Dear Broom Knight

Lori Montes wasn't famous for his exceptional talent back then.

Instead, it was because he, at a young age, brazenly went shopping with a white dragon.

"Our family was also approached?" Serestia was a bit dazed.

"Of those they approached, eight out of ten are Storm nobles," the staff sighed helplessly. "In the capital, we are the weaker party.

The reason the family has endured the Schroeder family's suppression for so many years is because with them around, the royal family's attention will only be directed at them!

It's not that we can't really defeat them, nor that we can't really find dirt on them."

They indeed didn't know about the dirty deeds of the Schroeder family.

Although McMillan wasn't a good person either, he was indeed the most loyal follower of the Lord of Storms.

They believed that their piety could earn the favor of the gods, and always disdained those who deceived the gods through crooked means.

If they knew, they would definitely kneel before the statue of the Lord of Storms as quickly as possible... If possible, McMillan wouldn't mind being the warrior standing in front of all Storm nobles, upholding the banner of the church!

Their forbearance was just a second-best choice.

Therefore, most of the clues McMillan held that were unfavorable to the Schroeder family were small acts of sabotage that Duke Schroeder secretly carried out against the Northern Royal Family.

The White Dragon King changing wives was indeed very quick, but, in the beginning, it really wasn't that fast.

It was all thanks to Duke Schroeder's diligent help.

But McMillan certainly wouldn't reveal these secrets!

They are also Storm nobles.

They definitely wouldn't easily betray their colleagues.

It's not like they've already won and need to eliminate someone to divide the spoils.

The only thing the McMillan family could do was to try to cut ties with the Schroeder family, making sure that they wouldn't be implicated and wiped out along with them one day when the White Dragon King caught them red-handed.

So, although the McMillan family had some doubts about Serestia's encounter back then, in the end, everyone simply pretended to be ignorant and let it pass.

After all, whether it was the White Dragon King or the Lord of the High Tower who reached into their stronghold, they both had, well, reasons to deal with them.

What the staff said actually added a lot of gold to the McMillan family's reputation.

To call the Storm nobles weak in the capital is nonsense!

They were more like a turd-stirrer!

Um... this adjective is currently generally used in the capital to describe mutually assured destruction.

But one's own side is always a little better.

Thanks to the Northern King's popularization of some common sense.

Although it is said that he was also tricked by Lori into actively promoting it.

The staff was silent for a few seconds before continuing: "Our side is actually not bad.

You know, although we're not good people either, we wouldn't try to obtain cost-free profits just because the person selling valuable jewelry is a child.

At most, we'd try to cheat a little more, um, earn a little more..."

Serestia shook her head helplessly.

The reason Lori Montes became known as a mischievous child in the Northern Kingdom was basically because he liked to play the game of entrapment.

And the most ruthless time was when he took Rosecania's jewelry, wore a set of exquisitely crafted and expensive old clothes, and went to the commercial street and several noble streets to sell them.

That day, several families were quite happy... thinking they had earned almost a year's worth of profits at the smallest cost.

There were even a few fools who didn't try to lower the purchase price, but directly robbed the goods.

Originally, there were also some fools who wanted to secretly follow him to see if there were any opportunities.

Then, at night, they were greeted by that beautiful white dragon lady and her 'chilling' smile.

Serestia really didn't expect that her own family was also a part of this farce... But then again, the elders wouldn't mention this to the children!

Lori Montes really did a lot of similar things.

The most frustrating thing was that Rosecania listened to him and dared to do anything with him.

She could even deal with the nobles of the King's faction... Perhaps because he had never respected his father since he was a child, Lori didn't seem to care whether the people he offended would deal with his own father.

Although, in essence, they really didn't.

The nobles weren't so stupid as to not know that making things difficult for Count Montes would only secretly please that kid.

The key was that this kind of thing was not enough for the nobles to deal with a border count, or a high-ranking noble who had a close relationship with the king.

If it were an ordinary local count... But, if he didn't have such a status, Lori Montes probably wouldn't be so rampant.

The fact that the Noble Affairs Office so easily accepted the Montes family's bribes and separated him from the family at the age of eight was also due to the retaliation of some victims.

Even now, some nobles in the capital think this was a particularly good thing to do.

