As the carriage slowly trotted through the streets of Sears, Ferrante lifted the curtain and carefully observed the daily life of the city's inhabitants.

More than ten years have passed, except that the environment is getting worse and worse, it seems that nothing has changed, the ground is still so dirty, and the factories in the city are still emitting thick white smoke.

The men who were idle at home on their days off ran to the dock to pre-buy the charcoal needed for this year's winter, and the children who were at home on vacation went out of the house instead of their mothers and bought the candles and kerosene they needed.

It's moving forward, but it's not as fast as Tria.

You must know that Tria has been electrified in the whole city, and Sost is even more chested to ensure that all households in the city can have new coal heating facilities before the winter snowfalls this year, which is more convenient, safer and more heated.

On the other hand, the Duchy of Solan is still struggling over whether to popularize circuits and whether to increase the tax revenue of Sost Energy.

He still remembers why he left Sears in the first place, and how the West Coast was able to provide disaster relief, so where he fell, he got up.

The sound of hooves slowed down, and the carriage drove into the East City, turning two corners and stopping at the gate of a manor.

Ferrante did not choose an internal combustion engine car, although Sears also had a branch of Soster and a place to refuel, but in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he still chose a horse-drawn carriage to go into town.

The coachman lifted the curtain, and Ferrante helped Sophia down, and walked slowly into the manor, where it was often renovated, but still maintained its original style.

"This is your home? What a good childhood you had. ”

Ferrante smiled without saying a word, touched Sophia's head, and raised her hand to push open the door to the main hall.

The servants in the family have already changed many batches, and the old housekeeper has long been unable to bear the incursion of the years.

The new butler in the hall who was directing the servants to prepare lunch was stunned, looked back at the two, and greeted each other with a smile.

"May I ask ...... this honorable gentleman and beautiful lady?"

Ferrante looked like his mother, and he didn't care, just smiled and shook his head: "I'm looking for Duke Roy." ”

"The lord went to the palace early in the morning and will be back later, you can wait here for a while. ”

The butler welcomed the two aside, and while serving refreshments, he instructed the servant to prepare two more sets of utensils.

After that, the time was waiting, Ferrante didn't say the meaning of his name, and the housekeeper didn't want to ask again, but in the face of the unknown two, he still kept an eye on it and kept hanging around.

Finally, when the clock on the wall pointed to twelve o'clock, the door to the hall was pushed open, and Duke Roy rubbed his hands together and complained about the cold, as he had been many years before.

"Master, someone is looking for you. ”

"Huh?"

Duke Roy subconsciously turned his head to look to the side, the smile on his face froze, and the whole person froze in place.

Ferrante got up with a smile, and looked at his father, who was already a little rickety, with gray hair, and wrinkled face, and even needed a cane to support his legs and feet, and suddenly choked a little, as if a fish bone was stuck in his neck.

It was Sophia who pinched him behind the back that brought him back to his senses.

"Father...... I am back. ”

Silence, still silence, Duke Roy just looked at him silently, the smile on his face disappeared little by little, and reappeared little by little, pursed his lips vigorously, and nodded.

"Come back...... It's good to be back, it's good to be back, stay longer...... Eat, eat first. ”

Duke Roy walked to the dining room with his cane in excitement, forgetting to take off his coat.

The housekeeper on the side was also stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that it was the young master who had only heard of it all along, and looked at the back of the three of them leaving, and hurriedly followed.

............

The bland lunch was quiet, as it was many years ago.

Ferrante briefly introduced Sophia, but in fact, Duke Roy had already seen her when she was in the Western Continent.

After lunch, Sophia went to the second floor alone, walked into Ferrante's room, and carefully experienced his past.

Ferrante and Duke Roy walked into the study and began a conversation between men and sons.

"Father, according to your age, you should not be involved in the affairs of the palace. After a long time, Ferrante spoke first.

"Stinky boy, show me a look as soon as you come?Do you think I don't know what you're doing?Legionnaire of the United States of the Free States?" Duke Roy's cane kept hitting the floor.

“...... Father, you know I didn't mean that. ”

"Whew...... Of course I know, good boy, that you can't be a scholar at your mother's behest, but that's not bad. ”

Duke Roy's change of face was obviously not really angry, but Ferrante's current status is not ordinary, he has been a minister of the kingdom for decades, and some things can't be hidden from his eyes.

"The first king has passed away, and the current majesty is much younger than you, and we old fellows dare not leave. ”

"Father, some things are going to change sooner or later. ”

"What? I want to call him now? And then become the first person in history to unify the whole of Hokuriku? I have lived for Solan all my life, and you don't want him to change his name!"

“......”

The older he gets, the more stubborn he becomes, looking at his father who is excited when he talks about this topic, Ferrante is really helpless, so he has to change the topic and talk about his childhood and his experiences over the years.

Time passed little by little, and the time of an afternoon could not help but be calculated, and laughter would be heard from time to time in the study, which made the butler waiting outside the door breathe a sigh of relief.

Until the evening came, Ferrante put down the bottomed coffee cup and suddenly became serious.

"Father, Solan's economic bill was proposed by you, can Solan relax it more about Soster Energy Company?"

"Isn't it lenient now? It's not that you don't let go, you don't dare, now the country is also stepping up its own system construction, just to prevent you from coming in, and then hold the lifeline, the fall of the Kaia Empire should be invisible to everyone?"

"Forgive me for speaking father, you can't catch up with Sost, whether it is the system or hard power, on the foggy battlefield, almost seventy percent of the business with the people of the Metaverse has to pass through his hands, he not only surpasses you, but even surpasses this world too much. ”

"Of course I do. Duke Roy sighed, "But something...... If it's still the topic, then don't talk about it anymore. ”

“...... When I entered the city, I went to Xicheng District, and it was still the same. ”

"Ferrante, I know what you mean, but now there are no spare resources in the country to solve it, and you are pressing too hard. ”

The Duke of Roy got up with his cane, came to the window, and put his arm on Ferrante's shoulder, and continued:

"Ferrante, since you did that kind of thing for the poor people of the West Coast, and did not hesitate to commit a great crime for the sake of the victims of the West Coast, I know very well what you think. ”

"But as a father, I have two things to remind you. ”

"First, the United States of the Free States have actually been established for a short period of time, are you really sure that the system they are implementing will meet your expectations? The dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon, this is the story I told you when I was a child, not to mention that the system of the United States of America was originally separated from the Sost Energy Company. ”

"Capital has always been profit-seeking, with you, your original promises to the ordinary people can be fulfilled, and Sost, this kid is not bad, he knows how to help ordinary people, and even make concessions in the interests of the company. ”

"But what about the future? When I lie down in the coffin, you two will also lie in? Even the current church has introduced a blasphemous thing like the 'Toning Scroll'!

"This is a problem with the system! You have no means to restrain future generations!"

"Second, you are still very young compared to me, but you will grow old one day, and your body will no longer be able to support you to use great strength. ”

"If you don't participate in the management, at that time, you don't have to lie in the coffin, your promises to the people will become a dead letter, have you ever wondered if they will allow you to live at that time?"

Duke Roy's words came from the bottom of his heart, and Ferrante listened carefully, but knew that there were some things that father and son might never agree on.

He got up and put his arm around Duke Roy: "The second question Sost also mentioned to me, as for the first question, I can't think of a way, even if I think of it, Sost can't get through the pass, and now he is on the rise, no one can stop him." ”

"You......"

"Alright Father, let's go to dinner, I'll go to the God of War Church later. ”

Duke Roy took a deep breath, shook his head, and reluctantly left the study with Ferrante, although the two have different identities and have very different considerations for the future, but after all, they are father and son.