Crown of Chaos

"Your Highness, the Duke of Kayneth-Ireland invites you."

The majestic female voice behind the gold and red gauze did not finish her words. An attendant quickly entered, knelt on one knee, and reported that the Duke wanted to see him.

"Invite him in." The voice behind the curtain said calmly.

The Duke of Kayneth-Ireland strode into the Duard Hall. The Duke's crown, also in purple and gold, was very dazzling in the light coming from the glass window in the afternoon. The Duke walked up to the Queen Regent, bowed briefly, and immediately An attendant brought him a chair.

As a real duke, Kayneth is almost on the same level as the regent. As long as there is no one on the throne of Cormyr, Kayneth doesn't have to bow to anyone.

The Duke of Ireland's willingness to bow to the Princess Regent was just a matter of respect between comrades-in-arms. Alice Searle had been following Assan IV in the north and south for nearly ten years since she was a teenager, and she had made numerous meritorious deeds, otherwise she would not have been able to do so. When Asan IV died in battle, he successfully received the support of the Purple Dragon Knights and the War Mage Group and became the regent of the kingdom.

"Sir Kayneth, you must have something important to do when you come here near dusk, right?" The Iron Queen's voice was always full of majesty.

"Yes, Your Highness, your loyal servant has good news to tell you!" Duke Kayneth glanced at the Queen's Blade captain next to him, and made an excited tone, saying that Aaron Salian had awakened the extraordinary. The news came out that Charming became a warlock.

Faced with Kayneth's "good news", Manshahou responded with silence.

The Duke chattered nonstop, and then emphasized excitedly: "The little guy is one of our own in Cormyr, and we must train him well. Your Highness, if you don't mind, I will ask a famous teacher to teach him how to do it." Sample?"

"Sir Kayneth is indeed the closest friend of the late king. In this matter, I feel your loyalty to the kingdom. However, for the purpose of guiding Salian to cast spells, I have a more suitable candidate. Sir Kayneth is Don't worry about it." The joy in Manshahou's voice obviously faded a bit.

"But... yes, since His Highness has already thought about it, I can only support your decision." Kayneth nodded in his mind.

That's enough. He is already the recommender, just an apprentice-level warlock. There is no need to be too formal.

Mansha's voice softly let out a "hmm", and her writing voice on the parchment was obviously two points heavier.

The conversation between the princess and the duke also did not end.

"Your Highness, something happened! The statue of the late king that the craftsmen had just made was broken by Sir Sharp!" A Queen's Blade quickly entered the palace.

"What?" The person behind Mansha stood up this time, and everyone in the hall felt her anger.

Queen's Blade quickly told what happened in the royal library.

The Princess Regent responded very quickly. She took a new piece of parchment, wrote a few strokes on it, and then threw the parchment on the ground.

Edict: The Purple Dragon Knight beheads Sir Sharp for the crime of lawlessness and deliberately destroying the statue in the library of the late King.

This punishment was so severe that even Duke Kayneth, who was sitting next to him, was secretly surprised.

This is the Iron Queen!

"Your Highness, is this punishment too severe?" Kaynes immediately spoke for Sharp: "Didn't the news say that the little guy Aaron might have used illusion or enchantment spells to make Sharp lose control? Is this sentence of beheading too harsh?"

"Doesn't he know where the royal library is?" The regent princess sitting behind Mansha asked back: "The retired war mage at the front desk has testified that it was Sharp who took the initiative to stir up trouble. Since he dared to stir up trouble in the royal library, he Be mentally prepared for the guillotine!"

"However, Salian caused such a thing just after he failed his mission, and it has a bad impact." The regent princess was obviously not in a good mood. She thought for a while, and then ordered: "It's not him who has awakened his charismatic charm. An excuse to do whatever you want and play magic! Send me an order to fine Aaron Salian half a year's salary and five months of reflection behind closed doors!"

"Yes." Queen's Blade took the order.

This is establishing authority, Kayneth, who was sitting aside, thought to himself.

This is a common tactic in the military. If you want to train a person well, you always first suppress him, humiliate him, torture him, destroy his self-esteem, smooth his edges and corners, and then train him for reuse.

But... this doesn't always work, my regent.

Well, if the princess does this, my recommendation will be valuable.

Before the Queen's Blade could go out, the third message was sent to the royal court.

Aaron Salian was assassinated, right uptown!

"What?" The regent princess could no longer control her emotions.

Right under his nose, only three kilometers away from the palace, Aaron Salian was actually assassinated?

The visitor told the details of what happened. When he said that Aaron was only slightly injured, after the monster was killed by the passing paladin Sir Leonard, even the palace maid in the distance could feel that the regent princess relaxed. tone.

