Charlotte, who looked a little cramped, didn''t seem to have completely reacted from the "panic" found; She walked into the room with a completely different "cautious" and sat uneasily in the chair next to the sickbed under the gaze of Loren and ashamei.
"... master asamai, I..."
"You don''t have to be restrained or nervous." the old man leaning on the sickbed noticed the countess''s strange appearance, and squeezed out a weak smile on her gullied face: "this is not a beast in front of you, nor is it a person worthy of respect... It''s just an old man who is about to go to the earth but refuses to go to hell... Ha ha."
Halin van Asha''s chest was broken like a bellows, and there was a sound of laughter with sobbing and coughing.
"No, no... Not so!"
Charlotte, with her lips lightly lifted, seemed not to have regained consciousness. She grabbed the haggard arm of the old man and couldn''t help trembling slightly:
"Loren... Duke and others, they all told me - it was you who braved sacrifice and gave the monster named chakal a fatal blow that gave us a chance to destroy it and win the Centaur war."
"Otherwise, before the reinforcements of the Empire arrive, tens of thousands of bainboy coalition forces and the dwarves of silver helmet mountain will be wiped out... You are their life-saving benefactor and the worthy hero of this war!"
Charlotte closed the corners of her mouth tightly, with more fluorescence in her pupils, and tried to hold her nose -- as if she were a little girl who was stimulated and couldn''t help crying:
"I''m sorry... I should have come to see you earlier; an elder like you who deserves to be respected by all Byrne should not quietly succumb to such a..."
The old man shook his hand gently and interrupted the countess who wanted to continue to "admit her mistake".
"In fact, I am very moved that you are willing to visit me, an old man who is not worth mentioning except age and experience."
Halin van achamay took a deep breath, and the monotonous tone of the voice was very weak, but he was still trying to smile: "but since you have been standing outside for so long, I don''t need to make up words... Repeat the opening remarks?"
Charlotte nodded slightly choked, but her eyes were a little wandering.
The dark haired wizard who subconsciously turned his head around immediately felt that someone was constantly glancing at him.
"So... Distinguished Countess of red blood castle, what do you want to know from me?"
The old man who turned a blind eye to their "small movements" asked in a very gentle tone.
"I..."
In the quiet atmosphere, the original rich and strange taste seems to be no longer worth paying attention to under the calm and unavoidable eyes of asamai.
The next second, Charlotte, who took a long deep breath, resolutely raised her head and looked at the old man with a very determined look: "I just heard that you seem to know the black Duke and the Dragon Queen very well?"
The old man''s yellow eyes blinked gently and looked at the countess who was still nervous, as if she were asking the mentor for an apprentice.
"Yes."
Asamai nodded slightly, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared, like an old man in memory:
"I can''t be more familiar."
Loren and Charlotte looked at ashmai at the same time.
"Even at this moment, they are still incomparably real in my mind; death is just a way of existence for them." the old man''s pupils twinkle with different Brilliance:
"Roland and Charlotte, and..."
He suddenly paused, smiled and looked at the two serious people with bright eyes:
"Charlotte and Loren."
Their expressions were stunned at the same time.
what do you mean?
What does he want to say?
The black haired wizard raised his eyebrows, looked at ashamei with a smile on his face, and rolled his throat.
The atmosphere seems to have become a little inexplicable
"Charlotte de sallion, the Empire," she signed the first exemption order for wizards, which completely gave all wizards in the Empire complete civil rights; she handed over the ocean fleet to eboden, which finally gave an opportunity for communication between sakran and Yasur; "
"It is precisely because of her absolute trust that Roland Turin, the black Duke, can shine brightly in the tenth generation, rather than falling into the struggle and confrontation with the heavenly palace like the Duke of Bain in previous generations;"
Asamai''s eyes twinkled and he said faintly, "it seems absurd to you today, but before the tenth generation, the relationship between Bain and the heavenly palace... Was not as good as it seems."
"Numerous ministers have warned her majesty Charlotte de sallion that the excessive indulgence of Roland Turin will lead to the division of the Empire between the north and the South - but she didn''t listen to it. That''s the legend of the ''black Duke''."
