my armed maid

Chapter 165 Chapter 162: The Monarch’s Proposal
As the sun set, the best restaurant in Linfeng City was booked tonight by a big shot from the city lord's palace.

Everyone in the restaurant was working hard at this moment, using all their manpower and material resources to provide the best service to the two distinguished guests.

And at the door of a private room on the highest floor of the restaurant, there was a man and a woman guarding the door like door gods, with gloomy expressions.

They are none other than Reinhardt and Yuna.

"That...two adults."

The waiter in the restaurant brought the dishes to the booth opposite the private room and spoke carefully, "We have also prepared dinner for you, do you think?"

Although they were just subordinates of the two adults in the box, they also had to eat.

Unless they are bodyguards with very strict rules and relatively low status, generally speaking, they will finish the meal quickly from a position where they can see the box, fulfilling their duties as guards without delaying dinner.

"...Put it there." Reinhard's voice was low.

Although Yuna did not speak, she also stood at the door without moving.

At this time, his master was having a secret meeting with the opposite sex alone in the box - this fact made both of them upset. How could they be in the mood to eat?
An inexplicable and suppressed resentment rushed towards his face. The attendant shuddered and quickly retreated in silence.

This state is not acceptable, you must keep a normal mind, a normal mind! Reinhard took two deep breaths, trying to clear away the distracting thoughts in his mind.

In order not to make the atmosphere outside too embarrassing, he diverted his attention and spoke to Yuna on the side:
"I didn't expect that the white raven I met this morning was you. My name is Reinhardt, His Highness's personal knight."

Yuna responded calmly: "Yuna Askar, the master's personal maid, occasionally does combat work."

"The relationship between Miss Yuna and Mr. Nolen should be very close, right?"

He asked, "Although it is a bit abrupt, I would like to ask, what kind of person is Mr. Nolen?"

"What kind of person?" Yuna thought seriously, "I don't know what to say.

"He is very gentle, kind, and very smart. Although he seems a bit dull at times, this may be one of his advantages..."

The corner of the girl's mouth curled up slightly when she was lost in memories. Reinhardt was slightly touched in his heart and sighed:
“It seems Evelin is right, you do like him quite a lot.”

Yuna was stunned for a moment and turned away: "As a personal maid, it is natural for me to be devoted to the master."

"Just a personal maid?"

Reinhard said softly, "If your master embraces another woman in the future, will you sincerely bless him and continue to be devoted to him?"

If she were just a pure personal maid, of course she wouldn't have such unreasonable thoughts, but he guessed that Yuna did.

Because she is the White Raven of Linfeng City, with her talent and potential, she probably won't be willing to just become a personal maid.

As expected, Yuna's calm expression changed when she heard this, and she asked coldly, "What do you mean?"

"Literally." Reinhard said slowly.

"I heard that Lord Nolen is not married yet. As a legendary alchemist, he will definitely marry a wife with excellent background and appearance in the future, right?"

"Are you referring to Her Royal Highness Rosalia?" Yuna asked.

"No...I'm just making an assumption." Reinhard's tone was choked.

"Do you like Her Majesty Rosalia?"

"……It does not matter."

"Is it really not important?" Yuna was silent for a few seconds, "If it were before, I might feel the same way."

"what about now?"

"Being able to understand one's own thoughts is of course very important."

She said, "And equally important, I think it should be trusting the other person's heart."

"Believe in the other person's heart?"

"I was a little irritated at first, but I figured it out just now."

Yuna continued, "I believe that even if His Highness has evil thoughts, he doesn't, and this is enough."

Just now, Rosalia suddenly leaned next to Nolen in a seemingly intimate manner and extended an invitation to him, and Nolen finally agreed.

Skipping the dinner party and having a private date with just two people, such an invitation is quite ambiguous no matter how you think about it, right?

Master, how could you agree?

This fact did make her a little depressed, but after thinking about it carefully, she might have misunderstood.

