In the northern part of the Harrens Heights, after the vast territory near the Fedron steppe was pacified by the Kavalburg army, Pedi renamed the area 'Northern Official'.

Two hours after Pedi and Danmen Green talked, Sira Marne, who was far north of the road, heard what Pedi was trying to tell her.

The noblewoman quickly understood what Pedi meant.

However, it is one thing to understand, but it is another to actually do it. Because Sira Marne is not only the deputy commander of the Cawar Fort Knights' Guard, but also the second daughter of the Grand Lord of the Cowindburg region, the surname 'Marne' makes her subconsciously resist using the Kawar Fort army to attack any of the four Dominions.

But she was also well aware that as soon as she shared these thoughts with the ruler in Kavalburg, her commander would change hands immediately. She knew better that the ruler had told her the plan, and that she had to choose between Kawalburg and the family.

This choice was difficult for Sira Marne. At an early age, she was taught by her father that the interests of the family were above all else, but at the same time, an aristocratic elite education taught her that honor and oath were above any interests.

...

The garrison of the Fort Caval Guards was located in the ruins of a fortress on the northern border between the official road and the central region of the Harrens Heights. After a few months of operation, the ruins began to slowly restore their original fortress appearance.

As the sun sets, golden light pours down.

In the training ground near the command post in the fortress, there were several campfires with figures surging, cheering and cheering one after another. I saw a group of soldiers who had taken off their armor and rested around the improvised dueling arena, cheering for the duelists they supported.

In the dueling arena, the holy power of Sira Marne and a middle-aged paladin collided together, and the practice wooden swords in their hands intertwined with each other and made a "click" sound.

Paladin's duel is always so pleasing to the eye, the golden streamer produced by the collision of holy power constantly stimulates the surrounding soldiers to bet on the table, and the purest power duel reminds the soldiers of the bloody brilliance on the battlefield, and they shout to vent the boring days in the barracks.

"Click" a wooden sword cracked after a few staggered attacks,

"Good!" the cheers rang out with numerous whistles after the middle-aged knight was stabbed in the calf and fell to the ground.

Siala Marne looked at the fallen knight and took off the shield on his head and hugged it in his arms, the original short blonde hair was now shoulder-length, and the sweaty hair in the crimson fire emitted a very special charming brilliance, which made the officers and soldiers next to him salivate.

"Come again!" The icy reprimand made the imaginary officers and soldiers immediately fall into an ice cellar, and those dirty thoughts in their minds were extinguished as soon as they arose.

"Sir, your holy power is incomparably strong. The middle-aged paladin shrugged, "I don't want to fight you anymore." ”

Siala Marne frowned slightly, and moved her gaze to the other paladins next to her, and the paladins who had just finished the duel with her immediately looked up at the sky and chatted with each other about the weather.

The noblewoman let out a long breath of annoyance, but her face was not visibly overwhelmed.

Just as she was about to turn to leave, the very young soldiers surrounding the middle dueling arena pretended to be bold and said, "Sir, I heard that before the final battle of the Orc War last year, you defeated hundreds of knights in the knight duel in the Klan Territory and finally won the championship of that duel, is this true?"

The knightly yearning of ordinary soldiers, especially young soldiers who had just enlisted in the army, kept them highly interested in all the famous duels, and last year's battle in the Klan Lord, which numbered more than a hundred and was a duel between the knights of the three dukes, was already known throughout the empire by traveling bards.

Over the past year, the Knight vs. Orc Wars had been the hottest topic of conversation in all the taverns of the Empire.

'An unpopular female knight defeated hundreds of knights from all over the world in the most elite troops of the empire, and was finally rewarded by three dukes. It's a funny story just to think about. Now the main character of the story is right in front of the soldiers.

During these four months, all the soldiers of the Guards wanted to ask the protagonist of the story about the specific situation at that time, and today was the first time that a soldier had the audacity to ask this question.

But Sira Marne didn't care about the title of 'Champion' Knight, and she even subconsciously refused to recall that knightly duel, because after that the Seventh Combined Legion was wiped out, and the people she swore allegiance to died in the field!

She, on the other hand, escaped the battle.

"No, I didn't win the championship. Silah-Marne denied, "I ended up losing at the hands of Baron Pedy. ”

"Yes, but then the later thing, but the duel in front was more interesting. The young soldier looked excited to hear Sira Marne's answer, "Those bards said that it was because you challenged Master Pedi that the duel happened, is that right?"

Sira Marne took the hose handed by the soldier next to her, and her mind subconsciously recalled the duel last year. At that time, she subconsciously launched a duel after seeing Pedi at first sight.

Yes, that was her knee-jerk reaction at the time.

She was known as the First Paladin of Crewe at the time, and Pedi was praised in the papal see's propaganda as the most powerful paladin in the Empire's three hundred years. At the same time, the news circulating in the territory that she will be engaged to Pedi makes her subconsciously want to defeat Pedi as soon as she sees him.

