Beside him was a swaggering Norman officer; Behind him were two fierce Norman soldiers. Under the watchful eye of the three men, Nicolas Lebold silently walked through the rubble streets to the Norman battleship that had stopped in the central square of the city.

At night, this huge Norman warship seemed to be a sleeping ancient beast, exuding a majestic and inviolable momentum. As he approached, Nikolai had a look of surprise in his eyes. Although he never joined the Federation fleet, as a member of the flying force, he should have a relatively good understanding of the Norman Empire and even the Kingdom of Wessex, which were outdated, active, and even planned to be built but not completed before the war. Among other things, at least in this respect, Nikolai is very competent.

After a moment's hesitation, Nikolai spoke, "What's its name?" ”

This is spoken in pure Ulster. Although the Norman officer beside him did not respond, there was obviously something in his gaze.

"Why, does the name of the ship need to be kept secret?" Nikolai still spoke in Ulster, but with a hint of provocation in his tone.

After a moment's hesitation, the Norman officer replied in slightly broken Ulster: "Sedlindburg." ”

Nikolai looked up at its towering bridge and whispered, "The famous Sedrinz family?" The new market opened up by the war is indeed a natural binder to bridge the rift......"

At this moment, through the middle hatch of the battleship, a well-dressed young Norman officer, who was not only tall and handsome, but also showed a chic and elegant court demeanor in his gestures. He walked straight up to Nikolai, held his head high, and said, "Your Excellency, please come with me!" ”

The officer spoke Norman, and instead of seeking an interpreter from the Norman officer beside him, Nikolai straightened his collar and walked with his head held high towards the open hatch of the Norman battleship.

The Norman officer who had brought Nikolai here, along with two soldiers, remained silent, watching the two men walk towards the battleship, walk through the red-carpeted gangway, and enter the flying battleship that was not in the battle sequence of the Norman Empire Air Force.

The courtly young Norman officer took Nikolai to a well-furnished, lavishly decorated dining room on the upper floor of the battleship, and then respectfully remained outside the door.

In the middle of this small restaurant, a long, thick wooden table with a white background of gold veined tablecloth, neatly arranged with golden candlesticks and silver cutlery, the delicious food on the plate diffuses the enticing aroma, and the red wine in the glass reflects the charming color. The bright cabin lamp seems to make the candles on the dining table a pure decoration, but it is precisely because of the existence of this decoration that people feel as if they are in a real restaurant, and all the smoke of war, blood and killing are gone in an instant......

"Hello, heroic Miss Leebald!"

The brown-haired young man in the Norman army general's dress smiled and waved his arms and bent down, making a slightly exaggerated court etiquette to the visitor, and the Ulster language in his mouth was definitely purer than that of the federal citizens in the outlying areas.

Nikolai was neither surprised nor annoyed, let alone embarrassed, but glared: "Ho, I remember you two, the cadet representatives selected by the Royal Norman Army Academy to visit the Gaston Military Academy, especially you, you once fought with our partners in the sand table, and your surname at that time was Heinz, right?" ”

The brown-haired youth smiled and said, "I'm sorry! At that time, we were using pseudonyms. May I introduce myself...... In Lower Alves-Hawk-Sedlinz. ”

"What a Sedrinz family that has stood for thousands of years, courtesy, righteousness and shame are insignificant to you, and interests are the eternal goal, right?" Nikolai said as he cast a disdainful look at the other. The implication is that spying on the military situation in the name of a diplomatic visit is not an act of fairness, especially for famous families, it is even more despicable.

Alves curled the smile on his face slightly, but then he joked: "Your Excellency can even hide your gender, why can't we use a pseudonym?" Moreover, the contacts between our two countries were indeed motivated by the good desire for peace, but for some uncontrollable reasons, we ended up going to war. ”

"It's an excuse for you to think you're smart!" Nikolai unceremoniously retorted, "Look out of the porthole, look at everything here, it is your insatiable greed that has strangled tens of thousands of innocent civilians and destroyed the great cities built by a generation of wisdom and sweat!" You have been planning for a long time against Wessex and the Free Federation, otherwise how would you have spied on all sides of our information? A peace treaty is probably not as good as waste paper in your eyes! ”

The sharp teeth of the other party made Alves, who was in a high position at a young age, put away all the contempt on his face. At this time, the blonde young man who had not spoken all this time clapped his hands and said: "Good courage, so smart, oh, it is said that there are first-class flying skills, and President Leboy's daughter is really admirable!" ”

Nikolai did not argue his identity, nor did he thank the other party for his praise, but looked at this handsome young man with a contemptuous look.

