"If there are no surprises, I think soon Albion or the United Principality of Ross will send someone to contact us. ”

Taking a sip of champagne, Roland said lightly.

"Do you want us to file for the reparations ourselves?"

Valrhona smiled coldly and took a large sip of orange soda.

Whether it is a state or an individual, brokers will never be motivated by good intentions to intervene in disputes, and as pure interest animals, they will never act for the sake of good-sounding words such as morality and peace. What drives them to act is always something more pure and direct – interests.

Political interests, economic interests, security interests, strategic interests, core interests – these are the direct causes that drive countries to intervene in this war. In order to obtain or preserve these benefits, they put on the cloak of angels and jumped out and sang the song of peace when Alfheim pressed Charlemagne to the ground and was about to cut his throat and bleed, as if they had always been peace-loving holy angels and had never done anything dirty and bloody.

I have to say that this kind of thing really smacks of irony.

The parties do not care about such trivial matters, they only care about their own interests, and whether they can obtain those expected benefits is closely related to the process and outcome of the peace talks. When negotiations reach an impasse, they are even more anxious than the belligerents, forced by their own position, and they cannot afford to press Yalfheim too much, who seems to have made "major concessions", so the pressure will only have a place to go......

"Let's make our own claims in exchange for Yalfheim's concession on the last clause, and then bargain for us as a third party, and then come back to us afterwards and ask us for the favor. Worthy of being a high-level broker, I give it a five-star rating. ”

With a sneer, Valrhona pouted to the side, and Roland looked at him, where a young man in a dress was walking towards him.

"Beautiful young lady, can I have the honor to invite you to dance?"

A polite formulaic invitation, and a formulaic reply was rightfully obtained.

"It's a great honor to be able to dance with the Knights of the Round Table in Albion. ”

Putting his hand in the palm of the other's hand, Roland, who was wearing a whalebone skirt, smiled at Lance Rower, who was wearing men's clothes.

At this time, the song happened to end, the exit of the exit, and the entry of the play, which was quite noisy for a while. However, as a pair of beautiful women stepped onto the dance floor, the noise suddenly turned into admiration, amazement, and jealousy. Valrhona even saw several ladies fainting with their foreheads clutched, and ladies several times that numbered as many as they were, biting their handkerchiefs and glaring viciously at the girls and their dancing partners who stood there like a stake.

"Man, ......"

Valrhona shook her head with a wry smile, imagining with ill will be the reaction of the men in front of her to know the true gender of the "beautiful girl". Is it as uncomfortable as eating a fly? or is it depressed? Then again, a certain bastard once said "as long as it's true love, gender or anything is not a problem at all". Other words...... There is also the possibility that some guys will be bent and don't care about Roland's gender, and stretch out their groping hands to Roland?!

"Hell, what the hell is the bastard who came up with such a weird theory, this guy should really go to hell and push rocks up mountains. ”

Valrhona cursed viciously, and a loud sneeze came from the Yalfheim delegation's seating area on the side of the restaurant.

The men and women on the dance floor were already standing, the orchestra conductor swung his baton vigorously, the elegant "Vendobona Waltz" sounded, and the gentlemen and ladies began to spin and dance.

Waltzes and ballroom dancing had only become popular among the upper class a few years ago, and at first, conservative high society did not consider it social or cultural. For the gentlemen who hated to wrap women tightly, the men-and-women hugging was not a matter of decency, but a serious question of whether the one who raised the question of such evil, debauched music and dance deserved to be burned at the stake.

Among the various attacks on the waltz, the upper classes of Albion and the National Church of Albion were the most intense. Conservative old grandfathers criticized the waltz as a dance of dissolute, entwined limbs, close bodies, and putting wives and daughters in strangers' arms and embracing them at will, which should be limited to prostitutes and sluts. Now it has been imposed on the upper class by unscrupulous people, and the solemn and subtle traditions that set the women of Albion apart have been seriously distorted......

It is inconceivable that these words came from the mouths of Protestants who have been advocating reform and emancipation. It can only be said that if people are stubborn, it is quite terrible.

Finally, now that the waltz has become popular in the upper echelons of the countries, since everyone is hugging, singing and dancing, Albion has also pulled down his face and no longer pretends to be tall. After a short period of repression, the waltz swept the Albiang social scene with a stronger momentum than before, especially the knights who are keen to chase beautiful women, and the waltz has become one of the essential skills of the Albion knights. As a Knight of the Round Table, Lance Rodai is no less vulgar, and as a top Knight of the Round Table, her waltz level is also top-notch.

