Chapter 399: Snatching Love with a Horizontal Knife
Despite being a commoner, Vendatier is highly respected among the Noldor elves, as she has been the teacher of almost all the young Noldor in the last hundred years.
Whether it is a nobleman or a commoner's child, they will basically learn martial arts from her.
When a person becomes the teacher of the majority of the children of the entire race, it is natural to have a transcendent status and not be bound by anyone.
Vendatier is not an easy person to be restrained, she already has a status, she has no pursuit of power, and she has no other desires and hobbies - such a person is inherently difficult to restrain herself.
She only listens to Wendy's arrangement when she is very fond of Wendy, Wendy was born without parents, and it was Vendatil who took care of her until now, and the relationship between her and Wendy is more of a family relationship.
In other words, although Wendy can arrange a job for Vendatier, she can't completely assign Vendatier to do things she doesn't like, so she can basically rely on coquettishness.
Luckily, Vendatier was a responsible person, or she would have been left to pick on her if she had been asked to deal with Ardalian—she was actually a rather short-tempered person, and even Israndir would not dare to provoke her.
This kind of situation of not being assigned by superiors and subordinates, but only being able to arrange affairs in a relay chain cannot last forever, so Wendy decides to seek Leon's help to solve this problem.
But before the troops had marched to Fort Amera, and before they could meet Leon, the problem arose......
"Wendy, Aldalian is not going to Amera Fort. He said that he would first go to Wolfyn to meet Islandil and then attack the city of Both...... I reckon he wanted to prove to His Majesty Leon that he was strong - His Majesty Leon failed to capture the city of Knowledge, and Ardalian felt that he could do it......"
Wendatier reluctantly approached Wendy: "I can get him to send troops to cooperate, but I can't interfere with his specific tactics." ”
"Alas...... This idiot. It's not that Leon can't capture Bozhi City, it's just that he doesn't plan to occupy Bozhi City, after all, he is now going to deal with the Snake Worship Sect with the people of the Bacchus Empire, and he can't really defeat the Bacchus Empire......"
Wendy shook her head and looked at Vendatier: "Moreover, I think Aldalian probably didn't want to prove anything to Leon, he probably did it to show you how powerful he was...... Mr. Vendatier, just like the bucks fight each other when they are courting......"
Vendatier gave Wendy a blank look, but she knew that what Wendy said was also one of the factors that Ardarian intended to attack Edrich City, like a stag screaming and shaking its horns......
But the main reason is certainly not this.
"Straight to the point, Wendy. Aldarian knew about the plan, he just didn't want to work with the Bacchus...... And he also didn't want to work with His Majesty Leon's forces - he still didn't trust humans. I think he intends to sabotage the cooperation between His Majesty Leon and the Bacchus Empire, and he may want the Bacchus Empire and His Majesty Leon to really continue to fight......"
Vendatier actually knew Aldalian.
Sometimes a lot of seemingly stupid behavior is just a little bit of caution from a few.
Ardalian did have a motive to do so.
Leon did not hide this plan from the Noldor Elves, because there would be no Serpent worshippers among the Noldor Elves, and in order to avoid hostility between the Noldor Elves and the people of the Bacchus Empire, Alina's plan must be made clear to all the Noldor leaders.
Of course, Ardalian also knew that the kingdom of Neopander was going to play a war drama with the Bacchus Empire, luring out a large army of the Serpent Cult and then encircling and suppressing it.
But for Aldalian, the plan didn't fit in with what he had always adhered to......
Compared to other Noldor elves, Aldaryan has a higher aim.
He had been watching the war between the humans, and he wanted the humans to continue to fight each other, preferably all crippled and scorched to the ground, so that the Noldor Elves might have a chance to control the entire continent......
But now that the Duchy of Noldor has been established, and the Noldor tribe is 'subservient' to the kingdom of Neopander and ruled by the kingdom of humans, Ardalian is actually a little unwilling.
Aldalian is not a fool, he knows that Wendy's marriage to Leon is saving the whole clan, he will not hate Leon, and he will not have any resentment about Wendy becoming Queen Noldor - Wendy is his kindred and the daughter of his friend, and Aldalian himself thinks that Wendy becoming Queen Noldor is the best choice.
He didn't intend to make himself the King of the Noldor either—he hadn't proclaimed himself the Elven King in the three hundred years he had established his own clan, nor had he done anything detrimental to the weakened House of Fenway.
