"Why are you here?" asked Thranduil in a low voice as he led Merandil to the nearest room, "Aren't the officials of the Valandil faction supposed to arrive in Gondor?

"You were told by the woodland elves who have been stationed outside the palace of the king of Fuminas Ihir?" asked Melandil, a little incredulous. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Arnoor officials arrived on the day they left Gondor, and as soon as they arrived in Gondor, they immediately left the royal city with the patrol officials, and the Elven King's cronies in Gondor may not have known about it. Could it be that the Elven King has spies around Arnoor and the Human Emperor, and even the Arnor officials went to Gondor before I knew about it?

"It's not. It's news from Valandier. In front of the allies, Thranduil made no secret of it and said directly: "The news of all the kingdoms or territories of the righteous camp will quickly converge to the woodland kingdom. It's not difficult for me. ”

Merandil made a swallowing motion, and the eyes that looked at the Elf King increased with admiration, and even his head unconsciously lowered a point.

"You're here because Arnol's military power has been controlled by Valandiel, right?" the Elven King, who was seated on the main seat of the room, looked very casual, arranging his crumpled robes, and said slowly, "Why are you so alarmed? Are you doubting the Elven King's promises, or do you think that a 19-year-old kid can conquer the world if he gets back his military power?"

"I swear to Iluvita that I have never had the slightest suspicion of you. Merandiel, who had just sat down, hurriedly stood up and said solemnly, "Just wondering how you plan to solve this problem." You know, Valandil won't succeed to the throne until two years later, and now he wants to return to military power, doesn't he want to send troops to Gondor in advance?"

"He sent an army to Gondor, my faithful ally, it seems that you have lost your wisdom in your impatience. Smiling and patting Merandiel on the shoulder, and handing over another glass of wine, Thranduil said slowly: "Without the successor emperor, the order issued by Valandil will definitely be rejected." Attacking Gondor is not attacking Sauron, it can be answered at once. The soldiers on Arnol's side submitted to him, and some of their relatives were Gondor, both near and far. If it were you, would you listen to a child who is nothing and attack your own kin?"

Not to mention that Valandil is not the Emperor of Men now, even if he becomes the Emperor of Humans, without a reasonable reason, Arnoel's forces will not attack the Gondor, who are connected to each other. Melendiel nodded, and just brought the glass to his lips, but immediately took it away. "When he succeeds to the throne of the human emperor, he will have a reason to send troops to Gondor - to recover the real power of Gondor according to the custom of the human emperor. What do you need me to do then? With Gondor's current strength, in the territory of Gondor, you and I may still have a chance to survive by attacking both inside and outside. ”

"You mean to lead the Gondor and the soldiers I brought with me?" As if listening to a joke, the Elven King raised his glass and laughed. If it weren't for the strength of the Elven King's ability to control all the movements of Middle-earth, and moved by the promise he made, Merandil, who felt deeply humiliated, would have thrown off his sleeves and left long ago. Fortunately, after the elf king laughed a few times, he returned to his solemn expression.

"Merandiel, I have to say, you've done really well in the past six years. It seems that two years ago, everyone in Gondor said that you were the most affectionate king. And Valendiel, who had been taught in Rivendell, was condemned by the Gondor as a ruthless man because he never returned to Arnoll and did not go to mourn Essidor once. Am I right?"

"That's right. At the mention of the recognition of himself by the people of Gondor, Merandil finally regained some self-confidence. Raising his glass to the Elven King in the air, he said with a smile: "The officials of Arnoel come to inspect once a year in January. When they arrived two years ago, the people of Gondor began to be unkind to them. ”

Thinking that as long as the Arnoel officials left the palace, there were always people who deliberately rushed to them and said, "Don't use the banner of the emperor to embarrass our majesty." Your Majesty was also the King of Gondor personally appointed by the Emperor at that time, how can you be humiliated?" Merandil was sure that her six years had not been in vain. He succeeded in "secretly" mourning Essidor and pretending to be humble in front of Arnol's officials, provoking the Gondor people's antipathy towards the future human emperor.

Valandil had no sense of existence until he was confirmed as the future human emperor, and after confirming his identity as the future human emperor, he went to Rivendell to be taught and never returned to Gondor. For the commoners of Gondor, the future emperor is strange, ruthless, and proud, and has never done anything for the Gondorians except that officials are sent over every year to make it difficult for their own king; So, Merandiel was sure that none of Gondor would accept that the Emperor would take control of their fate.

In the words of the elders of humanity in private, it is impossible for the child, who is not yet 20 years old, who has not experienced war, who is not close to us, to understand what the Gondor people are thinking. It's better to be his human emperor in Arnol, and it's still hard work on Gondor's side, Your Majesty.

"So, the support of the people gave you the idea of bringing Gondor soldiers to fight me in the country?" After saying this, the Elven King carefully looked at Merandil with complicated eyes.

At this time, King Gondor was in the body, and the Elven King saw himself as he had just entered the battle of the "Last Alliance". In that alliance composed of different races and different countries, the first self with the crown was like Melendil at this time, and his eyes only saw his own gains and losses. What does it mean to be too small-sighted? It means that there is no control over the development of the situation at all. Because there are countless beings in this world, only seeing their own kingdom or even their own race cannot control the movements of the entire world at all. If you don't pay attention to the whole world, the world will prove to you its existence and grandeur with countless unexpected difficulties.

If he can't grasp the dynamics of the whole world, how can he control the development of the situation and let justice always prevail over evil? At this time, Merendiel only saw the real power of the Gondor Kingdom and the forces that he could use in his hands, but he did not see the entire righteous camp. Therefore, his idea is destined to be only an idea and cannot be implemented.

Thranduil thought about the wording for a moment, and did not rush to say the cruel truth, but only persuaded the other party not to worry with a promise that he would take full responsibility.