She Chooses To Destroy the World

Chapter 61: Go to the temple again.

The Duchess has a fixed schedule every year. In autumn, she will return to the capital, Faerun, to finish her official duties before going to the capital for the winter. In the past, Philo knights and Plank knights accompanied the duchess to the capital. Later, the Plank knights got older and replaced them with Arnold. Now the Philo knight has died, and the duchess appointed Alice to come up as a substitute. As a female, it is much more convenient for the duchess to have a female knight guarding her. With this in mind, accompanying the duchess to the royal capital will probably become an important task that Alice must do every year.

This is very pleasing, Alice likes the royal capital. And Master Roma was also there. After the death of Knight Philo, there is a chance to see Roma again, which always gives people some comfort.

After the Duchess is gone,

The people who stayed behind the castle this year are Kent and Big Mouth Horton. Bennett had also voluntarily asked to stay behind, but the time he joined was too short, and the Duchess was somewhat uneasy about him. But considering that he didn’t seem to have much place to go, the Duchess decided to add another guard place, take him to Faerun, and then to the royal capital.

Alice has also walked once or twice on the road from Yunqi Castle to Faerun, and it usually only takes a day to ride a horse. But the Duchess’ travels are not as easy as Alice. In addition to the car driven by the Duchess herself, there are three carriages in the back. In one car sits the duchess’ personal maids, secretaries and attendants, and the other two are filled with the duchess’ daily supplies.

Three knights were riding on horses, guarding the team at the front, rear, and beside the Duchess’ carriage. Perhaps it was because she was “awkward” because of the imposing manner of the duchess traveling, and she did not feel awkward at this time, and kept going with her honestly, letting Alice breathe a sigh of relief.

It took them two days to arrive at the Duchess’ mansion in Faerun. The people in the mansion knew they were coming, so they cleaned up all the areas in the mansion a week in advance, and stood at the door of the mansion to welcome them.

Life in Fei Lun’s mansion is much more comfortable than that in Yun Ha Castle.

The number of main rooms in the castle is limited, and all knights can only live in the barracks area. There is a very comfortable room in Phelan’s mansion for the knights to rest. Alice’s room even has a separate bathroom. This surprised Alice, who usually only wipes her body with cold water soaked in hand towels in accordance with the habits of mercenaries.

Among the three knights, only Arnold took a follower. Therefore, the butler of Ferron’s Mansion arranged for Alice and Bennett to take care of their lives. The maid at Faerun’s Mansion was well-trained. She prepared bath water and toiletries for her that night, and poured perfume and dried flower petals in the bathtub, which made Alice enjoy a hot bath for the first time. She immersed her whole body in the bathtub and smeared her body with spiced bath salt, and was surprised to find that the exhaustion of the journey had completely disappeared.

Alice slept beautifully, and started a new job the next day.

The work at Phelan House was much busier than Alice had previously expected. She originally thought that to protect the duchess’ safety, she had to be by her side 24 hours a day. However, when she really started to work, she realized that everything was not as simple as she thought.

“If the enemy of the Duchess sends a large number of assassins, one or two guards with superb swordsmanship will not be effective at all.” Arnold told Alice in this way, “When Philo is here, his most important job is not Instead of staying with the Duchess, she makes a schedule based on her schedule so that no matter where she goes, there are enough guards around her to ensure safety.”

Alice could have understood it at first, but when the secretary of the Duchess gave her the guard schedule written by Philo Knight and the schedule of the Duchess the next day to her, she generally understood.

The Duchess has a whole team of guards in Faerun, and Alice must arrange the positions of the guards and arrange the schedule according to the duchess’ itinerary. When the secretary handed it over to Alice, she reminded her that the daily schedule of the Duchess is top secret and must not fall into the hands of others. She had to take her own schedule with her. Even the other two knights would never know all the guard arrangements.

She realized that this work meant a great deal of trust. The Duchess is equivalent to handing her life into her hands. Considering that she was actually less than a year after she became the knight of the Duchess… Alice knew that there was really no one around the Duchess whom she could trust, and the death of Knight Philo was definitely a major blow to her.

As the apprentice of Philo Knight, Alice must undertake all these tasks.

During the day, Alice usually accompanies the Duchess. In the evening, she fell into her most hated casework, and made a class schedule as a Philo knight. The first few days were really messy, but fortunately, nothing happened. After almost a week, she became familiar with it.