What Aldarion is looking for is not his own power, but the status of the entire Noldor tribe in the Pander continent.
He wanted the elves to be the direct ruling class of the entire continent, not to be at the mercy of some human king as vassals of the kingdom of Neopande.
Ardaryan would think so, mainly because of the longevity of human beings.
In his opinion, Leon may be a good king, and a king who can treat humans and elves fairly, plus Leon has the blood of Noldor elves, so it is indeed no problem to become the co-master of humans and elves.
But sooner or later Leon will die.
The hybrid of elves and humans cannot have the lifespan of pure-blooded elves, which can be seen from the growth cycle, the king of Pandexian Kavala is a hybrid of the two races, but he only lived for more than eighty years - this is a high life for humans, but for elves, seventy or eighty years old is just an adult.
After Leon died a few decades later, what would happen to the kingdom of New Pende?
The system of the new Pande Kingdom is an independent principality, which means that the sphere of influence of the Duchy of Noldor has basically been limited - Leon has assigned all the castles on the periphery of the Noldor Forest to the Duchy of Noldor, which is equivalent to a clear indication of the Principality of Noldor's sphere of influence.
That is, based on the Noldor Forest, it is probably the same territory as the entire eastern region of the original Lion Kingdom, and the territory alone is one-tenth of the entire Pande Continent, which is indeed the territory standard of a powerful Grand Duke.
For most Noldor elves, this is a very satisfying result.
But for Aldarion, this meant that it would be difficult for the Noldor elves to become the rulers of the continent.
The number of humans is overwhelming, the total population of the Noldor Elves is only more than 10,000 people, and they are always a minority, and the territory is limited to the Noldor Forest, if the New Pende Kingdom can unify the continent, the Noldor Elves can only live in a corner.
Coupled with the fact that Wendy is not the only one who has Leon's wife, and Aldarian knows that Leon and Amy have been together for a longer time, this means that most of the people who will rule the kingdom of New Pender in the future will not be the descendants of the Noldor elves.
Greed is the norm in the human heart, and Aldalian is no exception, he wants to give the Noldor elves an advantage.
- What if the direct forces of the new Pander Kingdom become weaker?
Or what if Leon could only rely more on the Noldor elves in the process of unifying the continent and could not gain the widespread trust of humans?
Ardalian actually recognized Leon's abilities more than most of the Noldor Elves, and he believed that even if he temporarily lost the support of some humans and relied more on the Noldor Elves, Leon could still unify the continent.
So in the future of the new Pander Kingdom, will the ruling class be dominated by the Noldor elves?
Since Leon wants to partner with the Bacchus Empire, if the fake show is really done and the capture of Bozhi City, this will definitely cause Leon to lose the trust of the Bacchus people, triggering a real all-out war between the Bacchus Empire and the New Pande Kingdom.
Especially now, most of the Bacchus Empire still don't know about this plan to fight a fake war and really cooperate, if they attack Bozhi City at this time, the Bacchus people will definitely think that this is Leon's plan to kill them all......
As for whether the real enemy will take advantage of the opportunity to sit big, Ardalian doesn't care - his troops have combed the interior of the forest a few days ago, and there really are no enemies in the forest.
Since the Serpent Cult or other enemies have not entered the forest, they are still in the territory of the Bacchus Empire.
In Aldarion's opinion, as long as the enemy can be guaranteed not to enter the forest and the territory of the Bacchus Empire is scorched, the people who worship the snake sect will naturally be involved in the big war, anyway, whether it is the Bacchus or Leon will deal with the snake worship, the enemy can still be solved.
That's true, but a lot of people will die.
But Leon and Marius would consider as few deaths as possible, and Aldalian would have wished that there would be more human deaths......
If it had been before, Ardalian would not have thought so, because the safety of the tribe should be the priority.
But now, the Noldor Elves have obtained all the castles on the outskirts of the Noldor Forest, and the army of the Bacchus Empire has been defeated, and the safety of the Noldor Elves is actually guaranteed.
It's just that this will inevitably put Leon in a dangerous situation.
But Ardalian didn't care...... Even if Leon can't complete the great cause of unifying the continent, it doesn't matter if he is defeated or dies - if Leon's forces and the Bacchus Empire continue to fight, then the Noldor Elves can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and find opportunities to get greater benefits after the two human nations are defeated.
