Divine Kingship

Chapter 546 The question is about how the "brother-in-law" and the wife swapped bodies.

Grand Justice Vladimir is raging in purgatory.

He couldn't believe it; he couldn't understand it.

He thought at least Rand could vent his anger on him.

All that was left for Him was an empty, agonizing purgatory.

So what exactly is this Rand?
At first, I thought it was just an ant that happened by chance.

Later, it was thought to be an annoying fly.

Now it seems unlikely that she was the Torch Goddess herself descending to earth.
Rand nearly thwarted all of His plans, and even when He gave up descending and tried to take Rand and two other disgusting women to Purgatory, He failed again.

Especially Rand, who had clearly arrived in Purgatory, yet still managed to disappear again without warning.

This is unbelievable! How did they manage to do that?
"Landland, Landlandland!" Grand Duke Vladimir frantically scratched at the scorched earth of purgatory. "You wait, I will definitely take my revenge on you!"

……

In the main world, on the road back to the White Kingdom, Rand remained silent.

Rand could certainly have guessed Grand Prince Vladimir's incompetent rage, but he didn't care.

While it was certainly satisfying to make that disgusting ancient vampire suffer, Rand needed to pay more attention to the matter at hand.

After observing for the past few days, Rand was now completely convinced that his wife and "brother-in-law" had switched bodies.

"Berlan" was trying not to laugh as he looked at Rand and "Ellie" with their worried faces.

Honestly, the fact that these two swapped bodies has had a huge impact, and this impact is not just on Rand personally.

In theory, it also has a huge political impact, for example, on the White Country.

At this time, Berlan was seriously instructing Ellie on many political issues. Fortunately, the two were sisters, and Ellie could still imitate Berlan's demeanor.

Moreover, Berlan himself doesn't have many complex traits, so Ellie only needs to remain indifferent when faced with difficult situations.

The problem lies in political governance.

The White King had actually thought about what to do if he were to hand over the White Kingdom to Ellie or Rand a long time ago.

But it certainly won't be now when it's handed over to Ellie or Rand.

Moreover, even if the country were handed over to Ellie and Rand, it would be a completely different situation from having Ellie play the role of Berland and govern the country now.

Admittedly, Ellie herself received a high level of education and later experienced a lot of political practice in Rand, and her personal political ability is also quite good. However, Ellie has not been involved in the political landscape of the White Kingdom for very long, and Ellie and Berlan are ultimately two different people.

In short, on the way back to the White Kingdom, Berlan kept telling Ellie things.

"Isn't get out of class over today?" Ellie in her Berlan form whispered.

Ellie in her Berlan form nodded: "That's all for today."

Ellie, who had been practicing Berlan's demeanor while wearing Berlan's face, suddenly became playful and grinning.

She leaned closer to Rand: "My dear husband, I've had a hard day dealing with someone's lessons. Can you give me a kiss to comfort me?"

Ellie has always been this cute and lively in front of Rand, and she has long wanted to push the relationship between the White King and Rand forward.

Although her body swap with Berlan is indeed a very serious matter that will bring many problems, it will not stop her from doing things to advance their relationship. Why not do it now?
Meanwhile, the real Berlan, who was wearing Ellie's appearance, had veins bulging on his forehead.

Reaching out, he grabbed Ellie, shielding her behind him so he could face Rand directly: "What kind of behavior is this? You're not allowed to kiss her!"

If Ellie were to kiss Rand using her own likeness, Berlan certainly wouldn't stop her.

But now I'm using my own body!

Although the three of them were walking quite far ahead of the group due to the current special circumstances, so that the knights behind them wouldn't see what was going on, Berlan still thought it was extremely improper.

She always believed that it was good enough that she and Rand maintained a relatively close, normal relationship as brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

And now Ellie is clearly trying to do something outrageous?

Ellie, standing behind Berlan, flashed a sly look across her face.

Then she said in a slightly aggrieved voice, "Rand and I are legally married, so there's nothing wrong with kissing each other, right?"

Rand had never seen Berlan speak in such a voice.

