When Duke Calvin walked into the Emerald Grove Castle, Edith was already waiting for him in the hall. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"My good daughter—"

"Why are you here?" she interrupted mercilessly, "I wrote to you a month ago to cooperate fully with the First Army's assembly and preparations, and to meet their demands as much as possible. ”

The duke's outstretched arms suddenly stopped in mid-air, "I informed Earl Haile of Glen Town at that time, and also sent a butler to supervise this matter, isn't this a full cooperation?"

"Of course," Edith clasped her hands to her chest in dissatisfaction, "your presence in town is a better indication of the North's sincerity, and the stakes in the battle with the Church cannot be overstated. ”

"But it's the Earl of Haile's domain, after all—"

"Please, father, the nobles are gone, are you still thinking about the vassal territory?I thought you would be a little more decisive after the "rebellion" of the Hoth and Lista families. ”

Duke Calvin felt a little uneasy on his face, "I thought that after a few months, my daughter would at least give me a hug and express a feeling of missing it, instead of starting to talk about business before I even sat down." ”

"yes," Edith sneered, "I don't know who was furious in the study, shouting that this bastard daughter is a wolf cub who can't be raised? If I'm right, you wanted to smash something, but you couldn't." ”

The Duke couldn't help but choke, "I ......"

Hell, which bastard leaked out of this!

Before she could figure out how to respond, Edith walked over and held him in her arms, "Welcome to Glen, Father. That's it, right?"

The resentment in his heart immediately disappeared, and he touched his daughter's long blue hair, and he had mixed feelings for a while.

Obviously born to the first lady, but her personality is very different from her biological mother, and even from himself, sometimes even he doesn't understand how Edith grew up to be what she is today. There was no shortage of appearance, intelligence, and talent, and if it weren't for the fact that he could still see some of the lady's appearance when she was young, he would have almost wondered if Edith was his own daughter.

But when the two embraced, the Duke felt that kinship again—she was still the pearl of the Northlands that he had raised.

After a while, Edith pushed him away in disgust, "It smells of sweat, you better go take a shower first." I brought a few bars of soap from Neverwinter, and I tried one of them, and the cleaning effect was much better than the soap horn. ”

"This kind of thing can be slowed down for a while," Calvin said, looking around, "By the way, what about Count Hale, why didn't he greet me in the hall?"

"I drove him back to the Earl's Court in the suburbs. ”

"What?" the Duke looked at his daughter in surprise.

"He disagrees with His Majesty's will, and does not take your orders seriously, and if I had not arrived in time, he would have provoked the vanguard. "Not everyone can see the road under their feet, and some don't even have the courage to open their eyes. For this kind of person, I won't say more, driving away is the most convenient option. ”

"Will he obediently give up the castle and the town?"

"He won't, but I have the First Army in my hands," she smiled, "This army has conquered the royal capital in one day, what do you think a dozen knights can do?"

I don't know if it's an illusion, but in just over two months, Edith has become a little different from before, and her smile is more natural, rather than an aristocratic smile deliberately pretended to be in social situations. And there was a hint of ease in her eyes, Calvin thought to himself, a look that had long since disappeared in her adult life.

She liked life now, and he realized that it was at least happier than when he was in Northland.

This made him a little jealous and quite emotional.

Probably as the daughter said, after stripping off the nobility, you will indeed lose some of your rights, but it will also untie the shackles fixed in the fiefdom.

Now she's on her way to a much wider field.

Coming to the castle study, Calvin drank two large cups of black tea in one gulp, and then took a long breath before asking, "What we have to do now is to wait for His Majesty to come?"

"There's still a lot to do," Edith said, spreading out her notepad, "food, horses, cloth, herbs, and supplies for the war will all have to be brought to Glen." By the way, I have received a new secret letter from Your Majesty, and the iron and copper ingots will also be shipped, the more the better. ”

"He's trying to empty the entire North," the Duke said to himself, "Do you really think His Majesty Roland can defeat the Church?"

"He may not be able to storm the holy city of Hermes and uproot the church completely, but it will not be too difficult to prevent the church from entering the kingdom below the Coldwind Ridge. She paused, "Your Majesty lacks time the most. ”

"When?"

"You haven't seen his factory, so it's hard to understand how powerful Neverwinter is. Edith looked at her father, "Whether it's knights, mercenaries, Inquisitors, or fanatical believers, they don't make any difference in the face of bullets. And these bullets of incredible power are produced in the factory like a steady stream of water, and any civilian, with only half an hour of teaching, can use firearms and bullets to kill the enemy, and if you train for a month, you can get a soldier who can go into battle to kill the enemy, and after three months, they are the first army that is invincible. ”

"You...... What do you want to say?"

"People don't grow faster than bullets, father. Unlike swords and armor, a blacksmith and a dozen apprentices could craft ten sets of armor and thirty swords a year, but a factory could produce more than a thousand bullets a day - a knight armed with a sword could be crushed into powder, and hundreds more could be distributed to those who wanted to become knights, and by the next day they could be given to city dwellers and newborns, and after a month, enough bullets were produced to turn the city into an empty dead city. ”

Calvin opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

"It's normal for you not to believe it, after all, these things sound a bit counterintuitive, but I've been with the First Army in tooth extraction operations, and I've seen firsthand how they deal with the enemy. "So as long as the First Army holds the line, Your Majesty will sooner or later get the victory he wants—in three months, Neverwinter will be able to train another army of thousands and the corresponding weapons, and this time will not be enough for the new Inquisitors to learn to wield the sword." ”

"......," said the duke, who was dumbfounded for a moment, "well, if you're right." If you think so highly of Your Majesty Roland, why don't you reply to my letter? I mean...... Marriage with His Majesty. ”