In the afternoon, the crystal flower room of Rose Manor.

Sylvia sat leisurely on the rattan chair, picked up the exquisite silver coffee cup on the round table, took a sip gently, quietly experienced the bitter and mellow charm, and after a while, asked Victor, "Do you know why Prince Edward visited Black Castle?"

Victor put down the silver spoon in his hand and sighed, "I never thought that I could be compared to the prince of Gambis. ”

"Wise. ”

Sylvia gave her lover an appreciative look. Vic is only 21 years old for many years, has the ability and backing, is a popular shooter in the silver rank, and is also a powerful feudal viscount. In terms of the blood of the Moon Elves, Victor is still a teenager, but he does not have the shallow arrogance of being young and proud, but is more like a mature and sophisticated lord. That's what Sylvia admires and is puzzled by.

Sylvia didn't know that Victor was a human being, and his combined age was much older than her, so there was naturally such a thing as being young and frivolous, but it was not worth showing, for example, he was thinking at this time: How can I compare a time-traveler with a little child?!

Nothing exists to gain insight into other people's thoughts, and Sylvia doesn't know what Victor really thinks, but she doesn't want him to be presumptuous and lose the opportunity to go further. In order to maintain Victor's sharpness, and for the fulfillment of her long-cherished wish, Sylvia said: "That's the case, Edward and Sauron are indeed here to be hostages!"

"Is it because of you?"

Victor took a sip of hot coffee with snow sugar and milk, and he was so pleased with the sweetness and smoothness of the coffee that he wanted to make one for Sylvia, but was refused.

"I love the original taste of the coffee. ”

Sylvia smiled and said, "Don't think too strongly, I'm just a person, a pair of hands, and I also have strong enemies that I can't defeat, and I also need delicious food, beautiful clothes, comfortable beds, and ...... Sweet lover. As he spoke, a slender and fair-skinned jade foot came from under the round table, and Victor's heart fluttered, and he was just about to hold it in his hand and play with it, but he caught it empty. Seeing Victor's embarrassment of being molested, Sylvia chuckled for a moment, and then said: "The Golden Knight's strength is limited, and when he encounters a powerful orc leader, he will be injured or even killed in battle, and he may be helpless even in the face of weak opponents. In the history of knights, there is such an interesting story, that is at the height of the Rand Empire, a small mountain village was attacked by a fierce badger, it happened that a golden knight of the empire passed by, under the pleading of the villagers, he decided to get rid of the ferocious animal, but after two months of busy but nothing, finally he mobilized 3,000 soldiers, surrounded the mountain forest, and then caught the ferocious badger. Instead of killing the cunning ferocious badger, the Golden Knight took it to the imperial capital and left a motto. Do you know who he is?"

"When you have nothing to do, there are also vassals!Emperor of the Rand Empire, Darlan Neovest!"

This maxim was revered as a classic by the lords. It warns us that vassals should be respected, and that the influence of the Golden Knight is far more important than force!"

Sylvia bowed slightly, and continued, "Not long after I stepped into the pinnacle realm, Ryan once secretly visited our York family, and he made a secret agreement with the old duke of the previous generation, who was Embiter's grandfather. Gambis, who had been burdened with the war losses of Dordor and whose population was overwhelmed, made a plan to annex the kingdom of Dordor in order to alleviate the internal conflicts. Knowing that I was the Golden Knight of Flames, and that the House of York was bound to expand, Ryan begged the old duke and me to keep my promotion a secret, because the time to carry out the annexation plan was only when the Sarsanians were stumped by the orcs. Ryan promised to give us three times the territory of the House of York. Eventually, we agreed. ”

The secret history of the Gambis and the York family made Victor's gossip burn, and he asked with interest, "Why do you want to keep your promotion a secret?

"That's just one aspect, the most important reason is my influence. ”

Sylvia sighed and said, "The old duke is old and frail, and he died in less than two years, and I took over the family, which coincided with the migration of the forest centaurs, and Ryan led the king's ** team westward to prevent the forest centaurs from attacking Gambis. At this time, the Battle of Fort Whitewater took place, and all the eleven peak knights of the Sassan Empire were dispatched to invade Duoduo on a large scale, and the fortress of Whitewater was in danger. As soon as the Whitewater Fortress was lost, Dodor was finished, and when Ryan couldn't pull away, Marquis Goron and I had to go to support the Kingdom of Dodor. ”

Speaking of this, Sylvia pondered for a long time before she continued: "My dear, I never thought that the Sarsanians could unify the human kingdom. The Sassan Empire was forcibly conjured together by the Radiant Knights, who not only had to defend themselves against the orcs of the northern wilderness, but also had internal contradictions. As far as the empire is concerned, it is not that the more peak knights, the better, there are only three peak knights in the Sasang royal family, and the remaining eight highnesses have their own ideas, but it is incredible that they actually reached an agreement at that critical moment! This is almost impossible, but it happened. ”

"And then?" asked Victor, his eyes lit up.

