At noon on the 11th of April, the day after the arrival of the envoys of the Rasiman Kingdom in the Kingdom of Karen, Charles II entertained this special "mission" with great hospitality.

As if stimulated by the unimaginable flagship in the harbor yesterday, there was a tense atmosphere in the palace from top to bottom - after being pressed by the other side militarily and magically, it seemed that the royal family could only "win back a city" from the specifications of the banquet.

With all kinds of pure gold ornaments, luxurious handmade carpets, beautiful sculptures, and breathtaking dome paintings, the royal family seemed to put everything that could be associated with "luxury" in order to welcome the arrival of the envoys, in order to make these envoys realize the wealth and power of the Karen Kingdom.

To be honest, Charles II also wanted to come up with more high-end magic items and pretend to be slapped in the face, but after asking his magicians, he only saw the group of magicians who were usually arrogant and shook their heads silently...

In desperation, he had no choice but to entertain the envoys in a banquet hall large enough to hold opera performances, and chatted with Houdini, the "ambassador of the Rasiman Kingdom", about rambling topics.

The banquet was very large, in addition to Charles II, the main table also had a Rorocrucian overlord, three magisters and two marquises, the ambassador Houdini sat with the five mages who accompanied him, and the other ten young mages they brought together were distributed in the two tables in the side hall, accompanied by the magicians and disciples of the Karen Kingdom - this was also a kind of "to his liking" gesture, after all, Rasiman ruled the country by mages, and at this time a group of monks and bishops would definitely not be able to talk together.

“... I'm also a little curious, the monarch of the Rasiman Kingdom is a mage?"

"Your Majesty has obviously misunderstood, there is no 'monarch' in the Rasiman Kingdom at present, we are a 'parliament' governing the country, and the speaker is in the leading position. Houdini looked to be in his sixties, a small old man, with gray hair, but his eyes were bright and undevoid of old age. In the face of Charles II's direct question, although he showed great respect, he was also full of enthusiasm when answering, and there was a deep hidden arrogance.

"A council made up entirely of mages?"

Charles II's eyebrows raised slightly, and he glanced slightly at the several magisters on the other side of the table, but he didn't care in his heart - what politics do mages know?

"The kingdom of Rasiman started with magic, and the members of the council are naturally mages," Houdini replied with a smile, but added: "Of course, it is difficult for them to take care of spell research if they have to perform their own duties, so most of the councillors are not as strong as the masters here." ”

Although he said politely, his words made the three silent magisters frown slightly-as the top mages of the Karen Kingdom, they could certainly estimate that the strength of the little old man in front of them was not much different from their own, and it was precisely because of this that their faces were tense, not at all like the unconscious "talking and laughing" of the overseer next to them.

"I have a question that I'm curious about. ”

Scarlett, the magister "Ring of Mysteries", who was dressed in purple and red robes, suddenly spoke: "With the strength of Ambassador Houdini, what position can he take in the Rasiman Kingdom?"

It was abrupt and impolite, but Scarlett had always been known for being "cold", she was not a slick politician and did not think about the political implications of such a move.

Charles II's eyes narrowed slightly, but he turned his head slightly - in fact, he was also curious about this question.

"Before I came to your country, I was just a lecturer at the Academy of Magic. ”

Houdini replied with a smile, but this sentence made the faces of the other people present collectively change.

There is such a thing as "gap", and the amount of information hidden in one or two sentences is often enough. The three magisters pursed their lips, and Charles II also knew that the atmosphere was a little cold, so he glanced at the marquis next to him to talk, and the latter immediately picked up the next topic and said, "Ah, that... Your country's warships are truly impressive, and they must be rare at sea, right?"

"Fortunately, the fleet of the Rasiman Kingdom is currently working hard to explore a new continent at sea, and there has been no other progress yet..."

The conversation was re-harmonious, but it didn't take long for Charles II to find that the Houdini ambassador seemed to be no stranger to the kingdom of Cullen - when he casually replied, "The kingdom of Cullen is now peaceful and stable", Hunedy directly asked: "Is this all there is to the attack of the orcs? With all due respect, it would not be a good idea for Your Majesty to count on the city of Evta, which has begun to make an independent country, to block it out!"

The atmosphere of the dinner was pulled directly to the freezing point again by his words.

The fork in Charles II's hand was slowly put down, and the two marquis who were smiling next to him also sat there with fixed expressions, and the overlord and the magister frowned and looked at the envoys in front of them, as if they were ready to fight directly.

But their reaction was clearly not as quick as that of Charles II - it was only three seconds before the monarch exhaled slowly, and said in a low voice: "So... Since you've already made plans, we're not going to talk nonsense. ”

"Tell me, what do you really want?"

The tension at the main table did not affect the two sub-tables ten meters away, as the ten young magicians who had followed Houdini had become the absolute protagonists of both tables.

Their average age was around twenty years old, and although they were about the same age as the Cullen Kingdom mages who accompanied them, their strength was basically overwhelming—only a few of their own students such as Crohn the "Ice Crown" were barely on par with them.

