When the fire broke out, Aurora and Teresa were investigating in Brunswick.
As the person in charge of MI7, Aurora naturally knew that Laing had entrusted her and Teresa with an important task. Although she always thought that Laing and her relationship was only a partnership, the Sanctuary Witch knew that she should at least do something to show that she did not slack off during the Great Expedition. Hence, after the Winter Veil Festival, Aurora immediately brought Teresa to Brunswick and Nur to investigate the nobles' impression of the Brittany and Laing in the Empire.
Since they were wearing Laing's tiger skin, Aurora and Teresa naturally received a very formal and grand reception in the Empire. The Sanctuary Witch was very satisfied with this. After enjoying a better treatment than before, Aurora really did not want to return to the Parliament. It was better to lean against the big tree that was Laing and enjoy the shade. Looking at the Great Wizards of the Empire, Supreme Light Wizard Kant, Supreme Nebula Wizard Skohn, Emerald Academy's Dean Ann- Louisa Trenton, Amber Academy's Dean Gregg Matak, Amethyst Academy's Dean Elspeth, Flame Academy's Supreme Wizard Cernus Gehrman, and even the Royal Great Wizard Bayershazer Gelt, they all expressed their utmost courtesy and gave the mother and daughter a very high standard of reception.
This was a matter of pride for the Garlan Witches. She could boast about it in the Parliament for fifty years.
However, just as Aurora was about to leave Brunswick, the War of Shame broke out. The entire Empire immediately fell into the dark clouds of civil war. Teresa originally suggested that Aurora immediately leave this place and report to Laing who had just returned from the expedition.
However, the more experienced Aurora did not choose to return immediately. She even calmed her emotions and continued to stay in the eye of the storm. After this incident broke out, she immediately sent out many people and even personally went to Kallon Castle to investigate.
She had to figure out which Kurfürsten were on Boris's side, which Kurfürsten were on Karl-franz's side, and which Kurfürsten would remain neutral like Emmanuelle.
In order to investigate this, Aurora wasted a lot of time, which directly caused her and Teresa to be late.
After explaining the cause and effect of the matter, Ryan and the others all frowned.
What was the Empire trying to do?
How many years has it been since Tarim Khan's army was defeated outside Nur City? It wasn't easy for them to have a few years to recover and develop, but they immediately started fighting among themselves?
Have you forgotten the lesson from before?
Laing's brows knitted tighter. A unified (at least in form) Empire was undoubtedly stronger than a divided Empire. If the Empire couldn't unite, Chaos would take them down one by one. And once the Empire fell, the Brittany would have to face the threat of Chaos head-on.
Could the Brittany face the threat of Chaos head-on?
Don't be ridiculous. From Laing to the Knight King Kingdom, for hundreds of years, the Brittany's greatest and most useful invention was the catapult. If humans were as conservative and conservative as the Brittany, they would have been done for a long time. In fact, after the Dole Tower incident and the great Holy War, the Knight King Kingdom was falling behind more and more. Now, it was only because of Laing's hard work that they were catching up.
Now that the alliance that Laing strongly supported finally had some time to rest, what were the people of the Empire trying to do?
If the Kurfürst and the nobles were a little rotten, the rest of them would be rotten.
The king's dissatisfaction obviously affected everyone in the room. Teresa looked at Laing worriedly, while Suria accompanied her husband in silence. Aurora's personality was relatively cold because of her ice magic. Both Aurora and Teresa were dressed very luxuriously today. The mother and daughter were both wearing black Garland White Bear fur coats, with a quiet and elegant granite vertical threaded women's blouse, matching it with Garland Councilwoman's skirt. The only difference was that Aurora was wearing black velvet pantyhose and short boots with silver chains, while Teresa was wearing grey crystal pantyhose and high-heeled leather boots. Her four jade-like long legs were swaying in front of Laing's eyes.
They were dressed like two sisters. Did they order clothes from a tailor shop together? Teresa was wearing pantyhose today? Well, it's a good habit. I'll let her keep it, Laing secretly complained in his heart. However, the king did not think too much about it. He immediately turned his eyes to the regent he appointed. "Is there any reaction from the Empire?"
In fact, Lauren did not like the king handing over part of the intelligence department to the wizards, but the regent knew that he could not object, so he could only accept it. After hearing the whole news, Lauren also frowned. He put the rest of the documents aside and said in a muffled voice, "Your Majesty, I know you're anxious, but this is a matter of the Empire. We're only allies with them. If they don't invite us, we'd better not interfere with the internal affairs of the Empire."
"Both sides have deployed almost a hundred thousand soldiers along the Riker River, and we can only sit and watch the human beings fight each other?" Laing said somewhat impatiently, "What is Karl-franz doing exactly? If it were me, I would never let this happen."
