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Chapter 93 - 76 Who told you to hide in such a place? (Please subscribe)

Chapter 93: 76 Who told you to hide in such a place? (Please subscribe)

"Beautiful Queen, we meet again," he teased.

"Hmph!"

Since there was no need for further probing, Morgan received Le Cheng quite ordinarily. As Le Cheng entered the room and slightly bowed to Morgan, seeing his frivolous smiling face worsened her already bad mood, earning him a cold snort in return.

"Umm..." Anna felt the atmosphere in the room was particularly heavy. Standing there felt like standing naked in snowy weather, uncomfortable all over, so she awkwardly smiled, "The Queen and the Divine Envoy will probably have a long discussion, and it’s getting close to evening. I’ll go and have the kitchen prepare some food, to properly host the Divine Envoy."

Morgan indifferently said, "The Divine Envoy has many matters to handle and won’t stay long, just prepare a meal for me alone."

"Ah..."

"Indeed, the Queen has many matters to handle; how could I bear to delay her? Don’t worry, this will be over quickly."

"Well... okay then."

Feeling powerless due to her low status, Anna had no choice but to close the room door and leave.

Now, only Le Cheng and Morgan were left in the room. However, the atmosphere didn’t turn ambiguous but instead grew colder, especially with Morgan, who was usually not given to jests, looking as though the whole world owed her eight million and decided not to pay.

To Le Cheng, Morgan’s demeanor seemed more like a defensive mechanism, the so-called pride. Once the pride is shattered, she would become tender, like the scene in the Crystal Ball, even the tone of her voice becoming sweetly delicate.

Of course, given Morgan’s status, normally anyone would need courage to even stand straight in front of her, let alone take the initiative to attack.

But who is Le Cheng?

"Queen, may I sit down?"

"Please, go ahead."

"Thank you."

Le Cheng looked around, then moved a chair from the side and sat directly across from Morgan’s desk.

"..."

I allowed you to sit, but I didn’t let you sit so close!

Seeing Morgan’s frosty face, Le Cheng smilingly said, "Queen, it seems you are not used to close contact with the opposite sex?"

"If you know, that’s good enough!"

Morgan gritted her teeth in secret; since childhood, the opposite sex she most interacted with were her biological parents and her husband, Sigma. From the age of ten, she began to keep her distance from the former, and with the latter, due to their politically arranged marriage, both had always been courteous with minimal physical contact, only necessitated by Sigma’s mobility issues requiring her support.

Le Cheng was the third man to enter within her one-meter radius.

It was not unbearable, but each time she looked at Le Cheng’s face, she instinctively recalled the scene in the Crystal Ball which sped up her heartbeat and aroused intense resistance and discomfort inside.

"What about the Emperor? Having been married to the Emperor for many years, haven’t you gotten used to it?"

The Emperor...

In fact, her relationship with Sigma was less like a couple and more like a father-daughter relation; at least that’s how Sigma made her feel.

"There seems to be no need to inform you about matters between I and the Emperor?"

"While it’s indeed unnecessary, we are all family here. If both sides could understand each other more deeply, it would be beneficial for future matters."

Hearing the word "future," Morgan subconsciously clenched her fists.

She scoffed, "Divine Envoy, did you deliberately create such a big scene today, causing chaos in the Royal Court and forcing me to summon you again, just to talk about these trivial family matters?"

"Alright, then let’s start discussing serious matters," Le Cheng, putting away his smile, spoke earnestly, "Queen, when do you plan to announce my identity?"

Uh—

Seeing Le Cheng suddenly putting on a serious demeanor, Morgan brightened a bit. Despite her prejudices, she had to admit, he was a very handsome man, possessing both the tenderness of a youth and the ruggedness of a warrior, occasionally revealing an entrancing charm that even she had to guard against.

They say that Gawain, the Sun Knight, was a charming beautiful youth in his younger days, known as the prince on a white horse, the dream lover of countless girls in the Imperial Capital. Morgan, having seen him personally, thought Gawain was just so-so, but the present Le Cheng made her truly feel threatened, especially when he got serious, that unique charm was hard to fend off.

Morgan secretly took a deep breath and said in a heavy tone, "Divine Envoy, what’s your opinion?"

"My view is simple," Le Cheng spread his hands, "now with the Emperor deceased, everyone in the Empire is worried. With the Empire losing Emperor Sigma, whether it can resist the invasion of the Catastrophe Legion is a concern, for Sigma represented not just the position of the Emperor but more importantly, belief. Everyone believes that as long as Sigma lived, the Empire would not fall, a faith he carved out with his own strength over two hundred years. And this belief is not something a new Emperor can simply replace."

