Thinking more darkly, could it be that he wants me to marry this girl?
"Let me explain one thing first."
Pausing, Charuni turned and looked at the three men.
"I'm supposed to be dying soon."
This time, even Xia Yibing couldn't help but look up, her face also full of shock.
She had not dared to look up before, for fear that King Charuni would notice her distorted face.
She wants revenge.
After knowing the truth, she wanted revenge every moment. Even when Charuni was walking in front of her with his back to her just now, she was thinking - could she just rush up and strangle him to death? It would be worth it even if it meant exchanging one life for another.
But she saw Hitzfeld again and heard her deliberately contradicting the king with that attitude and tone.
Of course she knew who she was doing this for.
If she was completely free of worries, she would have definitely taken action, but...
Thinking of the soft embrace in the yard, the girl's comfort, her promise... Xia Yibing forced herself to calm down.
But what had she just heard?
Her greatest enemy, Charuni Asfin Sarath, was about to die?
"Father!" Naris couldn't accept it. "Are you lying?"
"You know in your heart that I don't." Charuni shook his head and looked at the wreckage of the mechanical penis that was quietly smoking in the yard next to him.
"It's not easy to control this thing. I've been fighting it basically all my life. My body couldn't take it anymore."
"After I die, 'Xilu'... that is, Erwin will inherit this responsibility."
"If Sheena's problem can be solved, Alvin's vitality will no longer be lost. If her stolen power can be recovered, she will definitely have an easier time controlling this thing than I do."
"That's all right - that's how it should be. The poplar is just a passing guest in this palace. It still belongs to the sacred oak after all."
Even Hitzfeld was shocked by this statement.
Charuni...did he plan everything long ago?
"I want to know." She stared at the old man, "If Prince Naris is really contaminated by evil, and you rashly release that news..."
And even if it wasn't contaminated, it would be too risky.
People's hearts are hidden. Facing the temptation of royal power, father and son? Family affection? These factors are nothing.
Naris really had the opportunity to usurp the throne, and she couldn't understand how Charuni dared to take such a gamble.
"I know Naris better than you all. I know that if he really wanted to do that, he would not lay siege to the city at all, but would lead his army to break through the gate directly."
The old man smiles.
"Secondly...Souls's Second Division and Bemosa's First Division have been on standby. I will not sit idly by and wait for death."
"Finally and most importantly, if he really shows his desire for the throne, I will be happy because it means he is finally willing to take the initiative to fight for it... Then as a person who should have been eliminated by the times, I don't mind being an opera singer again in a plot like 'the tyrant is overthrown'."
"Father..."
Naris was completely speechless.
He didn't even know whether to be angry or sad.
"So are you satisfied?"
Charuni turned and looked at Xia Yibing.
"Buddy is dead."
"I will die too."
"If the two most direct 'murderers' no longer exist, will this eliminate the hatred in your heart? Will it stop you from hating this country as well?"
"I……"
Xia Yibing didn't know how to answer for a moment.
She had not met Charuni before.
After learning the truth about her relative's death, she created a picture of him as a cruel, vicious, and ruthless king who would do anything to achieve his goals.
There is no right or wrong in this matter, she just wants revenge.
But things turned out like this, she really didn't know what to do.
Charuni was far from the image she had imagined. He did do whatever it took to achieve his goal, but he could even sacrifice himself! And all this was for Sarah! To make this country better!
"I want to know everything."
After thinking it over, she said to the old man.
"Are you sure?" Charuni raised his eyebrows. "Knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing."
"Sure!"
Xia Yibing clenched her fists tightly.
"I can't tolerate any details that I don't understand!"
"Then I'll tell you straight."
The old man nodded.
"Your father and your mother deserve it."
"They are senior officials of the Eclipse Church. They are closely related to the destruction of the ancient city of Aisha. They are responsible for at least thousands of lives."
Xia Yibing's eyes widened little by little.
Hitzfeld was in much the same boat; she never dreamed that this would be the answer.
"So I had to do this... It was Batty's repeated requests that saved your life."
The old man reached out and touched his chin.
"And the fact proved that he did not trust the wrong person that time, so I am willing to say this to you-"
"……I'm very sorry."
Chapter 136 Bubble
The Monday morning light arrived as promised, illuminating the ruins inside the palace.
For the civilians living in Port Wayne, they had suffered too many shocks in the last night. Countless people gathered on the street, talking and arguing about what happened last night.
At this moment, a shabby grey car slowly drove over from the direction of the palace.
It looked too miserable, with the car's exterior covered in pits and bumps, and the hood was missing. Judging from the partially exposed car shell, it should actually be pure black, and its current appearance... is like it just came out of volcanic ash.
Curiosity made the crowd stare at it frequently, but it was really too dirty, and the edge of the car body was very sharp after being deformed, so the crowd spontaneously dodged and made way for it.
There were four people in the car.
The man driving the car glanced in the rearview mirror and said, "This is what you just tried so hard to successfully protect."
