"Protection money? What do you mean? Sophia was a little confused. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Huh! Since you're interested, I'll tell you about it. Laurie said, waving his hand for the butler to step down.

Laurie smiled and looked at Sophia, her daughter has a maturity far beyond her peers, but there is still a gap between her and an old fox like him, after all, the things she touches are different, so the vision she has is also different.

"Now the business of our Chamber of Commerce is spread all over the Southern Continent, and in the entire Kingdom of Fran, we can say that it occupies half of the economic lifeline of the entire Kingdom of France. Although it was developed rapidly with the tacit consent of His Majesty the King back then, our development speed was too fast, and His Majesty began to feel uneasy. ”

"Before that...... Is it because of Ellie Elialos? ”

"Nope! Even if that girl didn't appear, His Majesty would still do it, but the appearance of that girl accelerated His Majesty's determination to do it. Laurie shook his head.

"So, maybe His Majesty Brent did this on his instructions to Duke Keith?"

"No one knows this, but the reason why Duke Keith dared to do such a blatant thing is at least His Majesty Brent acquiesced!"

Sophia frowned when she heard this, but Laurie didn't go any further, so Sophia understood what Laurie meant and began to think on her own.

Eventually, Sophia gave a look of surprise and said, "Our family's power is almost out of control, so Your Majesty has connived at Duke Keith's actions to face a powerful opponent who could destroy our family at any time. ”

Sophia saw a look of encouragement on Laurie's face and continued.

"Your Majesty knows that my strength has no rivals in the entire academy, and even the most talented Ellie has not yet grown up, so this grade championship competition organized by Your Majesty is an olive branch thrown by Your Majesty like our family......"

As she spoke, Sophia's thinking became clearer and clearer: "It's impossible for Her Majesty to not know about this child, so if I were Your Majesty, I wouldn't choose to support a family that I can't control in the future, but choose the Elialos family that has more potential and is easy to control." ”

"So, we are not necessary for the kingdom, and our wealth is too large, and we are in a situation where our chamber of commerce is either torn to pieces by the old nobles, or we want Your Majesty to ask for protection."

"As long as we can obtain the title of viscount, then as a real nobleman with a fief, the grudge between us and the Duke of Case can be offset by paying gold coins, even if the Duke of Case is unwilling, presumably His Majesty has a way...... Your Majesty, this is the Chamber of Commerce that wants us! ”

At this, Sophia paused, and Laurie's face showed approval, and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

"What else?" Sophia asked.

So Laurie shook his head and said with a smile: "If we want to get this title, in addition to handing over our Chamber of Commerce, we will also get a viscount title, as the viscount of the kingdom, will you stand up at the moment of national crisis?" ”

Sophia thought for a moment, nodded and said, "This is my motherland, and of course I don't want it to be destroyed." ”

Laurie said, "So, Your Majesty Brent is trading a viscount title in exchange for our allegiance. Not only can we contain other veteran nobles, but we can also suppress the crises that we may not control in the future, which is really calculated! ”

Laurie Sophia smiled with a look of sudden realization.

Her daughter is still a little tender, but if Sophia sees it all, Laurie will feel that her education method is wrong, so it would be good.

"So, even if Carlos doesn't die today, with the connivance of His Majesty, will I encounter other things?"

"That's right! No matter how careful you are, sooner or later something like this will happen, and maybe one day some family that sees us will jump out and make an excuse to go to war with us! Laurie smiled and said, "It's just that Duke Case's old fox saw the situation clearly and made the first move." ”

"It makes sense that he wants to tear off a piece of meat before His Majesty takes over our Chamber of Commerce. And he helped His Majesty to do it, and the torn meat must not be returned by His Majesty, and then swallowed it, it was his. ”

"I see!" Sophia nodded knowingly, as if relieved.

"Why, does killing someone make you uneasy?" Laurie asked.

"No, I didn't kill him!" Sophia shook her head, "Besides, I was relieved that I just knew that I wasn't causing trouble for my father." ”

"Yes! Sooner or later, these things are going to happen, so it's not much of a hassle! Laurie shook his head, a little helpless.

"And what are you going to do, father?" Sophia asked.

"Before today, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible to avoid the Chamber of Commerce being handed over to Your Majesty, if it weren't for Your Majesty's more or less help over the years, we wouldn't have been able to develop so fast, and we would have been out of Your Majesty's control one step forward, and Your Majesty wouldn't want to see it......"

"Then you ...... the other day"

"To be honest, in fact, I was unwilling to ......" Laurie shook his head with a wry smile, "But after walking around the Eastern Continent, I found that it is better to seek His Majesty's protection here in the Kingdom of France, at least you can still have the title of viscount......"

Laurie reached out and touched Sophia's head, the soft orange hair wouldn't be annoying to the touch for the rest of her life.

"Let it go!" Sophia slapped Laurie's hand away in disgust, then reached out to recomb her somewhat messy hair, "How old am I!" It's not a little girl anymore! Father, don't keep touching my head! ”

"Hahaha!" Laurie let out a hearty laugh, "But in my heart, you're just a little girl!" ”

Sophia had no choice but to puff out her face and glare at Laurie.

Laurie shook his head at his daughter's angry gaze, suddenly thought of something, and a sneer appeared on his face, "Speaking of children, that guy Keith is really ruthless, even his own son was killed so easily." ”

"Indeed, Duke Keith is really not a good thing!" Sophia said.

Laurie shook the teacup leisurely, watching the amber liquid flow slowly: "I was thinking, if I just pour to His Majesty like this now and hand over all the chambers of commerce, won't he get nothing?" ”

Speaking of this, Laurie paused for a moment.

"What's wrong?"

"No, nothing!"

Sophia tilted her head and asked, "So, over there at St. Pharos' Academy?" ”

"Check it out!" Speaking of St. Fallows' Academy, Laurie's eyes flashed with a strange brilliance, "What is the promise with Miss Lia for tomorrow?" ”

(To be continued.) )