The capital of the Bunitanian Empire - Pandolagon.

The girl with long golden orange hair in the uniform of the Knight of the Round Table was walking down the corridor leading to the Imperial Council Hall, and under the green cloak, the pitch-black two-handed sword that did not match the girl's slender stature was particularly eye-catching.

"See who this is?" Coming from the other side of the passage, the grim-looking young man, also dressed in the uniform of the Knight of the Round Table, stopped at the sight of the girl and said in a flirtatious tone, "Isn't this the poor little lamb who has lost his owner? ”

"Luchiano Blandley." The girl's voice was as cold as winter.

The Twelfth Knight, Monica Kurushiewski, has become cold since Kamiyu's death, and the aura of rejection has not dissipated with the passage of time, but has become more and more serious.

"How? Should you consider changing owners? Continuing to say this in a flirtatious tone, Bradley raised his hand and reached out to Monica.

The Tenth Knight, Lukinoa Brandley, is a bloodthirsty butcher, a genius for killing, and a serious racist tendency. If it had been in the Third Reich with a mustache, perhaps Heinrich Himmler would have been the only character to carry his shoes. And here, he lived up to expectations and earned the terrifying nickname of 'Vampire of the Bunitanian Empire'.

In addition to Brandley's fierce reputation, good women are also famous both inside and outside the empire. Not only is the direct personal guard team composed of beautiful women, but it is also not uncommon to hear rumors of him committing violence against captured female captives. His attitude towards women is not like the general lover who likes to play a gentle and romantic set, but like a cold and cruel personality, he doesn't care about the other party's feelings at all, and likes to use tough means.

If it was the original Monica, Brandley would only dismiss, but the current Monica is of interest to him.

"I'm so much better than that little kid, I'm sure I can make you forget about him."

Just as Brandley's hand was about to pinch Monica's chin, his hand jerked back, leaping backwards as it retracted.

"Instead of cutting off your hand, maybe I should first wring your tongue off." Monica rested one hand on the hilt of her sword, and the ground in front of her was a severed rift.

"It's scary, it's scary." Brandley rubbed his wrist, his face calm but his tone extremely solemn. Several red flying blades were silently pulled out of his arms.

"Brande, this is the Imperial Palace, do you want to challenge His Majesty's majesty here?"

Just then, a serious voice rang out from behind Monica.

"Qi!" Brandley unhappily put the flying blade back, and quickly changed to a contemptuous smile, "Isn't this only a young master duo with a family background, Fabre and Beinbelluk?" ”

"So the Knights of the Round Table are so worthless in your eyes? It seems that your self-esteem is only at this level. Luca's face did not change, and he calmly sneered.

"Qi, then let's see." Facing the three Knights of the Round Table, Bradley knew that he had no chance of winning, no matter how conceited he was, so he simply turned around and walked into the Imperial Council Hall.

"Monica"

"Hmph, eventful!" Before Lukka could speak, Monica snorted coldly and walked towards the hall as well.

"Looks like I'm hated!" Kino looked at Luca sympathetically.

"It's understandable that she hates me." Lukka sighed.

"But we all know that it was an accident, and it's not your fault."

"It's different." Lukka shook his head, "When His Highness Kamiyu traveled to Area 11, I was given the mission to protect His Highness. But halfway through, Monica had a chance to stay and take over my mission, but unfortunately I didn't give it to her for some personal reasons. That time, it can be said that she put all her trust in me, and I failed to do it. ”

"Has she completely lost her trust in you?"

"Do you know what is the difference between Monica's attitude towards His Highness Kamiyu?" Lukka didn't intend to let Keno answer, but said to himself.

"If His Royal Highness Kamiyu intends to make trouble, Monica will choose to admonish and block it, and if it really doesn't work, she will do her best to protect Kamiyu's integrity. And I'm 100% going to choose to mess around. ”

"Well, if it were me, most of the time I would have followed the mess." Kino's infinite emotion seemed to recall the things that everyone used to mess around with together, "Obviously, when His Royal Highness Kamiyu was alive, you, me, Monica, and Ania were still such good friends. I didn't expect it to be like this now."

Because the bond that sustains this friendship is broken.

"Let's go, now is not the time to think about this."

"Hmm."

The Knights of the Round Table were not eligible to attend the Imperial Council, except for the First Knight Bismarck Waldstein, who was allowed to attend. However, as the emperor's direct troops, they had the obligation to know the results of the meeting as soon as possible. In addition, although it was a pre-imperial meeting, the emperor's attendance became less and less, and the Knights of the Round Table became a proxy symbol of the emperor.

