One rainy afternoon, at Odosa's residence in Dragon City, a chief guard whispered to Odosa, "Thomas has gone to see Carter with a box of gold coins. ”

"What?" Odosa could hardly believe his ears, and he angrily retorted: "What does this Thomas want to do? I worked so hard to train him, taught him to practice swordsmanship and participate in knightly competitions, and I never saw him send me a box of gold coins, damn it. ”

The chief guard was stunned when he heard this, and seeing that Odosa didn't seem to understand what he meant, he continued to whisper: "Lord Duke, haven't you seen it yet? He had gone to pledge allegiance to Carter. ”

It dawned on Odosa when he suddenly flipped the table in front of him and yelled, "Bastard, this ungrateful fellow, I will let him die a good death." ”

Despite Odosa's anger, it didn't change Thomas's decision to surrender to Carter.

Carter accepted Thomas's box of gold coins, and then turned around and gave Thomas two boxes of gold coins, which made Thomas surprised and delighted, and did not dare to accept it.

Dimis smiled and said: "Okay Thomas, everyone will be their own people in the future, you can take whatever the lord gives you, don't see outside." ”

Thomas looked at the wooden box embarrassedly, and asked Dimis timidly, "This, I really want to take it?" ”

After hearing this, Dimis raised his head and laughed: "Ouch, look at you, how mother-in-law and mother-in-law." Hurry up and take it, or the lord will be unhappy. ”

Thomas smiled crookedly, and immediately asked the guards to carry the two boxes away and put them in the carriage.

Carter patted Thomas on the shoulder with a smile and told him, "Okay, in the future, you will take your knights and station them in Litunburg with Xiao Daocheng." I'll go back and I'll arrange a new army of knights to help you make up for the lost numbers of the Order. ”

Thomas bent down again and again and bowed, and thanked him very gratefully: "Thank you very much for the trust of the Duke, and I, Thomas, will swear allegiance to you in the future." ”

After happily sending Thomas off, Carter asked Dimis, "Is this man reliable?" Could it be that Odosa deliberately arranged to come and spy on us? ”

Dimis smiled and said, "Definitely not. Thomas is Cologne and Odosa's last card in the knights' army, how could they possibly let Thomas come to us at this time, they don't want to see Thomas assimilated by us. Uzt's death, Thomas saw it clearly, he knew that following Odosa and Cologne would not end well, so he came to us for his own future. ”

Carter had long understood these truths, and he just wanted to say them through the mouth of Dimis so that he would feel at ease.

Without Thomas's Knights, Cologne would have only Spart's Knights left, but Spart's Knights had been stationed in the town of Langta, in the territory of the Sunny Waters, and did not obey Cologne's dispatch at all, which was equivalent to the Cologne faction completely losing control of the Knights. In this way, Carter has achieved complete control over the Dragon City army in terms of real power, and is no longer the titular commander-in-chief.

When a newcomer's power expands too quickly, it is natural that some people will not like it, so that some unsightly things begin to appear.

In the middle of the night, Carter was asleep in bed, and there was not a single guard in the room.

Two black shadows quickly burrowed into the window, and these two men were agile and did not make a sound.

When they raised their swords and prepared to slash at the sleeping Carter, a cold light suddenly flashed, and the two of them were so frightened that they hurriedly dodged to the side.

As Carter ordered, "Come on, take down these two assassins for me." ”

Countless footsteps rang out from outside the door, and the torches instantly illuminated Carter's room.

The two men in black knew Carter's power, so they didn't dare to use their swords against Carter until the guards arrived in the room.

Carter sat on the bed, his sword in his hand, and asked them coldly, "Tell me honestly, who sent you." ”

The two lowered the long swords in their hands and bowed their heads without saying a word.

Carter got up and opened a cabinet in front of the bed, took out two small bags of gold coins from it, placed them on the small table beside him, and continued to say to the two: "As long as you tell who sent you, I promise not to kill you, and you can take these gold coins and leave immediately." ”

The two Assassins were a little moved, looking up at the gold coin bags on the table, but remained silent.

Carter opened the cabinet again, took out four more small bags of gold coins, and placed them on the small table.

Carter spoke again, "Is it enough?" If you tell me who arranged for you to come, the money will be yours, and I will let you go at once. ”

One of the Assassins finally spoke, "The Duke of Odosa sent us. ”

"Duke Odosa?" Carter was taken aback, he thought it was Cologne who came to assassinate him, but he didn't expect it to be that Odosa. But Carter soon understood that perhaps Cologne had only instructed him to do so.

