Chapter 613, Lost the Game, Won Life

Inside the palace, the banquet was still going on. Emperor Karl Franz, Ivan the Griffin Duke, and Emmanuel Emmanuel (also known as Emilia), the Duchess of the Empire, sat together and chatted about the emperor's proposal.

Emilia shook the Avery red wine in the glass. This high-quality red wine from Aveyland, a large agricultural province, is called Conti, and it is the top "aged classic Conti", but for Emilia , This kind of drink is really nothing unusual. The Countess of the Empire maintained her ladylike sitting posture, chatting with the emperor and Ryan's godfather. Emilia's face was less cold and impatient, and she just habitually Bring the habit in the court of Nur to the banquet in the palace.

From a certain point of view, Emilia did nothing wrong. As she said, if she smiles at people all day long, she can easily be considered a bully, especially for a woman.

It's different for men. If Ryan smiles and greets people all day, it means someone is going to be unlucky.

"How about it, how about my proposal?" Emperor Karl Franz maintained his hearty standard smile: "Emmanolie, consider it?"

"It's really a speech like a lightning strike at the opening." Emilia squinted at the emperor of the empire, not only did she not have a trace of respect in her tone, but also had deep contempt: "My lord, you don't care about your Rick Leader, how did it come to me? This is not a time of war, nor is it in the Imperial Parliament, I have no obligation to obey your orders, not at all."

"Don't have such a bad attitude, Your Majesty, Your Majesty didn't order you, but just asked you to consider this proposal." Ivan the Griffin Duke spread his hands and offered to help: "We never forced you to do anything."

"It's like Karl can't order you?" Emilia said angrily, the Queen of the Empire obviously didn't even give face to Godfather Ryan: "Your Excellency Ivan, or would you like to tell me that this time our emperor Your Majesty asks you to act, what conditions did you offer?"

The pungent irony of these words made both Karl Franz and Ivan Ferdinand a little embarrassed. Emperor Karl coughed a few times, and could only whisper: "Emmanolie? It's not appropriate to talk about this now, let's not talk about it." Well, about my proposal, can you give me an answer?"

Emilia's thin eyebrows furrowed.

Just now, Emperor Karl Franz made a proposal to replace the territory.

This replacement territory is not a replacement of Karl Franz's Rick Territory and Emilia's Wesson Territory, because it is not necessary and cannot be replaced. Karl Franz's proposal is that Emilia's Wesson Territory, and Ryan's Musillon Duchy replaces a territory to strengthen the friendly relationship between the two sides, and at the same time deepen the alliance between the two sides, including Ryan and Emilia's, including Britannia and the Empire.

Territory replacement is not uncommon. The most famous is the famous city fortress Carronburg between Rickland and Middenland. This city has changed ownership back and forth between Rickland and Middenland. A compromise was reached, Kronborg belonged to the land of Midden, and the nobles of Kronborg were allowed to serve Kaiser Karl Franz.

But now, what Karl Franz means is that Ryan can replace a territory with the Duchess of the Empire as the Duke of Musillon. In this way, the alliance will be stronger, and it will also promote cultural exchanges between the two parties and consolidate the alliance between the two parties. It is also convenient for the command of the coalition forces when they gather, and there will not be so many excuses for sending troops for reinforcements.

Emilia was a little annoyed instinctively, because the emperor's idea was obviously to strengthen the relationship with Ryan through himself. As we all know, it is easiest to take the wife's route to contact Ryan.

If Suria and Morgiana are the two ropes used by the fairies of the lake and Britannia to tie Ryan, then Emilia is an important link for the empire to maintain a solid alliance with Ryan.

The little maid didn't like this. She always felt that the relationship between her and Ryan was a pure relationship that started in Marienburg. The communication between the two people was very pure at the beginning, but now it has become an interaction between them that directly affects the interests of the country. and diplomatic relations.

But thinking about it carefully, Emilia's political wisdom and clever mind immediately realized that the advantages of doing so outweighed the disadvantages. This idea is a good idea and suitable for herself. She has no reason not to accept it. Through experience, Emilia has long understood that personal likes and dislikes are one thing, and overall interests are another.

