Chapter 408: Grand Duke Stra and Tianlongzi
Robertson is the eldest prince of the kingdom of Jaman, only 17 years old this year, although he is young, but he is already extraordinary, a well-cut dress, and a confident smile, making him look like a beautiful son.
Because of the free federal election, his father, the king of the kingdom of Jamaan, took him to the city of Nugar to attend the feast.
As one of the twenty-six candidates, the Kingdom of Jamaan was ranked only in the middle of the Free Federation, so King Jamaan felt that his chances of being elected were slim.
Therefore, he specially brought his son here today, in order to not only hope that his son can see more of the world, but also hope that he can make friends with the princes and relatives of some other countries, and maybe he can also know the princes or princesses of some big countries or something.
Robertson also knew what his father meant, so he quickly integrated into the banquet, chatting with some ministers and nobles from other countries from time to time, and soon became the center of the circle.
Of course, Robertson did not forget King Jì Jaman's confession to know the imperial nobles of some large countries, so he quickly locked on a target.
That was the only daughter of Archduke Stra of the Kingdom of Vidocq - Diana. Stella.
The Vidocq Kingdom is the second largest country after the Celestial Dragon Empire among the 26 member states of the Free Federation, although the Grand Duke of Stralla is only the Duke of the Vidocq Kingdom, not a royal family, but his status is second only to the King of Vidocq, and even in terms of power, he is still popular and above the king.
In other words, Archduke Stratha is the real power of the Vidocq Kingdom.
Furthermore. The Strathra family also holds the largest number of seats in the Free Federal Assembly. To know. In the entire Federal Assembly, there are seventy-two seats, and of the twenty-six member states, the Stella family alone occupies thirteen of them.
In other words, whether it is voting in this federal election or when any decision is made by the Free Federation in the future, the Grand Duke of Stratha will have no less influence than the Federal Prime Minister.
Although in this federal election, the chance of the Celestial Dragon Empire winning is basically a 100% thing. However, this did not prevent the others from confronting the Archduke of Strathra.
Of course, it is precisely because there are so many people who want to climb this high branch that it is difficult for a prince of a middle kingdom to talk to this Archduke of Strathra.
Robertson, however, was a wise man, and even his father, King Giamman, agreed with him, and when he attended the banquet, he had already heard the news that the only jewel of the Grand Duke of Strathra. Diana. Stratha also attended the banquet.
Since there is no way to find Archduke Stratha himself, it is the same to find his daughter. As we all know, Archduke Sterlla has only such a daughter, and whether she inherits the title or the entire Sterlla family in the future, she will be this daughter.
In Robertson's view, this was a great opportunity, and he was very confident that his appearance and figure would definitely attract the attention of the "future duchess", and maybe with a little luck, he could also capture the heart of the other party.
However, Robertson later discovered that things were far from being as simple as he had imagined, and although he had succeeded in finding the daughter of the Grand Duke of Strathra, and that Miss Diana was as beautiful as rumored, her character was really ...... It's weird.
Yes, Robertson wants to use "eccentric" to describe the daughter of the famous Grand Duke of Sterlla, and it is estimated that like him, he wanted to please the noble son of another country, and the prince's thoughts were similar.
The daughter of the Grand Duke of Stralla completely ignored the elegant temperament and status of these children of the imperial nobility, and always said something inexplicable, such as adventurers, troubadours, travelogues, and so on.
Including Robertson himself, all the noble sons and princes who came to talk to him felt very speechless, how could the children of the imperial nobles like them know these things? Besides, adventurers are even some lowly professions like bandits and thieves in their minds.
When the daughter of the Grand Duke of Stralla said that her dream was to be an adventurer, everyone was stunned and couldn't believe their ears.
So the whole conversation process was where the daughter of the Grand Duke of Stratha was talking to herself, and they couldn't interject at all.
Just when everyone was surprised that the daughter of the Grand Duke of Stratha had a strange interest, Robertson found that the daughter of the Grand Duke of Strathra, who had been foaming at the mouth, did not know where to go, and when she came back to her senses, she had already talked to a black-haired boy who was not good-looking.
Seeing her little hand holding the arm of the black-haired young man, and showing a shallow dimple-like smile, Robertson couldn't help but twitch his cheeks, feeling a little embarrassed.
Thinking of a group of aristocratic sons, where the prince had been currying favor for a long time, and the other party did not look interested, but now he had such a pleasant conversation with a black-haired young man who didn't look special, and the arrogant Robertson suddenly felt a sense of humiliation.
Although he was very unhappy, Robertson still walked over with other noble sons and princes, and pretended to be acquaintances and shouted: "Diana, what are you doing?" ”
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Ruan Chi saw a group of aristocratic sons, and the prince came over, thinking that it was a friend of the second girl in front of him, so he hurriedly pulled out and said, "Don't make trouble, your friend is watching." ”
"What, my friend?" Unexpectedly, Diana didn't sell her face at all, and pouted in front of Robertson and others: "I don't know them at all." ”
Luo Bachen and the others, who had just walked over, suddenly twitched the corners of their mouths, and their expressions were so embarrassed.
