Perhaps every girl had such a dream, that one day, their prince would appear before them on a white horse from thousands of miles away.
What Mograine was doing now was undoubtedly even more romantic. The Holy Alliance and the Free city-state were far apart, and Mograine was not riding on a white horse, but the fleet of the Ferdinand Family. He put aside the Paladin Order and all the matters of his family, and crossed the ocean to Gudilesi just to propose to his fiancée without disturbing her studies.
No girl could resist such gentleness, so the noble girls of the Holy Alliance grew even more jealous of Lolo.
Why?! Why could that country bumpkin from the Northern Region be favored by the God of Fate and treated with gentleness by their prince? Just because her father died early, and she took over the position of the family head? For a moment, these noble girls of the Holy Alliance couldn't help but have a bold idea flash across their minds.
However, what the outside world found strange was that this marriage had caused a huge uproar in the human world, and the groom's family, Mograine, had even led his fleet to the south. However, until now, the other protagonist, Lolo, had not said a word. She had not even shown her face. According to her uncle Aunsey, the girl should be studying in Gudilesi, but after looking through the names of so many schools in Gudilesi, none of them had the name of the current head of the Bretton Family.
Many people guessed that the girl was using this opportunity to test Mograine, and when the time was right, Lolo would naturally appear in front of her fiancé. Just like those love stories in picture books and novels, it might even become a good story in the future.
Lolo didn't have the time to think about what would happen in a few years. She was thinking about how to get through this crisis. After more than a year of silence, the Shrine finally made a move against her again.
The shadow girl didn't believe that there was no church behind this marriage. Lolo didn't know much about Mograine, the gentleman who was praised by everyone in the Holy Alliance. However, the Ferdinand Family behind him was a great noble family in the north that had the closest relationship with the church. They could not become the most powerful noble family in the Holy Alliance without the support of the Shrine for so many years.
As for her uncle Aunsey, he was the first person in the Bretton Family to side with the Shrine after the scarlet sword disappeared. Without his help, the Shrine wouldn't have been able to control the former overlord of the Northern Region in the shortest time possible. Later, the church returned the favor by helping Sean take control of the Bretton Family after making Lolo a mere figurehead.
Naturally, the Temple of Light was unhappy with the girl's departure, but not Auncer. Although he had the Church's help to take over the Scarlet Sword's mess, the latter's personal prestige was too great. Even with the Temple of Light's help to eradicate a group of Karov's diehard loyalists, the remaining people would not openly oppose him, but it was hard to tell what they thought in private. Especially when Karov's daughter was still the head of the family, Auncer noticed that other than fear and disgust, there was also a trace of undetectable pity in the eyes of those who looked at him.
Yes, it was as if they were looking at a wolf that had taken over a tiger's cave. It was impossible for the people of the Shrine to stay in the Bretton Family forever. The longer they stayed, the more pressure they felt. Some of this pressure came from within the Bretton Family, some from outside the Bretton Family, but most importantly from the nobles in the north. So, they would leave sooner or later. On the other hand, Lolo was growing up day by day, which was what Aunsey was most worried about.
After the Shrine left, the Bretton Family would most likely return to Karov's daughter's hands. When that time came, he wouldn't have a good ending. Aunsey had tactfully reminded the church, but the church's attitude towards this matter was very strange. They didn't seem to care much about what would happen in the future. After Aunsey asked a few times, he didn't dare to bring it up again.
In a sense, Luo Luo's decision to leave was actually a great help to Auncy. It allowed his uncle to further eliminate the influence of the scarlet sword and stabilize his current position. Without Luo Luo, those with ulterior motives would lose their target and motivation, making it easier for them to be swayed.
Aunsey also had the blood of the Bretton Family flowing in his veins. He believed that as long as he was given five years, he could completely turn the Bretton Family into his property. Even if Lolo came back after that, it would be useless.
Unfortunately, the Shrine behind him didn't seem to think the same.
Gudilesi was a very special place. Unlike the Lionheart Empire and the Holy Alliance, the Free city-state didn't have a highly centralized ruler. Instead, it implemented a parliamentary system. Every city had its own parliament. In addition, the Free city-state also had a joint parliament. The chairman of the joint parliament was the nominal ruler of the Free city-state and was elected by the parliament. When he exercised his power, he would be supervised by the joint parliament. He only had a ten-year term. If he didn't perform well during the term, he might be impeached by the parliament.
The composition of the parliament was much more complicated. It included some civil servants, local nobles, magicians, military representatives, religious personnel, and even some scholars and artists.
Among them, magicians were the most special group. They weren't the most powerful force in the Free city-state, but they were the most important force. Magicians had a transcendent status in the human world. If the first magic war was said to be the humans working together to resist the foreign enemies, then the second magic war could be said to be the magicians challenging the entire world.
The emergence of high-grade magicians, especially the ninth-grade supreme magicians, was completely destructive to the balance of power among the races. That was why other races had always hated magicians, but in contrast, magicians had always been respected within the human race.
As the birthplace of magic, magicians had an extraordinary influence in the south, especially in the university town of Gudilesi. It was the well-deserved city of magicians and the hometown of Roland, the ancestor of magicians. The Association of Magicians had also once set up its headquarters here. There was also the first human Academy of Magic in the city (historically).
Therefore, even the powerful Shrine could only act in a low-key manner here. After learning of Lolo's whereabouts, the church couldn't go to the territory of magicians to arrest her. Not long ago, a secret stronghold in the city of Gudilesi, where the heresy trial was located, was uprooted by a passing expert. Then, a team responsible for follow-up investigation was completely wiped out. After that, Xavier died in the underground city, and two of the three monsters died and one went missing. This series of events made the entire Shrine fall into silence, and they had to reevaluate the follow-up actions in Gudilesi.
Therefore, there was the current marriage that attracted the attention of the whole world.
The Shrine knew very well that this marriage, which seemed perfect in the eyes of outsiders, was destined to fail from the beginning, because the other protagonist, Lolo, would never agree to marry Mograine, who was a Paladin. As the head of the Bretton Family, the girl did have the right and qualification to marry him. Even if Aunsey was engaged to her, as long as she insisted on disregarding her relationship with the Ferdinand Family, the wedding could not go ahead.
However, the premise of all this was that she had to show up in person.
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