1. "What are you talking about...... "Even Earl Quinn, who has seen a lot of wind and waves, was shocked by this sentence.

His surprise was not that he was "the new Lord of the Dawn", but that he had "been commissioned by His Majesty Roland Wimbledon". A sentence can be said by many people, but even if you don't change the word, these words are different.

Horn's meaning was similar before, but he clearly understood that it was impossible to break free from the control of the Moya royal family by relying on the strength of the family alone, and the so-called standing up was just an unrealistic fantasy.

However, when the speaker becomes the king of the Grey Keep, there is power between the words.

"Just as you think," said Andrea, probably because of her mother's death, Andrea's tone had lost its sharpness, "His Majesty Roland did not want Ampein Moya to continue to sit on the throne, nor did he want to see a neighbor in a state of strife. In order for the situation to stabilize as soon as possible, it is necessary to support an undisputed new king. ”

Upon learning that he had heard correctly, the Count muttered, "Why me?"

"He didn't have many acquaintances in Dawn, so he chose me at first, but I refused. ”

That's why?

Because the daughter refused, she lost the throne to the daughter's father, which was like child's play...... But unexpectedly, Hoford felt that the other party was not joking.

Although Ampein forbade anyone to talk about the defeat at the Battle of Hermes, there were too many nobles involved to ban it completely. It was clear to Hoford that the enemy Ampein was not the Church, but the Grey Keep, which was also plundering the Holy City. The army of 10,000 people was almost defeated in front of him, and even many of the participants could not say how they were defeated. I saw the thunder of heavenly fire falling overhead, whether it was an unprotected serf or a knight covered in armor, they were all reduced to ashes in this flame.

If the source is not wrong, it means that the power of the Grey Keep has exceeded the imagination of the nobles. In such a balance of power, it seems not unreasonable to make a childish decision about who will be the king of a neighboring country.

The only question is, why didn't he come himself?

"If the nobles of Dawn are willing to gather all their forces together and have a head-to-head battle with him, he will definitely consider this option. Andrea seemed to have known that the Count would ask such a question, "To put it simply, His Majesty Roland has more important enemies to deal with at the moment, and he doesn't have time to spend another three or four years to bring the entire Dawn into the Grey Keep Kingdom. After all, it is easy to destroy the ruling power of the aristocracy, but it is a long process to reforge order. ”

"More importantly...... Enemy?"

"That's right, devil. Andrea said slowly, "Otto Parcy should have told you that everything the church is doing is for the sake of a doomsday war, and that is just the tip of the shocking secret. The name of this war is "Divine Will", and it has been going on for nearly a thousand years. ”

After listening to his daughter's story, Earl Hoford felt a cold sweat on his back.

It turns out that the four kingdoms, including Dawn, are actually a corner land that is not worth mentioning? When humanity has already failed twice in a row, and if it loses again, it will be doomed, and Roland Wimbledon dares to take on such a burden and fight with an incredibly powerful enemy for the ownership of the divine will?

How much will and courage does it take?

Just thinking about it made him feel like he was about to lose his breath.

"Why?" said the Earl, in a trance, "what good will it do him?

"I don't know......," Andrea sighed, "Her Highness Tilly has mentioned this before, but her statement is even more puzzling. ”

"What did she say?"

"He's not so much for humanity as he is for ......himself," she hesitated, "as if he's looking for a new challenge – and we're just the beneficiaries of chance." ”

The Count did not answer, because he did not know what to answer. He had seen too many nobles, but none of them were like Roland Wimbleton. In the end he had to skip the question and go back to the main way, "Then what do I need to do?

"No," Andrea shook her head, "you just need to maintain the stability of Dawn, and then provide some assistance to the Grey Keep, such as population, ore, and other resources. As for the specifics, he will send someone to talk to you in detail. ”

Hearing that there was a price, Hoford breathed a sigh of relief, if the other party just blindly wanted to support the Quinn family, he had to wonder if there was any huge conspiracy in this. Of course, even if it is a conspiracy, judging from the current situation of the family, I am afraid that there is only one way to go.

The refusal was merely a delaying tactic to strike a balance between Ampein and the local nobility. If those nobles can really overthrow the Moya family, the Quinn family will undoubtedly be excluded from the power circle of the royal capital because of this kind of non-side-to-side statement, and this is the best outcome. If someone wants to fight the idea of the three major families, it is not difficult to classify them as die-hard factions of the royal family with a little exaggeration.

This is a rare opportunity.

What's more, the matchmaker is Andrea.

She may hate herself, but she will never take the initiative to push her family into the fire pit.

Thinking of this, Earl Hoford immediately made a decision.

"Please tell Your Majesty Wimbledon that I am willing to serve the King of the Grey Keep. He said. Although she was facing her own daughter, she was now an envoy of the king, so the earl carefully bowed his head slightly according to the nobleman's chest salute, "I don't know when he will take action, if I want to arrange for the army of Grey Keep to blend into the city, it will take me at least two to three months to prepare." ”

Even if Ampein had stripped him of his authority over the patrols, he would have been able to quietly let dozens of people in—after all, as the former prime minister of two kings, his influence would still exist. The Earl believed that the foreign nobles who wanted to win him over also took a fancy to this.

According to the strength shown by the Grey Keep in the war, a few dozen men are enough to control a city gate.

Still, Andrea's words far exceeded his expectations.

"Since you have agreed, we will act now," she said lightly, "Your Majesty Roland has emphasized that this is not a political assassination, but a complete defeat of Ampain Moya in front of everyone—not only to show everyone that the rule of the Moya family is over, but also to convince all the nobles who are ready to move." ”

"Now?" said the Count, who was a little suspicious of his ears, "how is that possible?"

"Do you know how I got here?" Andrea said, spreading her hands, "through the main entrance." The guards did try to stop me, but they couldn't. ”

Hoford immediately realized that the friends she had brought with her were the key to this—it wasn't that difficult to break into the Earl's Palace, which wasn't his territory. But it's hard to be quiet, which means that the two sides are instantly separated.

There was no doubt that this was not something that Andrea could do, and the guards were each wearing the Punishment Stone.

"When you meet them, you'll be relieved of all doubts," she continued, "so what the Quinn family has to do now is make a big fuss—the bigger the noise, the better, and it's better to keep the eyes of the whole of Glowlight City focused on it." At that point, Ampein Moya will have to come out and face you personally. ”