"Frommael Ducatlet......

Kevin and the two counts beside him stood in the banquet hall and turned their heads to look at the regent who appeared in a high-profile manner, silently reciting the honorable name of the imperial regent in their hearts, and watched him walk along the long carpet under his feet into the banquet hall of the palace.

Frommael Ducalet's legs and feet had been on the lands of the Holm region for sixty-five years, and now he was slightly lame, relying on a metal cane that he held firmly in his hands to maintain balance on the right side of his body, and as a basis for the health of the current lord, the Ducalet family's absolute authority over the Duchy of Thuron.

He was not tall, about a hundred and seventy centimeters, the blonde hair of the Holm had long since faded to white, a pair of single-framed disc glasses framed on the bridge of his nose to help him open his eyes, a red, gold-rimmed cloak that covered his aging but not clumsy body, and blue eyes that were kind - or at least kind on the surface.

The regent of the empire walked into the eyes of the ministers, and soon someone noticed something beside him, and then a voice came from the crowd and asked, "Lord Regent, why didn't Your Majesty come?" ”

Duke Ducatlet stopped, looked sideways, and saw that it was the old Earl Wilcens of Silver Shield Castle who stepped forward from the corner of the hall, and his sharp two sword eyebrows were not angry even if he was old, and he had a bit of heroism left over from the peak of his prime.

The two of them were of the same age, and they were also old acquaintances, so the Duke Regent was not surprised by his straightforward questioning attitude, and then replied calmly: "Your Majesty suffered from the wind and cold last night and was unwell, so I had to be absent from tonight's banquet. ”

However, as soon as the words fell, the hall suddenly became noisy, after all, the nobles present knew one thing tacitly, that is, the current little emperor of the empire, Leopold IV, was the last seedling of the royal family of Hornface.

In other words, the safety of His Majesty the Emperor is not only related to the future of the empire, but will also determine whether the royal family of Hornface will be extinct or not - and the main culprit of this dilemma may be to blame the traditional monogamy of the Holm people, or the previous old emperor of the Golden Que Ying Empire did not know how to be flexible, forgetting that the mistress's belly can also give birth to a legitimate illegitimate child, and as a result, he only left two princes for the country in his life.

And among these two princes, the eldest prince, who was originally selected as the prince to be trained, saw that he had superior qualifications, but he actually died in a hunting accident the night before his sixteenth birthday, causing the old emperor to lose his eldest son and drown himself with deep sadness, and in frustration tried to seek solace from the arms of a maid, and then he also contracted syphilis and died.

The sudden death of the old emperor forced Leopold, who was the second prince at the time, to wear the crown at a young age, but fortunately, the Duke of Thuron, Fromayer, was resolute and immediately dispatched troops to the imperial capital to suppress the coup d'état of a group of insurrectionists, and then arrived at the palace as the first to arrive at the palace as a lord of one party, and swore his loyalty to the childish new emperor, as well as his petition as his guardian and regent.

Frommael Ducarlet is now fully trusted by the little emperor. He held his scepter and looked left and right at the various nobles in the banquet hall, and could hear that the discussions of these participants were not only worried, but also in fact hidden a lot of malicious whispers, and after a while he heard Wilkens ask himself, "And how is your majesty's physical condition now?" Is it getting better? Or is it more serious? ”

"The high fever has subsided, and I need to recuperate." Lord Regent raised his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet, and at the same time fed a reassuring pill to the old earl of Silver Shield Castle, "The Lady Priest rushed from St. Millet's Cathedral to the palace overnight last night to pray for His Majesty to ward off the plague, and the most trained doctors in the court also flocked to His Majesty's side early in the morning, so you don't have to worry about Your Majesty's condition." ”

"In addition, His Majesty will be absent this time with the Grand Mayor of Philippe, Mr. Josman di Alstour, and the Duchess of Ullan, Sir Anastasia Goffrod." After a pause, he continued with what he had just said, "Mayor Yosman has been unable to get out of the way because of the recent rampant smuggling along the coast of Fhitile, and Sir Anastasia needs to stay in the Duchy of Ulan to defend against the raids of several nomadic tribes in the Hessac steppes during this time. ”

"The Empire's trade sovereignty and frontier defenses are inviolable, but I think you here must be more concerned about the movement of the undead than the smugglers at sea and the nomadic cavalry on the steppes, right?"

