Chapter 183: Princess Celivia

Count Kenmeth visited again, and when he saw his suits and the large retinue he had brought with him, it became clear that he was again preparing to spend the winter in Gildusk, the capital of the Grand Duke.

"Lord Baron Norton, this time I have invited you to the city of Gildusk for the New Year's celebrations by order of His Majesty the King, and I propose ...... to you," said Count Kenmeth in a serious manner.

Since Lorist never went to meet the second prince, the second prince did not recognize the countdom of the Norton family, after all, the Northland was in the territory of the Iberian Kingdom, and Lorist received the canonization of the Andinac royal family. Therefore, in the title of the second prince, Lorist is still just a baron.

Lorlist's hand shook, and almost spilled Michels, who was pouring into the cup, on the table, he had just stuffed seven wives for Lenmerd a few days ago, and this time it was the turn of Earl Kenmax to propose to him, could this be retribution?

"Come and have some hot drinks, my friend, and tell me what your Majesty is up to, and let you, the earl, come and propose, it seems that the woman has a great deal of origin......" Lorist invited Count Kenmax to taste the Michels he had just cooked.

"I know it's not going to be easy, but I have to. The second prince sent me a messenger and wrote a long letter. Count Kenmax relaxed, grumbling as he walked over.

"Don't you call him our Majesty?" laughed Lorlist.

Count Kenmax said disdainfully, "Does he have the bearing of that king......?"

"I don't understand why the second prince wrote a letter to send a messenger to invite you over, making such a big detour. He might as well write to me directly......" Lorist wondered.

"That's for the sake of face, you've already turned down his many invitations to express kindness. Although it is mostly conveyed by me. But now the second prince is strong and strong. Arrogance is unstoppable. If you refuse the messenger he sent to your face. Then did he come to power? There was no other way but to raise troops to fight.

Many nobles in the Northland hope that there will be a big battle between you and the second prince, and the best result is to lose both. Two years ago, the majesty of your Norton family sweeping the northern land is still fresh in the hearts of many people, for those territorial nobles, your Norton family is an angry bear on the ground, and the second prince is a foreign wolf, I wish you two fought to the death......"

Count Kenmax took a sip of Max, took a breath and continued: "The second prince also knows this in his heart, even if he has a regular army of fifty or sixty thousand men in his hands. But if you can't settle your Norton family, then the Northland nobles are still dissatisfied with him, and some of the tax collection decrees he issued have been openly and secretly resisted by the Northland nobles. However, in view of the fact that your Norton family defeated the prestige of the Grand Duke of the Northland in a battle, the second prince still did not dare to attack your Norton family lightly.

I wrote to me a messenger that he knew that our two families were on good terms, and asked me to come and persuade you to go to the city of Gildusk to meet him once and give him a step down. Another meaning is to investigate the details of our family by the way, the rumor of our family's formation of a 30,000-strong army has reached his ears, so the messenger he sent brought a lot of followers over, and drilled into the military camp of our family's armed army one by one. Ask questions in the tavern where the soldiers gather, think I don't know?"

"You know I told the Messenger bluntly. Our family did form a family army of 30,000 people, that is, when we were ready to defend the family territory against the invasion of the mountain barbarians, how wonderful was the expression of the messenger......?

"Hehe, who in the entire Northland nobles doesn't know that your Kenmax family has always been friendly with the mountain barbarians, and the mountain barbarian specialties you represent have made many merchants blush, and they even said that in order to resist the mountain barbarians to form a family arm, the ghost will believe it. Lorist shook his head and smiled.

"Believe it or not, that's what our family says anyway. By the way, this is a long letter written to me by the second prince, read it for yourself. Count Kenmax took out a thick letter from his bosom and handed it to Lorlist.

The second prince expressed his greetings to Count Kenmeth and his apologies for the Norton family, and once again recalled the heroic battle of the eldest young master of the Norton family, that is, the eldest brother of Lorlist, the Golden Knight of Albered, under his command, and sincerely asked the Earl of Kenmeth to invite the new head of the Norton family, Baron Norton Lorlist, to attend his New Year's celebration in the city of Gildusk. I heard that Lorist is still single, and the second prince is willing to introduce Princess Celivia to Lorlist, and make every effort to promote the marriage of the two, etc......

"Huh, who is Princess Celivia? Didn't you say that the second prince only had three illegitimate children who were still minors?" asked Lorist very strangely.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk......," Earl Kenmax sighed, "For your Norton family, the second prince's bait is really big enough! Even Princess Celivia has moved out." To be honest, Locke, you should go out for a walk, don't stay in the family territory like a turtle and don't know anything. ”

"Princess Celivia, the most delicate rose in our Iberian kingdom, known as the most dazzling pearl of the steppe......," said Count Kenmeth, as if reciting a poem, his tone full of passion and high spirits.