"Check, check it for me immediately! Who did it? Who dared to assassinate Manuel's son near the Susar Palace! Hendry, go and inform Yuri! The Queen's Blade must give me the assassin Find out!”

"Follow the order!" Hendry first accepted the order, and then asked cautiously: "Then...about Viscount Salian's punishment?"

"...Write it down for now. Also, since he is fine, the original plan remains unchanged."

"Two days later in the morning, Viscount Salian will be summoned to appear at the Duard Hall!"

"As you command!"

————I wrote down the dividing line first————

That evening, I was very proud, carrying a whole pork chop on my shoulder, a whole wrapped beef tenderloin hanging on my back, half a dozen Tessels of red wine in my hand, and a bottle of deep water under my arm. Lothair, the city rum drinker, returned to Salian House with his belly full.

The uncle burped, thinking that His Highness the Duke was such a good man. Not only did he treat him to a feast, but he also left Sir Goodman to accompany him. Sir Goodman was also very enthusiastic and asked him what he wanted. Open your mouth.

What a good man!

Lothair thought for a while and tried to get a bottle of Tessel's red wine. He had been coveting this red wine for a long time, but the red wine imported from Tessel was really expensive, with a bottle costing 10 gold. Lion coins!

When Lothair made this request, Goodman was obviously stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face said "Are you serious?".

After getting the definite answer, the knight laughed and said that this was not easy. He asked the attendant next to him to run over and bought half a dozen Tessel red wine from the market. He also mixed the unused ingredients today with The unfinished wine on the table was given to him.

I made a lot of money this time!

Lothair felt good about herself, but when she arrived at the doorstep, her uncle began to hesitate again.

How to explain the origin of these things to Mellie?

So people passing by looked at a middle-aged man with doubts, holding something on his body, wine on the ground, and giving a speech to the tree on the roadside.

"Melly, Mellie, you heard about me. I have a good friend, the one I told you about, the one named John. He came back to Sousal and brought me Tessel wine. , we just had a meal together... Damn it, no, John is not that rich, even if he does go to Tessel, these bottles of wine will be in vain. "

"Oh, my dear Mellie, something good happened to me today. Our Royal Highness the Queen showed mercy and came to the stable to check the horses. I raised the horses beautifully and she rewarded me... This is not okay either."

Lothair put his hands on his hips and faced the big tree in front of him, thinking that this would not work. First of all, if the princess rewards Mellie, she can expose this lie just by asking, and our steel princess never abuses her. reward.

"What? Oh, you said this wine, yes, Sir XX left it here for me... No, I won't have to drink it myself!"

"People from my hometown? No, no, no, raffle on the street? No, no, you will get scolded for spending money randomly!"

Why can’t I drink this wine after I get it?

You can't bury it under a tree, right?

Lothair stood at the door of his house for almost half an hour, constantly speaking to the big tree in front of his house amidst the strange expressions of passers-by, until Aaron saw him at the window sill of the study on the second floor.

What is this uncle doing? Acting in a play?

The Viscount went downstairs, and Lothair quickly reported what happened to Aaron.

The Duke of Kayneth-Ireland?

The actual duke who was called a "friend" by the former king Assan IV?

He didn't stay in his own territory, so why did he appear in Susar?

Aaron thought carefully about the changes brought about by this accident.

Lothair failed to complete his task well, but the Duke's appearance also had a beneficial impact on his plan.

Only competition can lead to progress, and only competition can lead to development.

This may not be a bad thing for you.

However, you need to practice your speech skills when meeting the princess. The regent of the kingdom is not a benevolent person who likes to get close to people, otherwise he would not be nicknamed the Iron Princess.

For the next day, Aaron locked himself in the study. He studied Alice Sayre's recent decrees over and over again, trying to figure out how he should answer her questions.

On the third day, it was Aaron's turn to enter the palace to see the princess.

On this day, Aaron got up before five o'clock in the morning. With the help of his uncle and aunt, he put on his Viscount dress, tidied up his appearance, and even put on a little makeup. After all his clothes were meticulously dressed, Viscount Salian carefully arranged them. With the ermine behind the crown and the silver ring on the crown, he rode to the palace gate and waited.

Looking at the towering Susar Palace on the bank of Long Lake, and at the long and deep corridor behind the palace gate, Aaron's heart began to beat wildly uncontrollably.

What appeared in front of him was everything that this country, this race, and this civilization had accomplished for thousands of years. It was the glory that Obeszil had inherited to this day, and it was a symbol of the country of Cormyr still standing after countless storms.

It's not that Aaron has never come to the palace before, but it was always as a vassal, following the adults to attend the annual Susar meeting.

