The capital of the Duchy of Rembert, it was an extension of a village located at the foot of the historic Rumber Castle hill. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After hundreds of years of continuous operation, this small village has gradually become extraordinarily prosperous through restoration and expansion. And the mountain road leading to Rumber Castle has been expanded from a road in the suburbs to a road that can only be accessed from the city of Rumber.

Over the years, the city of Rember has become a symbol of honour for the entire Duchy of Rumbert.

There are no beggars or paupers, and basically anyone who is willing to work can make ends meet. Of course, the standard of living and expenses in this city are also not low, and it can even be said that they are more expensive than ordinary cities.

Today, however, the city is very quiet.

With the exception of a few heavily armored patrol soldiers, there were no residents or travelers walking the streets in the entire royal capital, and almost all of them hid in their hotels and homes. Only those windows happened to be facing a house on a heavily guarded street, and someone behind the windows quietly opened a gap and secretly observed the scenery outside.

Not long after, when the sun gradually rose to noon, the newly built teleporters in the royal capital finally emitted a bright light.

A young woman in a goose-down robe of soft fur was walking out of the teleportation array.

At this time, several guards, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately greeted him, knelt down on one knee respectfully, and saluted: "Welcome Miss Cecilia." ”

These guards were none other than the soldiers of Cecilia's Guard.

The first Cecilia Guards soldiers were basically Lombel people, who left the Duchy of Lembel with Clauf and then ran to the trading capital to collect news about Cecilia. It's just that after a series of accidents and defected to Cecilia, these people gradually became an extremely terrifying elite army, but at the cost of these soldiers who were originally from the Duchy of Rembert are constantly decreasing.

Until today.

Although the full strength of Cecilia's Guards can reach 50,000, they are actually still Lombels, but there are only about 100 people left.

At this moment, it was this group of Rumbers who came to greet Cecilia - even if they were now considered middle and high-level leaders in Cecilia's Guard, they still cried tears of joy to be able to return to their homeland.

Therefore, the real and only Grand Duke of the Duchy of Rembel is now greeted, and it is also the most glorious place in their hearts.

"What about people?" Cecilia asked, softly, but very softly.

"Waiting for you at Rumber Castle." One of the guards replied.

"Rumbell...... ...... castle," Cecilia murmured, her eyes involuntarily looking at the castle where she could faintly see the outline even if she stood near the teleportation array in the center of the city, "There is already ...... I haven't been back in seventeen years. ”

This castle carries the memories of Cecilia's entire childhood.

She had lived in the castle from the time she was three years old to remember until she was sent to Maggie's Empire's Academy of Magic at the age of eight, and she knew everything about the castle: brick by brick, flower by flower, and by the layout of each house, and by the plants that were planted in the courtyard. Even though she hadn't been here since she was twelve years old, all the memories that had been buried deep in her mind came back when she saw the castle on top of a hill hundreds of meters above sea level.

It's been seventeen years.

Since hearing of her parents' death at the age of twelve and being forced to abscond, Cecilia has not set foot in her homeland for seventeen years.

Until today.

Cecilia's eyes were filled with tears.

"Miss Cecilia, please get in the car." One of the guards, very clever, led out the carriage that had been waiting for him, and invited Cecilia to get on it.

Cecilia nodded slightly, boarded the carriage, and then began to drive towards Rumber Castle, escorted by a whole group of more than fifty officers of Cecilia's Guard. It wasn't until the carriage had disappeared from the end of the street that the people who had been hiding in the houses and hotels finally opened the door and walked out, and their eyes were also looking at the end of the street.

Many people's expressions are extremely complicated.

From the moment the city of Rumber surrendered, the inhabitants knew that their Duchy of Rumber had once again been defeated.

The last time they were defeated was hundreds of years ago, when they became vassals of the Maggie Empire, and since then, they have always looked inferior to the people of the Maggie Empire. And this time, although the reason for the war was a war of revenge, and it was the former Grand Duke of Rembert who had been persecuted in the past to return for revenge, she brought with her forces that did not belong to the Duchy of Rember - in the eyes of the Lumber people, the Void Empire was a group of invaders.

Who will have a good face for the aggressor?

Countless people have begun to worry about their future fate.

……

Cecilia is a magician, so she has a sharper sense of emotions than anyone else.

As early as when she arrived, she already felt the eerie atmosphere of the whole city.

But she didn't say anything, and in fact, she didn't know what she should say. But Cecilia, her heart has not changed, she still decided to carry out the goal she had in mind from the beginning: all the Lombellers who are willing to leave with her can get a piece of freehold land in the province of Lember that has now been divided within the Void Empire, and even in the next few years, they will have certain benefits in whatever they do.

The carriage soon came to the Rember Castle.

