"No, it doesn't matter, it's our visit that came too suddenly. Gladys lowered her head and spoke quietly, "Since Sophia is not feeling well, we will take our leave." As she spoke, she tugged at Elaine's sleeve, which was still stunned, and signaled that it was time for her to leave.

Reminded by Gratis, Elaine was still stunned for a second before reacting, she glanced at Glatis blankly, and then realized her faux pas, bowed hurriedly, and was about to turn around and leave.

"Wait a minute, please. As Gladys and Elaine were about to leave, the manservant hurriedly called out to them, "Since the two of you have come to visit the young lady at this time, they must be good friends of the young lady......, right?" What's wrong with Miss?"

Gladys looked at Elaine with some hesitation, and the classmate next to him lowered his head at this time, looking very nervous. Considering Elaine's feelings, Gladys did not answer the manservant's question directly, but only said vaguely: "This is ...... We don't know very well either. Is Mr. Swain here now?"

The manservant shook his head and said, "The master has something to go out and can't come back for a while, so we can't persuade the young lady." If you know anything, please tell me that the situation of the young lady is very worrying to us, but no one can comfort the young lady, and now we are in a difficult situation. ”

From the manservant's words, Gladys could tell that Sophia's condition was worse than she had imagined, which made her even more worried. However, if she said it directly, I was afraid that Elaine would be even more upset. Gladys tried her best to relieve Elaine all afternoon, but this usually energetic girl couldn't show her original smile, just like her liveliness, Elaine's heart was actually very simple, and a little thing was enough to make her feel guilty for a long time, not to mention that this time she still had such a conflict with Sophia.

"We don't know much about the specific reason, but we only know that Sophia suddenly did this after listening to the speech today. ”

"Speech?" asked the manservant, puzzled, "what kind of speech?"

Gretis didn't have any scruples about this, and simply said: "It was an academic lecture by a professor named Manfred Schneider. However, he is not a professor at the Astrad I College, so I don't know exactly who he is, and as for the content of his speech......"

At this point, Gladys hesitated, she wasn't sure if the servants of the Jericho family were also aware of Sophia's feelings for Swain, and if saying this would have any bad effect on Sophia.

"Is there anything inconvenient to reveal?" said the manservant, who refused to give up so easily after asking him to find out the cause of Sophia's irritation before he left.

"It's a lecture on the theory of descent. Elaine, who had been silent, spoke suddenly, "The professor's research seems to prove that His Majesty Astrad I's advocacy of the electorate is wrong, that there is no distinction between noble and low blood, and that the marriage of men and women who are close to each other can cause serious genetic diseases in their offspring, especially since he said that the marriage of brother and sister is more likely to induce this condition, which Sophia suddenly underwent when she heard this." ”

After hearing Elaine's words, the manservant did not have a particularly surprised look on his face, but lowered his head slightly and thought about it. Seeing his reaction like this, Gretis could be sure that Sophia's feelings for Swain, these servants were not ignorant.

It's just that Gladys didn't think about it, and after Elaine suddenly spoke, she looked at Elaine worriedly. There was no expression on the girl's face, as if she had suddenly let go of all her psychological baggage and was ready to face it all.

"Actually, Sophia didn't get to that point at first, but ...... Later, I argued with her because of my words, and Sophia was even more stimulated by my words, and then ran out of school. ”

The manservant looked at Elaine in surprise, both surprised by the content of Elaine's words and surprised by the girl's courage.

"Is that so...... Please don't be too burdened, arguments over a question are common, Miss has been staying in Midnight Castle, so she rarely socializes with others, and it is inevitable that she will be fragile in her heart, and it is not because of your relationship. ”

Despite being persuaded in this way, Elaine still didn't untie the knot, at least Gladys still didn't see the smile on her face.

"No, that's my fault, if I don't say those words......"

"Elaine!" Gladys quickly interrupted Elaine, clasping her hand tightly, "stop blaming yourself like that, and even if you continue to feel guilty like this, it won't help, let's think about what we can do to make Sophia better." ”

Elaine pursed her lips tightly and didn't speak again.

The manservant sighed, he roughly understood the matter of the young lady, but at the same time, he also found that there was really no way to solve this problem without Sven.

"Anyway, thank you two for telling me the truth, and if you two are going back to school now, I will have them send you back. ”

"Thank you very much. Gladys didn't refuse, Elaine's current situation made her very uneasy, and having someone from the Jericho family on the road to take care of her was also a guarantee.

Seeing Geatis and Elaine away, the manservant's face suddenly dropped.

"Manfred Schneider......" he muttered, "who is this guy?"

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The night scene of Puerto León is still the same as before, although there is a certain amount of prosperous lights, but anyone who has seen the city that never sleeps will feel that the night of Puerto León is still quieter. Looking at the buildings and lights outside the train window, Viscount Ernest couldn't help but think of some of the past, some of the past seventeen years ago.

The night seems to be brighter here than it was seventeen years ago.

"Your Excellency, Commander. ”

Adjutant Major Marvin's voice pulled Ernest's thoughts back.

