The pro-Dragon Kingdom Lugnika has a vast land, rich resources, large population, diverse geographical scenery and climate patterns. It is a multi-ethnic and multi-racial country with a long history and has been established for at least four hundred years.
Although, recently, all the 'known' royal members have passed away and the royal bloodline has been cut off, causing some minor turmoil in the kingdom. Martial law has also been in effect, and the country's responsibilities have been temporarily handed over. The "Sage Association" takes care of it. However, the economy of most parts of the kingdom is still gradually recovering and is in a relatively peaceful and stable state.
Today, the people of the kingdom have actually begun to get used to a life without the presence of the king and the royal family. From their perspective, it seems to be no different from the past, because the nobles and the upper echelons of the kingdom still occupy a large amount of resources. And squeezing them from all aspects, it will not improve because there is no king, but it will become a little more unscrupulous.
Therefore, the people at the bottom are not concerned about the king election activity that was going on in the kingdom some time ago.
Although they had also heard that some candidates for the king's election had delivered a king's election speech of 'everyone is equal' or 'shattering privileges' at the throne meeting, but... they knew that kind of thing without even thinking about it. The sages, knights and nobles who currently control the kingdom's political power will certainly not allow such new kings to come to power who are clearly going against the privileged classes and vested interests.
If people at the bottom of the kingdom think about it, the new king of Lugnika will definitely come from Priscilla Baliel, the "bloody bride" who represents the interests of the old aristocracy, and Curio Kars, who represents the new aristocracy. Teng and Anastasia Hesing, the president of the Great Chamber of Commerce who represents the interests of wealthy businessmen, choose one of them, right?
After all, only the old nobles, new nobles, and big merchants have the financial resources and strength to compete for the king, and only Emilia, who is supported by a little-known border count (Roswaal L. Merzas), And Felt, a homeless girl who was found from the slums and had no other supporter except Reinhard Van Astrea, really gave no hope of winning.
but……
Today, all of the above ideas that were deeply ingrained in the hearts of the people have finally been shaken!
Because, it is said that the silver-haired witch Emilia, who was originally only supported by a little-known border count, the half-human, half-elf (half-demon) whom no one expected, actually acquired a mysterious and powerful arcane archmage. s help!
As for the Archmage, she not only caused havoc in the palace and defeated all the generals of the Palace Knights, leaving the Sage Council and the nobles powerless, but she also single-handedly defeated the White Whale, one of the three major monsters that had been ravaging the world for more than 400 years. , so that in an instant, he suddenly transformed into the popular figure chosen by Wang?
At this time, in the palace area on the first floor, which is the highest in the Lugnica Royal City and is also used by the royal family, a group of elders from the Sage Association, who represent the interests of the old and new knights, the new and old aristocrats, and merchants, are gathering. There was a meeting in a secret room.
"..."
"Everyone!"
"Let's talk about it. Now, what should I do?"
"This has been discussed before..."
"Should the Hastur Territory, that is, the territory of the former Border Commissioner Roswaal L. Merzas, be announced to be reclaimed? Also, should the disciplinary measures against the little girl be continued to be announced and implemented?"
"Everyone here must have heard about the things that are spreading in the city right now, so today's matter must be decided early!"
"above……"
"This is the topic of our meeting today!"
It turns out that the reason why the elders of the Sage Association are meeting is to discuss relevant punishment measures for a certain bad little girl?
It was obvious that they did not intend to easily forgive him for what he had done that day, causing a scene in the palace and causing the kingdom and the Council of Wise Men, knights and nobles who presided over the meeting to lose face. Instead, they still planned to discuss how to deal with the little girl. And carry out some severe measures to deal with the territory acquired "illegally"?
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None of the elders were in a hurry to speak. Instead, they all sat silently in their respective seats, looking at each other, waiting for others to express their opinions first. Some of them simply went on to do things that did not concern themselves. A high-spirited state of mind with eyes closed.
"laugh!"
"What else is there to say now? Didn't that little girl Curius from Duke Carlsten's family say it?"
Finally, I don’t know how long it took, an elder of the Wise Men’s Association couldn’t bear it anymore, and sneered and said sarcastically:
"Beluga, the most powerful existence among the three warcraft, was defeated by that little girl alone. The attack of nearly two thousand people from the Witch Cult was also crushed by her..."
"A white whale and two thousand members of the Witch Cult perished without even a wave rising..."
"What do you think we should do?"
"What can we do?!"
The elder who spoke first crossed his fingers with his hands and slightly supported the gorgeous wooden table. He glanced at everyone present with a sneer on his face and said this.
"But!"
"We can't just do nothing, right?"
"It's true that she made a big fuss in the palace and sat on the throne without permission!"
"Moreover, the incident has now spread in the royal capital and even the entire kingdom. The elders of our Sage Association, the Palace Knights and the nobles present at the time have almost lost their face."
"Just like she stepped on the throne, she also stepped on all of our faces. This matter must not be let go just like that!"
