In the room.
Chen Rui quietly looked at the cup in his hand.
It was a silver-white metal goblet with a pair of wings engraved on the surface. It was simple yet exquisite, emitting a gentle light that gave people a special feeling of peace.
One of the three holy relics of Light, the Holy Grail.
This was the most holy relic in the Rayo Empire's collection. After several twists and turns, it finally landed in his hands.
For this, Glalin met with Emperor Covalonte of the Blue Brilliance a few times. Covalonte's attitude was originally very unyielding, but Princess Rambis found out about this "by chance". This pearl princess found Emperor Covalonte and advised on behalf of her father. She pointed out that the current situation of the empire was unstable and that the parliament was faintly out of control. Offending the Church of Light at this time was definitely not worth it. The Holy Grail was originally an item bestowed by the three supreme angels to the three holy empires. Furthermore, it was only a symbolic item and had no practical use. If they could use the Holy Grail to borrow the power of the Church to completely control the parliament, it would be worth it.
After that, Rambis accompanied Emperor Covalonte and Glalin for a secret negotiation. Her Royal Highness fully displayed her negotiation skills, forcing Glalin to make concessions. Finally, both parties reached an agreement. The Church paid a huge price in Covalonte's eyes, and Glalin got his wish of obtaining the Holy Grail.
It had to be said that in this transaction of the Holy Grail, Rambis played a key role. This was also the result of the transaction between Chen Rui and her.
After obtaining the Holy Grail, Glalin secretly passed it to Chen Rui. Chen Rui used this opportunity to "recuperate" to analyze this holy relic.
Similar to the Crown of Thorns, with the Body of Light, analyzing the Holy Grail did not take much effort. Soon, the Holy Grail was truly his.
The Holy Grail had two skills:
The first was "Holy Protection" — a group blessing skill that could greatly increase the power of luck in a short period of time. This "Luck" would reduce physical and magical damage taken by the blessed, greatly reducing the duration of various debuffs and increasing the duration of buffs. "Holy Protection" was undoubtedly a very practical support skill. The only downside was that it could only be used once every 24 hours.
The second was the 'Saint Soul' — — it could absorb damaged souls into the Holy Grail to nourish them until they recovered. The recovery time depended on the degree of damage to the soul, and it could be used as a sacrifice of the power of light to speed up the recovery. This skill was of little value to Chen Rui. However, his real purpose in obtaining the Holy Grail was to create the Origin of Creation. The skill of the Holy Grail itself was secondary.
During this period of time, not only was the incident of Prince "Arthur" injured, but the death of another "magician", Prince Ed, also came to an end. The cause of Ed's death was Lealdo's teacher, the elven elder Hiro. After accidentally injuring "Arthur", he was chased by "Arthur's" guardian, Rolla. In his panic, Hiro tried to stop Rolla and detonated the White Tower where Ed was.
The biggest culprits of this incident were Wilvo and Rialdo of the Mogoth Family. The two of them had always relied on the power of the Mogoth Family to commit all sorts of evil deeds. Especially this time, Wilvo's attempt to trigger the 'Hellfire' scroll in the crowd was an unforgivable crime.
The city lord, Vanille Reggiana, personally led the army to seize the Mogoth Family and arrest a large number of people, including the patriarch Moat. Moat, who originally thought that he could take revenge by relying on the Reggiana Family, was stunned. When Vanille announced that Moat and Wilvo were to be hanged and all their properties confiscated, the people in the city clapped their hands in glee.
Although Vanille's reaction was swift and "timely" sacrificing the Mogoth Family, he still incurred the wrath of Emperor Covalont. As the city lord of Yagda, if it wasn't for his lax governance, he wouldn't have caused such a thing to happen and even implicated important figures like "Arthur" and Ed. After the incident, not only did Vanille not pursue Wilvo's crime, he even colluded with the Mogoth Family and sent troops to surround Moore and Deng Family's Bright Light Trading Company. Just this alone was undeniable. With Emperor Covalont's personality, even if there wasn't any formal punishment for now, he would find a way to punish them in the future.
Similarly, Leider, who was responsible for Ed's safety, was also to blame. But at that time, it was a super rank powerhouse. Even if Leider was there, he wouldn't have been able to stop the White Tower from exploding. More importantly, Leider protected the key figure, Prince "Arthur". Under the protection of Princess Rambis, Leider's punishment was much lighter than expected. He was only stripped of his title, but he could continue to stay in the Mage Tower Forest.
What was worth mentioning was the attitude of the elves. The elves announced that the half-elf Rialdo had been executed, and Elder Hiro, who directly caused Magician Ed's death, unfortunately died on the way to the Silver Moon Immortal Capital due to his heavy injuries. The elves felt sorry for the unfortunate death of Magician Ed. This matter was entirely Hiro's responsibility, and it wouldn't affect the alliance between the elves and the Rayo Empire. Both parties would further deepen their cooperation, especially the latest magical weapon technology developed by Grandmaster Fenoa, which could be shared with the Rayo Empire. Cooperation with the elves was a win-win situation, and also one of the most important trump cards of the Rayo Empire. Emperor Covalont definitely wouldn't jeopardize this grand plan just because of a mere bastard. He immediately expressed a positive and friendly attitude, and just like that, the matter gradually calmed down.
After the matter calmed down, Chen Rui, who had finished analyzing the Holy Grail, didn't continue to pretend to be sick. Under the heavy protection of Vanille, he led the entire delegation into the Empire of Blue Brilliance.