At this moment, the secretary of the Duchess sent her the latest itinerary. Alice unfolded a glance, and her heart jumped:

“The Duchess is going to the Temple of Light in a few days?”

The secretary nodded:

“Before going to the royal capital every year, the Duchess has to go to the Temple of Light to express some… piety to the God of Light. This kind of large-scale event can’t hide anyone. Half of Faerun’s people will want to take this opportunity to pay homage to the Duchess. Demeanor… I will call in an extra team of guards, and the safety of the Duchess depends on you.”

The secretary left after saying this, but Alice felt a heavy pressure on her shoulders.

It seemed that going to the temple was inevitable. She not only had to beware of the God of Light and his eyes and ears, but also the danger that the Duchess might face. After all, if someone wanted the life of the Duchess, it couldn’t be easier to get one or two assassins among the crowd of onlookers.

Having lived in West Felix for so long, Alice can feel that the religious atmosphere here is much lighter than the other places where the royal capital and her lived. In normal times, she has hardly heard of anyone who often chants the name of a god, even if it is mentioned occasionally, she often does not use a particularly respectful tone. Even so, the West Felix nobles, headed by the Duchess, are nominally followers of the God of Light. In the entire West Felix, only Faerun has a large temple of light. Although the duchess will not go to the temple of light as often as the nobles in the royal capital, but they have to go there once a year. The duchess would like to show to the royal capital that as long as she is one day, the West Felix will still recognize the faith in the **** of light and the rule of His Majesty the King. Although Si Felix would not pay taxes to the royal capital, as long as there was such a statement, the royal capital would be satisfied.

This is not so much a religious activity as it is a political activity.

For Her Royal Highness, this was only an annual routine, but Alice was so nervous that she could hardly sleep.

After going to the Temple of Light again after six years, Alice’s mood was too complicated to describe, especially the day the Duchess went to the Temple was her birthday. On the same day six years ago, she made the decision that affected her life in the temple. If she had not chosen Circillian at that time, her whole life trajectory would have been completely different.

The destiny of mankind often changes within a single thought.

The first thing she did after getting up that day was to wear the pendant that she had bought from “The Crow” on her neck. The pendant was cold and uncomfortable, but it was barely tolerable. After all, this is the guarantee of her own safety.

She rode on a horse and escorted the duchess’ carriage to the temple. The guards cleared the road to avoid someone blocking the Duchess’ carriage. The road was not too far, but when they reached the door of the temple safely, Alice was still a little relieved.

The priests of the temple would never allow the duchess to encounter any danger in their place, and it is basically safe here.

The temples in various places are built with the temple of the king’s capital as a template. There is no difference other than the overall size. The temple of Faerun is no different from the temple in Alice’s hometown of Potzta. Standing here Before the magnificent building, Alice felt a little nostalgic.

Unlike last time, this time she entered through the front door.

The master priest in the temple had been greeted at the door early, followed by more than a dozen priests and other priests. As for the temple apprentices of lower status, they did not have the qualifications to appear on such occasions. Alice looked at the priest in front of her, and there was no face she was familiar with.

When she realized she was looking at the faces of the priests, Alice smiled to herself in her heart:

What are you thinking about? It’s impossible for Master Etienne to come here to serve.

The duchess saluted the master priest, and the master priest also bent over to return the salute. When he got up, he saw the pendant on Alice’s neck, showing an unpleasant expression.

The duchess was quite keenly aware of the changes in the expression of the master priest, followed his gaze, and saw Alice’s pendant, with a smile on her face:

“Is the faith of my knight upset the master priest?”

The chief priest’s expression was a bit stiff.

Although the chief priest and other priests of the temple are all believers of the light family, there are indeed statues of the **** of the dark night and his dependent gods in the temple. The worship of the gods of the dark night is also a legal belief. In theory, even a believer of the Dark Night God can come to the temple to worship, but in practice, no one does that. Although almost all priests don’t like Dark Night’s family members very much, if the chief priest of the temple openly discriminates against other gods, it is actually illegal. If the Duchess shakes this matter to the high priest in the capital, the priest of the Temple of Faerun is likely to lose his position as the chief priest.

So he can only bow down again, showing a somewhat flattering smile:

“How come, you misunderstood me.”

“That’s good.” The duke’s expression remained unchanged, still with a calm smile, “Since there is no problem, please ask the priest to accompany us to the main hall.”