The other Assassin added, "Duke Odosa has a grudge against you because Thomas has sworn allegiance to you, and he wants to force us to assassinate you. ”

As the Assassin spoke, Dimis entered the room wearing a coat.

Dimis, frowning at the two assassins, asked them, "Is this just Odosa's own meaning?" Didn't Cologne make Odosa do it? ”

Together, they replied, "Yes, it's the Duke of Odosa, it's true." ”

Cook nodded, stretched out his hand and pointed to the gold coin bag on the small table and said, "Okay, you can take the money and go, go as far as you can, and don't let me see you again." ”

The two hurriedly rushed to the small table, grabbed the gold coin bag, and kept saying, "Thank you, Lord Carter, for your grace not to kill." ”

However, at this moment, Dimis quickly drew his long sword, and before the two assassins could react, he swung his sword and slashed them to the ground.

Carter was stunned, and he angrily rebuked: "Dimis, what are you doing? ”

Dimis shook off the blood from the sword vigorously, then inserted the sword back into the scabbard, and replied without fear: "Cut the grass and eradicate the roots, who knows if they will continue to assassinate you when they turn back, this kind of person cannot be kept." ”

After saying that, Dimis motioned to the guards and asked them to drag away the corpse and wipe the blood on the ground. After a while, the guards cleaned the room and then all withdrew.

Carter and Dimis, the only two people left in the room, began to analyze.

Dimis pondered and said: "Lord Duke, it seems that they have begun to jump over the wall in a hurry, and they have even used such a vicious trick as assassination, and I don't know what else they will do in the future." ”

Carter snorted and said coldly, "Am I still afraid of them?" ”

Dimis shook his head and said, "You can't say that. I think it's time for us to do something, and we have to make an alliance with Duke Mozart as soon as possible. ”

Carter said casually: "We have already formed an alliance with Hwaseong, how else can we form an alliance?" ”

Dimis replied seriously: "Make a life-and-death alliance, and make Duke Mozart loyal to you." ”

Carter sneered: "Joke, he is the Duke of Hwaseong, and there are three territorial knights, why should he be loyal to me." ”

Dimis smiled, he looked down and thought for a while, and then asked Carter, "Lord Duke, tell me frankly, do you like Lord Betty in Hwaseong very much?" ”

Carter glanced at Dimis, he didn't know what Dimis wanted to do, and replied impatiently: "Since you ask so, then I'll just say it directly, I like to be adults." But these are two different things, what do you ask this for? ”

Dimis's laughter became even more cheerful, he stood up and saluted, and pleaded with Carter, "In that case, I ask the Duke to leave this matter to me, and I promise that the Duke of Mozart will come to Alto to swear allegiance to you." ”

Carter was taken aback, as if he had understood something, but he seemed to be confused. However, he still has a lot of trust in Dimiscart, and after hesitating for a while, he finally nodded in agreement.

A few days later, Dimis went to visit the Duke's Palace in Hwaseong with several carts of treasures, and Mozart happily went out to greet him and personally pulled Dimis into the hall to rest.

In the hall of the Duke's Mansion in Hwaseong, Dimis said straight to the point: "Lord Duke, you have probably guessed what this is for. ”

Mozart was really confused, he frowned and asked, "This?" I beg your pardon for being confused, and please let Master Dimis speak clearly. ”

Dimis looked at Betty, who was sitting on the side, and then smiled at Mozart: "This is a dowry gift from our Duke Carter, didn't Duke Mozart understand?" ”

Mozart raised his head and laughed after hearing this, nodded again and again and said, "Oh~~~, so that's the case, hahaha." ”

Seeing that the two of them were startled, Betty had already understood the general situation, and she got up angrily and left, leaving the hall without looking back.

