In the back garden of the Grand Duke's Mansion in Luxon City, the young Grand Duchess Avril was listening intently, and Ouyang Yu, who was sitting opposite him in a noble lady's dress, told about the battle in Kodak Town.

“...... At that time, the situation was very urgent, if the Imperial Army's magic tank broke through the defense line, then the normal battle may be lost, at this time two soldiers bravely rushed forward, one of the soldiers was shot by the enemy halfway, and the remaining one desperately approached the Imperial Army's magic tank, and then stuffed the cluster grenade under the magic tank, and then boom, the Imperial Army's magic tank was blown up, and the defense line was saved. ”

Ouyang Yu also made an exaggerated gesture in accordance with his tone, which surprised Avril and the maids who were also listening to them, and one of them, who was only about thirteen or fourteen years old, asked anxiously, "What happened to the soldier who blew up the Imperial Army's magic tank?"

Ouyang Yu picked up the teacup, took a sip and put it down, and replied in a regretful tone: "That soldier was killed by the enemy after pulling the grenade. ”

Hearing Ouyang Yu's regretful words, the maid who asked the question shed sad tears, and Avril and the other maids also had red eyes, obviously feeling sorry for the soldier who had sacrificed.

Avril wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and said in a low tone, "Why is there a war? Her father, the former Grand Duke of the Duchy of Luxemble, died on the battlefield half a year ago, and the originally carefree flower girl reluctantly shouldered the heavy responsibility of a country.

"Your Royal Highness Avril, your idea is very good, but the world without war is impossible, this is because human beings are greedy and never satisfied creatures, but it is also because of greed and insatiability that human beings will invent all kinds of items to facilitate their own lives, including weapons to kill their own kind, war is the catalyst of human civilization and technology, if there is no war, there is no difference between today's human beings and primitive people 100,000 years ago. ”

"War is a catalyst for human civilization and technology?"

Avril did not agree with Ouyang Yu's war opinions, but some people agreed with her words.

Miss Ouyang couldn't have imagined that you would have such a unique view of war. Francis, the only son of the Left Minister, walked into the back garden of the Grand Duke's Mansion as if he were walking in his own home.

"Met Mr. Francis. ”

Because Francis had not yet inherited his father's title, he could not yet call him an adult, so Ouyang Yu called him sir.

"Hello, beautiful Miss Ouyang, we meet again. ”

Francis gently picked up Ouyang Yu's right hand and kissed the back of her hand through the thin white gauze hood, which is a common etiquette between aristocratic men and women, Ouyang Yu couldn't refuse, so he had to endure the nausea and let Francis kiss it.

Francis and Avril seem to be close, after Francis kissed the back of Ouyang Yu's hand, he came to Avril's side and gave a close salute, and gently hugged Avril and then sat down beside her.

"What were you talking about?" said Francis, as soon as he sat down, the maids served him tea.

The naïve Avril happily replied, "Sister Ouyang is telling us about the battle in Kodak Town. ”

Avril Lavigne, who can't leave the Grand Duke's Mansion casually, can understand the channels of the outside world, only the official documents and the maids tell about it, but the official documents only have a simple battle report, who lost, who won, how many casualties, how many losses, and the maids can't go deep into the battlefield, only some folk anecdotes can tell her, and there are many things they also listen to others, because the maids can't leave the Duke's Mansion casually, so Ouyang Yu's personal account is a rare source of information for Avril and the maids, and what she said is also very interesting, making Avril and the maids feel like they are there。

Francis smiled: "I have also seen the battle report of Kodak Town, Miss Ouyang, I have to say that you are more capable than most men, almost all the reports I received before you appeared were the battle reports of the defeat of our coalition forces here and there, but since you appeared, the successive victories have made me and all the coalition soldiers see the hope of defeating the invaders, thank you." ”

"Don't dare to be your compliment. Ouyang Yu said modestly.

Francis continued: "Miss Ouyang, I don't know if you are free tonight, my father wants to invite you to a meal and talk about something small by the way. ”

"It's a great honor. Ouyang Yu agreed to Francis's invitation.

"Then I'll be waiting for you in the evening. Seeing that Ouyang Yu did not refuse, Francis laughed happily.

Minister Zuo's name is very long, his name is Charles Maurice de Talelang Périgor, most people call him His Excellency Charles, he is fifty years old, he is very well maintained, his hair is meticulously combed and has a thick hair oil, his cheeks are sunken, he is thin and tall, and he looks at Ouyang Yu with a critical gaze in a black evening dress, which makes Ouyang Yu feel very uncomfortable.

