Chapter 712: Red Frost Tree Manor
On a warm afternoon afternoon in late autumn, Victor lay lazily on the hillside of a hill overgrown with golden silk grass on the back of his head, looking out at Lake Vanne below.
Blue lagoons, distant mountains, wetlands, and autumn colors are intertwined into a beautiful and picturesque hilly landscape. Terns skimming across the lake and picking up a white-bellied finfish to attract their kind to chirp and compete for food, cattle and sheep roaming the pastures to graze, sheepdogs barking loudly at the outcropping fat gophers, and squires at the Red Frost Tree Manor busily washing their horses add to the painting-like landscape.
Victor has experienced the lushness of the dark forests, the hazy misty mountains, the majesty of the Wharton Prairie, the vastness of the northern wilderness, and the majesty of the Boulder Mountains, but he loves the beauty of the Centaur Hills above all else.
Lake Vanne is the largest shallow lake in the Centaur Hills, and it is a place of lush vegetation and colorful scenery. Nestled between the shores of Lake Vanne and the hills, Sylvia's private estate is named after the red frost trees.
Of course, Sylvia's vacation and leisure place should not be cultivated on a large scale, and the 1,000 square kilometers of land should be as natural as possible, which is suitable for the spread and growth of golden silk grass, which is regarded as a useless weed by farmers.
Now that the rock bricks have come out, Victor's plan to exchange rock bricks for gold coins has been a great success, and the golden silk grass, an important raw material for making rock bricks, no longer needs to be kept secret, and the Red Frost Tree Manor has really become Sylvia's holiday manor.
Victor returned to the Centaur Hills ten days ago, and stayed with Sylvia at the Red Frosttree Manor, enjoying the good time that only belonged to the two of them.
After two years abroad, there's nothing more relaxing than coming home. The season of wind is the harvest season, and it is also the most suitable for Victor's bloodline talent. The surging monsoon brings all kinds of information about the natural world, and the Swordmaster of the Angry Wind is like a light and long wine, and like a hot spring flowing endlessly, Victor can't help but revel in it, close his eyes, and let the whispers of the wind wash his soul and not catch it.
Just as Victor was emptying his mind and immersing himself in the natural wind between heaven and earth, a blade of grass reached his ear, and the crispy and itchy stimulation pulled him back to reality, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a beautiful face.
Wearing a yellow tunic dress and bare white and flawless slender feet, Sylvia squatted in front of Victor, her pure blue eyes full of curiosity and a narrow smile, her golden hair casually draped over her shoulders, and she was gently teasing his ears with a golden grass.
Victor naturally reached out and shook the smooth calf under the hem of the skirt, but Sylvia exclaimed, shrunk under the skirt, jumped back, and stepped on Victor's hand, giggled, and turned and ran towards the grassy slope.
The delicate and tender touch flowed from his hands to the bottom of his heart, and Victor froze for two seconds, then jumped up from the grass and chased after Sylvia who was jumping and running.
At the top of the hill, Trisley sat on a rock, her hands clasped around her knees, and looked at the two highnesses chasing and playing, stunned.
Sylvia ran in front with her skirt and Victor in behind, and whenever his fingers were about to touch each other, Sylvia turned gracefully and dodged her lover's embrace, leaving behind a string of silver bell-like laughter that led Victor to continue chasing her.
The two of them are like ordinary couples in love, even their speed is mediocre, except for their pleasing appearances and beauty, it is completely impossible to see that one of them is a powerhouse in the Holy Domain, and the other is a god knight.
What's the point of this, it's boring...... Trisley pursed her lips and sourly sneered, she didn't know if she was jealous of Silvia or Victor, but she had to admit that only Silvia and Victor could make each other experience the sweetness of love.
The world in the eyes of the transcendent is different from that of ordinary people, and the more powerful the transcendent, the more lonely they are, and the less fun that many mortals have. The Senjugon of Fury Wind had such a keen sense that it was almost the power of the realm, and no one but Sylvia could get close to him while he was sleeping, let alone tease him or tease him.
Of course, this is also the reason why Victor opens up to Sylvia, otherwise her stealth approach represents hostility. The Golden Knight can hardly withstand this level of "closeness" of the Divine Knight, only fright and no surprise, counterattack is inevitable, and it is impossible to turn it into fun at all.
