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Since the outbreak of civil war in the Fayle Empire, there have been a steady stream of Faylele refugees crossing the border and fleeing to the relatively stable kingdom of Poller to the south. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoOriginally, the border guards of the Pole Kingdom had a tolerant attitude towards these refugees, after all, their king was a former prince of the French Yale, and he had great control over the powerful forces in the government and the opposition, and he was also the followers brought by Duriss from the French Yale Empire, and they still had feelings for the people of their homeland. So the border between the two countries has always been open.

However, the flow of refugees did not pose much of a threat to the stability of the Pole Kingdom. King Duris seems to have anticipated such a wave of refugees many years ago, so he built a large number of barracks in the north of the kingdom, but there were not many troops stationed there, so that he controlled it for a long time, but spent resources on maintenance every year. Now, these vacant barracks have been turned into refugee camps and can finally be put to use. The old nobles, who had been squatting these works for years, were ashamed of their short-sightedness, but at the same time deeply impressed by the foresight of King Duris.

In addition to providing shelter, the authorities of the Kingdom of Pole also sent people to reclaim large tracts of wasteland in the north, so that these refugees could support themselves, and at the same time, the authorities of the Kingdom could also obtain additional taxes, killing two birds with one stone. Although the conditions were difficult, it was much better than fleeing the fighting in the old country. When the majority of the population has a job with a stable income, law and order will improve and society will become stable.

At the same time, the influx of refugees also brought a large number of human and financial resources to the Pole Kingdom. The Poller Kingdom recruited a number of highly qualified soldiers and laborers from the refugee camps to expand its armaments and build new territories, and not all of these refugees were destitute, many of them were merchants with huge fortunes. They used the property they brought from their homeland to rebuild their business on the land of the Pole Kingdom, opened up a number of trade routes, and activated a lot of the originally lifeless and poor countryside, making the northern part of the Pole Kingdom, which was originally dominated by agriculture and military affairs, a new stubborn mercantile land.

However, this openness has recently been restricted. Because with the civil war in the Fayer Empire, the territory occupied by the People's Autonomous Commune and the Equal Revolutionary Army under its leadership increased significantly, so that the border between the Kingdom of Pole and the People's Autonomous Commune increased significantly. Fearing that the slogans of "Down with the aristocracy, revolution among the plebeians" would affect the people under their rule and shake the foundations of their rule, some nobles in the north of the kingdom took the liberty of sealing the borders to prevent the influx of refugees. As more and more border passes were closed, some refugees who forced their way through the border were directly killed by the Pole soldiers, which caused dissatisfaction among many refugees who had already come to the kingdom. What started as a grievance was only between those who were related to those who were killed, but as it spread faster and faster, it soon spread to several refugee camps, becoming a cancer that could erupt at any time. On the other hand, the blockade of the border also blocked the trade routes, which caused many merchants who had decided to take root in the land of the Pole Kingdom to begin to waver. If this situation is allowed to continue to develop, I am afraid that the commercial boom that has just emerged will be short-lived, blooming and withering rapidly.

At such a critical moment, there have been no further instructions from the royal capital, which has made many people sit still, and everyone is waiting for the far-sighted King Duris's decision. But how did the people in the north know that even the subjects of Hansha City had not seen the king for several months. Although Queen Catherine, who personally handles government affairs, prevaricates on the grounds that Her Majesty is ill, the long absence of the King inevitably makes people suspicious. For nearly half a month, the group of old ministers who had moved from Fajeru with Duris had been scolding every day to see His Majesty himself, which made Catherine, who was already overwhelmed by the heavy government of the government, even more headache. There are even people who spread rumors that Turis has been held hostage or killed by the old nobles of the previous dynasty, and Catherine herself happens to be a representative figure of the old aristocracy, which pushes her to the forefront. But this strong woman is still under suffocating pressure, stepping on the thorny road step by step. Because she knows that her husband is doing a very important thing, and what she can do for him as a wife is to share the pressure on him as much as possible.

