8. Florence. Wiles
Almost instantly, this uninvited guest appeared.
Rena and Alfred were ready for battle.
One is armed with a spear and the other is armed with a halberd, one on the left and one on the right to protect Sean in the middle. It seems that in the next second, it will turn into that vicious beast at any time and launch the most fierce attack on the enemy.
It seemed that the reaction of seeing Sean and the others was really fierce, and the comer raised his hands to show that he did not have any malicious intent. It's just that looking at the relaxed smile on his face, if he is not fearless, then it can only show that this person is too confident in himself, isn't he afraid that Sean will cut him off according to reason?
"Kill him." Sean pursed his lips.
Hearing Sean's words, the comer's face changed suddenly, and the relaxed and confident smile finally couldn't be kept on his face. He glanced at Rena and Alfred, these two people had already clenched their weapons in their hands, and were obviously ready to fight with him, although he could barely protect himself with his strength, but he didn't come here to fight, so he hurriedly said: "I don't have any malicious intent." ”
"Don't you know that disturbing other people's meals is a very immoral thing?" Sean raised an eyebrow.
"I have something that interests you very much." This man also has a flexible brain, and quickly said clearly, for Sean, who does not play cards according to reason, he found that it is better not to play with the way of communication between nobles, "About Elsie." ”
"I think this wolf should be enough for four people, right?" Sean said thoughtfully.
"Enough." Alfred is an old man after all, and Sean guessed his mind in a word, and immediately paved a step.
So this uninvited guest became not so unpopular, and he randomly picked a distance not far and not close, and sat down. Both Alfred and Rena lost the appetite to continue eating meat. The former wiped his hands and got up to stand on the side, while the latter carefully wiped the spear in his hand, and just smeared the greasy meat on it, which made the spear a little slippery, for Alfred's kind of person who took the route of opening and closing, this greasy nature does not matter, but for a person like Rena with delicate and exquisite marksmanship, any mistake may lead to her poor marksmanship, so it is natural to take care of it.
The visitor took advantage of this time to observe Alfred and Rena carefully. These two people seem to be one thick and one thin, but in fact, they are thick and fine, and fine and coarse. But what really made him curious was actually Rena, because according to the information that had been gathered, it was no secret that Sean had a fierce general like Alfred by his side. But Rena has no information, so he is naturally curious.
After all, being able to follow Sean with Alfred. And he is also a master of the lower silver. Naturally, it can't be a weakling.
"Have you seen it?" Sean asked.
"Hehe, I'm sorry." The visitor smiled a little embarrassedly, "I'm really curious about you, please forgive me for taking the liberty of interrupting." ”
"Florence, don't tell me what you have and what you don't." Sean said with a cold expression, "You'd better be sure that your news is what I need." Otherwise, even if you have already touched the threshold of the upper silver, I will be able to make you fall here tonight, believe me, and do not doubt my ability. ”
"Of course. I never doubted it. Florence, the second-in-line heir to the Wiles family from the Fascist Empire, smiled slightly, "At first, I thought that your friendship with Elsie was just based on some kind of friendship, but for now, it seems that I guessed wrong. …… However, as you said, if the Marquis of Tonis is really going to send troops, then we in the Wiles family will have to reassess the role and position we need to play in this coming war. ”
"You were eavesdropping?" Sean raised an eyebrow.
"Aren't you telling me?" Florence smiled slightly, not the slightest nervousness in the enemy camp.
So, Sean and Florence looked at each other, and the same knowing smile spread across their faces.
Sean loves to talk to smart people.
Whether it is Asuna or Florence, or even before Durune, they can be regarded as the ranks of smart people. And the biggest advantage of talking to smart people is that a lot of words don't need to be said thoroughly, a little bit of each other can understand what the other party is saying, this way of communication is actually more in line with the conversation between nobles, like Sean's unreasonable chaotic behavior, is very rare among nobles.
Of course, Sean is not really an aristocrat.
It's just that Florence didn't believe it.
"Perhaps, we can be allies with the same interests." Florence said with a smile.
As if seeing what Sean was going to say, Florence hurriedly spoke again: "Don't be busy refusing first, how about listening to my proposal?" ”
"You say."
