The wedding luncheon was held in the central square of the City Gardens, and the druids did not participate in the event, but they provided the venue, as well as a large number of druid-style wines and foods.

The vine wines are the proudest of the Ivadruids, and they are placed in barrels in this square for people to take as they please.

The smell of the earth, the freshness of the air, the heavy aroma of deciduous rotting wood, and some of the floral scents. This is the flavor of shuji sake that everyone can taste.

Men don't like the taste of this wine because it doesn't have much alcohol in it. It's more like a fruit wine and is loved by ladies.

As the protagonists of the day, Locke and Kalia sit high on the south side of the square. Where they were, there was an awning made of red and blue linen, under which there was only a row of long tables, chairs, and stools.

It's helpless to say, this row of chairs should be sitting on Locke's family and Kalia's family. But the immediate family members of the two are the only ones who exist.

Now don't talk about the direct line, there is no side line...

In order not to embarrass the atmosphere, Locke and Kalia invited Alfred Abydis and Tyrosus to sit on the benches on either side of the two sides, acting as elders on both sides...

How can old Abidis say that he used to be comrades-in-arms with Locke's father, so there is naturally no problem to be an elder. As for the others, the nobles, including Locke's subordinates, could only sit to the left and right of the newcomers, around the long tables arranged below the square.

The unification of the kingdom of Lordaeron is on the horizon, and today's wedding has inadvertently become a place for nobles and military generals to connect with each other. You know, in normal times, it would be impossible for these people to gather so neatly. This is the only thing that can summon them here from all parts of the kingdom, after all, it is in the interests of these nobles.

In the past, many things could not be handled without a king, but now there is a king immediately, and the lords of various places cannot stay in their territory in peace. It is said that the new king will make a series of moves in the management of the noble realms. Moreover, there will be many requirements and restrictions on the nobles...

This kind of news is undoubtedly like a sharp sword hanging over their heads for the noble lords, how can they be at ease if they don't come here to listen to it?

What's more, many nobles who have lost their territories still dream of recovering their territories. The lords who 'trustee' other unclaimed lands during the war also want to bring those lands under their administration...

There are more of these kinds of things.

They appeared here on the occasion of Locke's marriage to Kalia, and while they were loyal to the new king, they were in contact with other nobles, and at the same time asked the people around the king about the national policies that Locke would implement in the future. Of course, if possible, find the right marriage partner, and they don't mind straining their relationship with each other. After all, it was very common in this era to give a daughter or son to marry a lord of equal strength.

Locke smiled and looked at the bustling square below, as a newcomer of today and a future king, when he saw that there would always be people he knew or did not know to bow to him. This made the muscles in Locke's face slowly start to stiffen, and he had been smiling for a morning.

In this square, which can accommodate hundreds of people to eat together, there are many juggling and performing juggling servants who are performing hard to the nobles and lords present. If you are lucky, you will be rewarded with a gold coin by any master, or you will be taken back as a servant of a noble family, which is much better than what they are doing now, at least you don't have to worry about eating and drinking.

And below Locke and the others, in the central square between the high-ranking nobles and Locke's subordinates, there are some actors who are performing hard. And the content is exactly the path that Locke has taken step by step from the establishment of the Fifth Army to the present.

It's a very peculiar experience to watch others perform what they've done in the past.

At this moment, the actor in the middle who made up and imitated himself was standing in the middle of a group of soldiers in blue armor, speaking loudly what he had said. His performance was very good, and Locke suddenly saw when he first arrived in Iva with the Fifth Legion...

"Wonderful show, isn't it?"

Just as Locke was watching intently, Kalia on the right smiled and poked her head over, "Is this all based on your true story?" ”

"It's basically true," Locke said with a slight probe into Kalia's ear, "except for the story of me slashing ten gnolls with one sword..."

Kalia covered her mouth and laughed, Locke sat up straight with a smile, and old Abidis on the left suddenly interjected, "Boy... Locke. Are you ready to do that? ”

The atmosphere in the square is lively, full of drums and other musical instruments, as well as the sound of people boiling. But as for what old Abidis asked, Locke still understood what he meant.

On the other side, Kalia was silent at the right time, and Tairosus put down the wine glass in his hand, as if he was really fascinated by the performance below.