"Of course, I can probably guess that you didn't fight so hard just to protect these things, but you did achieve such results and created a great miracle."
"...Don't you have any feelings you want to express?"
"No, Your Highness." Hitzfeld in the back seat immediately replied, "If you must say, I am honored. This is what I should do."
She stared at the driver's seat and saw Naris's body, which was at least one size larger than that of an ordinary man, squeezed in the seat. The bottom of the steering wheel almost touched the center of his chest. The scene was indeed a little funny.
But what she found most absurd was that she had imagined many times what kind of personality this "eldest son of the empire" had. For example, she guessed that he was a rough man because he didn't care about the throne and was obsessed with being a soldier, and she guessed that he had a noble character because he was unwilling to launch a mutiny from beginning to end.
But the only thing she never thought of was that he was a chatterbox.
Darent, Carlo and others were busy with things, and when they came out, they could not find anyone, so Naris volunteered to drive them back.
This should have been a cold journey. It should have been silent and painful, making people indulge in sadness and thinking and unable to extricate themselves.
But Naris spoke ten sentences per minute on average. He was curious about Hitzfeld's age, Hitzfeld's ability as a Devourer, Hitzfeld's complete appearance after removing his hair, and how Hitzfeld had crushed Katina.
Having finally satisfied most of his curiosity, he started looking for other topics.
For example, like now, ask her if she feels a sense of accomplishment after successfully crushing the evildoers - saving a country from the evildoers. If so, please describe it in detail, because he loves to hear it.
Is there something wrong with his brain?
Hitzfeld suspected that he didn't actually like being a soldier, and that he had been hanging out outside all the time because he was forced to do so by Charuni in order to temper his strange personality.
But she didn't deny that he was a good person.
If you count, among King Charuni's six children, Gaunt died, Vona is missing, Berentan and Xilu both betrayed him, so only Teni is qualified to compete with him for the throne.
In this case, as long as he wanted, he could definitely become king.
Charuni did show two attitudes at the time: the original plan was to "restore" Elwin, but if Naris really wanted the throne, he would be willing to sacrifice himself to fulfill it.
But Naris said nothing about it.
When Charuni described Irwin's ** arrangements in detail, he even fell asleep while standing. His reason was that he rushed back overnight to stop Charuni from making a foolish decision. He hadn't slept for three days and looked very confident.
What else could she say?
I can only sigh that he is such a good person.
Retracting his gaze, Hitzfeld looked at the seat opposite.
The dark-haired, ponytailed woman was lying there, and Nurse Lushier, who they were all familiar with, was examining her/bandaging her wounds.
"Generally speaking, we don't recommend continuing to work in situations like this." Lu Xier, wearing a stethoscope, looked back at the girl, "Agents with a history of corruption are too dangerous. They are like time bombs. No one knows when they will come back again."
"But I am a special case." The woman said coldly.
"I am absolutely convinced that nothing in this world can shake me anymore. I can't have any psychological problems anymore."
"Oh, really?" The red-haired nurse raised her eyebrows. "Then, for example, if I tie her up and take off her shoes..."
"!?" Seeing her staring at his legs with ill intent, Hitzfeld shuddered and couldn't help but lift his knees, with his toes in his boots slightly curled up.
"… and then dumped her into concentrated sulfuric acid."
"Then I will definitely kill you." Xia Yibing turned her head and stared at Lu Xi'er, "You can try."
"It's just a joke." Lu Xi'er pouted in disdain, "Look how anxious you are..."
After driving for dozens of minutes, the car pulled over at the intersection of Iris Street.
Hitzfeld went up to see Ashley and found that she was well protected by Alfred and had not woken up since last night.
When she went downstairs again, she saw Xia Yibing standing outside the car smoking.
But he kept coughing and it seemed like he had obviously just learned it.
"I don't recommend you to learn this." Hitzfeld did not force her to do anything, but just walked up and made a suggestion in a tactful tone.
"Ahem...They invited me to participate in the selection of the next director...cough cough cough!" Xia Yibing said to her intermittently.
"I agreed."
At this moment, her eyes were covered with a layer of dark mist.
"I…I'm not sure if I made the right choice."
"Although I have seen... the evidence."
In the palace, Charuni showed them all the information about the hatching operation, which naturally included the results of the previous investigation of the Imar family.
Judging from what was shown, they did deserve it, but that doesn't mean it was completely right to do so, because among the dead were Xia Yibing's brothers and sisters, some of whom were younger than her.
They are most likely as innocent as she is, so the hatred still exists.
In Xia Yibing's view, she was afraid that her pursuit of revenge would distort the meaning of justice. Intellectually, she could understand Sarah's approach, but if she stayed like this, she would feel sorry for her dead brothers and sisters.
“And Villefort—”
She raised the cigarette to her lips, her fingers trembling, and it took a long time for her to take a puff.
"I have no idea...what he is..."
"When my lady left, I said that I didn't understand." Hitzfeld looked across the street.
There were quite a few people gathered there. They were all frightened by the noise last night and were waiting for the store to open so that they could rush in and buy things.
