Less than 30 meters from the Big Tree Foot Hotel, there is a luxury hotel invested and managed by the royal family of Philingen. The entrance of the inn is carved with a dragon soaring with its wings outstretched, indicating that the inn has a stake in the dragon.

It's just that the head of this dragon makes Charles feel very familiar, and after thinking about it for a while, he remembers that this is not the model dragon that he bought from the Forging Holy Land.

This "Dragon Gate Inn" has a different layout from the Big Tree Foot Hotel, with a huge back garden with several detached villas.

In the villa where Duke Redkin stayed, the maid brought tea to Duke Redkin, Charles and Diana in the living room.

The familiar fragrance came to their noses, and Charles and Diana were already stunned when they looked at the tea soup tea leaves in the teacup.

Duke Redkin didn't care about this, after all, this kind of tea produced in very small quantities was not something that everyone could see. He introduced to the two children: "This kind of tea called 'Iron Saint' is a specialty of the sea of elven trees, and if I hadn't begged Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth in the name of Winnie two years ago, I wouldn't have been able to drink it often." ”

Hearing his mother's name, Charles lowered his head a little.

"Take the mask off. Duke Redkin said to Charles, "There are no outsiders here. ”

Charles nodded, then took off his mask and placed it on the table.

He didn't know how many injuries Duke Redkin, who had been on the battlefield all his life, and he didn't know how many he had seen of his disfigured and disfigured face that was more terrifying than Charles.

But the problem is that it was his grandson's face that was ruined this time, which made the anger in his heart "boom" and burn.

With a "click", he grabbed a piece of the exquisite wooden table.

Patting off the wood powder in his hand, Duke Redkin said to Charles: "It's okay, little Charles, real men rely on their ability to eat, and only rookie-like men will rely on their faces to eat." ”

In the eyes of Duke Redkin, who grew up on the battlefield with his grandfather and father, only those who rely on their own strength to obtain everything are worthy of respect.

He then said to Diana, "I don't think you just like Charles's face to follow him, right?"

Diana, who was lying down and was shot, said helplessly: "Your Excellency Duke Redkin, I don't have that kind of relationship with Earl Maccaden. We are just friends and partners. ”

"Grandpa, we're really not in that kind of relationship. She already knew about me. "I'm fine now, but it's a little inconvenient to sweat now, and it gets into my nostrils." ”

"That's right. Duke Redkin found Charles's words very reasonable, "Let's drink some tea first, this tea won't taste good when it's cold." ”

Charles and Diana picked up the teacup and took a sip, and found that Tieguanyin in this other world tasted good.

After putting down the teacup, Duke Redkin picked up the earthenware teapot and poured tea for the two little ones.

Charles and Diana habitually stretched out their fingers and tapped them three times on the table.

Duke Redkin's eyes widened as he looked at Diana, who was taking his hand back, and stared Diana a little uncomfortably.

He first said to Charles: "This morning, I met with Princess Elizabeth and Wolf and discussed the matter of the court session the day after tomorrow. Charles, I'll be your agent when the time comes. ”

Then he said to Diana, "I heard that fellow Wolf say that you are his adopted child, do you still have memories of your family?"

Diana was stunned for a moment, then said sadly, "I can't remember." ”

Duke Redkin continued to ask, "Then how do you know that when the elder pours tea for the junior, the junior should bow to the elder?"

Diana shook her head blankly.

Duke Redkin thought she couldn't remember, and after a sigh, he said, "The Great Sage Philip invented the 'Iron Saint' tea, and at the same time, some of his habits of drinking tea also spread, and the bow bow is one of them. It's just that for more than two hundred years, only the Elven Tree Sea still retains the habit and tradition of drinking this tea. I guess your family has something to do with the Great Sage, maybe you still have a little memory of some details of the life of the elders in your family. ”

Because of war, disease, vendetta, political struggles and other reasons, some nobles fell and even died out occasionally. The stories of these aristocratic children who wandered into the folk are well documented in the storybooks.

And Duke Redkin put a halo of "fallen noble" on Diana by talking to himself, but he had another purpose in it.

He continued: "This time you were kidnapped, and the buyer behind the scenes has been found out, and that person is Louis Rebach, the crown prince of the Rybach Kingdom. ”

"Huh, is that fool?" called out Diana in surprise.

