"I'm sorry Lady Angelina, but the Kingdom of Belrama is not a place where my Lord has sheltered. ”

"I'm also panicking about making this request suddenly, but if the Old Gods are willing to help the Kingdom of Belramar clear up this hidden danger, I believe that both the Royal Family of Belramar and our Westphalian family are willing to give a generous return. ”

Lelouch gave Lady Angelina a very bad answer, but in Lady Angelina's opinion, it may have been just a preversion that the gods with the idea of equivalent exchange did not want to be the 'brave' who gave for free. In fact, Lady Angelina does not hate this kind of deity that smells too 'coppery', on the contrary, for problems that only need to be solved by money, it is not a big problem for the Westphalian family.

If there is enough benefit for a god to do what he says, then there will be no shortage of people in this world who are willing to give such benefits.

Only this time Lelouch still shook his head: "I don't think you know something, Lady Angelina! ”

Alyssa said with a somewhat ugly face at this time: "Mother~ I want to ask you something!"

"Say it, Elisa. ”

"┉┉ You value the safety of the other side more than the Westphalian family and the royal family. After a moment's hesitation, Alyssa finally spoke.

Lady Angelina's face became a little difficult to look at, to be honest, this is a difficult question, because of Lady Angelina's special status, after marrying into the Westphalian family, the whole family is silent about this kind of similar question under the order of the head of the family, Jerson, and no one will be bored to ask this kind of question that angers the head of the family and the wife of the housemaster. And Alisa has known about this since she was a child, but in this special situation today, Alisa did not hesitate to say it, because Alisa had already learned from Lelouch that the demon entrenched in the Golden Spike territory was probably not a trivial matter.

Seeing that her mother didn't answer for a while, Alyssa also asked without etiquette: "I know that my mother is still nostalgic for her relatives in the royal family. But this time you have to make a choice, the game between gods and demons is not trivial, and the Westphalian family can only choose to cling to a strong man if they want to survive this game. ”

"Alyssa~ What kind of pact did you make with that god?"

"Protect the House of Westphalia from demons, and in return I will assist Lord Lelouch in his expansion in the Free City. ”

Looking directly into her mother's suspicious eyes, Alyssa said as if she had cut through gold and iron.

Mrs. Angelina looked at Elisa, and did not see anything wrong with her daughter's resolute gaze. The daughter was not brainwashed or under any psychic magic, these words came from her own will. Mrs. Angelina has no doubts about this, after all, as a mother who has watched her daughter grow up little by little, no one can know Elisa better than herself.

"It's just guarding the House of Westphalia and not the Kingdom of Bellama~, right?"

Alyssa nodded wordlessly.

At this time, Lelouch opened his mouth and said slowly: "I'll tell you directly, madam, the situation in the Bellama Kingdom is very dangerous now, you must know that the person who is assisting Silvador behind his back this time is not an ordinary demon┉┉"

From Yalin, Lelouch also learned that the demons entrenched in the Golden Spike territory were not ordinary miscellaneous fish characters, the killing master of the nine demon masters, Areguso, the powerful demon who had come to the main material plane with the dark lord Grazt and caused a great disaster, not to mention facing such a powerful opponent, except for Yalin, who was the king of the white dragon, in Ulduar, even the white dragon guards could not compete with Arreguso.

Besides, now Arrin and Alegusso are each gripping each other's handles. No one dares to rashly invade other people's territory, at most they just use some tricks in the hidden spy war.

And learned that the one who supported Silvador in the Golden Spike Territory was actually a demon master, although it was not clear how strong the demon master was, but from Leluxiu's mouth, he learned that the other party had even fought with the ice goddess Ejoma ten thousand years ago, and Lady Angelina finally understood why the ancient god behind Leluxiu was reluctant to intervene in this matter, because the price was too high, so high that no mortal could pay this price.

"The price to eliminate Arleguso is too great, that is, the Holy See will have to pay a heavy price unless the goddess Ishtar herself comes. ”

Arleguso must have been planning something big by infusing a large amount of abyssal power into Silvado's body. How deeply the kingdom of Belrama has been infiltrated by the Killing Master, and whether there will be other Demon Masters who are assisting him in his actions is a question worth pondering. It's not hard to destroy a demon altar, but if you accidentally stab the demons in the twisted void of the hornet's nest and the believers in the main material plane, it can be as annoying as psoriasis. For example, this is the problem in the western part of the continent today, although the Pain Domination is crushed to death by the Holy Capital, but the endless vicious attacks and kidnappings have also put the societies of the western countries in panic, and with it comes the inevitable economic downturn.

