But every family has a scripture that is difficult to read. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 On the one hand, there has never been a constant struggle in the Valois family, where everyone has a strong desire for power, and in addition to Feli and Devia, Marie de Médeo also has a son, that is, the second son, the Duke of Orleans, Lenoël de Valois, a handsome young prince and the current royal brother, because his brother Farei has no children, so he is now the only legitimate heir to the throne. What's more, Queen Mary disliked the eldest son, who was often nervous, very much, but loved this handsome second son very much. Once, a poisonous apple was found on the desk in front of the king's laborious window, and it was rumored that it was poisoned by the conspirator of the Queen Mother and Lenol.

On the other hand, the powerful local aristocracy still exists, and they still stubbornly want to retain their domains and privileges. In order to fight against the central government, he even did not hesitate to form an alliance with the long-eared people on Sanwang Island. Although the war between Franços and the Long-eared people has been going on for more than a hundred years, there is still no hope of stopping. The Long-eared people were unwilling to give up their vested interests on the mainland, and François would never have given up his homeland to others.

Over the course of a week, the two slowly traveled to Lyon, an important city in the middle of Franços, where the king's palace was, and because of its proximity to the border with Itcanlia, the starting point for Franço's assault, the current king spent most of his year in the city. It was also the mint center of Franços and the largest industrial and commercial city, with a population of nearly 200,000 and a permanent army of more than 30,000, most of them foreign mercenaries, which made the city even more prosperous.

During their visit, Salian's biggest gain was that he could finally share the bed with the alien beauties of the Far Eastern Islands, and Salion's goal since childhood was accomplished, in order to obtain this happiness for a long time, he agreed with Miss Chieko Nanjo that if there was a crystallization of love between them, then Miss Chieko would stay on the Western Continent forever, always by Salian's side.

When they saw the blue banner fluttering from the spire of King Franços's palace, Salian spoke to his new beauty.

"Dear Chieko, we may have met Liel in Lyon, I heard from your good friend before the holidays that she would return to their family's villa on the outskirts of Lyon for the summer holidays, where his father, the Marquis Jean de Wald, spent the summer hunting and fishing. ”

The province of Noon is close to Lyon, and as the largest aristocratic family in the province of Lyon, the Wald family also has a lot of property in Lyon. Moreover, the Marquis de Jean de Wald was also one of the leaders of the rebellion against centralized power, and although he was in peace with the royal family on the surface, he was constantly fighting in private. At the same time, he was one of the leaders of the Knights of Saint-Martin, the largest independent force in François, and held the high position of deputy head and prosecutor.

"Hehe, Salian, you're really lustful. It's also unfortunate that Lil has been entangled by you. Miss Chieko gave Salian a blank look and said helplessly.

Things gather like people, people are grouped, and Li'er and Chieko, who are also lonely, naturally become good friends in the academy, and they gather together to talk about things that ordinary girls are good at, such as makeup and dressing, but profound geopolitical theories and the future development of mankind.

Salian was talking to Chieko while coming to the gate of the city, and at this moment the two of them were dressed as an ordinary adventurer couple.

Salian was of course impeccable, he originally appeared in the form of an adventurer "Myer" along the way, while Chieko wore a golden wig and put on makeup, and disguised her "Thunderbolt", a weapon with oriental characteristics, with a wide scabbard, which looked like a female adventurer with a giant sword at a glance, which was not uncommon in that era.

After paying the entrance tax, they entered the city without any problems, and as the largest city of Franços outside the capital, it was prosperous in a way that no city in the Empire of Divine Grace had. Unlike many of the smaller cities of the Divine Grace Empire, François implemented a metropolitan plan in order to implement centralized power, moving the large nobles and wealthy to several large cities.

Just as they were about to find an inn to stay, suddenly the bells and trumpets of the whole city rang loudly, as if there was an emergency situation in which the enemy was attacking the city.

Salian said puzzledly: "Chieko, we have been calm all the way here, and it is impossible for our army or the army of Samwang Island to raid here. And you see, not only us, but also the citizens of the city were stunned. ”

"Indeed, I have just observed that the guards at the gates only pay attention to my beauty, and do not look at me with wary eyes. ”

At this moment, they saw several men with half shawls on their shoulders running wildly, and a group of halberdiers with helmets and breastplates were in hot pursuit. The ordinary citizens around avoided it and hid in all directions. And Salian already had a rough idea of the two groups from what they were wearing.

He took Chieko's hand and followed him behind the group of halberders. While saying to his beauty, "It seems that King François has finally made a move." ”

"Salian, do you already know the reason for the bell?" asked Chieko curiously.

