"Crazy... All crazy! In the Grand Duke's Mansion of Dawn City, Grand Justice Invede was in his office, with all the military documents and civilian newspapers in front of him spread out on the table, and he stood up from his chair tremblingly, staring at the reports in disbelief.

"The Otrie Family Suffered from the Slave Revolt", "The Life of the Gladiator Alimana", "The Rebel Slaves Were Annihilated by the Federal Army", "Emergency Dispatch in the Circum-Naval Theater: Revelation by Grand Duke Invid", "Circum-Naval Theater Secret War Report: Leng Kite Is Not Dead", "Circum-Sea Theater Secret War Report: Movements of the Imperial Army".

These documents were more shocking than one another, and the Grand Duke of Invid, who was accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, couldn't help but shudder, and he muttered in an incredulous tone: "The Ottery family is just gone... The cold kite didn't die..."

Outside the door, Adam, who had received the order, ran in non-stop, and gave a military salute without standing firmly: "Grand Duke! Are you looking for me? ”

"It's messed up, the situation is all messed up!" Grand Duke Invid pointed at Adam and said hurriedly, "Immediately go to the Circum-Naval Theater Headquarters on my behalf, and be sure to advise Commander-in-Chief Agronso to order the Federation forces in all parts of the confederation area to strengthen their garrisons, but they must not move!" Do not respond to any provocations. ”

Adam said worriedly: "Grand Duke, spies from all over the country have come to report that the wilderness expeditionary force led by the Eagle Banner Army has been mobilized, and the movement is very big, don't we have to take a tough stance to respond?" ”

"No! Now it's a competition to see who is more calm, the empire and the federation have signed a peace treaty, and the judge council and Naraku are on two sides, waiting for the forces supported by the other party to tear up the treaty first, so that the power of the trial council can directly intervene! The Empire is now waiting for us to fire the first shot! Archduke Invid didn't know if he was old, or if he was in a hurry, he coughed violently as he spoke, he quickly took a sip of water, and added, "The independent separatist forces everywhere must stop, and the same is true of Dawn City!" I will organize the Pro-Guard to temporarily suppress all separatist forces, stop political encroachment, and not give the Empire any chance to go to war with us beyond the peace treaty! ”

Adam was extremely loyal to the Grand Duke of Invid, and at the same time very decisive in his character, and immediately responded: "Understood! I immediately went to the Rim of the Sea Theater to lobby the Commander-in-Chief, and as for the local forces in Dawn City, I asked the Grand Duke to pay attention to himself. ”

Grand Duke Invid coughed a few more times, drank the water in the cup, his face softened a little, and said: "You go quickly, go back quickly, I am old, sometimes I may not be able to see the situation clearly, and I need your assistance." ”

"Yes! For the Federation! With that, Adam quickly left the office.

Grand Duke Invede sat back in his chair, his itchy and dry throat was very uncomfortable, he glanced at the cup that had been drunk, and raised his voice irritably: "Guard! Give me some honey water. ”

Two minutes later, the door opened, but instead of the soldiers of the Grand Guard, it was Patch, dressed in full uniform, who came to the Grand Duke of Invid with the freshly soaked clear honey water in his hand, poured it for him, and said, "Father, use it slowly." ”

As soon as the Grand Duke of Invede saw the neatly dressed and respectful Patch, his face suddenly showed a suspicious look, he took a sip of honey water, relieved the discomfort in his throat, frowned, and said, "What stupid thing have you done again, do you need me to wipe your butt for you?" ”

Patch smiled helplessly, took out a stack of handwritten manuscripts from his waist pocket, handed it to Archduke Invid, and said, "Father, I have finished reading the "History of the Federation War in the Honkai Era" in the past few days, and this is my reading notes and summary. ”

Grand Duke Invid was stunned for a moment, the suspicion on his face became even stronger, he took the manuscript paper suspiciously, and looked at it, from the crooked font, it was seen at a glance that it was written by Patch himself, and there was nothing remarkable about the content, but it could be seen that it was not made up, but something that could only be written after reading the book.

Grand Duke Inved felt a little confused, he had nothing to do, he was either a traitor or a thief, and his stupid son would actually calm down and read and take notes? He prefers to believe that all the cubes in the world have flown away with wings.

Archduke Invid put Patch's reading notes aside, looked at Patch and asked solemnly, "What do you want to do?" ”

Patch was still respectful, even a little humble: "Father, I am very repentant of my previous laziness, I am a federal soldier, and I should make you proud, not a fool, so I decided to change my mind, supplement my knowledge, and am willing to be an adjutant for Adam." ”

Grand Duke Invede had a ghostly expression on his face, he really wanted to slap himself twice to see if it was still in a dream, he was stunned for a long time, scratched his head, and said in disbelief: "You say... Would you like to be an adjutant for Adam? Willing to learn with an open mind? ”

Patch nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Oh! My God! My son finally got his senses! Archduke Invid was overjoyed, brought a chair for Patch to sit down, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "But I'm curious what prompted such a change in your attitude." ”

Patch lightly pounded his chest with his fist and sighed: "After I caught that desert killer with my own hands, I felt for the first time that I was a useful person, I shouldn't live up to my potential, I believe that I am no worse than Adam, I will learn all his good qualities to shape myself, and finally surpass him!" ”

"Ahhh This is my son! Grand Duke Invid couldn't remember the last time he was so happy, maybe it was when Patch was born more than thirty years ago, he smiled and laughed, and started coughing again because he was too excited, "Haha... Ahem, ahem..."

A hint of incomprehensible color flashed in Patci's eyes, and he reached out and patted his father's back, poured another glass of honey, and said filial piety: "Father, you have been too tired lately, drink more water." ”

"Hahaha, it's okay, I'm happy." Grand Duke Invid drank the honey water, patted Patty on the shoulder, and said joyfully, "Since the opportunity has come, I want to tell you one more thing. ”

"You say."

"It is my intention to take Adam as my adopted son, and after you in the rank of line, as your brother." Grand Duke Invid's face was rosy because of his joy, he pinched Patch's shoulder and shook it, and laughed, "In this way, you will be good brothers in the future, and you don't have to care about who is the adjutant, you study together, progress together, serve the family together, and you will be the pillars of the family in the future!" ”

Grand Duke Invid is a man in troubled times, and there must be a deep scheming to climb to today's unknown, although Patch's transformation makes him very happy, but he is still not very comfortable with this son who has been lazy for decades, he should not have revealed the news of adopting a adopted son, but at this time, he just wanted to take the opportunity to observe Patch's reaction, so as to determine whether he was just a whim, or truly repentant.

To the relief of Grand Duke Invid, Patch was silent for a while at first, and then said very sincerely: "Of course, father, you have taught me that the interests of the family are above everything, I will not fight with Adam, if I am really inferior to him, even if he takes your place in the future, I am still willing to serve this family." ”

"O my God! Your conversion is a gift from God! Grand Duke Invid exclaimed sincerely, and even stood up and hugged his son in excitement, patted him on the back, and said, "What I am most afraid of is that the two of you are not compatible, now it is okay, you two work together, I promise God that the Inved family will become the greatest family of the Federation, and our family name will remain in the history books forever, sung by the troubadours over and over again!" ”

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