Chapter 80: The Restless South

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In the warm hall, a portrait carved by the most famous sculptor in the mainland was knocked down by the enraged Duke of Lan Dun, and the decorative gold and silver fragments and valuable gems slid everywhere on the smooth floor......

The sound of items shattering echoed in the spacious hall of the Duke's Palace, because the servants had already been driven out, and even the heavy breathing from the duke's nostrils could be heard under the careful listening, and the butler, who had served the Lan Dun family for generations, could only hide in the corner behind the duke's seat with trembling at this moment, quietly waiting for possible orders and not daring to say a word

After tearing off a few more oil paintings and tearing them apart, Duke Lan Dun gasped and finally sat back in his chair, reached out and grabbed the gold wine jug in front of him, and poured it directly on his neck without looking at it, and the green tendons in his throat that kept squirming faintly appeared, perhaps swallowing too quickly, and the duke, who was choked by the wine, let out a cough

"Father...... You ......"

Taking this opportunity, Eve de Landun, who had been kneeling on the hard floor for a long time, stood up on tiptoe, ignoring the already soreness of his knees and calves, and walked to the side of Duke Landun, who was coughing violently, and bit his red lip lightly and hesitated, and finally held a cute little fist and gently pounded it on the duke's back

Covering his mouth, Duke Lan Dun didn't raise his head, but a complicated look flashed in his eyes, doting, disappointed, unbearable and painful mixed together, and said coldly

"Don't call me father, I'd rather never have a daughter like you!"

Although the words were ruthless, in the end, the duke still did not make Eve kneel down again, gasped for a while, and after the discomfort in his throat subsided a little, Lan Dun reached out and pushed away his daughter's small hand that was gently beating her back, and stood up with her hands behind her back, leaving only a tall but extremely gloomy back for the other party

"You are willful and rude, with my pampering and the forbearance of others, what you have done over the years has become more and more lawless, you broke the leg of your father's friend Duke Henry who expressed his love for you, and I did not punish you under the doting, but I hardly had the face to see my old friend for many years! You and a few bastards accidentally set fire to the barracks of the city defense army in a game, and let hundreds of soldiers who had not yet gotten up run into the streets early in the morning to escape the fire, making the Lan Dun family almost a laughing stock in the aristocratic circle, and I still haven't punished you...... But! Perhaps I should repent of my previous indulgence with you, and see what you've done over the past year or so! Yes! ”

The low voice suddenly rose up, and the Duke suddenly turned to face Eve, who had his hands clenched on his lower abdomen and roared

"If you don't let you go to the imperial capital, you have to go, and you won't be able to live in peace after you go, for a strange long sword that you don't know what to call it, you forced others to buy it with gold coins that can almost arm a legion, thinking of your mother who died early, I still didn't punish you in the end, until today I regret my original decision, maybe I could be harsher with you, this terrible thing would not have happened!"

"Woo woo woo~"

The roar of Duke Lan Dun made Eve, who had never seen her father like this, feel a little strange fear, and thinking of her dead mother, this seemingly strong girl could no longer hold back her low sobs......

"You ......"

Duke Lan Dun, who clenched his fists hard, saw the scene of his daughter Pear Blossom crying with rain for a while, and was just about to slow down his tone, but his eyes inadvertently glanced at the armor and long swords piled together on the table, thinking of the possible consequences that were about to follow, even the strong duke's brain couldn't help but be dizzy for a while, and the unbearable that had just risen in his heart was forced down again

"Crying? What problem can you solve even if you cry to death? Can your tears save the lives of the girls you willfully killed? Thy weeping shall help me to appease the wrath of the 3 thirty-one families of the whole southern realm involved in this matter??? ”

"Woo...... Father...... Father, but when the Pope and that fool sent news from Rolf, you agreed...... Agree to send troops to this war......"

