Chapter 333: Refusal

"Welcome to the Norton Family Domain, Your Majesty. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info "Lorist bowed to the Second Highness as an audience of the lower lords.

As Count Kenmax said, Lorist was very embarrassed at the moment. Although the current Kingdom of Antinac does not recognize the Norton family as the nobles of the kingdom, after all, this matter was done by Queen Carry, and it has nothing to do with His Royal Highness. If His Royal Highness dies or if he writes the Book of Exile with his own hands, then Lorist will truly lose the upper lord.

Like the founding emperor of Kerison hundreds of years ago, he was banished to the Northlands by his lords and removed from his title of nobility. Enraged, the Earl of Crisson immediately scattered his wealth and recruited soldiers to declare war on his superior lord, raised troops in the Northlands, started in Winston Province, and then swept all the way to establish the Crisson Empire.

Now Lorist is embarrassed that he knows the purpose of the Second Highness, but he can't refuse. As the de jure superior lord of the Norton family, he was usurped off the throne by others, so Lorlist, as the lower lord, must stand up for his superior lord both morally and in the tradition of nobility. In other words, even if you don't have that strength, you can't beat the water dogs and refuse the request of your superior lord, at least you have to provide your best ability to help the superior lord, which is the morality of the aristocratic tradition of the Gaylinthia continent for thousands of years.

I can't refuse! Lorist met with His Royal Highness at Maple Grove Villa. Thanks to his cousin Chrisya's blessing, when Shi Fatzi got the news that His Second Highness and his party had come to the Northland, he wanted to limit their scope of activities to Beihai City. But Chrisya had to clamore to go back to Maple Grove Villa, she was a member of the Norton family, and Shi Fat couldn't stop her. So starting from Beihai City, passing through Poplar Town, and then arriving at Fenglin Villa. Then, in the five days that Lorist had not returned, His Royal Highness and the others visited the seven towns of Fengle Plain, and also went to Nicol Academy, if it weren't for the guard battalion sent by the head of the Camorra to stop it, maybe the Second Highness would have visited several strictly secret production bases in Ironforge and the Blade Mountains.

The prosperity of the Norton family's territory in the Northland surprised His Royal Highness greatly, and his eyes were full of brilliance. Chrisya, on the other hand, was purely to show off the strength of the Norton family. In addition, Irina who stayed in Maple Grove Villa had never seen the world, and after welcoming the arrival of His Royal Highness and Chrisia and others, she was very respectful to the superior lord of the Norton family, answered all questions, and divulged everything she knew or what she heard, and also diligently sent someone as a guide to take the Second Highness to Nicol Academy and Fengle Yuan, so that the Second Highness had a little more understanding of the strength of the Norton family.

"It's amazing how the once wild and remote Northlands could flourish in the hands of the Norton family. Everywhere I went these days, I could hardly believe my eyes, the seven towns of Fengle Yuan were so lively and densely populated, and I had the feeling of seeing the grandeur of the area around the imperial capital when I went out to play when I was a child. The Earl is really talented, and he can govern the Northland so well, it is comparable to those famous ministers of the former empire!"

While expressing his thoughts on the Norton family's territory, His Royal Highness stepped forward and patted Lorlist's arm a few times, making it look like he was talking with his arms, showing that he valued and was close to Lorlist, and seemed to have no sense of the estrangement between the two when they were in the imperial capital.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment, the Norton family just remembered the promise of their ancestors and guarded the northern frontier for the empire, and did not want to participate in the internal affairs of the empire, so in this troubled era, the family territory was quite peaceful, absorbing a large number of refugees displaced by the war, and finally giving the family territory a little shape. Lorist had no choice but to keep his eyes open and tell nonsense.

"I was wrong, and I shouldn't have listened to your advice. His Royal Highness smiled bitterly, let go of Lorlist's arm very simply, and then bowed to Lorlist. Lorist was taken aback, and hurriedly supported His Royal Highness: "Your Majesty, what are you doing here? I can't afford it." ”

The Second Highness held Lorlist's hand with his backhand and said very sincerely: "Locke, I sincerely apologize to you, I was wrong. After the defeat of Fei Deli and the royal city, I have been regretting it, if I could listen to your advice back then, not be so anxious to unify the former empire, but pay attention to the people's livelihood first, then I will not end up where I am now. It's hard to return to a home, and it's hard to vote for a country!"

