Arold released Grace's freedom and the right to choose, she could go wherever she wanted, Grace looked at Arold in a daze and didn't speak for a long time, when she left Arold's tent, she felt as if her legs were not her own, her mind was in chaos, Arold had given her a goal, that is, to defeat the Danish king Banuk and regain his father's throne, but now this goal seems to be out of reach.

"Is that good?" Sir Ron walked in, and he heard Arrod's order outside the tent, just like the other nobles could not understand Arrod's thoughts, and was it not the choice of a nobleman of his right mind to exchange a heretic for a piece of territory? But Arold frees Grace.

"So be it, send someone to Zealand to keep Julian on the lookout for Viking warriors, and prevent the Danish king Banuk from trying to take back the island." Arold said to Sir Ron.

"Yes, Lord Count." After Sir Ron bowed to Arrode, he couldn't help but sigh as he looked up and turned around.

When Sir Ron sent an envoy to Sealand, a distinguished guest came to Arold's camp, and when he lowered his cloak, he found that it was His Royal Highness Prince Otto, who quickly bowed to Prince Otto, and ordered his personal attendant Harlan to bring up the wine glass and jug, and pour sweet wine for Prince Otto.

"Your Highness, why did you come to my tent at this time?" Arold waited for Prince Otto to sit down, and asked suspiciously.

"Lord Count Mecklenburg, congratulations on gaining another territory." Prince Otto raised his glass. He congratulated Arrod, who seemed to him not to immediately agree to the conditions of the Danish king Banuk, but only to bargain.

"Maybe I'll be forced to fight the Danish king alone." Arold smiled wryly and took a sip of his wine and said to Prince Otto.

"What? Fighting against the king of Denmark, what's going on, are you going to go to war against the king's orders? Prince Otto's brows furrowed, the nobles sometimes think differently from the royal family, even if the king and the Danes make a truce, but if the nobles do not approve of the truce, it may violate the truce, but from the current point of view, there is no need to fight the Danes at all. In contrast, even the Duke of Abel and the nobles of Mason were in a hurry to divide up the spoils and return to their own territories. Then it was Arold's own decision to go to war, which would give the East Frankish nobility the impression and stain of Arold's belligerence, and fighting the newly baptized Danish king without support would also cause displeasure in the Holy See. Has Arold taken all these questions into account? Prince Otto thought to himself that he had mistaken Arrod. It's just a reckless and belligerent aristocrat.

"Yes. I must hold the island of Zealand in my hands, but I have no interest in betraying the happiness of the Grace woman. Arrod had a crush on the young prince, and unwittingly told the truth under the stimulus of alcohol.

"Oh. For the happiness of a woman, the Viking woman who was named by the King of Denmark to marry, hehe. Hearing Arold's words, Prince Otto couldn't help laughing, how willful this is, for the sake of a woman to fight with the King of Denmark, but isn't chivalry like that? Thinking of this, Prince Otto felt that the two of them were strikingly similar in this regard.

"Yes, she was captured during the attack on the port of Mecklenburg, but it is said that her father was killed by Banuk, so it would be too painful for Grace to marry an enemy who killed her own father, even in these dark times." Arold said to Prince Otto.

"You have a merciful heart, Lord Earl, but I don't think you will be victorious against the King of Denmark, give up, such a thing is impossible to take Sealand and help Grace."

"Hmm." Arold listened to Prince Otto's words, and also reassessed whether he had the strength to continue entrenching in Sealand, and suddenly fell into a silent silence in the tent, at this moment there seemed to be a strong wind outside, and the summer weather seemed to change as a child's face changed, and soon the sky outside lightning streaked across the sky, and thunder sounded like war drums.

"It's raining so soon." Harun, the valet of his valette, was about to make some more wine for the two distinguished lords, and the barrel of wine was in the corner outside the tent, but when he stepped out of the tent, he suddenly saw a woman disappear in the rain.

When Sir Ron sent an emissary back from Sealand, he brought Arjod bad news that Julian's Slavic warriors who had occupied Sealand might rewithdraw to Lady Marty's castle, because she had received news from Lady Marty that the army of Contoyi, who claimed to be the Grand Chief of Mecklenburg, was gathering and posed a great threat to Lady Marty's territory, and this new situation put Arjod in a difficult situation.

