Chapter 24: Reunion (5)

"Stop, Alan, and ...... South"

Just as the farce was about to come to an end, a teenager stepped out of the crowd and stopped Alan and Soth. 【Reading.com】

Cliff Baylis, a former royal magician who was a little suspicious of Allen's identity and South, shouted with some surprise, "Your Royal Highness the Little Duke?" As soon as the words fell, his face showed some doubt, and he looked at the young man in the black orthodox aristocratic dress and said, "You...... Well, I mean these two ......," he said, gesturing to Alan and Soth.

"Ah," the young man in the black dress nodded lightly, and said in a somewhat mocking tone, "Of course I know ......them," he said, glancing apologetically at Prince Theo, glaring at Alan fiercely, and then saying to South, "Long time no see, South"

"Scott?" When he saw his former closest friend, Soth's drunkenness also sobered up a little, nodded and said with a little emotion, "Long time no see, Scott"

"Hey" broke free from the curse that Scott had blessed himself with a little force, and Alan looked at Scott with a smile on his shoulders with a knight's sword, then shrugged his shoulders and said with a little teasing, "Hey, that's boring, man- is this your way of greeting?"

Scott glanced at Alan a little helplessly, to be honest, he was very troubled by the current situation, after all, one side of the dispute is the first prince with royal blood, noble status, and the object of his father's support, and the other party, is his former friend, not to mention the relationship as friends, the energy behind these two should not be underestimated, one can be said to represent the key figure of the position of the merchant city Operels, and the other may be related to the support of the Vanderle black magician.

It's not easy to do......

Scott sighed secretly and glanced slightly at the royal knights who had fallen to the ground, fortunately, they were only temporarily unconscious and did not suffer serious injuries, maybe the two guys just wanted to teach them a lesson.

That's right, if it's a fight, it's definitely an unfair fight. -- The difference in strength is too great

"Hello, His Royal Highness the Little Duke of Ogier—I'm sorry I couldn't stop this" The vampire Ulrike performed an ancient courtesy to Scott, who returned the courtesy, after all, the other party was a vampire nobleman with terrifying abilities hundreds of years ago, and he was still a friend of everyone.

"I know, Ulrique," Scott nodded, and then glared at Alan viciously, he bet that this kind of thing must have been provoked by this good thing, after all, with his familiarity with Soth, he would never believe that Soth, who was not interested in anything, would take the initiative to stir up trouble. - Alan, you bastard

Now the question is, how to deal with the aftermath?

Scott clearly noticed that Prince Theo's handsome face had long since turned blue, and he was still looking at him with suspicion and distrust.

What a headache......

An hour later, Prince Theo sat in the carriage prepared by Scott with a straight face, and even the royal knights beside him bowed their proud heads in front of Alan and Soth, after all, they were almost helpless to be brought down by the two [imps].

After learning that Alan and Soth's destination was also Artak, Scott's brows furrowed slightly, and then he sighed secretly, and invited Alan and Soth, as well as Ulrik and the soldier puppet Sojes, to the second carriage, accompanied by Scott's two cold-faced and silent retinues, as well as the former royal magician Clive Baylis.

For Alan and Soth, the magician Clive Bayliss was very curious, especially Soth, as a royal magician, he was almost powerless in front of this young man, and no one would believe this kind of thing.

Looking at the young face of the young man, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, the fifty-six-year-old magician Cliff Bayliss felt a burning sensation on his face.

Sitting by the window of the carriage and looking out of the window, Soth seemed to notice the gaze of the magician Cliff Baylis, and said nonchalantly, "What do you want to say?"

"Huh?" said the magician Cliff, who was slightly startled and waved his hand with a reluctant smile, "No, no, I was just very surprised by your great power. - Your Excellency is one of the most powerful magicians I have ever met, and I feel like I am facing the Elder, the Grand Magician, His Excellency Hastings......"

"Hastings?" Soth turned his head and glanced at Cliff the Wizard with some confusion and confusion, for he felt the name was very familiar, but he couldn't remember anything.

"Is there anything wrong?" asked Cliff the Wizard, surprised.

