Lord Highlander

Although Ruyt City looks as calm as an autumn lake on the surface, the nobles are like a group of ants on a hot pot in private.

The nobles had frequent contacts in private, and the most talked about was that Viscount Du Wei failed to accept the trial of the House of Representatives of the Province of Bena, but was hanged on the stake by the Magic Union Law Enforcement Team in the Magic Square and burned to death.

The other thing is that Earl Allen Benton was implicated by the old Earl Benton, and died on the hospital bed due to illness. In the end, he did not choose to be buried, but unexpectedly held a cremation.

In the city of Ruyt, there are more than one hundred families involved in the plague incident, all of whom were nobles who left the city quickly on the morning of the plague incident, and nobles who had close contacts with Viscount Duwei, and their territories could only be confiscated unless they were guilty of serious crimes. , or impose some fines.

In the past few years in Ruyt City, since Lord MacDonnell announced the independence of the Gambo plane, he has been guarding against wars. Therefore, the noble lords in the city almost only have a small number of guard knights. Hundreds of nobles in Ruyt City can support There are less than 50 nobles who can afford to guard the knights. If everyone gathers the knights together, it may not be possible to exceed 5,000.

For every noble lord, the lord's private army is the proof of strength.

So now the nobles in Ruyt City can talk about the Suldak Consul in private, but they can't unite together to resist Suldak's punishment of the lord involved.

More than 6,000 civilians died in Ruyt this time. Suldak decided to build two more nursing homes for the elderly to support the elderly who lost their ability to live, and to build two orphanages to raise children who lost their parents. The start-up funds were almost all confiscated from the nobles in the city.

Although the nobles complained about this huge fine, no one dared to oppose Suldak.

It's just that the grievances in the hearts of the nobles will still be more or less brought into daily life. For example, the efficiency of officials in the city hall to approve some documents has dropped significantly. Many members of the House of Representatives have stood on the opposite side of Suldak, so that some The irrelevant proposals are almost all one-sided and develop in the direction that Suldak least wants to see.

Fortunately, in the past few months, a group of nobles in Ruyt City have attached themselves, such as the Ludwild family, the Mende family, the Eugene family and so on.

This allowed Suldak to have the absolute right to speak in the House of Representatives, but there were often some opposing voices in the parliament. Although Suldak could put him on the right track, these trivial matters made him exhausted every day. Usually these matters can be finalized with Xi Ya, and pushed into the formal process, but now everything needs Suldak's personal attention.

In the evening, lights were lit in the rooms of the city hall building, and in the office belonging to Suldak at the top of the building, Suldak felt a little tired after sending out the financial officer, Colt Latie, although A little hungry, but no appetite at all.

After reading a few documents, Surdak went to the window.

Looking at the gradually lit up city, the magic caravans coming and going on the streets, and the shops lined up on the main street, this city is many times more prosperous than it was two years ago.

If it weren't for this plague incident, Suldak would even have prepared to fund the construction of a satellite town along Tabei Avenue outside the city, so that the residents in the abandoned mining area could be moved out.

Now it seems that this satellite town may have to take a break.

There were eager footsteps in the corridor...

Suldak didn't know what was causing a Janna mermaid wearing high heels to run in the corridor. When he turned around from the window, he saw Siya pushing the door open.

Xi Ya held the door frame of the office with both hands, panting and said to Suldak: "Boss, Beatrice sent a message from the housekeeper that Hathaway is going to give birth soon."

Suldak's eyes lit up, and he felt a small flame ignited in his heart: "When did the symptoms start to appear?"

Suldak didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately picked up the coat hanging on the hanger and walked outside.

Siya followed behind Surdak, and continued, "It is said that labor pains occurred in the afternoon."

Suldak stood at the door, turned slightly sideways, and said to Siya who was following behind:

"walk home!"

...

There are floor-to-ceiling glass windows everywhere on both sides of the market, and the lights in the windows make the street lights look extraordinarily dim.

The magic caravan passed by the street quickly, and the splash of water made the passers-by on the street yell at each other, but when they saw the back of the magic caravan, the cursing stopped abruptly again. The flags were hung on the rain-proof eaves on both sides of the caravan, and there were no family emblems on both sides of the caravan. Anyone familiar with Ruyt City knew what this car represented.

At the moment, Suldak, who was sitting in the carriage, felt the violent bumps of the caravan. He closed his eyes, thinking of all kinds of the past like old photos in his mind.

His heart was beating very hard, and he felt a strong feeling of being recognized by the world.

Although he opened his eyes and looked at the lights on both sides of the street, it was still somewhat unreal, but he clearly felt the difference from the past.

Xi Ya was wearing a long skirt with shark pattern and delicate light makeup on her face, sitting quietly opposite.

She could feel Suldak's nervousness, so she leaned forward and held Suldak's hand. The hand was a little cold, even if it was clenched into a fist, it was still trembling uncontrollably.

She had never seen Suldak so nervous, even on the battlefield, he rushed to the front with his shield up, and his eyes were not as hesitant as they are now.

The magic caravan passed the castle drawbridge, and the wheels rolled over the planks on the drawbridge, making a rumbling sound.

After seeing the magic caravan clearly, the guards at the door quickly sent a signal to the castle.

The magic caravan drives through the vestibule and under the front steps of the castle.

Before the caravan came to a complete stop, Suldak pushed the carriages and jumped out of the carriage. He saw Beatrice walking out of it quickly, looking at him anxiously, so he couldn't help asking road:

"How is Hathaway?"

Beatrice came over, took the initiative to hold Suldak's arm, and said to him: "Nika and the girls from the medical team are taking care of Hathaway, and she is doing well now."

Seeing that there was a trace of anxiety on Beatrice's face, Suldak nodded and walked into the castle hall.

The castle hall was brightly lit.

Suldak walked through the hall on the first floor, and walked into the inner corridor of the golden arched dome together with Beatrice. The inner courtyard of the castle was full of maids, and everyone was waiting anxiously outside. Seeing Su Erdak came in and saluted Surdak one after another.

At this time, Suldak was not in the mood to pay attention to them, he waved his hand casually and walked upstairs.

Hathaway's bedroom is on the third floor of the castle.

At this moment, the door of the bedroom was also crowded with maids carrying various washbasins and towels.