Nicholas had never seen such an old duke. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Gentleness? Kindness?

Maybe both, but in fact, I'm afraid that only that not-so-beautiful word can best describe the old duke at this time.

Long-winded.

As the sole heir of the Alex Jacquet family, Nicholas gave up all his rights and glory to serve the old duke very early, from the retinue that was not much more noble than the groom at the beginning, to the old duke finally allowed him to touch some of the real things of the Constantine family, and finally, he became one of the old duke's personal butlers in the true sense, of course he had seen every side of the old duke- For example, when the conflict between theocracy and imperial power arose, and the Holy See insisted on enjoying independent tax rights, the old duke's anger and stubbornness, and the toughness and wisdom of the old duke when he negotiated with a prince of the Diago dynasty when the conflict between the border and the imperial power intensified, and the old duke's decisiveness and iron blood when dealing with family traitors, etc., Nicholas experienced all of them.

But he really didn't think that one day, the old duke would be like an ordinary old man...... So chattering.

I sat with Sophia until dawn.

What was said in the middle, Nicholas definitely couldn't know everything, in fact, when the old duke began to explain the people and things that Sophia needed to pay attention to when she went to the family fiefdom, Nicholas quietly left the living room, as a qualified personal butler, Nicholas knew very well when his master needed him by his side, when he should avoid it, and give his master completely private space.

The rising sun shines on the threshold of the living room.

The old duke finally drank the milk that Nicholas put in front of him, and then got up and stretched his somewhat sleepy body, his spine has not been very good, probably because he has been sitting for too long in his life, but his spirit is still full, and he is not tired and languishing after an old man's sleepless night, which is naturally completely because he is used to this-as the helmsman of Constantine, what others can see is his majesty and power, but what they can't see is his hard work for the empire and Constantine day and night.

After he relieved the pain in his back, he smiled and looked at Sophia, who also got up: "Okay, since you have to go back to the fiefdom sooner or later, let's start preparing, Nicholas is reassuring enough, but I believe that my Sophia will always have some personal things to pack." ”

Sophia nodded.

The old duke looked at the bright sun outside the living room, rubbed his head with a headache, and said with a wry smile: "I have to go, what happened last night, I believe that even His Majesty the Emperor will feel helpless, at this time Diana, Pompey, Clark They should be waiting in the palace, and the Golden Hibiscus Heavy Armored Knights are rampage in the imperial capital, I have to give them an explanation." ”

"Trouble?" said Sophia, putting on her grandfather's cloak.

The old duke took the cloak and waved his hand: "You don't have to pay attention to small things." ”

He walked out the door, and Sophia followed him: "But His Majesty the Emperor still supports Stanford at present, or else ......"

"It's nothing, it's great to pay him 100 gold coins, and I won't agree to ask for 1 more. ”

Sophia thought for a moment and said no more.

Walking to the luxurious carriage embroidered with hibiscus patterns, the old duke sat in front of the carriage, looked back at the Violet Manor, and said: "By the way, today or tomorrow, grandfather will make up for your coming-of-age ceremony, speaking of which, this manor is okay to live in, but the pattern is still too small, not worthy of my identity as a little princess, so let's arrange it, your coming-of-age ceremony will be held in the palace." ”

Is it the same as Bourbon's direct children?

At this time, the old duke was undoubtedly the real Constantine at the helm.

It's too domineering.

......

Almost as soon as the morning sun rose in the imperial capital, the aftermath of last night's great turmoil was gradually revealed.

As the old duke said, His Majesty the Emperor of Bourbon is indeed going to have a headache.

The huge footprints left by the Titans crossing the imperial capital, and the many buildings that crashed into them, all stated that everything that happened last night was real, not just a nightmare, so some were afraid because they saw the Titans appear in the imperial capital, and some were terrified of the unknown because of the huge footprints, and in the case of this terrible emotion permeating the sky of the imperial capital, from early in the morning, countless residents of the imperial capital spontaneously went to the Basilica of St. John in the imperial capital, and the gathering of the fountain square in front of the royal palace, it seems that only in the crowd can they find the last sense of security.

Whether it was the commoners of Jedon, the merchants of Bukru, or the nobles of the city, they were all just human beings when they came together at this moment.

They waited for the truth of last night's incident, and also waited for the answer that was related to their lives, whether the imperial capital was no longer safe, whether the dark race in the north was about to go south, and so on.

Unfortunately, until the sun set, there was no response from either the Holy See or the Empire.

The next day, the crowd that had gathered in those two places again in the morning was obviously more anxious and confused than the day before, if the silent waiting the day before was due to their belief in the supreme faith of the Holy See in God and in the Holy Empire, then the whole day without waiting for any response had already made them begin to have their own thoughts, which were not only fearful, but more trusting.

