All that Napoleon said earlier seemed to be aimed at attracting Mavi by proving his prowess.

In fact, he did not need to prove anything, Napoleon had reached the point of intimidating the enemy with his name.

On the other hand, Rhodes IV of the Kingdom of Windsor was not famous, at least not as illustrious as Napoleon, and did not do earth-shattering things.

In terms of national strength, the First Bonaparte Empire is not weaker than the Kingdom of Windsor, the navy is the leader of the Kingdom of Windsor, but the First Empire of Bonaparte is definitely stronger than the Kingdom of Windsor.

When the national strength is almost the same, the wisdom of the leaders is particularly important.

"What the Kingdom of Windsor can give you, I can give you, and more." Napoleon looked at Ma Wei, who was bowing his head and contemplating, and said slowly: "The Kingdom of Windsor is only an island country, and geographical factors limit their development, so their navy will be extremely powerful, but now is the age of magic, and the importance of the navy is far less than magic. ”

"In my opinion, the Kingdom of Windsor lacks key resources, and the First Empire of Bonaparte is located in the center of the Central Continent, with excellent connectivity and convenient transportation, and will definitely become the center of the next era, surpassing the Kingdom of Windsor is just around the corner."

"I have never co-opted a man like this, Mr. Nicholas, and if you know me, you should know that I value you more than Rhodes IV."

Napoleon said: "Moreover, Rhodes IV is very old, and Anatole says that even with the blessings of the realm of eternal life, he does not have to be troubled by illness, but his soul is on the verge of exhaustion, and he has little time to live." ”

"Of the three princes of Rhodes IV, is there even one person who can take on the role of king?"

"It seems that Your Majesty, you have investigated the situation in the Kingdom of Windsor." Ma Wei said suddenly.

"It's a good habit to know your opponent."

Ma Wei thought for a while and said, "I have no intention of taking refuge in your country, this has nothing to do with national strength, I have already achieved a very high position in the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny, what else do I need?" ”

"Don't you want to build a family and continue Manstein's name?"

"If that's all there is to it, the difference between the Kingdom of Windsor and Bonaparte's First Empire doesn't seem great." Ma Wei said calmly: "Your Majesty, what you can give me, in fact, I already have it, what I want to do now is to develop the Manstein Potions Company, if you want to do this, you need the help of the Royal Navy, so. I beg your pardon for declining your invitation. ”

When he was refused, Napoleon's expression did not change in the slightest, as if he had already guessed, but said lightly: "I have ordered someone to prepare the mansion for you, the meeting time is tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, you can go back and have a good rest, if there is anything, you can come to the Elysee Palace to find me." ”

The royal palace of Bonaparte's First Empire was Versailles, located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, but the daily commute was too cumbersome, and many kings had to live in Paris, including the lavish Elysee Palace.

After guillotining Ivan XIV, Napoleon rightfully moved into the palace.

Seeing that Napoleon had no intention of leaving himself to eat, Mavi picked up Unia and left the Invalides, and on the way to the mansion in a carriage, Maria said: "It's okay for you to refuse Your Majesty, Your Majesty will not be angry because of your refusal, but it is Anatol who really wants to keep you." ”

Hearing Anatole's name, Mavi glanced at Yunia and signaled her to hide the Siren's Tears and not let Anatole know about the Siren's Tears in Paris.

"There is a holy woman in the delegation, and if Anatore wants to forcibly leave me, the goddess of sin, Tilde, will surely descend to stop him." Ma Wei said.

"From the moment you entered the city of Paris, Anatore activated the shielding magic array, and the whole of Paris was covered, isolated from the prying eyes of other gods, and even if the saint summoned the goddess of sin, Tirde, she could not get a response."

Mary whispered, "To be helped by the goddess of sin, Tilde, you must leave Paris and perform a summoning ritual outside Paris. ”

"Why did you tell me about such an important matter?"

Ma Wei looked at Maria very puzzled, the other party was a duke and nobleman in Paris, why did he help him as an outsider?

"Before you arrived in Paris, I received a letter from London." Mary said, "The owner of the faith, called Freya de Chevalli, my cousin, has asked me to help you, no matter what difficulties you may have. ”

"You've never met, and a letter alone can make you desperate?"

"The Shevali family has reached a point of life and death."

