Being able to rekindle old feelings with Sister Moon Cherry was something that made one quite warm. According to her, life in the Goldfinch Confederation, though happy, often had a feeling of loneliness.
“How come? You’ve always been able to mix with people quickly, Sister, and Sara loves you from the nobles to the people, doesn’t the Goldfinch Federation?”
“Little brother, now that you’re older, there are some things that perhaps you understand. Things in the world are opposite sides, when a person gets along with everyone, it often means …… that she doesn’t have any people she can really speak her mind to.”
Hey, twelve years have passed, and sure enough there are still some differences. Although Tsukizakura’s gentle smile hadn’t changed, I saw the message that was vaguely leaking out behind the smile, after all, I was no longer a six year old boy.
Although she was the wife of the president of the Golden Bird Flower Federation, Tsukiakari was not involved in politics, so for the next few days, while high-ranking dignitaries gathered to deliberate, she travelled around Sala City. This was when the security guards were important.
Leng Linglan seemed to struggle, wanting to spend more time with her long-lost sister, but career-minded, in the end, she still could not give up the opportunity to participate in discussions on the spot and influence the direction of the country’s decision-making, and to give up the task of protecting her sister closely. In this situation, I rightfully became the first choice of escort, although I am a big man leading a team to follow the first lady of a neighbouring country, this arrangement is a bit strange, but add a steady Mao Yanan, so that everyone has no choice.
Uncle is a very sensible person, of course he won’t stop me from being convenient, most of the time he is with the guards, the guards who don’t know his background, they have long worshipped him as if he were a great warrior, whenever he brags about some non-existent martial arts skills in a calm tone, apart from the guards, even the accompanying female officer of Yue Sakura’s sister can’t help but to listen to him sideways.
Taking advantage of Mao Yan’an drawing everyone’s attention, I took a walk with Sister Moon Cherry, looking at the scenery and saying some affectionate and laughing words. I didn’t have any mischievous intentions, at least at this time, I simply wanted to make this mother-like, sister-like relative smile and feel the warmth of my hometown.
Inevitably, when I spend my time and mind on Moon Cherry, I naturally can’t care about Weizhi and Asuka. It’s a good thing that one of them is fasting and bathing, and the other is forced by me to concentrate on cultivation, neither of them will come to disturb me, especially Asuka, even though I’ve made it a habit for her to wear a mask, if she were to run into Moon Cherry’s sister, it would be tricky after all.
And just as we talked and laughed all day long, so did the secret talks of the ambassadors of the various countries.
In the morning, discussing the existing trade agreements and various disputes among countries, hoping to reach a consensus and conclude a contract at an early date, for a long time people have been waging wars for a variety of different reasons, leading to the stagnation of the construction and economy of the countries, although there is no lack of people who are happy to do so, most of the people feel annoyed, instead of continuing this non-deterministic disturbance of the border wars, it would be better to strive for a decade of rest and recuperation, and wait until the strength of the power, once exterminate the obtrusive neighbours.
To unite people, you often need a powerful enemy, so in the afternoon, the important ministers of various countries discussed how to prevent the Black Dragon Society from getting bigger. I didn’t want to be present at such discussions, but as I was the hero who exposed the Black Dragon Society’s conspiracy, I was often called in for consultation.
In order to help my sister, the Dragon Lady, as the only witness, I criticised the Black Dragon Society as being bloody and evil, and doubled its strength, hoping that the participating countries would drive the Black Dragon Society to extinction sooner.
“Kazuo Kurosawa has malicious intentions, I heard that the Black Dragon Society has recently recruited in the East China Sea and has repeatedly started wars, if we don’t take precautions as early as possible, it will surely be a source of trouble for the entire land in the future.”
Ryan Buffett spoke with agitation, and his long golden hair, which resembled a lion’s mane, exuded waves of anger, letting everyone know of his hatred for the Black Dragon Society.
Many of the participating countries are landlocked and have a poor understanding of the Black Dragon Society, and at this point it is necessary to rely on a few large countries with complete intelligence and actual contact with the coastal countries to make a presentation of the enemy, and the message from the Ambassador of Copenhagen, who arrived in Sallah only today, effectively breaks the deadlock of the previous few days.
