readx;? The upper class in the true sense of the Northern Regions is composed of seven nobles, including the Grand Duke. In addition to the Lance Wynn family represented by Khan Parkes, the Anderson family, the Griffin family, the Dharle family, the Gerald family, the Duncan family, and the Bell family are the Anderson family, the Griffin family, the Duncan family, and the Bell family.

As early as last year, Ian had studied about several nobles under the pressure of Miss Camilla. And because of this council, he made up this information again. And to this day, according to the coats of arms embroidered on the red cloth in front of the seats of the major nobles, he finally compared the characters and information one by one.

Sitting on them was an old man with a white beard and a kind eyebrow. But Ian didn't dare to think that he was a kind old man. Because he was Marquis Griffin, one of the initiators of this meeting, Ian had a deep understanding of the fundamental cause of the power of the Balance Society. And his slightly narrowed eyes may seem like a symbol of kindness to ordinary people, but in Ian's eyes, no matter how he looks at it, there is a taste of cunning. It can be said that if you don't count the one in the Black Balance Society, and if you don't count the Grand Duke Khan Parkes, this one seems to be the biggest "spy" in the Northern Regions.

On the opposite side of Ian, the fat fox, Count Bell, whom he had met only the night before, was sitting in the first position on the right with a symbolic smirk, chatting happily with the nobleman beside him. Ian thought to himself, no wonder this guy was so confident that he could get the position of Grand Duke of the Northern Regions. As can be seen from the position he has made, his position in the Northern Regions at this moment is almost only that of the Marquis of Griffin. And it just so happened that the current goodwill criminal faction was under the suspicion of the empire because of Khan Parkes, and the Marquis of Griffin, as one of the representatives of this faction, was obviously unable to compete with it at this time.

Looking down, the middle-aged man who was talking to Count Bell was obviously of the same faction as him, and judging from the coat of arms of the three silver stars in front of him, he was the Count of Dale, Count Bell's loyal ally and his biggest supporter. This made Ian slightly stunned. He shifted his gaze again to see that it was Count Gerald sitting behind him.

The three great nobles who ostracized the sinners happened to sit on the same side.

This is no accident!

With that in mind, Ian turned his gaze back to his side.

Lady Amanda herself has the title of Earl, but she is so well-known as Warden that no one would be called Earl Anderson. Ian knew that the lady wasn't good at dealing with sinners either. It's just that, compared to the other nobles who are purely disgusted with the sinners, she is just more loyal to the Northern Regions, and she doesn't want the Northern Regions to fall into chaos because of the sinners.

The seats in the back are empty. The Marquis Duncan asked Ms. Amanda to represent herself at the meeting. The marquis's family crest is a sword and a shield, and he is in fact the true master of the Northern Army. As the commander of the army, the emperor of the empire did not want him to take the position of grand duke of the northern regions, so for all the nobles who had ambitions for the grand duke, he was the most worthy of wooing. Of course, he also didn't like sinners.

That's not good......

After looking around like this, Ian groaned in his heart. Not counting the petty nobles who had little influence, there were only two people in the entire Northern Regions who were willing to be kind to the criminals, and after removing Khan Pax, there was only one Marquis of Griffin, who seemed to have little time to live. No wonder Phil would say that Khan Parkes's situation was almost all the enemy, and that it was not easy for the Grand Duke to be under such a huge opposition.

Ian couldn't help but shake his head, in the case of the fall of Khan Parkes, he was really not optimistic about the situation of the criminals, to be honest.

And it was at this time that the last attendees finally arrived belatedly and entered the venue.

"This is the guy that Fei'er hates?"

Ian was slightly stunned, and immediately guessed the identity of this big-name person.

Viscount Zangwill Joyce, a nobleman from the imperial capital, is an emissary of His Majesty the Emperor.

This viscount was about thirty years old, with golden hair, extremely handsome appearance, looking like a golden sun, but as soon as he walked in, he immediately attracted everyone's attention and became the focus of the entire hall.

He greeted the nobles with a smile on his face, and then walked to the main seat in the middle of the chamber as a matter of course, and sat down without hesitation, causing the Marquis of Griffin and Lady Amanda to frown immediately.

"This guy, no wonder Fei'er hates him. ”

Ian muttered to himself. He knew it was the seat that belonged to the Grand Duke of the Northern Regions. Although the other party is an envoy from the imperial capital, he is only a viscount after all, not the emperor himself. Judging by the reactions of Marquis Griffin and Lady Amanda, Ian has already judged that this is an extremely disrespectful act.

It's just that his identity at the moment is just a small "guard", and it doesn't matter much to him whether the other party is rude or not. Since the Marquis of Griffin and Lady Amanda only frowned, and did not point out each other's wrongs to their faces, there was no need for him to bother with this matter.

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"Everyone!" Seeing that everyone had already arrived, Viscount Zangwill Joyce announced with a smile like a master, "Now that everyone has arrived, let us begin." ”

"Marquis Griffin, Lady Amanda. He turned his head and looked at this side: "This time the council is up to the two of you, so it's up to you two to tell us the reason for the meeting." ”

With these words, the people in the venue also turned their eyes.

In fact, they are extremely curious about this.

The seven nobles of the Northern Regions all have the power to start a council, but they usually send out the news a week or even half a month in advance, and announce the reasons for the council to the other nobles. This time, however, the council raised by Lady Amanda and the Marquis of Griffin was extremely unusual. Not only did the time jam be extremely tight, but also did not reveal the slightest bit of information, which had to make everyone puzzled, and smell something unusual from it.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Lady Amanda nodded and stood up after glancing at the Marquis of Griffin.

"Ladies and gentlemen, before I convey to you the reason why I am waiting for the Council, I would like to ask you to see something. ”

As her words fell, a black-covered notebook was picked up by an attendant.

"What is this?" asked Viscount Zangwill Joyce curiously.

"This is a notebook from an internal researcher at the Black Scales Society. Lady Amanda said solemnly, "There's a secret about the survival of the Northern Regions!" )