For a long time, Veronica and Aurora had different views on the development of the council. This difference had been passed down from Margarita to almost the entire history of the Garland Council.
This question is very troublesome to explain in detail, so I will try to simplify it as much as possible to make it easier to understand.
That is, can the magic girls with wizard bloodline naturally occupy more educational resources and research funds in the training process of the council?
The disagreement on this point ran through the entire history of the Garland Council.
Veronica had inherited Margarita's ideas. She had always believed that education should be fair and that every magic girl should be given the same treatment to ensure fairness. This was because only when there was enough fairness could every magic girl have a chance to succeed.
However, Aurora believed that magical girls who possessed the bloodline of adepts were born with a considerable degree of advantage when it came to spellcasting and learning. The Council should prioritize and focus on nurturing these magical girls with the bloodline of adepts. The current Sorceress Assembly was no longer as prosperous as it had been during the era of the Garland Council. Apart from the money the witches earned from selling magic scrolls and magic tools, a considerable portion of the funds still came from the financial grants they received from Leon and the small donations from the various dukes.
What did fair mean? It meant that the limited funds were wasted. It meant that the best of the best couldn't get the best education. It meant that the revival of the Sorceress Assembly was far away.
On this point, Veronica had to admit that Aurora's words were reasonable. Many times, the so-called fairness meant waste and inefficiency. Magic education was a type of training with a high elimination rate. Most magic girls could only be apprentices for their entire lives.
However, fairness was the pursuit of everyone, especially Veronica who had been suppressed many times.
Humans were creatures that were born to be equal and to pursue freedom. However, in this world, the wizard bloodline could indeed greatly affect the talent of magic girls. In other words, nobles were born with the guts. Some people were born to be the new wave, and some people with mediocre magic talent were destined to be the teacher's handyman for the rest of their lives.
Therefore, the argument between the two sides often didn't reach a conclusion.
However, at the end of the argument, Veronica put her hands on her hips and proudly said, "This is something that Laing agreed to. If you have the ability, go and persuade Laing!"
This sentence left Aurora speechless.
This argument once again ended in the complete defeat of the Sanctuary Witches.
Recently, the Sanctuary Witches had suffered a series of shocks, including the fact that Catherine had become a Marquess, the fact that she and Teresa were gradually drifting away from the core circle, the fact that she had been suppressed in the Council, and the fact that she had always been ostracized and suppressed by Morgiana.
The most fatal blow was that Sylvia was pregnant. Because of this pregnancy, this female court official, who was originally of low status and barely had any presence in Laing's court, had become half a master. Furthermore, her family and her father had become prosperous because of this child!
How could Aurora tolerate this?!
Finally, after coming out of her daughter's room, Aurora thought for a long time. She found one of her young apprentices and asked, "Have you finished refining that batch of potions?"
"It's done. It's just in time, deputy speaker." The magic apprentice said carefully. Everyone knew that Aurora had a bad temper, at least worse than Veronica and Teresa. Although Aurora was not a vicious person in nature, if you offended her, you would be punished to clean the toilet and spend a few days cleaning the library.
"Well, take me to see it." Aurora hesitated a little and stopped the young apprentice. "Wait, are you free now?"
After getting an affirmative answer, Aurora's expression became awkward. "Teresa is a little busy. I have a letter from her. Send this letter to the Duke's castle to the Knight King. Remember to say that this is a letter written by Teresa, understand?"
"Understood!"
… I'm the section break of a letter written by her …
Early the next morning, after Laing came back from the Ice Wizard Tower, the Knight King's expression had been strange.
Anyway, it was indescribably strange. He looked a little happy and a little embarrassed. Suria, who was practicing her swordsmanship and controlling her new power, felt that Laing's state was very strange. The female knight was now dressed in martial attire. She took a towel from Olica and wiped her sweat. She was a little amused. "What's wrong, dear? Did you run into trouble at Teresa's place last night?"
"Uh, you can say that." Laing did not take the opportunity to bully Suria. Instead, he stood there and shrugged. "How is it, dear? How's Brother Saint Giles' power?"
"It's not very … easy to control." Suria was a little reluctant to talk about this matter.
