Chapter 418: The Winter of Staying
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"That's right, that country is called the Republic of Marvil. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Anna thought seriously after saying it aloud for the first time, and repeated it again after confirming that it was correct. Joan, who was beside her, apparently knew that it was the Republic of Marvier, and she had just learned more than Anna how to hide herself.
"No, my sister she..."
Fide exchanged glances with the other captains, and Lukka then asked, "Do you mean that the royal blood of the Old Kingdom is hiding in the Marvil Republic?"
"No... Those people are not in the Republic of Marvil at all..."
"Joan, why are you hiding it?" eight-year-old Anna called out her sister's name, as if calling a subordinate, "Anyway, all the countries and everyone on the continent will know that the kingdom of Surren will be revived, and the Republic of Marvil will give the royal family a way to the center of the continent!"
Joan had lost control of Anna, and Noor and Vega were not surprised in the slightest, but began to snicker. Fed had never known what His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment had to do with the Marvil Republic, and he hadn't been able to figure out why the royal bloodline of the Old Kingdom had to start with the Republic in the northwest of the continent.
Joan pleaded again, "Please save our father from Captain Fed, we can only pin all our hopes on the mercenaries... We don't have any money, and all we have escaped from among the other civilians is this sword that my father gave us..."Joan gently placed the two-handed sword she was holding on the floor, and whoever could wield this heavy two-handed sword with one hand would surely be a powerful Hercules.
"Your sister just said that this is a national heirloom sword. Noor began to play with the idea of the two-handed sword.
Joan tried to reach for the sword, but didn't, "This... This sword is indeed the sword of the Old Kingdom... I'm not sure if it's a sword, but it's the only thing we can handle..."
"Sir Sam, he's now imprisoned in Cloud Castle, when will he be tried?"
"No, it won't... Father he will not be judged, because Duke Webster has ordered him to be used as bait to seduce... lure the remnants back to save him..."
After detailed questioning, Fed learned that Sam had been captured in order to protect the fleeing remnants. Both Joan and Anna knew that Sam had no intention of leaving Drifting Cloud Castle, and that the knight, who had married a remnant of the Old Kingdom, intended to atone for his original mistakes. However, Fed also learned that some of the remnants were planning to rescue Sam, and that most of the remnants who wanted to help restore the Kingdom of Surren had already left the Duchy of Dlamain and fled in the direction of the Marvil Republic under the cover of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment and Sam.
Anna and Joan were sent by Fieldy to the Potato Mercenary Regiment. For his part, Fearly was reluctant to get involved in the Old Kingdom, the remnants, and Sir Sam. It's just that Anna and Joan have no relatives, since fate arranged for them to meet them, they have to take care of these two nobles temporarily, after all, they chose to trust the potato mercenary group and themselves desperately, and they can't be cold-blooded.
In the evening, JoAnn asks to meet with Fed, who asks both Ayana and Patrick to be present.
"Captain Feide, don't worry about my sister's words, she has been like that since she was a child. Joan changed into a set of peasant women's clothes, but this could not hide her beautiful face and outstanding temperament.
"Miss Joan, I may have to say something that will disappoint you," Feder had already discussed with his subordinates, "the Potato Mercenary Corps cannot accept the employment of Miss Joan and Miss Anna, and we will not rescue Sir Sam as you ask." ”
Joan was not disappointed in the slightest, she shook her head as she handed the rattan-wrapped sword to Patrick who was standing aside, "Captain Fed, to tell you the truth, I was just putting on a show in front of my sister this morning, and I never thought of really relying on the strength of mercenaries to rescue my father. ”
Patrick weighed the two-handed sword, which weighed as much as four of his usual swords.
"Showmanship?"
"That's right, my sister Anna is a precocious child, she is very stubborn, and she doesn't change her mind when she decides on something, so I only say those words to appease her... Actually, the matter I asked for Captain Fielder was something else..."
Feder looked straight into Joan's eyes, "Please." ”
"Protect me... And my eight-year-old sister got out of here. In addition, this sword is worthless to us, and if you think it is valuable, it will be yours, but we must be compensated with a certain amount of gold coins, and Anna and I will also need money to survive. Joan said this like a shrewd businessman, and Feder began to suspect that the other party had not escaped from Cloud Castle penniless, as he had been suggested.
"To protect you from here, where are you going? is it the Republic of Marvil or..."
"Neither, as long as it's not the Kingdom of Sarins, as long as it's not the Republic of Marvil, as long as it's far away from the Three Duchyes, whether it's the Sunrise Plateau or the Winter Kingdom, or the Oguna Empire that splits into two countries... Of course, if there is a choice, I would like to be Sunrise Plateau. There was a little helplessness in Joan's eyes, and she also turned her eyes away when she said "you can choose", not looking at Fidel.