Well, you brought it on yourself. Lorist complained in her heart. However, the Second Highness said that he is now in a difficult place to return to and a country is in a difficult place, but it is a big truth, except for the territory of the Norton family in the Northland, no matter where he appears, the final result is to be sent to the current Queen of the Antinac Kingdom. As a result of His Royal Highness's sudden illness and death in the middle of the night, whether it is to avenge his father or for his throne, Queen Kerry will definitely give His Royal Highness the end of his sudden illness and death.

"The year before last, I heard that His Majesty had been defeated in the royal city of Fedeliga and did not know his whereabouts, which really made me anxious. At that time, I wanted to lead my army to the royal city of Federiga to find Your Majesty, and sent a messenger to the imperial capital to ask for troops, but I was reprimanded and asked our Norton family to be in peace, and even transferred the Third Regiment of the Royal Guards from the frontier of the Duchy of Madras to monitor us in Qilin Harbor, forcing me to withdraw my troops and return ......"

Lorist took the official document handed by Schward beside him and handed it to His Second Highness: "Your Majesty, you see, this is the receipt from the two imperial capitals that I requested to send troops at that time,. They denied my request, and I had to suspend my attempt to find His Majesty. Thanks to the protection of the god of war, I am glad that Your Majesty is here with me, and nothing is more important than your Majesty's safety. ”

Well, Lorist can only play the role of loyalty and courage in front of the Second Highness, even if he wishes that the Second Highness would never appear in the world, but now that the Second Highness is standing in front of him, he has to be, at least in front of everyone.

His Royal Highness's face changed, and the hand that was originally holding Lorist also let go, and clenched it into a fist: "Those rebels, usurpers and traitors, they actually ceded the territory of the kingdom of the former king to those merchants for their own personal gain. I will never let them go. Brother Locke, to tell you the truth, I came here to ask you for help, and ask the Norton family to send troops to wipe out those kingdom rebellions and help the kingdom restore order to its rightful place......"

Lorist let out a long sigh, and the Second Highness finally said the request, as the head of the Norton family, he had to give the Second Highness an official reply.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask what the Norton family will get if they send troops?"

It is true that the aristocratic tradition of the continent of Gelinthia is that the lower lord has an obligation to the higher lord. But in the same way, the higher lord must also promise to let the lower lord get the benefits he deserves. If there is no benefit, no lower lord is willing to do his best to work for the upper lord in vain. Lorist can only seize this point now to his advantage. Otherwise, he would have fulfilled the obligations of the lower lord by giving the second highness a sum of money and a few hundred pieces of armor, and he would have nothing to say.

"Locke, Your Majesty has agreed, as long as our family sends troops, he will make you the Grand Duke of the Northland. In the Northlands, the territory you have laid is considered our family's territory. It was Chrisia who said this, and she was very happy, as if she had taken advantage of the Norton family.

Lorist looked disdainful: "Chrisya, do you understand the current situation in the Northlands?"

The silly girl shook her head.

"If that's all there is to it, I refuse to send troops. In fact, the title of Grand Duke of the Northland has no effect on the Norton family. Your Majesty, there are currently only four nobles in the Northlands, in addition to the Norton family, there are Count Kenmeth who occupy the eastern part of the Northlands, and Baron Saheen and Baron Philim in the southern part of the Northlands. And all three of them are allies of our Norton family. The Norton family will not tear up the covenant and meet the allies. The title of Grand Duke of the Northland alone is the same for me with and without it. Lorist said justifiably.

Belch...... Not only did His Royal Highness have nothing to say at this time, but even Chrisya was dumbfounded. They didn't expect that there were only four families in the Northland, and it was still an alliance. The title of Grand Duke of the Northland promised by His Royal Highness not only has no meaning, but also has the meaning of sowing discord and stirring up strife. No wonder Lorist could rightly refuse the request of the Second Highness.

"I'm very sorry, Brother Locke, I didn't mean to, it's just that I didn't expect it to be like this......" Second Highness quickly explained.

"It's okay, Your Majesty, you're new to the city and don't know anything about it. The banquet over there has been set up, please come to the table to taste the flavor and characteristics of the Northland, and please ask Your Majesty to rest in the Northland for a while. And we also need to study how to support Your Majesty and help Your Majesty return to the Kingdom. ”

Lorist is really a little angry, Krisma's cousin has a big personality, and she doesn't know the extenuating reason for the situation in the Northland, and the Second Highness doesn't know the situation in the Northland, it's nonsense. Although the Northland is remote, it has been several years since the four alliances dominated the Northland. The Norton family's territory is strictly managed in and out, but the situation in the three territories is like a sieve, and it would be a liar to say that His Royal Highness didn't know about it. are so depressed that they are homeless and lose their thrones, what kind of scheming are they doing, asking for help from themselves here, and blocking themselves there, killing Lorist and not believing that the Second Highness is unintentional.

