Chapter 9: The Trumpet of War
Linya was playing with little Erinka when there seemed to be an argument outside the door. In the past few days, Linya has found that her sense of hearing and vision have become particularly acute, she can hear the whispers of the maids hiding in a corner, and she can stand on the balcony and see the actions of the ordinary residents of the city of Lea opposite.
Obviously, it is unlikely that people are born with such abilities, and the only explanation is the transformation of the creator God. The creator god once said that he added a lot of magical powers to his body that only gods could have, which should be one of the things beyond ordinary people's eyesight and hearing. But these magical powers have to be discovered slowly by themselves, which is really depressing!
"Your Excellency Magister Brian, I don't think you don't know the order of His Majesty the Emperor, no man is allowed to enter the princess's bedroom, including His Majesty the Emperor himself!" was Susanna's voice.
"Beautiful Miss Knight, you are as mesmerizing as a rainbow in the sky, oh, you are so beautiful - please let me in, just a moment!" said the sound of steps, as if about to force a breakthrough, and then the sound of physical contact, "Ouch ......" - Susanna, as the Knight of the Venus Rose Knight, this level is not so easy. Brian, as a magister, should have an extremely high status, but the way he speaks, he looks like a scoundrel.
This guy must have come for Erinka again, Erinka was reprimanded by Linya last night, and he didn't dare to run again today, and that guy actually came to the door. But it's okay, just take this opportunity to scam something funny, Namiya said, Brian is a magister-level big man, but he thinks about all kinds of weird and funny things all day long, and I don't know what the hell he is doing with Erinka.
Everyone here seems to have figured out Brian's character, and despite his extremely high status, no one has ever taken the initiative to salute him, and there is no respect in words. Besides, he himself looks grinning and unkempt all day long, and obviously never takes any identity and status to heart, so it's no wonder that others. But it's a lot of fun.
"Alright, Susanna, let Brian Magister in. Linya shouted inside. "But princess, he ......" "It's all right, let him in." ”
The door opened, and the fellow slipped in cautiously, still in his old form, and a pair of thief-eyed (ah, not a little described) eyes looked around the room, and soon landed on Erinka behind the white gauze tent. When Erinka saw him, she immediately lowered her head, but her small eyes were secretly looking at Linya.
"Your Excellency, do you have anything to do with me?" asked Linya, taking little Erinka into her arms and slowly combing its feathers.
"Hmm...... This one...... This one...... It's a nice day!" The guy thought for a long time and finally said the whole thing.
Linya almost fainted when she heard this, forget it, it's really tiring to talk to this guy, so she said directly: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, last time you said that you only borrowed Erinka for one day, but it turned out that you kidnapped it for three days! You say, how can you compensate for these two days? Hand over all your fun things to bribe this princess, this princess has a good time, so I will lend you the little phoenix a few more days." Otherwise...... Hey hey ......"
"Ahem...... Cough...... What's this...... What about this......" Looking at the old guy's bitter face, Linya straightened up and said, "What, don't you want to?"
"Hey, no, it's not ......" Bligh hurriedly shouted, pretending to look like a heartache like gouging out his liver and lungs, and took out two red crystal balls from his body, "This transmission ball is made by infusing the fire element spirit with a special method, and the person who holds these two sound transmission balls, no matter where they are, can use this sound transmission ball to talk at any time, but the farther the distance, the faster the fire element spirit inside will be consumed." But you can let the magician repeatedly replenish the fire elemental spirits inside!, if Her Royal Highness the princess likes it, take it!"
Hehe, a rechargeable walkie-talkie from another world, that's quite practical, Linya nodded with great interest, and Namia took the transmission ball and handed it to Linya, who was sitting on the bed. The two tried to play for a while, and when they spoke to one of the sound balls, the other would heat up slightly, and if you put it to your ears, you would hear the sound of each other's words, which was really a wonderful thing.
Linya said happily, "Well, it's really fun. Well, your bribe has pleased Princess Ben, all right, Erinka, you can play with Brian Magister, but remember to go home early!" he said, glaring.
Erinka screamed and crashed into Brian. "Oh, baby, don't worry, let's go!"
