Chapter 34: Luke's Little Plan
Alec felt that he had met Meteorite too late and was extremely curious about what happened in Raging Waves City. He wanted to know how he managed to control the city in such a short time.
However, Luke did not come here to show off his "achievements" in Raging Waves City, and some details were not convenient to reveal to Alex, so he did not give face to the second prince.
"Your Highness, everything I did in Nutao City was in accordance with the orders of the Princess. I don't know the reasons for many of these things. I just did whatever Her Highness the Princess told me to do. When I woke up, I was in this situation.
I was just lucky. No matter who goes to Raging Waves City, the result will be the same."
Luke puts everything on Agatha.
But this excuse could not fool Alex. The root of the great changes in the City of Raging Waves was Meteor's creation and grasp of opportunities. Creating opportunities and grasping opportunities are both fleeting, and Meteor, who is in the City of Raging Waves, cannot ask Agatha about everything.
And there are many signs that Meteorite did some things beyond the tasks Agatha gave him. It was not something Agatha dared to do to completely control the City of Rage and anger Emperor Augustine.
It was the meteor that pushed Agatha to take a step forward, forcing Emperor Augustine to regard Agatha as a competitor for the crown prince, creating an option in his mind that he did not want to choose.
Very ambitious, courageous and capable.
And very young.
This is the general evaluation of Yunxing by the entire court. If they take him under their command and train him, he will definitely become one of their arms in the future.
In order to obtain the meteorite, Emperor Augustine planned to let Princess Dale marry him.
In order to control the meteorite, Agatha did not hesitate...
In order to win over Yunxing, the eldest prince sent his only son to the Sixth Secret Service to make friends with him.
Everyone is scrambling for this talent, so of course Alex wants to grab it too.
In response to Luke's neither soft nor hard rejection, Alec was very generous. He laughed and said, "I know you are loyal to Agatha, and even my father appreciates your loyalty. If you don't want to talk about the Wrath of Waves, I won't ask.
You and Xin Kelai came to my place suddenly, is there anything special?"
At this time Nightingale came down from upstairs.
She wore a cyan silk lining and a dark red leather armor with magical energy flowing through it. Her sky-blue hair was tied into a bun, which was popular among the ladies of wealthy families. Her face was beautiful and she had the air of someone who had seen all kinds of things in the world.
The weapons consisted of two short swords on both sides of the waist, and several daggers inserted in leather sheaths on the back waist and calves.
Ranger is a profession that is mostly passed down from father to son in a family. The main job is to travel while accepting missions to exterminate monsters.
In the past, rangers were at the bottom of society, without any special skills and could only fight for their lives. But as the world entered a new era, the rise of new nobles caused many small-scale peasant-type old noble gentry to go bankrupt. These small noble gentry, as well as their vassal followers, moved to the lower class, and many of them joined the ranks of rangers with their family-inherited magic and martial arts.
Nightingale is such a knight. Her father is a famous knight in a remote town, with ten serfs and a mill. Although the income is not much, it is decent, and he is a respected knight.
However, after industrially produced flour rushed into this remote town, Nightingale's family was completely unable to fight back and went bankrupt. The knight couldn't understand why the flour sold outside was cheaper than the wheat grown at home, and finally died of depression.
The family property and the mill were sold to pay off debts, and a good family was torn apart.
In order to make a living, Nightingale had no choice but to take up the sword and become a ranger. Her pride made her never tell her real name to outsiders.
With her powerful strength and beauty, Nightingale quickly became a famous ranger. She came to the imperial capital to look for opportunities to make money, and then she met Prince Alex.
Nightingale walked behind Alex. The pair of eyes that had been staring at her since she came downstairs made her feel uncomfortable. She pulled out a dagger from her waist and threw it at Sinkelai. The dagger made an electric sound and flew around in a blue electric spark, breaking the wine glass in Sinkelai's hand with one blow.
The red wine spilled all over Xinkelai, and the dagger with electric light stopped in front of Xinkelai's nose.
Xin Kelai didn't move at all during the whole process. He just stood there as if he was frightened.
Nightingale swung her hand, and an electric chain pulled the dagger back. She accurately grabbed the dagger and inserted it into the leather sheath at her waist.
Bang bang bang!
Xin Kelai clapped his hands, "Beautiful, beautiful, she is beautiful, and she throws the dagger beautifully. I really envy my uncle and the Governor of Meteorite... You have capable beauties to accompany you every day, while I only see men in the North.
Uncle, give me this beauty of yours, and I will give you a manor in exchange!"
When Nightingale heard Xin Kelai compare himself to an object, he wanted to teach him a lesson.
At this time, Luke said, "Miss Nightingale, you just didn't know that it was His Highness Xin Kelai. We can forgive your ignorance. Now that His Highness has made clear his relationship with His Highness the Second Prince, if she makes another dangerous move, you will have a place on the gallows of the Empire."
Nightingale reached for her lower back but didn't pull out the dagger. She looked at Luke, wondering how he could call out her name the first time they met.
"Nightingale, Nightingale..." Sinkelai savored the name with great interest, and complained to Luke, "Governor, why did you stop Miss Nightingale? The current just now made me feel like I was in love.
I want to be electrocuted again!
By the way, I will answer your question. We came here to find Aunt Daier..."
Sinke's last words instantly made the hall silent.
There was a layer of frost on Alex's face: "The attack on Dale has nothing to do with me. You came to my place to look for Dale, but you came to the wrong place.
Governor Meteor, I need an explanation."
