The next day, Swain took Sophia to Viscount Ernesta's mansion.

At last she saw her daughter, whom she had not seen for fifteen years, and Mrs. Jericho was overwhelmed with emotion. As soon as she saw Sophia, she rushed up and hugged her daughter tightly, tears gushing out uncontrollably. Victoria, who was standing behind her mother, couldn't help but redden's eyes, although she had seen her sister before, and she didn't feel so deeply compared to her mother, but seeing this scene, she also felt the same way.

Sophia was also very excited to finally see her mother. Although she still had reservations in her words when she met Victoria, when she really met her mother, she still couldn't hold back her tears, and the emotions she had accumulated over the years exploded instantly.

Seeing the mother and daughter hugging each other and crying, Sven, who was standing at the door, remained calm and silent. After watching them for a while, Sven, who didn't intend to disturb them, simply left the room, he was not suitable to stay in this scene.

The Viscount's mansion was obviously much cramped compared to Jericho's main mansion, not only the house seemed small, there were few servants, the coachman and the gardener would not come into the house if they had nothing to do, the cook and the cook stayed in the kitchen to prepare for today's special luncheon, and Ramrem was the only one who was really by Jerichault's side.

When Swain came to hang out in the backyard, the maid followed.

"Why don't you stay with Madame?"

Sven didn't look back to know who was coming, and after suffering two losses in the magic perception of the thirteenth class, Sven now distracted a part of his attention all the time, using his magic to perceive everything around him. It would cost a lot of mana, but it was affordable for Sven.

Ramrem looked at the man with his back to her, without any expression on his face. She slowly looked away from Swain's back to the apple tree being patted by Sven. It is on this tree that Ernest made the swing.

"It's better to leave them alone for a while now, we don't have to bother them. Don't you think so?"

Turning around, Sven stared at the maid she hadn't seen in days. They haven't been in touch since the last time.

"Then why did you come here to accompany me?"

I haven't seen each other for a few days, and when the two of them meet again, their attitudes are much colder, as if the emotions they showed that night have never existed.

"You should have asked something about the attackers that night. ”

"You want to know?"

"I was also the one who was attacked that day, and I think I have that right. ”

Sven was silent for a moment. It didn't matter if Ramrem was told that Swain knew that the maid was not a talkative person.

"That kid is from Thirteen Lessons. ”

"Lesson Thirteen?" Ramrem frowned slightly, she remembered the last question Swain had when they first met at the Red Pinwheel, "What the hell is Lesson Thirteen?"

"You'd better stay away from them when you encounter them. Although not everyone in the thirteenth class has some ability like that kid, after all, you are absolutely disadvantageous to them. ”

Although Swain didn't say it explicitly, the hint was enough for Ramrem to fully understand. The maid's face couldn't help but turn a little pale, just like that day, even the mere hearing of the magic messenger could scare her enough.

"You mean, Thirteen is an institution made up entirely of magicians?"

"Pretty much, at least they're targeting people who can use magic. "This institution is nominally subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior, but it is directly accountable to the Emperor. Their bureau chief has been the Hecate family of the Demon Dao family for generations. I have seen and fought against the current Earl of Hecate. He is so good at magic that I can beat him, but I can't say I know more about magic than he does. ”

The maid's face was even more unsightly. She had been living in the imperial capital for several years, but she had never known that she had always built a nest under the noses of a group of natural enemies.

"So they have their eyes on you, so they specially sent someone to assassinate you?" Although I don't understand why the Thirteen Lessons, which belong directly to the Emperor, would assassinate Swain at this time, with the information that Ramrem knows, this is the most logical reasoning.

"No, the explanation given to me by Lesson 13 is that this is only the personal action of that kid, at least for now, and I don't think they have to be my enemy. As for why that kid killed me, they haven't given me an update yet. ”

"You handed that man back to Lesson Thirteen, you're so kind!" Ramrem could dissect some of the details from Swain's words alone, but at the same time she was surprised by Sven's actions.

"That kid is from the Hecate family. The illegitimate son of the deceased wife of Count Hecate. ”

Hearing this explanation, Ramrem was surprised and understood why Swain did this. Although he is an illegitimate child who is not related by blood, it is indeed much heavier than that of ordinary employees, and it is naturally inappropriate for Swain to detain people in his hands. It's just that the earl can tolerate a wife's illegitimate child, which is really "generous".

"Is that so...... So, you must have demanded a lot of compensation from them, right?"

"Reparations? I'm not going to let Hecate and Lesson Thirteen leave their relationship with me so easily. ”

"And what did you ask for?"

Sven didn't answer right away, and after confirming that there were no people near him at the end of the mana, he said to Ramrem, "Let him help push forward the proposal to integrate the Imperial Capital Garrison into the Raiders." ”

Swain's answer surprised Ramrem, who now understood why Ernest had suddenly been transferred to Landestown. Although it is reasonable for Viscount Jericho, as the commander of the imperial capital, to lead the troops to defend the emperor when De Weide is threatened, even if it is a reasonable thing, there will be people behind it.

