Start with Island Lord

Two o'clock in the morning.

Dawn Castle.

Mrs. Agnet, wearing a dark purple dress, sat upright on the bench in the living room, waiting for the Duke of Dawn's summons.

When I was supposed to be sleeping peacefully, many people came to the living room.

They are all decent people, and the reasons why they are here are generally the same.

People were whispering to each other, exchanging information in low voices.

"Samurai Aaron galloped wildly in the downtown area and killed many people."

"What is this? My bathhouse is open for business, why don't they rush in and search for people as usual? My men raised their hands to stop me, and their arms fell to the ground."

"The barbaric Aarons are trampling on the pearl of Weiland, why doesn't the Duke care?"

"Come on, this matter was caused by the Adrian family. If the Duke wants to take care of it, he should take care of the wayward princess first!"

Amid the murmurs of discussion, Mrs. Agnet remained seated as still as a sculpture.

Time passed by, and finally an attendant came to her side and whispered: "Madam, the Duke invites you."

Mrs. Agnet stood up silently, followed the attendant, went up the spiral stairs, and then passed through a long corridor full of armored guards before entering the Duke's study.

The Duke was alone in the study.

He sat lazily on the high-backed armchair, holding his forehead with one hand, and his drooping face showed great exhaustion.

After hearing the footsteps, the duke, who was just in his early thirties and in the prime of life, did not raise his head.

"Ana, I knew you would come."

Madame Agnet bowed slightly to the prince.

"My Lord Duke, I salute you, but I want to ask, what is the situation now? Why are Aaron's night guards running wild in the land of Weilan?!"

The Duke laughed, changed the hand that was supporting his forehead to support his chin, and looked at Mrs. Agnet with his emerald green eyes.

"Anna, you know clearly, so why do you ask?"

Mrs. Agnet took a deep breath and seemed to suppress her anger: "So, you regarded my apprentice as a victim? Treated your sister as a commodity?"

In fact, when Rosen disappeared in the harbor area, she knew that this would definitely happen, but she did not expect that Ryder would be so conniving with Aaron Night Guard.

What she expected was that the Duke would capture Rosen, and then she would find a way to intercede and save him, but now, there was no room for turning.

As a mentor, she must not ignore the murder of her apprentice!

There was a hint of surprise on the Duke's face.

"Your apprentice. Do you care about him? I thought that in your eyes, the young baron was just an insignificant waste."

Mrs. Agnet's face became even more frosty: "In terms of talent, he is indeed mediocre, but this is no reason to sacrifice casually."

"Just like you, Lord Duke, your talents may not be outstanding, but your father has not given up on you. He still insists on taking you back from Aaron to succeed you as Duke, instead of sacrificing you to Aaron!"

These words pierced the Duke's lungs, and his face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"I am the only son of my father, so the position of Duke should be mine."

"The founder of the Principality of Weilan was Saint Weilan, and there was more than one duchess in the history of Weilan!"

Mrs. Agnet pushed back mercilessly.

The Duke leaned hard on the high back of the chair and snorted coldly: "No matter what, I am the Duke now, and the situation is irreversible."

"As for your apprentice Rosen, although he brought it upon himself, I still apologize to you and will find an opportunity to compensate you for the loss of reputation."

"In addition, I also want to congratulate you. Your apprentice is not as mediocre as you and I thought. He is very clever and can fool Aaron's hounds around."

Mrs. Agnet sneered: "You sacrificed Rosen, but you came to compensate me? Ridiculous!"

After speaking, she waved her hand vigorously to stop the Duke's rebuttal.

"Duke, I don't want to waste time on a verbal argument!"

"I need your authorization to recruit four teams of black-clad iron guards to save Rosen's life."

The Duke simply waved his hands: "I can't possibly give you authorization. This will cause a war between Weilan and Aaron."

Of course Mrs. Agnet knew this, and she immediately took a step back.

"If you don't support it, then I will go to the Mage Guild to mobilize the Erudite Knights."

The Duke smiled lazily, as if facing a rabbit with its claws and teeth.

"Ana, if I don't nod, you can't adjust it."

Mrs. Agnet gritted her teeth: "Because of the honor given to me by the Robert family, I became one of the guardian mages of the Mages Guild."

"As the Guardian Mage, I have the right to forcibly recruit 2 teams of 20 learned knights!"

"So, I'm here to inform you, not to ask for your consent."

The Duke sensed Lady Agnet's firm will and finally knew that she meant to be serious and not simply come to him to vent her dissatisfaction.

The casual look on his face completely disappeared, and he stood up with a sudden movement, holding his hands on the desk, leaning his upper body forward, and staring at the other person with unblinking eyes.

"Anna, Aaron has sent a total of 300 night guards, led by two four-ring battle masters. You are simply going to die!"

"And if you die, no one will shed a tear for you except your brother, Earl Robert, and my silly sister."

"People will only laugh at you. You lost your life for the son of a bird shit baron. You are more stupid than a donkey!"

