As the snow melted from the city of Turin in the north, the city had just survived the harsh winter almost one after another, and the warm wind melted the snow and snow, making the green trees sprout and the smiles on everyone's faces.

The Battle of Dominica, the Siege of Bright Star City...... The successive victories made many of the nobles of Turin City who did not support this war completely speechless, especially when the envoy of the Dominic Kingdom came to Turin City with that humble letter, the nobles of the entire royal capital were almost boiling, as if they were arrogant and complacent.

Even Horace breathed a sigh of relief—his majesty was still apprehensive in the fact that, according to Grand Master Mercer Kane, the war had been won from the start. This is the second war that has caused a stir in the entire kingdom since his coronation, and the last time was the Northern War fifteen years ago, which will always be a pain in his heart.

It was precisely because of that defeat and misuse of men that Horace was careful to maintain the stability of the kingdom from beginning to end, and to avoid war as much as possible—the most brilliant victory was no match for the most prosaic peace, and he firmly believed this.

Therefore, when he learned the good news from the south, and then faced the Dominic envoys who came to negotiate peace, Horace only hesitated a little and agreed-he knew that the victory of this war was because Bright Star City had been isolated by the entire Dominica Kingdom, and the expeditionary force only won so easily by surprise and the rebellion of the city-state army. Turin today is not strong enough to start a war of conquest.

And as the proud citizens of the royal capital, the citizens of Turin were also aroused by this sudden victory, and even the sailors of the docks did not mince words about the Gentiles. Or even talk to each other on an equal footing in an unceremonious tone. There is no cowardice of a poor man at all.

And after riots and peace agreements. Naturally, the Dominica merchants in the city did not dare to show any face to the workers under them, and even paid their wages on time and generously without trying their best to drag or rely on them as they did in the past.

Of course, more people are still more concerned about the price of bread, candles, olive oil and potatoes, whether their families will still have enough reserves after the harsh winter has passed, whether food will still be distributed as usual in the various relief homes in Dongcheng District, and whether shops and docks have not yet worked - these are the things they are most concerned about.

Even so, the entire city of Turin is still full of anticipation for the glorious return of the Turin Expeditionary Force - all kinds of rumors are circulating in the streets and alleys. The gems and diamonds brought back from Bright Star City by the expeditionary force even filled the cabins of all the ships, so much so that the soldiers had to return on foot from land, and each had to carry a whole bag of gold and silver coins on their backs.

Many scoffed at this—even the treasury of the Kingdom of Turin could not have so much gold, how could a small city-state be so rich?, but the rumors did not subside, but intensified.

On the second floor of the café of the "House of Gentleness", Marco Tasker sat at the table by the window, watching the chattering guests at the table downstairs, drinking drinks and arguing about how much gold and silver the expeditionary force had stolen from Bright Star City. The corners of the silver-haired wizard's mouth couldn't help but curl up, thinking about how much useful information he could dig out from the discussion.

"You've been watching it all morning. Haven't you gotten tired of it?"

Just when Marco was a little distracted, an extremely pleasant and soft voice came from his ears, which made the sly smile on the corner of the silver-haired wizard's mouth instantly turn into a sneer, and there was a slight flattery: "Oh, my dear Miss Kayla, are you finally willing to talk to me?"

Her long red hair, like flames, was scattered over her shoulders, and her long and plump delicate body was on her side, showing her moving curves vividly in the dark green dress wrap, and a wide black belt held up her waist completely.

Miss Kayla Vain, one of the former leaders of the Blood Banner Brotherhood and now the caretaker of an almshouse in the East Quarter, snorted coldly and looked at Marco Tasker, who was sitting here: "It depends on the performance of some people. ”

The stupid Marco lowered his head, shrugged his shoulders with a very faceless dry laugh, and took the initiative to stand up and give up the chair to the lady behind him, and then took the initiative to pour a glass of mead and handed it over, and saw that Kayla didn't say anything more but drank the wine in the glass, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

After the horrific massacre in Pipe Town, Kayla Vane, who witnessed the carnage and destruction, finally chose to leave the Blood Flag Brotherhood and almost completely disappeared from this world, and even Marco himself no longer expected to find her again.

And not long last month, a beggar boy from the Blood Banner Brotherhood found a woman who looked like Kayla in an almshouse in Dongcheng District, and the ecstatic Marco directly forgot all about his affairs and went to the almshouse himself.

The Blood Banner Brotherhood, which had been separated for too long, was reunited once again - only this time without a Northern swordsman named Cortez.

Despite this, for Kayla Vaane, the true Brotherhood of Blood Flags has disappeared from this world forever along with Cortez, and even if Cortés is not dead, she is already disheartened and unwilling to continue her so-called "revenge".

But Marco Tasker managed to bring Kayla back to his "House of Tenderness" café, put the beautiful "hostess" back in proper clothes, and promised to look after him for the time being - just that, the silver-haired wizard who had been "watching" Kayla for a long time was overjoyed.

"So, you've been working for Edward Witwood, the Knight of the Sacred Tree. Even though she knew the truth about Pipe Town, Kayla couldn't help but ask Marco behind her, and her voice even trembled a little: "From the time of Pipe Town?"

"There is no one more worthy of my allegiance than he is - both in ambition and in ability. Marco admits this in a different way: "He can see far more than Cortés." ”

"And, now he's more than just a knight. The silver-haired wizard smiled, "Lord Edward has now been made Lord of Horn Castle and Viscount of the Kingdom by Horace I, our noble, omniscient King—and now a true nobleman!"

Not to mention that he was about to marry Miss Allen from the Kwyn family and get the inheritance of Fort Hague...... Marco couldn't help but smile a little in amazement, even if he had guessed as much as possible about this Lord Edward's ability, he couldn't imagine that in such a short period of time, he had actually climbed to this position!

Although there were many coincidences and special arrangements of a certain adult, the ability of this Edward Wittwood was also undoubted - although he was far away in the city of Turin, Marco Tasker still received a lot of information from the chatter in the café, and Edward was alone in front of thousands of troops to hold the Hornfort and hold on until the reinforcements arrived!

Edward Witwood is really able to surprise people constantly...... Marco, who couldn't help but sigh, had already wandered to the hall downstairs with a pair of eyes, looking around for his goal today, and a secret message might be hidden in the mouths of these gourmets.

Whoever elevates Edward Witwood to the position of Lord of Fort Clarion and gives the Knights of the Sacred Tree a foothold in the South, he must be a mortal enemy of the Marquis of Holard Minest, and has been deliberately trying to sabotage the Marquis's plans from the beginning to the end.

As for whether the other party is a friend or a more difficult enemy, it is not easy to judge. (To be continued......)

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