Chapter 384: Chapter 384: Brothers
Chapter 384: Chapter 384: Brothers
"You can go ahead. I will meet up with you later," Eren told the girls, deciding to stay behind.
Zia led Xiu Ying and Yu Lin to the room assigned to them, leaving Eren behind.
Despite the complicated relationship between the Royal Family, Uriel was still an extremely important person. Not only was he the Holy Emperor's brother, but he also had incredible strength and an important role to play in the story of the Western Continent.
According to the original narrative of the Western Continent, the False Priestess was supposed to be captured by the Duke.
Uriel, who had been keeping a close eye on the Holy Church, discovered that a prisoner was being escorted to the Holy City. He then intervened and saved the False Priestess from captivity, in turn getting closer to her.
It was with the help of Uriel and a few others that the story of the False Priestess was able to progress.
Without realizing the original plot, Eren had already changed a significant plot point. While the False Priestess was supposed to be captured by the Duke, she was instead rescued by Aster due to Eren's interference.
As a result, Uriel's role was completely removed from the story, as his intended encounter with the False Priestess had been erased.
It was only when Eren consumed the Holy Emperor's memories that he came to understand how he had drastically changed the course of events in this timeline.
Instead of a single Great Elder serving as an envoy in the Holy City, there were now three. Even the Dragon Empress was present outside the Holy City. Aster and the False Priestess were also deeply involved in the events.
The plotlines of three separate novels had converged in the Western Continent, and Eren found himself at the very center of it all.
Only the Northern Continent was left out and Eren was glad about it. Three plot points were already hard to handle and he didn't want a fourth one at this point.
"Why did you do it? Why did you go against the Holy Priestess, only to propose to her later? Were you trying to make her angry?" he asked. "Do you really have a secret deal with the Eastern Overlord?"
"There is no deal," Eren answered. "The Eastern Overlord probably doesn't even know what's happening here."
"Then why? Why did you oppose the Holy Priestess? You are different from me. I don't care if I was killed, but if it's you...?"
Even though Uriel always wanted his brother to be brave, now that he actually saw his brother's bravery, he felt scared. He felt scared for his brother's safety.
"If I'm killed, then you can take the throne. Isn't that what you always wanted? Then you can run the Empire as you want. Finally, this Empire won't have an unworthy emperor like me," Eren said, his voice slightly breaking as if he was extremely emotional.
He didn't have the memories of the Holy Emperor but he had the memories that he had stolen from the Transmigrator which contained the contents of the book, at least to the point that he had read.
In the book, Uriel's emotions were explained more clearly than ever, especially after the Holy Emperor was killed by Xiu Ying.
From that point on, he had made up his mind to have revenge on the Holy Priestess, as well as the Eastern Continent.
With that, Eren knew exactly how to play the emotional card to make sure Uriel didn't doubt his identity.
"Stop with that absurd thought! Nothing will happen to you!" Uriel's voice grew louder as if he was almost scolding his brother for talking nonsense. "As long as I am alive, nothing will happen to you!"
Even though the two brothers had a lot of conflict in the past, deep down, they were always close. They just didn't know how to express their feelings until the moment the Holy Emperor died.
Now, Eren wanted to bring those feelings out without having to die.
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