The castle is as splendid as ever.

Walking in the middle of the wide corridor, looking at the familiar and somewhat unfamiliar scenery on both sides, Rod sighed in his heart. It was late in the evening, and it wasn't long before Lydia sent him to invite him to the "Bright Moons", ——— if there was any one of His Royal Highness's favorite hobbies to make people feel vilified, it was that she always liked to give her rooms some strange names, not to mention that they didn't match their original function. Rhodes still remembers that there was once a player who received a very ordinary daily task to send a pair of precious porcelain to the "Black Teahouse", but the poor player jumped up and down on the Golden City for a whole day, but did not find where the "Black Teahouse" was.

………… I don't know what Miss Lydia relied on to decide when she named the room.

But fortunately, Haoyue is not a warehouse, it is located on the top floor of the Golden City, and it is the favorite place for this big kilometer to stay on weekdays except for the government office, and in the game, most of the players are also here to receive her receptions and rewards——— after all, most of the players at that time are just adventurers, and they do not meet the specifications of being officially entertained in the government room. So it's usually here that they receive an informal, private meeting with Her Royal Highness Lydia, who reports to her on her mission and gets paid.

Because of this, when Rhodes walked through the brightly lit, quiet and wide corridor, standing in front of the white, ornate door, he even felt a little in a trance——— as if he was back in the game, the moment when he was ready to receive the reward for completing the mission.

The door slowly opened.

The warm breath came from it. It instantly makes you feel a lot more relaxed. Rod reached out and straightened his clothes, then looked up and walked into the wide room. Comfortable and luxurious room. Soon, he saw the figure standing by the window, watching the night outside.

It's just that he hasn't seen him for a few days, but Rhodes feels that the figure seems to have a little more than never before, if Lydia always gives people a sense of radiance and dazzling gorgeousness on weekdays, then now it is shrouded in crystal lights. and outside the window, she was a little heavier against the background of the dark night. It was like the feeling of being in the dark and boundless ocean, the only small light that was holding on.

"Welcome, Sir Rod."

Just when Rod looked at the girl in front of him with some confusion, Lydia had already turned around with a smile, and behind her, a stream of brilliance flashed with the girl's movements, outlining the outline of the light wings, and then suddenly disappeared in the air again. And at the same time that Lydia turned around. The heaviness that originally gave Rhodes some strange feelings also melted away like spring snow, and when it appeared in front of him at this moment, it was still the same infinite brilliance as usual. The archangel is full of self-confidence.

"You must be very tired from afar, please take a seat, I have prepared a good blueberry cake and black tea, I believe you will like it."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness."

Hearing Lydia's words, Rod didn't say much, he just nodded slightly, and then sat down on the soft and comfortable sofa at Lydia's signal, and soon, a maid stepped forward. Respectfully served Rod the cut cake and black tea, and then turned to leave. However, Rod did not immediately pick up the teaglass, on the contrary, his attention was drawn to another matter. …,

"Jazz?"

"That's right."

Hearing Rod's somewhat puzzled rhetorical question, Lydia sat across from him with a smile, the archangel was still dressed as usual. The intimate gown made of pure white fabrics perfectly wrapped around the girl's slender body, and under the support of tulle, the archangel's white and delicate skin could be faintly seen, full of holiness, self-confidence, elegance and pride——— as well as the outfit that I don't know whether to say it is revealing or seductive.

"It's also a natural reward for a hero who can destroy demons and stop the chaos in the Soragon Mountain Realm, isn't it?"

Speaking of this, Lydia raised her eyebrows playfully, and said with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"To tell you the truth, if it weren't for the fact that many people would be upset, I would have intended to grant you the title of Earl......... Unfortunately, it's not easy to make everyone happy. ”

Hearing this, Rod wisely chose to remain silent. In fact, he really didn't expect Lydia to grant himself a knighthood so easily——— this is going to be changed in the game, so it is really a big surprise for the player, but at this moment in a real world, Rod quickly understood what the other party meant, obviously, this is not just a matter of meritorious deeds, Rod does not believe that Lydia as the archangel will not have the slightest understanding of the demon duke, And he and his subordinates were able to completely send this unlucky demon duke back to his hometown, and in the face of such a force, if Lydia didn't pay attention to it, then one of the three archangels would really sit in vain.

