Back in time, on the first day of the Battle of the Port, Willus and Haotian quietly left the Academy of Magic. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The two of them rode out of the Torristeen border and entered the border of Galia, a large country southeast of Torristin.

Torristeen and Albion are at war, and it would be foolish to travel to Albion from Torristin's port city of La Rochelle. However, other countries have not yet severed their ties with Albiang, and Galia is a huge country, with three port cities along the western coastline. Willus and Haotian took a civil aviation floating ship to Albion in the northernmost port city [Hirutni].

It took two days on the way, and shortly after the end of the Battle of La Rochelle, the disguised Willus and Haotian set foot on the land of the floating island of Albion.

Willus knelt on the ground, spread his hands, and shouted to the sky, "I'm back, Albion." ”

The passengers on the same ship looked at Willus muttering, probably because of this neurotic. Stay away from her. Isn't the other person also crazy?

Yes, she. Willus was already handsome, but this time he was disguised as a woman with long blond hair, wearing a light blue dress, and her eyebrows and eyes were adjusted to be feminine and round.

And Haotian refused to dress up as a woman, and Willus disguised him into a very rugged man, with a yellow complexion, a tall man, a large horse, and a strong and burly body. The setting is the relationship between the eldest lady and the bodyguard who went back to her home country to visit her friends.

"Ruth, I know you're excited, but let's find a place to stay first." Haotian patted him on the shoulder.

Willus adjusted his mood and nodded at Haotian.

The two left the port and found a medium-sized hotel in the city for a night.

At the time of registration, Willus' name was Ruth and Haotian's name was Skye.

The next day, Willus and Haotian left the port city and headed for the nearby territory of the Grent family.

In the aftermath of the civil war, Albion was held by the original local lords, the five most powerful of which were the Grent family in charge of minerals, the McGan family in charge of the blacksmiths, the House family in charge of shipbuilding, the Pace family in the past few generations as foreign ministers, and the Mani family in the past few generations as chancellors of the exchequer. The patriarchs of these five families steer the direction of Albion as permanent members of the Parliament of the Republic of Albion.

Among them, the House family was the most powerful, and when Albion was still king, the king had to concede three points to it. Floating ships are the lifeblood of Albion, and without floating ships to exchange goods for Albion and the main continent, the country will starve to death.

The Grent family and the McGan family have a close relationship, mining minerals and forging them into armor and weapons, and the private soldiers of the two families have the most elite weapons, and together they dare not underestimate even the House family.

The Pace and Mani families are the most vulnerable, and if it weren't for the other three families who need their diplomatic and financial influence, the permanent legislators would be three instead of five.

"Such a family obviously won't be happy to see you come back, and you still go to them?" Haotian was puzzled.

Willus explained: "In fact, the Grunt family is a branch of the royal family, and minerals are an important resource of the country, how can they be handed over to outsiders. This relationship is only clear to the royal family and the direct line of the Nilent family. I am sure that they will not betray the royal family. ”

Haotian still had doubts in his heart, but he still agreed with Willus's judgment.

The former royal capital of Albion, the current seat of parliament. The day after the Battle of La Rochelle.

In the main hall of the royal palace, the original throne has been withdrawn, and seats are arranged around the central round table in the hall.

Closest to the center, there are five chairs in a circle that are also larger, on which sit five permanent members of Parliament.

About 30 chairs were placed on the outside, which were used by other local nobles and ordinary members of the Parliament.

The five permanent councillors looked ugly, and the battle report came before, the Albion advance army was completely annihilated, and the port of La Rochelle was still under Torlistine's control.

The rich-looking House patted his cheek: "The situation is clear, what do we do next?" Do you have any suggestions? ”

There was a lot of discussion among the members of the parliament on the outside, but they did not express their opinions. His eyes looked at the five people in the center.

"Ahem, I see, since the port has not been captured, it will be a heavy loss if you want to increase the troops. Why don't you just stop. It was Nilent who spoke, with a kind smile on his face.

A group of people in the back nodded in agreement, and McGhan, who was short next to him, did not speak, presumably agreeing with Grunt's meaning.

"What is this, it is us who want to fight, and we are the ones who don't fight. Toristine might be able to counterattack Albion. "And the mobilization of the army has cost millions of gold coins, as well as the pensions of the 20,000 advance troops who died in battle." Who do you want to pay? I've already spent 500,000 gold coins, how can I stop without seeing the harvest. ”

There were also some parliamentarians who echoed his opinion, all of them paid for the war, and some even joined the advance army and died. If there is an armistice, it will definitely not be able to recoup the cost, and even lose money.

