This year's winter seems to have been particularly long.

At least, for those who live in the royal capital of Yaruf.

Recently, the temperature in the area around Yeruf has plummeted, making the sky gray and even snowy.

This seems to be a foreshadowing of something, so that the atmosphere of the entire royal capital of Yalouf is not as luxurious and prosperous as it used to be, but has become a little deserted.

The pedestrians on the road hurried to the road, without talking at all, with their heads bowed, exuding a tense atmosphere.

One by one, the carriages ran down the main road, splashing snow several feet high.

Heavily armed knights patrolled the streets in groups, their expressions serious and their eyes sharp, making passers-by flee in fear.

The recent royal capital Yeruf has entered a state of first-class security that has never been seen before, as if the enemy country is about to invade, and even the city walls have countless knights' figures looming, making the royal capital Yaruf at this moment more guarded than the military city led by Mepros - Besare.

Under such circumstances, the Franzel family's mansion was also preparing for this cold winter, so that the roof and courtyard were piled with a thick layer of snow.

If you look closely, this mansion, which was once in tatters under the attack of the Black-Eyed Knight and the magic puppet, has now been renovated.

In one of the rooms of the annex, Rige awoke from his sleep.

"Hmm......"

"Hmmm......"

Beside Rig, on the left and right, a soft groan sounded in his ears.

Li Ge subconsciously turned his head to look, and suddenly saw two faces as beautiful as goddesses.

Who else could it be but Liz and Yulo Ellie?

The two girls were still asleep, and they were not woken up just because Rig woke up.

There is no way, just look at the delicate shoulders of these two people exposed outside the bed, and Li Ge must have tossed them again last night.

Li Ge stretched out his hand and stroked the faces of the two girls softly, and then dodged and got out of bed quietly.

“？”

Yulo Elli suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Rige.

Obviously, no matter how light Riege's movements are, he can hide from Liz, but he can't hide from Yulo Ellie.

"Shh Li Ge suddenly raised his finger and made a quiet gesture, and then whispered: "It's okay, you can continue to sleep, you don't have to get up with me." ”

Hearing this, Yuro Ali nodded without any opinion, closed her eyes again, and fell into a deep sleep.

Rig got dressed and walked out of the room gently.

"Master."

As Rig walked out of the room and closed the door softly, Lilith's figure appeared beside him as if in a flash.

"You're guarding outside again?" Li Ge said without surprise: "Didn't I tell you that here, you don't need to be by my side anytime and anywhere?" ”

"I'm sorry, master, but I beg your pardon for being indiscouraged." Lilith lowered her head and said respectfully: "The royal capital of Yeruf is now in a state of turmoil, and many nobles have recently been robbed by others, so they have stepped down and even died. ”

"So, please also ask the master to allow me to guard by the side twenty-four hours a day, otherwise it will really be unreassuring."

Lilith's words can be regarded as a bit bitter.

"I've got Liz and Yulo Ali by my side, wouldn't it be nice if you were in charge of guarding Yuli?"

Rieger smiled wryly.

"But Her Highness Liz and Lord Yuloelle are not with their master right now." Lilith said stubbornly, "When those two are not there, please allow your subordinates to accompany you." ”

"Okay." Li Ge couldn't resist Lilith, so he could only nod and say, "Then when Liz and Yulo Ellie are here, you have to help me protect Yuli, you know?" ”

"Yes."

Lilith immediately smiled and agreed.

Riger then left with Lilith and headed for the office on the top floor of the mansion.

He knew that at this time, Yuri must have gotten up and was dealing with work.

Sure enough, when Rig arrived at the top office, not only Yuri and Marilyn were here, but also Ian and Ian.

"Morning, everybody."

Rig greeted the crowd.

"Mr. Rigg."

"Hello."

Ain and Ian hurriedly saluted Rig with a very respectful attitude.

"Up?" Yuri also looked at Li Ge and said with a smile: "Are you willing to leave the bed?" ”

This seems to be a ridiculous sentence, but there is a little dissatisfaction and resentment hidden in it that others are difficult to detect.

Rig burst into a dry laugh.

Ever since Liz blushed and told Yuri that she was going to live in the same room with Yuroelly, Yuri, who was vaguely aware of something, would show a little dissatisfaction and resentment from time to time.

Not to mention Yuri, even Marilyn stared at Li Ge several times in secret, and after being discovered by Li Ge, she was not weak at all, but stared at him for a while, so that Li Ge could only avoid her.

