I'm not that kind of orc

Catherine frowned slightly at me (she probably still doesn't like me very much), but she still answered me: "No, Your Majesty is always like this, and it's only a little better when you get serious."

It seems that Arthena only inherited a small part of her father's disconnection.

"Father!" Arsena, who was left alone, couldn't help knocking on the table, "You really don't care about the war outside at all."

King Filiant, who was holding the wine glass, was stunned for a moment, then put down the glass, his expression became a little more serious: "It's not that I don't care, but that I know what I can do. Serna, to be honest, Your father and I only know superficially about such things as leading troops to fight, and may not even be as good as you who were educated by Mutafa and Vikas since childhood."

"Father, what are you talking about..." Arsena froze for a moment.

"I was born in the most powerful era of Helgia, and no country can pose a threat to Helgia. Jaron and I are of the same generation, at least when I inherited the throne, he had no ability to covet the throne at all Unlike you who have been tempered since childhood, I have hardly experienced internal and external troubles in most of my life, and this war is the first war I have experienced in my life."

King Filiant said quietly, shaking the wine glass in his hand.

"All I can do is to put capable people in the right positions. In terms of leading troops and fighting, Mutafa is a hundred times stronger than me in terms of strength and experience, so I directly hand over the military power to him. I I am the king of this country and the banner in the war, and what I can do, other than calling for reinforcements to gather under the banner, is to personally sit in the headquarters of the king's capital. The calmer I am, the calmer I am, my generals , the more confidence my people will have.”

"Father..." Arsena stared blankly at her father.

"What can the enemy do if they advance to the capital? At that time, I just need to take up weapons and drive myself, and become the country's last line of defense with my soldiers. Although your father and I are not a good general, for the time being He is a good paladin. What's more, I already have the best heir." King Filiant looked up at Arsena and smiled at her, "Even if my banner falls, you will still be there. Helgia lives on, because it has a princess who can be queen."

He paused, and nodded approvingly at Arsena: "I've heard about what you did on the front line. You did a great job. I'm proud of you, my child."

"Father!" Arsena was moved.

At this moment, King Filiant is shining with the light of a great leader and selfless father, even I can't help but be moved by it.

"So, Sena." King Filiant continued to look at Arsena affectionately, and then...

He reached out and pulled out the wooden basin containing hot water from under the tea table covered with tablecloth, and also took out the story book behind him, and smiled flatteringly at his daughter: "Can you let me, Father, take this Finished soaking your feet? The water will be cold in a while, and the book is seeing a wonderful place..."

"Father—" Arsena's tone instantly changed from being moved to disappointed, "After all this is said, this is your purpose!"

Can you feel a little nervous (3)

"To put it simply, His Majesty has given full power to Marshal Mutafa for the battle on the front line. He is stationed at Yinhui Fortress outside the capital, gathering reinforcements, and building a line of defense." In the end, it was Kadelin who answered the current question for us. The situation, "And our Silver Moon Knights are stationed in the capital as the last line of defense, and are responsible for maintaining the defense of the capital. I have always brought the most elite knights to guard Your Majesty. You don't need to worry so much."

Standing at the door of the room, I glanced into the room. The queen and King Filiant were sitting on both sides of the tea table, chatting and drinking happily.Even in the face of the strongest dragon in the mainland, King Filiant, who has no brains, hit it off right away. He moved out all the wine in his wine cellar. The two people who met for the first time got along surprisingly well. .

"Is it really okay for His Majesty the King to look like this?" I asked Catherine a little worriedly.

"Don't look at His Majesty who is always idle, but he is a wise ruler with outstanding abilities." Kadelin replied blankly, "Your Majesty is not good at dispatching troops, and he is not good at managing internal affairs, but he is very good at He knows people. It is because he knows how to put the most suitable talents in the right positions that he can sit here securely."

"Okay..." I still believed it.

From what I have come across, although King Filiant is a bit unpredictable, he does have an unusual charisma.

Let's just throw these two non-threatening goods aside, anyway, they can't help you with the tactics.

"Although seeing him like this makes me worry for nothing, it's best if he's fine." Alsena sighed, "Miss Catherine, how many reinforcements have been assembled here? "

"In addition to the 3 troops in the three surrounding territories, there are only 5 dwarves dispatched from Beishan Kingdom." Kadelin's voice was a little low. Troops, there are not many garrisons, if the enemy comes over within three days, we will only have [-] militias that can be recruited.”

