The morning after the rain was particularly fresh, and the sun did not reach the time when it was hot, bright and pure.
A specially selected dragon-scaled horse glowed silver-gray, carrying a high-headed knight across the avenue to Nexer Palace, the horse's hooves lifted and lowered as gracefully as a dance.
Behind them, Natasha wore a golden crown and held the "Sword of Truth", the artifact of the state, sitting on a horse to receive the worship of her subjects, surrounded by nine dukes who had arrived, followed by large and small nobles.
When they arrived at Nexer Palace, the nobles dispersed and headed to the palace where the House of Commons was located, waiting for Her Majesty the Queen to preside over her first noble meeting.
Natasha returned to the queen's palace with a calm expression, opened the magic array, cut off the periphery and core of the Nexer Palace, and then, with the help of Camille and the two maids, took off her full body armor, changed into a black court dress, and wore the coat of arms of the Hoffenberg family and a white paper flower on her chest.
After signaling the two maids to leave first with her eyes, Natasha appeared a little tired: "It's so stressful, I don't know who is the enemy, who is the friend, and who is the supporter who can be fought for, compared with the familiar Waorit, this place is too strange and depressing, when outside, when the magic circle is not opened, I don't even dare to say more in my heart, the 'Heart of Time' Your Excellency Ctonia is responsible for the safety of the periphery of the Nexer Palace and the entire Rentat."
The implication is that she doesn't trust Ketonia very much.
"In fact, you don't need to inherit the throne, Holm's situation is many times more complicated than that of Vaorith, and you are an outsider and lack actual support, so it is easy to get involved in conspiracies and rebellions, and it is easy to be in the wrong position and fall into the abyss." The deserted Camille said so many words rarely, with soft love in her eyes, "Whether it is biased towards the Magic Council, or the church, or balancing the two sides, it will bring you a lot of trouble."
Natasha smiled bitterly: "I know that even if I am ruthless and disregard the existence of Granny Hathaway and many members of the Holm royal family, the United Church may not be able to compete with the Magic Council, their strength is expanding too fast, and to contain them, not only the Kingdom of Holm, but also the union of Briana, Colette and Calais. Moreover, this will surely face opposition and rebellion from the enlightened nobility, and even cause the kingdom to be divided, falling into serious civil strife, and turning Holm into ruins."
"If there is a balance in favor, the church will definitely urge it, and I must also take care of the Violet family and my father, who are all in the strongest place in the church."
"You know so clearly, why make an unwise choice?" Camille said slightly reproachfully.
Natasha shook her head and said with a resolute expression: "What reason do you use to shirk? If you directly express your unwillingness to help the church, it will be a serious 'betrayal of the faith' and will be punished by the holy city of Lance, and the Violet family will also be weakened overtly and covertly. Therefore, when I heard the news, in addition to the emotional surge in my heart, I really didn't want to leave my father, but I also had the idea of using this excuse to shirk it, maybe I will go to the Kingdom of Holm in the future, but by no means now, unfortunately, my father suggested that I come, and let me know my mother's regrets."
"Since I can't find a reason to shirk it, I also have the blood of the Hoffenberg family in my blood, so let's shoulder the responsibility of maintaining the Holm Kingdom, I don't want to see a civil war in the Holm Kingdom and turn my mother's cherished hometown into hell, well, I came with this idea."
"Besides, I am a devout believer, the patriarch of the Hoffenberg family, and the Countess of Violet, and the church should respect my wishes to a certain extent, as before."
"Natasha, that was before, if the situation in the Kingdom of Holm reached a critical moment, how could the church consider your wishes and only ask you to make sacrifices for the Lord." Camille felt that Natasha's previous explanation was okay, but the subsequent statement seemed a bit written.
Natasha smiled and said firmly: "If it is completely against my will, I would rather sacrifice myself. The church cannot interfere with the kingship at will is an agreement made by both parties before the Lord hundreds of years ago, and if the church violates it, they are heretics and the object of hostility of all nobles."
Camille looked at Natasha, helped her tidy up her neckline, and said softly: "Then what are you going to do? What do you hope to turn the situation in the Kingdom of Holm into in the end? What is your future direction?"
"Well, I don't know a lot of things yet, and I can't confirm my thoughts yet." Natasha was a little confused when asked.
Camille looked at her seriously: "Then figure it out as soon as possible, whether you are biased towards the Magic Council, the Church, or maintaining balance, you must make up your mind as soon as possible, so that many things can be arranged as soon as possible and avoided as soon as possible."
She was referring to the affairs of the Principality of Vaulite.
"I understand that the concept of governing the country will definitely be determined as soon as possible, so that decrees can be issued in a planned manner to gradually eliminate opponents, but this requires me to have a deeper understanding of the situation in the Holm Kingdom. The only thing that can be certain now is that the most enlightened nobles will definitely not want the church to be completely eliminated, and the most conservative nobles will definitely not want to return to the situation of the royal power hundreds of years ago. Natasha nodded in agreement.
