Surdak rode to the Marquis de Luther's mansion and handed the letter of visit to the foreign butler in the porter of the marquis' mansion.

The housekeeper hurriedly invited Surdak and his party into the living room, and a maid served tea and pastries to Surdak and others.

The steward sent a maid to bring the news of Surdak's visit to the Marquis's palace.

Since Surdak had successfully proposed to Miss Hathaway more than two months earlier, and had been recognized by the Marquis of Luther and Lady Marianne, it was much easier to visit the Marquis de Luther's house than other nobles, and it would not be surprising to be invited to live in the Marquis de Luther's house at this time.

"Is the Marquis in the mansion?" Surdak looked up and asked the young foreign affairs butler.

The butler said very respectfully: "Your Excellency went to the House of Representatives in the morning, there have been many issues in the House of Representatives recently, and your Excellency has been busy until late almost every day, and recently many nobles from the Talapakant region have fled to Bena City for refuge. ”

I didn't expect that Marquis Luthor, who received the task of garrisoning the plane, would be so busy every day, and the situation in Bena Province didn't want to be so optimistic on the surface.

To say that Duke Newman led the Bednar Legion into the Warsaw plane for more than four years, and the situation in the Warsaw plane is still unclear, if it drags on like this, it is not a good thing for the Bednar Legion, and the price paid by the noble lords of the province of Bednar for the Handanaar County of the Warsaw plane is a little too great.

And Lord MacDonnell's idea of breaking away from the province of Bednar seems to have been put on the surface, and the Marquis of Luthor is the representative of the main battle faction of the province of Bednar, so he naturally cannot be absent from this kind of meeting.

Surdak was not prepared, and he asked the butler again, "What about Miss Hathaway?" ”

"Miss Hathaway entered the Pena City Foreign Affairs Bureau a while ago, and every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday morning, she will handle official business at the Foreign Affairs Bureau."

Surdak didn't expect to get a job in the Foreign Affairs Bureau, and his last letter to Hathaway was written two months ago before he led his army into the desert, telling Hathaway that he was going to leave Wall Village for a while, and that he couldn't write to her during that time.

Unexpectedly, two and a half months later, when I returned to Pena City, I found that Hathaway had actually found a job, probably because it was too boring to stay at home.

For a moment, Surdak's thoughts flew far away......

"Baron Surdak, Lady Marianne is waiting for you in the drawing room." The butler said in front of Surdak, calling him back from his distraction.

Lady Marianne's personal maid saluted Surdak at the door, and said softly, "Baron Surdak, Madame asked me to come and pick you up. ”

Surdak hurriedly got up and followed the maid out.

The place where Lady Marianne received Surdak was a small drawing room, with two rows of tables and chairs on either side of the room, and the walls around the room were covered with ornate wallpaper.

Lady Marianne was flanked by four maids, and Surdak walked into the drawing-room, all eyes on him.

Salute and take a seat.

Lady Marianne's soft gaze fell on Surdak and asked, "Dark, are you coming to Pena City this time to rush to the White Forest Plane with the legion?" ”

"After receiving the requisition order from the Marquis of Luthor, I led the cavalry battalion to the city of Bena." Surdak said.

The maid took out the milk tea and put it in front of Surdak, the teacup had a faint aroma, and the maid leaned over Surdak to stir the milk tea well, and squatted beside him.

Lady Marianne stared at Surdak and asked, "When I was chatting with Lady Annabella the other day, I also talked about your formation of a cavalry battalion, so ...... Ready now? ”

"Yes, ma'am." Surdak replied.

A hint of surprise flashed in Lady Marianne's eyes, and she said: "Ferdinand still wanted to help you, after all, if you form an army, it will be difficult to start at the beginning, I didn't expect you to be able to do it so well!" ”

"I've just recruited some new recruits and veterans who have retired from the battlefield, many of whom have never been cavalrymen before, but they are all working hard to train their riding skills, and I believe they will soon be able to adapt to cavalry life." Surdak said a little reservedly.

The maid half-crouched beside him peeled off a lilac fruit and twisted it with two fingers to his mouth.

As long as he wants to eat, he can eat it with his mouth open.

Surdak had never tried this kind of service, and he was a little unsure of how to do it, and asked Mrs. Marianne with a blushing face, "Is Miss Hathaway okay lately?" ”

"Recently, Wei seems to be interested in some foreign affairs, so she went to the Foreign Affairs Bureau to find a civilian job, and she happened to be on duty today, and she won't be able to come back until the afternoon." Lady Marianne pursed her lips, controlling the smile on her face.

Knowing that Surdak did not have an aristocratic family background behind him, and therefore did not have some of the bad habits that only nobles have, Madame Marianne was very satisfied.

