Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 705 Black Emperor

"Mysterious Queen" Bernadette specifically reminded me?

Angel subconsciously wanted to look at the "Dawn" with its gorgeous appearance and its design inspired by the Intis style of practicality and luxury, but he forced himself to stop and suppressed his curiosity.

The other party used a hidden messenger to send the letter, the purpose of which must be to issue a warning without revealing that they knew her. If she looked up in the direction of the "mysterious queen" now, it would be tantamount to destroying this effort.

Therefore, Angel simply handed the thin piece of letter paper to Anne beside him, and then asked:
"Did Bernadette tell you about this?"

Anne glanced at the contents and threw the letter away. The thin paper floated a few meters away in the sea breeze and disappeared in a slightly deep light.

"She and I separated half a month ago. She returned to the Northern Continent, and I continued to search for... Roselle's mausoleum."

The emperor's tomb? Isn't it outside Trier?

Angel immediately thought of the assassination that took place in the White Maple Palace 150 years ago as described in history books, and the time traveler predecessor who was buried with state rites despite great controversy after his death.

According to Anne, the mausoleum in the capital of Intis is fake. The emperor is not buried there, but secretly buried on an isolated island overseas, in a mausoleum that has not been found to this day?

Angel took note of all this, and instead of changing the subject, he frowned and said:
"Bernadette may have known something in advance, so she secretly reminded me of the conspiracy. Then why don't I just not go to the appointment and wait on the boat?"

At present, the strongest force on Angel's side is undoubtedly the "Queen Anne's Revenge" under his feet, and its incarnation Anne. Any plan and action must seek her opinion, otherwise it will be meaningless.

"She is the 'Master of Prophecy'. Perhaps she saw something about you in fate. But since she didn't directly stop you from going to the 'Black Emperor', it means she doesn't know who started the conspiracy or where the danger comes from. Perhaps you were warned and didn't go to the appointment, which was the fuse of the disaster."

It sounds even more like a charlatan than a fortune teller... Angel muttered to himself and did a simple magic mirror divination on his own. As expected, he got nothing.

"so?"

She asked tentatively.

"I'll go with you," Annie replied calmly, "As long as you don't stray too far from my main body, I can exert most of my strength, and these people and the ship present will not be able to hurt you."

This is the confidence of a Sequence 2 Angel, the "Balancer".

With her words, Angel also felt full of confidence in his heart, able to face those sea kings who were one sequence higher than himself, had rich background, and were likely to have various magical items and subordinates to help.

"Then how do we get there?"

After calming down, she thought of another question. The scene of herself holding Anne's thin and frail body and entering the mirror world emerged in her mind. She felt that it was a bit illogical.

Anne gave Angel a strange look, then reached out a hand and took her arm.

Ah, is she really waiting for me to take her into the "mirror world"?
Angel was stunned, and heard Anne's clear voice:
"Stay on deck and don't move."

Then, the gray clouds, the diffuse fog and the blue-black sea in her eyes became bright and the colors were extremely rich. Elaine's long red hair beside her was like flames, and the solid deck under her feet disappeared without a trace.

She followed Annie into the spirit world.

I almost forgot that she is essentially a ghost ship that can travel through the spirit world... Angel just sighed before he broke away from the spirit world and stepped onto the flat wooden deck again.

But the scene around him had changed from the somewhat messy but empty "Queen Anne's Revenge" to a busy deck that was equally dark in appearance but orderly and full of pirates.

There were lanterns hanging on the sides of the ship, swaying in the sea breeze. Slightly inward were huge cannons with their muzzles facing outward. The neatly arranged appearance was completely different from Anne's ghost ship and made Angel feel comfortable.

But then she discovered that the number of guns on both sides was not equal, and it was deliberately designed this way, because the same was true of the gun muzzles on the side of the ship.

The asymmetrical design that was popular during the Solomon era seemed to have retained a similar style in Trier during the Fourth Epoch... Angel muttered, looking away to avoid further damage to his spirit.

She looked towards the rear of the deck, and sure enough, she saw a huge stone chair right next to the cabin. Its surface was mottled and no one was sitting there.

"Ms. 'Golden Queen' Sachi, the Count is waiting for you in the captain's room on the third floor."

Angel heard a Loenese voice with an Intis accent. She looked to the side and saw a burly man with short brown hair, a beard, and a dark red captain's suit with intricate patterns showing through his shirt at the collar and cuffs.

Beside him stood several men who were dressed more like waiters than sailors, standing in a row as if they were lining up to welcome a distinguished guest.

Claiming to be an earl, with a formal and even somewhat old-fashioned invitation letter, and the pomp on the ship, this "King of the Five Seas" really thinks of himself as a noble on the sea... Angel smiled secretly, followed the instructions of this Beyonder who was probably a mid-sequence, and walked towards the long ladder next to the huge stone chair. Anne, who was half a head shorter than her, followed closely behind her, like the entourage of this "Golden Queen".