Cecilia was greeted by Hela, Alfred, and Clov and Diana.

The few people did not exchange pleasantries, but after a few brief questions about the situation, Cecilia walked with Hela and the others to the large reception room in the castle.

In any castle, there will be a grand ballroom, a conference room, and of course, there are small side rooms that are more suitable for chatting in the banquet hall, as well as smaller reception rooms and private meeting rooms that are more private in nature.

Diana's choice to meet the peace emissaries of the Principality of Lumber in the conference hall was obviously quite significant.

Pushing open the door to the reception room, Cecilia saw Apollo sitting on a chair in the reception room.

This old man, who is more than half a hundred years old, did not appear to be depressed because of the war, on the contrary, his spirit was very vigorous, and he obviously did not look like the kind of person who was dying and waiting to die. At this time Apollo. When Beta saw Cecilia enter the reception room, she rose to greet her and said a few flattering words in her mouth.

Although the two sides have known each other for a long time - after all, Cecilia has lived in Rumber Castle for so long, and Cecilia is naturally deeply impressed by this man who was only in his thirties sixteen years ago, and is at the peak of middle-aged charm. In the same way, the other party obviously has enough understanding of Cecilia's death, but the two sides still officially began to cut into the topic under Diana's introduction.

"I don't know why Your Excellency Apollo came to me for peace talks?" Cecilia said in an indifferent tone, "Even if you open the city gate and let us in, we will only thank you a little at most." But if you want to use it as a threat, you should know what will happen. ”

"I'm not here to fight." Apollo chuckled, "I'm here to make a proposal." ”

"If you want to repair our relationship, then I suggest you leave it alone." Cecilia glanced at Apollo before she spoke, "Those who have been put on my list must die, and it is useless for anyone to intercede." ”

"I'm not here to intercede." Apollo shook his head, "I'm here to petition for all the people of the Duchy of Rumbert, and I hope there won't be any more wars between us. …… Because this behavior has led to the breakdown of countless families, they have lost their sons, husbands, and parents, so I hope that this behavior can be stopped. ”

"I don't want to do any harm to the civilians of Rumbel, otherwise I wouldn't have dealt with it so gently." Cecilia then took a serious look at Apollo. Beta, "I know what you mean, General Apollo, but I also have duties that I have to fulfill. …… It is impossible for me not to avenge my parents' revenge. There are also those nobles who participated in the rebellion back then, and they are also irreparable. ”

"I know." Apollo nodded, "So, I brought a gift that I hope will prove my sincerity." …… As long as you believe me, Miss Cecilia, I promise to send all the people on your list to you? ”

"Oh?" Cecilia raised an eyebrow, "I'm curious what kind of gift will show your sincerity. ”

Apollo didn't speak, but got up and picked up a gift box that was at his feet, and put it in front of Cecilia, motioning for Cecilia to open it herself.

Cecilia glanced at Apollo, then gently opened the box.

Cecilia's pupils shrank as she saw the contents of the box.

Even Cecilia, the four people, including Alfred, Hela, Diana, and Clov, all looked surprised.

Because the so-called sincerity contained in this gift box is nothing else, but Magellan. Rumbert's face still had a stunned look on his face.

"Grand Duke Magellan knows the depth of his sin, so he is willing to trade his head for the opportunity to quell your monstrous flames, and pray that you will not be angry with the people of the Duchy of Lombert." Seeing Cecilia's expression, Apollo, who was sitting on the side, finally spoke again, "He said that this matter is his own fault, and I hope you can forgive his heirs for the sake of the same blood." ”

"Men under the wheels." Cecilia stared at the head, she thought she was killing Magellan. Rumbel felt unusually happy and excited, but it was not until she saw the head in front of her that she realized that all she thought she felt was love, and that all that was left at the moment was emptiness.

Apollo knew what Cecilia meant by this.

The man below the wheel is Magellan. Of Rumbel's descendants, all males survived only below the wheels, and those above the wheels had to be executed. This is a very normal way to deal with blood feuds, because those men below the wheels are not able to remember much at the moment, so they have no idea what will happen to their family, provided of course that no one wants them to mention it.

After all, it's definitely not a fun thing to fight each other endlessly with the heirs of blood feuds.

After a moment's hesitation, Apollo nodded, "I see." …… The female family ......"

"As long as you promise not to be hostile to me, I won't pay attention to it." Cecilia gently closed the gift box again, and then said in a somewhat tired voice, "I believe this, General Apollo, you will be able to do it, right?" …… I don't have to do it myself. ”

"Not at all." Apollo. Beta nodded, then saluted Cecilia again, "Thank you for your kindness, Queen Phoenix. I guarantee that in ten days at the latest, all the people on the list will be in front of you. (To be continued.) )