From the talk of the people attending the meeting, I learnt a little more about the strength of the Black Dragon Society. Last time, Mao Yanan mentioned to us that the Black Dragon King has nine Sea God Generals to command the fleet, however, a year ago, Fang Qingshu had helped the rebel fleet in the East China Sea and killed twelve of the Black Dragon Club’s generals, including three Sea Generals, and after that, the Black Dragon King promoted two of his subordinates to fill in the vacancies, and the remaining vacancy will be taken up by a woman.
This female general of unknown origin, martial arts beyond the other eight, has been measured and confirmed to have the sixth level of power, the use of a white bone demon whip, poisonous and spicy, where she hit the ship, all slaughtered, after the sea blood red, floating with the remains of the body broken limbs, horrific tactics in a short period of time in the East China Sea deterrent fame.
The ambassador of Copenhagen, a small country on the east coast, with an expression of horror, made an exasperated statement, “This demoness has broken the rules of the past by striking out against our ships, and in three months we have had nine convoys before and after us, with a total of eighty-seven ships, sunk by her attacks.”
In the past, the Black Dragon Society made a secret agreement with the shoreline countries not to touch the country’s ships in the waters around their territorial waters, and the proceeds of plunder would be proportionately shared with the country, while the country’s navy would turn a blind eye to the Black Dragon Society’s plundered warships.
This kind of secret agreement allows the Black Dragon Society to grow rapidly, to the point that when it really has enough strength to rival the big countries, it tears up the agreement, and these small and medium-sized countries are simply powerless to fight against it, and they can only regret the past overcrowding of raising tigers.
There was no longer any point in condemning it, and the meeting was, more or less, a hope that the problems could be faced up to and resolved, and a way found to suppress the Black Dragon Society.
“Masters don’t just appear out of nowhere, where did the Black Dragon Society get so many talents? There are only a handful of female martial artists of the sixth level on the earth in the last ten years, could it be that the Black Dragon Society has no one left and sent those two humanoid avatars to take charge of the fleet?”
The elf representative of Solamnia raised this question, which was also the common sentiment of everyone present. When I saw Leng Linglan’s eyes flashing with a heroic aura, but her face showing a haughty expression, it was because she had a sense of competition towards these two female rivals who were also listed amongst the Seven Famous Flowers.
However, this doubt was immediately rejected, because as far as the intelligence of the countries knew, Ghostly Xi was a teenage girl, and Drunken Fairy Ling Fu’s age was less than twenty-five, but that mysterious female general was a mature and bewitching young woman. The age of the woman did not make sense, and besides, the Black Dragon Society should not have fallen to the point where they had to send a secret service chief to take charge of the fleet.
“Have you tried contacting Marshal Li? She’s won the last few battles and suppressed the Black Dragon Society quite a bit.”
“Marshal Li’s resistance army, gave the Black Dragon Society a lot of damage, this year more than ten small and large battles, probably eliminated a fleet of the Black Dragon Society, so the Black Dragon King reorganised and concentrated the manpower into eight fleets, and the ninth fleet …… allocated to that demonic woman was composed of undead legions. “
“What?”
This shock of the crowd is not trivial, especially the representative of Ishtar, his face is extremely ugly, because the significance that this news represents is that the technology that has been the secret weapon of the Ishtar military department in the past hundreds of years has finally been researched by the second power or …… outflowed.
For black magicians who rely on the power of the dead and evil to make a living, manipulating ghosts, driving zombies, and summoning undead creatures that are no longer alive, this is a mandatory subject, and which successful sorcerer does not have a few zombies and ghosts around him? I know there are a few famous figures in the wizard industry who also dig up graves and make some beautiful corpse prostitutes for lust.
This was even true of ordinary wizards, let alone necromancers who specialised in this path. Any practitioner of the six colours of magic would need to have fifth level cultivation in order to break away from apprenticeship and be officially affirmed as a magician, and a fifth level necromancer could probably manipulate dozens to more than a hundred netherworldly spirits, and possibly a little more if they were undead creatures like zombies or skeleton demons.
However, in order to be useful in the battle formation of thousands of horses and horses, dozens, hundreds of zombies and skeleton soldiers, not very meaningful, at least a thousand to have a tactical role, in other words, dozens of sorcerers have to be manipulated in the back.