"We'll have to wait until the real war starts." Lauren shook his head. The regent emphasized, "Don't forget, Your Majesty, the Empire hasn't even started a full-scale civil war yet. If we can't wait, not only will we easily aggravate the conflict, but we can also easily become the fuse for a real war."
"That's what I mean, Laing. Don't be too anxious. There will be a turn for the better." Suria also expressed her agreement. "What we should do now is to grasp the situation and see if there's anything we can do. However, we shouldn't interfere with the internal affairs of the Empire."
"Yes." Laing also knew that he was taking things for granted. Brittany's centralization of power was not something the Empire could compare to. Not to mention, the Lake Fairy was completely on his side. Vickmar's support for Karl-franz was reserved, and Karl-franz was not the only choice for the throne.
"His Holiness Vickmar has complained many times that Emperor Karl-franz spent too little time in the church. Compared to his father and grandfather, he spent too much energy on the court and the war." Aurora added. The Sanctuary Witch and the person in charge of MI7 took out a document and handed it to Laing. "This is the current situation of the Kurfürst of the Empire. Obviously, the Kurfürst don't want a civil war to break out. However, if a civil war really breaks out, this is the most likely side they will take."
The document had a strong fragrance, containing the fragrance of roses, the exquisiteness of jasmine, and the faint smell of vanilla. Laing took the document.
According to Aurora and Teresa's investigation, it was certain that if a full-scale war broke out, Hawk and Nords would definitely stand on Boris's side.
On the other hand, Auster and Ivy would definitely stand on Karl-franz's side.
The ones who would definitely choose to be neutral were Emilia's Wesen and Helmut Feuerbach's Tarabek. The Steyr and Ostmark Alliance's situation was still unclear. Among them, the Steyr's Archduke, Alberich Hauter Andersson, was a man without integrity. He would definitely stand on the side of whoever gave him more funding.
Anyway, no matter how one looked at it, once a war broke out, the Empire would definitely split into the Northern faction led by Boris, the Western faction led by Emperor Karl, and the Eastern faction led by Emilia.
Hey, hey, hey, is the era of the Three Emperors really reappearing?
Wolf Emperor Boris, Rick Emperor Karl-franz, Nur Empress's little maid?
Laing felt a headache just thinking about it. However, he was helpless now. He was only the Knight King, not the Emperor of the Empire.
"I've seen Kurfürst Boris. He and his army are now in Karon Castle." Just when everyone was at their wits' end, Aurora said calmly, "In my opinion, Kurfürst Boris doesn't seem to want to fight this war."
"Reason?" Laing raised his head. He knew that although Aurora was a bit arrogant, she did a good job in intelligence work.
"Intuition." Aurora stretched out her hand that was wrapped in a white lace glove and slightly adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses. She said very seriously, "I can feel the grief and indignation in the entire Karon Castle, as well as the pressure that the White Wolf Knights and the White Wolf Sect brought to Kurfürst Boris. He doesn't want to fight this war, but he has to fight it. Or rather, he has to send out his troops and confront them."
Aurora's opinion could be said to hit the nail on the head. Laing, Suria, Ron, Teresa, and the others discussed and felt that it was reasonable. Boris had always been known as "Urick's Beloved Servant" and was also a firm believer of the White Wolf God. To put it simply, he was also kidnapped.
"Your Majesty, I have an opinion." At this time, Teresa spoke. Facing the Knight King who she hadn't seen for a long time, the female warlock seemed to be a bit unfamiliar. She said somewhat unconfidently, "I think …"
"Come here, Teresa. Come to my side." Laing knew why Teresa was in such a situation.
The prideful and somewhat spoiled female warlock of the past had changed. Teresa was now still stuck at the peak of the legendary realm, unable to take half a step forward. Her competitor, Veronica, was already in the middle of the Sanctuary-realm, and Laing himself was even in the advanced Sanctuary-realm. After returning from the Eight Peaks Mountain expedition, the somewhat slow-witted female warlock could feel that her status seemed to be declining. She was already somewhat lacking in confidence in facing Laing, especially when she tried to express her opinion without her mother.
However, Laing had no intention of alienating her. In Knight King's view, this kind of Teresa was really cute. He always felt that it was commendable for the female warlock to abandon everything and come to him under great pressure. As for her strength … He had just advanced to the advanced Sanctuary-realm, and he was already exploring new uses and functions of spiritual tattoos. In Laing's view, Teresa was well-behaved and had always been immersed in research and magic cultivation. She didn't want to fight or cause trouble, and was obediently raised by him. This was actually quite good, and he didn't have to worry so much.
