Rose Empire

Charlotte planned to use the Priory of the Rose as an opportunity to insert Beatrice Touran as a chess piece into the church and the monks.

Russell was able to appear with the great dervish, Meiu Rune, which showed that although the Silver Star Priory was low-key and secretive, many people in the church and the monks knew about the existence of this organization. Beatrice Duran's first task after infiltrating the enemy was to collect information about the Silver Star Priory.

when……

A melodious bell rang.

The noisy hall immediately became quiet.

The waiters in gorgeous clothes spread out the wool carpet, and Emperor Leopold Holloway, Queen Mary, and Archbishop of Ryon, Maitland Contao, entered the hall one after another under the guidance of the palace guards.

Emperor Leopold sat on the throne in the center of the hall, Queen Mary sat on his left, and Archbishop Contao sat on his right.

The nobles who were fortunate enough to attend the wedding came out one after another to pay their respects to the Emperor, but Emperor Leopold signaled to everyone not to be polite.

After everyone was seated, Emperor Leopold spoke loudly: "Today is the Feast of Grace, and it is also the wedding day of my nephew Henry Holloway. I am very pleased to be able to gather here with you all."

"It is an honor for us, Your Majesty."

Some nobles were moved to tears.

Emperor Leopold paid no attention to those who were shouting, but looked at the "prince" who was closest to him, Ethel Hollowen: "Especially Uncle Ethel, we haven't seen each other for almost twenty years."

"I think so," Ethel stroked his beard, "I can't remember the last time we met. I'm old now."

"Why didn't cousin Gregory come? I haven't seen him for two or three years. I missed him a lot." Emperor Leopold asked again.

Gregory Holloway is Ethel's eldest son, Lena and Helen's eldest brother, and the crown prince of the Kingdom of Cato.

"Someone must look after the house, and while I am out for some fresh air, my rebellious son must stay in the kingdom to look after the house," Ethel answered casually.

"I heard that cousin Gregory doesn't like to go to church to pray, and he often blames Lord Ige. Some priests think that cousin Gregory may be possessed by the devil. Is that true, Uncle Ethel?"

As soon as Emperor Leopold said this, the entire hall fell silent.

Anyone could hear the cold murderous intent hidden in Emperor Leopold's relatively mild tone. Was His Majesty going to attack Ethel as soon as they met?

The onlookers felt as if war drums were rumbling in their hearts and were extremely nervous.

However, Ethel did not look panicked at all. He poured himself half a glass of wine and took a sip while swaying.

At this moment, a completely unexpected figure stood up and answered Leopold's question on behalf of Ethel.

"Your Majesty, Prince Gregory was ignorant and fearless when he was young, and he said some words that offended the Lord God. The Lord God will not be angry because of the words of a child. Moreover, I personally went to the Kingdom of Cato to check Prince Gregory's body. I am willing to guarantee on my honor that Prince Gregory is not possessed by evil spirits."

The person who spoke was actually Meiu Rune.

Charlotte's eyes widened in surprise. Was Meiu Rune actually a supporter of her grandfather? Didn't this great dervish always stay out of worldly affairs? Could it be that her grandfather had such connections?

It was not just Charlotte who was surprised. Emperor Leopold, who was sitting on the throne and looking at Meu Rune below, opened and closed his mouth several times, unable to speak.

After a while, Emperor Leopold turned to Maitland Contao and asked, "My Archbishop, what do you think?"

Maitland Contao left the table and bowed, but did not give the answer that Emperor Leopold expected: "Your Majesty, the church has never recognized that Prince Gregory is a demon. It must be some false priests who spread rumors and misled Your Majesty. Such false priests will definitely be severely punished by the church, but Prince Gregory is indeed not possessed by the devil."

"Good, very good..." Emperor Leopold's lips trembled slightly, "It seems that I have been deceived..."

"Uncle Ethel, it's a good thing that cousin Gregory is not possessed. I was too worried." Emperor Leopold turned around and apologized to Ethel.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." Ethel bowed slightly.

Emperor Leopold nodded and said nothing more, but his knuckles turned white as he held the scepter. The nobles present could all see how turbulent Emperor Leopold's heart was at this moment.

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Volume 95: Chapter 84 Chapter Wedding (Part )

Meu Rune is a representative of the ascetics in this world. Although the mendicant order has deep ties with the church, Meu Rune rarely interacts with the church and lives an extremely austere life, strictly abiding by the tradition of sackcloth, barefoot, and asceticism.

He is the idol of almost all ascetics. Wherever he goes, there are admirers listening to his teachings. No one doubts that Meu Rune will be recognized as a saint by the church after his death.

Ethel Holloway was able to get such a "living saint" as an ally!

The amount of information contained here is so huge that no one among the many nobles dared to interrupt easily.

Another melodious bell rang, and the grand royal wedding finally began.