As for Roland's side, there was originally a certain ghost father...... Ahem, the lessons given to him by the guardian included social and dance, but at that time, he learned men's dance steps, and he was well adjusted by a group of girls before coming out this time...... Ahem, I gave a lecture. With a book on his head and a silver spoon in his mouth, there was a group of devil instructors staring at him. After a special training of the devil, it can be regarded as qualified.

Now, this pair of golden boys and girls in the eyes of others, under the cover of textbook-like standard and beautiful dance steps, endured many scorching eyes and exchanged information softly.

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"The pseudo-lady who pretends to be a woman and the pseudo-lang who pretends to be a man, they are a natural pair. Well, in fact, this is a good theme, the daughter of the last descendant of the dead royal family who was forced to disguise herself as a young knight, and a young warrior who had to disguise herself as a girl carrying the battle flag in order to protect the country...... Ah, no, my hands are starting to itch again. ”

Nidhogg let out a long sigh, his heart aching for a full minute, and then he gave up on the ideas that had come to him, and then returned to his previous nonchalant appearance.

Niederhogg was not surprised by Albiang's small moves under the table. Long before leaving, the lord had fully analyzed the motives, methods, and possible means of the countries to intervene in the war, and the captain of the guard, who had been seriously spoiled, could not be swayed by the trivial matter of Albiang and Charlemagne's private contact at this time.

-- The so-called peace talks are just a formality.

The dictator commented on the peace talks in a disapproving tone.

In the final analysis, the purpose of the peace talks is not peace, but to continue to deplete Alfheim, to ensure that Alfheim does not threaten the security interests of other countries, and to prepare for a possible war.

Peace is just an intermission before the next war. Today's allies may be enemies tomorrow, and in order to prepare for war, in addition to strengthening one's own strength, it is also important to coordinate the alliance system and stumble potential opponents. Therefore, in addition to maintaining the international balance of power, this negotiation also has the task of dividing camps for the next war - the rudiments of the elven camp and the anti-elf camp will gradually become apparent after this meeting.

Not to mention that Alfheim participated in such a meeting, and without sending agents to blast, it was worthy of those "allies". Before the battle was over, they were in a hurry to stumble, and if they were about to win, why don't they hurry up and stab them in the back? There are many alliances with evil intentions, and there are many people who dig holes and stumble with each other, but there are really few people like Albion.

Even so, Yalfheim decided to participate in the peace talks. On the one hand, it is to tear the skin with the countries not too early, and on the other hand, it is also to stir up the "anti-elf encirclement network" that is still in its embryonic form - digging a pit and burying people is not Albion's patent.

Albion's strategy is to use Charlemagne as a grinding wheel to continuously drain Alfheim's resources and strategic attention, so that Alfheim will not strengthen its military power in other regions, especially at sea. At the same time, Albion didn't want to weaken Alfheim too much, as the ongoing war in the heart of the continent would create opportunities for the Duchy to intervene in the human camp, and once the furry bear's paws reached into the land of the human camp, it would be difficult to move it out of the way. So there should be an equilibrium between the countries so that Albion can adjust to ensure that relations between them are neither too good nor too bad to spiral out of control into a chaotic all-out war that lasts for thirty years or more.

It's a very difficult task to build some kind of balance of power, and then do everything in our power to maintain the political landscape around the world and prevent any change...... Well, this is really a-stirring stick mentality, and no one except Albion would want to try this role of "world policeman" - to use his own national strength to provide security services for maintaining the balance of the world? To borrow the words of a certain military secretary in the Blue Star Lighthouse Country, a guy with this kind of thinking should check whether he is brain-dead.

It's a purely thankless job, and it's bound to fail, and you don't have to wait decades for the results to come soon.

That's right, soon......

Brushing his forehead with his hair in front of him, Nidhogg turned his attention away from the beautiful woman on the dance floor and turned to the report on the Rhine front that had just been sent at dinnertime.

Army Group B made rapid progress, and since breaking through the fortress of Verdun, they have not encountered organized resistance, and it is believed that they will be able to rush to Basel, the closed point of the encirclement, in three days at most, and complete the encirclement of the enemy's main force together with Army Group A, and everyone will witness a rare spectacle of war in the history of world warfare - 300,000 troops surrounding nearly 700,000 enemy troops. The whole world will be amazed by this brilliant achievement, and everyone will realize that a new order will fall to the ground after this war, and Charlemagne is the sacrifice he has prepared to celebrate the birth of the new order.

Of course, Charlemagne is not stupid, and the crown prince and the royal army general staff are sometimes a little lacking in brains, but they still have basic military literacy. At this point, they would not lose sight of the plans of the Wehrmacht, and in order not to become a joke, they were trying to save the troops of the Rhine front. As for the effect...... It can only be said that there is a matter of opinion.