novelraw #173 - Section 173
#173 - Section 173
"Are His Majesty and the Commander working together? Has a major case occurred here?"
"Wait, are they really working together?"
The Eternal Night Empress is undoubtedly the empire's top idol, but Roger's popularity among the people has also soared recently because he led the Night Watch to sweep away a group of greedy nobles.
If he appeared in this area alone, people might not recognize him.
But standing next to the Eternal Night Empress, and being so handsome and refined, the empire has no other such young and important official.
However, since someone noticed that the Eternal Night Empress was still holding Roger's hand because she was taking him with her to teleport away.
The focus of everyone's gossip quickly shifted from the Eternal Night Empress appearing in the civilian area to "the two working together."
The constant discussions made Roger feel a little guilty, and he subconsciously wanted to break free.
With the Eternal Night Empress's popularity, if a stinky man like him got too close, he would be torn into pieces by her fanatical and jealous fans, right?
Unfortunately, he couldn't break free. The Eternal Night Empress held his hand even tighter, not letting him pull it away.
The Empress smiled and responded to her people's cheers, not looking at Roger, but she could feel his puzzled attitude, and her earlobes quietly turned red.
She also didn't expect that teleporting out of the temporary space would lead to running into so many people.
If she had known earlier, she could have easily resolved the situation by changing the teleportation landing point or using invisibility spells.
But being cowardly and letting go just because people saw them didn't fit the Eternal Night Empress's style, and it would also ruin her image as an experienced driver!
Only young boys would be shy because of holding hands. Bad women must be open and face everything!
I have always been head-on!
So even though she felt uncomfortable being stared at by her people and wanted to teleport away because of the discussions, she still didn't choose the simplest option of "letting go."
Instead, she maintained this posture, thinking of a suitable reason.
This is my empire, is it against the law to hold a man's hand?
Of course, the Eternal Night Empress didn't want to be infinitely interpreted and led by the nose just because of holding hands.
So what reason was needed?
The Eternal Night Empress's strategy was perfect, and her image was full, but how could she execute it specifically?
The shameless Empress, who was used to copying homework, rushing forward, and having her advisors fill in the gaps with a wave of her hand, suddenly had a blank mind when faced with a public relations crisis...
Eh, what should I do?
"Tianming Army."
Just as she was pondering, a reminder that only she could hear came from behind.
The tone was a little helpless and a little doting.
[So this idiot not only copies homework, but also needs a reminder to answer a pop quiz, right?]
Roger naturally guessed that the Eternal Night Empress was just awkwardly standing there because she had no words.
She wasn't a lucky cat in a small shop, waving and greeting her people for a full five minutes because she liked them.
Because the Eternal Night Empress had consumed her mental energy in the previous battle, she couldn't hear Roger's inner voice at the moment, so her eyes lit up and her mind was instantly cleared:
Oh right, Tianming Army!
The big fish Nali Nair has been caught, but it hasn't been cooked yet. But there is no need to continue hiding the news about the Tianming Army. You can brag about it!
Following this matter, the reason why I appeared here with Roger, hand in hand, is easy to explain!
"People of the Empire, I think you must be curious as to why I and my beloved minister Roger Charles are here."
The Eternal Night Empress spoke indifferently, with her own aura. No one could tell that this woman's brain was blank just a second ago.
These are the lowest-level civilians. Being able to see the Empress's projection from afar on the celebration day is already their greatest luck in Aodu.
How could they have imagined that His Majesty would actually speak to them in person?
"His Majesty can hear our voices and cares about our feelings..." Some older people's cloudy eyes became moist.
"Your Majesty, please speak!" The young people were extremely excited. The gossip soul had been burning for a long time, and now they were about to get a personal revelation. What luck!
The people's emotions were stirred up, and the Eternal Night Empress couldn't help but become more confident that the situation had been successfully controlled.
She announced in a proud tone: "I have just cooperated with the Night Watch Commander Roger Charles to dissolve the Tianming Army's threat to the empire, and personally killed the founder of the Tianming Army, Xia Di Veronica. All the core members who infiltrated Aodu to carry out sabotage have also been arrested!"