"Are you still busy?" Li Ge quickly diverted the topic and asked, "Haven't the affairs at home been dealt with yet?" ”

"How can it be that easy?" Yuri glanced at Rige, and wondered if she could see that he deliberately diverted the topic, and said, "The repair of the mansion is a trivial matter, and it can be done in a short time by hiring a court mage who is proficient in tectonic magic to help, but other things are not solved so quickly." ”

"Like the rearrangement of the magical defense system of the other mansion, as well as the recruitment of members of the Knights, these are all things that cannot be completed in a short period of time."

"Not only my family, but other aristocratic families must have encountered these problems."

Although the turmoil caused by Sorok Jinas was finally quelled by the forces led by Rige, the casualties and losses caused by this could not be repaired as soon as possible.

Take the Franzel family as an example, in that turmoil, not only were the buildings here destroyed, but even the magic defense system was dismantled, and many knights were killed in the battle, the current Franzel family's combat power is unprecedentedly weak, and it is in urgent need of new combat power to replenish it.

"Did a lot of people die?"

Rig sat down in front of Yuri and asked.

It wasn't Yuri who answered this question, but Al and Ian, who were in charge of leading the Franzel Knights.

"In the last turmoil, a full 431 of our knights lost their lives, and 127 were seriously injured or disabled.

Ian sighed and reported to Rige.

"Now, there are only 242 people left in our Knights, less than forty percent of their heyday."

Aine also whispered a report.

"That's a lot of losses."

Rig nodded, in understanding.

Within the scope of the kingdom's permission, the knight order formed under the command of a marquis like Yuli should have seven hundred people.

As a strategic mage and chief court mage, Yuri also has the privilege of being able to incorporate another hundred people to form a knight order of eight hundred.

Today, among these 800 people, 431 have lost their lives, 127 have been seriously injured and disabled, and only 242 remain, and their combat strength has indeed weakened a lot.

How to reorganize the knights as soon as possible and restore the strength of the family in today's turbulent national conditions is something that every nobleman of the kingdom who has suffered heavy losses needs to consider.

"We're okay." Yuri smiled bitterly, "At least, everyone in the royal capital knows that you are here, and no one dares to attack the idea of the Franzel family casually." ”

"Oh?" Li Ge suddenly smiled and said, "So, other people are having a bad time now, right?" ”

"Isn't that bad?" Yuli said helplessly: "After this turmoil, almost every nobleman in the royal capital has suffered major or minor damage, and some even the entire clan has been wiped out, and not even a single living mouth has been left. ”

"Now the turmoil is over, but a new turmoil is coming."

"Some people are eyeing the territory and rights of those nobles who can't make a comeback, some people start to squeeze the small nobles below in order to make up for the losses of the family, and some small nobles are driven by ambition to challenge those big nobles whose strength has been greatly damaged, intending to replace their position."

"However, at this time, the king has unfortunately passed away, and the survivors of the royal family faction and the duke faction are now fighting more and more fiercely for the succession to the next throne, and they can't care about anything else."

"It can be said that the current royal capital is a big battlefield for power and profit, and all kinds of open and secret battles are going on, and even those who want to avoid are forced to be swept in."

"We can now discuss how to replenish the personnel of the Knights in such a peaceful manner, and it is all thanks to you."

After all, as long as you know anything about the turmoil that day, you will know that in today's royal capital, the most unprovoked person is Lige.

Rieger's strength is so strong that even the old sword saint Redson Elliyman claims to be far behind, not to mention that he has two mysterious female sword saints accompanying him.

In a Franzel house, there are actually three sword saints hidden, who would dare to find fault?

Therefore, the current Franzel family is estimated to be the safest and most peaceful place in the entire royal capital.

"What's going on in the palace right now?"

Rieg asked.

"I still have a dispute, and I can't come to a result." Yuri shrugged her shoulders and said, "The royal family has sent the eldest prince and the seventh prince to run, hoping that one of the two of them can successfully sit on the throne and become the next king." ”

"Although the Duke's faction suffered heavy casualties and greatly reduced its strength, St. Nidor finally stood up and entered the campaign with the one-eyed sword Saint Dihart, who had recovered from a serious injury."

"The Borleigh family is in charge of the Knights of the Kingdom, but they are not in harmony."

"In the end, Lord Redson was also forced to come forward again and send a platform for the royal family."

In other words, a new king has not yet been elected, and he is still running.

In the end, no one knows who will die.