"Your Majesty, it's all done, do you want to look in the mirror. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" said a female officer, handing over the bronze mirror.

Margaret took the mirror and took a cursory look at herself. She was originally a beautiful girl, and she usually seemed to be influenced by her second teacher, and she didn't pay attention to the dress of rouge and gouache. In addition, she gave up a lot of beautiful dresses in order to be able to move easily, so everyone can't intuitively understand her energetic beauty.

In the mirror, what is reflected is a Peugeot girl in the flower season, at this age, the charm of youth occupies the main factor of feminine charm. This kind of charm does not enchant everyone, but it can make anyone fall in love. Ruddy lips, lustrous dark blonde braids, and healthy, fair skin, when properly modified, reflect beauty that can attract people's hearts, and make people feel happy rather than crazy.

"Well, I'm satisfied, so be it." Margaret lifted her skirt and got up and walked to the door.

"Ah, wait a minute, Your Majesty." A female officer called out to the young queen.

"Anything else?"

"Put this on, I just took it off this morning." The female officer took out a sprig of freshly dipped camellia from a plate.

"Put it on for me, I hope the guests don't laugh at us." The queen smiled and lowered her head slightly, so that the lady could put on this ornament that nature had given her.

"Ouch, is Your Majesty all right?" Yeft paced back and forth beside the pillars on one side, with some impatience.

"Be patient, General Yeft, and be very patient with the grooming of ladies. Bear with me, you won't regret the wait. Then again, how can a commander not even have the patience for that? Saugland, leaning against the pillars, calmed his commotioned colleague.

"Actually, I didn't mean that, it's just that it's not good to make guests wait for a long time......"

While Jeff was still explaining his complaints, the door to the room creaked open, and the two men waiting outside immediately straightened up and looked in that direction.

Margaret, who was a little shy, slowly walked over under the protection of the female officers, and the female officers who dressed the queen were at this time a good time to proudly appreciate the effect of their masterpiece. After seeing the expression of General Yeft, these slightly older women couldn't help but laugh to themselves, and regained some girlish feelings.

Afterwards, Yeft told Admiral Ernest Sauer about his reaction and mood at that time, and was reprimanded by the other party: "Shame on the face of the Janissaries." However, Sauer, who had just said this, immediately abandoned his position a few seconds ago and did what Yeft had not had time to do, as soon as he saw Her Majesty who had been waiting for her.

At this time, Thorgrande suddenly felt that the body of his colleague next to him was weak, and out of instinctive reaction, he immediately took action to frame the other party. And Sogrande's effort sobered up someone who had unconsciously wanted to shout "Long live Her Majesty" on one knee, and suddenly felt a heat on his face.

Although the movement was slight, Her Majesty the Clever Queen couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh when she saw this scene.

"Ryushy," Margaret jumped in front of the other party and raised her little face flushed by the watery camellias, "how is it, is it good-looking?" ”

"Very beautiful, my majesty." Sogrend smiled and owed.

Margaret felt a little disappointed in her prime minister's polite response, but it was as fleeting and small as an antiparticle. Even Empress Sigrani, who is known as the most beautiful in the mainland, appeared in front of this man after being carefully dressed, and it may not be able to exchange it for an expression that makes women more proud than this.

"So, Evt Chief, what is your opinion?" The queen playfully turned to the other.

"Are you really Your Majesty?" As soon as Yeft said this, the female officers behind Margaret could no longer hold back and burst into loud laughter. This made the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard even more embarrassed.

Margaret, after laughing so easily, said to Yeft: "You should have been punished for daring to say such a faux pas to Her Majesty, but it sounds pleasing to me, so I will forgive you this time." With that, Margaret stretched out her tender to Yeft.

"Your Excellency Yeft, don't be rude." Sogrend reminded softly.

"Oh, yes, yes." Yeft hurriedly agreed, took the queen's little hand, and kissed it gently.

After a hand-kiss of forgiveness and gratitude, the young queen turned to Sogrend, "Now, my dear Prime Minister, is it not time for you to behave like a gentleman?" ”

"It's my pleasure." Thorgrande said as he contributed his elbow.

"Alright, then let's go meet our guests." Margaret unceremoniously took the Prime Minister's arm.

"My dear uncle, you seem to be a little absent-minded." Rakosu said after observing Antaras, who was sitting opposite, for a long time.

"Huh? Have it? Antaras unconsciously touched his face.

"Alas," Lacoxiu sighed as he looked at the rare animal of the Landner family, "Forget it, forget it, we're almost there, so you can take your mind." However, if your brother Wang is one-tenth as honest as you, it is a great thing. ”

The carriage was smoothly escorted by the hussars to the main entrance of the palace, which was much simpler than the formal diplomatic greeting ceremony at the hotel. The red carpet was only rolled up to the last step, and there were only necessary guards on the side, and there was no guard of honor. The Queen of Pharansy was standing at the main entrance of the main hall waiting for the arrival of the guests, and Sogrend was behind the queen.

