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Chapter 539 Who knows what their goal is

In mid-May, the situation on the battlefield of the Danma Kingdom suddenly calmed down.

The Kingdom of Sverrieres completely occupied Lancie Island and some important surrounding islands, then stopped the offensive and sent envoys for peace talks.

In the city of Hamma, Frederick was packing his luggage when he was pulled by Count Pisto to study the war situation.

"I'm not leaving that fast. I'm just staying at the manor first." Frederick was a little helpless. "I'll leave after the advance team arrives in two days."

It was not an easy task for the more than 1 troops of the st Division of the Wesson Army and its attached cavalry, magic regiment and other troops to set out. The command and staff team led by Franz Jr. went ahead to prepare for the next action.

Frederick had a huge manor outside the city, which was a trophy of the Battle of the Elbe. The house in the city had an independent telegraph station, so he used it as a command center, and he went to the manor first.

He is a famous man. These days, the streets in Hanma City are crowded with people who want to see him for various reasons. He needs to stay in the manor to cover up his whereabouts.

Count Pisto breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Frederick was still there.

Although he himself could see that this was a delaying tactic by Kosdorf, he still had to find a more professional person to confirm it.

Frederick said, "How do I know what Kosdorf is thinking? There was no intelligence about this war beforehand. They even avoided the best season in winter when the sea is frozen and horses can walk directly across the sea. Who knows what their goal is?"

Count Pisto's original confidence was suddenly shaken.

Frederick continued, "It's easy to figure out their purpose. We can collect intelligence on the transportation of supplies at their ports. If they are hoarding a large amount of logistical supplies, then we have to continue fighting."

Wars anywhere are constrained by logistics.

The current war mode is the same. Basically, it is to stockpile a wave of supplies, then fight a big battle, and withdraw troops when the supplies are gone.

Therefore, the landlords here have to build castles, betting that the enemy will run out of food and retreat before capturing the castle.

The same is true for wars at the national level. Wheat is harvested in the summer, a major battle is fought in the autumn, and there is a rest in the winter and spring, with small-scale battles taking place.

Frederick has asked the Dawn Chamber of Commerce and the Steamed Bun Bureau to start collecting relevant information, and then hand it over to little Franz.

Count Pisto thought that this was indeed the case, so he prepared to let the merchants he was familiar with collect intelligence. Some things could only be handled with peace of mind if they were in control themselves.

Two days later, Franz the Younger brought an advance team to Hammar. After Frederick gave him some instructions, he moved to the manor.

After a few days, Frederick asked the Dawn Chamber of Commerce to prepare to send away the woman sent by Kosdorf, and at the same time told Kosdorf to continue his business.

As soon as these women were brought in, Frederick interrogated them carefully several times. Those female slave warriors were not undercover agents and they did whatever their master told them to do.

So he gave all these people to Catherine with peace of mind. Now that Catherine wanted to recruit an army for revenge, they could serve as guards.

The two princesses of the Piast Kingdom were real princesses, whose magical talents were hidden by the previous king and they practiced hard.

They planned to overthrow their eldest brother Casimir and become queen themselves, but their political wisdom was almost zero, and they were finally framed and convicted of murdering their father.

If it weren't for their teacher's high status, the grass on their graves would be so tall that they wouldn't even have a chance to be sold.

After buying these two treasures, Kosdorf kept them well and made them appear to have not been tortured, in order to sell them for a good price.

He also named the two princesses "Banana" and "Watermelon" respectively. These two fruits from the southern continent are sold at very high prices in the north.

There is no greater sorrow than a dead heart. The two princesses are now like walking corpses.

There was no light in their eyes, which were originally like golden gemstones. Like salted fish, they would do whatever they were told to do, and would hardly take the initiative to do anything. Frederick even suspected that if he told them not to breathe, they would suffocate themselves.

That day, a carriage drove into the manor, and soon after Frederick called Banana and Watermelon into the living room.

Frederick was sitting on the sofa reading a letter, with a rough wooden box in front of him, one of which was already opened.

He had written a letter to Casimir not long ago, asking if the two men were real.

Casimir thought that the two of them were being treated as playthings in the dark place, but he didn't expect that they would fall into Frederick's hands intact.

In his reply, he implicitly stated that there was no such princess in the Piast Kingdom, but he did have a pair of twin sisters.

Frederick saw clearly that Casimir wanted to rely on them to get closer to him, but was afraid that Casimir would use their identities to influence the Piast royal family, so he recognized their blood identity but deprived them of their political rights.

At the same time, at the end of the letter, Casimir hoped to purchase a batch of hunting rifles to deal with the looting of the Kingdom of Sverriere.

For this purpose, he sent a box of gifts. After Frederick opened it, he took a few pieces to have a look. Catherine's name on them was not even worn off. It was not known whether she had snatched them away, or whether it hinted that he knew Catherine was on his side.

Frederick put the matter aside and planned to have the female warriors take them to Catherine.

"You two come and sit down." He patted the sides of the sofa and asked Banana and Watermelon to come and sit down.

Frederick had not yet figured out how to make final arrangements for the two people. It was one thing for Casimir to deprive them of their political rights, but when the need arose, he could kill Casimir and then have a child with one of them to inherit the throne of the Piast Kingdom.

Two wooden men went over and sat down.

Frederick said to them, "Have you ever thought about what you want to do in the future?"

Banana and Watermelon shook their heads together.

Frederick raised his hands and put his arms around their shoulders, pulling them into his arms and saying, "You know I keep my word."

As he spoke, his hands began to become restless, and Banana and Watermelon's breathing began to gradually become heavier.

"You can choose what to do in the future." Frederick's expression became serious, "I will fully consider your requests and agree to them if they are reasonable, just like I will stop when you say no, and continue only when you say yes."

The sisters recalled their experiences of the past few days, and their faces suddenly turned as red as ripe apples. Their bodies softened, and there was an imperceptible change in their eyes.

Frederick continued, "I will arrange two places for you, one is in Constantine, and the other is far to the south. You can choose one and start a new life there."

He didn't want to fall out with Casimir now, and he estimated that Casimir would not be willing to let them live well, so it was better to send them far away.

Banana whispered, "I will follow my master's instructions."

The watermelon also said, "We will go wherever our master tells us to go."

Frederick shook his head and said, "I want to listen to your opinions."

How could he know that these two people now dared not to have their own opinions? Although their bodies were well maintained after being sold, the cruel mental torture they suffered was unprecedented, so that the two of them had mental problems.

Frederick didn't know about this, but he noticed that their eyes changed when they were physically excited. He wondered if they had mental problems due to the huge drop in status after the failure of the political struggle, and that they had closed their hearts and only opened up a little when their minds were a little confused?

So he took out a mushroom he had brought back from the north, put it in a teapot to make tea and fed it to the two of them.

(End of this chapter)