"What do you mean by that?"

The Earl of Hearst looked at the king with an unkind gaze.

He was not the only one, the nobles in the hall were furious at the king's provocation.

Except for a few.

Tyersqiang held down his slightly trembling fist and looked into King Chaman's terrible eyes.

What the hell is he trying to do?

This is the time to reveal Thelma's identity...... Don't you even want to be a king?

Thinking of this, Tails glared angrily at King Chaman, his eyes full of warning.

King Chaman noticed Tails' gaze.

In front of the angry or confused expressions of the nobles in the room, the king snorted inexplicably.

No.

The prince, who saw this scene, suddenly realized.

In Tails' eyes, King Chaman scrutinized the people at the top of Dragon City—Thelma, Lisbane, and Nazaire......

The king took in their expressions and smiled mysteriously.

Tails said secretly: No, it's not like he wants to die and lose both.

Looking at Thelma on the steps, who was both confused and nervous, Tails forcibly resisted the desire to interrupt his own speech - he was already sensitive, and saying too many things wrong would attract unnecessary suspicion.

"Because the sixth man left is not the Grand Duke...... "King Chaman said coldly, but his words stopped here strangely.

In that second, the faces of everyone in the hall met the king's eyes.

After a few seconds, King Chaman showed a satisfied expression, and his words turned just right:

“...... It's a female archduke. ”

Thelma frowned, not knowing how to react.

It felt like a person who was so serious that he was about to freeze his jaw and suddenly tried to humor.

Tails' clenched heart was then relieved, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

At that moment, the young prince swore that in addition to himself, there were at least four breaths of varying speed in the extraordinary hearing given to him by the sins of the Hellriver, and he exhaled imperceptibly after the king's words.

Selma, Lisbane, Nicola......

Wait, who else is there?

But Tails' attention was then caught up in something else.

Rumba, he didn't want to tear his face, but he was testing the entire Longxiao City, and he was warning me.

The hall resounded with the disdainful snorts of the nobles, showing their displeasure with the king's boring joke.

The Grand Duchess looked at the king stiffly, her lips and teeth trembling, but at last she fell silent.

"The Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess?"

"It's not funny," said Count Linne, grimacing, "it only shows that our king lacks respect for the heroic Nekajou bloodline." ”

"Be careful, Charman," the Regent of Lisbane, who had been grim-faced, retorted unceremoniously as the most appropriate person to speak at the moment: "If you joke too much......"

"You're going to die one day. ”

"Girl, as the first female lord of the Northlands in history," King Chaman gently rubbed the hilt of his sword at his side, and he was clearly speaking to Thelma, but glanced at Tails, intentionally or unintentionally:

"You're on a path you've never seen before, and your every word and deed, your every move will shake the Northland and Exeter. ”

Ian, who was immersed in failure, couldn't help but raise his head, and many frowned.

I only heard the king say lightly: "As the Archduke of Longxiao City, your marriage is an extraordinary Grand Duke's marriage, involving the succession of many families, and it is related to the balance of power in Exter. ”

Tails looked at the king suspiciously, but in a matter of seconds, he figured out what the king was up to.

The prince desperately concealed his worries, and tried his best to look at the female archduke with an indifferent face.

The king looked at the eyes of countless people and said meaningfully: "For example, this time, this viscount of Qiyuan City came from thousands of miles to propose, which makes me very worried......"

"In case you marry someone you shouldn't marry...... This is a big event that can shake the foundation of Exeter. ”

The six counts of Longxiao City looked at each other with a few glances.

Thelma took a slow breath and spoke with a cold face.

"I have declined Your Excellency's request," the Grand Duchess said coldly, "you can rest assured. ”

King Chaman scoffed disapprehantly.

"I don't think you understand what I mean, girl. ”

"I've heard a lot of rumors on the way here," the king sneered and waved his hand in the direction of Tails, "For example, how have you protected this prince of stars for six years, accompanied each other, and helped each other......"

"You live and grow up under the same roof as him......"

"They even ate together and had classes together......

The Grand Duchess looked stunned.

Tails grimaced and stared at Selma.

Hold your breath, Selma, be sure to hold your breath.

Think about what I've said.

Selma!

The next moment, the king squinted his eyes and whispered: "You and him, you ......"

"Aren't we going to sleep together?"

As soon as these words came out, they were silent.

The Grand Duke's lips trembled slightly, but she couldn't say a word, just gritted her teeth in shame and anger.

Until—

"Rumba!"

In the sudden change in everyone's faces, the first to react was the former commander of the White Blade Guard, who was in charge of guarding the Grand Duke.

Seeing that Nicolai did not care about the king's honorific title, he could no longer suppress his hatred for Rumba, and shouted angrily: "You shameless coward......!

