Chapter 123: Ai Er's Victory (3k)

In the main city of the southern border.

Ai'er was meeting Prince Adela accompanied by many southern nobles.

Looking at the reserved little girl in front of him.

Prince Adela remembered the words of the first Duke of Westeros: If Trajan was still alive, he would definitely not be able to get the South. But if it was just this indecisive little girl.

He has a good chance.

Before coming here, Prince Adela only believed the other party 50%, but now he knows that the other party is probably right.

It is indeed difficult for this little girl to compete with the first Duke of Westeros for the rights of the southern territory.

As long as the other party says that he intends to take revenge on the Queen
But this did not meet my expectations.

Prince Adela also remembered his mother's instructions - to determine whether Trajan was dead or not.

Obviously, the mother had received some information whose truthfulness could not be confirmed.

Also because the truth is uncertain, the first emperor is still the mother's first choice.

But what if I found evidence that Trajan was alive or even found Trajan myself.

Then the mother will immediately switch to a more suitable ally.

As for what Trajan would refuse.

Prince Adela felt there was no need to worry as long as he was really still alive.

Then this is not a problem, who would refuse to become a god?
And cooperating with one's mother is obviously the best way to become a god.

And he brought very suitable gifts.

This was the key to the cooperation between the first emperor and his mother, and it was definitely what Trajan wanted.

That is the last sequence of the Path of Glory - an extraordinary characteristic!
Other paths only require one extraordinary characteristic of Sequence One to advance toward godhood, but the Path of Glory does not.

Because this is related to His deification ceremony.

But Prince Adela was very confused about how King Baratheon would complete his ceremony.

Obviously, the Queen is the only suitable sacrifice so far.

And how did he convince his mother?
This has always puzzled Prince Adela.

While thinking, Prince Adela said to Ai Er:

"Dear lady, I would like to pay homage to Lord Trajan."

"Okay, okay, of course no problem, please come with me, Your Highness."

Ai'er felt deeply helpless about his own performance.

She thought she was used to meeting all kinds of important people, but she didn't expect that she would meet a prince right away.

The existence second only to God and the King in this world.

Besides, is he really a man?

Al looked at Prince Adela behind him strangely.

Very soft and with skin whiter than hers.

Plus the other person's magnetic voice.

He really doesn't look like a man at all.

The Pure White Road is such a strange path.

"Any questions, dear lady?"

Prince Adela noticed El's gaze and asked with a chuckle.

Al hurriedly said:

"No, Your Highness, it's just that this is the first time I've seen someone as distinguished as you."

"Miss, you are not bad either."

"You are joking. I am just a lady."

Ai'er took Prince Adela's words as just a polite remark.

She admitted that Grand Duke Trajan was indeed extraordinary.

But the Grand Duke is ultimately just a duke and a sequence 2 angel.

This guy is a prince, and his parents are great gods and kings!
How could it not be bad?
But Prince Adela said meaningfully:

"If your father were still alive, I think he would be able to become a god right away."

At this point, El hadn't noticed anything wrong. She just followed Prince Adela's words and continued:
"If Lord Trajan were still alive, then given his abilities, perhaps that would be true."

Calling someone Lord Trajan when he is not your father?

It seems that this young lady is indeed very dissatisfied with the Grand Duke's lack of childhood.

"Your father is a great man. Many of the choices he made were made out of necessity. I think you need to be a little understanding of him."

Suddenly, Prince Adela felt a sense of empathy for the man in front of him.

His childhood was very happy, but the more so, the more he knew that his wonderful childhood was just an embellishment of the love between his father and mother.

They didn't give themselves happiness because they loved themselves, they gave themselves happiness because they loved each other.

Because I am one of the symbols of their love.

Without this, his existence would be worthless.
Ai Er lowered his head and said:

"Your Highness, I just don't know how to accept all this. After all, I suddenly have a father."

The Empress suspected that Grand Duke Trajan might be someone close to her.

This discovery really caught Al off guard.

She originally thought that her original father was really Grand Duke Trajan.

As a result, Al was a little unsure about how to face his own identity and the Grand Duke Trajan who was hiding beside him.

But who is he?
Do I have any relatives around me who care about me so much?

The accompanying southern nobles all fell silent. The old master had indeed let down the young lady in his entire life.

The mausoleums of the successive family heads in the Southern Territory were not located under their own castles like those of other great nobles.

Or that was the case in the past.

However, with the rise of Trajan, the mausoleums of successive family heads in the southern border were placed on a hillside covered with irises outside the city.