Saint Giles' power was not so much a holy power, but a power that tended to be emotional and fanatical. It was not easy for Suria, who had always believed in chivalry and was relatively pure (except for when she was with Laing). The female knight had always been very confident in herself. It was the first time she encountered a power that was so difficult to control.
"It's okay. Take it slow." Laing nodded.
"Master, Berliat and Talleyrand are on standby." Olica seemed to have discovered something. The dark elf stepped forward. "Do you want me to call them now?"
"Let them come to see me together at two-thirty in the afternoon." Laing understood Olica's hint. He shook his head. "I'll go take a shower first. You arrange it."
"Yes, master." Olica smiled sweetly.
Suria faintly felt that something was wrong with Laing today, but the female knight could not tell what was wrong. She saw this and simply stopped Laing. "Dear, what's wrong with you today? You don't look like you're going to find Teresa at all. Instead, you look like you're coming out from Morgiana's place. "
"I'm fine." Laing saw this and rolled his eyes. He told Suria the truth. "There's a big disagreement between Aurora and Veronica on the development of the sorceress gathering."
Laing told Suria about the conflict between Aurora and Veronica.
"I don't know much about magic." Suria wiped her sweat with a towel. Knight King faintly smelled violet and lavender perfume from Laing's body. The female knight felt the changes in her body and asked casually, "How do you plan to solve it?"
"While trying to ensure fairness, I'll set up an advanced class or a rocket class." Laing said with a wry smile. "Top students and talented girls do need to be trained. Aurora's opinion is indeed correct. Think about it, Suria. If I had been fooling around in Nord as an ordinary knight, I wouldn't be where I am now."
After talking to Suria and giving her a few pointers, Laing continued to walk into the castle with Olica.
On the way, Knight King found that he had not practiced properly for a long time. Since he became king, too many things had taken care of him. Countless government affairs had made his combat ability a little rusty.
However, he had previously sparred with Angelo and tried out the two abilities he had obtained after reaching the peak of the divine realm.
They were "Time Stop" and "Psionic Black Hole".
However, after sparring with Angelo, Laing found that these two abilities were not that invincible. Now he understood why the Emperor had such abilities but rarely used them.
First of all, the ability to stop time. When sparring with Angelo … to be honest, this ability was rather useless.
This was because the ability to stop time was a relative ability. If the opponent was much stronger than you, the ability would be useless. This was because Mystery would lose its meaning in the face of a higher Mystery. For Angelo, what kind of terrifying ability had he not seen in the subspace?
The first demon under the Kora, Kabanha, had once split the entire space in the Eye of Fear with an axe. The original demon, Magnus, had once been able to create and destroy countless worlds in an instant and easily travel through timelines to destroy and reshape reality.
Ryan's ability was nothing in front of Angeron. In fact, Angeron's time ability was not even enough to stop his axe. The only thing that could stop Angeron was Petrabo's super heavy subspace demonic cannons (and his foul mouth, which was especially good at poking at Angeron's sore spot, making Angeron question life).
To put it simply, if the opponent was stronger than you, then the time ability would have no effect on the opponent. If the opponent was weaker than you, then the time ability could only be used to bully the opponent in a situation where you could win. Only when the difference in strength was not too great, the time ability could play a role of catching the opponent off guard and affecting the battle at a critical moment.
As for Psionic Black Hole, it was indeed very powerful. Even Angelo said that he did not dare to face it head-on. However, there was also a problem with this ability — the channeling time was too long. It required several seconds, which was enough time for Angelo to kill Laing a hundred times.
"Master …" Olica followed behind Laing. The dark elf smiled and asked, "Comfortable?"
"It's okay." Laing thought that Olica knew everything. He simply hugged the dark elf and kissed her on the cheek. "Thank you for your hard work, Olica."
"As long as master is happy." Olica shook her head. "I can only help you this much for now. However, master, I have a proposal for the dark elves."
"What proposal?"
"I can't say for the time being, but if master lets me handle it, perhaps I can take over control of a part of the dark elven army. If master trusts me … But if you want to do this, you have to take some risks."
"I understand. Just do it, Olica. I will support you."