Two little men, only about thirty or forty centimeters tall, with dreamy golden wings on their backs, carried two flower baskets that were bigger than them and flew into the hall of Gerhard Palace first. They laughed and flew up and down, scattering petals everywhere.

This is a legendary creature in this world - the goblin.

Goblins are a very unique kind of intelligent creatures. They have their own ethnic groups but not their own settlements. They have their own culture but not their own civilization.

The goblins are innocent by nature and are almost unwilling to be bound by any rules. What they want to do or not to do is almost entirely based on their mood. Once the environment makes them feel unhappy, they will disappear on the spot.

That's right, disappear on the spot.

No cage or ritual can limit the goblin's ability to "disappear on the spot."

This ability similar to space travel seems to be aimless and uncontrolled. Even the goblins themselves don't know where they will go. Maybe when they appear again, they are already on another continent.

Fortunately, the little goblins didn't have any destination, so they could just change their environment and live happily again.

Therefore, in this world, you can hardly see goblins gathering in groups or settling in a certain place.

Whether you want to find the goblins depends entirely on your luck, and whether you want to communicate with the goblins depends entirely on their mood.

It can be said that the royal family was quite thoughtful to find two little fairies for Henry Holloway's wedding and let them play the role of flower girls.

The musicians played music praising life and love. Stepping on the scattered snowflakes and fragrant petals, today's newlyweds, Henry Holloway, the nephew of the Emperor of Oran, and his wife, Anne Pastor, the daughter of the Duke of Bonan, walked into the hall together.

Henry Holloway raised his chin slightly, his face full of pride.

Anne Paster - oh, later on Anne Holloway, also with skin as white as cream, a rosy face, and a shy and happy look.

After the wedding started, Charlotte took Lena, who didn't want to be under Ethel's supervision again, to the seat of the Melferfield family.

At this time, next to Charlotte, brother Andre looked at his secret girlfriend and married someone else, and his whole face turned blue with melancholy.

Cousin, Monica folded her arms across her chest and looked enviously at Anne Paster, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, as if she was imagining what she would look like when she got married.

There are many young nobles like Andre and Monica. After all, beautiful and romantic love and marriage are what they yearn for at their age.

However, in stark contrast to these young people, the older nobles all had frowns on their faces, and their minds were clearly not on the wedding in front of them.

Beneath the beautiful wedding music that is as sweet as milk and honey, there is a surging undercurrent that can swallow up everyone present at any time.

The newlyweds, immersed in joy and happiness, walked to the throne. Emperor Leopold slowly walked down the throne and put a red wreath on Henry, symbolizing courage and wisdom. Queen Mary also put a white wreath on Anne, symbolizing purity and chastity.

Archbishop Kongtao held a copy of the Holy Scriptures in his hand and offered his blessing to the newlyweds on behalf of the Rev. Ignatius.

Charlotte noticed that the Canon in Archbishop Contao's hand was tattered again. It was undoubtedly another old book that had accompanied Archbishop Contao for many years...

This is product placement. Charlotte thinks Henry should ask Archbishop Contao for some advertising fees.

Archbishop Contao finished his well-chosen but somewhat lengthy speech, and the nobles present raised their glasses to offer their blessings to Henry and Anne.

Normally, the wedding banquet would start from then on, and the guests could start to enjoy the food, singing and dancing. However, today was a little special. After the lunch, there was another part of the wedding - Emperor Leopold would put a golden crown on Henry, symbolizing the crown prince, at the Cathedral of Glory. Therefore, the guests could not eat and drink as much as they wanted.

Oh, many guests probably don’t have the mood or appetite to eat and drink.

After drinking two glasses of wine with the guests, Emperor Leopold said he was not feeling well and needed to rest, so he left the table for the time being.

The guests all expressed their understanding, as everyone knew that Emperor Leopold was indeed in poor health.

Leaving the noisy wedding scene and returning to the quiet study, Leopold finally stopped suppressing the anger in his heart.

Wow...

Emperor Leopold smashed an expensive glass vase in his study.

"Assholes! These hypocritical liars! I will kill them..."

Emperor Leopold roared with a hoarse voice, but he couldn't roar for a few times. He supported himself on the table and gasped for breath, and his weakness was clearly revealed.

About three months ago, the Church made a deal with Emperor Leopold. The Church stood on the side of Platinum City on the issue of the succession of the throne in exchange for Emperor Leopold's support for the Church's large-scale demon trials in the Orlan Empire.

Emperor Leopold readily agreed to this.

In fact, since Leopold's father, the relationship between Emperor Oran and the church has always been very good and they have cooperated well.

This time, it seems that this collaborator did not disappoint Leopold. More than a month ago, the church presented to Emperor Leopold a lot of evidence of blasphemy against Ethel's eldest son, Gregory Hollowen, and demanded that Gregory be tried for demoniacs.

Leopold was overjoyed, but he asked the church to suppress the matter for the time being. Leopold planned to try Gregory for blasphemy again at Henry Holloway's wedding in front of all the Oran nobles. Whether Ethel and his son attended the trial or not, it would be a major blow to the Kingdom of Cato and its supporters.