But he was stopped by a cold-faced Lisbane.

"Calm down," the Lord Regent suppressed his anger, "any act of anger is meaningless. ”

Not only that, but the originally quiet hall exploded again.

"What did you say?"

"Duel him, adults!"

"Bullshit, can the king do whatever he wants!"

Under the strange gaze of countless people, Tails tried to maintain his unchanged face, but his hands under his sleeves were clutched at his knees, and his knuckles protruded.

Among the princes of Longxiao City, Earl Hearst's golden beard shook violently in a rapid gasp, and he couldn't bear it anymore.

"In the name of Brooking Hearst, Earl of Soldering Ironshire," Hearst leapt up from his chair in a rage, looking at Rumba with hatred in his eyes: "For the sake of the Lady's honor, Charman Rumba, I make you a sacred duel challenge!"

He waved his arm and angrily pointed at the king's nose and shouted, "Let the blood wash away the shame you have brought us, murderer!"

This sentence made the people in the hall who were burning with anger even more emotional!

Probably because of Rumba's words, the public was outraged, and even the Grand Duke's personal guards stared at him resentfully, without the slightest intention of protecting the king.

Croais's face froze, and she dutifully held her weapon down and stopped in front of King Chaman.

Viscount Cambida also frowned and was about to step forward, but she pushed him back.

But King Chaman only snorted heavily.

It was as if there was nothing in front of him.

I saw the king simply throw out his left arm and point at the emotional Hearst!

It seems to respond to the challenge of the latter!

The buzzing voices in the hall suddenly fell silent.

However, in the next second, the king gently withdrew his arm, flicked Chloesy in front of him, and pressed her sword back from the unsheathed sword a few inches.

"In the name of Exeter's co-king and Grand Duke of the Black Sands, Chaman Rumba," the king looked coldly at Hearst, who was trembling all over, and his words were steady and unhurried: "I use the power of the king to reject your senseless challenge, Hearst. ”

He lowered his arm and looked back at the Grand Duchess without nervousness.

"Ahh

Hurst, who was furious, roared indignantly, "You despicable coward!"

"Quietly, Hearst. ”

Earl Nazaire snorted, patted him on the shoulder, and pressed the grim-faced Hearst back.

"Because your words and deeds are at a loss, Your Majesty," but the old Nazaire looked at the king unkindly, "In the following year, the Ranshiling and Hardingshire will be a sign of protest by imposing heavy taxes on the caravans and peasants leading to the Black Sand Territory. ”

King Chaman's easy-to-use attitude finally changed.

The light in his eyes flickered, and he looked at Nazaire's expression visibly unkind, and his slightly upturned upper lip indicated his current mood.

Tails lowered his head and smiled from an angle that people couldn't see.

yes, he could feel it.

Although all those anger was directed at the king......

But more doubts, worries, resentments, fears, and hatreds...... but they came to him.

"This so-called king is becoming more and more unscrupulous...... Count Kierkegaard, your realm is the closest," Count Kirterson whispered to his comrades with a frosty face, "I wonder if the king has an accident on his way back from the city......"

"Calm down," the one-armed earl shook his head despite his resentful eyes: "The king died in the territory of Longxiao City, no matter who did it......

"The unlucky ones are all Longxiao City. ”

Count Linna next door nodded.

"Do you think the other Grand Dukes will be full of joy and gratitude for our good deeds?"

Count Lynne stared at King Chaman with a deep chill in his eyes: "I swear to you, while they will mourn the king's misfortune, and discuss how to take the opportunity to slaughter Longxiao City. ”

"After the Black Sand Collar, it's our turn. ”

In the chaos in the hall, Lisban kept the most calm, and he gently patted Thelma's arm: "Ma'am." ”

The Grand Duchess took a deep breath and finally restrained her emotions under the cold gaze of the regent: "What you just said is enough to bring hatred between Walton and the Rumba family for generations, Your Majesty. ”

King Chaman shrugged.

"Look at the reaction of your vassals, that's what I'm worried about—sometimes, the marriage of two people is enough to destroy two nations," said the king, looking around, "something has serious consequences and must be stopped before it happens." ”

He turned around and looked at him with a blank look: "Otherwise, with the age of all of you here...... I'm afraid that in many years, Longxiao City or even the entire Exeter may not have the ability to prevent a Star Supreme King from becoming the regent of Longxiao City. ”

These words made the breath of many vassals heavier and heavier.

Tails snorted unceremoniously, attracting several unkind glances.

This was the condition that King Nunn gave him that year.

Now it is used as a means and a bargaining chip by Rumba.

"Your vassals may be ashamed to speak up, but as an elder who has watched you sit on the throne of the Grand Duke, I can no longer be polite and polite," King Chaman looked at Selma, who was so angry that he couldn't speak, contemptuously, "As a king, I must rush to ...... when I still have some power and some utility in speaking."

