"Beep—"
Thales heard that weird tinnitus again!
This time, Thales lowered his head in pain, his face contorted.
Compared with just now, the tinnitus this time is especially loud, almost catching up with the magic sound of the supernatural assassin yesterday!
What exactly is this?
Thales endured the pain, but knew that he couldn't make a mistake at this time!
Everyone in the entire capital is witnessing this moment!
Li Xiya's glowing eyes looked at him suspiciously.
The light is getting brighter!
People on the entire terrace raised their hands or turned their heads. Even the five dukes standing closest couldn't see or hear what was going on in the center.
Under the strong light, Thales gradually couldn't see the scene outside clearly.
Amid the painful tinnitus, Thales could barely see the figures of Li Xiya and Kessel.
He had already started to grit his teeth, enduring the torment of tinnitus.
Then the abnormality of the traverser was discovered.
Li Xiya shrank her bright eyes, and then said in doubt:
"you?"
"How could you..."
what happened?
Thales was inexplicably nervous.
At this moment, Thales clearly saw the robust figure of King Kessel suddenly turning his head in the light.
"Li Xiya..." the king spoke softly, only Li Xiya and Thales who were closest could hear it. .
For some reason, King Kessel V lacked his usual majesty and indifference. This time, his tone turned out to be pleading and powerless!
"Please," the supreme king of the mighty Star Kingdom begged in a low voice at this moment:
"This is the future of the stars, and it is also Midir's long-cherished wish."
Li Xiya shook the hands of the two of them, trembling for some reason.
But then she turned her head and looked at the king:
Li Xiya asked in disbelief: "She... is she?"
But the king didn't answer her.
The next second.
The light disappeared.
The tinnitus also disappeared.
Thales, whose ears were free, breathed a sigh of relief, breathing heavily.
What the hell is this - what's going on?
Ringing in the ears, the high priest's doubts, the king's entreaties...
He came back to his senses, the people on the terrace came back into sight.
In the air, there was only a red light remaining, connecting the wounds of Thales and Kessel.
The red light finally disappeared after being examined by everyone's amazed, joyful, disappointed and complicated eyes for more than ten seconds.
Li Xiya's expression was extremely tired at the moment. She raised her head and took a deep look at Kessel.
King Kessel V did not speak, but accepted her gaze indifferently.
Li Xiya glanced at Thales again. This time, Thales clearly read surprise, disgust, and...fear from her eyes?
The surrounding nobles watched all this with bated breath.
Thales knew that the current situation was not right, so he could only grit his teeth and bury the pain of doubt and tinnitus in his heart.
Just like other countless puzzles.
I only heard the chief priest of the Sunset Temple weakly announce:
"The goddess has issued an edict."
She turned her head and gave Kessel a complicated and painful look.
"These two are father and son."
"Linked by blood, connected by destiny."
As soon as the chief priest finished speaking, he decisively left towards the side of the hall.
Under the reverent kneeling of the people, she walked down the terrace without even looking at anyone or anything in the hall.
I don't miss it.
Only the silent Kessel and the shocked Thales were left.
The little girl priest glanced at the two of them nervously, and hurriedly followed with the plate.
The next moment, the Hall of Stars, which had been quieted down because of the bloodline ceremony, burst into cheers!
Urged by Gilbert, the guard passed the words down the square.
After twelve years, the Canxing royal family finally has a new bloodline.
The commotion on the terrace then turned into a carnival of tens of thousands of people in the entire square!
"Bright star——Bright star—"
The cheers almost resounded through the sky!
The complexions of Gust and the counts turned gray.
Gilbert and the royalists exchanged glances excitedly. Only Jine, looking at Li Xiya's back, had more obscure and complicated emotions in her eyes besides joy.
"Okay," the fat Duke exhaled, his face full of joy: "Since the Sunset Temple has recognized this child's blood, I think he is indeed His Majesty's blood."
Gusted on the side looked at him coldly.
An old and cunning guy.
The counterattack was really fast.
"According to the "Sacred Star Covenant", after the royal family and the Sunset Temple both recognized his identity, the next procedure is for the High Council of Stars, which is an organization composed of our nineteen nobles, to recognize his identity and this child. , is a prince of the stars." On the terrace, against the background of cheers from the square, Duke Cullen said with a smile.
"Wait!" Gusted gritted his teeth and said the next sentence: "I remember, no matter who the mother of this child is, it's not Queen Keya?"
The faces of many nobles present changed suddenly.
Gilbert's expression also instantly became ugly.
King Kessel V turned his head and looked at Kuusd.
I saw the Lord of the Jungle Forest, the Duke of the Cliffs, and Gustave Nantry exhale:
"This child is His Majesty's illegitimate child!"
Thales clenched his fist tightly.
Sure enough, my identity...
"Yes," Earl Dastan was the first to react: "According to the Star Agreement, children born out of wedlock cannot enjoy the right of inheritance!"
The conversation on the terrace could not be heard clearly in the hall, but after word of mouth passed on from the nobles in the front row, the entire Hall of Stars was still in an uproar!
"Tormund I was also born out of wedlock!" Gilbert's eyes blazed. "And he is the King of Restoration whom your ancestors swore allegiance to!"