The problem was that even for a large country like Alibda, after sifting through layers of conditions and reducing them, there were only a few dozen sorcerers who truly had fifth level cultivation, specialised in black magic, and served in the military ministry, not to mention small to medium sized countries in general. And considering the cost significance, instead of letting them manipulate the undead legions, it would be better to form a special team that specialises in casting lethal and powerful spells from a long distance.
Canary Flower Federation’s national strength is unrivalled in the world, but the Palace of Light will never strongly advocate the practice of black magic, so counting the strength of the black magic wizards in their army, it will not be much better than ours. Looking at the earth, only the country of black magic Istar, the achievements in this regard proud of all countries, because Istar’s wizards, inherited the wisdom of ancestors, under the inexhaustible experimental materials, all day long by the national courtesy, research black magic, the accumulation of generations, each generation will give birth to a few sixth, or even the seventh level of the Great Spirit Witch.
By virtue of his spells and personal cultivation, a sorcerer of the sixth level of cultivation could conjure hundreds to thousands of undead creatures. Just one such mage is enough to play a big role in the battlefield. In the past, when Ishtar’s cavalry attacked and plundered various countries, all of them were commanded by sorcerers, and it was not for nothing. Although Blood Nightmare used his own life to prove that no heavenly sorcery can save a person when he is down on his luck, from the Ten Thousand Souls Streamer that he made, it can still be imagined that Ishtar is still outstanding in sorcery technology.
However, ever since the Black Dragon King established his authority in the East Sea, the Istar wizards have been unable to keep the title of “strongest” black magic, and consider it a great shame. Now that the Immortal Legion has appeared in the East Sea, it proves once again that Kazuo Kurosawa is not only a strong personal cultivator, but also creates a black magic organisation that is above the Istar.
Thinking about the significance of this message, dozens of different gazes from the representatives of the participating countries, either worried, mocking, or gloating, were all focused on the Ishtar emissary.
“May I ask your envoy, the size of that fleet, what is it?”
Ishtar’s representative asked in a pretentiously leisurely manner, beads of sweat seeping from his pale forehead despite the airy interior, revealing his true mood.
“It is impossible to count, as most are made up of the dead, plus zombies, skeleton demons …… estimated to be no less than ten thousand as a unit.”
This answer completely crushed the hopes of the representative of Ishtar, and made him sit down in his chair, and also made the faces of the emissaries of all the countries present so ugly that they looked as if the kings of a dozen or more countries had died together in a funeral pyre.
The number of 10,000 undead corps, how much magic power does it take to control them? How do you think that is above the seventh level, or even the five strongest person level of cultivation, the Black Dragon King thought that it is not enough to lead his own army, then, there is a second powerful sorcerer, appeared in the Black Dragon Society.
Enough news to cause a reorganisation of forces on the earth to make the whole meeting different.
With a thought in my mind, I remembered the Giant Divine Soldier used by the Serpent Clan when I was in the Pavilion. As a matter of fact, this should also be a military secret of the Isthmus, and if I were to tell it, the Isthmus would definitely have a more interesting look on their faces, however, revealing this matter might cause trouble, and since I wasn’t going to face the assassins of the Zoroastrianism, there was no need to be nosy.
The Ishtar delegate, his face pale, muttered something, and I heard the sound distinctly, but could not make out the meaning because I did not understand the Ishtar language. And as soon as he had calmed down from his expression of almost foaming at the mouth, he trembled and asked for an adjournment of the meeting, promising that within three days a messenger truly capable of decision-making would arrive in Sara to ascertain Ishtar’s position.
Ryan Buffett, on the other hand, began to think deeply, seeming to think about something, difficult to decide; Leng Linglan s face was grave, and he whispered to the female subordinates in the back. All of these interesting reactions fell in my eyes, but I couldn t feel a crisis, I just felt …… that it would be very interesting in the future.
Narcissus Velociraptor, which is said to be the most colourful of the seven famous flowers, is finally going to make her official debut. It’s so exciting to think about what kind of beauty and flavour she will have.
His Majesty, King Leng Wai Ki of Alibuddha, as is well known, had no heirs, but only three beautiful daughters, each of whom was of great beauty. How the throne will be passed on when he dies is a matter that no one knows.
