Secretary of the Devil's Castle

At this moment, Leo also stopped his movements, reached out and took out a small shiny object from the Faceless Man, "It really is."

Both Marianne and Fatalia looked around curiously, and saw that what Leo was holding was a silver chess piece, on which was a lifelike sculpture of a pigeon, with ruby-like eyes and a silver body. Judging from the paper scroll tied to the right leg, it is probably a carrier pigeon.

"what is this?"

Marian couldn't help asking curiously, so Leo clenched the chess piece in his hand and said, "This is a carrier pigeon, a beast chess carrier pigeon, which represents the beginning."

"Start? What to start?"

Marian was even more confused, but Fatalia bit her finger and began to recall the information about the continental countries in her mind, among which the part of the Reinhardt Empire was the most, and in this part of the information, she was indeed I have seen the word beast chess.

"Could it be that……"

Fatalia's eyes widened slightly, "Beast chess selection?"

"You actually know..."

Leo glanced at Fatalia in surprise, then nodded heavily: "Yes, you are right, it is the selection of beast chess."

Fatalia said a little speechlessly: "Then this is really... a serious situation."

"Wait, wait, wait!"

Seeing that the two were talking in a cloud, Marianne couldn't help but said angrily: "So what exactly is the beast chess selection you are talking about?"

Leo and Fatalia looked at each other, and Fatalia stretched out her hand to signal Leo to explain the matter of her own house, so Leo scratched his head and said: "In a nutshell... decide who is Reinha The test of the future king of the Te Empire."

The selection of beast chess is a tradition passed down from generation to generation by the royal family of the Reinhardt Empire. There are only two participants in each selection of beast chess, which means that among the many brothers and sisters, only two can finally participate in this selection.

The rules are also very simple. The two members of the royal family hold silver "lion" chess pieces, and they also have many beast chess pieces that they can give to those around them. The person who gets the chess pieces will become the companion of the "lion" in the selection of beast chess.

Those who have the beast chess can start a fair and honest contest, and all kinds of methods are useless, whether it is poisoning, assassination, planting and framing, one-on-one duels, or even small-scale wars. Only those who have the beast chess are qualified to compete directly, and others can only provide some extremely limited help at most.

And during the selection period of beast chess, all the competition for the throne within the royal family will be forcibly terminated, because the final king will only be selected from the two "lions".

From the moment the "carrier pigeon" arrives, it means that the selection of beast chess has officially started. In the next time, Leo must hand over his chess pieces to someone he can trust, and kill another "lion" to become the only one. Only the king can do it.

That's right, the selection of beast chess must be fratricide, and the standard of ending is the death of one of them.

"It's a big trouble."

Leo had a bit of a headache, because he didn't expect that he would start the selection of beast chess when he was in St. Raydis College. In this way, he completely lost the home court advantage. You must know that his confidants are inseparable except as bodyguards. Except for Elisha, everyone else is in the Reinhardt Empire. In this way, the chess pieces cannot be handed over to the confidants in time, and many early arrangements cannot be prepared in time.

However, it does not mean that this game is sure to lose. Generally speaking, the selection of beast chess often lasts for several years. The two "lions" will test each other, pull repeatedly, and try to cut off all the wings of each other, and then give each other fatal blow.

In this way, the initial arrangement must be behind【|>

Thinking about it, Leo took out a chess piece from his arms, and a majestic eagle was engraved on this chess piece.

Each chess piece represents an ordinary meaning, and the "Eagle" represents a friend or ally of another faction, but there is only one piece.

Leo pondered for a moment, and finally put the "Eagle" away.

It's never too late to decide who it is.

So who is the other lion?

A stalwart figure immediately flashed in Leo's mind.

Sure enough, it can only be him, Ryan Reinhardt, Leo Reinhardt's cousin.

postponing update

The mgj computer is out of battery, there is no other way, let’s procrastinate, there will be two chapters tomorrow, and I will go home tomorrow night, the update frequency should be more frequent after that, you can look forward to it a little bit—someone should be looking forward to it. …………………………………………………………………

Chapter 35 Battle of Beast Chess

In the Reinhardt Empire, the royal family that has the right to inherit is not only the direct descendants of the king. Other clansmen who also flowed with the blood of the king are also eligible to compete for the throne. This may be to ensure that the person sitting at the top is good enough... maybe , who can know all the details of an almost ritual behavior that has been passed down for so many years.

Just like the Reinhardt royal family of this generation, there were nine people who participated in the competition for the throne, and in the end, only Reiner Reinhardt was the one who competed against Leo for the beast chess selection. After all, they all failed.

Rein Reinhardt is the child of the third prince who once competed with Leo's father, Libit Reinhardt, for the throne. He failed to compete for the throne, and now he has given this goal to his own children.

However, it is worth mentioning that Libitt did not participate in the selection of beast chess at the beginning, because the selection of beast chess is only a way to select an heir, not the only way. It will only be held when the winner is determined. Although the third prince was excellent at the beginning, he abstained after Libitt successfully promoted the signing of the agreement between the Cairns Empire and the Reinhardt Empire-compared with the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Demon Empire. The significance of this matter is too great, far stronger than his military exploits.

