After listening to the report from the maid Diana, the originally serious and gloomy expression on Rosetta's face seemed to become more gloomy than before, but he said nothing and just replied calmly: "I know. "Thank you for your hard work, let's go down."
Diana nodded, took a half step back gracefully, and her figure gradually disappeared into a curved light force field.
"Father," Matilda couldn't help but look at her father, "Is the information Diana mentioned...all reliable?"
"Diana You won't make a mistake in this kind of thing, unless the Church of God of War has weaved a huge net that can cover all the eyes and ears of the royal family to deceive the wanderers." Rosetta said calmly.
"...So there is indeed a big problem with the Church of God of War, and Malm Dunit is deliberately hiding it from us..." Matilda said in a somewhat complicated tone, and you could hear her emotions. Sadly, "The entire Great Temple is hiding from us..."
"Malm, before being your elder and my friend, was first the Pope of the God of War, so before being loyal to the royal family and loyal to friends, He is loyal to his gods first," Rosetta just said calmly, as if she had expected all this, "Any devout believer would be like this... When divine power and imperial power exist at the same time and there are differences of interest, this is It's an inevitable situation."
Matilda noticed that there seemed to be a deep meaning in her father's words, but before she could ask, she heard the other party suddenly ask about something else: "Where are you in the parliament? "You haven't shown up yet, have you?"
"Not yet," Matilda thought about the rest of today's schedule, and also remembered several bills that she needed to hear in the parliament. , then nodded and replied, "I'm getting ready to go there."
"Go there early - being reserved is the dignity of the royal family, being late is not."
Matilda looked at He glanced at his father, said nothing, just bowed and backed away: "...Yes, Father."
The garden became quiet again, Matilda's breath disappeared, and the orchid leaves Only Rosetta Augustus stood quietly under the panasonic. The Typhon ruler lowered his head and looked at the flower bed in front of him - the flower bed was not growing very well, although all the precious flowers and trees were in full bloom. It spreads its flowering branches as much as it can, but signs of poor growth are still evident on those plants.
"Diana," Rosetta suddenly said to the air next to her, "What do you think of this child Matilda?"
Amid the slight fluctuations in magic power, Black The figure of the hair maid Diana emerged quietly. It turned out that she had not gone far away, but some superb breath control ability made her seem to have left the garden, even hiding it from the eyes of Matilda, who had a keen sense.
The head maid lowered her head slightly and said respectfully: "I shouldn't comment on your heir, Your Majesty."
"How can you learn this kind of hypocrisy from humans? ?" Rosetta raised her eyebrows slightly and said with a half-smile."This is not a public occasion. You have watched Matilda grow up with your own eyes."
The black-haired maid was silent for less than two seconds before answering: "... As a human being, Matilda has outstanding talents, outstanding intelligence, sharp eyesight beyond her years, and can well accept new things that have emerged in recent years. At the same time, she also has great influence among the middle and lower nobles of the empire and the emerging powerful. - But she is not very good at controlling conservatives, and she is obviously not as skilled as you in this regard."
"A common problem among young people is that she is not good at hiding her inclinations," Rosse said. Ta nodded, "I also have a responsibility. I was too focused on governing the country and building my own order system, so I failed to raise Matilda and Hadilon to be good enough. If the two children hadn't been diligent on their own, they would have been Valuable talents are wasted."
"'Cultivation' does not make humans fully mature. Areas involving experience require individuals to summarize and understand themselves," Diana said very bluntly. , "You didn't receive enough training before you became the emperor, but it turns out that you are far better than the kind of carefully 'created' heir."
Rosetta was silent for a moment and smiled. Shaking her head: "There are some things that only you dare to say directly."
"This is the answer that is most consistent with the facts and in the best interest of the country," Diana said in a soft but emotionless voice. He replied in a tone of voice, "That's why I don't understand the choices made by Prince Malik and the two Dukes Fabro and Colmanroni."
