Iron Powder and Spellcaster

"... Grove Magnus had already planned and secretly surrendered to his garrison to blockade the Kings' Castle overnight - they did not even wait until daybreak when the MPs went to the Great Council meeting before taking action - until Rove’s lackeys came to arrest people, and many congressmen did not know the disastrous defeat of the government troops in the new land..."

As he spoke, Kai Moreland kept his hands firmly on his knees.

He suppressed his mood swings and tried to maintain his composure and demeanor. Still, others could easily tell from his body language how scared he was.

After the battle of Hehehe Village, the King's Castle government immediately blocked the land access to the new reclamation province.

So much so that the military and political officials in the newly reclaimed land only knew about the process of the pseudo-speaker Grove Magnus "purging the native MPs and welcoming the troops from the United Provinces into the country", which could only come from rumors in private letters.

Through the personal narration of the person involved, Congressman Kai Moreland, the three school officials present finally cleared the air and figured out the whole story of the "Second King's Castle Coup" shrouded in fog.

"It seems that Grove Magnus has some similarities with the newly graduated officer cadets." Lieutenant Colonel Matthias Kerwin looked at several alumni and joked: "'First time' though It was embarrassing, but I still learned a lot. By the time I did it for the 'second time', I was much more proficient."

Lieutenant Colonel Matthias tried to liven up the atmosphere with a dirty joke, but among his three target audiences:

Winters didn't understand, because the unfortunate Captain Montagne had no chance to participate in the "Victory Parade" - a graduation carnival trip where he was lavished with money and debauchery.

Being a serious old man, Colonel Skull Mecklen blushed and was too embarrassed to answer;

As for Colonel Gesar Adonis, he was not amused at all by Lieutenant Colonel Matthias’s vulgar jokes.

"You said that Grove had planned it for a long time and arrested all the opponents in one night." Colonel Gesa stared at Kai Moran, half of his face covered with scars twitching slightly, looking very terrible. terror.

He asked the latter loudly: "Then how did you escape?"

"It's all thanks to Major Claire Ronald reporting the news in advance." Kay Morland was not intimidated by Colonel Gesa, and replied calmly: "I changed my clothes and pretended to be the major's adjutant. I followed the major and traveled all night from Zhuzhou to Zhuhai. The king's castle escaped."

Colonel Gesa did not intend to let Kai Moran go easily. He asked aggressively: "But now you are the only one here, where are the Ronalds?"

"I don't know." Kai's eyes darkened.

"Don't you know?" Colonel Gesa's tone became more severe.

"At that time, Grove's lackeys were in hot pursuit. Major Ronald gave me his horse and turned around to divert the pursuers... So I don't know how Major is doing now." Kaye Moreland His eyes were slightly red, and he said very emotionally: "But without Major Ronald's sacrifice and help, I would not have the opportunity to sit here today."

Upon seeing this, Lieutenant Colonel Matthias took out the silk handkerchief from his arms and gently placed it in front of Kai Morland.

Kai Morland nodded gratefully and picked up a handkerchief to wipe the corners of his eyes.

Colonel Gesar curled his lips in disdain: "Save it! Who knows if you betrayed Ronald so that you could escape back to the new land."

"Colonel." Kai Morland put down his handkerchief and looked directly at Gesa Adonis: "I can swear on my father's grave that what I said today is true."

"Really?" Gesa sneered: "But I don't believe it."

Kai Morland clenched his fists under the table and spoke in the most sincere tone: "Then what should I do so that you are willing to believe me?"

"No matter what you do, I will never trust you." Geza replied sarcastically.

The smell of gunpowder in the conference room became stronger and stronger. Colonel Skull looked at Winters Montagne who brought Kai Moreland to everyone, hoping that the latter would take action.

Winters, however, remained silent and stayed away from the incident, observing Colonel Gesar, who suddenly became very aggressive, and Kai Morland, who endured the colonel's attack and struggled to deal with it.

From the moment he met Colonel Gesar at the entrance of the city hall in the early morning, Winters was keenly aware that "Mr. Congressman" did not tell everything to himself.

At the very least, Kai Moreland is deliberately hiding his relationship status.

Because as soon as Colonel Gesa saw Kai Morland, he immediately showed undisguised hostility;

Lieutenant Colonel Matthias looked very surprised when he saw Kai Morland walking into the conference room, as if he had no prior knowledge - of course, this was probably the effect of disguise.