"No, it's nothing," said Soth, continuing to look out the window at the white snow in the distance, and said lightly, "I shouldn't have hurt you just now, did I—if I had known you were Scott's friends......

"Hehe, no, no, you just ......" Wizard Cliff couldn't go on, he smiled awkwardly, after all, he clearly understood that he hadn't been able to fall to the ground like those royal knights just now, all because the young man didn't mean much, but how could he be embarrassed to say it himself?

While he was pondering how to divert the topic, Allen on the other side grinned and said, "Anyway, you really didn't have to fight—sorry, what just happened."

Is this an apology or a provocation?

Wizard Cliff couldn't help but laugh and cry, and his face couldn't help but show a little shame.

Perhaps noticing the expression of the magician Cliff, Scott glared at Alan angrily, and then said to the magician Cliff with relief, "Please don't care, Mr. Baylis-well, I didn't have a chance to introduce it just now, I'll introduce you......" As he spoke, he pointed at Alan and said, "I think you must have heard of the Knights of Liberty Wind of Operiels, the leader of the Knights and the only son of the president of the Merchants' Guild, Alan Scander- Although this guy is really a headache at times, his strength is still very powerful. ”

"Hey, can't you just praise me properly?" said Allen, dissatisfied.

"Huh?" Wizard Cliff muttered with an incredulous expression on his face as he looked at Alan with a somewhat playful smile, "I've heard about the Knights of the Liberty Winds, no wonder...... No wonder even Bert is no match for him...... No, not at all," he was referring to, Bert Brackley, the former deputy captain ......of the Royal Knights, who had just fought with Allen.

"Heh," Scott smiled faintly, pointing at Soth, and said with a smile, "And this one, called Soth, is also from Heliryox, is a student of Professor Hodd, and had a fight with Argus three years ago......"

"Hodd, is it Hed Kendi?" Cliff the Wizard was taken aback, he had heard three years ago that Argus, who had caused the Empire to face its current situation, had been severely injured by a magician, and the name of this magician was Hod Kendi.

But what surprised him even more was that this boy, who seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, had fought the demonic man of Argus three years earlier?

Soth?

Soth?

Why have you never heard of such a powerful person?

As if noticing the surprised look on Wizard Cliff's face, Alan joked, "I'm curious why haven't I heard of it?"

"Uh......" Cliff the Wizard nodded a little awkwardly.

"Stupid, because he hasn't been in the empire for the past three years"

"Not in the Empire?" Wizard Cliff was stunned, then his eyes lit up, and he said in astonishment, "Not in the Empire, is it in Salonia?"

"Yes" snapped his fingers, Alan looked at Soth and teased, "Who told this guy to fail to challenge Argus, hehe, and then fled to Salonia, and changed his name to Volmont Kleist, but he is an important person at the level of cardinal of Salonia."

"Cardinal?" Soth turned his head to look at Alan with dissatisfaction, and said angrily, "What do you mean by fleeing to Thessalonia?

"Yes," Alan spread his hands as if surrendering, and then touched his chin and said, "Actually, I feel that the name Wolfmont Kleist is also very good, it is worthy of your current identity, the name South, I always feel that it is a bit commoner, and it does not fit your current identity......"

Soth rolled his eyes in annoyance.

To be honest, Alan is not wrong, and Soth himself does not dislike the name Woolmont Kleist, after all, the old Pope taught him for three years and taught him many things, so it can be said that he is the second mentor after Professor Hodder, the difference is that Professor Hodd is a mentor who can be regarded as a friend, while the old Pope is a mentor with a stern elder flavor.

But even so, Soth didn't want to abandon his old name, because he had an inexplicable feeling that it seemed to be related to a very important person......

"Call me Soth," Soth said lightly, and then continued to look out the car window, not so much at the white snow, but actually just staying, which was his habit.

As if seeing the embarrassed expression of the wizard Cliff, Scott whispered, "Soth's personality is relatively cold, and he doesn't like to talk much, please don't mind"

"No, no," the magician Cliff waved his hand again and again, and praised him heartily, "I have never seen a young magician as good as Lord South......" he said, he paused, looked at Alan and asked curiously, "If you don't mind, I would like to ask, what is the purpose of the two of you going to Artac this time......"