"Because humans are not machines, we are always full of variables. Keeping humans sane forever is a luxury in itself." Rosetta shook her head slightly, and then he suddenly looked at the black-haired maid beside him, his expression becoming quite solemn, "You will still be loyal to Typhon's subordinates. A king, right?"
"As long as I can continue to provide services," Diana said meticulously, "This is since the ancestors of the Augustus family took me in and provided the necessary repairs. "I believe in this contract, and you are far more reliable than humans in this regard," Rosetta smiled, then waved her hand, "We won't discuss these anymore. Let’s talk about the gossip circulating in the city recently. Is there anything worth paying attention to?”
“There are no changes worthy of attention among the people, but starting from two days ago, some unusual news came from the Mage Association. "The black-haired maid said, "The mages said that something was wrong when they prayed to the goddess of magic. Their prayers lost their response, and it seemed that the goddess of magic's last trace of attention to the mortal world also disappeared."
< p>"The goddess of magic?" Rosetta couldn't help but frowned, "Why is even the goddess of magic also in trouble..."Then he glanced at Diana: "Then Windsor Mapei What is Ms. Er doing?"
"She is collecting feedback from mages and organizing people to conduct tests - because mages do not form a religious group, the goddess of magicIt's difficult to identify who should investigate anomalies, so she should eventually come to you to report the situation. "
Rosetta's expression was gloomy and serious. She was already lost in thought when Diana finished speaking. At this moment, a new breath stepped into the royal garden.
Diana looked in the direction where the biological reaction appeared. A moment later, a senior attendant wearing a dark blue shirt appeared at the end of the cobblestone path.
"Your Majesty," The senior attendant bowed to Rosetta Augustus, "A 'special line message' from Cecil's empire, bearing the royal seal. ”
“Dedicated line for messaging? Rosetta suddenly showed a serious expression, "Bring the letter." ”
Special line messaging is a new technology based on modern communication technology that emerged after Matilda completed her mission to Cecil and further diplomatic relations were established between the two countries. Things. Different from the "letters of credence" that required long transmission and complicated diplomatic procedures to be delivered between the two rulers (sometimes this "delivery" may even take up to several months), the dedicated line Messaging is a "letter" that relies on the Cecil Empire's magic network communication and the Typhon Empire's messaging tower network for rapid delivery.
A "letter" like this is sent from the source and passes through one layer in the middle. The magic network nodes or communication tower nodes in the layer are automatically forwarded, and only a very small amount of manual intervention is needed to quickly reach the destination. Counting the necessary manual forwarding time in the middle and the transcription and delivery time at the end, the time spent in the whole process is also It only lasted less than an hour, which was almost a conceptual improvement compared to the communication efficiency in the old days.
Rosetta accepted the letter handed over by the attendant, which was written less than half an hour ago. The "copy" had just been printed from the communication tower of the Obsidian Palace. The paper still smelled of ink. The top of the letterhead was the coat of arms of the Royal Typhon, and the emblem of the Cecil Royal Family could be seen at the bottom.
The Typhon ruler remembered what he had discussed with Windsor and Daniel last time about new communication technologies - from a technical perspective alone, the communication efficiency between Typhon and Cecil was actually It can be further improved. As long as those useless manual links are opened up and the technology of the communication tower is completely upgraded and replaced, it will even be possible for the rulers of the two countries to have direct calls without delay. This sounds like a miracle. It is technically feasible, but what is blocking its realization...are just the conservative nobles and traditional mages who currently hold most of the dividends from the Communication Tower.
What is going on in the Parliament today. The main topic is about the upgrading of communication technology - just like yesterday's meeting, today's dispute may still have no results.
Mild discussions and voting cannot solve the problem of distribution of interests between the old and new groups. , there are usually only two best ways to silence the old forces, either to wait for them to die, or to run them directly in the face with the wheels of new things - and run them over without stopping.
hope youngMatilda was able to realize this clearly after facing a chaotic parliament.
