The adjutant's reminder immediately suppressed all the impulses of Sira Marne, and she instinctively glanced at the giant bear battle flag flying in the wind next to her, pointed to Tef Charter, and said, "This is Sir Teve Chatter, Deputy Chief of the Royal Police, who is now transferred to the province of Harrence as the head of the Northern Directorate of the Police. ”

As Teve Chase saluted, Sira Marne pointed to Ciel Osido and said, "Ciel Osido, Prime Minister of the Court of Covinde, the last twenty years of prosperity in this territory are inseparable from his credit. ”

"It is the efforts of all people that have made Covinder the prosperity it is today. Ciel Osido smiled modestly, then looked at Tyve Chase with the characteristic tone of his master and said, "I have heard that there is a capable deputy chief of the police department who once suppressed the sudden unrest in Crewe City during the internal rebellion of His Majesty's expedition. ”

"That's not my credit, everything is an order of Her Majesty the Queen. Tyve Chat smiled equally modestly, but he didn't mean to return the salute, and the smile was full of condescension.

Ciel Osido was clearly a little annoyed with Teve Charter, but the guard of honor representing the king in the other party's hand prevented him from venting his anger.

"Baron Osido, lead the way, we are here to meet Viscount Marne on behalf of His Majesty. Siala Marne was always reminded of her identity in the depths of her heart, and the deliberate indifference in her words was very obvious.

Baron Hill Osido was surprised by Syrah Marne's reaction, but his surprise was replaced by a formulaic smile on his face in a flash, and then he summoned the knight of Fort Covindberg to lead the way for his guests, and he quickly turned over and rode on his prepared warhorse, leading the way on the side as his master.

Sira Marne used to ride horses through the city's main streets, and after the team followed the knights into the city, some unforgettable memories flooded her mind in an instant, and she couldn't get rid of them.

"The employment agency here was just starting when you left. Pointing to the largest building in the city, Ciel-Osido said, "There is also the factory area here, where the mountain people like to make their own leather armor and shields, and now our shields and leather armor are sold to all regions of the continent through trade. ”

"All because of His Majesty's trade reforms. Teve-Charterer interjected, "We should praise Your Majesty for his wisdom." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty has wisdom that we do not have, and he has removed confusion for us and brought the whole kingdom to unimaginable vitality. Hill Osido was amazed.

Sheila Marne responded to the conversation with silence, she had been away from the city for more than three years, and the changes to the city were more intuitive, with more shops and hotels along the road, and the occasional convoy of merchants could be seen on the streets, and occasionally goblins and dwarves passed by.

With the words of compliments between the two ringing in her ears, Sira Marne's mind returned to the scene when she was preparing to set out for the Sukh Plain... The father's scolding, his own high spirits, and the soldiers' fresh clothes and angry horses.

"I will be the greatest female knight in the continent of Alan, and I will hold off the orcs under the fortress of Anku. ”

Sheila Marne recalls how she stood up in the face of her father's scolding and roared like an oath. She also remembered her father's oath-like words to her, and he replied lightly, "I just need you to bring back all our warriors." ”

Now, she's back, but she's the only one who has returned.

...

Outside Fort Cowind, the guard of honour of the Marne family can be seen in the distance, and the battle flag that marks the Marne family is flying in the wind.

The team dismounted at the castle gates, and Sir Bernie Blaise, the captain of the palace knights' guard, led all the knights of the realm to greet Siala Marne and the others.

Sira Marne looked at the polite manners of these people, and suddenly felt very uncomfortable in her heart.

In the midst of the various greetings, Sheila Marne was pushed into the castle hall, and the familiar and wide figure stood there outside the door.

Zero-Adin Marne, ruler of the Covind Realm, and the father of Sira Marne.

When Sheila Marne saw her father, she lost the urge to prove herself before she left home. This is a very wonderful feeling, originally in her heart, she and her father should be regarded as unhappy because of some irreconcilable 'contradiction', and she even thinks that she will never get back together with her father in this life.

But when she saw her father, if she hadn't remembered the pressure from the king, she would have rushed over and called "Father" and hugged him.

Zerodin Marne was observing him while Sira Marne was observing him, he was also observing the changes in his little daughter, who still had short boyish hair, darker skin, the medal representing the Minister of War of the Kingdom on his brand-new general's uniform was shining, and the family medals on the cuffs and collar made him nod subconsciously.

But the smile on the old man's face disappeared for a moment, and when his daughter came over, he pushed his cane to the man next to him and took two steps forward.

"Good!" Viscount Marne's deep voice crushed all the clutter as the two groups came together.

"Father...", Sirah-Marne subconsciously saluted.

"Sir Sir Syrah-Marne!" the old man interrupted his daughter's salute and call, and said solemnly, puffing out his chest, "Allow me to greet Your Majesty. ”

"Viscount Marne. "Teve Chater was not of the same high status as Sirah Marne, and he immediately saluted Zerodin Marne with his accompanying knights and guard of honor.

The seriousness and solemnity on the old man's face disappeared at this moment, and he smiled and returned the salute while looking at the Wang Qi beside his daughter, and laughed at the nobles on the left and right: "It seems that our Emperor His Majesty has made up his mind to let me salute my daughter." ”

Zerodine-Marne's joking words immediately turned the otherwise light-hearted scene into a serious one, but he himself didn't notice it at all, and he still kept a joking smile.

When Siala Marne heard her father's words, she knew that he was reminding her of who she was at this moment.

"Covinde Collar welcomes you. The playful smile on the old man's face came to an abrupt end, then he straightened his back and took a slight step forward with his right foot, and then slowly bent down and took the lead in the highest courtesy of the king's envoys.

After the old man bent down and saluted, all the nobles around him and in front of the castle gate bent down their waists and saluted solemnly to the envoys from the royal capital almost at the same time.

