Seeing Catherine get straight to the point, Luke's face became solemn, he sighed and said: "Orlando didn't come tonight, just to mobilize the army. There are still more than 200,000 elite troops in the imperial capital, these are not enough, we have to get the millions of people in the suburbs into the city and recruit more soldiers from among them." But in this way, the logistical pressure is very high, and we don't have much time. ”

Catherine nodded, it is an indisputable fact that humanity is now at a strategic disadvantage, who called the northern defense line Thor Fortress to fall.

"The fall of Thor's Fortress is not the worst thing. Luke sighed and said, "According to the news that General Jonas and Ryan brought back, although they burned down one of the camps in Thor's Fortress when they retreated, more than 50% of the supplies still fell into the hands of the orcs. The thought of the already formidable orc warriors now being more heavily armed, I"

Catherine said, "What do you need me to do?"

Luke pondered his words and said to Catherine, "In order to fight the orc warriors with human equipment, we must unite tightly. But I am worried about the nobles, who have been living by exploiting the commoners for hundreds of years, and if they continue to run rampant in the city, once there is infighting, then the battle will not need to be fought to know the outcome. Therefore, this hidden danger must be solved in advance. ”

"Do you want me to restrain these nobles?" Catherine said to Luke, "No problem, I'll do my best." ”

Luke shook his head slowly and said, "Forgive me for being blunt, Catherine. With your current status, I'm afraid it won't help at all. Moreover, those nobles have a large number of private soldiers in their hands, and if we want to firmly control them, we are bound to drag down a large number of our troops, and this internal friction is too serious. ”

"So, I'm going to activate the teleportation magic array. Luke stated his plan: "At the expense of these nobles' estates outside the city, activate the magic array that teleports to Seabreeze City in the south." As long as these guys get out of here, then there's nothing to worry about. What's more, teleportation mages are not permanent, a small amount of people and materials is okay, too much is not good"

In this way, the large resources in the hands of those nobles, as well as their private soldiers, can only stay in the imperial capital. When the time comes, Luke, you and Orlando will be able to easily requisition them all. Catherine said what Luke was saying.

"Your intellect is as amazing as your beauty. Luke nodded and said, "The only ring that opens the teleportation magic array is you and" Luke was of course inconvenient to say the name of Fernando XIII, so he dragged it over vaguely.

Catherine, of course, understood what Luke meant, for the dead Fernando XIII, Catherine had no feelings at all, nothing more than using his identity, so there was no need to be sad. "I see, no problem, I'll give the order for the Royal Mage to open that teleportation array. ”

"Thank you very much. Luke took a piece of fruit and put it in his mouth, tasting it as he said, "I guess I can start teleporting them early tomorrow morning, and the sooner these hidden dangers leave, the better." ”

"One more thing. Catherine said, "I just heard you say that there will be a large influx of civilians into the city, and their accommodation and food will be a big problem, so I will take the lead and do what I can." Luke, I've decided to move out of the palace, the teleportation magic circle should be in the palace, and when all the nobles are gone, let those civilians live in. ”

"Isn't this okay?" Luke was taken aback when he heard this, and let the civilians live in the palace, something that had never happened in the 200 years since the Holy Empire was founded.

"There's nothing bad about it. Catherine said firmly: "The people of the empire have defended the dignity of the empire with their lives, and I have only moved out of my own home." Luke, if everything goes well, there is no need to say more, if the situation is unfavorable, I will live and die with the imperial capital at the royal viewing platform!"

Everyone present was touched by Catherine's faith, as Catherine, she could have been the first to leave here, but Catherine did not, but did her best to defeat the orcs as much as possible, even at the cost of her life.

Christina stood up abruptly and said with all her strength: "Catherine, if you really get to that point, if the orcs want to hurt you, they must first step over my corpse!" Maia, Karhitt and others also followed Christina and expressed their intentions to fight Catherine at the last moment, and the atmosphere of the whole dinner suddenly became solemn.