"What's the matter?" he looked at his adjutant, Marven was slightly younger than Ernest, in his thirties, he was not like Ernest who was recommended by someone to enter the Ministry of the Interior, but after serving in the army for many years, he was transferred to the Imperial Capital Guard.

"Do the troops want to repair in Porto León, although His Highness Alexander's order is urgent, but we have arrived in Porto León ahead of schedule, and perhaps we can relax the soldiers. ”

"No, no. Ernest turned his face back again, and his face was reflected in the window, "Since we are all in Port Leon, we are so close to De Wei, and there is no need for us to stop here and waste time." ”

"Yes......" Major Marven lowered his head, the commander's temper was clear, stern, or harsh, the imperial capital garrison completed the transformation from a gendarmerie to a regular army in the hands of Ernest, which is why Ernest, as a member of Alexander's family, was able to control the most well-equipped imperial capital garrison under Beria, his talent is obvious to all, even Beria can't pick out the thorns.

The train bypassed the busiest of urban areas, passing by the side of the coast, and although it was night, Ernest could still see the dense ships docked in the harbor on the shore. It was the half of the Southern Fleet docked in Porto León, a city that had changed hands three times since the Philip family suddenly returned to Porto León, and the navies could only watch what happened, and before they could even react, they were abandoned by Michel VII and locked up in the harbor by the Imperial Army.

Ernest craned his neck, and he seemed to see ships moving in the harbor. It stands to reason that the current Southern Fleet is closely monitored, they did not defect to the Empire in time like the Viting, nor did they dare to fight to the end like Duke Edward, and they were regarded as prisoners and disarmed after being captured by Marshal Rudolph in Port Leon, and were embarrassed to be thrown here by the Empire, and they did not know what kind of outcome awaited them in the end.

"Which unit is stationed in Port Leon?" Ernest frowned, and without looking back, he just stared at the port.

Major Marvin pondered for a moment and then replied, "It should be Hecarim Noe Vitin's Southern Corps, and Marshal Rudolph did not give them the task of attacking, so they have been stationed in Port León. ”

"...... Wittin," Ernest muttered, his majestic brows tightened, "I remember that he was rebelled against by the men of the third lesson. ”

"Yes, Thresy Daxda from Lesson 3. "After all, the Imperial Capital Garrison Force is subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior, and Major Marven is quite familiar with his colleagues who belong to the same department.

Ernest pressed his lips and lowered his eyes thoughtfully, but at this moment, the speed of the train gradually slowed down, and the scenery outside the window that was constantly receding slowly slowed down

"What's going on?" Ernest remained calm about the sudden change, and he took his gaze back from the window and looked at Major Marvin solemnly, "Go and see what happened." ”

"Yes. Marven gave Ernest a military salute, then trotted out of the car and headed for the front of the car.

Coming to the front of the train, Major Marvin was surprised to see that a sentry post had been stopped in front of the train, and a group of soldiers with guns were waving the barrels of their guns behind the sentry post to signal the train to stop. Getting closer, Major Marvin found that the uniforms of these soldiers were all in the style of the Southern Army.

The train stopped, and Major Marvin quickly ran to the front of the locomotive and asked loudly to the soldiers of the Southern Legion: "What are you doing, this train is on the orders of His Highness Alexander, urgently going to Deweide, who asked you to stop it!"

A young officer stepped out of the soldiers, Marven could clearly see the nervousness on his face, it was clear that this officer's experience was as young as his age.

"We have received an order from Marshal Rudolph that there are not enough troops at the front, and since your troops have reached the port of Leon, the next journey to Deweide can be carried on foot, and this train needs to go to the front to support the front. ”

Major Marven couldn't help but get angry, one train was not enough for the imperial capital garrison, if it weren't for the needs of the front line, Ernest would not have divided the troops into two parts, and he would have taken two thousand back to the imperial capital first.

"What are you kidding!" Marven walked up to the young officer in front of him and wanted to teach the young man the rules in the army, "Which unit are you in, let your commander come out and explain in person, we are under the orders of His Royal Highness Alexander and the War Department, you say that you have orders from Marshal Rudolph, then take out the official written documents and look at them." ”

The young officer's face turned red, but fortunately it was dark at night, and there were no lights too bright near the railway, which was not so obvious. "If you do not believe me, you may send a telegram to Marshal Rudolph for instructions, and now all the troops at Pritown are under the full command of Marshal Rudolph, and the orders of the War Office should be placed after those of the Marshal. ”

He argued with reason, but despite his efforts, sometimes the army is unreasonable.

"Who has this time!" Major Marven pushed the other party violently, and the young officer did not stand firm for a while, and was directly pushed to the ground by Marven, "Send a telegram to the marshal......?

He gestured and reached for the gun magazine around his waist, trying to scare the hairy boy.

"Otherwise?"

A deep voice came from not far away, and Marven looked up to find a middle-aged general staring at him coldly.

"Otherwise......" Wei Ting raised his hand, and his soldiers raised their guns in unison and aimed them at Marven.

"How?"