14. The Grand Stage of Zu’an, If You Have a Horse, Come On
As the true protagonist, Ke Fei’er could have chosen to keep a low profile and find a roundabout way to save the country, but she stubbornly refused to compromise, insisting on speaking up at this dangerous moment.
Fortunately, I breathed a sigh of relief: Ke Fei’er didn’t resort to any “forcibly abducting me with violence,” turning us into a pair of desperate lovers, going through all sorts of trouble, even scaring the Queen and Moriarty a bit. Instead, she merely managed to preserve our “marriage registration.”
What kind of confusing behavior is this, my dear? When can’t you get married? That said, I didn’t have the time to reminisce about the feeling of clinging to a powerful figure. I had to accept Louis IV’s arrangements after Ke Fei’er pretended to be “furious” and left. By the way, I needed to keep an eye on this Queen of the Great Yung Empire, lest she turn her hand against me after dealing with Ke Fei’er.
As the Queen Louis IV had said, this was indeed a “secret plot” aimed at me, and the number of people in the know was kept to a minimum. There were no handcuffs, whips, or candles, no underground fantasy realms; I was simply returned to my original room in the palace, the only restriction being “not allowed to leave the Great Yung Empire’s royal palace.”
Then the next day, this Queen who had just plotted against me walked in with a bright, innocent smile, as if nothing had happened the day before. Yet, between the lines, she no longer concealed her true intentions towards me.
“Ah~ Mr. Oujili De.”
I saw Louise with her hands clasped together, posing like a teenage idol in front of me, while asking, “How did you rest yesterday? Oh~ about what happened yesterday, I hope you can understand me~ After all, as the Queen of the Great Yung Empire, I have my own difficulties too.”
“Your Majesty, could you temporarily remove the dozens of layers of armor from your face for a proper conversation?”
I looked at her coldly. In the past, Louise’s facade only made me feel “tingly” and “a bit scared,” but now that the situation was already “I’ve been caught by the big BOSS,” I couldn’t care less about self-preservation; I just wanted to confront her directly!
“Everyone is clear about each other’s true selves, yet you still refuse to be honest.”
“Honesty? I believe I’ve always been quite honest with you. You see, perhaps we’ll still be husband and wife in the future. You should practice this kind of…”
I quickly glanced at Louise’s script and bluntly stated my thoughts. Didn’t this Queen want to utilize my abilities? Then I would show her what I could do.
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Louis IV believed that as long as he could maintain the disguise long enough, he could numb O’Keefe’s vigilance.
“Your Majesty, are you trying to keep up this act until I accept you?”
“!”
The smile on Louis IV’s face vanished in an instant, neither sad nor happy, neither angry nor mournful; his expression was as cold as hard ice, as if waiting to don some mask.
To be honest… it was a bit frightening.
“Is your prophecy capable of reaching this point?”
Immediately after, Louis IV sat down in front of me, and in that moment, the script that a big boss would inevitably have appeared in an instant.
Louis IV decided: If he believed O’Keefe could not be controlled, he would kill him immediately!
I flinched.
“I was just guessing…”
A real man can bend and stretch; as long as my gaze flitted quickly enough, Louise wouldn’t know whether I was speaking the truth or lying.
Then, as a man, my gaze unavoidably lingered a bit too long on Louise’s thigh. There was no helping it; how could anyone resist the “starry universe” of a queen’s legs clad in stockings? Even an astronomer would find it hard to refuse .
“Is it beautiful?”
As I thought this, Louise seemed to lift her leg in perfect sync with my thoughts.
The universe was truly vast!
“If I’m in a good mood, you might even get to touch it. So here’s a question for you: who’s better, me or Kephiel?”
“Kephiel!”
I answered immediately.
Of course, I had never touched her, but in such a moment, a man must have some backbone!
“You’ve touched her?”
“Held her.”
“…”
Louis IV let out a slight scoff, but it vanished like a fleeting flower.
“O’Keefe, you are now a ‘charlatan’ wanted by various nations; the church has even offered a hefty bounty on your life, and you are now in my hands.”
“I can make you the fortunate one who marries the first queen of the Great Yng Empire while she is still reigning, or I can have you languish in a dark, sunless mobile prison, only to transform into countless riches and benefits after being delivered to the church.”
“The former only requires you to use your abilities to assist me, to tell me everything that might happen, ensuring that everything I do is precise and well-governed. Unlike staying by Kephiel’s side, I can offer you a perfect and noble new identity , and all you need to do is move your lips a little, and you can gain benefits and power that countless people in the Great Yng Empire could only dream of for a lifetime. You can have anything you want, even… including me. I ‘m not exactly an eyesore, am I?”
Louise leaned closer to me, bending down to whisper in my ear.
The benefits were indeed too many, and as for the queen herself, her “image” was on par with Kephiel.
“Your Majesty, a single woman shouldn’t make such shameless remarks.”
“Hmph, is that what a man who has trespassed into my chambers multiple times would say?”
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But in this state, Louis IV was simply eccentric and terrifyingly dangerous, making anyone instinctively reluctant to approach.
That said, the script was quite strange.
【Louis IV is in a good mood now.】
I haven’t been coerced into confessing yet, so why is the queen suddenly in a good mood? Regardless of the script, my response was quite simple.
“Your Majesty, if you only need technical assistance, I, as a priest of Kephier, will help you with that. But if you use this method to gradually make Kephier lose trust in you…”
Then I can only say I’m sorry, after all, I’m supposed to follow behind the great Kephier. And this Louise…
“Ogilid, you’re too naive, to the point that I’m starting to doubt if you want to establish a harem. For me, everything useful must be firmly in my own hands, not borrowed through others. If necessary, I can even sacrifice Kephier. If you’re still on her side, how can I control you?”
【Louis IV still does not trust Kephier.】
Wait, this queen…
“You…”
I was about to speak when Louise tugged at my clothes, pulling me closer, and right after that, the moist lips of Her Majesty pressed against my face.
“Consider this a deposit. Communicating with this attitude in front of you feels refreshing, a rare occurrence. Ogilid, I’m going to hold another selection meeting for voting soon. At that time, I want you to use your prophecy to tell me who will be selected and who will fail, so I can have complete control over my parliament.”
After slowly pulling away from me, Louis IV instantly changed her expression the moment the maid pushed the meal cart entered through the door.
“So, please be sure to help me, okay~ Priest~”
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