Hearing this, Eve, who was crying, still bit her lip and raised her head and stubbornly retorted

Laughing angrily, Duke Lan Dun tapped his forehead hard, and the fingers pointing at his daughter were already starting to tremble violently out of control

"How dare you say that? I only intend to be perfunctory, after all, in the southern territory, in this situation, it is not suitable for their stupid war momentum at all, for the sake of the church, I only plan to send 1,800 miscellaneous soldiers to deal with the matter, and the result is still you, who do not know the height of the sky, boast in front of the imperial envoys that we have the most special and powerful knight order on the continent...... Yes, as your father, I must admit that after you showed it, I felt extremely vanity at the time when I saw the adoring and surprised gazes on the faces of the imperial envoys, and it was under this vanity that I foolishly agreed to your request to lead them to join the camp of the Imperial Expeditionary Legion......"

After venting, he sat down a little weakly, the duke's heroic face seemed to be much older at this moment, and he leaned back in his chair and spoke with an expression of great remorse and pain

"I thought that since you love these, you will feel the cruelty of the war up close, maybe you will change a lot after you come back, and your identity is destined to not dare to offend even Rolf himself, but as a result, I still ignored your audacity, you actually led more than 200 girls to the enemy's city without the permission of the emperor......"

"But father, I was just curious to see what kind of person that new Grand Duke Leo was, who knows...... Who knew that he had ordered his knights to attack us, and this kind of northern hillbilly with no manners and no manners should not even be called a nobleman in my opinion! ”

Although there were still tears in her eyes, Eve, who was spoiled and proud, couldn't help but interject when she heard this, and pushed all the reasons on the enemy

"I think you're stupid, what do you think war is? Is it the same as the afternoon tea and buffet you attended? Everyone is smiling and touting each other and nodding in acknowledgment? This is war, the crude Archduke Leo in your mouth is facing hundreds of thousands of enemies, and you rashly run near the other party's city at such a sensitive time, not to mention anyone, even me, will not hesitate to order the army to attack! ”

"......"

"But what? To accuse the other party of not being a killer and not going all out? Mature my daughter, if you continue to be so willful, if one day I am really gone, who can shelter you from the wind and rain, how can I face your mother who died young......"

Touched again by the weakness in her heart, Eve thought of her mother and saw the wrinkles on her father's forehead that had already crawled at some point, and finally couldn't help crying and threw herself into Duke Lan Dun's arms, half-kneeling on the ground and gently rubbing the back of the duke's rough hand with her cheek

"I was wrong father, I shouldn't let everyone worry and work for me all the time, woo woo, father, you don't want to be old, mother is gone, I don't want you to leave me......"

After hesitating for a moment, the duke still sighed heavily, stretched out his hand and gently stroked his daughter's hair, crystal tears flashed in the corners of his eyes, and the eyes of this old man, who almost actually led the southern territory of the empire, were full of perseverance again, helped Eve up, and commanded lightly in a voice that had returned to normal

"Go, go and see your good friend Setia, when you come back, Your Excellency the Marquis broke her legs with his own hands, maybe you can bring her enough warm comfort as for the problems of the other families...... Albert! ”

"I'm listening, what do you command, honorable sir?"

The butler, who had been hiding in the back corner, quickly straightened his clothes and turned out, and bent down deeply in front of the duke, who was extremely familiar with the duke, he clearly felt that a momentum that was about to explode was brewing in his master's body, and it was a kind of power that made him feel fear

His gaze crossed the back of the bowed butler, and he looked at the deep corridor outside the gate, and Duke Lan Dun spoke in a deep voice

"In my name, invite the patriarchs of these families and tell them that the Lan Dun family will give them a satisfactory explanation for this matter, everything can be discussed in terms of interests and political demands, and let these people know that some things in the southern territory may have reached the stage where they can be implemented!"

"As you wish, my lord!"

Watching the butler hurriedly walk away, Duke Lan Dun turned his head and looked at his daughter, whose eyes were wide and he didn't know how much he had to pay, and sighed imperceptibly

"You go too, Eve, as for Leo...... and the Knights of Discipline...... I'll make them pay! ”

In the empty hall, only the sound of Duke Lan Dun's gnashing of teeth sounded intermittently......