"That Sir Sam's thing. ”
"That's the way he chooses to atone for his sins!" Jo Ann clasped her arms tightly, "It's his indecision that has led to the way we are today, and Anna and I are homeless... Also lost everything that I had before... all taken away by his stupidity..."
Fede seemed to see the true intentions of this noblewoman, she did not care about the life and death of Viscount Sam, and she obviously resented Viscount Sam. Joan would even blame her father for her mother's death, an experience that made Fed's déjà vu, so Fed's deep identification at one point fell into a deep identity.
Ayana noticed a change in Fidel's thoughts, and Patrick responded when Fid was silent, "Miss Joan, we are about to leave for the kingdom of Cosey in the north, and we can escort you there, and then you can choose the path you want to take. ”
I just want to get out of here as soon as possible... This is no longer my home, and Deramain will soon be involved in the chaos created by those conspirators," Joan raised her head and returned her gaze to Fidel's face, "Take me out of here, this sword is yours, I don't want it." ”
Only then did Fielder signal for Patrick to let go of the rattans, and a two-handed heavy sword with a gray body appeared in front of everyone, except for some strange text symbols appearing on the sword, this sword was nothing special.
Fei De took the two-handed sword and put his finger on the sword and swiped it gently. The blade was cold, the blade was not very sharp, and the words and symbols were not engraved with hard objects, as if the material originally possessed.
"What are these words?"
"I didn't know that this sword had been hidden in my father's collection long ago, and was the only treasure wrapped in those filthy rattans, and I had no interest in it. ”
Neither Patrick nor Feder thought the writing was archaic, they looked more like patterns than words, and perhaps only the old scholars of Decree City could answer Fed's current questions. However, it can be judged that this two-handed sword is a very practical sword, because its blade is so blunt that its blade is basically unable to split through hard steel armor compared to the "silence" that has already appeared.
"The heirloom sword of the Surren Kingdom, are you sure this is not a discarded weapon of the swordsmith of the Old Kingdom?" Patrick also disagreed with the sword, he had always believed that the weapon was not the most important thing, the most important thing was the person who used it.
Feder guessed it was an enchanted two-handed sword, but he didn't get a sense of the sword's magic in the same way that he felt the silence. Maybe the magic attached to it has long since dried up, or maybe it's just a ceremonial sword for decoration, and in any case, Fed's sending Joan and Anna out of Morning Light City is just a gesture - the Duchy of Drumin has no friendship with the Potato Mercenary Regiment, and the first-come, first-served principle is the choice of the Potato Mercenary Regiment.
The schedule for leaving Morninglight City has been set, just in late November. At that time, Morning Light City will also become relatively cold, and the potato mercenary group has increased the purchase of enough warm clothes and cold tools. When they learned that they were going to leave Morning Light City this winter and go to the north, most of the mercenaries of the Potato Mercenary Regiment were resistant, but Feid's attitude was very resolute, and the other captains also agreed, so those mercenaries could only compromise.
In addition to heading to the cold kingdom of Kosai, some of the mercenaries can choose to stay in Morninglight City and return to Dumu City. Everyone had already decided in the meeting that they would let two hundred to three hundred mercenaries stay in Morning Light City, and one hundred to two hundred mercenaries would return to Dumu City, in order to establish their own stronghold belonging to the Potato Mercenary Group. Such a move is rare for mercenary groups, because most mercenary groups cannot control multiple power strongholds at the same time, and can only appear strong by concentrating all their forces.
Franklin was the first to come forward and say that he wanted to stay in Morninglight, not to mention Benjamin and Claire, and Phyll, who also asked Toto and Moose to stay in Morninglight. Although Toto was tempted to follow Field, the poorly mobile ballista carts could not withstand the cold, and the icy machinery would be very troublesome, so Toto had to accept this arrangement.
Winotki, who had previously shown a great desire for warmth, was allowed to return to the Duji City, and Lukka also chose to stay in the Duji City in order to accompany his lover. Luka has always been entrusted with important tasks by Fidel, so now his work can only be divided between Vega and Fenrir, and Selena has become more and more trusting of Fenrir.
Anna cried for days when she learned that the Potato Mercenaries were not going to rescue her father, until she looked at Fid with hatred when she was about to leave Morninglight City. But Joan said that she didn't care about her sister's thoughts, and kept urging the potato mercenary group to leave Draman as soon as possible.
"Commander Fidel, we will consolidate and develop our base in the south," Luca couldn't help but shed tears as he opened the barracks, "Accept your orders and arrangements at any time, Commander!"
Fidel patted Luca on the shoulder, "We'll see you again soon, don't worry." ”
Noor joked, "Don't come out to meet us with your two children in your arms!"
Winotici blushed, but Lukka smirked - he didn't dare tell Fede and the other captains that Winotki was pregnant, and both he and Winotki hoped that the child would be the next generation of Potato Mercenary Group mercenaries.