On a summer afternoon, the port is extremely hot, and the sound of cicadas everywhere makes people feel irritable.

There were no pedestrians on the streets, and the sun in the southern harbor was so hot that no one but the toiling fishermen exposed themselves directly to the sun.

It's a good time to go out fishing, but it also means that there is no breeze in this place today, and even if you stay in the shade, you will feel hot and humid.

Dilin Port in September is probably the hottest place on the continent outside of the Dexia Desert.

In Kairos's house, everyone was too hot to wear clothes - like the maids......

Well, they all have a little bit of cloth on them, although it doesn't do anything.

There were a lot of people in the courtyard today, probably because Wendy wasn't here.

But Alina was here, and she was talking to Leon, but her face wasn't very good.

Li Angzheng was being wiped by several maids with his eyes full of fascination, and at the same time he was absentmindedly talking to Alina.

The wounded couldn't take a shower, but they had to wipe their sweat.

I just don't know why it takes so many people to wipe a sweat......

There was also a large line of beautiful girls standing next to her, some with basins, some with towels, and many dancing - and probably a glamorous dance, after all, normal dancers generally don't flatter people with shy breasts......

There were a few guards standing outside the courtyard, and they were actually old fellows like Klose and Summer.

In fact, all of these old Metenheim men are now officers—at least the captains of the Silver Hand.

As Li Ang's pro-army officers, these guys are also the object of everyone's scorn when they are outside, and it stands to reason that there is no need to stand guard in person under the scorching sun.

But they had to 'set an example and defy the scorching heat' and 'personally go out and protect His Majesty Leon closely'......

Of course, it was not because they suddenly had a high moral character, but in fact they had forcibly taken it from their brothers, who 'appreciated the hardships of the brethren' and 'kindly' changed the order of their shifts and gave the guards who were supposed to be on guard duty a holiday.

The reason these guys suddenly became so kind was simple, from the way they peered through the cracks in the doors and the hollowed-out walls......

"Oh...... It's so big, it's white...... Ahem! The sun is so dazzling! I've got to go on patrol......"

Klose rubbed the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and then wiped the sweat from his forehead, and stared intently at the maids in the courtyard through the hollow flower wall, ready to go on patrol.

As a guard, it is indeed important to find a good line of sight......

"Boss, don't you feel hot?"

Summer, who had been sticking to the crack of the door and carefully observing the movement, fanned the wind with his helmet, and his bright bald head was covered with shiny beads of sweat - the porch of the courtyard could still provide shade, but Klose's 'patrol' ......

Klose's bright helmet on his head reflected the scorching sun, this kind of sky patrolling against the sun, it was basically the equivalent of putting a frying pan on his head and waiting to be heated, and Summerer felt that it would not take long for his captain's brain to be fried.

But...... It is estimated that they will mature faster without a helmet - these old Metenheim guys shaved their hair collectively because the weather was too hot a few days ago, and now they are all bald hunks.

"Ahem...... Hiss ......"

Klose turned a deaf ear, walking back and forth outside the flower wall step by step, occasionally smacking his lips, patrolling extremely seriously.

It's just that the eyes are always staring in the same direction...... Or that the whole head seems to be fixed, and no matter how he walks, the head is always facing only the same direction.

Summer's swallow and decide that he couldn't leave his head alone to suffer, so he buckled his helmet to his head and followed Klose's footsteps.

"Your Majesty Leon! I've got all the most beautiful girls in the whole of Dilingang...... Don't be so dissatisfied! ”

In the courtyard, Alina's voice gradually became louder, and she seemed to be a little angry.

"So what do you do so loudly...... I said it all, I'm going to choose a concubine! Choose a concubine, understand? Then you have to choose the best one from the many beauties......"

Li Ang's voice also increased a little, and his tone became a little obscene: "Actually, you don't have to look for so many girls, and you know who I want...... You're the most beautiful girl in Bacchus......"

"Leon! Don't deceive people too much! ”

Alina seemed to be angry: "I didn't expect you to be such a person!" With wives like Amy and Wendy, aren't you satisfied?! ”

"Look at what you said...... This kind of thing is about your affection and me, what is not content...... Alina, you made the request for a truce yourself, and I have to bargain with the offer, right? Who is not satisfied with the fact that you want me to withdraw your troops, and that you want me to return the Sava and Amera, but you don't want to give me any benefits? Although you and Wendy have a good relationship, you can't just rely on the relationship to let me give the land I have already occupied, right?! ”

Leon's words grew louder and louder.

