novelraw #147 - Section 147
#147 - Section 147
Roger and Dio are the same person; this was his deduction based on countless pieces of information and details.
Roan and Dio are not the same person; this is a fact presented in the City of Mysteries, visible to everyone.
After agonizing for over a month, based on all the information she had, Xia Ti finally came up with a bold hypothesis:
“The latter is a performance that the Eternal Night Empress and Roger wanted the world to see. The two are actually the same person. The Eternal Night Empress used her incredible magical means to help someone with only the strength of a novice mage to complete this incredible performance. I was misled by their act!”
Xia Ti rubbed her brow wearily, but her eyes grew brighter and brighter, with a sharp sense of “I’ve caught you.”
After confirming that Roger and Dio were the same person, the question before her was which one was the real Roger, and which one was the Eternal Night Empress's magical trick.
On this point, Xia Ti was very confident, her fingernail tracing a very crucial piece of information:
On the day Princess Agave Tassica escaped from prison, there were too many traces of performance at the scene, and it was suspected that the Empire’s military was putting on a show.
At the same time, Roger showed extraordinary defensive power, resisting three legendary powerhouses without defeat, which was not normal human strength at all.
At the same time, Dio also appeared in Drinking Ice Manor.
Based on this, it can be inferred that the Roger on the surface is not Roger, but a humanoid magical puppet created by the Eternal Night Empress, which is why he possesses extraordinary defensive power, staging such a show.
Dio is the real Roger, the target I really want to capture!
“If I hadn’t been careful enough, I would have been fooled by you!”
A hunter's smile appeared on Xia Ti’s lips.
This feeling of breaking through layers of fog, ignoring the illusions created by the enemy, eliminating misleading information, and grasping the truth is wonderful!
This is the most fulfilling moment for a follower of the God of Knowledge, relying on their own reason to analyze and deduce!
She rang the bell to summon Shaq and the action team leader of the Tianming Army, and a series of arrangements were quickly made.
Shaq's expression became more and more strange as he listened, and finally he couldn't help but ask: "Dio is the real Roger? Are you sure, Your Highness?"
He had heard many stories about this civilian cabinet member on the streets, which were too far from the identity of the Duke's younger brother and the Charles family's young master, right?
These two people are actually the same person?
This was the first time he had heard such an argument, it was too outrageous!
How many cups of bard would you have to drink to dare to make it up like that?
Teacher, you really dare to think, dare to say!
Xia Ti couldn't help showing a gratified expression when she finally heard someone ask.
The Tianming Army blindly trusts her, which feels good, but they have never given her the opportunity to present her sophisticated deductions...
Now, with Shaq's doubts, she can finally show off her high-end operations!
Xia Ti explained her logical reasoning one by one, and finally concluded: "Although it does not rule out all possibilities, based on the existing information, there is still a 98% chance of being correct!"
Shaq listened as if he were hearing a heavenly book, although he didn't understand, he felt it was awesome!
So, the Eternal Night Empress specially created a fake identity for Roger to act outside in order to protect him, and used the fake identity to protect his real body...
Logical, coherent, wonderful!
Is this the legendary battle of gods?
“Damn it, the human race has so many schemes, it’s a good thing we didn’t attack Roger from the beginning...”
He couldn't help but sigh, the days of waiting were still meaningful!
Xia Ti showed a proud smile that said, 'You finally understand'.
Thus, a hunt targeting Dio began!
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At the same time, in the Stellar Hall.
Roger did not appear in the ranks of those nobles during the "Oath of Glory" magic ritual on the altar.
He was in the Stellar Hall's central control room, monitoring the data with Frankenstein, chatting occasionally.
Outside the core control room where the two were located, there were also hundreds of mages from the Arcane Society and the Night Watch, specifically controlling the operation of the entire magic array.
The Oath of Glory is a restriction on the nobles, and also a kind of gift to them.
After layers of optimization, the final casting difficulty still reached the quasi-legendary level.
The energy consumption and material prices are quite high. Measured by the current prices in the empire, it is about 3,000 gold coins per person.