At this point, Fromeier stopped talking, his gaze swept over the eyes of the people like a paladin's detection of evil, and then continued in a sudden silence, although his steps were still a little lame, and after two minutes he successfully ascended a step at the end of the hallway, and turned around from a place where he stood a head above the ministers present.

The nobles understood the solemn look in the eyes of the Lord Regent as he ascended the steps, and they all understood that the main topic of tonight's banquet was coming.

Since Leopold IV succeeded to the throne, every year during the month of silence at the end of each year, a banquet was held in the Imperial Palace to invite all the ministers and lords to participate in the birthday date of the Duke Ducatlet, and his majesty the little emperor was arranged to meet with his direct vassals at least once a year on the grounds of celebrating his birthday, and by the way, some important state affairs were discussed during the banquet.

The news of the destruction of the Imperial Jihad Expeditionary Force on the snowfields of the Northland during the Snowmelt Moon shocked the whole country, so that after Fromeyer received the news and sent someone to redeem Bildigau, he took it very seriously, and decided to bring forward this year's birthday feast to the same day as the harvest month.

"Earl of Northland, Sir Kevin Stune."

"The minister is here."

Hearing Frommay suddenly stand on the stage and call out to himself, Kevin closed his eyes and took a deep breath, calmed down, and then reopened his eyes in agreement, staring at the former from a distance of mid-air.

Frommeier's eyes weren't hostile to Kevin, at least they didn't.

He knew that if the zombie king of Byron Tas had any bold and terrifying plans, the Winter Fortress of the Northland would be the first barrier that the corpse would face, and after breaking through, he would only need to break through the Silver Shield Fortress, known as the "Gate of the Crown", to reach the Imperial City, and then looked at the blonde-haired and blue-eyed Paladin Count and asked, "As the guardian of the northern part of the empire, our majesty needs your information now, please tell us what those evil undead have done in the last few months." ”

"Returning to Lord Regent, the undead army of Byron Tas has not moved since defeating our Holy War Expeditionary Force and returning your heir, Viscount Bildigau." The young earl who ruled the Northland was respectful and polite, and organized the language to explain what he knew and thought in an orderly manner, and he didn't notice for a moment that Viscount Bildigau, who was not far away, immediately glared at himself when he heard this, "Although the Great Snow Field outside the Winter Fortress has some wood and mineral vein resources, the environment is not suitable for us human beings, but it is a natural military camp for the undead who are not afraid of the cold, so I personally guess that these undead did not take advantage of the invasion at that time, but it is a bad sign." ”

"What do you think, then?" Fromeyer's brow furrowed slightly.

"The undead may attack when the Moon of Silence is at its coldest, and before that, hide in the wind and snow to recuperate." Kevin calmly said his reasoning, looking at the Duke Regent's eyes that seemed calm, but the depths of his eyes seemed to be on fire, "In order to prevent a potential offensive at that time, I ask Your Majesty to mobilize about 10,000 levies from all over the empire to the Northland before the Frost Moon, and if possible, it is best to let the head of the Humblake Academy draw a few high-ranking mages from the Royal Mage Academy to accompany the army." ”

“…… I will convey your petition to Your Majesty and carefully consider your needs with Your Majesty. With a quick estimate of the financial cost of doing so, Fromeyer was silent for a while, and finally gave Kevin an uncertain reply, "Besides?" ”

"While the Moon of Silence may be the best time for the undead to attack, it's not impossible for the undead to play their cards out of the ordinary way, so please forgive me for leaving for the Northlands as soon as possible tomorrow morning, so I don't have time to stay in the palace to care about Your Majesty's condition."

"Your Majesty will understand your loyalty, Earl of the Northland...... Then on the way back, please stay safe. ”

Duke Ducatlet smiled slightly.

……

At the same time, far from the surface of the Empire, inside the city of Palomite, atop the cliffs of the hive labyrinth.

"Morediti? Can I help you? ”

"Hero-sama." The underground gnome named Moredi quickly broke into the Tavern of Doriel's Tavern, came to a stone table where Urs was, looked up, and said respectfully with emotion in his voice, "The new weapon you commissioned the High Priest to forge, the enchanted greatsword that blends into the crystal nuclei of the two elements according to your wishes, has just been completed. ”

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