Wizard From Afar

"I disagree, this is definitely not going to work!"

The entire round table meeting started with Charlotte's sharp rebuttal—without the slightest surprise.

"Are you crazy?!" The female count stared wide-eyed, staring at the black hair wizard across the round table: "This is already a naked threat. He wants you to die!"

The atmosphere of the meeting, from the very beginning, started in the worst case.

"It’s not that serious, it’s just a trip to the ancient wood forest as an imperial messenger."

Facing Charlotte’s angry eyes, Loren could only Brace oneself explained: "I can go to the far door at most, and I will be back in three months or half a year."

"I have been there even more how, the elves there are a bit stubborn and prejudiced, but Most of them are just like children-most importantly, I have fought side by side with them, and they will never hurt me."

"That was all years ago, who cares What has become of this group of barbaric races living in the forest!" Seeing the black hair wizard's retort, Charlotte was trembling with anger, and her white face rose to pink: "You have to keep your safety, Byrne Is the safety of the company pinned on the promise of a group of Barbarian Races?!"

"The elves are not Barbarian Races, they are all good people!"

A soft retort From the corner of the round table.

In an instant, the whole hall was quiet-everyone looked at the same time, turning their heads in the direction of the sound.

"Ai, what do you guys see me doing?" The little wizard was slightly stunned, with a evasive expression, but could not help but retorted: "In short...the elves are not bad guys, they do. A little proud, but...a very friendly race!"

The stunned crowd at the round table heard his protest, and they were all shocked.

Others were shocked that someone dared to stand up to refute the female count of the Scarlet Blood Castle, and Loren was shocked that Ain would one day refute outsiders--or anyone other than himself and Isaac.

"I...I apologize for my impolite words, His Excellency Ain Rand." In a slightly embarrassing atmosphere, Charlotte, who was holding back his composure, bowed very hard to the little wizard. , And the next second he aimed at the black hair wizard again:

"But even if this is true, Byrne could not accept that his duke would leave for half a year without a reason; The emperor, the duke who has no right to kidnap and drive us like a servant!"

The loud voice echoed in the hall like a whistling sword.

"Uh...in fact, he has this right."

The Steward of the Scarlet Castle sitting next to Charlotte-"Promoted" to Duchy Director in the past two years Now-Charles Glenwell raised his hand tremblingly, and continued his own words:

"According to the Imperial Code, the duke is obliged to provide troops, supplies and open duchy to the Legion of the Empire during the war. Inner towns and roads; obey all orders of the emperor himself or his designated supreme commander."

"In peacetime, the dukes govern duchy, maintain the smooth flow of commerce and materials, and maintain them in diplomatic situations. The authority of the empire-as the empire’s plenipotentiary envoy, even if it is part of maintaining the authority of the empire..."

As the female count became more embarrassed, and was even about to eat people’s eyes, Charles’s voice became more and more intense. Down, finally the whole person curled up on the chair, not daring to move.

coldly snorted, Charlotte turned her gaze aside.

"I do not approve of the Duke leaving Byrne for such a long time, but..."

Count Eckert-the Round Table Council, 13 count The veteran of —— he was frowned and sighed somewhat entangled: "Rejecting the order from the Celestial Vault is morally detrimental to Byrne." The female count looked surprised towards Eckert count.

"This is a trap, and it is probably a well-designed trap, yes...but it’s hard for us to explain to the people of Byrne and the Knights, they don’t understand why the Vault of Heaven wants to murder the Duke "Ackert shook his head, looking towards Charlotte with some persuasion in his eyes:

"If we can't get the support of the people and the Knights, it will be difficult for us to resist the instructions from the Vault of Heaven. ——After all, the emperor personally issued a commissioned decree. In the eyes of the honest Byrne people, it is an honor to represent the empire; they will feel that the empire has finally begun to value Byrne’s status and rely on our Duke."

The people around the round table all startedled together, their expressions were slightly bleak...Although it was a little straightforward, Eckert count was telling the truth.

