Chapter 214 150. Elizabeth Godlin (Double Update, Alliance Leader)
“Fisher, what are you talking about?”
Elizabeth’s beautiful and gentle expression was like that of the most devout messenger of the Mother. She looked at Fisher with a puzzled look, seemingly unable to understand what he was saying. After hesitating for a moment, she gently reached out to touch Fisher’s forehead, wanting to see if he had a fever.
But Fisher firmly grabbed Elizabeth’s delicate hand. His instinct and all rational thought reached their peak at that moment, and he quickly reviewed everything he experienced upon returning from the Southern Continent, all the information he had.
The more he recalled, the more terrified he became; the more he remembered, the more certain he was of his thoughts.
“. The one truly collaborating with Erwind is you, Elizabeth.”
Elizabeth looked at the man before her in astonishment, seemingly not understanding what he was saying.
Fisher gently released her hand, and all the soldiers nearby came to a halt, as if they wouldn’t take another step forward without Elizabeth’s command.
Previously, Fisher had thought Erwind was the final mastermind, that even Blake was just a pawn in his hands. But upon careful reflection, Erwind’s actions made no sense; he had no motive.
Even if he wanted to complete the manual, that should have only been something he learned after the Shivali delegation was attacked. So what was he even doing in Saint Nali before that?
What if Erwind and Elizabeth were partners, and Erwind acted on Elizabeth’s orders?
Considering Erwind as the dark line and Elizabeth as the bright line, what have they been doing all this time?
Fisher looked at Elizabeth before him, not answering her question, but speaking his thoughts.
“I should have known when I saw the implantation technology in Blake’s hands. The Sorceress Research Society’s technology to create artificial sorceresses is precisely the implantation (details in Chapter 35), and this technology is not theirs; it was given to them by Erwind. Why would Erwind give them this technology?”
“There is only one relic truly belonging to real sorceresses in the Sorceress Research Society. They created the perfect artificial sorceress Carlo using that black hair from the implantation. If they want to create more artificial sorceresses, they can only do so by continually taking parts of Carlo’s body. That is your aim; you want a pawn belonging to the Sorceress Research Society but who resents them.”
Elizabeth quietly looked at Fisher, seemingly awaiting his next words. Fisher then continued to expound on his thoughts.
“It was you who facilitated the friendship between the two countries in Shivali (Chapter 23). It was you who agreed with Queen Shval on the academic visit. That’s why you knew the Shivali academic delegation would bring the Silver Mirror borrowed from Cardu, and you passed this information to the Pink Pavilion through Erwind. This is what allowed the Pink Pavilion to design the plan to attack the Shivali delegation.”
Elizabeth shook her head, looking at Fisher and denying it.
“This could easily have been a plan devised by Blake to instruct Erwind to do this. It was the Pink Pavilion’s plan, and they needed preconditions, not me.”
Fisher remained still, responding to her statement.
“Indeed, that is a possibility, but if the final result of this operation was not as it is today, I might not have thought this way.”
“The attack on Shivali could only be the result of a deal between Lunsis and Blake. Blake’s use of the soon-to-expire Muxi to extend his life was just a delay; he still needed another Whale Folk to complete the implantation. But how could a life like Whale Folk, which would not appear on land for a long time, be known to Blake?”
Fisher’s gaze moved slightly, staring directly at Elizabeth before speaking again.
“Unless Lunsis was reminded that every eighty years, a letter from the Whale Folk is sent to shore. He used the Whale Folk’s lead and the official’s assistance as leverage, asking Blake to repay him with two things: firstly, to share part of this Whale Folk with Godlin the Ninth to gain the status of heir; secondly, to disrupt Dexter’s Shivali visit, thereby undermining his brother’s influence.”
“But this operation failed because of my and Carlo’s involvement. The assassination by the Pink Pavilion not only provided Dexter with a weakness of Lunsis, but it also brought the Pink Pavilion into public view due to Anna’s exposed bills.”
“But at the root of it, I reached cooperation with Carlo because I used the Shivali perfume you gave me to enter the Pink Pavilion. Anna recognized me through that lighter perfume (Chapter 102), which allowed Carlo to leave the Pink Pavilion and make a deal with me.”