The blonde young man raised his hand and made a "please" gesture, and the attendant officers present hurriedly pulled out chairs for the three of them and invited them to sit down at the table. Nikolai hesitated and sat down expressionlessly.

Seeing Nikolai sit down, the blond-haired young man said in a calm tone: "As the loser of the last war, we had no choice but to accept the peace conditions you offered, and the conclusion of the treaty almost destroyed the prestige of the royal family, and made the economy of the Norman Empire on the verge of collapse. In the most difficult of years, when we had no defense, the Ulster-Wessex League had a hundred ways to crush our borders, sweep our lands, and overthrow our dynasty. It was precisely because the Norman Empire was in a vulnerable situation at that time that it would try to find out the situation of its opponents in order to defuse it by unconventional means before the crisis arrived. ”

Nikolai snorted coldly: "This reason seems to be high-sounding, but in fact it is just a pretext for you to launch a war of aggression. Come to think of it, if we had been bent on bringing the Norman Empire to collapse or even destruction, we could have postponed the armistice for a few months and imposed even harsher and more ruthless peace conditions on you. How sad it is that our tolerance, instead of awakening you, is seen as stupid and weak by you! Look at the lifeless streets, look at this unrecognizable city, this is what you give back! ”

The blond young man unhurriedly tied his napkin, raised his eyes to look at Nikolai, who was arranged directly opposite him, and said lightly: "The power of civilization allows people to obtain several times the harvest on the same area of land, allows people to resist the invasion of various diseases, and allows people to get rid of the shackles of nature and become the master of this world." The power of civilization led to the creation of stone throwers and battering rams, turning fortified walls into ruins; Artillery and explosives were spawned, turning the bustling city into a ruined city. Prosperity or destruction depends on peace or war, and history always alternates between peace and war. ”

Nikolai sat there with an indifferent face: "Only a nation that admires war can take war for granted. ”

The blonde young man didn't answer, he turned his head and asked the attendant, "Two more guests should have arrived!" ”

The chubby chamberlain bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, Your Highness, I will go and invite them in." ”

A smile appeared on the corner of the blonde youth's mouth: "These two special guests, maybe you know each other." ”

Nikolai frowned and did not answer. Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps at the door, and then, the two of them saluted the superior. Through their words, Nikolai confirmed the identity of the blonde young man, the third heir to the Norman Empire, the son of Crown Prince Parigini, and Prince Barras, who was favored by Emperor Hohenstaufen IV.

The latter two, the former spoke fluent Norman, but could still vaguely hear the Ulster accent, and the latter's broken Norman language was learned and sold at first, and it was not known.

"Come, let me introduce this valiant federal pilot, the youngest daughter of the Federal President, Mr. Lebold, Nicolas Lebold."

Nikolai didn't get up, the visitor didn't sit down, such a strange scene made the atmosphere suddenly embarrassing. However, neither the high-ranking blonde youth nor the arrogant and uninhibited bronette youth showed any displeasure, as if all this was expected by them.

Receiving an understatement from the blonde youth, the brown-haired youth said, "As far as I know, Lord Leboyd, you have a close friend from the military academy, who is from the Clumber-Haysen family. Coincidentally, there is also a man from the Chlumber-Haysen family. ”

Nikolai's surprise at hearing of the Clumber-Haysen family was palpable, but she resisted her great curiosity and sat motionless without turning around.

The blond young man frowned slightly, and said in his round, Norman, "Please take a seat!" Loyal and brave Baron La Scala! And you, wise defector, have your place here. ”

The two of them should take a seat on Nikolai's left and right in response to where the cutlery is placed. Only then did Nikolai turn his head to look at the two of them. The one on the left hand side is wearing the uniform of a Norman army general, with a shining medal tied at the neck, he should be around thirty years old, with ordinary appearance and temperament, he is eclipsed in front of these two Norman royal armor, he has a soldier's resolute and determined look, and there is an indescribable gloom and vicissitudes condensed between his eyebrows. As for the person on the right, Nikolai had some impression that he should be a member of the Grumman family, and the other party's eyes widened - in the Free Federation, it is basically known that President Leibold has two sons and two daughters, but the daughters have long been married and have children, and the rich figure is simply not what it looks like in front of him.

After looking left and right, Nikolai asked the Norman officer on his left, "Are you...... Is it the dragon's brother? ”

The Norman officer replied lightly: "Before joining the Norman Empire, my name was Ze Klumber Haisen. Now, please call me Baron alla Scala of the Norman Empire. ”