Angel's beauty that rivaled the legendary siren, her elusive allure, and Anne's white calves that contrasted sharply with the black deck made the pirates who made way for her stare in amazement.

However, the majesty emanating from the new king of the sea, the "Golden Queen", made them look away, not daring to look directly at her. They all took a few steps back and made way further.

No one noticed that the source of this oppressive force was not Angel, who was wearing a tricorn hat with a fluttering feather on her head and whose figure was set off by the shirt under her windbreaker and slim-fit trousers, but the girl behind her who was wearing a light yellow dress and looked a little childish.

……

Following the instructions, he arrived at the third floor. Angel stood in front of a black wooden door that looked normal. He took a deep breath and slowly opened the door.

Amid the friction sound of the wooden door, the somewhat dim scene in the captain's room fell into Angel's eyes.

Inside the room, which was much larger than it looked from the outside, iron-black candlesticks hung down from the ceiling. There were 81 of them in total, arranged 41 on the left and 40 on the right, extending deeper into the room. Below the candlesticks, a long metal table and two rows of high-backed chairs were faintly visible in the candlelight. On the high-backed chair at the head of the long table sat a man about meters tall.

He wore a pointed tower-shaped crown on his head, his black hair was combed neatly, and his beard of the same color just reached his neck. He wore a black robe with silver edges and simple patterns. The lines of his face were as deep as a sculpture, and his black eyes flashed a dark red light.

As soon as she stepped into the room and looked him in the eye, Angel felt a strong pressure that was about to bend her body coming towards her along her line of sight, making her feel that the person in front of her became taller and almost god-like.

It must be Sequence 3... This thought instantly popped up in Angel's mind. She couldn't help but want to lower her head, bend her waist, or even kneel down to salute. But she felt a warm touch from behind. Anne was gently stroking her arm. A more powerful but relatively gentle force came from the contact, allowing Angel to straighten her chest again.

"'The King of the Five Seas', Earl White Maple, Lord Nast."

After calming himself down, Angel greeted him in a calm tone, which was out of courtesy between pirate kings rather than submission under pressure.

Nast, whose tall body was barely covered by the black robe, took a deep look at Angel, who was not moved by his aura. The dark red light in his eyes disappeared, and he nodded slightly and answered in a low voice:
"Golden Queen, I have heard of your deeds in Bayam and recognize your strength as one of the kings. You may take a seat and wait for the arrival of other participants."

As he spoke, his eyes turned to the other figure that was almost blocked behind Angel, and he did not move for a long time.

It was not until Angel wanted to turn around to see if there was anything on Anne's face that Nast spoke again:

"I never thought that after one hundred and fifty years, I would be able to see you again, Your Highness Anne."

The voice was no longer as deep as when he spoke to Angel just now, but instead carried a hint of surprise.

Anne...Her Highness?
Hearing this name, Angel was stunned at first, and then he understood the meaning of Nast's words.

This title corresponds to the person of Angel Anne, not her secular identity.

Just like "Sword of the Goddess" Cecima addressed Ms. Arianna as "Your Highness", in major churches, when addressing beings who walk on earth as angels, they need to add "Your Highness" to show respect. Moreover, this is a tradition from various empires in the Fourth Epoch. It is not strange that Nast, who considers himself a descendant of Solomon and abides by some strange but self-contained rules, uses this suffix to address Anne.

But how did he know that Anne was a Sequence 2 Beyonder...

Angel turned around and looked at the black-haired girl with golden eyes behind him. The girl had a hint of doubt on her face and asked back:

"you know me?"

The "King of the Five Seas" sitting on the high-backed chair that looked like a throne nodded slightly:
"Yes, you may not have noticed, but I have seen you before when my father and I met Emperor Roselle at the White Maple Palace. Later, I learned from my father that you were the great 'Queen Anne's Revenge'."

This answer surprised Angel a little. According to Nast, he met Anne when Russell was still alive, and it was probably during the period from when he became emperor in his later years to when he was assassinated, which was more than 150 years ago.

It seems that the rumors are not false. This "King of the Five Seas" has lived for more than 160 years... Angel sighed in his heart, and after a brief silence, he looked at Anne and asked again:
"Savini Solomon, Earl of White Maple?"

"Father would be pleased if he knew that you still remember him," Nast Solomon said with an inexplicable excitement. "After he left, I inherited his title, but there is no place for me in that country... However, I will establish a new order and a new kingdom on the sea and become... the Black Emperor."

At the end of his words, Nast stood up from his "throne", and his black eyes under the spire crown once again showed a dark red light.

"Well, I'm looking forward to it."

Anne replied, her tone dull and her face expressionless.

She wasn't expecting it at all.

(End of this chapter)