honor me as god

(two in one, today and tomorrow)
On the 23rd of Huixue, Lorna, who was at the border of Fenghuo province to suppress the rebellion, received an urgent report from the rear, saying that her giant dragon, Fei Ye, went berserk and massacred civilians, and now it has been brought under control.

When Lorna saw this urgent report, she was immediately out of her wits and couldn't care less about the situation of the battle. The winged beast with the fastest riding speed rushed back to Wangcheng that day.

As soon as she came to the sky above the palace, Lorna heard crying loudly. A dozen plainly dressed civilians fell to their knees and hissed, tears streaming down their cheeks. Several of them were holding something black in their arms.

After landing, Lorna walked past these people and realized that they were young charred corpses.

Looking across the crowd, the scene in front of her eyes made Lorna's eyes tear open.

I saw an iron cage not far away, Fei Ye was locked in it, her wings were tied tightly by iron chains and stood upright on her back, her mouth was locked with a metal muzzle, and her huge body was almost invisible in the narrow iron cage. The activity space is extremely painful.

"What are you doing?!" Lorna roared angrily and rushed over, pushed away all the imperial guards blocking the way, tore apart the iron cage and prison equipment with her bare hands, and released Fei Ye.

Seeing her master, Fei Ye let out a grievous sob from her throat, her big head pressed tightly against Lorna, still trembling from time to time.

The judge of Wangcheng came behind Lorna and said softly: "Your Highness, please be considerate. You were not in Wangcheng before. It is a last resort for us to capture and lock it up."

"The court received a report yesterday evening that eight children were killed on a mountain outside Wangcheng. We sent investigators to visit the surrounding area overnight, compared the traces on the scene, and finally found out."

The judge licked his dry lips, and continued: "I found that the children died of the dragon's breath, and the only dragon that went in and out of the incident during that time was your Fei Ye."

Lorna was so astonished that she couldn't add more, and she didn't even want to refute directly: "Impossible!"

A kneeling villager wiped his tears and said: "It's this red dragon! I saw it fall on the back mountain with my own eyes, and then heard a loud cry, and it flew away. We led people to chase it away." In the past tense, the ground was full of flames, and the children were burned to death!"

Lorna pointed at these villagers and shouted: "I brought Fei Ye up, it is absolutely impossible to take the initiative to hurt people! It must be your own problem, someone did something aggressive towards Fei Ye!"

A haggard woman cried, "Our Amy is a good child! How could she attack a dragon?! She is only four years old! Give me back my daughter!!!"

Just as the two sides were arguing red-faced, members of the Citizens' Assembly came up.

As an institution endowed with supervisory powers under the New Deal, the Citizens' Assembly has the obligation and the right to supervise the handling of cases in major and important cases, ensuring that no one violates the code during the entire process.

The story of Fei Ye's killing of children has been widely circulated in Wangcheng. The nature of such a big case is inherently bad, and it also involves Lorna, the queen's chief confidant. The people are worried that someone will bend the law for personal gain, and all 24 members of parliament are required to be present to supervise.

The leader of the councilor looked solemn, and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness Lorna, it is meaningless to worry about who it is. No matter whether these children are aggressive or not, it cannot erase the fact that your dragon killed them brutally."

"According to the Code, animals that harm innocent people, especially animals that cause death." The congressman looked into Lorna's eyes, and slowly said the last words, "It needs to be treated harmlessly."

As soon as the councilor finished speaking, he suddenly felt an almost substantive Longwei sweeping across his face, his heart almost stopped suddenly, the temperature of his blood seemed to drop to freezing point, all his strength was deprived, and the only thing left was the irresistible shudder.

"Try to move it?" Lorna's pupils were burning with anger, and the ancient and majestic dragon's power swept around. The nearest congressmen collapsed to the ground in fright, and the civilians kneeling on the ground also panicked. Shrinking back, the eyes of fear are wider than copper bells.

When everyone was trembling, Lorna looked at the familiar figure on the steps, her eyes revealed deep sorrow, and her voice became hoarse: "You just watch there? Don't you say a word for me?"

The victims came to the palace to report their corpses, and of course Solandelle was also there. She stood alone on the steps, her face haggard and her pupils out of focus, staring blankly at the ground, as if she didn't have the courage to look directly into Lorna's eyes.

Lorna: "You talk."