According to bloodline and ability, Leng Linglan was undoubtedly the rightful heir, not to mention that anyone could see that she herself had a very high will. In the history of Alibuta, there had been female queens in power, so the fact that a woman would take over the throne was not too unbelievable.
However, His Majesty is notorious for not trusting women’s ability to do things, and a large number of the court officials and military generals are against the idea of having a woman in power, so Leng Linglan’s path to becoming king is not as smooth as he imagined it would be.
Of course, the people are in favour of such a princess general, who is good at literature and martial arts, has strong practical skills, and has won the glory of the country several times, taking over the throne, which is at least better than those useless aristocrats. But of course, if Leng Linglan succeeds the throne, she will carry out reforms to promote the status of women, not to mention banning brothels in the territory of Alibuta, and may even explicitly prohibit concubinage, which is tantamount to offending all the rich and powerful nobles, so who would be willing to support this kind of woman to ascend to the throne?
In the face of these unfavourable factors, Leng Linglan redoubled her efforts, striving for the opportunity to perform, to make achievements that no one could dispute, and the peace talks this time was an opportunity she absolutely could not allow to go wrong.
Because of this, even though I know that Sister Moon Cherry and her sisterhood are very close, these days, Leng Linglan is always busy visiting dignitaries from various countries, and doesn’t have much time to come and see this long time oldest sister.
On the morning of that day, Leng Linglan hurriedly came to visit his sister after finishing his meeting with the Solamancia envoys, and when he saw me and Yuezakura talking and laughing, he was slightly stunned, followed by an undisguised expression of disgust.
Talking back to her for a few words and getting some verbal cheapness is an easy thing for me to do, but it’s also the most stupid and pointless behaviour, not to mention I don’t want to ruin Tsukizakura-san’s mood, so I immediately excused myself and left to the side first.
“Where are you going?”
When I staggered past, Leng Linglan asked, as if he wanted to pick on me, and I replied faintly, “With the Second Princess here, her divine power is invincible, and the smallest of the small is easy to avoid, so how can I use the others to take more trouble? Let the little general have a chance to be lazy, you and the eldest princess slowly talk about it.”
I did not follow the rules to address the “First Lady”, but called “Princess”, here more or less hidden some of the royal attitude of dissatisfaction, Leng Linglan heard out, face changed, was about to attack, but I have already long gone.
Leng Linglan didn’t stay long, which makes me lament the affection of the royal family. The relationship between Leng Linglan and Moon Cherry is not bad, however, for this second princess, she just has “more important things” to do.
To rush just, at least …… this is much better than the king s majesty, Yue Sakura sister this time back, except in the public meeting, he this father has not had any contact with the eldest daughter.
Moon Cherry, who doesn’t like to stay in a luxurious carriage, politely declined the entourage of the group of guards and sat under a large banyan tree by the roadside, casually wiping her sweat to take a cool ride, and when she saw me approaching, she gently smiled.
“You’re back, in fact, you can take more rest …… It’s hard to follow me, an old woman, all day long, isn’t it?”
“Which is true, sis, you’re joking again, where do you count as old?”
“It’s really old, it’s already twenty-eight, you can’t compare it to a young lass.”
People who are always in a happy state of mind usually look young, and the years have left almost no traces at all on Sister Moon Cherry’s face. Nearly thirty, her delicate face, snowy skin lustre, seems as in the early spring blooming wild cherry, slender like folding, the spring light left in the most brilliant moment, and the kind of let a person can not help want to care, gently pity the delicate feeling, so that people naturally think of her as not yet twenty cardamom young girl.
Moon Cherry is known as the first of the four great celestial maidens in terms of appearance, and it can be said to be well deserved. Every time I see her smile intoxicated feeling, even the dragon lady sister, the heavenly river snow Qiong are inferior to one, although I have never seen the phoenix heavenly maiden, but can be sure, the world is impossible to find a second can be compared with the moon cherry heavenly fairy human child.
“Sister, you simply look like you’re eighteen or nineteen years old, it’s too late for ordinary women to envy you. If you really want to reduce our burden, then come to this kind of place less often, it’s a lot of people and complicated environment here, it’s hard to escort.”