"Yes, I had some premonitions from the various secret reports I received before I arrived at the Augustan Academy, but I did not expect to be met by us. You see that the person with half a shawl on his shoulder in front of him is the one who belongs to the 'Order of Saint-Martin', because this order has the historical Saint-Martin as its patron saint, and the most famous deed of Saint-Martin is that he gave half of his shawl to the poor people he met on the side of the road. ”

"I see, so who is chasing them behind?" asked Chieko again.

"Haha, dear girl, just look at their weapons and armor, these are the mercenaries recruited by King François from the southernmost mountains of Mars, our country. ”

"Oh, it's the mountains we passed by on our last adventure!" said Miss Chieko, nodding.

"Hehe, that's good. Only the warriors there would use this halberd, which was less than two meters long, as weapons were used as weapons, and there were many mountains, rivers and forests, and it was difficult for a weapon to move in between. And this mountain halberd can not only flexibly use slashing, stabbing, hooking, knocking and other technical attacks in a single fight, but also use the ancient Spartan square to conduct group combat after rigorous training. Even in battle with the cavalry brigade, it will not be left behind. ”

"So are we going to stay out of the way, or do we help one of them?" Miss Chieko understood that since Salian knew so much about this matter, it couldn't be as simple as just watching the battle.

"Oh, I can't hide anything from you, dear Chieko, what my New Mark Krai lacks is talent and funds, and these things are all the 'Knights of St. Martin', since their establishment in the Eastern Holy War, they have gradually grown from a weak welfare organization, and finally even started a loan business, noble church knights, there are more IOUs in the treasury than the Book of Sacred Words. Therefore, the Pope and King François are very jealous of them, but they did not expect to do it today, and it seems that the terms of the distribution of the spoils between the Holy See and the King have been negotiated!"

"I guess there are some not-so-bright political and economic reasons for you to specialize in Lil's sister at school. Chieko suddenly realized.

Salian smiled and didn't answer directly, but continued: "Let's hurry up and help, I don't know what Li'er's situation is yet!"

They quickly blended into the surrounding crowd and ran towards the city gates, where Salian judged that the members of the "Knights of St. Martin" would flee from the city in a hurry after a surprise attack, and that the place would be heavily guarded by the king's men. The two need to act on the opportunistic side.

When they came to the gate of the city where they had just entered, they found that there were indeed many soldiers already there. The closed gate was presumably defended by a company of spearmen and halberders, and at the head of the pack was a small group of soldiers dressed in bright red and blue, who Salian knew must be the masters of the most elite royal guards in the Kingdom of Franços, and the gates were full of archers and magic gunners in full gear.

One of the royal guards caught the special attention of Salian, who was very young, perhaps not as old as Salian, as evidenced by his pointed jaw, which had not yet grown a beard, and his hooked nose and prominent cheekbones showed his cunning and tenacious character. He wore a felt hat with red feathers and was supposed to be an officer in the group.

They found a corner to hide for the time being, and Salian whispered to Chieko.

"Some of the most famous knights of François are important figures in the 'Saint-Martin' Order, and I think that young officer should be another characteristic profession of the Kingdom of Franços - Ranger Swordsman, you don't know about them, just fend off those spearmen and halberdiers for me, and I will meet that master. ”

"Okay, when are we going to make a move!?"

"It's best when our friends come here and get into a scuffle, so that it feels like we're pulling out our swords to help us when we get out of trouble. Hey, hey!"

"If I stay with you for a long time, I will definitely become bad. Chieko shook her head sadly.

Sure enough, after a while, they saw a number of blood-stained figures rushing towards the city gate, and they found the enemy waiting at the city gate, although they knew that there was little hope of survival, but still rushed forward.

Among these people were the Knights of Radiance and the ordinary warriors, all of whom had gathered from the entire city of Leon and the remnants of the Knights, who were immediately in a scuffle with the soldiers guarding the gates. Although the members of the "Knights of St. Martin" were all masters, because the weaker ones had been killed or captured in the first wave of raids, the number of guards was so great that gradually there were only a dozen of them left.

More than half of them were killed by the young Imperial Guard, who held a handguard sword in his right hand and a short-barreled magic gun in his left hand that Salian had never seen before, and because of some special mechanism installed, it was able to fire in a burst in a very short time.

At the same time, this person's swordsmanship is also very superb, judging from the movement, he should be a master of François's "strike stream", which pays great attention to the lethal of one hit, and the cross footwork used can launch all-round attacks and defenses at will, without any dead ends. There are some similarities with Mullarsen's "Supreme Art" stream, but she is a more concise and practical genre.