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“…Take a good look at the script! Don’t make a mistake and make a fool of yourself!”
Leona’s voice was angry.
Just now, in the face of the gorilla’s calm question, Kang De innocently described the confusion he had arisen when he heard this matter. “How did a transmigrator like me become the Prince Consort of Cathay?” He also explained the helplessness of “This was decided by Goethe unilaterally. I can do nothing”. Then…
Then, Leona quickly ran to the door.
She saw the scene of the two of them openly hugging.
Naturally, they argued.
A fragrant smell echoed in the air.
First, Leona roared, “I’m all waiting for you to set off to give a speech. Could it be that you have to f*ck her first, you shameless person?”
Although the gorilla did not know what it meant, she realized with her beast’s intuition that if Little Shorty was dissatisfied, she would definitely be envious. Therefore, she hugged Kang De even harder and demonstrated, “Yes, close the door and watch.”
Therefore, this started.
Kang De actually escaped because of this, because next, it became Leona and the gorilla’s argument.
One had to know that in front of the gorilla’s overwhelming strength advantage, Leona could also be evenly matched. It was mainly because the gorilla could fight, but it was not good with words. Leona was very weak, but her mouth was very powerful.
The two of them fought for a while, and the outcome was difficult to determine. Although the gorilla could explode Leona with a finger, for Kang De’s sake, she had never used force to bully Little Shorty.
“I won’t lower myself to your level, gorilla.”
Leona knocked on the table and looked up at the gorilla. She snorted, “Be more dignified. You don’t care about the opinions of outsiders, but you must think of Kang De!”
The gorilla was sitting on the other side of Kang De. When she heard this, she said, “Who are you to Kang De? Why do you care so much about him?”
This was the reason why the gorilla could fight Leona evenly without attacking. Although she was not good with words, she had powerful beast-like intuition and could often hit the nail on the head.
Leona was tongue-tied, then she said angrily, “I, I’m Tina’s best friend! I have to help her look after her husband! It’ll be bad if some wild monkey snatches him away!”
The gorilla did not speak. She tilted her body and hooked Kang De’s neck. She leaned over and pressed her face against him.
As she stuck it on, she gestured with her eyes—Come stop me.
Leona flew into a rage. “Don’t disturb him from memorizing the speech!”
Yes, the speech to be held in the cemetery later was written by Leona.
Kang De had always felt that speeches had to have true feelings in them to move people, so he did not know what to write.
He barely wrote it out and read it to Leona, only to be shocked and ridiculed by her.
“Do you want the nobles present to pee their pants in fear?”
“Hey, hey, hey, if word gets out about such a speech, Goethe will have a civil war.”
“Even if you think so, don’t say what’s on your mind now.”
This was probably the result.
In the end, Leona was in charge of the speech. As a big shot, he had to have a secretary. He could do anything. As for his true feelings…
“Don’t worry, no matter what, they’ll clap like thunder and cheer loudly. Your grammar is wrong. They’ll say that you don’t care about trifles and that your words are simple. They said that you’re simple and ancient. If you stutter, they’ll praise your actions as greater than words. This is the beauty of power and status.”
Then, it was written by her.
It had to be said that it was written very well. It sounded very beautiful, exciting, and powerful. Hong San had stayed on the continent for many years and knew his stuff. He studied it together and agreed.
Kang De was smart, so he could only translate it into Chinese and write the manuscript. However, he felt that it was unstable, so he simply used technology and used the recording function to read it once. When the time came, he could just put on his earpiece and listen.
In any case, the others did not know what it was.
It was very perfect.
…Probably.
However, he felt that something was wrong.
Leona and the gorilla exchanged glances at the side. When they turned to see Kang De’s expression, they thought that he was nervous, so Leona comforted him gently, “Don’t worry, to you, this is only an extremely small stage. There will be many such things in the future. In front of the army, in the capital of Goethe, and in the Twilight Imperial City.”
This was only the beginning.
Kang De slowly nodded. “I understand.”
After breakfast, Hong San also prepared the carriage. Valentine’s main group had already set off an hour ago. If they set off now, the time would be just right. The important figures had to arrive last.
“Then, let’s move.”
Therefore, this team set off.
The Hummer drove out. Kang De and Leona sat in the car. Hong San was lined up on both sides. The green-skinned people who had been instructed to shut up the entire time followed behind. The 300 elite cavalries of the mercenary group protected and escorted. There were Eagle Tamers circling and keeping watch in the sky. Twelve mages accompanied the team. The extravagance was not small at all.
There was silence all the way. Kang De looked at the mountains outside the window.
At this moment, Valentine was already empty. Almost the entire city was rushing to the cemetery. The city was completely arrogant and defenseless. Whoever wanted to fight could fight.
