Caiterina was dressed very formally, wearing a sky blue duchess dress, which set off the beautiful body curves without losing the dignity and elegance, just the right light makeup made the already beautiful appearance more bright and moving, the fair and smooth goose egg face maintained a casual smile, and her demeanor was calm and elegant, even the most demanding court lady could not find the slightest fault.

However, this was not an informal meeting, but a private meeting initiated by Princess Roland.

Blue taro can effectively alleviate the phenomenon of the elemental sea infecting the soul, and its appearance is of great significance to the Golden Knight. However, the scarce production of blue taro is destined to prevent it from becoming popular as a delicacy. On the other hand, if Gambis wants to monopolize this precious resource, he must process blue taro into a potion so that no one can see its true nature. After all, there is more to the Everglades than the Centaur Hills. The Eastern Coalition has a large group of swamp hunters who feed their families by gathering resources from the Needham Marsh.

Sylvia and Roland made a pact. The raw materials were provided by the centaur hills, and the royal pharmacist of the royal family was responsible for the development of the potions, and the two sides divided all the blue potato potions equally.

This agreement is related to the vital interests of the three highnesses of Gambis, and of course the fewer people who know about it, the better.

Roland summoned Victor to meet his friends so that the gifts he was carrying would not have to be checked and registered by the Kite Castle Interior.

Victor was responsible for transporting the first batch of blue potatoes and finalizing the details of the dispensing of the potions. He had expected Sylvia to send a family pharmacist to pretend to be his entourage, but he didn't expect that Caterina was actually proficient in pharmacy, she was Sylvia's envoy, responsible for overseeing the manufacturing process and output ratio of blue potato potions, and determining how many potions could be made from one pound of blue taro.

Sylvia apparently didn't want Victor to stay in the Kite Castle for a few days. She didn't mind that the high-ranking female knights of the Kite Castle would relive their old dreams with their little lovers, and she didn't worry that Victor would fall under their pomegranate skirts and forget to go home. The Queen of Roses is confident in her charms.

Viscount Randall's proximity to the Kite Castle can give the other families the illusion. In the current favourable circumstances, Sylvia is keen to avoid sending the wrong political signals.

As a good friend of the eldest princess, Caterina has a good reason to stay in the kite castle for a few days.

Because it was a private meeting, Victor and Caterina did not enter the inner court of the Knight Hall from the Knights' Hall. The chamberlains of the Ministry of Internal Affairs led them to a rest room in the outer fort.

For this reason, Boss Angelina was upset and kept pouting with her little mouth. She also wanted to take a look at the back garden of the kiteburg.

Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs arranged for them to wait for the reception of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess in the outer fort of the palace. But important members of the royal family have always used this lounge to entertain the marquis of the royal capital, who are close to him. The overall color of the room is warm, the style of the furniture is mostly curved lines, and the decorative layout emphasizes comfort and intimacy. There are no neatly dressed and serious-looking attendants, and the guests and hosts can move around at will, or talk and laugh loudly, and don't have to worry about so much red tape.

Angelina is folding her hands behind her back and gazing at the huge mural on the wall.

The content of the painting depicts the famous Battle of the Three Forks. August's founder, the legendary knight Ferding Auguste, slayed the gnoll king Logurs in the valley of the Three Forks in Blinor, thus laying the foundation of the Iris family.

The frescoes were skillfully depicted not only by the eight pioneer knights, but also by their relationships.

Fourding, four women and three men, a total of eight knights, raised their swords and stepped on a large gnoll. The four female knights were Bastern, Ludwigsi, Greyward, and Miss Leopold, while the other three male knights were sons of Nimes, Joshua, and Wellington.

The short-haired white man is in the middle, with a triumphant smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes are full of enthusiasm for life and exuberant curiosity. Four distinctive female knights surrounded the Buddha and glared at each other angrily, as if they were competing for a place next to their sweetheart, but they were disdainful of the king of the gnoll at their feet. Nimes, Joshua, and Wellington either looked up and laughed, or looked at the powerful enemy at their feet with solemn expressions, or put their hands on their chests with a happy face.

