Sophia's study, refined and luxurious. The snow-white walls are carefully crafted from a type of wood called moonshine wood. The wood is as warm as white glazed rock, and the touch is always cold, which makes this study refreshing all year round.

Moonshine wood is not precious, because money cannot measure its value. This rare wood is a specialty of the Turrell Mountains, and Sophia's Chamber of Commerce is one of the few organizations that can trade with the Barbarians. In fact, in the entire Gambis Kingdom, only Sophia can build a study out of moonlight wood.

The walls of the moonlight wood are inlaid with rows of white crystals, a colorless crystal that is an important material for the church's ceremonies, and each one is worth 500 gold soles. It is a consistent practice of the aristocracy to display white crystal in the study, which has the effect of magnifying the light, as long as a candle is lit, the whole study will be as bright as day.

However, the real attraction in the study is the saber-toothed tiger head specimen hanging from the wall!

The saber-toothed tiger is definitely the most dangerous cat in the world. The Moonblade Leopard is as harmless as a kitten compared to it.

Weighing more than 2,200 pounds, the adult saber-toothed tiger is nearly two meters tall at the withers and more than 4 meters long, with 15-centimeter teeth that can easily pierce the armor of knights. It is said that even the adult ogre is on the menu of the saber-toothed tiger, it is the king of beasts, a true silver-tier monster!

"What an amazing monster! What's even more amazing is that it was actually hunted by you, Marquis Sophia. A gorgeously dressed man sighed as he gazed at the lifelike specimens on the wall.

"Grand Duke Williams, you didn't come to the Marquis's Mansion to discuss with me how to hunt the saber-toothed tiger, did you?"

Sophia wore a snow-white fishtail dress and dragged the floor, outlining the graceful body curves, holding her chest with both hands, with a vigilant posture, but her full breasts were squeezed more upright, and a touch of snow-white ravines was moving, and there was an indescribable charm.

Grand Duke Williams turned his head to look at Sophia, his face was handsome, his body was strong, his muscles were obvious and not exaggerated, and his eyes were sharp and clear, giving people a sense of sincerity and wisdom.

"Sophia, your beauty is so impressive, if I were ten years younger, I would definitely fall under your skirt. Williams said with a serious face.

Sophia said coldly: "Your Highness, I have heard a lot of compliments. If you have any orders, please tell me, I don't want the Grand Duchess to misunderstand. ”

"Marquis Sophia, I don't think you want Queen Catherine to misunderstand. Williams said with a smile.

Sophia's gaze became colder and colder, and she said in a cold voice: "Your Highness, since you know my relationship with Her Majesty Catherine, please go back." ”

Williams shook his head and smiled, "Sophia, Catherine can't help you, and she won't help you." Your relationship has broken down. Now, only I can help you get through this. ”

"Your little sweetheart has fallen into the Centaur Hills, his life and death are unknown, and there is a high probability that he has died in the ant tide. And you're in big trouble!"

Sophia's purple eyes shrank, which was what she was most worried about. Three days ago, the bad news from the Centaur Hills made her mood sink to the bottom. In the past few years, Sophia has been left and right, first seizing the marquis's inheritance with the help of Catherine, and with the help of the queen's power, she has completed the purge of the Chamber of Commerce. Then, she secretly teamed up with Sylvia to break free from the queen's control and regain control of the Chamber of Commerce.

However, Sophia has an insurmountable obstacle. That is the law of lordship in the Radiant Codex.

The first pope compiled the Radiant Code, which made it clear that the right of lordship was sacrosanct, and that when a lord died, he must inherit his lordship by blood.

In fact, this law is a pit dug by the first pope for the lords. The original Church was limited in strength and could not protect the entire human world, so the Pope decided to unite the knight class to face the attack of the alien race and give the knight lord the status.

As the Church grew in power, they began to punish or execute lords who violated the Radiant Code, but the Church respected the lord's right to inherit by blood. In this way, the will of the lord class to resist was actually weakened. Anyway, after the lord was executed by the church, his descendants or brothers and sisters could still be the lord in peace, which virtually reduced the hatred of the lord class towards the church and avoided fierce confrontation. Of course, this also shows that the original church did not care about secular rights, they just wanted to protect more people and gain more faith, as long as human beings are not destroyed, faith will not be destroyed, and the church is unshakable.