"What else?" "What else?" Smiling slightly, Alan clenched his fists and whispered, "Convince Artak to send troops and counterattack Sassen," he said, he glanced at Scott, shrugged and said, "Speaking of which, Sister Abel plans to hold an army alliance meeting in Vander in half a month, are you interested?"

Scott was stunned, pushed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Is it about Argus?"

"What else is there?--Argus's demon army isn't that easy to deal with......"

"That's what I said......" Scott's words stopped abruptly, and he groaned for a moment, looked at Alan with some hesitation, and then sighed secretly.

At the same time, Allen's eyes at Scott also fluctuated slightly, although their purpose at the moment may be the same, but after all, they are representatives of two different classes, and they are two classes with sharp contradictions.

Argus was only the beginning of a series of upheavals in the Empire, and while it was imperative to defeat the demonic man and wrest control of the Empire from his hands, it was the rest that mattered.

Who defeated Argus, who recaptured Sasson, was crucial to the future of the country, whether it was Galik representing the aristocratic class or Operills representing the merchant alliance?

Perhaps, when Argus fades out of sight, the real contradictions of the empire will be completely intensified, and the struggle between the merchant class and the aristocratic class will begin, and this is something that both Allen and Scott realized when they first visited Vanderle three years ago.

They...... One day they will stand on opposing sides

And before that, although they are still best friends, they still need to pull together all the forces that can be co-opted to prepare for the future, whether it is Scottel or Artak.

And at this point, Scott admits that Allen has taken the lead......

The atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became strange, and Scott couldn't help but glance at Soth, who was staying by the window, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Scott knew about Soth's trip to Thessalonia, but he didn't expect that Soth would come back at this time, and join forces with Allen to inflict an indelible humiliation on Prince Theo, whom he supported.

Two days later, when the group arrived in Breu in a carriage, Scott noticed that Prince Theo looked at Soth with obvious hostility.

Alas, really......

Scott didn't want to blame Prince Theo for anything, after all, the farce was not all their fault, but just because of this, Soth was put in Allen's camp, and Scott couldn't help but want to say that His Royal Highness the prince was still not enough.

Yes, there is no one who knows the energy of Soth better than he and Allen

First of all, he was already a very powerful magician, perhaps close to the level of a great magician, and more importantly, he was the most important apprentice of Professor Hod Kendi

Who is Professor Hod? Now the magicians of the entire empire know the name Hod Kendi, after all, he was the one who seriously injured the once arrogant Argus, and did he not see that when Argus appeared in public, there must have been an entourage with him? This would never have happened in the past

Hold Kendi would become synonymous with the heroes of the Empire, and although he failed, he taught Argus a hard lesson for the Dark Mages, so that the demonic man no longer dared to underestimate the Empire Mages, and also gave the Imperial Dark Mages hope of defeating Argus.

It can be said that almost half of the black magicians in Sgdal are going to the name of Hod Kendi, that is to say, as the apprentice of Professor Hod, Soth will naturally be respected and respected by those black mages, after all, Soth's own strength cannot be underestimated, in other words, Soth may already be regarded as a representative figure of the black magicians of Vander, pushing him to Allen, undoubtedly pushing most of the wizard class to the merchant class of Operiels, which is quite stupid

However, Scott did not blame His Royal Highness the Prince, after all, he did not know the identity of Soth, and the only way to save this passive situation was only one ......

Because, Professor Hodd's students are not only Soss, but also Lavia......

Lavia Fahualia, as long as she can get her support, may not affect Artak's affiliation, but at least it will change the situation in which Vander unanimously supports the merchant class of Operills.

But unfortunately, Scott is not very sure, after all, Lavia's feelings for Soth are too clear among several friends......

The purpose of his bastard father to let His Royal Highness the prince go to Artak in person, Scott could probably guess that during the period of turmoil in the empire, many local nobles once held their positions because they could not see the situation clearly, Galik was like this, and Artak was like this.

Although the royal family has an immeasurable meaning to the nobility, more often than not, the nobles will also consider their own interests, for them, loyalty to the royal family is indeed necessary, but the continuation of the family is even more important.