"My lord, you don't think about various issues for our great empire every day in the palace, but instead concentrate on helping me and my people think about replacing territories? Then I really want to thank you!" Emilia Still not letting go of the emperor, she said sarcastically: "It is really a blessing for the empire to have such an emperor who has worked so hard for the people of the empire!"

"Then what should I think?" The emperor knew Emilia, and since she spoke like this, it meant that she had been moved, so Karl Franz humorously made a joke: "As the emperor of the empire, there are only seven days a week. , Am I going to be furious one or three times, cry two or four and six, and then think about how to hang that businessman in Marienburg on Sunday?"

"Pfft!" Emilia was laughed at by the emperor's black humor, and the Duchess of the Empire covered her mouth with her hand, and couldn't help laughing out: "Carl, you usually make Helena happy at home like this Is it?"

"Not often, you know, Emilia, I'm not as eloquent as Ryan." The emperor shrugged humorously, and he looked at Ryan who was talking with Boris, Vamir and others in the distance: "He Very feminine, am I right?"

"You are very good too, Karl." Emilia was a little resentful when she talked about this matter. After all, she did not get a marriage. The Duchess of the Empire said casually: "But you are too weak, Karl. Let me think about it. Hammer Gail Malaz, if you don't wear the silver sealed plate armor blessed by all the gods of the old world, can you be Ryan's opponent?"

"Huh ha ha ha ha!" Ivan and Karl Franz laughed almost at the same time, and the emperor shook his head helplessly: "Don't compare me with Ryan, let me tell you this, Emmanuel, I will take it With Gail Malaz wearing the silver seal, it is impossible to defeat Ryan, at most he can only rely on the power of the hammer and the protection of the silver seal to entangle him for a period of time."

"So don't blame Ryan for being popular with women." Emilia stretched out a small hand wrapped in a long black and red lace satin glove, put her five fingers together, and lifted it up: "This kind of high-quality man will always be loved by women. "

"Hahahahaha!" Karl Franz raised his glass: "Then, let's drink to Ryan's popularity and his son, my godson Frederick Jr."

"cheers!"

On the other side, sure enough, Ryan chatted with Boris and Wamir and became speculative. Hearing the obscene laughter of the three men, it was obvious that they were talking about colorful topics, which was not surprising because the men gathered together This kind of topic is unavoidable, and when talking about it, the previous conflicts and some small unhappiness are quickly forgotten. The emperor debated for a while on pantyhose or suspenders, a sacred issue full of the philosophy of the origin of the world, and reached a lot of consensus on the basis of their respective differences.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the dinner time is over, but the night has just begun. There are many entertainment activities in the palace, but the most popular one is undoubtedly the tabletop war game. They can't wait to have a big battle on the table. In addition, some nobles and noble ladies go to the concert hall more and listen to the performers playing and playing around the piano and harp. Sing, or gather around and play cards.

Ryan just watched the crowd play, he was not particularly interested in this tabletop war game, and he was ashamed of those expensive and exquisite pawns, such as Boris Thor, who had the richest collection of all kinds of pawns. Debringer, his box of well-preserved pawns is said to sell for thousands of gold marks on the black market, and demand exceeds supply.

"Lian, don't you play?" Emperor Karl Franz is obviously a great player in this kind of war chess game. He not only collects a complete set of chess pieces, but also collects the chess pieces of his own emperor riding a griffin, which are placed on the table. Behind the army, the majestic demeanor of Deathclaw and the emperor himself has been well restored, and even the magic hammer Gael-Maraz in the hands of the chess pieces is carefully carved out of metal.

"No, I need some space of my own, Carl." Ryan shrugged, and he set his sights on Emilia who was holding his arm: "Okay, it's us."

"If you really need a little space for yourself, you don't need to stay here, there are many rooms upstairs." Elector Vamir joked.

The humor of Elector Wolfen and Grand Duke of Ostland provoked laughter.

Ryan didn't refute either. He smiled awkwardly, neither immediately agreeing nor categorically refusing, which made him even more guilty and made everyone feel that Emilia seemed to be taking the initiative in this relationship.

But only the little maid knows Ryan's plan. Ryan, as the God of the Lake Fairy's God's Choice Champion and the Holy Grail Knight Commander, has always been a "perfect person" to the outside world. Others of the same sex involuntarily and instinctively repel and hostile.