At this moment, Aaron fell into a trance, as if he had returned to his childhood. Following the dense flow of people, he followed his father and mother and squeezed into the palace gate. The nobles were chatting and laughing in the inner court, discussing this year's harvest and results. Outside is the home court of the knights. The young nobles look towards the inner court, their eyes full of ambition and desire.

And the moment his boots stepped on the entrance to the palace, everything disappeared again. He was the only one left between heaven and earth, and there were guards not far away, except for a Queen's Blade who guided him forward. , nothing is left.

Yes, I am the last Salian.

The sound of the heartbeat was extremely clear. Viscount Salian hesitated. He walked past magnificent buildings one after another, stepped over guards after guards, and gradually entered the heart of the kingdom.

"Little guy, are you here?" Aaron's thoughts were interrupted by a voice from beside him.

It's the Duke of Kayneth-Ireland!

"His Royal Highness Ireland! It's an honor to see you here!" Aaron quickly knelt down on one knee and saluted Duke Kayneth.

The hierarchy among nobles is actually quite complicated. It is divided into three structures: title, actual position, and vassal relationship. It does not mean that those with lower titles must pay homage to those with higher titles. For example, a person without any actual positions only When a duke who can play with birds at home faces a baron who is a minister of the kingdom and favored by the emperor, the baron has no need to salute the duke.

The same is true for the vassal relationship. When the two parties have no subordinate relationship, whether the person with the lower title salutes the person with the higher title depends entirely on the personal relationship.

Duke Kayneth is the actual Duke, the commander-in-chief of the army in the east of the kingdom, and the elder of Aaron.

"Hey, get up, get up. I haven't seen you for many years. I didn't expect you to have grown so big." Duke Kayneth accepted Aaron's courtesy calmly and helped him up personally: "Why are you in a daze? I called you twice. Just heard it."

"Your Highness, please forgive me. This is my first time entering the palace alone." Duke Kayneth saw Aaron's trance just now, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"It's normal. What's the point? Who doesn't behave like this when entering the palace for the first time?" Kayneth patted Aaron's shoulder with understanding, and His Highness the Duke looked particularly amiable: "You must know that I am personally responsible for your future. You recommended it to Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

"I'm very grateful!" Aaron's heart moved, thinking that Duke Kayneth actually recommended me to the princess himself?

If this is the case, it means that His Royal Highness the Duke is upright and upright and considers the country well, and can make friends with him.

"You are very lucky. Let me take you in." Kayneth motioned for Aaron to follow him. His Highness the Duke told him as he walked: "You are just a supplementary Purple Dragon Knight now. You are neither a formal Purple Dragon Knight nor have you obtained the title." With the title of knight in the inner court, you will be arrested if you wander around in the palace."

"For today's interview, I have already arranged the attendants and maids for you in advance. You don't have to worry. You just need to answer the questions well, but you must remember that you have to control what can and cannot be said. "

This person may be useful in the future.

The Duke thought for a moment and decided to give him a little sweetness, just a little bit, and Endo would be lighter.

"Yes." Aaron can be regarded as a person who has experienced life and death since time travel, but at this moment, he also feels a little sleepwalking. He only feels that his steps are a bit vague, and he always feels unstable when stepping on the hard floor tiles. Hearing the Queen's Zhibian went in to report that a layer of cold sweat had broken out on Viscount Salian's palms and back.

As a son of Chaos, he shouldn't be like this.

But after more than ten years of experience, living in the shadow of seizing the title, and the regent's long-standing autocratic and cold-blooded style, Aaron was not absolutely sure.

He is not the time traveler protagonist in those online novels in his memory. He relies on foresight and deep understanding of the characters to take everything into his own hands.

I still need to hone myself.

"Come in." A majestic female voice came from the hall.

Aaron strode into the Duard Hall, followed the etiquette that had been rehearsed many times in advance, lowered his head, took six steps forward, took off the viscount crown and put it in his hand, and knelt down on one knee.

"Her Royal Highness the Regent Princess Alice-Obeszil, your loyal and humble servant is here to greet you, and in the name of the Silver Virgin, I wish you good health!"

"Congratulations...to the last Salian, raise your head and let me see you." The majestic female voice said.

Aaron slowly raised his head, controlling his expression.

Through the hazy golden-red gauze, an elegant and mature royal lady is sitting on the throne.

She wore a full set of Obeschier royal princess dress and a pair of black suede red-soled stiletto high-heeled shoes that were classic and elegant. The high slit on the side of the floor-length dress also exposed her long, slender black silk legs. Just from the oily texture and delicate texture of the black silk, you can feel the softness and smoothness of the stockings.

"Yes, Your Royal Highness."

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