Let’s go back to Ryan Reinhardt. From which point of view, Ryan is an excellent member of the royal family. It is difficult to tell who is better between him and Leo. Ryan may be even more dominant after Radis Academy.

It can even be said that Ryan undoubtedly has an advantage in the selection of beast chess. After all, Leo has no time to hand over these chess pieces to the people who were originally selected to give them.

Using a game as an analogy, the opponent can already start sending troops, and the loading has not been completed yet...

Of course, the situation has not reached the point of despair, but it will be more difficult to win. As long as the follow-up management is done well, there is still a chance of a comeback. Of course, there is the extremely key animal chess "Eagle". It is really a pawn that can change fate against the sky, and it is very lucky that there are two thighs, Fatalia and Marianne, beside Leo to hug.

But Leo himself doesn't want to rely on holding their thighs to get through the difficulties, this is not his style.

"I see……"

After hearing Leo's explanation, Marianne clapped her hands suddenly, "Speaking of which, isn't your current situation very dangerous?! Then why worry about such a mess, life-saving is the most important thing!"

"It's not that exaggerated."

Leo smiled helplessly, and then said: "First of all, the place where I am now is the City of Holy Light, which can be said to be the safest city on the mainland. The monitoring should still have not stopped, which blocked quite a few possibilities of assassination, and if it is nonsense to say that the army is going to be sent, it will cause a war. Besides, isn’t there Elisha by my side? Even without relying on your strength, Elisha and I can handle a lot of troubles. Just at this time, Beast Chess was handed over to those confidantes in the palace... Oh, the distance is also a troublesome thing. I don’t know how to send it. How long will it take to go back?"

"What are you talking about?! This is a matter of your life and safety, you... oh!"

Before Marian's angry words were finished, Fatalia covered her mouth from behind, "Okay, we understand, if we don't show up in front of us, we won't interfere with the selection of beast chess , but if appearing in front of us affects us, then it’s not [@

"This one……"

Leo was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he smiled helplessly: "Okay, there is no problem, this is indeed not against the rules."

"Well, it's settled like this. If you need it, just say it, and we will help."

Fatalia nodded and let go of Marian, who was already suffocating.

"Oh! I survived... Fatalia, please be gentle next time..."

Marianne patted her chest in fear, and breathed in the fresh air. When Fatalia covered her mouth just now, she also covered her nose, which almost didn't scare her to death.

After recovering, Marianne glared at Fatalia with dissatisfaction: "Fatalia, why did you cover my mouth? Is it wrong to want to help a friend? Is there? It is life-threatening!"

"So? How are you going to help Leo?"

Fatalia squinted at Marianne, "Don't forget that you are the saint of the Church of Holy Light, no matter what your intentions are, your every move will be regarded as the meaning of the Church of Holy Light, and I am the same. It represents the Cairns Empire. With such a status, are we going to intervene in the succession of the throne within the Reinhardt Empire? It will undoubtedly develop into a diplomatic issue."

"Even so..."

Marianne frowned and muttered, "Is there no other way?"

"Yes, but there is no need."

Fatalia shook her head, crossed her arms and looked at Leo, who was chattering with Elisha, and said: "The selection of beast chess is a ritual duel to decide the next emperor of the Reinhardt Empire. It is a kind of trial. With our help, Leo can easily overturn another beast chess holder who is dueling with him. After all, no country in the world will dare to face the Holy Light and Cairns The alliance of the empire, but what is the use of this? After breaking this selection, Leo's reputation among the people and nobles will drop to the lowest level. Even if it is because of our face, it will be a hidden danger after all. It is better to let Leo solve it by himself ——Although I haven’t met his opponent, I don’t think Leo will lose.”

Marianne gritted her teeth and said, "I'm really confident, but I like it, so what? Leave everything to Leo?"

"Of course not. Although I can't intervene directly, it's still possible to do some auxiliary work, and it just so happens that I have a little free time recently."

As she said that, Fatalia pushed her glasses, and a cold light flashed on the lenses, "You can fully train him."

Although she just said such a non-special thing in an ordinary tone, Marianne still shuddered subconsciously.

Uh wow, although I don't know why, it's better to give Leo a three-second silence, right?

Just as she was thinking about it, Marianne heard Fatalia say thoughtfully again: "But compared to this, I am more curious about why the Faceless Ones appeared in the City of Light. Shrouded in divine magic, one can easily identify the person with evil intentions..."

"It's true, it's really strange."

Marianne also suddenly remembered this, and immediately clapped her hands and said: "Although Grandpa Pope's magic is not 100% accurate, there should be no mistakes for spies like the Faceless Man—ah, Why don't we just ask Grandpa Pope?"

"Ask the Pope directly...Saint Baron VII?"

Fatalia raised her eyebrows immediately, "Are you serious? Marianne?"

"What's the matter? Anyway, whenever I look for it, Grandpa Pope is always there."

