Chaos Crown

Chapter 28, See you in the palace (second update!)

"Your Highness, the Duke of Kayneth-Irelands, please see me."

The majestic female voice behind the golden-red color matching Manshava didn't finish speaking. An attendant walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee, and reported that the Duke was asking to see him.

"Please come in." The voice behind the curtain said lightly.

The Duke of Kayneth-Ires strode into the Duar Hall. The duke's uniform, which was also purple and gold, was dazzling in the afternoon light from the glass windows. A servant brought him a chair.

As a de facto duke, Kayneth is almost on the same level as the regent princess, as long as there is no one on the throne of Cormyr for a day, Kayneth doesn't need to salute anyone.

The Duke of Ireland's willingness to bow to the Queen Regent is only a respect among comrades-in-arms. Alice Searle has been fighting with King Arthur IV for nearly ten years since she was a teenager, and she has made countless achievements. Otherwise, she would not be able to When Yasan IV died in battle, he successfully got the support of the Purple Dragon Knights and the Battle Mage to become the regent of the kingdom.

"Mr. Kayneth, you must have something important to come here near dusk, right?" The Iron Queen's voice was always full of majesty.

"Yes, Your Royal Highness, your loyal servant has good news for you!" Duke Kayneth glanced at Captain Queen's Blade next to him, and made an excited tone, saying that Aaron Salian was an awakened extraordinary man. The news that Charm became a warlock came out.

Facing Kayneth's "good news", Mansha responded silently.

The Duke chattered for a while, and then emphasized excitedly: "The little guy is one of our own in Cormyr, we must train him well, Your Highness, if you don't mind, I will ask a famous teacher to teach him how Sample?"

"Sir Kayneth is indeed the closest friend of the late king. In this matter, I feel your loyalty to the kingdom. However, I have a more suitable candidate for guiding Salian to cast spells. Sir Kayneth You don't have to worry about it." The joy in Man Shahou's voice obviously faded a bit.

"But... also, since His Highness has already made up his mind, I can only support your decision." Kayneth nodded inwardly.

It's enough to say that, he is already the recommender, just an apprentice-level warlock, so there is no need to be too formal.

The voice behind Mansha gave a soft "hmm", and the voice of writing on the parchment was obviously two points louder.

The conversation between the princess and the duke also did not end.

"Your Highness, something has happened! The statue of the former king just made by the craftsmen was smashed by Sir Sharp!" A Queen's Blade quickly entered the palace.

"What?" The person behind Mansha stood up this time, and everyone in the hall felt her anger.

Queen's Blade hurriedly told what happened in the royal library.

The Queen Regent replied very quickly. She took a new piece of parchment, wrote a few strokes on it, and threw the parchment on the ground.

Decree: Knight of the Purple Dragon beheaded Sir Sharp for the crime of deliberately destroying the statue in the library of the former kings.

Even Duke Kayneth, who was sitting next to him, was secretly surprised by the severity of this punishment.

This is the Iron Queen!
"Your Highness, is this punishment too heavy?" Kayneth immediately spoke for Sharp: "Didn't the news say that that little fellow Aaron might have used illusion or enchantment spells to make Sharp lose control? Is this sentence of beheading too severe?"

"Don't he know where the royal library is?" The regent princess sitting behind Mansha asked back: "The retired battle mage at the front desk has testified that it was Sharp who took the initiative to provoke trouble. Since he dared to provoke trouble in the royal library, then Be mentally prepared to go to the guillotine!"

"However, this fellow Salian caused such a thing just after he failed his mission, and the impact is bad." The regent princess was obviously not in a good mood, she thought for a while, and then ordered: "It is not him who has awakened the charisma. An excuse to play magic as you please! Pass my decree, Aaron-Salian will be fined for half a year, and you will reflect behind closed doors for five months!"

"Yes." Queen's Blade took the order.

This is Liwei, Kayneth who was sitting on the side thought to himself.

This is a common trick in the army. If you want to train a person well, you always suppress him first, humiliate him, torture him, destroy his self-esteem, smooth his edges and corners, and then cultivate and reuse him.

But... such an approach does not always work, my Regent.

That's okay, if the princess does this, my recommendation will be valuable.

Before the queen's blade could go out, the third message was sent to the royal court.

Aaron Salian was assassinated, right uptown!
"What?" The princess regent could no longer control her emotions.

Right under his nose, just three kilometers away from the palace, Aaron Salian was actually assassinated?

The person who came told the details of the incident. When he said that Aaron was only slightly injured and that the monster was killed by the passing paladin Sir Renard, even the maids in the distance could feel the Queen Regent relax. tone.