Ruan Chi didn't care if they were friends or not, he just wanted to withdraw his hand from the girl's arms now, but the girl hugged it a little tightly, and her well-developed chest was completely pressed against her arm, so that Ruan Chi already felt the amazing elasticity and shape.
Because he didn't dare to use his strength, in desperation, Ruan Chi could only let the girl hold him.
Seeing Ruan Chi's appearance of admitting defeat, Diana immediately showed a victorious expression and said with a smile: "Teacher, you should be obedient." ”
Teacher?
Robertson and others who have been ignored next to him. Hear the girl's name for the black-haired boy. Suddenly slightly surprised. Robertson even asked, "Diana, this is ......?"
"He is my martial arts teacher, called ......" Because she successfully caught Ruan Chi, Diana seemed to be in a good mood, raised her little head and wanted to introduce it, but she herself was stunned in the middle of the conversation, and then, she turned to look at Ruan Chi. Silly asked, "Teacher, what's your name?" ”
Almost everyone who heard this sentence had a drop of cold sweat on their heads, what kind of words are these, are there any students who don't even know the name of their teacher?
Ruan Chi also helped his forehead, in fact, it was all to blame him, he just wanted to use the background and strength of the Strahla family to help Rachel rescue those elf slaves, and he didn't really think about teaching her any martial arts.
Even think that after that time. The two should never have the chance to meet again, where would they have thought that the world would be so small. Let him meet here today.
"Since it's Diana's teacher, it's better to sit and talk to the side, anyway, we're all friends, it's nothing to chat." Robertson's reaction was quick and immediately changed the subject.
When the other noble children heard this, they naturally nodded again and again.
Ruan Chi naturally didn't want to participate in the party of these aristocratic sons and princes, but Diana didn't think so, this guy had seen Ruan Chi's awesome skills, and felt that he had such a teacher with a lot of face, although she was not very interested in Robertson, but this did not prevent her from showing off.
So, Diana took Ruan Chi's hand and said with great interest: "Teacher, let's sit over there together, I also want to ask you about martial arts." ”
Although she wanted to say that she was not her teacher, the second middle school girl in front of her had also helped her, and after thinking about it, Ruan Chi still didn't say no.
The group quickly found a table and sat down. After a brief round of self-introductions, everyone almost got to know each other.
"Teacher Ruan Chi, before you are young, you can become Diana's martial arts teacher, I don't know what your rank is?"
As soon as he sat down, Robertson saw that Diana had been holding Ruan Chi's hand, and couldn't help but be a little angry, although the other party was just a teacher, but he was also a young boy like them, subconsciously, Robertson regarded Ruan Chi as a competitor in the pursuit of the daughter of the Grand Duke of Strathra, so his tone was obviously a little bad when he spoke.
"I'm just an intermediate swordsman." Ruan Chi said casually.
The professional level of the Miracle Continent, in addition to the god level and the legend level, does not need to be certified, from the apprentice to the king level, the relevant union certification is required, and a unified certificate is issued.
Ruan Chi can now prove his professional level certificate, and only the adventurer's union issues the adventurer's certificate, and the occupation and rank marked on it are intermediate swordsmen, so Ruan Chi is not lying.
Although Ruan Chi's strength had already reached the god level, he felt that there was no need to brag, besides, at his age, the professional level of an intermediate swordsman was scary enough, otherwise he would not have been admitted to the Hilled Combat Academy as a swordsmanship teacher in the first place.
However, Ruan Chi's words fell into the ears of noble princes such as Robertson, but it was another matter.
The dignified daughter of the Grand Duke of Stella actually invited a mere middle-level swordsman to be a martial arts teacher, isn't it laughing to death when she says it? These aristocratic sons, princes, and random court swordsmen, the level is at least above the master level.
Of course, Robertson and the others didn't dare to make fun of Diana, they just pointed the finger at Ruan Chi, thinking that Ruan Chi was a means to get through the relationship, so they became this martial arts teacher.
"Diana, if you don't get tired of it, I can actually introduce you to a better martial arts teacher."
After saying this, Robertson glanced at Ruan Chi obviously, and the implication of these words was very obvious, that is, as the martial arts teacher of the daughter of Grand Duke Sterla, you are not qualified enough, boy.
But Ruan Chi wasn't listening to Robertson at all, because as soon as he sat down, he began to destroy the food in front of him.
As for Diana, when she heard Robertson speak, she shook her head very firmly and said, "No, the teacher is already very good, I don't need another teacher." ”
Robertson smiled disdainfully in his heart, he thought that the reason why Diana refused was because he had never seen anyone more powerful than Ruan Chi, so he said, "Diana, don't you want to think about it?" The Great Swordsman of Gemaner is the chief court swordsman of our country, and he has the level of king-level swordsmanship, if he teaches you martial arts. It should be more suitable than Teacher Ruan Chi. ”
As soon as this remark came out. The children of the imperial power and nobles present all showed surprised expressions. They all exclaimed.
