OBS Chapter 3658 War and King Adelina
Chapter 3658 War and King Adelina
Chapter 3658 War and the King - Adelina
The speaker was Lacey's personal maid, whom Shad knew well. Finally finding something to do, Shad nodded slightly, stood for five minutes after the maid left, then casually placed his wine glass on the windowsill and quickly left.
Lacey was already waiting for Shad in the lounge outside the banquet hall. As soon as Shad entered, she hugged him tightly and took a deep breath to calm her excitement.
"Do you know? You've become the focus of this banquet. I heard from those foreign ladies that a handsome young man with a melancholy look was standing by the window at today's banquet, and I knew then that it must be you."
"I thought everyone at this banquet was focused on politics."
Shad held his beloved princess in his arms.
"Don't be silly, Shad. There are plenty of people who come here looking for fun, but you just don't pay attention to them."
As she was saying this, she reached out to unbutton Xia De's coat, but Xia De stopped her. She then gave him a knowing look and squatted down.
Xia De quickly pulled her up:
"No, no, that's not what I meant. I meant I'd like to see Adelina. I haven't seen her here. Is she at the Yodel Palace now?"
Lacey then asked:
"What, one person isn't enough? But time is limited, and too many people aren't convenient. How about I bring Tifa along?"
This was obviously a joke; she knew Xia De had serious business to attend to.
Adelina wasn't a princess involved in politics, so she stayed at the Yodel Palace tonight to do her own things. When Lacia, holding Shad's hand, appeared directly in her study, Adelina was genuinely startled:
"Sister, Xia De, what brings you here?"
She quickly shoved what she was writing under the table. Shad had assumed she was writing in her diary or doing homework for the Zarathian Academy, but it didn't seem that way.
Lacey glared at her sister, then said to Shad:
"Hurry up."
“Okay, Adelina, try to catch this.”
The star-blue ring from the blank snake molt was taken out by Shad. The eighteen-year-old princess's first impression was that it was very beautiful. Then she felt a strange attraction to the ring, as if it belonged to her.
Of course, this feeling wasn't particularly strong, because at that moment she was more concerned about what she had just been writing. So the eighteen-year-old princess walked around the desk to Xia De, and after grasping the ring with both hands, the life ring on her back actually appeared.
Lacey immediately cast a spell to stop the elemental fluctuations from spreading outwards, while Shad saw the light from the "Ring of War" fly towards Adelina's back, until it carved the miracle—War—on the ring of fate. This scene was very similar to what happened that afternoon when Stella held that ice-blue ring. Even though Shad had reversed so much of her fate, Adelina still had an extraordinary affinity for the "fate of war."
"The upper limit of spirit, mental strength, vitality, and the strength of magical spells have all increased."
Agelina gave a similar account to Stella, but since her level was lower than Stella's as she prepared to advance to the seventh ring, the enhancement she felt was more pronounced.
"it is as expected."
After confirming his suspicions, the outsider worried that Adelina was still destined for war, but then felt he didn't need to worry so much:
"She was just suited to the fate of war, but she wasn't destined to have that fate."
However, this would temporarily prevent him from shattering the "Ring of War," but it also couldn't remain in Adelina's hands. To completely end Act IV, Shad planned to forge the ring into a weapon, so that it would no longer be a mere aggregate of fate.
Is the King of Promises here?
Shad asked again, and Adelina immediately nodded, opened the hidden compartment behind the bookshelf in the study, and took out the scepter that she particularly liked.
Shad had originally intended to use this scepter as a vessel for destiny, but unexpectedly, when the scepter reappeared before his eyes, he saw floating, shimmering lights within it:
"Were there no traces of destiny before? Is this scepter itself a weapon imbued with destiny?"
After learning of the existence of the Arc of Fate and the Ring of Fate, Shad examined the relics and ancient alchemical items commonly used by the girls around him, but apart from the Night Watch and the Demon Hunter's Seal, he did not find a third item imbued with fate.
The appearance of the third item was so unexpected that Shad was greatly surprised. He thought carefully for a moment and then remembered that Mr. Edmund, who sold him the scepter, had mentioned it when telling the story of the scepter—
"The nameless prophet forged this staff, claiming he bestowed upon it a destiny from fragments of stars; it would become the scepter of the first and last founder of a unified human empire. (Chapter 3574)"
"Fragments of stars bestow destiny. Therefore, this staff cannot truly contain them."