"If I wanted to see her now, would you think I was rude?" Surdak got up from his seat and asked Lady Marianne.

He was tall and heroic, as if he couldn't wait to see Hathaway.

Lady Marianne covered the slightly upturned corners of her mouth with a fan, and said to Surdak with relief, "You want to see Hathaway now?" In that case, I can send someone to show you the way. ”

After speaking, he waved his hand to the maid standing aside and ordered, "You lead Baron Surdak to the Foreign Affairs Bureau to find Hathaway." ”

"Thank you, Lady Marianne......" Surdak chivalentially saluted Lady Marianne.

Surdak left the Marquis' Mansion with the maid in a luxurious magical caravan, followed by Andrew and a pair of horsemen, walking down the long street in a pompous manner. He leaned back on the soft leather sofa, his whole body seemed to be embedded in it, and the feeling of being half-wrapped in leather seemed to quickly eliminate the fatigue on his body.

Through the glass window, Surdak looked at the yellow wood flowers that were secretly blooming under the cold spring on the side of the street, and suddenly had a feeling in his heart, this is aristocratic life!

……

This area is home to many of the city's most prominent nobles, and these mansions are almost all around the Duke of Newman's Castle, which is collectively known as the northern part of the city.

Of course, the city hall of the city of Bena, as well as some other offices, are almost all concentrated in the northern part of the city.

The town hall was built on the south side of the Peace Square in front of Newman Castle, where the entire row of buildings houses administrative units and offices, as well as the Foreign Affairs Bureau, which is the political center of the province of Bena and from which many of the most famous strategic decisions in the history of Bena were issued.

The Bureau of Foreign Affairs accepts invitations and visits from the provinces above the provincial level, and the Bena Province is the inland province of the Grimm Empire, and it is also one of the few provinces that has not been invaded by the Dark Legion of the Abyss.

Although Duke Newman and the Bednar Legion were pinned down in the Warsaw plane, the development of the Bena Province did not stagnate, and now there are often official letters from other provinces of the Green Empire, many of which invite the great lords of the Bena Legion to jointly send troops to defend against the Dark Legion of the Abyss.

Of course, this kind of thing is not in vain, and most of them will give up a lot of dimensional territory, including some rich mines, herb gardens, Warcraft forests, and so on.

As the situation in the Grimm Empire becomes more and more tense.

It is said that the Mo Legion in the Kenda Plane guarding the Warat Valley, with the full cooperation of the Royal Knights and the two major armies of the North and the South, has sealed the Demon Eye there, and the main force of the Mo Legion has been temporarily freed and officially joined the battle against the Dark Legion of the Abyss.

At the same time, the Legion of the South Wind in the city of Haiyin Silk signed an armistice with the Naga Sea Clan of the Endless Sea, and the Legion of the South Wind, under the leadership of Prince James, mainly constructed the Knights to join the plane war.

Jing Yue. After the Duke of Elle took the helm of the North Wind Legion, the North Wind Legion and the Ice and Tundra Barbarians fought several times in the past two years, and the balance of victory gradually tilted in favor of the North Frontier, so that the North Wind Legion began to have the spare strength to step the Iron Cavalry into the dimensional battlefield.

The plane war of the Grimm Empire is full of gunsmoke, and the noble lords of the provinces of the empire are also ready to move, but the stakes of war are a bit big, and before the situation is clear, the lords are not willing to act rashly.

It is under such circumstances that the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the province of Bena has become extremely busy, with official letters of various commercial and political affairs almost every day.

Hathaway sat in the bright-lit office, and across the desk was the official letters to be reviewed, these official letters were all applications submitted by the small lords of the provinces, after all, the province of Bena was one of the few provinces that had not been invaded by the dark forces of the abyss, and these small lords of the provinces applied to join the province of Bena for some reasonable reasons.

The lands of the Lord of Bena have been divided so loosely that they cannot afford to accept the lord's request to join.

At this time, of course, it is necessary to choose some excellent lords to join the province of Bena.

Hathaway's current job is to sort through and sort through the jobs of a junior scrivener, and although she only has three working days a week, and each working day is only half a day, the official letter pressed against her desk is already a foot high.

As Hathaway's personal assistant, the round-faced Beatrice has to take official letters every day, register them, and move them to Hathaway's desk.

"I think that Beard is deliberately looking for trouble, he's trying to get you to notice him." Beatrice held a cup of hot water, took a sip of sweet milk tea, squinted her eyes, her long eyelashes were curved and curled, her desktop was a little messy, and the handwriting on the account book was quite neat.

Seeing Hathaway's desk, Beatrice knew that today's afternoon tea might have to stay in this office.