The Eternal Night Empress raised the hand that she had been holding with Roger and shouted: "Let us cheer for the empire and cheer for Commander Charles's command!"
"Well done, Lord Charles!"
"Is that the Tianming Army that caused the Ashford City massacre? They actually infiltrated Aodu, scary..."
"I'm afraid there would have been another Aodu blood night if we weren't careful. Fortunately, the Night Watch is strong enough!"
"Long live the Empire! Long live the Empress! Long live the Night Watch!"
At first, there was a lot of discussion, but later, someone took the lead, and soon thousands of people here shouted in unison and cheered.
Everyone looked at the Eternal Night Empress and Roger appearing together, and they didn't find it surprising.
This wasn't the first time the Night Watch had made contributions. This time, they laid out a plan in advance to protect Aodu. It wouldn't be an exaggeration for the Eternal Night Empress to reward them, and it was natural to reward them in person!
Everyone suddenly shouted together, and the movement was very loud. One street after another spread the word, attracting more people to walk out of their homes and ask curiously.
Hearing that His Majesty and Roger had cooperated to eliminate the Tianming Army, more people couldn't help but shout together.
One long live sound after another spread from near to far, constantly spreading outward, and almost the entire civilian area was boiling.
Any sabotage activity, the most likely to be injured are the ordinary people who lack protection and have a large number.
Terrorists are not stupid. Going to the noble districts and commercial districts to create sabotage is much riskier than the civilian districts with limited patrol strength.
And the Tianming Army, which turned 500,000 citizens into skeleton legions, is definitely the most vicious enemy force in the eyes of the Empire.
The Night Watch can prevent problems before they happen, and eliminate the Tianming Army one step ahead, and even the head has been killed, that is definitely great news!
The Eternal Night Empress has put down her hand, and then let go of Roger--
It's like a referee pulling the boxing winner to celebrate together. After the celebration, of course, you have to let go. This action is natural, no problem!
The Eternal Night Empress waved her hand and released one magic projection after another in mid-air.
The Night Watch arrested the Tianming Army, Dio fought Xia Di, the Tianming Army failed to escape...
A series of precious combat live shots were broadcast.
Because of the absolute advantage in intelligence, many scenes may not even be called battles, but cat and mouse, unilateral teasing.
The only seemingly dangerous battle was Dio's side.
But soon it turned into Dio constantly releasing magic to wash the ground, and Xia Di was unable to resist--
Although there was no final killing scene, the Eternal Night Empress said that she had been killed, and everyone would automatically imagine the enemy leader being bombed into scum.
In fact, there was no difference from the result.
The soul of the Tianming mentor is now being beaten every day as an NPC in the magician camp, and the body is occupied by Xiana. Unless the God King makes every effort, it is absolutely impossible to resurrect and point the sword at Veronica to revive.
Such a one-sided crushing victory, the remaining pictures are quite pleasing to the empire people, and the morale is greatly improved.
Emotions were high, and many men took off their tops and hammered their chests, happily "fucking the Tianming Army's asshole."
The women were much more reserved, just mixed in the crowd, shouting "Lord Charles is so handsome", "I want to marry you", "Hurry up and let's have monkeys" and other words.
As long as there are enough people, they have the guts to say so many shameless things.
The scene was out of control. The Night Watch, which had been deployed around to protect Roger and Xiana from being disturbed during their tour, had to show up to maintain order to avoid accidents or impact on the Eternal Night Empress and Roger.
Roger stood next to the Eternal Night Empress, obviously his hand had been released, and he would no longer be the target of public criticism, but he became more and more nervous.
The overwhelming and continuous cheers, the crowd became more and more dense, and there were black heads surging. It is estimated that tens of thousands of people walked to the streets, sharing the joy of victory.
Their main praise was of course given to the Eternal Night Empress. It was her wise leadership that led to today's victory.
But Commander Roger, who was standing next to him, was also the target of the people's praise, worship, admiration, and gratitude.
When he swept away those nobles and avenged the suffering people, Roger had also heard similar cheers, but definitely not as pure and fanatical as today.
At that time, the people only had gratitude, but now that Roger and the Night Watch's reputation has spread, everyone has more trust and expectation of him.
