85_85536 "He should ......" thought about it, but Baron Otto still felt that he couldn't answer this question. Then William asked, "Father, in your heart, what kind of person is the Grand Duke, Leszek von Trieste?"

"He's a ......," Baron Otto thought for a moment, then replied, "He's a ...... People who pay attention to scheming. At the same time, he has great ambitions, and as far as I know, he is not without ideas about the throne of the king of the Wende Kingdom, and even the throne of the emperor of the Ostrogothic Empire. ”

"That's going to be easy. William said, "He is not a fool, so he will choose the path that is natural, correct, and easy."

Rather than messing things up, cornering us, and then exposing him, he will definitely choose to help us as much as possible, make us owe a favor, and minimize the impact of this incident on him.

Perhaps he had in his heart the intention of plucking himself out completely, and then letting us bear all the wrath of the nobles. But this is when we don't know that we can use this as a weapon to fight back. And let him understand that we have this ability and brain, which is the reason and reason for our letter to him. ”

"I hope so. "Until now, Baron Otto was not sure if this would succeed. So, after a little hesitation, he asked again: "Even His Excellency the Grand Duke can support us in this matter and suppress the anger of these nobles." But then how are we to deal with them? If we cannot obtain their forgiveness, do we really want to abandon the friendship of all the nobles who are adjacent to us, and fall completely to His Excellency the Grand Duke?"

William heard the taste of reluctance in his father's words, and it was natural that even a man with a softer personality like Baron Otto, like most nobles, wanted to be able to guarantee his independence in his own territory.

"That's another way, father. "A way to help us regain the respect of our neighbors and make them happy," William said. ”

"So, exactly, what is it?" asked Baron Otto.

"Father, do nobles really value honor more than life?" said William, not answering Baron Otto's question, but first asked rhetorically.

"Yes. Baron Otto replied, thought for a moment, and then added: "The vast majority of nobles are like this. But there are a few people who are not so regular. ”

"So, which is more important than a good name or someone else's life, do you think the nobles would accept it if they were to sacrifice another person's life in exchange for a good name for themselves?" asked William.

"Probably...... I'll take it. Baron Otto felt uncomfortable with this, but he replied anyway.

"Yes, it will. William nodded, "You and I both know that those noble sons were hunted by centaurs with almost no resistance, right?"

"Yes. It's a shame to say, but—"

"-Could it be, compared to the death of the sons of the nobles, that this 'shame' is the reason why the surrounding nobles are so angry?" William interrupted Baron Otto, and then asked.

"You mean ......"

"Yes, I mean, we don't have the ability to bring those noble children back to life. But if their deaths are to be made more honorable, and their deaths seem to be very valuable, then we may be able to make those people a little more rational and forgive us. ”

"So...... We say they died in battle with the centaurs?" asked Baron Otto.

"Yes, yes. And highlight their bravery and prowess - the attack that kills dozens of centaurs is nothing to you, father. But for a noble child who has not yet awakened the seed of power, it is a great feat. ”

"I seem to see what you mean. Baron Otto understood as he spoke, and looked at William with a very strange look—he always felt that Wei Lina was suspected of boasting when he said such things.

"Yes, let's just make up a tragic story. William collapsed his whole body in the chair: "The centaurs who came to attack were not ordinary centaurs, but the pro-army of the Khan of Tartarya, and there were not less than eighty, but no less than three hundred.

Faced with an enemy three times their size, the young nobles and knights did not panic, let alone flee, but chose to fight against them. After a heroic battle, the centaurs were unable to defeat it, and were finally crushed by reinforcements led by Barony Hereford, your father.

This is an absolute victory, and the expression of the noble children in this battle is absolutely singable and weeping. They live up to their surname and their bloodline. There were nearly a hundred centaurs who fell in front of their array.

