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Chapter 35 A Letter from the Capital
Bersalia stepped into the dungeon and took a deep breath of fresh air.

The dark, damp atmosphere, tinged with a hint of blood, reminded her of her glorious days as the Rose Queen.

Dark elves not only lead extremely promiscuous lifestyles, but they also derive pleasure from murder, torture, and bloodshed. Bersalia herself has sworn a vow of chastity, vowing to renounce love and sex until death, so the former is not for her; she can only rely on the latter for amusement.

Unlike the chaotic and evil dark elf nobles, she did not like to torture innocent people. Fortunately, the dark elf queen never lacked mortal enemies, so many of her "toys" were also imprisoned in the dungeons of the Radiant Sun Court.

Break teeth, break limbs, inject poison, or even poke a small hole in an enemy and then use a blower to inject air into it, causing the enemy to gradually separate from their flesh and swell into a screaming balloon.

Afterwards, the skin can be peeled off and made into a beautiful drum.

In this respect, Bersalia had a very good impression of Raine, because the necromancer was obviously not a righteous defender, nor would he criticize or point fingers at the customs of the dark elves.

Unfortunately, their master-servant relationship meant that he was bound to be an obstacle to Bersalia's escape from the prison.

The two could never be friends in any way. In his presence, Berthalia would always only show him her deceitful and false side.

Upon arriving at the prison, they saw Elrina walking out, carrying a stack of interrogation transcripts.

"Did he confess?" Bersalia asked.

"Hmm." Ellina didn't want to say more.

"This is so boring," Bersalia said, somewhat disappointed.

In other words, there's no reason to use torture anymore.

"Give me the things." She smiled and opened her palm. "Raine said that all your work from now on will be handed over to me."

“Okay.” Ellina didn’t ask any further questions.

Berthalia took the statement and read it carefully:

What do you think of his confession?

“It’s none of my business,” Ellina said.

"Don't be so cold, I'm not Renn," Bersalia said with a chuckle. "I think this guy is mostly lying."

"Ah."

"Guess how Renn will deal with him?"

"do not know."

“Talking to you is so boring,” Bersalia said listlessly. “Back when we were fighting the White Walkers, you always had that cold, expressionless look on your face.”

"Do I have to fake a smile?" Ellina gave a fake, gentle smile.

“At least the fake smile looks much better.” Bersalia had finished reading Diamond’s statement, flicked her fingers a few times, and said, “No matter how much this guy lies, he should at least have the hydrographic map of the waters around the Gem Isles and the patrol routes of the High Elf navy memorized—otherwise he would be dead.”

“Maybe he’s just lying to save his own life,” Ellina said softly. “Impossible,” Bersalia said with a smile. “Kalich is eager to get a piece of the smuggling business, but Renn might not be interested. Can fabricating such a statement guarantee that he’ll be let off the hook? Unless he’s sure he can please him, there’s no need to take a bigger risk by lying.”

"Come, take me to see this prisoner."

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In his study atop Bloodfortress, Raine continued reading the letter from Martha Malone.

Martha is a naive young lady who is also a little dim-witted; otherwise, it would be hard to understand why she would do something like "empathizing with an extinct primitive tribe."

In her letter, she said that she was recently reading Bovaro's "History of the Amazons," which Ryan had recommended last time. She was extremely shocked by the book's statement that "one in three Imperials has Amazon blood." She even woke up suddenly at night in a dream that her great-great-great-great-grandmother was an Amazon slave girl who tried to strangle her in her swaddling clothes with her withered, eagle-claw-like fingers.

Renn couldn't help but chuckle. How did Bovaro calculate it in his book?

She consulted various historical documents and discovered that one-third of the nobles in the capital kept female slaves. She then assumed that these female slaves all came from Amazonian tribes, and further assumed that the nobles throughout the empire were imitating the nobles in the capital by keeping female slaves. She then assumed that all the noble families that kept female slaves had children born to nobles and female slaves.

The conclusion that "one-third of the Imperials have Amazonian blood" was drawn through a rigorous process that was enough to easily convince the vast majority of the Imperial noblewomen.

Of course, Raine must point out seriously that this number is actually incorrect; it should be one-sixth. After all, the Amazon tribe only recognizes women, and men can never become Amazons—which is why he gave the title of elder of the association to Besalia.

Continuing to read, one discovers that at the end of the letter, Martha mentions another matter:
"Next Thursday in the western district of the capital, the association will be holding its first gathering salon. Her Majesty the Queen will also be attending. She asked me to convey her appreciation for the last charitable donation and hopes to meet you. Note: This is a private invitation and does not represent the position of the Royal Family."

Please give me a reply as soon as possible.

The Queen wants to see me? Raine frowned imperceptibly.

The current Empress Margarita, wife of Emperor Nilocas and daughter of the Duke of Changshui, is extremely famous for her enthusiasm in participating in various charitable activities, and is praised by both nobles and commoners.

Of course, players on game forums who have experienced the main storyline in its entirety will definitely have completely different opinions about this "Queen of Virtue".

Queen Margaret wants to see me now? Just because I donated 200 Gold Crowns to the Amazon Society?

Raine donated a huge sum of money to get involved in the upcoming regional storyline within the Empire. Now that the Queen has summoned him, how could he possibly refuse?

Arrange the trip immediately! Before the rainy season ends in the rainforest peninsula, I need to make a trip to the capital as soon as possible to complete the next steps of my planning.

Considering that she was going on a long trip and that someone was needed to manage affairs on Salt Island, she definitely couldn't bring Daiya along.

As the lord's personal maid, she has the authority to represent the lord's will. So, she can manage Salt Island for me.

As for the two ancient elven heroes, Ellina and Bersalia, one of them should theoretically remain to guard Blood Castle and ensure that Daiya's temporary rule will not encounter any problems.

Unfortunately, both of them are ancient heroes who have been resurrected from the dead. The caged bird within them needs to be replenished with magic from Raine regularly, otherwise it will disintegrate and release the imprisoned souls back into the River Styx.

From this perspective, it is impossible for the two elven heroes to be separated from Raine for a long time, and the duration of this trip to the capital is unknown, so they can only bring both of them along as female companions.

"Dia, Dia!" He called out to Dia from the next room, "Go and tell Ellina and Besalia to come to my study for a meeting."

(End of this chapter)