Maria's voice was cold: "If there is no heir, the Shevali family will disappear in history, as the only heir, I must think about the family, although I have never met Freya, but she is also the inheritor with the blood of the Shevali family, I am in a very similar situation to her, if my side fails, I need her to take on the responsibility of continuing the Shevali family, so I have to help her." ”

"Of course, the letter says that in return, Freya will send a child of Chevali blood to Paris to become my adopted son and inherit the Chevali family."

“？”

Frowning slightly, Ma Wei wondered, "Are you infertile?" ”

It was a very offensive question, but Maria replied, "I can't be sure if I have children, after all, I have never had children." ”

"If you're not sure, why would Freya pass the baby to you?"

"Because."

Maria said in an indifferent tone: "I don't like men, it makes me sick to lie in the same bed with men, and I don't feel sad about my husband's death at all." ”

"Oh"

Ma Wei didn't know what to say for a moment, and this answer was indeed unexpected.

"Just now I kept asking Mr. Nicholas about your relationship with Freya, and it was for her." Mary said, "From the contents of the letter, Freya has some affection for you, so why don't you want to accept her?" ”

Talking about such an in-depth topic at the first meeting made Mavi a little uncomfortable, he felt that he and Maria were not familiar enough to talk about everything, but Maria seemed to have known him for a long time, and could say whatever she wanted.

Just when Ma Wei wanted to find an excuse to fool around, the carriage was suddenly stopped, and a hurried knock on the door sounded, and when he opened the curtain, he saw that it was the second prince and others.

"Nicholas, are you alright?"

Seeing Ma Wei, the second prince breathed a sigh of relief, glared at Bonova with a helpless face very displeased, and said, "When we arrived at the mansion, we found that you didn't follow, so we immediately came out to look for you, where did they take you?" ”

"I'm fine, Your Highness, Madame Maria just showed me around Paris."

In front of so many people, Ma Wei must not be able to say that he was taken to see His Majesty Napoleon, otherwise how would the second prince react?

This is Paris, and as a delegation, they cannot act as they do in London.

When she arrived at the mansion, Maria got into a carriage and left, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bonova, led everyone upstairs, arranged the room, explained the matter of the meeting, and then took her leave.

The mansion on the Champs-Élysées was built for foreign envoys, and was richly decorated with countless servants to meet any need.

In the room, Ma Wei took off his coat and waved off the maid who was waiting on the side, rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, and walked to the window and pushed it open, letting the street wind blow into the house.

After a short rest, the second prince arrived with Smith and Archbishop Brandon, followed by Eunia, Levine, and Daniel.

Closing the door, the second prince asked, "Nicholas, have you really gone to visit Paris?" I always felt that something was wrong, and the people in Bonova seemed to have bad intentions."

"I was taken to Les Invalides and met Napoleon Bonaparte."

"What?!" The second prince was surprised: "What did the Emperor Napoleon do when he saw you?" ”

"Well, he wants me to leave the Kingdom of Windsor, stay in Paris, and serve Bonaparte's First Empire."

"I knew they weren't well!"

The second prince slapped the table and said sharply: "No! Paris can't stay anymore, and after the talks, we'll leave! ”

"I'm afraid it's not that easy to leave." Archbishop Brandon looked out the window at the street and said in a deep voice: "You see, the mansion has been blocked by the royal guards, there are also the Knights of the Holy Silver Cross patrolling the street, there are two bishops in the mansion, and the main church of Notre Dame is not far away, Anatole will not let us go easily." ”

"Imprison the envoys of a country, isn't he afraid of provoking a great war?!"

"There's no way the church can tear its skin apart for us and the Cult of Wisdom." Archbishop Brandon shook his head slowly: "Just now I tried to contact the goddess with the holy woman Melissa, and found that we could not establish communication, I am afraid that it was disturbed by something, and only Anatol can do this in Paris."

Smith, the jeweler, changed his face: "Then didn't we fall headlong into Anatole's trap?" What can I do? ”

"Before leaving, the Pope and I discussed a similar emergency situation, once we lost contact for more than three days after arriving in Paris, London would immediately send personnel to rescue us, let's hold on, as long as the reinforcements arrive, we can leave."

