For the next day or two, Gu Shiyu looked restless. He wanted someone to talk to, but Cuthbert was busy late into the night. By the time Cuthbert walked out of the Royal Privy Council rubbing his swollen eyes, Ironfist Castle was already silent.

"Go back and rest first!" said Cuthbert to the yawning guards, "I still have to go to the palace and talk to His Royal Highness about something." ”

"We must protect you closely, Lady Xiang!" the captain of the guard refused.

"Go back, and if anyone is willing to clean up this mess, with the intention of assassinating me, and then taking my place, I will persuade him to give up this position gladly without violence!

"Then I'll have to accompany you when they go back!" said the captain of the guard.

"Alright then!" Kouthbert looked at the palace on the top of the hill, and then stepped on his horse.

Gu Shiyu specially found a lonely arrow tower on the palace wall. The guards brought a wooden table, a few chairs, lit candles, and brought tequila and food, and it became a simple and private meeting place.

Hanging in the sky was a full moon. The moonlight is bleak and cold, quite like Gu Shiyu's current mood.

"You're here, I'm sorry, I didn't let you rest so late!" When Cuthbert appeared in front of Gu Shiyu, Gu Shiyu's eyes looked a little confused, and he seemed to be a little drunk.

"Guzi, we are best friends! I will be there for you when you need me the most!" said Cuthbert as he sat down.

"Old Ku, what do you say I did wrong? Why did God punish me like this?" Gu Shiyu grabbed Cuthbert's hand.

"Guzi, you didn't do anything wrong!" Cuthbert looked at Gu Shiyu's eyes seriously and said, "On the contrary, most of us think you did the right thing!"

"Really?" Gu Shiyu smiled bitterly: "But I have lost everything because of this! I have lost my cherished love, and I have lost a large group of friends who get along with me day and night! I don't understand, why did Princess Catherine do this?"

"She is also forced to do so! She is responsible for the rise of Erathia, and she has more to bear than any of us! She cannot let a civil war break out in Erathia, she must reunite Erathia and resist foreign aggression together. Moreover, her mother is still in Kendall's hands, and it is impossible for her to watch her mother die. ”

"Well, I admit that she really had no choice but to accept Kendall's peace deal. But why can't she wait any longer for me and give each other a little more chance?"

"You mean she promised to remarry Roland?"

Gu Shiyu nodded. He said gloomily: "Originally, I wanted to use a public duel to force Kendall to revise the terms of the peace, but I lost! I had to leave Catherine, marry Princess Saiya, and reach the peace agreement she worked for......"

"Old Ku, but I really don't want to! You know that it will be such a result, I would rather fight a battle with dignity, even if it is to die on the battlefield!"

"Guzi, I thought we were pawns in the hands of the gods. In the dark, they will guide us how to move forward in the dark. You are known as the Chosen One, and I believe that the gods have chosen you, and you will be bound to take on greater responsibility. The greater a person's ability, the greater his responsibility! You can't think of yourself as an ordinary soldier, and you can't think of yourself as an ordinary hero!"

"Fuck the gods! I dare say the gods have long forgotten about us, or there are no gods at all! If they really existed, then why didn't they emerge from the sky sooner, destroy evil with their mighty power, and then cleanse the world of evil? Why let the world struggle helplessly in the midst of war, oppression, and hardship?"

"Guzi, gods should exist! You also told me that in the arena of the Isle of Light, you and York struck each other's deadliest swords, and then you saw the white light in the sky! In that mysterious white light, you saw Sayah, the mother of the earth!"

"Maybe I was already in a trance at that time and had a delusion!" Gu Shiyu sighed: "I dare to say that the gods are all illusory that we see in our illusions!"

"Let's not talk about God, if there is a God, then they will punish us!" Cuthbert said, "Guzi, what are you going to do in the future?"

"If Catherine doesn't agree to marry Roland, I'll find a way to gradually snub Princess Saiya, or let her snub me! I'll be debauched and make her unbearable until she agrees to divorce me!"