As long as there is no flagrant rebellion, Byrne Duchy is still a part of the empire, and Loren Torino is also a courtier of the Imperial Family of Dessalion. His subjects obey the emperor’s orders and are justified; as a representative of the empire. It is even more glorious to travel to a foreign country.

The most important thing is that since the Centaur War, the Sky Palace has never suppressed Byrne for any reason... Even if it did, it did not happen on the surface.

The people and nobles of Byrne can only see that Duchy is becoming stronger and stronger, gradually returning to its proper position in the past, and their hatred for the Celestial Palace that once divided Byrne is also diminished. The age of the kingdom was hundreds of years ago. The twelve generations of baptism and the unnoticeable influence of the church have made them accept the concept of "Byrne is part of the empire".

But Charlotte still refused to give up.

She gritted her teeth, struggling and never wanted to lower her head—or, watching a certain "fool", jumped into the Fire Pit.

"Is it really the only way to do this?" When facing a pair of vision around the round table, she still asked tenacious: "There is no way to stop the ambition of the Sky Dome?"

"I really can't even find a decent excuse to turn down the emperor in the celestial palace and let him dispel such a vicious idea?!"

"Tell me, Are you really going to watch this bastard... this Duke of Byrne jumps into the emperor's trap to die?!" There was silence in the hall.

The people around the round table either looked at each other, or bowed their heads in thought, or had already made up their minds, closed their eyes and rested; or because of struggles, they had not made up their minds...

The black hair wizard shrugged.

If he really wants to, he certainly has a "reasonable way" to reject the emperor’s "invitation", but no matter which result will not be too good-rejecting the "honorary title" of the imperial envoy is equivalent to The nature of the response to Eckhardt II’s ultimatum is no different from that of a frontal declaration of war.

At least for now, at least when Eckhardt II, the Supreme Emperor wearing the "Long Aotian template", is still alive, it is wise to "cooperate" with the other party as much as possible.

After all, the other party is not his real enemy. The real enemy should be...

"There is a way."

Huh?

black hair wizard lifts the head, looked towards the very discordant "sound source" opposite-the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Loren's "financial officer", Jr. Yod, spoke very abruptly , The wandering gaze kept looking at the black hair wizard and the female count, showing a meaningful smile: "As long as there is a major event by Duchy, and it involves the Duke himself He could not get away, and he could justifiably refuse the invitation to go on an envoy; and it was reasonable and reasonable, so that the emperor and the Vault of Heaven could not find any reason to oppose it."

"Heavy major event, what Major event?" Charlotte and the black hair wizard asked at the same time, asking in unison.

How important is this to justify rejecting the emperor’s appointment?

"cough cough...If it's recent, there are indeed some things that require the Duke to come forward." With a light cough, Eckert count whispered: "The ceremony of the new bishop, some dwarf city-states in the south The alliance conclusion book, and...well, the Knight Academy of Fury Castle and Torino Wizard Academy of Scarlet Blood Castle, the graduation ceremony of the new batch of Academy..."

"But to be honest, these are too far-fetched Compared with the importance of traveling to a foreign country, it is difficult even to convince us ourselves-using them as a reason, I am afraid that the Sky Palace will be regarded as intentional."

Speaking, Wei Wei The frowning Fury Castle Count turned his gaze to Jr. Yod, but the tax official still did not say a word, and looked steadily forward at the confused Duke of Byrne and the Scarlet Castle Lady Count.

Moreover, the curvature of the corners of the mouth is deeper.

Yes, of course there is a reason, and it is a very legitimate reason.

A sensation for the entire Byrne, involving the Duke of Byrne and a real power count, will make the Torino family prosperous and even enter the Peak’s marriage, which will surely cause considerable turmoil in half of the empire. .

No, not half of the empire, but the entire empire-this will become a grand event for the unification of Byrne; wouldn't it be reasonable to refuse an "insignificant" visit for such a grand event?

Of course, what Jr. did not see was that. What he saw were the influences and "side effects" that came with the event-grand weddings must be accompanied by many people’s dignitaries, and the crowd Wherever you go is where wealth goes.