"Great Swordsman of Geman? Could it be the swordsman who holds the title of 'Swordsman of the Earth'? I didn't expect him to be a court swordsman in your country. ”
The person who spoke was a red-haired young man about the same age as Robertson, his name was Ora, and he was a prince of a small country, although he was also a prince, but he was obviously not at the same level as Robertson, so when he heard the name of the great swordsman of Geman, his eyes were undisguised with envy.
"I've heard of this 'Earth Swordsman' too. I heard that the strength is already very close to the god level, it is estimated that it will take a while, it is not impossible to reach the god level, if your country has a god-level powerhouse as a court swordsman, presumably your country's status in the federation will rise. ”
"Yes, our Free Federation, except for the Bloody Hand Knights directly under the Court of Freedom, and the Celestial Dragon Empire, there is really no other country with god-level powerhouses."
Hearing these people's echoed words, a hint of smugness flashed in Robertson's eyes. However, this guy still pretended to be modest on the surface and said: "Where, Mr. Gemaner said." He is still a long way from the god level, and it is really difficult to go further. ”
"Mr. Geman? Prince Robertson, could it be that the Great Sword Master of Gemanr accepted you as a student? ”
When the others heard this, they exclaimed again, and the envy in their eyes became even stronger.
"Yes, because Mr. Gemaner said that I have some qualifications to learn swords, so he accepted me as a student not long ago." Although Robertson said it modestly, anyone with a discerning eye could see that his expression was quite apprehensive.
After that, Robertson turned to Diana and said, "If Diana can accept the guidance of Teacher Gemaner, we will still be brothers and sisters." ”
After a pause, Robertson seemed to be worried that Diana would refuse, and added, "If you wish, I can take you to his old man's house now." ”
As the court swordsman of the Kingdom of Jaman, this great swordsman of Gemanr naturally followed King Jaman's side, so Robertson wanted to take advantage of the heat.
However, his thoughts were destined to be disappointed, because after all he had said, Diana shook her head and refused: "I don't want this kind of teacher." ”
"......" Robertson seemed to be stunned by the blow.
Half-ringing, a trace of anger rose in Robertson's heart, damn, Lao Tzu has wasted so many lips and tongues, and you still don't know how to lift?
"Diana, what kind of teacher do you want, I can figure it out for you." Patiently, Robertson asked in a flattering tone.
However, Diana didn't answer, just at this time, an old man came over with a group of people, Diana saw the old man, and suddenly stood up with a "ho", her expression was stiff: "Father...... Dear adults. ”
Seeing the old man coming over, especially hearing Diana's words, all the noble sons and princes who were sitting quickly stood up, needless to say, the identity of this old man was the famous Grand Duke of Sterla.
Grand Duke Stralla is a gray-haired old man, old enough to be Diana's grandfather, but everyone knows that Diana is his daughter who was finally able to get in his old age, so Stralla has very strict requirements for Diana when he is fair.
As if to confirm this, from the appearance of the old man, Diana seemed to have become a good baby, standing motionless.
Because of the appearance of Grand Duke Strathra, everyone stood up, but where Ruan Chi was still sitting, he didn't seem to see anyone, and he was still sitting there and eating.
In the aristocratic class, it was extremely rude to eat in front of other people on such occasions, not to mention that the other party was the eminent Grand Duke of Strathra.
Ruan Chi's behavior fell into the eyes of the noble sons and princes such as Robertson, and it was simply an incredible thing, and some people even began to imagine what kind of lesson Ruan Chi would suffer in a while.
Robertson also sneered, as if waiting to see a good show.
Sure enough, seeing someone ignore where he was sitting and continue to eat, Archduke Stralla's eyebrows were obviously raised, and his eyes immediately fell on his daughter.
Because of the urgency, although Diana stood up, her hand still held one of Ruan Chi's arms, and such an intimate behavior had to arouse the vigilance of his father.
Diana also seemed to be aware of her father's gaze, and hurriedly let go of Ruan Chi's arm, and almost at the same time, the voice of Grand Duke Stratha sounded.
"This is the little girl, Diana."
Surprisingly, Stella did not scold Diana, or even ignore Ruan Chi, who had no aristocratic etiquette at all, but introduced to a weak young man in a golden robe beside him.
Everyone's eyes immediately fell on the weak young man, and found that his skin was a sickly white, silver-white hair, and he wore a golden crown, and he looked weak, as if he was about to fall at any moment.
However, when everyone saw that the young man was wearing the five-clawed golden dragon emblem on the golden robe, they immediately gasped, because the young man in front of him who looked weak was clearly the representative of the Tianlong Empire who was sent out to participate in the federal election this time, the current king of the Tianlong Empire - Tianlongzi.
In fact, this is the first time that Tianlongzi has appeared in public, and the outside world has only speculated about the status of the king of the Tianlong Empire before.
Archduke Stratha and Tenryuzi, two of the leading powers in the Free Federation to date, stand side by side, and one can't help but wonder what is wrong.
The noble princes, including Robertson, couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and at the same time lowered their heads, trembling and frightened, not daring to speak more.
Grand Duke Stra seemed to intend to introduce his daughter to Tianlongzi, and after speaking, he said, "Diana, take Tianlongzi's majesty to the neighborhood for me." ”
That tone was utterly commanding, and there was no room for refusal. (To be continued......)