The Rayo Empire Vestian and Yerodisha were known as the two major capital cities of the human world. There was no need to go into detail about the prosperity and traces of magic civilization during that period. When Chen Rui entered Vestian, he was welcomed by the second prince, Victor, who represented the royal family, and stayed in the royal guest house.
Very soon, Chen Rui was also received by the Emperor of Blue Brilliance, Covalont. This emperor seemed to be full of power, even more powerful than Rex. In fact, Covalont's control over the Rayo Empire was far less than that of Rex, because the Rayo Empire had a parliament. This parliament was different from the parliament in Chen Rui's previous life, but it also had a considerable amount of control over the emperor. Therefore, Covalont couldn't achieve absolute rule over the empire like Rex.
Two days later, the engagement ceremony officially began.
The marriage with the Long Huang Empire was a national event. The ceremony this time was very grand. Basically all the nobles in the Rayo Empire came, including some city lords and family representatives from far away.
After a series of repeated ceremonies, the main event began.
The male and female protagonists of this engagement, the third prince of the Long Huang Empire, Arthur Roland, who had reappeared after disappearing for seven years, and the number one beauty of the Rayo Empire, the pearl princess, Rambis Eber, walked side by side to the witness of the marriage.
The witness of the marriage was the most respected elder in the parliament, Lucas. Looking at the beautiful and dignified Rambis, who was dressed in a splendid wedding gown, holding flowers, and standing hand in hand with the handsome grandmaster prince, the surrounding gazes were filled with amazement, envy, jealousy … and also complacency. The most complacent one was the second prince, Victor. This sister of his had given him too many surprises in the past seven years. Originally, she was just a poor wretch whose fiancé had disappeared and couldn't "remarry". However, with great courage and increasingly brilliant means, she became a strong contender for the throne step by step. Moreover, she had received a lot of support from the Holy Church and the parliament. She was his strongest and most feared competitor.
However, his "brother-in-law", Arthur, who had disappeared for seven years, reappeared, and the marriage between the two empires was restarted. For Victor, it was a huge surprise. He was simply overjoyed. As long as Rambis married Arthur, the threat would naturally disappear.
The wedding between Rambis and Arthur was the most important marriage between the two holy empires. No matter how brilliant Rambis's means were, it couldn't be changed. Moreover, Arthur had already arrived at the Rayo Empire. Therefore, Victor completely relaxed during this period of time. He was not as cautious as before, and even held a few carnival parties. After all, Rambis had given him too much pressure in the past two years. His nerves were very tense, and it was rare for him to relax.
The eyes of the Blue Brilliance Emperor, Kovalonte, seemed a little complicated. Although he still had the consistent patriarchal concept in his mind, he had to admit that this daughter was much better than his other sons. Even his second son, Victor, who could compete with him on the surface, was still much inferior in Kovalonte's eyes. Unfortunately, she was still a daughter. In particular, the reappearance of "Arthur" caused the marriage from seven years ago to be restarted. The thought of "perhaps his daughter is the best heir" that occasionally flashed through Kovalonte's mind was also completely erased.
For the royal family, a daughter who was married out was someone else's wife. She might even become an enemy in the future.
The wedding vows read by the witness, Lucas, interrupted Kovalonte's thoughts. "… Rambis Eber, are you willing to marry Arthur Roland as your wife, and spend the rest of your life with him?"
Rambis clenched the flowers in her hand slightly and took a deep breath. "I am."
"Arthur Roland, are you willing to marry Rambis Eber as your wife, and protect and love her until the end of your life?"
Chen Rui glanced at Rambis. That's right, he had already obtained the Holy Grail. Now it was time to fulfill that promise. This was Rambis's plan, and it was even more resolute than Chen Rui's original plan.
Although Rambis did not look at him, she could feel his gaze. Her eyes inexplicably became a little blurred.
"Cough … Arthur Roland, are you willing to marry Rambis Eber as your wife, and protect and love her until the end of your life?" Lucas thought that his voice was too soft, or that this prince "Arthur" was captivated by the beauty of Princess Rambis, so he raised his voice and asked again.
Chen Rui retracted his gaze and sighed inwardly. He opened his mouth and said, "I am not willing."
"Then, please exchange …" Lucas was about to announce the next procedure step by step when he suddenly realized that something was wrong. "You … What did you just say?"
Not only Lucas, but almost all the VIPs present thought that they had heard wrongly. Rambis looked at Chen Rui with a "surprised" expression.
"I said, I am not willing." Chen Rui's voice sounded very calm. "I am sorry, Rambis. You know who I love. I will not marry you."
This sentence caused a great commotion. The expression of Great Emperor Covalonte, who was originally sitting, changed greatly. He suddenly stood up, and the surrounding nobles were all shocked. Prince Arthur, who came from the Long Huang Empire to marry Princess Rambis, actually publicly rejected the marriage on such an occasion!
Rambis's hand trembled, and a few petals fell from the bouquet in her hand. Then, the entire bouquet fell because she could not hold it firmly.
She had written the script for this scene herself, and she knew all the lines very well. However, when she heard this sentence, her beautiful eyes were still a little dazed.
In an instant, there was an indescribable feeling in her heart.
It should have nothing to do with Arthur. Perhaps every woman who had personally buried their marriage would have this feeling.
Are women still women after all? Rambis looked at her empty hand, as if something had left her forever.
Although she already knew the ending, she only realized that strange feeling when she was really faced with this moment of choice.
She stared at her hands silently.
It was as if she could not see the chaotic scene in her eyes, and she could not hear the noise in her ears, including Covalonte's angry shout.
She only said one sentence to herself in her heart.
This is the path you have chosen, Rambis.
The petals scattered in the air slowly fell to the ground.
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