Chapter 480 Weber's Efforts
Shortly after Princess Harriet
He knew that countless people in the capital were concerned about the experiences of the five court mages, including him, in Tachia Territory (Adler Territory), and the attitude of the black magician who had directly laid hands on more than half of the kingdom's territory; however, the truth about Tachia Territory involved the church, and Yang and the church still had to discuss this matter... In order to avoid leaking the news and offending both parties, Weber could only choose to refuse visitors behind closed doors.
Just after the order was issued, someone came to Weber with an invitation.
The gold-embossed invitation signed by "Cardinal Atwood"... The doorman didn't even dare to refuse, and ran to the master's study with sweat on his forehead.
"…What was supposed to happen has finally happened." Weber breathed a sigh of relief.
Actually, there was no need for Weber to go back to the capital. Yang had already promised to resettle the Rhine royal family. During the attack and defense of Creek City, the Tarantan Undead had also proved that this undead army was completely capable of not harming civilians (although disturbing them was inevitable). He didn't need to worry about it.
But due to some hidden dangers, Weber still couldn't let it go and had to bite the bullet and come back.
"I hope that the cardinal will be a man of concise and straightforward style, and not really drag people down and waste time..."
After changing into the formal attire befitting a court mage, Waver complained in a low voice with an unwilling look on his face before leaving the house.
Take the relationship between a spellcaster and a priest... It's possible to be polite, courteous and friendly on the surface, but if both parties really have to sit down face to face and have a deep conversation, neither side will be comfortable - as the saying goes, people with different beliefs cannot work together; a priest who always refers to the righteous God and a spellcaster who refuses to place his faith in any god and only believes in himself, really can't get along.
After meeting the legendary priest Atwood in the inner city cathedral, Weber was even more certain that there was no way he could get along with this man - this cardinal was so short of having "arrogant and contemptuous" written all over his face.
"I've heard a lot about you, Mr. Macaulay. Please take a seat ."
In the hall full of the style of the Gold Coin Church, which was even more magnificent than the average royal palace, Priest Atwood stood up and greeted everyone politely. Although he appeared to be humble on the surface, the shape of his nostrils, which could be clearly seen by the person opposite him, exposed the unconscious arrogance of this high-ranking priest.
"You are the one I have heard of for a long time." Weber had a flawless business smile on his face, but the little man in his heart rolled his eyes secretly.
After all, he is a cardinal who has long been at the core of power in the Orthodox Church. It is not a big mistake for him to unconsciously look down on the court wizard of a small country. Weber can still tolerate it.
Next, these two old men, who looked like middle-aged people but were actually quite old, exchanged some meaningless greetings with each other, and only got down to business when both sides had run out of things to talk about.
"I heard that Mr. Macaulay just returned from Tachia." After saying this, Priest Atwood paused deliberately, waiting for Weber to answer.
Weber: “…”
Well... after all, he had been a court wizard serving the royal family for many years, and he knew very well what bad habits those people who were at the core of power and subconsciously regarded themselves as power itself had.
The more they care about something, the less likely they are to express their opinions easily. They also always think without reason that others should concentrate and carefully guess what they say.
Although he understood this bad habit, Waver could only cooperate in a disgusted manner as he did not want to offend the other party. He said, "That's right. The chief, three other colleagues and I have been ordered to go there to understand the situation..."
Priest Atwood suddenly interrupted Waver and said, "You are here to stop this unjust war, right?"
Waver's reaction was not slow. He immediately realized that the other party was testing him, and said, "It's just a territorial war. The talk of injustice is an exaggeration."
Priest Atwood looked at Weber meaningfully. Apparently, the cardinal had gotten the answer he wanted from Weber's reaction.
Weber drank his tea calmly. This was what he took the initiative to convey to the cardinal - there was only a civil war in the Rhine Kingdom, nothing more.
With Waver's statement to this extent, Priest Atwood could already understand a lot.
Yang, the black magician who swept across most of the Rhine with the power of the undead, has reached some kind of agreement with the court mages who serve the Rhine royal family.
Although these spellcasters with little loyalty would never easily work for others, let alone fight to the death for anyone, it is still extremely rare for them to "give up" defending their employer's position before the situation is clear, seemingly neutral but actually "surrendering to the enemy".
Considering that the Chief did not even return to the capital to report immediately, in the eyes of Priest Atwood... this can only mean two things:
The first meaning: The black magician Yang is indeed no match for the Rhine royal family. The spellcasters who never die for others believe that it is meaningless to continue fighting for the royal family.
The reason for this is obvious. The Nightmare Butcher who has been promoted to a legend and the immortal Undead Scourge are enough to give anyone a headache. It cannot be said that these court mages are afraid of death.
The priests have always looked down upon spellcasters who are too calculating and disloyal, but they must admit that even if spellcasters give up the battle, they will usually be responsible for the salary paid by their employers and try their best one last time.
Considering this perspective, the unreasonable behavior of this group of court mages can be extended to a second meaning:
The Nightmare Butcher must have made some kind of promise that he would do his best to treat the Rhine royal family well and with preferential treatment.
The combination of these two explanations explained why the chief court wizard did not return to the capital to report immediately - the chief must have been taking action to ensure that the Rhine royal family would be properly resettled after their defeat.
