Lord of War

If it is placed before the establishment of the teleportation magic circle, when the king is seriously ill, he will issue a notice throughout the territory, and then order all the lords and nobles to prepare, and according to the distance between the territory and the king's capital, it is limited to resist the king's capital within one to three months. . But now, due to the invention of the teleportation magic circle, the itinerary will naturally be much faster. Therefore, since the death of Ingus Lane, nobles and lords from all over the world have been restricted to arrive at the capital within one day to participate in condolences.

It was more than half a month after Sean received the news, after that he and Alexis arrived in the capital directly by teleportation magic, and it didn't take much time. And Asuna and Elizabeth also arrived at the capital in the same way, and Vivienne led 500 Thunder Fronts to join Asuna and the others in a hasty march a week ago. However, in just one week, there were four assassinations against Voorhees. If you count the two previous assassinations in the palace, since the death of the old King Ingels, Voorhees has encountered six assassinations. Assassinated, one can imagine how eager the enemy is to get rid of Voorhees.

It's a pity that Sean, Asuna and the others don't know the reason for this.

But compared to Asuna's eagerness to know the reason, Sean didn't want to get involved at all.

In two days' time, it will be Ingels Lane's funeral, and then all the nobles who have been summoned to the capital to pay their condolences can leave.

Sean didn't want to cause any new troubles, he just wanted to spend these two days in peace.

So when faced with the invitation from the third prince Allan, Sean simply ignored it.

Besides, Sean didn't want to go to the Rosean Guild Hall at all. He had a lot of troubles in this guild hall back then, and later found out that this guild hall was actually the product of Black Hawk, one of the three kings of Ryan's underground world. It's just that the guy named Black Hawk never showed up after failing to assassinate Sean, and Sean also gave all these things about Black Hawk as a favor to Marquis Floris, and in the subsequent secret hunt The whereabouts of Black Eagle were still not found, but because Black Eagle left the Kingdom of Ryan, all the secret industries and sites he left behind were naturally taken over by Floris.

After that, Ruby took over the position of Black Hawk and became one of the three dark giants in the underground world of the Kingdom of Ryan, "dividing the river and ruling" with the Marquis of Floris. And because of Sean's relationship, the two of them also agreed to some special treaties, and occasionally shared information in private. Among them, the two of them were more strictly caught, which was to continue to hunt down the Black Hawk. But it is a pity that this former figure, one of the three giants in the underground world of the Ryan Kingdom, has never been found.

It's just that Sean didn't want to talk to the third prince Arlan, but he didn't want to pay more attention to Sean because of seeing Fanny's injured Highness Arlan.

So, under very delicate circumstances, the third prince personally visited and knocked on the door of Xiao En's room.

It is conceivable that when Sean opened the door and saw His Highness Arlan standing outside the door and looking at him with a smile, how surprised he was. To be honest, Sean really wanted to close the door directly, but after thinking about it for a few seconds, Sean still welcomed the prince into his room.

"You didn't take your elf follower with you?" Sean glanced behind Alan, and said after confirming that there was no second person behind him.

Arlan glanced at Sean, with a very strange look on his face, because he really couldn't tell whether Sean was provoking him or just chatting. If it was someone else, Arlan would be 100% sure that the other party was definitely provoking him, but facing the rumored Grand Duke of Void, Allan really didn't know how to judge if there was no malice in the eyes of the other party.

So, he could only smile wryly, and sighed, "Duke Xiao En, aren't you asking the question knowingly?"

"Huh?" Sean blinked, then turned to look at Alexis.

He remembered that Alexis told him that she had been very merciful, and there would be no sequelae at all, let alone serious injuries. Alexis let her go on purpose yesterday, just to fight against her opponent in the heyday. If she was severely injured, she would have to wait until the year of the monkey to fight against her. With Alexis' temperament Never do this kind of thing.

But now, according to what His Royal Highness Prince Allan said, Xiao En seems to be that his follower's injury is not serious. This is seriously inconsistent with what Alexis said last night.

"Her injury is not that serious, and she can move freely after lying down for a day at most." Alexis didn't want to speak at first, but seeing Xiao En's eyes full of doubts, she could only explain, "Anyway You elves all have life potions, just take a sip and sleep if you have internal injuries of that degree."