5 people—this kind of force is still a bit daunting against the main force of the enemy with the blessing of the corpse of the demon king. You must know that the Southern Alliance's expedition to the Devil's Land was a grand expedition of 17 people.

"Can you contact Mr. Mutafa to send the ferry to the north bank? Our troops are stationed in White Lake City." Arsena suggested.

In the end, Kadelin still shook her head: "When he heard the news of the enemy crossing the river, the marshal planned to send a fleet to the north bank to contact you. Unfortunately, a large amount of ice floes suddenly appeared on the river at night, and thick fog also formed, so we had to be Forced to abort the voyage.”

Arsena and I couldn't help but frowned together.

The ice floes were obviously made by the enemy using the ability of the Ice Demon Oaks. For ordinary wooden ferries, there is no doubt that there are large pieces of ice floes and hidden reefs.

In addition, the sudden dense fog at this time is also very unnatural. I am afraid that it is the same as the battle in the valley where the tribe lived. They summoned the demons of the fog and magic department and drove them to occupy the river.

Although I really don't want to admit it, but in terms of tactical level alone, the enemy's move is really clever, and he turned the battle situation upside down at once.

In this case, the only thing to rely on is Hergia's airship.

However, the airship can only carry two to three hundred people at a time. Even if it is considered that short-distance travel does not require supplies, and then packs a group of people into the cargo warehouse, it can only transport five to six hundred people at a full load.To ensure safety, every take-off and landing has to be pulled to hundreds of meters. Under such a situation, it is estimated that only the most elite small group of troops can be transferred from the north bank.

Obviously this is going to be an uphill battle.

"If you are still worried, I can contact Yinhui Fortress to welcome you to see the defense situation there." Kadelin said and looked at Arsena, "But to be honest, I hope you don't go, Your Highness. After all, the enemy will attack at any time, and if it becomes a battlefield, no one can guarantee your safety."

...Does this mean that it doesn't matter if I risk my life?

"Of course I'm going. Helgia doesn't need a crown prince who only knows how to shrink his head." Arsena replied without hesitation.

"I think you will answer in the same way." Catherine smiled helplessly, "It's getting late now, we need a little time to contact the fortress, you should take a rest before setting off, Your Highness can go back to your bedroom, I will send a company of knights to keep watch for His Highness."

"It's okay, I'll just live in a nearby mansion like Mr. Bullock." Alsena replied calmly, "Now is an extraordinary period, there is no need to specially arrange manpower for me."

"It's all the same. Even if you live in the mansion, I will still send so many people to guard the door of your room. The Silver Moon Knights are the shields that guard the royal family. Your highness, your safety is our life." Catherine said so, But he glanced at me sharply.

This guy, you don't want Arsena and I to live in a house alone?

Still be wary of me as always...

Even if you have opinions on me, there is no need to worry so much, after all, we still have one person here.

As I said that, I turned my head and looked towards the room, planning to ask the queen to come with me to the mansion to rest.

As a result, I was stunned in a blink of an eye—the queen was holding a large wooden barrel full of wine that she could soak in by herself, holding it up high and shouting at King Filiant: "I did it, you can do whatever you want."

After she finished speaking, she punched open the seal of the oak barrel, then picked it up and poured it into her mouth.

Under my shocked gaze, the wooden barrel gradually tilted and almost turned upside down within a minute.

Finally, the queen put the empty wooden barrel on the ground with a thud, and patted it, and the wooden barrel made an empty sound.

"It's your turn." The queen pointed proudly at King Filiant.

The wine in this barrel is several times larger than her current body. How did she drink it?

"It's been a long time since I've met such a bold opponent, so let me challenge it too." King Filiant was obviously also completely drunk, his face was flushed and his eyes were blurred.

There was also a wine barrel in front of him, and when he opened the lid, there was also a barrel full of wine—with the limit of human beings, it was impossible to drink it all.

I just wanted to call out to stop this drunk, when I saw King Filiant suddenly plunged into the bucket.

This guy really wants to drink...

Just as I was thinking that, I saw the thing bubbling up inside.

No, this guy passed out before drinking it!

"Hey, your Majesty is about to drown..." I reminded Catherine blankly.

"Your Majesty!!" Catherine rushed over to help the king up.

As a result, King Filiant neither encountered an assassin nor was he exhausted from worrying about the battle, but was directly poured out by Her Majesty the Queen we brought.

Can you feel a little nervous (4)

Before dawn the next morning, we followed Kadelin's arrangement and prepared to leave for the Yinhui Fortress guarded by Marshal Mutafa to check the defense status there.

