Many, many years ago, a brave man led a group of magic-proficient mages to create a barely functional magical teleportation system. After years of development, the system is barely capable of simple long-distance information exchange. However, because the system was too complex, the cost of use was too high, and there were too few people who could afford it, this transmission system, similar to radio telegraphy, could only be set up in the cities like telegraph offices.

When Linda returned to her bedroom in a panic, Antoine II, who was far away in the royal capital of the Kingdom of Bischberg, was woken up by his secretary and received the news from Avalon.

When the eldest prince Abner Bischberg received the order to meet the king immediately, he left from under his lovers and hurried outside the palace, a table fell from the sky and smashed him on the head.

Abner only glanced at the familiar table and knew at a glance that it came from his father's bedroom. When he was a child, his father liked to let him stand at this table, help him put on a small and delicate leather armor helmet, and then play a game of horseback and war on his shoulder.

Later, the game became a game for him, his younger brother Abt Bischberg, and his father, who sat on his father's shoulders one on the other and attacked room after room.

Until one time, Antoine II accidentally made the heads of his two sons hit the door frame at the same time.

Abner didn't react in any particular way, except to suddenly quicken his pace and move forward, the flying table smashing to the ground through the afterimage behind him, not even touching a single hair of his hair.

Immediately after, another dark shadow flew out of the shattered window.

The shadow adjusted in the air, then gracefully landed in front of Abner to the right.

The figure bowed ninety degrees to Abner and said, "The master is waiting for the eldest prince in the bedroom. General Yusbach has arrived. ”

Abner let out an "um" from his throat and left.

This man was a slave of Antoine II and at the same time his secretary. These loyal slaves were loyal to their master, Antoine II, and were Antoine II's right-hand men.

Abner is not going to be stupid enough to get close to these slaves, and in the eyes of others, who knows if you want to try something about the king through them.

If he did this, first the slaves would be put to death, and then his eldest prince would be ordered by Antoine II himself to charge the army of the Duke of Redkin alone with a rolling pin.

Hearing that the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Yusbach, was also coming, Abner couldn't help but step up.

If the commander of the Praetorian Guard needs to be called overnight, then something extremely serious must have happened. Either there was a rebellion or an invasion by a foreign enemy.

But what he wants most is for his three younger brothers to plot a rebellion, and then be discovered at the same time, and then be arrested and cleaned up at the same time. However, he knew that this was naturally his own delusion, and the three of them were really so stupid, so they had no chance to compete with him.

In front of the door of the king's bedchamber stood the Praetorian Guard, and at the same time the roar of Antoine II burst through the bedroom.

After arranging his clothes and making sure there were no traces of lipstick kisses or anything left on his body, he went into the bedroom.

Antoine II was sitting on the edge of the bed, the only intact piece of furniture left in the bedroom. He was asking Yusbach at this time, "What is the chance of military victory if we unite with the Rybach Kingdom to fight Redkin now?"

Yusbach hesitated for a moment, then said: "Now that the autumn harvest has begun, we can only call up the lords of the various territories after the autumn harvest is completed. ”

"Information was received three hours ago that the Praetorian Guard of the Kingdom of Firingen had begun to move south, on the grounds that they were arresting criminal gangs involved in human trafficking. ”

"According to the information I got two hours ago, the Elven Royal Court fleet on the Great River is concentrating on the port of the Visma Kingdom, and it is said that it will conduct a large-scale joint water rescue exercise with the Visma Royal Fleet. ”

At this time, Antoine II had calmed down, and after learning that Duke Redkin, an old rival, had suddenly appeared on the territory of the Kingdom of Firingen, his intuition told him that Duke Redkin must have reached some kind of agreement with the Kingdom of Firingen.

Sending out the Praetorian Guard to arrest the criminal gang?

As long as the Kingdom of Bischberg and the Duke of Redkin in the east go to war, the Janissaries in the northwest will definitely pursue the fugitives to the territory of the Bischberg Kingdom.

There are also the Elven Court and the Visma Kingdom in the south, and the joint exercise they are engaged in will definitely block Bischberg's port in the south.

Fortunately, there is no movement in the Kingdom of Bibrach in the northeast, but it is difficult to say when there is movement in several other places.

Although Yusbach did not say it explicitly, the meaning was obvious, and he could not win.

Abner listened to it very well, and although he didn't understand the specific cause, he was already sure that Duke Redkin was going to do something to build momentum for his coronation in a few years.

Antoine II handed Abner a piece of crumpled parchment, which he looked at and gasped.

No wonder my father was so irritable, and every such condition was unacceptable to him.

Antoine II said to Abner: "You wait and go to Avalon City with griffons, and the negotiations with Redkin will be left to you." In the meantime, you take a team of griffon knights and tell the Kingdom of Fillingen that we are not to be messed with. ”

Abner took the task, and he waited for his father to draw the line for negotiations.

After nearly ten minutes, Antoine II said to Abner: "Alan can't die, the land can't be ceded, the money can be given properly, Linda...... Alas......"