The newly completed Valentine National Cemetery was in the northwest of the city. It was the manor passed down by the ancestors of the Valentine family. The surrounding land had also been bought. The construction and resettlement of this cemetery would become one of the missions of the temporary city government for the next period of time. It was only a prototype now.
However, it already had a different meaning.
Two to three kilometers away, Kang De saw a dense crowd.
Everyone also discovered this army. The person riding the alchemical chariot must be Prince Kang De. Before the Hummer approached, thunderous cheers whistled over.
“Your Highness Kang De!”
“Kang De!”
“Praise you!”
With fanatical shouts, the shouts of the crowd connected like a violent wind. There were so many people gathered here, and the black crowd surged like waves.
Kang De’s expression changed slightly. He opened the window and asked, “Has the order problem been arranged?”
Hong San replied, “Don’t worry, the conscripted mage group is already in place. There won’t be a crowding accident.”
Only then did Kang De nod.
Beside him, Leona turned to look at him. “How does it feel to be admired by everyone?”
Kang De was silent and shook his head. “I should be proud, but I’m not too happy.”
The girl said in surprise, “Why?”
“…I don’t know.”
The team drove closer. On both sides of the straight road, the crowd shouted, cheered, cried, and even knelt down to pray. Hong San was not exaggerating. The people of Valentine had indeed worshiped him like a god.
However, Kang De did not feel very proud.
At first, he did not understand why this was happening.
However, when he saw a person’s face, he understood.
It was a pious face that was almost twisted. There was no fake expression at all. There was only crying, roaring, and fanaticism that was almost faith. It was madness from the bottom of his heart.
Most importantly… Kang De had seen this face before.
That night.
This was one of the people who had asked him to tie himself up and leave the city to save Valentine.
Now, he was shouting and revering here without any pretense. This was not fake.
Did he feel guilty because he had done something wrong, so he was afraid, and then he became twice as fanatical?
Kang De stared deeply at the faces.
So that was the case.
No wonder he did not feel proud.
This was because he had once… seen their ugly appearance.
That was not all.
Not only were there the people that night, not only the civilians but there were even soldiers. The soldiers who were injured in the battle and the brave soldiers who knew that they would definitely die were also roaring and praising fanatically.
Kang De sighed silently. For some reason, he felt a little suffocated.
When he arrived at his destination, he opened the car door and got out. The dignified people of the upper-class society greeted him respectfully. They were not that fanatical, but their respect and awe increased.
Kang De was no longer in the mood to exchange pleasantries. He nodded slightly and greeted them, “I’m not the protagonist today, nor is it everyone. Let’s leave time and respect to them…”
Of course, the host of the ceremony was not Kang De, and Hong San was not suitable. He was handed over to a respected old priest of the Sun God, Sulla, to preside. The funeral was long, but everyone maintained patience and silence. On the one hand, the fearless sacrifice was indeed worthy of everyone’s respect, and on the other hand, Kang De was very serious.
The relatives and friends of the deceased wanted to go forward and greet them. Kang De was the first to go up. Nick, Preston, and others he knew and did not know. The remains had been handled well by spells, and the remains were as they had been when they were alive. He looked at them one by one and looked at their faces, recalling their voices and smiles when they were alive.
The true guardians of this city, their courage, and unyielding spirit, their hesitation and weakness, their determination and sacrifice, were all deeply engraved in Kang De’s mind. Although their classes were different and they even played the role of enslavement and exploitation, he could not ask these people and heroes for things beyond their time.
He remembered all his courage.
He also remembered what Nick had said to him, Preston’s last plea.
After bidding farewell, the soil slowly sprinkled all over the coffin, allowing the heroes to return to the ground and sleep peacefully.
The priest’s prayers and blessings finally ended. The main seat was given to Kang De. To many people at the scene, this segment was the most important… or rather, everyone thought so.
When Kang De ascended the high platform, cheers surged from all directions.
It seemed that the sacrifices of the heroes, today’s funeral, all the sorrow, and everything the warriors had contributed to their homeland was not as important as Kang De… Perhaps that was true. In everyone’s opinion, Valentine had tried its best and had not completely settled the Dusk Legion, but five equally powerful armies had been destroyed by one person.
However, it should not be calculated like this.
It was not like that.
Standing on the high platform and feeling the sound coming from all directions, Kang De thought of Nick’s last face. Calm, relieved, and with a smile.
He took a deep breath and raised his hand.
The surroundings fell silent at an extremely fast speed.
The mage had already cast a sound amplification spell. The surround sound of the spell could be heard by everyone.
“People of Valentine, people of Goethe.”
Kang De threw the manuscript in his hand aside and took off his earpiece.
Leona, who was sitting at the side, covered her head.
In the next moment, Kang De’s words sounded in everyone’s ears.
“Why place the honor of victory and hope for the future on an outsider?”
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