Rosetta shook her head and temporarily put the irrelevant things behind her. His eyes fell on the text of the letter. After reading two lines, his brows subconsciously frowned.
This letter was sent in the name of Gawain Cecil, and the content is straight to the point -
"To my neighbors and friends, I have learned about some important news recently. It is a very disturbing situation, and it may even spread to Typhon, which is thousands of miles away - my mages reported that the goddess of magic seems to have disappeared..."
Rosetta Slow Taking a slow breath, he glanced at the attendant on standby, who immediately understood his intention, quietly bowed and backed away from the garden, and then he withdrew his gaze and continued to look down:
" ...This may be a sign before some kind of large-scale incident breaks out. As neighbors with closely connected territories, I think it is necessary for us to share intelligence on such matters. This is not only for the sake of friendly relations between the two countries, but also for the sake of mankind. A common future...
"... Cecil's mages have made a series of attempts and used technical means to conduct 'investigations', and my advisors now have a terrible guess that they It sounds incredible to think that the goddess of magic may have fallen for some unknown reason, but we all know that a similar thing happened three thousand years ago. When the White Star fell, the druids lost their 'gods'... …
“…The mages will continue to investigate, and I also hope that Typhon will pay attention to this matter, because the belief in gods is not limited to one country or one place, it spans the heads of all mortals, Affecting the order of the entire mortal world..."
Rosetta's gaze continued to move downwards, and the following content made his eyes shudder:
"...In addition, At the same time that the Goddess of Magic was experiencing abnormal behavior, the priests and priests of the God of War also reported abnormal phenomena - in a sense, I think what they reported was more disturbing than the disappearance of the Goddess of Magic...
< p>"...Many priests who serve the God of War have experienced symptoms of mental intrusion. They are repeatedly harassed by violent visions and voices, and the more they pray to the God of War for refuge, the more serious the mental intrusion becomes, as if they are intruded. It's like coming from the God of War..."...These are internal affairs of the church. However, the goddess of magic and the god of war have had visions one after another, which has inevitably attracted my attention...
< p> "We all know that during the Anzu Civil War, the crazy dark cultists once created an out-of-control god. I don't want to say blasphemous words, but this incident proves that the 'power of gods' is not like that of mortals. As imagined, it can only be beautiful, and it can also become terrifying and violent. And now, I'm worried that some forces are brewing similar things... The 'divine disaster' on the Holy Spirit Plain in the past may happen again, and what's more dangerous than the evil gods created by the dark druids is the goddess of magic and the god of war - —especiallyThe latter - has great religious influence in contemporary times..."My friend, when you read this letter, I am also preparing to issue a warning to surrounding countries, but I think Typhon should be the most vigilant of all nations, for self-evident reasons...
"...If you agree, I am willing to use the Cecil people to fight against the 'God's Disaster' on the Holy Spirit Plains." ' shared some of its experience and effective protection techniques with Typhon. Of course, no one hopes that a divine disaster will happen again. Everything is just to prepare for a rainy day...
"...Your neighbor, Gawain Cecil."
Rosetta's He glanced at the final signature, and after a few seconds of silence, he took a deep breath.
Diana stood quietly by the side, not showing any curiosity about the content of the letter.
"...What a timely reminder," Rosetta said as if talking to herself, "'Godly disaster'...this is such an appropriate word."
Diana's voice came from the side: "Your Majesty, do you need to summon Archduke Ferdinand for discussion?"
Rosetta nodded: "Well, let Archduke Ferdinand come immediately. I'll meet you in the study. Him."
As he spoke, he turned around and prepared to leave the garden, but when he was about to take a step, he suddenly stopped and glanced at the orchid-leaf pine beside the flower bed.
The tree has been sick for many years, and the incurable disease has even begun to affect the growth of other surrounding plants.
"Also tell the garden official to cut down this tree."