It was a long time before Antoine II continued: "Linda cannot be wronged. ”

Then Antoine II stood up, stretched out his hands and patted Abner on the shoulder at the same time, and then whispered: "Five years, Abner, Bischberg will take at least five years." ”

"It will be as you wish!" replied Abner.

Early the next morning, Abner Bischberg, who had just arrived in Avalon, went to the "Dragon Gate Hotel" where Duke Redkin was staying, despite the fatigue of the journey.

This was followed by a closed-door consultation between Duke Redkin and Prince Abner Bischberg.

While five tables were damaged, the two sides had a full exchange of views.

Four of the tables were broken by Abner when he slammed the table to support his momentum, and it was the Duke of Redkin, who lived here, who lost money anyway.

The first matter of the execution of the four princes was not mentioned again by either side, and no one wasted time on the impossible thing.

The second indemnity for land cession is actually the focus of Duke Redkin.

On the northern continent, all rivers flow into the great rivers from north to south.

However, in the eastern and northern part of the country where the Redkin Kingdom is located, the boundary between the prairie and the farming area is the Daqingshan Mountains, which makes it impossible for merchant ships to reach the savannah, and the roads in the mountains are far less accessible than the maple forests in the west.

In the west of the Bischberg Kingdom, there are several rivers that originate in the maple forest, and from the river upstream, you can go up the river to the maple forest area where the Kingdom of Firingen and the Kingdom of Biberach meet the steppe in the north, and then pass through the easy-to-walk maple forest into the steppe.

The Redkin family marched west to conquer the lands of the Bischberg Kingdom, with the goal of seizing a waterway that could enter the Biberach Kingdom from south to north without passing through the Bischberg Kingdom and reach the edge of the Maple Grove.

Now they are still a kilometer or two away from this waterway on the map, but then the crown prince of the kingdom of Rybach is gone, which makes Duke Redkin shift his focus to the country.

After smashing a table each, Duke Redkin and Abner finally came to an agreement. Redkin renounced his territorial claim and instead obtained permission for ten years for merchant ships bearing the Redkin family coat of arms to sail duty-free on the river for ten years, during which time the kingdom of Bischberg could not intercept them for any reason. However, he could not transport troops on this river under various pretexts.

After this was discussed, Abner breathed a sigh of relief. Duke Redkin was given the water access he wanted for the time being, and while the agreement was in effect, his desire to go west was not so strong.

In the ensuing question about Linda's marriage, Abner broke two tables.

Citing Linda's young age, Abner demanded that the engagement ceremony and wedding must be held after Linda turned 18 for seven years.

Duke Redkin just replied, when you were born, how old was your mother?

Then the two sides froze.

At that moment, the door to the conference room was kicked open.

"The table isn't broken, so it doesn't need to be replaced. Duke Redkin subconsciously said to the outside of the door.

But the person he saw coming in was not a waiter, but Linda Bischberg, dressed in a golden dress.

It was dusk, and the golden glow of the setting sun poured into the conference room from outside the door.

The five princesses of the Bischberg Kingdom, who came at sunset, were like a layer of golden light in the sun.

No one in the conference room expected Linda to shine at this time.

Linda, with a haughty expression, walked up to Abner's side, and then slapped her hands on the crumbling table with a "bang".

She said to Duke Redkin in a soft voice, "Duke Redkin, may I ask if I can give my opinion on my own matter." ”

There was silence inside and outside the conference room, and for the first time, Duke Redkin looked the princess up and down with the eyes of an enemy.

"Yes. Duke Redkin said solemnly.

Linda said word for word: "In the next 7 years, I will go to the Knowledge City to study. At my birthday party, which turned 14 three years later, the Redkin family proposed several candidates for my husband, and I would choose one of them to be engaged to. When I turned 18, I married him again. Before the engagement, Duke Redkin's army could not cross half a step beyond the current border. ”

Duke Redkin looked directly into Linda's stubborn eyes with a hint of fear, and said, "What if I don't agree?"

Linda also looked Duke Redkin in the eye and said, "I will stand on the front line with the Bischberg soldiers." If I win, I will follow the soldiers to step on the native land. If defeated, if your army wants to set foot on the land of Bischberg, they must first step on me. ”

At this time, Abner stood up, stood beside Linda, gently patted his sister's trembling hand, and then said to Duke Redkin, "I will stand by my sister's side then." ”

Duke Redkin continued to look directly at Linda without speaking.

One minute...... Two minutes...... Five minutes...... Ten minutes......

Just as Linda was about to run out of it, Duke Redkin stood up and smashed the table with one palm.

"Yes! I promise your terms!"

With the signing of the Agreement on the Common Navigation and Marriage of the Kingdom of Bischberg in the Kingdom of Rebach (the Agreement on the City of Avalon), the name of Linda Bischberg spread on the mainland for the first time.

Looking at Linda, who was hugging Diana in the distance, Duke Redkin, who was leaving the conference room with everyone, couldn't help but blurt out: "The birth daughter should be like Diana, Antoine's son is like a guinea dog!"