I, The Dragon Overlord-Chapter 539 - Her Majesty Queen Andrea
“All the nobles who support Aldrich and Amos are already under our control. As long as you give the order, the members of the church will execute them. On the list of nobles that you provided, are there any that need special care or exemption?”
Bishop Bazel dressed in black robes stood behind Andrea like a ghostly shadow. His body was motionless as if he was a statue with a cold expression.
Before believing in the Dragon God, he was a powerful adventurer who was good at assassination and interrogation. Once on one mission, he was betrayed by his companion and was seriously injured. At that time, he happened to be near Dragon City and was saved by a priest of the Church of the Dragon God. Since then, he devoted his faith to Louie and joined the Dragon God clergy.
Because he had been saved, his faith was extremely profound. With his talents and skills, he was vigorously cultivated by the church, allowing him to reach his peak and become one of the bishops of the Church of the Dragon God. He became a member of the main church and helped the Pope handle its internal affairs.
“There is no need to be concerned, Lord Bishop… The Subila Empire cannot stay in turmoil because of this internal problem of the royal family. The list I handed to is complete and needs no deductions… As for the rest who are watching behind the fence, I can still give them a chance. As long as they serve me in the future, I can forgive them for what happened before.”
Andrea laughed coldly. Her words had a flamboyant aura, vaguely visible in her style.
This was a political compromise. Sometimes, the other party was clearly guilty, but for the sake of political stability, there was no choice but to forgive them at the moment. Once you grasped the situation afterward, you would have them repay the debt. This was the dark side of politics.
Bazel nodded slightly. He did not know much about this aspect as he was just sent here by the Pope to help Princess Andrea do some dirty work.
“I can help you with the noble side of things, but I’m not good at intervening in matters within the royal family. You still need to use your strength to put an end to the rest, but rest assured that the other churches will not be able to intervene. This is also considered the unspoken rule among us churches.”
To not use divine power to interfere with royal power was a rule recognized by all the gods. Although gods did not really care about this rule and would always intervene, on the surface, they would still give each other face.
“At this moment, the other churches have also backed off a bit, especially after knowing that you are being backed by the Church of the Dragon God and the Goddess of Love and beauty. Their small churches are now decreasing their forces and preparing to retreat.”
Bazel’s expression grew more and more fervent. He knelt on the ground with the holy emblem in his hand and said with an enraptured fervor, “It is all thanks to the glory of our Lord that has made all those gods and churches panic.”
Andrea did not say anything, but she knew that a large part of what the bishop said was the truth. Not long ago, after the Dragon God Louie Galakrond killed the God of Strategy Anhur in Valhalla. It could be said that Louie’s name had resounded in the world of San Soliel. From the Nine Hells of Baator to the Heavenly Mountain, there was no one who had not heard of Louie’s great name. There was no one who did not fear him.
Andrea was grateful that she had found the best person to rely on. With this in mind, she tenderly touched her belly with her hand!
“But you should be careful of the Church of the God of War and the Church of the Goddess of Earth. These two churches are our biggest enemies now, but they should not break the rules of the game and interfere too much in the affairs of the royal family.”
Bazel’s words made Andrea nod, and the princess just asked worriedly, “There won’t be any demigods intervening here, right?”
If a demigod was involved, then the fight for the throne would have many variables. There were many gods in the entire world, and in addition to those gods, the demigods of the main continent still did as they pleased in order to exist.
“Please rest assured, if it was when the gods were sleeping, the demigods might still intervene, but now that the gods were on top of their thrones, the average demigod dare not keep a high profile.”
In this era, if a demigod dared to be too high-profile and accidentally angered a god, the god would just tear them apart unless they escaped to some dangerous place and never came back.
Hearing these words, Andrea rested assured.
She called to the outside, “Corwin and Lord Derek, please come in.”
The princess’ chief of guards Corwin as well as the king’s chief of guards Derek walked in.
Corwin lowered his head and did not dare look at the princess. He found that he could not recognize the princess in front of him anymore. The former Princess Andrea was innocent, pure, and flawless, seemingly like a little girl who always had an angelic appearance and voice.
But now, the princess was as lofty as a gorgeous queen, becoming like the noblemen that Corwin once loathed.
Yes, Andrea was the perfect princess, the perfect nobleman whose fault could not be found.
It’s just…
Corwin’s eyes flashed with grief. He knew that the princess was pregnant. His beloved princess was pregnant, but the child was not his. He had always escorted the princess and simply did not understand how the princess could have a secret rendezvous with anyone. In the end, when did the princess get pregnant?
Although Corwin did not know, he had a vague guess as to who the father of the child in her belly was. If that were true, Corwin found that he would never be able to touch the princess that he had longed for and loved.
“Lord Derek, have you thought things over?”
Andrea simply ignored her chief of staff. For her, Corwin was another dispensable person. If he honestly served her, then she would give him riches and even a noble title. If he still dared to have any other thoughts, Princess Andrea would feel pity but she would not hesitate to put her own chief of guards to death.
Derek had a complex expression as he looked at Andrea. He found that he had truly underestimated this third heir of the Subila Kingdom. It could be said that the royal family truly deserved to be called that. It turned out that the princess had always been pretending to be holy and cheated the trust out of people. Her lies and her falsehoods were…
Whether it was Andrea or her two royal brothers, each of them had outstanding aspects. No matter who became the leader of this country, they could lead the country to prosperity.
This was perhaps the thousand-year heritage of the Subila royal family.
Thinking so, Derek let out a bitter smile and knelt on one knee, “I would like to serve you in the name of the head of the Kingsguard, Princess Andrea… no, Your Majesty Queen Andrea!”
This legendary rank warrior, who once said he would only serve the king, finally conceded.
He was able to feel the power of those who were hiding inside this bedchamber. If he dared to refuse, he believed that he would be their next target.
It was not that Derek was afraid. As a legendary rank warrior, he believed that he could escape, but what about afterward? He would lose his title as the captain of the kingsguard and become a wanted criminal in the Subila Kingdom as well as the Church of the Dragon God. This would make it hard to move forward with his life unless he defected to another church.
Since that was the case, why not just defect to Andrea, to the Church of the Dragon God, and keep his power and position?
As a legendary rank warrior, he was not stupid.
“Please get up, Lord Derek. With your help, I believe that there will be no more problems.”
Andrea said in a soft voice while personally helping Derek up.
Then, this princess’ eyes gradually turned cold, “Lord Derek, I have a task to give you, please falsely pass on my father’s decree. Let my two older brothers go to my father’s chambers so that we can already end this farce.”
Derek sucked a breath of cold air. He knew that Princess Andrea was finally ready to strike. He was the biggest and most important pawn. She wanted to use his identity as the most trusted guard to call out the princes.
Derek had always given the two princes the impression that he was a solitary figure who would never bend to anyone. If he invited them at the same time, the two princes would truly think that this was a summons from their father.
They might even think that their father was going to announce who was going to inherit the throne on his deathbed.
And at this moment, when Derek pledged his allegiance, the two princes would not be able to react even if there were others monitoring her. The princess’ decisiveness and ruthlessness stunned Derek. She had cleverly seized the best opportunity to make use of this time difference to gain victory at minimum cost.
Derek did not dare refuse. He knew that this was his own role.
