readx;? From the southern part of the West Coast, from the events that Monroe began to encounter to the Soladin Heights, and then why Henry decided to go to the South, this series of events, until this moment, as the sage himself spoke in a calm tone, Mira finally understood clearly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Along with this incident, the girl also understands why Henry is Henry.

She was there too, and the journey was done by two people together, and Miss Roan had experienced it herself. But she is far from being able to connect the dots from the smallest clues like a sage to outline the whole big picture and speculate on the undercurrents behind it. This opponent was invisible to Mira, and the young Prince Edward was only faintly aware of it, and Henry was the only one, and in just a brief encounter, he deduced the whole situation by connecting what had happened before.

Time returns to the beginning of the conversation, and when all the people involved have taken their seats, the sage begins the narration unhurriedly in Lamani:

"The Lamanite schism hundreds of years ago, the defeated branch of the Lamani nobility left the spark of civilization along the way to the west, and also left the faith of the White Church. He took a sip of spruce tea, paused, and then continued: "Although the West Valiers have always considered themselves to be the ones with the most Lamanite heritage, and have tried to imitate the original Lamanites in all aspects of life and even religion, in fact the churches and bishops of the West Valiya are more like their nobles and merchants than true religious personnel. ”

"They have no faith, they just use faith as a weapon to fight each other. Henry put down his teacup and continued, "Although similar things have happened countless times in the more than 1,000-year history of the White Church, at least there were some stupid but devout people who truly believed in those days. In contrast, the bishop or even the archbishop of Sivalier used it as a different title. ”

The sage said this, and Edward and Isabel, who were well aware of Sivalier's situation, nodded silently. After the death of Philip II, Sivalier made the most trouble and wanted to fight for this empty throne on the surface of those clergy who seemed to save the world, in a country where the belief in the White Church was very common, "the divine right of kings" was a deeply rooted concept in the hearts of the people, and the king could not be regarded as truly legitimate if he ascended the throne without being presided over by a bishop. It is closely related to their own interests, and if they can control the next generation of kings, the status and quality of life of these clergy will naturally increase.

This is why Isabel fled to Avenella, but even with her reliable cousin, she could only spend her days in the northern part of Avenella, which was under Edward's control, and only a handful of henchmen knew of the princess's existence.

Edward did all this to hide from Ashibern II for a simple reason: as the only legitimate heir to the throne of West Valier, Isabel was a princess, and Ashibon II coveted the throne of West Valier, and the status of Avenella, who was now allied with Ottolo during the civil strife in West Valier, was also rising, and the relationship between high and low status in the past was now reversed, and the best way to obtain the succession to the throne of a kingdom was through marriage.

Even with an age gap of more than forty years, Ahibourne II would not care to marry his niece - Edward, who understood this, hid Isabel in a place he could control to avoid the storm, and in addition to a certain degree of chivalry, if his father married his cousin, after obtaining this legitimate name, Edward would no longer be able to resist the order not to send troops against Sivalier.

After all, Ashbourne II is still patient, because he does not have a reliable chess piece in his hand, and because there is a large group of people on Isvalier's side who are eyeing Isabel, this princess can only hide here at this time and cannot move a single step.

- Returning to the original point, Henry continued on the topic of Sivalier: "So compared to the intriguing West Valiers, the place where the White Church on the West Coast has real influence is probably in the north of Soladin. He put it this way: "Although they are always at war with each other, and like many other places on the West Coast, they are small and chaotic states, but these northern Soladin countries have this thing in common. ”

"As the language of the Church, Lamanite is the common language of the intellectual class in northern Soladin, just as the nobles of Avenella speak the same West Valier language as the West Valijes, and the church elite and the aristocracy in the northern part of Soladine have more in common with the Lamanites. Henry took another sip of spruce tea: "Even many of them have Lamanite blood, and call themselves Lamanites. ”

"......" Henry's words made Edward, who was not stupid, frown deeply, and he thought of something, but then Henry changed the subject and said something that seemed unrelated: "Does Your Highness know that there is a place called Monroe in the south of the West Coast?" The sage said this, and Edward furrowed his eyebrows deeply, and Henry reminded, "It's a duke of a small kingdom called Crane—"

"Ah! There were a lot of people there who had fled from Avenella. This keyword finally made Edward raise an eyebrow, there were so many countries on the west coast that it was almost a matter of course that His Royal Highness only knew about some of the larger kingdoms and the history of Lamani and the like, and did not know a small country far to the south - after all, some of the so-called kingdoms actually had a population of tens of thousands and no more than the territory of one region of Avenella.

Unless he had something to do with Avenella, he probably didn't even remember the name.

