The north gate of the Lorraine King City was full of people at this time, and countless people of the Lorraine King City dragged their families and ran outside the city under the guidance of the forbidden army, and the impatient noise of women, the frightened cries of children and the sound of busy carriages and horses made the entire north city gate seem chaotic. Writing, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Contrary to the chaos of the north gate, the south gate where Leo is located is quiet and depressing.

"Nearly half of the residents of the royal city have evacuated, and the mages of the Magic Academy have already packed up and prepared to evacuate. Master Merlin gently walked up behind Leo and reported the current situation to him.

With his hands propped up on the battlements of the wall, Leo didn't look back, but said softly, "Master Merlin, you don't seem to agree with what I'm doing. ”

Master Merlin was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Leo to be able to guess his thoughts, and after a little silence, Master Merlin sighed and said: "Alas~, it's too late to say it now, in fact, you should encourage those two princes and ministers to stay and defend the royal city of Lorraine." This is their capital, the royal city, and if you hadn't asked for it, they wouldn't have had the face to abandon the city and flee. ”

"If it's just magicians and ordinary people who have fled to the south of the Varu Empire, then the Varu Empire can easily accommodate and digest them, but now that the entire Lorraine royal family has followed, I'm afraid it will add a lot of unnecessary trouble to things, and it will also add a lot of variables to your mission. "Master Merlin was a little sorry for Leo's choice, and in his opinion, Leo's softening of his heart would inevitably lead to serious consequences.

"Actually...... I've thought about all of this. Leo still didn't look back, his eyes fixed on the Parris barracks that could be vaguely seen miles away.

"I don't know if you've ever thought about it, Master Merlin, but what if I did succeed in this mission, I was an accomplice in the destruction of their country to the Lorrainians, a bandit to the Parisians, and a robber who robbed them of their victory, and a ...... to the Varu Empire," Leo said and fell silent.

With Master Merlin's expression of sudden realization, Leo continued, "For the Varu Empire, my military exploits are a headache for His Majesty the Emperor and all the ministers. If such a great merit is not rewarded, it will deal a serious blow to the majesty of the imperial family, and who will dare to serve the royal family in the future? But if it is rewarded, how can I be rewarded? It is said that such military exploits are enough for me to be promoted to the rank of duke, but the land of the empire is limited, and there are no superfluous provinces to serve as my fiefdoms, and those dukes with real power have not and will not allow such a hairy boy as me to sit on an equal footing with them. In the history of the earth, there have been many people who have been loyal to their country but have not come to a good end!"

"So you're doing this to use the Lorrainians as your bargaining chips?" Mage Merlin guessed.

"No, I just want to use this time to make my reputation in the eyes of the people of Lorraine as much as possible, and let them know that I am the one who saved them from Paris's iron heel, if...... If something does happen in the future, maybe these Lorraines will be able to help. Leo had to plan for himself, and although he had more confidence in Raymond, the stubborn magnates of the Varu Empire might not be able to be trusted.

In this different world, it is difficult to say whether such a thing will also happen, after all, people are selfish, and no matter how deep the friendship is, it will come to naught in the face of the test of interests.

This is not that Leo is worried, but in the several meetings after Raymond ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, he could vaguely feel that Raymond was no longer the Raymond of the past, perhaps every day he needed to stand in the position of the emperor for the entire empire and the entire royal family, Raymond has become the shrewd and capable Gavin XIII, no longer the simple teenager.

Although Gavin XIII still trusts him, Leo believes that it is only his ability that he still values, and if he loses his value, then maybe Gavin XIII will abandon him as he does.

I have to say that Leo is still quite far-sighted. Just as the people of Lorraine were evacuating, a magical message was sent to the palace of the Varu Empire across thousands of miles, and when the royal mage presented this magical message to Gavin XIII, His Majesty the Emperor, who was holding a court meeting, slapped his thigh and shouted hello regardless of his own majesty.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our Inspectorate agents have sent a magical message from the Kingdom of Lorraine, and Marquis Leo has successfully persuaded the people of Lorraine and the mages of the Academy of Magic to evacuate north, and is expected to reach our southern border in ten days. Gavin XIII waved the information in his hand and said excitedly to the ministers of the Great Hall.

The news was like a bamboo pole poked into a hornet's nest, and the ministers instantly began to talk about it one after another, and among the ministers who were talking, only the Duke of Rawls, the Minister of State, still had a gloomy face, neither discussing it with anyone left or right, nor the slightest joy on his face, as if it was not good news for him.

The Duke of Rawls's strange appearance was naturally seen by His Majesty the Emperor, who was sitting high on the throne, and Gavin XIII couldn't help but ask strangely: "Duke Rawls, isn't this a thing worthy of our joy?"

Hearing His Majesty's question, Duke Rawls bowed slightly and saluted: "Back to Your Majesty, Marquis Leo was able to smoothly bring the magicians and related resources in Lorraine back to the empire according to the plan, which is a great contribution to the development of the empire's magical civilization." But Your Majesty, the Marquis of Leo has made such a great achievement, how can you reward him?"

Duke Rawls's words made the hall quiet, although the ministers and magnates had discussed this matter behind their backs, but it was another matter to reveal it in front of the court. Seeing that Duke Rawls couldn't wait to discuss this matter without even waiting for Marquis Leo to return home, Duke Solo's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness, these guys can't do much business, this kind of trick of pulling people back and pulling people off the horse is very skillful.

For the question raised by the Duke of Rawls, Gavin XIII couldn't help but stagnate, he hadn't thought about this problem before, he only knew that Leo was easy to use, no matter how difficult the matter was, as long as it was handed over to Leo, he seemed to be able to solve it smoothly, as for the reward, naturally the more the merrier. However, the gloomy and elongated face of the Duke of Rawls made Gavin XIII think about it cautiously, as if he was really not good at rewarding Leo.