Chapter 27

After a nice 'full' meal, Aaron thoughtfully wiped the stuff that got on her legs, carried her to the sofa, watched the servant change the sheets, and carried her back to lie down again.
Sophia lay in her arms and suddenly remembered the words Karida whispered to her before she left.
She nudged Aaron and asked, "Is there any other use for your seal other than for the usual business?"
"No." Aaron didn't know why she suddenly asked this, but pulled out the seal and handed it to her anyway.
"It doesn't feel like anything special."
Lying on her back, Sophia took Aaron's seal and examined it carefully, it was just an ordinary seal, only a little older.
Sophia told Aaron what Karida had whispered to her at the time, and she only said four words.
Seal, rebel, witch, conspiracy.
"It seems that this incident is related to the rebel side in addition to the witch clan, it always feels like their purpose may be more than just targeting the wolf clan, what kind of information Karida is trying to tell us ......" Aaron frowned.
Sophia looked at him and suddenly said hesitantly: "Aaron, do you believe me? I always felt that Karida didn't really betray us."
"I asked about Levi's injuries, the doctor said that none of Levi's injuries were in fatal locations, just bleeding and looking serious, Karida, despite her ruthless mouth, actually barely made a move against us."
"When fighting, I have observed her expression, grave and worried, forehead is cold sweat, this is not a in a state of hatred, will have the facial expression."
Sophia later said uncertainly, "halfway through, she seems to have given me a hidden look, the specific meaning of what I did not see, but I could see that she was helpless, as if doing these things is really having to do the reason."
"I believe it." Aaron answered without a trace of hesitation, he lowered his head and kissed her on the ear, and said in a deep voice, "I don't believe her, I believe your judgment, as for whether she betrayed the wolf clan or not, time will prove everything."
"I understand." Sophia nodded, "No matter what reasons she has, it is a fact that she stole the seal."
"Do you still remember her saying that we will see each other again?" Sophia suddenly had a bit of weakness to pull out a piece of jade stone from under her pillow, the one that Aaron lied to Karida about being the seal at that time.
"How is this stone in your hand?" Aaron said in shock.
"She secretly slipped it to me, I think it should be okay, so I kept it." Sophia whispered, looking at Aaron's obviously deteriorating face, her voice getting smaller and smaller.
Aaron simply did not know what to say to her defenselessness, he took away the jade in her hand and said through clenched teeth, "You have a lot of nerve, aren't you afraid she'll put a spell on it?!"
"You said you believed me." Sophia muttered, seeing his eyebrows raised, hurriedly shut her mouth and looked at him pitifully.
Aaron did not have time to lecture her again, the jade stone in his hand flashed, and Aaron subconsciously threw it.
The stone fell to the ground, emitting a foggy light, a less clear portrait of a person standing on the stone, a soft laugh came out of the portrait's mouth, and it was Karida who had already escaped.
''I think you must be cursing me now.''
Aaron looked at the portrait and sneered, "Hmph, still know how much hate you attract."
The portrait paused and continued: 'But don't worry, it's just a stay spell, it won't harm you, and although I don't mind teaching you a lesson, I kinda like that gentle queen of yours.'
Seeing that Aaron was about to act irrationally after being enraged, Sophia hurriedly pounced on him and hugged him, faking an ouch: "Ah, it hurts."
Aaron immediately left Karida's provocative words behind his head, helped her lie on his lap and adjusted a comfortable position.
The silhouette continued to speak.
'By the time you see this image, I guess I'll already be on my way back to the Witch I. I left this to tell you what happened, stop trying to chase me, and don't be led by the nose.
Half a month ago, the rebels' people tried to reach me, telling me that my father was about to be killed by the king, I was shocked but didn't believe it first.
It wasn't until a few days later that news came that Duke Oliver of the Wolf Clan had died in an accident, and because you blocked the news, I didn't get any specific information and thought that my father's death was really related to you, so I had the idea of revenge.
They told me in detail how my father was killed, saying that everything was the king's inability to tolerate ministers of great merit, and then said that as long as I helped them fetch the same thing, they would help me provoke a war between the witch clan and the wolf clan, and help me avenge my father.
It was because of this that I began to suspect them, falsely agreeing to cooperate and proposing to the elders to visit the king of the Wolf Clan. It was not until just before I left that they told me that what I was going to steal was a seal, a seal that I had seen at my father's place, and I think it was because of this that my father was targeted, and it was at this time that the main warring faction found me.
They wanted me to take the opportunity to assassinate you, gave me what I needed to save my life, and said someone would meet me after the assassination to get me out, promising me a lot of honor and the chance to join the main war faction.
I suspect that the main war faction is in contact with the rebels, and the big disturbance of the palace is what I did for the main war faction, I want to join the main war faction to investigate myself, and I will not forgive you until things are clear.
