"The little girl had turquoise hair and pointed ears."

When the two walked slowly side by side, Chris couldn't help but ask questions.

And James knew what he meant: how could there be elves in the Einske family.

"You heard it just now, she called me brother-in-law."

Speaking of his wife, James rarely showed a hint of tenderness, "My wife is an elven race further south of the empire, you know this race, right?" Archery is unique in the world, Jessica's archery skills you have also seen, she has been arranged by her family to learn there for many years since she was a child. ”

"I know."

Chris nodded.

His knowledgeable father told him about the origins and characteristics of all races.

The elves inhabit the Whispering Forest in the south, and all the clansmen have handsome faces and turquoise hair, which is the same as the werewolves in the northern Blood Rock are all silver-haired, which is a bloodline force.

Their living and eating habits are similar to those of the Terrans.

The combat effectiveness of hand-to-hand combat is a little worse, but the racial talent is archery, and a hundred steps through the Yang are something that every adult clansman can easily do.

They worship the goddess of nature and have the custom of worshipping the moon.

This is also a true portrayal of their racial habits: in the face of friends, they are as gentle and kind as the silver moon; But in the face of their enemies, they will be as zealous as a blood moon to dye every inch of land.

For example, before the establishment of the Holy Empire, the Southern Vulcan Cult launched several wars to try to enslave them, and the population was less than one percent of the southern human race, and they rose up to resist, once letting the young people of the clan hold a coming-of-age ceremony at the age of fourteen and rush to the battlefield, preferring to exterminate the clan rather than give in. After the Vulcan lost the battle and retreated, they also took the prisoners out of the forest and killed them one by one, staining the entire land red with the blood of the invaders.

Butcher of the Blood Moon.

This is the title that the Southern Fire God taught the Elves after the war has subsided.

Because in the human world, prisoners of war can be redeemed with gold coins or territory and materials, but the elves did not give the Vulcan Cult a chance to redeem prisoners of war.

Elves don't care about that title.

What is there to be polite to treat intruders! They weren't the ones who started the war first!

Don't you see that they have always been as kind and gentle as the Silver Moon to the dwarves who are adjacent to each other and have never been at war?

Of course, killing all the captives is extreme.

As a consequence, the border conflict between the Vulcan Cult and the Elves has never stopped.

The war between the two sides continued more than two hundred years ago, when the human demigods emerged in the Middle-earth Plains and launched a war with a large army to annex the south to the territory of the Holy Empire, and the Vulcans, unable to fight on two fronts, stopped coveting the Forest of Whispers.

Later, the Vulcan Cult was killed by the demigods, and the two Privy Archbishops were subjugated to become Imperial Dukes, and the Vulcan Cult, which had been divided into two, no longer had the desire to wage war against the elves.

The territory of the Einske family, which happens to border the Forest of Whispers.

In order to recover from the wounds of the war, the Einsk family began to actively resolve the hatred between them and the elves, and finally concluded a non-aggression peace pact between the two sides by returning a part of the territory. By the time Raphael took charge of the family, the two sides had not been in conflict for many years, and large-scale trade had begun, although the border was still heavily guarded.

"My family affair was set by the old man, and I only found out on the tenth day before my marriage."

James continued, with a slight self-deprecation in his tone, "You know, little Chris, after my wife entered Edin City, my family withdrew ten thousand soldiers from the Forest of Whispers! Oh, a wedding is equivalent to 10,000 soldiers! ”

Chris Murran.

Strength determines fate, and interests determine everything.

This is the case with the marriage between lords and nobles, everything is based on interests, which is also the price that must be paid as a human being.

Perhaps, my future family affairs will be no exception, right?

He whispered in his heart, raised his head and asked softly, "Have you ever been dissatisfied?" ”

"It's okay, since I was taken back to the family by the old man, I have no room for independent choice."

There was no trace of annoyance on James's face, but a faint happiness, "Moreover, I am already fine compared to the woman my father was forced to marry the royal family of Middle-earth." Most importantly, my wife is very nice. No woman in the South who is qualified to marry into the Einsk family is less than one ten-thousandth of my wife's. ”

Belch......

Since you are so satisfied, what did you feel just now!

Suddenly, Chris loses interest in continuing the conversation.

"Hehe~"

With a smug smile, James glanced at him before continuing, "Little Chris, you should know why the old man arranged this marriage, right?" ”

Of course Chris knows.

On the surface, he couldn't bear to see his people continue to fall into the quagmire of war, so he completely resolved the hatred between the two races by marriage, so that the people in the territory could live and work in peace and contentment.