Sylvia glanced at him charmingly, and said angrily, "What else? Now, there are few life-and-death duels between the Golden Knights. In the presence of the Church, the two sides fought one-on-one, and I won three knights in a row, making the Sassarians bow down. The Golden Knight no longer participated in the Battle of Fort Whitewater, the Fortress of Whitewater was defended, and the identity of my Divine Knight was passed out. ”

"Brilliant feats!I can imagine how the lords have praised your prestige. Then, you have a huge impact. Victor shook his head in admiration.

"What's the use of prestige? The secret agreement between the Augustians and us has been exposed before it has even begun. ”

Sylvia couldn't cry or laugh, and said helplessly: "It's true that the influence is huge, but it is precisely because of my influence that the following things are triggered. ”

"The Dordors knew that I was a knight of the gods but kept it a secret, and of course they understood the intentions of Gambis, who curry favor with me and promote my reputation while trying desperately to win over the Nevilles. Out of jealousy, and for the sake of both, Neville's poor demons sided with Duoduo. Ryan's plan to go north was put on hold, and just as Gambis adjusted its diplomatic strategy, the Auguste family's worst fears came true. ”

"King Dordor sent men to spread my name in Gambis, and the vassal lords of the family rejoiced, and our neighbors were restless, and many of the smaller families took refuge in it, growing in strength until it got out of control. This caused unease among another large family in the east, and with their push, Lane set out to stabilize the east. You know the rest of the story. ”

Victor nodded silently. After that, Lane was killed in battle, the political situation in Gambis was divided, and the ability to march north was lost, and the York family moved westward to the hills, trapped in a corner, and the family's accumulation was exhausted.

Victor also noticed that Sylvia's tone was a little melancholy and a little resentful, and couldn't help asking, "You seem to be a little unwilling, then why didn't you control the situation at that time?"

"Control, why control, the secret agreement has been nullified, what reason do I have to refuse the refuge of other small families?" Sylvia chuckled and shook her head, and said, "As the king, Ryan must maintain the authority of the royal family, and I, as the leader of the House of York, must protect the interests of the family. My dear, while we lead the family, the members of the family also push us, which is inherently a characteristic of the vassal system. ”

"Ryan has come to see me, and he has made a promise, but in essence, he still wants to forcibly dismember our York family. In this case, there is no trust at all. Hmph, don't look at Neovest as a fierce and legendary knight, and his odds of winning a fight with me are less than 30%. But at the time, I had no choice but to sit on the sidelines. Sylvia said proudly.

Victor stirred the coffee in his cup with a silver spoon and said in a deep voice, "It's a suspicion that the Sarsanians launched the Battle of Fort Whitewater!"

"Yes. Sylvia nodded and said, "After Ryan's death, I have realized that there is a figure in the Sassan Empire who has guided all this. He or they have extremely powerful intelligence capabilities, and everyone, including me, has been calculated by them. I thought about it for three days before I decided to move west to the hills. Although it is remote, you can sit back and watch the situation change without becoming someone else's pawn for some reason. ”

Sylvia glanced at Victor and said, "I told you about the rumors of the Sarsanians proposing to Roland. And Austen's violation of Randall's territory is mostly related to this matter. The Duoduo were a little anxious, and inevitably had to struggle. ”

Then, after discussing her judgment in detail with Victor, Sylvia smiled, "The Duoduo people have courted me under the guise of Duke Erickson, and they are also trying to buy our York family with the stone mines of the North, if you are killed by Austin, it is just in line with the layout of the Duoduo people to win me over." It's a pity that they didn't expect you to be a popular shooter at the Silver Rank, and they didn't know that we didn't need a stone mine right now. ”

Victor shook his head with a smile, "So I'm getting involved?"

"Congratulations, dear, you have already entered the chess game, and ordinary little lords are not even qualified to know the inside story. Sylvia covered her mouth and chuckled, her blue eyes flashed with an inexplicable luster, and she whispered: "This game has just begun, and it is not certain who will lose and who will win." ”