"Hmm. Henry took another sip of spruce tea, then continued, "It perishes." ”

"Not only the dukedom, but the whole country perished, and the other countries around it also suffered. The sage said that they had also witnessed it from afar on their way back to Avenella, and that the whole region of the Five Kingdoms was now in shambles, and that the influence was expanding under the impetus of some kind of force--Edward furrowed his eyebrows, and his respect for Henry made it impossible for His Royal Highness to ask as anyone else might do, "Why are you mentioning this now, this kind of thing happens every day on the West Coast-" But even if he didn't ask, Edward's question was conveyed to Henry through his expression.

"We were there at the time, and the original cause of all this was that the Duke's son had made a pact with a high demon. He put down the teacup, and this sentence immediately made Edward's expression become more serious: "High demon?

"Well, the duke's son, which it controlled in turn, killed both the duke and the lady, and then the ensuing demon hounds spread all over the place, presumably causing great panic. Henry said this, and Edward immediately followed his words, "But the high demon, that's not—"

"It takes an extremely powerful wizard and professional knowledge to be able to connect with it, and ordinary people can't easily do all this, you want to say that, right? Henry put down the teacup in his hand, then turned his head to look around at the situation: "This is indeed yes, in the case of 'no one secretly helps', it is not so simple for ordinary people to be able to get in touch with powerful high demons. ”

He was clearly talking, but before Edward could ask Henry about it, His Royal Highness just quietly continued to listen, like the others, "Then we came to the region of Soladin, and something happened to us......" The sage was silent as he said this, and Minna, who was sitting next to Mira, noticed that the girl, who was like her sister, was a little depressed, and put her hand around her.

"Thank you......" The white-haired Luoan girl snuggled up to her and whispered, while the sage turned to Edward's question.

"Does His Royal Highness remember the calamity that befell Vawasika before? He said this, and Edward nodded as a matter of course, "Sir wants to say that the Padrosi are behind this incident?

"It's just a matter of chaos and infighting in the Five Kingdoms—ah—" Edward reacted to what Henry had said earlier, and looked at him with a shocked expression.

"Could it be—" The expression on his face became quite complicated, and he couldn't say a word for a long time. Henry nodded and continued, "You guessed right. ”

"The Lamanites are far more skilled in political struggle than you or the Emperor of Ottoro, and the long history of thousands of years has left them with only a great genius to see the situation clearly, and the rest is just a matter of course. Henry drank the last sip of spruce tea, and then continued: "It's not time to have a head-on conflict with the Ottoro Empire, both of them are forbearing, and Ottoro should have not been at war with the Rumanatos and other Lamanid countries in the south for quite some time......

"Both empires are in a state of forbearance, but compared to the slightly immature Ottolos, the Lamanites are like the proverb 'the essence of Lamanite civilization lies in the underground river', always doing a lot of tricks out of your sight. Henry looked at Edward earnestly and said word by word: "The nobles of the Lamanites in the religious countries north of Soladin have always longed to return to the land where their ancestors lived, and although the struggle between the White Church and the Jetina sect still exists, the struggle between them is only a civil war among the Lamanites in the end. ”

This expectation, and the fact that it is not religiously contradictory and irreconcilable, still exists, and it only takes a wise and noble Patrosi nobleman to notice this, and go to Soladin, and everything will be done as a matter of course. Henry said earnestly, while Edward and the others listened attentively: "Speaking a common language, believing in a common god, and even having a common history, these countries in the north of Soladin have been quite restrained when they see the high-ranking nobles of the Patrosi Empire not welcoming him warmly. ”

"And that's not all, we've met a lot of newborn Religious Knights over there, newly-born knights led by young, usually neglected, lowly knights - the Order, and presumably the top of the religion - does that remind you of something, Your Highness? Henry said, and Edward nodded: "Reuse the neglected sidelines and cultivate henchmen." ”

"Yes, they are doing the same thing as you, and any regime change will inevitably take this step. The original religious personnel of the Soladin region, who still had aspirations for the birthplace of Lamanite civilization on the east coast, were a port for the Padrossi to intervene, but these cunning creatures were not easy to take advantage of, so after taking root in the world, they were quickly eliminated and replaced by the low-level people who were originally discriminated against and neglected, and trained them to be absolute henchmen. ”

"Using the common belief in the White Church, the originally divided northern country of Soladin was closely linked. ”

"As for what does this have to do with Monroe's affairs? Who is the person with the most demon-related expertise, the White Church, which has been fighting against them for thousands of years, is the second, and no one dares to say that it is the first. After being persecuted by demons and causing chaos in the whole country and region, the united northern part of Soladin became a whole religious state, and if its extremely powerful religious army marched towards the Five Kingdoms region in the name of eradicating demons, it would be welcomed by the people along the way in the name of absolute justice.