This is not what Ryan came to the Empire for.

However, after Ryan showed this "inner fear" attribute and his incompetence in tabletop war chess games, he quickly changed from a perfect person to being ridiculed. After everyone teased him for a while, Ryan naturally It feels close.

Everything is a disguise of this man, Ryan is really... Maybe it is this kind of man that makes me fall in love with him willingly, Emilia thought of it as she held Ryan's arm, and she simply went on: "In that case, would you like to play with me?"

"Uh... I'm not very good at it." Ryan really cooperated.

"No, I'll teach you!" Emilia finally threw out her all-time conspiracy: "Come on, let's have a game, you can borrow chess pieces from your godfather, I think Duke Ivan will not be stingy right?"

"Okay." Ivan the Griffin Duke nodded with a wry smile.

So, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ryan and Emilia had a tabletop war chess showdown.

Similarly, under the eyes of everyone, Ryan lost to Emilia without any suspense. Although the loss was not too much, Emilia never gave Ryan any chance to comeback. Feeling very excited, she put away the chess pieces, smiled at Ryan and said, "I won, Ryan."

"Yes, you won, Emilia." Ryan nodded with a smile, he didn't care much about the outcome.

"Okay, now your heart and kidneys belong to me." The little maid stretched out her hands towards Ryan: "Hurry up, dig out your heart and kidneys and give them to me, they are my trophies."

"Hahahaha!" All the nobles of the empire in the room laughed together. The performance between this couple was as interesting as a drama.

"What kind of prize is this..." Ryan also smiled happily, he said with a smile: "You defeated me, very good, I will give you a title on this board game, it will be called 'tossgirl'. "

"Tossgirl? Swing girl?" Emilia didn't understand. She thought about it for a while, and felt that she couldn't just suffer like this: "Then you should be called tossboy!"

"Okay, from now on I will be nicknamed tossboy on the tabletop war chess." Ryan nodded again and again. He rarely admits defeat so simply, but if you lose, you lose. There is nothing wrong with admitting it.

At this time, the great nobles of the empire present, including Karl Franz himself, had a strange feeling. They always felt that Ryan was the winner.

It feels like being fed a mouthful of dog food.

The emperor smiled and applauded. He thought to himself, maybe this means losing the game and winning life.

What no one knows is that Lane and Emilia's performance at this banquet and this tabletop game were witnessed by the royal court poets of Brunswick and adapted into bards, becoming the most popular in the old world. An enduring classic handed down from generation to generation, the love between them has moved generations after generations.

This famous poem was named "The Wind Rises", which praised the love between Knight King "Unifier" Ryan and Lady Emmanuel, and became a well-known classic song in the old world. Bigness has become an important criterion for the bard's singing level.

………… I am the dividing line between the second and fifth sons of the real Gonghuo………

After the palace banquet that day, another large-scale massacre occurred in the wealthy area of ​​Brunswick. The von Lacker family suffered a terrible tragedy. The head of the family, Werner von Lacker, several family members and a dozen The guard was killed by one blow, and several other noble children died in this small manor, and similarly, the murderer stayed in the manor for several hours before leaving. The same person committed the crime.

The two consecutive massacres shocked the whole of Brunswick. Suddenly, various gossip spread in the capital, and the nobles greatly strengthened their own guards.

Some people say that the Chaos Demon has sneaked into Brunswick and is ready to kill. Some people say that the emperor eliminated dissidents and took the opportunity to suppress those nobles who have no military achievements. Some people even say that all this is caused by the great alchemist Gelt or Flame The conspiracy of the supreme dean of the academy, Gehrman, one of the two candidates must be unsure, so they want to try to postpone the competition.

Karl Franz responded immediately. First of all, the imperial capital entered a state of martial law, a large number of troops patrolled, and at the same time strengthened the curfew. Even nobles could not move at night without a permit.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor also announced that the competition of the chief wizard of the empire would not be postponed for any reason.

In this way, amidst the tension, a week passed by in a hurry.

The competition will be held as scheduled.

Gelt and Gehrman will decide the winner for the most powerful magical leader of the human kingdom in the old world!