The Knight King's thousand-year-old capital hadn't been this lively for many years. Ever since Emperor Karl-franz of the Empire brought a large group of ambassadors into the city, the nobles from the Empire began to tour the various attractions of the city. The attendants of the Brittany Dukes and most of the nobles of the Brittany had also arrived. The capital was bustling with activity.
The old King of Knights, Richard, had already left the palace with his attendants. Now, only some of Lauen's attendants, the Culona palace guards and servants who represented the traditions of the Kingdom of Knights, and Sulia's own retainers were left in the palace.
Even so, the palace still appeared empty. If one were to look closely at the historic and splendid corridors and halls, they would find that many corners were showing signs of decay. A small portion of the towers were no longer in use, including the southeast and southwest corners of the palace. There were three towers that were basically unusable.
The palace had witnessed the rise and fall of the Knight King. It was a testament to how much power Brittany still had.
Early in the morning, Veronica was being led around the palace by Morgiana. She was very excited at the thought of her man's ascension to the throne. She even considered moving her wizard tower here, but Morgiana told her that it was impossible. Other than the Lake Prophet or the Lake Goddess herself, no other spellcasters were allowed to enter the palace. Veronica would be lucky if she even had a room.
"Ouch …" Veronica felt her legs go weak. She was tired after just a few steps. She turned to Morgiana and said, "Your Highness Morgiana, shall we rest for a while? My … legs are a little weak. I think I need to rest. "
"… Okay." Morgiana nodded unnaturally. She motioned for Veronica to follow her. The two opened a room and sat down to rest. Veronica rubbed her waist. She remembered what happened last night and blushed. "Your Highness Morgiana, don't you feel tired? I feel like my legs are weak. "
After hearing Veronica's words, Morgianna recalled what happened after the banquet last night. She adjusted her skirt and sat up straight to hide her embarrassment. She deliberately said in a cold voice, "That's because your shoes are too high. Your heels are at least eight centimeters high, right?"
"Ten centimeters." Veronica reached out and took off the high heels from her feet that were wrapped in black stockings. She looked at Morgianna with amusement. "Why, can't I? I like to wear shoes like this, as if you weren't wearing these shoes last night. "
"Were you all like that before?" Morgiana blushed and said ambiguously, "I mean, after you and Laing met?"
"That's not it." Veronica shook her head. "My relationship with him was very pure in the early days, but his hobby has never changed."
"Is, is that so?" Morgiana was obviously very interested in Laing. She thought for a moment and asked, "I always feel that Laing treats you very differently. He seems to be more at ease with you and more indulgent. He doesn't have this kind of attitude towards me."
"Hehe." Veronica smiled mischievously. "Envious? Unfortunately, you don't have the chance, Your Highness Morgiana. "
"I don't want to quarrel with you, but I have to admit, Lady Veronica, you really like to stir up trouble." Morgiana obviously had no intention of quarreling with Veronica. She held the holy grail in her hand. "I think, maybe this has something to do with your early experience. You can just call me Morgiana. I'll allow you to call me that. After all, it's not the first time we … the three of us are together."
Seeing that Morgiana did not fall for her trick, Veronica twitched the corner of her mouth. Her bright and beautiful face showed some interest. "What about you?"
"My experience can't be revealed." Morgiana shook her head. Her beautiful oval face seemed to be recalling something. "What I can tell you is that my experience is not as rich and magical as you think. When Lady Veronica chose me to be the reincarnation of the previous witch of the Lake Goddess, my destiny to become the witch of the Lake Goddess was already set. I accepted all of Mariana's magic, knowledge, and power, and I became Morgiana. For decades, I lived like this. Usually, I would do research and practice in the Lake Goddess' Tower in Carcassonne. Every year, I would take in boys and girls with magical potential at a fixed time, and mediate and mediate the relationship between the dukes. Until I met Laing."
"That's rare. I can't believe I got to know these things from you." Veronica knew that this was the limit of what Morgiana could say. She sat on the chair with her long black legs. She pushed open the window, and the atrium of the palace was in full view. "Ah, what a refreshing wind."