"Since you have ordered the Boulder family to hand over Elsie within a month, with the pride of the Boulder family, they will definitely not obediently hand over Elsie." Florence smiled slightly, "But if they know that the Marquis of Tonis will send troops, they will definitely change their attitude, although the time will be slightly delayed, but in the end they will still hand over Elsie." …… If you continue to forcibly invade Mordeg at this time, then the meaning will be completely different. ”
Florence whispered: "I suppose the Marquis of Tonis is not ready to turn this war into a national war, right?" ”
Sean raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "So what? ”
"Since this territory is so important to Marquis Tonis, and it can get the Boulder family to hand over Elsie, then you must hope that after you can encroach on this territory, the other party will hand over Elsie, right?"
Sean didn't speak, just looked at Florence with a calm expression.
"I know where Elsie is being held." Florence seemed to sense Sean's impatience, so she stopped going around in circles and said bluntly, "I can get Elsie out, so that you can completely occupy the heel of this war and take the Mordeg Territory." ”
"I don't believe the Wiles family would be such good people." The corners of Sean's mouth lifted slightly.
"It's not the Wiles, it's me." Florence said proudly, "This is my Florence. The deal Wyles made with you does not represent the Wyles family. So I am personally responsible for all the resources that can be used. ”
"Oh?" Sean was really interested at this time, "You're trading with me as a person?" ”
"It's not a deal, it's an alliance." Florence said in a deep voice, "It doesn't matter if you understand that it is a transaction, anyway, the countries we are loyal to are different, and it is indeed difficult to become political allies, but if it becomes an offensive and defensive alliance with the same interests, or a strategic alliance of mutual benefit, it is still possible." ”
Sean looked at Florence with interest, and then smiled: "So what do you need me to do in this operation?" ”
"Nothing is needed." As if seeing that the conversation had been discussed, there was no need to linger, Florence threw the last piece of meat into his mouth, chewed it a few times before swallowing it, and ate it much more rude than the aristocracy, not at all as gentle as before, "If I succeed, then we naturally have the possibility of further contact, and if I fail, I guess you will not talk to me again." ”
Sean was noncommittal.
In fact, with or without the help of Florence, Sean was sure to swallow Mordeg. It's just that Fiorentina is willing to help, whether or not for other reasons, it's a good thing for him, not a bad thing, if Fiorentina can succeed, otherwise it will be an unfortunate thing for Elsie. Sean wasn't interested in the Mordeg Territory, otherwise he wouldn't have given the territory directly to Asuna, he cared more about Elsie.
So if something happens to Elsie, then Florence and Sean really don't have much to communicate with since then, and may even become a member of Sean's rival list. However, he believed that Florence knew this too, but he was still sure to tell him about it, and Sean didn't ask the other party how sure he was or anything nonsense.
Because there is no point.
"I'll get Elsie out in two months at the latest." Florence got up, "Thank you for your dinner." ”
It was only then that Sean realized that although Florence was a little rude, every penny was perfectly calculated. The time of this conversation happened to be the time when he had eaten a large piece of loin, and from this point Sean discovered that Florence was not only an extremely conceited person, but also a very self-disciplined person.
Both conceited and self-disciplined, but also ambitious and powerful......
Looking at the back of Florence's departure, the corners of Sean's mouth raised slightly: "It's kind of interesting." ”
"Will he be believed?" Only then did Alfred come over and ask.
"This Florence is not simple." Sean said in a deep voice, "He will definitely not be willing to be the second heir of the Wiles family, but I can't figure out why he thinks I'm suitable to be an ally." …… Not to mention anything else, our current territory is tens of thousands of kilometers away from the fascist kingdom in a straight line, and it is even farther away from the territory of the Wiles family, and there is no political exchange between the Duchy of Lane and the fascist kingdom, whether it is military support or political support, I can't help him. ”
"Perhaps, he wants to get to know Asuna-sama?" Rena gave her opinion.
"If that's the case, then there's no need to take such a big risk." Sean shook his head, "Forget it, anyway, everything should go according to the plan." …… You go back to the territory and tell William about this, so that he can prepare for war, and I will go to Tonis Fortress. ”
"Don't you need us to come with you?"
"Not anymore this time." (To be continued.) )
PS: It's been terrible to collect it lately......