If you want to ask which city on the Star-Moon Peninsula is the most famous, it is undoubtedly Lutesia, the capital of the Crescent Kingdom.
As one of the oldest cities in the Western Unite region, Lutetia was already one of the many capitals of the ancient Blood Dynasty as early as the Bloodline Kingship era, and before the founding of the Unite Empire 1,100 years ago, Lutetia In the early days, this place became the imperial capital of the empire.
Nine hundred years ago, the Yunaite Empire encountered a succession crisis, and the entire country was divided into two, namely the Eastern Yunaite Empire and the Western Yunaite Empire.
The East Yunet Empire was destroyed in a disaster not long after, and has since turned into the East Yunet Black Land where monsters are rampant.
The Siyonite Empire has persisted to this day, but it has also experienced division, destruction and reconstruction in history...
The Crescent Kingdom was established during the split of the Siyonite Empire.
After the Yunet Empire split from east to west, the founder of the Valva family, who was the Prime Minister of the West Yunet Empire at the time, took advantage of the weakening imperial power of the empire to seize power and split the country again, dividing nearly one-third of the northwest third of the West Yunet Empire and establishing an independent country. , proclaimed himself king, which is now the Crescent Kingdom.
Lutetia naturally became the capital of the Crescent Kingdom.
It is precisely because of such a period of history that even today, the residents of the Crescent Kingdom regard themselves as the purest descendants of Yunaite, and are fiercely competing with the rebuilt West Yunaite Empire for Yunaite orthodoxy.
Charlotte saw all this history from church historical materials.
The nobles of Miria rarely record history, but the Church of the Holy Royal Court has such a good habit, which also allows Charlotte to fully understand the past of this world.
Of course, even the Holy Royal Court's detailed history only begins with the founding of the Yunet Empire.
As for the earlier history of the blood royal period, it may be due to some taboos or there may be a lack of records. Most of them are already legends passed down orally.
Perhaps some immortal species such as elves and dragons still have memories of that period.
But humans are humans, they are who they are.
Elves and dragons, who have always looked down on short-lived species, will not be interested in human history.
As for the Mythic Era and Elven Era that are earlier than the Blood Moon Era, I am afraid that even among the records of elves and dragons, many of them have been buried in the past...
After all, even a giant dragon that lives longer than an elf has a maximum lifespan of only 1,700 or 8,000 years, which is far from being able to experience the past two thousand years ago.
The only ones that can be called walking mythological history books are probably the vampires who survived from ancient times.
But it's a pity that these guys who spend most of their time sleeping in coffin boards are sometimes better off going to ancient ruins to see the murals...
Stop talking and get back to the present moment.
The royal capital of Lutesia is located in the middle of the Crescent Kingdom, almost half a month away from Castres.
There was less than a month left before the Central Conference. In order to rush on the road, Charlotte reduced the number of visits and stay time to the noble lords along the way.
This trip went smoothly, escorted by more than a hundred fully armed knights. No one dared to touch Charlotte's troubles. Even if there were bandits and robbers along the way, they had to make a careful detour after seeing Castel's motorcade. Walk.
Almost twenty days later, Charlotte saw the tall city walls of the Crescent King's capital, Lutecia.
That's a really tall city wall...
The huge city gate is nearly twenty meters high and is made of solid stones and iron components. It stands like a giant, declaring the authority of the kingdom to people coming and going.
The sparkling moat is very wide, probably more than fifty meters, and is connected to the Kaina River surrounding Lutecia, and there is even boat traffic.
As the royal capital of the Crescent Kingdom, Lutesia is much more prosperous than North Port. It is said that its population is close to one million, second only to the Holy City of the Theocracy.
The main road leading to the city gate is filled with carriages and pedestrians, travelers and caravans. It is busier than the dock in Beigang during its busiest period.
When Charlotte's motorcade came in a mighty manner, what they saw was such a prosperous scene.
The Castel family's motorcade is still very conspicuous.
A total of twenty luxuriously decorated carriages and more than a hundred fully armed knights attracted the attention of countless people as soon as they arrived, making the noble nobles stand out.
Pedestrians, travelers and small caravans nearby voluntarily gave way and allowed Castel's motorcade to go first.