Antaras jumped out of the car first, and then, doing the duty of a man, by the side of the car, helped his sister-in-law out of the car. After stepping off the carriage gracefully, Lacoxiu took her brother-in-law's arm and slowly pedaled up the steps she had walked many times.

When the guest from Hitarus had walked the last steps, Margaret took the initiative to greet him.

"Welcome back to your homeland, Her Royal Highness Prince and Princess Rakoxiu." Margaret had a smile on her face.

"It is a great honor for me to be entertained by His Majesty, even in a foreign land, Racoxiu has forgotten the kindness of France, and now the only thing I can do for my country is to devote my life to doing something insignificant for the friendship between the two countries for generations." Racoxiu said, humbly curtsiying to the queen.

"Please don't be polite," Margaret helped the other party up, and then looked behind Rakoxiu, "This must be His Highness Antaras." ”

At this time, the little prince of Hitarus was already stunned. Originally, when he first got out of the car, he had already noticed that the girl standing at the top of the steps was very familiar, but he didn't want to jump to conclusions. Because even Antaras himself didn't know whether he was expecting or fearing the true appearance of Queen Farensi dressed on the steps. When Antaras finally took a closer look at it so closely, Antaras's surprise was palpable. Of course, this is only one reason, on the other hand, as we mentioned earlier, Margaret's outfit today is indeed excellent, and Antaras is attracted by the beauty of the other party.

"His Highness Antaras? His Highness Antaras! The Queen of Pharansy didn't have any special expression, but the Prime Minister standing behind her still saw the slight tremor of her body.

"Oh!" Antaras shuddered, realizing his faux pas, "I feel extremely honored to be able to meet Her Majesty. As he spoke, he leaned down and kissed the Queen's tender cheek, and the soft touch on his lips made the prince a little reluctant.

"Your Highness Antaras, your third brother mentioned you in front of me the last time he visited the kingdom." Margaret began to smile in a diplomatic manner.

"Oh, really?" Antaras is now feeling grateful to Kanites.

"So I have always been very curious about you," said Margaret, "and let me entertain you to-day." ”

"It is an honor for me to be warmly received by His Majesty." Antaras said as he took the Queen's hand and led her way towards the restaurant.

Thorgrande looked at the boy and the girl from each other, and out of familiarity with his students, he had roughly guessed the truth of some things. As for the performance of Antaras, it is quite in line with the general impression of the Falencians of the Hitaros man. Although the young prince was still a little immature, some of the characteristics of the Landner family were still manifested in him. The question that Sogrerd now needs to consider is, is it a simple act of pampering his brothers to send this prince? Or was it the foreshadowing that Canitez laid for his future political needs? It seems that this can only be spied through Rakoxiu.

"Then Your Royal Highness the Princess, please also invite first." Thorgrande politely owes a debt, acting on the principle of "ladies first" and letting Lacoxiu pass. Rakoxiu glanced at him, nodded, and took the first step to follow the two people walking in front.

Sogrend took the opportunity to bring Yeftra to the side and ordered: "Now go to Admiral Gursi and ask him to send a wyvern to Admiral Ranfonte, who is currently leading the army training outside, and bring her back." After picking her up, let her take a shower and change her clothes, and wait at the cemetery. Jeff was about to be ordered to leave, but was called back: "Uh...... It will be enough to let Admiral Lanfonte change into a clean military uniform. ”

Sending Yeft away, Sogrend puffed up his chest and quickly followed.

When everyone came to the dining room and sat down in the order of host and guest, Margaret instructed the chef to start serving.

It seems that today's dishes have made the guests very satisfied, and Margaret has not stopped talking to Antaras throughout the meal. This made the little prince of Hitarus feel a little flattered, he couldn't understand why the other party was so enthusiastic about him, could it be because of the long-standing alliance between Falunsi and Hitarus and the chance encounter before noon?

As always, Thorgrande was silent during the meal, he always thought it was a good habit to talk less or not at all during meals, and he generally did not bring work to the table, which of course meant that he did not bring other things to the table, such as relationship problems. Margaret had succeeded in creating an opportunity for him and China to have a working meal alone, but to the surprise of all the gardeners who were watching from the queen to the royal garden, they saw the two of them finish their lunch at a very standard military pace, and then began to discuss business seriously after asking for tea after the meal.

Although Margaret sat at the head of the table, and Antaras sat on her left hand, there was still Racoxiu, but this did not seem to affect her curiosity about the prince. This surprised Lacoxiu, who sat first on his left hand, and made her think that perhaps her husband and his brothers were not unfounded in their fears about their brother. She was even more amazed at the almost blind attitude of Sogrend, who was sitting directly across from her, and thought to herself: "Could it be that the upper echelons of the two countries have reached some kind of tacit understanding?" ”

"Oh, so His Highness Antaras is still a dragon knight?" Margaret laughed.