Thelma took a deep breath: "What do you mean ......"

"Thelma Walton," the King's eyes flashed, "in the name of the Co-King, I hereby command you to give me the Tails Bright Star." ”

"For Exeter, and for your Dragons. ”

The hall was silent again.

Thelma glared at the king.

"So," said King Chaman, looking up, "your reply?"

My reply?

The Grand Duchess felt it, and everyone's eyes shot at her in unison.

But unlike before, this time, their eyes ...... Extraordinarily different.

Thelma frowned fiercely, she bit her lower lip and exchanged a few glances with Lisbane.

She only felt that the burning sensation on her face was getting heavier and heavier.

But she didn't dare to meet the boy's eyes.

Can't.

At this moment, a long sigh suddenly sounded in the crowd.

"You're so lenient, Charman. ”

Tails slowly stood up in everyone's eyes, with boredom and exhaustion, and yawned: "You think I'm going to take a fancy to ...... This lady?"

He looked at the people in the hall with disdain, and very impolitely nodded in the direction of the archduchess.

This immediately attracted several warm greetings from the Northlanders to the ancestors of the Bright Star for the prince.

Seeing Tails stand up, the Archduchess was slightly stunned.

He's going to ...... again Do?

"Don't you think things are messy enough, little prince!" Nicolai, who was in a bad mood and was angry, clenched his fists: "Shut up!"

But Tails just gave him a nonchalant glance.

Makes the Meteorite even angrier.

"You have a crush on her, not necessarily," King Chaman glared at Tails with interest, "but if you take a fancy to Longxiao City, take advantage of her ...... you"

Tails raised an eyebrow, revealing a laughing and crying expression.

"Hahahaha," he smiled helplessly, "Hey, Selma, say so......"

"You've got a crush on me, haven't you?"

Thelma looked at Tails' playful expression in disbelief, and she opened her lips, but she didn't know what to say.

She had a premonition that Tails was going to do something.

With the eyes of the nobles in the hall, the girl only felt a burst of heat on her face.

"You're going to ask me to be your husband?" Tails laughed as if amused by his own words, and even ignored the angry eyes and scolding of the nobles in the hall, and laughed with his arms folded and his shoulders twitching.

Thelma knew that her expression at the moment must not be good-looking.

He's definitely acting.

Yes.

I know......

It's for ......

In order to......

But the girl felt a burst of unspeakable discomfort at the moment.

"Hahahahaha......"

As his laughter continued, the eyes of the people of the Northland looked at the prince more and more terrifyingly.

It's probably hard to say who is the least popular in the Hall of Heroes at this moment, Tails and Rumba.

"Longxiao City has protected you for six years, the so-called 'prince'," Earl Hearst took a deep breath, his eyes fired, "This is your reward?"

Tails stopped laughing.

"Protection?" the prince chewed on the word, and his face slowly changed: "You can tell you that I have been here for six years, and my worst enemy ......"

"Isn't it you Northlanders who use me as a bargaining chip?"

Selma's breath faltered slightly.

But the prince's words immediately changed, and he changed to that disdainful and sarcastic expression: "But, since your grand duchess has taken a fancy to me, hahaha...... Maybe I have a way to 'repay'? hahaha......"

Throughout the hall, everyone looked at Tails with cold faces.

Nicolas trembled with rage, and the flush on his face could not be erased.

The Grand Duchess pursed her lips, her face sad, ignoring the countless sights that floated towards her openly and secretly.

That's what you decide?

Your backhand?

You let me choose, the most suitable path for the Grand Duke, that's what you mean?

It was King Chaman, who was watching the prince's expression more and more interesting at the moment.

Only Nazaire sighed softly, and Lisban, who was opposite him, saw it, but frowned and shook his head.

"I see," Thelma said, looking up, with a grimace, "Prince Tails, you want to go to the Black Sand Collar, do you?" ”

Tails stopped laughing.

"What," the prince's expression returned to normal, he sighed slightly, and his tone was provocative: "Reluctant to me?"

Thelma shuddered slightly.

"Phew!" Earl Hearst turned his head, as if he didn't even want to scold.

The girl closed her eyes and struggled with her expression.

"Ma'am, as long as you speak," Curtson said angrily, "we should have a hand left for now, and it should be too late." ”

Kierkegaard snorted coldly: "Shame." ”

Count Lynne shook his head coldly: "You, little cub, I don't care if you and the relatives killer are embarrassed behind your back......"

Right now.

"That's enough, guys!"

The Grand Duchess spoke abruptly and interrupted the conversation.

Thelma's voice echoed through the halls.

The silence lasted for a long time.

