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After a while, the boatswain came to the deck where Charlotte was with the three victims, and Vivien and Lolita, who had done their homework, also came out and looked at the three victims curiously.

They wore standard navy blue uniforms, and except for one unlucky man who was wounded in his left arm and half-paralyzed on the ground, the other two victims, although pale and trembling lips, looked fine.

But in the same way, they all had a look of horror in their eyes, their pupils dilated, and they didn't seem to have recovered from their fear. The two victims, who were in better physical condition, were holding their arms and shivering.

"Get on your knees!"

The boatswain kicked the two men in the crook of the legs, looked at the third man who had collapsed to the ground, and lifted him up to his knees.

"Lord, these are these three guys. They were wearing the standard naval uniforms of the Principality of Ullapool, and this guy ......," he gestured to the hapless man holding his arm, "and judging by the badge, he was a noble officer. There are also a lot of floating corpses in the sea ahead wearing the navy uniform of the Helm Empire, and I think we have a naval battle. ”

Charlotte noticed that the wounded man had a noble badge on his shoulder, as well as two long and one short military insignia representing military ranks, but Charlotte had invested little in heraldry and could not recognize which family the officer was from in the Empire.

"Captain Ship's life, spare your life! We are poor soldiers, and we don't have any oil or water on us!"

At this time, the two frightened soldiers knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, judging from their tones, it seemed that Charlotte and the others were pirate groups who wanted to pick up cheap on the periphery of the naval battle. This made Lolita laugh, she wondered, what kind of desperate pirate would dare to be crazy in the naval war zone of the Helm Empire and the Principality of Alephal.

"Shut up, the noble lord is not a lowly pirate!" the boatswain took up the courage of the rebellious sailor, drew the leather whip from his waist and threw it at the speaker. The man wailed and rolled on the ground, blood quickly soaking his uniform and mixing with the seawater on his body, leaving a reddish stain on the deck.

Charlotte waved her hand to stop it, then pointed at the officer, "Treat him, refresh him, and then let the captain move forward temporarily." ”

The order was quickly executed, and the officer, with the help of the spell, was in good spirits, and he looked up at Charlotte with a suspicious look on his face.

"You, you are ......"

"It doesn't matter who I am. Charlotte waved her hand and asked, "What's up ahead, tell me immediately!"

The aristocratic officer of Ullapool showed a look of struggle, gritted his teeth and shook his head, "I'm sorry, as a vassal of the Grand Duke of Ullapool, I must be responsible for the military operation. Thank you for saving my life, but I can't tell you anything. ”

Behind him, the boatswain raised his whip with another smirk.

"Your loyalty is respectable, but even if you don't say it, the current situation is clear. I don't think you need to be so rigid, I don't intend to hear any military secrets, and I don't have any interest in knowing. However, I think that as a nobleman of the San Lorenzo Empire, I have an obligation to know the general situation in the South today. ”

This sentence made the noble officer's expression slacken a little, but he still stiffened his neck and said nothing.

"Believe me, I don't want to resort to any unconventional tactics against a loyal fighter. Also, no matter what happens within the Empire, I think we all have the same identity, we are all Imperial nobles! For the Helm Empire, we are natural allies. ”

This persuasion seemed to impress the noble officer, who lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and asked, "Do I have the honor of knowing which noble family you come from?"

"Bold, you are not qualified to know!" scolded the boatswain.

But Charlotte waved her hand, signaled the boatswain to calm down, took out the family crest and handed it to the noble officer, "I'm from the Icewind Castle family. ”

The aristocratic officer took the royal coat of arms of Icewind Castle, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he quickly looked up to confirm Charlotte's image. Realizing Charlotte's identity, he saluted in a respectful tone after returning the royal coat of arms with both hands.

"Larry, Viscount Longbottom, has seen the noble Grand Duke of Icewind Castle!

Please also explain the current situation. Charlotte waved her hand.

"Yes! Larry recounted the current situation, "A year ago, Bruno, the puppet emperor of the Helm Empire, succeeded to the throne and launched the Northern Expedition. Our country formed an alliance with Hoscent to defend against Bruno's aggression. But ......"

When he said this, he paused slightly, as if he was observing Charlotte's face, and then gritted his teeth and said, "But Bert, the Grand Duke of Roset, did not agree to Horcente's armistice agreement and insisted on invading Horcente. Hoscent was attacked on both sides, and the southern defense line collapsed in many places, resulting in the fall of the southern port of Pydarda. The Helm Empire launched a naval war and wanted to destroy our country's maritime blockade in one fell swoop, so there was today's war. ”

Considering Charlotte's relationship with the royal family of Locente, his words were quite pertinent, but in the end, he made his own plea.

"Your Highness, Grand Duke of Icewind Castle, please mediate the war between the Rosente and the Aleppool-Hocente alliance for the sake of the nobles of the Empire. Now that the foreign enemy is present, we really can't withstand any internal friction!"

The Imperial Family is now left with Cynthia Clegghorn, a single seedling still living in the Erosa royal family, and if there is anyone in the Empire today who can mediate the war between the Rosente and the Ullapool-Horcente Alliance, it is Charlotte.

Don't forget, the credit for the near-destruction of the country by Rosente was also indispensable to the change of fortune in the battle, and only Charlotte supported Brent alone at that time to achieve a brilliant victory in the Battle of Tria.

Charlotte was slightly stunned.

In fact, in the past two years, he has also received personal letters from Archduke Marcus of Hosent and Eleanor of Ullapool, in which they are nothing more than a request to mediate the war with Rosent. But at that time, the north was eroded, there was a rebellion of nobles supported by the church, and the barbarian-orcs with the participation of the church went south, so how could he be a peace ambassador and mediator.

As for now......

"I see, this is a big deal, and I'll discuss it with the members of the Icewind Castle Inner Ring Council. Larry-sama is not feeling well, so please go to the lounge to recuperate. ”

This is what it means to send off guests, and Larry naturally understands it. But he shook his head and refused, with a resolute and resolute expression, "I understand the kindness of the Grand Duke, but the naval battle is still going on, and the national crisis is current, how can I take refuge under the Grand Duke." I had the audacity to ask the Grand Duke to lend me a lifeboat and let me return to the battlefield. In addition, today's request is for the Grand Duke to consider properly, and be sure to put the overall situation of the empire first. ”

Charlotte straightened her collar and said solemnly, "If you insist......"

"Please accept my request, the Grand Duke and the Great Delongbottom family will definitely remember it!"

"Boatswain, prepare a lifeboat for Lord Larry, equip it with weapons, and let our high-ranking mages temporarily enchant his weapons!" Charlotte gave the order before she solemnly said to Larry, "Lord Larry, I wish you good luck!"

After about ten minutes, everything was ready. Larry begged Charlotte to take care of the two frightened soldiers, jumped into the lifeboat alone along the cable, and paddled lonely from the blue sea to the smoke.

He never uttered a word of asking Charlotte for help, and the smoke in the distance, the blue sea in the distance, and the lonely lifeboat formed a fascinating oil painting, and the lifeboat faced the scorched black planks and floating corpses floating upstream, forming a lonely but tall silhouette.

"He's a great soldier, a noble nobleman......" Charlotte muttered as she looked at his distant silhouette.

But then Ramsay interjected, "You don't really want to mediate the war as he says, do you?"