Chapter 168 Undercurrent

The journey back to Hawk City was going well.

When the little girl returned to her "temporary palace", Scadra immediately expressed her objection. In the eyes of the old man, it was really inappropriate to not live in the palace as a queen. However, the little girl reserved her attitude towards this, so Scadra, as the chief of the palace (after being rescued, he was re-appointed as the chief of the palace) could only act temporarily according to the queen's attitude.

There are indeed rumors in the entire Eagle City. Maybe it is because the Queen is away, or maybe it is because Prime Minister Ellen is not good at dealing with such incidents. In short, there are too many rumors in this city now that you cannot pursue what the original appearance of a rumor was.

It is not difficult to inquire about rumors, because the little queen's temporary tutor, Rotia, is a living rumor center. The day after the little girl returned to Eagle City, Rotia came to her door.

As mentioned earlier, Rhodeya was the tutor of the little queen on the surface, but in fact she never taught the little girl anything about her studies. On the contrary, she mainly told the little girl about rumors, legends, past deeds, etc. about the ministers. Because almost all the officials were locals in the Eagle Falcon City, and there were really not many men in the city who did not get involved in the Flower Street. If there were such a person who was polite, it would not stop his friends from discussing him on the Flower Street.

"Now, let go of those absurd and undeniable rumors, there are mainly three." In the little girl's room, Rotia explained. "First, Rafa turned to the evil god. Second, the Tiberius planned to invade our country. Third, the barbarians were preparing for a large-scale invasion, and this time it seemed that they were planning to use the plague to open the way. All other rumors originated from these three."

The little girl didn't say anything, and seemed to be thinking carefully about the meaning of the three rumors.

"It sounds like internal and external troubles, doesn't it?" Rotia asked with a smile.

The little girl nodded seriously. "Where is the source of these rumors?" she asked.

"I don't know what the second one is," Rotia replied frankly, "Maybe it was sent by Byron. We caught a group of them before, but there might be some remaining ones. Who knows. As for the first and third ones," Rotia's smile did not change at all, but there was a special smell in her voice. "I personally feel... maybe it's not a rumor."

Having said that, the whole of Groney had long been awakened by the barbarian invasion. Those barbarians always did this, and they would launch an invasion every once in a while, even before Groney was founded. The key to the problem lies in what extent of strength the invading barbarian troops had.

The last time the barbarians suffered a heavy loss under the attack of the coalition forces. In addition, they had many civil wars to compete for control of White Fort, and it was difficult to judge what effect their invasion would have. However, as the commander of the northern army, Rafa actually maintained this strange silence, which was a very strange thing in itself.

However, because of Byron, Ashurufate believed that he could not use any method to stimulate Rafa. He did not even have a formal envoy, as long as Rafa could remain silent like this. Of course, in actual actions, he was also prepared to fight Rafa and lead his army south. There were enough garrisons arranged in several key rushing places. If it really didn't work, he would leave 10,000 soldiers in the Eagle City.

Ashu Rufate firmly believed that Byron must be resolved first anyway, because this one had no room for compromise.

"Isn't it a rumor?" The little girl also looked nervous. "Is there any evidence?"

Standing in the position of the queen, you will naturally be exposed to a lot of information. With this information, even the IQ of an ordinary person can draw many correct conclusions. In fact, the choices that really test people's wisdom and courage are only a few. In most cases, making correct judgments on things does not require superhuman wisdom and courage.

"It's the church." said Rotia. "You can ask the church people, and as a queen, you may get more detailed information."

"What did the church do?" Because the church had previously chosen to be neutral and did not even help with magic communication, the little girl hadn't contacted the church for a long time.

"They are drawing priests from the seven kingdoms... into the northern part of Groney." Rotia said. "According to the words I have found, it seems that there is an unknown plague in the north, which is likely to be the effect of some kind of magic curse."

The whole of Groney was well-known for what the barbarians did in Sarek before. In fact, this incident was really shocking, so there were legends in the entire human world.

"Magic Curse... But I heard that such things are difficult to do even for Chaos Wizards." The little girl asked in confusion.

Of course, this is easy to understand. If this is easy to do, then the barbarians may have destroyed all the seven central countries. Think about it, a Chaos wizard can make the people of a city die by just casting a spell... Then what power can be fought against? Human fortifications, firearms, city walls, etc. are really not worth mentioning in the face of such power.