Until the female voice sounded low and clear again

"Well, then, I wish you all the best, Prince Tails. ”

Thelma opened her eyes with a cold expression.

At this moment, Thelma in Tails' eyes finally put away the hesitation and sadness that she wanted to say and stopped.

Tails' tense nerves slowly relaxed at this moment.

Very well, Thelma—he sighed silently in his heart: it was right to choose the path that was best for the Grand Duke.

"He's yours," the archduchess's voice hardened, just as she had faced the vassal's forced marriage before:

"Your Majesty Charman. ”

No one spoke.

It seems that in the face of this decision, the opinions of the princes of Longxiao City are unprecedentedly unanimous.

King Chaman raised his eyebrows slightly, and he took a long breath and snorted softly.

"Very good. ”

The king's gaze had returned to the majesty of the hall when he first arrived.

The Grand Duchess pressed the handrail tightly, and said resolutely: "With him in hand, please ensure that the Kingdom of the Stars will not bring unnecessary losses to our western expedition." ”

"Duty," King Chaman shook his head disdainfully, and he replied with a pair of malicious eyes without fear, "Of course. ”

Tails stood still, looking at the archduke with an indifferent expression from a distance, and curled the corners of her mouth.

At that moment, Tails' gaze met that of the Grand Duke.

One side is calm and relieved, and the other side is indifferent and cold.

"If you have any other plans to marry next time, please let us know in advance, the king and the Grand Dukes, that we may see it for you," said King Chaman with satisfaction, "after all, if your marriage is done as hastily as this time, I dare not guarantee what kind of abyss of chaos the kingdom will enter as a result." ”

Lisban said solemnly: "Longxiao City's own affairs, you don't need the Black Sand Leader to worry about it. ”

"It's up to you to decide what the Grand Dukes are concerned about," the king shook his head, "If you still care about Longxiao City, keep that in mind." ”

The Grand Duchess raised her head and glanced at him coldly.

King Chaman frowned slightly.

"It's almost time to hear the political meeting, and we will discuss the matter of the Western Expedition at a later date," the Grand Duchess said silently, "Your Majesty, you don't have to stay here anymore." ”

The vassals looked at each other, exchanging mixed feelings with each other.

King Chaman narrowed slightly.

"Listen, girl," said the king, not without meaning, "as I have said, you are on a path that you have never been able to do before. ”

"The path is difficult, obstacles and hardships are everywhere, and there are always people who do not like new changes, so I advise you to stay away from those whose creed is contrary to your existence and who will eventually part ways with you. ”

These words made many of the nobles of Longxiao City uncomfortable.

Thelma's expression was ugly: "Yes." ”

"But there is a first time for everything," the Grand Duchess glanced at the people in the hall, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke:

"Four hundred years ago, when Queen Eliga ascended to the throne of the stars, no one could have imagined that a kingdom ruled by a woman would have the power to take away our Coldcastle;"

"Three hundred years ago, when Lacey Annrenzo became the Countess of Long Yindu, no one believed that the later 'glamorous Grand Duke' would be able to establish the first principality on the land of Dragon's Kiss;"

"Forty years ago, when the Empress Dowager Yaohua was regent, no one could have foreseen that she would one day become the King of Yao. ”

The people in the hall listened silently to the words of the Grand Duchess.

"This happened to the stars, to the night, and even to the Duchy of Anrenzo......" Thelma's voice was soft, but her words were full of unspeakable strength: "As for the Northland...... I'm sure people will eventually get used to it. ”

Tails noticed that behind the King, Croesy was staring at the bewildered Grand Duchess on the stage with a complicated expression.

King Chaman seemed a little surprised.

But after a few seconds, he nodded with a satisfied expression: "I'll remember today." ”

"Of course," Thelma nodded, her gaze away from Tails, and said in a deep voice, "Just as Longxiao City will remember today." ”

The vassals frowned, and the taste in their hearts was indescribable.

The next moment, the Grand Duke slowly got up.

"Everyone, that's all for today. ”

With different expressions and breathing, more than twenty Longxiao City vassals also stood up, looking at the female archduke on the steps with a complicated mood, and then at King Chaman and Tails.

Oh my god.

I saw the female grand duke lower her voice and sighed softly: "The meeting is adjourned." ”

The vassals respectfully raised their right fists and smashed them into their hearts.

Boom!

But this time, compared to the opening, this muffled sound is unprecedentedly uniform, like the hand of one person.

The gate opened, and the vassals bowed and left one after another.

In the face of the vassals' gaze before leaving, King Chaman, who was standing in the center of the hall, seemed to be oblivious, and Tails looked down at the ground, unconcerned.

It's over.

At least......

This round ......

It's over.

bar.

(End of chapter)