With proper use, the Union Chamber of Commerce and himself can take the opportunity to make a lot of money, and even promote the trading network and bonds of the Union Chamber of Commerce to the rest of Duchy and become those count masters, dukes Your creditors, give them low-interest or even interest-free loans, and then step by step to hollow out the wealth in their territory.

Boy, Alemans, Arles, Lotaire...

Just as young Jodd was gradually immersed in his dreams, he suddenly felt a cold in the back of his neck, like What prehistoric ominous beast was staring at from behind!

With a stiff expression, little Yod, who dared not turn his head, twitched his throat, raised his eyes tremblingly, and saw the black hair wizard in front of him, also "meaningfully" looking at himself.

"Of course there are good excuses, but..." Little Yod trembled all over, his swollen face seemed to be out of breath, and he barely squeezed out a regretful smile:

"I agree with Actt Count's statement that we can't directly resist the Empire-it's too inappropriate!"

tone barely fell, little Yod seemed to escape the gallows by luck Like a death row prisoner, relieved, he slumped in his chair.

Just a little bit, just a little bit, I am afraid I have to...

"If must be an envoy, the empire It shouldn't be a restriction or regulation of the number of envoys, right?" Lucien stood up silently and looked towards everyone:

"Then we only need to prepare and defend, there is nothing to worry about."

"Indeed, for Envoys of the empire appointed with full authority, especially when the Duke is the envoy, the empire will generally grant great privileges and rarely interfere."

The Duchy Director Charles, who finally dared to speak, stepped forward. , Slightly nodded: "Like the last time Grand Duke Eilemand was the best example, he could even ignore the opinions of other members of the mission and reach an agreement with the duke who had not yet been crowned at that time."

" The Fiend hunter stationed by Wings of the Sky at the Scarlet Blood Castle is almost the size of a Hundred Men Squad." The gray pupils knew nodded: "I will release their missions now, and they will all be transferred to the mission to serve as guards."

"You don't need so many people, two or three are enough." The black hair wizard suddenly said, and some helplessly interrupted Lusien's words: "The guard work is still entrusted to Scarlet Blood. The guards of the fort, Knights, they are professional-if there are so many enemies, a group of Fiend hunters who are only good at fighting each other will not be as good as the Knights."

"More importantly Yes, we can’t change the original layout on a large scale just because of the temporary intention of the Vault of Heaven Palace, and we are in a mess."

"Yes, we can’t be turned around by the nose of the emperor in the Vault of Heaven. Go!" Charlotte rarely agreed with Loren once, folded her hands on her chest, and kept rubbing:

"Since we can't change the result, we should take advantage of this opportunity as much as possible. ——Let the Vault of Heaven and Prince Sackland prepare a large enough escort team to protect our Duke; then inform the duchy along the way and form an alliance with them on the way; Elman, Lotaire..."

"No, this time travel should avoid Sacrament as much as possible, especially Imperial Capital Golovin." Loren interrupted the female count again, said solemnly:

"Not only that, but you shouldn't be too entangled with any duchy along the way-if you can, except for the courtesy, it is best not to even face each other."

The moment the voice fell, Everyone around the round table was stunned.

In a quiet round table hall, the black hair wizard, who was staring at him, held up the wine glass on the table and took a sip.

Well, the nightingale, which has been in the cellar for ten years, has a completely different taste and delicacy from the red blood...It's really fragrant.

"Well...I think the duke's meaning should be that we can't give the Empire any chance to intervene." After a while, Count Eckert of the Castle of Fury stood up again to complete the battle: "If they are really ready to set up Traps, deliberately sabotaging the peace talks and then planting the blame, are also possible."

Speaking of the end, even Acter Count himself doesn't believe it.

"So, this time you are going to take the risk alone and head to the ancient wood forest alone?" Charlotte, with a cold face, coldly opened the mouth and said: "You know this will let you worship How much risk does Eun take?"

"Who told you to be alone...I cherish my life very much." Loren stood up, smiled and looked at the female count at each other: "Lu Sien... Um, and Ai Yin will go with me."

"Oh—me?!"

The little wizard was stunned.