The lights in the study were as bright as ever, and they stayed all night. But the person who used to sit in it was King Duris, but now it was Queen Catherine. She lay on her husband's desk, buried in the middle of a pile of folds, and slept soundly. Although she tried her best to finish the stack at hand, she was helpless to resist the sleepiness that swept like a wave, and she was in the menstrual period of women, and she was finally "defeated" under internal and external difficulties.

However, although Catherine was tired, it did not let her alertness be reduced. Trained by her grandfather as a spy since she was a child, she has developed the ability to be extremely sensitive to everything around her even when she is asleep. Because of this, there were a few very faint dull noises outside the door, which made Catherine suddenly sleep. She immediately opened her eyes, and subconsciously wanted to get up and hide immediately, but at this moment, the doorknob was slowly twisting from the outside, dissuading her from the idea.

It can be concluded that the person who is opening the door is definitely not the head of the guard, Sakolos, and his guards, if Sakoros wants to come in, he will report outside the door first, and only come in after getting permission, instead of sneaking around like now. The slight muffled sounds that came from the outside just now should be the sound of the guards outside the door falling to the ground after being attacked. Neither Sakolos nor his guards were ordinary people, and they could be defeated in an instant, and these invaders were no means simple. Since the lights were on in the study at this time, and there were soldiers guarding the door, it meant that there were people in the study, but once Catherine hid, the intruder would definitely be more vigilant if she did not see anyone, on the contrary, if Catherine continued to lie on the desk and pretend to sleep, it could paralyze the intruder to a certain extent.

This practice is extremely dangerous and requires great courage and endurance. But Catherine would not sit still, although she had been lying on the table still, but her heart was silently chanting incantations, and the twelve flying swords hidden under the hem of her skirt swung with the will of their masters, and quickly dispersed to all corners of the imperial study and hidden.

The door was halfway open, and the intruder crept in sideways. Catherine was pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed, and she was not facing the doorway, so she couldn't see the intruder, but judging from the sound of her footsteps and breathing, there were three intruders, one of whom was not trained in combat;

Catherine sensed a slight hesitation at the door, perhaps seeing her "sleeping". But it didn't take long for the three of them to move slowly towards her together.

When the three intruders were about 3 or 4 meters away from the door, Catherine suddenly released the magic that had been tightening, and twelve flying swords flew out from different corners of the room at the same time, one of the flying swords extinguished the lights in the imperial study, so that the imperial study, which had been brightly lit, instantly became invisible to five fingers; two flying swords slammed into the door and closed the door from the inside; and the other nine flying swords were divided into three groups and shot at three people in groups of three.

As the lights went out, Catherine slid down and hid under her desk, avoiding direct exposure to enemy attacks.

The sound of "ping-pong" could be heard in the darkness, and one of the intruders could be heard using his sword to block the flying swords that were besieging them. This man is very experienced in human warfare, and even if he was ambushed, he did not panic at all, but calmly counterattacked.

But that's exactly what Catherine wants. She hadn't hoped that these flying swords would wipe out these intruders who could easily knock down the guards, but the loud metal crash they made while defending against the flying swords would at least attract the nearby patrolling guards.

At this moment, Catherine suddenly heard a girl shouting, "Stop! Catherine, it's us!"

Catherine's voice, she felt that the girl's voice was a little familiar, but she couldn't remember who the other party was for a while, but because her heart was shaken, the speed of the flying sword also decreased.

The girl continued to shout, "We have no ill intentions, please believe it!"

Immediately afterward, Catherine suddenly felt a light suddenly appear in the dark room. Not the spark of the previous oil lamp, but a soft light generated by magic.

"How is she?!" Catherine finally realized the identity of the other party, and smiled helplessly.

Catherine ordered all the swords to stop attacking and let them return to her desk, and she came back from under the desk. Catherine saw a young girl in a priest's robe, carrying a glowing cross in her hand, in front of her desk, in the light, and behind the girl, a thin black man with a sword, a fat man dressed as an elemental magician.

"Princess Sophia, please don't play such a dangerous game in the future. ”