Before she was married, Moon Sakura was not used to staying in the palace all the time, she came out every day and took me with her to roam around in the folklore, listening to the people of Sara pouring out their hearts and playing with the children. This personality still hasn’t changed after twelve years, when President Lane attends a meeting, she doesn’t want to stay in the pavilion alone, she always likes to go out of the pavilion and wander around, neither riding in a carriage nor letting the escort group sweep the streets to open the way.
“I have hands and feet, why should I ride in a carriage? Daytime is the time for the people to work and move about, and there is no reason to sacrifice their convenience to accommodate my personal time.”
Moon Cherry sister left the country for twelve years, Ali Buda’s imperial guards, most of them are not clear about this Rapunzel’s personality, when they tried to deliberately curry favour according to the previous pattern of receiving dignitaries, they immediately hit a soft nail.
The easy-going Moon Cherry is very much supported by the people, but for those who serve as her escorts, just the thought of how many ill-intentioned thugs mingle in the crowd and pass by her by mistake makes one’s heart feel so tense that it is about to jump out of one’s chest.
Luckily, Tsukizakura’s good understanding lessened the difficulty of our work, because considering our position, out for a walk she changed into rough clothes and simply sat under a tree by the roadside, watching from afar the pedestrians on the street, coming and going, and appreciating the true flavour of Sara.
“By the way, sister, I heard that Her Highness, the Third Princess, is cultivating in the Light Divine Palace, have you ever met her?”
Taking the opportunity, I asked about Star Rose’s whereabouts. Previously, I only knew that she had been sent to the Cihang Jing Palace to receive the education that a daughter of a royal family should receive, but the actual location was unclear, and as a matter of common sense, Star Rose should have been sent to the Goldfinch Federation to be entrusted to her older sister, yet Moon Cherry gave me an unexpected answer.
The training at the Shrine of Light is not simply a matter of studying and learning at the main palace, but also includes an internship component that must be done outside the palace. For those who value martial arts, they must fight in anonymity, or serve as a transnational policeman like Nihon; for those who want to take over political affairs after returning to their home country, they will be assigned to a certain administrative unit for internship, and then be transferred to another place after completing two months; as for the Star Mae, she will be joining the travelling medical corps, and she will be going to a remote border in the middle of nowhere to carry out the medical work.
From the sound of this message, Xing Mei and I won’t have a chance to see each other for a while, and I still have to act as if nothing happened in front of Yue Sakura, I can’t let her know about my affair with Xing Mei, even though she and Xing Mei weren’t born from the same mother, she loves this little sister very much, and I don’t want to upset her because of this kind of thing.
“Sister, how strange you are, all the other noble ladies are busy with socials and balls, why do you, the First Lady, leave the President alone and run out on your own to get away?”
“What words, I didn’t often attend banquets in the Goldfinch Federation either. Every time I go to a banquet, I have to get half a day for clothes and dressing, and in the end, my hair is heavy and my body is heavy, it’s very tiring, and it’s also out of place to go to a banquet and talk to the people there, I …… don’t really like that kind of occasion.”
Tsukizakura smiled slightly and said, “Politics is Ryan’s stage, I accompany him and just nod and smile. Alas, who would want to live this kind of life if they could? I have always thought that in the future, next to a large mirror-like lake, I will build a small wooden house, plant a large lavender and lily around it, and have the scent of flowers in all seasons, and when it snows in the winter, I will build a fire in the fireplace, and help the man I love sew clothes and embroider shoes ……”
The voice was very soft, and later on, it even seemed like a dream, as if Yue Sakura was stating a dream of her own, her consciousness completely detached from the reality of the environment.
“Ah, I’m sorry, I got carried away talking, just look, but don’t laugh at me.”
Tsukiakari’s disorientated expression flickered away, followed by a smile as usual. When that sweet smile blossomed again, those abnormal looks from just now were as if they didn’t exist at all.
I really doubt my eyes, but that look of Yue Sakura’s sister seems really weird, especially her ethereal expression that reminds me of the sultry expressions that she would occasionally show these past few days, as if she was very lonely and isolated.
This really does not make sense, moon cherry is a golden branch born in the royal body, from birth, was surrounded by people high in the palm of the hand, glory and favour, no matter the nobles, commoners like her, their own not only immortal posture pouring city, flawless character, but also become the first lady of the goldfinch flower federation, her husband is a great hero, husband and wife are very close, in a certain aspect, she is simply a goddess who descended to the world, do not know how many women let I don’t know how many women are envious and gnashing their teeth.