Morgiana pointed outside the window to the round tower in the center of the palace. "That's the Round Tower. The tower was built when the third Knight King, 'White Death' Guillaume, ruled Brittany. At that time, the tower was used to hold criminals and political prisoners. After the Tower of Dore incident, it was changed into a place to store books, historical documents, and clerical work. Usually, Regent Laun works here."
"On the west side of the Spire are the Chapel of the Holy Grail, the Chapel of the Lady, the Chapel of Arthur, the Cloister of Brittany, the Courtyard of Lewis and the Courtyard of Guillaume, and the small farm built by Louis the Chevalier himself." Morgiana continued, "After the meeting between Richard and Emperor Luitpold, Richard specially allowed a room in the castle to be used for worship and prayers to other gods."
"On the east side of the Round Tower is the main activity area of the king. The east side is made up of a horseshoe-shaped building complex, which is the diplomatic hall where the state banquet was held last night, the main castle where the king lives, the court of the kingdom, the parliament hall, and the Brittany clock tower." Morgiana pointed to the east. "It's worth mentioning that if Laing chooses to live in the palace, he can only control the main castle. The other places have their own rules and regulations, but the main castle has more than a hundred rooms, which is usually enough."
"Laing must be crazy to live here for so long," Veronica sneered. "Anyway, I still think it's more comfortable to live in my own castle or wizard tower."
"In fact, ever since the Dole Tower incident, the Knight King hasn't lived in Colona for very long." Morgiana seemed to understand. "As for what Laing wants to do, that's his choice."
"Oh right, the Royal Zoo of Colona is also in the palace, located in the northwest corner. The royal hippogryphs, royal pegasi, and pure-blooded elven warhorses are all under Laing's ownership." Morgiana saw that Veronica's legs were too weak to walk, so she continued, "Even though I don't like Richard, to be fair, he managed the Royal Zoo well. After him, Laing inherited Richard's management style, and he managed the zoo very well."
"That's great!" Veronica's eyes lit up. "I've always wanted a pure-blooded pegasus of my own."
"… You have to wait for Laing to ascend to the throne, and then wait for his permission." Morgiana said coldly. "If you try to get a mount without permission, I have the right to detain you."
"He'll give it to me!" Veronica retorted.
"Then you have to go through the established procedures. That's the rule." Morgiana thought that Veronica was really like a hedgehog. Even if she didn't provoke her, she would still show her sharpness from time to time.
"Yes, we have to go through the established procedures. It's the basic policy of Brittany that we can't export pure-blooded elven warhorses. If you want me to change this policy, you have to get at least two-thirds of the votes in the Duke's Council, and also get the approval of Her Highness Morgiana." Laing showed the Duke of Brittany and the Kurfürst of the Empire around the Royal Zoo.
When the Kurfürst saw that the pure-blooded elven warhorses in the stables couldn't walk anymore, they all suggested that for the sake of the friendship between the two countries, shouldn't the Kurfürst give them a few pure-blooded elven warhorses?
Laing said that he didn't object, and they could go to Her Highness Morgiana. As long as she agrees, he wouldn't object.
Wolfram Hertwig, the Speaker of the Ostermark Alliance and Kurfürst of Becafen, couldn't help but laugh. "Forget it, Mr. Laing. It's fine if you don't want to give them to us, but don't play these tricks."
"If you have a way to get around these tricks, you're welcome to tell me, Mr. Hertwig." Laing smiled and retorted. "Don't forget that this is a land given to us by the goddess. This country doesn't belong to me alone. I'm not the king now, and even if I am, I have to be responsible for all my people."
"Personal interests can never be more important than the interests of the country, Hertwig. Don't force Laing like this." Karl-franz spoke for Laing. Naturally, the emperor of the Empire had experienced a lot of the Kurfürst's demands. "Leaving everything else aside, are you willing to share your Griffin Blood Feather with others?"
"Hehe. That's not what I meant. I'm just asking." Wolfram's attitude was still tough.
"Speaking of which, Mr. Hertwig, what's going on in Kislöw recently? They must be having a hard time financially after losing so many soldiers, right? " Laing was not surprised by Wolfram's attitude. The Kurfürst had always been sensitive and short-tempered, but he was indeed an excellent warrior and a qualified ruler. It was just that when he was young, he did not listen to the advice of the grand mentors of the Knights of Eternal Light, which led to a great loss, the Kurfürst became sensitive and tough. He always felt sorry for the soldiers who lost their lives because of his stupidity when he was young. For many years, he had been fighting on the frontline, trying to make up for his mistake.
