Summoning the Holy Sword

The room was oddly quiet.

After Lize completed her sentence, she seemed to have relaxed a little as she leaned back into the chair and looked at Rhode. Rhode went into deep thought and after a while, he responded.

“I understand, Lize. So what are your plans?”

“To me… I don’t think I have any special plans.”

Lize smiled bitterly and shook her head.

“Indeed. Even though it means that I accepted my identity when I returned to Golden City, I don’t feel anything different. I don’t have talents like Marlene. And to me, just dressing up grandly in the palace as a decoration would be too boring. I think… Like now, I will remain in the mercenary group. But…”

“I understand.”

Rhode nodded and interrupted.

“Since your mindset on this didn’t change, I need not say much then. You can continue your life here as per usual and get ready for the next battle. As for your identity, I will explain to those people in our mercenary group for them to not be too mindful… This isn’t difficult, so don’t worry.”

Rhode had no idea how Lydia would manage this problem, but these questions could be used by the Reformist Party as an excuse to attack the royal family. But he felt that with Lydia’s attitude, it was almost for sure that she would answer to everyone’s doubt in a convincing fashion without fail.

This was totally an overt plot, because Lydia had become the ruler of Munn Kingdom for a long time. If she had only taken over the throne and the Reformist Party threw her this question, perhaps it would affect her ruling position. Initially, the royal family noticed this possibility, so they sent Lize far away and kept this a secret from the Reformist Party. But now, it was different. Lydia had been the ruler for years and the Munn Kingdom had been prosperous. The civilians were living peacefully and after understanding what this ruler could do for them, their ideas of replacing her weren’t as extreme anymore. That was why even if Lydia decided to generously accept Lize’s identity, it wouldn’t affect her ruling position at all. And this way, as long as Lize didn’t attract too much attention, the people’s attention on her would gradually drop. It wouldn’t work even if the Reformist Party wanted to use this as an example.

Rhode couldn’t help but feel a little startled. It was because he had experienced this era before that he could link everything together. In other words, Rhode observed everything from a high level perspective due to his own personal experience. And because of that, he could furthermore understand how ingenious Lydia was to make such a move. Even on the surface, Lydia had no losses and could easily dissolve this huge crisis. Of course, credits had to be given to Lydia’s formidable strength, as it wouldn’t be possible if she didn’t make the Munn Kingdom prosperous all these years.

But… are things really so simple?

Although this had nothing to do with Rhode, for some unknown reasons, he had a premonition that Lydia had a plan which held a huge connection to Starlight. After all, Lize belonged to the mercenary group and didn’t seem interested in leaving. So then…

Rhode shut his eyes.

“Gillian, get Old Walker here.”

Gillian immediately left, and shortly after, Old Walker pushed the room door open. He displayed a complicated expression. “Kid, what do you want? Is it regarding Lize?”

“We’ll talk about this later.”

Rhode gestured and said.

“The matter that I told you to do. How was it?”

“Everything’s good, kid.”

Old Walker nodded with confidence as he withdrew a map from his pocket and opened it in front of Rhode. Several red circles were drawn on the map.

“This wasn’t any absolute secret, so I got hold of the information quickly. During the Midsummer Festival, foreign travellers will be placed by the regions beside the Sacred Arena. The pubs and hotels would be there too and got to say, Golden City is indeed a huge city…”

“That’s good.”

Rhode scanned the circles in silence. Then, he took out a coin pouch filled with coins and gems and placed it before Old Walker.

“Take this money. I want you to bring your men to those areas and disguise as ordinary travellers. As for the next move… you only need to follow my instructions.”

“This…”

Old Walker gazed with widened eyes as he couldn’t figure out what this young man was up to.

“What exactly do you want us to do, kid?”

“Very simple.”

Rhode gestured.

“I need you guys to defeat our enemies.”