In other words, thousands of nobles performing the ritual at the same time today instantly evaporated millions of gold coins.
Of course, this money is definitely worth it. In the future, they will work diligently in their positions, and everyone will embezzle a little less, and they will be able to earn back this expense.
At the same time, the Oath of Glory contains many positive enhancement constant effects. A magic ritual completed by a wonder-level building is definitely more cost-effective than a temporary arrangement.
Of course, this large-scale magic ritual is also the first application in the empire. In order to ensure the completion effect, Frankenstein personally came to the scene to monitor the entire process to show his importance.
The empire does not require all nobles to swear the Oath of Glory at this moment.
As long as the Eternal Night Empress agrees, they can skip this link and continue to maintain their titles.
Roger, Angelina, Margaret, those cabinet ministers, and many nobles who hold important positions in the administrative system and the military can voluntarily choose whether to take the Oath of Glory.
This is also regarded as a kind of recognition for the ministers who have always been loyal to the Empress. The Empress still sees their past performance.
This collective oath is mainly aimed at those great nobles who were originally enfeoffed with vast lands.
It is not yet known whether they sincerely give up their land and support imperial power, so they need to use the power of magic as a guarantee.
There will be no such spectacular scenes in the future. Probably it will be commoners who have made great contributions and are newly ennobled, or noble children who inherit the glory of their fathers, who will enter the Stellar Hall.
“But it is foreseeable that this dome will be filled with shining stars in the future.” Although Roger was not affected by the magical effect, he could imagine the magnificent scene seen by the nobles in his designed dome.
Frankenstein said with some regret: “It’s a pity that Your Majesty does not agree to arrange a purification mechanism for the Oath of Glory, otherwise you might be able to see a meteor shower here!”
This Oath of Glory has many characteristics of a soul contract because it has a setting to store soul fragments for resurrection. It is easy to add a control rule:
If someone's greed in their heart breaks through the constraints of the oath, then the Stellar Hall can handle it and directly purify their soul.
In that case, they would be an idiot even if they didn't die.
This is the basic function of the soul contract. Frankenstein believes that people's hearts are uncontrollable. Even if there is a contract to psychologically suggest, there are always people who can break the suggestion (willpower identification).
But the Eternal Night Empress rejected her suggestion without hesitation.
The Empress believes that everyone has moments of hesitation. Mechanically executing judgments by program will completely turn the Oath of Glory into shackles for the nobles, and also limit the energy possessed by the ultimate variable of humans.
Mechanical execution cannot handle decisions that require flexible response or take huge risks.
The specific situation is always more complicated than expected.
Because of being rejected, Frankenstein has been brooding over it until now.
Roger listened to the mechanical girl's complaints, but in this regard, he still sided with the Eternal Night Empress and asked: “If Your Majesty puts shackles on each of you, and guarantees that your thoughts are absolutely pure before you can be reused, would you still follow her so wholeheartedly?”
“Yes, there is no boss in the world more generous than Your Majesty.” Frankenstein said firmly.
Many of her fantasies in alchemy, if it were not for the absolute support of the Qing Teng Empire and the Eternal Night Empress, would not have been possible in a small country.
Or I don’t know how many years it would be delayed and how many years it would take to accumulate before it could be realized.
Roger was suddenly choked and speechless. Is this what alchemists think?
The magic ritual of the Oath of Glory was successfully completed. Occasional unexpected fluctuations were also successfully resolved by the mages of the Arcane Society. The final effect was very perfect.
Frankenstein suddenly showed a playful smile: “Lord Roger, do you feel very happy thinking that you will have more than a thousand elder sisters in the future?”
“This situation shouldn’t happen, right?”
“The soul is too mysterious, and magic is unstable. What if there is some kind of mutation?”
Frankenstein told jokes that only she understood.
The psychological suggestion prototype used in the Oath of Glory ritual was extracted from Angelina's thinking.
She is a rare noble who can truly put the interests of the empire before herself and her family.
The Eternal Night Empress was quite touched when she confirmed Angelina's intentions.
She felt that she couldn't do as purely as Angelina.
The Empress is willing to do many things for this empire, because this is her country, and she can show off if she does things successfully.