Of course, it's just to give way.
There were very few people who stopped to salute like they did in the Northland or looked at it curiously like they did in other places.
Most of the caravans and pedestrians just glanced at the armored knight a few more times, then stayed away and stopped paying attention.
This is also normal.
The most indispensable thing in Lutecia is the nobility. Nobles of all sizes can be seen everywhere. If you throw a brick casually on the street, you may hit a baron or viscount. People's awe for the nobility is not as deep as in other places.
Luxurious aristocratic fleets, such as the Castel family's carriage, are very common in Lutetia. Charlotte has seen quite a few of them just outside the city gate.
Charlotte even suspected that what really made people take the initiative to avoid them was the more than a hundred majestic armored knights escorting them.
In addition, not all teams will give way after seeing Caster's team.
Some convoys with clearly aristocratic emblems on the sides of their carriages did not get out of the way, and this even included some caravans filled with goods.
Many of these convoys were also escorted by knights, and Charlotte even sensed extraordinary auras from some of the knights.
It was obvious that these convoys had noble backgrounds, and Charlotte even saw the emblems of several large families in the kingdom that she had cheated on.
Unlike pedestrians, the people in these convoys just curiously looked at the Castel family's luxurious carriage and unfamiliar family emblem, and stopped paying attention.
However, the knights escorting the convoy couldn't help but look at Charlotte's escort team, or to be more precise, at the sophisticated equipment of the Castel Knights.
As for those extraordinary knights, their eyes kept falling on those knights around Charlotte's carriage, with expressions of surprise on their faces.
Without him, many of Charlotte's fellow knights are also extraordinary people, including a few initiates.
The nobles of Miria also know how to choose what to eat. In order to build momentum for this trip to the royal capital and avoid being approached by some unsighted guys, Charlotte brought the most elite knights with her. , and the best knight armor was also brought out.
She came to the meeting and negotiations as the victor and new vassal, and had no intention of keeping a low profile from the beginning.
After taking a look at the exterior scene of Lutetia, Charlotte lowered the curtains of the carriage and waited quietly to enter the city.
However, just when Castel's motorcade was about to enter the stone bridge of the moat, bursts of horse hoofbeats mixed with screams and curses suddenly came from behind the motorcade.
Charlotte felt the carriage stop slightly, and heard the coachman's curses.
She frowned slightly, opened the curtains again and asked:
"What happened?"
"My lord, it's the cavalry! We were supposed to get on the bridge, but suddenly some cavalry jumped into our team and rushed to the front!"
The driver of the carriage said angrily.
"cavalry?"
Charlotte raised her eyebrows slightly.
She looked out the car window and saw two rows of armored knights wearing gray cloaks and equally well-armed. They surpassed Castel's team and occupied the stone bridge leading to the city gate first, jumping into Charlotte's team.
They lined up on both sides, majestic and rampant along the way. The screams just now were from the cavalry rushing into pedestrians. At this moment, you can still hear the cry, it is obvious that someone was injured.
However, these knights didn't seem to care. They didn't even look at the pedestrian who was knocked to the ground. They just roughly let other passers-by move him to the side of the road.
Several knights who happened to be blocking Castel's motorcade whistled at Charlotte's escort knights and made provocative gestures, which caused Charlotte's knights to glare.
At the front of the convoy, the captain of the guard, Baron Sharon, was riding a horse, frowning and talking to the knight who was obviously the leader.
The leading knight of the opponent's team had an arrogant attitude. Only when his eyes fell on Castel's guarding knights did he become more or less serious.
And when Charlotte's eyes fell on the noble badge on the opponent's chest, a hint of surprise appeared on her expression.
Apart from him, she was too familiar with the other party's clan emblem and had dealt with him some time ago.
That was the emblem of the Gaston family, exactly the same as the emblem of the Earl Gaston family whom she had transformed into a blood servant.
The only difference is probably that the other party's emblem is surrounded by a gold border, while the emblem of Earl Gaston's family is surrounded by a silver border.
Charlotte planned to use magic to hear what they were talking about, but before she could listen, Baron Sharon ended the conversation with the other party.