However, it turned out that her idea at the time was a bit naïve.

"The leaders of Covinde say that you should be engaged to Master Pedy, sir," the words came out of a joking tone as another soldier next to him.

"Hey, when Master Pedi returned to Crewe, the whole realm spread the news again. ”

Sheila Marne has worked as a squadron leader and corps staff officer, so she doesn't take soldiers' jokes to heart, but that doesn't mean she likes such topics. So, she pretended to be very angry and said, "I have decided, tomorrow your training will be doubled." ”

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately wailed...

"Sir Sira, you are here. An old man with silver hair squeezed into the middle of the soldiers, and he shrugged as he looked at Knight Sila who was laughing with the soldiers, "Did you bother you?"

"No, you came at the right time. "Sheila Marne unplugged the hose and poured a few sips of cold water on it, saying, "Let's go to my office and talk, Sir Seck." She threw the hose to the soldier next to her, pointing to the practice sword and hood at her feet and shouting, "You go on..."

Seeing this, the soldiers did not continue to joke, they consciously let the two of them pass.

Seke-Marat looked at the officers and soldiers around him, and whispered to Cyra: "The soldiers like to talk to you, and it seems that you are deeply loved by them. ”

"I just conquered them by force. Sila scratched her itchy blonde hair and raised her fist covered with holy power, "The army will always trust only the strong!"

Seke-Marat smiled noncommittally and whispered, "I see convincing, not fear, in the eyes of the soldiers. "I have seen many noble soldiers, and most of them are full of fear and anxiety about their lords. ”

"The Guards are Lord Pedy's army, Sir Seke. Sirah Marne's tone was serious.

"Of course!" Syke-Marat listened to the noblewoman's serious tone, and knew that the other party had misunderstood what he meant, "I was just expounding on one fact, people like to talk about trivial things when they are old...", he looked at Ciara and frowned, "What made you suddenly so sensitive?"

Sila ignored the old man's words, and her pace quickened considerably.

...

The original headquarters of the ruins was where Sila's office was located.

Walking into the headquarters, the strong smell of sweat in the summer barracks dissipated a lot, and Saike-Mara first filled himself with a bowl of cold water in the large water tank at the door and drank it before continuing to walk upstairs.

The office was clean but basic. Several of the most common small round stools and a wooden table in the barracks were used for Cila's work, and the rooms were more valuable for solid wood cabinets for various documents, as well as a military map outlined in whole bear skin.

"There's news from Master Pedy. Sila's voice was a little low.

Saike looked at the current appearance of the noblewoman and subconsciously asked, "Bad news?"

Sira shook her head and nodded, "The MI brought a message from Master Pedy... My lord said that even if we take Fort Herien, he won't care!"

Seke-Marat was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up in surprise, and his body that was about to sit down suddenly popped up, "Lord Pedi intends to resolve the conflict between the Guards and Fort Herien as an internal matter in the local territory...", he looked at Ciadra, "Didn't you always want this opportunity? ”

"I used to think that I only needed to defeat the two peasant regiments on the other side, but Lord Pedi wants the entire Fort Herien area!" "Sira looked at the soldiers in the training ground outside through the low window of her office, "Leading the Guards Regiment into Fort Herien to fight, I'm not sure if I can win this war!"

"Don't worry, Fort Herien isn't as powerful as you think..."Seke-Marat was a little dissatisfied with Sila's attitude, and his tone became a little cold, "You're just making excuses for yourself!"

"Maybe..."

"What maybe!" Seke-Marat looked a little excited, "The current management system of the Crewe Territory should have been eliminated a long time ago, we don't need the Crewe of the local lord's secession, the new commercial trade needs a new environment, if we continue to allow the local territory to be divided, the next 'Eloke Territory Incident' may happen in the Crewe Territory soon!"

"I know you're thinking about the interests of the Marne family. Seke's tone suddenly became calm again, "But you should look at the current situation of Crewe Territory, look at Baron Pedi's determination to reform Crewe Territory, and then look at the support of Crewe merchants for the Reagan family... This reform of the Kru Territory is not that the Lihe family wants to change, but that the situation of the entire Kru Territory needs to be changed by Baron Pedy, or Duke Nick!"

"What is the greatest reliance on the nobles of Bane-Lockton and the Heron Lords to dare to clash with the Guard?" the old knight asked himself, "it is the large amount of money and supplies that the commercial trade has brought them that has given them the courage to seize the northern official roads?

Seke-Marat took a deep breath and said, "The real masters of the Kru Territory are not the local lords who seem to be powerful at all, but a large number of merchant groups and countless handicraft practitioners, who are the foundation of the Kru Territory now. Both Lord Pedi and Duke Nick saw this, which is why there was a reform of the commercial trade of Crewe. If you want to stand in their way, a storm awaits you!"