Because at that time, Grand Duke Trajan changed the family emblem of Westeros from a two-headed dragon to an iris.

The vassals once asked the Grand Duke why he did this.

The Grand Duke just smiled at them and said:
"Free Iris!"

To this day, the vassals do not quite understand what the Grand Duke meant.

But since it is the Grand Duke's intention, we should naturally obey it.

When the Grand Duke died in the imperial capital, countless nobles wanted to tear his body into pieces.

In order to avoid a complete war with the South, the royalists have been trying their best to maintain the dignity of the Grand Duke.

But even so, an accident almost happened.

An angry noble broke through the obstruction of the royal knights, holding the eternal lamp oil and burnt ashes, and wanted to completely burn the remains of the Grand Duke.

But what is surprising is that even though the Grand Duke is dead, even though they know this, they came just to insult the Grand Duke's corpse to vent their anger.

But when the noble who was clamoring for the noble killer to pay with blood just a moment ago really rushed to the remains of the Grand Duke.

Just seeing the Archduke's face frightened him so much that he fell backwards, and accidentally set himself on fire.

That clown nobleman became a complete joke, but it also showed the Grand Duke's dominance and oppression over the nobles at that time.

Thanks to him, the nobles no longer had the face to continue their clamoring.

The remains of the Grand Duke were safely sent back to the southern border.

And was buried on a hillside outside the city covered with irises.

The Grand Duke's tomb is not placed at the top of the hill, even though he has the right to do so.

Looking at the very secluded and inconspicuous tombstone.

Prince Adela asked in disbelief:

"Is this really the resting place of Lord Trajan? Please forgive me, this is really too inconsistent with the status and achievements of the Grand Duke."

The southern nobleman nearby explained:
"This is what the old master wanted. He hopes that after his death he can quietly look at the Mirror Lake and Khazad-dûm behind the lake."

Upon hearing this, Prince Adela suddenly looked at the noble who spoke and said:

"Did Lord Trajan already know of his own death?"

The noble who spoke was briefly stunned. Although he immediately gave a suitable answer, it still allowed Adela to grasp the key point.

"Your Highness, this is just the old master's instruction just in case."

There is definitely something wrong here.

Although it was just a very insignificant detail, Prince Adela was convinced that there was something hidden in it.

Especially the first emperors were always evasive in their attitude towards Trajan.

The same reaction from my mother.

Why did you hide it from me?!

Prince Adela became increasingly confused.

It would be useless to ask your mother in this situation, because she would never tell you anything she hadn't told you before.

Although he had many questions in his mind, Prince Adela just nodded slightly and said:
"So this is ah."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Prince Adela nodded and plucked an iris and asked Ai Er:

"Before Lord Trajan appeared, the family emblem of Westeros had always been a two-headed flying dragon, but Lord Trajan changed it to an iris. Do you know why?"

Ai Er lowered his head embarrassedly and said:

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I only know Tula, and my father explained it as 'free iris'. I don't know the rest."

"Free Iris? That's all?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Prince Adela nodded with a strange look on his face.

"As far as I know, irises don't seem to have anything to do with freedom."

"Yes, Your Highness, my father may have his own unknown considerations."

As he was talking, Ai'er suddenly froze.

Because she suddenly found that she seemed to know the answer.

Liberty Iris, abbreviation of the Liberty Iris Movement.

Morn?!
Perhaps Moon himself has forgotten that when he was young, he tried to cheer up the crying little Ai'er.

He once told the other person many things that the child could not understand at all, in order to attract little Ai'er's attention.

Moon might remember these things, but he probably forgot what he said specifically, and he didn't think Ai'er would remember.

But how could Al forget what his only playmate said to him? !
Ai Er clearly remembered what Moon said, what is the Free Iris Movement?
It is the free irises who have chosen their own path to saving the country.

Because of this, they chose to oppose their sisters from the same clan and origin.

Then, didn't the Duke of the South choose his own way to save the country and thus oppose his "allies"?
Although she still hasn't figured out what Moon was talking about.

But these two people who should have nothing to do with each other did say the same thing.

Also, the Queen said that the person she was looking for should be very young over there.

Very good to me, very considerate, right next to me, very young and extremely capable! ?

　There is a power outage and I am still in the countryside. I will update every 3,000 words for now. I will be able to resume normal updates tomorrow when I am on the street. I am still slowly polishing these 3,000 words using my mobile phone voice. I am very sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)