"Ahem!" Duke Redkin reminded Diana, how to say that the family is still the son of his nominal boss, "This is a state secret of the Rybach Kingdom, although this secret is unknown only to him." ”

Then he sighed, "My nephew was still smart and clever when he was a child, but he only became a little uneasy when he was four years old after he had a fever for a few days. ”

In Duke Redkin's next story, Charles and the others understand that this intellectually deficient crown prince is the source of internal strife in the kingdom of Rybach.

The aging kingdom of Rybach is such a child, he hopes that after his death, his son will inherit the throne, and then become a mascot, and the state affairs will be handled by Duke Redkin, who is the regent.

But Duke Redkin believes that troubled times are coming, and a king with low intelligence will bring disaster to the kingdom. For example, when he was out to conquer the demons, what should the king do if he listened to slander and cut off his logistics? This is a crime against the kingdom and all mankind.

And the Redkin family was separated from the Rybach family four generations ago. When the Rybach family dies, the Redkin family is the most qualified to inherit the throne.

As the so-called kings take turns, it is not impossible to come to my house this year.

So the worried King Rebach recently began to look for a crown princess and even a lover for the crown prince while he was not yet dead, hoping to leave a normal heir for the Rebach family. As long as this heir is there, Duke Redkin will have no reason to seek the throne.

The king's ideals are plump, but the reality is skinny.

For nearly 100 years, the Redkin family has been engaged in a long war with the kingdom of Bischberg in the west. This may have been the intention of the king of Rebach at that time to use the hands of the kingdom of Bischberg to eliminate the division that threatened his throne.

But over the years, the Redkin family has not only not been wiped out, but has continued to expand its territory, and has become a duke from a marquis.

Over the course of so many years of victory, the Redkin family has naturally garnered a large number of loyal supporters.

Now there is a struggle for royal power in the country, and then these supporters see that the dragon is beckoning to them. As soon as the elderly king dies, everyone will sprinkle water to clean the streets to welcome Duke Redkin.

As a result, King Rebach's action to recruit a crown princess for the crown prince was secretly resisted by the domestic nobles.

After all, everyone wants to let a person who has proven his strength on the battlefield be his boss in the next troubled times, not a person with insufficient intelligence.

As a result, for several years, the king's balls were attended by no women, and were all men sent by various families to attend to errands.

Then even the maids in the royal family resigned, and the families who provided servants for the royal family sent their youngest sons, even illegitimate children, to the kingdom to fill the number.

If it weren't for the existence of some court nobles in the kingdom who relied on royal power to survive, it is estimated that even a cook in the entire palace would be replaced by a husband.

It's just that the sane king did not give these greedy fellows a chance to further increase their power, and refused their request to sacrifice their daughters and sisters to become crown princesses. It is not unheard of in this continent where foreign relatives have disrupted politics and even seized power. It is one thing for the royal power to be taken away by a cousin, but if it is taken away by a relative, it will be in the textbooks of the royal family of each kingdom to educate the prince for 10,000 years.

In this context, Professor Wolf and Diana, who had traveled abroad, came to the royal capital, and then accidentally met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at a banquet held by Professor Wolfe's students.

At that time, the unmarried lady in the banquet hall suddenly ran away, and even the maid disappeared.

It's just that the host of the banquet was a step late when he was ready to let people run away with Diana, and the prince, who had hardly seen a few women in several years, still saw Diana......

"Your Excellency Duke Redkin, please don't mention the rest of the matter, it's a shame for my life. Diana prevented Duke Redkin from continuing to tell Charles about what had happened at the banquet that day.

Looking at Diana, who was obediently and sensibly picking up the teapot and pouring tea for herself, Duke Redkin decided to end the background explanation.

He said: "Later, the prince ordered someone to kidnap you and send you to him, and his men found the kidnappers. ”

"In the next court of the gods, as long as the crown prince is found guilty, then he will be stripped of all political power. ”

"At the same time, the kidnappers in the kingdom of Rebach have dealt with a few nobles loyal to the king's court who have been controlled by me, and they will be judged fairly. ”

Finally, he said to Diana: "The more you act like an aristocrat in the courtroom, and I help out on the sidelines, then the pressure on the court in Avalon City will be greater. This will allow the court of the gods to be established as soon as possible, and justice to be done as soon as possible to eradicate evil. ”

Finally, Duke Redkin asked Charles, "Charles, do you know why I'm telling you all this about the kingdom of Rybach?"

Charles shook his head, he really didn't know.

Duke Redkin solemnly said to Charles: "If I am crowned king, you will be the fourth crown prince." ”