That evening, after an in-depth conversation with Miss Schönek, Sallian got up and wrote two letters to her by the bedside. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Dear Lorana Ise, though I am very reluctant, I ask you to go to the Neumark Territory with these two letters, and give one of them to Uncle Dietrich, who is stationed at the fortress of Talenis, and he will know what to do when he sees the letter. Then you can go to Bellerin, the capital of the region, and hand over another letter to my sister Evangeline, who will be happy to receive you. You can also call her Eva and play there in peace for a while. In accordance with the requirements of my letter, she will issue you certificates and passes, and you will be granted the right to use or mobilize all the bureaucracy and military forces of the territory at will, and after inspecting my coastline and communication network, you will be able to establish ports and trading posts in any places you like, without any restrictions. ”

Miss Schönek curled up tightly in Salian's arms, and she felt a sense of well-being valued.

"Your Excellency the Earl of the Border District, you have been so kind to me, I didn't want to be a canary in the first place, I am sincerely happy to be able to help you!"

"Haha, it's good if you're happy, my family was born lowly, and there are almost no capable genealogy retainers, so you come to my pillow to make me happy!"

"It's a pity that I can't be with you all the time, so I'll talk to Estofalia before I leave. Alas, why don't you take her in, I think she won't resist much if you take the initiative a little. ”

"I never force women, just let it be. ”

In this way, early the next morning, the reluctant Miss Schönek left the "Kaiserkhov" in a carriage, and she would henceforth be active in the political arena of the empire and the continent as the special plenipotentiary of the Salian.

While enjoying breakfast in the lobby of the hotel, Salian publicly announced that he would not leave his room until the final day of the tournament, and also informed the Earl's Court of the Imperial Palace, which paved the way for the "Karakuri Mercenary Meyer" to be very active in the following week, with both joys and sorrows.

Salian and the others also said goodbye to the Duke of Koenigs, who had no interest in the tournament and would leave for his realm to-day, and Salian and Miss Witte had already consulted with him, and they would go to him as soon as the tournament was over.

Next up is the long-awaited jousting tournament for Anna, Acherin, and others, with more than 1,000 competitors from all over the world competing for several championships. In order to show his wealth, the Count of the Palace built a huge oval arena in the city of Palatinate, with a stand of 10,000 people to enjoy the games, in which a large number of individual and team events were held over the course of a week.

As the last inheritor of the knightly culture of the classical era, the tournament is no longer just an event for the aristocracy, except for the grand knightly group tournament held outside the city on the last day, other events are now not forbidden to the commoners.

And because the power of the church that originally opposed the tournament has declined significantly, this kind of bloody movement is being carried out in more and more places, and as a result, there are many professional players who specialize in participating in tournaments to earn money, they are either ordinary mercenaries or for broken nobles, through tournaments to gain money and prestige, and perhaps to harvest love, there are countless examples of the combination of noble ladies and brave martial arts heroes. We already know that Anna's father was also a poor aristocrat who made a living from it, and now Anna and Echerin also earn pocket money by participating in competitions.

But on the other hand, the tournament was even more brutal than the gladiator competitions that were once all the rage in ancient empires. It seems to be safer, and the participants can wear heavy armor and use wooden or unedged weapons, but in fact, they are shady and manipulated by many underground forces. Salian has always wanted to change this situation, but he has more than enough strength, and there are too many problems in the rotten body of the empire, which can only be solved step by step.

Although the scale of the tournament to celebrate the wedding is large, it is not an annual tournament, so there are few events. Moreover, in order to maximize the advantages of his son Viscount Charlie, this competition is limited to young men and women under the age of 20 in the name of taking care of young people, so that Viscount Charlie, who is in his twenties, has excellent strength and experience in this age group.

The tournament consists of individual competitions, three-on-three competitions and seven-on-seven competitions. The individual competition is divided into a riding spear competition, a riding weapon competition, a foot sword competition and an infantry weapon competition. Three-on-three and seven-on-seven competitions are only contested with mounted spear weapons, simultaneous battles, and optional weapon competitions. On the last day, the Knights team competition outside the city will be a 300 vs. 300 competition according to the way of the home and away teams.

Anna and Achelin would compete in all tournaments except for the Seven-Player Team Fight, and Salian decided to use the role of "Myer" to participate in the arena in order to increase the popularity of the Karakuri Mercenary, and only use the noble status of Sallian von Hohenstelingen to participate in the final day of the knightly team competition.

In the morning preliminaries, "Myer", Anna, and Acheline, who had already completed their costume changes, happened to meet Shait, the president of the Constance Adventurers Association, the orc girl Elena, and several other elite members of the association, who participated in the tournament under the leadership of President Shait. On the one hand, he wants to earn money and fame, and on the other hand, the president also has the consideration of cultivating the next generation of key members of the association. President Shait knew exactly why Salian would use the identity of "Myer", and in the end, they exchanged good luck and went their separate ways to participate in the preliminaries.

"It's a shame Manstel didn't come, and she would have been glad to see Elena. ”

"Then you deliberately lose to her when you meet her, so that Mansel will definitely give you gold. ”

"Oh, that's not going to work!" the big man shook his head repeatedly.

In this way, the morning preliminaries passed in a relaxed atmosphere, and as they returned to "Kaiserhof" for lunch, the waiter at the hotel told Sallian to come back in his room and pretend to have just gotten up. The Earl of the Palace invited him to dinner in the evening, and Salian knew that the time had come for negotiations, and although he had already said in the morning that he would not step out of the room, he still had to go because of the Earl's insistence, and in fact he had already excluded the Earl of the Palace from the Emperor's choice.

