Alien Knights

On the second day of the king's return to the throne, at nine o'clock in the morning, the bedroom.

Huggins, who was a little limping, straightened his clothes, knocked on the door, and said softly, "Your Majesty, I'm here."

There was no answer behind the door.

Intensifying the knock, Hudgens turned the volume up another three.

Still no answer.

After apologizing, Huggins pushed open the door and looked towards the huge king's bedroom.

No one was there.

Huggins walked to the bed and saw that the bed was still as clean as new, with no signs of being used.

Turning his gaze to the corner of the room, a simple bed made of bedding was placed at the base of the wall.

After exiting the room, Huggins found the maid on duty and asked, "Did you see Your Majesty?"

The latter pointed to the garden outside the window.

Walking to the entrance of the royal garden, to Huggins' surprise, Cumberland sat in the gazebo early, looking ahead intently.

Walking into the gazebo, Huggins followed Cumberland's line of sight. Todd, who was naked from the upper body, raised the long sword high and then swung it down vigorously. Repeatedly, the sword wind was fierce.

"This posture and method of using the sword seems to come from the northern barbarian country." Huggins looked at it for a while and said.

Cumberland snorted: "I don't want to learn serious swordsmanship, but practice this barbaric skill!"

Huggins closed his mouth and smiled wryly. Regarding the king's leaving without saying goodbye half a year ago, among the crowd, the old knight Cumberland reacted the most.

After Todd left, although he immediately contacted all officials, Cumberland was still determined to find the king as soon as possible.

During that time, the old man seemed to be in a daze. He rode his war horse, rain or shine, he left the city in the early morning and returned at sunset, not letting go of any possible intelligence, and his footprints almost covered the entire Yuexi Plain.

And to this day, although the king has returned, for some reason, Cumberland's face is still full of worry.

After the daily training exercises were completed, Todd held the long sword and walked towards the two watching with a smile.

Throwing the weapon in his hand to Huggins, Todd sat down at the stone table in the gazebo, and stretched out his hand to signal the others to sit down too.

"Tomorrow night, the envoys from the Holy Acropolis will come to the palace as a guest." Todd reached out and took the wet cloth handed by the maid, wiped his face and neck, and said to Huggins, "How is the dinner arrangement?"

Huggins nodded and said: "We have recruited twenty-two top chefs in Muxi City. Each of them has a specialty dish that is well-known throughout the country. We guarantee that the dishes tomorrow night will be delicious but unique."

"In addition, I have already notified the first-class troupe "Golden Skylark" and told them to cancel all announcements, and make sure to present the performance in the best condition tomorrow night. Of course, the popular star in Muxi City—Miss Barbara, will also appear on time."

Hearing this, Todd nodded in satisfaction: "The reception of the Holy Acropolis envoy is the Kingdom's first diplomatic event, and it should be well prepared."

While responding, Huggins took out a list from his pocket and handed it to the king: "Your Majesty, I have drafted a list of the guests who will be present tomorrow night, please take a look."

Taking advantage of the gap between Todd's reading list, Huggins glanced at Cumberland, who was silent with his eyes closed, and whispered, "Your Majesty, there is a person. I'm not sure whether she should be invited to the banquet. I hope you can make a decision."

Todd looked away from the paper and asked strangely, "Who?"

"Mrs. Mary."

"Why can't she come to the banquet tomorrow night..." At this point, Todd finally realized the problem.

When Mary was a young girl, she married from the Holy Acropolis to the Silver Ring City. Although the root cause was that the King of Silver Ring believed the slander, so she had no choice but to defect from the Silver Ring Kingdom, but after all, she was the princess of the Holy Acropolis. It would indeed be quite an embarrassing situation for the Muxi Kingdom to receive the Holy Acropolis mission this time, if Mary were there.

Looking at Cumberland from the corner of his eye, Todd found that the old knight was secretly observing his actions. Presumably, the other party also wanted to see his attitude on Mary's matter.

"Write her name on it first, and I will confirm with her personally." Todd tapped his finger on the table and said to Huggins in a deep voice.

After confirming a series of relevant details of the banquet, seeing that the king had nothing else to say, Huggins stood up and said goodbye, leaving the time alone to the old and the young, one king and one minister.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Todd, who could clearly feel Cumberland's resentment, was about to speak softly, but he didn't expect the other party to speak first.

"I heard that your majesty is going out this time, only the woman named Rachel is with you?"

Todd froze for a moment, nodded yes.

"Your Majesty, Rachel's identity should be very clear to you, right?"

Although he probably expected some of Cumberland's words, Todd still planned to defend Rachel: "I know that she used to be a member of the "Legion of Discord" in the Presbyterian Church, but she has long since rebelled against that organization. Now, she is loyal to the kingdom and to me..."

Cumberland didn't seem to have much resonance with this statement: "Your Majesty, are you fully sure? Can you say that there is no hidden secret behind this woman?!"

Todd rubbed his temples, and said distressedly: "She saved my life! More than once!"

"What's the matter?!" Cumberland stared and blew his beard: "In a chess game (chess), in order to protect a valuable piece, the standard bearer will often sacrifice some secondary pieces, but this does not mean that this valuable piece will definitely be the king!"

Todd felt the blood vessels on the top of his head swell, and his words began to be tinged with anger: "You can't imagine, what I have experienced in the past six months! I survived under the scythe of death, struggling in endless hell! If there is no Rachel, I have no bones left!"

"Listen to you, Your Majesty, do you want to make her queen?"

Todd was stunned by Cumberland's sudden question.

Later, he frowned and shouted loudly: "These are completely different things! They cannot be confused!"

"It is a blessing for a country to put the trait of 'superior intelligence' on the king; but it is the misfortune of the king to put it on the queen!"

These words made Todd's face flushed red, he firmly grasped the hem of the stone table with both hands, and the iron scales on his arms slowly emerged.

It took a long time, and using the "anger management method" from his previous life, Todd finally calmed down a little. He said to Cumberland in an unusually cold tone: "I originally invited you to ask about some customs and details of the Holy Acropolis, but now it seems that we all need time to think about some more important issues."

Todd's surprise, the old knight Cumberland suddenly knelt down on one knee, performed a standard knight's allegiance salute to the king, and said this sentence earnestly: "Your Majesty, as the lord of a country, there should be no selfishness between you and your subjects. After all, we are your subjects first, and your family second."

Todd closed his eyes, put his palm on his forehead, and waved his hand, indicating that he wanted to be alone.

After waiting for Cumberland to go away, Todd, whose mind was in a mess, called the attendants in the palace.

"Prepare a carriage, I'm going to the "Liliel" clothing store now."