He comforted his knight, and then rode towards Charlotte.
"what happened?"
Charlotte asked.
"My lord, this is the cavalry team of Duke Gaston's family. Their family members are about to enter the city."
Baron Sharon said with an ugly expression.
"A member of the family? Not the Duke himself?"
Charlotte's heart moved slightly.
"I don't know. They didn't say it in detail. They just wanted us to get out of the way."
Baron Sharon shook his head.
"Tsk, that's quite impressive."
Charlotte clicked her tongue.
Baron Chalon looked hesitant:
"Lord Earl, then we..."
"It doesn't matter, let them go first. You send someone to check on the person they just hit. Take the accompanying priest with you. Don't let anyone die."
Charlotte said.
Duke Gaston is one of the nine great dukes in the kingdom. The opponent's motorcade is so unscrupulous. If not the Duke himself, he is probably an important figure in the Gaston family.
Although Charlotte did not intend to keep a low profile during this trip, she also did not intend to quarrel with other nobles before finding out the details.
It's just a matter of being cut in line, just waiting a little longer, Charlotte doesn't care that much yet.
After a while, Baron Chalon returned and reported to Charlotte the situation of the pedestrian being hit:
"The injured person is not seriously injured and his life is not in danger. The cavalry should have spared his efforts. We have already asked the priests accompanying us to help with the treatment. After using the healing magic, the injury should be healed in a few days."
After listening to Sharon's report, Charlotte nodded slightly:
"Yeah, okay."
At this time, the Gaston family's motorcade also came under the escort of knights.
The motorcade was majestic and even more powerful than the Castel family's. The tall carriage was extremely luxurious, and even the horses pulling the carriage were dragon scale horses with dragon blood.
However, just when Charlotte thought that the Gaston family's motorcade would go straight into the city gate, it stopped when passing Castel's motorcade.
Immediately afterwards, the carriage closest to Charlotte's carriage and the most luxuriously decorated in the entire Gaston fleet suddenly closed its curtains, and a young and frivolous voice came:
"Black Northern Mountain Eagle...the Castel family?"
Charlotte looked over and saw a young nobleman who looked to be in his twenties and had a handsome face sitting in the other party's carriage.
On his left and right sides, he held two beautiful maids with graceful figures and scantily clad clothes. Their half-pointed ears announced their identities as half-elves. In the hands of the maids, they also held wine glasses filled with fine wine and peeled fruits.
Seeing Charlotte looking back, a flash of surprise flashed across the young noble's face, but he quickly returned to normal.
I saw him whistle and smile frivolously:
"Are you Charlotte of Castells? The pearl of Bold, a saint who has not yet been recognized by the Holy Royal Court?"
As he spoke, without waiting for Charlotte to answer, he looked at Charlotte's appearance and said to himself:
"It seems that sometimes rumors are quite true. The Pearl of Boulder... I thought it was just a gimmick. But today, it seems, hehe, it is indeed well-deserved. It can even be called the Crescent Kingdom or even Siyonite." The pearl!”
"Looking at your appearance, you should have elven blood, right? You are so beautiful, but you have to swear celibacy to the gods. Tsk, what a pity... What a pity."
"Hahahahahaha..."
Charlotte raised her eyebrows slightly, intending to ask about the other party's identity, but the young nobleman had already lowered the curtains and moved on amid laughter.
In the dust, the Gaston family's motorcade entered the city gate under the escort of knights. Even the guards at the city gate saluted them respectfully. It was not until the motorcade was gone that they gradually raised their heads and continued to straighten their backs. Stand guard.
"Let's go too."
Charlotte said.
The armored knights looked at the direction in which the Gaston family's motorcade was leaving with some dissatisfaction, cursed a few words angrily, and then escorted Charlotte's motorcade towards the gate of the royal capital.
However, just when the Castel family's motorcade was about to step onto the stone bridge leading to the royal capital, it was stopped by the guards at the city gate.
"Which family's convoy are you from? The royal capital is such an important place that armed knights without permission are not allowed to enter!"
At the city gate, the heavily armed guards glanced at the family emblem on the Castel family's car and said seriously.
(End of chapter)
