Nicholas is the prince of the Farlar Empire, the favorite son of the old emperor's eight princes, he has been personally educated since he was a child, and since he was ten years old, whenever the old emperor deals with important national events, he must be observed by his side, and then explain to him in detail the deep meaning of every sentence and every move. Under this kind of education, the young Nicholas soon became mature and sophisticated, and every time the old emperor assigned him a task for the sake of testing, he could complete it well, making the old emperor more and more satisfied. However, the old emperor did not publicly declare Nicholas as his heir, as if to give him momentum, but at the same time held his elder brother, the first prince, in a delicate rivalry, so that Nicholas also had to work hard to make himself more sophisticated in handling state affairs and more satisfied with his father.

In the past two years, the old emperor has handed over more and more government affairs to this son, and the results of Nicholas's handling are also very in line with the old emperor's wishes, if nothing else, it will not be long before the old emperor will announce the candidate for the heir, and the candidate is naturally Nicholas. Therefore, with the experience of these two years, Nicholas has become more and more calm, and he has become more and more like an imperial emperor, in fact, he still likes Catherine very much, but as a preparatory emperor, he has learned to make trade-offs, or in fact, he has long understood the trade-offs, as a top nobleman, it is impossible to get his father's affirmation without knowing how to weigh and trade-offs, but it has not come before, and now it has come to the point where the trade-offs must be made.

He had to make a choice because of the change of Catherine and Catherine's adventure group, the original Catherine was a gold-level knight, although the gold-level professional was very powerful. But after all, the number is not rare, there are seven or eight thousand among the human race, and with the strength of the gold-level powerhouse, there is no possibility of fighting against a country, so Catherine's influence at that time was not enough to force him to make a choice. Even if he keeps pestering, as long as he doesn't do some radical behavior, it won't have much impact, at most it will only disappoint his father a little, and this disappointment can still be easily remedied. And he had to give up temporarily two years ago, mainly because Pannis's inexplicable strength made him unpredictable, and it was difficult for him to cross this strange obstacle without using excesses, so he chose to avoid it at that time.

But now it's different. Now Catherine has been promoted to a Legendary-level master, and not only her, but several of her companions have also become Legendary-level masters. There is a fundamental difference between a Legendary Master and a Gold-level professional, the strength of a Legendary Master makes any country unwilling to fight against them, even Nicholas's own father, the old emperor of the Falar Empire, must maintain enough respect for any Legendary Master, and if there is a chance to exchange for a Legendary Master to serve his country. would rather pay a very large price than be willing to accept the situation, just like the legendary master who is considered to be a bodyguard next to Nicholas. In fact, it was the old emperor who loved his son and found a teacher for his son. Therefore, with Catherine's current achievements, even if Nicholas has inherited the throne and become the de facto emperor of the Falar Empire, he does not dare to make the knight girl feel unhappy. After all, the relationship between the two sides is not tense now, and Catherine is from the original nobles of Faral, so there may be many opportunities for cooperation in the future. Therefore, the change in Nicholas's attitude and ideas is inevitable, and it is the nature of the political character. has overwhelmed his original ** and personality, and he can only think about it from the perspective of an emperor.

This qiē, in fact, Catherine knew very well in her heart that the knight girl had a deep enough understanding of the nature of these great nobles, and fully understood what the promotion of her rank meant to the other party, so from the beginning, she did not shy away from dealing with Falar's officials, and when she found out that Nicholas was here just now, she did not choose to avoid it, but faced it very calmly. Sure enough, Nicholas's reaction was not at all unexpected by Catherine, and he had completely closed his original feelings and ** in his heart, just greeting him like an ordinary friend.

So, several people followed Nicholas's guidance and re-seated themselves in the original meeting venue, and Pannis and Moore sat behind the girls as if they had diluted their sense of existence, not far from Nicholas's legendary teacher and bodyguard. The bodyguard seemed to know Moore's identity and his influence in the Elven Court, so he saluted politely, but for Pannis, for the failure of two years ago, this master bodyguard didn't have the same government as his employer, and he couldn't do it as if nothing had happened, so in order to avoid embarrassment, he simply pretended not to see it. Pannis didn't care, just smiled at Moore, looking very proud.

"Excuse me, Master Catherine. After Prince Nicholas summoned the waiter to change the drink, he asked respectfully: "You just said that you have something to discuss with me, I don't know what is important?"