"Of course, practically speaking, a vigorous new Emperor would indeed be far superior to an old and incapacitated Sigma, but public sentiment is often the most immeasurable element. How to convince people that the new Emperor can shoulder Sigma’s responsibilities, that heavy burden, is a very difficult task. Consequently, before the new Emperor can achieve enough convincing political accomplishments, the people of the Empire need a new faith to fill the void left by Sigma’s death."

"The faith in divine beings is undoubtedly the best choice."

"I admit that your argument makes sense, but..." Morgan stared into Le Cheng’s eyes, "how can you assure the people that the divinity behind you has the power to combat Khorne?"

"Indeed, with the Empire’s technology and methods, it would be possible to replace all the statues in the divine hall of Order with those of the divinity you worship, Gaia, within a very short time. I can also inform the ministers to make the people of the Empire believe in this divinity. However, if she does not have enough power, just one failure will quickly shatter this belief, and the consequences will be unimaginable. Thus, you need to prove it."

"Haven’t you already seen it in the prophecies?"

"That’s meaningless." Morgan shook his head, "Although my prophecies have never been wrong... prophecy is prophecy, reality is reality. If the Empire could maintain its prosperity merely based on prophecies, what would be the point of having an army?"

"Then, just one war is needed."

"Not enough, you also need to provide a Miracle."

"A Miracle..."

Le Cheng subconsciously stroked his chin.

Morgan’s point wasn’t hard for him to understand. The Empire could forcibly make people worship a certain deity, but the effectiveness of such a method was minimal, as the relationship between humans and gods has always been mutual. When people truly believe in a deity, the deity will also bestow its blessings... Chaos does this, Order does this, and so does Gaia.

And how to let the people of the Empire spontaneously worship a foreign deity, this task, neither Morgan nor the Empire could achieve it—it could only be done by him.

Le Cheng looked down at the Deputy Mark on the back of his left hand.

Then he raised his head and smiled, "No problem. Just give me a stage, and I will give you a Miracle."

"Really?"

"If you don’t believe it, why not make a prophecy?"

"My prophecies aren’t always so... clear, especially concerning matters related to deities. They can be blocked by powerful forces or even impossible to predict. In fact, my understanding of you is just a vague concept, because I simply cannot foresee your future."

"I see."

Le Cheng suddenly understood. He had previously thought that Morgan’s prophecies were so powerful that they could even predict gods. It turned out to be the opposite. It was precisely because Morgan could not foresee things about himself that he could indirectly confirm his own identity.

Morgan apparently didn’t want to delve deeper into this matter and continued, "I can give you this opportunity. If you succeed, the faith in the Gaia God will cover the entire Empire in an extremely short time. By then, there must be a clerical institution to maintain it. How will you handle this?"

Le Cheng sensed a slight change in Morgan’s tone when she mentioned clerical institutions.

So he smiled and said, "That’s easy. I’ll take the position of Pope, then appoint two Vice Popes. Queen, you will take one of the positions, and the other will be given to a commoner."

Hearing this, Morgan breathed a sigh of relief, her expression relaxing.

After all, the painful experiences of the Witch two hundred years ago were arguably caused entirely by the Church. Now, if the Empire were to establish a new faith, a brand new Church was inevitably necessary. If the Witch could also enter the Church to hold a position, at least, the history of tears from two hundred years ago would not repeat itself.

Then, the two further discussed subsequent matters for a long time. Unknowingly, the sky outside had completely darkened, and the light from the Magic Lamps was ignited in the room.

Thud thud—

Suddenly, a knocking sound came.

"Queen, your dinner is ready. Would you like me to bring it in?"

It was Anna’s voice.

Morgan raised her head, only then realizing that she had been talking with Le Cheng for hours without noticing.

What should she do? Should she let Anna come in directly?

No, after all, she had said that she wouldn’t let Le Cheng stay long. If Anna came in and saw Le Cheng... It was a minor issue that she would not be keeping her word, but as a Queen, having a young man in her room for several hours alone, and a man and a woman at that, such an incident would definitely damage her reputation once it came out.

Thinking of this, Morgan immediately grabbed Le Cheng’s collar and whispered, "You better find a place to hide, quickly."

"Ah?"

"Shut up! Hurry up!"

"Alright."

Le Cheng helplessly nodded, then crouched down and directly dove under the desk in front of Morgan.

Hm???

Morgan was stunned at that moment. I told you to hide, but I didn’t mean for you to hide there!

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