Marian akimbo proudly, while Fatalia glanced at Marian from head to toe, nodded knowingly, "Well, yes, you are the saint of the Church of Holy Light, if even you see It would be strange if it wasn’t there, but then again, the Pope’s Palace is not close to Saint Radius College, is it?”

"Well, there's no problem at all."

Marianne slapped her chest confidently and said: "If I want to find the Pope's grandfather, I don't need to go directly to the Pope's Palace. I can just find a church of the Church of the Holy Light. Isn't the Cathedral of St. Ladis just outside the college? Take a carriage for a while." It won't take much time to come back!"

"Well, I'm fine."

Fatalia nodded, and then threw an electric arc and hit Leo and Elisha. Although it didn't hurt, it made them startled, "Leo, Elisha, we're going to Saint Reddy! Cathedral, do you want to come together?"

"Hiss—you can just say it directly next time, Fatalia, there is no need to discharge."

Leo swayed and said in an electronic voice: "Let's forget it. I plan to go back and discuss with Elisha what to do afterward, so I won't accompany you for now."

"Understood, no problem. Besides, I will pay attention next time."

Fatalia turned and walked to the other end of the street, "Let's go, Marianne, Favna, hurry up."

"See you tonight or tomorrow, Leo, Elisha!"

Marianne waved her hands at the two, quickly followed Fatalia and took her hand: "Okay, don't be in such a hurry, it's still early anyway."

Favna bowed to them, and followed Fatalia and Marian without saying a word.

"See you next time."

Leo put down his hands, turned around and walked towards the dormitory thoughtfully, "Let's go, Elisha, we've been busy for a while, the key is to send them the chess pieces first— — Ah, yes, and this.”

As he said that, he suddenly remembered something, and took out a chess piece from his pocket and handed it to Elisha, "I've already agreed to give it to you, take it."

It was a silver chess piece carved with a lion, but unlike the male lion with a mane that belonged to Leo, the lion carved on this chess piece was a female lion—of course, this piece of chess piece did not symbolize Not a partner or something, after all, Leo's sexual orientation is normal.

The true meaning of a lioness is not a partner, but a guardian, a personal guard who can definitely be trusted.

"Okay, Your Highness."

Elisha didn't evade or be hypocritical, and reached out to take the chess piece, looked at it carefully for a moment and suddenly smiled, "I'm really tied to His Highness's chariot now."

"Isn't this already preordained?"

Leo bent slightly and looked straight into Elisha's eyes, "What? Repenting now? Then it's too late."

"How could you go back on your word?"

Elisha put away the chess pieces, stood up straight again and gave a knightly salute to Leo, "I, Elisha Bivis, swear on the honor of my family, I will..."

"Okay stop-"

Before he finished speaking, Leo clapped his hands and interrupted Elisha, then smiled at him and said, "I don't have the time to listen to your talk. Loyalty and trust can't be won with words." What you say is something that can only be realized after a long period of precipitation, and obviously, we don't need to emphasize this, do we?"

Looking into Leo's serious eyes, Elisha was stunned for a while and then nodded heavily: "Ah, yes, Your Highness, we don't need this, we already understood this kind of thing."

At the Cathedral of St. Raydis.

The three of Fatalia, who had been in the carriage for a while, finally came here. Fatalia looked up at its familiar decoration, and held her waist with her right hand helplessly: "As a devil, I really often come to the church. ah."

"What are you talking about, Fatalia, you are now in the headquarters of the Church of the Holy Light, and you still lament this?"

Marian gave Fatalia a strange look: "If you want to talk about the sense of disobedience, it's not your turn here, right?"

Fatalia: "...That's right, let's go in."

"Welcome to St. Redis Cathedral, Your Lady, Your Highness Cairns."

The person in charge of St. Redis Cathedral, Cardinal Bart Kane bowed politely, and then asked, "May I ask why you two came here on purpose?"

"Borrow the prayer room, Uncle Bart."

Marianne pulled Fatalia and Favna to the back with a playful smile on her face. Before Bart even said a word, he saw that the three in front of him had disappeared. The door that was slammed shut.

"You're really welcome."

After coming to the prayer room, Fatalia took off her coat and sat on a chair, holding her cheeks and looking at Marian helplessly.

Marianne smiled and pulled a chair to sit down and said, "Anyway, I know everyone here very well!"

"Huh."

Fatalia didn't say anything, just looked around and said thoughtfully: "Speaking of which, there is no church in the academy."

"Originally there were."

As Marian spoke, she took out candles, holy oils and incense from a side cabinet, "However, 600 years ago, the Pope at the time said that faith should not enter the academy, the sacred place of knowledge should be kept pure, and the path of the Holy Light Although it is clear, it is a bondage to pure knowledge, so afterward, the church inside St. Radius College was demolished or rebuilt—ah, it was completed.”

Fatalia, who was listening enthralled, noticed that Marianne had placed candles, holy oil and aromatherapy in front of the statue of the God of Holy Light, forming a small magic circle.