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In May, the Old World, the Royal Palace of Curona, the capital of Brittania.

The dinner was held in the banquet hall, where the current cavalier Richard hosted a banquet for Duke Connett Raun Leo Cornwall.

The banquet was very sumptuous. The appetizer was a vast oceanic halibut fillet with lobster mousse, and the main course was Curona roasted venison with Cornish soft cake, truffle sauce, braised red cabbage, roasted potatoes and roasted walnuts, pumpkin and roots Celery.

There was only the sound of a knife and fork colliding on the table. This was a private banquet for two people, so the scene was very small. Except for Count Taubote, the chief guard of the palace, and two waiters, Richard screened back everyone.

The wrinkles on the knight's face were getting deeper and deeper, and Ron Leo Cornwall looked at his uncle's gray beard, feeling uncomfortable.

Richard is almost 120 years old this year. Looking at his aging appearance, deep wrinkles on his face, and some rickety body, it is really difficult for Ron Leo Cornwall to see the old man in front of him He was chosen as a knight king, and he was impressed, and was connected with the elves of the high elf Prince Kaldorong, Imrek, who fought side by side against the beastman frenzy.

Richard, who was still in his eighties at the time, was elected king at the King's Election after John II was deposed. He was also a brave paladin when he first succeeded to the throne. front.

Time hastily passed. Thirty years later, Lawn couldn't help feeling a little trance, but also felt very sad.

Since the failure to suppress Ryan, and the choice to bear the responsibility of Yules ’s death in the later Eger invasion, Richard has been in a state of semi-retirement. In fact, the kingdom ’s regime has fallen to Regent Laun Except for some necessary occasions and ceremonies, Richard has rarely carried out practical activities.

"So, Bo Derek and Ryan recaptured the Trident of Poseidon, and helped the Empire fight by the way?" The old Cavaliers had a good spirit. He ate slowly, and then said: "What happened What about? "

"As a result, the human coalition won, and the vampire baron Leopold-Haken was cut by Ryan, and the corpse king was directly turned into gold by the imperial alchemist Baier Shaze-Galter." Lawn Nodding, he put down his knife and fork, and said lightly in his tone: "Another victory. At present, the whole kingdom is in the most peaceful era in decades. Mu Xilong's vampires have been seriously frustrated, whether it is a beastman, Green skin, undead, or chaotic threats from the north have all temporarily ceased, and we have won rare breathing time and space. "

"Ryan Makado, he will be your biggest opponent on the throne." Who knew that Richard didn't have much happy look, but instead frowned more tightly: "Lyon Cole, you do well to compete with him Are you ready? "

"Of course." Lawn nodded, and he seemed very optimistic about it, and even a little excited: "I agreed with him to work hard to see who will win Musilon first."

Richard didn't speak. He ate very seriously. He used a knife and fork to clean the bones and cut the venison, and slowly fed the meat into his mouth to chew.

Lawn also stopped talking, he waited for his uncle's advice.

Venison is the top meat in Brittania. The laws of the Knights Kingdom stipulate that only nobles can eat venison, and if it is scarce for a period of time, even the nobles and the Holy Grail knights are eligible to enjoy venison.

Richard likes to eat venison the most. When the King of Cavaliers was young, he often went to the mountains to hunt. Lawn thought that for decades, his uncle ’s habit of eating venison remained unchanged.

"Lyon Cole, how many years ago did Ryan become the holy grail knight?" Richard said slowly until he had almost eaten.

"Eight and a half years ago ... almost nine years ago." Lawn replied respectfully.

"What about Francois?" Richard then asked.

"About thirty years ago."

"Birchmond?"

"More than fifty years ago." Lawn answered one by one.

"What about you?" Li looked at Lawn, unable to see his thoughts in his cloudy eyes.

"Six years." Lawn had some doubts in his heart, and he answered.

"What about Karad?" Richard then asked.

"Calaard-Galamente? Didn't he become the home of the Holy Grail Knight a month ago and become the count of Galamante again?" Lawn was puzzled. I was talking about conquering Musilon. How did uncle ask? Started this?