But Angelina is truly a spirit of dedication.
As long as the empire needs it, she will stand up.
This sentiment is very noble and relatively gentle, and will not give birth to extreme militarism that blindly loves the country.
As the prototype of psychological suggestion, it can reduce the resistance of the subject, and the loyalty to the empire is also very obvious. It can be said to be a nearly perfect balance.
There is only one small regret, that is, Angelina's heart considers the interests of the empire higher than the interests of the empress.
These two are consistent most of the time, but the Empress is also a human being, and it is inevitable that her own will will conflict with the empire.
Using Angelina's thinking to restrain the nobles, if a conflict breaks out, I'm afraid the scene will be very good to watch.
But the Eternal Night Empress finally chose to use Angelina's thinking as the prototype to develop the Oath of Glory.
This is a challenge, and the Eternal Night Empress is never afraid of challenges.
She doesn't want a group of cowardly bugs around her.
Just like Roger Qing does most of the time, it is also a good thing for the empire if someone can point out their mistakes.
In this way, the Oath of Glory was finally finalized.
Although it is just the purest and most primitive psychological suggestion, if it is really like Frankenstein said, what kind of accident will happen, and one day these nobles with different heights, weights, and sizes all become their own sisters, and they want to compensate for the "missing" feelings between brothers and sisters...
“It’s terrible!” Roger shuddered at the thought of these nobles chasing him for hugs.
Chapter 129 Margaret's Little Thoughts
Seeing Roger's disgusted expression, Frankenstein laughed so hard that he leaned back and forth: “Give up on that idea, we definitely have precautions to prevent you from becoming the national younger brother.”
So she was just joking.
The Arcane Society also considered this aspect when designing the Oath of Glory, so they made enough preventive measures to prevent the imperial officials who hold important positions in the future from regarding Roger as the most important relative in their hearts...
At that time, he would really become the "Little Empress", and all the administrative officials would be his sisters. Wouldn't he be rampant in the empire?
So, Frankenstein was actually just telling a strange joke of an alchemist.
Roger sighed helplessly. He found that after becoming familiar with Frankenstein, although there were various benefits in alchemy, the mechanical girl's bad taste was still quite carbon-based creatures.
This may indicate that although she has undergone very crazy mechanical modifications to herself, at least her brain is still close to humans...
Because robots have no sense of humor, right?
But looking at Frankenstein browsing various data and reports at a speed that exceeds the reaction limit of the human eye, Roger lost confidence in his judgment.
With this reading speed, can humans do this?
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The next day, the headline of "Long Live the Queen" reported the precious pictures of the Eternal Night Empress and the nobles reaching the "Imperial Charter" and the nobles swearing the Oath of Glory.
In this report, the writer declared in a positive and optimistic tone that this was a great progress for the empire.
The current empire has become the most advanced country in the Eternal Night World, with a unique and excellent system. They will build a stronger Qing Teng Empire under the leadership of the Queen, and so on...
The following editions are analyses of the specific content of the "Imperial Charter", such as:
[Although our Queen holds supreme force and power, she is so calm and restrained, and established the Imperial Parliament to hold legislative power, dividing and limiting her absolute power.
This move will make the empire the empire of all people. Whether it is the new noble class or the common people, they have the opportunity to protect their rights.
This is the far-sighted wisdom of the Eternal Night Empress. This is the change that those old, evil, and conservative decaying empires cannot do. This is the unique attempt made by the Qing Teng Empire to protect the people at the bottom. This is a direct reflection of the progressiveness of the Qing Teng Empire.]
Dio is in the restaurant of the small western-style building he decorated in the commercial district.
Margaret sat opposite Dio, holding the newspaper, looking at this analysis, she couldn't help but tighten her small eyebrows and made a gesture of humbly asking for advice:
“It’s really strange. We have clearly won. Why do we still keep this broken thing like the parliament? Lord Dio, you must know the answer, right?”
Roger's shadow puppet, wearing Dio's face, stirred his coffee absentmindedly, with a polite face, but the inexplicable doubts in his heart accumulated more and more.