After Brian and Erinka left, Linya and Namia played with the teleporter for a while, and then felt a little bored. I didn't have anything to do, but I felt empty and panicked, I used to envy the princess in the fairy tale, thousands of people hurt, ten thousand people love, there are great heroes to protect, power and wealth are squandered, you can have whatever you want, how happy! Now it's my turn to be a princess, the same princess as in the fairy tale, but I don't feel like that anymore.
It is said that people are greedy animals, and this is really true. Once money, power, status, fame and fortune are too simple, and life is not pursued, the existence of human life seems to lose its meaning. Is it because my nature is so low, or do I not know how to enjoy it?
In all kinds of boredom, Linya opened the vertical window and went to the balcony to blow the wind. The balcony of the dormitory faces south, and since it is the highest point in the city, it has a very open view, and the whole city is in full view.
The two tributaries of the Seine River flow on either side of the Château de Tempore and merge into the main stream in front of it, and countless boats come and go on the river, busy with their livelihoods. Linya would rather be one of those people at the moment, even if she had to work hard for tomorrow's breakfast, it would be more meaningful than her current life.
Looking at those small boats blankly, a hint of inspiration suddenly appeared in Linya's mind: The boat floats on the water, and the boat rises high! The water level between the upper and lower banks of the Three Gorges Dam is also hundreds of meters, but the steamer is not free to go up and down? There is a way! Linya couldn't help but shout excitedly: "Namia, quick, let's go find the emperor!"
After a few circles around the castle, Linya finally found this place under the guidance of the maid of the Internal Affairs Office. However, the gate was closed, and two heavily armed Praetorian Guard knights blocked the door, and no one was allowed to enter.
Linya's eyes widened and said, "What do you want to do, don't you know this princess?" A guard said in great embarrassment: "Your Royal Highness Princess, we don't mean to stop Her Royal Highness Princess, it's just that Her Majesty the Emperor is discussing confidential affairs with several ministers, and no one is allowed to disturb without His Majesty's permission!"
Linya had a straight face, and was about to get angry, but Namiya hurriedly said: "Princess, it's useless for you to embarrass them, why don't we come back later!" Linya pursed her lips and said, "I'd like to hear what secret things they're discussing!" and put her ear to the door and listened. The two guards were puzzled: the Sarandor Magister had already laid a magic enchantment inside, and there would never be a sound leaking out, could she still hear anything?
But Linya heard. Her mind seeped into the room with her spirit, and she was soon met with a powerful obstacle, a virtual wall of magic made up of elemental spirits that was different from the real thing. But Linya's spiritual power still penetrated the elemental barrier very lightly, and she heard the conversation inside.
"Your Majesty, all preparations are ready, five cavalry regiments and three infantry regiments have reached the attack position. Ryan's fleet and land forces are ready to leave at any moment. As long as His Majesty gives an order, the Empire's iron cavalry will be able to conquer the Kingdom of Sevenia within ten days!If the Kingdom of Bogenia and other countries dare to fight, it only takes us a month, and I can guarantee that the Empire's army will enter the city of Curran!" was the voice of Minister of War Punis, who was very confident.
"Your Majesty, I think the top priority now is to appease the Mingyue Empire first. Since the news of the failure of the last marriage with the Bright Moon Empire came out, the Cessian countries have been alerted and have strengthened their combat readiness, and the Emperor of the Bright Moon Empire is obviously very angry about His Majesty's repentance of the marriage, thinking that we are humiliating them. If they decide to send troops to help the Cessian countries, I am afraid that there will be many uncertainties in their lives, and it may have a fundamental impact on the situation of the war. I don't think it's appropriate to provoke a war until relations with the Bright Moon Empire are repaired. "This time it's Foreign Secretary Rowlet, and he's a steady guy.
These military ministers often come to Tianfeng Castle to discuss state affairs with Emperor Herman, and Linya is naturally not uncommon, as soon as their voices appear in her memory, she immediately remembers their names. Linya's hunch in her heart was indeed correct, the Red Leaf Empire had prepared a war against the Cessnia Plain, and her previous escape from marriage seemed to be related to this war, and her father seemed to be ready to use his marriage with the Bright Moon Empire in exchange for their support. Hearing them talk about herself, Linya listened more attentively with more interest.