The motive for many things comes from such thoughts, not pure evil thoughts and selfish desires, and even in a sense, it is indeed for the benefit of the whole race.
The lack of people's hearts is not only reflected in personal selfish desires.
"If Aldaryan did this, it would definitely have disastrous consequences...... Vendatier, we must stop this idiot! ”
Wendy said anxiously.
"But how are we going to stop him now?"
Vendatier didn't know what to do, Ardalian hadn't done anything wrong with the Noldor tribe, and he hadn't started his march to Knowledge.
"It would be nice if Leon was here, he must have a way to ......"
Wendy sighed, thought for a moment, and turned to look at Vendatier, "It's up to you now, teacher, you may have to make a little sacrifice......"
"What do you mean? You don't want me to kill him secretly, his troops will riot! ”
Vendatier blurted out that it seemed that she had thought of secretly killing Ardalian......
"No, no, no, I'm going to let you go to Israndil...... Isranduil has just been made Lord of Walwin, you might as well try to tell Aldalian that you won't be going south to fight, and you have decided to help Islandil take care of the ...... of Walwin."
Wendy said with her head sideways, looking at Vendatil as she spoke, "I'm going to give you the brocade robe I wore at my wedding......"
"What do you mean? I? Taking care of Wolfin? I'm the tribune of White Hart Castle......"
Vendatier didn't understand Wendy's intentions.
"That is, you have to show that you mean that to Islandil...... I'll get Islandil to work with you. ”
Wendy had to be clear.
"Huh?! No, no, no...... This will not work! And Israel Landil has a wife! ”
Vendatier shook his head like a rattle.
"Aha...... Leon Gang issued a decree that the kingdom of the new pander allowed everyone to have three spouses, as long as the previous spouse allowed it......"
Wendy laughed: "His Royal Highness Israndir is such a good person, is it normal to marry more wives...... Moreover, he is the only one in the entire Noldor tribe who is worthy of you! ”
"No, no, no......"
Vendatil's face was full of panic: "No......"
"If Israndir can't do it, then it's only Risadilan......"
Wendy spread her hands: "But, are you willing to marry your student?" ”
"I'm not saying Israndel can't do it, I'm saying I'm not going to get married!"
Wendatier was about to go crazy: "Wendy, what the hell are you up to in mind?" ”
"Oh, I'm going to get Aldarian to put his mind on you, like going to Wolfynburg for a 'family feast' or something, and he's going to go to Wolfyn to meet up with Israndel anyway, isn't he?"
There was a hint of cunning in Wendy's big eyes.
"I'm afraid he's going to duel with Israndil......"
Vendatil sighed, she knew what Wendy meant.
She also knew Aldaryan, who was also a short-tempered guy who would most likely bring up a duel.
In fact, Risardiran had a private duel with Israndil's nephew for the girl he loved, but the ending was a tragedy, Risardiran won, but the Noldor girl did not intend to associate with a criminal who killed her people......
"I'm just going to force him to bring up a duel...... Rest assured, His Highness Israndir has always obeyed the law, and he will definitely not do a private fight. Besides, you're the ...... who can stop them."
Wendy took Vendatil's arm and said with a smile: "My teacher is such a beautiful lady, and he is also a master of swordsmanship, and he is pursued by two great lords in a duel, so it should be......"
Vendatier sighed again: "I told you not to look at the knights...... I really don't know what His Majesty Leon taught you......"
……
Two days later, Wolfynburg.
An impromptu 'family feast' is being held.
There was only one table for this informal banquet, and it was not a public banquet, so there were only five people in total.
The male protagonist Israndil, the female protagonist Vendatier, the male number two Aldalian, the director Wentilf, and the dragon set Risa Dilan, who came to give the order just in time for a meal.
At the dinner, Israndir expressed his intention to formally pursue Vendatier, and Vendatier also showed an attitude of reciprocity......
Then, Isranduil said that thanks to His Majesty Leon's new decree, he was able to show his feelings at this time, but he had not yet obtained the consent of his wife at home, and hoped that everyone present would give him some help......
Ardalian erupted on the spot - everyone in the entire Noldor tribe knew that he liked Vendatier, but he didn't expect that this bastard Isranduil was actually planning to smuggle out?!
Snatching love with a knife...... How can that work!
Duel! This must be a duel!
(End of chapter)