"Is that so...... I understand. Ramrem roughly guessed some of Swain's intentions, and she understood why Swain was so comfortable telling her this secret, "However, Count Hecate really agreed to this request, since he is an organ of the Ministry of the Interior directly under the Emperor, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to escape the Emperor's eyes to do such a thing." ”

"Yes, the earl did not agree, but he did not explicitly refuse either. In fact, the matter was done without waiting for a clear reply from Count Hecate. ”

Ramrem listened quietly to Swain.

"It's not difficult for the emperor to guess my intentions, but even if he does, I don't intend to hide it from him at all. What's more, the rebels are so close to the imperial capital, sooner or later they will have to fight here, and the imperial capital garrison will inevitably go to the battlefield. I wooed the Hecate family, and I didn't expect them to help in this matter. As long as Count Hecate is involved in this matter, he and I will not be able to get out of contact with him. ”

"You've really hurt people. Ramrem scoffed Swain slightly.

As soon as she had finished speaking, there was a loud bang in the direction of the river to the west, and billowing smoke and skyrocketing fire rose in the western sky, and Swin and Ramrem could see clearly.

Alarmed by this movement, the servants in the Viscount's Mansion all ran out one after another, and were surprised to find that not only in Shanghe District, but also in many places in the imperial capital, such bad news had risen. Mrs. Jericho and the two sisters also came out, and when Sophia saw her brother, she first ran to his side, holding his brother's arm tightly, and her tear-stained face was full of worry.

This scene fell in the eyes of her mother and sister, and it was a different taste.

"War is coming. ”

Swain sighed softly.

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The buildings of the War Office were also attacked, and the spies sent by Pritown to the Imperial Capital made these military command organs their first priority. The Emperor was in a meeting with the officers in the building, and several carriages were dragged by frightened horses and rushed straight towards the War Office building, and the soldiers guarding it were completely unstoppable. As soon as the carriage burst into the building, there was a massive explosion, and both the gate and the soldiers guarding it were killed.

The Emperor's attendants quickly informed the Emperor of the attack on the Imperial Capital, and Nicholas I's face was pale, and Virtue Ride, who had not been in war for hundreds of years, was still broken in front of his eyes.

Despite the dissuasion of the staff officers of the War Department, the Emperor resolutely left the War Office building. And when he bypassed the burning gate and walked out into the street, the killers who had been in ambush for a long time immediately rushed towards him without regard for their lives.

"Protect Your Majesty!"

Baron McCool, the captain of the Royal Guard, roared and was the first to stand in front of the Emperor, followed by Sir Willy, the Chief Keeper of the Imperial Court, who also stood at the Emperor's side, blocking the bullets for him.

The guards of the royal guard also rushed forward and erected a human wall for the emperor. After ensuring the safety of Nicholas I, the Royal Guard and the surviving War Department soldiers began to fight back against the Assassins. As soon as a guard acting as a human wall is shot and falls, someone will immediately go up to fill the vacant seat.

Under layers of protection, the emperor was unscathed. He looked coldly at those who wanted to take his life, waved his hand violently, and shouted: "For the Empire!

"For the Empire!

The soldiers responded to the Emperor's slogan, and in a short time, they killed all the headless Assassins. Fearing that there were still snipers in the building opposite, the human wall was still not disbanded, and the Royal Guard was still on first-level alert.

But the emperor was unwilling to be so timid, he directly pushed through the human wall and stepped on a horse's horse.

"Your Majesty!" the War Department staff officers finally arrived, and they were even more shocked when they saw the Emperor on horseback, "This is too dangerous, there may be hidden assassins, please stay at the War Department just in case, we will defend your safety to the death!" The Chief of Staff rushed forward to protect the Emperor's leg from the stirrup, and persuaded hard.

But the emperor didn't appreciate it at all, and seeing that his leg couldn't shake off the chief of staff, he simply kicked him in the chest and kicked him away. "Inform Guderian that he should go to the palace of Tiamat as soon as he returns from the front. You also bring all the materials of the War Department there, and from now on, the command post of the armies of the whole empire will be located in the Tiamat Palace!"

After saying that, the Emperor did not give the staff any chance to speak, and with a wave of his horsewhip, Baron McCool and Sir Willy, as well as the royal guards, followed the Emperor closely.

As the Emperor and his party approached the Glory of Justice Square, the Assassins attacked again. Through terrorist attacks throughout Germany, they succeeded in plunging the city into chaos and panic. After completing the objectives of the first step, they prepared the second step of the plan, which was to attack the Tiamat Palace.

The encounter with the Emperor was a surprise to the Assassins, but when they discovered that the Emperor had appeared in the Glory of Justice Square, they decisively shifted their focus and turned some of the explosives that had been intended for Tiamat Palace to Nicholas I.

