Chapter 514
Inner City, southern part, Bold estate.
As one of the nine dukes of the New Moon Kingdom, the Bold family naturally also had a stronghold in the Royal Capital, Lutecia, and this estate named after the family was even larger than what Charlotte had rented.
With Lord’s residence, this estate, usually quiet through the year, became busy as well, with maids and servants bustling about handling various matters.
On the third floor of the mansion, on a porch near the street side.
Duchess Eleanor Bold, dressed in a plain long dress, silently watched the bustling street in the distance.
Behind her to the side, a sub-human girl dressed as a maid stood with hands down, respectfully waiting.
On the street, carriages bustled endlessly, lively and flourishing, showing no trace of the martial law from the “Great Purge” just a few days ago.
From time to time, luxurious noble carriages would pass by conspicuously, with nearby pedestrians making way and bowing.
This was the Inner City, where nobles were plentiful.
When Charlotte accessed this view using the Faith Network, this was the scene she saw.
Eleanor seemed to be in fairly good health, although her complexion was still a bit pale, her spirit had clearly improved a lot, completely different from before.
But Charlotte’s gaze quickly fell on the sub-human maid standing behind her.
This was someone she knew.
Charlotte still remembered her name—Misha.
She used to be Sebastian’s maid and was reputed to have been trained in excellent culinary skills; during the siege by the Judgement Court on the Rose Association, in order to protect Sebastian’s secrets, she even bit off her own tongue, and was later saved by Charlotte.
Charlotte also remembered that Sebastian had specifically asked for her help to treat the girl’s injuries, and she, in the end, had used the Dark Healing Technique she mastered to help regrow the girl’s tongue.
Later, when the True Believers of the sub-human tribe that Sebastian sheltered returned, Misha also became a follower of the True Ancestor and had gone to live in the Castel mining area with the Blood Wolf Tribe.
Now it looked like she had been appointed as Eleanor’s maid while Eleanor was recuperating?
Charlotte thoughtfully “examined” the two of them, not disturbing them.
Soon, Eleanor spoke.
Her gaze fell on the city streetscape, her expression somewhat wistful,
“This place was my favorite as a child; every time I came to the Royal Capital, I loved to look out at the streets of Lutecia from here.”
“Back then, my father was here, my brother too, and it was here that father used to tell my brother and me about the history of the New Moon Kingdom, about our Bold family’s past, about the glory of nobles, about the brilliance of the Divine Lord…”
“Since then, I swore to become a responsible noble, to remember honor, to treat subjects well, to be loyal to my Seigneur, to devoutly believe…”
“But now… the scenery is still the same, yet the only one left to view it is myself.”
“Lady Eleanor, please accept my condolences.”
The sub-human maid Misha spoke softly.
Eleanor sighed and nodded,
“I’m fine, I was just reminiscing about the past.”
Saying this, her gaze turned back to the bustling streetscape, her expression carrying a hint of self-mockery:
“Honor, responsibility, commitment…”
“Father taught me this way, however, in the end, not even he managed to uphold it.”
“Father always said that nobles with transcendent powers were the favored of the deities, destined by heaven, symbols of civilization, nobility, and power.”
“But now, it seems, apart from possessing power, civilization and nobility are completely out of reach, beneath the glossy surface, all is ugliness and hypocrisy.”
“Perhaps it once had glory, but now, it has likely been forgotten.”
“The Divine Lord feels the same way…”
“Heart towards the light, leading others towards goodness, proclaiming righteousness.”
“Sounds pleasant, and once I too believed this as my lifelong faith, but now it seems it was just for show.”
“Priests who violate their code still receive holy power, fallen clergy can even rise to the upper echelons, the Royal Court of the past has long since decayed…”
“Nobles live in drunken stupors, oppressing commoners, taking joy in slaughter and maltreatment; priests vie for fame and profit, mercilessly suppressing alien clans and other faiths, even daring to brand them as evil, even though these ’evils’ are essentially innocent women and children…”
“Yet, the real evils are left unchecked!”
In the end, Eleanor clenched her fists, her expression carrying a hint of anger.
Behind her, the sub-human maid Misha let out a soft sigh:
“Compared to advancing, falling is always easier, the doctrine of the Holy Royal Court is indeed righteous and noble, but a doctrine unconstrained by any god inevitably becomes lost amid power and corruption.”
“The same is true for nobles, the power of nobility needs rules to restrain it, these constraints should be exercised by a superior position of the Church and the faith in gods, but if the Church and faith can’t even control fallen priests, naturally, they can’t restrain nobles either.”
“In the end, it’s the current faith that’s flawed, it’s the gods that made a mistake, the gods fundamentally don’t care about mortals who are like ants, in their eyes, mortals are likely just tools.”
Eleanor was struck:
“Did she tell you these things?”
The sub-human maid paused, then said:
“My previous master, Mr. Sebastian, told me this, and Mr. Sebastian was taught by Lord Charlotte.”
“Lord Charlotte is a chosen being, she possesses precious qualities that other nobles do not, she can impartially and observantly look at every class and every race, she is a force capable of changing this world.”
Hearing the maid’s words, Eleanor hesitated, then said:
“She saved me, and I’m grateful to her, she also seems somewhat different from the image I have of her in my memory, not just in appearance, but her personality isn’t that of the timid and introverted girl she once was.”
“After she arrived in her dominion, she did many things, especially for the commoners, and she fiercely suppressed those corrupt nobles.”
“She is a truly qualified lord.”
“Just, I don’t understand, why do you call her a force that can change this world?”
“Isn’t she a saintess of the Holy Royal Court? She’s a follower of the Divine Lord, even blessed by the Holy Light, but didn’t you say that our hope should lie in our Lord?”
The sub-human maid Misha paused, then said:
“I once had the fortune to witness Lord Charlotte’s power, or rather, our Lord’s power.”
“Lord Charlotte isn’t any saintess of the Holy Royal Court, but a deputy of our Lord, truly a Divine Favored.”
“Our Lord is undoubtedly a greater deity than the Divine Lord, just as a low-tier noble needs to show respect to a high-tier noble, the blessing of the Holy Light to Lord Charlotte is essentially the Holy Power’s reverence towards our Lord’s power.”
“I still remember that day of the Judgement, Lord Charlotte declared us innocent in front of many Judgement Knights, and thus… the Holy Light declared us innocent.”
“Lord Charlotte herself represents the will of our Lord, and only our Lord can change the status quo, change everything, and lead this gradually disorderly world back onto the right track.”
Charlotte: …
Who is she?
Where is she?
What is she doing?
What exactly are these two talking about?