Although these children are usually hanging, all kinds of problems are just a group of young masters. There are all kinds of contradictions between them, and they are even feuding, but at this moment, when they face these centaurs, they act as if they are close relatives. They cover each other back-to-back, even exchanging lives for lives. At this moment, all the virtues of the human world befell them.

Among them, there are martyrs who died with the centaurs, and there are also warriors who are covered in blood and fight hard. There are even heroes who lost an arm, their stomachs were dissected, their intestines flew out, and they had to shout to kill the enemy.

That's it, lift these guys up to the sky, let the living ones, their elders be proud of them. In such a situation, I think their anger towards us will definitely be much lower, or even disappear without a trace. ”

"But...... Generally speaking, a hundred light infantry can't fight three times as many centaurs. ”

After listening to William's words, Baron Otto was speechless. He was stunned for a long time before he said such a thing weakly.

"Love and courage. William replied, "Normally, it is. But this time it's different, this time, this group is the children of the nobility, how can their feelings be compared with ordinary people? Of course, to make the whole thing seem a little more reasonable, I don't think this will be difficult for you. You're a hero in the Great Frontier War, and you've been involved in more skirmishes than you can count, aren't you?"

"But this ...... I've never encountered anything like this exaggeration......" Baron Otto only felt that he was getting more and more headaches.

"Well, let's think differently, father. William thought for a moment, then said, "They broke through during the war - they awakened the seeds of power. ”

"But even so......"

"In addition, there are some people who have already awakened the power seed. William said.

"How can it be that simple...... I know that the people who have awakened the seeds of power at this age on their own are no one else but you. Baron Otto said.

"I'm a Mazovian—"

In this way, Baron Otto's opposition became less and less, and finally disappeared. In the absence of any other good way, he could only choose William's idea.

"In addition to this, there are two things to note. William relaxed a little when he saw that his father had finally gone on the road, and then without waiting for Baron Otto to digest these two things, he continued.

"Which two?" asked Baron Otto.

"The first is to leave some evidence -- some evidence that this was not the case, that these guys were all cowards, all scum to be slaughtered. After we deified it, this evidence is the weapon we are going to hold those families hostage. ”

"This ...... Not really, right?" Baron Otto hesitated.

"Nothing bad, father. We're not trying to blackmail them into doing something bad. We're just going to take precautions and prevent them from crossing the river and tearing down the bridge. William spoke lightly about things he didn't quite believe in himself.

“...... Well. After hesitating for a long time, Baron Otto finally reluctantly agreed to William's matter. Unconsciously, Baron Otto no longer saw William simply as his son, a young man of fourteen. He even had the urge to give up thinking altogether and leave everything to William.

"Calm down, I'm the father of this kid. Baron Otto cheered himself up after barely suppressing his growing headaches, stomach aches, and angina. After that, he asked, "And what about the second point?"

"The second point is me. William said.

"Well, I'll preach your merits, good boy. Baron Otto took it for granted that he was more satisfied with William's performance in the previous battles than with the intrigues he had mastered.

"No, it's not, it's the exact opposite. William's words surprised Baron Otto.

"Exactly, quite the opposite?" said Baron Otto, feeling that he could once again incomprehensible what William meant.

"Yes, quite the opposite. William nodded, repeating what he had said earlier.

"But why, my child, you have done such a beautiful thing, and you should publicize it so that people will know about it. Baron Otto was even more incomprehensible.

"But it's not good for me, it's good for our family. William said, "It's too much to be jealous." And it's too fake—even if it's made up before, the 'merits' of those people are the same. And more importantly, he will reduce the effect of our previous opportunity.

In any case, no amount of praise for the exploits of those aristocratic teenagers could change one fact, father. That's when they're all dead, and I'm alive.

No matter how right I am and how innocent I am. The very fact that 'I live' is original sin. In the whole thing, my storage should be downplayed. I am not so outstanding, yes, Father, only in this way can I most comfort our neighbors, and weaken their jealousy of our family and of me to the greatest extent. ”。