Warhammer Throne

Inside the palace, the banquet continued. Emperor Karl-Franz, Ivan, Duke of Griffin, and Emmanuel Emmanuel, Duke of Griffin, sat together, chatting about the emperor’s proposal.

Emilia shook the Ivy collar red wine in the glass. This premium red wine from Ivy collar, a major agricultural province, was called Kande. It was still the top "aged classical Kande", but for Emilia , This kind of drink is really nothing unusual. The empire kept her ladylike posture, chatting with the emperor and Ryan’s godfather, Emilia’s face was less cold and impatient, she just habitually Bringing the habits in the Nur court to the banquet in the palace.

From a certain point of view, Emilia did nothing wrong, as she said, if she smiles and welcomes people all day long, it is easy to be regarded as a good bully, especially for a woman.

It's different for men. If Ryan smiles and greets others all day long, it means someone is out of luck.

"How about it, what is my proposal?" Emperor Karl-Franz maintained his hearty standard smile: "Emman Noli, consider it?"

"Really speaking like a lightning strike at the opening." Emilia squinted at the Emperor of the Empire, not only without a trace of respect, but also with deep contempt: "My Majesty, you don't care about your Rick. So how come to my head? It’s not a time of war, nor is it on the imperial assembly. I am not obliged to follow your orders, not at all."

"Don't have such a bad attitude, Your Majesty, your Majesty did not order you, but just made you consider this proposal." Ivan, Duke of Griffin spread his hands and said to help: "We have never forced you to do anything."

"Just like Karl can't order you?" Emilia said grimly. The princeess obviously didn't even give the face of Godfather Ryan: "Your Excellency Ivan, or would you like to tell me that this time our emperor Your Majesty asks you to take action. What conditions did you offer?"

The pungent irony of this remark made both Karl Franz and Ivan Ferdinand a little embarrassed. Emperor Karl coughed a few times and could only whisper: "Emman Noli? It's not appropriate to talk about this now, let's say we want to talk about this. ...Well, can you give me an answer to my proposal?"

Emilia's thin eyebrows frowned.

Just now, Emperor Karl-Franz made a proposal to replace the territory.

This replacement territory is not the replacement of Karl Franz’s Rick collar and Emilia’s Wesson collar, because there is no need and cannot be replaced. Karl Franz’s proposal is Emilia’s Wesson collar, and The Duke of Mousillon of Ryan replaced a territory to strengthen the friendly relationship between the two sides and deepen the alliance between the two sides, including Ryan and Emilia, including Bretania and the Empire.

It is not uncommon to replace territories. The most famous is the famous city fortress Kalonborg between Rick and Midden. This city changes ownership back and forth between Rick and Midden. In the end, both sides A compromise was reached, Kronborg belonged to the Midden lord, and the nobles of Kronborg were allowed to loyal to Emperor Karl-Franz.

And now, Karl-Franz means that Ryan can, as Duke of Moussilon, replace a territory with the Queen of the Empire. In this way, the alliance will be stronger, and it can also promote cultural exchanges and consolidate the alliance between the two sides. It is also convenient for the command of the coalition when it is assembled, and it does not require so many excuses to send troops and reinforcements.

Emilia was a little annoyed instinctively, because the emperor's idea was obviously to strengthen the relationship with Ryan through her own. As we all know, it is the easiest to follow the Madame route to contact Ryan.

If Suria and Morjana are the two ropes used by the lake fairy and Bretania to tie Ryan, then Emilia is an important link between the Empire and Ryan to maintain a strong alliance.

The little maid didn’t like this. She always felt that the relationship between her and Ryan was a pure relationship that began in Marienburg. The original communication between the two people was very pure, but now the interaction between them has a direct impact on national interests. And diplomatic relations.

But thinking about it carefully, Emilia’s political wisdom and clever mind immediately realized that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. This idea is a good idea and suitable for herself. She has no reason not to accept it. After years of experience After experience, Emilia has long understood that personal likes and dislikes are one thing, and overall interests are another.

"My Majesty, you stay in the palace every day and don't think about all kinds of problems for our great empire. Instead, you concentrate on helping me and my people think about the replacement of territory? Then I really want to thank you!" Emilia Still not letting go of the emperor, she said sarcastically: "It is a blessing for the empire to have an emperor who has worked so hard for the people of the empire!"

