Chapter 41 Helpless?
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So, the answer is, no.
The de Normandy family did not have a noble lady of this age to be married.
Come to think of it, it's also a no-brainer. The problems that plagued the Hereford family were, of course, also the Normandy family. Just as the Hereford family was plagued by the question of who to marry, so was the Normandy family. Or, if it weren't for this reason, they should have looked for a better - I mean, at least a better partner of status - in order to obtain more favorable resources and form stronger and more effective alliances.
Instead of being like this, with the female head of the family, plus there is no marriage, but there is an inexplicable extra illegitimate daughter as the heir or something. Just look at it and you can see it. Perhaps, the Normandy family is more seriously troubled by the problem of pure blood than the Hereford family, because the Normandy family is a world-class aristocracy compared to the Hereford family, which is only a small knight family. Their intelligence network, their information and connections are naturally much stronger than those of the Hereford family.
However, in this case, they still chose the Hereford family.
Can it be assumed that even they could not find a better marriage partner than the Hereford family?
Or further, even with the ability of the Normandy family at that time, there was no other pure-blood classical Gothic family other than the Hereford family?
Other words......
"Could it be that there are only two pure-blooded classical Goths in the world, that is, the families that can be married now, Hereford and de Normandy?" William couldn't help but blurt out when he thought of this, looking at his father's eyes wide open.
"As much as I would love to say no, but, yes, that's it, my kid. ”
Prince Otto shook his head helplessly, and said something that made William almost feel a nervous breakdown.
"Really...... It's so unfortunate. ”
After being stunned for a while, William could only shake his head helplessly, and then said something like this.
Slightly, discouraged.
If there were any other pure-blooded goths in this world, they might even be a resource for the Emperor. However, even the strength of the Ed-Normandy family can't find a third family?
"So, Charlumi......"
"Charlumi's situation is special. Well, maybe it's an atavistic phenomenon?" Prince Otto was a little incomprehensible—of course, this kind of thing would be abnormal if Prince Otto really understood everything: "All in all, Charlumi may be a little better than the others. But ......"
"But if it's 100 percent possible, it's still the de Normandy family?" asked William, somewhat helplessly.
"Yes, the de Normandy family. ”
That's pretty much it, the conversation can't go on here. It could be seen that William's expression became very exciting. Even Prince Otto was not very sophisticated in terms of human feelings, and at the same time "never understood" his son. But looking at William like this, he also understood what to do now.
After saying hello to William, he left and went back to sleep. Only William was left alone to be entangled there.
And so it was, the next day. To celebrate the formation of the alliance and the conclusion of negotiations, William invited Victoria to a cocktail party. After a little conversation about some inconsequential topics, at least those that seemed insignificant to William now, William immediately asked one more thing. That is.
"Speaking of which, if the alliance between the two sides is to be strengthened, then it is quite a good idea to marry - is there a suitable noble lady in the House of Victoria and the de Normandy?" asked William.
After William asked the question, Victoria was a little strange.
Why did William ask this, what did William want to do, what his intentions were - but in any case, she absolutely did not believe that William simply wanted to marry her family and then make the alliance stronger.
However, whatever William's intentions, in Victoria's view, they were futile. It doesn't make any sense.
For, one of the prerequisites for William's attempt simply did not exist.
A little happy in her heart, a little bit of a feeling: "You are too clever to calculate", Victoria could hardly help but smile, and then replied to William: "This is indeed an honor for our Normandy family, but I am very sorry that the Normandy family is thin. At least in the Normandy family, there are no suitable women to marry. ”
"Yes...... That's it. Hearing her say this, William could hardly help but lose his temper.
If that's really the case, if that's really the case...... Wait a minute.
After the negativity had increased a lot, William suddenly thought of something, and then looked at Victoria.
Victoria was stunned by his aggressive gaze, and then felt that something was wrong—she was also quite a smart and brainy person. After a little thought, it suddenly occurred to me a very frightening, at least very surprising, that is,
"Could it be that this guy has any intentions for me?" Victoria couldn't help but think to herself.
Yes, yes, yes, Victoria's statement that "there are no women of the right age to marry" is not right at all.
To be more precise, it should be "women of no appropriate age to marry except Victoria".
That said, there is indeed one woman of the right age to marry - no, to say "the right age to marry, but that's actually a little wrong." Because Victoria was no more than two years younger than William. William was nearly thirty years old, and so was Victoria.
In this era, women of Victoria's age are already considered to be older and marry later to an unimaginable degree.
Speaking of which, William was a little strange before this, why Victoria didn't find a husband for herself or something. Or why didn't the Normandies bother? Or before this, William had thought about whether it was because the power of the Normandy family was in the hands of Victoria, and no one dared to force her if she didn't want to. But after meeting Lady Mary, this was not the case.
But now, after the manager has a conversation with his father, he basically understands why.
Because there is no need, or rather, it is completely useless. If the Normandy family is the same as the Hereford family, then they can't marry at all, they can't have children, and it's the same after they have children. In this case, feminists like Victoria and Lady Mary are likely not to give themselves a big problem.
"I don't know if the lady told Victoria about it. William thought so in his heart, and for a while, William's heart was so confused that he no longer wanted to discuss this issue with Victoria.
"This guy is really weird. What are you thinking?" Marveling at William's dejected appearance, Victoria was a little curious for a moment. What's going on? Could it be that this guy really has any intentions for me? But the question is......
Thinking of this, Victoria was also a little upset.
Two young people who have their own agendas -- and are likely to be the same thing -- are in no mood to discuss something else in one way or another. After saying something casually, he announced his departure. The two core figures of the ball have announced their departure, so the guys who stay here are naturally not in the mood to continue to have fun.
The ball ended hastily. Every man has his own mind. The fate of the Russian Gothic Empire and the Kingdom of Briton, the Hereford family and the de Normandy family unconsciously took another small turn. And so a subtle change took place.
Of course, at least for now, this change is not visible - if it were anything else, William might have consulted directly with Victoria. But things like this don't. After all, it's about Victoria.
However, this does not mean that William has given up. Before Victoria left, he sent a team of envoys to follow Victoria to the Frisian region to meet the Lady Maria. Then he had a good discussion with her about Victoria's marriage to him.
Yes, outsiders don't know that they are related by blood anyway. If you don't know, that's fine.
Moreover, it is beneficial for both parties. William even felt that Victoria's mother, the Normandy family, was waiting for him to raise the matter in order to obtain more benefits and benefits.
"It's a matter of playing on both sides. Anyway, though......"
William knew it in his heart, yes, he knew it. He was not alone in his anxiety, but also in the Normandy family. In this matter, neither side can say that they are begging for the other. So he doesn't need to, and will never owe favors to others, for this matter. Or because of this matter, they had to make some compromises and give up some benefits to their Normandy family.
William was very convinced of this.
In the same way, he believed that Lady Mary was not a fool. She must have understood that.
With this in her mind, she would not be so stupid as to think that she could handle William with this matter.
In other words, this matter is a matter of course, and there is no risk at all.
However.
Things didn't go as smoothly as William thought.
And then it got even worse.
Because.
The Visigoths, unleashed a new round of war against Frisia. (To be continued.) )