"Katarina and her court once had a meeting about whether or not to come to Culona to attend your coronation ceremony." As expected, Wolfram did not feel that there was anything wrong with his words. He said straightforwardly, "But nobody thought that you could do anything for Kislöw, so the proposal was quickly rejected. Her Majesty Katarina believes that the most important thing right now is to reorganize the army. As for your coronation ceremony, who cares? Let Crazy Ivan under your command be promoted to general as a congratulatory gesture. "
"Very good. That's very Kislöw." Laing smiled. Indeed, Brittany was very far away from Kislöw, and the two sides had never interacted. Perhaps some expeditionary knights had come to Kislöw, or perhaps Brittany had occasionally helped Kislöw, but the attitude of this snowy kingdom had always been clear — they did not appreciate any help. The cold-hearted Katarina did not even appreciate the Empire's help.
The group continued their tour of the palace and came to the grand hall where the Royal Knights' Assembly was held. When the whole of Brittany was in a crisis, or when the dukes could not make a decision, or when the king had an important decision to make that required the consent of the whole kingdom, the Royal Knights' Assembly would be held here. The representatives of the nobles and the small nobles of the whole kingdom would gather here to hold a meeting and vote on whether or not the motion was passed.
Of course, the Royal Knights' Assembly had not been held for more than thirty years. The last time it was held was when Richard had just ascended the throne. Because John II had suffered a great defeat in the expedition to the Wretched Lands, Richard had found that the number of Brittany's knights had been severely reduced. At that time, he held the Royal Knights' Assembly and proposed a motion to stop the knights' wars for at least fifteen years, which was eventually passed.
All the seats in the hall were red. The four walls of the hall were decorated with stained glass and six murals that embodied religious, chivalrous, and legal meanings. At the south end of the hall was a golden throne and a canopy. The two thrones were for the king and the witches of the Lake Goddess, but the witches of the Lake Goddess usually did not attend the assembly. Most of them would only attend the opening ceremony.
"You will be crowned here." Emperor Karl-franz pointed to the front of the throne and laughed heartily, revealing his eight teeth. "Tell me, Laing, where will we sit?"
"You will sit in the stands on the right, and our nobles will sit in the stands on the left." Laing pointed to the stands above the hall. "As for the other guests, some will be arranged up there, and some will be arranged outside."
"Will I be able to see the Lady of the Lake?" The emperor still had questions to ask.
"If nothing unexpected happens, you will." Laing spread his hands. He suddenly became interested. "Everyone, I have been wanting to do this for a long time. Can you all cooperate with me?"
"What do you want us to cooperate with you for? Laing? "Boris Todbringer stared with his only eye.
"Coming, coming." Laing quickly walked to the seat in front of the throne. That was the place where the crown prince or the regent of the kingdom should sit.
Laing walked to the seat, picked up the delicate little hammer on the table, knocked on the table lightly, and said a word with a serious face.
“orderrrrr！！！”
"Hahahahaha!" All the nobles of the Empire and the Brittany burst into laughter. They seemed to have returned to the environment where the various countries, principalities, and provinces quarreled. As the lords or participants in the meeting, they kept shouting for silence. At this moment, everyone, from the emperor of the Empire to the attendants accompanying him, could not help but laugh out loud.
“nooooo！！！” The great nobles below laughed together. Even Elector Boris and Duke Carcassonne, who were the most serious ones, could not help but laugh.
"Orderrrrr."
… I am the dividing line of silence …
That afternoon, just as Laing and the others were visiting the Lion Ring racetrack in Kuroma, another group of guests arrived at Kurona. They were transporting a large number of goods through the Sea Gate to Le-Angoulam and then here.
The border prince, Black Prince Blackheart Reppu, and another border prince who had formed an alliance with him, Durant, also arrived at Kurona with their trusted subordinates. Along with them was the World Eater Gene Prototype Angelang, and the Sanctum mercenary Brenner, who went on an adventure with him and was invited to come this time.
The coronation ceremony was getting closer and closer.
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