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"We, are we really going to do this?" heard William say this, and the first person to speak, and the one who showed some excitement was his father, Count Otto: "Are we really going to join this war? Originally, we didn't say...... Didn't you say you should be neutral?"

William looked at his father and sighed inwardly. It seems that his father, King Otto, is still obsessed with his status as a vassal of his empire. He was hesitant to meet Kalman IV.

"We have no other choice, father. William tried to keep his voice as calm as possible. Don't let your anger and resentment affect the morale of others around him, and then the rest of the war.

He went on to repeat what Victoria had said. And a little bit of what would happen if the Bretons blockaded the seas. After finishing speaking, the faces of the surrounding henchmen and family members changed suddenly. They knew that what William said was not false. Although it is a slight exaggeration, it is unfounded. But if things really go in the worst direction, then the destruction of the Hereford family is not a fantasy.

"That's it. William looked at these people's eyes and continued to say calmly, "No matter what, we can't let this happen. So, we must, and we have to stand with the Bretons. Speaking of this, William sighed secretly: "Moreover, as long as we continue to be a seafaring, commercial and industrial country, we cannot do without seafaring trade and transportation. We can't do without seafaring trade and transport, and we can't escape the control of the Britons.

With the Bretons in control of the seas, we have no choice but to continue to stand on the same side as the Britons. ”

William's words were full of helplessness, leaving the people around him awe-inspiring.

"We must not succumb to the diplomatic blackmail of the Britons!" cried King Otto, almost indignantly.

"I wouldn't want to do it if I could, father. But we have no choice. ”

"What if we give up the benefits of the seafaring trade?" William, answer me, can we do this?" said King Otto, looking at William expectantly. The latter closed his eyes and nodded: "We can." ”

"Then we're—"

"But that's too much, too much to pay!" William continued, "the rise of the Hereford family, the well-being of tens of millions of people throughout the Great Frontier. Our great cause -- all of this, all, all of it will be affected, it will be seriously hurt! Father, in this way, the Hereford family will be finished! Even if we can survive this difficulty. We can still live, but we are already dead!

Because we no longer have any meaning to live, no purpose, no reason. Everything we have to fight for is gone. !!Eventually, what existed in the Great Frontier was a living zombie clad in the leather of the Hereford family, the most powerful of the Empire's princes, and in fact rotting and stinking!

Alternatively, William had a more gentle, gentle, and more appropriate way to persuade his father, King Otto. But because of before, it was stimulated by Victoria. So when William told about it, his tone was a little too excited. By the time he understood this, the words had already been spoken. He saw his father staring at him dumbfounded. I regretted it for a while.

"I'm sorry, father. William bowed his head and said, "My ...... Words, a bit excessive. I ......"

"No apologies, my child. King Otto was a little disappointed: "You are always right. So...... It has to be like this this time, right?"

William opened his mouth to speak, but ultimately nothing came out.

Although, his father still looked at him expectantly, although he still seemed to trust him very much and obeyed his words. But William felt very well that after this argument he was not as obedient as he had been before, for before that he would never have looked at himself with anticipation, waiting for himself to give him a satisfactory answer. He won't be like this, he will believe whatever he says. There is no need to explain at all, let alone guarantee.

Perhaps even King Otto himself did not notice this.

"......," William sighed in his heart. A little emotional. Or maybe the father-son relationship between the Hereford family is still there. However, the battle of states, state affairs, ideas. Sometimes it's more important than father-son love. Fortunately, King Otto is ...... Otherwise, William really doesn't know how to end up.

Although William thought so in his heart, he did not waver on the surface. He looked at his father, King Otto, very firmly, nodded, and then replied, "No problem, after this war, the power of the Hereford family will increase even further." And as long as they firmly follow the Britons, then the interests of the Hereford family will not be harmed in any way.

In this case, we have at least twenty years to catch up. We will have more industry, more people, more resources, and a bigger army. One day, the armies of the Hereford family will set foot on the Briton Islands. We will become the new masters of this world. ”

"......" heard William say this, but on the other side, his father, King Otto, was not instigated by him as William thought, and then became enthusiastic.

On the contrary, although the expectations were fake, William saw disappointment in King Otto's face.

"Is that so?"

Then, in the presence of William, King Otto uttered these words: "I...... Never thought about that day. ”

“...... Father?" William was a little surprised...... Originally, in his plan, it shouldn't have been like this—King Otto, it should be, it should be...... Should.

"Yes, I never thought about that. ”

Such words seem to have been held in King Otto's mind for a long time. So after saying it, he was a lot more relaxed, and then, he said everything he thought in one breath:

"Maybe you'll be disappointed to say that, William. But...... To be honest, I'm a little tired. ”

“...... Father, what are you talking about?" William looked at King Otto with a puzzled look, and then asked, "Our hegemony has just begun! The Hereford family has just taken control of a corner of the human world, and we still have a long way to go. The Hereford family will eventually rise above all things! even—"

"-Don't say anything like that, William. King Otto interrupted William, which surprised William even more. In my memory, his father never said such a thing to himself:

"Father, Father......"