At the banquet, His Royal Highness wanted to bring the topic back to asking the Norton family to send troops to help him restore the country, but he was rejected by Lorist or directly said that he would discuss with the family knights.

The depressed Second Highness was drunk and sent to rest, Lorist finally got out and went to the main building, and began to soak in the bath under Irina's service, while considering what kind of reply to give the Second Highness.

I was about to pull Irina behind me into the big bathtub to relax herself, but I heard the voice of the guard downstairs: "Who!"

"It's me, Christia. ”

"Oh, is there anything wrong with the eldest lady coming here so late?"

"I want to see Lorlist. ”

"I'm sorry, Miss, I don't know if the adults have slept, so don't disturb the adults so late. Is there anything you can't talk about tomorrow?"

"Get out of here, I'm looking for Locke, I'm his sister, are you still afraid that I will assassinate him?"

"Assassination, hehe, eldest lady, it's not that I look down on you, and you are not an opponent of adults if you go up to ten. But I'll have to tell you about it, and if you fall asleep, you'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

"No, I have to see Locke now......"

Lorist let out a breath, rolled over and came out of the tub, wiped his body haphazardly, put on a nightgown, came to the window, leaned out and said, "El, let her come up." ”

Chrisia quickly went upstairs, and Lorist held up a glass of Michels brought by Irina: "Come and have a glass of Michels, what are you looking for me at such a late hour?"

Chrysya sat down in her chair angrily, "Your guard is so rude, Locke, he actually stopped me. ”

"It's his duty, and it's the right thing to do, and it's not just because you're my cousin that he looks down on you. Because you are a royal knight of the Kingdom of Antinac, not a knight of our Norton family, even if you are from the Norton family. ”

Chrisia stammered at once, and Lorist was right, and this was one of the traditions followed by all aristocratic families.

It took a long time for Chrisya to come back to her senses: "Locke, I found that you have become too much, and I can no longer see the shadow of the crying-nosed child when I was a child." ”

Lorist laughed: "No way, if I were still that crying kid, then the Norton family would not exist now." All of this forced me to change. Chrisya, do you know how it feels like for a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child to lose contact with his family and become a mercenary in order to survive? to fight with demonic beasts in order to fill his stomach, and to take risks in order to study and spend his life, six or seven years have passed, and it is not until the family comes to find him that he knows that his family members are gone.

When he returned to the family territory, he found that the situation was so bad, the Grand Duke of the Northland had bad intentions towards the family, and the second prince was eyeing the family, so he finally broke out, defeated the Grand Duke of the Northland and the second prince, and focused on the development of the family territory, and finally made the family have a prosperous scene. But now another trouble has come to the door, and his superior leader wants him to send troops to help him reinstate, and it is not good, do you think he should agree?"

Lorist sealed the road first, which made Chrisia feel very awkward, and after a long while, Ai Ai said: "Locke, isn't this a good opportunity for the Norton family? As long as you help Your Majesty restore the throne, your name will be recorded in the history books in the future, and the prestige of the Norton family will be praised by future generations." ”

Lorist smiled and was overjoyed: "My cousin, are you stupid? Why should the soldiers of the Norton family shed their blood and sacrifice for the great cause of His Majesty? If this spreads, I am afraid that other nobles will treat the Norton family as fools." If His Majesty did not pay the corresponding price, the Norton family would never send troops. However, we will give Your Majesty a large sum of money and a batch of military equipment to fulfill the duties and duties of our lower lords. ”

Chrisya asked unwillingly: "Locke, what benefits do you need to send troops to help His Majesty restore the throne?"

"Well, I'll have to think about it. But my cousin, can you tell me how you got out of the royal city of Federika? I'm very interested in that, for no one can find you. Also, how much strength does Your Majesty still have in your Majesty's hands, it is said that when you disappeared from the royal city of Federiga, your Majesty's guard also disappeared, that is 5,000 men, how did you hide from the enemies who were searching?"

Chrisya's face became gloomy: "When Your Majesty conquered the royal city of Federiga, he found a secret passage leading to the outside of the city, which may be the path for the eldest prince to escape. Later, the royal city of Fei Dejia was besieged, and His Majesty took us out through this secret passage. At that time we had six thousand men, but now we have less than two thousand left, because we have the missing Grand Prince......"

"What do you say, Prince?" said Lorlist, surprised.

"Yes, we didn't expect that either. Chrisia burst into tears.

...... (To be continued.) )