Out of surprise, Lieutenant Colonel Matthias welcomed Kai Morland, hugging and kissing the latter very warmly.

It seems that the two have had quite a personal relationship in the past.

In this case, it would be a bit suspicious if Lieutenant Colonel Matthias didn't know that Kai Morland had returned to the new land.

On the other hand, Colonel Skull Mecklen showed complete shock after meeting Kai Morland.

Suspicion followed, so most of the time Colonel Skull's eyes rested on Winters rather than Kai Moreland.

Colonel Skull seemed to want to see from Winters's face that he was colluding with Kai Morland. What was his plan?

Winters saw all of the above.

Winters even discovered that Kai Moreland also showed an unconscious tendency when it came to seat selection:

Although the latter was sitting next to Winters, he chose a seat farthest away from Colonel Geza and facing Lieutenant Colonel Matthias.

This forced Winters to rethink the value of Kai Moreland.

Because for Winters right now, the most important task is to win two votes from Colonel Geza and prevent the newly born Plato Republic from becoming a second federal province.

So at this critical juncture, the last thing Winters wanted to see was a conflict between himself and Colonel Geza.

Winters was also a little dissatisfied that Kai Morland deliberately concealed his relationship with Colonel Geisa and Lieutenant Colonel Matthias.

So Winters watched with cold eyes as Kai Moreland was bitten by Colonel Geza.

Seeing that Kai Morlan had already explained everything he knew about the second coup in the Castle of Kings, Colonel Gesa asked the former unceremoniously: "Do you have anything else to say?"

Kai Morland stole a glance at the expressionless Wolf Blood, and then observed the atmosphere in the conference room. Even if there were ten thousand things he wanted to say in his heart, he swallowed them all.

He shook his head.

"Take him away." Gesa knocked on the table hard and gave a direct order to the military police who heard the sound and opened the door to the conference room.

The members of the military police from Baishan County were about to step forward to capture Kai Morland, but they were blocked by two figures - Charles and Heinrich.

Everyone present knew that Ciel, who was also a Venetian, was the blood wolf's valet, and "Executioner" Heinrich was the blood wolf's flag bearer.

With the two of them blocking the way, no one dared to act rashly for a while.

Kai Moran looked at the Blood Wolf for help, while Colonel Gesa also stared at Winters with raised eyebrows.

"Mr. Kai." Winters, who was the center of everyone's attention, stood up and said politely: "If there is no other need for my help, please leave first."

Kai Morland expressed his gratitude to everyone present. Although it could be seen that he was very reluctant, he obediently walked out of the conference room under the protection of Charles and Heinrich.

As soon as the door to the conference room closed, Colonel Geza pulled off the top two buttons of his military uniform and asked Winters angrily: "You brat, how did you get involved with Kai Morland?"

"[The bird is chased by the eagle and flees into his arms, and the hunter will protect it]." Winters said a proverb that exists in both the horse country and Heder Heath, and then sighed: "What's more, He said that Major Ronald asked him to come to me for help, so I can’t just kill him, right?”

Colonel Skull couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and looked at Lieutenant Colonel Matthias aside, who shrugged.

After hearing Winters' words, Colonel Geza's anger subsided a little, but it was still not completely subsided. He asked Winters: "Do you know who Kai Morland is?"

Winters replied tactfully: "I only know what Kai Moreland himself told me."

"Then you might as well come and listen to what I tell you!" Colonel Geza took a deep breath and said viciously: "Kay Morland is a die-hard Red Rose! Grove Magnus's lackey! After the first coup in the King's Castle, he was the one who swore allegiance to the puppet government on behalf of the Xinken Land! The guy who has always been the least able to deal with us in the Xinken Land is him!"

"Senior." Lieutenant Colonel Matthias interjected with a smile: "To be precise, he should be the one you have the least chance of dealing with."

"Is there any difference?" Colonel Gesa stared back immediately.

"No difference." Lieutenant Colonel Matthias smiled and waved his hand in surrender: "No difference."

Colonel Gesar turned around and said earnestly to Winters: "All in all, this kid is very bad. Don't get involved with him..."

"If he is Grove Magnus's lackey." Winters has never been an obedient child. He frowned and asked the colonel: "Why does Grove Magnus still want to arrest him? Chase him. Kill him?"