This time you let me go, if I'm lucky not to be silenced, the next time I see you again, I will secretly let go.''
After Karida finished her words, the stone went out abruptly, and Karida's image disappeared instantly.
Sophia's guess was right, Karida had indeed not betrayed the Wolf Clan.
Sophia held up the tiny seal and looked at it with half-squinted eyes under the sun: "What secrets are there here; don't the ancestors of the royal family leave any legends or something?"
Aaron took it and looked at it carefully, then casually tossed it back to her, as if this thing that everyone was looking for was just a small thing that didn't matter to him.
"This seal was engraved by our ancestors after the first great war with the witch tribe, and was used to command the army as a symbol of power. Later it became a rule that every generation of kings since then must get the seal to succeed the throne successfully."
Aaron pulled the quilt over her: "Back then, my uncle staged a coup and although he ascended the throne, he was not the rightful king because he did not find the seal, not even thinking that my father had given it to me long ago."
"So for you, this is a prop to continue the throne." Sophia was a little bitter, "But if this seal is just a symbol of power, why did they take so much trouble to get it, and could it be that they still want to be the 'rightful' heir to the throne?"
"Is there any other information to test the history now?" Sophia asked.
Aaron couldn't figure it out either, and shook his head, "I've perused most of the royal family's information, and there's no details about the seal, even the events before the first war with the wizards are described vaguely."
He hooked Sophia's finger, thought about it, and suddenly lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "Would you like to go with me to meet my parents."
"Huh?" Sophia froze for a moment.
"Most of my parents' relics were left in the cemetery, when the clan was still in chaos, there were many things to deal with, so the funeral was also done very hastily, and then because of sadness, did not carefully rummage through." Aaron laughed bitterly.
"I thought that maybe there would be something related to the seal in my parents' relics."
The two drove to the Royal Cemetery. It was a breezy day, and the Royal Cemetery was luxuriously built, with trees and a special guard for the cemetery.
Aaron took Sophia deeper into the cemetery, where there were two headstones right next to each other.
The picture on the tombstone was of a handsome middle-aged man with a crown and a warm smile on his face, while the tombstone next to his was of a middle-aged beauty with an open and warm smile, and you could tell just by looking at the picture that she must have been a beauty that everyone fought for when she was alive.
These two people are Aaron's parents.
Aaron looked at the two tombstones in silence, and then placed the wild lilies he brought in front of the two, which were his mother's favorite flowers before she died.
"Mother and father, I'm sorry to bother you again." Aaron shook Sophia's hand, "Actually, the main reason I came to bother you this time is to show you my wife, that's who she is, Sophia, the one I was meant to be with."
"You guys don't have to worry about me anymore, I can manage the wolf clan very well now and I'm not alone anymore."
Sophia held his hand back, her eyes red.
"Father and mother, I am Sophia, Aaron's wife, and you can rest assured that I will be by his side to help him and be considerate in the future."
Aaron turned his head and looked at her affectionately, "We will be together forever."
Sophia, with a smile in her eyes, nodded seriously, "We will be together forever."
After paying their respects to the old king and queen, the two of them returned to the palace and went straight to the old king's living study. Aaron kept all of his father's things in this study, and would occasionally go in and look through them to remember him.
Aaron knew almost everything in the study, and did not find any records related to the seal.
He opened it and found that it was his father's notes, which described how he and Aaron had met and fallen in love.
Sophia could see that Aaron had been in a sad mood today, so she pulled him to the sofa and sat down, hugging his waist as if she was pampering him, "Aaron, can you tell me about the process of father and mother falling in love? I want to hear it."
Aaron smiled and looked warm for a moment, then stroked Sophia's hair, spread out the notes in his hand, and slowly said.
"My father took over the throne from my grandfather when he was 28 years old, and he met my mother just before that, at a banquet held by the royal family."
"My mother was a very noble lady, she was 18 years old the year she came to the banquet, and my father knew as soon as he saw her that she was the one he was destined to marry, so she became my father's wife as soon as her 18th birthday was over."
When she heard about the destined one, Sophia's eyes darkened and she wondered what came to mind.
Aaron let her rest on her own, talking and doing things without delay.
"The two of them fell in love only after they were married, and my father loved her so much that he never put her through any danger, and even if he died, it was in front of her."
Sophia, keenly aware of the hint of a nasal tone in his voice, gave him a reassuring hug.
Aaron lost a laugh and said, "You probably can't even believe that the most honorable man in the whole wolf clan would hold up a gift of reparation and apology for his beloved wife and kneel at the door all night, and the next day all the nobles knew about it, and there were voices everywhere condemning my mother, and my father only said one word to shut them up. "
Sophia opened her small, red mouth in surprise and wondered, "What did he say?"
"He said, "My own wife, I will spoil myself, none of your business."
After saying that, both of them laughed.