Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1075: Eclipse Crown Plan

"The Eclipse Crown Project..."

Isabel whispered.

Hearing this, Isabel felt extremely complicated at the moment.

The shadow of her childhood was that her relatives, known or not known to her very much, died one after another because of the curse... Now she has become the queen of Avalon, and the curse has become a thing of the past.

But now she knows that the people who initially triggered the whole thing... were actually her own parents?

"A missing nail means a lost horseshoe; a lost horseshoe means a lame warhorse; a lame warhorse means a lost battle; a lost battle means the loss of a country..."

Isabel sang the nursery rhyme of Avalon in a low voice.

That was a song she had heard when she was very young.

When you first hear it, you don’t understand the meaning of the song, but when you listen to it again, you become one with the song.

But Aiwass narrowed his eyes slightly.

He thought of more things than Isabel.

This is an old story that almost no one knows except the parties involved. Even Prince Albert may not know that he has such an engagement. But at least Queen Sofia, as the initiator, must know all this.

When the Ten Days' War was discovered, the old duke personally led his troops to fight. He should have known that this matter was related to Prince Albert - especially because a member of the royal family had been poisoned before that, which was obviously the work of Hawkeye.

Sherlock also realized something: "So, that incident back then..."

His father, Arthur Hermes, was once the Lord Chamberlain of Avalon. His main responsibilities were to plan and manage various actions that the royal family participated in, and to preside over weddings and funerals. The most critical function was to hire, train, and manage the servants in the palace. Therefore, when a member of the royal family was poisoned by the curse, Arthur was undoubtedly responsible.

At that time, someone anonymously reported Arthur as the poisoner - at this time, the Inspectorate found the poison that could cause the corresponding cause of death in Hermes's mansion. The entire chain of evidence was complete, although it lacked some motives, but it was not excessive for the Inspectorate to search his memory at this time.

But at that time, the Queen directly saved Arthur.

There was no trial or questioning. With the chain of evidence complete, Arthur was acquitted directly... You have to know that the prince who was assassinated was her most beloved and most likely to become the next king.

Sherlock saw this as trust and therefore respected it in return.

But now he has a little more understanding...

……I see.

The Queen actually already knew in her heart how the assassination happened...that's why she forgave Arthur without hesitation!
But then the problem comes...

Why did she suddenly take the initiative to contact the Vendôme family, with whom she had no previous communication, to find a princess for Albert? And why did she acquiesce to and even promote their marriage after Albert got his music teacher, Inélisse Fouquet, pregnant?
Although Inelis inherited the legacy of Agnese's teacher, Betinatia Blossom, she was only a little girl when she left the Theocracy. According to the age of half-elves, she had just reached adulthood when she arrived in Avalon, much younger than Agnese. Although the two of them knew each other, their relationship was not particularly good - at least not good enough for Agnese to ask Queen Sofia for a wedding for her.

Would the Queen offend the Grand Duke of Iris Vendôme for the sake of their love - not to mention whether it was love or not?
One of the prices one must pay for being a royal is not having the right to choose one's own marriage. As a half-elf, Inerys is a relatively good choice in Avalon, which worships elves... But in other cases, if a royal family member chooses a lover of low status as a marriage partner, they will be under considerable political pressure. Not only will the succession order decline... This may even be used as a weapon by traitors with ulterior motives to shake the royal authority.

Not to mention, this incident indirectly triggered the Ten Days War. Before Meg took action, the Avalon Navy collapsed and was completely unable to prevent the Iris soldiers from landing. How could Queen Sofia be sure that Avalon was safe when Meg hadn't taken action yet?
Afterwards, the royal family was cursed, and the whole of Avalon believed that it was the Star Antimony who did it. At that time, regardless of whether the war could be won, at least it could be said that the people's hearts could be won. If you can show an attitude of fighting to the death, you may not be able to stop the mastermind behind the scenes.

But at that time, the queen still did not move. Because she knew that this was not done by Xing Ti. Once a war was declared against Xing Ti, it would inevitably be attacked from both sides - there was no possibility of "maybe"; and if a war was declared against Iris, Xing Ti would definitely interfere and reap the benefits.

From a certain perspective, all these troubles can be said to be caused by Albert.

——But from another perspective, Albert also said with real feelings: "I didn't feel love from my mother, I only felt pressure and criticism. It was as if I couldn't do anything well... as if I was stupid."

Even after Prince Albert left Glass Island, no one went to look for him.

These two attitudes are completely opposite!

She offended the Duke of Iris for Prince Albert's freedom of marriage, and showed no concern for him when Albert ran away from home.

This attitude of neglect and respect coexisting...

Aiwass suddenly thought of something and looked at Isabel.

...Is it possible that the person Sofia cares about was Isabel from the very beginning?
This strange feeling reminded Aiwas of a novel he had read in his previous life.

In that novel, the heroine, the daughter of the patriarch of an ancient noble family and the most talented young person in the family, left the family with only a "guard" who was almost the weakest in the family and entered a small family in a small mountain town. The protagonist also let the guard touch her everywhere, and the guard seemed to be blind, and her favorability was inexplicably locked.

But if you say it's love at first sight, there's not much sweetness in the plot, and they don't meet each other very often. But he's very possessive and even jealous... It makes people feel like they're reborn and they come to hug each other's thighs because they know the plot later.

Queen Sofia gave Aiwass this feeling.

She seemed to know that Isabelle was a transcendent of the Way of Beauty, and even knew that Isabelle liked Lulu's Magic Flute. That was why she wanted to find the Vendôme family, which had the most orthodox inheritance of the Way of Beauty and was one of the original performers of Lulu's Magic Flute, and to seek marriage with Albert.

Later, when the underage Albert had a relationship with Inélis, she not only did not ask for the child to be aborted quietly for the honor of the royal family, but also did not take action against Inélis. She even risked offending the Grand Duke of Vendôme, the symbol of military power of the Iris, and paid the price of a child in order to save Isabelle.

After Isabel was born, Sofia had Isabel study art with Janice and not learn any knowledge that might lead to assassination. The reason she gave to Aiwass before was to let Isabel keep a low profile - but the premise of this sentence was that she would not teach her those things in order to avoid Isabel being assassinated.

Why Isabel? Is it because she has shown her artistic talent since she was a child? But compared with real artists, Isabel's artistic talent does not seem to be that high.

Before, neither Aiwass, Sherlock, or even Isabel herself, realized that there was something wrong. The only one who might have vaguely sensed it was Sherlock's brother Mycroft. That was why he was the first to pledge his loyalty to Isabel, and even had a good relationship with Isabel when Prince Andrew and other royal family members were still alive. And like Queen Sofia, he ignored Isabel's two-year-old brother John.

It was as if... she knew from the very beginning that Isabel would become an extraordinary person in the future.

Even in the copy, in another possibility, she chose to let Isabel marry after knowing Xing Ti's conspiracy. She tried to protect Isabel in this way, but she didn't expect Xing Ti to prepare a "fake Isabel".

——If you look at it from this perspective, then everything makes sense!

(End of this chapter)