The reason why Chaos Wizards do that under the city of Sarek is not so much a tactic as a vent of the army's siege and unsuccessful attacks.

"Things are changing," Rotia explained. "According to the church, the Chaos Wizards seem to have found some...special methods to combine magic curses with real diseases. They start with magic curses, but then they become ordinary diseases... In other words, magic curses are only used to cause diseases."

"What did the church say?" the little girl asked.

"The source is a senior member of the church." Rotia chuckled. "I heard it after an accidental 'indulgence'. I also heard it by chance. The church attached great importance to it, so it drew a large number of people to go north and strived to deal with this problem. I heard that at present, it can only be eliminated before the magic curse becomes a real disease. But if it really becomes a disease... then there is no particularly effective way, and it can only be dealt with by treating the disease. Fortunately, so far, there are not many such situations, and the diseases caused by the magic curse are not particularly serious diseases or terminal illnesses."

There was a knock on the door outside, and a guard walked in with the little girl saying "Come in".

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Ailin asked for a visit." said the guard.

"Oh, then I'll leave first." Rotia stood up and left.

There was only one door left the Queen's room, so on the way to leave, Rotia inevitably encountered Ellenn. Although Rotia hoped to pass by like this, Ellenn seemed to have no intention.

In fact, when they were far apart, Ellen's eyes were firmly fixed on Rotia.

"Are you Ms. Rotia?" asked Alinen. After the little girl went on the war, Rotia had never been to this temporary palace, so this was actually the first time the two of them met. Of course, both sides already knew the other party's existence.

"It's me." Rotia stopped and replied. She sighed softly in her heart.

"I heard you are Her Majesty's tutor?" asked Alinn.

"Yes, it's a pity that I'm just a temporary tutor, and I'm the one who doesn't have a job salary."

"This is a glorious position." Ailin's gaze was like a sharp sword, staring at Rotia's face tightly. However, Rotia had no intention of giving in at all. "I know you are not a noble family..."

"If you are not a noble, you can't be a tutor? This is a temporary position."

"Ms. Rotia, I don't mean this. I know many scholars who are not from nobles... there are many people who publish books and biography. However, for some reason, I have heard some... not very good rumors. I heard... there seems to be a prostitute with the same name as you in the Eagle Falcon City..."

"It's not the same name, that's me." Rotia raised her eyebrows and said directly.

If Alinn's expression was just serious before, it has suddenly turned into coldness. He seemed to have never expected Rottiya to admit so frankly that she didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Why, Prime Minister wants to try my bed skills?" Rotia said coldly. "I am very happy to accompany you in this. But I think you... at such a big age, I may not be able to deal with me."

Ellen's beard was trembling slightly. But here it was already very close to the queen. As a nobleman and a prime minister, it was very undesirable to shout in such a place. He could only grit his teeth and glar at Rotia. The latter cared without caring at all, looking at contentment.

"If the Prime Minister is nothing, then I will leave first." Rotia said. After that, she took a step away without waiting for Alinn to answer.

Ailin stood there, his whole body trembling and he didn't move for a long time.

Rotia left the temporary palace and walked outside. After leaving the temporary palace, she soon arrived at the front of a house in the noble area. After knocking on the door slightly, the door of the house opened and welcomed her in.

The aristocratic district of Eagle City was once hard to find, but after Byron's failed coup, this situation was greatly alleviated. Many Byron's best friends left the royal city, and their houses were taken over by the queen for granted. A considerable number of these houses were sold through various channels. During this period, if you had money, it was not difficult to get a house in the aristocratic district.

"Sister Rotia," there were already five or six people in the house, and each of them respectfully lowered their heads to Rotia. Several of them showed their strength in their bodies, while others looked like civilian jobs.

"How is the situation?"

"Boss, you will be happy. I estimate that this month, my income from the casino alone will exceed 30,000 Jin Oli!"

"Thirty thousand? What do I want Thirty thousand Jin Oli for?!" Rotia stared at the hole under her hands coldly, and her expression was no different from the poisonous snake staring at the frog. "If you want such a little Jin Oli, wouldn't I go and buy a lottery ticket? One hundred pieces are enough!"

She looked at this subordinate and was so scared that the other party was trembling. "This month, I will earn at least 50,000 gold Oli for me!"
Chapter completed!