"What kind of person am I?"

This is what Ferrante often likes to ask himself most when he looks in the mirror.

It is often difficult for a person to get to know themselves seriously, meticulously and comprehensively, for example, as in Sost.

Not many people knew what Sost wanted to do, and not even Ferrante, an old friend, and Yafanka, the ghost lover, couldn't say for sure.

But Yafanka believed him, and Ferrante believed him, which is why after receiving the news that Duke Roy was critically ill, Ferrante took Sophia straight to Sears, and the stability of the rear was not handed over to the House of Lords, but instructed Sost.

The question that Duke Roy and Sost had warned of was still revealed.

With Tria's rapid development and major renovation projects beginning across the country, the House of Lords really began to have some thoughts about Ferrante, the commander of the regiment who was outside the ruling power but held the United ** Regiment tightly.

Ferrante himself had actually realized that Duke Roy's critical illness was the best start.

The House of Lords knew that sooner or later, Ferrante would fight and bring the Duchy of Solan into the territory, and at that time, that is, when the contradictions really broke out.

But Ferrante still insisted on his choice without hesitation.

On the day of the successful test flight of the first version of the aircraft developed by Sost, Ferrante had a secret conversation with Sost that night, and then boarded the train to Sears City in the dark.

The plane is fast, the train is slow, and when Ferrante and Sophia arrive, the father, who loves his son deeply and has been hoping that his son will have his own independent ideas.

This minister, who is dedicated to the principality, and even if his son comes home for the first time to visit, he will prevent the other party from invading the principality.

This old man, who experienced the sword war in the Western Continent and proposed an economic bill to adapt to the trend of the new era, finally closed his eyes.

Ferrante didn't have time to say another word to his father, and even at the funeral, he hid on a hill not far away, silently seeing off his father.

At that time, Sophia was the only one by his side, and he asked the question again: "What kind of person am I?"

Sophia didn't answer him, just tightened her hand around his arm.

Two months after the death of Duke Roy, on the first day of autumn, the semi-mechanized legions of the United States of the Free States crossed the border, led by Commander Ferrante, and attacked the Duchy of Solan.

This legion, all equipped with the Sost Light Weapons Factory, is like a tiger descending from the mountain, and no opponent is its unanimous enemy.

In just three months, the Duchy of Solan was cut off and divided into two, and the southerners were terrified and retreated without a fight, while in the north, on the last day of late autumn, Ferrante had already led the army to stand under the walls of Sears City.

The battle lasted for three days and nights, the fire and the sound of guns continued, and after the end of the Western Continent War, the Duchy of Solan also saw the power of firearms, so it was also developing them.

But Gewu will be completely taken by Sost, and they are halfway home, relying on the guns left in the Western Continent and produced by pressing the qualified line, which is far less advanced than the Sost Light Weapons Factory.

But to end the battle in just three days and take the capital of the country, there is one more important factor, that is, the God of War Church in the city, which is like a dead place in these three days, without any movement.

When the war was over, Ferrante did not go to the palace to take over everything, but first went to the Church of the God of War.

At that time, the God of War Pope was wearing soft regular clothes and was watering flowers in the garden behind the church, which was the first time Ferrante had seen him without armor.

When they met, the God of War Pope glanced at the long sword on Ferrante's waist, didn't say anything, just beckoned him to sit down, then pointed to the red tulip beside him, and said with a smile:

"Your mother loved tulips the most, and your father brought one with him when he was buried. ”

"Uncle ...... War"

The God of War Pope waved his hand: "Old, a few months ago I was comparing with your father who could live longer, in fact, I want to leave early, see your mother earlier, and in the end, your father will go first." ”

The God of War Pope put down the kettle, took a breath, and pursed his lips: "Ferrante, even if it is recorded in the church scriptures, no one has ever ruled the entire North Continent, do you want to fight again?"

Ferrante shook his head and didn't speak.

"Dominate the Northern Continent, even the gods will look sideways for your exploits, and the next God of War Pope has not yet ......"

"Uncle God of War. Ferrante got up and interrupted, "Don't bother me about this, Sophia is pregnant, and when it's all over, we're going to get out of here." ”

Ferrante's words made the God of War Pope stunned for a moment, and he was very surprised: "Southern Continent or Western Continent?"

"Western Continent...... Further west. ”

"Okay...... Well, it's just a pity that your father didn't have time to see ......."

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

Tria, late, heavy snow

Sost stepped out of the enclosed experimental area, took off his heavy hazmat suit, and made his way to the office on the top floor.

Yafanka had already made coffee and made some biscuits.

Now she is nourished by the fragments of the black sun, except that she has no substance, she still looks like a ghost, and she is no different from ordinary people in other aspects, and even surpasses it.

Once, when she was experimenting with a new firearm, she got in front of Sost and stopped the bullet in mid-air.

The door was pushed open, and Sost had just sat down when Yafanka tossed a report on the table.

"The House of Lords sent a proposal to speed up construction in various places. ”

Sost opened it and looked at it, shook his head with a smile: "On the surface, it is proposing to speed up the construction of various places, but in fact, I want to meddle in the company's affairs." ”

"Ferrante will allow them to do this?" Avanaka frowned.

"Ferrante, bastard...... Even if he doesn't care, even if I sign this report, will the House of Lords really dare to meddle here?"

"Then this is ......"

"Temptation!" Sost tossed the report on the table, "they are testing my attitude, and the best choice is whether to pay Rand alone or to deal with me and Ferrante." ”

Yafanka suddenly realized, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "But they still underestimate the relationship between you and Ferrante, the Gewu Club is gone, and few people actually know about the fact that you were friends in the first place." ”

"That's why I said Ferrante's bastard!" Sost got up and walked out the window, looking at the lively Tria, "Do you know what he told me the night he left here?"

"He left this mess to me, and he plans to run away after the battle!"

He ...... Doesn't that look like that?" Yafanka tilted her head, puzzled.

"Heh, he is very smart, he has a plan to leave, and he also knows that outside the battlefield, only I can deal with the House of Lords, and as long as I am here, the lives of ordinary people will be guaranteed, which can be regarded as a disguised realization of his purpose of fighting. ”

"Alas......" Sost sighed, "Hokuriku is too big, and now I need to stand with the Lords before the industry can be completely developed into the land of the former Duchy of Solan, and this is the Ferrante plan, using his departure, to also buy me time for further development." ”

"But we are not afraid of the House of Lords. Yafanka said.

"I'm really not afraid, but the knowledge left by the giants is still being digested, and now is not the best time for conflict, even if I bring someone to purge the parliamentarians now, there will still be new councillors tomorrow morning. ”

"We need a new system, or new rules. ”

"I think our company is good. ”

"Yafanka......" Sost was a little stunned, then shook his head with a smile, "Forget it......"

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

This was the year when Hokuriku changed dramatically again, and the Duchy of Solan disappeared from the map, replaced by an unprecedentedly large state that occupied the entire Hokland, the United States of Freedom.

It was also the first being to incorporate the entire human race into one.

At the same time, at the end of winter, Ferrante left Hokuriku with a pregnant Sophia, and the legion rights of the United States of the Free States were handed over to the House of Lords.

But to the Lords' headache, in the matter of Ferrante, Sost Energy chose to side with them, but what about after that?

Sost's prestige grew, even surpassing that of the Church and the House of Lords.

Not only did they need Thorst's cooperation in arranging the construction of the land of the former Duchy of Solan, but even the guns and ammunition of the legions, if they did not have Sost's provision, they could only use them with burning sticks as hammers.

Only then did they understand that the most terrible thing was not Ferrante who held the legion, but Thorst, who had been ingrained in the lives and hearts of all people.