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chapter xxiii - creighton's secret

Craighton spoke up: "In the past, I was a royalist in the army, but actually, I loathed the royal family."

As a member of the Torrent Guards directly under the royal family, regardless of his personal wishes, his position doomed him to be a gun in the hands of the royalists.

The Kingdom of Dorne didn't evolve into a republic like Mylenti and Teleres did.

To maintain the status quo and safeguard the royal power, there have been no few civil wars in the country, and the various political parties are still vying with each other secretly.

However, the Specter shook its head and said, "It sounds important, but it's not really a big secret. Because even if it had been spoken out at that time, nothing would have changed. There were many people like you, so it was just a personal thought. A secret is called a secret because it needs to be kept confidential. Once it's revealed, it will change one's life."

Craighton tilted his head up, looking thoughtful: "Perhaps. Then I'll tell you something else."

"Before coming to Sasha City, I was a veteran who had participated in the entire Lorren War.

 After the war ended, when my troops and I were having a victory parade in the capital city of Yaxin, the royal family sent me an invitation to a banquet through my superior. It was signed by Queen Helun IV herself. I pretended to be ill and didn't accept the invitation. Actually, that illness was faked by me just so that I wouldn't have to meet the queen. In the end, I still don't know what she invited me for."

This time, even the Specter evaluator was stunned: "This secret is really something. You're really an amazing person. Do you need me to remind you of the opportunity you missed?""Please do. I'm also curious about the expression my immediate superior would have had when he heard I was ill."

"You missed the investiture ceremony. In the past, the king would sometimes select warriors who had performed military exploits to participate in a banquet and then bestow on them the noble title of knight and introduce them to the truth of the world. But it wouldn't be stated in the invitation in advance. This was an unspoken rule.

They would invite more than one warrior and then select on the spot the strongest in body and the most tenacious in will among the loyalists to award the sword. By asking for sick leave and refusing the invitation, you were basically indicating that you didn't meet those conditions. Moreover, it was also an insult to Ursula I. You no longer have the possibility of obtaining a title."The Specter didn't care about titles and honors. For Its current state of having lost most of Its sensory organs, the only thing that could make It feel happy was the moment when Its thirst for knowledge was satisfied.

But for ordinary people, those things were still highly tempting.

It was curious about Craighton's reaction after knowing the result.

"It really doesn't seem necessary to have accepted the invitation," Craighton's reaction was quite bland.

"If I had seen Queen Her Majesty in person, I might have vomited from disgust. That might have been worse than now."