When Ellie spoke with such an expression and tone using Berlan's face, Rand couldn't help but glance at her a few more times.

Berlan glared at him fiercely: "Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't bother with you, but now that you're using my body, how can you do such a thing?"

As Berlan's only close relative, Ellie knew very well how to soften Berlan's heart.

Ellie continued in a pitiful tone, "This is so unfair! I just wanted to be close to my husband, and it's unfair to Rand too. Now Rand can't touch his wife?"

Now, a grid pattern appeared on Berlan's forehead as Ellie's body was exposed. She was indeed in a dilemma. If she insisted on preventing Rand and Ellie from getting close, it would be going too far.

But she felt it was very inappropriate to let Ellie get close to Rand with her body like that.

I saw a vampire! How could this happen?
After thinking for a moment, Berlan, who was using Ellie's appearance, had to put on a serious elder's demeanor: "Bear with it, you're all grown up now, don't you know what the situation is like? We'll think of a solution later... If we can't switch our bodies back... I won't stop you forever."

Seeing that her sister had made concessions, Ellie knew when to stop and returned to normal, no longer putting on that previous act.

Ellie and Berlan, being sisters, naturally share some similarities in appearance. However, due to their life experiences and abilities, aside from their identical captivating ice-blue eyes, their overall appearances are quite different.

The two also have very different temperaments; Berlan is resilient and serious, while Ellie is cute and intelligent.

Now the two have swapped bodies.

In Rand's eyes, they became the lovely and intelligent "Berlan" and the resilient and serious "Ellie".

The cute and intelligent "Berlan" has a unique appeal, while the resilient and serious "Ellie" might resemble the Ellie in the game "Deep Moon" when she is restoring the White Kingdom.

"How is your combat strength now?" Now that the farce had subsided a bit, Rand took the opportunity to bring up some serious questions.

Ellie is a mage, and Berlan can be considered a warrior, for the time being?

In short, their professional skills are definitely vastly different. After swapping bodies, their combat power would probably drop drastically, but fortunately, it won't have a significant impact on their combat power now.

Grand Duke Vladimir, Rand's greatest enemy, is now unable to exert much influence on reality. Rand doesn't know if there will be any more formidable enemies in the future, but he is unlikely to encounter any in the short term.

Although they are still fighting the Kingdom of Bolen, the power that Rand relies on is essentially the power of its territory. Ellie's decline in combat power will not have a significant impact on the strength of the territory.

As for the White King, Berlan, as a king, if there are no powerful enemies, Berlan's inaction will not have a significant impact.

Without the military might of King Berlan of the White Kingdom, the overall fighting strength of the White Kingdom would certainly decline considerably, but this does not diminish the fact that the White Kingdom was originally a powerful nation. The impact would be significant, but not fatal.

In short, unless some unforeseen circumstances arise that require the White King, Berlan, to personally intervene, the problem will not be too serious.

“I’m not very good at using magic, but fortunately I’m not completely clueless either. I can cast basic magic orbs, but not others,” Berlan said. “However, I can still use some cold-related powers.”

After saying that, Berlan stretched out her hand, and a beautiful and pure ice flower bloomed in her hand, then shattered brilliantly.

"It's much weaker, probably not because of my own body, but it's not completely unusable."

“I am also completely unable to use the power of cold,” Ellie said. “But my sister’s body has magic power, and she is quite adaptable to magic. My spellcasting abilities have not been weakened at all, and may even be stronger. As for fighting, I am not very used to it yet, and my close combat ability is probably much weaker than my sister’s.”

Things were better than expected, and we discovered a magical place.

That is, the power of the king follows the soul rather than the body, and Rand, Ellie, and Berlan may be the first three people in history to discover this.

"It seems this isn't the worst-case scenario." Rand relaxed a little, so dealing with any trouble wouldn't be too difficult.

Then I rested normally.

As for the knights behind, they were somewhat strange.

They encountered countless demons in the Wisteria Kingdom.

They encountered a terrifying vampire demigod.

Then, led by the great White King Berlan, the Archmage Ellie, and Rand, they finally won.