Yes, he was destined to become king.
She smiled gently. Shad looked at the King of Promises and then at Adelina, who was still holding the Ring of War. In a daze, he felt that he was also seeing the trajectory of fate at this moment.
"Shad, are you done yet? How much longer are we going to have to stay here?"
Lacey nudged Shad, who seemed to be lost in thought, and Shad dispelled the strange feeling:
"It'll be fine soon."
He returned the staff to Adelina and then retrieved the Ring of War. He was unsure whether the King of the Covenant could bear two destinies simultaneously, and he didn't want the destinies of "King" and "War" to converge.
Therefore, he still needs to carefully consider what kind of weapon to make the "Ring of War".
The matter here was temporarily concluded, and Shad was about to say goodbye to Adelina, but Lacey casually raised her hand to signal Shad not to speak. She then asked Adelina:
"May I use your bedroom? It would be too much trouble to have the maid clean up afterward if we stay in the lounge."
Adelina's expression froze for a moment, then various colors appeared on her face. Of course, she knew what this meant, thinking that this was her sister's "revenge" for what she had just written. With humiliation and some unspeakable feelings, she lowered her head and hummed in agreement, but tears were already welling up in her eyes.
Shad felt that Lacia had gone too far this time, but Lacia then said to her sister:
"Alright, go and tell your maids to keep watch at the door. Go to the washroom and freshen up a bit, then come to the bedroom to find us."
Adelina abruptly raised her head, staring wide-eyed at her sister, Lacia, whose face remained expressionless.
"Am I seeing things? Why are there tears in your eyes? Go to the restroom. After all, you're an eighteen-year-old girl now, and as your older sister, I should teach you some things. But tonight is my time. After dessert, when the main courses start, I'll be the only one serving the main courses."
"Yes, sister!"
"Also, remember to find time tomorrow to explain to me what you were writing just now."
"Yes, sister."
"Lacia, this..."
“Surprised, my knight? I’m not a stingy person like Galina. You don’t need to say anything more. Just remember to treat us sisters well in the future, so as not to betray our feelings for you.”
After Adelina practically skipped out the door, Lacey leaned closer to Shad and whispered:
"I am the main course. If you want to enjoy your little vase, you'll have to find another time."
"I know, huh? How do you know about 'vase'?"
Shad was quite surprised; this was how he addressed Adelina in private conversations, and no one else should know it.
Her Highness wore a smug expression:
"The older sister has a lot of tricks up her sleeve if she wants to know something from her younger sister. Oh, let's not waste any more time talking, we need to be back before 9:30."
Then they went to Adelina's bedroom. The little princess's bedroom was obviously not as mature as Lacia's, but the beds were just as soft.
When Adelina returned to her bedroom shortly afterward, Lacia's dress was torn to shreds—the quickest way to find it. The little princess was first astonished by how good her sister's skin was, then even more astonished that her sister was a third better than her, able to devour all the snacks on the table in one go.
Lacey was not in a good position to talk at the moment, so she waved to Adelina and prepared to begin her lesson, hoping not to take too long.
Adelina, on the other hand, tried hard to control herself from being too forward. She blushed and exchanged a glance with Shad, then lifted her skirt and gave him a ladylike bow before walking over. At the same time, she began to wonder if it was the right choice to put on lipstick earlier.
She hoped this wasn't the craziest thing to happen in her bedroom.
At 9:30 p.m., Shad, having changed his clothes, reappeared in the banquet hall of St. James's Palace.
Lacey had already gone to do her own thing. She had originally hoped to see Galina one last time before the banquet ended, but when she found Tifa, the maid said very apologetically:
"The young lady and His Majesty the King are discussing the recruitment of soldiers for the settlements in the New World with a secret envoy."
So it was highly likely that Shad wouldn't see her before the event ended, but since he was already back, Shad didn't leave immediately. Seeing that there was nothing for him to do here, and not wanting to stay in the banquet hall, he strolled to the garden behind St. James's Palace.
This garden has a small gate that connects directly to the gardens of the Yodl Palace, but that gate is usually not opened. While there might be other people in the garden for a regular banquet, no one but Shad would come here for such a high-level diplomatic occasion.
The snowfall a few days ago turned the entire garden into a silvery white. At night, no lights were lit on the garden paths, but there was a faint light in the greenhouse.
The gardener responsible for looking after the garden probably didn't notice Shad, but even if he did, he probably wouldn't stop him from wandering around here.