"It's a good thing that the army sings all the way, but it also has to take into account the actual capacity of the empire. The area occupied now is too vast, and the garrison, the local population, and the area have reached a dangerous level. The State Minister, led by the civilian faction, spoke first.

Then the financial secretary was not to be left behind.

"And there's also a huge rift on the fiscal front. Prior to 2016, the wars waged by the Empire were fought within the limits of financial acceptability. However, the expansion of the war with the EU in recent years has led to the rapid expansion of the national army, and the development and production of various new equipment have put the country's finances and the economy supporting them in danger of collapse. Historically, there has been no war between major powers, and the consequence of a snake swallowing an elephant can only be that the snake is strangled to death."

"Nevertheless, the war with the EU was a state policy established by His Majesty the Emperor. And the war has been going on so far, can it really be said that it can be stopped? ”

The answer of the military secretary may seem to be an understatement, but it mentions the most important place.

Can war really stop when it is said to stop?

Everyone subconsciously set their eyes on the first place under the throne.

"What do you think, Waldstein?" However, the Imperial Prime Minister Hunesel, who was expected to give an answer by everyone, kicked the ball to the First Knight.

"Your Majesty has already instructed that state affairs should be decided by His Highness Xiunaizel." Bismarck Waldstein finished this sentence without humility or arrogance, and then closed his eyes.

[Old Fox] Shunazel cursed in his heart.

The war against the EU was personally commanded by him, and it was good to have such great merit, but at this time he himself declared an armistice, which was undoubtedly making him admit the strategic defeat of the war against the EU. And what will happen to the face of the emperor who ordered a war with the EU?

"However, from the outset, the war against the EU appeared strategically unclear. Is it really related to that? Honazel sighed softly in a voice that only he could hear, and his palms clenched unconsciously hard.

The situation in the world of the world, the policy of the state turned out to be only because of the interest that the emperor indulged in. How does this not make the countless people who paid for the emperor's child's play sigh? What's more, Honazel's intuition told him that his brother's death was related to the one the emperor was obsessed with.

"The words of the State Secretary and the Financial Secretary are very reasonable, and it is time to stop and digest the results of the war." The state affairs and finance books, who had just breathed a sigh of relief because of the words of Shunazel, were hung up by the next words.

"But the words of the military secretary also hit the crux of the matter, the war has developed to this point, will the EU cooperate with our breathing to stop? I'm afraid they won't be reconciled to being deprived of so much land, right? ”

"In fact, the EU's military has shown a state of passivity and weakness in recent battles." Unexpectedly, the person who said this turned out to be the former Second Knight, the current Chief Secretary and Director of Special Services - Bertolis Franx.

"EU has no intention of continuing to fight, can I understand that? Franksqing. ”

"My words can only be used as an intelligence reference, and the rest needs to be judged by His Highness himself. But at least I haven't received any information that the EU has issued a full mobilization order," Bertolis bowed slightly, and stood back in the corner.

Schunazel rubbed his forehead.

"How far can the logistics line support the army?"

"400 kilometers is the tipping point, and if it's summer, the situation will be much better, and you can rely on the Bering Strait-East Siberian Sea-Barents Sea route to deliver supplies directly to the front line."

"Hmm." Schunazel nodded slightly.

"Let the troops advance in the direction of St. Petersburg."

Just as everyone was looking stunned, Shunazel opened his mouth to add

"The aim is to test the level of resistance of the combined EU forces and to reduce the logistical pressure on the attacking forces before the Barents Sea is frozen. We must gain a favorable position this year, and even if we want to hold peace talks, we cannot put forward them first, and the initiative must be firmly grasped on our side. ”

"Yes!"

With Schunazel's words, everyone stood up, which could be regarded as setting the tone for the meeting.

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Because it was rumored that Lelouch's ending was actually very dark, but the script was temporarily changed later. One of the passages is that Brandley gave the captured Karen to that, causing Karen to turn black later, so it is very irresponsible to borrow this Brandley setting.

PS:

Yuyuko: Good day, or I should say I hate it (because it's a ghost)

Goblin: Is there anything going on with Your Highness the Princess?

Yuyuko: I heard Reimu say that you're going to drop delicious stuff here

Fairy: I've been eaten by Reimu-san.

Yuyuko: Really? (Glances up and down with the eyes of the ingredients)

Leprechaun: Alright! All right! It's all for you!