"Hey, don't you say it, I've forgotten about it, I heard that the lord of the Eternal Night Army is very young, similar to little Sophie, and has never been married, if little Sophia marries him, wouldn't we be a family?

"You just sold little Sophia for these things outside your body?

"What do you mean to sell little Sophia? Little Sophia hasn't married yet, aren't you in a hurry? If she changes to an ordinary family, she should be a mother of five or six children at her current age, and the longer it drags on, the fewer men are suitable for her, and now there is one, of course, you have to hold on tightly. ”

"Okay, don't say it again, the more you talk about it, the more unscrupulous it becomes, this is a military meeting, not to discuss marriage leave, nor to divide the spoils of bandits. General Esmond waved his hand, marking the discussion to an end, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to leave the Broken Blood Fortress at this time, right?"

Grand Duke Cedric shook his head and said: "It's okay, in less than a year and a half, this war will not develop into a full-scale war, even if the East Odin Empire is weak, it will not be to the extent that it will be broken at a poke, before this, it is not the best time for us to intervene in this war, but it is to blackmail those bastards, otherwise we will get involved in the war, and there will be no time to pay attention to them." ”

Esmond looked down and thought about it, and it was the same reason.

It's useless to talk to those bastards in the south about morality and reason, and they don't think they have the belief to defend the Broken Blood Fortress to the death, which is not a good means.

And if you want to interfere in this war, you can't do it without sufficient logistical supplies, this is not the greatest sorrow of their group of soldiers, if they want to fight a big battle, they have to go out and make friends with people first.

"If Your Majesty goes to the south, will you find Arnold back by the way, this kind of large-scale war cannot miss his spear. Esmond cautiously suggested.

"Don't mention this bastard to me, if I get caught, I'll be the first to break his leg. Archduke Cedric slammed the table and said angrily, "This bastard is done and runs away, where will I put my old face, and how will I face my brother when I die?"

"Arnold did go a little too far this time. Esmond cleared his throat and said very approvingly, "The kind of running away before, which is an out-and-out cowardly behavior, has lost the face of our Streich family, but one yard is one yard, the war is important now, and when this war is over, I will definitely escort him personally and marry Lady Margaret." ”

Esmond squeezed his eyebrows at General Pedro while persuading, this is the best time, if he doesn't convince the old man at this time, he will have no chance in the future.

Although General Pedro doesn't want to get involved in the family affairs of the Strachage family, he has to say that Arnold, the war madman, is indeed a member of the Tiger Horseman, and whether he is there or not is a completely different matter, if he is really fully involved in the war between the two Odin Empires this time, he will have to rely on the crazy momentum of the other party.

After a little hesitation, General Pedro also followed and tactfully admonished: "Your Majesty, this kind of thing is what you and I want after all, General Arnold's temperament is not a day or two, and Lady Margaret is willing to have a relationship with him, so she should be prepared to face this situation." ”

"What? are you still defending him? Could it be that I was wrong?" said Archduke Cedric's eyes widened with rage, and he had the posture of pouring out his anger on General Pedro's head.

General Pedro shook his head again and again and said: "I don't have any intention of defending him, I just want to say that things have happened, what we should think about now should be how to solve the matter, General Arnold will not come back for a day, and Mrs. Margaret will have to hang on the side, once the child is born, it is not good for the reputation of the two families, or find a way to let them get married, and when they have a family and children, they will have to worry, and they can't let Arnold take care of it." ”

"With the virtue of his prodigal, will he take care of the child?" Archduke Cedric snorted, obviously not believing that Arnold could make changes so easily, but after all, his anger was not as strong as it had just been.

The reason why Archduke Cedric is so angry, Arnold has lost the face of their Streich family this time is only one aspect, after all, the things on him are not big or small.

Although Lady Margaret was married, her husband had been widowed for many years, and it was not too bad to be involved with Arnold.

To the greatest annoyance of Archduke Cedric, Lady Margaret's husband had followed him for many years when he died in battle because of one of his erroneous orders.

Archduke Cedric always felt ashamed of their family, and usually took care of his family, but the result was good, his son took care of the widowed young lady to the bed, and ran to him with a big belly to urge marriage, and his old face had nowhere to put for a while.

In addition, Arnold had too many bad roots in the past, and among his many sons, he had always been the one that Archduke Cedric valued the most, and he loved him deeply, and in his anger, he wanted to punish him severely.

As a result, no one could be found at all, and Arnold slipped ahead of time.

I don't know if the fear of facing the wrath of Archduke Cedric, or the urging of Mrs. Sugrete.