"That is a serious crime, even being sent to the guillotine is considered a minor crime!"
As soon as the sneer-faced elder finished speaking, an elder who looked like a middle-aged man slapped the table angrily and protested loudly with annoyance.
"guillotine?"
"laugh!"
"Then go ahead. I strongly recommend that you and your family's knights and attendants go to the border forest to capture the other party in person and hold him accountable!"
"What if you are not worried that you will be burned to death like the white whale?"
"!!"
"you!!"
"Okay, okay, everyone, we are in a meeting now, not a time to argue!"
"..."
"snort!"
"Why……"
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"What else can I do? Didn't you see that Reinhardt was knocked down with one move?"
"Tsk!"
"or……"
"Shall we ask for help from Shenlong?"
"No!"
"Although the divine dragon Polukanika did make an alliance with the royal family and promised to guard the peace of this country, but now that the royal family has died out, the validity of that alliance is very questionable before a new king is elected!"
"Besides..."
"I don't think Shenlong will care about these things. After all, that little girl did not endanger the kingdom. On the contrary, she also defeated the White Whale and the Witch Cult, and is now quite prestigious in the capital."
"yes……"
"I've heard about it too. It's said that many merchants and nobles are secretly visiting them in the border forest!"
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"..."
As they talked, the elders in the Wise Men's Association didn't know whether it was because they were worried or because they had something secret in their hearts. Anyway, when a certain elder said something in a sinister tone, the secret room quickly became silent.
Obviously, it seems that the elders in the Sage Association are not monolithic.
Representing the interests of all parties, some of them are relatively clear-minded. Some of them must have secretly arranged their escape route in advance, and it is even possible that some of them have secretly sent someone or personally visited the little girl's house. And met the half-demon Emilia.
"Everyone!"
"I want to ask: On the day she made a scene in the palace, did any of us in the Living Knights lose their lives?"
After a while, suddenly, one of the elders present suddenly spoke up and asked.
"ah!"
"That's not true..."
"??"
"Sir, what do you mean?"
"snort!"
"If not, then why are we being aggressive?"
"Even if we pass the decision today and publicly announce that we will take back her territory, and refuse to grant her a title and recognize her as a noble of the kingdom, what good will that do to us?"
"Besides, we don't have the ability to execute it, right?"
"Since it can't be implemented, it won't do us any good, and will lead to unpredictable and terrible consequences, so why not just..."
What exactly he wanted to do, the old and ghostly elder did not say clearly, because he knew that the elders and members of the Wise Men's Association who were present at the meeting would definitely understand what he meant.
"But……"
"We have to express an attitude. We can't just pretend that nothing happened, right?"
"That's right!"
"According to me, that half-demon should also be deprived of his qualification to be the king!"
"Ahem!"
"??"
"Great Elder, what do you mean?"
"..."
"I'm thinking, if we do that, will we in the palace end up like the white whale?"
"!!"
"!!"
"Then what do you mean..."
After arguing for a while, and then hearing some possibility mentioned by the great elder of the Sage Association, the elders who were still filled with righteous indignation instantly withered.
"Everyone!"
"I think you all know her strength by now. Therefore, I hereby propose: Maintain the status quo and we do nothing!"
"She made a big fuss in the palace..."
"We don't care, just pretend it never happened!"
"at the same time!"
"We will pretend we don't know about her crusade against the white whale, and we won't publicize or reward her!"
"As for Border Count Roswaal L. Merzas's proposal to formally ennoble the little girl and transfer the territory..."
"Then it will continue to be put on hold indefinitely!"
"What do you think?"
Finally, I saw that after arguing for a long time, no result could be reached, and that the elders present were deeply afraid of the little girl. Then I thought about what the other party did in the throne room that day and the misery of the white whale. At the end, the elder of the Sage Association who presided over the meeting had to sigh and tell him the decision he had made before the meeting.
This is the only way they can handle this matter, otherwise, what else can they do?
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The elders of the Wise Men present were silent, and no one spoke again... Obviously, in the absence of a better solution, they planned to acquiesce to the great elder's decision.
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At this time, everyone in the Hastur territory and a certain troubled little girl did not know what happened in the capital of Lugnika. The elders of the Sage Association had just passed a resolution against them. They were enjoying their lunch in the restaurant.
At this time, in addition to Anne who was sitting at the head of the long table, there were also Emilia, Betty, Ram, Rem, Petra and others sitting and eating on the side after receiving Ram's letter. Frandelica Bowerman, the senior maid who has returned to her duties, hastily returned to work!
Since Anne didn't mind the aristocratic rule that maids couldn't serve at the table, she asked everyone to sit together.
"Uh huh huh..."
(￣～￣)Chew!
Annie chewed her food, enjoying the feeling of everyone eating together.
"..."
At this time, Betty, the big elf Beatrice, was staring at Anne with vigilance and resentment while eating, not knowing what was going on with her.
