Philip waved his hand to stop the people behind him from following him, and a stream of icy white air spread from Philip's feet, spreading to both sides of him.

On both sides of the road are the lavish manors of the aristocracy, with marble doorposts and steel gates and fences to protect the estate.

As he walked along Philip, thick hoarfrost quickly formed on the stone pillars, iron gates, and fences, and ice appeared on the ground, as if it had suddenly come to the cold of winter.

The nobles who stood on both sides of the road and watched Philip say strange things couldn't help but shudder, there was a magic energy that had been cultivated to run magic, and cast a magic shield to resist the cold, but the third-level magic "shield technique" cast according to the standard could not resist the cold that penetrated deep into the bone marrow at all.

Someone's face changed on the spot, this is a seventh-level magic Great Freezing Technique, Philip is actually able to use seventh-level magic!

Isn't he incapable of feeling magical energy?

How could it be that he became a great magician in less than two years!

Feeling that there were many people with powerful magical energy and fighting spirit in the manor on both sides of the manor moving quickly to the side, Philip put away the Great Freezing Technique, smiled at the nobles who were still in a state of shock, and walked forward with Franklin and Miranda.

What Philip wants is Liwei, not to completely offend these nobles, to give them a dismount, to let these nobles know that they are no longer the same waste as before, and now, they are qualified to play the game between the big guys, instead of letting the nobles turn against themselves.

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Upper East Side. The biggest and most spectacular is undoubtedly the Blood Rose Manor of the Ross family, except here, there is no aristocratic family manor guarded by active Imperial soldiers, and it is also a heavily armored Royal Guard soldier.

The large black and heavy iron door made a sharp sound of iron grinding, and slowly opened to both sides, and Philip first saw the blood-colored rose banner fluttering in the wind in the courtyard of the manor, which had been permanently occupied by the sacrifice of dozens of generations of ancestors.

The five-storey mansion overlooks the surrounding aristocratic houses, the vestibule larger than a football field can even accommodate the entire estate of the average nobleman, and the wide avenue can accommodate at least four horse-drawn carriages. There are no messy statues on the lawns on either side. It's just a piece of grass that is flat to the point where there is not a single weed, and it looks like you are in the middle of a green grassland.

Soldiers with straight waists stood on both sides of the entrance avenue with swords, like soldiers waiting to be reviewed, welcoming the children of the family who went out to fight. Whenever Philip walked past a soldier. And he immediately stroked his breasts and saluted. I would like to pay my respects to Philip, who has been tested by the Demon Suppression Pass.

The entire Blood Rose Manor is simple and heavy, and it faintly looks magnificent, which can be seen from the Ross family, a wealthy family in the army!

in the sky. A light rain fell on Philip as he walked slowly, and the gloomy weather seemed to give a sad color to the grandeur of the Blood Rose Manor. The second son of the Ross family, holding a wide and pitted sword in both hands, walked to the end of the vestibule in the soldiers' salute - a middle-aged, resolute man with mottled hair.

Nicholas Ross.

Marshal of the Empire.

George and Philip's father!

Being in the midst of war for a long time made Nicholas look as hard as a rock, and his face with a knife and axe did not have the fat look that a nobleman of his age should have, and his deep eyes of wisdom made him look very attractive to a mature man.

Philip finally came to Nicholas, the man who had a rock-like gritty temperament stretched out his trembling palm, stroked George's mutilated sword, his lips trembled like a vibrating sieve, he seemed to see George go through a tragic battle, a soldier who fought to Zuihou, still wielding the sword in his hand, even if the sword had long since broken and cracked.

Closing his eyes tightly, a desolate and tragic howl came out of Nicholas's mouth: "Ah! George!!"

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In George's bedroom, father and son sat relatively silent for a long time, Nicholas's hand caressing George's sword, his sad face full of bitterness.

Philip accompanied his father silently, although he got together less with Nicholas, but Philip has always felt his father's love for him, every year on his birthday, Nicholas will send birthday gifts, although George is the heir, Philip is just an ordinary person who knows nothing, but Nicholas's gift has never favored one over the other, if you give George a sword, then give Philip is definitely a rare ancient book that has been painstakingly scavenged.

