Game of the World Tree - Chapter 891

891. Chapter 887 The End of an Era

Bishop Winster leaned forward slightly and saluted respectfully.

His movements were standard and elegant, and he maintained them for a long, long time.

The Queen’s request to excuse him was delayed, and Bishop Winster’s head did not lift up for a long time.

After both sides were silent for a long time, Maria II sighed softly:

“Bishop… excuse me.”

That voice was old and majestic, but it seemed that it no longer had the tenderness when it called Bishop Winster just now.

Bishop Winster’s movements paused slightly.

He slowly stood up, and with some evasion and some complicated eyes, he cast his gaze at the aging Queen again, but found that she was no longer looking at him, but continued to look out the window.

Maria II was half lying on the bed.

The golden sunlight fell on her body, and the Queen’s long and oblique shadow was cast on the soft and gorgeous elf carpet on the ground, making her originally hunched and thin figure even thinner.

It is hard to imagine that it is such a weak and thin body that carries the entire huge Holy Mania Empire.

The breeze blew in from the window, making Maria II’s messy hair even messier.

Her eyes stopped at the tall and lush horse chestnut tree in the garden outside the window. She was dazed as she looked at the lush branches and leaves and the birds jumping happily among the treetops.

Bishop Winster recognized it. It was a tree that he had planted with the empress when she was young and had not yet ascended the throne.

At that time, it was just a delicate sapling, but now it has a rich and huge shade.

However, the girl who used to run around the growing young tree with a giggle, and the crying little kid who always stuck to the girl like a follower, can no longer be seen.

“Your Excellency the Bishop, I want to go to the palace tower to take a look. Can you accompany me?”

After a long time, Maria II’s voice came again.

Her voice was hoarse and majestic.

However, under the majesty, Bishop Winster seemed to hear a plea filled with loneliness.

This made his prepared refusal, “Your Majesty is weak and needs to rest and not walk around,” stuck in his throat, and he couldn’t say it out.

With a sigh, Bishop Winster slowly turned around and looked outside the door, intending to call the maid in, but was quickly stopped by the Queen:

“No need to call anyone else, just you and me, you help me, help me down…”

Bishop Winster paused again.

He hesitated for a moment, but facing the firm gaze of Maria II, he finally sighed in his heart and went to meet her.

Respectfully extending his hand, Bishop Winster helped Maria II up with the most standard action of the clergy supporting the elderly queen during the sacrificial ceremony.

The Queen’s body was thinner than expected, and her arms had long been dry, like dead branches.

Bishop Winster supported her, but he couldn’t feel much weight.

“Your Majesty! How did you get up?!”

Seeing the Queen supported by Winster appear at the door of the palace, the maids and guards were shocked.

They wanted to help Maria II up, but she stopped them by shaking her head:

“No need, I feel a little stronger now, I want to go to the tower…”

“Your Majesty…”

Seeing the trembling appearance of Maria II, the maids and guards looked worried.

However, facing the majestic and unquestionable gaze of the queen, they could only lower their heads and respectfully fall behind the two people, following them to the tower in the palace.

The tower of the palace is the tallest building in the entire palace, from where you can overlook the beautiful scenery of the entire city of Manya.

Maria II has always liked to climb the tower and look at the scenery of the capital from afar.

But since she became seriously ill two years ago, she has never been there again…

Winster supported the elderly queen and walked towards the tower.

It took them twenty minutes to walk the distance that usually takes at most five minutes on weekdays.

After she began to climb the tower, Maria II’s weak body also showed signs of exhaustion. She had to pant and rest for a long time every few steps…

“Your Majesty… or… let’s go back?”

Bishop Winster couldn’t help but say, looking at the Queen’s difficult and painful appearance.

Maria II did not answer, but shook her head firmly.

Her withered arms, one tightly grasped the handrail, and the other tightly held Bishop Winster’s shoulder.

The trembling body was unprecedentedly resolute.

Bishop Winster sighed secretly, and quietly transformed a trace of faith power into a blessing and sent it into Maria II’s body.

Maria II paused slightly.

The next moment, her movements seemed to be much easier.

