Chapter 52: Obscurity and Darkness (I)

"Master Augustus, you don't seem to want to be involved in this power struggle in Noxus?" Huo Nan asked with a smile, in front of this master, he gave up all his elegant or perverse conversation skills, and asked in the simplest and most unpretentious words, this is the most practical.

Augustus smiled and responded, "What do I get by hitting this game?" I do not know! But I know very well that I will lose the titles I now have, including the Knights of the Warriors and Lord of Fereljord. ”

A good superior should know how to seek the most correct and powerful direction and answer in the decision! Master Augustus, you are an excellent superior! Huo Nan nodded, agreeing with Augustus's opinion, with the current strength of Augustus, it is indeed difficult to affect the outcome of this game, so not participating is the most correct choice.

But was Augustus really as uninvolved as he thought?

"Avoiding risks, seeking opportunities in risks, this is Augustus!" In the past, he got along with Augustus for the longest time and vowed to follow in the footsteps of Augustus for the rest of his life.

Augustus pursed his lips slightly, those who are familiar with Augustus know that Augustus has thought about a very perfect plan, "For those who want to climb up, falling into a zero game is the most depressing and disappointing thing!" I don't want that to happen to me, Honan, would you like to stay in St. Peter's for a while? ”

Huo Nan was slightly stunned, and glanced at Augustus, who said this sentence in a light tone. Immediately, a wry smile appeared on his face, and he said: "Young Master Augustus needs me to stay in St. Peter's City, I will stay in St. Peter's City, I listen to Young Master Augustus!" ”

Augustus reached out and rubbed his temples, and sighed softly: "Damn aristocratic tone, Her Royal Highness Princess Kiris doesn't want this kind of person to follow you, okay." You are not fit to stay in St. Peter's and enjoy it, so come with me to the bitter cold of Ferreljord, and leave St. Peter's to Alista! ”

Alista? Huo Nan had a strange smile on his face.

Ignoring the strange look on Huo Nan's face, Augustus reached out and plucked a camphor leaf from his side, and said calmly, "This may be what that stupid but loyal minotaur hopes for the most!" I can't get him to return to Ferreljord with the little maid, all I can do is give them a short but pleasant time together. ”

Huo Nan was speechless.

Originally, I thought that the owner, who had been running between the nobles or writing biographies in the study recently, did not know about the Porshan Manor and his affairs, but the actual result was the opposite, everything in the Porshan Manor was in the hands of this young master who had an old aristocratic city.

"Master Augustus, Alysta has met you. It was the luckiest thing in his life! Huo Nan looked at Augustus and said with a sincere smile.

Augustus also smiled and said calmly: "Huo Nan, you are wrong! The luckiest thing in Alista's life was not to meet me, but to meet that Arya! Spiritual salvation is much stronger than physical salvation. ”

Arya, isn't that the same young girl that Alista has been delivering flowers to now? A maid who used to work at the Finn Slave Exchange? Huo Nan, who gets along with Alista day and night, knows these natures very well. He agreed with Augustus.

Augustus didn't want to dwell on this issue any longer, and glanced at Huo Nan, who was still pondering. "Go and prepare," he said softly, "we are leaving St. Peter's Castle in the next few days, and I don't want my subordinates to leave with any regrets!" ”

Huo Nan, who was in charge of the Warrior Knights, nodded. He's not stupid, doesn't this sentence mean that this young master Augustus doesn't want to talk to anyone anymore?

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"Katarina, do you know what father means?" This time after General Burnham's death. Cassiopeia was so busy almost every day that she couldn't breathe, dealing with the endless number of customers that made even Cassiopeia, who was energetic every day, a little exhausted, not to mention that she didn't know what her father was thinking.

The death of General Burnham should be clear to even a mindless person that this is a reshuffle between the upper nobles, who can control the scepter of the Noxian Empire. Who controls the qualifications for shuffling?

But at this most critical moment, their great father disappeared! This made Cassiopeia, who had been busy dealing with the nobleman's visit, already hold back a fire in her heart, but he was the most elegant lady in Noxus, and she was the face that maintained the Du Qucao family to be appreciated by the mainstream aristocracy, so she must not show any emotions that would be detrimental to etiquette in front of outsiders, only in front of her sister Caterina, who had always been salty to her, but who was unexpectedly sure that she was qualified to sit in the position of the head of the Du Qucao family.