Mrs. Agnet stared at the Duke, but her eyes turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Ryder (note: Duke's name), I didn't expect that in just a few years, you would turn into a cold-blooded and ruthless big shot."

The Duke felt the other person's softening will and knew that his words had an effect.

"I would like to be merciful, but it is too cold at the top of the mountain, and the cold wind cools my blood."

Mrs. Agnet turned to leave, but her voice kept coming back from the corridor.

"Don't worry, I won't recruit learned knights, because I won't force them to die fighting for me."

"But I will never give up rescuing my apprentice, even if it costs me my life!"

The Duke shouted back: "You are crazy, just like Selena, you are crazy!"

"As a Duke but you have no persistence, it's your incompetence!"

"Everyone who is capable is dead. You have no idea how powerful Aaron is!"

There was no response, and Mrs. Agnet had gone away.

The Duke slumped back into his chair. After sitting for a while, he suddenly raised his hand and scratched his hair vigorously, and cursed in a low voice: "This is simply unreasonable!"

From the beginning, he just wanted to make a joke to make his sister realize the reality. He couldn't understand why things turned out like this.

After a few seconds of silence, he suddenly shouted: "Ander~~Ander~~~"

After shouting a few times, a black-clothed battle mage quickly walked into the study and replied expressionlessly: "Master, I'm here."

Ender, the personal guard of the Adrian family, the commander of the Black Iron Guard, a high-level 20-star battle mage, and the Duke's most trusted confidant.

The Duke took a deep breath and asked, "How is the situation in the city?"

Ender immediately reported: "We just received a wave of new information ten minutes ago, saying that what was found in the temple area in the north of the city was a false clue, and that the coachman was actually mentally suggestive."

"Master Schmidt was furious and made a sacred oath on the spot, saying that he would be pulled out of the harbor area and skinned alive."

The Duke felt a little strange.

"Then how can the old man be so sure that the person must be in the harbor area?"

"Master, this is the divination result of wide-area water divination."

"The divination results show that the entire harbor area is filled with the scent of the Baron and Princess of Paddlefish Island, which is enough to explain the approximate location of the target."

The Duke asked again: "The approximate location. Then I would like to ask you, where did the Bird Shit Baron take my sister?"

Master Ande's face, as indifferent as a wood carving, twitched slightly, and in the freezing cold night of late autumn, dense beads of sweat quickly oozed from his forehead.

"Master, no one currently knows the specific location of Baron Paddlefish. He is well hidden."

The Duke frowned when he heard this: "In other words, my sister is now in a state of complete control, and it is not even possible to determine whether she is dead or alive?"

Master Ande's forehead was dripping with cold sweat: "Master, His Highness must still be alive. Because His Highness's family bloodline has not been broken."

"waste!"

‘Plop~’

Master Ander fell to his knees under the pressure of these two words.

"Master, the soldiers have tried their best. Aaron's night guard didn't find anyone either."

The Duke also knew that Ender was not to blame for this. He pinched his sore forehead, took a deep breath, and issued a new order.

"Send more manpower to the harbor area to ensure the safety of His Highness. In addition, ask Aaron's hounds to exercise some restraint and stop trampling people with their horse hooves or chopping people's arms."

"Yes, Master."

"Finally, send someone to control Mrs. Agnet. The harbor area is already chaotic enough. Don't control her, just let her do it. Maybe she can lead us to find the missing apprentice."

"But be careful not to let her die. After all, she is Earl Robert's sister."

Earl Robert is the supreme lord of the northern Shire County and the leader of the island's independent faction. His position in Welland is extraordinary.

"Yes, Master."

Master Ander answered again.

After a pause, he asked cautiously: "Master, what if His Highness and Mrs. Agnet insist on protecting the Baron of Paddlefish Island?"

The Duke was startled, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized that this could really happen.

Because both her sister and Mrs. Agnet have very stubborn characters. The more they are forced, the more they resist.

It is precisely because of this that the two became good sisters.

However, Aaron must use the life of Baron Bird Shit to avenge his shame, so if this happens, it will lead to a confrontation between the black-clad iron guard and Aaron's night guard.

If one of them fails, the two sides will start fighting, and things will get really messy.

Things are tricky.

The Duke pinched his scalp hard, gritted his teeth, and finally gave an order: "Knock the person unconscious and bring him back by force."

Master Ande gritted his teeth and asked to the end.

"Master, what if we can't be knocked unconscious? After all, they are all outstanding senior mages."

This matter must be clarified, even if it offends the Duke, he must ask clearly, otherwise he may be directly blamed to death afterwards.

The Duke glared hatefully at his cronies and told him the answer he wanted.

"Then make the matter a big deal, let everyone see this scene, let everyone know that they voluntarily gave up their responsibilities to the family and the principality, then...then"

The Duke repeated it twice before finally speaking.

"Then, the principality and the family will have no obligation to protect their lives!"

After saying the last sentence, the Duke exhaled as if a huge burden had been lifted, and waved his hand feebly to Master Ander.

"You bastard, do as I say."

Mage Ender returned to his expressionless state again.

"Yes, Master."