After an unknown amount of time, the two finally climbed the tower, the highest point of the Imperial Palace.

Struggling to stand up from Bishop Winster’s support, refusing the maid’s support again, Maria II panted and held the railing, and came to the observation deck of the tower.

Standing on the platform, she looked outside the tower, looking at this beautiful city with the reputation of “the light of the empire”.

Here, the magnificent scenery of the entire city of Manya can be seen clearly, whether it is the tall landmark building of the Doloria Castle Prison in the outer city or the sacred and solemn Eternal Cathedral in the inner city.

Here, you can see the criss-crossing streets in the city, the elegant buildings lined up one after another, and the sparse pedestrians on the streets…

Maria II’s eyes swept across the spire of the Eternal Cathedral, the imperial flag flying on the Sacred Square, and the gloomy and solemn Doloria Castle at the end of the main road, and finally stopped at the red cloud that looked like a flame on the horizon…

The dusk was dim, the setting sun was like blood, and the sunset at the end of the sky, which was like a golden edge, was round at this time.

The light was radiant, and it was like a dream and unreal to the eye membrane.

The church bells rang, and flocks of white pigeons flew from the square and flew around the high towers in the city. The setting

sun sprinkled golden light on the earth, and the whole city of Manya was covered with a golden gauze like a cicada’s wing, and even the earth was covered with a mysterious color.

Looking at the magnificent scenery under the afterglow of the setting sun, the queen’s eyes were a little blurred.

She gently stretched out her hand, reaching into the air, as if trying to grab something, but in the end, she slowly retracted it…

“It’s dusk…”

Maria II sighed softly.

“Yes, Your Majesty, it’s already dusk.”

Bishop Winster sighed.

Maria II nodded gently, her cloudy eyes looked into the distance, and finally stopped at the Gray Castle, the noble parliament building next to the Holy Square.

Her eyes suddenly became a little dim.

“The Great Council…isn’t it over yet?”

she asked.

“Your Majesty, not yet.”

Bishop Winster replied.

After hearing his words, the elderly queen seemed to have thought of something, sneered, and slowly shook her head:

“Are you all arguing about who will succeed the throne? These termites have everything in their minds, but the only thing they don’t have is the Holy Manya Empire…”

Bishop Winster remained silent and did not pick up Maria II’s topic.

After Maria II said a few words, she saw that the other party did not respond, and seemed to have lost interest.

She quietly looked at the sunset in the sky and said no more.

Gradually, the setting sun gradually retracted its light and became gentle.

It walked slowly like a person, slowly approaching the distant mountains.

The light was no longer dazzling, just a red ball, like a magic lamp with soft flames.

“Your Excellency, can I ask you for a favor?”

The Queen suddenly spoke again.

“Your Majesty, please go ahead.”

Bishop Winster said respectfully.

Maria II slowly turned around and looked at him.

There was a trace of silence in her turbid emerald eyes:

“Politics is cruel, but little Theresa is innocent.”

“I never raised her as an heir. She should have been a carefree girl…”

As she said this, Maria fell in love with Bishop Winster, with a hint of pleading in her eyes:

“Your Excellency, if one day in the future… Theresa encounters difficulties, can you help her for my friendship?”

After hearing what Maria II said, Bishop Winster sighed in his heart.

He knew.

Princess Theresa should not have been the heir of Maria II.

Her heir, who she had high hopes for, was the only son of the legendary swordsman, Grand Duke Xilin.

He was an excellent man and a qualified heir to the throne.

Unfortunately, in a rebellion a few years ago, the Grand Duke was unfortunately killed in a duel with the rebel leader, leaving behind only his young daughter Theresa…

“Your Majesty, I am the cardinal archbishop of the empire and one of the electors of the church. Naturally, I will support Princess Theresa when she encounters difficulties.”

Bishop Winster replied.

However, after hearing his response, Maria II did not seem to be very satisfied.

She slowly lowered her eyelids, and her voice was a little lonely:

“Just… a bishop?”

Bishop Winster was silent.

After a moment, he opened his mouth to answer, but was stopped by the queen.

“Forget it, let’s just leave it like this…”

“Sir Winster, you… step down, I want to see the scenery here alone… I want to be alone for a while…”

Maria II said.