Whatever the reason, one thing is certain, his irresponsible behavior completely annoyed Archduke Cedric, who regarded responsibility above all else.

For a long time, no one in the Broken Blood Fortress dared to mention the name Arnold, lest it anger the tyrant.

But Alexander-Arnold's ability and reliability on the pitch are there for all to see.

The Great War is approaching, and everyone prefers to have this lucky young god of war in charge.

"Where is that bastard now?" said Archduke Cedric, though he did not explicitly say that he wanted to spare Arnold, and his attitude was undoubtedly much more relaxed.

"The last time he appeared was at Little Sophia's, but he was questioned by Little Sophia for a while, he himself showed his cowardice, and he didn't stay for half a day before he ran away, the last time he appeared was in the city of Anjibena under the Manyu Army, and no one has seen him since then, so he can avoid our sight, there are no more than two possibilities, one is to go to sea by boat, and the other is to enter the Eternal Night Army. General Esmond replied without hesitation, "Judging from his presence in the city of Angie Bena, it is more likely that he will go to the latter." ”

"Are you sure?" Archduke Cedric was not satisfied with General Esmond's ambiguous answer.

"There is a ninety percent chance that he has the best relationship with little Sophia, and he usually exchanges letters, and he has shown a strong interest in the new rising power in the Andes over the years, especially the Eternal Night Leader has used a new weapon, and won the Kingsley family who used the battle artifact and the Cummins family who used the dragon wreck battleship, he will definitely find out, especially the manufacturing method of that new weapon, if he doesn't get it, it's not Arnold. General Esmond said with a smile, "If Arnold can get this new weapon manufacturing method back, it will be considered a credit." ”

"Nonsense!" said Archduke Cedric, who was not pleased with it.

The other party's abnormal reaction made General Esmond stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "Your Majesty has seen the power of this new weapon, if it can be used on a large scale, it will definitely greatly improve the combat effectiveness of our Broken Blood Castle, if you can get the formula back, it will definitely be a good thing, how is it nonsense?"

"The Eternal Night Commander is now a firm ally of little Sophie, little Sophia has been trying her best to get the black powder formula, and she has not let go of her mouth for reasons of secrecy before, since the end of the war with the Kingsley family, the world has seen the power of black powder, and began to find ways to reverse it, the young lord's tone is not so tight, with little Sophia's means, it is not difficult to get it. Archduke Cedric slammed the table again, "What kind of trickery did Arnold use when he could get something by trade? Once the other party finds out, how do you let me explain it? How can little Sophia explain it? Honestly, how much do you know about it?"

This time it was General Esmond's turn to be dumbfounded, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally didn't dare to hide it: "According to the informant, the news that Arnold inquired about Anjibena City was all about the merchant ships of the Eternal Night Army, and I think he wanted to enter the Eternal Night Army Territory in this way. ”

"Why don't you tell me about this matter as soon as possible?" asked Archduke Cedric, gritting his teeth.

General Estmund opened his mouth, but he couldn't answer for a long time, he couldn't say, old man, you were angry at the time, whoever dared to tell you Arnold's news, you were in a hurry, there was no way to say it.

"Forget it, you don't have to worry about this matter. Archduke Cedric waved his hand, he knew that he was also responsible for this matter, so he shouldn't let Arnold's little bastard run around, in just half a year, I don't know how many wild seeds he left for the Straitch family outside.

How did Strach, a family that inherited the family in the name of a knight, come out with such a freak?

Archduke Cedric, who was upset by Arnold's news, was in no mood to continue this military meeting, so he made a decision: "All the rangers have canceled their rotations, and they are all scattered for me, not only keeping an eye on the every move of the big tribes of the Western Odin Empire, but also not letting go of the East Odin Empire, this matter is still followed up by General Esmond, especially the two royal courts, I want to know their precise stationing points every month." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. General Esmond commanded in a loud voice.

"The defense of the Broken Blood Fort will be handed over to you, General Pedro, I want every soldier and every horse to be in the best condition, every weapon to be sharpened, and every armor to be maintained to the strongest and ready to attack. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. General Pedro stood up and commanded.

"General Yasvis, the matter of military mobilization will be left to you, and I will raise at least 200,000 troops for me for three months, regardless of the method you use. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The general with a slightly depressed expression answered the order, and he didn't know if he was born like this, or he was worried about the impossible task arranged by Archduke Cedric, but at this time, even if he couldn't finish it, he couldn't say a word, and he only hoped that Archduke Cedric could give a little more strength when he went south this time and get more supplies to come back.