"Just call me Catherine, Your Highness. Catherine smiled faintly and said, "We have been friends since we met at the Knight Academy a long time ago, and we don't need to call me a master, but we seem to be estranged." ”

Catherine's words made Nicholas's mood very delicate, when they met again at the ball two years ago, he used to call each other Catherine very affectionately, but it was Catherine who very strictly asked him to call him by his surname, making it clear that the two parties were not familiar with this kind of Cheng dù who called each other by their first names, and now that the situation has changed, the same title issue has a different statement. However, Nicholas was not surprised, after all, it had been said that fickleness was the name of a nobleman, so he just smiled and nodded, "This is my mistake, Catherine, but for the sake of fairness, you should also change your name." ”

"Thank you, Nicholas. The aristocratic smile made Catherine look a little strange, but the girls who knew her well knew very well that it was just a mask for her, so they looked at her silently and continued: "Before getting down to business, I take the liberty of asking, are you coming to Wangshan Fortress this time to prepare for another visit to the Bute Plateau?"

"Not really. Nicholas shook his head and said: "There is no plan to visit Bout recently, if you just entered the city today, it is actually an accident to see me, the day before yesterday I got the news, and Bute's batch of trade goods There is a small problem, my father sent me to deal with it, you also know that the empire attaches great importance to foreign trade." However, this small problem is actually just a misunderstanding, it is easy to solve, according to the plan, I should leave at noon, after all, there are more troublesome things waiting for me to deal with in the south, but I don't think I am in a hurry in this half a day, and I want to know more about the people's thoughts, so I changed the itinerary and delayed the departure time for half a day. ”

"Hmm, was it an accident?" Catherine's eyes flickered, her head bowed, not knowing what she was thinking, and Nicholas waited patiently and did not rush her. After a while, the knight girl raised her head and continued: "No wonder, since yesterday, we haven't encountered any caravans along the way, I'm afraid it's because you're here. ”

Nicholas was stunned for a moment, the surprise on his face was not like pretending, but in terms of his identity, it is difficult to say how real it is. The second prince was surprised for a second, then shook his head with a wry smile, and said with a helpless expression: "It seems that it is indeed my reason, I think it is the city lord Erfen who gave an order in private in order to please me." He had done this before, when his father personally inspected the place, and he ordered that no freight vehicles enter or leave the city while he was in the city, so as to ensure his father's safety. It is estimated that he gave this order again, and the cities on both sides were notified, so in order not to let the freight vehicles be stranded outside the city, both sides deliberately postponed the road. I'm really sorry for the trouble?"

"No, no, no, it's just a doubt in my mind. Catherine said, "It seems that Nicholas is very much loved by your subordinates." ”

"It's not my credit. Nicholas said very modestly: "It's all my father's way of ruling the country, and these people just don't have many opportunities to meet my father, so they extend their love for my father." ”

"Ding Dong", Moore obviously didn't touch the Flarenqin, but the strings automatically made a crisp sound, Moore didn't seem to be able to stand the conversation between the two, and coughed lightly to join the negotiation: "Maybe I don't know much about your human habits, but time is precious, and we elves don't like to waste time, especially on important things." So, can you ask the two of you to get to the point?"

Everyone present knew that Moore was talking nonsense, if there was any race in the Yala world that liked to waste time the most, the elves would definitely be in the top three, but no one would debunk this lie, Catherine smiled at Moore, seemed to express gratitude, and continued: " This is Mr. Moore, the chanter of the Yada Temple, since Mr. Moore is a little anxious, let's briefly explain, this time we are from Bute's side, as for the reason, in fact, you have just mentioned, that is, you said, the south side is waiting for you to deal with the more troublesome matter. ”

"Oh?" Nicholas once again appropriately expressed his due surprise: "You are also here for those four massacres?, I see, several major guilds of Rhea have sent a message, asking us to cooperate in the temporary lockdown of the scene, presumably just to wait for your arrival." (To be continued......)

ps: In these chapters, I want to depict some of the characteristics of the aristocracy in the special environment of the Yala continent, in fact, in the final analysis, I still want to describe some of the characteristics of the nobility in my heart, especially their behavior and heart when they treat people, handle things, and weigh trade-offs, but they can't always be satisfied, and it is estimated that if you want to be satisfied, you have to add a lot of meaningless branch plots, so in the end, I can only express this kind of Cheng dù, I hope you don't be surprised.

Also, tomorrow...... Ahem, it's the weekend again, a little lazy for a day, word count, you know, hehehehehe.

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