Her voice no longer had a trace of fragility, but completely restored its former majesty.

Majestic and alienated, alienated and lonely.

Bishop Winster opened his mouth and stared at the back of the Queen in a daze, with a hint of apology in his eyes.

After hesitating for a long time, he bowed deeply to the back of the Queen:

“As you wish, the sun of the empire, the great Queen…”

Then, he slowly left.

However, when he reached the stairs of the tower, Bishop Winster couldn’t help but stop.

He looked back at the Queen who was getting smaller and smaller in the sunset, and sighed:

“Theresa… is my granddaughter after all. No matter what time it is, I will protect her life and safety…”

“As long as I have a breath left, I will protect her safety.”

Hearing Bishop Winster’s words, Maria II’s back trembled slightly.

Her fingers that were holding the railing clenched slightly, and then slowly loosened.

Bishop Winster did not stay any longer.

He turned around and resolutely left the tower.

…

The Imperial Palace at dusk seemed even more lonely.

I don’t know if it was dinner time, even the figures of maids and guards seemed to have decreased a lot.

Bishop Winster walked alone on the avenue of the palace, heading out of the palace. His shadow stretched very long in the sunset, and behind him, the magnificent palace had slowly sunk into darkness.

Suddenly, a piercing bell sounded from a distance, and Bishop Winster paused slightly.

The bell did not come from the direction of the church, but from the imperial palace behind him.

The bells in the palace would only ring when something big happened in the empire.

The last time they rang was a few years ago when the news of Grand Duke Xilin’s death in battle reached the capital.

The bell sounded dull and heavy, deafening, twelve times, echoing in the empty sunset sky… For a long time, there was no peace.

Hearing the bell, Bishop Winster couldn’t help but turn his head and look at the tower.

A trace of sadness, a trace of sadness, and a trace of confusion flashed through the depths of his eyes.

The twelve bells only represent one thing in the history of the empire.

That is, the emperor of the empire has returned to the kingdom of the true God…

A trace of crystal flashed in the depths of Bishop Winster’s eyes.

He wiped his eyes lightly, and walked out of the palace without hesitation.

At this moment, Bishop Winster knew that with the long ringing of the palace bell, the past era slowly came to an end…

…

On June 17, 1073 in the Eternal Era, the queen who ruled the most powerful empire on the Segos continent for seventy years, Maria von Teres II, died in the tower of the Imperial Palace at the age of 84.

Three days later, the great nobles of the empire finally overwhelmed the opposition of the small and medium nobles and gained the dominant power in the parliament and the proposal of the successor to the throne.

At the age of less than 15, Princess Theresa, the granddaughter of Mary II, won the election with five votes passed and one abstention from the six current electors, and was supported by the nobles and the church as the new queen of the empire.

In order to distinguish another queen named Theresa in the history of the empire, the new queen was called Theresa II.

Seven days later, Theresa II was officially crowned emperor in the Eternal Cathedral.

Because of the holy war, most nobles were unable to attend. In addition, the treasury was empty due to years of war, so the coronation seemed quite shabby. Only the noble representatives of the Imperial Noble Council and the court nobles attended.

But even so, the young girl finally took over the scepter of the empire and put on the heavy crown.

One day after Theresa II succeeded to the throne, the Imperial Noble Council issued the first edict after the new emperor ascended the throne in the name of the empress, and formed a regency cabinet with the participation of great nobles and archbishops.

In order to win the great holy war, to defeat the ambitious pagans, and to replenish the empty treasury and the depleted army, the new tax bill and conscription bill were proposed by the cabinet and passed by the Imperial Parliament unanimously.

In the bill, the imperial center relaxed various restrictions on the nobility, and agreed to impose new taxes on major consular districts, recruit more soldiers, and form a new noble coalition.

When the news spread, there was an uproar across the empire and public resentment was boiling.

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Awkward, too many settings, it eats up the book.

Chapter 611 said that the queen was a legend, and now it has been corrected in time, and that chapter has been changed to gold.

I wish all the readers who are taking the college entrance examination good luck!

(End of this chapter)