Ktonia raised her head and saw Natasha standing against the light, her back straight, not angry but powerful, which made people subconsciously ignore her gender and beauty.
His eyes narrowed slightly, even if he didn't take the initiative to exude majesty, but the accumulated power of the epic knight for hundreds of years still made him full of oppressive power, so that Duke James, who was protecting Natasha next to him, couldn't help but roll his eyes and avoid his gaze, but Natasha looked at him firmly, without wandering at all.
After more than ten seconds of silence, Ketonia said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you have handled it very well, I agree that anyone who dares to violate the basic order of the nobility must be severely punished, but I hope Your Majesty will let me deal with York myself, I don't want him to humiliate the family on the gallows."
"This is an understandable idea." The expression on Natasha's face softened a little, no less than the fatigue of a fierce battle with the Heavenly Knight of the same rank rose from her body, "Also, I want to advance the rotation of the Epic Knight, after all, I have just been crowned and need to get familiar with both of you, I hope Your Excellency Ketonia can hand over to Your Excellency Winston as soon as possible."
If she didn't do this, he would still suspect that she was hiding another conspiracy, so he nodded and said, "I will escort Her Majesty the Queen back to Nexer Palace, and I will exchange with Winston to guard a few territories in the xeno space, and I will not live up to Her Majesty's request."
"Your Excellency, you are an epic hero who founded the kingdom, and I have full confidence in you." Natasha encouraged and comforted, "The affairs of the Duke of York will be left to you, and the specific heir is up to you."
Ketonia pressed her left hand on her chest and bowed deeply: "Thank you for Your Majesty's trust, I will escort you back to Nexer Palace first."
With the arrival of the Heart of Time, the "powerless kiss" of Camille, Russell and others was quickly lifted, and Ctonia also "smoothly" found evidence from "Pirimas", and then through the comparison of bloodlines, it was strongly proved that he was the fifth "cursed angel" of the Night's Watch.
After returning to Nexer Palace, Natasha ordered James and the others: "Duke James, please invite Duke Sorenfinn to come, block the news, and hold a meeting of the House of Lords in an hour. Duke Russell, please guard against Count Baladei's escape and check whether York is really dead."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Duke James and others replied sincerely that an outstanding knight is always admirable, and Natasha was the only one who had the ability and a small hope of breaking the magic array defense to escape, but she stayed behind to block the enemy head-on.
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Nexer Palace, in the House of Lords.
Count Baladei walked in with Duke Russell with a pale face, and in the face of the warm greeting of a pro-church aristocratic member, he only nodded lightly in response, losing his previous calm and elegant demeanor.
"Russell, can you tell me why Her Majesty is summoning noble MPs? I remember that the one-month mourning period has not passed, is she going to break her promise?" Count Baladei said to Duke Russell, who had been smiling like a blonde artistic young man next to him.
He knew that Natasha would go to James' private estate today, and he also knew that David and Gwell would do it, so as soon as he heard that Natasha was going to hold a noble council, he had a bad premonition in his heart, but Duke Russell, the eighth-level heavenly knight, came directly to invite him, and he didn't leave even if he wanted to self-harm himself to avoid or run away in a hurry, so he could only follow him uneasily.
He kept telling himself that everything would be fine, he just made hints, guided the resentment in David's heart, and introduced Gwell to him, never directly instigated him to assassinate Her Majesty the Queen, and he couldn't be accused of being a murderer just because he introduced two people he met at a private banquet, right?
Seeing that Duke Rex's gaze shifted, Russell understood that he had fulfilled his duty, left Count Baladei with a smile, and returned to his seat.
"How did you come with Russell? Do you know why Her Majesty is holding a meeting? This is a violation of a month's promise." Rex also had a bit of a hunch that something bad had happened.
Count Baladei shook his head: "I don't know, where is York?"
Duke Rex frowned: "No, didn't he always arrive first? Could it be that something happened to him? The wrath of Your Excellency Natonia will burn everything."
Whenever there is a meeting of the House of Lords, the Duke of York always arrives early to meet the "Heart of Time" first.