"Master, I like you the most …"
After taking a bath, Laing took the opportunity to catch up on some sleep. He ate lunch and took a nap. In the afternoon, in the reception room of the duke's castle, Laing summoned Marshal Rokossovsky, Chief Political Commissar Berliat, and Foreign Affairs Minister Talleyrand.
The purpose of Laing summoning these people was very simple.
Knight King sat in the main seat and said to the three, "According to the latest information from MI7, after the female Tsar Katarina stayed in the Empire's capital Brunswick for a while, although she received a lot of small donations, it was still far from enough to restore her country. Therefore, according to reliable sources, Katarina plans to go to Marlinburg soon and take advantage of the Winter Veil Festival to collect donations from the citizens of Marlinburg. At the same time, she will seek financial assistance from the wealthy merchants, bureaucrats, large guilds, and other possible forces in Marlinburg."
Hearing Laing's information, the three had different reactions.
Rokossovsky showed a little hesitation and uneasiness. This double marshal lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
Berliat frowned and nodded slightly. One of his legs was shaking restlessly.
On the other hand, Talleyrand's eyes shone brightly. The lame man's cane gently drew circles on the wooden floor of the reception room.
"What's wrong? Are you all mute? One of you is the marshal, one is the chief political commissar, and one is the Foreign Affairs Minister. Why are you all silent at this critical moment? "Laing smiled playfully. He observed the three people's reactions.
Interesting, really interesting. The more you do, the more mistakes you make.
Rokossovsky really did not want to be involved in this matter. He lowered his head and did not speak. He was indeed a soldier, so Laing did not force him. Instead, he looked at Berliat and Talleyrand.
"Your Majesty." Berliat thought for a while before speaking. "This is a very normal move. As everyone knows, the three richest cities in the Empire are Brunswick, Nur, and Marienburg. Since Her Majesty Katarín does not have enough financial or military support in Brunswick, her reaction will definitely be to seek help in Marienburg."
"Why not Nur?" Laing asked with a half-smile.
"Your Majesty knows the reason." Berliat paused slightly before continuing. "The Countess will not welcome her exiled court. Nur has chosen to stand with us."
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty. Nur will stand with us." Talleyrand spoke. The cripple laughed, and it was a very sincere laugh. Rokossovsky could not help but shiver. No matter how good his military skills were, he hated to interact with people like Berliat and Talleyrand. "But not necessarily in Marienburg. Your Majesty, you must know that even though the rich merchants in Marienburg lost miserably after the Eight Peaks Expedition, there will never be a lack of people who oppose and hate you."
"Of course. Everyone knows that." Leon nodded slowly. Merchants and military nobles had always been at odds with each other. The Knight King also smiled and said, "In fact, according to my information, these princes of the business world have been trying to support someone who can fight against me. Unfortunately, they have never found a suitable candidate."
"Then would Katarina be a suitable candidate?" Talleyrand knocked on the ground with his cane. "Tsar has the strongest title in Kislöw, the strength of the Saint-level, and a relatively complete administrative team. She has indeed failed a few times, but she still has considerable influence on the Poillé nobles. Don't forget, Your Majesty. She is the last bloodline of the Romanov Family. If I were a prince, I would definitely make use of her."
"Indeed." Talleyrand's words were very reasonable. Everyone present could not help but nod.
"Marienburg will definitely want a share of the benefits of Örengrád," Rokossovsky said. "And this may be an opportunity."
"This is also the reason why I called you here." Laing said in a low voice. Knight King became serious. "Berliat and Talleyrand, please prepare your men and leave for Marienburg. Pay close attention to this matter. I give you the right to make decisions and a sum of money. You must not let the princes of Marienburg and Katarina form a secret agreement or military alliance, which will destroy our interests in Örengrád. If possible, try to contact Katarina and tell her that the Brittany can offer better terms."
"Yes!" Berliat and Talleyrand both stood up. Berliat looked worried, and Talleyrand's eyes were shining.
"Konstantin, you don't have to go." Laing then said to Luo Shuai, "I have something else for you. The Norsk dwarves have recently been renovating the brewery of the Angrád Family. Your first regiment of lance cavalry will be responsible for their safety."
"Yes!" Rokossovsky also stood up.
Just like this, the strange combination of Talleyrand and Berliat packed up and left for Marienburg.
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