Therefore, if you want to get Altak's support, you must first guarantee it, and the best way to do it is to marry......

If it were someone else, Scott might have thought it would be a good idea, but when it was Lavia, he just shook his head and smiled bitterly, not to mention that Allen's bastard brought Soth over [to make trouble]......

Maybe it was fate, maybe it was accident, but Scott felt more and more that what Vander's old professor of Welman had said was all too true......

No matter how you think about it, you can't change that you are a [knight] who guards the nobility, and Eren is the most solid [castle] as a merchant class, and Soth, who was born only a commoner, advocates freedom, and does not intervene in any forces, is undoubtedly a [soldier] who represents all possibilities, and Lavia, because of the prominence of her family's power, will undoubtedly become the object of everyone's competition, that is, the [queen]......

In the face of [Castle] and [Soldier], if you can't get the support of [Queen], I'm afraid that I, the [Knight], will become very passive in the future......

But the bad thing is that, as in the old chivalric novels, the [empress] of noble birth often has special feelings for the low-status [soldiers...... What kind of boring novel is this?

Damn, why wasn't it the one I met first, Soth-Allen, that bastard guy

By the time the carriage came to a stop at the gates of Breu, Scott's face was still very heavy, and Allen's expression was his usual grin. - This made Scott very unhappy

Maybe others don't think it, but Scott knows very well that Alan is a natural leader, and will be the focus of the ball like himself, even if it is himself, I am afraid that he will not be able to suppress his light...... No, I'm afraid it can't be suppressed anymore, because of His Royal Highness the Prince, [the soldier] has become a soldier on the [castle] side......

Looking at how Alan stood with Soth, Ulrike and others after getting out of the carriage, separated from Prince Theo and others, Scott couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Perhaps noticing Scott's thoughts, Prince Theo said in his usual royal tone, "Find a place to rest for the night, Your Highness Ogier?"

Before Scott could speak, Alan smiled and said, "Hey, Scott, do you want to rest here for the night?"

Scott couldn't help frowning, to be honest, even if it was a friend, in this case, he was reluctant to let Soth go to see Lavia, but unfortunately, he couldn't stop it, or rather, he had no reason to stop it.

"Hmm" Scott only nodded.

"Hey" as if thinking of something, Alan smiled, walked over to Scott, put his arm around his shoulder, and whispered, "It's luck, but it'...... Got the first shot"

Looking at Alan's grinning expression, Scott gritted his teeth in hatred and cursed in a low voice, "Alan...... You bastard."

"Hey"

Under Alan's pull, Soth said goodbye to Scott, who was inexplicably angry, and came to the castle of the lord of Breu.

At the same time, Lavia Fahualia, one of the key figures that both Galik and Operyls are trying to fight for, is lying on the bed in her bedroom, holding a unique clown mask, half black, half silver, which feels a little strange no matter how you look at it......

I don't know how long it took, and the girl who was lying on the bed with a proud fiery red hair let out an inexplicable sigh.

"Haven't you come back yet...... That idiot."

On the side of the bed beside her, the queen puppet Kunyin, who was wearing a purple lace dress, sighed helplessly, and said softly, "Master, your grandfather asked me to remind you that there will be a dance party today and tomorrow, and I hope you can wear a dress to attend......"

"Why??

"That's what I said...... Quin shook his head helplessly, and persuaded in vague terms, "you're almost sixteen years old this year, master, you have to think about the future, right?"

Perhaps understanding the deep meaning of Quinn's words, the girl lying on the bed turned over and said lightly, "Too weak, those people - my husband, must be stronger than me - no, must be stronger than anyone in the world"

"But ......"

"Hmph-how can a guy who can't even beat me be qualified to be my husband?" said that, the girl's slightly charming face showed a look of memory, and her eyes showed a slight smile, and then, this smile was suddenly replaced by dissatisfaction, which made her can't help but snort.

Is Salonia that good...... That bastard

The girl glared viciously at the clown mask in her hand, as if she were glaring at the person she had in mind.

At that moment, there was a knock on the door of the room......