The Lancaster Kingdom was located southeast of Zijin City. It was still the lower half of Route 123. Its land area was about 1.2 million square kilometers, and its population was close to a million.
The Lancaster Kingdom's terrain was mainly hilly. It was relatively low, covered by forests, and had a long and narrow coastline. Therefore, the kingdom's forestry and fishing industry were very developed.
However, due to the policies of the previous kings, the Lancaster Kingdom was relatively closed off. It had been in a state of seclusion for the past hundred years, so the country was relatively backward. Although the living standards of the people were not to the point of starvation, it was still very average.
In the past ten years, the new king, Bakuk, who had returned from studying abroad, ascended the throne. He then made up his mind to reform and develop, and signed an alliance treaty with the Alliance. Only then did the Lancaster Kingdom gradually connect with the world, and the country gradually began to prosper.
However, in the past month, Bakuk Lancaster, who was over sixty years old, suddenly died in an accident. The country that had just begun to prosper immediately fell into a storm. The open and covert struggles between the old and new forces became more and more intense.
Just as Kaede Sato and Princess Rena were meeting, in the central castle of Bamir, the second largest city in the Lancaster Kingdom, a middle-aged man in luxurious clothes was being protected by many soldiers in modern military uniforms. He then passed through the many checkpoints in the castle and entered a room filled with a modern atmosphere.
At this moment, an old man was standing in front of the window of the room. The old man had white hair, high cheekbones, and thin cheeks. He wore a pair of monocle on his thin face. He wore a top quality suit that was pressed to the point that there were no wrinkles at all. He held a gold-rimmed gemstone crutch with both hands, and an alola meow was lying at his feet.
After the middle-aged man entered the room alone, he stood quietly at the door. He did not take the initiative to disturb the old man who was looking down at the city through the window.
"How is my dear niece now?"
After a few minutes, Phil seemed to be tired of looking. He took off his monocle and wiped it with a silk handkerchief in his pocket. He then spoke with a somewhat authoritative tone with his back facing the middle-aged man.
"The Black Shark Pirates failed. I heard that a powerful trainer with the legendary lightning bird sprite appeared halfway. He then repelled the Black Shark Pirates with his own strength. He is still safe and sound in front of Her Highness Rena."
The middle-aged man was an important confidant of Fitzke. When he heard the old man's question, he immediately lowered his head and explained respectfully.
"Have you found out who did it?"
When the old man heard the news, a trace of displeasure appeared on his face, but he quickly concealed it. He put on his monocle again, then turned around and said to the middle-aged man expressionlessly.
"Unfortunately, the informant died in this attack, so we still don't know who did it."
The middle-aged man didn't dare to look directly at the old man. He seemed to feel that the old man was dissatisfied with him, so he immediately lowered his head and answered hesitantly.
"Go and investigate. She shouldn't have come back. Don't disappoint me again. If you fail again, you can give up your position."
When the old man heard this, he immediately exerted force on his walking stick and said in a cold tone.
"Yes!"
In the next second, a thin layer of cold sweat appeared on the middle-aged man's forehead. He gritted his teeth and replied loudly.
"In the end, I still can't let it go. Forgive me, brother. This country can't be handed over to a woman, especially a soft-hearted woman."
After watching his confidant, who had taken care of the dirty work for him, leave, the old man turned around and looked down at the city through the window again. After a long time, he sighed slightly.
The old man's name was Fitzke Lance. He was Bakuk's half-brother. However, his birth wasn't as good as Bakuk's as he wasn't born of the queen. As he wasn't the eldest son of the first wife and various other reasons, he eventually lost the battle for the throne.
However, the old man's methods were very impressive. Even though he lost, he still managed to escape unscathed. Not only did he become a prince with real power and control an economically prosperous duchy, but with the help of the old nobles, he also became the leader of the Lance Kingdom's second army.
At the same time, he now became the biggest source of unrest in the Lance Kingdom.
In the current Lance Kingdom, apart from the deceased king of Bakuk, he currently had the greatest power.
Over a decade ago, the incomparably powerful King Bakuk's bold and decisive reforms made the Lance Kingdom look brand new. However, in reality, the reforms weren't thorough. In order to avoid civil war, Bakuk eventually made some concessions to the feudal forces in the country.
Therefore, even though the Lance Kingdom had been reforming for more than a decade, the feudal forces in the country were still very strong. Many conservative nobles even occupied many of the wealthy cities in the Lance Kingdom.
Now, following Bakuk's unexpected death, Bakuk's mountain that had been suppressing these conservative forces suddenly collapsed. In addition, Bakuk had few heirs, and only had one daughter, Rena.
Although it wasn't that the Lance Kingdom's history had never seen a queen in power, there was no doubt that many people still didn't want another queen to appear in the Lance Kingdom.
Therefore, the feudal forces led by Fitzke immediately emerged.
The reason why Fitzke wasn't in a hurry to enter the capital Augur to be crowned king was that the Lance Kingdom's first legion commander Kaga and Prime Minister Marcus had been supporting Rena to become the queen.
Due to this reason, Rena was now a thorn in Fitzke's side. The series of assassinations on Rena's way back to the country were all planned by Fitzke.
However, it was as if fate had played a huge joke on him again. The assassination that was originally in the bag suddenly went out of hand, and Rena once again escaped danger.
On the other side, after Fitzke and the middle-aged man ended their conversation, Kaede Sato and Rena's conversation gradually came to an end.
"In other words, you only have a dozen trainers at your disposal right now. And on your way back, you'll encounter an even bigger attack than the Black Shark Pirates. That's why you're looking for me, an accidental intruder, to assist you."
After hearing Reina's words, Kaede Sato frowned slightly and said.
Things were really a bit out of Kaede Sato's expectations. The blonde beauty named Rena in front of him was indeed the current legitimate heir of the Lance Kingdom.
However, because the deceased king of Bakuk didn't intend to let Rena inherit the throne in the beginning, she had always been raised by Bakuk like a flower in a greenhouse. She didn't have any rights as a crown princess at all, so naturally, she didn't develop her own political team in the country.
In other words, apart from the dozen or so loyal guards her father had arranged for her, Rena didn't have any other forces at her disposal.
If there was any power that could be used, it would be that she was relatively rich, a super rich woman.
Her father, Bakuk, was very generous. When she completed her coming of age ceremony, he directly waved his hand and gave her a relatively wealthy port city in the country as her coming of age ceremony gift.
Over the years, although she had spent a lot of money, there was still a lot of surplus from the taxes collected from the territory. In addition to the various pocket money her father gave her every year, the funds that could be used were as high as tens of billions of alliance coins.
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