The security magistrate of the imperial capital clearly felt the pressure.

There are thieves who mix in the crowd and take advantage of the troubled waters to fish, and there are also thieves who miss and are beaten to death by everyone.

It's a way for the crowd to vent their fears and a sign of danger.

On this day, the doors of St. John's Cathedral were still closed, and the Empire did not send any personnel to the Fountain Square.

The crowd departed in the night, noticeably angrier and more agitated.

But at the same time, it was also when they left that rumors of unknown origin quietly began to spread.

"Did you hear that? It was said that there were four giants the night before yesterday?"

"I already knew, yesterday afternoon Murphy in Brooke swore that what he saw was four. ”

"All four Titans are dead? This can't be, right? Didn't someone say that giants couldn't be killed at all?"

"Today at noon, Lord Mario just returned from the north, and he saw the corpse of the giant with his own eyes outside the city of the Horned Eagle Beast Lord, the Count of Lyon!"

On the third day, when the crowd gathered again, the rumors spread ten, ten, hundreds, and soon spread throughout the imperial capital.

At the same time, the doors of St. John's Cathedral finally opened, and in the morning light appeared the elderly priest of St. John's Cathedral, Father Santi, who was neither a priest nor a bishop.

But it was such an ordinary old priest who appeared in front of the crowd in front of the church, and the crowd gradually quieted down.

For decades, Father Santi has walked in the Yedun Civilian District and the Brook Business District, and countless civilians have received his help, and he has long won the full recognition and trust of the civilians of the imperial capital.

So in the face of this kind of thing, he is far more convincing than those big people.

He told them to go back.

He said that the incident of the previous night was just an evil created by a magician in the heretical organization in the southern jungle, that magician is the second law: the magic controller under the space split, he opened a door to space, and several dark races in the north got lost and came to the imperial capital, but they were all killed, under the glory of the Lord, those who believe in the Lord will not be harmed, and the Lord will bless his believers.

It's pretty close to the truth.

And just as Father Santi appeared in the crowd, a notice was posted in the fountain square in front of the palace.

The notice is very strange about the Titans, but it focuses on the conflict between the nobles of the Stanford District and the Constantine family that night, saying that their knights collided head-on in the imperial capital, and the impact was extremely bad, and many civilians were affected, innocent and tragically killed, the empire attaches great importance to this incident that happened in the imperial capital, considering that the cause of the incident was planned by Count Rodrian of the Stanford District, and led the knights to invade Constantine's Violet Manor, all the losses suffered by the civilians were borne by Stanford. compensation, and the empire promised to investigate the matter strictly, and would definitely give a definite explanation to the residents of the imperial capital.

The appearance of this notice quickly made everyone in Fountain Square temporarily forget the shadow of fear caused by the Titans.

In fact, compared to the terrifying destructive power of the Titans, the nobles were just as terrifying to the commoners, especially when they knew that the war that night was fought outside Violet Manor was a war between two nobles, and their anger quickly changed direction.

Thereupon.

Under the papal pacification and the Empire's distraction, the effects of that night's great upheaval finally showed signs of subsidence, at least on the surface.

Although many people clearly know that the Titans have planted a deep-rooted seed in the human world after all, in any case, in the face of this matter, the empire and the Holy See, the divine right and the imperial power cooperate with each other and join forces to deal with it, and there is no doubt that they have handed over a perfect answer.

......

Of course, no matter how unpeaceful the imperial capital is, it is difficult for these things to have much impact on the towns around the imperial capital, even if the appearance of the titan giant, for the surrounding towns, it is more similar to a kind of casual conversation without too deep worry and fear - enjoying the disasters of others is originally a habitual behavior of human beings.

On this day, in the town of Sulan, which is only 1 hour away from the imperial capital, a female knight slowly arrived.

As the only way to the imperial capital in the southern provinces, Sulan Town is very lively in itself, the town is not big, and there are not too many towering buildings, but because there are many pedestrians who go to the imperial capital every day to stop here, the whole town is full of vitality and is very prosperous.

The appearance of the female knight did not attract much attention, and she walked all the way to the edge of the north side of the town, and finally stopped in front of a relatively dilapidated courtyard.

She didn't knock on the door, but pushed the door and stepped in, and was confronted by an old man.

The old man was dressed in a black straight tuxedo, with his hands crossed on his abdomen, and there was no expression on his face.

He stood casually in the middle of the courtyard, which gave the female knight a sense of absurdity that she could not cross facing a high mountain.

But the female knight's expression remained unchanged, and she did not perform a knightly salute.

She said, "I am the Messiah."

......

...... (To be continued.) )