"I haven't seen you for so long, Luo Qing, your spirit is still so good............ I wonder what happened to Christie? ”

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness, Christie's words, life in the fortress is quite good, although her health has not completely improved, but ............... People always have to live. ”

Rod did not say that Christie's body was gradually getting better, because he knew very well that Lydia did not like such statements, which was also based on the aesthetics of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, who admired the pure, sincere beauty, and the last thing she liked was the false praise and politeness. Not to mention that Lydia had personally experienced Christie's situation before, and it was definitely not a good choice to talk nonsense with her eyes open in front of her. Sure enough, hearing Rod's unceremonious answer, Lydia nodded.

"That's right, Luo Qing, the beauty of life lies in their desire to survive, no matter where they are, what kind of hardship they encounter, they will try to survive......... I'm sure Christie can overcome these difficulties. Believe me. Speaking of this, I don't know what Lu Dao is for, Lydia glanced at Rod meaningfully with those beautiful eyes, but quickly. The smile resurfaced.

"I can assure you, it's my gut feeling, Mr. Rhodes, and Christie will have no problems."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Hearing Lydia say this, Rhodes was also a little puzzled, in his impression, this archduke did not seem to be the kind of person who would run a train with a mouthful. There is one thing to say and two to say, isn't there nothing she can do about Christie's situation? Now I suddenly have a gut feeling............ However, Rod didn't think much about this, after all, the archangel was only a teenager, and he was that virtuous on weekdays, and it was not impossible for a girl's heart to suddenly appear to be troublesome. So for Lydia's speech, Rod only said a few perfunctory words, and soon returned to the topic.

"Your Highness, then. Regarding the incident of the Solagang Mountain Territory this time..................,

"I have learned the whole story from your letters, Luo Qing."

At this, Lydia's face showed a hint of bitterness for the first time.

"Sonya's fall is heart-wrenching. In fact, I'm not ignorant of this. ”

Lydia let out a long sigh as she said this, and then she began to tell Rhodes all about it.

In Lydia's narration, Rhodes fully understood what the so-called Overseer was——— in ancient times, a fierce war broke out in the position of the Soragon Mountain Domain, and for some reason, the passage between the bottomless abyss and the main plane was opened, and the demon duke led his subordinates to invade the continent like locusts. And in the face of the threat of these demons, the Dragon of Light and the Dragon of the Night joined forces to defeat it. And sealed it in the gap between the dragon soul. But that was a long time ago, and with hundreds of thousands of years in the past, the battlefield that was once bloody and fierce has become a rare and stable place——— that is, the Solagang Mountains. After that, the Soragon Mountain Land was once again discovered by the dwarves, and then the current Solagang Mountain Territory was born. It's the same as recorded in history. After the Soragon Mountain Territory was completely established, the Land of Light and the Land of Night also launched a war over the resources there.

It was at the end of this war that the two sides accidentally discovered the seal of the Demon Duke, and this seal began to loosen due to the war between the Kingdom of Light and the Kingdom of Night. And as the successor of the dragon soul, whether it is the dragon soul of light or the dragon soul of the night, they all know very well how powerful the demon duke below is. If you continue to fight like this, I'm afraid that the Solagang Mountain Leader will not get it, but will cause a big trouble, and then it will really lose his wife and soldiers.

It was with this in mind that the Land of Light and the Land of Night finally stopped the war and chose to retreat. The reason why they prevented the army from entering the Solagang Mountain Territory was not only for the need for political negotiation and dealing, but also to avoid causing more conflicts and affecting the composition of the seal. It was after that, in order to keep an eye on this seal at all times, that the two sides chose the Duchy of Moon.

"Sonia was the last Guardian of the Seal, and she was already in charge of guarding the Seal when my mother was alive. However, with the reports coming from the Solagang Mountain Territory every year, my heart gradually became uneasy......... The power of chaos is the bottomless abyss, and when you look at the abyss, the abyss watches over you. I don't know what happened to Sonia when she was guarding the seal of the Demon Duke, but it can be seen from her reply that she is becoming confused, and the power of chaos seems to be affecting her, with my sensitive status, I can't enter the mountain realm of Soragon, so I can only choose to use words to suppress this chaos of hers, but it seems that all this has not had much effect, she has been completely conquered and attracted by the power of chaos, and has become a believer in chaos. As for the problems surrounding the Solagang Mountain Territory, I was also aware of it, and I had planned to transfer her back before this, but I didn't expect ....................."