“And Anna herself made the decision to leave Blake to pursue freedom because of you (Chapter 102). The reason she rebelled against Blake and risked exposing the Pink Pavilion’s bills was due to your encouragement. I don’t know how you did it, but after this operation, Dexter began to pay attention to Lunsis, and Blake behind the Pink Pavilion came into my view.”
“But you, the seemingly unrelated Eldest Princess, gained what? The new party mired in scandal lost Dexter’s trust and faced the danger of investigation. They needed a new royal backing to get out of their current predicament, so they approached me, asking for your help to eliminate evidence (Chapter 92). This was your true objective, after all; you didn’t keep your promise to eliminate the evidence of the new party’s corruption, did you? Those pieces of evidence are in your hands right now.”
“In that assassination attempt, everyone was a loser; only you gained leverage to control the new party and ignited the conflict between Dexter and Lunsis. That’s why Erwind said to me back then, ‘How do you know the goal was not achieved?’ (Chapter 83).”
From afar, there were intense sounds coming from Saint Nali City; it was the South Continent life named “Anna” attempting to return home. Fisher’s words began to flow faster, as if mimicking Elizabeth’s method.
“You already knew Jasmine would reach the shore before the Godlin Festival, and before I returned, the Nali Navy was continuously departing for military exercises (Chapter 12). Jasmine had no choice but to land in a place without exercises, which was Sericong Port, also the original base of the navy (Chapter 63).”
“From the very beginning, you knew Jasmine was that Whale Folk. Since she landed, you have been monitoring her every move. She was attacked, her companions were captured by the Pink Pavilion’s people, and Anna and I worked together; you were aware of all of this. You incited me and Anna to cooperate, disrupting Lunsis and Blake’s plan, and destroying that bell was for now.”
“Furious Anna will be exposed to the public in the most horrifying way. Blake and the exploration company behind him will bear the responsibility, and the royal family will instantly gain the largest stake in the exploration company; the conflict between Lunsis and Dexter will be exacerbated, and even Godlin the Ninth will be caught up in it.”
One of her strategies nearly toppled all the enemies she could see, and this was only part of what she could see. This didn’t explain why people from the Hidden Affairs Bureau and other forces didn’t intervene; she must have made other plans that she didn’t touch.
Elizabeth looked at Fisher in admiration, unexpectedly clapping her hands before saying with a smile,
“Truly excellent reasoning, Fisher. But there’s one thing you got wrong; my goal is not just to topple the new party, Lunsis, Dexter, my father, and the exploration company.”
She moved a little closer to Fisher, and a waft of fragrance instantly enveloped him, gentle breaths brushing against his cheek, bringing a slight ticklish sensation.
“My target also includes you, Fisher.”
“From today onward, we will be together forever, okay?”
Fisher, who was already trapped in a deadlock, paused for a moment. No wonder she sent Erwind multiple times to protect her. And just now, did she say she was going to take him back to the Golden Palace?
By now, in the Golden Palace, Dexter, Lunsis, and Godlin the Ninth had all probably been killed by her. If he followed her back, all that awaited him was eternal imprisonment.
But he forced a smile and simply asked,
“I have three final questions. Is the Griffin Party secretly supporting you? How did Erwind seduce Blake? I don’t believe that a pioneer who loves Muxi so much would commit such a heinous crime. How did you and Erwind come to cooperate?”
Elizabeth stepped back and stared directly at Fisher.
At that moment, Fisher suddenly realized that her gold-like eyes were as deep as an unfathomable abyss, intersected by countless metallic chains, reflecting his own image, but in her golden eyes, that reflection was slightly blurred and distorted.
She gently raised her arm, and in Fisher’s view, a twisted scarlet blood oath was revealed; it was a blood oath between Elizabeth and another person.
“Fisher, you understand Nali’s problem. The exploration company and the new party have indeed become increasingly strong for our development, but to this point, they have become more like tumors, increasingly difficult to control. I made a blood oath with Teacher Damien, swearing that after becoming queen, I would do my utmost to lead Nali into a new era. He agreed to it.”