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Of course, the two sisters Ram and Rem also noticed Betty's strange behavior, but they didn't care and just ate their food quietly in their place.
"Delicious!"
"Uh-huh!"
And the little maid Petra is imitating a certain bad little master to feast. She has not been trained for a long time after coming out of the village. At this time, her mouth is full of greasy food, and she no longer looks like going there. Pay attention to the etiquette that a maid should have.
Because she has become familiar with Master Anne in the past few days. She knows Master Anne's temperament, and the other party will definitely not punish her for this kind of thing!
"..."
As for the new 'old man', the maid Frandelica Bowerman, who is the oldest in this mansion but currently has the lowest status, looked at Betty and the lady on the throne with interest. That funny little master.
She obviously knew why Betty was acting so strangely.
Because she heard Ram and Rem say that before she returned to the mansion yesterday, Betty, who had a small conflict with the new owner here because of some things and lost a bet, after defaulting on her debt for a long time, Finally, the little guy got the chance to block him in the library, and then got a severe spanking?
That may be the reason why Betty disappeared all day yesterday, neither coming out to eat nor saying hello to her.
However, this also sounded the alarm for Frandelica. She had secretly decided that she would never offend or make a mistake easily, and she would never let the other party get any chance to punish her! That kind of thing is definitely not too difficult for her, a senior maid who has served at Roswaal Mansion for ten years.
"that……"
"Annie!"
"There is something I want to tell you and everyone else."
At this time, after basically finishing the food on her plate and seeing that everyone had almost eaten, Emilia, who had been eating her own food silently, finally raised her head and looked at Anne and said everyone at the table.
"??"
(๑•̌.•̑๑)ˀ̣ˀ̣
"What's the matter? Do you want this chicken drumstick?"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
With that said, Annie planned to pass the chicken legs that she didn't want to eat towards the other party.
"!!"
"No! It's not!"
"Is such that……"
After hurriedly waving her hands to reject Anne's greasy concern, Emilia slowly spoke out her thoughts when she saw everyone's eyes turned towards her.
It turned out that after receiving the letter from Roswaal L. Mezas three days ago, she had been a little worried about him.
After all, the other party found her, Emilia, and recommended her as a candidate for the throne. He usually took good care of her, and now the other party was injured due to fighting with the priest of the Witch Cult. To a certain extent, the other party It was because of her love for Miria that she was injured, so she should go and see her, both emotionally and rationally.
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Ram and Rem looked at each other. Although they also wanted to see the original owner, they thought they were still needed here in the mansion, so they did not speak and just waited for their master Anne's answer.
If their master wants to go, then they will definitely go with him, but if the master doesn't go, then they will definitely not ask to go with Emilia.
"So you want to see that clown uncle?"
(′▽｀*)
"He's not dead yet, so what's there to see..."
(๑╹ヮ╹๑)
"Forget it! If you want to go, just go, no one will stop you!"
(｡◝～◜｡)Chew!
After hearing that it was such a boring little thing, Annie didn't even think about it. She continued to eat her food and nodded her chin, which was also oily, and agreed on the spot.
In the evening, Rem was going to cook the special ingredient flying dragon eggs she bought from the royal capital. If Emilia was not here, she could eat one more of those good things that are said to be hard to come by, so what could she do? Might you mind?
"It would be great!"
"Then I'll leave soon. If Roswaal is okay, I'll be back in two days."
Seeing that Anne did not object to her plan, Emilia could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
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"Lady Emilia, are you sure you want to go to the Sanctuary?"
At this time, Frandelica, who had been listening attentively, spoke, and looked at Emilia's silver hair and sharp ears with interest.
She had known for a long time that Emilia was a half-human, half-elf girl, and she probably had more than half of her elven blood in her body, which was very interesting.
"Yes!"
"What's wrong, Frandelica, is there a problem?"
Emilia was a little confused. She didn't know why the other party's expression suddenly became so strange.
"No!"
"It's nothing, it's just that I also know some people in the sanctuary, maybe..."
"Can I ask you to bring a message?"
Looking at Emilia's serious expression, and then looking at the little girl lord who only cared about eating and drinking, and had no idea what was about to happen, Frandelica suddenly laughed, revealing her full mouth. of sharp teeth.
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(o゜～゜)o
After looking at Emilia and then at Frandelica who smiled a bit cunningly, Anne finally didn't ask anything.
She didn't want to visit that clown uncle at all. She wasn't very familiar with that guy, and she didn't care about his injuries. Therefore, this matter had nothing to do with her great Lord Anne. Whoever wanted to go could go!
(…)
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"ah!"
"Does Frandelica want me to help carry the message?"
"Do you have any acquaintances in the sanctuary other than Roswaal? That's great. Don't worry, I will definitely bring them to you!"
"Suddenly I am looking forward to it..."
"What kind of place is the Holy Land?"
After nodding her head and agreeing to Frandelica's request, Emilia began to look forward to her.
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