Chapter 23 Be Careful

The spring is bright and the sun is warm and pleasant. However, Lampari XIII, bathed in such a comfortable sunshine, did not feel even a little bit of warmth as usual. Instead, he still felt cold all over his body and couldn't help but tighten Thick plush blanket wrapped around the body.

Seeing the actions of Lampari XIII, Dema's face involuntarily passed a trace of sadness.

His Majesty's health is getting worse day by day, but no matter how Dema persuades him, he never relaxes for a moment, and he still approves official documents and handles all kinds of annoying state affairs as usual every day. Every day during his ten years as king was no different.

Oh, there is still a difference. During this period, His Majesty convened court meetings much less frequently than before, and even if they were held occasionally, they did not last long.

Although Lampari XIII issued a strict order, Dema, as the head of the palace, also took a series of precautionary measures against the personnel in the palace, but the news that His Majesty was ill still inevitably spread.

Now this news has spread throughout the nobles in Anvilmar City, causing all the nobles in Anvilmar City to be turbulent—top—point—novel uneasy.

On the surface, the current Anweimar City looks as calm and prosperous as ever, but under this calm, there are already undercurrents already surging.

Everyone is waiting and watching, waiting to see how His Majesty's condition is going to be, and whether he...will die.

"Ahem——" Lampari XIII suddenly coughed twice.

Dema's heart tightened, and he hurried up, only to see Lampari XIII let go of his hand covering his mouth. The palm of his hand was a shocking dark red.

"Your Majesty—" Dema's expression turned pale. called out. But choked up and couldn't speak.

Lampari XIII looked at the large blood stain on the palm of his hand, but instead smiled, slowly took a silk scarf at hand, wiped his hands, and said to Dema: "Okay, don't cry like a woman Yeah, you know I don't like to see that."

Dema wiped her eyes vigorously and hummed. He took a deep breath, trying to force himself to calm down, but looking at Lampari XIII's face that was so emaciated due to his illness that he could hardly see any flesh, he found that he couldn't calm down no matter what.

Seeing the changing expression on Dema's face, Lampari XIII frowned: "Don't just cry, listen carefully to me."

"Huh?" Dema was taken aback for a moment, then came to his senses, and quickly stood up straight, staring at Lampari XIII.

He has been with Lampari XIII for more than ten years, and he knows it very well. Whenever His Majesty the King showed this look, it was when he was about to issue an extremely important order.

"First. Send orders to Eric, Miham and Seweney to call them back to meet me."

Dema hummed and nodded in response.

Immediately thinking that it is very likely that His Majesty the King thinks that his time is numbered and wants to call the three children to his side to explain the funeral, another wave of sadness suddenly hits him, and his eyes blur instantly.

"Tell you not to cry! Listen to my order and make no mistakes!" Lampari XIII shouted in a low voice.

Dema quickly wiped his eyes again, took a long breath, and his expression returned to calm.

"Your Majesty, please give me an order."

"Well, that's plausible." Lampari XIII nodded with satisfaction. "Second, give an order to Sewell City, ordering the Earl of Summer to strengthen border defenses to prevent the army of the Kingdom of Sark from invading through the northeastern border of the kingdom at any time."

Dema was stunned: "Now that the Sac Kingdom is overwhelmed by the Suppressing North Army, how can it be possible to allocate energy to invade?"

Lampari XIII snorted coldly: "That idiot Eric can't see it, can't you see it too? If the Kingdom of Sark was defeated so easily, I would have cleaned them up more than ten years ago."

Dema remained silent.

Although he also doubted whether the Kingdom of Sark was acting and deliberately lured His Royal Highness Prince Eric to lead the Northern Army to go deep into the Kingdom of Sark, but according to the news from the front, the Northern Army has already attacked the Greedy Wolf Army of the Kingdom of Sark. It caused great damage, and even invaded the mainland of the Sark Kingdom.

Even if the Sac Kingdom wanted to act, it wouldn't be so realistic?

If you continue to act, you will have to pay for yourself.

"Third, order the Second Army of the Kingdom's Defense Corps to go north, enter the Northwest Province, and temporarily take over the defense of the Northwest Province."

Dema was taken aback by Rampari XIII's third order.

"Your Majesty, how can this be done? If the second army also leaves, wouldn't there be only the palace guards and the first army of the garrison in Anvilmar City? This force... If anything happens to Anvilmar, then What can I do?"

"Do you think anything will happen to Anweimar?" Lampari XIII looked at Demar meaningfully.

"Of course, in case you..." Dema stopped suddenly.

"If I die, what might happen to the city of Anvimar?" Lampari XIII sneered. "It's not a possibility, but a certainty. It's meaningless to keep the Second Army. In comparison, the safety of the Northwest Province is more important."

"Your Majesty, do you just have no confidence in Prince Eric?" Dema seemed a little strange.

"I'm worried about the guys behind him." Lampari XIII shook his head. "If they can really fully support the royal family's crusade against the Sac Kingdom, there is no need to wait until now. In the end, that kid Eric is just reduced to their tool."

The expression on Dema's face was even weirder.