"General Castle, General Austria, the inspection of the border passes on the eastern front and the border pass on the western front is entrusted to you, and I want to make sure that those soldiers are not slackened because of the lack of war in these years, and can respond to my summoning order at any time. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The two young generals stood up at the same time and took the order.

"As for the two of you. Archduke Cedric did not forget that there were two temporary members of this military council, "You go south with me, still temporarily command the original rangers, give you a week, adjust your condition, and wait for my orders at any time." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Captain Yarus and Captain Southel, who had been a little restless, got up at the same time to receive the order.

"Carry out the mission. Archduke Cedric waved his hand.

After giving a military salute, the generals of the Broken Blood Fortress left one after another, except for General Esmond who stayed at the end and did not leave for a long time.

"Anything else?" said Archduke Cedric, looking up at his eldest son.

General Esmond hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know what my father wants to do, but it's a bit inappropriate to promote a soldier in such an unusual way, especially if you are going to take him with you, after all, he has just returned from the prairie." ”

In private, General Esmond's relationship with Archduke Cedric was less businesslike.

"Even if he has a problem, it is a problem on the prairie, I will take them to the south now, there will be no problem, as for the exceptional promotion, I have not considered this problem for the time being, and I will talk about it when I come back from the south. Grand Duke Cedric replied with a smile, "Don't worry, a small captain, even if something really goes wrong, you won't be able to jump out of the palm of my hand, you haven't aged to that extent." ”

"It's good that my father knows what to do. General Esmond nodded, "When is Father going to leave for the south?"

"It's a week as fast, two weeks as slow, and no more than three weeks at the latest. Archduke Cedric sighed lightly and said, "We are also in a race against time, there is news from Valesta that little Sophia is ready to let go and push Prince Laurie to power." ”

"So early?" General Esmond was taken aback, "Isn't it a year and a half before Prince Laurie is officially an adult?"

Princess Regent Sophilia is the biggest supporter of Broken Blood Castle right now, and if she steps down, their lives will be even harder.

Not only is Sophia close enough to them, but also because she grew up in the Broken Blood Castle, and even traveled to the savannah with Archduke Cedric herself, she is very aware of the threat of the Orcs to the Byron Alliance.

When Prince Laurie comes to power, everything is unknown.

Not only is the young prince unpredictable, but he is more susceptible to the influence of other members of the Lancelot royal family.

If possible, the Broken Blood Fortress would like Sophia to sit in this position forever.

"Little Sophia must have her own considerations for doing this, but this is a situation that we will have to face sooner or later, just sooner or later. "It's not all bad for us, at least we can get to know the young prince in advance, and if something really goes wrong, little Sophia can still maneuver through it to buy us more time to prepare." ”

"So, my father's trip is not just for the sake of the lords and nobles, but also for the sake of the new king?" said Esmond with an understanding.

It seems that the changes in the Theodin Empire are just a coincidence, whether there is such a thing or not, with the news of the new king alone, Archduke Cedric will make a trip to Valesta.

"That's right. Archduke Cedric nodded and said, "Marriage with the royal family and ensuring that the royal bloodline has the blood of the Strachrich family is the key to maintaining the stability of the situation in the entire north, and if something went wrong with your sister Ariel in the previous generation, it can only be found in the new generation, so that Jennifer and Beverly are ready to go to the royal capital with me." ”

"Jennifer and Beverly?" General Esmond said with a slightly embarrassed face, "Jennifer has the blood of an Odin orc, and Beverly is only twelve years old this year, I'm afraid it's not suitable, right?"

Jennifer was the granddaughter of General Esmond, and Beverly was the youngest daughter of the third son of Archduke Cedric.

Archduke Cedric sighed helplessly: "The two of them are already the closest in age, and Jennifer should be the most suitable person, but there are always so many short-sighted people in the world who can only let Beverly as a backup choice, which is the responsibility of their birth in the Strachey family." ”

General Esmond could only be silent, the unique identity of a half-breed may have troubled him when he was young, but now it is no more.

Just like when I was a child, Archduke Cedric told myself, what kind of person you want to be is not determined by origin and bloodline, but by what kind of person you want to become.

General Esmond could now say to all the skeptical eyes that he had become the man he wanted to be, that he was not ashamed of his bloodline, but rather proud of it, and that he had accomplished what no ordinary man had accomplished with this unique lineage.

Due to the gradual increase in the number of unique people in the Broken Blood Castle and the unique contributions they have made, those rough men no longer look at them with the eyes of aliens.