Chapter 21: Returning Home
Vanessa didn't close her eyes all night, and the next morning, just after dawn, she ordered a fire to cook and make final preparations for the attack on Teacup Keep.
And the lop-eared woman herself was in the tent helping her son who had just woken up to get dressed.
Since losing the election, Blanca's mental condition has been worrying, and he has lost a lot of weight, and the whole person looks cowering, afraid to look at people, and is scared to cry at the slightest breeze, and burrows into his mother's arms, which makes Vanessa also very distressed.
The lop-eared woman first took off her son's pajamas and changed into breeches and a long wide shirt, then put pantyhose on Blanca's calves in turn, tucked them into the pantyhose, and tied the straps on the waistband of the pantyhose.
A robe was then draped over it, fastened with a belt with a metal rabbit embellishment, and draped over a burqa and a cloak.
Vanessa comforted her son as she pinned the gold brooch, "Don't worry, Blanca, we'll be back to the castle today, and you'll be the master of the greens, just like your father." ”
"But, but, my sister Ilea, she ......," the little boy shuddered at the mention of the name, "she has been appointed by the Marquis of Cullen as the head of the House of Arias, are we going to disobey the Marquis's orders?" ”
"Of course, the Marquis's words must be listened to, the Arias family has been loyal to the Figuerola family for generations, and your generation is naturally no exception, but it is also possible for a wise marquis to be deceived by traitors, at this time, as a courtier, you must speak out and advise, and even take the initiative to set things right in time."
Blanca hesitated for a long time, but still mustered up the courage to say the sentence in his heart, "Mom, I don't want to be a lord anymore. ”
"Why?" Vanessa's eyes froze when she heard the movement of her hand, "Who taught you to say that?" Your great-grandmother, Knight Javier, is still ......"
"Nobody," Blanca gritted her teeth, "it's what I want to say, Mom, can't you just stop it?" As long as my sister is still willing to let us live in the castle, our family will go back to the old life, isn't it good, you don't have no feelings for your sister at all, you also told me before that my sister has no mother, and I want me not to always make her angry. ”
"Silly boy, I'm talking stupid things again." The lop-eared beauty put her boots on her son's feet, took two steps back, looked at them for a moment, and nodded in satisfaction.
After that, he raised his face again and said lightly, "Once this kind of thing starts, it is impossible to stop again." You will be a good lord in the future, Blanca. ”
She wanted to say something more, but then a deep male voice came from outside the tent, "Madam, can you talk?" ”
"I'll come out now, Knight Javier."
After Vanessa finished speaking, she said to Blanca, "Stay here, don't think nonsense, we will be home in a while." ”
As soon as she stepped out of the tent, the lop-eared woman saw her military adviser pacing back and forth, trampling the grass in front of the door.
As soon as Vanessa appeared, he couldn't wait to greet him, "Madam, I heard that you ......"
The lop-eared beauty gestured at him, and the two walked twenty meters away before they stood still again.
"I heard that you had the wife, son, granddaughter, and grandson-in-law of the Knight of the End kidnapped, and brought their newborn child with you." The knight, who was a little rich, said while wiping the sweat from his head.
"yes, what's the problem?"
"I've also heard that you're planning to threaten Alfred with them, and if he won't open the gates, you'll order those people's heads to be cut off."
"I've said that, too."
"Are you serious?" Knight Javier looked serious.
"Of course." "Don't question my resolve just because I'm a woman. ”
"I don't question your resolve, I just think it's something wrong."
"What's wrong, if Alfred that thief can do it, can't I do it? Don't forget that he was the one who took the lead, using his relatives as hostages and threatening those in the castle to help him defend the city. The lop-eared beauty said coldly.
"Alfred's actions are indeed a dishonor of knighthood," Javier pondered his words, "but at least from the news coming out of the city so far, he didn't really kill anyone, even the Pablo knights, who never gave in, were only imprisoned by him, and they didn't miss two meals a day. ”
"What do you want to say?" Vanessa looked directly at her military advisor.
The latter sweated harder, but said, "I want to say that it is inevitable that you will continue to do this in your capacity...... Some of them are not very good-looking, especially if there are babies under the age of month, and now there are a lot of people below talking about it. ”
"You think I like that? If you could do your duty and help me take the castle in front of me sooner, none of this would have happened. The lop-eared woman interrupted the knight.
"Since your method doesn't work, then you can only solve it by me now, as for those gossips, when we take the teacup fort, I will teach them what respect is."
The knight of Javier sighed, he knew that persuasion was useless, Vanessa was determined to take the castle today, and he did not hesitate to bear the notoriety for it.
In fact, the relationship between him and Alfred was not very close, and the two had little contact before, and just three days ago, Alfred shot him with an arrow.
But one yard to one yard, now seeing that Alfred's family is about to suffer, and Javier, who is also a knight of the Arias family, can't help but feel a sense of sadness about the death of a rabbit and a fox.
When he returned to the army, several other knights also came over and asked him about the results of the trip.
Javier shook his head and said to his colleagues, "Madame has made up her mind, you should think about how to persuade Alfred to open the city gates later." ”
"Alfred wouldn't be Alfred if he could open the door." A knight nicknamed Purple Finch said, "That old fellow has a very stubborn temper, and he only thinks about death. He was Ilea's guardian knight and would only listen to the little girl. ”
"Even if his family's lives are threatened?"
"Even if you slaughter his house until he is the only one left, he won't open the door." Purple finch flower road.
"Oh my God!" Another knight, nicknamed the Golden Serpent, said, "Are we just going to sit back and watch the tragedy happen?" ”
"No way, who made Alfred go crazy first and capture the teacup castle belonging to the Arias family, Lady Vanessa denounced him as a traitor, even if he cut down all his relatives, there would be no problem." Differing views were expressed.
"That's true from Lady Vanessa's point of view, but if you want to look at it from a different perspective...... He was just ordered by the true master of Green Field to take control of the castle one step ahead. ”
"I thought we had agreed on this issue, Ilea was not fit to rule the land, and Ruth thought so, so I sent her to the temple." Another knight spoke.
"But now it seems, her stepmother wasn't much better." "I don't know what you guys think, but with all due respect, stupidity and madness, I'd rather choose the former." ”
"Crazy and desperate." "She knew she was losing the war, so she chose to take a gamble." ”