Of course, if it weren't for the large number of negative feelings caused by the destruction and fighting of the Scourge Legion in Arthas, the subordinate demons of the Pain Lord would have run out of strength and would not be able to penetrate the main material plane long ago.

"Your Excellency Lelouch. Do you mean to let the House of Westphalia abandon the Kingdom of Bellamar and leave alone?"

"Absolutely. ”

Lelouch said affirmatively, and Alisa on the side also nodded with a pleading look.

A trace of distress flashed in Mrs. Angelina's eyes: "But I don't plan to give up hope, as long as I tell the Holy See that no matter what the cost is, the Holy See will never sit idly by." ”

Alisa's gaze darkened, and the price to tell the Holy See was very clear, even if the Holy See destroyed those demons at any cost. However, the power of the Belrama Kingdom will fall into the hands of the Holy See, and the Westphalian family, the largest merchant family in the Belrama Kingdom, is estimated to be controlled by the Holy See. After all, the wife of the head of the Westphalian family has royal blood, and the power formed by the combination of bloodline and wealth may be able to make the royal family make a comeback to regain power, and the Holy See naturally cannot let this kind of thing happen, and it is a sure thing to control or weaken the Westphalian family after controlling the kingdom of Bellama.

It was clear that Elisa, who had grown up with her father as a merchant, did not want to see this happen, why should the House of Westphalia fall victim to the royal family in this game between gods and demons. In the final analysis, except for the eldest princess Refina, there are few people in the royal family who are better than Elisa, even the second prince Dean, who is a little closer to him, is only looking at the friendship with Princess Refina.

"But Mother~ This matter of the Westphalian family must cut off the interests of the royal family, and even need to stay away from the land of right and wrong, we can't get too involved in this game, we must save a fire. ”

"Alisa~ I know your feelings, but you also have royal blood in your body. Think of Princess Refina, think of His Royal Highness Prince Dean, who have been well taken care of by the Westphalian family all these years. ”

"I know~ But the Westphalian family doesn't owe anything to the royal family, although our family has been taken care of by the royal family for many years, it has also brought rich benefits to the royal family, and this matter was originally done by that damn idiot prince Silvador, why did Westphalia have to sacrifice for the royal family in the end!"

Elisa, a merchant, just wants to protect the Westphalian family, and defeating the demons to save the kingdom is like the work of some brave and god, as written in the novel. But Alisa's mother, Lady Angelina, disagreed, as Lelouch calculated, Lady Angelina, who had too many relatives in the royal family, did not want to give up the royal family just like that, and if the Holy See intervened, the reputation of the royal family would inevitably plummet. If the Westphalian family chooses to cut off the interests of the royal family, it can minimize the loss, but the Westphalian family can sit back and relax, but the Bellamar royal family has lost its reputation and the financial support of the Westphalian family, so I am afraid that it will not be able to get rid of the control of the Holy See in this life and this life.

Lady Angelina is still trying to fight hard, and after the Holy See intervenes, she will try her best to prevent the Westphalian family from losing too much power, but in Alisa's opinion, her mother's idea is really a too dangerous gamble, and if she loses, the Westphalian family will naturally end up with the same fate as the royal family, and even if she wins by luck, the family will probably lose her vitality. And how much will the Bellamar royal family be able to compensate the Westphalian family at that time?

In any case, in Alyssa's opinion, this is simply not worth the cost!

Alyssa, who has been cared for by Lady Angelina for many years, has never disobeyed her mother's will. But for the first time today, the girl strongly opposed her mother's claims, but compared to Alyssa's louder and louder voice, Mrs. Angelina still argued with Alyssa in the same calm tone as she had at first. And Lelouch had already arranged a soundproof barrier in the VIP room at this time, otherwise the maids outside would probably have been attracted by the sound of the dispute.

"I'm sorry mother┉┉ I can't agree with you anyway this time. ”

In the end, the result of Elisa's argument with her mother is still full of contradictions, and Elisa even does not hesitate to move her father Jaelsen out, in Alisa's opinion, if her father knew about this qiē, he would probably agree with her opinion. Although my father loved my mother very much, my father was rational and wise, and my father would never make wrong judgments because of his will.

"Alyssa, I want you to understand, I'll try to convince your father. You must know that the Kingdom of Belrama has been established for 400 years, and the kingdom has experienced too many difficulties and challenges in these 400 years. This disaster will be able to sustain the royal family. Lady Angelina was still trying to convince her daughter at the end.

However, at this time, Elisa closed her eyes sadly, and the girl stood up and retreated slightly behind Lelouch and lowered her head without saying a word, and at this time, Lelouch, who had been a listener for a long time, opened her eyes and looked directly at Mrs. Angelina, and a blood-red light was slowly condensing in Lelouch's pupils. (To be continued......)