Whether it is the Holy Radiance City, or the northern realm, or the rest of the Saint-Teresa Kingdom, more and more people are caught in the turmoil of the battle for the throne, and the competition for the scepter is like a bottomless whirlpool, constantly pulling and swallowing people into it, but I don't know who will be the surviving survivor who can escape this whirlpool in the end?

However, Al seems to be away from this maelstrom, at least now, as long as he encounters people or things that may be related to the struggle for the throne, he immediately runs away, even Princess Sophia, who has a good relationship with him, and Miss Vanessa, Al has not been in touch for a long time.

Now he is like a hermit who lives in solitude, he never shows up in Hawley again, and even when he is invited to a ball, Al always finds some excuse not to go, he has made up his mind not to get involved in this bottomless abyss.

It's just that as the saying goes, "When people sit at home, disaster comes from heaven", there are always some things that can't be avoided if you want to, such as Al at this time.

Al frowned and looked at the humble palace guards in front of him, and asked with hope, "Can you not go?"

"This ......", the guard had obviously never encountered this kind of reply, and he was a little at a loss for a while, why didn't this one play his cards according to common sense?" The guard accentuated the word glory, apparently implying something.

"Alright, go back and reply, Marquis El Edward will be there on time on behalf of the Iron Thorns. Al thought about it, but agreed. When the guards left, Al looked at the invitation in his hand and had another headache.

New Year's Hunt, which is a regular event held by the Violet royal family every New Year, was originally intended to prevent the descendants of the royal family from enjoying themselves and forgetting that the throne relied on the martial arts that their ancestors fought with swords on horses. At first, the royal family only invited the nobles who responded to Grievous I's army to participate in the hunt, but later the scope of the invitation gradually expanded, and the New Year's hunt gradually changed its taste, from the original promotion of force to the royal family's activities to win over the big nobles and cultivate feelings.

However, although the number of invitations has increased slightly compared to the beginning, it is still a drop in the bucket compared to the many families in Hawley, and generally only those noblest and top families, or nobles who have made outstanding contributions to the kingdom and the royal family, can receive invitations. Therefore, the nobles in Shenghui City all regarded it as a great honor to receive the invitation of the Violet New Year's hunt.

It's a pity that Al didn't dare to be interested in such glory, he originally came to Shenghui City, just to make some money, and by the way, to upgrade himself, how could he have expected to fall into such a dangerous situation. If it weren't for the fact that the Westside Trading House had just improved, and the Colosseum, which he attached great importance to, was still being built, Al would have patted his ass and left Shenghui City and returned to the West. Now what he wants to do most is to be a shrunken turtle at home, and wait until the new king registers and follows the crowd and shouts "Violet will never be defeated", as for these princes who are fighting to the death, he just wants to sit on a bench and watch the play, and he doesn't want to join in on stage at all.

But who made him represent the Iron Thorn Family, the Iron Thorn Family was one of the first to respond when Grievous I raised his army, and it was only natural that the royal family would invite him now. Al Si thought about it, now is not the time to tear his face with the royal family, so he can only accept the invitation with a bitter face.

On the day of the hunt, under the heavy protection of the city guards, a group of high-spirited nobles followed the royal family to the royal forest farm a few miles away from Shenghui City, most of them wore gorgeous hunting clothes, and the exquisite style seemed to be not going to hunt, but to attend a banquet. Interestingly, all the families have someone holding aloft a banner with the family emblem painted on it, as if to demonstrate, as if to boast, like a roaring lion, announcing the location of their territory.

Round-ups may sound like a very masculine event, but that doesn't mean all ladies are not allowed to participate, and there are some maverick women who don't mind showing off their prowess at such events. Among them, Princess Sophia is undoubtedly the most eye-catching one, riding a tall horse, she is dressed in a lilac hunting suit, carrying a large and formidable hard bow behind her back, quivers, arrows, swords and sabers, all kinds of majestic, heroic. It looks much more imposing than the gentlemen around him.

However, women like Princess Sophia are still a minority among the nobles, and most of the nobles' female dependents are still delicate and unbearable to travel long distances, so most of them hide in carriages to avoid the poison of the wind and sun, which also makes the huge procession move more and more slowly.

Among the many carriages, there was one carriage in the middle of the procession, surrounded by the stars like the moon, and the violet mark on the side of the carriage unmistakably told everyone that it was the nobles of the royal family who sat inside. Those who did not know thought that it was the queen's royal car, but the nobles who were invited knew that it was Grievous the Great, who had been bedridden for a long time and was not good at walking.

Except for the occasional prayer visit to the Holy Radiance Cathedral in the Sanctuary, the New Year's hunt was one of the few activities that Grievous the Great would go out of the palace, and he continued to do so since the Emperor was unable to walk on the ground, perhaps because of this reason the nobles still have a reverence for His Majesty.

However, none of this has anything to do with El, compared to the big nobles who carry a large number of servants and family members, he is simply like a lonely ghost when he participates in the hunting activities alone, and he is a complete anomaly. When Al took out his family badge and told him that he was the only one in the Iron Thorn Family, the official's jaw dropped to the ground.

But that's what Al wants, and he doesn't want to make a splash in this hunt, get the best rankings, and do something with so many helpers. Alone, Al rode alone behind the group, surrounded only by the knights of the city guard who were protecting the team, and no one spoke to him, which was in line with El's original expectations.

It's just that it didn't take long for such a day to run around the line from the front to the rear, obviously coming towards Al. Al looked at the banner held high by the knight at the head, embroidered with a lifelike eagle that seemed to be about to spread its wings.