After saying all of this, the blood oath in Elizabeth’s hand slowly vanished, hidden away in an unknown place, and she continued,
“As for Erwind, he owes me a huge favor. For this favor, he was willing to collaborate with me this time. But I also didn’t expect that in the end, he would turn against me and put you in danger. As for Blake, it wasn’t Erwind who seduced him; it was me.”
“Let me tell you a story, Fisher.”
“Three years after you left me post-graduation, I was tasked by my father to command the border troops, dealing with the escalating military friction with Shivali. You must have heard of these stories. I achieved great victories in battles against Shivali and calmed the military friction between the two nations. However, the world only knows that I won thirty-three battles without a loss, but they don’t know what I went through.”
The soldiers beside her stood like iron pillars, staring straight at Elizabeth, her expression gentle, as if she were merely recounting a story that had nothing to do with her.
“In the fourth battle, the Battle of Alikber, I received a regular patrol order from then-Marshal Hecoberg, instructing me to lead troops to the Alikber Fortress. But there, I unexpectedly encountered an ambush from Shivali.”
“In that ambush, my army suffered heavy losses, and I was severely injured. A shell from Shivali exploded less than five meters in front of me, and the shrapnel completely blinded me.”
Fisher frowned as he listened, then suddenly remembered something and spoke up.
“Hecoberg? He’s one of the three appointed teachers by Godlin the Ninth.”
Elizabeth smiled gently, nodding at Fisher.
“Yes, I took military power away from my brother. In revenge, Hecoberg gave me an incorrect action point, leading to heavy losses for my army. I was blinded, and yet, there were still many more spies arranged by Dexter and Hecoberg within my troops.”
“When I was injured, I guessed it was my brother’s mistake. I thus called my father for justice, but he ultimately chose to turn a blind eye, letting me return to Saint Nali on a chosen day.”
“Ha, in the darkness of disappointment and blindness, I was terrified, fearing the next medical personnel or officer to enter would come to kill me. Do you know what I was thinking at that time, Fisher?”
A clear crack finally appeared in Elizabeth’s gentle expression as she took a step forward, gently reaching out to touch Fisher’s cheek.
“I was thinking of you. Even though you weren’t by my side at the time, as long as you didn’t abandon me, it was enough; I could still fantasize about your appearance in the darkness. But why… why did you leave me? In the darkness, all I could recall was your cold face looking at me, only able to think about how you ignored me.”
“I lived in the Godlin family for so long. Do you think the environment in our house is so harmonious, so friendly? Growing up, I still feel like the only light in my life is you. In college, I only felt fulfilled when I was with you every day. I had fantasized so many times about marrying you, being with you.”
“I was just too jealous of other women; I wanted to drive away all the women close to you so that your eyes would see only me. I did excessive things back then, but why wouldn’t you even give me one chance?”
“I wanted them all to pay a price, I wanted you back by my side. Do you know that?”
“In the darkness, a voice finally responded to me.”
Elizabeth slowly lowered her hand that was touching Fisher, and the next moment, she gently tapped her own eye socket. To Fisher’s surprise, that eye suddenly emitted a glass-like clear sound.
“Clang!”
It turned out that those were not Elizabeth’s original eyes but a pair of eye-shaped relics!
Relic, [Pandora’s Eye]
But those eyes were just too lifelike. If Elizabeth hadn’t touched them directly, no one would have noticed that His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess’s eyes were replaced by this pair of relics.
Yet just as Elizabeth had mentioned, Godlin the Ninth chose to favor his eldest son, suppressing news of Elizabeth’s injury.
“This pair of eyes felt my urgent desire and reached a deal with me. They helped restore my vision, acting as my eyes, and in exchange, I must pursue what I wanted to show them.”
That was a conscious relic, similar to Emhart!
“Pandora granted me extraordinary vision and observation, allowing me to see through and distort the desires of others. Blake’s original wish to be with Muxi was twisted into a suitable form, giving Erwind an opportunity. Not just Blake but Anna, Lunsis, Dexter, and my father; they all fell under this.”