"Alright, alright. Catherine said softly to the people around her, "Today is Luke's dinner, not against those ugly orcs, let's not talk about that, let's taste these fresh fruits." When they heard Catherine's words, they sat down again. Catherine picked up a purple grape and put it in her mouth, slowly savoring the sweet and sour taste, while also thinking quickly in her mind about how to approach Faraz.

It only takes a dozen seconds to eat a grape, and Catherine comes up with a complete plan. She put down her knife and fork and said to Luke with a smile, "Luke, now that I have moved out of the palace, I can be regarded as homeless." ”

Luke smiled at this, and said to Catherine, "If you don't dislike it, live with me." With a few of their sisters with you, you won't be lonely. In addition, it is easy to ensure the safety of everyone living together, and if they live separately, the strength of those guards alone will involve a lot of manpower. ”

Faras clapped her hands and said, "Great, it's just time to ask Sister Catherine for some magic." ”

Catherine smiled and said to Faraz, "Ha, with Ryan by your side, do you still need me to give advice?"

"Hahahaha!" everyone laughed when they heard this, and Farras and Ryan blushed and couldn't wait to get under the table. Faras glared at Ryan fiercely and whispered, "It's all your fault." Ryan looked at Faraz's shy appearance, and a sweetness welled up in his heart.

Ryan's heart suddenly swelled with an urge to hold Faras tightly in his arms and never be separated. Ryan had never felt like this, and he couldn't say if it was good or bad, but he couldn't suppress it. Under the domination of this feeling, Ryan couldn't help but whisper a laugh in Faraz's ear: "I don't seem to have done anything, are you angry about this?"

It was the first time Faraz had heard Ryan flirt with her in such a public setting, her head was lowered, and her face became more ruddy, and Ryan's heart was red, and he wanted to bite her the cheek. Faras, on the other hand, raised her eyelids and peeked at everyone, and when she saw that no one else was paying attention to her, she reached out her hand from under the table, touched Ryan's body, and twisted it vigorously under his ribs.

As soon as Faras's hand touched Ryan's body, Ryan immediately guessed Farath's intentions, and his face immediately showed an exaggerated expression of pain, while at the same time releasing a miniature stone skin spell under his ribs. Faras didn't notice Ryan's small movements, she saw Ryan's expression, her heart softened, and her hand naturally loosened, and then lowered her head and said in Ryan's ear: "Ryan, you've learned badly, hehe." ”

Ryan's heart fluttered, he stretched out his hand, held Faras's outstretched little hand tightly, and at the same time said in Faras's ear: "I will be bad to you for the rest of your life." ”

The two eyes wandered, intertwined in the air, and could no longer be separated.

Naturally, the others at the banquet didn't pay attention to the small movements between Ryan and Faras, and they chatted again under Luke's guidance. And Luke saw that Catherine had no problem with her arrangement, so he naturally said to Maia and the others: "Maia, Karhit, you can stay here too, and everyone can take care of each other together." "There are quite a few empty rooms over there, even a dozen more people will be enough. ”

Maia and Karhit naturally knew the current situation, and they had just said that they would protect Catherine at the cost of their lives, and naturally they would live near Catherine, so they nodded and agreed.

Luke let out a long sigh of relief, and now everything was going in a good direction. During the day, Luke had already dispatched his men to cooperate with Orlando's army to prioritize the evacuation of personnel north of the imperial capital, and all the materials that could be removed were removed, and those that could not be moved were burned on the spot. Before the dinner, Victor also said that he would never sit idly by, as long as he remembered to hand over the magic scroll to Ryan. Now Catherine has also agreed to open the magic circle, and she will live in her mansion.

To be honest, Luke is still very confident in the safety of his mansion, especially after the unknown assassin assassinated Fernando XIII, he has not relaxed his investigation of this matter, although he has found a lot of small things such as theft and cheating, but until now he has not found out any information about the assassin, only one maid is missing in the entire palace, and the others are not suspicious, including those tailors who were temporarily recruited from the tailor shop.

How the hell did the assassin get through the palace's tight defenses, and the magic circles that probed to get in? Luke had been puzzled, the only possibility was that the palace's defenses had gone wrong somewhere, but the hole that should have existed could not be found, as if it didn't exist, it was a dead knot.