"This is also my job, and I go to see the official letters on the desks of the other clerks, and there are almost so many!" Hathaway looked like a working woman in a tube skirt and a white shirt with lace trim on her chest, with a faint smile in her blue eyes, her eyes swept over the birds on the branches outside the window, and she saw the buds pulling out of the treetops, and spring was coming.

Beatrice rolled her eyes, knowing that her best friend's thoughts had flown away again.

But she still has to nag, maybe as soon as such a complaint is spoken, her heart will feel better.

She puffed out her face like a red apple, and nagged: "I only saw it from Teacher Sabrina before, and I didn't know that they were actually nobles in Bednar City, but at this time, they just wanted to post it, and they talked about their political ideas all night, as if the upper echelons of the House of Representatives had adopted their advice, and the plane war would end immediately, and they could only be sad at the ball, but no one appreciated their talents, my God, Hathaway, I don't want to participate in this kind of boring ball again." ”

Hathaway threw the quill into the inkwell, stretched out in the chair, and said:

"Forget it, just ignore him, no matter what we do at this time, it will make him feel good about himself."

"It's just so many things, it's a bit annoying, and I want to go horseback riding in the manor outside the city......"

Hathaway rubbed her forehead and looked out the window with some distress at the growing spring. color, said faintly.

"Do you think we should write him a letter?" Beatrice asked with a wink.

Hathaway shook her head, walked to the window, and said, "The family legion is ready, he should be coming soon, if he is not in the city of Highlandsa, I don't want the letter we both wrote to be received and opened by his wife, if so, will you feel a little embarrassed?" ”

Beatrice covered her forehead with her hands and closed her mouth.

A magic caravan stopped in front of the steps downstairs, although the dense branches obscured the whole view of the magic caravan, but for a moment, Hathaway still clearly saw the silver family crest on the carriage, although it was a little strange, it was not the carriage she used to ride, but she still said to Beatrice:

"Seeing our family's carriage, strange, why did you come to pick us up so early today?"

Beatrice's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "If it's so early, do you want to go out for lunch, I think we can try the dwarven-style restaurant at the corner of the street, I heard that the rum-flavored bread there is very authentic, and it is baked by the dwarven baker invited from the country of Stan." ”

"Yikes!"

Hathaway let out a scream, covered her mouth, beckoned to Beatrice, turned and rushed out of the office, even in her tube skirt, as if she couldn't stop her.

Beatrice, who didn't know what was going on, didn't hesitate to follow, and when she rushed out the door, she grabbed their fur coats in her hands, and followed Hathaway closely, stepping on the wooden floor of her office with a series of hurried notes.

Beard was walking up the stairs with a map in his hand when he saw Hathaway rushing towards him, his face full of surprise.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw Hathaway passing by him quickly and rushing downstairs, the surprise on his face turned into a difference, and he hurriedly asked:

"Hey, where are you going?"

No one responded, he quickly turned around and leaned on the guardrail of the spiral staircase with both hands, leaned out and asked downstairs:

"Miss Hathaway, what the hell is going on?"

Beatrice also quickly ran downstairs from him, and Beard tried to grasp Beatrice's arm, and said to her earnestly:

"Beatrice, is there anything you need my help with?"

Beatrice didn't look back, and shook his hand away, and Beard immediately chased after Beatrice, trotting and asking:

"Is there something going on at home? My carriage is parked right outside......"

In a blink of an eye, he ran to the hall on the first floor, at this time, the glass door of the hall of the Foreign Affairs Bureau was opened by the door guard, and a tall figure walked in from outside the door, followed by a maid, he walked into the hall and looked at the layout of the hall on the first floor with a curious face, he seemed to be here for the first time, he was a little unfamiliar with here, and was about to turn around and say something to the maid behind him.

Hathaway rushed out of the staircase and casually shouted, "Dark......"

There were many clerks in the hall, and everyone was attracted by Hathaway's shouts, but she rushed over for a moment, and threw herself into the arms of the tall figure......

Beatrice, who was following Hathaway, also let out an exclamation and rushed over, and the tall figure could only stretch out one more arm and hold Beatrice in his arms.

'Whoa......'

At this moment, the map scroll in Beard's arms rolled and jumped from his arms and scattered on the marble floor at the top of the staircase.

He stared blankly at Surdak standing in the doorway, holding in his arms Hathaway, whom he had spent so much effort trying to catch up.

At this moment, it was as if it was all dark.

"Why are you here?"

Hathaway hugged Surdak fiercely, and when she calmed down, she found that this was the office hall of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, and immediately felt a little embarrassed, her fair face was like a red apple, she took Surdak's arm and led him up the stairs half-pulled and half-dragged.

As he passed Beard, Surdak smiled politely at him......