The two factions of parliamentarians were noisy, and the five congressmen no longer opened their mouths to inquire about each other's eyes.

House frowned slightly and coughed under his breath.

The other councillors, who were still noisy, immediately quieted down and looked at the senior councillor.

"My opinion is, fight, keep fighting. Those broken floating boats, although rough, were also 400,000 gold coins. And I already have a way to land on the port, Pace, you can tell you about it. ”

Pace hung his face, dissatisfied. Although I am weak, I am also a permanent member of parliament like you House, and I am actually instructed to do so, do you treat me as a subordinate? However, the situation is stronger than people, and now the House family is powerful.

Pace spoke slowly: "Actually, two days ago, the envoy from Galia came to see me. ”

The people below were noisy and surprised.

"King Joseph of Gallia is willing to lease the port city of [Hirutni] to us for a million gold coins, and for a toll of one gold for each passing soldier, he will not hinder the passage of our army. We can use Dauglia to attack Torlistine. ”

"What!!" The rear parliamentarians exploded, the main battle side smiled, and the main and one side were full of sadness.

Grent and McGhan also frowned slightly, obviously this condition was beyond their expectations.

"It seems that everyone has no opinion on this condition, how many troops are you willing to contribute? My House family has a hundred floating ships with a capacity of one thousand, worth two million, and the dividends should be remembered. House said lightly with a thumb up.

A hundred floating ships with a capacity of 1,000 represent an army of 100,000.

"One million rental fees, one hundred thousand toll fees, my Mani family is out. Another five thousand soldiers were provided. Mani said.

"I have five thousand soldiers and five magicians." Pace continued, apparently spending a lot of money.

Grent and McGhan looked at the other three with fierce eyes, and smiled bitterly inwardly.

"My Grent family has 20,000 soldiers, including 1,000 sets of enchanted armor."

"I, the McGan family, have 20,000 soldiers, plus 1,000 blacksmiths who repair weapons and armor with the army."

The little nobles in the back reported the number one after another, all of which were five hundred and one thousand, and when added together, it was only twenty thousand.

House frowned slightly, it took 100,000 people to make up 70,000, which made him feel shameless.

"Since you're not very enthusiastic, I'll send another 30,000 soldiers. A total of 100,000 landed from Galia [Shirutni], and attacked Toristine through Galia. In two days I will see your soldiers appear in the harbor and depart in three days. Okay, let's disband. House stood up and left the council hall.

Other councillors, large and small, also left the hall one after another, returning to their respective territories from the former king's capital where the council was located, and raising soldiers. The representative of the Mani family even took 1,100,000 gold coins on a floating ship escorted by a thousand troops to buy a way to the royal capital of Galia.

Shortly after the decision of the Council of Albion, Willus and Haotian also arrived at the Grunt family mansion.

The soldier guarding the door looked at Willus, who claimed to be a friend of Miss Grunte's family, with a puzzled expression.

"All you have to do is give this letter to Asya or Aaliyah of the Grunt family, and they'll recognize me." Ruth, posed as Willus, placed two gold coins in the soldier's hands.

The soldier looked at the gold coin in his hand and nodded: "Okay, I'll go find Miss." ”

The janitor ran away with the letter, and half an hour later, a young girl came running.

Her long cyan hair was tied into a ponytail at the back of her head, her silver-white armor was shining, and her face was delicate.

With a happy face, she ran to the door and looked left and right, only to see Ruth and Skye.

"Whoever gave you this letter, take me to him quickly." The girl locked her eyes on Ruth and grabbed Ruth's hand with an eager expression.

The corners of Haotian's mouth are slightly raised, and there seems to be something interesting.

Ruth was also overjoyed, and leaned into the girl's ear and whispered something.

The girl's face slowly turned crimson and she turned away.

"Well, she's my friend. Let's go, Will, Ruth. The girl let go of her grip on Willus, and walked back a little stiffly.

Willus followed. Haotian was stopped when he was about to enter.

"Miss Ruth, is this male-looking man your friend?" The soldier asked.

The corners of Haotian's mouth twitched, looking vicious? Willus' makeup is so hateful.

Willus glanced at Haotian: "He is my guard, please let him in." ”

"Yes, please come in." The soldier lifted the spear that stood in the way, and stood up straight without looking at Haotian.

"Cut" Haotian was slightly depressed, and followed Willus into the Grent mansion.