As soon as the scout's front foot reached the ears of Duke Walker, the Duke of Ella, the scout's front foot reached his court, and although King Segal II's relationship with him was already like fire and water, after all, he was his suzerain, and the necessary reception etiquette for the envoy must still be done.

Duke Walker was taken aback when he heard the envoy's intention. He was not surprised by the Queen's visit, but by the well-informed manner of Segal II.

"What? His Majesty has sent Queen Agnes to my realm to pacify the populace? Walker's eyes were full of confusion, and he thought he was having auditory hallucinations from the successive reports of emergency military information.

"Yes, Your Highness the Duke. His Majesty the King has been informed of the evil invasion of your Lordship, and not only regrets it to you and his subjects, but has also sent Her Royal Highness the Queen, who has worked day and night on your behalf, to appease your Lord. The envoy sent by the king nodded affirmatively, and stood straight at the stone steps of the ducal throne in front of the council chamber.

"I've just received a message from the scouts from the garrison on the north shore of Lake Santa Cana. Entre is still more than 800 miles away from the royal capital of Parma, how did His Majesty know in advance? Walker became more and more puzzled, and kept staring into the eyes of the envoy, who had accompanied Segal Saxon as a scholar day and night. Despite this, it was never known that Segal II possessed the power of an unpredictable prophet.

"Your Royal Highness, I don't know about this, I just heard that this news was discovered by His Excellency Spiket, the chief spy of the royal court, and General Terry Rich, the military commander of the royal court." The King's envoy's answer of 1510 passed the insight of Duke Walker's eyes.

"Oh, Spitcot." Duke Ella snorted lightly, and the appearance of the betrayer still came to mind clearly - the action of pressing the bridge of the nose, the flashing mouse eyes, and the gloomy face always under the hood, "It is indeed a material to be a spy manager, but it is a pity that Your Majesty may have a dangerous poisonous snake as a pet." ”

"Your Highness, I think the purpose of my trip has been achieved. Your Highness is requested to be ready to welcome Her Highness the Queen. In addition, this is the small hand axe of Kakhand, which Her Royal Highness has entrusted me to give you as a token of her arrival. The envoy took a small gold-encrusted hand axe from his waist and presented it to Duke Walker through the duke's court servant.

"I see, the gates of Istertam are always open to Her Highness the Queen. Please convey to him my respect for Her Royal Highness the Queen, Walker Eastham. After Duke Ella Walker finished speaking, the envoy raised his head proudly, and the cockscomb-shaped flower on his head couldn't help but tremble, and then turned around and strode out of Duke Ella's council chamber.

The Duke of Ella then began to pick up the small gold-inlaid hand axe handed over by the court servant to check, the ornate axe handle was decorated with red agate, and the back of the axe hung with small gold rings, the blade of the axe was engraved with delicate double-headed eagle ornaments, and the grooves were filled with red gold outlining the beautiful lines of the double-headed eagle ornaments. The whole small gold-encrusted hand axe emitted a faint fragrance, like an invisible hand seducing the soul of Ella Duke Walker.

"Queen Agnes" Ella Duke Walker tried to recall the appearance of this queen while playing with the small hand axe, although he had seen the queen, but he had never crossed paths with this queen, and the only glimpse was in the iron and blood knight arena.

Duke Ella shook his head, slung his little gold-encrusted axe from his belt, and got up and walked to the empty door of the council chamber, for the atmosphere was almost out of breath for him.

"Summons Wayne Landmark immediately and tells him to come to the little castle of Entre immediately." Suddenly he stood still at the door of the hall, and then turned back to the steward who was ordering his servants to clean the throne.

"Your Highness, do you still need me to summon General Hugh Frankenstein, who is settling the centaurs and wood elves in the Great River camp in Lindisfark, to come back with him?" The steward hurried towards Duke Walker.

"Yes, after he settles down the retired wood elves and centaurs, he will go to Entel to preside over military affairs, and he is needed here." Duke Ella paused slightly and patted the steward's back, "Go quickly." ”

Duke Ella did not go down to the first floor of the small castle, but stood at the corner window of the revolving stone steps and looked at the pale winter sky of Entre, he hoped that his brown eyes could see the paradise where Arcana was beyond the sky, he hoped that the goddess Arcana could use his divine power to dispel distant evil, he even hoped that he was not a duke but just a poor commoner, he just wanted to take this time to be quiet and immersed in a pure world where he was alone.

"Your Highness, staying here all the time will be cold." The court servant carried a cloak and put it on Duke Walker's shoulder.

"Well, I'd like to meditate quietly for a while I wait for Lord Wayne." Duke Walker replied faintly, and the servant nodded slightly behind him and stepped back lightly.

Walker's mind was filled with the past, the peaceful childhood, the lonely boyhood, the domineering youth, the day the mentor left, the desperate fight with the nine-headed sea monster on Lena Island, the thrilling knightly jousting arena, the surprise attack of Lucy's glade, the masculine echoes were full of rage, but the other half of the feminine was missing.

"Your Highness, Lord Wayne has arrived." It wasn't until the palace servants came to tell him that he was pulled back from these huge memories, and the cold reality continued, and he turned around and snorted softly in some frustration.

The spymaster Wayne Landmark's bushy nose hair is the only difference from his brother, George Landmark, the treasurer. Normally, when he came to meet Duke Walker in the castle of Entle, he would trim some black hair sticking out of his nostrils, but this time he didn't.

