Section 181 The interests of the Empire

The impact of Andreachi's sleepless night was far from being able to spread quickly across the entire continent, after all, it was just a border conflict of a small scale, no matter how big it was. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Even those who have a heart have only noticed now that Noxus, which will be written by historians as the losing side, has unexpectedly mobilized too many troops in this operation.

Far away on the mainland, in the northeastern coastline of the city of Piltover, the most influential politician in the city, Mr. Capet, has just finished an evening organized by the city's most influential politician, Mr. Capet, and the parliamentarians who came with anticipation did not wait for the news that the expected city of Piltover would be in further contact with the Federation of Demacia.

While it was true that it was a gala for the Demacian legations, and that Lux did take every opportunity to hold a meeting with the politicians of the progressive city in a conference room with a limited number of participants, Congressman Capet was still ambiguous about the proposal to send troops to contain Noxus.

The seasoned politician promised Lux that he would propose in parliament to speed up the training and armament of the reserve forces in anticipation of the Empire's future military operations against the mainland in the south; On the one hand, he coldly addressed Lux's reply about the establishment of a military alliance against the warlike empire led by the Commonwealth of Demacia and coordinated by the rest of the independent city-states.

At the negotiating table outside of the parliament, there was no more favorable outcome for Demacia, and Lux, under Ezreal's gaze, left the conference room gloomily.

In addition to limited equipment and technical support, Demacia did not receive a single effective support from the rest of the continent before the upcoming war.

In the conference room, the tired old Capet politely saw off his allies in the council.

Although everyone did not want to irritate the warlike empire located south of the city too much, they all wanted to give more help to Demacia, who was on the front line of the confrontation, not only the technological equipment promised by the council, but the elder Capet was always reluctant to use his resources to submit a similar motion to the council.

Ezreal, who had attended the meeting without saying a word, stood at the door as the master of the place, and carried his political allies into the departing carriage on his father's behalf, when he accidentally caught a glimpse of a frowning scene: Trist, who had wanted to get acquainted with him at the party, was whispering and laughing with a pampered lady on an inconspicuous flower table.

Soon after, the plump lady reluctantly bid farewell to the tall and handsome Trist, and took her skirt and boarded the delicate carriage and departed.

Looking at the badge on the carriage and the posture of the elaborate carriage chasing the carriage in front of it, it is likely that the hat on the head of one of the councillors who attended the meeting just now will be green.

Ezreal, who lamented that a man could not devote his energy only to his career, was shaking his head and preparing to visit Lux, when he was stopped by his father's bodyguard Cosimo when he entered the door, and then had to turn to his father's study with a tangled face.

Walking into the large study of old Capet, Ezreal closed the door with some trepidation, and quickly guessed whether the good or bad things awaited him next.

However, after a long time, I found that the old Capet had his back to him, looking thoughtfully at the rare map of the continent hanging on the south wall.

This discovery relieved Ezreal, who dared to break into the dragon's lair in Longtan, and he quietly paced to his father's side, following the example of old Capet and carefully looking at this very accurate map.

Just as Mr. 'Explorer' was on the map, drawing the third cross representing the success of the expedition with his gaze, the voice of old Capet suddenly sounded, and Ezreal, who was almost frightened, jumped up: "Our world is on the verge of upheaval, and you only have your own immature dreams in your eyes. ”

After trying his best to change his expression from frightened to serious, Ezreal was about to discuss with his father what a 'dream' was, but was preempted by old Capet: "A peaceful life will not come to you by itself, and if I hadn't stood here to maintain the peace of Piltover, what you should be thinking about now is how to save your life, not which basement to go to and pick up other people's things." ”

Ezreal, who was depressed in his heart, wanted to refute, but thinking about Lux, who might be leaving tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, he tried to control his emotions, and he didn't want to be grounded at a critical moment because of the different views on life that father and son had so commonplace.

"Since the meaning of disagreement has been written on the face, it is better to say it cheerfully." The elder Capet seemed intent on stirring up a dispute between father and son, turning a blind eye to Ezreal's avoidance of battle, and continued to pursue.

Suddenly, Ezreal's mind flashed, and he learned to choke in the tone of old Capet: "Father, I think that everything in the world has the same end, and you see that I am now working for Piltover with the same dream, joining the envoys of Demacia as a guide. ”

"Yes, for those hundred hot gold coins?" Ezreal's counterattack was immediately ridiculed by the elder Capet, and he reacted after a moment of surprise, and the long time together made him realize that if there were one or two yodelers in the team, it would be difficult for the team to keep secrets from their own people.

Unfortunately, one of the yodelers in the group saw Old Capet as 'one of their own'.

"Father, no matter what attitude I have, the guidance of the legation is my job now. Tell me why you want me to come so late, right? Ezreal made a last-ditch effort to avoid two opposing sides of the road from entering into a heated debate at a time that was not in his favor.

Unexpectedly, his war-avoidance behavior was exchanged for an admiring glance from old Cape, which made Ezreal very vigilant.

Then the elder Capet stopped speaking in that aggressive tone, and the sophisticated politician gave Ezreal a question that didn't seem too difficult: "Ize." Do you know why I didn't say yes tonight to rally more support for Demacia in Parliament? ”

"This ...... Doesn't you want to anger Noxus? "To be honest, as an 'explorer', Ezreal doesn't care much about the situation on the mainland, and if he hadn't joined Lux's envoys, maybe he might have just come out of some underground ruin.

Old Capet commented disdainfully: "There are eggs under the nest." If Noxus conquers the Federation, then the freedom and democracy that Piltover has will be in the wind. ”

"Izza. You have traveled through most of the Valoran continent, combined with what you have seen and heard along the way, and then think about it, if you are the ruler of the empire, when the opponent is equal to you, what can you do to maximize the benefits of the empire? ”

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