With Nolen's slow-warming personality, he had already rejected his own temptation, so how could he be easily seduced by someone he met for the first time?
Just because Rosalia is more beautiful and noble? She believed Nolen was not such a person.

"Who do you think has evil thoughts?" Reinhardt couldn't bear to hear someone say bad things about Rosalia, so he immediately warned.

"Your Highness is just discussing official matters with Mr. Nolen, please do not make baseless speculations!"

The two of them had a private meeting and also discussed business matters. Why not discuss business matters at the dinner?

Yuna curled her lips secretly, and the scene of Rosalia leaning against Nolen's ear and smiling like a little devil at her came to mind.

This is exactly the expression of a vixen who has succeeded in her evil scheme!
"Since everyone is open and honest, why are you so anxious?"

She retorted, "At least I can guarantee that my master has no wrong intentions. What about your side?"

"I'm not anxious... I'm going to eat!" Reinhard stopped arguing and turned around to walk towards the booth.

However, even after the conversation ended, Yuna's questioning was still surging in his heart.

Ask yourself, is everything Rosalia did just for political missions and just to make good friends?

Is her distance from the opposite sex really normal?
Can I ensure that Rosalia has no wrong intentions just like Yuna trusts Nolen?

He used to think he could do it.

But now, he found that he could not make any guarantees.

Yuna was like a mirror to himself. He asked her questions, but it was his own shadow that gave the answers.

……

Unlike the two people outside who had their own thoughts, the atmosphere in the box seemed more harmonious.

Rosalia is indeed a cheerful social butterfly. Even if the person is a straight man like Nolen, who doesn't understand the charm, she can control the atmosphere to the extent that there will be nothing to talk about.

The daily topics changed again and again, and by the time most of the dishes were eaten and dinner was coming to an end, the serious business had not been mentioned yet. "...The alchemist from the imperial capital once gave me a pair of very strange stockings.

"Guess what, it can actually change from black to gray in the sun! I wonder what material it is made of?"

Rosalía was still chatting with a smile, and the topic was slowly developing in an adult direction.

"Oh." Nolen finished his dinner and suppressed the burp in his stomach, "That's really magical...

He wiped his mouth with satisfaction and then said:

"By the way, what did His Highness say he wanted to convey to His Majesty?"

"..." Rosalia choked.

I've already brought up the topic of alchemy for you. Shouldn't you follow the topic and talk about the material of stockings at this time, and then continue to use the topic?
It’s rare that I just put so much effort into creating a relaxed and happy date atmosphere, but in the end, someone didn’t appreciate it at all…

So the alchemist is really boring.

Rosalia was slightly annoyed, but she didn't show it. She took a deep breath and got to the point:
"Well, you should know that Flamel has had contact with Didu before, right?"

"Know something." Nolen's heart moved.

At this time, Roderick's camp was sending out a large army to heavily surround Flamel.

The reason for this situation was that Flamel had a secret meeting with the imperial envoy not long ago.

It is said that the imperial envoy is Fred, the chief alchemist of the palace.

“What I can reveal is that the Lord of Flamel, Bach, introduced us to a ‘tank’, which is said to be the latest and most powerful ground alchemy weapon in the empire. "

Rosalia said, "And my father promised that if these alchemy weapons are really that powerful, he is willing to spend huge sums of money for mass production and at the same time improve the treatment and status of the empire's alchemists.

"However, this message was intercepted for some reason. Before Flamel could transport the tank to the imperial capital for testing, it was heavily surrounded by rebels."

"That's the situation." Nolen nodded, "So, what does your Majesty mean now?"

"Flamel needs to be saved. It can't break through the joint blockade of the various rebel forces by relying on its power alone," Rosalia said.

"This is also why we came here. In my plan, we will first help Linfeng City open the transportation channel, and then gather your strength to support Flamel and relieve them.

"But I already knew when I came here that you seemed to have already defeated the Alto City troops and solved the problem of transportation channels.

"The strength of Linfeng City and Alto City is in the same echelon, but I didn't expect you to win so easily. This is indeed beyond my expectation.