"Oh my God, don't tell me you think so!" Cuthbert's eyes widened in surprise, "Princess Saya is a good girl, and it's extremely unfair to you to do this!"

"Then what do you want me to do? Either way it will be unfair to either of them! Cuthbert, love is selfish! I am too selfish to be as great as a saint! I can't and I don't want to be a saint!"

"There's no point in saying that now!" said Cuthbert, "you've married Princess Saiya, and Princess Catherine is about to marry Prince Roland!"

"I don't understand why Catherine had to do this!

"She must have her reasons for doing this! she may want you and Princess Saiya to live well, or she may want to strengthen the alliance between Erathia and Dia, or maybe both. Who knows what it is for...... Guzi, I advise you, live with Saiya in peace, the lost time cannot be returned......"

On the stairs of the arrow tower, a man stood in despair. The cold moonlight shone on her poignant face......

How long has she been here?

How long has she been listening?

No one knows!

There were a few tears on her cheeks, but they didn't fall......

Have those few tears been solidified?

......

Approaching dawn, Gu Shiyu returned to the dormitory tiredly.

The fire in the fireplace was still burning. A roll of velvet was placed on the sand against the fireplace.

Gu Shiyu looked at the bed. Seya was lying with her back to him, the quilt still not covering her to hide the mesmerizing curves of her body.

Gu Shiyu tiptoed down, his eyes looking at the flames dancing in the fireplace......

......

"Letter from the Duke of Elares of Dia, inviting you and His Royal Highness Prince Regent to the wedding of Prince Roland and Princess Catherine...... He also thanked you especially for giving Commander Kendall the permission to lead his troops to drive away the invader Eric! At present, Eric's forces are being defeated by the combined forces of Erathia, the Isle of Light, and Dia, and Dia's complete recovery is not far off! He salutes you and hopes that the alliance between Dia and Erathia will be as indestructible as a rock!" Kusbert reported.

"Reply me with a letter of state to Duke Elares, Cuthbert!" said Sea, "and the friendship between our two countries will be like the eternal sun and moon in the sky, which will always stand the test of time." ”

"And what about his invitation to the wedding, and how should I reply to him?"

"This ......" Seya was embarrassed.

"If you and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent are not in attendance, then I'll go!" said Cuthbert.

"I'd better go!" the Queen Mother appeared in the palace: "The wedding of the royal family must be attended by the royal family! Cuthbert, we all think that you are an excellent minister, and it has only been a few days that you have made the Royal Privy Council run efficiently." Erathia needs you most at the moment, and I know that you are preparing for the work of His Royal Highness Prince Regent's Treasury Bank, which is at the most critical stage. ”

"Yes...... If Your Royal Highness the Queen Mother can attend the wedding in person, it will show our sincerity and great importance. Your Majesty, Your Highness the Queen Mother, now all the preparations for the work of the National Debt Bank are ready, and we are waiting for the promotion spokesmen Gabriel and Lucifer to rush back from the Dia border!"

"Isn't His Royal Highness going to participate in the promotion himself?" asked Seya worriedly. I don't know why, as long as Gu Shiyu personally participates in any event, she will be relieved.

Could it be that she has developed a dependence on him?" Seya asked himself secretly.

"Your Majesty, I see that he has been very busy during this time. You know, he's busy researching something important with the Nobel High Priest of the Academy of Magic, and he seems to be a little absent-minded about other things......"

"I know......" Sea sighed, "Fortunately, everyone knows that Gabriel and Lucifer are the personal guards of the Chosen One and His Royal Highness the Prince, and they can represent him." Cuthbert, when are you going to have a court ball?"

"Let's start as soon as they come back! I believe it's been a day or two! It's a pity that Her Royal Highness is going to attend the wedding of Prince Roland and Princess Catherine...... If you can be in the palace, with your excellent social skills, you will definitely shine for the court ball. ”

"It seems that I can only give my blessing to this ball. The Queen Mother smiled: "But I have already told the leaders of several families, and they will support you unconditionally!"