This was a legendary experience they would remember for the rest of their lives.

After all, not everyone has ever slashed a demon with a knife, and not everyone has the opportunity to face a demigod who is descending.

What's even more surprising is that their losses were actually not that great.

Only about a quarter of them died in the battle. Normally, this death rate would be very high, but now they were facing demigods who could potentially destroy the world.

The blood mist that blotted out the sky, the royal city land that was no different from the legendary purgatory.

Under such circumstances, they were all prepared for the complete annihilation and sacrifice of their entire army.

Surprisingly, three-quarters of them survived.

But now they are very worried.

The fact that they suffered such minimal losses must mean that their leaders—the three at the very front—had paid a heavy price.

They were well aware of what was happening on the battlefield.

In the end, it seems that Lord Rand, Lord Berlan, and Lady Ellie were all unharmed, but now the three of them are walking at the front, and the Knights are forbidden from approaching.

It's very likely that he suffered some serious injury.

This caused concern among the knights of the Order.

Just as everyone was entering a period of rest and recuperation.

The three leaders appeared together in front of everyone for the first time.

He doesn't appear to have any serious injuries and seems to be in good spirits.

Then the White King "Bolan," who was standing at the front, spoke up: "We were indeed injured, but we have almost fully recovered now, so you don't need to worry."

The trio knew, of course, that the knights would have some suspicions, and now they needed to reassure them and get to rehearsing.

Actually, only Ellie needs to rehearse and find a way to switch their bodies back. It will probably take some time, and during this time Ellie will need to use the appearance of the White King to govern the White Kingdom.

If Ellie really can't do it, then it's acceptable for the White King to feign illness and let Prince "Ellie" assist in governing the country. However, the news of the White King's poor health will definitely cause panic among the people.

Therefore, the best option is for Ellie to truly shoulder the responsibility of governing the country.

Now, appearing before these knights is a rehearsal. If he can't convince these knights that the person before them is the White King himself, then it will be even more unrealistic to deal with the ministers of the White Kingdom in the palace.

Upon hearing "Berlan's" words, the knights glanced at the "White King," then at Prince "Ellie" and Duke Rand behind him.

People began to believe that everything was alright, which eased their anxiety a little.

The "White King" then offered words of comfort and encouragement, praised their remarkable fighting spirit in the war, and promised to reward them in his capacity as the White King.

The knights who followed them to the Wisteria Kingdom were all valiant warriors who fought alongside them, overcoming numerous obstacles and defeating orcs, soldiers of the Wisteria Kingdom, and countless demons.

These should certainly be rewarded.

Rand and Berlan stood behind Ellie, evaluating her performance.

Of course, Ms. Berlan also put on a little act so that it wouldn't give the impression that there was any discord between Rand and his wife.

Fortunately, although Rand and Ellie have a good relationship, they don't have the habit of being inseparable in public.

At least in front of outsiders, they don't have the habit of being inseparable.

A little bit of acting is enough, unlike the complicated identity of "King of the White".

After walking around, the three of them went to rest in a place a little further away from the Knights.

This distance is no longer as great as before when they were avoiding the Knights' observation, but under normal circumstances, it's still not far enough for the Knights to see or hear what's going on here.

"Impressive! I almost thought you'd switched back to your original bodies," Rand said in a slightly lowered voice.

Ellie's performance was indeed very good; at least Rand, who knew the two of them best in the world, didn't notice many flaws.

Rand was able to spot the flaw because he was very aware that the two had switched identities; otherwise, he probably wouldn't have noticed.

Overall, the performance was a great success, and Ellie was very good at playing a king.

Or perhaps Ellie was born with the qualities to be queen, but in this timeline she was simply living a happy life.

“I feel like everything is fine now. After making some preparations, we can return to the capital. Those ministers definitely won’t be able to see anything wrong,” Rand said.

"Clap clap clap." Ellie clapped her hands smugly.

Berlan, however, glared at him, indicating that a king needs to be dignified.

However, the seriousness quickly turned into doting.

(End of this chapter)