That night, in a secret room in the Palatinate, Count Hans von Ensbach sat at his desk, while Salian sat across from him, reading a letter from Moritz von Eppenzel, Duke of Kerzen, to the Count of the Palace.

"How's it going, Nephew Sarian. I'll tell you some secret information first, as far as I know, the current emperor is very old, and there may be an imperial level meeting next year, you should understand what this means. The Duke of Eppenzell also made it clear in his letter that all the votes he had in his hands could be cast for me, and that I only needed to give him a part of the land of the Knights of the Sword when I ascended the throne. Moreover, I already have the support of most of the church forces in the country. ”

The Earl of the Palace clearly felt that Salian was politically immature, and did not want to offer him generous conditions at the beginning, but was only using his own advantages to guide him.

Sally sneered slightly, his evaluation of the Count of the Palace was inevitably a point lower, this letter was obviously used by the Duke of Eppenzell to test him, the Earl's secret work was really poor, and he didn't know anything about the Duke of Eppenzell's true thoughts. Even if he didn't know that he had a secret pact with the kingdom of Gniezno, he should at least understand how Duke Eppenzell could support someone else to become emperor, and his ambitions were already known throughout the country. It seems that the Earl of the Imperial Palace has always been smooth, but he does not have a sense of crisis, thinking that his ascension to the throne is something that everyone expects. However, for the time being, he still has to deal with the Earl of the Imperial Palace.

Sally said very solemnly: "Your Royal Highness the Regent, I am still young and need your support. So much news I have to digest carefully. But if you're useful, you're welcome. ”

"Haha, I'm relieved to have a virtuous nephew, then Schwartenn depends on you, and I will definitely not treat you badly when I ascend to the throne. ”

The current situation of the Earl of the Imperial Palace was even worse than what Salian had expected beforehand and Morrow, and he was completely disappointed that he only had a blank check and did not even give Salian any practical benefit.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Regent, please let me congratulate you in advance, Your Majesty!" Salian upgraded the honorific to the standard for treating the Emperor at this time.

"Hehe, young people and children can be taught, and there is a lot to be done in the future!"

"Oh, by the way, Your Majesty, I'm a little curious, what are you going to do with the two people you caught yesterday?"

"Well, those two are small characters, and I'm thinking about whether to announce their exile or hang them after the wedding celebration is over. The Earl of the Palace said to Salian in a very indifferent tone.

"Oh, Your Majesty, I don't want to dirty your hands by erasing such third-rate people!Please let me deal with it for you, I can take them back to Stlingen to torture them slowly, you should have heard of it, our family is very researched here. ”

"Oh, since Aiqing wants to share my worries, it's best, when you are over the tournament and ready to leave, you can find my attendants and civil officials to ask for someone, and he will arrange it." ”

"As you wish, my majesty. ”

At the end of the meaty words, after Salian returned to "Kaiserhof", he recovered from a disgusting late-night snack, and was utterly disappointed with the pedantic and arrogant Earl of the Palace. Fortunately, there is Yulia by his side to help him relax, and the lovely girl has made a lot of extra money tonight.

On the second day, the competition continued to be held, and there will be two finals on that day, namely the three-on-three and seven-on-seven mounted spear competitions, which require training from an early age, so the number of participants is minimal. We skipped the seven-on-seven mounted spear contest, and it was the seven elite knights of the Knights of the Sword who won. Salian, Anna and Asherin will compete in the three-on-three final. They are generally favored to win the championship, and the odds offered by the underground group are also very low.

Of course, those underground groups that have earned ill-gotten gains will not let go of the great opportunity of this martial arts competition. As a bookmaker, the minimum bets will be opened. While it's unlikely that a non-permanent tour will manipulate the game, those who watch it will still make money.

Salian had already agreed with Anna and Ashlin last night that they would give up the championship and arrange for Yulia to pretend to be "Julia" and put all the money on each other, so as to make a lot of money from the dealer and beat their arrogance.

On that day, in the battle area in the center of the arena, the three Salian and their opponents had already been fully equipped.

The master of ceremonies introduced them to the audience one by one with a huge magic megaphone, and Salian then thought about how his sister, Miss Evangelin, had invented small and lightweight magic props that had not yet become widespread.

"Let us welcome the three masters from Schwartenn, Anna von Celine Filst, Countess of the Ancient Count, Count Echerin von Altmannshofen and their companion Meyer. ”

The crowd erupted in loud cheers, especially in the women's seats at the top of the auditorium, and unlike the usual impression, the girls were sometimes more crazy about the sport than the men, waving handkerchiefs in support of the famous knights. Yulia and Hilda are two of them shouting Myer's name as if they were the craziest fans. Miss Witt and Miss Teresa pretended not to know them, and both covered their faces with fans.

Of course, the most noticeable are Anna in a new and ornate plate armor and her chilling nightmare beast. Salian had already advertised his armor and magic cannon to Maximinus yesterday through President Shait, and he had to put some effort into this free armor anyway, not to mention that he had basically decided to make his young friend the crown prince.

However, from the moment he entered the arena, Salian felt a veiled lady watching him from the stands, and the horror knight's perception made him feel that this gaze was unusual.

"Their opponents are three warriors from the White Knights, let us welcome them with the warmest applause as well!"