"Cassiopeia, do I know more about my father's whereabouts than you do? How can I answer you, you ask me? But I can tell you one thing: my father knew much more about the nobility that was entrenched in Noxus than we did! Caterina wiped her scimitar and looked at Cassiopeia and said calmly.

The cold, almost indifferent tone woke Cassiopeia from an anxious mood! Cassiopeia also found that she had almost lost her mind due to the busy business of dealing with banquets and visits between nobles.

Who is the one who holds the scepter of the Noxian Empire? The Bacons, the Darkwells, the Constantines, or the Svein, who had no less rank in the army than General Darius, the Fourth Knight of the Empire? Or is it Her Royal Highness Princess Kiris, whom General Burnham had high hopes for?

What effect will these people have on our family of Du Kecao when they inherit that crown? Cassiopeia immediately came up with an answer: no one influenced!

Is it to be neutral, this is the answer given by the father?? Cassiopeia muttered to herself, at this moment Cassiopeia somewhat understood why her father was a little disgusted with her close association with that group of nobles, and this was not against her father's wishes.

A family that has never belonged to the mainstream aristocracy, once it is accepted by the mainstream aristocracy, it is tantamount to being involved in the political whirlpool! What the Duquekao family needs now is to stay out of the political maelstrom and become a unique transcendent family outside the aristocracy.

There was an indescribable bitter smile on Cassiopeia's beautiful face. Never daring to underestimate her father's wisdom, she learned in a special way about the terrifying wisdom of her father, General Du Kekao.

"Katarina, maybe your father's choice is for you, you should be the head of the Du Quecao family!" Cassiopeia looked at Caterina with a complicated expression.

Caterina ignored her sister's frustrated remarks, and instead looked coldly at the scimitar in her hand, on which she had seen something she would never forget, the man she wanted to conquer for the first time, Augustus.

Augustus, what is your choice?

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Where is General Du Kekao? This is just a doubt that plagues Cassiopeia's heart, even if General Du Kekao, who has the Holy Coffin Knight, throws away the noble identity of the head of the five major families, simply with the formidable strength of the Holy Coffin Knight, there are few people on the Valoran continent who dare to provoke this strong man who is already standing on the peak of knighthood.

Ruler of the Counsellors, the abode of Svein.

In a spacious room, there were only General Du Quecao and a young man.

The young man stood straight in front of General Du Kecao, and his originally proud and cold eyes were filled with a haze of defeat! General Du Kekao's blade-like eyes stared coldly at the young knight standing in front of him respectfully, and his voice was cold and mean, and said, "Does the defeat of the Kumon Forest make you lose your belief in being a knight? If so, then Octavian, you really don't deserve the Iron Oak Medal on your chest! ”

Octavian, the commoner youth who once shined incomparably in the Cathedral of Eugustine, and was co-opted by the major nobles, at this moment Octavian has obviously lost his temperament that was sharp even in the Cathedral of Eugustine.

The Empire's devastating defeat in the Kumon Forest had already reached Noxus through various news and channels. This may be a surprising thing, but it is not unexpected, after all, no one can defeat the wild huntress of the goddess of the Kumon Forest.

Moreover, since the Holy War, those young heroes who have distinguished themselves in the Holy War and have been awarded the Order of Iron Oak have basically failed to fight in the Kumon Forest, the Storm Plains, the Great Barrier, the Voodoo Lands, the Plague Jungle, the Great Barrier, Ferreldrod, Boulder Peak, and other places.

Of course, the reason is that the legends entrenched in these regions do have the ability, of course, more because the glorious Noxian youths are not familiar with the geography, climate and other aspects of these regions, as well as the lack of their own army, it is difficult to continue high-intensity battles, and it is reasonable to lose miserably.

Originally, Octavian naturally didn't care as much about the fiasco in the Kumon Forest as he does now, but when the news of his defeat reached Noxus, a shocking news reached his ears, Augustus took a warrior knight out of the permafrost tundra full of cold and hunger safely!

Anyone can tell the pros and cons in comparison!

Octavian, who didn't have much disappointment, thought of Augustus who was on a treacherous expedition with him, and his feelings of loss suddenly rose uncontrollably!

And Octavian, who had always had a crush on Katarina, had already learned about the complicated relationship between Catalina and Augustus from various sources.

Being compared to a rival in love, I'm afraid this is something that no man wants to see! (To be continued.) )