Solandelle was speechless.

"I told you to talk!" Lorna almost shouted.

Members of the Civic Council got up and said softly after getting up: "Your Highness Lorna, this matter has nothing to do with Her Majesty the Queen. Governance is under the law, everything is done according to the code, and will not be changed by personal will. This is the fundamental principle of the New Deal .”

Hearing the word "New Deal", Lorna's eyes became more and more sad. For the first time in her life, she looked at her childhood partner who grew up together with eyes full of estrangement: "Soran, you have become more and more serious in the past ten years. It's getting weirder, I don't know what you're doing anymore."

"At the very beginning, you wanted to take away the fiefdom and power of the Ragnome family. You said that the credit for the creation of the ancestors has nothing to do with the present, and that the things my father left me are not mine, and you have to take them all and distribute them to others. "

"Okay. Anyway, I have let you in since I was a child, and I don't need those things. If you really want it, I will give it to you."

"Later, you said that Chino who accompanied us all the way was a bad guy, and you wanted me to beat him in front of everyone, and to injure him so that everyone could see his blood."

"I don't understand, but I did it for you. Even if you are all my friends, in my heart, you are more important than him. If I can only choose one, I will definitely choose you."

"Later, you became more and more extreme, and you wanted me to kill Chino, and you wanted me to kill him by any means."

"Heh, it's come to this point, what can I do? If you want to kill, then kill it. Even if you die in the process, just treat me as my duty as a friend. You can remember me in the future, remember there is such a friend , just send me flowers at the cemetery once in a while.”

When Lorna said this, tears began to fall from her eyes, and her voice began to twist and hoarse: "But you want to kill my dragon now?"

"Suo Lan, Fei Ye grew up with you! You have known him since you were three or four years old. After more than 20 years, it is no different from the one you raised yourself!"

"I really don't understand. Why can you watch your subordinates grab it and hurt it, but you can still do nothing?"

"Are you really twisted on this throne? From the bottom of my heart, I feel that whether it's Kino, me, or Fei Ye, none of them are as important as your throne?"

Solandelle closed her eyes, with tears constantly overflowing from the slits, her body trembling with sobbing, but she still didn't speak.

Perhaps, any words are useless at this time.

"Are you deaf?!" Lorna rushed forward, frantically grabbed her skirt and shook it, and finally pushed it down on the steps, "I told you to talk!!!"

Lorna still wanted to grab Solandelle and continue pushing, but a slender figure stood between them.

Xili reached out her hand to stop Lorna, her eyes were indifferent, and her tone was as steady as stagnant water without waves: "Sister Lorna, "government under the law" is an unshakable national policy. "

"As His Majesty's best friend, you should tolerate and understand her difficulties, instead of embarrassing her."

"Friend?!" The word was like sparks falling into a gunpowder pile, which instantly ignited Lorna's emotions. She pointed at Solandelle's nose and cursed hoarsely, "Ask her! I regard her as a friend, Does she consider me a friend?!"

"I fell on the bed and collapsed in pain. She couldn't see me for several months! It caused a lot of trouble, and she forced it to me if she couldn't handle it by herself, and never considered my feelings! Help her fight, hit her eyes One of them is blind, and now stab me in the back!"

"If you have something to ask me to go to the front and fight with others, if you have nothing to do, you can use me as a knife to show your power. What do you think of me? Do you treat me like a dog?!"

After Lorna yelled at Solandelle, she wiped her tears with her sleeve, turned to look at the civilians who were kneeling and weeping, and said coldly, "I tell you, I don't care about any codes!"

"I will tell you in front of so many people today! Fei Ye's life is to be nobler than ordinary people like you! You are nothing in front of it!"

"I don't understand, what is the equality of all beings? I am stronger than you and can do many things that you can't do, so why can't I be superior? Why can't I enjoy even a little bit of privilege?!"

"So what about Fei Ye's murder? During the years when he fought against me, he saved not only millions, but hundreds of thousands of people! Just take a few credits and pay for your children's lives, is that enough? Ah?! "

When it comes to this point, the face is directly torn, and everyone has nothing to say.

The 24 members of the Citizens' Council who were elected by the people and shouldered the power of supervision all cast their eyes on Solandelle, and the meaning in their eyes was: We can't do anything, you can figure it out.