"Haven't heard of it. Lorist said.

"You ......" Count Kenmax was speechless for a moment, and turned his head to look at Lorist angrily: "A turtle is a turtle, does the Grand Duke of Fisabrun know?"

"Yes. Lorist nodded honestly.

"The Grand Duke of Fisabrun has three sons and a daughter, and the daughter is the beautiful queen of our Iberian kingdom and the wife of the second prince. The eldest son of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun died young, and Princess Celivia is his posthumous daughter, that is, the granddaughter of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, the only niece of our beautiful queen, who was canonized as a princess by the second prince, and now you understand?"

"Ah, why are you so excited?" Lorist was puzzled.

"You know what, Princess Celivia is the goddess in my heart, she is so beautiful and pure, so beautiful. I had the pleasure of meeting Princess Celivia in the royal capital of Windbrie. At that moment, Eros engraved her image deeply in my heart. I can't forget the mysterious smile on her lips and her charming green eyes...... "Count Kenmax made a lyrical gesture.

"And then you will take your love out on the ladies and ladies who have had a tryst with you, won't you?" said Lorlist.

"You ......," Count Kenmeth pointed at Lorist speechless.

"You're single, too, and you can propose to Princess Celivia with your family background. Lorist pursed his lips and continued to drink Michels.

"Well, you don't know......," said the Earl of Kenmeth, deflated, "I met her four years ago, and she was only sixteen years old, and she was already in the dust. A business family like ours doesn't deserve to be in her eyes at all. She is the jewel of the Grand Duke of Fisabrun. And according to the rumors of the maids around her, Princess Celivia has been determined to marry a hero since she was a child. Do you know why so many young knights follow the second prince into battle......?

"Oh, and that else?" Lorist suddenly thought of a question: "Didn't you say that the second prince was lustful, how could he let go of this beautiful princess Celevia?"

Count Kenmeth looked around, although there were only two people in the study, he and Lorlist, but he still lowered his voice: "The second prince does not dare, he and our beautiful queen are not in harmony with each other, and it is okay to play separately, but if he gets involved with Princess Celevia, then he will be in great trouble, and the Grand Duke of Fisabrun will never let him go."

Let me tell you one thing, the second prince and the queen have always been well water and do not interfere with river water. Each has its own private life. The second prince has three illegitimate children outside, and the queen also has two. It's not the second prince's species, but it's all fostered in the knight's house under the Grand Duke. Last time, the second prince was defeated by the Grand Duke of Melein and ran to the Grand Duke of Fisabrun for help, but the Grand Duke locked him up with the queen and released them until the queen became pregnant.

Think about how painful it is for two people who only maintain superficial hypocritical etiquette to actually look down on each other and even dislike each other very much, locked up in a room and forced to do that man and woman's thing. However, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun was iron-hearted, claiming that he was thinking about the royal inheritance of the Iberian Kingdom, and also provided a potion to help the fun, which was the main reason why the Grand Duke of Fisabrun supported his three ranger regiments after the second prince came out, allowing him to send troops to the Duchy of Madras.

Last year, the queen had already given birth to a baby boy, and she was ready to announce that this was the **** of the Iberian Kingdom when he was older. It's just that this child is very pitiful, neither treated by the second prince nor favored by the queen, and has grown up with the nanny since he was a child. The second prince and the queen gave birth to this child as if they were doing their duty, and now it is Princess Celivia who is responsible for raising this child. ”

"Hehe, what a mess your circle!" said Lorlist.

"What do you mean?" said Count Kenmath and thought about it for a long time, before he roughly understood.

"Don't forget that you're a member of your circle...... Count Kenmax said angrily.

"I'm different from you, I'm a decent territorial nobleman, with hundreds of years of traditional virtues and fine aristocratic style......" Lorist boasted of himself.

"Cut, don't think I don't know you have a leg with that female scholar, Miss Theresti, you can tell by looking at your eyes that you two have hooked up a long time ago. "The Earl of Kenmeth was very contemptuous of Lorlist's hypocrisy.

Pointing to the letter of the second prince, Count Kenmez said: "This time you must give me a face, accept the invitation of the second prince to go to the city of Gildusk, if nothing else, it is good to meet this princess Celevia, the second prince said that he will do his best to promote your marriage with her." If you can pluck this most delicate rose in Iberia, you will be in a big deal, and with the Grand Duke of Fisabrun as your master, then the second prince will really have nothing to do with you. ”

"I'm not going. Lorist refused, still a little dissatisfied in his heart, with the strength in his hands, he still needed that Archduke of Fisabrun to support him, he underestimated the Norton family, right?

