The Emperor’s Angel of Death

“Sergeant Sablin, your Blood Concerto is ready, please enjoy.”

“Thank you.”

After Kaia walked away, Sablin picked up his glass and took a sip before saying:

“I also heard from Bakhram that the Chapter Master seems dissatisfied with the current High King Matthias. Is he planning a change?”

“But that Sere, he's just an eighteen-year-old kid. He can't be High King, can he?”

“We can only say that it's planning ahead. Perhaps this war is a test. If Matthias's performance doesn't satisfy the Chapter Master, then age probably won't be an issue.”

But then Sablin changed the subject.

“But what does that have to do with you getting entangled with those female knights?”

“What do you mean entangled? I'm just trying to understand from the side, because the Lieutenant said not to alarm that Sere.”

“Couldn't you just send a mortal to do that?”

“Tsk, you don't understand. Those knights really have their eyes on the top of their heads, and they always emphasize class and status. They always have words like 'plebeian' and 'lower class' on their lips. If you want to get close to them and get information from them, your status must be higher than or equal to theirs. They won't even respect the Chapter's senior servants, believe it or not? Only when I'm standing there in power armor can they talk calmly.”

“Hmm, that's true. The knights' arrogance is indeed higher than their mechs.”

Alvarez suddenly laughed:

“This job can only be done by Li Lin. If anyone else in the company did it, they would definitely not have the patience to talk to those stupid and arrogant knights properly.”

Then he looked at Li Lin.

“What do you think of that bastard grandson?”

“Hmm, how should I put it? Most people have a high opinion of him. It is said that he killed people at a young age, and he performed very well in various martial arts competitions and exams. Although he is also arrogant, he is not so exaggerated. But the biggest problem is that he is young, too young, and lacks understanding of power. He still needs to grow for a long time.”

Sablin shook his head.

“Matthias has sons. Even if he himself is not good, his son seems to be doing well. If Sere can't show some amazing qualities, I'm afraid...”

“Hey, the Lieutenant said the same thing. Were you eavesdropping on us?”

“Do you think I'm as idle as you?”

After everyone chatted for a while, they received a message from the bridge. The fleet was about to set off to return to the Cardinal World, so those who needed to be on combat duty went to their posts, and those who had nothing else to do rested. Of course, Li Lin still had to continue his identity as a knight liaison, but he seemed to be a little tired of it and chose to rest for a while like the others.

Ten minutes later, in the middle deck of the Unbound Soul, a figure appeared in the corridor where the attendants came and went. Despite wearing a wide-brimmed soft hat that deliberately lowered the brim, this young and beautiful woman was surrounded by an aura of pride and elegance nurtured by the luxurious life of the upper class. Her smooth, ink-like hair was tied into a simple and neat low bun at the back of her head, and a delicate hair clip made of precious black diamonds was pinned on the bun. All the strands of hair were neatly tied behind her ears. The knight's uniform, consisting of a women's long-sleeved shirt, leather hunting pants, boots, and gloves, tightly wrapped her well-developed and sexy figure. The feminine curves of her chest and buttocks were faintly visible under the fitted suit. Her slender and well-proportioned feet stepped on elegant black leather boots, just like a huntress preparing to hunt.

When she appeared here, she made the maids around her look at her and nod to her in greeting.

Although this was an area where irrelevant people were prohibited from entering, everyone knew that she was a good friend of the head maid and also a noble female knight, so even the automatic guard servitors granted her permission to pass.

Kaia was nominally a servant with a not-so-high rank, but due to the special nature of her work, she was not only one of the very few people who could directly convey messages to the real masters here, the Astartes, but also one of the very few people who had high-level security permissions. More importantly, she had a deep connection with the "Night Lord" Li Lin in the company. This master was considered a high-level figure in the company besides Talos and Casati.

Tasia walked gracefully through the main passage, then turned to another secondary passage and accepted a second security scan. She had a small box in her hand, which was a gift she had prepared for Kaia.

Her acquaintance with Kaia was initially just an accident. The other party encountered a little trouble when she personally went to the holy city of the Cardinal World to select high-grade wine-making materials and various high-grade ingredients, and Tasia happened to be there, helped her solve the trouble, and incidentally met the head maid of the Eleventh Company.

It was then that Kaia learned that the Eleventh Company had such a secret "logistics unit." Originally, she imagined that the Astartes, even those somewhat strange warriors of the Eleventh Company, should be as strict and boring as killing machines, and their lives should be like ascetics.

Kaia's appearance broke this inertia and allowed Tasia to discover some "opportunities," so she began to try to get close to the other party, using her superb social skills and emotional intelligence to gradually establish a relationship with the other party, and eventually became friends.

It would be a shame for a knight noble to associate with an Astartes chapter servant, according to knight standards. After all, chapter servants in their perception were just Astartes' slaves, but Tasia might not be very strong as a knight, but her power acumen and political wisdom were extremely high. She even had the title of 'Spider Princess' in the family, so she was not blinded by the superficial status and was determined to befriend Kaia.

It was with this relationship that Tasia was able to deeply understand Li Lin and others, and learn about many things she did not know, not only about the Eleventh Company, but also about some of the inside stories of the knight families. Of course, Kaia's mouth was still very tight, and she would not say anything related to secrets. For example, why the warriors of the Eleventh Company were so special. Her answer was always because of the environment. They all came from a unique world.

In fact, Tasia also guessed that someone allowed Kaia to contact her in order to obtain more information about the DuPont Derlin family. This was a two-way information flow channel. As for who that person was—

Of course, it was Kaia's nominal "master," the eccentric Li Lin.

But Tasia herself didn't think there was anything wrong. This tacit information exchange was beneficial to both parties. The intelligent her saw Li Lin's mission from the beginning, which was why she painstakingly befriended Kaia.

She already knew the secret of Sere's bloodline and believed that Sere was more qualified to be the High King. The current High King Matthias was also aware of this, but he dared not make any obvious moves, but made many secret moves, such as assigning Sere to unimportant tasks, not giving him a chance to shine. Everyone had a consensus that only that adult could decide the position of High King, and the most important thing to gain his favor was military merit, because the other party was a Space Marine. Even Matthias himself was allowed to become High King because his countless life-and-death performances in battle were seen in his eyes.