They have truly believed that Roger Charles, the new generation of the empire, will uphold justice for them.
Of course, Roger also benefited from the Eternal Night Empress. This woman is born with the charm of igniting the enthusiasm of the masses. The same words are said by her, which makes people feel particularly excited.
"It turns out that being trusted by everyone is such a heavy pressure." Roger couldn't help but murmur softly.
Being watched by such enthusiastic people, he felt inexplicably suffocated.
He was just a very lazy little person who happened to make some achievements. Where is he worthy of their trust?
Don't praise me, maybe the next round will immediately pull the crotch for you to see!
"But this will also become the motivation for you to be more attentive." The Eternal Night Empress glanced at Roger, who had an excited look but a pale face, and probably guessed what he was thinking.
She also had such an experience. Obviously, she had no confidence, but she was inexplicably trusted by everyone, and finally she could only grit her teeth and continue to hold on.
In the final analysis, these ordinary people do not have the potential to become strong, and have been rolling in the mud for too long.
They have no choice. Whoever can let them see a glimmer of light, they are willing to offer unconditional trust, and hope that that person will lead them to a better shore.
Even if you believe in the wrong person, it doesn't matter.
Anyway, this life can't get any worse, right?
The corners of Roger's mouth twitched, wanting to laugh but unable to: "Knowing that this can be regarded as moral kidnapping, I am still afraid of letting them down..."
The weak bet everything, entrust themselves to the strong to lead them to change the status quo, touch their sympathy and compassion, and exchange for some degree of benefits.
Although it is not necessarily these people's active or deliberate choice, but from the process and results, this is indeed a moral kidnapping.
But facing such a pair of eyes that unconditionally believe in you, even if you see through the essence, Roger still can't help but want to help them more within his power.
Even if it is to turn the impossible into the possible and challenge the miracles that this world has never had for them.
The Eternal Night Empress suddenly turned her head.
In the overwhelming cheers, she was so close that her breath could be heard, but her voice was so ethereal that it was far away, and she said to Roger: "What are you afraid of? I believe you will not let them down."
"Your Majesty, this also belongs to unreasonable trust..." Roger couldn't help but bite his lip.
You shameless Empress, are you trying to praise me to death?
But at this moment, he was indeed a little flustered, and subconsciously wanted to complain about this pressure to the Empress who had similar experiences with him.
Otherwise, if you tell others, you will definitely be considered Versailles.
Because the grades are too good, I don't dare to continue to the next step, I only feel Alexander!
"Who said I have no reason?" The Eternal Night Empress put on a straight face and said seriously, "The world you sincerely want to create is so beautiful that they dare not even think about it, and it is to the extent that I am amazed. You are better than the hero you expected, ten times."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but smile.
It wasn't the playful smile that she usually put on these days, and she couldn't see her joy or anger, but a smile that could feel joy, recognition, and relief.
That was the relief of finally finding a fellow traveler after struggling alone all the way, and it was a sincere praise.
Without you, the empire would not have the current changes and achievements.
So, please continue to support each other on the road ahead!
Although the road ahead is still very difficult and bitter, but if two people face it together, the pressure will be halved, right?
The always domineering person suddenly became so gentle, revealing sincere expectations.
Roger, who had been shifting his gaze all the time, suddenly couldn't move his eyes away, and understood the emotions that the Eternal Night Empress had not expressed.
No matter how gorgeous and majestic the imperial robe is, it can't hide the exhaustion on Octavia Shelley's body.
No matter how powerful she is, she is still a girl.
Supporting this country, even in the face of the seven gods' must-kill situation, she must show the confidence that I will eventually resolve everything. This is the real pressure.
And I am just following the trend under her protection. What qualifications do I have to say that the pressure is great?
"Your Majesty, please continue to expect with confidence, I will do better."
Roger took a deep look at the Eternal Night Empress, and suddenly felt that the cheers of those people were getting closer and clearer.
Suddenly stepped forward, crossed the figure of the Eternal Night Empress, and faced the excited people directly.
The monarch treats me with the courtesy of a national scholar, so I will repay the country with the courtesy of a national scholar.