Hearing that York did not come, Count Baladei's face became even worse, but he also had a plan to save himself.
Since it was a temporary convocation, many of the noble councilors who were not in Rentat and were not strong did not have time to catch up, and only about two-thirds of the people arrived.
Sensing that Natasha had arrived at the door, Rex left his seat, walked to the half-height platform in front of him, picked up the mallet, and bang hard.
After the crisp sound, the hall of the parliament was quiet.
"Please Your Majesty." Rex turned around and fluttered with a large black cloak.
Natasha was wearing a long black court dress and her long purple hair was casually pulled in, and she walked in slowly from the gate, followed by Camille and a team of knights.
As soon as they entered the hall, the team of knights split left and right, "guarding" the seats in this rotunta.
The leader was a calm blonde man, Count Baladei recognized that this was John, the deputy leader of the small knights brought by Queen Natasha from Alto, the others were Alto's Violet Knights, and some were the Knights of the Sword of Truth, the Knights of Judgment, and the Knights of the Holy Cross who were loyal to the Queen during this time.
The nobles who didn't understand what was going on whispered, and such a posture foreshadowed the next unrest.
At the same time, they were also shocked, in less than a month, Her Majesty the Queen had gained so many great knights and knights' allegiance, and reached into the three major knights, and the Knights of the Sword of Truth had always been exclusive to the royal family, and they were also the most in line with Natasha's small adjustments during this time, and they were more reliable in terms of loyalty.
This shows that she already has the basic strength to secure her throne.
Snap, Natasha tapped the mallet, quieting the buzzing hall of the council like hundreds of flies flying.
Then she looked around the hall expressionlessly, and said "with implicit anger":
"This morning, I was assassinated."
"What?" The nobles suddenly boiled, the assassination of their own lord was taboo in itself, and it happened less than a month after Her Majesty was crowned, which was simply challenging the order of the nobility!
Rex was stunned for a moment, thinking of York's absence, thinking of Baladei's unguardedness, thinking of the hints in and out of their words, a wave of anger suddenly ignited in his heart, glaring at Count Baladei angrily, stupid idiot, I hope you don't even have a plan to silence you! If evidence is found, then die!
At this time, Count Baladei calmed down, ignoring Duke Rex's gaze, and thinking about how to minimize the charge.
Natasha tapped the gavel again, and then said: "The assassination of me was Count David and the Night's Watch, the fifth ranked 'cursed angel', which Duke James, Duke Russell, and Earl Haisong can testify. The identity of the 'cursed angel', His Excellency Saint-Salde can testify."
The hall became quiet again, and the nobles couldn't understand how the pro-magic council David could get mixed up with the Night Watch, but they soon woke up and wanted to harm people!
"The Night Watch dares to assassinate Her Majesty the Queen, and the church is getting more and more excessive."
"I think we have to clamp on this move, otherwise we don't know when it will be our turn."
"Clamping? How many similar things have happened in the past, the church has forgotten the lesson every time it apologizes, and maybe our balancing strategy is wrong!"
The nobles argued angrily, similar to Natasha's expected reaction, the church could not recognize Gwell's identity in this matter, but who called the cardinal of the Diocese of Holm Sald.
"Your Majesty, you must severely punish this behavior, hang David, burn Gwell, and let the church compensate accordingly!" Whether it is pro-church or pro-magic parliamentary, noble councilors expressed similar views.
Natasha nodded: "They will get a fair trial. This meeting was held today because Earl David confessed, and he was also instructed, and it was Count Elbarades who instructed him, and the Duke of York was also involved."
The noise stopped again, except for a few people who had known for a long time, the nobles all looked shocked, the Duke of York and Count Baladei were both great nobles, the leaders of the pro-church faction, and the important figures in the parliament.
Thinking of this, they all looked at Count Baladei, who was sitting quietly, praying that nothing really happened, and that the kingdom could not withstand the civil war.
Rex glared at Baladei angrily, an idiot who acted without permission!
Count Baladei slowly stood up: "Your Majesty, I deny the accusations against me, and I want to confront David face to face. I never abetted or hinted at him to assassinate you, and I can't control his own bad thoughts after getting to know Gwell.