Victor and Sylvia are natural companions, and they are destined to be attracted to each other.
While Trisley sighed, Sylvia just walked around behind her, raised her hand and pushed, and the female knight of the angry waves, who resonated with the 36 elemental positions, seemed to be a weak girl, and fell off the stone in surprise, and was held in Victor's arms.
She is equally unguarded against Sylvia and Victor, and easily joins the "boring" game.
The three of them laughed for a while, and Trisley broke free from Victor's arms, blushing and coquettishly, "You'll bully me." β
Victor stroked Trisley's waist-length hair and smiled, "Hair is getting longer." β
Female knights generally only keep shawl hair for the convenience of wearing helmets, while extraordinary knights above the silver rank do not need to cut their hair at all. Trisley's long shiny hair is the result of taking inoculating potions and not being able to function her fighting spirit. Unfortunately, Victor's ascension was too fast, and all the inoculation potions that the Kite Castle had supplied to Trisley failed, but the blonde hair that flowed like a waterfall showed her hope and efforts.
Victor felt sorry for Trisley, but he couldn't reverse his bloodline talent.
Trisley felt Victor's guilt, and her heart was sweet, but she said lightly: "Long hair is inconvenient, I will cut it short." β
If I wanted to cut it, I would have cut it a long time ago, and I deliberately left it for me to see...... Victor was secretly funny, Trisley was still so arrogant, jealous, and easily shy, he deliberately joked: "We still have a chance......
Trisley's heart pounded, she bit her lip lightly, and asked shyly, "Honey, will you live in Rose Manor in the future?"
Without waiting for Victor to answer, Sylvia squeezed between the two, grabbed Victor and Trisley's arms respectively, and said with a smile, "He doesn't necessarily live in Rose Manor, but he must live with me, and of course you...... He is my husband, and you are my knight. In the future, our children will be your children. If you can advance to the Golden Rank, your daughter will also be my daughter. β
"My dear, is our home in the Rose Manor, or is it here?" asked Sylvia, with her eyes full of wistfulness.
The Guardian is behind the scenes, in control, Victor now has a bigger stage, and a mere Randall Leader is no longer enough for him to exert his skills, and only by taking charge of the entire Centaur Hills is worthy of the status of the Raging Wind Sword Saint. What's more, this is also something he and Sylvia have long said about it: Victor will be promoted to a legend, and he will accompany Sylvia.
"It's a nice place, the scenery is beautiful, the area is also large, and it's only more than 300 kilometers away from Randall, so it's convenient for me to visit Nicole and her at Silvermoon Manor from time to time. Victor nodded.
"Well, Red Frost Tree Manor will be our home from now on. Sylvia turned to look at Trisley and said, "In the future, I'm afraid you'll need to take care of the Rose Manor...... Nothing matters, don't let them bother me and Victor. β
Trisley was unhappy, but she also knew that Sylvia had given her power to help her accumulate fame, strengthen her faith, and prepare for the assault on the gold realm.
Seeing Trisley nodding in agreement, Sylvia smiled like a flower, and sighed softly, "It's a pity...... You failed to bring Andrea back. Otherwise, it would be more likely that the Centaur Hills would cultivate the Tempest Rider lineage. β
Although the top transcendent beings are always trapped in the difficult problem of heirs, Sylvia used her husband to win over high-ranking female knights, and it was so natural that Victor could only keep silent.
"And Princess Celine of the Seuss Kingdom, who seems to be in love with Raymond Peter now...... How are you going to place her?"
Of course, Victor has not forgotten Princess Celine Eleano, who was a "guest" in the Centaur Hills, she was originally the fiancΓ©e of Raymond Peter, the crown prince of the kingdom of Seuss, and now she is a "gift" from Grand Duke Peter and Duke Medin to His Royal Highness Randall.
The identity has changed so dramatically, to say that Princess Celine has no resentment in her heart, Victor doesn't believe it.
Of course, the statement that Princess Celine is a "gift" is too frivolous and inaccurate.
