Chapter Eighty-Eight: Jocris
And so the dinner continued.
After that, the Knight of Enod and the Knight of Jolly were arranged by King Rolls Sheen to their respective rooms in the palace, and they were also guarded by the King's appointed Kingsguard, who personally led them to familiarize themselves with the surrounding terrain by Captain Knapp, and the King specially allowed the two knights to enter and leave freely, except for some areas that only the king and queen could enter.
Sankei finished taking a comfortable bath in the ornate palace room when he heard someone knocking on the door.
"Who is it?" Enod made a voice and asked the people outside the door, he was very strange, who would come to him at this time?
"It's me, Prime Minister Joe Cris."
Inod pushed the door open, only to see Prime Minister Joe Chris appear at the door of his room alone, "Can I come in?" Knight of Enod. ”
"You're so polite, please come in." Enold nodded, and Jocrith walked in.
"It seems that the Knight of Enod is ready to rest, and Lord Temet just asked me to take care of you."
Lord Temede seemed to have a little friendship with this Jorchris, and actually came to visit him so late, "Thank you so much, Prime Minister Jochris, I'm all right." ”
"Then I'm relieved, but do you think you have a chance of winning a sword duel if you run into a one-armed Jolly? Well...... Of course, I'm just curious, and I'm too curious to know which of you two knights will emerge victorious, you know, King Rolls Sheen and I used to be great knights. ”
"Let's go, Prime Minister Jorris." Enold said lightly, but obviously this estimate still surprised Jochris, and the Knight Enold was really full of confidence.
"Yes, the knight just wants to maintain such momentum!" "But I do have one more request, and I don't know what the Knight of Inod will think and what choice he will make." ”
"Oh? I would like to hear more about it. Enod looked into Jocris's eyes, a determined and sincere look, but he couldn't be sure if Jocrith was one of the thirteen, or maybe he had come to him suddenly tonight, and in fact he was just testing Inod.
"When I saw a few of your excellent battles, I had this idea at that time, I wanted to ask you to be my bodyguard, of course, it depends on the Knight Enod's own considerations and choices, not the Prime Minister's order, if the Knight Enod defeats the one-armed Jolly, you can also choose to resign from the position of the Prime Minister's Guard, after all, the King's Kingsguard is more attractive, but even if the Knight Enod does not win, you can continue to be my Prime Minister's bodyguard, Everything depends on how the Knight of Enod chooses. ”
I didn't expect Jocrith to come to him tonight, it was actually for this matter, serving as the prime minister's guard can also get a lot of information in the palace, and you can also gain the trust of some ministers, which is of great help to the plan after the three scenes, but there is also a risk, that is, if Jocrith is one of the other thirteen people, then he will be arranged under their noses, full of exposure risks, the power to be detected or forcibly used by cards without carelessness, Sanjing is very likely to be completely eliminated.
But danger and opportunity often coexist, and when Sanjing saw the one-armed Jolly grow up again and again, he already knew in his heart that he had no chance of winning the one-armed Joly, and the opportunity was equal for both parties.
But Prime Minister Jocrist gave him another chance, and this opportunity was within reach, and he didn't even have to defeat the one-armed Jolly, and when the sword duel was over, he would soon have access to the many secrets of the palace.
"Thank you, Lord Jokris, I'm just worried that I'm still missing the Temed family a little bit, and whether I'm capable of being able to take on the position of Prime Minister's Bodyguard now."
"Hahaha, the Knight of Enod is so humble, worthy of the knight I fancie, the position of the Prime Minister's Guard only needs to follow me on a daily basis when I am doing business, and at other times the Knight of Enod is free, this is a privilege for you, so it will not restrict the freedom of the Knight of Enod, of course, if King Rolls Sheen has other plans, then say it separately."
Knight Enod weighed the pros and cons, pondered what Prime Minister Jocris said, and then he nodded, "I understand, Lord Jocris, I am willing to be your bodyguard and serve you, but I hope that this position will not be too hard and laborious until the sword duel is over, and please understand my desire to defeat the one-armed Jolly." ”
In fact, it doesn't matter at all whether Sanjing defeats the one-armed Jolly or not, but he still has to say this, in order not to arouse Jocris's other suspicions, not to mention who doesn't want to have less to do, more money, and be closer to home?
"I couldn't agree more!" Jocris's expression was overjoyed, "Then it's decided, anyway, the Rolls Sheen Kingdom hasn't arranged the final time for the sword duel yet, and tomorrow I'll ask someone to send you the exclusive equipment of the Prime Minister's Guard!" ”
After a few more chats between the two of them, Prime Minister Jocrist left Arnold's room.
Whether this Jocrith sensed some danger in the palace and needed his help, or just set a trap for him, there is no way to know about these three scenes for the time being, and can only slowly find the truth and answer to everything in the future.
But he could already feel that those people were not far away from him, maybe right in front of him, maybe they passed by several times, maybe they had several intimate conversations with him.
Obviously, there is a turbulence hidden in the palace of Dubrovnik, and everyone has their own careful thoughts, whether it is for the struggle for power, or for the sake of fighting for a more favorable situation for each side, in short, they are all acting according to their own plans, so Enod also saw such events happening.
And he has to analyze the truth behind every event, hidden behind the shadow that is least discovered, in the case of uncertain development of the situation, not supporting, not inciting, not confrontation, not coming out, he is a spectator in the palace of Dubrovnik, but also a deep sharp dagger, at the moment when he is most needed to unsheath, ready to attack, without hesitation, a fatal blow.
Mark their characters, their powers, their hole cards, and stand until the last moment in the turbulent undercurrent of the Dubrovnik Palace.