"Then what should I think?" The emperor knew Emilia, and since she said that, it means that she had already moved. So Karl Franz made a humorous joke: "As the imperial emperor, there are only seven days a week. , Am I going to get angry on the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and cry on the 24th, 6th, and then think specifically about how to hang the merchant in Marienburg on Sunday?"

"Puff!" Emilia was laughed at by the emperor's dark humor. The prince covered her mouth with her hands and couldn't help but laughed out: "Carl, you usually make Helena happy at home like this. NS?"

"Not very often, you know, Emilia, I am not as talkative as Ryan." The emperor shrugged humorously. He turned his gaze to Ryan who was talking with Boris, Vamir and others in the distance: "He Very feminine, am I right?"

"You are also very good, Carl." Emilia said of this matter with a bit of a grudge. She didn't get a marriage after all. The Queen of the Empire said casually: "But you are too weak, Carl, I think about it, if you don't use God Hammer Gail Malaz, without wearing the silver seal plate armor blessed by all the gods of the old world, can you be Ryan's opponent?"

"Huh ha ha ha ha!" Ivan and Karl Franz laughed almost at the same time, and the emperor shook his head helplessly: "Don't compare me with Ryan. Let me tell you that, Emmanuel, even if I take With Gal Malaz, wearing a silver seal, it is impossible to defeat Ryan. At most, he can only rely on the power bonus of the hammer and the protection of the silver seal to entangle him for a period of time."

"So you don't blame Ryan's goodwill for women." Emilia stretched out a small hand wrapped in black and red bud silk satin gloves, put her fingers together, and lifted it up: "This kind of high-quality man will never be liked by women. "

"Hahahahaha!" Karl Franz raised his glass: "Then, let us toast to Ryan's fate, and his son, my godson Frederick!"

"cheers!"

On the other side, Sure enough, Ryan, Boris, and Wamir started to speculate while chatting, listening to the trivial laughter of the three men. Obviously, they were talking about colorful topics, which is not surprising, because the men gathered together. This kind of topic is inevitable, and when talking about this, the previous contradictions and some small unpleasantness are quickly forgotten. After a few glasses of wine, the topic of color starts to become hot, and Ryan and Wamir choose The emperor argued over the sacred and philosophical issue of pantyhose or suspenders, and reached a lot of consensus on the basis of keeping their differences.

At eight o’clock in the evening, the dinner time is over, but the night has just begun. There are many entertainment activities in the palace, but the most popular is undoubtedly the tabletop war game. There are many such interesting collections in the homes of the great nobles of the empire. The chess villains, they can’t wait to fight on the table. In addition, some of the nobles and noble ladies go to the concert hall more and listen to the performers playing and playing around the piano and harp. Sing or play cards together.

Ryan just watched everyone play. He wasn't particularly interested in this kind of tabletop war game. He was also embarrassed by those expensive and exquisite chessmen, such as Boris-Tor, who has the richest collection of various chessmen. Deblinger, his box of well-preserved chess pieces is said to be sold on the black market for thousands of gold marks, and the supply is still in short supply.

"Ryan, don't you play?" Emperor Karl-Franz is obviously a good player in this kind of war chess game. He not only collects a full set of chess pieces, but also collects the chess pieces of his own emperor riding a griffon. Behind the army, the death claw and the emperor's mighty demeanor have been well restored, and even the sacred hammer Gail Malaz in the hands of the chess pieces is carefully carved from metal.

"No, I need some space for myself, Carl." Ryan shrugged, and he turned his gaze on Emilia who was holding his arm: "Well, it's us."

"If you really need a little space of your own, you don't need to stay here, there are many rooms upstairs." Elector Wamir quipped.

The humor of the Elector of Wolfen and the Grand Duke of Auster caused laughter.

Ryan also didn't refute, he smiled awkwardly, neither immediately agreed nor explicitly refused. It made him feel guilty and made everyone feel that in this relationship, it seemed that Emilia took the initiative.

But only the little maid knows Ryan's plan. Ryan, as the champion of the lake fairy and the knight commander of the Holy Grail, has always been a "perfect person". Other people of the same **** in the same **** can't help but instinctively repel and hostile.