Lydia didn't continue, but at this moment, the doubts in Rod's heart have gradually been solved.

In the entire Soragon Mountain Territory incident, Rhodes was most puzzled by what kind of demon duke would have this completely undesirable event. But now, according to Lydia, he has finally solved the mystery in his heart——— the reason is still in the old council leader he saved.

In the history of the game, the Solagoon Mountain Territory has not been hindered from announcing that it has joined the Night Dragon Nation, which means that the old council leader must be dead. Without the power to stop them, those councillors were able to pass resolutions and join the Night Dragons. Judging by what Rhodes heard while escorting the Old Council Leader, the Soragon Mountain Territory didn't choose the Night Dragon Kingdom simply because of the oppression of the Light Nation. Instead, they use the Night Dragon Kingdom as a shield, in order to find a good thigh when the seal is lifted and the demon duke awakens. Later, history also showed that they made the right choice, and the demon duke finally woke up, which forced the dark dragon who had been fighting against the Duchy of Moon to choose to leave the front line to clean up the hapless trouble. …,

And this is the truth in the world of games that Rhodes has experienced.

But here. History has changed, Rhodes saved the old council leader, and the old council leader apparently chose another method, he did not let the seal slowly lift like the others, instead, he tried to re-strengthen the power of the seal with his own strength, and this obviously irritated the overseer who had been reduced to a slave of chaos, eventually. Faced with the impending threat, she opted for an action to awaken the Demon Duke in advance.........

It seems that the change brought about by his actions is really not small.

Thinking of this, Rod smiled helplessly in his heart. But unfortunately, what has changed for Lu is these details?

There was nothing to do about these trivial matters now, so Rod briskly threw them behind——— the next thing is to get to the point.

"Then, Your Highness, please forgive me for being rude......... This time the hearing ............"

"That's what I'm going to explain to you now, Luo Qing."

At the mention of this topic, Lydia's face restrained a smile for the first time.

"According to what you said, there are not many people who know the truth about the Solagang Mountain Territory Incident this time. But now, the Council of Light has sent an envoy to come, and ............... They seem to know the truth of the matter. Hopefully, we, Moon, will be able to take responsibility for the lax supervision of the Sola Gang Mountain Territory Seal. ”

This so-called responsibility is to remove Lydia from power? What a good calculation.

"Do you know their specific description of events?"

Hearing this, Rod couldn't help but ask. Depending on the person, the event itself can change. Until the Overseer fell, it was only Rod, Dee and his Death Knight, as well as Corinna and the Silver-robed Mage of the Order Alliance, but in the end, it was Corinna who was able to see the worst of the time, Dee had noticed that something was wrong long before Bubbles and Canary arrived, and the Silver-robed Old Mage had only awakened later. Therefore, everyone's understanding of the ending is completely different.

And it is really difficult to determine who among them will tell the truth about this matter to the Council of Light.

Although it was said that in the face of the demon army at that time, everyone was united and escaped under the attack of the demon duke, but the difference in position and identity had already determined that it was impossible for them to give up their responsibilities because of the same tribulation.

"I don't know the specifics of the road."

Lydia shook her head slightly.

"But this time, as the Council of Light has indicated that you are required to attend the hearing, they may already know what they have said......... After all, there are not many people who know the Tao about you. ”

I see, then it seems that there is only improvisation.

Thinking of this, Rod raised his head and looked at the girl in front of him.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I already have a plan."

The speed of the Council of Light envoys was not slow, just the day after Rhodes arrived in the Golden City, they had already asked Lydia to hold a hearing——— and along with the request, there was also a letter with strong wording, accusing Rhodes of causing harm to the Council of Light envoys, they demanded that Moon hand over Rod, and apologize and compensate for the losses caused by the envoys, of course, this letter Lydia did not even open it, and threw it directly into the nearby furnace and burned it.

"It's ugly, filthy rats squeaking to get sympathy——— but I'm not going to do what they want."

