Chapter 238: Night Talk
In this world, weddings do not have the custom of sending the bride and groom to the cave room, and Colin and Veronica, as newlyweds, must wait until all the guests have dispersed before returning to the room to rest.
Fortunately, Tessa was understanding, and when all the outsiders left, and only Roman Sagan, Duke Violet and the rest of the fortress were left at the banquet, she let the two go back to rest and take care of the aftermath by themselves.
Inside the lord's bedroom.
Colin closed the door and looked back at Veronica's delicate face, stunned.
This made Her Royal Highness the princess a little at a loss.
"Winnie." Colin called Veronica's nickname, and when his wife's face turned crimson, he said, "I suddenly remembered something. β
"Huh?" Veronica saw that he was serious and wondered, "What's the matter?" β
"I remember when I first came to the fortress, you gave me 110,000 gold francs." Colin asked, "Why are you so rich?" β
Veronica didn't expect him to ask about such a thing at such a time, but she still replied seriously:
"Part of it is saved by the pocket money given by my father, and part of it is the family's marriage fund, which has grown every year since I was born, but the most important thing is that you know that Your Majesty has sealed me Princess Violet, and the fief is the original father's Principality of Violet, although now this is only a nominal title, but Your Majesty still leaves me a little privilege, and I can get one-thousandth of the tax on the fief every year."
Colin understands that this is nothing more than a symbolic privilege, for the Violet family, this amount of money is really not a lot, but the savings over the past ten years are also quite considerable.
"I heard that most of the former territories of the Violet Principality were on the eastern coast?"
"Yes."
Veronica nodded: "At the beginning, the relationship between Tulun and Oshik was not so stiff, and my father's main focus was on the pirates in the east, so he accumulated a lot of experience in naval warfare, and he will take over the kingdom's naval fleet in the future." β
Colin nodded, his father-in-law has a high prestige in the army, and over the years, because the relationship with the Western Continent has stabilized, the army has hardly fought any war, so he has put all his energy on the fleet in the Horseshoe Sea to prevent the invasion of Oshik. β
"Why do you suddenly think of this?" Veronica wondered.
Colin was silent for a moment and said: "I feel that the situation on the mainland will change greatly in the near future, and the matter of Brighton's independence is already known, and there is one more thing I want to tell you." β
"What?"
"The second prince secretly colluded with the necromancer, although I don't know what the specific attempt is, but I think it is estimated that it is related to the fight for the throne."
"Daniel?!" Veronica exclaimed.
"Hmmm......"
Colin really wanted to slap his mouth at this time, originally just wanted to find something to ease the atmosphere, but now it is obviously self-defeating, and on the wedding night, he has to say "Your second brother colluded with the necromancer, and he is ready to play with your eldest brother!" βγ
He hurriedly remedied: "But it's okay, we have caught the necromancer, and the teacher has already understood the situation, and will not let things develop out of control." β
"Oh." Veronica was a little relieved, but she still had a sad face, and sighed slightly: "I have been in the Western Continent for more than two years, and from an external point of view, Tulum has already been riddled with holes, and Master Roman has a deterrent effect on the Western Continent and Oshik, but it is difficult to calm the internal chaos. β
Colin thought about it, Veronica did see this more clearly than him, the teacher had bluntly said that he was not optimistic about the two princes, once the conflict between the two escalated to a real struggle, it was difficult to say how the teacher would react.
"Which of the two princes do you like?" Colin asked:
Veronica hesitated for a long time and sighed: "If it is to be the king, Charlie is more suitable, alas...... Daniel has been very smart since he was a child, he has his own ideas about everything, he can get along with anyone, and his majesty likes him even more, who knew that he would do such a thing...... When we were younger, the four of us still played together......"
"Four people?" Colin was stunned.
"And Sister Tessa." Veronica said.
"Senior sister...... Colin thought of the intimate behavior of the two in the concert hall box of Alan IV, and he didn't think it was strange.
"Hmm." Veronica pursed her lips and smiled, "Sister Tessa is the head of our children, she is not only a magician, but also has the support of His Majesty to govern Charlie and Daniel to the next level. β
"What kind of person is Charlie?" Colin asked.
"Calm and decisive...... But these are the advantages of the battlefield, and His Majesty has said that Charles is king, and if no one advises him, he may have to go to a full-scale war with Oshik in a few days......"
"So, Your Majesty is still more optimistic about Daniel?" Colin didn't care much about who was king, he just didn't like Daniel.
Veronica was silent for a moment and sighed: "Daniel has liked to talk about national affairs since he was a child, and he often goes out of his way, and His Majesty has said to his face many times that he is not pragmatic enough...... I didn't expect him to do such a thing now...... Necromancers should be difficult to deal with, how did you catch them? β
"I can only say that he is unlucky." Colin smiled: "In the future, I will introduce you to the many talented people in the fortress." β
The two chatted a lot from the West Continent to the orcs outside the fortress, from the interesting stories when they were children to the experiences of the past few years, these things were actually involved in the two-year correspondence exchange, but at this time, they talked face-to-face, and the identities of the two had changed, so the interest was even stronger.
When the atmosphere gradually became harmonious, Veronica suddenly found that she had been unconsciously taken to the edge of the bed to sit down, and Colin, who had become a husband from her fiancΓ©, became more and more unscrupulous at this time, holding her waist with one hand and secretly untying her clothes with the other, but this bridal dress was too complicated, and Colin did not make progress for a long time when brute force could not be used.
Veronica was amused, but suddenly felt shy, and subconsciously reached out to stop it.
Colin was complaining that he didn't know who designed the ragged clothes, and when he saw that his actions were exposed, he suddenly became angry and simply pounced......
Veronica let out a soft "ah" and was crushed onto the bed......
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Early the next morning.
The guests dispersed, but the festivities of the wedding would continue for days, and when Colin and Veronica entered the study, they saw that Tessa was already busy as usual, and Roman Sagan was looking through various academic magazines collected from the Western Continent.
"Teacher, senior sister......" Colin yawned.
"I thought I wouldn't be able to wait for you to have breakfast together." Tessa looked up and smiled.
Veronica's pretty face blushed slightly, shook Colin away, and went to Tessa's desk.
The two inexperienced young men tossed and turned all night, and did not fall asleep until the early hours of the morning, Veronica, although sleepy, but afraid of being teased, still pulled Colin who was lying in bed to get up early.
Colin came to the teacher's side, and before he could speak, he heard Roman say, "Your periodicals here are more complete than those collected in Thunder City. β
"Some of them were brought from Ilya, teacher, the quality of the papers in the Western Continent has not been high recently."
"That's because you, Felix and others have published several Albert Prize-level papers in a row, and others will be able to avoid this time period so as not to compete with you for various awards......
Speaking of academic things, the master and apprentice began to be like no one around, Tessa and Veronica were bored to listen to, chatting about all kinds of gossip on the side, the two have been friends since childhood, and they haven't seen each other for so many years, in fact, there is a lot to say.
When Colin remembered his new wife, he realized that only the teacher and himself were left in the study, and Veronica had been taken away by her sister.
(End of chapter)