"However, this also illustrates the power of alchemical weapons from the side. On this basis, my father's proposal may be quite feasible-"

She paused, and a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes:
"My father wants you to support Flamel as quickly as possible, and to demonstrate the power of alchemical weapons as much as possible in this support battle.

“If your performance satisfies him, from now on, the empire will consider vigorously developing alchemy.

"Whether it is improving the treatment of alchemists, providing all-round material assistance, or even your own rapid rise...my father will be able to satisfy you."

So that’s it, is this a test? Nolen knew what she meant.

Actual combat is of course the most intuitive way to test the performance of weapons. Whether the Roland Empire will attach importance to the development of alchemy in the future will directly depend on the value of alchemical weapons to the empire.

If Linfeng City, which was originally located in a third-rate city, could rely on the equipment of new alchemical weapons to directly change the situation on the frontline battlefield...

Well, even the relatively conservative Robert would recognize its value and develop it vigorously.

"I am sure that the new alchemical weapons will satisfy His Majesty."

Nolen thought for a while and said slowly, "However, everything has a gradual and gradual development process. It is not realistic to become fat in one go.

"The technology of the new alchemy weapon is still under development. Although it can already pose a threat to eighth-level extraordinary beings, it is nothing more than that.

"If I remember correctly, including Roderick himself, there is more than one ninth-level extraordinary being in their camp, right?"

The ninth-order extraordinary is the empire's top human combat power. Although today's alchemical weapons have been developed for a period of time, they are still unable to defeat such a powerful opponent.

And in a front-line battlefield like Flamel, Roderick might have sent a ninth-level expert to wait secretly.

"If that's the problem, you don't have to worry." Rosalia shook her head.

"No ninth-level experts will participate in this battle."

"Why are you so sure?" Nolen raised his eyebrows.

"Well, you may not know that there has never been a ninth-level transcendent in Linfeng City."

She explained, "Because the destructive power of ninth-level transcendent beings is too great, if they are allowed to participate in the war wantonly, no matter what the final outcome is, not a single blade of grass will grow in their path.

“In fact, there were more than one such tragedy during the war period before the empire.

"Many cities have been turned into dead cities in the hands of ninth-level extraordinary beings with no survivors and extremely difficult to rebuild. What can such a war bring?

"Therefore, when the late emperor unified the empire, he made an agreement with all the ninth-level powerful men, stipulating that all ninth-level warriors were not allowed to take the initiative to attack enemies below the ninth level.

"Therefore, the opponents of ninth-level extraordinary beings are basically ninth-level, and when they fight, they often choose sparsely populated places."

"There is still this story." Nolen breathed out, "But the late emperor has passed away. Is this agreement still binding now?"

"Then let's look at it from another angle." Rosalia thought for a while and said.

"Ninth-level extraordinary beings are quite rare, and most of them are old people of the same era as the late Emperor, and have long since stopped caring about worldly affairs.

"For them who have experienced the Warring States Period, the civil war in the empire at this time is just a small fight between the younger generations, and it is not worth their while.

"Even my father, the King, cannot easily control these ninth-level warriors, and we must treat them with courtesy.

"In other words, what does it matter to them who wins and who loses in this civil war? As long as they are alive, which monarch will not respect themselves?"

"Therefore, with their seniority, even if they join the team, they will definitely not become Roderick's pawns. This is really a bargain."

After listening to her explanation, Nolen fell into thinking.

Rosalia's words must be true. Otherwise, if it was so dangerous, how could Robert easily send his daughter to support the front line?
To speculate further, Rosalia actually dared to come to the front line only after she was fully prepared. It is very likely that there is an invincible boss under the ninth level hidden in her convoy.

It's just that they don't take action easily. Instead, as envoys of the imperial capital, they coldly observe whether the new alchemical weapons have potential for the empire's key development.

What Linfeng City and Flamel need to do is to use the power of alchemy as much as possible to resolve this battle and win the empire's respect for the alchemist.

(End of this chapter)