"Ryan, Francois, Bermond, and Karad, aren't they all holy knights of the Holy Land? One by one, with hundreds of battles, many battles, honors, and knights from half a kingdom I have fought alongside them before. Your holy grail knight of the legendary peak does not first think about how to establish a good relationship with them. Thank you for their contribution to the peace of the kingdom. Instead, you want to fight Musilon with one mind? What should you have? Respect? How much do you think the knights of the kingdom are willing to obey your orders when you really want to compete with Ryan? "

"..." Lawn didn't say a word, he felt dizzy when he was beaten with a stick.

"As a lord, the most important thing is nothing but personnel and financial rights. As a candidate for the knight king, the most important thing is nothing more than the same. The support of all the knights and nobles of the entire kingdom, and the approval from the lady." Richard sneered. : "Do you think you have a certain victory? After all, Ryan doesn't even have the title of Duke?"

"But Mu Xilong is a cancer of the kingdom! We must remove it at any cost." Ron did not admit his mistake under Richard's verbal attack, and he took a serious attitude: "Whether it is me, Ryan or anyone else, we Mu Xilong can't be avoided. After all, the oracle of the lady has made it very clear. Who can overcome Mu Xilong, who is the new Duke of Mu Xilong! "

Richard caressed his goatee and looked at Raun for a long time before he nodded: "Well, you are right about the persistence of this, Lyon Cole, some problems are principles, the struggle in our kingdom is One thing, another thing to the outside world, you must stick to your position on the right and wrong, if you tell me to give up playing Mousilon at this time, then I will write to His Highness Mogianna tomorrow and tell She and I also hope that Ryan will take over as king. "

Raun only felt a cold sweat on his back.

That's right, Richard has not dealt with some things in recent years and he has to be in a semi-retired situation, but many people have forgotten that he is still the knight king who has worked hard for 30 years after he took the throne. ! When John II was deposed and the whole kingdom was in chaos, it was he who stabilized the situation as a king and ensured that Brittania did not disintegrate itself in the civil strife.

Despite the failure to suppress Ryan and the unfavorable operations in recent years, there is Richard. The Kingdom Palace is still at least steadily running. Whether it is the assembly of the knightly army or the restoration of production after the chaotic invasion, Richard at least supports the Lawn Office. Down.

"Lyon Cole, if you think about it, if there is a king election now, how many Dukes will support you?" Richard said his beard, and he said seriously: "Think about it, I'll count one, Count yourself, Aldreld, Duke of Leonards, and Theodoric, Duke of Belion ... Also count him, what else? "

"..." Lawn wanted to say Montfort, but he immediately realized that Duke Falcade of Montfort had just been saved by Ryan.

In the same way, Hagen, the Duke of Giselle Oaks, is also not established, and Casfan, the Duke of Palaon, is in doubt.

"There is also the attitude of the lady, don't forget, His Highness Mogiana is now resident in the territory of Ryan." Richard sneered more than once: "Ryan is still the champion of the ladies' selection, and your advantage is not as great as expected. , Lyon Cole. "

After a while, seeing his cousin thought about it, Richard nodded, and then said: "Nevertheless, you still have the advantage, that is, you are the heir to the throne in the orthodox sense, and I am the appointed successor. But you have to understand why you will be the successor and why we will choose you, so some actions should be within your limits! "

"The base under the throne cannot move."

The words of the old king poked the deepest worry in Raun's heart.

When Ron Leo Cornwall traveled as an expedition knight in the human kingdom, he rightly noticed the various drawbacks of the knight kingdom. Whether the country is technologically advanced or socially active, the country of Britannia has already been compared to the empire across the mountain. Behind.

As one of the champions selected by the fairy in the lake, Lawn is certainly not a fool. He has a lot of deep thinking about this, that is, the reform of this country is imperative, so after he took office, the kingdom regent presided over In addition to the tax reduction activities, he took the initiative to contact the Empire and the dwarves of the Grey Mountains.

He also hopes to introduce empire's firearms and artillery, and empire's engineers. For this reason, he has had many contacts with the empire and the dwarf kingdom of the Gray Mountains. He wants to sign a stable firearm purchase contract, and even attracts some people to Kuro. Accept the factory.

Not only did Richard not object to this practice, but he supported Ron ’s approach, but when Ron wanted to go further, Richard ’s attitude immediately made a 180-degree turn, the old king He resolutely opposes the deeper reforms to the territorial system that he did like Lane.

