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Section 251 Conditions

It should be said that he is lucky, because now Gruni's finances are not tight. No, I can't say that I am not nervous, but I should say that I am relatively comfortable. With money, a lot of problems are not a problem. At the same time, thanks to the purchase of an advanced field weapons repair shop (and corresponding craftsmen) from the dwarves, the pressure on logistics will be greatly reduced.

......

Baylor is not in great shape, and Robin has long seen it.

He had never seen the general in such a bad state, it was not as simple as being unrelenting or exhausted, but a combination of the two. When these two enemies are combined, their lethality increases several times over. At least in Robin's eyes, his general-sama looked numb and unresponsive now.

Robin was actually full of questions now, but he didn't dare to ask Baylor directly. Because he knew very well that if Bayer thought that he could sue him about this, then Bayer would have said it a long time ago. This time, however, the situation at Bayrell is somewhat peculiar. Because when Bayral was changing clothes and going out, Robin had a short gap to check Bayral's changed clothes. Then I found that the clothes had the scent of a woman's perfume. And on top of Beller's shirt, there are several red marks.

Robin wasn't a kid anymore, so he immediately judged that these were women's lipstick marks.

Women's lipstick marks?!perfume?!messy clothes...... Or something else.

Last night, General Beller ...... Robin knew all about Beller's life, habits, and hobbies, so he knew that Beller couldn't go out to find a woman.

Having said that, it would have been inconceivable to go to a woman the night before representing the country in negotiations at such a critical moment. Probably only those who are hopelessly corrupted would do that.

Robin kept these questions in his mind for the time being, and in any case, the way the general looked now was not a good state to participate in a negotiation.

"General, are you all right?" Robin asked in a whisper. "Isn't it...... Feeling tired?"

"Me? Of course. Beller tugged hard at the collar of his gown. "As a soldier, it's common to travel day and night. Although I am a little tired, it does not affect my official duties...... Well, there's not much to do. ”

"General, we're not ......," Robin almost reminded Baylor. On the way to Eagle City, no, it should be said that long before the start of the Gruny Rebellion, Bayrell had been ambitiously making various arrangements to annex the southern territory of Gruny. This "coalition" affair is also a part of his arrangement. Of course, some things are planned and things are made by man, but this does not detract from the glorious image of Bayor in Robin's heart.

"Plans are not changing fast. Beller muttered softly. "It's no longer possible. ”

Robin didn't quite understand what Baylor meant, but at least he understood that Baylor might have given up for the time being. On top of that, he already knew about Shim's side - if that side was as Bayrell had expected, then maybe it would be a better direction to expand.

Due to the impact of the previous assassination, the officials of Eagle Falcon City have strengthened their security work. In addition to Robin and a small team of personal guards, Bayral was surrounded by another whole team of guards. In addition to this, other preparations were made on the way, so Béral soon arrived at his destination, the royal palace.

The palace, which had been sealed, has been reopened. The front door is wide open to welcome distinguished guests from foreign countries.

In fact, the maintenance and cleaning of the palace has not yet been completely completed, but for this negotiation, a part of the area has been cleared for this formal negotiation. Of course, everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before the palace is reopened. The makeshift royal palace was too crowded. Grand Director Skadera has been preparing for this, and the budget for funding has been sufficient.

Soon, Robin followed Beller into the palace and to the meeting room where the target was. Gruny's young queen (in fact, it should be described as "young"), Luvia 61 Angel 61 Makremiz, who has always been known and unknown, is already waiting for them here.

In a sense, there is not much difference between what the little queen and Robin imagined. In fact, it is the appearance of a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl. Due to her deliberate makeup, clothing, and the golden crown on her head, she looks much more mature than she actually is. But as long as you look closely, you can always find too many places where you are still childish.

From Robin's point of view, although the little queen disguised herself as more mature, it was just a disguise after all. If there is any difference between her and ordinary girls of this age, it is that there is an unusual perseverance between her eyebrows. And she seems to have become accustomed to this kind of scene, at least when she is face to face with Belle, the little queen's expression is very indifferent. The queen's dress is not very dazzling. In fact, by a queen's standards, she was dressed modestly this time. She wore a long white dress with pale yellow lace and no gloves.

Béral stepped forward, knelt down on one knee as required by etiquette, and kissed the little queen's outstretched hand.

After a nourishing greeting, politeness, and polite remarks, Bayrell and Robin were ushered into the conference room. As mentioned earlier, Robin's temporary status is that of Baylor's aide-de-camp – a position that usually means a combination of work such as "captain of the guards", "butler", "head of the retinue", and so on. He was not qualified to attend the meeting, and he had to sit in on it—with a bunch of lower-ranking officials (and court officials). Robin didn't know any of these people, and he couldn't speak freely in the conference room, so he had to stay idle. The pleasantries that had nothing to do with the negotiations — in fact, nothing to do with anything — continued, but they gave him plenty of leisure and opportunity to look up and down the floor.

