Book 6, The Road to Revenge – Chapter 27, The Wine


    Linley couldn’t help but turn his head to the door.


    Guillermo was there, dressed in a long, red robe, a smile on his face, his waist straight. His eyes, however, were very fierce and resolved. Under the escort of the two Vicars, Guillermo strode into the room.


    “So Guillermo has already arrived. I hope yde will be a bit slower.” Linley was filled with anticipation.


    The only weakness in this n of his was the possibility that yde and this magus of the ninth rank woulde at the same time. After all, the Bloodrupture poison was of no use against a magus.


    Linley immediately began to stand up. “Lord Guillermo.”


    “Linley, look at yourself. Your face is so pale. Sit, sit.” Guillermo immediately took two quick steps forward to stop Linley from rising.


    “Lord Guillermo, I’m fine. Although I suffered some internal injuries while training battle-qi, I can still walk and act normally. Only, it’s a pity that for a period of time, I won’t be able to train battle-qi any more.” Linley said with a long sigh.


    “At a time like this, you are still thinking of training battle-qi?” Guillermo said angrily. “External injuries are easy to heal, but internal ones are much more dangerous. If you don’t heal them properly, it’s possible that they’ll cause harm to you for your entire life.”


    “Thank you, Lord Guillermo, for your concern.”


    In truth, Linley had a very good impression of Guillermo. He couldn’t help but cast a nce to the entranceway. “I hope this yde will arrive a bitter.”


    Yesterday’s blizzard had caused Fei City to be very cold, and there were very few people on the road from the pce. But right now, a hundred-man strong contingent of guards were currently protecting and escorting avish golden carriage out of the pce.


    “Crunch. Crunch.”


    The wheels of the carriage crushed through the snow.


    “Ransome [Lan’sai’mu], open the door.” yde ordered.


    The carriage was extremely spacious, and could easily fit five or six people veryfortably. This Ransome was one of yde’s personal bodyguards, and he immediately said, “Yes, your Majesty.” He quickly pulled open the curtain-door, letting in a st of that frigid air.


    But neither Ransome nor yde felt the cold in the slightest, despite the fact that yde was just wearing a jacket over some undergarments, while Ransome was wearing the traditional uniform of a pce servant.


    “This Linley actually managed to damage his vitals due to over-training battle-qi. Jeeze.” yde couldn’t help butugh while sighing.


    Ransome said in a low voice, “That Lord Linley is still very young, yet he still has such aplishments. No matter how talented a person is, one still needs to train hard. For a warrior to be able to injure himself internally due to over-training battle-qi shows to what extent he goes to when he trains.”


    The limits to a person’s body’s endurance might perhaps be very high.


    But each time one tried to stimte one’s potential, one couldn’t go too far. Although it was true that hard work was beneficial to a warrior in training, one couldn’t go overboard either. The body wouldn’t be able to handle it.


    “Right. This Linley’s future aplishments will be unimaginable.” yde nodded as well.


    Seeing the look on yde’s face, Ransome sighed secretly.


    As yde’s personal bodyguard, naturally he had a deep understanding of his master. With the forceful personality that yde had, it was very rare for yde to be so courteous to someone. But towards Linley, yde had never stopped being courteous for a single moment.


    “It’s a pity that, in that year, his Majesty...s. His Majesty knows that he has no hope of entering the Saint-level, which is why he views Linley with such importance.” Ransome knew yde’s secret.


    Although yde was a warrior of the ninth rank, Ransome knew...that unless the Radiant Sovereign was to bestow his divine power upon yde, yde would never be able to reach the Saint-rank, no matter what.


    “Your Majesty, we have arrived at Lord Linley’s manor.” Ransome said softly.


    Through the open door, the gate to Linley’s manor could be seen quite clearly. At this moment, there were two powerfully built warriors standing guard outside the gate. These two warriors were elite members of ace divisions of the Knights of the Radiant Church.


    “Crunch.” The carriage came to a halt.


    Ransome was the first to leave the carriage, then respectfully waited for yde to step out as well.


    “Your Majesty!” Those two guards bowed respectfully.