"My friend, can you tell me the reason why you refused the invitation? After all, the second prince has also sincerely invited several times, and it would be too unkind for you to always refuse like this. "Count Kenmax did not understand Lorlist's thoughts.

"If you're worried about the two great swordsmen beside the second prince, I'll tell you there's no need to be afraid. At most, the second prince will use these two great swordsmen to teach the golden knights under you a lesson, and use the excuse of instructing martial arts. Don't dare to go too far. After all, the second prince wants to rely on these two great sword masters to show his strength. Suppress the ambitions of the nobles of the realm. It is enough to let the nobles of the territory understand that the royal family has its own force to suppress them.

Look at me, if you don't take the knight with you, the second prince won't be able to use the great swordsman to find an excuse to teach my subordinates. Naturally, you have to bring the Golden Knight over for safety, and you will be fine if you endure it then. With my care, you don't have to worry, I guarantee that your trip is worthwhile, even if Princess Celivia and you don't call, I can introduce you to a lot of beautiful and generous ladies and misses. Although they are not as beautiful as Princess Celevia, they are equally lovely and gentle. They will soothe your wounds and accompany you through the long cold nights......"

Count Kenmax tried to lure Lorist with him to Gildusk in a pimping tone.

Lorist laughed: "Thank you very much, my friend, for your kindness. Turning down your invitation is a last resort. Maybe you don't know it, while you are drinking wine and listening to music with beautiful women and enjoying the scene of snowflakes flying, I and my knights are fighting to the death in the wasteland of my family's domain......"

Looking at Count Kenmeth's surprised expression, Lorist said with a straight face: "My friend, where do you think the two million catties of smoked beef jerky you bought from our family this year came from? Every winter, nearly a million demonic beasts from the barbarian plains swept through our family territory, making our year's hard work come to naught. That's why I'm trading with you in iron armor in exchange for a large amount of grain and grass supplies......"

"Warcraft, I think I've read it in some book......" Earl Kenmax thought thoughtfully, "I've seen a book written by that guy who wrote about Northland. The book says that in winter, countless demonic beasts from the barbarian plains frantically poured into the wasteland of the Northlands, and the momentum was overwhelming and intimidating. Our family hadn't noticed this since we arrived in the Northland, and I thought it was nonsense. It turns out that the Demon Beast Tide has only swept your family territory, not the entire Northland......"

"Yes, for two consecutive winters, our clan forces have been fighting with the Warcraft for dominance of the wasteland, and this year is no exception. In another twenty days, I'll be ready to go. So, my friend, it's not that I don't agree to your invitation, it's really my responsibility as a lord, and I must stand at the forefront of the battle against the Warcraft, so that I can bring the courage to fight and the belief to persist in the family army......" Lorlist's expression was very heavy.

"Are your clan forces suffering heavy casualties? or I won't be going to any New Year's celebrations. I'm going with you to see what Warcraft is now. Count Kenmax thought for a moment and said.

"Excuse me, good intentions. It was by no means a good scene, hungry and cold, eating and drinking cold, and the endless population of Warcraft under black crows. You can never imagine the suffocating feeling of tens of thousands of red-eyed demon cow herds rushing towards you, and the miserable scene of those five or six meter tall mammoth demons breaking into our family's armed array. But there is no way, this is our family territory, this is our human territory, and our Norton family will never let the Warcraft go wild unscrupulously......."

Lorist said the same as the truth, his face was extremely heavy, and his expression was very serious: "Especially since we are not only fighting against these demon bulls and demon elephants, we can only eat dry food when camping in peacetime, otherwise once we make a fire, it will be easy to attract a large number of carnivorous demonic beasts such as winter wolves and snow leopards with a keen sense of smell, so that we can't sleep all night." Every winter, it is a difficult time for us!"

Count Kenmax immediately lost interest, and it was okay to be cold, but if he couldn't even eat well and sleep well, it would kill him, and he laughed at himself: "It seems that it is better for me to go to the city of Gildusk, music, food, wine and beauty are the life I am used to......"

Lorist laughed, "It's okay my friend, it's our Norton family's mission. Our ancestors were ready when they swore to protect the Northlands for the Empire, and as Norton's descendants, we naturally have to take over the responsibilities of our ancestors, this is our family destiny, and we will not run away from it. As my friend, as long as you can still think of a friend like me who was fighting against Warcraft, I will be satisfied. ”

"Don't worry, my friend, we will spread the word about the heroic deeds of your Norton family, and we will not let people forget your heroic feats of the Norton family in guarding the frontier...... " said Earl Kenmeth patting his chest.

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