Elizabeth’s hollow gaze stared directly at Fisher, yet the content of her words was chillingly eerie.
“Humans are ultimately slaves to desire. When I transformed their desired goals into what I wanted, they would drive like a train on tracks toward the destinations I wanted them to go.”
At this moment, Fisher finally understood why Elizabeth’s plans seemed so coincidental yet unavoidable; because the numerous events appeared to be choices made by the actors themselves, but ultimately pointed to results favorable to Elizabeth.
Once driven by the twisted goals of desire, even someone like Blake would forget that he deeply loved Muxi, let alone others. Lunsis was completely like a madman biting randomly.
Elizabeth had been planning for a long, long time in Saint Nali. Even before Fisher returned, the entire Saint Nali had become like a crazed amusement park; she was only waiting for Fisher, the last passenger, to activate this murder game.
And at this point in the game, it could be said that everything was already settled; Elizabeth, the hidden puppeteer, was the true winner, while everyone else was merely her toys.
Thinking of this, the trapped Fisher couldn’t help but self-deprecate,
“Then why didn’t you directly twist my desire? If you had twisted my desire, the man who loves ladies could have obediently returned to the Golden Palace with you.”
Elizabeth’s expression remained unchanged, as quiet as the nearby Nali Lake. She simply said,
“I thought so too, Fisher. Even if you don’t like me, as long as you can be with me, it’s enough. But Pandora’s ability cannot affect my desires.”
She turned her head; her eyes once again became hollow. It seemed that every time she activated the relic’s power, her pale golden eyes would become even more soulless and hollow, but ordinary observation would not catch these subtle differences.
“Before you arrived, I had already determined all the plans. But do you know, Fisher? Every time I truly look at you, my heart softens. I think I have considered abandoning this plan. Perhaps this is why you can perceive the flaws. According to my original design, you would only realize something was off when I locked you away.”
“But at that time, even if I discovered you already had someone else outside, I thought, as long as you were willing to abandon them and come back to be with me, I could forgive everything. I wouldn’t hold your faults against you, Fisher, but why wouldn’t you give me a chance?”
“I don’t know where you met that Renee, whom even Pandora cannot see through, but at that time, I truly panicked; I feared you would be taken from me by that woman. That’s why I asked you that. If that afternoon, on the day of the Godlin Festival at Saint Nali University, in front of the carriage, you told me you were willing to forgive me and could be with me again, I would have resolutely abandoned all plans to be with you.”
“But you don’t like me at all. Fisher, in the end, do you dislike me as a person, or do you dislike being with me while bearing the responsibility of loyalty? I can keep myself for you for so many years. Wouldn’t you want to give me a chance?”
“From that moment on, I gave up on fantasies. I began to realize that only by locking you tightly in chains would you become obedient. So I had to prepare real chains for you.”
“I meticulously executed the plan, even pretending not to see your ambiguous relationship with that fish, but you don’t know; every time I had to force myself to hold back until my skin would bleed just to see you with other women. I felt like killing them!”
Her voice trembled more and more, and even Fisher could obviously feel her voice contained a hint of crying, but strangely, there were no tears in her eyes.
Because Elizabeth’s real eyes had been blinded; she had been deprived of the right to cry by gunfire, but that did not deny the countless times she had cried for Fisher before losing her sight.
She gently extended her hand, and a twisted golden sword appeared in her hand in an instant. The sword of Godlin, symbolizing royal power, burned with golden flames, as if it were an extension of her will.
As expected, Elizabeth had completely mastered the Godlin sword.
In the next second, the tip of her sword turned sharply, pointing toward Jasmine, who lay on the stretcher in the distance. The suddenly ignited golden flames spread across the ground, heading toward the unconscious Jasmine.
“But it’s already too late; once I kill this fish, we will go back and get married, okay?”
Elizabeth’s golden eyes fixed intensely on Jasmine, as if she not only saw Jasmine but also the other ladies who had connections with Fisher.
“After we marry, we will be happy, I promise.”
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