The two walked side by side in the mist, with wisps of spectral light occasionally drifting past them.
"My Lord's divine kingdom seems a bit different from what you imagined, doesn't it!" Silas spoke first.
Vanas, very reserved, said respectfully, "The Lord's divine might is not something an ignorant person like me can fathom or evaluate."
"Truly worthy of being the Queen of Guinness. Your reverence and humility will satisfy my Lord," Silas said with a satisfied expression.
Vanas slightly raised her head, looked at Silas's fair profile, and her heart was immediately filled with some reverence.
"It seems Lord Apostle's age is even younger than mine. Truly worthy of being the Lord's apostle, so young and promising."
After a few pleasantries, Silas cut straight to the chase: "My Lord has already sensed the anxiety and despair in your prayers. As a true deity, my Lord will not abandon any of His children. Thus, my Lord has summoned me here to help you resolve your troubles."
Hearing this, Vanas was immediately moved to tears of gratitude and hurriedly said, "Thank you to the merciful and benevolent Lord for protecting His people."
Silas nodded and asked directly, "Alright, tell me about the situation on your side!"
Vanas's expression gradually became formal, and she began to explain the general course of the entire matter and the current situation to Silas in detail.
The cause of the matter was not some rebellion or internal strife, but because of her younger brother, Jean Guinness.
The Kingdom of Guinness was not large, only one-fifth the size of the Bellandt Northeastern Province, with a national population of no more than five hundred thousand.
Due to the country's unique geographical location, its proficiency in waterway transportation, and its abundance of aquatic products, rice, and fish, the lives of its citizens were relatively decent.
But after all, it was a small country, and its overall national strength was very limited. There wasn't much good education within the duchy.
Therefore, for many years, the royal princesses and princes would choose to study in some large empires or good schools in a public region.
The old king had a pair of children, Vanas and Jean. Vanas, two years older, was the sister, twenty-seven years old this year, and her younger brother was twenty-five.
The university Vanas attended was Federal University in the Tony Federation on the eastern side of the empire. Her brother went further and had a more promising future, attending Nonia University on the Northwind Continent. It was currently the only university in the world with a lord-level chancellor, and its overall teaching staff was very strong.
After graduating from university successively, Vanas did not return to her country but stayed at the academy to further her studies in literature and painting.
Her brother Jean, after completing his studies, returned to the country first, preparing to inherit the throne.
"The problem arose here." Speaking of this, Vanas's face looked very unsightly.
Silas didn't speak, listening calmly.
"Jean brought a few classmates back with him; they seemed to be his followers. But from that time on, Jean became very strange. We grew up together, and I know his temperament very well. He has a very good temper and is rather timid, very kind. When he was young, he couldn't even bear to kill a chicken and loved to take in small animals. But after returning, his temper became very irritable, he was very easily angered, and even yelled at my father, showing no patience."
"Not only that, but he also developed the habit of eating raw food. I once accidentally saw him cruelly wring off a rooster's head and start sucking blood from its neck. I was terrified at the time."
Hearing this, Silas rubbed his chin. "He should have undergone some mystical mutation."
Vanas sighed and continued.
"I secretly told my father about this. When my father went over with the guards, he happened to see him eating that chicken raw. Afterward, my father wanted to take him for a mystical identification, but he refused to death, even lashing out, injuring the guards, and escaping."
"You should know, parents always care about their children, especially in the royal family. This matter was not publicized and was quickly quelled. However, none of us expected that this very incident would plunge the entire kingdom into a deep nightmare."
"A few days later, Jean returned, admitted his mistake, and became as enthusiastic and kind as before. Seeing him return to normal, we were very relieved at the time and continued our lives without much thought."
"However, in about two months, a large number of disappearance cases occurred successively within the kingdom. At first, it was only a few people in the capital city, then it slowly spread throughout the country, with even dozens of people disappearing every day. This immediately caused panic throughout the entire country. My father dispatched the most outstanding detectives and soldiers to investigate. However, the final investigation results showed that all suspicions pointed to those few attendants my brother brought back. They secretly abducted people, tied them up, and turned them into monsters through strange witchcraft."
"What kind of monsters?" Silas asked.
Vanas gestured with her hands. "Strong build, covered in fur all over, like the werewolves in legends."
Silas nodded slightly, signaling her to continue.
"However, by the time all this was discovered, it was already too late. That very night, just as my father was preparing to make arrests, Jean, along with those people and hundreds of werewolves, rushed into the palace under the cover of darkness and killed my father."
Saying this, Vanas clenched her fists, her expression filled with pain.
"Why does this somewhat resemble the plot of Lordaeron's first filial son?"
"I'm not very clear about the specific situation at that time because I had already returned to school. According to the surviving soldiers, they seemed to have a clear objective. After killing my father, they left directly, without lingering except to kill some obstructing guards."
"After that, the entire country fell into complete chaos. Werewolves wreaked havoc within the country, and the army, having lost its king's command, was in disarray. By the time I rushed back, it was already a complete mess. Led by some ambitious nobles who had always been dissatisfied with my father's policies, they used my brother as an excuse to form a revolutionary army of the anti-imperial faction."
Silas thought for a moment. "So, the people you are fighting now are not your brother, but those anti-imperial factions that formed later?"
Vanas nodded. "Yes."
"But according to my intelligence, there are currently a large number of cult groups and some ambitious organizations within the Kingdom of Guinness, wanting to control your country," Silas said.
Vanas was not surprised to hear this. Investigating such intelligence was very basic for an apostle of a deity.
"That's right. Due to the war, some organizations have indeed come here to proselytize, but judging from their proselytizing performance, they don't seem like cults. As for the anti-imperial faction, I can indeed feel that there is someone behind them manipulating them."
Silas nodded slightly and then asked, "Then where is your brother now?"
Vanas shook her head. "I don't know, but those werewolves are still rampaging within the country, causing immense suffering to the common people."