Chapter 57: The Stage Determines the Direction

The answer was self-evident, and the sharp-eyed Augustus caught a glimpse of the slight upturned curvature of the corners of Katarina's mouth, and he already knew that he would act as Katarina's servant knight next.

According to the records of knight novels on the Valoran continent, at this time, knights and celebrities met at a chance time and place, and finally the celebrities followed the knights to the end of the world, or there was a touching and heartfelt love story.

Breathing in the air of St. Gouro Churchill, walking down this wide street, looking at Caterina, who was delicate-looking, noble and elegant, and looked more famous than a celebrity, Augustus's mind occasionally flashed in his mind those old love stories that were recited by the bard, poignant or romantic.

But they all flashed by, and they couldn't make any waves!

Augustus was never a man who was optimistic or full of childlike fantasies about the future, and it was absolutely impossible for Augustus, who was born with an adult mind, to spend an innocent and romantic childhood like an ordinary child, and then gradually mature. When he was born in the city of Alders, Augustus knew that he was facing an era in which the natural law of the jungle was vividly expressed, the weak were not entitled to anything, and only the strong could enjoy the best of the world.

It is absolutely impossible for such an Augustus to be filled with wonderful fantasies about the so-called future! Katerina? The jewel of General Du Kekao, the ominous blade of the Noxian Empire and even the Valoran Empire, if you want to conquer such a beautiful, noble, and powerful woman, is it just a few sweet words that can be said casually, or worthless promises, or boring or even ridiculous love?

Hehe, if Catalina had been born in the Demacian Empire, Augustus might have had the heart to try. But Caterina was born in the Noxian Empire, an empire that put the relationship between strength and status in front of every inhabitant of Noxus.

Only the strong can dominate everything, and the weak can only surrender!

During the three years of jihad, this famous imperial socialite of the Noxian Empire proved one thing with one perfect assassination operation after another: Caterina is the strong of the Noxian Empire, not the weak!

A woman with such strong strength, noble status, beautiful looks and a meticulous logical mind. How can you be conquered by a few sweet words, a few unrealistic promises?

Augustus knew Caterina very well, so he didn't show much excitement about Caterina accepting his invitation, and there was a rare softness on a grim face full of smiles, nothing more.

Caterina glanced at the delicate scimitar hanging from Augustus' waist, and Caterina knew the origin of the scimitar! That wasn't the only scimitar she had ever been taken away from in the Holy War, along with an Iron Oak Medal! Thinking of this, Caterina slowed down. "Augustus, do you remember your promise?" ”

Here it comes! Augustus smiled and nodded, "Of course I do." Then Augustus took out two medals from his pocket, the silver and shiny medal, and anyone who knows a little about the medal will definitely know the name of this medal, isn't this the Iron Oak Medal, which symbolizes the highest glory of the soldiers of the Noxian Empire?

Not just one, but two!

Augustus held the Iron Oak Medal and handed it to Caterina with a smile, bending down slightly. With a respectful look in his eyes, he said, "Maybe for you, Miss Katarina." It's just a trivial deal, but for me, it means a lot! I, Augustus, swear in the name of God that I will do what I can for Miss Caterina in the future. ”

Caterina calmly accepted the two Iron Oak Medals, which were life-threatening in the eyes of the soldiers, and this time he did not refuse, just as he had said when he had lent Augustus fifty thousand Caesar gold coins at the Dolan Exchange. One Iron Oak Medal isn't worth 50,000 Caesars, I need two! Speak calmly and straightforwardly.

When she took the two Iron Oak Medals this time, Caterina did not hesitate, calmly glanced at the two delicately shaped Iron Oak Medals, and then casually put them in her sleeve. He casually asked, "General Burnham returned to you the two Iron Oak Medals you deposited with him before he died?" ”

Augustus nodded, and couldn't help but recall the most vicissitudes of life he had seen General Burnham, but the figure that was more obscure and deeper than the starry sky, and sighed softly: "There are always so many opportunities in a person's life, and there are so many noble people. It seems to me that if it weren't for General Burnham, perhaps Augustus would have been nothing more than an unknown knight in the Holy War! ”

During the three years of the Holy War, Augustus had seen too many knights who performed heroically, but were unknown and finally died for the Holy War. Therefore, Augustus came to the conclusion early on that strength is important, but chance is sometimes more important than strength, and he has always considered himself very lucky to be favored by General Burnham, the ruler of Noxus.

