The Royal Palace, the Great Hall.

Estes returned victoriously and successfully defeated the alien peoples of the north who tried to invade the empire, and was a meritorious man.

As the emperor, Akino Masa, naturally, needed to be received.

So, the little girl sat on the throne with a reluctant face, looking down at the ice blue royal sister below, how unhappy she looked.

"Tsk! You've done a good job, you can step down. ”

““······””

“——！？”

The ministers Neosst and Altair, who were standing on the left and right of the throne, had their expressions stunned, and they looked at Akino Masa helplessly.

"Your Majesty, you're too... Well, it's too chilling, General Estes has made a great contribution this time, and it's ······ to say anything." The minister stopped talking, as if organizing the language.

Recently, for some reason, the little emperor began to be disobedient······

Well, you can't say that you are disobedient, but you have become lazy, in the past, using a sentence "Learn from your father to be a Ming Jun" no longer works, and the other party will even dislike the minister and be verbose.

It's like a different person.

This uncontrolled situation made the minister's sense of crisis increase day by day, and if it weren't for Altaïr's sudden accession, the minister would have been reassured that he would have to consider overthrowing the imperial power.

Estes was below, also stunned.

It's not the first time that she has returned from victory, according to the previous routine, didn't the minister stand up and praise her a few words first, and the little emperor was like a mascot on the side, and then sealed the official position and rewarded some gold, silver and jewelry.

What's going on now?

The little emperor seems to be ······ Dislike her?

"Ahem, General Estes has defended the empire and deserves to be rewarded."

Altaïr, who couldn't stand it, spoke up, although after knowing that Estes was Liz's favorite talent, she was very unhappy with the other party, and wanted to kill the other party all the time, but it was too early to lift the table.

The other party still has the use value.

"Your Majesty is fair, meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and mistakes will be punished, it's better to be like this, Your Majesty, after Najeta's rebellion, the mansion was inherited by General Estes, but it is not his own mansion after all, is it good to reward a mansion?"

"General, you ······"

The minister pointed at Altair, speechless in anger.

Estes joined his forces very early, as a force leader, deterring a large number of people, without Estes, he would not have been able to climb to his current position smoothly.

To maintain relationships, it is necessary to reward them.

Even if Estes didn't care about the rewards, he had to behave.

Now, Altaïr actually wanted to use a mansion to send the other party, didn't he dismantle his platform?

"Minister, as an imperial general, it is the duty to crusade against the enemy, even if General Estes is meritorious, he should not be rewarded too much, not to mention, for General Estes, it is the best reward to find a new enemy for her to defeat."

Altair smiled meaningfully.

The minister thought about it and immediately realized: "I see. ”

A few guesses popped up in his head.

After Altaïr joined his forces, his performance has always been in his eyes, and his status is not much to the top of the general, but he is even more greedy for money than him.

And with a cold temperament, within the imperial capital, there has always been a killer organization called [NIGHT RAID], constantly assassinating his officials, but after Altaïr learned about it, he was not only indifferent, but also very happy.

The minister was puzzled, and once asked the other party, and received such a reply.

"That waste, when it's dead, it's dead, and for us, it's something to celebrate. You must know that those who can live in the imperial capital are talents, and their ability to accumulate wealth is extremely high, but they are also lambs to be harvested to us. And those officials who were killed, they are no longer useful to us now, but will compete with us for wealth, for the sake of the same force, I can't do it, and now there is [NIGHT RAID] to help us deal with it, it's too late to thank them. ”

In addition, the time to join is much later than Estes, and it is normal to want to suppress Estes.

And the reward at this moment has a very good effect.

First, you can suppress Estes and know who is the leader of the forces.

Second, the rewards saved are stored in the treasury, and there is no difference between them and those in their hands.

Third, Estes didn't care about these and found a better opponent for the other party, but it was right for Estes's appetite.

"Oh, I, a civil official, really can't understand the pursuit of your generals, is it not as pleasant as a powerful enemy compared to the reward of treasure? It's still a great general, and I thought of the best reward at once. ”

The minister laughed happily, his face was so fat that he could barely see it.

This made Estes directly stunned.

What's the situation, aren't these two guys incompatible, and the minister actually agreed?

I felt that the situation was beyond my understanding, and I was not in the imperial capital for a few months, and there must have been a big change, and after thinking about it, Estes did not refute.

"Now, then, thank you for your majesty's reward here."

She answered casually, and without saluting, she turned around directly and prepared to leave.

As soon as he took a step, he was stopped by Altair.

"Wait, General Estes, don't be in a hurry to leave, there are rumors from the outside world that you and I are listed as the 'strongest in the empire', one inside the main and one outside the empire, but I've always been puzzled, the so-called strongest, shouldn't there be only one?" Altaïr laughed.

Hearing this, the minister's face changed greatly.

If the two fight to the death now, no matter who wins or loses, it will not be good for him.

The most important thing is that he had discussed Altaïr with Estes, and the other party bluntly said that he was sure to defeat and fight now, and with Estes's character, he would never miss the opportunity to kill Altair.

The significance of Altair's existence is extremely important to the minister, and in any case, he cannot die at such a time.

"Calm down, General, you and General Estes are both pillars of the empire, if there is a case, the loss is the empire, who wins and who loses, what's the point?" The minister walked between the two and sneered.

However, the two simply ignored the minister.

"Ah, what a coincidence, I've always been concerned about this question, who is the strongest?" An aggressive smile appeared on Estes' face.

"Really? It just so happened that I went with me, and I think today is a good opportunity, how about you try it out in the Guards Martial Arts Arena? ”

"Okay, let's learn."

After saying that, the two walked out of the main hall.

Finally, Altaïr said lightly as he passed by the minister.

"Don't worry, it's just a little suppressed, for this kind of unruly person, you have to train like a beast, think about it, domestic dogs will always be more obedient than wolves."

This made the minister smile bitterly.

"I'm so afraid you'll be killed, hey!"