In the eyes of the lord, this painting is a metaphor for the four princes and the iris bloodline, intermarriage from generation to generation, and jointly maintain the purity of the royal bloodline. The Nimes, Joshua and Wellington families, as followers of August, have an unbreakable relationship with the Kite Castle. The Wimbledons, Yorks, and Solims are all latecomers, so naturally they do not appear in the painting.

But in Anna's eyes, she saw epic legendary battles and singing love stories.

With the sword in his hand, Fodin, the illegitimate son who did not even have a noble surname, overcame all the obstacles and was invincible, stepped into the legendary realm, and occupied a rich pioneer territory, and won the sworn followers of the children of the big family with his noble blood and sincere feelings, as well as the love of the wealthy daughters, and finally achieved the Augustian royal family.

Anna stared at the figures in the mural, her pretty little face sometimes showing her face, sometimes frowning, not knowing what a girl's heart was thinking.

Victor leaned back on the buckskin sofa chair, his legs resting on the round table, he looked at the young and lively Angelina, and then at the sitting upright Caterina, and couldn't help but say: "Lady Caterina, don't you think you're too serious? There is no ...... here."

"Call me sister!" said Caterina with gray-green eyes, as if she were delighted.

Victor was stunned for a moment, and flatly refused: "I'm sorry, I can't call a noble lady in the prime of life a sister. ”

"Little Vir, your mouth is like honey, no wonder so many noble ladies in their youth always want to taste the sweetness. Caterina covered her mouth and smiled. She is a noble daughter born in a large family, and has given birth to two children, and she is more sharp than Victor in ridicule.

Victor was happy to flirt with the beautiful high-ranking female knight to kill the boring time, but there was a 12-year-old girl in the house, and he could only remind with a wry smile: "Caterina, my wife's student is still here, you can't ......"

"Leave me alone...... I didn't hear anything. Anna rolled her eyes, suddenly turned around and said, "If you think I'm in the way, I can go out and take a walk......"

"Don't even think about it! The kite castle is so big, you're going to get lost. Victor shook his head.

"I can ask the guards for directions. Anna said justifiably, and seeing Victor's face tense, she added in a low voice, "I will be very polite." ”

"The palace guards can get lost too, and there is only one way to get lost in the palace - to become someone who doesn't exist...... No one has ever seen it, no one has heard of it, it's like a fake character made up out of thin air...... I don't want Lovely Anna to be a non-existent person...... Well, you get what I mean. Victor threatened.

"But, you said you wanted to show me the beauty of the kite. Anna accused the guardian of not keeping his word.

Victor said eloquently, "This is the Kite Castle, and I have fulfilled my promise." I've brought you in, and I've taken you out whole. Now, please find a chair and sit down and talk to us like a lady. ”

"You just said Aunt Caterina was too serious...... Anna pouted and threw herself into a high-backed single couch, her finely made little leather boots cocked directly on the round table, "Let's talk about some interesting topics!"

Looking at the comfortable sitting posture of the two people, Caterina said angrily: "It's all Roland's fault, you have to tell me to wear formal clothes......"

"You can roll up the skirt so you can use a round table. Victor kindly reminded.

"No! the skirt will crumple. ”

Caterina rejected Victor's offer and complained, "Why are women's formal dresses a skirt, but you men's formal clothes can wear trousers?" ”

"yes, yes, and heels......" Anna happily echoed Katerina's opinion.

"Because women love beauty. Victor said calmly.

Caterina raised her slender eyebrows and asked, "Don't men love beauty? If men don't love beauty, why do they require women to wear long hair with shawls, ornaments, and skirts? You see that the ancestors of the four princely families, who were also knights, also participated in the Battle of the Three Forks, why can't they have short hair like male knights? It is because men like beautiful women, and even female knights have to use their beauty to please their partners. ”

"It's not fair. Anna nodded.

"That's an interesting question. Victor rubbed his smooth chin and pondered for a moment before asking, "Do you want to cut off your long hair?"

Caterina and Anna looked at each other and shook their heads almost at the same time.