The little queen's throne was quite conspicuous—it was covered with a huge bear skin. This is clearly the result of a hunt, and the man who made the leather is clearly a master, and the bearskin is very complete and cleverly combined with the throne. The bear's head sits directly below the throne, turning into a small staircase for the queen to use to get up and down the throne.

The throne was uncommon, and it reminded Robin of some of the news he had heard. There seems to be a faint rumor that the little queen single-handedly killed a giant bear during a hunt. The news is half-true. It stands to reason that a twelve-year-old girl would be a bear's dessert rather than a killer, but if it wasn't a deliberate arrangement (which is common in royal hunts), the girl's hunting of a giant bear is at least theoretically valid.

In this world, there are delicate and powerful weapons such as crossbows and muskets. Even if it was a little girl, if she hit the vital point with such a weapon, it would not be too outrageous to kill the giant beast. But on the other hand, being able to pull the trigger calmly in the face of the giant beast is a proof of courage in itself.

Robin noticed that the bear's skin was very intact, which meant that the bear had most likely only one or two fatal wounds. This also proves from the side the legend of the queen's hunting. His gaze turned once more to the little girl on the throne. After sitting on such a throne, I don't know why, she naturally has a kind of momentum on her body - condescending and looking down on the power of the king of all things. But Robin immediately looked away, which he thought was more of an illusion.

Although Béral has great respect for the little queen, Robin is full of contempt for her for some reason. Maybe it's some kind of inner superiority and self-esteem.

On Gruny's side, Robin was able to recognize several people. One is Prime Minister Ellene, the old man is quite old and can be noticed at a glance. One was Count Ashrufat, the one Robin once thought was a vampire disguise. The last one was a bit unexpected, and it turned out to be Rhodia, the Queen's temporary governess. She's not a nobleman, she doesn't have any titles, and she's not supposed to be here. But she was here, and not an observer like Robin, but an official attendee, and the position was quite close to the queen.

From this point of view, this little queen is quite willful. However, this is also in line with the characteristics of girls of this age.

In fact, as everyone guessed. Baylor sat alone, while Gruney fielded a lavish line-up of more than ten people, including the Queen. Those who should have come came, even those who shouldn't, like Rhodia, were there.

There were three parties to the negotiations, the Church, Berel, who represented Tiberius, and the Gruni official headed by the Little Queen. Now the revered high priest of the church is giving a long but indispensable opening statement. There is nothing new in this kind of opening statement, in short, thank you very much for coming, at this critical time, the arrival of Lord Belle is a further manifestation of the sincere brotherhood between the two countries, I hope that everyone will reduce disputes, reach an agreement as quickly as possible, work together to deal with the invading savage enemy, fight for the gods of the star field, and so on.

Robin could clearly see the lethargic look on Beller's face. Robin felt that if all the flowery rhetoric and superfluous nonsense were removed, the high priest would really just say one sentence: everyone hurry up and finish talking, we are going to start fighting.

The afternoon was spent in negotiations. Many people, including Robin, thought it would be a-for-tat tug-of-war, but it turned out to be a surprise to everyone. Because at the beginning of the discussion, Baylor always agreed to one when the other party proposed one.

Supreme Command? It doesn't matter. Béral was willing to back down, and openly stated that the Count of Esseurofat was young and promising, and that he was happy to surrender the post of commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

It doesn't matter if the coalition is to be defined as a coalition in the name of the church. Bayral fully agrees, because this is in line with the actual situation and there is really nothing to argue.

The two most important requests, which were supposed to be the most difficult and difficult to achieve, were immediately agreed to as soon as they were made, which made the Gruni monarch look at each other and could not come back to his senses for a while.

However, the discussion will continue. The negotiations between the two sides continued a little, and Bayral immediately made his own demand. In this respect, he can be regarded as a lion's mouth, and he first asked for pensions and military salaries. Because this was an expedition away from his homeland, Tiberius should not have borne the cost of the bereavement of the soldiers, the wear and tear of the war, and the salaries and supplies of the long war, even if he was standing under the banner of religion.

When Bayral made this request, his voice was decisive and his attitude was resolute. There is a trend of "if you don't agree, I will be scattered immediately". This kind of deferential attitude has really worked. After exchanging opinions, Gruny's retainers decided that Bayrell's conditions were not outrageous—that they were a kind of compensation for the surrender of supreme command. The cost of the bereavement of the fallen soldiers was set at a high rate, and the salaries of the military were higher than those of ordinary mercenaries—so that the Gruni could not take Beller's men to their deaths lightly, nor could they sustain the war indefinitely. In fact, in this regard, it is natural for Bayral to have such concerns.

Finally, considering that the Chaos Legion would not have much valuable loot, Beller decided that after the victory, Gruni should provide a corresponding bonus and perk.

However, in addition to this, the original mentioned territorial claims, Bayral lightly renounced. He said that this time he came to help out of the country's previous friendship and goodwill, and such symbolic territorial claims should not be needed.

In a word, Bayral's conditions can be summed up in only one word: money. It doesn't matter what else it is.