"Aren't you afraid that Wendy will cut you off after knowing about your shameless request?!"

Alina angrily slammed the cup in her hand.

"Wendy is the queen of the Duchy of Noldor, and she needs Amera's Castle, and she needs me...... Haha, otherwise why do you think she would let me enjoy singing and dancing here? ”

An evil smile appeared on Leon's face: "Alina, I can promise you a tente, an armistice, return of Fort Sava and Fort Amera, and I can even return Wolfyn and Karen Deer Fort to Bacchus, but you also have to agree to my terms......"

"Dream! I'd rather fight you to the end!! ”

Alina was completely furious, kicked over the table in front of Leon, turned her head and left.

"Then you have to think about it...... Now that all the troops of the Emperor Landing Port are gone, I am afraid that your little guard is no match for the Silver Hand. And my large army is 'cooperating' with General Ivaylo in the pursuit of the Serpent Cult army, and you know that once you enter the Noldor Forest, whoever comes out alive will have the final say on the Noldor Elves......"

Li Ang didn't even reply, and his mouth was full of threatening words.

Alina stopped angrily, trembling all over, but probably couldn't suppress the anger in her heart, and stamped her feet out of the courtyard.

Opening the door of the courtyard, and just in time to see the sneaky peeping of the Metenheim outside, Alina kicked the flowerpot in front of the door and left angrily.

"Shhh...... Actually quarreled? ”

Summer's expression was incredulous, and he rubbed Klose with his elbow: "Miss Alina will actually lose her temper with His Majesty?" ”

"Ahem, it's normal to quarrel...... We didn't see anything, we didn't hear anything, you know? ”

Klose reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the courtyard and glanced at Summer.

Summerer was stunned when he saw Klose's eyes, and then followed Klose's eyes.

In the corner of the courtyard where Leon was, there were two unobtrusive maids, standing without squinting, in stark contrast to the other maids who were probing their brains and muttering to each other.

Summerer nodded at Klose and turned his gaze back to Leon...... The girls next to him.

……

At night, in Alina's study, Alina was pacing back and forth anxiously.

Her study was always brightly lit and stayed all night.

But this time, she didn't read a book, nor did she be alone, but discussed big things with a few henchmen.

"General Sula is capturing those on Agathon's list, and the Shadow Wolves won't be back for at least a month......"

Brutus was reporting the situation with his head down: "Including the Immortal Legion, almost all the elite of the empire and the troops that can fight around the Emperor's Harbor have been taken away by General Ivaylo, and there is no one else available at the moment. I only have two hundred guards in my hands now, and it is impossible for me to fight against Leon's silver hand. ”

"Leon and his Silver Hand have helped the Empire in the past, and the people of the Knights of the Radiant Cross, as well as most of the citizens, will not be against them...... And we can't hurt Leon, if he dies in the port of Dilin, I'm afraid that none of the troops brought out by General Ivaylo will come back, and the empire will face the revenge of the kingdom of Neopander when the army is scarce......"

Elena, who looks similar to Alina, also worriedly replenishes the situation.

"Do I have to be coerced by him like this?! Cassian, is there anything you can do with the viper? ”

Alina turned her gaze to another man with a blank face.

This is Cassian, the leader of the spy organization Vipers, a former subordinate of Justes, and now a subordinate of Alina.

"Leon knows us well...... It's hard for us to sneak in, and even if we do, there's no good way to do it, his silver hand guards him very closely, those guys aren't afraid of snake hearts, we've tried. ”

Cassian shook his head.

"Is there no one to deal with him? I just need to make him worse! As long as he can wait for General Ivaylo to bring back the Empire's troops, or for General Creon to bring his troops, he will not try to coerce us again...... Instead, we can coerce him! ”

Alina gritted her teeth and looked at the henchmen in front of her.

"Perhaps...... There is a person who can have a way to ......."

Cassian said with some hesitation.

"Who?"

Alina paused and tilted her head.

“…… Lord Allers, your brother, he is now in the port of Terrin. ”

Cassian looked at Alina and said slowly, "He came to me in the afternoon. ”

"How could he be in the Imperial Harbor? Isn't he supposed to be in Ahuen? ”

Alina frowned.

Allers is Alina's own brother and is five years older than her.

Although Justes prefers his daughter Alina, the siblings have always had a good relationship because they both have a common distress - their father Justus.

