the carpet. Thor walked forward and took the lead in gently hitting his chest with his fist, while Lilandra, who walked down from the spaceship, held the feathers on her temples with her right hand and bent her knees slightly.

The two sides greeted each other with the etiquette of their own countries, and then entered the Asgard side by side. Several phantoms stood on the balcony. Strange blinked and said, "It seems that the first thing the Queen did after coming to Asgard and ending the official meeting was to find Charles."

"Well, I know they may be in true love, but even if Professor Charles is single, isn't the Queen married?" Wanda frowned, looking a little tangled.

Miss Witch's age means that she still believes in the pursuit of true love, but at the same time, her moral values ​​make her unable to accept cheating in marriage, so she feels a little scared, fearing that she might hear something that will break Professor Charles' filter.

But Strange and Schiller's expressions are very calm. Not to mention that things may not be so simple, even if the Queen really intends to rekindle her old love with Charles, they will not demand aliens with human moral values. Maybe their views on marriage and love are completely different?

Soon, several phantoms slipped to the balcony where they were before, which is a good place to eavesdrop.

Schiller understood that Charles would not activate his mind-reading ability in Asgard at will. This was not because Professor X had a high moral level, but mainly because there were many races in the universe. Not every race was as unaware of mind-reading as humans. If they were discovered, it would be a big trouble. Professor X would not take such a risk.

Therefore, several people were particularly fearless and stretched their necks to look into the window of the opposite room. Sure enough, not long after, a cluster of bright feathers appeared in everyone's sight.

"What are they talking about?" Rocket Raccoon, who was held in Schiller's arms, asked very puzzledly. He only saw the two people in the opposite window moving their mouths, but could not hear any sound.

"Queen Shi'ar cast a magic to block sound. Let me see if I can crack it... It's not good. I can't make a big move here, otherwise I will be discovered. Otherwise, we will pause time and hide in the guest room?"

"Get out of the way, let me do it." Scarlet Witch shook her head, Strange took a decisive step back, Wanda stepped forward, a red light flashed in her hand, and soon the intermittent sound was transmitted to where the few people were.

"...I'm afraid I really need your help, Charles, you should know me, if the situation is not really extremely critical, I would not be so anxious to come here and find you!"

"Of course, I understand, Liland, let's not talk about the past, we were still young, there were too many meaningless quarrels, now it seems just a fuss."

Charles sighed, showing a sad expression, and said: "In fact, I am also worried about the situation of the Shi'ar Empire. When I was still in Mengyu Palace, I saw that the nobles were smiling but hiding knives. Once the Shi'ar Empire is in chaos, it will not be good for the situation in the universe at all. Too many innocent lives will be killed, which is what we don't want to see."

"That's why, Charles, you should help me." Lilandra walked closer to Charles. Charles, who was sitting on the chair, looked up at her, and tears flashed in Lilandra's eyes.

"For so many years, I have no relatives in the Mengyu Palace. The remnants of my brother's power have been trying to shake my throne. The nobles are not enterprising and even think that my brother's decision was right. They think that as long as they can fully develop the power of the M'Kraan crystal, they can always sit firmly at the top of the three empires."

Lilandra's tone became more and more sad. She continued: "The economic policies I proposed to improve the lives of the people and resist the invasion of the other two empires were all blocked by them and could not be implemented at all."

"Now, they are thinking about the M'Kraan crystal again, and want to use the big bomb that may destroy the universe again to create a second big portal."

"The gods are blinded by the power that may be obtained, and my stupid husband is also bewitched by power. Charles, I really can't think of anyone else who can help me except you."

Charles reached out and gently touched the feathers behind Lilandra's head. He looked into Lilandra's eyes and said, "I think you should understand that mutants can help you once or twice, but they can't help you forever."

"I hope you can come back, Charles." Lilandra's tone began to tremble. She said, "The days we spent together in Mengyu Palace were the happiest time of my life."

"You have to calm down, Lilandra. Now is not the time to talk about feelings. The Shi'ar Empire is still counting on you." Charles withdrew his hand, looked into Lilandra's eyes, and comforted her.

A trace of disappointment flashed in Lilandra's eyes. She took a step back, then turned around and walked to the chair opposite Charles and sat down.

She took a sip of water from the cup and said, "Perhaps you also know that the M'Kraan crystal is not a Shi'ar holy object at all. It originally belonged to a race called M'Kraan and has nothing to do with the Shi'ar twin gods and the Fierce Feathers."

"But after generations of brainwashing, the nobles of the Fierce Feathers really think that this is a holy object given to the Shi'ar by the gods, so we should get great power from it."

"This group of people is stupider than my brother. Mad King Deken knows that the so-called holy object is just a tool. The craziest thing he does is to use creatures for various experiments. But this group of nobles seems to really worship the M'Kraan crystal as a god, and even want to offer sacrifices to the M'Kraan crystal in exchange for the mercy of great power."

"Don't the Shi'ar twin gods care about this?" Charles asked with a frown.

"This is the key point. The Shi'ar gods can't do anything with the M'Kraan crystal." Lilandra stretched out a hand to cover his eyes and said, "Our great gods seem to want the power of the M'Kraan crystal more. Without their connivance, the nobles would not have come this far."

