Chapter 428
"So...finally it's over."
Brandon Desalion, who exhaled a long breath, stood outside the fortress’s city gate, watching Those guards on the city wall who had complicated eyes on themselves did not forget to wave their hands at them with a smile.
No one cares about him.
His Royal Highness, who is not annoyed, shrugged... He hasn't expected a "life-saving grace" to make these Legion soldiers change their views of himself.
In their eyes, Connold Dessalion is the true successor of the empire, and the future thirteenth generation of His Majesty the Supreme Emperor.
And myself... just the superfluous one.
Not far away, under the command of Edward, the accompanying guard is packing up the leaving carriage and saluting; Lu Sien, holding the two daggers, sat in a daze, as if lost in memory Status.
Isaac is still arguing with the little wizard as always, and seems to be arguing about something again... This kind of thing Loren has already taken care of in Wimpal.
"Yes, it's finally over." The black hair wizard beside him was very calm and opened the mouth and said: "Although the process is different from what I thought, at least the result is still Okay."
Of course...On the surface, Loren secretly said something in his heart.
The "Apostle" Faoda who was not truly defeated, the Evil Gods hidden in the glacier wasteland, the Farnesis who had come back from the dead, the tombkeeper's exhortation before his death...Loren suddenly felt a while Tired.
The road in the future is really dark.
I have read so many novels in my previous life. Every time I successfully complete an adventure, the protagonists can get a lot of good things, or go to the peak of life, either Divine Item or Treasure Item...
But why do you only get a lot of empty promised white bars, plus a time bomb that will explode in situ without knowing when?
Thinking about it this way, the good mood of ending the trip to the north immediately became a lot dull.
"Hey, why did I say you frowned?" Looking at the helpless black hair wizard, Brandon tilted his head and showed an extremely bright smile:
"We But the place to go is Golovin, the capital of the empire, and the heart of Sackland-this may be a bit exaggerated, but it should also be one of the most interesting places in the world. Are you so unhappy?"
"Although I don't think it's possible, but...you don't like this place, right?" His Royal Highness's expression seemed to be looking at a fool, and his red eyes still carried a little pity. The brilliance.
"cough cough cough..." Loren with twitching corners of his mouth coughed repeatedly, resisting the urge to roll his eyes:
"Only this I can guarantee, no, absolutely not!"
Nodded, there are some Brandon patted small chests who don’t believe it: "That’s good, I thought you had frozen your brains in the glacier Snow Mountain... Except for those fanatics and Some crazy lunatics, who would like this kind of ghost place?"
"Taverns, theaters, concert halls, cafes, markets, restaurants, casinos, arenas, racetracks... I mean the entire civilization, there is nothing! Let me stay in this place for the rest of my life, or kill me more simply."
"..."
See the black hair wizard With the embarrassing appearance of the twitching corners of his mouth, Brandon coughed slightly and finally became serious:
"However, returning to Imperial Capital, Golovin does not mean that we are absolutely safe...The next threat It will only be worse and more dangerous than in the fortress of Duanjieshan."
"In the Prince of Sackland, in the fortress of Duanjieshan-even if it is only on the surface, I also know that respect and love The elder brother of, will never, nor dare to bear the infamy of killing relatives."
"But those nobles, the subjects who are loyal to the Imperial Brother and the ill-intentioned ones, they absolutely do not want to achieve their goals. Will take care of their own means...Imperial Family members have been assassinated, and it is not without precedent."
"And what we did in the fortress of Duojieshan also gave them an excuse and an excellent way to do it. Opportunity."
Loren of the facial expression grave looked at Brandon with a serious face, silently nodded.
No one can predict the invasion of the north. The "shameful prince" who shouldn't have appeared became the hero who saved the fortress of Duanjieshan. Such an outcome may be more difficult to predict than a monster.
The empire that was originally stable is bound to be in turmoil, and Brandon Desalion, who is about to return to Golovin, will definitely become everyone’s goal; either by loyalty, or flattery for help, or It is a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh.
"Just like in Eboden, only careful, steady and cautious can keep us from falling into the water." Loren calmly opened the mouth and said:
"Even using In this situation, your Highness, who originally had no hope at all, will be able to go from side to side, and even become a qualified successor of the empire in the eyes of others."
"cough cough cough …that'a little bit' is superfluous. ."
Rolled the eyes, Brandon looked at him irritably: "I didn’t expect them to change their views on me because of such a victory... View this thing, it’s very difficult once it’s confirmed. It has been changed."
"It’s like...tags, just as the church always says that wizards are evil, so overwhelming majority people think that wizards are evil, and they don’t doubt whether they should check it out. "
Loren nodded, lightly sighed:
"It’s a pity...Your Royal Highness Brandon has a lot of "labels" on your body, and every None of them have anything to do with'positive reviews'. It is harder to get them to change their opinions than heavenly ascension."
"Basically, apart from praying to the Holy Cross, your wizard consultant really can’t think of anything. There’s a way to change this."
Rolled the eyes again, Brandon spread his hands with an indifferent look: "Then the wizard consultant who dare to ask me, except for this absolutely useless Is there no other way besides the method?"
The black hair wizard who hesitated for a while turned around and looked towards Brandon solemnly: "There is only one way. "
"Since your image has been'rooted' in the empire, no matter how we make up for it, it will be superfluous. On the contrary, it will be very eye-catching and will even snort disdainfully for people who have prejudices against you. "
"For the nobles and commoners of the Sackland Empire, Connold Desalion, Prince Sackland, is a perfect successor, almost in line with everyone in mind the Emperor of the Empire Image."
"What you have to do, what you can do is to behave completely different from him, or even the opposite! From now on, establish an empire successor that is completely different from Connold. Image!"
At that moment, Brandon's face once again showed a bright smile.
"I don’t believe that in this world there will be people who can meet everyone’s wishes, and I don’t believe that one person can satisfy everyone—when the interests of some people are met, another group of people will definitely be sacrificed. , This is inevitable."
Loren took a deep breath, and his tone became heavier: "So in the empire, there must be another group of people who will be dissatisfied with Connold; it's just maybe The number is too small, maybe because there is no right to speak, maybe because there is no hope... as a last resort, I chose to yield."
"What you have to do is to gather this small group of people together, Give them enough voice and let them see hope... Let them see a successor that they can absolutely trust and support, and see that the 13th generation of the empire has another probability. The result is not yet known!"
Brandon with a smile on his face tilted his head again: "Is it really possible?"
"I don't know, maybe simply not." Shrugging his shoulders, Loren lightly He laughed: "But as long as people, there will be a gambler psychology; especially when they feel that they still have a chance to win, and they can decide whether to win or lose."
"We are all gamblers. They are all betting on the future...but we don’t have the capital in our hands. We should worry about winning or losing. The people who suffer from gains and losses are those with capital, not us!"
The voice fell, startled Bran Deng suddenly hugged his shoulders and looked at his wizard advisor very carefully: "Your Excellency Loren Torino...Do you know that when you just said those things, it was especially like the bastard of swindle who was deliberate and tried his best?"
"But...I like it!"