Section 59 Situation

"But General, that's the building that Your Majesty asked you to ......"

"It's not the same thing that you ghostwrite, as long as it's about the same thing. You just say, 'Gruni's internal troubles are gone, the kings and ministers are of the same mind, the territory is stable, and the territory is stable, and it is not a country that can be destroyed...... anyway, just find a book and copy it. There are a lot of such articles in the book. ”

"Then why don't you copy it yourself?" Robin wanted to ask, but when the words came out, they disappeared without a trace.

Then again, since Gruny's return, the General seems to have completely changed. Well, from an objective point of view, in fact, Bayral has not changed much, but the time he spent alone with Robin before has been greatly reduced.

Yes, General Beller was praised by the Church when he returned, and was knighted by the King - which is understandable, since he had accomplished the Church's goal of destroying the invading Chaos Legions and retaking the White Keep. On the other hand, he earned a huge amount of employment money from Gruni...... Although Tiberius suffered heavy casualties, it was a lucrative deal from a financial point of view. This is all thanks to the wisdom of General Belle. These are all good things...... But...... But...... These are understandable, after all, it is a one-shot deal, and it will be forgotten if you are busy. The other thing is troublesome.

When he set out, Baylor was still a bachelor, and soon after he returned, well, he had an extra lady by his side.

It is said in the book that in the case of old husbands and young wives, men always seem to be particularly fond of their wives. Well, that's what the book says, and that's what happens in reality. Originally, Bayral would always talk to Robin in his spare time, but now, 90% of his free time (of course, this is Robin's personal feeling) goes with Rhodia.

And what's worse is that he didn't even control his wife's actions. Whether it's his private room, his secret room, his conference room, whether he's researching and thinking, or holding a meeting, Rhodia can be there at any time.

A typical example is in front of us: the General was still seriously considering how to write a well-worded and thoughtful secret letter to His Majesty the King in his private study. But Rhodia just broke in. As soon as she arrived, Béral threw the letter to the king behind her—well, to Robin, indeed—and was full of thoughts about accompanying Madame.

Fortunately, this lady is not from high society, and she doesn't think about participating in various parties, salons, balls, banquets and other social activities all day long, otherwise, it is estimated that Robin will never have the opportunity to see his general again.

"I'll leave the rest to you, Robin. You've learned my handwriting. With that, Bayrell crumpled the broken letter, threw it into the corner, turned and wanted to leave.

"General!" Robin finally couldn't hold back and cried out. "This is the request of His Majesty the King! You have not attended the Imperial Council three times!"

"It's boring, it's one thing to attend or not!" Beller said with a smile and a wave. "And I've already called in sick. ”

"But you're not sick, General, you're lying to ......."

"Ahh Bayral interrupted Robin. "I'm asking for leave, haha. Not attending, His Majesty is probably more pleased. ”

"What?"

"Well, it's actually quite simple, that is, the secret envoy of the Turanian came and demanded the conclusion of a secret treaty against Gruni. Bayrell said. "That is, to pull my country into the water together...... In this regard, His Majesty the King is actually still hesitant in his own heart, and needs time to think about it carefully. It's better if I don't participate. ”

Robin almost fainted. Beller was so smug in front of Rhodia (according to a deep-seated prejudice, women can't keep secrets. Robin's notion is no exception) to put this kind of thing out of the way.

"General, this kind of thing...... Can you say whatever you want?" Robin's eyes couldn't help but glance at Rhodia beside him. However, the former gangster didn't frown, and didn't even bother to look at Robin. She affectionately grabbed Beller's arm,

"I saw ...... on the street over there. There's a lot of good stuff......" Rodia said to Béral in a very soft voice, completely ignoring Robin's saga. Beller smiled and nodded, a movement reminiscent of a humanoid Samoyed—except for the lack of a tail.

"If you spread the news, it will bring a lot of passivity to our country!" Robin roared.

"It's okay, the Turanians are too busy to take care of themselves. Their calculations about Gruni made no sense. Before Bayral was pulled out of the room by Rhodia, he finally had time to call out this sentence. "It doesn't matter if it's all over the world. ”

"What......" Robin was stunned for a moment. By the time he came to his senses and wanted to ask what was going on, Beller had already been pulled out of the door by Rhodia, and he didn't know where he had gone.

At this point, Robin was left to stay in his study and write these letters for Bayor. It's really the world that is changing, and I thought that the general would always be the general, but now, ......

"Your Excellency!" a voice came from outside, and Thaler walked in.

"The Shogun is out. Robin sighed and looked at Thaler as he came in from outside. He had been very hostile to the Gruni (Beller had brought him back with him when Beller returned), but now Robin found that he had no more hostility towards Thaler, but rather a bit of sympathy. "Didn't the General send you out?"

"I have just returned, and I have urgent news to inform General Sù immediately. ”

"You can't find him. Robin sighed. "What's the matter?"

