Alien Knights

In the dark king's audience room, Todd sat by the window, his eyes reflected the bonfire celebration outside the window, his ears echoed with laughter in the air, and no expression could be seen on his flickering face.

A whole day had passed since the Protestant ceremony, Muxi City was immersed in joy, but no one in the whole kingdom knew that Todd, who was the king and Pope, sat alone in the audience room for a whole day without moving his body.

As the door of the audience room was pushed open, Huggins hurried in, and he let out a long breath when he saw Todd sitting in front of the window.

"Your Majesty! You are here!"

Hearing Huggins' voice, Todd turned his head, just about to speak, but found that only a hoarse murmur could be heard from his dry throat.

Huggins lit the candle in a hurry, found another glass of water, watched Todd drink it, and then said: "After the ceremony, you only showed your face at the palace celebration, and then left the venue..."

"During my absence, have there been any problems in the Kingdom?"

Huggins was taken aback for a moment, and then slowly said: "That's not true. After the Protestant ceremony, the election of the first priest assembly is proceeding in an orderly manner under the leadership of Father Moore and Brother Joe; the banquet held in the palace, after you leave, Lord Emerson is in charge of hosting the work, and the guests of honor have a good time; and, for the ten-day celebration in the city, Mr. and Mrs. Raglan played the role of excellent organizers..."

Todd smiled and nodded: "Everyone did a great job while I was away."

Huggins said excitedly: "Your Majesty, do you know? After the ceremony, one of your titles began to be circulated among the audience."

"title?"

"The Holy King of Muxi!"

Hearing this strange name, Todd was a little dazed.

Seeing the other party's puzzled expression, Huggins began to explain: "The title of Holy King appeared once nine hundred years ago. Habakak, the king of the Eastern Holy City, as the second pope of the Orthodox Church, defeated the Southern Imperial Army ten times the strength of his own country, signed the Nermatt Mountain Agreement, and initiated the Purification Order of the Orthodox Church, which completely stabilized the turmoil in the holy city at that time. Therefore, as the leader of the church and state, Habakak was honored as the Holy King by the world."

Todd nodded: "So there is such a history."

Huggins said excitedly: "Your Majesty, you may not understand the meaning of this. In the next 900 years, no one has won the title of Holy King. Now people give you this honor. This means that your deeds are already comparable..."

Todd waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "What holy king, it's overrated."

Finding that Huggins still wanted to argue, Todd stood up and said to the former, "Stop talking about this, go out with me for a walk."

"I'm going to summon the guards."

"No, no need, just you and me."

"Your Majesty, this is not safe."

Todd ignored Huggins and walked out.

The outdoor Muxi City has become a sea of ​​joy. The grand banquet filled the entire square, and the crowd, singing and dancing, regardless of each other's identities, nationalities and beliefs, gathered together to celebrate this special day.

Todd put down his hood, led Huggins, and walked towards the sister hotel.

As soon as the two walked into the hotel, the smell of wine and heat wave hit their faces.

The burning fireplace drives away the coldness of the entire hotel; the banquets that are mingling with each other make the entire lobby look lively and extraordinary.

Distinguished guests who used to have a bad relationship talked loudly at a wine table; knights wearing different coats of arms talked and laughed like brothers.

Karin, who was busy entertaining customers, was taken aback when she saw Huggins walking through the door; when she caught a glimpse of the man in black behind him, her whole body began to tremble.

Huggins approached Karin, pointing to the back calmly.

The latter gave him a clear look, and while ordering Pamela to take his place, he led the way ahead and led the two of them to the attic on the top floor.

Pushing open the door panel of the attic, a simple but elegant room appeared in front of everyone.

Todd only took a short look, and he could see that the decoration and layout of this room completely imitated the style of the small building in the Froststone camp, and it should be Rachel's handwriting.

Sitting at the table, Todd quietly lifted his hood and looked at the furniture in the room, with nostalgia and reluctance in his eyes.

"Your Majesty." Huggins whispered, "Let the hotel chefs prepare some meals."

Looking up at Karin who was at a loss, Todd said with a smile: "It doesn't take too much trouble to prepare meals for six people, as long as you can eat enough."

Seeing Karin, who had been pardoned, leave quickly, Huggins was a little puzzled.

six people?

Todd looked at the scenery outside the window, stretched his waist, and said suddenly: "Call Jerry and Edgar too."

Huggins was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Half an hour later, there were five people sitting at the table.

In addition to Todd and Huggins, there are Jerry with a silly smile, Edgar who is fidgeting, and Karin who is silent with her head down.

Todd first glanced at the other four people at the table, then at the vacant seat beside him, and finally said, "I still remember the time in the monastery... At that time, the six of us were members of the heterogeneous assembly, supporting each other, helping each other, and overcoming one difficulty after another, and this is where we are today."

At this time, Huggins suddenly realized that the sixth person was talking about Master Myris, Todd's class teacher in the monastery.

"At that time, I didn't dare to think about what would happen in the future?" Todd looked at the steaming food on the table and sighed: "At that time, my biggest wish was to be able to eat a decent meal like now."

The broken-mouthed Edgar couldn't help saying: "But you are the king and the pope now!"

Todd looked at the young man who had begun to grow a beard around his mouth, and remembered the funny words and deeds of the other party in the past, and said with a smile: "At that time, did you ever think that one day you would become the scout captain of the Knights? Can you still have a family property of thousands of gold coins?"

Edgar scratched the back of his head and smiled embarrassedly.

Todd looked at Jerry again: "That thin, tall and timid kid who used to just follow me has now grown into a brave and capable deputy head of the Knights."

The latter did not speak, but bowed his head respectfully to Todd.

"And you, my friend." Todd turned his attention to Huggins again: "Your greatest wealth is to have a happy family."

Huggins sighed with emotion: "Your Majesty, without you, all of this would be in vain."

Todd finally looked at Karin, looking at the girl he had been with in the past, and just called out the other's name softly: "Karin..."

Karin, who had been burying her face in her chest, suddenly choked up for no reason. Thousands of emotions turned into tears, which flowed down the girl's cheeks and fell on the table.

Todd was a little flustered, he smiled wryly and said, "I haven't said anything yet, why are you crying..."

"Sorry, Your Majesty." While sobbing, Karin took out a letter from her bosom, put it on the table, and said intermittently: "Sister Rachel said... If... you come to the store, I will give... this to you..."

Todd picked up the envelope, opened it, and there was a pair of drop-shaped earrings inside, nothing else.

Sitting on the chair, looking at the earring in his hand, Todd was speechless for a long time.

Karin wiped away her tears and said in a low voice, "Sister Rachel has one more thing to convey before she leaves."

Todd raised his head blankly and looked at Karin: "What are you talking about?"

"do not forget me."