"Your Majesty, since you know all this, why have you been unwilling to make up your mind? If you had determined the heir to the throne in advance, I don't think Prince Eric would be encouraged by those nobles to do these things? "

Lampari XIII sighed deeply, turned his head to look northwest, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"Actually, I have already confirmed that among the three of them, only Seweini is the most suitable to take over the throne. But Seweini's heart is too soft, and if he wants to ascend the throne, he must have a hard heart. The reason why I didn't make a decision for so long was to give Eric a chance. But he...disappointed me so much."

Dema was silent for a while. He sighed softly: "Actually...Your Majesty, if you can clearly explain this to them, I don't think it will be so troublesome."

"Are you blaming me?" King Lampari XIII glanced at Dema and said with a chuckle: "It seems that people are easiest to tell the truth and hear the truth only before they die. Words. Dema, you have been with me for so many years. This is the first time that you have spoken directly to me in person."

Dema smiled wryly and shook his head: "I'm dying anyway, so there's nothing I dare not say."

"Oh?" Lampari XIII was a little surprised. "Why are you dying too? Aren't you in good health?"

Dema looked at Lampari XIII with complicated eyes: "Because I have already decided that as long as your Majesty passes away, I will follow you."

Lampari XIII's eyes moved slightly, and he stared at Dema silently for a long time, showing a smile.

"Well, it's not bad to have someone for company."

Delmar laughed too. After a while, he asked Lampari XIII in a relaxed tone: "Your Majesty, if you say so, this time you summoned the two princes and Princess Sevigny at the same time, it must be that the heir to the throne has been decided. Announced?"

"Hmm." Perhaps because of Dema's statement just now, Lampari XIII did not hide anything this time, and nodded simply.

"Then... if you guess correctly, Her Royal Highness Princess Seweigny should take over the throne?" Dema asked again.

Lampari XIII sighed lightly: "Eric has disappointed me too much, and Miham has always been lacking in ability. Although Sevini is a little soft-hearted, there is absolutely no problem in terms of ability. And...she still has A supporter that I value very much is Xu Yi."

Hearing that Lampari XIII actually mentioned the name "Xu Yi" at this time, Dema couldn't help being startled.

"Your Majesty, is this Xu Yi so worthy of your attention?"

"Of course." Lampari XIII said seriously: "If Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce founded by him can appear ten years in advance, I will fully support him without reservation, because I can be sure that as long as he and he are given With enough support from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he might be able to change the entire Kingdom of Lampari, or even the entire continent. But unfortunately, the timing of his appearance is too bad. I can only hope...he can help Se Pooh, slowly change the kingdom in the future."

"If Xu Yi knew that Your Majesty valued him so much, I think he would be deeply honored."

"That's not necessarily the case. This kid doesn't look very humble on the surface, but I can tell that he is very arrogant. Don't forget, last time the old fellows in the noble council wanted to deprive him of his noble status, he could have thrown it away It's like a straw, and I don't care at all. It's a pity that I wasn't there at the time, otherwise it would be very interesting to see the expressions of those old guys. Haha..."

Just laughed twice, Lampari XIII coughed violently again.

"Your Majesty, can you... drink some medicine?" Dema asked.

Lampari XIII frowned, hesitated, and nodded: "Okay, bring it here."

Dema turned around and walked towards the side cabinet, reaching in with his hand.

When his fingers touched a bottle in the cabinet, an extremely complicated expression flashed across Dema's face, and then he regained his composure.

Taking out the medicine bottle and mixing it with the medicine, Dema handed the medicine to Rampari XIII.

Seeing Lampari XIII lowering his head and preparing to drink the medicine, Dema suddenly called out: "Your Majesty..."

Lampari XIII raised his head in astonishment: "What?"

Dema squeezed out a very reluctant smile: "It's nothing, it's just... be careful..."

Lampari XIII laughed and shook his head, tested it with his mouth, and drank it in one gulp.

However, as soon as the medicine was taken into his stomach, Lampari XIII suddenly changed his expression. The expression on his face became extremely painful, and then turned into extreme anger. He stared straight at Dema with wide eyes, but couldn't say In a word.

Dema sighed, stretched out his hand to press Rampari XIII's shoulder, and pushed him back to the bed.

"Your Majesty, you should rest well."

Looking at Lampari XIII's angry eyes, Dema turned his head slightly to avoid his gaze.

"Your Majesty, I know you must have a lot of questions in your heart. I can only say sorry to you. After the matter is over, I will fulfill my promise to you and come to that world to accompany you. At that time, no matter how you want to treat me , I will not have any resistance."

Lampari XIII suddenly opened his mouth, spat out a mouthful of blood, and sprayed Dema directly in the face.

The next moment, he fell stiffly on the bed without making a sound.

Looking at the still wide eyes of Lampari XIII and the unwillingness and anger on his face, Dema sighed deeply, reached out to smoothen the eyes of Lampari XIII, and pulled a chair next to the bed. a rope.

A moment later, a burly figure stepped into the bedroom of Lampari XIII.

"Master Dema, you have worked hard."

Dema looked at the visitor blankly: "Duke Stark, you are the one who has worked hard." (To be continued...)