The reason is, as Richard said, the pedestal under the throne is unmovable. What is the reason why Ron can now become the loudest candidate? As long as he reveals such a plan, the nobles who support him may abandon him at any time and replace with a new one.

This is the biggest problem facing Raun.

If he wants to do something to fundamentally change this country, he must become a king.

But from the standpoint of his representative and his basic plan, if he wants to become a king, he can't use the existing system.

"Lyon Cole, you are not the same as Ryan Macado." Richard's turbid eyes looked at the mango and lemon dark chocolate and fruit dessert delivered, and he continued: "Ryan's territory can be said to be similar to a wasteland. , He built the whole territory as it is by his own strength. His territory was started from scratch, and it was fully supported by Ms. and His Majesty Majestic, so his affairs can be done, but you are not the same. , Look at your principality, and then look at this king capital, which one has not accumulated for hundreds of years? "

"So Francois married Suria to Ryan, and he used Ryan's territory as a pilot? When Ryan successfully advanced his reforms, Francois slowly followed." Lawn nodded: " Why can't we do this? "

"Why not?" Richard repeatedly shook his head: "Ryan can trade with the wood elves as soon as he reaches the territory, can you? Ryan can let the dwarf set up factories in his territory in a few words, can you? Ryan and the Empire The relationship is good and the trade is endless. Can you? Ryan can let the high elf to the great mage Taigris cross the ocean to participate in his wedding ceremony. Can you? "

"Ryan is very smart, he can never take the huge dividends of trade and land development with him as the core. On the contrary, his system will not hurt the interests of others." Richard continued: "It is Because the system he built brought huge dividends that would allow François and Bodrick's nobles who supported him to feed, without harming their interests, these talents are willing to reform with Ryan! This is the essence of you and him The difference! You do n’t have a white field! "

Richard ’s words made Ron Leo Cornwall speechless. The Holy Grail Knight and Duke Connett turned pale, and he realized what a huge problem he was facing.

"So I didn't need to abdicate but wanted to retreat, but now I should abdicate but hold on." Richard smiled: "The king's position is not that you can order the nobles of the kingdom at will, but you You can subdue the people to sit down in order to more easily command the nobility of the whole kingdom. The throne is a gift from the lady, but it is the freedom of the nobles to obey the king ’s command. "

"If you want to wear a crown, you must bear the weight." Richard's words with endless bleak, he whispered: "Before I became king, I was full of thoughts about reform, but when I was After being really elected king at the king election meeting, I had to do as the dukes expected. Everyone wanted to be king, but few people realized what responsibility they had to take on the throne. If you do n’t have the courage to do this, then you are not worthy of being a king! "

"So ... uncle, how can I solve this dilemma?" Lawn frowned, and he realized the difficulty of the problem. The holy knight, nearly fifty, seriously asked his uncle, who was nearly 120 years old.

"Still Mu Xilong." Richard said slowly with his eyes closed.

"Or Mu Xilong?" Raun vaguely felt what he had caught.

"Yes, it is still Mu Xilong. If you can completely solve the tumor of this kingdom and recover Mu Xilong that has not been solved for hundreds of years, then you will get the support and trust of the nobles. With prestige, with prestige there is trust. "Richard sighed:" With trust and support, you have the capital to advance the reform, so you can understand why I played Mu Xilong several times before and after succession. Right? "

Looking at his old uncle, Duke Raine-Cornwall of Duke Connett suddenly burst into tears, he could feel that Richard was old ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ His last point of sharpness had failed with the suppression of Ryan The battle with Yules died and disappeared.

"Uncle, if you abdicate, who will support me in advancing the pace of reform?" Lawn's voice shuddered, and he swallowed. He just felt that his shoulders were heavy. That was called expectations and responsibilities. Off his shoulders.

"People always get old one day, Lyon Cole." At this point, Richard smiled freely, and the wrinkles on his face were all open: "One day, I have been working for more than thirty years. Cavalier King, it is a short time among the kings of the past, but I think it is enough. Let me stand on the last post. The future is you ... or Ryan Macado. "

Out of the palace, Ron Leo Cornwall only felt a fog in his eyes. He opened his mouth and looked at the endless night sky, but could not make a sound.

Brittania, the Kingdom of Knights, where is the future going?

No one knows, but Lawn knows he will work for it.

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