    “Oh, someone arrived before me?” yde noticed that there was another luxurious carriage stationed outside, along with a group of Knights of the Radiant Temple standing outside.


    “Right. Lord Guillermo has already arrived.” One of the two warriors guarding the gate said respectfully.


    “Lord Guillermo has arrived? That’s fine.” yde nced back at his own squad. “All of you stay here. Ransome,e with me.” After issuing these orders, yde made his way through the gate, his personal bodyguard behind him.


    ......


    Right now, Linley was still engaged in conversation with Guillermo. Neither of them knew that yde had already reached the gate.


    “This Guillermo still isn’t leaving?” Linley was beginning to grow impatient.


    If Guillermo intended to keep on chatting with him like this, who knew how much longer this would go on for? The longer this went on, the moreplicated things would get. Growing anxious, Linley suddenly put a hand to his mouth.


    “Cough. Cough!” Linley let out a few coughs, coughing so hard that his white face turned red.


    “Linley.” Guillermo was very surprised.


    He didn’t imagine that Linley’s injury would be as severe as this.


    “Linley, you must properly use this medicine I have brought you. They have the effect of assisting the body in healing its internal organs.” Guillermo hurriedly said. “Your body isn’t in good shape right now. Get some rest. I won’t disturb your rest any further.” Guillermo stood up.


    After coughing, Linley’s ashen face was even paler than before, without a hint of blood.


    “Lord Guillermo, my sincere apologies.” Linley said apologetically.


    “It’s fine. Get some rest. Your body is what’s important.” Guillermo reminded him yet again, before leaving the room along with his Vicars.


    Just as yde and Ransome walked through the gate to Linley’s manor, they heard a voice call out from behind them.


    “Your Majesty. Your Majesty.”


    yde turned around questioningly, only to see Merritt quickly jump out from a carriage. “Your Majesty.”


    “Merritt, you came as well?” yde chuckled,ing to a stop as he looked at Merrit.


    Merritt ran to yde. Respectfully, he said, “Lord Linley’s been injured. How could I note? Your Majesty, how could you go inside with just Ransome? It isn’t safe!” Merritt hurriedly said.


    When a ruler paid a visit to one of his subject’s, usually he would bring all of his guards directly inside as well.


    The first reason was to protect the safety of the ruler. The second was to disy the ruler’s authority and power.


    “No need. I’m just checking up on Linley. No need to raise the g high and all that.” yde chuckled. “Much less, within the city of Fei, who is capable of posing a threat to me, hrm?”


    yde’s self-confidence wasn’t without merit.


    First of all, yde wasn’t worried about mostbatants of the ninth rank. The only type of person which yde truly feared was a Saint-levelbatant, but would a Saint-levelbatante to assassinate him, a king? What’s more, this was Fei City, the Holy Capital of the Radiant Church!


    Who would dare to act rashly within the confines of the Radiant Church’s headquarters?


    “Right, right. Your servant was being too cautious.” Merritt hurriedly said.


    “Let’s go. We can go inside together.” yde entered along with Merritt and Ransome.


    “Your Majesty, Linley is currently recuperating within the private courtyard in the east wing. Allow me to guide the way.” Escorted by the pretty attendant, yde, Merritt, and Ransome began to head towards Linley’s resting area. But halfway there...


    yde and the other two saw Guillermo and his two Vicars.


    “Lord Guillermo.” yde, Merritt, and Ransome simultaneously paid their respects.


    “yde, you came as well.” Guillermo nodded. “This internal injury of Linley’s seems to be a heavy one. Just now, he was coughing. When you go to see him, don’t waste too much time. Just see how he is doing, then allow him to rest.”


    “Understood.” yde nodded.


    “Then I’ll leave now.” Guillermo nodded as well, then led his two Vicars out and left.


    yde went with Merritt and Ransome to Linley’s chambers.


    Guillermo’s departure allowed Linley to let out a sigh of relief. But before he had a chance to take a breather, a female attendant came running in to make a report.


    “Lord Linley. His Majesty and the Right Premier have arrived.” The female attendant hurriedly reported.