Inside the Academy of Magic, the low-rise buildings that once surrounded the tall magic tower have all been torn down. Hundreds of people were busy on the construction site.

A fast horse galloped to the construction site. The royal guards on horseback shouted, "Did any of you see His Royal Highness the Prince Regent?"

A white-robed shaman straightened up from the pile of bricks and stones, and said, "He should be with the Nobel High Priest!" If you want to find him, you can go to the giant's blacksmith near the King's Road Market, they are interested not in bricks and stones, but in cast iron!"

The knight rode his horse again towards the giant's blacksmith.

Ever since the blacksmith's shopkeeper, Black Tower, and his men died to cover Gu Shiyu's escape from Tekken Castle, it has been run by one of his distant nephews.

It was also a Black Tower. The muscles on his body are lumpy and shiny, and he has inexhaustible strength at a glance.

"You'll have to make the barrel out of the best steel, or it won't be able to withstand such a high chamber pressure and will explode in no time!" said the High Priest.

"Erathia has the best iron ore in the world, there are the best iron foundries in the world, you don't need to worry about steel!

"You don't need to worry about the price!" Gu Shiyu said: "As long as you can guarantee that everything is used in the best!"

The Black Iron Tower patted his thick chest and said, "Your Royal Highness, don't worry!"

"Do it well!" Gu Shiyu patted him on the shoulder and said, "In the future, I will build you a large enough factory for you to manage hundreds of people!"

The High Priest and Gu Shiyu walked out of the blacksmith shop.

"Your Royal Highness, we still have a few issues that need to be resolved. First, you charge and projectile from the front of the barrel, and use the huge impact force generated by the instantaneous combustion of gunpowder to send the projectile out! Then after firing, the barrel will be piping hot! We have to find a way to cool it down quickly before the next charge, otherwise this will affect the firing power of the gun!"

Gu Shiyu blushed. Didn't I just know the principle? He thought for a moment and said, "What do you think of the fact that we cool the chamber with water, wipe it clean and then charge it?"

"It doesn't shoot too fast. If it was to attack the enemy's cavalry with artillery, they would have rushed in front of them just a few shells. ”

"At close range, we can reload small buckshots. Thousands of lead bullets will be shot out together, and a bloody path tens of meters deep will be rushed!"

"Well, you said that this can attack the enemy at close range, but the firing of the artillery has not been solved. ”

"Mr. High Priest, do you think this will work?" Gu Shiyu opened the drawing, pointed to the bottom of the barrel and said: "Let's open a live bolt from the side or bottom of the barrel, pre-pack the gunpowder in an iron pipe, and then stuff the iron pipe into the barrel ......."

"That's a great idea!" the High Priest became excited, "This will prevent the gunpowder from coming into contact with the hot chamber!God, Your Highness, why are you so smart?!No wonder you are the chosen one of the gods!"

Gu Shiyu scratched his head and smiled. Brother, isn't he smart, because he has seen more things than you! You just say bullets, isn't it just that you put gunpowder into the bullet case first?

The High Priest excitedly grabbed the drawing and said, "I'll change this design immediately!"

"Well, a sample of each of the front-charged and side-charged ones is produced, let's compare their advantages and disadvantages!"

"Yes! If you don't have any other instructions, then I'll go and get busy!"

"Go ahead!" Gu Shiyu nodded.

He looked at the Nobel High Priest trotting all the way, and thought to himself: You must not be the Nobel I know, right?

That Nobel is much smarter than me! And you, Nobel, don't spin as fast as I do!

There are already a lot of people with the same name and surname in the world, and this is just a coincidence.

"Your Royal Highness, His Majesty is looking for you!" a knight ran in front of him, then jumped off his horse.

"Did she say anything important?" asked Gu Shiyu.

"Your bodyguards have returned from the Diya border! His Majesty wants me to ask you when the court evening will be!"

"Then I'll go to the palace!

The knight immediately handed over the reins. Gu Shiyu turned over and got on his horse, the crisp sound of horses' hooves hitting the stone road, and he ran towards the top of the mountain with one person and one horse.