This is not the purpose of Ryan coming to the Empire.

However, after Ryan showed this "fear of inwardness" and his incompetence in the board game of chess, he quickly changed from being a perfect person to being the object of ridicule. When everyone ridiculed him for a circle, Ryan became natural. It makes people feel close.

Everything is the disguise of this man. Ryan is really...maybe it is such a man that makes me willing to like him. Emilia took Ryan's arm and thought about it, she just went on: "In this case, will you play with me?"

"Uh...I'm not good at it." Ryan really cooperated.

"No, I teach you!" Emilia finally threw out her conspiracy all the time: "Come on, let's have a game. You can borrow the chess pieces from your godfather. I think Duke Ivan will not be stingy. Is that right?"

"Okay." Ivan, Duke of Griffin, nodded with a wry smile.

So, in full view, Ryan and Emilia had a table-top war chess duel.

Similarly, in full view, Ryan lost to Emilia without any suspense. Although the loss was not too much, Emilia never gave Ryan any chance of comeback. The little maid seemed to be right to defeat Ryan. Feeling particularly excited, she put away the chess pieces, smiled at Ryan and said, "I won, Ryan."

"Yes, you won, Emilia." Ryan nodded with a smile, he didn't care much about the outcome.

"Okay, now your heart and kidneys belong to me." The little maid stretched out her hands towards Ryan: "Hurry up, dig out the heart and kidneys for me. Those are my trophies."

"Hahahaha!" The empire nobles in the whole room laughed together. The performance between the couple is as interesting as a drama.

"What kind of prize is this..." Ryan also smiled very happily. He smiled and said: "You beat me, very good. I will give you a title in this tabletop chess game, which is called'tossgirl'. "

"Tossgirl? Swing girl?" Emilia didn't understand, she thought for a moment, and felt that she couldn't just suffer like this: "Then you can call tossboy!"

"Okay, from now on, my nickname on the table games will be tossboy" Ryan nodded again and again. He rarely admits defeat so simply, but if you lose, you lose. There is nothing bad to admit.

At this time, the great empire nobles present here, including Karl Franz himself, had a weird feeling. They always felt that Ryan was like a victor.

Feeling being fed a mouthful of dog food.

The emperor smiled and applauded, thinking in his heart, maybe this is just losing the game and winning the life.

What no one knows is that the performance of Ryan and Emilia at this banquet and the table war chess match were witnessed by the Royal Court poets of Brunswick and adapted into bardic poetry, which became in the old world. The enduring classics, the love between them touched generation after generation.

This famous poem was named "The Wind Rises" and praised the love of the Knight King "Unifier" Lane and Countess Emmanuel. It became a well-known classic song in the old world because it is difficult to sing. Big, it has become an important criterion for the singing level of the bard.

…………I am the real dividing line between two and five boys…………

After the palace banquet that day, another large-scale massacre occurred in the wealthy district of Braunschweig. The von Lacker family suffered a terrible tragedy. The owner Werner von Lacker and several family members and more than a dozen others The guard was killed by a single blow. In addition to several other noble children who died in this small manor, and similarly, the murderer stayed in the manor for several hours after the attack before leaving. This is obviously The same person committed the crime.

The massacre of the two consecutive Zhuangmen killings shocked the entire Brunswick. All kinds of gossip spread in the capital for a while. The nobles greatly strengthened their own guards.

Some people say that the Chaos Demon has infiltrated Brunswick and is ready to kill. Others say that this is the emperor's exclusion of dissidents, taking the opportunity to suppress those nobles who have no military merits, and some people say that all this is the great alchemist Galt or the flame. The conspiracy of Gehrman, the supreme dean of the academy, must be one of the two candidates who is not sure, so they want to try to postpone the game.

Karl-Franz responded immediately. First, the imperial capital entered a state of martial law, a large number of troops patrolled, and at the same time the curfew was strengthened. Even the nobles could not move at night without a permit.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor also announced at the same time that the match of the Imperial Royal Chief Wizard would not be postponed for any reason.

In this way, a week passed in a hurry amidst nervousness.

The competition was held as scheduled according to the original plan.

Gelt and Gehrman will decide the outcome for the magical leaders of the most powerful human kingdom in the old world!