Chapter 642 (2/2)

”Red blood castle?” Charles frowned slightly.

”Do you disagree?”

”No!”

”But if you have shown it, don't pretend - it's not loyalty, Charles.” the countess snorted, ”if even you become an echo, don't I really be an earl who should be overthrown, as the rebellious nobles say?”

”Of course not!” the housekeeper hurriedly said, ”I just feel that after the turmoil all night yesterday, what the people and nobles of red blood castle can stand has reached the limit. I'm afraid if we continue like this...”

”Limit?” Charlotte interrupted him with a frown. ”Do you think it would pass if I stopped strictly controlling and pretended that nothing had happened?”

”At least let's cover up for a while to prevent the news of the destruction of Byrne cathedral from spreading...”

”Impossible! The more things like this are covered up, the faster the news will wear.” Charlotte looked dignified and glanced at the ruins around her. ”A wizard can pretend to be asleep for a while, but our business has just begun.”

”In order to sweep the whole city and have no time to call up the fiefdom army, I have sent the only guard in my hand - as a result, only one fifth of those who got the news have been lost, and the real number is definitely only a lot more.”

”Even if martial law is organized, the people who see the cathedral destroyed are still unknown. I'm afraid this matter will be known by tomorrow night, and all the worshippers of the Holy Cross will know that the cathedral has been destroyed in our hands!”

”What will be the attitude of the priests of all Byrne and the Church of the imperial capital?”

Charles looked pale and lowered his head.

Charlotte's tone was tired, and her voice was full of weakness: ”there are denouncements from the Earls of Byrne's thirteen leaders, and the censure of the heavenly palace... All can't be dealt with at will.”

”Not to mention a group of people waiting to see my joke, to see that the Turin family who lost the Duke title will lose face and dignity again in front of the whole empire; without prestige and glory, we don't even have the status of at least being on an equal footing with each Duke family!”

”At that point, what will be left of the Principality of Byrne, the red blood castle, the Turin family... And what will be left?”

At this point, Charlotte's expression was more bitter: ”maybe... This will be the last time I will be called the count of red blood castle; at that point, even the family will have to find a guy who can inherit the title from other branches.”

”Absolutely not!”

Charles suddenly knelt on one knee, his trembling pupils facing the countess's four eyes: ”in the name of the Holy Cross, I swear, you will always be the Lord of the red blood castle, which will never change!”

”Really?” Charlotte smiled wearily, nodded and looked at her housekeeper. ”Let's work together for this goal, Charles.”

The calm housekeeper's eyes were firm: ”so... Have you made a plan?”

”It's just a preliminary idea, but... It's what I've decided.” the countess's face did not change, as if she had regained her old dignity:

”First of all, we must not sit back and watch this matter known by the heavenly palace - let Knight Youlun grow back. I want to write a letter to him to the imperial capital and send him to betray the governor's house of Bain against the Holy Cross, resulting in the destruction of the cathedral. First, we must convey the original to the emperor's majesty. We must let the heavenly palace give us a statement!”

”Then... Issue a notice to all Byrne that, as the count of red blood castle, I will reconvene the round table.” Charlotte, with a calm face and no waves in her voice.

But Charles, who heard this sentence, widened his eyes and shook all over: ”count, do you, do you want to...”

”Put pressure on the heavenly palace? Of course we should do so... Otherwise they will continue to humiliate us like ordinary ministers; in addition, even if I don't do so, don't others have such plans?”

Like asking herself or asking in reply, Charlotte calmly but resolutely said slowly: ”only the Turin family can hold a round table, which is absolutely... We must completely eliminate their ambitions before others have this idea!”