"The magic that can establish a spiritual connection with other things is my talent. When I was very young, I had a spiritual connection with the Shi'ar gods and the M'Kraan crystal."

Lilandra showed a look of reminiscence and said in a serious tone: "So, when other people worshipped the gods without knowing the truth, I knew that they were just stronger creatures in the universe."

"When I established a spiritual connection with the M'Kraan crystal, I found that it was not a holy object, but the first star at the beginning of the universe, M'Kraan. The center of the M'Kraan crystal hides the door to other universes. "

"But it's actually a trap." Lilandra shook his head painfully and said, "Anyone who wants to use the power inside the M'Kraan crystal is doomed to destruction. This is why I oppose anyone to touch it. It's not that I don't want that kind of power, but I don't dare. "

"Liland, I know you are afraid of the M'Kraan crystal, but to solve the problems within the Shi'ar Empire, I'm afraid you really have to start with this crystal. "

Lilandra looked up at Charles, who shook his head and said, "I'm not saying that you should study the crystal and then use its power to solve the nobles, but this so-called Shi'ar holy object stays in the Shi'ar Empire for one day, then the greed of those who know about it will never end. "

"I think you should destroy the M'Kraan crystal." Charles said firmly.

Lilandra opened her mouth wide, she stared at Charles blankly, as if she didn't believe he would say this, but suddenly, she looked a little embarrassed because she found herself hesitating.

"But...but..."

"You are reluctant, right?" Charles looked at Lilandra with his usual gentle expression, but his tone became more radical.

"In fact, in your heart, you also regard the M'Kraan crystal as the property of the Shi'ar Empire and as part of the power of the Shi'ar Empire. You also think that it may become a powerful weapon of the Shi'ar Empire and the ultimate means to fight against other empires."

"Lilandra, this is the biggest reason why you are still alone after so many years. You oppose some things, but you don't oppose them completely. You agree with some things, but you dare not agree completely. You avoid taking extreme measures and delay imminent matters as much as possible. When you can't delay any longer, you rely on others."

"Perhaps, being caught in the middle and being the second princess who is completely unpopular has made you develop such a habit of being cautious and not offending both sides. As a princess, it's okay, but as an emperor, it's not okay."

Wanda outside the window was completely stunned. He had never seen such an aggressive Professor X, but Schiller shook his head and didn't show surprise.

In fact, any good psychologist knows how to poke someone's pain points and how to break the other person's defense with words. Professor X doesn't often use this technique, but he is reserved and doesn't draw his sword easily, which doesn't mean he doesn't know how to do it.

"Charles!" Lilandra gritted her teeth and called Charles' name in an angry and panicked tone. She stood up from the table, looked at Charles with red eyes and said, "I thought you would understand me!"

Lilandra took a deep breath and said as if she had lost her mind, "Yes, that's right, I'm an unpopular second princess, but so what? Didn't I ascend the throne in the end?!"

Lilandra blinked quickly, her lips trembled constantly, and shook her head with a very small amplitude, causing the feathers behind her head to shake slightly.

"What happened to the princess who was famous throughout the universe?" Lilandra panted and sneered, saying, "Did she defeat Odin? Did she seize the throne? In the end, she was imprisoned by Odin in the deserted land of the dead, and could only watch her brother ascend the throne, but she didn't even have the qualifications to attend the wedding?!"

Lilandra closed her eyes with trembling, and the scenes of defense kept replaying in her mind.

Every child born in the royal family has the desire to ascend the throne. Once upon a time, Lilandra was not the inconspicuous and cowardly second princess. She also had ambitions and had even taken action.

But Hela's tragedy dealt her a head-on blow. The legendary princess, who was the only heir to Asgard and once glorious, ended up with a failed uprising and lifelong imprisonment.

So what about her? An ordinary princess who was neither the eldest son nor as favored as the youngest son?

Indeed, for so many years, Lilandra lived cautiously. If it wasn't for saving her life, she wouldn't have spoken out to her brother, but this one rebellion allowed her to get the throne.

Perhaps the throne came too easily. Without pain, she wouldn't grow naturally. It's easy to change a country, but it's hard to change one's nature. Lilandra herself knew that her cautious words and deeds over the years had changed her personality. She was not a tyrant who could make arbitrary decisions, and she didn't even have the decisiveness that an ordinary king should have.

Lilandra's heart was filled with anger when her old lover exposed her thoughts so bluntly. She thought, if Hela wasn't too dazzling, how could she appear so cowardly?

She gritted her teeth and looked at Charles and said, "It would be great if the princess could show up at the wedding banquet! I want to see, now that she has lost her throne and her army, what can she rely on to be so arrogant?!"

"So what if she has been roaming the universe for many years? Wasn't she imprisoned by Odin in the end?" Lilandra sneered and said, "I dare say this is the most correct decision made by the father of the gods."

"It's over." Schiller said outside the window.

Everyone turned around to look at him, but Schiller's eyes fell on the pine tree branches outside the window of Charles' guest room, and the raven that had just taken off.

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