Luke smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, Your Highness. Xin Ke came to Your Highness to play a joke on you. Without evidence, how could we come to you to find Princess Dale?
This time I came here just to learn more about Princess Dale from you so that I can rescue her as soon as possible. Also... I am very interested in the collections in your manor and would like to visit them for personal reasons. You can send someone to follow me to introduce the exhibits."
Luke's explanation did nothing to soften Alec's expression.
As soon as Meteorite arrived in the imperial capital, he reached a certain degree of reconciliation with the new noble forces headed by Prime Minister Gabriel. There are also signs that Meteorite and Gabriel were behind the civil war in the empire.
Today, Yunxing and Xinke came together, and they sang the same tune as if they were in cahoots with each other. Could it be that he and the eldest prince have reached some tacit understanding?
Yunxing made the case concerning the royal family's reputation public to the public, and he had to solve the case and give everyone an explanation.
If Agatha, Fania, and the cabinet want to use the meteorite to put the blame on me...
The mere thought of this gave Alec a chill.
You damn guys, when you saw that father handed the southern line over to Fania, you sided with him and wanted to unite to kick me out!
"Good, very good, very good!" Alex praised while gritting his teeth: "It's really wonderful that Agatha gave you this case. Turn passive into active, manipulate public opinion to attack and defend... No matter who you go to, everyone will be inferior to you.
But have you ever thought that if they push you to step forward, you will end up dying miserably.”
Luke smiled and said, "Your Highness, I don't understand what you are saying! Who pushed me to take the lead? What do you mean by manipulating public opinion to change the offense and defense?
You are Princess Dai'er's brother. I am in charge of this case. Isn't it normal for me to come to you to find out about Princess Dai'er's situation?
What are you nervous about?"
Forced by the situation, Alex had to bow his head even though he was the second prince.
If they want to investigate, let them investigate. Send someone to follow them closely to prevent framing. Anyway, I didn't do it myself, so I'm not afraid of them investigating openly.
Covering up will only give them an excuse to make trouble.
Yarik glanced at Xin Kelai who was sitting beside him with a harmless look, and then said to Yunxing: "You can ask, but there is a big age gap between Dale and me, so I don't know her very well. You can look at the collections here at will, and I'll give you the ones you like."
It was those last words that Luke was waiting for.
Then Luke asked a few random questions about Dale's life. Although Alex felt uncomfortable, he answered truthfully.
When Luke said that it was no problem and he wanted to tour the estate, Alec used the excuse of not feeling well and went back to his room to rest, leaving Nightingale to accompany the two of them on the tour.
Luke and Xin Kelai walked around the manor openly.
Nightingale noticed that the red wine that had just spilled did not stick to Sinkelai's clothes, but was isolated by an invisible force field. After Sinkelai stood up, the remaining wine all flowed onto the ground.
Nightingale said to Sinke: "It seems that even if my dagger really stabs you, it won't hurt you."
Xin Kelai still looked cynical: "I have fought in the North for several years. If I were injured by an attack of your level, I would have died several times.
How come you are following my uncle and seem so close to him?"
"His Royal Highness the Second Prince loves me."
"Don't be ridiculous!" Xin Kelai laughed. "My uncle is more fickle than me. Besides, I won't say to a woman: I want to marry you, but my status prevents me from making the decision on my own marriage."
Nightingale said generously: "You know the Second Prince very well."
"Of course I understand. We had a very good relationship before. He gave me the woman who made me a man. I miss that time very much. We were like brothers."
Hearing these words finally moved Nightingale: "It really opened my eyes! It's amazing!"
"Then leave him."
"Leaving him and following you? That just makes me sick."
"This is really disgusting." Luke couldn't help but say, "Come on, Xinke, stop showing off your royal family's messy relationships. Come and see what this is..."
Xin Kelai glanced at Nightingale teasingly, then came to Luke.
Inside the wooden-framed glass display case is a square crystal. In the middle of the crystal is a colorful light ball that beats like a heart. Every time the light ball beats, the crystal splits into tiny cubes and completes a rotation like a Rubik's Cube.
Xin Kelai looked at the changing crystal cube and said, "The magic differential machine can be used for mathematics, magic architecture, and alchemical reaction program calculations. It is a very good academic research tool to assist alchemy.
Some advanced research institutes and large colleges have their own magic differential machines. Is there anything special about this one?"
“Nothing special…” Of course Luke knew about the Magic Differential Machine, and he wanted to attract Nightingale’s attention: “The Magic Differential Machine is very difficult to make, and even the Oulu Academy doesn’t have many Magic Differential Machines.
The last time I met Miss Qingkong, she complained to me that her branch did not have a magic differential machine, and many simulations and calculations of experiments required data to be transmitted back to the institute. Not only was it very troublesome to go back and forth, but it was also easy to make errors.
However, according to the current size of the branch, Dean Wilred has never thought of allocating a magic differential machine, which gives Miss Qingkong a headache.
Seeing this magic differential machine reminded me of Miss Qingkong. She helped me and Her Royal Highness the Princess a lot in Nutao City, so I want to buy her a magic differential machine as a thank you gift.
But you know... this is not something that money can buy."
How could Xin Kelai not hear Luke's subtext? He cooperated and said, "It's a bit of a waste for Uncle to put such a good magic differential machine here for display. If we can give it to Miss Qingkong, I will definitely win her favor."
"I think so..."
Luke did not stop at the magic differential machine and walked to the next exhibit.
The Nightingale immediately called a servant to follow him, and after a whisper, the servant hurried away.