Judging from the current situation, the most critical battle to defend the capital will most likely be decided there.

Before seeing us off, Kadelin specially came over and solemnly handed a token to Arsena—a silver-blue key inlaid with precious stones.

"Your Majesty entrusted me to deliver this to you." Catherine explained to Arsena.

"The quality of this key seems to be made of pure gold." The queen closed her eyes, but still recognized the material of the key, "Where is this key from?"

I have seen with my own eyes the Queen's collection in her own palace. Legendary metals such as Mithril and Orichalcum are randomly placed in the hall of her throne like no money.With her level of collection, I believe she can't make a mistake.

Fine gold is a legendary metal that is equally as precious as mithril. It should be impossible to use a key made of such a material in a simple place.

"Your Majesty told me that you should take him to the Yinhui Fortress to find Marshal Mutafa. I think the Marshal will know the rest." Kadelin replied respectfully.

"Why didn't the father just explain to me directly?" Arsena was a little puzzled, "By the way, why didn't I see anyone else today?"

"Your Majesty is still trying to fight the hangover. He struggled to get up this morning and gave it to me. He fell drunk again in the middle of the sentence." Kadelin replied blankly, "Please forgive me. He, if he can still stand, he will definitely come to see you off."

We looked at the queen at the same time.

"It's not my fault, who told him that he can't drink enough." The queen replied nonchalantly.

Taking the food intake of giant dragons as a standard, there should be no race in this world that can drink...

"And this is something His Majesty told you." Catherine took out another scroll of parchment and handed it to Arsena.

"This is?"

Arsena said as she opened the parchment roll, and was surprised to find that it was a letter of rights with the king's seal.

The general idea above is that with this letter of rights, Arsena can issue an edict in the name of the king in a short period of time, no matter what the content of the edict is, it is equivalent to the king personally issuing it.

"Actually, His Majesty still hopes that His Highness can stick to his own territory, or take refuge in the relatively safe territory of Saidian. In this way, even if he has any accidents, you can stand up safely and take over from him to lead Helgi Ya." Catherine said calmly, "But he also said that with your temperament, you probably wouldn't choose to do that. If you choose to bravely protect your people with your own hands, then all he can do is rely on a father Your will supports you. With this letter of rights, the marshal should not interfere with your going to the battlefield."

I roughly understood the reason for the matter. Given how much Mutafa valued Arsena, he probably would not agree to Arsena going to the front line in person.

But King Filiant finally chose to respect his daughter's opinion, so he prepared this letter of rights for Arsena, expressing his attitude to the old paladin, and at the same time gave Arsena a certain command right.

This is also an affirmation of his own daughter as the crown prince.

"Isn't His Majesty drunk? How could he write a document?" I felt a little puzzled.

Kadelin glanced at me, and then replied quietly: "This letter of rights was drafted by His Majesty when the northern fortress was first breached."

I froze for a moment before reacting.

In other words, King Filiant had already predicted that Alsena would choose to personally lead troops to suppress the rebellion at the beginning of the war, and firmly believed that she would be able to solve the problems in his territory and come to support the capital...

Arsena pursed her lips and muttered, "Why didn't my father hand over such an important thing to me?"

Although she said so, but through her stretched eyebrows, she could still see that she was in a good mood.

In the past, she had been disinherited by her father because of her fatal weakness, and she was devastated.Now that her father has finally put the royal power in her hands, she has worked so hard for so many years, why is it not for her father's official approval?

With the letter of rights and tokens of King Filiant, we immediately set off for the Yinhui Fortress near the capital.

Because of the relationship that Kadelin had contacted in advance, we did not encounter any obstacles from arriving at the fortress to being introduced to Marshal Mutafa.

When we entered the command room of the fortress, Mutafa was smoking a pipe, studying several overlapping military drawings and intelligence records with a dignified expression.The sky had just been brightened, and the first ray of morning light shone on his rough face through the gap in the window. From the look on his face, he didn't close his eyes for most of the time when he received the news that the enemy was crossing the river.

... This work attitude is really very different from that of a certain king.

After a while, Mutafa raised his face towards us, and then said his opening words: "You should not have come to the front line, Your Highness." He fixed his eyes on Arsena, "The situation here now You should be aware that, to be honest, I'd like to pack you up and send you across the river right now."

"This is my own choice, Mr. Mutafa."

Arsena didn't explain much, but while speaking earnestly, she took out the letter of rights that King Filiant gave her.

Mutafa puffed out expressionlessly, not much surprised, as if he had expected it.