Looking at the burning letters in the flames, Lydia spoke lightly, and at the same time she reached out, picked up her handkerchief, and wiped her hand, as if she had just held not a letter, but something filthy. Seeing Archduke Lydia's childish behavior, Armond opened his mouth, but a thousand words finally turned into a breath. …,

“………… Your Highness. Are you ready? ”

"I've never had any interest in burlesque that has already been decided."

With a gentle, graceful, and proud smile, Lydia turned her head to look at Amund.

"But this time. I have a rare expectation, teacher, what kind of surprise do you think Sir Rhodes will bring us? ”

"Please forgive the old minister, the old minister has long passed the age of expecting surprises, as long as there is no chaos in this hearing, the old minister will be thankful."

Armond said this from the heart. One Lydia was already a headache for him, and now another Rhodes came out. Moreover, Lydia actually agreed to let him play, and on such a solemn occasion with the envoys of the Council of Light——— old mage felt that his stomach was about to start to hurt.

"Isn't that right? Mr. Amond, no matter how old you are, people always have to yearn for and look forward to the unknown. It's not a matter of a day or two before the Council of Light wants to do something to me, and it's almost time for this hilarious farce to wrap up halfway through. Lydia raised her eyebrows, and a sharp glint flashed in her eyes.

"Hopefully this ending won't disappoint me."

With the sound of a heavy trumpet, Rhodes strode into the luxurious hall.

Now. The sides of the circular hall were already full of people, and the nobles stood by the railing on the second floor, looking at the young man who walked in under the guidance of the guards. The look is different. As a nobleman who has been in the Golden City for many years, rumors have spread at the speed of light among them, and until now, there is no one who does not know the role played by this young man in the time of the Soragon Mountain Territory and his current status——— it is not surprising to the nobles that Lydia will give this young man a knighthood, which is also reasonable considering his attack this time and Lydia's always rewarding character.

But there is more to this reward than just a reward. From Lydia's reward, the nobles have a thorough understanding of what the royal family has made.

If Lydia only gave Rhodes some amount of money or other reward, then it meant that she would give up on the young man. Leave him to the Council of Light to deal with. But now, Lydia has given him the title of reward, although it is only the smallest baron, but the nobles know very well, this means that Rhodes has become a part of the political system of the Duchy of Moon, no longer as simple as the ordinary mercenary before——— although he may have a rich background and family background. But if you don't have any overt status, it still doesn't help.

But now, with his official title, if the Duchy of Moon would hand him over to the Council of Light in front of so many nobles, it would be tantamount to Lydia smacking herself up.

Perhaps it was precisely because of Zhilu Dao this time that Councilor Danny, who was standing in the center of the hall at the moment, had a pale face, and he was under the protection of Tress and several other attendants, staring coldly at the black-haired young man who walked into the hall leisurely, and at this moment, a crisp voice also came from the front of the hall.

"Now, then, in the sacred Hall of Light, on behalf of the Duchy of Moon, I witness this hearing......... Do you have any thoughts? Congressman Danny? ”

"No, Your Highness Lydia."

Although his face was pale, Danny remained calm at the moment, and he nodded to Lydia before speaking.

"This time, we, the Council of Light, have come to investigate the issue of your principality's negligence in the Solagang Mountain Realm incident, which caused the seal to be lifted......... The demon has reappeared from the seal, and the Duchy of Moon has not been able to fulfill its decision to protect the seal, so we in the Council of Light believe that your Duchy needs to take the necessary responsibility for this, and give an account to the Dragon of Light, the Council of Light, and the people of the Soragon Mountains......... I wonder what Her Royal Highness Lydia thinks about this? ”

"I don't have any opinion."

In the face of the accusations of the Council of Light, the smile on the girl's face did not change in the slightest.

"While it is true that the Duchy of Moon serves His Majesty the Dragon of Light, we are not going to make a judgment based on the words of some people, so you must have evidence to prove it, Councilor Danny?"

"Of course!"

Hearing Lydia's answer, the fat councillor nodded vigorously, and even the fat on his cheeks trembled, and then, he turned around like that, and pointed his finger at Rhodes.

"We have witnesses who escaped from that disaster to prove that it was this man who single-handedly caused the crisis of the lifting of the seal of Solagang!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly became in an uproar. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )