Chapter 31: Marriage Proposal?
The Norman lords immediately applauded, and their gazes at William softened.
The officer corps was silent, and the attitude tendencies were already obvious.
They were not against sending troops, they were just against Robert taking them. Who doesn't know that this demigod has a poor relationship with His Excellency William? If you stand on the opposite side without the permission of the leader, it will be fatal to be held accountable in the future.
However, the appearance of Roma, who was appointed as the heir by His Excellency William, is another matter. Although the Norman transcendents didn't know what the "prince prison was", they still knew that there was Roger's endorsement, and even if there was a pot in the future, they would not carry it, so they all stopped talking and kept silent.
On the other side, in the suburban inn of Catania, Mi'er and Medea also watched the "video" of the Ottville family's meeting online through the secret connection of the law of manipulation.
"You would have thought of breaking the game with this guy named Roger......" Mi'er was a little surprised, and a little admired, "It's amazing." ”
"Honey, devils like us are best at exploiting people's desires or ambitions." Medea was ashamed, "And for any organization, the upper echelons have limited desire for high power, and the lower echelons have empty ambitions and insufficient strength, and the role of the heir of such an organization is only one step away from the highest position, and has enough power and destructive power, and is the best at manipulation." ”
"Then why did you expect him to support the sending of troops?" Mi'er was curious and humbly asked for advice.
"Of course, because he also needs to consolidate his identity as an 'heir'." Medea said, "In the Norman Transcendent Family, military merit is the most effective source of prestige, and prestige is directly related to status. It was rare that the patriarch of the family was not in the clan, how could he let go of this great opportunity to build his prestige? ”
"In this case, when the demigod William comes back, won't he be angry with that Roger?" Mi'er still has doubts.
"Why be angry?" Medea smiled wryly, "As long as the subsequent war is won, it is enough to prove that Roger has the ability and means to become the leader of the family, and William's own status as a demigod is unshakable, what reason does he have to be afraid that his heir is too good?" ”
Miss Succubus raised two fingers and shook them lightly and proudly: "It's like we, hiding such a big situation from Askerbu, even if he notices the clues, doesn't he blame us?" ”
"After all, on the one hand, we are still doing things for the collective good of the team." Mi'er said thoughtfully, "On the other hand, his position in the team comes from his own combat strength and experience, so our private planning will not damage his leadership of the team." ”
"That's why he semi-openly acquiesced, and even encouraged us to do these things." Medea laughed happily, "That way, we can have some initiative." ”
"It's worthy of Medea, who can calculate people's hearts to this extent." Mi'er complimented.
"If it weren't for your ability to peek into fate, our plans wouldn't have gone so smoothly." Medea immediately replied.
The two girls blew each other in business for a long time, and on the surface, they became more and more sympathetic to each other, orange in orange, as if they had met the best girlfriend in their lives.
Just when the atmosphere was harmonious, Mi'er's face suddenly changed slightly.
Her strangeness was soon noticed by Medea, who couldn't help frowning and asked:
"What's wrong?"
Mier: ............
Her lips opened slightly, as if she had gasped several cold breaths, and she lowered her voice and exclaimed:
"Black Swan!"
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Medea's analysis of the Outerville family doesn't seem to be problematic in terms of Mill.
As the current heir to the family, Roger desperately needs a victory in his own command to gain the prestige to cement his position as heir.
However, this matter cannot be brought up by himself, otherwise it will appear that the demigod William is not there, and he can't wait to jump out and try to dominate the family, which will give people a sense of overurgency and affect his own political image.
On the other hand, if the demigod Robert "ill-intentioned" proposed, in order to prevent the other party from "grabbing power", and then taking the power of the army along the way, there would be no problem.
Of course, in order to act in a full set, Robert had to put up a demigod and pretend to compete with Roger unhappily, and finally "unwilling to lose".
Roger then led the Norman Transcendental army to Catania to quell the rebellion, and was then ambushed and eaten by the guerrillas led by Medea and Mill.
As a result, Roger, the heir of the Outville family, was killed in battle, and the officer corps supporting the demigod William was greatly weakened, so Robert could carry out his own plan and quickly win over the vacillating lords within the family, so as to obtain capital that could compete with William.
Later, when William returned from outside, the two demigods immediately broke up and fought each other for the position of patriarch of House Otterville. As Robert's daughter, Sidlifa naturally had a feud with William, so it was logical to complete her ritual mission.
This was the outline of Medea's plan, and of course there were a lot of details in it, and she didn't go into detail with Mi'er.
For example, how to convince Robert to agree to this plan, Medea did this by meeting the demigod in private, subtly revealing the existence of the Azure Sword.
If Robert had investigated this mercenary group, he would have known that there was a connection between the Azure Sword and many demigods on the continent. As long as he follows this plan and breaks with the demigod William and goes to war, the Azure Sword will inevitably be on his side for Sidlifa.
This, additional demigod aid, Lord Robert, you know, so don't hesitate to break with your brother.
The project doesn't sound like a big problem overall, the details are controlled by Medea herself, and Mi'er observes the future line to control the risks, and it has been a success in most of the future worlds.
It's just "mostly".
At this point, the world line was collapsing in a direction of a future that Mi'er had never observed, and due to the slight perturbation of some unknown variable, things began to deviate from Medea's original design.
This phenomenon is known as a "black swan".
In the Normandy Palace, Robert, as in response to Roger's initiative to ask for help, also showed a certain unhappiness of being offended and despised as he had agreed with Medea at the beginning, and said:
"Roger, I can understand your eagerness to think about your family, but the Sicilian guerrillas are not so easy to deal with. You don't have the knowledge to control the enemy, and you don't have enough military experience to deal with the unknown, so you may suffer a big loss if you rush to lead your troops. ”
So the Norman high-ranking knights present all made noise, saying that "Your Excellency Robert is overly worried", "Roger was personally taught by His Excellency William, and there must be no problem in terms of ability", etc., and almost wrote in front of Roger, "I am your loyal servant".
However, Roger did not refute it as vehemently as he expected, nor did he calmly defend himself. The young man thought for a moment, and then smiled again:
"Uncle Robert has a point. Why don't you go with me to suppress the bandits? ”
Let's go to fight the bandits? Robert was a little stunned for a moment, is this to give me half of the opportunity to fight and brush up his prestige?
Of course, he knew the truth of the matter and knew that this was not an opportunity at all, but an insidious trap. But since this kid Roger has sent me to the door, of course, I can also casually agree to come down and make sure that he and the officer corps are eliminated by the traps set by those blue swords, which is an extra layer of insurance......
Just as he was thinking like this, he only heard Roger continue:
"There is another thing, I admire your daughter Sidlifa, her beauty and strength amaze me, I wonder if my uncle has arranged a marriage for her?"
"If not, can you consider me?"