Blood Dragon

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The night is deep.Little Rowling had already bid farewell and left. At this moment, Luke was alone in the room sitting under the lamp and writing.

"...This investment is really worth the money... To be honest, I was also deeply surprised that I was able to get a return immediately. Ash Rufat is not a knight...Thomas was lying at the beginning. Sure enough, an honest People's lies are the most lethal... It's just that our Majesty Lanjill probably didn't expect that when he investigated Ashuruffat, Irina would tell Jr. Rowling about his investigation results, and Jr. Rowling told me. This is extremely important information, in fact, I already have the trump card to deal with Ash Rufat!"

"...The friendship in the past few days has cost me a lot of effort. But everything is worth the money. I think I have dispelled Princess Irina's suspicion of Ryan. If she hesitates, I will submit this issue to the courtiers for discussion. Then my hard work during this time will pay off..."

"...In the final analysis, our Princess Irina is just a girl who has just grown up. She has neither great strategic vision nor deep insight, nor does she know how to use and protect power. She Like a child, she loses her temper when others touch her toys, but she keeps destroying them. Of course, most people at this age are like this, and only a few outstanding geniuses can have enough wisdom and vision ... His Majesty Lanjier should have given up, otherwise, Princess Irina would not think deeply, but consulted him after a brief consideration. Although it has long been rumored that His Majesty Lanjier is in poor health, until now, our side It can be judged that His Majesty is no longer able to move freely..."

Luke closed his diary and put it in his pocket.Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow at the latest, the result will be announced.Ryan's future can be decided in these two days.

Princess Irina originally had six core ministers.These six are the most loyal, reliable and powerful subordinates selected by His Majesty Langier (although Randwin may not be reliable enough, but at least his loyalty is unquestionable), and now Thomas is leading an expedition, and Rand Wen went on a mission abroad, and Justice Lyonis went to various places for a routine circuit trial. In other words, there were only three people left.Luke never thought of these three at all.

Now, in order to maintain the internal balance of the palace, Her Royal Highness has expanded the scale of the imperial meeting and brought in some extra people.There is room for Luke to act freely here.Originally, he was [-]% sure, but with the factor of little Rowling, it has now increased to [-]%.

For Loren City, this period of time was very happy and fulfilling.Every few days, the battle reports from the front will bring good news.General Thomas was in full swing all the way, beating up the Paro army and fleeing. Recently, there was news of a great victory in the capture of Langkou Castle.In other words, Princess Irina has achieved the most basic goal of "recovering lost ground".This war has been considered a great victory.Now, the legend of Thomas' invincibility is spreading everywhere in the streets and corners, and everyone has no doubt that he will win the final victory.And their confidence was soon backed up by the strongest evidence.

At noon one day, a group of Paro diplomats, under the surveillance and protection of a group of knights, entered the city, causing a great commotion.

Citizens poured out of their homes to watch the Paro people on the street.There is no more obvious evidence than this. These Paro people who are envoys all look downcast, which clearly shows who wins and who loses in the war.

Within three days of the Paro envoy's arrival, the news about the signing of the peace treaty became a household name.Princess Irina proposed a harsh contract, and did not accept any changes to the terms, only allowing "further negotiations on details and specific figures."When the Paro envoys tried their best to reverse these unfavorable treaties, the San Jeans directly informed them, "If you want to change it, you don't need to continue the negotiation. Let's continue to fight on the battlefield!".The news about this incident was so explosive and sensational that it attracted everyone's attention, so that almost no one knew that the previously well-known "Duke Lane" had returned to the city of Loren.

On the sixth day of the messenger's arrival, Her Royal Highness and the Paro messenger signed a peace treaty.On the same day, Princess Irina passed the news of the armistice to the St. Jean army in the border castle area, and at the same time sent Pegasus knights as messengers to convey the news of the end of the war to Thomas who had penetrated into Paro as quickly as possible. General.A few days later, after the disgraceful withdrawal of the Paro from the frontier castle, the princess ordered a great masquerade to celebrate the victory of the war.

Indeed the war is over.The current situation is quite clear, even if other countries want to intervene in this war, they have already missed the best opportunity.Thomas led an expeditionary force of less than 10,000 people, completely defeated Paro within a few months and wiped out [-]+ Paro troops.This record is enough to make any third party who wants to fish in troubled waters think twice before acting.In addition, although Casillas was broken, Saint-Jean's military strength remained intact.For those countries with plans, it is too risky to act rashly.