    “He’s here?”


    Linley’s eyes lit up.


    “I’ve waited so long. He finally came.” Linley couldn’t repress the excitement in his heart. “You can go now.” Linley immediately ordered the attendant to leave, and then he calmly stood up, quietly awaiting yde’s arrival.


    Just a few secondster, Linley heard the sound of footsteps.


    “Linley.” yde’s voice rang out as soon as he entered the room. In three quick steps, he arrived by Linley’s side. In a very caring voice, he said, “Linley, your face looks terrible. Quick, sit down and rest. Have a good rest.”


    Linley was pressed down to his seat by yde.


    “Lord Linley.” Merritt was very courteous to Linley as well.


    “Thank you, your Majesty. Thank you, Lord Merritt.” Linley said with a rather weak voice.


    But the excitement in Linley’s heart was beginning to swell. In the past, after learning of his father’s death, Linley had instructed Hillman to take his n’s heirloom, the warde ‘ughterer’, to the O’Brien Empire. At that time, he had already made up his mind that the risk of death would not be enough to sway his decision to gain revenge.


    Father. Mother!


    His father’s death was linked to yde as well. If it hadn’t been for yde ordering Patterson to abduct his mother, how would his father have died in an attempt to gain revenge? And of course, his mother’s disappearance was yde’s doing.


    “Your Majesty. I’m fine. I’ve just suffered some internal injuries, and won’t be able to train battle-qi for a while. I can still carry out my normal, day-to-day activities.” Linley said with a smile.


    “That’s good. That’s good.” yde revealed a hint of a smile as well.


    “Lord Merritt, you came as well.” Linley suddenly ‘remembered’ something, and eximed happily, “Right! I haven’t had the chance to drink the gon of fine wine that you gifted to mest time, Lord Merritt. Since both you and his Majesty have arrived today, let’s have a little drink.”


    As he spoke, Linley headed to the liquor cab next to him.


    “No need. Linley, you’ve been injured. You can’t drink any alcohol.” yde advised him.


    “It’s fine. My wound is just a light one. And a little bit of wine is good to get one’s veins active.” As he spoke, Linley plucked out four winesses, along with a bottle of red wine. “Ransome, you should sit as well. At my home, there’s no need to stand on so much ceremony.”


    Linley knew a great deal about Ransome.


    As yde’s personal bodyguard, he was an extremely powerful person as well. Although Linley couldn’t clearly determine his power, Linley was certain that he was at least abatant of the seventh rank, or perhaps even of the eighth rank.


    “No need. I don’t drink alcohol.” Ransome shook his head in refusal.


    As his Majesty’s personal attendant, he had to maintain his wakefulness at all times.


    “Linley, Ransome never drinks alcohol. No need to invite him to drink.” yde shook his head towards Linley. “Linley, when Lord Guillermo saw me just now, he said you were coughing hard. He wanted you to have a good rest. It’s best that we don’t drink.”


    Not drink?


    Nobody but Linley knew this, but the Bloodrupture poison had already been mixed in with this wine. If yde didn’t drink, how would he be poisoned?


    “No worries. Lord Guillermo is overly concerned about my welfare.” Smiling, Linley poured everyone a ss of wine. “Your Majesty. This wine is exceptionally delightful. Lord Merritt,e. Let’s all have a toast.” Linley raised his own ss.


    yde and Merritt had no choice but to raise their sses as well.


    A light ringing sound as their cups touched. And then yde, Merritt, and Linley each drank the wine.


    “Paaah!”


    Linley suddenly began to cough violently again, spitting out all the wine from his mouth. The coughing Linley’s face turned a sickly red color again.


    “Linley, I told you not to drink wine. You just had to drink.” yde said in dissatisfaction. He hurriedly went over to help Linley.


    “I’m fine.” Linley smiled and reached out to stop yde.


    Suddenly. Linley stared at yde. In a solemn voice, he said, “Your Majesty. There is a very important matter which I would like to discuss with you, your Majesty.”


    “A very important matter?” Seeing the expression on Linley’s face, yde felt confused.