As a result, when the time came, the church suddenly changed its mind.

Emperor Leopold did have evidence of Gregory's blasphemy, but that evidence came from the church. Now that Archbishop Maitland Contao and the "living saint" Meu Rune were willing to stand up for Ethel, the evidence in Leopold's hands had completely lost its credibility.

Queen Mary came up behind Leopold and patted her husband's back gently with concern.

"Maitland Contao, Maitland Contao, I really underestimated him! Oh, yes, it was very abnormal that Ethel was willing to attend Henry's wedding in person, and I didn't even doubt it. It seems that the church and my dear uncle have already colluded..." Leopold's weak body was trembling slightly, and he smiled at himself.

Suddenly, a drop of black blood dripped from the tip of Leopold's nose.

Queen Mary's face changed drastically and she quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood off Leopold.

"Ethel, Madachi, Alphonse, now there is one more church. How many days do I have left to live? Why, why can't these people just let me deal with them one by one? How many days do I have left to live? Cough cough cough cough..."

The more Leopold spoke, the more emotional he became, and blood flowed from his nose like a stream of water.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please stop talking and take a good rest first."

Queen Mary tried to persuade him, tears welling up in her eyes.

But Leopold snatched the handkerchief and covered his mouth with it.

"vomit……"

Leopold spat out a large mouthful of blood. He stared blankly at the black blood and seemed to realize something.

He fell into the soft chair, his face as pale as paper.

Queen Mary was panicked and turned around to ask someone to summon the court physician.

Leopold suddenly remembered something he had to do but hadn't done yet, and he shouted, "Stop."

Queen Mary returned to her husband, bewildered.

"It's too late..." Emperor Leopold was weakening at an alarming speed, black blood oozing out of his seven orifices. "Close, close the city gates, Henry will succeed, succeed to the throne..."

At the wedding at Gerhard Palace, Charlotte was eating dessert, two servings by herself, but she refused to eat because Lena suspected that the palace's pastry chef was a man.

Henry Holloway suddenly came to Charlotte with his new wife Anne. He raised his glass and asked Charlotte with a smile, "Do these dishes suit your taste, Miss Mellorfield?"

What a haunted gummy bear! Charlotte rolled her eyes secretly. She was about to complain to Anne, telling her to keep her husband under control and put him on a leash. But when she looked up, she saw a knight hurriedly walk into the hall, came to her grandfather Ethel, bent down and whispered a few words.

Ethel could not hide the drastic change in his expression, though he tried to control it.

After hearing the news from his men, Ethel chose to get up and leave without any hesitation. As soon as Ethel left, his followers followed him out even though they had not figured out what had happened.

The departure of Ethel's nobles midway caused a small commotion.

Charlotte ignored Henry in front of her. At that moment, she clearly felt Ethel's shock and then excitement and ecstasy. Charlotte's thoughts were racing, trying to guess what had happened to cause Ethel to have such a big reaction.

Henry was gradually annoyed by Charlotte's indifference. "Miss Charlotte, do you know that it is very rude to not listen to others? Is this the way the Melfield family is taught?"

As he spoke, Henry glanced at Jose Melfield who was drinking next to him.

Jose Melefield hadn't responded yet, but Lena, who was sitting next to Charlotte, couldn't help but interrupt: "When others don't want to talk to you, you'd better be more self-aware. Didn't His Majesty Leopold teach you that?"

His Majesty Leopold...

Charlotte woke up suddenly and thought of a very likely scenario - something happened to Leopold!

Leopold was already sick and dying, and the Church's June Metamorphosis was a defective product that had been used several times. It would not be surprising if the emperor died at any time. Leopold's death did indeed cause Ethel to have such an emotional reaction.

What would have happened if Emperor Leopold had died at such a delicate time...

Charlotte finally set her sights on Henry.

Henry was confused by Lena's retort. He had never seen Lena before and thought she was just Charlotte's maid. He was about to scold her.

Charlotte stood up suddenly, leaned over to Jose Melefield's ear and said, "Father, we should go."

"Go? Where to?" Jose Melfield was a little confused.

"Leave the city immediately," Charlotte said seriously, "Emperor Leopold may be dead, but..."

Jose Melfield listened to Charlotte's words and gradually became serious.

After Charlotte finished speaking, Jose Melfield also stood up and turned to his brother, Count Philips, and said, "I'm not feeling well. I want to go back to the manor to rest so that I can have enough energy to go to the Glorious Cathedral in the afternoon."

Count Philip didn't know what happened, but he understood what Jose Melefield meant by his serious look. He immediately smiled and said, "I'm not feeling well either. It must be because I was cold from traveling in the snow these days. Brother, you also want to go back and rest, so let's go together."

The two leaders were ready to leave, and the noble guests from the Green Plains Principality had to leave one after another. Lena was dragged along by Charlotte.