However, the Moon Cherry that should be in happiness, why does it still occasionally show such a look? Could …… it be that just like the average aristocratic dignitary, Ryan Buffett is also just focusing on his career and neglecting his family, so he left his delicate wife out in the cold, leaving Moon Cherry’s sister with an empty and lonely boudoir, living a poignant life for more than a decade?
Thinking about what it represented, I suddenly felt a pang of unease, and even more so, an urge to do something about it, churning fiercely in my chest.
Unlike in the past, this time I wasn’t worried about my sister, who was close to me, like I was concerned about my relatives; rather, I was simply in a pampering mood for women, thinking that if a man had such a woman as his wife but couldn’t give her happiness and joy, such a man should really go to hell.
Of course, in the past, I never had a pampering heart for women, so the feelings I have now are also very mixed, in addition to the heart of love and pity for flowers, a stronger desire to possess, almost immediately overflowed my mind, and without thinking, I reached out my hand, and almost touched Tsukizakura’s snowy shoulder.
Only, reason duly suppressed the desire, allowing me to withdraw my hand in time and not make the move that would have put both of us in an awkward situation, not to mention letting her notice my inappropriateness.
Twelve years have passed and a lot of things have changed. I can do a lot of things compared to before, but doing things recklessly without figuring them out first will only result in regret. For now, it’s better to hold back those desires ……
Quietly glancing at the side of Tsukizakura’s face, admiring that beautiful face, I take this opportunity to calm the stupidity in my chest and put on a harmless smile.
Alas, after all …… I am no longer a child.
After the mission on this day, he sent Yue Sakura back to the guild in the evening, took care of some more official business, and when he got home, it was already late, and he was thinking about whether he wanted to vent in Asuka’s pink arse once tonight, when he was suddenly stopped by someone.
Being brought to the royal palace in the middle of the night by guards directly under His Majesty’s command to receive a secret mission is a really odd thing to do, especially, this time, I even skipped waiting outside, and was taken directly to the royal study to meet the king who was waiting here alone.
His Majesty the King did not explain why he summoned me late at night, but just casually talked about his family, asked me if I had any contact with my father and how I was living now, said that my grandfather and the late emperor were close friends, even though they were kings and ministers; that he himself had a friendship with my perverted father, and told me not to be formal, but to think of him as an uncle who had been a friend of his since forever, and then praised me for my hard work and accomplishments, and said that it was a great relief to have a son of his late father, and that he was very pleased to have such a good minister in Alibudah. He said that he was very pleased that Ali Buda had been blessed with such a good servant.
Although these words are commonplace, but an “uncle” who has not interacted with me for more than a decade suddenly came to me to talk about his family, this feeling is extremely weird, so I can’t help but sneak a peek out of the window, worrying that later on, after someone throws a cup, 500 knife and axe men will rush in to cut my body into pieces.
Perhaps because my expression was too ugly, His Majesty the King, after praising my exceptional courage, finally opened his golden mouth to give an account of his holy will.
“John, although you are young, but I know that you are our country’s first loyalty, whether it is loyalty to the Royal Family, or to see the benevolence of the righteous, are other people can not be compared to, today I have a pile of heart difficult to solve, I do not know who can take up this heavy responsibility for me to share my worries?”
Alas …… you are glaring at me and talking, can I still recommend Uncle Oren? If I push back here, there’ll be more than five hundred swordsmen charging out later.
“Your Majesty has praised me, I am ashamed of it, I only know how to serve the country with loyalty and share your Majesty’s worries throughout my life, if there is any task that I can accomplish, it would truly be a supreme honour for the straw minister.”
“Well said. John Farrell, I have a secret task to deliver to you.”
His Majesty’s voice suddenly turned down and he spoke as if he was sad.
“My eldest daughter Leng Yuezuo, is my precious heart, recently got the news, her marriage is entrusted to no one, that Ryan Buffet is a human face dog thief, make her suffer great pain, I am very painful, now appointed to you, no matter in what way, be sure to save Princess Yuezuo out.”
“Huh?!”