"Listen to me, will, William?"

“...... Yes, Father. William's forehead was sweating - he was nervous, even looking to the right and left fiercely - even if it was his relatives, his confidants. They are too redundant here. Now the conversation is about the father and son of the Hereford family, and the two kings of the Hereford family. Whatever they talked about, it shouldn't be heard by a third person.

"Father, what the hell are you thinking?!" William roared inwardly—this was not the place to speak, anyway. If he could, he really wanted to seal that mouth of King Otto. But he couldn't, because Otto was his father, and the head of the Hereford family, and even more so his ......

Yes, his sovereign.

Monarch.

Monarch.

Monarch.

Even though King Otto has always been obedient to William, in the final analysis, in the end, one thing cannot be changed, and that is that Otto is William's monarch. Even now, after William has received the title of King of Shilonsk.

Monarch, superior, authority. He wanted to speak now. William had to listen to it anyway.

"We ...... In the beginning, it was just a baron. King Otto said, "There are only a hundred or so soldiers under his command." There were almost no gunpowder weapons, and even less artillery. Living in an old castle and eating food that is not much better than that of ordinary people. In difficult times, it is just barely satisfying. ”

"......" William had no idea that King Otto would say such a thing to him at this time. He had thought that King Otto was trying to complain to him that he was managing too much. Think he controls too much power in the Hereford family. He felt that King Otto would fight for power from him and make himself appear more like a monarch and a king.

But things are exactly the opposite of what William thought.

"Yes, at the time, we had a very hard time. At the time, I also felt very unfair. I wanted to fight for you, for the Hereford family, and for myself—but, of course, I wasn't that ambitious. ”

Speaking of this, King Otto sighed: "Maybe it's because I'm naturally weak. An earl, I thought it was the limit to be able to win an earl title for the Hereford family by virtue of my military exploits. I really don't ask for much.

But, very quickly, I knew I was wrong, and it couldn't have been more wrong. What King Otto said was completely different from what he thought, and even said, diametrically opposed.

"I never thought I'd get so much. Really, I never thought I could be a king. In fact, before that, I was already very surprised to be the Duke of Mystia.

There are many families that have risen, except for those who are very lucky enough to inherit a large inheritance by marriage, any family needs several generations, more than ten generations of accumulation, little by little to improve their aristocratic rank, little by little to accumulate their own strength and power. I've never heard of a family in this world that has risen as fast as our Hereford family. ”

Speaking of this, a look of fear flashed in King Otto's eyes: "Child, have you calculated how long it took us to have three kingdoms, tens of millions of people, and our current status?"

Five years! My child, this year is the fifth year! It took us five years to build a road that took more than a dozen generations, hundreds of years, or even more to complete. What's going on?What the hell is going on?!"

King Otto held William's hand tightly and looked at him deadly. His eyes made William feel terrible. He wanted to take his hand out of King Otto's hands. But he was holding on so tightly that William couldn't pull it no matter how hard he tried.

"Father, this is a matter of course! Our rise is a matter of course!" said William to King Otto:

"This is how the whole Great Frontier is in this form! The kingdom of Wende is torn apart, and the Slavians are scattered. The merchants of Polotsk are full of brains. There is chaos here, there is no strong enough king here.

The only one capable of unifying this region is the Centaur, the Centaur Tartariya Khanate! We defeated the Centaur, we won the Second Great Frontier War, we are the heroes of the Great Frontier Region, we are the saviors! Of course, we can inform this land!"

"Yes, yes......" William's reason calmed King Otto a little, but he still felt a little cold: "But, even if you say that, I still feel scared." He then said in frustration:

"It's all so fantastical. To be honest, I've lived like a dream for the past five years. I was scared, and when I woke up, I found myself still in the dirty, dark, cramped bedroom of Hereford Castle, all of which I had dreamed about. I'm really scared of that. ”

William didn't know how to comfort King Otto. He could only repeat: "This is not a dream, Your Majesty, Father, my Father, we really control all this. We'll even get more—"

"- Yes, that's it, that's it!" King Otto interrupted William again: "This is what I fear, yes, this is ......" his eyes were blank:

"The more I gained, the more terrified I became, because all this, all this was not what I deserved. It's all horrible...... William, William, William, my son, I don't want to reign over the world, William, I never thought the Hereford family would get to where it is today.

I never thought that the Hereford family would one day become the most noble family in the human world, and I never thought that I could become the emperor. It's all horrible. William, William, shall we stop? We quit, we will keep to ourselves. Now that the entire Great Frontier is our territory, we have become one of the most noble families in the human world, and we ...... I mean, we can't stop here, can't we just stop like this?"