-166- The missing baron

The Violet side is still moving quite quickly.

Perhaps because of the defeat in the war, the situation within the Duchy of Violet began to become a little unstable, and the Duke of Violet was quite efficient in honoring the contents of the treaty.

In less than half a month after the peace talks between the two sides, Violet delivered the first batch of materials for the purchase of extraordinary equipment to Castel, and along with the materials, there was a third of the ransom.

In addition, the contract documents related to the Barony of Bettel and the documents related to the transfer of the Barony of Betel were also sent to the North Port.

From this moment on, Barony Betel was de facto ceded to Castel by Violet.

A week after Castel signed a peace treaty with Violet, an emissary from the royal capital also arrived at the North Harbor with two bombshell news.

First, five of the nine dukes of the Crescent Kingdom have joined hands with the three dukes and the other twenty-eight vassal nobles directly under the kingdom to apply to the noble council and the royal court to convene a central meeting to discuss the legitimacy of the succession of Philippe de Valva, the third prince of the crescent, who blatantly violated the Holy Law and the royal contract.

It is clear that with the defeat of the war, the third prince has lost the support of most of the nobles, and King Louis V's attempt to use the third prince to weaken the power of the local nobility and strengthen the centralization of power has also been counterattacked by the nobles.

The messenger brought news that the central council of the kingdom would be held in the royal capital in a month and a half, and that Castel would also need to attend as an important representative.

Second, King Louis V issued an edict to end the war and return to peace within a week between Boulder, Violet and Castel.

Of course, the truce came a little late, and Castel and Violet had already made peace a week earlier.

As for the Boulder, after Eleanor was captured and the expeditionary force was destroyed, the war was already over in fact, and all that remained was post-war negotiations.

"Lord Booit-Lint, the war is over, and you can leave here with the Knights of Violet."

In the Earl's Palace, Viscount Leon-Castel looked at Count Lint, who was under house arrest, and said with a smile.

Count Lint, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed and meditating, slowly opened his eyes and was silent for a long time before he said:

"Negotiation...... It's over? ”

"Yes, it was over a week ago, the Violet side has already delivered your ransom, and you can already leave here."

"Ransom...... What is it. ”

"2,430,000 quintana, and an extraordinary material that costs the same as 20 million quintana, of course...... This is for soldiers, other nobles, and enchanted equipment, and as for you, Lord Count's offer is Barony of Belt. ”

Viscount Leon Castell said.

"Barony of Belt......"

Listening to the old viscount's words, Count Lint had a complicated expression.

He closed his eyes lightly and let out a long, helpless sigh.

And Viscount Leon-Castel continued:

"Lord Bouyat-Lint, news has come from the royal capital that the Central Council will be convened in a little more than a month to hold the Third Prince Philip accountable for his crimes in the Boulder-Violet War."

"This war, in essence, is actually the third prince Philip's willful will, what the third prince is and what he has done to Lord Eleanor, you should know very well......"

"Most of us have heard of your name, you are a real knight, Lord Earl said, I hope that at the central meeting in more than a month, you can stand up and expose the guilt of the third prince."

Listening to the words of the old viscount, Count Lint fell silent.

"Of course, it is your freedom to stand up or not, Lord Earl just hopes that you can do this, and you should know very well whether the third prince is suitable as the heir to the throne."

Viscount Leon Castel added.

After a long time, Count Lint let out a long sigh:

"Let me ...... Think about it......"

"It's natural, there's still some time before the meeting, and you have plenty of time to think about it."

The old viscount said with a smile.

After saying that, he looked at the time and saluted to Count Lint:

"Lord Bwart-Lint, the knights of the Earl's Court will take you to join Violet's team, and I will report to the Earl, so I will not be with you."

After speaking, the old viscount turned around, intending to leave.

"Wait......"

Count Lint stopped him suddenly.

"Is there anything else you have to say, Lord Booit-Lint?"

The old viscount asked.

Count Lint hesitated for a moment and said:

"Please tell your Excellency Castre, Baron Bert...... is a vassal. ”

"He's a good commander and a true knight."

Hearing his words, Viscount Leon Castel raised his eyebrows slightly, not expecting that he was obviously the successor of the Bovert-Lint family, but he had such an evaluation of the last bloodline of the Willett family.

"I will, though...... Baron Bert had been missing for many days, and some soldiers said that he had been cut off his horse and plunged into the Dorne that night. ”

Thinking back to the news he learned two days ago, Viscount Lean-Castel said.

Listening to the words of the old viscount, the Count of Lint opened his mouth, and finally let out a long sigh:

"Perhaps...... That's fate. ”

……

After Violet handed over the contract papers, Count Lint and the other first captives were released.

During this time, Castel did not mistreat these people, at most he used the captured soldiers as laborers for a few days, cleaned up the ruins left by the war in North Harbor, and repaired the city walls.

As for the nobles, in fact, they were all under house arrest and served with good food and drink, and for the victors, these people were walking Quintana.

"Have you already sent him away?"

In the aristocratic lounge of the Northport Mission Hospital, Charlotte asked as she elegantly sipped sweet milk.

She had come to the church hospital today to see Eleanor.

Although Eleanor's mental state was much better with her comfort, she was still too stimulated after all and needed to recuperate and treat.

In this regard, the Holy Court is better than her.

So, these days, Eleanor has been in the church hospital under the care of the priest Lottie.

Today, it's the last course of treatment.

"Yes, Lord Earl, Count Lint has been brought back by Violet's people, however, he did not make it clear that he will expose the crimes of the third prince at the central meeting in more than a month."

Viscount Leon Castel said respectfully.

"It doesn't matter, he is not the only witness, it is better to have it, and it doesn't matter if you don't."

Charlotte said nonchalantly.

"By the way, Lord Earl, before he left, Count Lint said a few words that he wanted me to convey to you."

Viscount Leon Castel hesitated for a moment and said respectfully.

"Oh? What did he say? ”

Charlotte was a little curious.

"He said that Baron Bert was a vassal, a good commander and a true knight."

The old viscount replied.

"Baron Belt......"

Charlotte chewed on the name and muttered:

"If I'm not mistaken, it was reported the other day that the baron had fallen into the Dorne and disappeared?"

"That's true."

The old viscount nodded.

"I wrote down this matter, let's talk about it when I have news, the battle that day was relatively chaotic, there were not many missing nobles, and there was no news after so many days, so there must be a high probability that something happened to him."

Charlotte said.

As she spoke, as if thinking of something, she asked again:

"By the way, what's the situation up north?"

The old viscount said respectfully:

"The war in the north is going well, our army has advanced to the last direct territory of the Leglis, and the support of Viscount Roman-Fore and the mercenary group has arrived, and it is expected that the rebellion will be completely put down soon. But ......"

"But what?"

"However, there was a problem near the North Harbor, there were too many soldiers who fled that night, and they have not been captured, and they have been attacking the town more and more frequently in recent days, causing great trouble to the nobles and lords......

Charlotte frowned:

"It's been so long, and a few deserters haven't been caught?"

Seeing that Charlotte was dissatisfied, the old viscount hurriedly lowered his head, and sweat oozed from his forehead:

"I have arranged for the cavalry troops to be cleared, at most a week, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer!"

Charlotte bowed slightly, which was considered recognition.

And at this moment, the door of the ward was gently pushed open, and Lottie, a priest in a divine robe, walked out, with exhaustion written on her face.

Seeing Charlotte, she saluted respectfully:

"Lord Earl......"

Charlotte waved her hand to excuse herself, then asked:

"How? How effective is the treatment? ”

Lottie sighed and said:

"Condition...... Not very good. ”