It's just that Alina is distressed that she was urged to marry by her father, and Alyss is just the opposite - Justes does not allow him to marry......

Previously, in Descha, Alina had participated in the bidding for Eichkoman under the name of Ahlers, but at that time Allers had no idea of beating Luha at all.

Because Ares has a favorite girl.

But the problem is that the girl he likes is a slave.

It was an ordinary slave girl whom Ahlers had bought from Singal when he was eighteen years old—the kind that was openly chosen by everyone next door to the cattle market in the same way as the livestock.

Justes was actually an enlightened man, but no matter how enlightened he was, he couldn't let his son marry a slave who had been bought—he could stay with him, he could use it as an outhouse, as long as he didn't have a name, but no father would agree to their marriage!

But Ahlers is a lover, and young people always have a bit of a rebellious mentality, and the more Justes disagrees, the stronger his backlash becomes.

In the end, Ales simply vouched for his status as an imperial knight, gave the slave girl the status of a free man, and then gave up his position in the army and eloped with the slave girl......

This was years ago, and it was just when Justes had just perfected the spy organization Viper.

Ares had been living in seclusion in the town of Ahuon, near the city of Knowledge, and only told Alina where he was staying.

In fact, Justus also knew that his son was in Ahuen, a matter that could not be concealed from his spies.

But since they all forced people to elope, he knew that there was too much estrangement from his son, so Justes didn't come forward to ask again.

Later, it was rumored that Justes preferred his daughter and did not care much about the unsuccessful son.

But in fact, Justes is just deliberately hiding Alles.

Ales is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Siyuan City, with the status of an imperial knight, and it can be regarded as both civil and military, but he has never had any clear ambitions, that is, he has no ambitions and no goals in his heart.

The absence of a goal is the norm for the eldest son of a noble family - because from this life, they are generally given by their parents at birth.

Just like the eldest young master like Ahlers, if there were no big changes in the Bacchus Empire, then his life would have been doomed from the day he became an imperial knight.

In his twenties, he would serve in the army, accumulate merit with some undangerous tasks, and then transfer to the local area, where he would accumulate governing experience under the care of Justes;

At the age of thirty, he will become the consul or military chief of the city of knowledge;

When Justes retires at the age of forty, he will naturally become the governor of the empire, inheriting Justes's philosophy of reform - yes, even the idea of governance will be set, after all, he is the son of the initiator of reform.

When everything in the future is in front of you, and the route of your life is already doomed, it is normal to have no goals.

Just like Forsette, he didn't have a goal before he met Leon, but it was only after his father, Duke Alma, was assassinated by Mirgan that Forsette really had his own way.

Ahlers eloped with a slave girl and went into seclusion, in fact, in this way to express his resistance.

Justes is a smart man, and he naturally understands Ahlers's rebellious mentality, so he puts on a posture of preferring his daughter, seemingly ignoring his son, but in fact he has been letting his son be responsible for distributing information and delivering information.

It's a job that suits someone like Ahlers who has no purpose in life.

Moreover, there is a work connection between father and son, but there is no need to meet and quarrel, this level of getting along is just right, and it really eases the relationship between father and son.

Alina was able to get so much information because her brother Alys had been silently supporting her.

Brother and sister rarely see each other, but the relationship has always been harmonious.

"What did Ares come to you for?"

Alina was a little confused now, she knew her brother too well.

In terms of martial arts, Ahlers supported three moves at most under Klose; On stratagem...... Come on, if Alles had a great strategy, he wouldn't have eloped in the first place; In addition, he really has no ambitions, and he just wants to live a small life with that slave sister-in-law - what is he doing in Dilingang?

"Lord Allers came to me this afternoon to find out what happened to you and His Majesty Leon......

Cassian said a little awkwardly: "But I didn't know what was going on at the time, so I didn't say anything...... But now that he thinks about it, Lord Alyss seems to know what happened to Leon, which means that he probably quietly planted someone around Leon......"

"So, among the maids I sent to Leon were the men of Ares?"

Alina's brow furrowed even deeper.

"It should be, and that's not our people...... Presumably Lord Ahler's own manpower. ”

Cassian nodded—that's why he's embarrassed, as a professional spy leader, his team has no way to deal with Leon, but Ahlers, a halfway out of the house, can put a spy next to Leon......

"But those girls were going to be my maids......"

Alina sneered: "Ales, my brother...... He crept to the port of Emperor Lin, and secretly planted a spy beside me, but he didn't tell me anything......"

(End of chapter)