"Uh...... Wyverns prefer a humid and stable climate, so they are very few in places where the climate is slightly arid and less stable like ours. Therefore, in our country, dragon knights are quite rare. Antaras tried to make sure he could look the other man in the eye, but he didn't hold out for a second before failing.

"Speaking of which, although I have been in the army, I don't know much about Wyverns. Lord Luce is very knowledgeable, so why don't you explain it to us in detail? "Racoxiu wants to stir up a conversation.

When Sogrand heard this, he looked at his queen and saw that the other party was also interested. put down the knife and fork, picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth, and said, "Then I will rudely make a cameo appearance as a teacher in the school." ”

Many parts of the continent of Yartikat and Anvarasna are inhabited by bipedal wyverns, and even according to the current biological classification, whether they should be classified as reptiles, mammals, or birds has been debated for a long time. Because according to its reproduction mode and living habits, it is closer to the ancient reptiles; However, it has some primitive mammalian characteristics, such as its heart structure, which can ensure that it maintains a constant body temperature for a period of time under certain conditions, which ordinary reptiles such as snakes, turtles, and crocodiles cannot do; In addition, there are signs of feathering at the end of the scales covered by its body, but it has teeth, which birds do not have. In the end, the biological community, like the political community, could only seek some kind of compromise, relegating it to a solitary branch at the root of the evolutionary tree, and treating it as some kind of intermediate transitional species.

It is difficult to say when humans began to domesticate this creature, but archaeologists have found mummies of this animal in the tomb of the Efini royal family as early as 1600 BC on the mainland. So all the current history books carefully set the time for the domestication of this creature at this time. As for this kind of military unit that dominated the air for nearly 2,000 years before the birth of the aircraft, its military history is relatively clear. In 358 B.C., the newly entered aristocratic oligarchic republic of the Republic of Articut first used the Wyvern as a reconnaissance force in a battle against the northern barbarians (probably the Fallensi), and the Wyvern was the main auxiliary force of the Republic Legion ever since. Due to the territory of the republic at that time, the area where the Wyvern could be obtained was limited (only a small part of the southern foothills of the Aber Mountains in Mastar had its habitat), and it could not be bred in captivity. Although a wyvern can serve the army for at least 15 to 30 years, the Senate of the Republic passed a law to control the capture of wyverns for long-term gains.

As for the later, as we described earlier, when the republic turned into an empire and took control of Iberia, with the discovery of the Lazarammaker family, the size of the Wyvern that could be provided increased exponentially. However, it never grew at the rate of the Imperial Legion, and then when the Empire began to descend into warlord politics, the wild wyvern resources in Iberia were irreparably destroyed, and with the exception of the dragon knights, the Wyvern Valley, there was almost no trace of this creature in the northern part of the southern foothills of the Aber Mountains. In 163 years before the mainland Gregorian calendar, the newly enthroned emperor, Carreras, known in history as the "mercenary emperor", thought of places that no one else expected. Since the main habitat of the wyvern was the small moist and warm basins of the tall mountain ranges, the northern foothills of the Aber Mountains should also have their habitat, and sure enough, the news that the expedition came back a few months later confirmed the Emperor's suspicions. Therefore, on the one hand, it is to obtain more capital for its own army, and on the other hand, it is to divert the fighting enthusiasm of the domestic aristocracy. The emperor announced the beginning of the conquest of the place north of the Abers, previously known as Pharansey. The Imperial army departed from the direction of Mastar on one route and Iberian on the other.

The conquest of Falunsi from 161 to 155 BC is considered to be the last triumph of the Empire, and the army from the mainland quickly took control of the Parello region, but was later met with stubborn resistance from the Phalensi tribes. After suffering several heavy losses, the military aristocracy, already enamored with the newly acquired rich land, refused to continue northward, and the war on the western route was abandoned. The army from Iberia on the eastern route, although at one time captured a large area of land, was subsequently defeated by the combined counterattack of the Farinsi and Navi, and only added a nominal province of Alc to the empire. And it was precisely because of the problems exposed by the empire in this conquest that the provincial military aristocracy in Pamis, Renosque and Hitaros realized that the center of the empire was no longer what it used to be, and when the wise and powerful Carreras the Great died, the Altikat empire immediately entered the countdown to her death.

"It seems that I'm far away, if everyone thinks they've eaten almost, then clean up and arrange the afternoon activities." Thorgrande finished his explanation by placing his knife and fork on the plate that had already been emptied.

"Oh, I've heard that Lord Ryuce has used the Dragon Knight beautifully a few times, so I'd like to ask you for advice next time." Antaras went from being so familiar with history to turn most of his curiosity into respect.

"So, what is the itinerary for our guests in the afternoon?" Margaret asked.