All that remained was the weak and barren little kingdoms of the barren Ridera Wetlands, which were always at war with each other, once the unstoppable armies united under the banner of fanatical religion went on to conquer the wetlands northward. Henry paused, and all those who had succeeded in constructing a blueprint of power under his words listened in amazement as the sage spat out the words word by word: "They have come to the door of Avenella's house." ”

"The Padrosi have no way to conquer Avenella, they don't do it in the open, because of the threat of Ottolo, they are in a place where you can't see, using religion as a weapon, playing politics to rally an army, and creating their own foothold on the west coast. ”

"This threat is terrifying, Your Highness the Prince, because it is at hand. "Smack-" Edward slumped in his chair, sweating profusely just by sketching the scene in his head, holding his forehead for a moment unable to utter a word.

“...... I thought that Mr. would only bring good news, but I didn't expect it. Edward rubbed his messy blonde hair, for the long absence of a glossy image was no longer present in him.

"What a formidable enemy...... Padrosi, who is a man with such scheming and skill—"

"Royalty. Henry gave the answer simply and clearly: "The royal family of Padrosi, the family of Saxiyutu." He said, and Edward raised his head with wide eyes, "Seksiyutu, that's not sir—" The sage held up two fingers to stop him from speaking, then shook his head and continued, "It should be the same person who directed the attack on Vavasika from the same person who tried to cause a second conflict between Avenella and Sivalier. ”

He said this, and Minna, who also understood a lot of Lamanite, immediately frowned.

"I don't know when Padrosi will have another genius like this, and that's what worries me. Henry said this, the first time in a long time that he had used the word "worry," so that anyone who knew even the slightest bit of sage could clearly appreciate the gravity of the matter.

"There is no shortage of talented people in this world, but the fact that talented people know how to play tricks is not well known, which proves that this person knows how to protect himself from a very early age. ”

"Like a poisonous snake, the enemy who hides in a place you can't see and waits for an opportunity to attack is the most terrible," said Henry, "but fortunately we are not completely helpless against it, but it is up to you, Your Highness, Prince." ”

"First of all, I have been in contact with a family in the alliance of southern city-states when I am doing all this, and His Royal Highness must know that those merchants are most concerned about profit than profit, and as a country that has just signed an alliance with Ottolo and owns the prosperous trade route of the Grigley Rift, and is also very rich in mineral resources, if it were not for the fact that the Sivaliers controlled the trade before, and it is still difficult to intervene now, the merchants of the southern border would also want to get involved. ”

"I see-" Edward nodded, "I'll write to them, the skills and business skills of the people of the Southland are exactly what Avenella desperately needs right now, and then-" His Royal Highness the Prince turned his head to look at Lena beside Mira, and although the white-haired Luoan girl explained, the princess was still confused and unsure of what the situation was.

"Is the countermeasure that Sir is talking about the exiled Loans, and it is true that if they can be brought under the command of Avenella, they will not only solve the problems caused by the exiles, but also greatly strengthen our country in the face of the threat from the south, but—" Edward looked at Lena, and then at the blonde Dame sitting next to her and Mira, and hesitated, and our Sage spoke again duly "Ah—I don't want you to do that. ”

"The proud Loans will not accept a princess who will become a vassal of the royal family of Avenella, and even if His Royal Highness marries Princess Lena, they will not buy it. ”

"Uh......" Edward was stunned for a moment, his expression worried but also a little relaxed, "So what does the gentleman mean?"

"No one rules that a country can only have one royal family. ”

As always, he hit the nail on the head, and Edward instantly understood what Henry was going to do, and when he relayed it all to Lena, Mira was stunned.

She turned her head and looked at her teacher blankly, and Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Luo'an people next to her didn't finally react until this moment.

"The Loannes are a proud people, and what they have sought after so many years of exile is a place to return, but if they had lived in peace as vassals, not so many would have chosen to leave their homeland after Ottolo's conquest. ”

"What they need is glory, self-esteem as human beings, Your Highness Prince, give them what you have given to the people of Avenella. ”

"Give them back their dignity as human beings, and let them understand that there is still a country in this world that is willing to accept them. ”

"Let this place become another hometown of the Luoan people. ”

"If you do all this, you will not be disappointed in the return of these warriors who once swore to face the Ottolo Empire. He said this, with a slight smile on his lips at the end of his mouth: "Just look at them." ”

Henry said, and Edward turned his head to look at the two Luoan girls who had clearly experienced pain, but the stubborn expressions that belonged to Luoan were still undiminished, and after a moment of silence, he stood up.

"Someone—" he shouted, and the guards not far from the door heard the noise and ran over and pushed the door open.

"Prepare a horse for me. ”

"Well, where is Your Highness going?" asked some of the guards who couldn't react subconsciously.

"Go to the South. ”

"Meet my father. Edward's tone was calm and his expression was determined. (To be continued.) )