"Your Highness, did you forget that I told you about this yesterday?" Marina reminded him.
"Yesterday? No wonder I remember him, but … "Anthony scratched his head." To be honest, I don't really remember. "
"Who is this Romeriger?" Li Huailin asked.
"He's a new knight who's been in the limelight recently. He's from the Lunsard family and used to be a mercenary. He's traveled all over the continent and just returned to China," Marina explained.
"Oh … oh … I remember now. It's him." Anthony's memory returned. "The Lunsard family is a famous knight family, right?"
"A knight family?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yeah, the Lunsard family has the bloodline of excellent warriors. Basically, there's an excellent warrior in every generation. What's more special is that this family has never been conferred a noble title since its establishment. Even when the king offered them a title, they would reject it. I heard that their family motto is to be a loyal knight, which is why they're called a family of knights," Anthony said.
"Huh? I didn't know there's such a clean family, "Li Huailin said.
"Every member of the Lunsard family has been a knight in the palace. However, the previous head of the family, Lumiere Lunsard, passed away in the war with the beasts more than a year ago. The new head of the family hasn't been decided yet. It's still under discussion," Marina said.
"Your Highness, I know something about this," Knight Dernate, who was standing next to Anthony, suddenly said.
"Oh? You know? That's right. You're the head of the family. You should know something about knight families. "Anthony nodded." What's going on? Tell me. "
"After the previous head of the Lunsard family, Lumiere, passed away, there were a total of 13 candidates for the position of head of the family. Four of them were from the same generation as Lumiere. They were Lumiere's elder and younger brothers. The other nine were from the younger generation. Lumiere didn't have any children, but he adopted two. Romeriger Lunsard is one of them," Dernate said.
"Adopted son?" It was the first time Anthony had heard of this, so he was a little surprised.
"Yes, Romeriger should be an orphan that Lumiere adopted when he was young. His exact background is still unknown. There were many orphans during the war, so it was very difficult to verify." "However, what is certain is that Romeriger's martial arts talent is truly astonishing. At the age of nine, due to his astonishing talent, he entered the palace to learn swordsmanship and etiquette from the Crown Prince at the time. He also became the Crown Prince's guard knight. At the age of 16, he traveled abroad and quickly made a name for himself. He was known as Storm Knight Romeriger."
"Storm Knight Romerig? Does it sound so cool? "Li Huailin said.
"That's right. Unlike the Lunsard Family, Romeriger awakened a Wind Combat Aura. With his talent, Romeriger is very famous in the mercenary world of the continent," Romeriger explained. Delnate said, "Rumor has it that Lumiere is very satisfied with his adopted son. He has said many times that Romeriger is his successor. However, more than a year ago, Lumiere died gloriously in the battle against the orcs, but he did not have time to leave an official will to appoint a family governor … "
"I understand. Because Romeriger is an adopted son, the family does not agree to let him inherit the position of family governor, right?" Li Huailin said.
"Yes," Delnate nodded. "The elders of the Lunsard Family said that if there is a bloodline in the family, the family governor should be chosen from the bloodline. However, Lumiere's reputation in the family is still very high, so some of the family members agreed to follow Lumiere's will and let Romeriger inherit the position of family governor. The politics between the two have been going on for almost a year now, but the family governor of the Lunsard Family has not officially taken over the position yet."
"Understandable …" Anthony nodded. "If it were me, I would also prefer to choose a bloodline to inherit the position of family governor. What about Romeriger himself? Is he willing to inherit the position of family governor? "
"I'm not sure, but after Lumiere passed away a year ago, Romeriger returned to the empire once, but he soon left the empire again. I heard that he continued to be a mercenary and only returned recently," Delnate replied.
"Oh? Why did he choose to return at this time? "Anthony asked.
"Because the results of the family governor election will be out soon," Li Huailin suddenly said. "Is that so?"
"Yes …" Delnate nodded. "According to rumors, the Lunsard Family has decided to choose a family governor at the Knight Competition this time."
"In other words, strength matters in the end? Does Romeriger's return mean that he wants to participate in the competition this time? "Anthony said.