Hearing this, Arlan felt a little shocked in his heart, because judging from what Alexis said just now, he already knew that last night was because of his mercy, so this follower of Sean is definitely stronger than him. Fanny is much taller, far from the peak level of the thirteenth order as Fanny guessed, and even Fanny will not be his opponent when she uses the Meteor Sword Skill. However, although Arlan was shocked in his heart, the expression on his face was very natural, without any abnormality.

What he didn't know was that one of the other two people in the room was a middle sanctuary powerhouse and the other was a super powerhouse. The momentary change in Arlan's heartbeat just now couldn't escape the ears of the two of them, but whether it was Xiao Neither Eun nor Alexis was going to say anything. Of course, Alexis didn't think it was necessary, she was only interested in the strong, and Arlan didn't have any martial arts skills, so she naturally didn't care about it; Sean, on the other hand, didn't think it was necessary to tear Arlan apart. From the face of His Highness, judging from the fact that the other party dared to come to visit alone, he probably didn't want to cause any trouble for him.

Although the Marquis of Floris has said that the main supporters of the third prince, His Royal Highness Arlan, are his former political enemies of the noble factions in the Kingdom of Lane, but Sean is not a stupid person, of course he has his own judgment and understanding. Especially now that he is no longer the young boy of the past. He has been a lord for so long, even if he rarely personally participates in the development and construction of the territory, and even has almost no dealings with other lords, but the little doorman in the noble circle Under the influence of William and Hela, they are also very familiar with it.

Right now the third prince Arlan is visiting in person, just to reconcile.

Sure enough, after the third prince exchanged polite greetings with Xiao En, he quickly got to the point: "Duke Xiao En, I came to visit this time with some selfish intentions. I think what happened last night , perhaps there may be some misunderstanding."

"It's me who should say I'm sorry." Xiao En said with a smile, "It was my companion last night who hadn't had contact with a strong man for a long time. Could it be that he met such an outstanding follower of His Highness, so maybe he was handed over for a while? Itchy, the shot was a little heavy and accidentally hurt His Highness, please forgive me."

Sean already knew what Allan knew from the slight acceleration of his heartbeat just now, so he was naturally a little unscrupulous when he opened his mouth at this time.

Maybe it was because he wasn't used to Sean's straightforward way of speaking, or maybe he didn't know how to respond to Sean's words, so Arlan showed a slightly embarrassed expression, not knowing how to answer the words. But after all, he used to be responsible for the diplomatic work of the Kingdom of Ryan, so his thinking is naturally very quick, and his negotiation ability is naturally not weak. The atmosphere also seemed a lot more harmonious.

"I think Your Highness, it's not because of the little incident last night that you made a special trip to visit." However, Allan wanted to make circles, but Sean didn't intend to continue.

"Well...it's like this." Arlan has probably figured out Sean's character and speaking habits, so since Sean has already spoken so directly, he certainly doesn't intend to continue to argue, "I think, Sean Grand Duke, you should know that the death of my father was so strange that he didn’t even designate a successor, so the current political situation is quite chaotic. To the throne."

Under normal circumstances, Arlan would not have been so straightforward.

After all, if some things are too open and straightforward, it will make things tricky and troublesome-especially those timid and cautious nobles, they will always think about conspiracy theories, guessing whether this is a temptation or something else. However, Sean is indeed a little different. What he hates the most is making wild guesses around the bush, and straightforwardly explaining the situation is his favorite way of communication.

"Please allow me to refuse, Your Highness Allan." Sean vetoed without thinking at all, "I have no intention of getting involved in your royal family disputes. I am only here to pay tribute to the king when I come to the capital this time." Your Majesty, fulfill your duties as a subject. As for the next king's successor, I don't believe that His Majesty Ingels' wisdom will not make any arrangements."

In fact, Sean already knew the truth through the last visit of the Marquis of Floris. Maybe others don't know it clearly, but he knows that the Marquis of Floris is a real lonely minister, and he can only continue to live if he continues to be loyal to the heir appointed by Ingels Lane. After all He knew too many other people's secrets, so there must be many people who would be happy to see the death of the intelligence chief of the Ryan Kingdom.

Therefore, when the Marquis of Floris said that Ingels did not have time to designate an heir, Sean believed it.