This also caused a group of Karen magicians to be depressed at the dinner table. At first, the two sides were quite friendly, and there was a chat without a word. However, when someone tentatively throws up a spell model problem, these guys easily solve it, and show a mocking posture of "you don't understand this simple".

Most of the people here are young people, and the mages of the Karen Kingdom naturally don't want to be looked down upon, except for a few older mages, almost all of the Karen mages under the age of thirty have competed openly or secretly, but the result has made their hearts cold to the bottom - whether in terms of knowledge or strength, they have been thrown three or four streets at all!

And there was another reason for the other party's flirtatious - several of the most sneering young talents of Rasiman all looked at the female mage who had been silent on the other side of the table from time to time, hoping that their words would attract the other party's attention.

For no other reason, Melinthella's appearance is so outstanding that even if she doesn't speak, she can become the focus of this group.

But no matter how fierce the battle between these mages at the dinner table was, Merinsela never had the heart to pay attention to this group of fellows - although she lost the dragon crystal, her body was different from a human after all, so she relied on her keen hearing to clearly distinguish the topic of some stalemate between Charles II and Hunedy at the main table in the noisy environment.

"So your country has been spying on the Karen Kingdom..."

“... Your Majesty is serious, this is not for the purpose of some invisible person, since I have made it clear, it proves that we have no malicious intentions. ”

"Even if Evta is going to be independent, then I'll hear what you want to convince me..."

"This of course involves the message that the council wants me to convey to you..."

A few words of conversation made Melinthra's eyes narrow - since leaving the glacial plains, she quickly integrated into the wizarding world of the Cullen Kingdom with her own talents, becoming the protégé of Magisteric Crohn, but due to her excessive study of magic, Merinthra has been almost always in isolation. Life in the lab and the library made it difficult for her to receive information from the outside world, so much so that until now, she discovered the kingdom... It seems like the sky is about to change.

Although the conversation between Charles II and Hunedy was very subtle, Merinthera could hear a lot of extraneous voices. The ambassador's gesture is clearly telling you that "we have been eyeing this place for a long time, and we know more than you think". Charles II was not convinced at first, and after a few tentative questions, he completely ceased, squinted his eyes and stopped asking, and waited for Hunedy's account.

In this game, the royal family was defeated more completely than in the port.

To Merinthera's surprise, when Hunedy talked about the orc issue, he took the initiative to talk about "Evta" and "Elson City" side by side, which naturally shows that Roddy's influence in it is far beyond most people's imagination.

These things... Does it have anything to do with him?

While the mages around her were competing to perform, Merinthera looked at the plate in front of her, inexplicably recalling the scene when she looked back at that figure in the ice and snow...

Thinking about the Beranturu who had faced him side by side, Merinthera glanced at the "young talents" in front of him who were talking eloquently, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, but she shook her head lightly - let these rookies who have never been on the battlefield face the incarnation of Berantulu, I'm afraid they will be half scared to death on the spot...

She didn't even realize why she was comparing Roddy to them.

"It's this guy, what are you doing now?"

"Whew!"

Roddy slammed to his feet from the bed, staring blankly at the front and gasping for air.

Sweat slid down his forehead, but Roddy didn't realize it, he only remembered that there was an army of orcs rushing in front of him, but he could only hold a longbow in his hand, and the soldiers around him who were embarrassed like moths to a fire...

It wasn't a nightmare, the image he had experienced in "Rippling" at that time. However, this image now makes it impossible for Roddy to tell where he is - for a moment, he even wished he would wake up in the cluttered, instant noodle-smelling bachelor apartment, but when his eyes focused on the leather armor in front of the bed, Roddy sighed slowly.

Augustine's revenge, the attack of the orc army, the royal family's intrigue calculations... Either one of them was enough to make people anxious, and now that they were pressed together, Roddy admitted that he had thought about escaping more than once.

Sunlight spills into the room from the window, and the handmade floor of the high elves scatters sunlight to all corners of the room, warm but not dazzling, looking at all this in front of him, Roddy closed his eyes and slowly recalled the journey of more than two years after he came to this world...

From the nobody at the beginning to the "prime minister" of the territorial cabinet now, every step is stepping on the bones of the enemy. I have experienced all kinds of difficulties and dangers, why do I have the psychology of retreating now?

He suddenly remembered the phrase "the older the rivers and lakes, the less courageous they are", looking around, looking at this Elson City, Luo Di understood that this was a certain kind of "small wealth is peace" and "this is good" mentality in his heart.

"It's fine in times of peace and prosperity, but now..."

Taking a deep breath, Roddy clenched his fists, and countless distracting thoughts seemed to be shattered by a blow.

[In the month of the New Year, I feel that the whole person is tired and thin, and it is still the same sentence, I will not be a eunuch, and I am not busy with work for the time being, so I have time to write more these days. Thank you for your support who have never given up!]