Chapter 274: Aftermath
What did Gavin XIII think, Duke Solo could vaguely guess something, it was nothing more than sitting on the throne of the emperor, all he had to consider was how to keep his position, the previous friendship became secondary, once there was a threat to the throne, even his own brothers would not hesitate to kill him, this kind of thing is already common among the royal families of various countries. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"I can't imagine that this power on the throne will make a child who was originally so simple become like this! Is it really right to support Raymond to succeed to the throne in the first place? I'm afraid even Leo himself would never have imagined that one day it would become like this!" Duke Solo shook his head slightly, and sighed secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to say such taboo words.
This news was not only received by Duke Solo, but just as the chamberlain left the palace, a black figure was also quickly shuttling through the shadows of the palace, and an Iga ninja passed on everything that happened in the palace to Ney.
"Hmph, stupid guy, if it weren't for Young Master Leo, you wouldn't even be able to touch the edge of the throne, and now you dare to calculate Young Master!" After receiving the information, Ney's face turned blue, and the feeling of being betrayed made Ney extremely angry.
However, just as Ney was about to send the news to Leo in the far south, there was a sudden pause in his pen. Slowly straightening up from his desk, Ney paced slowly for a few steps before deciding to hide the news. Leo is a summoner who is good at everything, but he lacks ambition and aggressiveness, and Ney feels that it is better to take this opportunity to create some pressure on him, maybe forcing him to burst out more potential.
Under Ney's deliberate concealment, Leo was completely unaware of the turmoil in the imperial capital, and at this moment he was introducing Archduke William and Captain McHuner to the two princes at a reception held by Archduke William.
"Honorable Royal Highnesses of the two princes, it is a great honor to welcome the royal family of Lorraine to our Varu Empire, I hope you can live a stable life here, if you encounter any difficulties and problems here, please feel free to ask, I will provide all the help I can. William stepped forward to greet Pique and Nick warmly, although he was overshadowed by the Lorraine once, but now the Lorraine royal family is in trouble on their own territory, and they have an opportunity to rectify them, and they are not in a hurry.
Commander McHuner then said, "We, the Grizzly Legion, will also ensure the safety of the Lorraine royal family during the Varu Empire, and those Parisians will definitely not dare to step across the border." ”
Pique and Nick were overjoyed to hear such assurances in such a foreign land, and thanked Archduke William and Captain McHuner for their warm support. The poor twin brothers had no idea of the previous enmity between the Lorraine Wizards and William, and simply thought that Archduke William was a warm and friendly person.
If it were King Fairman or Jaraman here, I am afraid that he would not believe everything William said at all, but unfortunately now that King Fairman is seriously ill and often falls into a coma, and Jalaman has a lot of problems to deal with in the resettlement of people, and there is no time to participate in any drinking parties.
At the end of such a drinking party, the two princes, Pique and Nick, were fooled by Archduke William's gratitude, and simply thought that Archduke William was the kindest and most reasonable aristocratic model in the world, and all the suggestions made by William were unconditional trust.
In this way, under William's deliberate arrangement, the people of Lorraine were scattered into the three southern provinces, and if there were no special circumstances, I am afraid it would be difficult to get together again. After more than ten years, they will definitely be slowly assimilated into the southerners of the Varu Empire, and when the next generation is born, they will be complete Varu Empire people, and they will have nothing to do with the Lorraine Kingdom at all.
The handling of the populace was easier, but there was a problem with the placement of the magicians of the Lorraine Academy of Magic and the Praetorian Guards of the Royal City. After all, they are learned magicians, but they are not as easy to fool as ordinary people, since the beginning of the evacuation to the north, the magicians have expected that the Varu Empire will definitely take the opportunity to swallow the magic achievements of Lorraine, so no matter how William coerces and seduces, those magicians have always refused to let go, and they are determined to advance and retreat together with the royal family of Lorraine.
This time, William has no choice, these mages are all baby bumps, they can't be killed, they can't be beaten, but there are still many requirements, it's like a hot potato, so William can only look at it but can't eat it in his mouth.
But none of this was Leo's business, and after settling the Lorraine people, Leo took his leave with them and returned to the imperial capital with his soldiers. However, unlike when they came, on the way back, they were much slower.
The goblin soldiers' trip to Lorraine can be said to be a great fortune of war, all the baggage of the Knights of the Wind fell into their hands, and the knights who died in the battle have countless weapons and armor, if it weren't for all the horses that were gathered by Leo and left to the Grizzly Legion, maybe those goblin soldiers would have been transferred to Goblin Cavalry together.
However, there were only more than 2,000 of the 10,000 goblin soldiers left on the return trip, but Caraxiu comforted Leo vigorously, saying that there was no need to worry about the number of goblin soldiers at all, as long as he returned to the goblin fortress, he could be replenished. Moreover, for the remaining goblin soldiers, the fewer people who survive, the more spoils they will share, and the attrition of their troops and sacrifices will not affect their current good mood at all.
In addition to the Goblin affair, there was also a group of prisoners of war who accompanied Leo to the Valu Imperial Capital, and these prisoners of war were the captured Sidney and her Rose Knights. These rose knights are also really amorous seeds, for Sidney to surrender when he says surrender, he doesn't care about the honor and face of any knights, and they are all highly skilled, so Leo has to brace his spirits and take strict care.
Sidney was extremely hateful at first for Leo, the culprit who defeated and eliminated his Rose Knights, but after a period of contact, he found that this person was not as he imagined, and he didn't see any trace of the characteristics of a wise general on his body, but like an ordinary little white-faced nobleman, he didn't care about aristocratic honor or anything at all, but he was quite in tune with his Rose Knights.
How did he lose this battle, Sidney is still a little confused, he doesn't understand what mistakes he made other than impulsiveness, in order to figure out all this, and learn the secret of Leo, Sidney also temporarily put aside his hatred and tried to get close to Leo.