"The greatness of Tormund I was not inherited from him, the imperial blood of the final empire. His kingdom of stars was achieved through personal struggle, countless conquests, and bloodshed. The same is true for our ancestors—don't forget that they were born in six hundred Years ago, there were quite a few illegitimate children, offshoots, or unwilling knights of the family, and their status was won with both hands," Earl Sorel, whose territory is in the Yadi, echoed the Duke of Yadi:
"Is this illegitimate child five or six years old? What has he done so that he will not be bound by the status of an illegitimate child, and have the right to inherit the great country left by King Tormund I like a legitimate child?"
"Your Majesty, of course we should recognize him as your heir, as Canxing's blood descendant—this is God's will." Cyclops' eyes turned cold: "But if you want to confirm that he is a prince with the right to inherit—— An illegitimate son to be our next king? At least I will never bow my knee to him!"
"You just refuse to give up, don't you, Gust?" The Duke of the North looked at the one-eyed man with sorrow and sighs in his eyes, "Even if it's for the stars, or for the upcoming war?"
Kost deliberately avoided Val's gaze, and just stared at King Kessel V.
"Of course he won't give up." The gloomy Duke Falkenhauser said with a dry smile, "He has already become a deadly enemy with this kid, hasn't he?"
Thales thumped in his heart.
He suddenly understood that what Gilbert told him just now was "not a clever political trick".
He had just rebuked Nantris, drawn out the shadowy group, and turned to Calvin Dill, and though this removed the iris from the ranks of the enemy and left the seeds of doubt, it also dispelled Nantris of the Cliffs. The Te family completely turned the giant horned deer into his sworn enemy.
If it is said that the goal of Gusd Nantrister at the beginning was only to seek the best interests of the aristocratic group in the face of the doomed royal family, then now, the goal of the giant horned deer has become "not to let Tyre The Kingdom of Sri Lanka"—this is for the future survival of the giant horned deer.
Was he too impulsive just now?
Thales clenched his fist secretly.
"You have all seen that this child has a dark heart, a small mind, and he is obsessed with the assassination, and has doubts about all of us," Cyclops stepped forward on the terrace, his voice was low, but the words he said were impressive. He shuddered: "That's why we fabricated our so-called conspiracy to seize the throne out of thin air. Do you think that when he ascends the throne in the future, he will easily let you go, let go of you, the black hand behind the scenes that he once suspected?"
More than a dozen territorial nobles frowned, and several of them began to look at Thales thoughtfully.
Gust continued his heartbreaking words:
"There is only one 'virtuous monarch' in the history of the stars! And there is only one kind-hearted, upright, tolerant Highness Midir that you have ever seen!"
Kessel frowned deeply.
"Regardless of whether you have joined the group he made up, you are already on his list! Many years later, when he ascends the throne, you are sure that he will not think of today or of you?"
"Hmph, the destruction of the stars? When that time comes, when the nobles are all in danger, it will be the real day of destruction!"
Gilbert gritted his teeth tightly—Gust grasped what the nobles were most afraid of.
King Kessel V lowered his head and glanced at the pale Thales.
"Even if it's for Xingchen's future and stability, Your Majesty, are you sure that choosing such an heir will not push Xingchen into the abyss of division and destruction?"
The other earls looked at each other without making a sound, thinking about Gust's words until one of them broke the silence.
"Yes, back to the topic, I also feel now," Earl Dastan coughed and frowned, "It's not appropriate for an illegitimate child of low status to become the supreme king of the Star Kingdom... Even if the royal family and the temple have made A decision has been made, but our high council still needs to be more cautious..." He looked at Thales who hadn't recovered from the aftermath of the blood ceremony, but his eyes were no longer impolite scrutiny, but more cautious and careful.
King Kessel V nodded his scepter and said calmly: "It seems that it is really not easy for the lords to reach a consensus, isn't it?"
"Then the last step is to let the members of the High Council vote to decide the attitude towards this child."
Thales took a deep breath.
As a result, in the end, can't one's own destiny still be held in one's own hands?
The Supreme King looked at Duke Cullen who was being supported by someone.
Duke Cullen sighed and nodded slightly: "The vassals of the Blades were not present, and three votes were missing, but the remaining five guardian dukes, eleven imperial earls, and a total of sixteen high-ranking vassals still have the right to do so. make a decision."
The chubby duke opened his eyes slightly: "Everyone, should this child become the Star Prince with the right to inherit?"
Jine, who was standing behind the king, finally couldn't bear it any longer. She said angrily, "Hey! Why does the prince of the royal family have to be recognized by the High Council!"
The dukes and counts ignored her, only Gusted snorted softly.
"This is a man's business," Cyclops said contemptuously, "Madam, please be quiet."
"Because this child is related to the succession to the throne, this is the oath on the day of the founding of the stars," the old Earl Calabyan said at this moment, and relieved Jine's embarrassment. He sighed slightly: "The king and the lord will rule the country together. May the empire The tyrant of the age will never appear."
"According to the norms established by Mindis III 150 years ago, more than half is valid," Duke Cullen glanced at Thales with cloudy eyes: "If there is no half or exactly equal to half, this child is a child with only The illegitimate child of the inheritance."
"Voting begins."