Of course, on the Storm nobles' side, it was particularly bad.

The Storm nobles who were involved in these matters back then were often complained about.

Otherwise, Lori Montes, who had not been separated from the family, would definitely have become the new Lord of the North.

With him around, the White Dragon King would definitely not be able to bring the North under the management of the royal family.

The North would still be the North that had a good relationship with the King, but was neutral in its position.

Unlike now... The area where the Lord of Storms has always been present actually has no place for Storm believers and Storm churches, which is simply ridiculous!

Don't say that Lori wouldn't allow the Storm Church to exist in his territory even if he came to power... He wouldn't be so arrogant if he really became a border count.

The border count's territory, especially here in the North, is guarded against not only humans.

The Ice Lord of the Ice Plains Kingdom, and his dog, are the biggest threats.

And if you want to fight against gods, naturally only gods can do it.

For the sake of the entire border, Lori Montes would have to accept this reality even if he didn't want to... Otherwise, if there really was a big problem with the invasion of evil gods, and the Lord of Storms was far away, how would he deal with it?

No matter how strong he is, he is just a mortal.

At most, he can protect himself.

The border count can't let the border people feed the evil gods for his own selfish reasons, right?

He can only allow the emblem of the Storm Church to hang beside his castle.

It's really a pity that we didn't see this result.

After all, that person can at most allow the Storm Church to exist, but will never accept the Schroeder family's power.

And in the North, only they, the McMillans, have this qualification.

Serestia sighed slightly: "Fate, one wrong step leads to many slow steps!"

The female knight looked around, made sure that her lady and the staff sent by the family were 'harmonious' again, and then whispered: "If Count Fabrice refuses to help, when will we set off for Hamilton?"

"Is it certain that the wind season will arrive in seven days?" Serestia turned to look at the staff member wearing a silver-blue robe.

"This is the prediction of the Deputy High Priest, and it will definitely not be wrong," the staff member replied seriously.

Serestia took a deep breath: "Then, we will set off in five days.

We can't give Count Hamilton a chance to interfere.

You, continue to pester Count Montes's housekeeper, and be sure to make them think that we are still working hard to gain the approval of the Baron of Green Maple Territory.

It would be best if the Schroeder High Priest also thought so."

"That's difficult," another staff member interjected faintly, "The Schroeder High Priest is insidious, venomous, cunning, and deeply calculating.

The McMillan Deputy High Priest has been involved in the church affairs of the North for twenty years, but still failed to prevent him from coming to Hamilton.

Even until he appeared at Count Hamilton's inauguration ceremony, we didn't receive the news.

Miss Serestia, please be sure to increase your vigilance."

Serestia nodded: "I know.

But, I hope my subordinates don't think about what they can or cannot do, but directly do their best."

The staff member smiled slightly: "Of course, your subordinates must follow your requirements."

Serestia glanced at her coldly, turned to look at her subordinates: "You just said that Count Fabrice is very handsome, is that right? Did anyone say anything?"

"Ah..." The female knight was stunned for a moment before immediately answering, "Fina, Lisa... There are six people who hope to have a child of Count Montes."

"Um..." Serestia raised her head and thought, "The Montes family can't compete with us for children at the moment, so, let them go!

However, I will only give them three days.

After that, no matter who succeeds or fails, they must turn back immediately!"

"Yes! Miss Serestia."

The female knight left excitedly.

Outside the guesthouse where they lived, the cheers of several girls soon came.

Serestia turned slightly to the side, opened a small slit in the airtight curtains, and carefully spied on the movements outside.

Five hundred meters away from where they lived, Montes Castle was silent.

Including the fact that after the girls, who had changed into their favorite clothes and dressed up beautifully, appeared in several shops on the edge of the castle, there was no reaction.

Serestia turned to look at her two staff members and shook her head gently: "Everything is as usual."

The female staff member in the silver-blue robe stood up abruptly and directly pulled open the curtain on the other window, which had a faint slit.

There were no birds on the small building opposite their window.

Serestia pursed her lips: "By the way, what you just said, Mage Almos, he... is he really not possible?

I really want a child with a magic talent.

The Deputy High Priest, after all, is over a hundred years old. If we fail to seize this opportunity this time, it will be difficult to persist any longer."