There are always people in this world whose hearts are as high as the sky, but most of them have lives as thin as paper.

I don't have that foundation, and I don't have that luck.

I have never seen the cruelty of the world and the unfriendliness of society.

Martin is not a real fifteen-year-old, he is a college animal, and he is in a state where he is about to step into society, and he has an ignorant vision of the world and a little bit of the outside world.

And Karna in front of him, no matter how talented and precocious her mind is, she is still a fifteen-year-old girl. At an age where there are infinite possibilities and hopes, and there is also fearlessness.

The imminent successful accession to the throne obviously stimulated her and made her mentality a little fanatical.

The world of Kaos is a world that still has a rather heavy savage flavor. As far as Martin knew, in the southern wilderness, in the Eight Peaks of Callas, there were still bloody orcs and wilderness orcs. These orc clans, which often cost tens of thousands of people, or more than 100,000 people, are a headache for anyone who encounters them.

They may not cause the collapse of the entire empire, but they can make the situation in several provinces erode to the extreme in an instant. The empire can't collect taxes from a single man, and it has to send large troops to follow the orc infantry with good foot strength all over the mountain.

Karna has completely put herself in the position of Empress of the Empire, condescendingly smashing her allies with money, which is not a wise choice.

No, when Karna said this, the old man Ram beside her had already changed his face. He was about to say something when Martin made the first move.

Gently letting go of Karna, Martin regained his gentlemanly demeanor, as if he had just pulled Karna into a ballroom dance.

"The emperor may be lonely, sitting in that supreme position with tens of thousands of miles of territory, the emperor is unmatched. I've never coveted the chair next to the Emperor, I'm just reminding you that you're not the Emperor yet. And I will never shout 'Long live the Emperor'!"

Martin's flat tone made Karna feel a little bad.

She also realized that she was in too much of a hurry.

She was confronted with her savior, a great nobleman of Bakaria, a man who wielded no less authority than the king. Even though he was as young as he was, only fifteen.

"Wait! I'm ......" was half a second before Karna said the word "I'm sorry." At this moment, the words of her grandfather, Grand Duke Lopez, still echoed in her ears-

"You're going to be the Empress. Remember – the emperor can never be wrong. The only one who is wrong is the courtier who makes the wrong suggestion. Because the Emperor must be perfect!

Two diametrically opposed philosophies hit Karna's mind and left her at a loss.

Before I knew it, I watched Martin leave.

Without looking back, Martin waved his hand, leaving a sentence far away: "I do things at my own pace." I'm fine, I'll help you build a bridge when I'm free. Originally, I just didn't want to borrow too much domestic power and save some money. But I still have three million gold coins, enough for me to spend. Rest assured, the cement formula will be sold to you. ”

"You ......" Karna was about to say something, but was suddenly pulled by Ram.

"You two young men, you're too impulsive. Ram sighed deeply, having thought that Martin, like Karna of his family, was the pride of the sky. After carefully checking Martin's information, I found that Karna's starting point was much, much higher than Martin's.

Karna relied on the strong military strength of the Lopez family and the support of Martin to take most of the Rick Province. But Martin started almost from scratch, taking advantage of the kingdom's grievances and popular hearts, coupled with his own ingenuity, to take down a Gergent who had been entrenched by orcs for hundreds of years.

It's clear who is strong and who is weak.

But Karna actually used money to suppress such a young archduke who also had a brilliant record. It's a bad move. Before Gjent was destroyed, Martin might be okay when he was in dire need of money.

Now is that Martin is about to soar into the sky, and Karna is doing it in a daze.

When Martin returned to the Lord's Mansion, Jaime suddenly arrived.

"Martin, the messenger of the Nord family has arrived. Do you want to see it?"

Martin was stunned for a moment: "Let's see you!"

With such a good card in his hand, Martin would be too stupid to sell without waiting for the price. Even if it's a pressure on Karna.

Martin didn't even hide it, and in the meeting room of the City Lord's Mansion, he received the envoy of the Nord family.

The messenger was a middle-aged man of about forty years of age, with a typical soldier's resolute face. Although he is slightly thin, his short brown hair, a pair of keen turquoise eyes, and a knife-like facial contour have made him invisibly win Martin's favor.

"I am Cardin Pennand, and on behalf of the Grand Duke of Nord, I extend my best regards to His Excellency the Grand Duke of Lorraine. ”

In fact, Martin's dukedom was not officially valid until Martin went to the royal capital and was personally granted by King Keane. However, this guy named Karting said this in advance, so naturally the sycophants were just right.

"Hello, Your Excellency Pennand, I'm Martin Lorraine. If you have any intentions, please tell us directly. Martin was not too blunt, nor did he put down the shelf, and what he showed in front of Pennant happened to be an aristocratic man who stepped into a high position with military exploits in his youth.

Pennand was a little worried. According to the aristocracy's style, most of them first talked about the ancestors of mankind, saying that everyone was a family thousands of years ago, so they had a relationship, and then received a greeting gift, and finally everyone sat down to talk.

Who knows, Martin doesn't play his cards according to common sense at all.

Martin was on the right side of his body, with one hand on his cheek, in a boring pose, and he half-raised his eyelids: "Your Excellency Pennand, my time is precious. I received you purely out of courtesy. You know, at this time my ally, Miss Karna Lopez, is inspecting my bridge. If nothing is important, you can go back. ”

This time Pennand was shocked.

Of course, he knew that Martin and Karna were allies. In fact, the pair of allies sent a shudder to the other two Electors vying for the throne. He's here to dig up Karna's corner. It's just the asymmetry of the message that he didn't know that Karna was coming.

And when he came, James had his ship docked at the military dock south of the Lorraine Bridge. Stagger the two sides.

Now Martin is simply taking him to the top.

But as an emissary, and an emissary for such ice-breaking diplomacy, Pennand is undoubtedly competent. He immediately bowed deeply.

"The Duke of Nord has no intention of being an enemy of the Duke of Lorraine, in order to show sincerity. We are willing to offer 500,000 gold coins and two [Flame Sun Knights] detachments for a total of 120 horses. As long as you don't let them participate in the civil war of the Order race, they will fight to the death for you. ”