"I heard you're going to make a drastic change to the way the kingdom runs?" Old Abydis turned his head and looked at Locke solemnly, "What kind of huge change?" Can you tell me about it? ”

Locke smiled and put down the wine glass in his hand, he turned his head and looked at old Abidis with a smile, "What can't be said about this... All the changes I want to make are for the sake of this kingdom and for the better strengthening of Lordaeron's foundations. Let the enemy who is our enemy tremble under our great strength! ”

"Specifically?" General Abydis frowned and looked at Locke, "Can you guarantee that this is not something you came up with on the spur of the moment?" ”

"Governing a kingdom requires consideration of many things. If you just use the powerful force in your hands as a guarantee, you can't make Lordaeron go forever! ”

Locke smiled, as if sensing that there were many people watching him, and Locke turned his head and gently took Kalia's hand, who also showed love for each other at the right time.

Caught off guard, Locke suddenly spoke, just as he was taking Kalia's hand.

"King Terenus is the king I respect the most, and it is his series of initiatives that have made us the first of the Seven Kingdoms of Mankind. He almost did what Soladin the Great had done," Locke comforted Calia as he patted her hands. At this time, Kalia's eyes quickly turned red, and she pursed her mouth and endured it.

"It was some of the actions of King Terenus during World War II that inspired me," Locke reassured, Calia turned to look at Abidis Sr., his other father-in-law, "At that time, in order to defend against the attacks of the orcs, the king conscripted the private armies of all the noble lords. Organizing them into an army directly under the royal family has led to a sharp increase in combat effectiveness and resistance to the attacks of the orcs. Delay until other nations come to our aid, so that we can defeat the orcs under the walls of Lordaeron..."

"But after the war, King Terenus did not put back the nobles' private army. Instead, they were formally reorganized into the external armed forces of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, a tradition that continues to this day. ”

Locke's words ended, and Tairossus, on the other side, suddenly interjected, "As far as I know, many nobles are not satisfied with this decision. Their vassal obligations may not include these. ”

"Orcs and Scourge undead don't care!" General Abydis retorted to Tyrosus at the time, and he snorted coldly and said, "Maxwell, based on what you have done, you still think that the of those nobles is right? ”

"Sorry for your highness, please forgive me for being rude," the rude words that came out of his voice, and the elder Abidis apologized to the princess and continued, "In order to gather your manpower to fight against the undead scourge, the orcs are allowed to join. Even, you can take those free undead..."

"Nope! Of course I agree with what Locke said," said Tyrosos, looking at Abydis with one eye, past Locke and Kalia, "but now he is about to run a kingdom made up of countless nobles, large and small!" If the kingdom is unstable, how can it sustain us in this war with no victory in sight? ”

"I'm not biased toward aristocrats because I'm noble. It's because these initiatives can't get around them! Do you expect a group of illiterate farmers to run the grassroots? Or is it that the soldiers who have withdrawn from the army go to manage the civil administration? ”

"If that's the case, Lordaeron will soon face a new crisis!"

"Humph! That's better than having the Scourge of the Dead break through our defenses and turn all of us into their ghostly looks! ”

Kalia watched the two of them blow their beards and glare, not knowing what to do. She looked at her husband, Locke, and saw him comfortably drinking from his glass. So she pulled his hand under the table in dissatisfaction, and when Locke looked at her, she looked left and right, as if to say, 'Do something, don't let them quarrel.' ’

Putting down the glass, Locke coughed a few times, and the argument soon ended. Both of them set their eyes on Locke, unaware that they had subconsciously begun to treat him as a king.

"I've been thinking about this for a long time, and my staff and I have done a lot of research and research on it." Locke smiled and looked at the young boy who was performing himself below and said, "It is wise to concentrate power in the royal family, or in the aristocratic councils of the past. Of course, the future Council of Nobles will no longer take on this responsibility. It would be spun off from here and become an institution for the management of the aristocracy. ”

"My staff have found out that it is a series of initiatives by the Kingdom of Terenus that have made us the head of the Seven Kingdoms. If we hadn't had that catastrophe happened back then, we might have become the only human kingdom on the northern continent by now..."

"The reason why this is so is precisely because of the high degree of centralization!"