The old man sighed.
"In that case..." Lauren frowned slightly: "then why did Charlotte... Her Majesty the Dragon Queen ''betray'' the black Duke in the end?"
"What is it that makes the black Duke traitorous?"
Charlotte stared at the dark haired wizard silently without making a sound.
"Duke, you asked two questions." master achamay looked at him with a tired voice and meaning: "but I think I just need to answer your first question."
Loren was stunned, subconsciously retracted his right hand back, and smiled awkwardly.
Under that dress, there was the "evil god mark" given to him by Asriel.
"At that time, the situation was very complex, and I was not a party. I could only explain it from the perspective of a bystander; in a word, the cause of the whole thing was..."
Asamai looked serious:
"... because of love."
Huh?!
The two men were stunned at the same time.
Because... Love?
No, not easily sad?
Loren almost sang.
"Master asamai, what do you mean?"
In an awkward atmosphere, Charlotte, who was slightly drunk on her cheeks, asked calmly.
"Up to now, I believe no one will doubt that they once loved each other deeply - even in those years. Everyone believes that their marriage will completely eliminate the hidden danger of the imperial civil war and bring the two powerful families into one."
The old man did not answer, but continued to complain: "but obviously, even in those years, this idea was only wishful thinking - because neither proud family could bow to each other."
"Got the sky palace... More accurately, Roland, who got Charlotte''s acquiescence, continued to fight around the East and south of the Empire, led Byrne''s knights and sakran''s legions to march into the ice and snow on the broken boundary mountain, fought again and again, triumphant again and again..."
"Do you know what these triumphs and victories bring in addition to glory?"
They frowned slightly at the same time.
"To the vault of heaven... No, the pressure on Charlotte?"
Loren said tentatively.
"Exactly!"
Ashamei nodded approvingly: "the more extraordinary the black Duke''s performance, the more brilliant his achievements; the more it highlights the weakness and incompetence of the Empire, and the more it eclipses the Dragon King family."
"The pressure of acquiescence and even connivance to his Dragon Queen is getting heavier and heavier; so that in the end, they have to compromise with the vassals and marry the local aristocrats in Saxony - they worry that the union of the two families will let Byrne''s aristocracy divide their power."
"I don''t know when there was a rift between them, but it was undoubtedly the first fuse." the old man''s tone became heavy and recalled the scene in front of him:
"And Roland Turin... He still doesn''t seem to realize the seriousness of the problem, or because he feels it, he doesn''t stop - because he knows that it''s too late."
"But what does this have to do with... And ''love''?"
Her bright eyes revealed doubts, and Charlotte couldn''t help asking.
The old man coughed and couldn''t help laughing.
The dark haired wizard narrowed his eyes gently... Associate with the seemingly unrelated memories and nonsense that the old man said before
He seems to have the answer.
"It is precisely because of their feelings for each other that they do not want to confide their burden to each other openly." ashamei, who is extremely tired, has a soft voice, and his sobs are getting louder and louder:
"In order to protect Charlotte, Roland, who gradually ''betrayed his relatives'', chose to embark on the road of saving the Empire alone;"
"In the blind protection again and again, Charlotte, who has become completely unable to understand the black Duke, has no choice. She must bear the responsibility of a supreme emperor - in any way, she must protect her country and her family."
"The premise of betraying each other... Is once deeply loved."
The atmosphere in the ward was so quiet.
The old man with deep emotion looked at a man and a woman with different expressions.
"... therefore, if the black Duke had chosen to be honest with the Dragon Queen instead of hiding everything to protect her and betrayed her trust in him..." Charlotte looked cold:
"All this can be avoided, can''t it?"
"I don''t know. I''m just an old man who has seen too much; all I can tell you is my own experience." ashamei''s expression became more and more tired, like drowsiness:
"But one thing, I can tell you with great certainty..."
The two men quickly pricked up their ears and focused.
"Hoo... Hoo... Hoo..."
Halin van ashmai, he
fell asleep.