Caterina frowned, and glanced at Augustus with some surprise, in his eyes Augustus had always been a young man with some special qualities, just like an ordinary Noxian soldier who had climbed to the top of power.

Caterina doesn't hate a young man like Augustus with a strong interest, but she definitely doesn't like a young person like Augustus, and no one wants to be a stepping stone for others to reach the peak, and Caterina naturally doesn't want to.

In Caterina's view, the only difference between Augustus and those so-called young Noxian talents is that Augustus once had some unspeakable intimate relationships with her, nothing more, without this relationship, Caterina believes that even if this young talent with the halo of a Noxian hero walks by her side, she will not stop for Augustus for half a minute.

But that was only in the past, and now Caterina suddenly discovered that this utilitarian young man had a special temperament that was generally rare in the youth of the Noxian Empire, which was dominated by profit: gratitude!

Caterina wanted to laugh, but she couldn't!

The pursuit of great power, whether material or spiritual, without regard for the impact on others, is the common meaning of Noxus residents, gratitude, this rare feeling of gratitude in the face of the pursuit of power and interests is simply ridiculous and dispensable.

Caterina looked at Augustus, who was reciting the reverence for General Burnham in a devout manner, and a thought suddenly popped into her mind: "Maybe this man is the man that I, Caterina, want to conquer!" ”

There really wasn't much to talk about between the two, Augustus had the complete structure of the Valoran continent in his mind, more than one hundred and thirty powerful family names in Noxus, and the power structures of the Noxian Empire, the Empire of Demacia, the Ionian Empire, and the Zuan Empire.

General Burnham did not misunderstand Augustus, Burnham once said to his only disciple Svein: Augustus, and a young man with potential, Svein, I see your shadow from him, whether in the army or in the political arena, I believe that as long as he can go all the way, the future will be extremely bright.

However, Caterina was not interested in these things that Augustus knew, and Caterina, who had always been indifferent to political matters, and Augustus, who was fanatical about the study of political systems, were simply equivalent to two extremes.

In Augustus's view, the acquaintance between himself and Caterina is an irony in itself! There may only be something worth discussing between the two of them on the so-called knightly power system, no, it should be said that there is something worth exchanging and fighting, as for the rest, Augustus pondered and meditated, and really couldn't think of an answer!

"Are you going to leave St. Peter's City?" Augustus had been brewing for a long time, but he really couldn't find a topic, when Katerina's slightly cold voice sounded in Augustus's ears.

Augustus was stunned for a moment, thinking about why Caterina knew why he was about to leave St. Peter's City, but the next moment Augustus suddenly realized. Although St. Peter's Castle is quiet and serene today, every nobleman who has been turned into the power vortex is staring at St. Peter's City, and Alista, a minotaur who has never known how to disguise, walks into St. Peter's City, which is a thing worth thinking about in itself.

No, the all-powerful aristocracy figured out the identity of Alysta in a very short time.

Augustus smiled softly and said, "St. Peter's is not for me, there is no room for me to play here, my territory should be in Ferreljord, which is dry and cold and full of hunger and disease, where is the battlefield of my Augustus!" ”

"The knight's banquet is under the gorgeous crystal lamp, and the knight's battlefield is forever on the bloody battlefield insulated from prosperity and luxury! Augustus, you are one of the few young men I have ever met who has both the gift of a knight and the gift of a politician. While it's rude to ask, I would venture to ask: Have you given up your political prominence? ”

The glory of the military is built on the harsh battlefield, and the glory of the politician is in some aristocratic banquets that seem simple and boring, and the politicians who can endure the simple and boring can control the direction of the world.

Augustus stared at Katarina, Augustus could see the seriousness and sincerity in Caterina's eyes, Augustus, who was originally going to use a perfunctory sentence casually, faced the eyes that were directly like a wild horse breaking into his heart, Augustus was silent for a while, and then said: "Maybe it is more suitable to say in a word, I have no other choice at all, do I, Miss Caterina!" ”

The stage for the military has been set up, but what about the stage for politicians? Both General Burnham and Princess Kiris were very stingy and did not give it to him!

Except for the current Katarina, no one knows why Augustus really left St. Peter's City, the heart of the Noxian Empire. (To be continued.) )