For Paro, the timely kneeling and summing up gave them the last remaining army and a respite.Paro had had an exceptionally brilliant start to the war, and even came close to winning it all.But unfortunately, they met Thomas, and finally ended up in the tragedy of cede land and pay compensation.The only thing they can do now is to heal their wounds, accumulate strength, and wait for an opportunity—they no longer have the strength to contend with Princess Irina head-on.

The dance party on this day was extraordinarily grand.

Although everyone knows that the real large-scale celebrations, such as triumphal ceremonies, large-scale sacrifices to the gods of nature, and lantern parades, will definitely not be held until the return of the general Thomas, but this ball also played a role. The role of "letting subjects share the joy of victory".Nobles and knights in the city, as long as they have some status, can participate in this big ball.In fact, to accommodate so many people, almost the entire palace was left open except for the living area.

Naturally, Luke and Ryan were also invited.

Since it was a masquerade, Luke donned a common oak mask, and Lane also wore a carp mask.

"Uncle, can I really find Irina?" Facing the crowd of people ahead, Ryan couldn't help asking again.To be honest, everyone knew that Princess Irina was also at the ball, but it was a great challenge to find the real body of Her Royal Highness from among so many masks.Especially girls are covered with prom dresses and various platform shoes, it is difficult to judge her figure and height carefully.

"Of course, you have to trust your uncle." Luke replied confidently.

They stopped in one of the most crowded and noisiest courtyards.Although the number of guests invited this time is very large, many people still have self-knowledge and know that their identities are not suitable for going deep into the palace.There is no band here, but there are still good food and wine, as well as various lanterns and candlesticks.People gathered in groups, chatting and talking.Lane found that Thomas was the one they talked about the most.

"...you don't know, Lord Thomas held me up that day, and almost made my heart explode...he is so charming...strong, brave and polite..." He heard a woman say so .But from the sound of her voice, the woman was young enough to be Thomas' granddaughter.

Vain woman!Ryan cursed in a low voice.For some reason, he felt uncomfortable when he heard these women talking back and forth about Thomas.

"Those Paro people actually framed Thomas for using dark magic, it's really shameless!" Another woman made a topic.

"Of course, they have no choice but to frame Lord Thomas's reputation now..."

The people in the four capitals were talking non-stop, but Luke had no time to care about what the people around him said, he was looking around.It took about a minute or two to find my goal.

A woman also wearing an oak mask is on the side of the rockery in the courtyard.Standing alone in the shadow of the rockery, this woman seemed to be looking for something.Ryan saw Luke stepping forward and had a few words with the woman.Then, Luke waved to Ryan.

Ryan was a little curious, but Luke secretly gestured to him not to ask.So he could only follow behind this woman and Luke.What is worth mentioning during this journey is what Luke said - Luke kept praising the girl along the way, using the most gorgeous words and the most exaggerated ways, which even made the irrelevant Ryan feel hot on his face.But the girl giggled and took all the compliments.

I really didn't expect my uncle to say such nasty things to women.Ryan was a little surprised.He knew that Luke had given up the right to start a family and joined his elder brother's family. On the surface, he could go in and out of noble circles without worrying about his status, but in fact, when it came to titles, he was just a mere apprentice knight. .In theory, no woman would fall in love with Luke.

Moreover, this woman's voice sounded very young, and her demeanor and conversation could be seen to be quite prestigious, at least she was from a famous family.How did Luke get together with her?But because Luke hinted to him not to speak, he didn't dare to speak for a while, and could only keep his questions in his stomach.

The mysterious young girl stopped, and Lane realized that the destination had been reached.This is a small ballroom in the palace, where about twenty or thirty people gather.On the surface, except for the number of people, this place is no different from any gathering place he saw along the way, but after careful observation, Ryan found that several of the men here did not feel relaxed and comfortable at the dance, but Be very vigilant.

The young girl leading the way whispered a few words to Luke, then pointed forward.

Luke smiled and offered a few words of praise again, and then came to Ryan.

"Dear nephew, remember clearly. A man needs to use all his wisdom to deal with a woman. Even so, this is often not enough." Luke whispered in Ryan's ear. "See that girl in the light green dress and the cat mask? That's Princess Irina."

"what……"

"I repeat again, dear nephew. Princess Irina has not clearly stated that she will deprive you of your duke title, but she has not stated that she will keep your duke title. I have won the best chance, The next step is to see if you can officially become a courtier of Princess Irina. As I told you, Princess Irina has been dismissed many times in the imperial meeting recently. At this moment, she must feel that she needs support. Remember this One point, this will be your breakthrough."

Ryan stepped forward.A few minutes later, Luke was satisfied to see him and the princess dancing on the dance floor.