356 A Filthy Mouth (1/2)
Elizabeth slammed the desk heavily with force in anger, causing cracks to form on it while scattering some more paperwork. Heinrich looked at his wife's agitated reaction with a rueful look.
”What did you say?! You let our son leave for some unknown land that could be thriving in demons?! How could you let him go to such a potentially dangerous place?!” Elizabeth roared.
At the same time, Aria and Lynne slightly paled at the news. Demons were depicted as the definition of evil and cruelty in stories. They treat all life as insignificant and wantonly slaughter humans for their pleasure.
And now they were told that Leon went to such a place? Was Leon going to be okay over there?!
”My Queen, calm your anger.”
”Calm? How do you expect me to be calm after hearing my son went to the land of demons?!” Elizabeth quickly rebuked.
”Haiz…” Heinrich sighed and said, ”I also wanted to stop our son from going. But you should know that once our son makes a firm decision, there is no stopping him from changing his mind.”
”…”
Seeing his wife fell silent, Heinrich took the chance to change the topic. He asks, ”How is the situation at the frontlines now? I heard you charged all the way into King City.”
”Surprisingly, the Burning Heaven Sect eradicated the Bloodfiend Sect by the time we got there. Afterward, the Valaran Kingdom submitted to our ruling. No surprises there. We rushed back after we failed to locate the Sect Master.”
”I did not expect that the Bloodfiend Sect's Sect Master really snuck into our kingdom and launch an attack on our city. It is good that everything is fine now. We were fortunate to have Uncle Don hold the fort.” Elizabeth said with relief.
There was no need for her to mention what she found back in the Bloodfiend Sect's headquarters. There were tens of thousands of bones hidden under the Blood Mountain, and it was indeed a horrid discovery. It was better left unsaid.
”Actually, it was also our son that dealt the finishing blow to the enemy. It was truly a close call. Things could have gone terribly wrong at the slightest misstep.” Heinrich corrected with a sigh.
His hand subtly clenched into a fist as he mentioned this. He was too weak to contribute to the battle. It was apparent that he needed to put extra effort into reaching Transcendence as soon as possible.
The times have changed. He had been aware of this more than once.
Heinrich shook his head, and he asked with a frown, ”The Burning Heaven Sect of the Ishaan Kingdom eradicated the Bloodfiend Sect within the Valaran Kingdom? What did they want?”
”Friendly relationship between us. They do not seek domination of the lands like the other two sects.” Elizabeth answered.
”A few days later, the Durham Kingdom's surviving royal members will arrive to speak with us further on this matter. If we do happen to assimilate both kingdoms under our ruling, I think it will be appropriate to rename ourselves under the Crawford Empire.”
”Crawford Empire, huh?” Elizabeth quietly muttered before she smiled, ”Sounds powerful enough. But unfortunately, you will need to work hard to truly make it a powerful empire, my King.”
”Haiz, this… can't be helped.” Heinrich smiled ruefully.
After some small talk, Elizabeth left with the two ladies to check out the site of Leon's disappearance and left the messy study room for Heinrich to clean up.
A moment later, Lily entered the room with freshly brewed tea after a polite knock on the door. Heinrich's eye lit up at once.
”Please collect the scattered papers for me, Lily.”
”Yes, Your Majesty.” Lily complied at once. Nevertheless, she was taken aback as she asks, ”What happened here?”
”This… Haiz, you don't need to worry about it.”
Heinrich smiled wryly with a shake of his head. He did not want to talk behind his wife's back. It would make him seem petty.
”I see…”
Lily looked a bit hesitant, seemingly having something to ask but not sure whether to ask. Heinrich managed to notice from the corner of his eyes and said, ”Speak freely if you have something to say.”
”Ah? Y-Yes, Your Majesty. Do we have a new chief physician? I have been asking around the palace, but no one seems to have heard or seen this young divine doctor.”
”A new chief physician? Not that I am aware of.” Heinrich answered before he had a flash of realization. ”Are you asking about the one who cured your mother's illness?”
”Yes, Your Majesty!” Lily nodded.
”Hmm…”