After that, he would see if there was any other way for the female warlock to advance to the Sanctuary-realm.
The fierce struggle in the backyard was no doubt interesting, but Laing occasionally wanted to find some peace and quiet. Seeing the female warlock like this after more than a year, Laing suddenly felt that it was very interesting. He said gently, "Teresa, haven't I told you many times? Just call me Laing. Also, as my female courtier, you should sit next to me!"
Laing's action represented some kind of strong signal, and Aurora's eyes lit up. She thought to herself that she would continue to urge Teresa to hurry up and have a child with Laing.
"Yes." Teresa couldn't hold back the joy in her heart. She quickly left Aurora's side and sat next to Laing. Queen Suria also smiled at the female warlock. The female knight had always felt that Teresa was actually quite good except for her cold personality.
Teresa moved her long legs wrapped in a pair of iron-gray crystal pantyhose and sat down next to Laing. Laing immediately smelled a faint violet fragrance. After receiving encouragement from Knight King, the female warlock said seriously, "I think that Kurfürst Boris's choice to enter the Elector's Palace in Karon Castle is an obvious hint that he doesn't want an all-out war."
Karon Castle?! Right, why didn't I think of that! Laing's eyes narrowed. He was really muddle-headed from the meeting.
Karon Castle had a very special position in the Empire. This important castle had changed hands repeatedly in history between Midden Hill and Rick Hill. After the reformation of Ludwig the Savior, the historical issues of Karon Castle were also investigated. In the end, the Savior announced that Karon Castle belonged to Midden Hill in a geographical sense, but the nobles and the army were allowed to pledge their loyalty to Rick Hill.
Therefore, the most elite swordsman group in the entire old world – Karon Castle Swordsman Group pledged their loyalty to Karl-franz.
Understood. After everything was clear, Laing gave Teresa an approving look and nodded, "Then, the situation is very clear."
"I'll immediately write to Emilia and ask her to mediate." Laing continued, "Also, I'll have to trouble Lady Aurora and Teresa to continue to inquire about the Empire's situation."
"But … Laing, my mother and I may not be able to do anything." At this point, Teresa said to Laing with some difficulty, "Don't forget, in March, there will be the Green Grass Festival and the Jialan Assembly. My mother, Veronica, and I will all be attending."
"Oh, yes, Veronica mentioned it to me. I forgot about it." Laing suddenly realized that the King had too many things to deal with. "Then I'll give you a month's vacation. Prepare well."
After everything was arranged, Laing left first. The army had returned from an expedition, and the Regent of the Kingdom still had a lot of things to deal with. Suria stayed to entertain Aurora and Teresa, but Aurora immediately said that she also had something important to do. Although Teresa was a little reluctant, seeing her mother give her a fierce look, she could only kiss Laing after a long separation before leaving. She also promised that she would take the initiative to look for Laing after dinner.
In the end, only the King and Queen were left in the room. There was nothing else to do for the time being.
The moment the door closed, Laing leaned towards his wife greedily. "Madam ~"
"Laing! You're tired, you should have a good rest! " Suria's face turned red when her husband hugged her waist. The two of them had been married for many years, so of course she knew what Laing wanted to do. The Queen was a little expectant and a little shy. "The expedition is back. You should go and sleep for a while. We'll talk after dinner."
"That won't do. Devonshire will be back tonight!" Laing's hand had already reached behind Suria's back, and the ribbon behind the Queen's dress was gently untied by the King. Laing sniffed the fragrance in Suria's hair, then carried her by the waist and walked into the room. "Let's rest together."
"You … You're still not satisfied with Veronica and Olica?" Suria just pretended to struggle a little, then leaned into Laing's arms. "Also, you should go find Morgiana!"
"Suria!" Laing hugged his wife, and the two of them fell onto the soft bed in the room. The King reached into the Queen's dress and helped her take off her high heels, then pulled Suria into his arms. Laing kissed his wife, then smiled bitterly. "Oh my god, my lady, I really regret agreeing to her terms. I don't even know how to repay Morgiana's debt."
"Pfft." Suria couldn't help but laugh. The female Knight blushed and said softly, "If you want to repay her, then what about mine? Laing, I'm your Queen. I haven't even returned the Queen's, and you're already thinking about someone else's? I'll be angry if you do this! "
"Return! I can return both! I'll return yours first! "
What else could the King say?
The country's affairs were difficult!
… I'm a debt-ridden section break …
Just as the Knight King decided to write a letter to his little maid and ask her to mediate, the Empire's Countess and her army had arrived at Karon Castle.
It was time to test the unity and cohesion of the Empire.
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