"Damn it! Who knows whether what he said is true or false." Colonel Gesar slapped the table and cursed: "Anyway, I don't know whether Ronald is alive or dead, so I have to let him speak alone. Then what does he want to say? What can you say? Maybe Grover Magnus sent him back to the new land to drive a wedge between us!"

"That's also possible." Winters replied calmly.

"We can talk about Kai Moran later. Anyway, he is in Maplestone City and can't escape." Colonel Skull tried to stop the meaningless discussion, his eyes flashed with excitement: "The most important thing at the moment is The important thing is to prepare the troops as soon as possible and attack the newly cultivated provinces."

Colonel Skull analyzed: "If what Kai Morland said is true, then the second coup of the kings' castle is by no means a simple military coup, but Grove Magnus combined all the opposition He and the local MPs who opposed federal interference were purged.

In other words, Grove Magnus is now completely alone. If there is no pressure from the troops of the United Provinces, the citizens of the Kings Castle may attack in groups and overthrow him. "

"If this is the case, we must seize the opportunity to open up new lands as soon as possible!" Colonel Skull said eagerly: "Before the kings' castles re-establish their rule, we must combine those with Grove Magnus. The alienated city and the Platoans who hate the invasion of the United Provinces as much as we do, are brought to our side."

Finally, Colonel Scull rarely followed the example of other officers, slammed the table, and categorically emphasized: "The sooner, the better!"

"I agree!" Lieutenant Colonel Matthias immediately raised his hand to express support and suggested: "We should merge and manage the prisoners held by the troops in each county as soon as possible, recruit people from the prisoners to supplement our losses. The prisoners are the best. As long as the conditions are favorable enough, they will be happy to take up arms again."

"I agree." Winters also raised his hand. The unified management of prisoners is an opinion he has always supported: "The unified management of prisoners is also conducive to screening and statistics. However, the scope of recruitment should be limited to soldiers, and officers should be placed separately. Don’t consider absorbing them yet.”

Colonel Skull and Lieutenant Colonel Matthias exchanged glances, and then the former nodded happily: "The officer should indeed investigate for a while."

Here, the three of them are discussing how to manage the captives.

Over there, the sullen Colonel Gesa suddenly said: "Where does Kai Morland live now?"

Winters raised his eyebrows: "He is now sheltering at Mikaesh Kelemin's house. I sent someone to protect him."

"No, no! It's not about protection, it's about monitoring and guarding him - keeping him in custody! If we don't control him, God knows what big trouble this kid will cause us!"

Gesa gritted his teeth and slapped the table: "Why don't you just arrest him and put him in the dungeon of Maple Leaf Castle! He is a member of Red Rose, so arresting him is justifiable! No one else can say anything."

"I support your decision." Winters paused: "However, at this juncture, I am afraid that we cannot easily capture Kai Morland."

Winters glanced at Colonel Skull with special meaning: "If we want to fight out."

"Why can't we arrest him?" Gesa asked angrily.

"No, it's really not possible." Colonel Skull reacted and quickly dissuaded him: "In any case, Kai Moreland is also a localist who opposes the interference of the federal provinces, and he is also a Red who opposes Grove Magnus. Rose, may even be the only member of Parliament who escaped from the castles of the kings. At this time, if he is arrested openly, it will definitely send the wrong message. Not only can we not arrest him, but we must also use him to persuade those who are still under arrest. The city bewitched by Grover Magnus, let him prove the madness of Grover Magnus..."

Colonel Gesar would not be easily persuaded by Winters, but he could listen to Colonel Skull's opinion.

He sat there, sulking for a while, and finally said unwillingly: "Even if we don't arrest him, we still have to keep him under strict supervision! To prevent him from playing tricks on us!"

"I also sent a few people to watch Kai Moran." Colonel Geza looked at Winters: "Is it okay?"

"Of course it's no problem." Winters replied with a smile: "You sent someone there and it saved me some effort."

"Then that's it for today." Colonel Gesa fastened the collar button, picked up the coat hanging on the back of the chair, and said gruffly: "I'm tired, I won't come in the afternoon."

After that, the colonel walked towards the door.

"Why can't I come?!" Colonel Scull was stunned for a moment, and rushed out of his seat anxiously: "There are still a lot of things I want you to say."

"You three make a decision." Colonel Geza's eyes swept across the people in the conference room, and finally rested on Winters. He said angrily: "It's not like I'm missing out anyway!"

After that, he walked away.