In fact, the United Kingdom of Borui urgently needs to conclude a solid southern expansion treaty with Cambis and gain access to the waters of Lake Fez. The two major forces of the same Nantuo camp, there is no alliance more stable than the royal marriage, but due to the implementation of the royal family descendant system by Gangbis, the noble daughter of the Borui family has no chance to enter the kite. So, they thought of the purple-eyed bloodline of the Fez-kingdom, and Princess Celine was Princess Seuss with purple-eyed features.
Suppose that His Royal Highness Randall convinces the Royal Family of Cambis to let go of his hatred for Neowest and allow the Kingdom of Borui to establish a port in the Rand Empire, then how much should His Highness Randall pay to get the Auguste family to agree?
This price obviously can't be counted on the head of the York family, and the purple-eyed noblewoman Celine is the price that the Borui Kingdom paid in advance.
Kite Castle accepted Randall's proposal that the United Kingdom of Borui facilitate a "lovers' marriage" between the royal family of Seuss and the royal family of Gombis, with the purple-eyed nobledaughter of the House of Eleano serving as the court lady of Gombis, and her child with His Majesty Edward belonging to the patrilineal family, and the baby girl she gave birth to with purple eyes dissolved their partnership and returned to the royal family of Souss with her daughter.
In this way, the three southern kingdoms of Borui, Seuss and Gombis formed a relationship of marriage, because the Seuss kingdom has always acted as the glue between the various forces, and they have always blocked the trade and foreign policy of the Borui kingdom.
If the Borui people succeed in expanding southward and join forces with Gangbis in the southern continent, they will be able to get rid of the clamp of the Seuss Kingdom. This was a situation that the Grand Lord of Seuss did not want to see, so they were more than willing to meddle in the covenant between the two sides, at least to have a considerable amount of say.
In fact, Celine was deposed as the crown prince, and the visit to the Centaur Hills can be seen as an ambiguous signal to the royal family of Gombis by the two kingdoms of Borui and Seuss:
You do not agree to conclude an alliance, and we intend to marry the descendants of Gombis for a long time, with the purple-eyed noblewoman of Eleano helping the House of York to maintain its noble bloodline...... You can see what you do.
In the kingdom-level game, Princess Celine Eleano fell victim to the outright. The so-called "apology" is just a pretense, but Princess Celine, who was sent to the door, Sylvia will never let go.
The life level of the Raging Wind Sword Saint is too high, even if Princess Celine is promoted to the Silver Knight and serves Victor for a long time, it is impossible for them to have offspring. In this case, Celine and Victor becoming partners is equivalent to wasting the bloodline advantage of the purple-eyed noblewoman in vain.
Sylvia encouraged the small fruit vinegar jar next to her to test Randall's attitude towards Celine.
Victor knew that if he insisted on keeping Celine, there would be another big fruit vinegar jar and another small fruit vinegar jar by his side, and his backyard would probably never be peaceful.
"A few years ago, the Centaur Hills held a Legion Tournament, and I remember Princess Celine falling in love with me at first sight...... It's only been a few years since she's fallen in love with Raymond Peter?" Victor shook his head with a wry smile and said very wisely, "I won't summon her, you can arrange it." β
Trisley stared at the distant landscape, the corners of her mouth tilting upward. Sylvia glanced sideways at Victor, her graceful chin slightly raised, as if to say: "You are interested."
She groaned a little and said, "Actually, Celine's current situation is not accidental...... As a purple-eyed noblewoman, she is closer to Queen Cynthia Eleano than to her father, the Duke of Medin. Of the six major families of Suss, the strength of the Eleano royal family is the weakest, and the core members of the family are all purple-eyed noblewomen. Due to the particularity of the purple-eyed bloodline, Eleano did not appear as a golden knight, and it was only up to the other five families to check and balance each other before he was promoted to the throne of Seuss. β
"Eleano is suppressed by the five great families, and the male heirs of noble blood belong to their respective patrilineal families. For more than two hundred years, the Eleano have been committed to changing the status quo, and Cynthia has wanted to cultivate the bloodline of the Tempest Knights to counterbalance the five families...... There is no doubt that Tempest Knight has such abilities. β
Sylvia smiled slightly, shook her head and sighed, "It's a pity that the five dukes of Seuss won't let the queen succeed...... Celine is close to her mother, and her status as crown prince is doomed to be deposed...... My dear, do you know who Raymond Peter is marrying right now?"