Then, she turned to look in the mirror, looked at the purple-haired woman in a black court dress, touched the Hoffenberg family badge on her chest, and said to herself: "Before that, what I need to figure out is my faith, what does the Lord mean to me? What is the relationship between the Lord and the church? Only by recognizing yourself can you make plans for the future, and you can rise to the eighth level, pick up the sword of truth, and no longer be a weak person who has no resistance in the face of legends, and it is difficult to see what Cardinal Salde is thinking and what he wants to get......"
She did not tell the Grand Duke about the shaken faith, nor did she tell Camille, except for Lucian, only Fernando and Hathaway could guess through Lucian's submission of Francis to summon the projection of Mount Paradise, and the same was true for Thalde.
"Okay, it's time for you to go to the House of Lords." Camille opened the door of the palace.
Natasha glanced in the mirror again, and saw the purple-haired woman inside with a hint of hesitation and sadness in the brightness, and suddenly felt something in her heart: "When I arrived in Holm, I became the queen, but I couldn't go to the Royal Magic Tower to visit Granny Hathaway, nor could I go to Aalto to see his unique magic tower and the atomic research institute that was often mentioned.
"It is impossible for them to cross over to see me Lord Ketonia...... The spatial distance is closer, but the actual distance is even farther away."
"Hopefully his new encryption algorithm will keep our communications from being cracked......"
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In the hall of the House of Lords, Natasha stood on the podium, accepted the nobles' worship again, and then said concisely:
"Now, I announce two things, first, to prepare for the funerals of my grandfather and uncle, and to mourn the whole country for a month, during which all meetings of the House of Lords will be suspended, and any decrees or policies that need to be issued will be submitted directly to me."
The king and crown prince were both called by the Lord, and Natasha's request was normal, so Rex and the others did not raise any opinions.
Natasha continued: "Second, given that I do not know much about the affairs of the kingdom, and based on my confidence in the decrees issued by my grandfather and uncle, I will not approve any proposal to change the current statutes, policies, and ministerial positions within six months, unless there is an emergency and no precedent can be found.
"What?" The nobles were surprised one after another.
Rex, who was wearing a white hair set, stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, there are many hidden problems in the kingdom that need to be dealt with in a timely manner.
"Before I came, the kingdom had been in a prosperous and prosperous state by virtue of these decrees, policies, and the efforts of the ministers. In just six months, they go from being beneficial to being very harmful?" Natasha straightened her back and said heroically.
This made the nobles, who were accustomed to the aging King Feltis and the frail Prince Patrick, suddenly feel a little uncomfortable and felt a lot of pressure.
"No, I don't mean that, it means they may not be able to keep up with the current situation." Rex defended himself, he didn't want to be evaluated as slandering the former king in the conservative Holm Kingdom.
The Chancellor, Earl of Hayson, breathed a sigh of relief, his position seemed to be retained, so he stood up to refute Rex's words: "Her Majesty has made it very clear that if something out of the situation happens, such as which minister is found to be in trouble, then she will definitely be replaced, but until then, the continuation of the previous decrees, policies and personnel will help the kingdom weather the turmoil of two noble figures who have been called by the Lord's grace, and I am in favor of this proposal."
Although the vested interests in the past felt that they could not go further, they regretted that their own interests had not been harmed, and it was still acceptable, so both conservatives and enlightened factions expressed their agreement - how could those who could enter the House of Lords not have vested interests?
"One more thing, I will give the ten knights who follow me the manor, villa and property from the royal property, and if there is no objection, the meeting will end and the funeral preparations will begin." Natasha looked sharply at the nobles below.
The nobles had no room to express their opinions on how to dispose of the royal property, so they got up one after another and sent Her Majesty the Queen away.
When she got outside, Camille looked at Natasha carefully: "Well done, the Grand Duke also told me not to let you act recklessly."
She believes that the position of Countess Violet in the past ten years has given Natasha a lot of exercise.
Natasha smiled and looked at the garden in front of her: "The new Xeno Space is rich in both population and material resources, and the center of gravity of the church and council will definitely continue to be there in a short period of time, so I will follow someone's words and 'calm it down' first."
What she didn't say was that the council also had another focus, that is, the two great arcanists Fernando and Hathaway reversely cracked the mysteries of "fission" and "fusion" from the legendary spell models such as "Eternal Blazing" provided by Lucian - many experimental phenomena, Lucian couldn't say, because this relied on the discovery and research of microscopic particles such as neutrons, so it was directly pushed to Etna, explained as forcibly constructed by the power of the silver moon and the feedback of the world, so The two great arcanists had to devote themselves to the study of this field, of course, with spell models, it was much easier than exploring without direction.
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Alinge, Lucian stepped into the long-lost atomic research institute.
After Fernando used a stream of helium nuclei to bombard gold leaf with gold leaf, Lucian relied on the same particle stream to bombard nitrogen to find protons, and established his new alchemy system, the elemental magicians went crazy, and the magicians of other factions also went crazy.
"Teacher, are you here? I was looking for you!" Katrina and Leiliya said unexpectedly and surprisingly.
"What's wrong?" Lucian looked at their expressions and seemed to be a good thing.
Katrina smiled like a flower, extremely bright: "Teacher, we discovered a strange phenomenon when we were doing ultra-low temperature experiments, when it drops to different ultra-low temperatures, the resistance of different metals will disappear!"
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(End of this chapter)