"Your Majesty, I don't think it's very likely that the Bright Moon Empire will send troops. There is no conflict of interest between the Bright Moon Empire and our country, their forces are mainly in the southeast, and we are in the northwest, and there is no reason or motive for hostility between the two countries. I don't think they're going to make an enemy of us for the sake of Cessnia, that wouldn't do them any good!Besides, who can believe that the nations of the Rogia Plains would allow the armies of the Bright Moon Empire to pass through their land?"
"You think this because you don't see far enough!" said Foreign Secretary Rowlet, "If we annex the Cessnia Plain, the borders of the Empire will advance to the Rogia Plain." And what did the Bright Moon Empire dream of? They had always coveted the riches of the Rogia Plain and longed for an outlet to the sea in the heart of the earth, and if the forces of the Red Leaf Empire advanced to the Rogia Plain, it would be a great disaster for the Bright Moon Empire! This was something they absolutely could not tolerate! Moreover, they had been improving relations with the Phoenix Kingdom, and it was rumored that the two countries would marry, so that the army of the Bright Moon Empire would be able to bypass the Rogia region and enter Cessnia by sea!"
"Don't be afraid even if they do go to war, don't forget that our fleet is ready to blockade the Gulf of Cessnia!" said the War Minister Punis-for-tat.
It seemed that the argument was really exciting, and Linya was listening attentively when there was a sudden wave of magic in the room, like a splash on the calm water. Then, a hand suddenly poked out from behind the door through the plank, grabbed Linya's chest and clothes, and pulled it in fiercely. With a bang, the door was smashed by a huge suction, and Linya was slammed to the ground, and she suddenly fell to the ground.
"Oops! it hurts me!Who did that?" Linya cried out in pain. Namia and Susanna hurriedly rushed in and helped Linya to sit up, Suzanne asked, "Princess, are you okay?" Linya looked at the sore spots, her elbows, and knees were all worn out, and traces of blood oozed out. Linya felt numb in her heart, and the sore spot felt more and more painful.
Namia recited the incantation, summoned a white ball of light in her hand, and gently pressed it into the wound on Linya's body, the ball of light dissolved into her body, and immediately turned into countless trickles that flowed all over her body, and the wound immediately became itchy and numb, and after a while, the wound was completely healed, and there was not even a scar left. Linya was surprised and said, "Sister Namiya, your spells are really powerful!
When the stream of light just now circulated in the body, it also flowed to the wound on the wings hidden in the body, and the wound immediately became numb and itchy, and it was obviously healing. Namia said, "Princess, are all your injuries healed?" but as she spoke, she summoned the Holy Healing Technique again and injected the ball of light into Linya's body.
This time, the feeling was even stronger, there were no other injuries on his body, and the balls of light all gathered on the wings of his left shoulder, and the injuries became even more sore, and the feeling was so wonderful that Linya was so comfortable that she almost screamed.
The Magister of Saranca, who caused the accident, saw that the person who was captured by him was actually a princess, and couldn't help but say embarrassedly: "Ah...... Her Royal Highness the Princess...... I'm so sorry, I didn't know it was you...... I just sensed someone hiding outside the door eavesdropping......"
Linya thought of the moment when she was smashed hard just now, she was angry, she puffed up her little mouth and was about to lose her temper, when Emperor Hermann had already opened her mouth and asked, "Linya, what are you doing here? What are you hiding outside the door and eavesdropping?"
Linya noticed the situation in the room, in addition to Emperor Herman, Minister of War Punis, Minister of Foreign Affairs Rowlet, and Minister of the Interior Deakens, there was also a Magister Saranka, the head of the interior Hewitt, and the head of finance Cardson. Linya pouted and said, "Father, I have something very important to look for you!"
Emperor Herman looked at the two embarrassed-looking guards who followed up, waved his hand to signal them to retreat, frowned and said, "Linya, Father Emperor and several ministers have important matters to discuss, you can go elsewhere to play first!" Linya hurriedly said: "What, my affairs are also very important! I know what you are talking about, aren't you just discussing how to attack Cessnia! Ah, this way, Father, how about I make a deal with you?"
"What deal?" Emperor Herman felt a little headache, this little guy really didn't hold his mouth shut, and he talked about this kind of thing casually, regardless of whether anyone eavesdropped on it or not.
"I have a wonderful mention that can bring great benefit to the Empire - but on my condition is that this war against Cessnia be stopped!" Linya said her thoughts.