The tone of the man in front of him was full of contempt, without the slightest respect for Duke, and the meaning of his words was as if he was saying that Duke insulted the lion flag.

Faced with this sudden appearance, Duke was also stunned, although he had the memories of Duke before, but when the memories of two people overlapped, chaos would occur many times, and slowly it was based on his own memory.

So Duke often has to think about things in this world for a long time to figure it out.

"What's the matter, Duke, you haven't been in Storm Castle for a year, and people have been scared stupid by the ice demons, right? ”

The man began to laugh loudly, so that the soldiers and citizens next to him looked at Duke with a hint of contempt in their eyes. After all, as a nobleman, this is a very humiliating thing.

"You dare to insult our lord!"

Fedo shouted angrily at this time, Duke was almost like Duke Otto in his mind, representing glory, bravery, and blood. So anyone who insults Duke, no matter who the other party is, Fedor will defend the honor of the Storm Lord with his life!

After Fei Duo roared, he pulled out the long sword at his waist, and at the same time, the guards around Duke almost always drew their swords as soon as possible. Faced with this situation, the young man's face in front of him changed, but the city defense army standing beside him also immediately raised their spears and aimed them at Duke and his group, and the two sides were in a tense posture.

"Duke, is it just a joke with you guy, so excited?"

The young man in front of him said again with a playful smile on his face, without the slightest intention of joking.

In the face of this repeated provocation, Gandalf and Hera have already set their eyes on Duke. From what they knew about Duke, this kid belonged to the kind of person who would never suffer a loss, but now he was sitting on his horse and didn't move, which made them a little puzzled.

Rose's cheeks began to flush slightly at this moment, if it was in Storm Castle, it was estimated that she would have done it directly, and she would have to make the person who insulted the lord pay the price. But this is the imperial capital, and once the identity of the witch is discovered by using magic by himself, it will bring great trouble to the lord.

Before her trip, the Great Witch of Hera had repeatedly told Rose not to reveal her magical talents until she had to do so.

Duke looked at the young man in front of him and thought for a long time, and finally found the man's information in his memory.

The provocative man in front of him was named Saruman, the youngest son of Marquis Steven, the eastern territory of the Empire, and like Duke, he belonged to one of the well-known sons of the imperial capital.

However, this guy is a little stronger than Duke, at least he managed to enter the Imperial Martial Arts Academy, and he also got a military position and was assigned to guard the city gate. Originally, he and Duke could be regarded as friends of wine and meat, and they could eat, drink and have fun together when they had nothing to do, so as not to deliberately make things difficult or anything.

But after Duke climbed the line of the little prince and was "appreciated" by His Majesty the Emperor, he got carried away and sarcastically mocked this guy, saying that he was just a gatekeeper, and he was about to become a real lord. It's just that Duke didn't know at that time that his future fiefdom would be a dead place like Stormcastle.

In addition to sarcasm, Duke pursued a noble lady with Saruman when he was still in the imperial capital. Although neither side succeeded, Duke used the name of the duke's father to complete a perfect pretense, which made Saruman lose face.

As soon as these few small things accumulated, Saruman and Duke became enemies, but Duke quickly went to Stormcastle to take up his post at that time, so naturally no major conflict broke out. As a result, now that Duke is back, the enemies are very angry when they meet, and Saruman's sarcasm is naturally indispensable.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for this guy to come to the city gate to guard in person, because his military position is more of a nominal name, and the nobles use it to gild themselves. It can only be said that Duke was really unlucky, and he met an enemy just after returning to the imperial capital after a year.

But then again, when Duke recalled just now, it seemed that there were a lot of similar enemies like Saruman. Because Duke is even a straw bale waste in the emperor, he is also the son of a duke, and his natural status is relatively high.

This kind of aristocratic second-generation small circle of various forces to compete and provoke something, naturally there will be no less, and Duke can be regarded as offending many people in this process. It was not obvious when he was in the imperial capital before, but with Duke being assigned to Storm Castle, many people with a keen sense of politics have felt that Duke will become cannon fodder, and they have also sensed the rift between the duke and the emperor.

No matter how strong the duke is, the emperor is the emperor after all, so the wall is down and everyone pushes it, and many nobles who were dissatisfied and jealous of Duke Otto have begun to huddle, which is why Saruman chose to publicly ridicule Duke, because he knows that the title of Duke Duke's son is not as effective as before, and it is foreseeable that this time Duke will face many such situations when he returns to the imperial capital.

But no matter what Duke Otto is, is Duke himself the kind of person who will swallow his anger? The answer, of course, is no, and when Duke remembers who the person in front of him is, he has already opened his mouth to salute: "It's Saruman, I didn't expect to see you here." Is it that the weather is getting warmer, and the gate is not so cold, so you are also coming out?"

Saruman originally had a sarcastic smile on his face, but after hearing Duke say this, his face turned pale. Because Saruman hates it most that others say that he is a gatekeeper, which is an insult to the nobility of the son of the marquis, and he wants to be a brave and noble knight!

So Saruman said with a pale face: "You don't stay in Storm Castle honestly, what are you doing in the imperial capital if you have nothing to do, is it also because the genius has warmed up, and the ice demon has let go of your broken city?"

In the face of Saruman's sarcasm, Duke said exaggeratedly: "That's true, the ice demons don't like to attack when the weather is good, so I came to the capital for a walk." What's the matter, do I need your permission?"

"Naturally, you don't need to, but with this posture of your guards, are you planning to storm the city gates?"

"I see if the sword is rusty? Put all your weapons away. ”

Naturally, Duke didn't want to leave Saruman with any leverage, so he beckoned Fedor to put away his weapons.

Seeing that Duke ordered to put away his weapons, Saruman thought that Duke had confessed, so he took a step forward arrogantly, glanced at the wooden box on the carriage and said, "What is in this, I suspect that you have prohibited items and need to be opened and checked." ”

PS: At the beginning of the book, the prince was used, but later the cycle considered that the prince was so easy to fool and it was not scientific, so it was revised to the little prince. But many brothers who read it early will not rewatch the revised version of the previous chapters, so the memory is still the prince, so the cycle is mentioned here.