The parents who lost their children wept and looked to the Queen with pleading eyes, hoping that she could do justice.

Lorna also looked at Solandelle with sad and gloomy eyes: "Didn't you force me to stand between you and Kino? All right, then I will force you once."

"Tell me, are you willing to spare Fei Ye's life? Do you want to stand beside these civilians you have never seen before, or stand beside your childhood companions who grew up with you?"

Now, Solandelle was cornered and there was no way back.

A question was posed in front of her: what are you going to do?
"Governance under the law" is your decision.

You have given this great concept to the people and told everyone that all beings are equal under the law, the law does not avoid relatives, and the law does not show mercy.

In order to help you make a final decision, Ma Ban, who has followed you for many years, threw away his lifelong name and the opportunity to be famous in history, and resolutely jumped into the muddy water to rectify the law.

His wife, Miss Aurora, also gave her life for you who only met once for the ideal future.

Later, as you wished, the awe of the legal code remained in everyone's heart, and the new era of "government under the law" you wanted was born in your hands.

But now, something happened to your best friend.

She refuses to accept you.

She disobeyed the law.

She felt that she should be superior to others, and felt that those untouchables would die if they died, and she didn't deserve Fei Ye to pay for their lives.

Well, Solandelle, what are you going to do?
You, Solandelle van Dogorland, Queen of the Laurel, Initiator of Rule under Law, Champion of all subjects, what will you do?
In front of the 24 members of the Citizens' Assembly, in front of the poor parents who have lost their children, what are you going to do?
The wind in Huixue on the 23rd was colder than ever.

Lorna's eyes, the eyes of citizen councilors, the eyes of bereaved parents, all of them gathered together, as if turning into a wall, trying to crush her.

The queen who was born in a greenhouse, was in the flames of war, and abandoned her beloved for her ideals finally tasted the bitter fruit of change.

Solandelle's azure blue eyes were empty and lifeless. She had never shed tears like this in the past ten years. She raised her head and looked at Lorna. The emotions in her eyes were completely broken, and her lips could not stop Trembling, there was a desperate whimper:

"sorry"

Hearing these three words, Lorna's gaze gradually became dizzy, and she stood there like a statue.

The corners of her mouth grinned and twitched, causing her cheeks to tremble together, as if she was laughing, but tears filled her eyes and kept gushing out, as if she was crying.

In the end, she went to Fei Ye and climbed onto the dragon's back, stretched her hands to her shoulders, tore off the thing worn on it, and threw it towards Solandelle.

"ding, ding"

The "King's Left Hand" badge that once belonged to his father, and the "King's Blade" badge that once belonged to Denisa fell in front of Solandelle.

Lorna clasped her right index finger again, took off the ring worn on it forcefully, and threw it together.

It was a coming-of-age gift Lorna got when she was 16.

Concentric rings, created by the ancient king who founded the country, are in pairs and are priceless treasures of the royal family.

They were originally the tokens of love between the former king Perseus and the queen Catherine to show their eternal unity, and were later presented to Solandelle and Lorna respectively, symbolizing eternal friendship.

But now, the ring fell to the ground with a cold sound, lying alone in front of Solandelle.

Lorna looked at Solandelle for the last time, her tears were so dark that there was no expression in her eyes: "I didn't betray you."

"It was you who abandoned me."

"Huh—" Fei Ye spread her wings, carried Lorna to the sky, and disappeared from everyone's sight.
It has since disappeared from this kingdom.

This result was not perfect, and Fei Ye could not be executed, but combined with the actual situation, it was already the greatest protection of the code.

Those parents held the charred corpses of their children, even though they were extremely sad, they still bowed their heads to Her Majesty and thanked her for her justice.

Members of the Civic Assembly applauded Solandelle one after another, praising her selflessness.

Whether it's a tribute or a compliment, Solandelle can't feel anything at this time, and she doesn't even know how she was helped back into the hall.

The cold hall was empty and lonely, and Solandelle sat alone on the throne, with no one in front of her, no one behind her, the seat on the right was empty, and the seat on the left was also empty.

She curled up on the cold throne with her arms tightly wrapped around her, as if she wanted to hug a departed person. She opened her mouth to cry, but the tears had already dried up, and she couldn't make a sound.

The little princess who once aspired to change the world turned into a queen who had nothing.

This time, she was really alone.