"Paris is covered by shielded magic, and if you want to communicate with the goddess, you can only escape from the magic-covered area, which is Paris." "As long as she can leave Paris, the Holy Maiden Melissa will be able to guide the goddess Tilde to the conquest of Anatole," said Mavi. ”

"One goddess is not enough." Archbishop Brandon said with a solemn face: "This is Paris!" The goddess Tilde can contain Anatole, what about the Knights of the Holy Silver Cross? We alone are not enough! ”

"Why don't you ask the envoys of other kingdoms for help?"

A sudden voice sounded in the room, interrupting everyone's conversation, and everyone turned their heads together, startling Yunia: "Did I say something wrong?"

"Nope! You're right! ”

Archbishop Brandon's eyes lit up: "That's right! How to forget about this! We are not the only delegation in Paris, but also the delegation of the Cult of God and the Cult of Abundance! They must have brought the Holy Maiden! ”

"No matter how powerful Anator is, it can't be the opponent of the three gods!"

"But why should people help us?" Levine asked: "Anatole is only targeting us, he is coming for the eldest brother, and the other delegations can pretend not to see it"

"The Wisdom God Cult wants to be the only one, and that's why other churches are helping us!" Archbishop Brandon sneered: "For two thousand years, there are many countries that want to unify the Central Continent, but what is the result? Don't look at the scattered sand of the Central Continent, as long as there is a certain force that wants to unify the Central Continent, everyone will immediately unite and resist together! ”

"Napoleon was defeated at the hands of the coalition back then, and now they don't have a long memory when they think about it!"

"Are the other delegations staying in this mansion as well?"

"That's right, the delegation of the Kingdom of Frederick lives on the second floor, and the delegation of the Roman Republic lives on the third floor, who is the right one to find first?"

Is there any need to think about it?

When the second prince asked this question, everyone looked at him strangely, and in the end he himself laughed: "It's better to be in the Kingdom of Frederick." ”

Although the Kingdom of Sardinia was officially renamed the Roman Republic and the consuls were changed, they were still the same group of people, changing the soup but not the medicine, is it useful?

Compared to the Roman Republic, the Kingdom of Frederick was much more reliable, at least it would not drop the chain at a critical moment.

made up their minds, everyone acted immediately, the number of people negotiating this kind of thing should not be too many, after thinking about it, they finally sent Archbishop Brandon, the second prince and Ma Wei, counting Yunia is four, Daniel also wanted to go, but was stopped by the second prince: "Just have your eldest brother here, it's useless for you to go!" ”

The second prince, who did not know Daniel's identity, left the first crown prince of Frederick's kingdom upstairs, and as a gesture of friendship, they brought a piece of freshly made sleeping toast and two bottles of mercury blood as gifts.

On the second floor, the delegation room of the Kingdom of Frederick.

Knock knock!

Otto von Bismarck, who was smoking a cigarette in front of the window, heard a knock at the door, put his cigar in his mouth, and walked to the door to open it.

"Chancellor Bismarck?" Ma Wei looked at the strange man in front of him in surprise, he had seen Bismarck's appearance in the newspaper, and recognized it at a glance: "Why are you here?" ”

It is really unsurprising that the prime minister of a dignified country would come to Paris in person.

"Nicholas von Manstein"

Bismarck's eyes narrowed, his gaze swept over Archbishop Brandon and the second prince Shukri, and said in Frederick's language: "Have you gone to the wrong room?" This is the floor where the delegation of the Kingdom of Frederick stayed. ”

Archbishop Brandon and the second prince looked at each other, they did not understand Frederick and could only rely on Mavi for translation.

"Chancellor Bismarck, we have come to you on a special trip." Mavi said in Frederick's language.

Chancellor Bismarck was a loyal supporter of Wilhelm V, and he had the credit for covering for the Manstein family, and he came to Paris in person, probably to get in touch with Mavi and others, and to visit Daniel by the way.

"Come in."

Bismarck got out of the way, let the men into the room, and while picking up the bottle and pouring it for the sudden arrival, he asked, "What are you looking for me?" ”

"Come and ask for the help of Frederick's kingdom."

"Help."

Bismarck glanced at Marvey and sneered, "As a Frederick, but a citizen of the Kingdom of Windsor, is it too much to come to us for help?" ”

(End of chapter)