The deep-seated reason is that the fall of the human Hanshin is imminent, and the Einske family is ready to break away from the Holy Empire and eliminate another archbishop to monopolize the south, so they have reached a reconciliation with the elves, and even brought in help when necessary.

From the inside of the family, it is a vague announcement by all the members of Einske that Raphael has made James the heir to the family, which can be regarded as a precedent for the outside and the inside.

"yes, I know."

After looking left and right to see that there was no one, Chris lowered his voice and said, "The demigod is going to fall." ”

"Yes, that's what the old man thinks about."

James nodded, not lowering his voice, "And the old man asked me to take you out to see Edin City, including your family for letting you come to the south, that's why." ”

What does Edin City have to do with the imminent fall of the human demigods?

Also, isn't the biggest reason why I came to the South because my mother reserved a coming-of-age test for me in the early years of the South?

Chris's footsteps paused, revealing a puzzled expression.

It's just that James has no intention of explaining, "Go fast, we're going to a lot of places." ”

A lot of places indeed.

On the first day, they visited casinos, gladiatorial arenas, slave markets, wind and moon markets, auction halls, and luxury shops where nobles gathered and consumed. It can be said that on this day, they almost visited the drunken and most money-consuming and profitable industries in the city.

Chris saw a pot of wine worth hundreds of gold coins, saw the ugliness of the aristocracy or the wealthy merchant in the taverns and casinos, the profligate wreckage in the brothels, the bullying in the shops, and the surprise eyes of the female companions around him at the auctions...

The next day, they went to the lower part of the outer city.

It is the so-called slum, for which the two of them also specially put on the cloak of the Vulcan clergy.

On this day, they walked through the sweaty harbor wharves, saw children in tattered clothes running barefoot through the dirty streets and alleys, saw adults running for their daily bread, and beggars lying in inconspicuous corners.

But it is also the place where the faith is most devout.

When the two Chris, dressed in religious robes, passed by, these people who had suffered from poverty and suffering would naturally bow their heads and salute, and some of them murmured: "Fire God above, please bless your pious servant." ”

This is the work of the chapels hidden deep in the alleys.

There are many simple and crowded churches in the lower town, and the space is so small that there is only room for a statue of the god of fire and a few wooden tables full of worm eyes.

People prayed at wooden tables, and lined up at wooden tables to wait for the pastor's alms.

At the Vulcan Church in the slums, there is a charity every ten years, where children receive two pieces of black bread and adults four, just enough for a day's rations. When the dirty hands are put on the bread by the priest, the people will give the most sincere gratitude to the god of fire.

I would also send my blessings to the Einske family.

Because of this kind of almsgiving, only the diocese attached to the Archbishop of Einsk has it.

After two days, Chris finally knew why his grandfather Raphael had asked James to show him the city of Edin - the territory controlled by Einske would be transformed, and the order of nobility imposed by the Holy Empire would be abandoned and the previous system of local governance by the church would be restored.

The reason, naturally, is that the aristocratic system has brought too much rotten taste to the south, and has become an obstacle for the Einske family to monopolize the south and take up the papal scepter.

And this decision will also affect the Eaton family, who are far away in the hills of the Alps.

The Eton family, one of the lords and nobles, must also usher in changes if they want to continue to rely on the Einske family and rely on the help of the south.

However, this is not possible.

The reason why the Einske family dared to abandon the aristocratic system was because there was no such order in the south, and when the human demigods fell and the south broke away from the Holy Empire, the people did not resist and resist too much, and even competed to support and hail the return of the southerners' traditions.

The Eaton family in the north did not have this foundation, and if they abandoned the title aristocracy, they would lose the legitimacy of the lordship, and the people would no longer support and swear allegiance.

Therefore, the Eton family let Chris come to the south, not only to experience strength and lay a good foundation for breaking through the shackles and becoming a strong man in the future, but more importantly, to let him come to discuss the future path with the Einske family on behalf of the family.

As for this kind of thing that is related to the rise and fall of the family, why let a hairy boy come~~

Chris is the only one in the Etons family who is related to the Einske family.

In the eyes of the Einske family, if Chris deserves their support, then they don't mind helping; But if not..... Who would be in the mood to pay attention to whether a family thousands of miles away is dead or alive! The Einske family, which has a long heritage, can't even take care of its own side branches!

With this realization, Chris's heart was a little heavy.

However, when James's father, Lange Einsk, received him, he realized that he had underestimated the severity of the family's situation.