"You see, that's the problem. Victor spread his hands and said with a smile, "Of course men like beautiful women, and women also care about their beauty and please their sweethearts in this way." This difference is actually caused by human nature. ”

"It's like a strong male bear who usually sticks to his territory and tries to avoid other beasts. Because the damage caused by the fight can make it unable to hunt and eventually starve to death. But during the breeding season of brown bears, the males become extremely ferocious, and they bite each other in order to compete for mates...... Conflicts are often deadly. In other words, the male bear does not even want his life for the sake of the female bear. It can be seen that for males, the instinct to reproduce is higher than the instinct to survive. Of course, the mother bear can overcome the fear of death for the sake of the cub and face the strong strange male bear. ”

"Interestingly, when a male bear kills a cub, most female bears don't fight to the death. They will choose to accept the tragic end. ”

"Docile herbivores, ferocious beasts, and even intelligent species have similar natures, including us humans. ”

"Victor, how can you compare animals to us humans? We have family and friendship...... And love!Do animals have it?" Anna shouted angrily with a mouthful of small white teeth.

The little kid also talks about love...... When Victor saw Anna's delicate figure, he suddenly remembered that if Anna was 18 years old according to the Earth Year, it was just that the development of humans in the other world was slower, and the growth rate of the knight's bloodline was even slower. But there is no doubt that Anna is now a young girl.

He suddenly had a bad feeling...... Could it be that Anna fell in love with Edward's kid at first sight?

"Angelina, you're underage...... Wait until you are 15 years old before you can think about love. Victor was silent for a moment, feeling that such a rough way of education was a little inappropriate, thought for a moment, and said, "However, you are a probationary knight...... Future Extraordinary Powers, it is necessary for me to share with you Lady Sylvia's view of human nature. ”

"Okay!"

Anna cheered, lowered her straight and slender legs, and sat upright, listening intently. Caterina pricked up her ears as well.

Victor coughed dryly, detailing Sylvia's view of the unity of the three sexes of human beings, only changing the "animal instinct" to a more acceptable nature, he paused, and continued: "The formal attire of the male nobles is easy to move, easy to draw the sword, in fact, it is to facilitate battle. The dress of the noble lady is the opposite, it is designed solely for the pursuit of beauty and elegance, but has nothing to do with combat. This shows that men are born to be prepared for battle, while women are born to be protected...... Male competitors, in addition to monsters, also have their own kind, and they fight with their own kind, often for the beautiful opposite sex, nominally to defend dignity and love...... This is fully reflected in the security records of Pinghu Town. ”

"Nobles and knights will also draw their swords for their sweethearts, even high-ranking knights are no exception. Although this kind of behavior of high-ranking knights is strictly forbidden, it still cannot be completely eradicated. One of the most famous love duels took place between the Sword Saint Draven and the Grand Master of the Radiant Knights. ”

At that time, Draven and Ellie had already given birth to a child, and he had already proven that he was not a wizard, but Grand Master Trigovar proposed a knightly duel to Draven in order to defend his dignity. Perhaps out of guilt, or perhaps to protect Ellie's reputation, Draven readily agreed, and gave up his best bow and arrow. You know, if Draven uses a bow and arrow, Trigoval has no chance at all, but Draven is more likely to die when he uses dual swords to face a legendary paladin...... The danger of a hand-to-hand duel makes it impossible for both sides to keep their hands and inevitably ends in the fall of one side...... Eventually, Ravin won, and he was given the title of Juggernaut. ”

Anna said with envy: "Ellie Jie is so happy......"

"She must be in pain......." Caterina sighed, shaking her head.

Anna's delicate little face wrinkled, and after a long time of struggle, she still nodded affirmatively: "Pain is also happiness!"

Victor shook his head and smiled, and asked, "In the future, will you duel with other female knights for a man?"

Anna grimaced, rolled her eyes, and said, "Dream!"

"That's right. Victor raised his chin at the mural, "The ancestors of the four princes all loved Ferdin, and in the end they shared Ferdin, and they all had the crystallization of love with Ferdin. That's the difference between men and women. ”

"Suppose the situation is reversed, the man puts on a skirt and the woman fights for the man and has multiple male partners at the same time. However, women have a pregnancy period of up to 8 months and only one or two children a year...... She has a big belly and a child, how can she defend her homeland and compete for a mate? If the number of women drops sharply, then the whole race is finished!"