He tied himself to York, trying to minimize his crimes with the majesty of the Heart of Time, and indeed left no evidence of instigation.
"I have sent someone to invite the Duke of York." Natasha said calmly, which made Count Baladei a little uneasy, and said even more urgently: "Please let Your Majesty let David confront me in front of all the noble MPs."
Natasha waved her hand, and a knight walked in holding David, who was trapped in a confinement bracelet.
"Hahaha, Baladi, do you still want to deny it? It was you who lured me into thinking in the direction of resentment, and it was you and York who instigated me to assassinate the queen." David laughed loudly, not afraid of things at all.
Count Baladei smiled slightly, it's okay to be crazy, as long as he involves York deeply, the greater his hope of exoneration: "Please tell everyone, how did we instigate you and bewitch you?"
David was stunned, he really couldn't think of strong words, so he made up a few sentences based on his previous statement.
ElBaradei's voice rose: "Your Majesty, he is lying, we have never said such a thing, I ask the clergy to lie detect him on him!"
He believed that he hadn't said anything that could be caught, and he was confident in himself!
Looking at Natasha sincerely, Count ElBaradei said: "Please Your Majesty repeat the process of detecting lie detectors and obtaining testimony, I am very angry at David's false accusations."
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
At this time, a knight came in from outside the gate again, knelt down on one knee and said: "Your Majesty, the Duke of York committed suicide out of fear of sin. Here is his confession, which makes a detailed confession of Count Baladei's mastermind."
With a buzz, the hall became noisy, which was a change they had never thought of.
What? York committed suicide out of fear of sin?
Where is Your Excellency the Heart of Time?
How could he repent?
Count Baladei's legs were weak, he was paralyzed in his seat, his brain was noisy, he couldn't hear any sound, and his vision was completely blurred.
It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this!
Natasha tapped the mallet and calmly announced: "The evidence is conclusive, Count Baladei is convicted, sentenced to hanging, deprived of his title, and reclaimed his territory......"
The nobles listened to Natasha's verdict a little blankly:
「…… The territory will be divided into five parts, the largest of which will be given to the royal family, and the remaining four will be given to Duke James, Duke Russell, Earl of Haisong, and Countess Camille in recognition of their successful efforts to stop the assassination ......."
「…… All members of the ElBaradei family were stripped of their titles, and the direct members were exiled to the Northland......"
"The Duke of York repented before he died, and he was not the mastermind, so he did not trace his family ......"
The cold and solemn female voice kept sounding, and the nobles were sweating profusely, this is the real great nobleman, this is the great nobleman with the epic knight behind him.
In the past, Natasha in their eyes was just a talented seventh-level knight, a lady with excellent appearance and rarely comparable, and a synonym for foundationless royal power from foreign countries, but with such a verdict, with the concession of the heart of time, with the fall of the great nobles, and with her control of the knights, the Natasha in their hearts truly transformed into the majestic and oppressive Her Majesty!
Rex looked at Baladei's collapsed appearance and shook his head slightly, since he dared to convene this meeting, it means that the private exchange and compromise have long been completed, and your fate has long been predetermined, and even if you quibble, when David repeats those words with encouraging meaning, the discerning nobles will see that something is wrong, which is why the Heart of Time wants to compromise privately.
But he also understands ElBaradei's dying struggle.
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After Lucian returned to Alinge, he was immediately found by his teacher Fernando.
"Considering your ability to provoke danger, I decided to negotiate with Douglas and let him exchange it for the improved 'Life Concealment Technique'. Fernando thought about the overall changes in the coming year and said bluntly.
Lucian looked at himself, the fingers of his left hand definitely won't work, the "Life Concealment Technique" will lose its effect, and one less of his right hand will affect his spellcasting gestures and ability to play the piano, so he said: "The little finger of the left foot."
Then, Lucian thought of a key question: "Teacher, did I pay for it myself?"
"Do you want me to help you out?" Fernando said angrily, just getting the "Pale Hand" to agree to take out this ritual spell would make another exchange.
4,000 words of large chapter to ask for a monthly pass~
(End of this chapter)