However, Alan obviously did not intend to give up: "Actually, Grand Duke Sean, my father really did not leave any suicide note this time." Speaking of this, Alan looked quite helpless on his face, but then immediately Turning into passion: "But! Grand Duke Sean! Do you think my brother Adams and my sister Furhees are suitable candidates?"

"Do you think you can do it?" Sean asked back.

"I don't think so." Arlan shook his head slightly, "But at least I am more suitable than my brother and sister....My sister is not brave enough, if not, then I will support her as the successor , because she is deeply loved by the lower nobles and the people of the kingdom. If I have to say that the person who is the least suitable to succeed the throne, it is undoubtedly my brother, because his personality is distorted now, even if it is far away, I can Smell the chaotic breath on him."

Sean looked at Allan calmly. In the eyes of the third prince, Sean saw sincerity. Therefore, he believed that the assassins who assassinated Her Royal Highness Princess Voorhees were not sent by this prince. He also saw the sincerity of cooperation in the eyes of His Royal Highness, so he believes that those nobles in Senai will definitely not come to trouble him now, and they may even be excluded from his camp by His Royal Highness outside.

It's just, it's a pity.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness Allan, I still can't agree." Sean shook his head, "I really don't intend to get involved in your competition for the throne, otherwise I would choose the one chosen by Grand Duke Asuna whom I am more familiar with." faction. But since I have refused even Grand Duke Asuna's request, then I have no reason to join your camp... However, Your Highness Arlan, if you really think that , I think you should probably have a good talk with His Highness Voorhees."

Arlan didn't reply, he just stared at Sean.

After a long time, His Royal Highness the Third Prince finally nodded and chose to leave.

Seeing the departure of His Royal Highness, Alexis curled her lips: "It's really boring, I thought there would be a conflict... If I had known that I wouldn't have let that elf leave last night, maybe I could have forced him to The opponent took out the unique skill at the bottom of the box, and now it seems that there is really no need to fight."

"I'm really curious now, who is trying to assassinate Her Highness the Princess." Sean stood by the window, watching Alan get into a gray carriage, and then gradually moved away from his sight, "But it's a pity , I really don't have time to toss about these now."

"Want to find that Cecilia?" Alexis asked.

"How do you know?" Sean froze for a moment.

"You called this name many times when you were sleeping last night, so I just remembered it."

Sean's face flushed slightly, and he coughed, trying to change the subject. It's just that even if Sean doesn't try, Alexis doesn't have much interest in asking about it, because for Alexis, all she cares about is fighting, and she doesn't care about anything else .

However, perhaps it was because many people knew about His Royal Highness Arlan's visit, so no one bothered Sean for the next whole day.

This also made Sean feel at ease.

the next day.

The sky that had been clear for more than half a month turned gray, with occasional bursts of rain as thin as a cow's hair.

Today's royal capital is extraordinarily quiet and sad, as if there is a strong resentment condensed in this city. The civilians spontaneously went out early in the morning, and then gathered on the street, forming a long road from the main gate of the capital, extending to the center of the capital square. And those nobles also gathered in the palace early, and occasionally even if someone greeted and communicated with each other, their voices seemed very depressing.

Because today, the body of the old king Ingels Lane will start from the palace and be sent to the pyre that has been built in the center of the square for the cremation ceremony. All the nobles who have gathered in the royal capital will also follow the guards escorting the body.

This has always been the custom of the Ryan Kingdom.

Sean had already gotten a good supplement before coming to the capital, so he will definitely not make any mistakes today.

When the first ray of sunlight shone on the capital in the morning, the guards escorting the body of Ingus Lane set off from the palace. Following the guards were the sons and daughters of Ingels, but it was the eldest son Adams Ryan who walked in the front, followed by the third son Allan Ryan and the fourth daughter Voorhees Ryan. It is the other children arranged in order of seniority.

The important ministers following these princes and princesses were Xiao En and Asuna who walked in the front, followed by the Duke, Marquis, Earl, and Viscounts of the kingdom.

This is a mighty team.

But looking at this team, Xiao En felt only a dull death.

He knew very well that after the cremation ceremony was over, the war between the three contenders for the throne might directly enter a fierce stage. Fundamentally speaking, this kind of internal friction has always been avoided by all countries. Therefore, after the princes and princesses have grown up, the successive kings will conduct an assessment on their children, and then seal the letter with the heir in advance. .