"This..." Colonel Skull looked at Colonel Gesa's back, then at the other two people left in the conference room, and finally sighed helplessly: "Alas..."

"Then that's it for today." Seeing Colonel Geisa's strike and demonstration, Lieutenant Colonel Matthias also smiled and stood up to say goodbye: "We also have a day off."

In the blink of an eye, only two people and three votes were left in the Supreme Committee, which was completely incapacitated and shut down.

The small door leading to the next room was gently pushed open, revealing a head - Lieutenant [Woods Frank] of White Mountain County.

The honest Lieutenant Woods was promoted to "reconnaissance of the enemy" by other officers selected to participate in the preparatory meeting.

Because the painstakingly formulated plans were ruthlessly rejected again and again, the officers from each county who were selected to participate in the preparatory meeting developed an extremely strong feeling of common hatred towards the four-person Supreme Committee, which unexpectedly enhanced the mutual trust between the backbone and middle-level officers of each county. and friendship.

"Colonel." Lieutenant Woods asked Colonel Scull bravely: "Our commander, he..."

"He's gone." Colonel Skull took out his pipe slowly, with a tired look on his face: "Lieutenant Colonel Matthias is gone too."

"Then let's..."

"You guys should also take a day off."

As soon as these words came out, the next room instantly burst into enthusiastic cheers. Listening to that feeling, I feel even happier than winning a battle.

"Yes!" Lieutenant Woods saluted Colonel Scull, then saluted Junior Montagne, and happily disappeared behind the door.

Winters signaled the recorder sitting in the corner to leave as well, so only Winters and Colonel Scull were left in the huge conference room.

Winters carried a kettle and walked to Colonel Scull, poured a glass of water for the old man, and helped the latter light his pipe.

Colonel Skull was a little uncomfortable at first and looked at the wolf cub subconsciously, but in the end, he accepted Winters' kindness with a smile.

"Senior." Although strictly speaking, Winters should call him "Senior," but he still shamelessly called him "Senior." "Excuse me, what kind of grudge does this Kai Morland have with Colonel Geza?"

"What's the grudge?" Colonel Scull took a deep breath from his pipe and slowly exhaled the smoke: "That's a long story."

Winters used body language to show that he was listening.

"If you must say it." Colonel Skull once again teased his old classmate behind his back: "Every upright New Land Councilor has a grudge against Gesar Adonis. Kai Morland is just the most recent. The tough one."

Winters burst out laughing: "So Colonel Gesar is here... as a villain?"

"Who can tell black and white, right and wrong?" Colonel Scull glanced at Winters meaningfully: "Captain Montagne, do you think you are not a villain? I am not a villain. Do you know the role? Sometimes, who is the good guy and who is the villain just depends on who tells the story."

"I partially agree with you." Winters responded politely: "But I think that no matter when and where, right and wrong are black and white... there will always be a basic principle of judgment that is universally applicable."

"May you always be as determined as you are now." Colonel Skull glanced at Winters lovingly, and then sighed: "In any case, Adonis really hates Kai Morland. Otherwise, Kai ·Morland will not hide in the castles of the kings."

Immediately afterwards, Colonel Skull changed the topic and said with a smile: "However, even if he hid in the Castle of the Kings, Kai Morland still did not give up his plan to 'check the account of Baishan County'. Just cause trouble for Adonis.”

"Just checking the accounts?" Winters recalled Colonel Gesar's anger: "Just checking the accounts, I'm afraid it won't be like this."

Colonel Scull was silent for a moment: "It is said...I just heard that it seems that there have been deaths."

However, Colonel Skull no longer planned to talk any more: "I know only this much, and I have told you everything. I am going back to rest, so you should rest early."

After that, Colonel Skull knocked away the ashes, stood up and left.

Winters raised his hand in salute.

Colonel Skull was stunned for a moment, returned the salute, and the two said goodbye.

…

That night, Winters hosted a banquet at his residence for Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, who had come all the way from Wolf Town to Maplestone City.

However, the Winters, Anna and Mitchell families have long been as close as a family in a literal sense.

So instead of saying "Winters entertained the Mitchell family", the actual situation was more like the Mitchell family entertaining Winters and Anna at Winters' apartment.

The delicacies on the table are basically made by Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell Jr.

Anna, the theoretical hostess, was "invited" out of the kitchen to coax the children with Scarlett. The two girls hadn't seen each other for a while, and they had endless whispers with each other.