Sira Marne looked at everything in front of her, and watched the black crowd salute the royal flag at this moment, and once again had a new understanding of His Majesty's royal power.

"I will definitely bring greetings from all of you to Your Majesty. Sira Marne's voice was unconsciously more formal, and she took two steps forward to help the old man up.

Looking at his daughter who was close at hand, the wrinkles on the old man's face suddenly gathered together, and he couldn't stop smiling.

"The nobles of the Covinde have prepared a welcome banquet for the envoys. Zerodin-Marne's deep voice came out, "It's just... If you find out that the food at the banquet is my daughter's favorite, I hope you don't scold me in secret. He can always express his thoughts about his daughter in the form of jokes, and he can only express it in this form.

Because of the old lord's joke, the group entered the castle hall in a more relaxed atmosphere.

Syrah Marne was led by the hand by her old father and sat on the throne. She had participated in various banquets in this hall many times before, but in the past, she could only sit with her family members to the left of the lordship's seat, and this was the first time she had sat with her father on the upper part of the staircase.

Ironically, this time she was sitting here as the Minister of War of the Kingdom.

Sheila Marne was not accustomed to such banquets, and although she was in a high position in the royal capital, she rarely attended any banquets except for necessary entertainment.

The banquet lasted until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the atmosphere of the whole banquet was deliberately maintained on both sides, and a pleasant atmosphere was maintained from the beginning to the end.

When the local nobles and the accompanying envoys went down to rest, the old man silently took his daughter into his study.

The study still looks the same as before, and the familiar environment reminds Sira Marne, who has not returned home for a long time, the time when she and her sister played here as a child.

"It's best to have a little tea after drinking. The old man dispersed the servants and officials, and walked to the wooden cabinet where the tea was placed in the study, with his own cane.

"I'll do it anyway. Silah Marne quickly uncovered her military jacket, skillfully poured water into the kettle and put it on the fireplace to boil, and turned out a set of tea sets and slowly placed them in the middle of the reception sofa.

"I've heard that... Are you sick?" the old man did not refuse his daughter's help, he sat on the sofa and looked at the busy figure of the other party and asked, deliberately showing a very casual look to ask.

"Something went wrong with the heart... Because of this illness, I can only stay in the office all day. Silah Marne shook her head with a wry smile and pulled out a jar of lighter Feld tea.

"I've heard of this disease, it's not a small illness, and every time it happens, it's life-threatening. The old man chatted like a normal chat: "I think what you are doing now is quite good, which can satisfy your pursuits without taking risks." ”

"Your Majesty has hired a special medical team, and they are on call almost twenty-four hours a day, and my servant Xiuni is also learning simple medical methods under Your Majesty's arrangement. Sirah-Marne first briefly explained her situation, and then looked at her father and said very seriously: "You should know very well that if I only have the title of Minister of War, there is no need to involve myself in the struggle for the royal capital. ”

"You—" The old man subconsciously wanted to persuade and just wanted to say it, but when he thought of his daughter's character, he remained silent again.

Sheila Marne didn't know what to say, so she walked over to the fireplace to check if the water was boiling.

The old man waited in silence until the water in the kettle boiled, then looked at his daughter who came over with the kettle and asked, "Have you made up your mind?"

"What do you mean?"

"Stay in the presence of Your Majesty, be a dutiful Minister of War, and give your life of loyalty. ”

"Although I have questioned His Majesty a long time ago, he has proved that he is a king who has to be loyal to him, and I am willing to be loyal to him. "Sheila Marne said this very forcefully, and she was resolute.

"But the nobles all said he was a tyrant. ”

"That's because they don't know Your Majesty," it wasn't the first time Sheila Marne had heard this, "and that's because there were many nobles who found them useless, and Your Majesty didn't need them... No, it should be that the kingdom no longer needs nobles who only use the fame of their ancestors. She poured a little tea and looked up at her father, "I've even seen nobles who don't even know a word, but isn't it a joke that these people can walk into the hall of Kawalburg and accuse His Majesty of the program of governance?"

The old man nodded, shook his head again, took out his cigarette and rolled it skillfully and lit it, "I admit that there are many nobles who do have problems, but I would like to believe that there are many nobles who hold on to their honor and have outstanding abilities, you... Isn't that the best example?"

"The kingdom did not reject them, but only added some tests, as long as they passed these tests, they can still enter the government and the army..."

"Let them stay with those civilians?" said the old lord, taking a puff of his cigarette, "The Kru Territory was defeated by relying on our ancestors, and with his Pedy Reagan words, let us give up everything we fought for?"

"The fall of the Empire has revealed that the aristocracy can no longer rule the present human world. ”

Sheila Marne's more than a year in the military office and the daily confrontations in the King's office have long since made her lose her spirit in the army and learn to control her emotions. So, after a brief period of mood swings when she met her father, she was able to keep herself calm, "The nobility is no longer fit to rule over mankind, and the time of high kingship has arrived." ”

The old man felt his daughter's determination at this moment, and after taking a puff of cigarette again, he also said very seriously: "The noble royal power can give birth to a glorious era, or it can be incarnated as a destroyer to shatter the entire Ailan Continent. ”

"His Majesty will be the creator, not the destroyer!"

Siala Marne looked directly at her father, and the old man looked at her daughter, and the two looked at each other, and the tea leaves in the teapot were slowly melted by the boiling water between the two of them.

The light aroma of tea soon filled the study, and when the swollen tea leaves pushed open the lid of the teapot, Sira Marne withdrew her gaze and looked down at the tea she was brewing, and reached out to push the lid of the teapot open.

This time, the silence of the two of them did not have the gentleness and tranquility just now, and the situation that the two women had been deliberately avoiding since they met finally happened...

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