For thousands of years, the constant family wars and marriages have made the knights form one military group after another, and when the human kingdom appeared, the knights set up the House of Lords and the Senate in order to weaken the influence of the church on the kingdom, the House of Lords was responsible for mediating disputes between the lords, and when mediation could not be reached, the Senate made a ruling.

After the emergence of these two institutions, the nobles began to learn to use some means to exploit the loopholes of the lord's law, and Catherine put Sophia and Victor in the marquis by marrying her.

Strictly speaking, Victor was the heir to the marquis, but the Senate ruled that Sophia should inherit the title first, and made the offspring between them the heirs of the marquis. The church has always turned a blind eye to such a side-kick, and the inheritance itself was established to appease the lords, and as long as there were no disputes between the nobles, the church did not bother to bother with such idle matters.

What Sophia never expected was that the Ant-Man army had invaded the Centaur Hills, and Sylvia was too busy to take care of herself, and Victor might have died. Victor's death means that Sophia's years of hard work will come to naught, as her enemies will not miss this opportunity to reclaim the Marquis's inheritance.

Now, even Archduke Williams has taken her out of her claws, but Sophia is not ready to compromise.

"So what? Even if I lose my title, it's just a return to my original self. Sophia said coldly.

"Sophia, you can see my sincerity first. With that, Williams tossed a scroll over.

Taking the scroll, Sophia realized that it was a paper order.

"Commander of the Janissaries of the royal capital, Baron Sauron Wimbledon, was appointed commander of the Minsk fortress for a year. ”

Baron Sauron Wimbledon, the pinnacle knight of the Silver Rank, the commander of the Praetorian Guard of the Gambis, the genius of the Wimbledon family most likely to be promoted to the Golden Knight, the right-hand man of Archduke Williams, and Sophia's mortal enemy!

Sauron is the nephew of the old Marquis of Wimbledon, after the defeat of his family, he took refuge in the old marquis, and received his support and support, and finally became a great knight of the silver rank.

The old marquis had three wives in his life, and he had a deep affection for the first wife, but until his wife died, they had no children. In his later years, the old marquis wanted to get a child to inherit his business, he married the daughter of a small family as a second wife, and a few years later his little wife became pregnant, but inexplicably encountered an accident. Only then did the old marquis discover that his chamber of commerce had been deeply infiltrated by Sauron, and Sauron wanted to steal his title and property.

At this time, the old marquis was no longer able to sanction Sauron, Sauron was favored by Williams, and many high-ranking members of the chamber of commerce also joined him, but the old marquis was running out of time.

The old marquis no longer wanted an heir, he only wanted revenge on the betrayer. So, he married his third wife, Sophia.

Queen Catherine at that time was virtuous and gentle, and did not meddle in politics or the army, but the old marquis concluded that the queen was by no means a naïve person. Whenever there is an opportunity, the queen will definitely intervene in the Chamber of Commerce. So, he orchestrated everything for Sophia. Sure enough, Sophia, with the help of the queen, inherited the title and inheritance, and purged the high-ranking members of the Chamber of Commerce who were loyal to Sauron. In the face of the queen's power, Sauron didn't dare to let go of one.

The reason why the old marquis chose Sophia as his heir was not because of her beauty, but because of her ambition and ability. As long as Sophia inherited his wealth and title, she became Sauron's sworn enemy.

Use the power of the queen to destroy the betrayer and create a silver-tier enemy for Sauron, which is the revenge of the old marquis.

As for the fate of the Chamber of Commerce and Sophia, the old marquis didn't care, but he didn't expect Sophia to cleverly design it and get rid of the queen's control.

But even so, Sauron and Sophia do become undying enemies, unless Sophia is willing to marry Sauron. However, Sophia's character and will have long been seen through by the old marquis, and she will never give in!

No matter how much the old marquis hated Sauron, he could not deny the fact that Sauron was his nephew. If Victor did die, Sauron could overturn the Senate's ruling and ask the Church to uphold the lordship's succession and help him inherit the title and chamber of commerce.

Now, Sauron has been transferred by Archduke Williams to garrison the border and cannot return for a year!

"The last time the Senate ruled that I would inherit the title of Marquis, His Highness Roland blocked Sauron for a whole day. This time, Your Highness bought me a year, what do you want?" asked Sophia, staring at Williams.

"I want you to go to Centaur Hills!"