It can be simply summarized as... Yang and these court mages have reached an agreement to "preserve the Rhine royal family."
And this is exactly what Priest Atwood, who is about to negotiate with Yang on behalf of the church, needs to know... Yang has too many bargaining chips in his hand, but the church knows nothing about Yang's bottom line and demands, which is obviously not conducive to the development of negotiations.
After getting the information he wanted to know, the cardinal no longer forced Weber to stay and chat. The two old men exchanged a few meaningless words and politely sent him away.
After coming out of the cathedral, Weber, who had only chatted with others for less than half an hour, let out a long sigh.
This time, the awkward conversation that made his scalp tingle and his whole body feel uncomfortable was the reason why Waver had to go back to the capital.
With great difficulty, Yang, the legendary black magician who was difficult to deal with even if the court magicians worked together, took the initiative to agree to let the Rhine royal family go after the defeat, so that everyone could save some trouble and finally fulfill their responsibilities to their employer; if the Rhine royal family were defeated by the church, it would be a lot of fun.
Normally the church would not get on with defeated royal families, but this time it involved a church scandal after all - if the Gold Coin Church, a sect that didn't have much shame in the first place, insisted on blaming the Rhine royal family for all the historical problems left over in the Tachia Territory, then the fallen royal family that was blamed for this scandal would definitely not have a good ending.
After all, Weber was the court wizard who had served the Rhine royal family for the longest time and had received their salary for many years. He couldn't just sit back and watch such a terrible thing happen... It would be harmful to his state of mind.
"Next... we have to get the little girl from the Odysseus family to let the third prince go. At least we can't let that little girl really take Kolov's life."
On the way back to King's Harbor, Weber pressed his forehead hard, a little irritated.
He really didn't like the third prince Kolov... He had disliked him since Kolov was a young boy.
People of the royal family are born into the center of national power, grow up surrounded by people, and are flattered by countless people. If they are lucky enough to get a relatively high position in the succession line, they will hardly even hear a word of rebuke... Who would not worry about offending the future king?
People who grew up in this kind of environment would inevitably do things with lower moral standards than ordinary people - after all, morality and the kingdom's constitution are ultimately used to discipline the people, and the royal family is obviously not among them.
Many years ago, Kolov revealed his stupid and brutal nature. It was also because the third prince had long incurred the disgust of the great nobles and ministers of the kingdom that the second princess's succession order was ahead of him... Logically speaking, the princess's succession order should be lower than that of the king's original wife's son. The current succession order is a compromise made by His Majesty the King after the upper class of the kingdom collectively expressed their disgust with Kolov's succession to the throne.
It was also because of the compromise made in allowing Kolov to move a little further back in the order of succession that His Majesty always felt guilty towards this son and had always indulged him, causing Kolov to become even more unscrupulous, not only did he torment the common people and minor nobles, he even set his sights on the daughter of a great noble.
If it was the daughter of another noble family, it would be fine - there are many daughters of noble families after all, some are loved and some are not - but Kolov had a special vision and specifically targeted Phoenix, whom Count Odysseus regarded as an important heir. His stupid and arrogant character is really hard to describe.
Weber did not consider saving Kolov in any way, as long as he could persuade the Odysseus family to tolerate Kolov and save his life.
If the Odysseus family holds a grudge against him until death, then when Kolov loses his royal aura, he will definitely not live long...
Thinking about how to clean up the mess left by the Third Prince, Weber returned to his mansion and ordered his servants to pack their luggage. He was going to go to Castle Cold in person to meet Phoenix and plead for Kolov.
Weber, the illusionist who was worried about the Rhine royal family, was just about to leave when the maid and housekeeper sent by Princess Harriet hurried to the door.
This maid and housekeeper who had been with the princess before she remarried to the old king as his successor was someone the princess trusted. After seeing Weber, the maid and housekeeper, who was also not young, said with a slight breath: "Please forgive my intrusion, Mr. Macaulay, the princess ordered me to deliver the news as soon as possible..."
"After returning from your visit, the princess was very concerned about your last question. After thinking about it carefully, she remembered something... She was worried that this news might be exactly what you needed, so she sent me to tell you. It was about twenty days ago or a month ago. She couldn't remember the exact time. One day, His Majesty ordered people to light the fireplace in the West Palace and personally burned a lot of things that looked like letters."
As Weber was about to go out, the indifferent expression on his face that he had maintained for many years suddenly changed color.
Twenty days to a month ago - wasn't that the time period when Yang came up with a pretext for war and personally led an expedition to Tachia Territory? !
"Is this true? Are you sure, Princess?!" Weber could hardly keep his composure and pressed the maid and housekeeper.
The maid was startled and said in panic: "The princess said, said, said that she, she just happened to see it from the West Garden... She is not sure whether the papers His Majesty took out of the box are letters, but because they are unbound pages and they don’t look like newspapers or documents from a distance, so , so..."
Weber took a deep breath and said, "Calm down, ma'am. Did the princess mention who wrote the letter to His Majesty?"
"No, sir." The maid replied calmly, "The princess once suspected that it was a letter between His Majesty and... a lover outside the palace, but His Majesty has not been very active in recent years... so the princess did not take it seriously."