In Nicholas's eyes, the two brothers, no matter how high or low they are, are his children and his heart.

Philip didn't know how to comfort Nicholas, he didn't have a father in his last life, and he finally had a father in this life, but unfortunately he was born not long ago, and this father was forced to guard the frontier, although Philip knew that Nicholas loved him, but the communication between the two was really limited.

Fortunately, Nicholas was the head of the family after all, the top big man in the imperial power field, and soon he collected his mood, raised his head to look at Philip, and said, "I plan to let you come back early." ”

Philip understood that there was another meaning to Nicholas's words, that George was dead, that he could no longer put Philip in danger, and that there was no reason why his son would not be sacrificed to the Empire.

Philip shook his head, didn't answer his father's words, but moved on to another aspect: "I'm coming back this time to fight for George's heir status. ”

According to Katrina, Philip was not allowed to reveal to anyone that George was just missing, including Nicholas.

Philip didn't want to say this to Nicholas, if Zuihou found George by the time he found him, he was already dead, it would be equivalent to hurting Nicholas twice, which is not what a son of man should do.

Nicholas didn't speak for a while, but carefully looked at his youngest son, he was very different from two years ago, his young face became mature, there seemed to be a trace of ambition and persistence in his eyes, and he sat calmly in front of him with the temperament of a controller, which was a manifestation of being able to do great things.

Nicholas smiled, since his son wants to get ahead, he, the father, must support him no matter what.

Patting Philip on the shoulder, Nicholas smiled and said, "They all say that you are now a great magician, let your father and I take a look......"

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Growing up, Philip had entered the family meeting room no more than ten times, and the last time he came here was when the elders of the previous family announced that he would be given to the goddess of hope as a holy husband.

Sitting next to Nicholas, Philip vaguely remembered that this was where George used to sit, Philip's eyes met a look of jealousy and resentment, and in the corner of the conference room, Keno's gaze made Philip alert.

But when George was still there, Keno was deliberately trying to challenge George's heir status, and now Philip is fighting for the heir, and his biggest opponent may also be Keno.

"My lord, Kino has been in frequent contact with the elders in the days leading up to your return, and it seems that he wants the elders to support him in ascending to the throne. Mullen, who was sitting behind Philip, handed over the agenda for the meeting and whispered on the occasion.

Since Philip planned to fight for the heir, he had already begun to prepare for the Demon Suppression Pass, and Mullen was sent back in advance at Franklin's request to find out the news for him.

It seems that this news is not optimistic......

"Next, let's have a meeting. The first item of the meeting," Nikola said with a serious face, "Let's talk about the adjustment of the political direction of the Ross family in the future." ”

"What is there to adjust, who does not know that our Ross family is royalist. Immediately, someone said disapprovingly.

"Hehe, of course it was like this before, the previous generation of our family head and the emperor were playmates who grew up together, this generation, George and the imperial princess have a marriage contract, the next generation, they will have a child surnamed Hoddle, and a child surnamed Rose, it can be said that the friendship between the Ross family and the Hoddle family can last for at least three generations, but now it is different, George has gone, and his marriage contract with Princess Caroline will naturally be invalid......" A middle-aged man with a shiny face shook his head sharply and said, as if he was not optimistic about continuing to stand on the side of the Hoddle family.

Mullen leaned behind Philip and whispered, "This man's name is Lorain, and he is Keno's right-hand man, and every time there is a meeting, he will say what Keno proposes. ”

"Shut up, Loraine, you oily-haired little man!" a strong middle-aged man stood up and shouted on the spot, "George just died, you say such things, and you want us to break our covenant with the Hoddle family, what will make others think of Nicholas, Philip, and all of us with the surname Ross!"

"What I said is not wrong, can everyone here deny this, without the marriage of George and Caroline, can we guarantee that the next heir to the empire will be able to treat us the same way Lawrence treated Nicholas?

Although Lorain looked unreliable, this series of questions made Sidney unable to answer at once, and even Nicholas, who was sitting on the main seat, kept his mouth shut and did not say a word. What Loren said is very reasonable, although he and Lawrence are like brothers, but what about the next generation, what about the next generation, will the future emperor still allow others to control the military power of the empire?

For a time, in the conference room of the Ross family, there were different people. (To be continued......)