Betty's reaction was unexpected by Dimis, and he didn't expect Betty to be angry because of it. However, Mozart said: "Don't pay attention to her, this matter of children's marriage, since our elders are in charge, she is not happy." ”

Dimiss coughed, and then said in a serious tone: "Looking at our entire Knight, there are not many people who are really capable of saving our people, and there are only two dukes, Carter and Caldis. Caldis, who fled to the North, dealt with the barbarians, and it can be said that he betrayed us Nate and took care of his own life of happiness. Now that we Duke Carter are in charge of all the regular knights in Dragon City, Cologne and Odosa have lost control of the Knights, and I believe that it will not be long before he will be replaced by us, Lord Carter. ”

Moza nodded and said, "That's that." ”

Dimiss glanced at Mozart, and then asked tentatively: "I believe that the future pattern, Duke Mozart should be able to think of it, right?" ”

Mozart smiled and said, "Well, aren't we all working hard to get this day sooner." ”

Dimis shook his head and said, "I don't think the Duke is wise. ”

Mozart was stunned for a moment and hurriedly asked, "What do you say?" Please also ask Master Dimis for advice. ”

Dimiss smiled coldly and replied in a serious tone: "We, Duke Carter, have always hated those greedy nobles, and the affairs of those nobles are dealt with in Alto's territory, and I'm sure you've heard of it, Duke Mozart?" ”

Mozart was shocked to hear this, and he frowned and asked, "What?" Your duke hasn't become the king of Dragon City yet, and now you're thinking about crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, and you're going to deal with me? ”

"No, no, no!" , Dimis hurriedly explained: "Of course I didn't mean that. I mean, if one day our Duke Carter becomes our King of Knight, and then Duke Mozart doesn't think of swearing allegiance to us Lord Carter, then it would be better to do it in advance. In this way, once our Duke Carter can sit on the throne of the king, and then divide the world in the name of the king, you will be the founder of the country. In addition, Lord Betty will be the queen in the future, and your status and prestige in the kingdom will be in full swing, who can compare with you? ”

Mozart immediately smiled happily when he heard this, and he nodded and said, "Well, that makes sense." No wonder Duke Carter would ask you to bring a gift to propose, which is clearly hinting at me. Well, I'm sure I'm going to accept it, and when I've arranged it a little, I'll go to Alto's territory to see Master Carter and swear allegiance. ”

"Good!" , Dimis stood up happily, nodded again and again, and said: "Duke Mozart is really bold, worthy of being the lord of Huacheng of my knight, then we will see you Alto." ”

"Hmm." Mozart replied and nodded repeatedly.

Dimis then immediately took his leave and hurried back to Alto without stopping.

Upstairs in the Duke's palace in Hwaseong, Mozart walked into Betty's room and followed Betty through the window to watch Dimis's team leave Hwaseong.

Betty stared out the window, her eyes full of sadness, and slowly asked, "Father, did you agree to Carter's proposal?" ”

Mozart replied, "Well, such a good thing, of course I agreed." ”

Betty turned around sharply and angrily rebuked Mozart and said, "But you agreed to Carter without even asking, and you are so sure that I will marry him?" ”

Usually Betty's rebuke Mozart would listen, but this time Mozart said coldly: "You must marry him, for your father and me, for your two brothers, and for our Duke's Mansion in Hwaseong, you must do this." ”

Betty burst into tears after hearing the two lines, and she asked bitterly, "Aren't you already allied with Carter?" Why do you have to do this? I can govern the territory for Hwaseong, form a knight order, and even go into battle for Hwaseong to kill enemies in the future. But why do you have to force me to marry him? ”

Mozart looked up and sighed, "Hey, you also said that Carter hated us the great nobles of the old kingdom the most. In the past, Cologne and Carter were also in an alliance, and in the future, Carter will inevitably turn against Cologne. When Carter finishes Cologne and Odosa, it's your father's turn. But if I marry you to him and then swear allegiance to him, the ending will be completely different. ”

After listening to her father's words, Betty calmed down. Because Mozart was right, that Carter killed the nobles of his own territory, not to mention any other nobles.

Finally Betty pleaded, "Okay then." But I'm still young, and you can agree to this marriage, but you can't marry him until I'm eighteen. ”

Mozart smiled after hearing Lele: "Okay, this is my good Betty in Huacheng." Your request is not too much at all, and I'm sure Carter won't mind. Hahaha. ”

After saying that, Mozart walked out of Betty's room happily, as if he didn't notice Betty shedding more tears.

For the Duke's Palace, Betty gave up his childhood doting life, and took on the responsibility of planning for Mozart alone, and even took matters into his own hands. For the Duke's Palace, Betty gave almost everything she had, and in the end, along with herself, became a victim.

It was a great sorrow for Betty, but there was nothing she could do but obey her father's arrangement.