"Over there...... Over there...... The elves and the Turanians went to war. ”

"What?" Robin jumped up from his chair, not even seeing the quill's ink dripping on the letterhead. "Elves, Turanians, what's going on?"

"The conflict of trade. Thaler made things as simple as possible. "The elves have sent messengers to Shem's side to contact them. Then there was a clash with the Turanites, and the messenger was killed. ”

At dusk, Béral returned. With a smile on his face, he looked at the two young men in the study.

"Robin, has the letter been delivered?" he saw Thaler, but only bowed slightly.

"General, something big has happened. Robin said. "Thaler has brought back important news, the Turanians ......"

"Got on with the elves?" Beller asked.

"Hey...... You already know. ”

"I don't know, I'm just guessing. Bayral replied. "It's not hard to guess, just read more history books. He paused and realized that neither Robin nor Thaler understood him. "You should know about the previous trade routes, right?"

This is well known. The origin of the matter is actually very simple, that is, God knows where a bunch of trade permits issued by the elven prince appeared...... The elven trade route, which was originally monopolized by the Turanians, suddenly had a bunch of competitors. The Turanians tried to continue their monopoly in order to make superprofits, and as a result, the merchants who were not willing to be oppressed chose Shym farther away as a trading port. The huge stakes quickly strained the two countries that had good relations.

"Well, the Turanians have been at peace for so long that they have forgotten how they made their fortunes. In order to monopolize the trade of elves, they actually came up with ...... A stupid move to attack a passing merchant ship. Hey, they've all forgotten what elves are. ”

The establishment of Turan is no match for Gruni. Gruni was a genius leader who unified the territory in just one generation, while Turan took even more time to establish and expand, accumulating hundreds of years. It relied on the accumulation of little by little, defeated and annexed a series of countries, and finally became one of the seven countries.

Béral went to the edge of the bookshelf and pulled a book out of it. As you can tell from the cover, it's a history book.

"Are elves easy to mess with? Those fellows don't look pretty, but they are an elusive race, they are fierce and vicious, and they will be revenged...... And he likes to harm the innocent. It's not a good end for the elves. ”

Bayral turned a page of the book, pointing his finger to the page. It was a piece of history: another country that had confronted the Turanians back then, Cell. This country used to be a great power, even above Turan in national power. It's a pity that the original Sail people didn't know what evil was in their minds, and actually came up with such a stupid idea as "plundering the elven slave traders/selling". Overnight, the elven legion appeared on the land of Cell, giving them a good look at what it means to be powerful. The Cellulites paid a terrible price for their stupidity, and hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered by the elves. The mighty kingdom declined almost instantaneously, and was eventually destroyed by the Turanians.

It's actually more than Sayre. There used to be a lot of people who hit the idea of elves. But objectively speaking, if elves can be captured and sold by humans, then it is also a matter of another world. In this world, unless the elves do not own the country at all, this kind of trade is not possible. It's a pity that the elves have a strong country and a well-developed army. All those who are seduced by the beauty of the elves (and have evil thoughts) pay the price for their actions. No, it's not just these people, there are many more unlucky ones. Some small nations and lords have even paid for crimes that have nothing to do with them. The reason why they were attacked by the elves was simply because someone secretly attacked the elves through their territory.

But elves are unreasonable - many fools think that being beautiful makes sense, but the reality is that there is nothing to do with the two. When they realized that they were attacked, they first sent an envoy to demand that the culprits be handed over and punished. As long as they don't get a satisfactory answer, including those who are unlucky enough to answer "I don't know anything", then there will be a war right away. With their cold nature, the elven legions will never find anything associated with the word "mercy" wherever they go. Cities were razed to the ground, their inhabitants were slaughtered, and prisoners were taken prisoner—and the gods had to bless them to see the sun the next day.

This time was no exception. An elven messenger came to the court of the Turanians and demanded that they punish the culprits and hand them over. The Turanian probably felt that they were strong enough, or that they could not get off the stage, so they firmly denied it. But people simply ignore your prevarication and denial, and directly issue an ultimatum, either do it or war. The two sides finally quarreled, and the arrogant elven messenger actually drew his weapon in court and threatened ...... So he was killed on the spot.

The next thing was logical: the elven army sailed to the city on the edge of Turan, the first line of trade: Dandrok landed.

When Thaler inquired about the news, the results of the first battle were coming out. Under the city of Dandruk, the mighty Turanian cavalry was finally routed in front of the elves' hedgehog-like spear formation. Dandrok was attacked by elven magic, and the entire city was burned to the ground, and its inhabitants were slaughtered by men, women, and children. The elven legions are heading towards the hinterland of Turan, and everywhere they go is a complete disaster.

"Turanian ......" Beller looked relaxed. "I'm really in big trouble this time. ”

"Do you think the Turanians will lose?"

"Yes. Bayral replied. "Elf...... It's hard to deal with. And they are also very smart, because in this way they are only dealing with one country, Turan. Others, who have neither interests nor the need to participate in such a war. ”