Chapter Thirty-Seven: Dismantling the Green Sword
A variety of dishes have been served. After the first three sky-high dishes, Sidlifa and the others ordered a few more staple dishes one after another, and the entire table was already full at this time.
Ludwig absentmindedly cut the stewed chicken and chatted with the crowd, sometimes throwing out a funny topic that made the girls laugh and kept the atmosphere at the table from being too cold.
In fact, his heart had already turned upside down.
The current Weissbach family, his father, the Duke of Bavaria, has two sons and two daughters. Ludwig himself, as the eldest son, was raised as the successor to the Duke of Bavaria.
The second son, Henry, was originally sent to the diocese of Cologne to do scientific research, but he was not interested in scientific research, but was fond of hunting and fighting, so his father changed his mind and sent him to His Majesty as a guard officer.
The third daughter, Elisabeth, like the daughters of other nobles, received various etiquette training from an early age, and had already married the Wettin family in Thuringia last year.
Only the youngest daughter, Eleanor, has been deeply favored by her father since she was a child. She didn't want to take etiquette classes, she didn't want to tie her waist like other noble ladies, and her father was all up to her, so Elizabeth didn't know how many times, but her father, though he patiently comforted her, still favored Eleanor, and sometimes even Ludwig himself became jealous.
Later, she followed her second brother Henry to learn to dance knives and guns, and joked that she would also become a knight lord in the future, and her father also promised to come down, of course, this is impossible, the Duke of Bavaria himself is not childless, and insisting on giving the family fief to his daughter will inevitably make other vassals dissatisfied.
Ludwig, who regarded himself as the heir to the family, secretly approached Eleanor and explained his father's difficulties to her.
Then Eleanor ran away...... Even Ludwig was scolded by his father and was confined at home for half a year.
Ludwig was of course aware of his father's unique attitude, and his father did not want Eleanor to take on any family responsibilities like other children, but only wanted her to live happily ever after.
If she loved theology, he sent her to a convent; If she wants to fall in love, she can also be free to choose a partner from other noble children, without worrying about the needs of the family's marriage.
Even if she really wanted to be a lord, her father could allow her to marry a vassal with a small background, so that she could calmly control the power of the territory after marriage.
However, in any case, the leader of a small mercenary group is definitely not within the scope of his father's permission.
Then this made Ludwig very entangled. If this matter is known to his father, then the blue sword will definitely not exist, and the only fate of this regiment commander named Aske is to be hanged.
With Eleanor's character, she would never allow such a thing, and she would inevitably break with her father.
In all fairness, although this younger sister has always cheated on her brother, and she is even closer to her second brother than the eldest brother, Ludwig still likes her very much as the eldest brother, and of course it is impossible to sit back and watch her and her father completely break up.
Therefore, before my father knew about this matter, he dismantled the Azure Sword mercenary group in advance, and then hid Asker in the snow, of course, it became the most suitable method at present.
Once Aske became his vassal or knight, even his father could not touch his men.
(Western feudal rules, the vassals of my vassals are not my vassals.) There is no way for the superior to move the subordinate to the subordinate of the subordinate)
I'm a genius! Ludwig took a bite of the lobster and felt the sweetness and sourness of the white wine rippling between his lips and teeth along the taste of the lobster meat.
A certain complacent determination also rose in my heart.
Ostentatiously unmoved, Ludwig began to subtly redirect the topic of the table to the previous anomaly.
"Ah, speaking of mutations, do you know Your Excellency the Viscount?" Nuo's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "The source of the mutation is actually a secret research institute of the ancient Solomon Empire!" ”
Not again! The girls can't afford to hold their foreheads, so how many times do you have to repeat this topic?
Ludwig smiled with a "You go on, I'm interested" expression.
So Nuo described Richard Tnell, the possession of the Mind Flayer, and the terrifying and mysterious underground environment vividly, and then began to highlight the initial disdain of the swordsmen, and then Asker showed his strength, which immediately shocked everyone, and all kinds of worship and kneeling licking.
Her eloquence is very good, and her voice is crisp and good, and before you know it, even the girls who have heard it many times can't help but substitute into the story again.
Ludwig listened carefully, and couldn't help but make a preliminary assessment of Asker's strength: Anyway, I should be qualified to be a knight.
In addition, he naturally noticed that the pretty short-haired girl in front of him also had an undisguised love for Asker, and he couldn't help but pay a little attention to it in his heart.
It can't be a love triangle, right? No way! Sister, you're fighting for some anger! Even if you fall in love with a mercenary group leader, you have to grab a man with another woman! You're the eldest lady of the Weissbach family!
"I haven't asked yet, it's ......," Ludwig elegantly raised his glass.
"Oh, I'm No." Noh introduced himself and said, "No. Valennis. Licinius. ”
Three dan names, Licinius? Sounds like the Lecinaean family, a wealthy family in Solomon City, a branch member of that family?
Ludwig thought to himself, and said with a smile:
"Licinius? This surname is familiar to me. After all, I was in the factory of the Gotting, and I had business dealings with His Excellency Bishop Vallian of the Licinian family. Ludwig took a sip of wine and quietly said, "I know the current patriarch of your family."
"Valian? That's my brother. Noe said.
"Poof!" With a quick twist of his head, Ludwig finally sprayed the wine onto the carpet next to him, so as not to contaminate the sumptuous dishes on the table.
He coughed and picked up the napkin, wiped his mouth, and smiled, "Is it your brother?" What a coincidence......"
"But my brother doesn't do business." Nou said curiously, "The person in charge of my family's business is my sister Capracillin, that ...... You should be mistaken, right? ”
"It's true that I misremembered, sorry." Ludwig wiped his lips and burst into tears.
Of course, he knew that it was Lady Capracillin who was in charge of the business of the Licinian family, and it wasn't because he thought that the girl in front of him was an ordinary member of the Licinian family's branch, so he brought up the name of His Excellency Bishop Valyan?
Who would have thought that this girl was the daughter of Licinius's own family! Sister, you didn't say it earlier, and you cheated your brother again!
In the hidden resentful look cast by Ludwig, Eleanor frowned, put down her knife and fork, and said:
"I have a good relationship with Nuo, you don't have to mind losing your temper in front of her."
Nima, that's not what I mean with my eyes! Ludwig was silent, and could only force the topic with a smile:
"Thank you, Miss Nuo, for sharing this wonderful story, and I am here to toast His Excellency Asker."