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“Cough, cough, cough…”
“You! Cough, cough…”
Simon’s painful gasps made the atmosphere in the entire room stiff. No one acted rashly.
Eden looked down from a commanding position and did not rush. When only Vincent was kneeling, she said flatly, “You… think your acting is very good?”
“Don’t try to deceive me with this kind of trick.”
Deceive? What is he talking about?
Vincent noticed that the expressions of many ministers had changed slightly. He glanced at the others stiffly.
Could it be?
Eden continued, “Pushing out an idiot who is willing to sacrifice and has a sufficient status, to force me out in the most vulgar way… and then to appease my anger with his head…”
“You all… are really so uncreative.”
Revealing a speechless expression, Eden smiled at the collapsed Simon on the ground, “This Mr. Simon, who is willing to sacrifice himself, doesn’t he want to say something?”
Duke Simon’s angry curses stopped abruptly. He got up from the ground with difficulty, his expression complex.
“…When did you find out?”
Eden sneered and looked at their complex faces with disdain, “When? From the beginning of your speech.”
“Impossible!”
Simon couldn’t believe it. His acting clearly contained a lot of real feelings. How could it be so easily seen through?
“Don’t be noisy. Listen to me.”
“Because it’s unreasonable.”
“You are a group of pitiful people who have fallen to the bottom and are on the verge of extinction. You can’t possibly let go of any opportunity that might pull you out of the valley.”
“And I am that opportunity.”
“You, knowing that I am a, uh… not-so-good-tempered being, still sent such a player to participate in this meeting, and no one stopped him…”
“You all… do you think I’m very easy to deceive?”
“Hah, a childish trick.”
Vincent was like listening to a heavenly book, listening to Eden say the mystery of this. He simply couldn’t believe it. But the silence on the ministers’ faces told him… all of this was true.
Eden sat on the throne, crossed her legs, rested her hands on the armrests of the throne, and said to the crowd below with a smile, “So, you’re still not kneeling?”
“Or do you need me to kneel to you?”
Duke Simon was the first to kneel heavily, prostrating himself on the ground.
In Vincent’s shocked gaze, one after another, the ministers and generals all lowered their heads and slowly knelt before the figure on the throne. And in the end, the king in Vincent’s heart, who was a man of integrity and martial prowess, also knelt heavily before his own daughter.
“Your Majesty…”
Eden did not comment on their actions, but flatly switched her crossed legs and said, “Well, what do you want me to do?”
Ronald looked up at his strange daughter and said in a low voice, “We would like to ask you… to eliminate those devils!”
His words were filled with the determination of burning one’s bridges and the madness of a desperate gamble. This was their agreed-upon idea. According to their speculation, only Shelley in his soul state had no way of eliminating the devils… Yes, they did not believe that Shelley had enough ability to deal with the devils…
Shelley’s words were just to raise his own value. And they were advancing by retreating. If Shelley refused this request, they would then make another request as a second-best option. They would have face, it wouldn’t be too embarrassing, and they could also dampen Shelley’s spirit.
Ronald was just about to state his next request when he heard Eden’s bored voice, “Alright. But what’s the price?”
!!!
Alright?
“Ah? Uh…”
Ronald and the others looked up in shock, their mouths agape, making a strange sound.
Looking at their shocked expressions with amusement, Eden said playfully, “What price can you pay?”
“You don’t think there’s such a thing as a free lunch in the world, do you?”
[No way, no way.]
“The principle of equal exchange, don’t you understand it yet?”
With difficulty, he suppressed the shock in his heart. Ronald swallowed and said anxiously, “What do you need? What do you need us to pay?”
[She’s taken the bait.]
She’s taken the bait.
Tapping the armrest of the throne, Eden extended her finger.
“First, I want you to believe in my Lord.”
My Lord?
“You… you’re not a god?”
“When did I say I was a god? That was just your wishful thinking.”
A fanatical expression appeared on her face. Eden said excitedly, “My Lord is merciful! He is great!”
“He will be your savior.”
After the performance, Eden’s expression quickly became pure. She continued, “Second, I need you to provide the resources of this plane.”
“Plane?”
Illiterate.
“Tsk, this world. I’ll tell you later.”
“Finally…”
A mocking smile appeared on the corners of Eden’s mouth. She pointed to her own face and said, “I want you to apologize to Eden.”
“Apologize to this bastard?”
Duke Simon shouted subconsciously, and then he realized the problem, but this time his face was flushed, and he refused to bow his head.
Vincent, who had a direct understanding of Shelley’s brutality, shouted anxiously, “My lord, Simon has his reasons.”
Eden waved her hand speechlessly and said flatly, “Ah, ah, I know. His whole family was tragically killed by the devils…”
“Otherwise, why do you think he survived?”
“Do you really think that Eden is a sign of a devil’s descent, or even a coordinate?”
Isn’t it?
Sigh…
Eden was about to get up from the throne, walk down slowly, and walk out the door.
“It’s just a little trick by the devils to create a conflict within you.”
“A person with a special identity, who is easily known by everyone and causes controversy.”
“If the devils really wanted to choose a coordinate, wouldn’t a child from an ordinary family be better? Even if they died, no one would know.”
This…
“The devils you are facing are not a group of monsters without intelligence.”
“They are masters at playing with people’s hearts.”
“I can even guess that the person who first discovered that something was wrong with Eden has already disappeared without a sound, right?”
Simon looked at the silent Ronald and asked hoarsely, “Quentin, he… wasn’t killed by you?”
Ronald raised his head with difficulty, tears in his eyes. He said in a low voice, “He and I and Vincent grew up together…”
“How could I possibly have killed him…”
Simon was as if he had been struck by a heavy blow. He looked at Eden and asked, as if in a dream, “Could it be that we were all deceived?”
Glancing at him with pity, Eden walked to Ronald’s side and said flatly, “Let’s go. Take me to see your treasury. I need to make some preparations.”