"Knight Competition?" Li Huailin was stunned. He had just heard about it from Legg.
"Your Grace, don't you know? Every year … "
"I know, I know. There's no need to explain." Seeing that Delnate wanted to introduce him, Li Huailin hurriedly stopped him. "In fact, my knight just suggested that I go to this competition and find a few people who are better at fighting to be my knights. It's tomorrow, right?"
"Oh, I see." Delnate nodded. "Then, Your Grace, you must hurry up. His Highness also wishes to see if there are any talents that can be used to expand our court knights."
"You're going too?" Li Huailin suddenly said with a frown.
"Yes." Anthony nodded. "I want to see what's going on too."
"Usually, does the king participate in this competition?" Li Huailin asked.
"Eh? There's no rule, but you know that the former king, Rene, was a martial arts fanatic. He would basically attend and watch every Knight Competition. Of course, I don't want to participate every time, but this is the first Knight Competition since I ascended the throne, so I think it's better to go and watch, "Anthony said.
"Could it be that the other party has this in mind?" Li Huailin said as he raised the letter.
"I see …" Ma Linna immediately said. "The purpose of the other party's letter to Romeriger is to predict that Your Highness will participate in the Knight Competition. And when you arrive, the person who will present the final champion's award will definitely be Your Highness. When that time comes, Romeriger, who is strong enough to win the championship, will have a chance to get close to you …"
"Assassination?" Delnate immediately received the message.
"That's possible." Li Huailin nodded. "Anthony doesn't have any children to inherit the throne, which means that the empire's foundation isn't very stable. If anything happens to Anthony, even if the former royal family were to return to the throne, it wouldn't cause any opposition from the people. Or rather, it should be a very logical thing to do."
"I really don't have any brothers. The only bloodline I have is my sister. It's unlikely that she will inherit the throne …" Anthony nodded. "I've been dealing with the matters after the founding of the empire, so I didn't notice this. This is indeed a very fatal thing."
"Your Highness, it's best that you don't go to the Knight Competition tomorrow," Delnate immediately said.
"Don't go?" Anthony thought for a moment. "This is the first Knight Competition since the founding of the new empire. If I don't participate, the knights might have a very bad impression of me …"
"Hmm … If that's the case, if the knights think that the new emperor doesn't care about them, it will cause them to resent me. It'll be very detrimental to the development of the empire," Ma Linna said.
"But Your Highness' safety is the most important. I think we just need to make a statement to show our support for the Knight Competition. There's no need to be there in person." As a guardian knight, Delnate naturally placed Anthony's safety first. He wouldn't care about other political factors.
"That's … too rash," Ma Linna said.
"Hmm. Anthony nodded. "It's just a statement. It's possible that they think we're dealing with them. It doesn't matter. I think even if Romeriger wants to assassinate me, he'll have to see if he's strong enough. I'm not afraid at all."
"Your Highness, this is too dangerous. I object," Delnate immediately said.
"I object too," Queen Ma Linna immediately said. Queen Marina immediately said, "Your life doesn't just belong to you. For the sake of the new empire, you have to stay away from danger. This isn't the time to fight. You're now the King of the empire, so please don't say things that don't suit your status."
Anthony was slightly shocked. He thought about it and nodded. "Queen, you're right. I was wrong. This isn't something an emperor should say. It's my fault."
"As long as you understand, Your Highness," Ma Linna said with a smile. "Your Highness is right. Making a statement might cause the knights to resent you. They might think that Your Highness is looking down on them. I have an idea."
"Oh? Queen, what idea? "Anthony asked.
"Didn't the Duke of Aquitaine say that he's going to the Knight Competition tomorrow to see what's going on? With the Duke of Aquitaine's current status, it shouldn't be a problem even if he represents His Highness. We just have to say that His Highness is unwell and let the Duke of Aquitaine represent His Highness. Wouldn't that solve the problem? "Ma Linna said, looking at Li Huailin.
"Huh?" Anthony was stunned. "Isn't … isn't Huailin in danger?"
"Of course not. Their target is you, Your Highness. How could the Duke of Aquitaine be in danger?" Ma Linna immediately said.
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