"Therefore, men fight to protect their homeland and win the hearts of women by their great strength, while women avoid fighting for the continuation of their race and capture their male partners by their beauty. ”

Anna nodded incomprehensibly, then suddenly jumped up, crossed her hips with one hand, and pointed at Victor with the other, and said, "You look down on the female knight!" I will tell Aunt Sylvia...... And tell Sophia!"

"No, women are far greater, tougher, and more noble than men......" Victor shook his head and said to the arrogant maiden, "even if you go to complain, I will not let you run around the palace!"

Anna collapsed on the couch in frustration like a parchment ball that had been punctured, and said unconvinced: "Barbarians are not like this, and Regzo is fierce." ”

Victor smiled and explained, "Men are strong because of their mothers, so women also have a strong side, but the races that women are keen to fight are weak. The barbarians are naturally stronger than humans, and they have hundreds of gold-level urusa, and there are probably no less than 1,000 berserkers with gold-level combat power. And the human race has only a few dozen golden knights. This is a difference caused by the racial measure of talent and strength. For example, a very small number of good hunting dogs can kill brown bears, and most ferocious wolves can hunt brown bears, but the number of ferocious wolves is too small to be in danger of extinction at any time. They pose no threat to the large number of hounds that are proficient in cooperation. The barbarians seem to have been born to fight, their social structure is deformed, their population does not exceed 200,000, and they are no match for goblins in terms of racial potential. ”

"How can we humans ally with barbarians if we are not absolutely sure?, and what makes us humans stronger than barbarians is that human women are not only beautiful but also great. They unite human society. ”

"Victor, you talk like a wise scholar...... Caterina looked at her and her voice was gentle, but as soon as she spoke, she pursed her lips and smiled: "So, a noble man can have multiple beautiful companions at the same time, while a great noble lady can only have one lover at the same time?"

Anna nodded heavily, looking at Victor with disdain.

Victor, who was questioned, did not change his face, and said seriously: "This is not the point of my expression...... As a knight, you have full freedom...... But who is above Sylvia's will? she is following her nature and avoiding the excessive erosion of the elemental sea. More than 3,000 years ago, Ellie was also a legendary paladin, and she had the ability to stop the duel between Ravin and Trigovar, but she didn't do it, which is also the respect of the transcendent knight for human nature. ”

Caterina put away her smile, turned to Anna, and solemnly admonished: "Anna, if the high-ranking female knights do not know how to conform to their nature, the knightly class will die. If you become a high-level knight in the future and don't understand the preciousness of human nature, you won't live to be 100 years old, let alone hit the golden realm!"

Anna nodded ignorantly, holding her chin with her hands, and said worriedly, "But I don't want to share my lover's ...... with others at all."

Caterina sighed and said faintly, "I hope there won't be such a thing...... Under normal circumstances, you will enjoy pure and beautiful love, and when you become a silver knight, your view of love will be different...... Unless, you're involved in the love between transcendents......" she said, glaring fiercely at Victor and saying with self-pity, "Sometimes, pain is also a precious experience for us. ”

Victor shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he had nothing to do with him, and silently added in his heart: I hope Anna's favorite object is not the little king!

"In the future, when we have defeated all our competitors, the human kingdom will promote monogamous marriage. Although it is difficult to say the effect, the moral concept of marriage will change dramatically. Victor comforted, stood up, straightened his clothes, and said lightly: "There are footsteps coming...... Five people...... Uh, it's Edward and his four Knights of the Oath. ”

Anna stood up at once, and hurriedly sorted out her clothes. Despite the simplicity of the knights' squires' clothing, there is nothing to tidy up.

"Huh, there's another man's footsteps...... Very slight and crisp, it was the sound of a crystal slipper...... It must be a high-ranking female knight, but not Her Highness Roland, she won't let me hear her."

Victor shook his head, surprised to see that Caterina was also ready.

But what's the fighting spirit in your eyes?