Seeing Duke Ella Walker walk into the council chamber, Wayne stroked his chest with one hand and bowed slightly. He saw Duke Walker's eyebrows furrowed, and his expression was tired. He began to roughly speculate about Duke Walker's thoughts. However, before he could ask, Duke Walker, of Ella, who paced a few steps in front of him, asked, "Wayne, there are a large number of goblins and lizardmen in my dukedom and the county of Culosius, and the legendary trolls have suddenly appeared on the northern shore of Santa Kana Lake. The Gudebai region has now completely fallen, and if the evil creatures in the Gudebai region target us and storm the Lindisfaq River camp, Entre will be in danger! What's more, Segal II didn't know how to know about these things that happened in our domain, but he sent Her Royal Highness to appease the people of Entel, and nominally speaking, who knows what kind of heart that guy has! ”

"What? How could the king have learned so quickly? I had already secretly executed the Lynston agents who tried to leak any news of Entle, and the entire Dukedom of Ella had been closely monitoring every corner of the Duchy of Ella after the visit of the Wood Elf messenger Stola, and even then it was inevitable that there would be fish that slipped through the net, but besides, we were getting the news of the northern shore of Lake Arcana this morning, and it was impossible for the King of Palma, who was more than 800 miles away from Entle, to receive the news and be ready to send the queen to appease him! Wayne Landmark stuck out his tongue in surprise, holding his chin as if wondering where Segal II might get information, but finally shook his head helplessly and said to himself, "It's not possible at all!" The time is not right. ”

"Yes, I thought so too. Remember Spitcot in the time of Jaffin. Walker, the Duke of Ella, patted Wayne lightly on the shoulder.

"That traitor, his family is disgraced because of him." Wayne nodded.

"According to the king's envoy, it was he and Trirech of the Hawking family who found out the news." A hint of worry flashed in Duke Walker's eyes.

"Then the arrival of the queen should be even more careful, it may not be as simple as appeasement. If it is only appeased, it is tantamount to reasserting the position of the Kingdom of Rinston, and you have almost no intention of becoming independent from the Kingdom of Foreston. Segal II could have issued a kingdom-wide proclamation directly to inspire our people. Wayne lightly tapped his index finger on the left side of his face, as if lost in thought, "It's too much fanfare to send the queen here." Moreover, the attitude of Segal II of the Kingdom of Rinston was quite unusual, and according to the past, he would have been overjoyed to learn that our dukedom had been invaded. ”

"Yes, Segal II and I are fundamentally incompatible." Duke Walker thought back to the envoy's words again, and vaguely felt that there was always a trace of strangeness, "We have been keeping these two pieces of news tightly sealed"

"I am afraid that King Segal II will take advantage of the situation when he finds out. This time, however, he uncharacteristically sent a queen to pacify our people. Is it to paralyze us? Wayne Landmark pursed his lips.

"Queen Mona died mysteriously, but before the mourning period expired, Segal II immediately married Agnes, the daughter of Heller, Count of Carchand, as the queen, that is, the current queen, and obtained a large number of conscripts sent by the people of Carkhand, to consolidate the royal power of Parma, so that his own brother Prince Lotate was jealous of him" Duke Walker suddenly began to talk about the kingdom environment when Segal II married Queen Agnes.

"Segal II always allowed the people of Arkand to do evil on his behalf, both inside and outside the city of Parma. Although not all of the Kakhandians were murderous, they were pressured to do so. Wayne Landmark thought first of Baron Zax Sharp of Niermont and the Kakand Axeguards who had joined him around him, and the former leader of the Karkande Axeguards, Theoannis, who loved to read.

So the queen had to come under pressure. Wayne, has King Segal II been diligent in government affairs lately? Walker, Duke of Ella, turned around and waved his hand as if he were clearing the clouds.

"It's true that he's diligent enough, but it's just a 'prostitute'." Wayne Landmark sneered contemptuously at the already fallen king in his heart, "That tyrant has confined Queen Agnes to the Winter Palace, and has never touched that beautiful highness. ”

"Is it His Excellency Stephen Hawking, President of the Privy Council, who presides over the affairs of Parma?" Duke Ella immediately asked Wayne, as if a storm had set off in his mind, and he couldn't help but touch the small gold-inlaid hand axe that hung on his waist the token of Queen Agnes sent by the envoy.

"O O O Arkana, you have it at your waist, isn't this the ritual hand axe that the people of Kakhandan use for the Festival of Trees? A small gold-inlaid hand axe with nine red agate handles! I recognize this thing, this thing as a token? This is a family heirloom of Lord Calkande, and this thing belongs to Her Royal Highness Queen Agnes to marry! Wayne Landmark's face changed drastically, and he vaguely felt that this well-made gold-inlaid little hand axe was a conspiracy at all, "The light on this axe is not gold, it seems to me that it is the evil light of destruction!" Stephen Hawking, the president of the Privy Council, had already given all the power to his nephew Terry Rich, and Spich and Trerech had already begun to manipulate the court of Segal II, and the stupid tyrant just didn't know it! ”

"This Spiket, Trirech, the lazy Segal II, Queen Agnes, the little gilded hand axe." Duke Ella spoke very quickly, and this interrelated person and object couldn't help but make him gasp, grabbed Wayne, and ran quickly down the small castle of Entle, "The queen's honor guard is customary to have at least 20 knights of the king's army fully armed. Got a weapon with you? ”

"The sword is not far from you." Wayne Landmark ran as he ripped open a corner of his robe, revealing the silver sword.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid the two of us are in danger!" The stables were right in front of the two of them, "What about the North Shore military situation?" ”

"North Shore Intelligence: I've summoned General Hugh Frankenstein! The most important thing now is that Her Royal Highness Queen Agnes is currently in extreme danger! In the event of danger, there will be an eternal hatred between us and the people of Kakhand! The day the envoy is dispatched must be the first day of the third week of the month. Now that ten days have passed, there is a good chance that the guard of honor has arrived near the Rivensay River on the border of White Town! Duke Ella shook off his robe and rolled over to put his eyes on it.