"The granddaughter of the Duke of Red Eagle and Celine's cousin, Princess Wendinis Eleano. β
Victor asked in surprise, "Duke Red Eagle, isn't he a political enemy of Duke Meddin?"
"Yes. Sylvia nodded and said, "The Red Eagle family controls the southern realm of Suss, and they do not have a good relationship with the Medin family, the great lord of the northern realm of Sus. But on the issue of the royal family, they are on the same side again. The Duke of Medin preferred to give up some of his influence over the royal family rather than allow his daughter, who favored Eleano, to inherit the throne. Queen Cynthia was completely defeated, and she simply did not have the ability to dominate the family's inheritance. β
Victor thought for a moment and said, "So, from the very beginning, Duke Medin planned to drive Celine out of the Seuss Kingdom?"
"Who knows? Who cares?" Sylvia raised her eyebrows, kissed Victor's face, and said softly, "My love, I'm going to give Celine a chance." β
Victor's eyes flickered, and he frowned and asked, "Just like Sophia?" However, the Soul Blood Secret Method may not have much effect on the purple-eyed noblewoman...... Moreover, even Sophia, I didn't tell her about the secret method of the Soul Bloodline. Are you sure you want to reveal your family's secrets to Celine Eleano?"
"Celine is much easier to deal with than Sophia. Sylvia shook her head and smiled, and then said with a straight face: "When it comes to the issue of knight's faith, I will solve it, in short, I will not let her pass on the secret method of the soul bloodline to the Eleano family." The knight's improvement of the secret method is up to you, and Celine is the subject of the test. If Celine can break through the shackles of the Purple Eye Bloodline and advance to the Gold Rank, she is qualified to be the companion of the Raging Wind Swordmaster, adding a Tempest Knight bloodline to the Centaur Hills. If she doesn't have the slightest chance, then she is not a 'gift' that belongs to you...... I'll settle her. β
Draven of the Juggernaut has six Golden Knights to accompany her, leaving four Tempest Knights bloodlines for the Iron Mountain Empire, and Sylvia also wants to cultivate the Tempest Knights bloodline of the York family.
However, Ravin lived in a different era than it is now, when the old empire collapsed, the new one rose, and in the war against the ogre king, many of the family's male high-ranking knights fell, and many high-ranking female knights emerged to serve as the pillars of the family. After the end of the war, the family began to merge, and the four golden knights gathered around the Sword Saint Draven, and together with Empress Verrotica, they formed the Iron Mountain Empire.
The current Golden Knights basically have their own families, and Victor has very limited partners to choose from. Sylvia set her sights on Nicole and Trisley. However, it is not easy for them to advance to the gold rank, and one more Celine is one more hope.
The Sun Elves are like dragons, and Victor can control the will of the ancestors in his bloodline, but he is also not averse to the concept of a spouse of the Sun Elves.
Reproduction is the most basic bloodline instinct of life, and the more powerful the creature, the more eager it is to be favored by a mate of the same level, otherwise their bloodline will will be easily cut off.
This is equivalent to extinction, worse than falling. And if you violate the most basic rules of life, you will inevitably be rejected by the Creator's pan-consciousness, and the origin of the world will turn the spearhead of fate and directly kill the powerful rebels.
Alien creatures are the best example of this, when a law of life is in a desperate situation, the will of the world breaks it up and reorganizes it, and deduces a new law of life.
However, using the secret method of the Psychic Blood to train Princess Celine and Victor to choose a partner are two things, and Victor is cautious about Celine because she has a relationship with Raymond Peter, thus implicating the Shadow Council.
After a moment's hesitation, Victor shook his head in a deep voice and said, "The problem of the Suss Kingdom is not so simple...... You should have heard of my encounter with the Elder Bear in the Giant Wood Forest, and I haven't mentioned it to anyone. β
Silvia's eyes lit up as she circled to Victor's left side, sandwiched him between them and Trisley, and the three of them sat shoulder to shoulder on the grass.
"Say, I'll listen. Sylvia held her chin and looked at Victor warmly. She never presses her lover to tell her secrets, but she also expects him to take the initiative to mention it to her.