"Lord Julian is under great pressure to attack Sealand, and in Madame Martí's court, the Slavic nobles are increasingly divided, and there is a threat from outside, and our allies are in great danger." Sir Ron reported to Arrod that Harvey's intelligence team had also provided information, and it seemed that Arold had to give up his territorial claim to Sealand, so this war against the Danes Arold could be said to have gained only a little false name, but very little real benefit.

"There's no way, we can only find a way later, we can't lose Ms. Marty as an ally." Arold sighed, and he led Sir Ron and his men back into Schleisug Castle, where he met with King Banouk of Denmark to formally reject the terms.

"Ah, Lord Count Mecklenburg, welcome." As the master, the Danish king Banuk sat on the lord's seat, looked at Arold and the others who walked in, and said loudly.

"Dear King of the Danes, His Majesty Banuk, I have come to reply to your two conditions." Arold looked at this Banuk, who was sitting leisurely on the lord's chair at this time, with Warner Friar standing beside him, completely like a Christian king, and the order to the Warner Friars Bishop of Northern Europe had not yet been delivered from Rome, because of the long distance, but everyone knew that Warner Friars had contributed a lot.

"Please." The Danish king Banuk sat up slightly, he nodded to Arold, he had lost the support of the Viking warrior leaders, but at this time he felt that believing in a new religion was not a bad thing, on the contrary, he could gain more power, as a king who ruled the Danish tribe, although Banuk had entered his twilight years, but he had the ambition not to lose to the young, that is, to unify the Vikings of the entire Vikan region under his own name.

"There is no problem at all in hiring the German mercenary group, you only need to pay the mercenary group a weekly honorarium, and then I will ask the newly appointed Colonel Andrew to sign a contract with you, but the second condition needs to be negotiated again." Arrod thought to himself that it would be good if he could find a buyer for the German mercenary group first, although the German mercenary group was reliable and brave in battle, but to maintain a standing army in this era was still under pressure for the lord's economy, if it could make money from mercenaries like the Swiss, it would be a good business.

"The second condition?" Danish King Banuk looked at Arold suspiciously, at this time King Henry of East Francia also walked in, Arold and Danish King Banuk's negotiation is the last part of the peace talks, as long as Danish King Banuk and Arold finish negotiating, King Henry will lead his army back to Saxony, but when Prince Otto told King Henry that Arold was ready to refuse, it made King Henry a little nervous, he didn't want the situation that had just been stabilized to make waves again, So I was there to watch the final finish.

"I'm sorry~~~~." But when Arold was about to say no, there was a roar of the door opening from behind, and the nobles in the hall looked at it, only to see a Nordic girl walking in from outside the door, her tall figure and fair skin made the men look sideways.

"Grace." The wrinkles on the Danish King Banuk's face seemed to deepen, and he stood up from his seat, and Arold turned to see that it was indeed Grace.

"Why are you here?" Arold asked Grace as she walked along.

"Lord Count Mecklenburg, why didn't you wait for me when you left?" Grace smiled at Arrod, the girl's face was extraordinarily beautiful, and her golden braids were finely groomed.

"Lord Count Mecklenburg, what were you going to apologize to me just for?" The Danish king Banuk only then withdrew his gaze, remembering what Arold seemed to be saying just now, so he asked.

"Oh, me." Seeing Grace's appearance, Arrold didn't know what to say for a while, but Grace raised her slender arm to stop Arrhode from speaking.

"Your Majesty Banuk, the Count of Mecklenburg has come to tell you that I have agreed to be your wife, but Lord Count Mecklenburg thinks that the ceremony of the wedding may be very simple, so he will apologize." Grace spoke in place of Arrod, and Arrod was surprised in his heart, he did not expect that Grace would fall into the mouth of the tiger and agree to become the queen of the Danish king Banuk.

"Oh, really? Great, rest assured that the ceremony will take place in a few weeks, we have plenty of time to prepare, Lord Count Mecklenburg thank you for your kindness, and Grace, my new queen, please come over. Danish King Banuk danced excitedly, he raised his left hand and said to Grace, to be able to marry such a beautiful Nordic girl in his twilight years, it is really an old man and a teenager.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Grace stepped forward meekly and took the old king's large, rough hand, which made the Danish king Banuk laugh even more proudly.

"Zealand is yours, Lord Count Mecklenburg." The Danish king Banuk did not forget his promise, and he spoke loudly to Arold. (To be continued......)