"Check, check for me immediately! Who did it? Who dared to assassinate Manuel's son near the palace of Susar! Hendry, go and inform Yuri! Queen's Blade must give me the assassin Find it out!"

"Obey!" Hendry took the order first, and then asked cautiously, "Then... about Viscount Salian's punishment?"

"...Remember it for now, and since he is fine, the original plan remains unchanged."

"Two days later in the morning, call Viscount Salian to meet him in Duar Hall!"

"As ordered!"

————I wrote down the dividing line first———

That night, he was full of ambition, with a whole pork chop on his shoulder, a whole wrapped beef tenderloin on his back, half a dozen Tethel red wine in his hand, and a bottle of deep water under his arm. Lothair of City Rum returned to the Salian House shaking his full stomach.

Uncle hiccupped, he thought His Royal Highness is such a good man, not only treated him to a big meal, but also left Sir Goodman to accompany him, Mr. Sir was also very enthusiastic, and asked him what he wanted, although Open your mouth.

Good man!
Lothair thought about it, and tried to get a bottle of Tethyr's red wine. He had been greedy for this kind of red wine for a long time, but the red wine imported from Tethyr was really expensive, and a bottle cost 10 gold. Lion coins!

When Lothair made this request, Goodman was obviously taken aback, and the expression on his face read "Are you serious?".

After getting a definite answer, the knight laughed and said that it was not easy. He asked the attendant to go and bought half a dozen Tethyr red wine from the market. The unfinished wine on the table was given to him together.

I made a lot of money this time around!
Lothair felt good about himself, but when he was at the door of the house, his uncle began to hesitate again.

How to explain the origin of these things to Meili?
People passing by looked suspiciously at a middle-aged man holding something on his body, with wine on the ground, and making a speech to the tree by the roadside.

"Merry, Meili, you heard me, I have a good friend, the one I told you about, the one named John, he came back to Suzal and brought me red wine from Tethyr , we just had a meal together... Damn, no, that boy John is not so rich, even if he really went to Tethyr, these few bottles of wine would be equivalent to letting him do it for nothing."

"Oh, my dear Mei Li, something good happened to me today. Our Royal Highness showed mercy and came to the stables to check the horses. Because I raised the horses beautifully, she rewarded me... This is not okay."

Lothair put his hands on his hips, facing the big tree in front of him, thinking that this is not okay, first of all, if the princess rewards Mei Li, she can expose this lie by just asking, and our Iron Queen never indiscriminately reward.

"What? Oh, you said this wine, that's right, Sir XX left it with me... No, I won't have to drink it myself!"

"Someone from my hometown? No, no, a lottery on the street? No, you will be scolded for spending money indiscriminately!"

Why can't I drink this wine after I got it?

It can't be buried under a tree, can it?
Lothar stood at the door of the house for almost half an hour, constantly speaking to the big tree in front of the house amidst the strange expressions of passers-by, until Aaron saw him on the window sill of the study on the second floor.

What is this uncle doing?Acting in a play?

Lord Viscount went downstairs, and Lothar hurriedly reported what had happened to Aaron.

Duke of Kayneth-Ireland?

The real duke who was called "Friend" by the former King Asan IV?

He didn't stay in his own territory, why did he appear in Susar?
Aaron thought carefully about the changes brought about by this accident.

Lothair did not perform his task well, but the duke's presence also had a salutary influence on his plans.

There is competition to make progress, and competition to develop.

This may not be a bad thing for myself.

It's just that you have to practice your speaking skills when meeting the queen. The regent of the kingdom is not a benevolent lord who likes to be close to others, otherwise he wouldn't get the nickname of the Iron Queen.

For the next day, Aaron locked himself in the study. He repeatedly studied Alice Searle's recent decrees, trying to figure out how he should answer her questions.

On the third day, it was Aaron's turn to enter the palace to meet the princess.

On this day, Aaron woke up before five o'clock in the morning. With the help of his uncle and aunt, he put on his viscount dress, tidied up his appearance, and even put on a little makeup. After crowning the mink and the silver ring on the crown, he rode to wait outside the gate of the palace.

Looking at the majestic Suzar Palace on the bank of Dragon Lake, and the long and deep corridor behind the gate of the palace, Aaron's heart began to beat uncontrollably.

What appeared in front of him was this country, this race, and this civilization for thousands of years. It was the glory passed down to this day by Obeszier, and it was a symbol of the country of Cormyr still standing after countless vicissitudes.

It's not that Aaron has never been to the palace before, but it was all as a vassal following the adults to attend the annual Suzar meeting.