And Winters is like every Plato male: he just chats in the living room before the meal, and hides in the lounge to play cards after the meal.

Even Father Kaman—who was, of course, invited to the Seder—was invited to play cards by Wintesla.

Winters’ reason was “otherwise there won’t be enough people.”

But after a few games, Winters regretted it. Because the priest was so powerful, Winters was stunned.

"Tell me the truth, did you use..." Winters stared at Father Carman as if he was interrogating: "Mind reading?"

"With you." Kaman shuffled the cards deftly and replied disdainfully: "No need."

"Cheating will lead to hell!" Winters shouted.

Kaman suddenly stretched out his hand and conjured a card out of thin air in front of Winters' eyes. In the blink of an eye, the card disappeared again: "You only count as cheating if you are caught."

"I don't believe I can never catch you!" Winters said angrily, "Come again!"

The Mitchells and his son on the side could only look at each other helplessly and smile bitterly.

Gilad Mitchell actually saw it a long time ago: Although the young resident officer of Wolf Town is always calm and relaxed, he is more competitive than anyone else in his heart; in a sense, it is precisely because If you are too competitive, you can easily hurt others, so the young resident officer will become calm and deliberately avoid competition.

Seeing that Lord Montagne's desire to win has been completely aroused, Old Mitchell couldn't help but start to worry about Father Carman's personal safety.

"Your Excellency." Gilad asked cautiously: "Excuse me..."

"Please don't call me 'Your Excellency', Uncle Mitchell, please don't do it under any circumstances." Winters looked away from the cards in Kaman's hand as if he had been burned. He looked at Gilad M. Chel, pleadingly: "You can still call me Winters...or Captain, as before."

"Then..." Gilad blushed, hesitated for a moment, and finally did not mention the title at all.

Ignoring his son who was shaking his head vigorously, he asked cautiously and doubtfully: "What exactly do you want to do by summoning the 'free men' of the new land this time?"

The card table fell silent instantly, and even Kaman stopped what he was doing and looked at Winters curiously.

When Winters heard this question, his expression immediately became serious.

He put his hands on his knees, thought carefully for a long time, and replied solemnly: "Although there are many things I want to explain to you, to be concise and honest... I hope that the 'free people' of the newly cultivated land can witness the emergence of a new republic. Birth.”

Both Carman and Pierre's eyes were a little complicated.

Gilad acted as if nothing was wrong. He nodded and asked, "Then what is the difference between this 'New Republic' and the current 'Republic'?"

There was another long silence.

Winters thought about it for a long time. He came up with an answer that he felt was too hasty, and another answer that he felt was too optimistic.

Finally, he raised his head, with a flash of confusion in his eyes: "I don't know if this new republic will turn into the same thing as the current 'Republic' in the future, or even turn into something worse, I really don't know.

Father Rhett asked me to read more, but I only saw the cycle repeating itself again and again - one lord left, and another lord came; people who feed on others are eaten by others, layer by layer, everyone is eating. Screaming. Even if there are some golden moments, they are just fleeting in the end. There is only eternal oppression, eternal pain, and never-ending. "

"But, I will do my best to make it better." Winters' eyes became firmer little by little, and he told the old Mitchell word by word: "Even just a little bit."

Gilad Mitchell, who was born in the empire, finally joined the province, and witnessed the last earth-shaking, confirmed the look in the eyes of the young man in front of him.

He vaguely remembered that he had seen a pair of almost identical eyes somewhere.

Gilad Mitchell struggled to digest it for a while, and finally, he answered honestly: "What you said is too profound. In fact... I don't quite understand what you are saying."

"But I believe you." Gilad stood up and nodded: "I believe you."

"Tell me what you want me to do, and I will do my best." Gilad Mitchell took little Mitchell's hand and pulled the latter up: "It's an honor that my son can also do it for you. Serve."

"It's my honor to have your trust." Winters also stood up and solemnly returned the gift.

"Okay." Kaman sighed: "Let's play cards."

Winters came to his senses but did not intend to play with Carman anymore. He sincerely said to Girard: "Actually, there are many things I want to ask for your opinion and explain to you."

"Ready to help."

"Then now." Winters took away the cards and said with a smile, "Then I will tell you now."

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

Scarlett's clear girlish voice came into the lounge:

"Winters, there's an ugly guy with no hair out there."

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