Yu Lian raised his head to meet the queen, and only then did he fully understand her intentions! The previous coercion and intimidation were all fake, she had no intention of taking Drax's life at all, she just used him to force herself to say her terms! This woman is so terrible!

Yu Lian bowed his head sadly, saluted the queen, and said in a trembling voice: "I understand! Well, I wish you a good day, the villain has retired. ”

Vanessa nodded, ignoring him. From the title he used at the end, it can be heard that he has agreed to the queen's proposal, and the Yulian family will henceforth give up the custody of dark magic, Vanessa has finally shaken the foundation of that mysterious world, although it is only a corner, but it is already a rare move.

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Over the next year, Vanessa managed the Flame Nation in good order. She had no more time to worry about her own affairs outside of her busy schedule, and the news from the Land of Midsummer made her trust in Brant's rule even more. But after all, he has nothing to do with himself, his name is not right, and if he wants him to rule for a long time, there is no other way than marriage, it seems that not only women need fame, but even the people around the queen are no exception.

However, marrying Brandt at this time was not Nissa's best choice, Duke Morton on the side of the Mountain Country was still waiting for the queen's reply, although he did not like Vanessa very much, but he was grateful that she had saved him and his biological mother, and the increase in the attack of the wine valley guerrillas in Creon on the border made him have to look forward to the military support of the Burning Country. From Vanessa's point of view, marriage to the Land of Mountains is the most advantageous alliance, which will play a crucial role in her subsequent reign.

But what about Brant?

"What about me?" Reina was shocked when he learned of Vanessa's decision, "I can't watch you leave your beloved again and again and throw yourself into someone else's arms!"

"My dear archer," Vanessa said, raising her tired face from the palm of her hand, "how can you understand the truth that you are in your position and cannot help yourself?" ”

"You're already a queen, what else do you want?" Reina's tone was almost pleading, "You said that as long as you reach your goal, you will leave with me and return to the hermit village to live a peaceful life. ”

Vanessa shook her head and looked at Reina in disappointment, you are so naïve, do you think I am telling you the truth? "That's just our beautiful imagination, you know, we're never going to have that happy ending......"

"Then what's the point of you fighting so hard?!" Reina said angrily, "Aren't we trying our best to achieve the goal just to live the life we want? He pounded the long table in front of him with his fist, "Actually, even if you choose to give up on me and be with Brant, I won't mind, because after all, that's how you choose to be happy, and you two will at least be happy; And now, you agree to Muton's marriage proposal, but it is purely out of political considerations, which is not the happiness you want at all! I will never agree to your marriage to the Land of the Mountains, and if you need help with invisibility, I will not be able to provide it. ”

"Oh, my Reina, please don't turn your back on me." Vanessa was physically and mentally exhausted, "Even I don't know how to convince myself, but you know, the road to the highest point of the throne is paved with thorns, and we all have to grind through our feet and sprinkle all the way to the bloody throne." I don't want to spend the rest of my life with my lover, but if I don't hold on to these kingdoms, the opportunity will be fleeting, and the hope of unifying Europs will be frustrated again, and the nations will fall apart again, and everything we have worked so hard for will be in vain. ”

"You say that, does Brandt understand?"

"yes, Brant." Vanessa was a little sad, "I was upset about him just now. She turned to Reina, "I can't promise you anything, but at least you'll always be there for me, and we can face each other day and night, but he can't." But he must understand me! You know, I am sadder than any of us to make such a decision! She pointed around her, "I'm enjoying all this, but not as much as I should have paid for it." As an emperor, if you enjoy more, you are destined to think more and sacrifice more than others, and even kill your own flesh and blood relatives with your own hands and bear all the grief! ”

"But—"

"No," Vanessa interrupted Reina, turning her head away from the tears on her face, "I've made up my mind that I won't change it." Whether Brandt understands or gets angry, it's my choice. From now on, both the Land of Mountains and the Land of Midsummer will be annexed to the Flame Country as a subsidiary of the Scorching Flame Country! ”

With that, Vanessa brushed her hand away.

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Experiencing the baptism of love, sacrifice and war is the process of fading away from youth.

Although the process is as painful as a cicada's moult, the pain has long been accustomed to Vanessa.

No matter how much Brant tried to stop him, the archmage Meese eventually solved Creon, but no one would expose his methods. The ant-eating magic he had placed on the shield of the King's Palace in Wine Valley had finally bitten a hole in the shield after a year, and the magic of countless people who wanted to get rid of Creon immediately swarmed in and tore the king to pieces. The magicians of the Winevalley Kingdom couldn't even find any kind of magic that was responsible for Creon's death. Brandt was impatient, so he had to return to China to inherit the throne, and hand over the land of Midsummer to the hands of Mees. The Great Magician is loyal to the blood of the king and absolutely obeys Vanessa's orders, but as a result, Vanessa lacks the most effective magical guards. Fortunately, with Rogge and Reina present, the queen strengthened the magic shield of Shenlanwei and made her palace impregnable.

Three months later, Vanessa and Muton were married in Redstone, the royal city of the Mountain Country.

The wedding was unprecedentedly grand.

Almost all the mountain dwarves attended their crown prince's wedding. And Vanessa is also the first time in her life to see so many dwarves. They weren't the same as they remembered, first of all, they didn't have the dwarves they had at sea, they didn't have that big feet, and they just had to look at the young girls to know that they were evolving into normal humans.

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