At this moment, Aaron was in a trance, as if he had returned to his childhood, followed behind his father and mother with the dense crowd of people, and squeezed into the gate of the palace. Outside was the home court of the knights, and the little nobles looked towards the inner court with ambition and longing in their eyes.

And the moment his boots stepped on the entrance of the palace gate, everything disappeared without a trace, he was left alone in the world, and there were guards not far away, except for a Queen's Blade who guided him forward , and nothing is left.

Yes, I am the last Salian.

The sound of the heartbeat was extremely clear, and Viscount Salian hesitated endlessly. He walked through one magnificent building after another, stepped over one guard after another, and gradually entered the heart of the kingdom.

"Little guy, are you here?" Aaron's thoughts were interrupted by a voice from the side.

It's the Duke of Kayneth-Irelands!

"His Royal Highness Ireland! It's an honor to meet you here!" Aaron quickly knelt down on one knee and saluted Duke Kayneth.

The hierarchy among nobles is actually quite complicated. It is divided into three structures: titles, actual positions, and vassal relationships. It is not that those with low titles must salute those with high titles. A duke who can play with birds at home is facing a baron who is a court minister of the kingdom and is favored by the emperor. There is no need for the baron to salute the duke.

The same is true for the relationship between vassals. When there is no subordinate relationship between the two parties, whether the person with the lower title salutes to the person with the higher title depends on the personal relationship.

The Duke of Kayneth is the Duke of the Field, the commander-in-chief of the army in the east of the kingdom, and the elder of Aaron.

"Hey, get up, get up, I haven't seen you for many years, I didn't expect you to grow up so big." Duke Kayneth calmly accepted Aaron's courtesy, and helped him up himself: "Why are you in a daze? I called you twice. I just heard it."

"Your Highness, forgive me, this is the first time I entered the palace alone." Aaron's trance just now was noticed by Duke Kayneth, and he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

"Normal, what's the matter, who is not like this when entering the palace for the first time?" Kayneth patted Aaron's shoulder understandingly, His Royal Highness looked very amiable: "You have to know, I will personally send you to the palace for your future. You recommended it to Her Royal Highness!"

"Thank you so much!" Aaron's heart moved, thinking that Duke Kayneth personally recommended me to the princess?
If this is the case, it means that His Highness the Duke is Zhongzheng Gongyi who thinks about the country and can make friends with him.

"You're very lucky, I'll take you in." Kayneth motioned Aaron to follow him closely, and His Royal Highness instructed as he walked, "You are just a Purple Dragon Knight now, neither an official Purple Dragon Knight nor an official Purple Dragon Knight. With the title of inner court knight, you will be arrested if you walk around in the palace."

"For today's interview, I have already arranged for your attendants and maids in advance. You don't have to worry, you just need to answer the questions carefully, but you must keep in mind that what you can say and what you can't say is up to you. "

This person may be useful in the future.

The Duke thought about it for a while, and decided to give him a little bit of sweetness, a little bit is fine, and Endo is lighter.

"Yes." Aaron has experienced life and death since he crossed, but at this moment he also felt a little sleepwalking. He only felt that his footsteps were a little flimsy, and he always felt unstable when he stepped on the hard floor tiles. The blade went in to report, and a layer of cold sweat had already oozed from the palms and back of Viscount Salian.

As the Son of Chaos, he shouldn't be like this.

But after more than ten years of experience, living under the shadow of seizing titles, coupled with the regent princess's dictatorial and cruel style, Aaron was not absolutely sure.

He is not the protagonist of the time traveler in those web novels in his memory, relying on his foresight and deep understanding of the characters to control everything in his own hands.

I still need to hone myself.

"Come in." A majestic female voice came from the hall.

Aaron strode into the Dual Hall, and according to the etiquette that had been practiced many times in advance, he took six steps forward with his head down, took off the viscount crown and put it in his hand, and knelt down on one knee.

"His Royal Highness Alice Ser-Obeschiel, Princess Regent, your loyal and humble servant is here to greet you, and in the name of the Silver Virgin, I wish you good health!"

"I wish... the last Salian, raise your head and let me see you." The majestic female voice said.

Aaron raised his head slowly, controlling his expression.

Through the hazy golden-red manskin, a mature lady with an elegant demeanor is sitting on the throne.

She was wearing a full set of Obesziel royal princess dress and a pair of black suede red-bottomed stiletto high heels that were classic and elegant. The high slits on the side of the floor-length dress also exposed her pair of thick black silk long legs that fit perfectly. Just from the oily texture and delicate texture of the black silk, you can feel the softness and silkiness of the stockings.

"Yes, Your Royal Highness."

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