"I've seen Lord Marquis Shire. ”

As soon as the dark curtain came, Ouyang Yu came to the mansion of the left minister Charles, the mansion of Charles was built extremely luxuriously, and it could even be compared to the Duke's Palace, under the leadership of Francis, Ouyang Yu met the left minister of the Principality of Lucerne for the first time.

"Well, sit down. ”

Minister Zuo nodded arrogantly to Ouyang Yu, and didn't say much, as if there would be ** if he said too much, in order to avoid being cold, Francis took the initiative to provoke the topic.

"Miss Ouyang, you are now also a nobleman of our Duchy of Lucerne, you can now design a coat of arms, and then submit it to the House of Nobles, the House of Lords will help you make a magical anti-counterfeiting badge as a symbol of your noble status, so that no matter where you go, you will have a lot of privileges, if you do not have a noble badge when handing over a fief with local officials, then the local officials will not recognize your noble status and refuse to hand it over. ”

Ouyang Yu couldn't imagine that there would be so many troubles after becoming a nobleman, and after receiving Francis's reminder, he nodded to him gratefully and said, "Thank you Mr. Francis for the reminder, I will design the coat of arms and hand it over to the House of Nobles." ”

"There is another thing, that is, Miss Ouyang, your birthplace, you haven't said it yet, and when you go to submit the coat of arms, you also tell the reception staff of the House of Nobles, so that they can fill it in your file. ”

"I see, thank you again Mr. Francis for the reminder. ”

The next conversation was very boring, Ouyang Yu said some of the situation in the battle, Francis also talked about the anecdotes between the nobles, after eating a delicious dinner, and then using the black tea Ouyang Yu said goodbye and left.

After Francis sent Ouyang Yu away, Minister Zuo called him to his study, and Minister Zuo sat on the sofa and asked Francis, "What do you think of this woman?"

Francis subconsciously replied, "Beautiful, attractive women." ”

"Is that all there is to it?" Minister Zuo's face became extremely ugly.

Hearing his father's dissatisfied tone, Francis hurriedly continued: "At the same time, she is also an outstanding military commander, her troops have not been defeated once in a battle with the Imperial Army and the Servant Army, and I heard that she has signed an arms sales contract worth three million silver coins with General Benjamin again, although I don't know where her weapons and equipment are manufactured and transported from and how much they cost, but the profit must be extremely high, if we can control her, then it will be of great help to the family and your father's great cause." ”

After listening to Francis's words, Minister Zuo's face looked a lot better, and he had a lot of worry about his only son, not only hoping that he could inherit his title and power, but also hoping that he could inherit his own style and methods, instead of losing the country and career he had worked hard all his life in the hands of his son after a hundred years.

Minister Zuo nodded approvingly and said: "That's right, that woman is of great help to our cause, so you must try your best to entrap her, and it is best to give full play to your strengths and make her fall in love with you, so that we can use her to control the army under her command that can fight well, and we can also use her arms sales with the coalition forces to make a lot of money." ”

Francis seemed very happy to hear that his father had let him pursue Ouyang Yu, but he immediately thought of another question, "Father, you asked me to pursue Ouyang, what about Avril?"

Minister Zuo is now powerful in the Duchy of Lucerne, and even the Grand Duke Avril does not dare to refute his opinion, but the current power is difficult to pass on to the next generation, so he wants to make the Duchy of Lucerne his own.

Minister Zuo is connecting other ministers and nobles, trying to force Avril to marry Francis, and wait for a few years after the two get married, find an opportunity to make Avril disappear, so that Francis can rightfully inherit Avril's title of Grand Duke of Lucerne, from the perspective of the law of another world, everything that the husband inherits from his wife is legal, and when the time comes, with the assistance of Minister Zuo, no one in the principality dares to say a word.

"Avril will be your main room in the future, Ouyang asked her to be your side room for a few years, and when Avril disappears, you can straighten her up, such an excellent woman is qualified to be the mother of my grandson." Minister Zuo's tone was very natural, as if everything would go according to his plan, but he didn't know that the plan was not as fast as the change, and he would understand this truth in the near future.

With her father's approval, Francis frequently dated Ouyang Yu for the next period of time, and Ouyang Yu had to deal with it because she didn't want to offend the most powerful second ancestor in the principality, until she submitted the family coat of arms to the House of Nobles, and after the House of Lords issued her noble badge and fief documents, she was freed.