Alien Knights

"I'll give you some time and space to be alone." After saying this, Leoric stood up and walked to the other end of the garden, leaving Todd and Mary behind.

Seeing the guard on the other side's face, Todd said first: "Mary, there are some things..."

Mary reached out her hand to stop the other party's words: "To ensure safety, I have a few questions to ask you first."

Safe?

Todd was a little depressed, but nodded in agreement with the request.

"Where did we first meet?"

"At the noble reception in Yinhuan City, I used the Gospel Flower to participate in a gambling game."

"Where am I, told you my ability?"

"In the audience room of the Knights Headquarters in Muxi City."

The two asked and answered like this, which lasted for more than a minute.

After confirming that all the answers were correct, Mary finally seemed relieved: "Your Majesty, it's really you! Why are you here?! Please forgive my abruptness, the situation in the city is too complicated, I have to be careful."

While expressing his understanding, Todd also asked, "There are a few things that I need to confirm with you."

"Please tell me."

"First of all, I called you and Dion in the soul space, why didn't you respond?"

Mary opened her eyes wide with doubts on her face: "We are also wondering why you haven't held a meeting for a long time. We always thought that there was something wrong in Muxi City."

Todd looked Mary up and down: "When was the last time you attended a soul meeting?"

"About two weeks ago."

Todd mentally calculated the time: "The day you lost contact was about a week ago. During this time, have you met any unusual people or come into contact with any strange things?"

Mary tried her best to recall that memory, and put forward hypotheses one after another, all of which were denied by Todd one by one. It was not until she pointed to a royal brooch on her chest that the latter attracted attention.

Averting his eyes from the white and tender snow-like skin of the other party, Todd looked at the strangely shaped brooch and said to Mary, "Can you take it off and let me see it?"

Mary nodded, took the thing off her chest, and put it in Todd's hand.

Taking advantage of the sunlight, Todd took a closer look at the brooch.

It has a silver-white appearance, and the pattern is two swords and a shield. From a rough look, there is nothing suspicious about an extremely ordinary badge of the Holy Acropolis, but the handle is quite heavy, and the material feels a bit like a strange metal.

Putting the brooch on the table, Todd activated the soul space again, and this time he summoned Mary in without hindrance.

Returning to the real world, Todd picked up the brooch and knew it.

It seems that the culprit of blocking the communication of souls is this small brooch.

"Who gave you this thing?"

Mary replied: "It came from an astrologer under my father, who said it was a pass to enter and leave the back garden of the palace."

"Astrologer?"

"That's right, this astrologer just came to my father not long ago, but my father trusts him so much that he even entrusts him with the authority to enter and leave the back garden."

Todd picked up the badge again, checked it over and over again, and after memorizing all the features of the badge, he planned to put this matter aside for a while and talk to Rachel later. Then, he handed the badge back to Mary, signaling her to put it back on her chest after the conversation was over.

Mary expressed puzzlement: "Your Majesty, since we found out that there is something wrong with this brooch, why do you want me to wear it?"

"If the information is correct, then the astrologer you mentioned may come from the Council of Elders, and he is a very difficult enemy." After thinking about it, Todd decided to be cautious: "So, I need you to try to maintain the status quo as much as possible, and don't make anyone suspicious."

Seeing that Mary had no further objections, Todd said again: "The second thing, what progress has the Muxi Mission made in the work of the successor of the Holy Acropolis?"

Hearing Todd's question, Mary was refreshed: "Your Majesty, there is one thing you may not know. Dion has made great contributions."

"Make great achievements?"

"The candidate supported by the church, my second brother, Mathilde, was fascinated by Dion." Mary talked about this incident, with a smile on her face: "No one expected such a thing to happen. My playboy second brother was deeply fascinated by Dion when he saw him for the first time."

Todd didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You mean, His Majesty Matide fell in love with Cavalier Dion?"

Mary smiled and nodded: "The world is really wonderful, isn't it? No one would have thought that my flirtatious brother would actually fall in love with a man."

Regarding this matter, Todd thought of an explanation.

Dion has a "pheromone" parasite on his body, and the pheromones emitted by the parasite completely affected the brain of His Majesty Matide.

Mary continued: "After my second brother fell in love with Dion, he wrote love poems for him every day, and organized countless banquets just to dance with him. After getting along for a period of time, Dion got a list of nobles who support the church from him. As long as we hand over this list to my eldest brother, the election of the throne will be..."

Todd interrupted her: "Mary, there's one thing I want you to know."

Before she could ask a question, Todd pulled the other party into the soul space again, and showed Mary the secrets about Sinclair and the church, as well as the conspiracy behind the candidate for the throne, all in the form of memory images.

When the two opened their eyes again, Mary's face was pale and her lips trembled slightly.

"How? How could such a thing happen?! My eldest brother, why did he do this?!"

Todd looked around, motioned Mary to lower the volume, and explained: "Music City originally planned to support His Royal Highness Sinclair to ascend the throne, but now it seems that this plan has completely failed."

Mary grabbed Todd's hand and asked eagerly: "Then what should we do now? Could it be that all the previous efforts have come to naught now?"

Todd pondered for a while, then said: "If His Royal Highness Matilde falls in love with Dion, maybe we can slightly change the candidates we support."

"You mean...to change Muxicheng's support from Sinclair to Mathilde?" Mary said worriedly, "But the second brother was originally on the side of the church, and Muxicheng supported him to come to power. Wouldn't it be shooting himself in the foot?"

Todd had a headache: "The two evils are the lesser. Compared with your wily elder brother, perhaps your second brother who is greedy for pleasure, it is more in the interests of Muxi City."

After saying this, Todd looked at Mary and sighed: "It would be great if you can also be one of the candidates..."

Mary's eyes dimmed: "The Holy Acropolis will never recognize a queen. Even if people agree to the queen, compared to my two brothers, I have almost no supporters in the city...Moreover, I don't like this city at all..."

Todd pursed his lips and shook his head, and lightly patted Mary's hand, signaling her not to think too much: "You tell Dion these news, that is, Muxi City has changed its direction of support from Sinclair to Mathilde in the matter of the heir to the throne. In addition, if possible, let him try to stabilize His Highness Matilde. He may be the success or failure of our confrontation with the church. Later, I will communicate with Muxicheng's cabinet to arrange a series of follow-up work."

Watching the depressed Mary leave the back garden, Todd, whose mind was in a mess, began to try to sort out a clear train of thought among so many messages.

King Leoric of the Holy Acropolis came to him and said with a smile, "Son, do you have time to play a game of chess?"