However, since the emperor and his party appeared from the west side of the square, it was impossible for the already frightened horses to turn with the carriage anymore, so the dead men simply tied up the explosives themselves, let the carriage continue north, jumped out of the carriage themselves, and galloped towards the emperor.

"Your Majesty!" Baron McCool was the first to see that something was wrong, and he was closest to the Emperor, so he simply accelerated to the Emperor's side, let the horse crash into the Emperor's mount, and forcibly stopped the Emperor's horse. The impact knocked the emperor off his horse, and the baron himself flew off his horse, blocking the emperor and defending himself against possible snipers.

The guards of the Royal Guard once again pressed forward, as it was difficult to aim on their galloping horses, so they used their bodies to block the Assassins. The horses were strong enough to knock the Assassins flying, but some of the fish that slipped through the net were able to avoid the knights who charged like arrows. If the loyal knight failed to bump into the Assassins, he jumped off his horse and pounced on the Assassins, holding them down, preferring to die with them rather than let them go to the Emperor's side.

Once again, under the heroic protection of the Royal Guard, not a single Assassin was released to the Emperor's side. When the carriages were loaded onto the gates of the Tiamat Palace, the explosives that had already been lit were detonated, and the main entrance of the Tiamat Palace and the guards who stood in the way of the Assassins were also shattered by the Empire.

The emperor, who was knocked off his horse by Baron McCool, struggled to get up, after all, he was old, and this time he also choked enough.

The baron also fell to the ground, but he was only middle-aged after all, and the situation was much better than that of the emperor. He stepped forward to help the emperor and bowed his head to confess to him. "I'm so sorry for hitting you, and I'm willing to accept your punishment. ”

"No, you did a good job, you saved me. The Emperor stroked his waist and stood up with the help of the baron. He looked at the unrecognizable main entrance of the Tiamat Palace, and his face was very ugly. A few days ago he stood at the gates to inspect the Empire's troops, but now, the centuries-old Tiamat Palace, like this empire, was missing a corner to the south.

Some citizens in the square were so frightened by this turn of events that they panicked and screamed for their lives. Such a scene is also staged everywhere in Deweide.

The emperor naturally would not be indifferent when he saw such a situation. He got on the horse that Sir Willy had brought him again, and sat on the horse and shouted to the panicked people:

"Calm down! How can the people of Silul be alarmed by such an insignificant threat!"

The Emperor's loud voice, coupled with the warning shots fired by the royal guards, quieted the crowd slightly. Instead of running away, they turned around and looked at their great emperor.

"Today, many loyal soldiers and innocent civilians have died under the shameless conspiracy of the enemies of the empire, but such a setback cannot defeat the empire and the people of Silur! We can stand at the top of the world today and overlook the world because we are never afraid of sacrifice, let alone challenge, no matter who the enemy is, no matter how many enemies there are, the empire will never back down!

The war has come, and the enemy is under the city, but Siliel is the name born in the flames of war, and the enemy will only make us stronger, and more enemies will make us strong enough to suppress the whole world!

So—my people, the people of the Empire, lift up your heads with pride! I want you to watch, and the Empire will look through your eyes, and see the destruction of the enemy, and the name of Siliul to shine on the world!

For the Empire!

The Emperor's speech aroused the confidence and pride of the people of the imperial capital in the Empire, and they were no longer panicked or worried, and the shouts of "For the Empire! For Siliul!" reverberated in the Glory of Justice Square.

After calming the mind, the emperor returned to the palace of Tiamat with his attendants. Although the gate was shattered and a fire broke out, it was not at all a reason for the emperor to detour. As usual, he returned to his palace of Tiamat in dignity.

The court attendants immediately set about extinguishing the fire and repairing the gates, which could no longer be aesthetically pleasing, and in view of the impending war in Dewit, the emperor demanded that a strong new gate be built as soon as possible, and fortifications should be erected around the palace of Tiamat.

As soon as he returned to the Tiamat Palace, the alarms of attacks in various parts of the imperial capital kept coming, and the Browning district was the most seriously damaged, and the Shanghe district was already on fire; Important departments such as the Ministry of Communications and Communications were also attacked to varying degrees, but fortunately, the buildings of these departments were guarded by professional soldiers and basically continued to function, and in addition to the aristocratic districts and government institutions, some civilian areas and commercial streets were also attacked, and these attacks on ordinary people caused great confusion and panic, and some people began to prepare to flee the imperial capital.

The Emperor immediately ordered martial law in the imperial capital, and without his permission or that of the War Department, no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Shortly after the emperor issued martial law, the Minister of War and the staff of the War Department also rushed to the Tiamat Palace, and they brought the latest news from the front, bad news.

The 63rd Cavalry Division, which originally belonged to the Southern Army, had arrived at the front line of Landstown, and Viscount Jericho's Imperial Capital Garrison and Connaught's 5,000 soldiers were confronting the enemy.