Chapter 273 6.21 Elizabeth's Despair

In a field less than two kilometers away from the Seawatch Fortress, there is a plantation called "Fischer Farm" which is famous throughout Mercia for growing grapes and apples.

Relying on the huge profits brought by the sweet fruits, the owner of the plantation built a huge manor covering an area of ​​nearly 3,000 square meters.

At this time, the manor has been requisitioned by the English coalition forces. The combat leaders of the coalition forces: "Ecbert", the Lord of Wessex, "Eller III", the Lord of Northumbria, "Lanshall", the Lord of Kent, "Lancelot", the Prince of Mercia, etc., all gathered here.

They did not stay in the Seawatch Fortress and were caught in one fell swoop because of pure luck.

On the night when Loki led his team to attack the Seawatch Fortress, some of them were leading the army slowly on the road, delaying the time to enter the fortress; some people took a relatively long road because they needed to collect food and grass resources.

Some were simply because they were lingering with their lovers for two more days, resulting in late assembly.

Among the royal families in Oxford who swore solemnly to fight the Vikings to the death with all their strength, only Elan, the "honest man" of Mercia, entered the Seawatch Fortress on time.

And now, only Elan himself was trapped in the castle by the suddenly appearing Vikings.

The war had just started, and the Vikings had already taken down the first stronghold. This was a very passive situation, but there was no dull atmosphere in the "Fisher Farm" at this time.

The high-ranking nobles of the coalition were gathering in the magnificent "tea room" of the Fisher Manor, and the servants brought the freshly brewed black tea and fresh milk.

The servants in the kitchen prepared exquisite refreshments for the princes and nobles. Harvey Fisher, the owner of the farm, was wearing a decent lamp velvet variegated robe to greet these monarchs whom he rarely saw in his life.

In order to please this group of rare guests, he even hired the "Morley House Magic Circus" from Oxford overnight to stay in the manor and provide entertainment for the monarchs during afternoon tea time.

This is the shrewdness of businessmen.

Harvey knew that during the time when these gentlemen stayed in the manor, he spent little money. As long as he could get familiar with the rulers of the seven countries, he would have ten thousand ways to take thousands of times the profit from their pockets in the future.

Holding the exquisite porcelain cup, Master Harvey raised his orchid finger, just pinched the exquisite cup handle and had no time to drink a sip, when a loud "bang" sound suddenly came to his ears.

The sudden and rough sound made the troupe that played vague and changing magic tricks all come to a standstill. In the silent silence, a blonde girl in a plain white dress rushed to the center of the tea room, pushed the magicians aside, and stood at the highest position on the stage.

"You guys still have the nerve to drink tea and watch magic shows here?"

"On the day of the alliance, all of us solemnly swore in front of the Holy Cross that we would be allies to overcome the disaster together! But now, my old father is detained in the castle by the Vikings, and you are here drinking tea and listening to music all day long!"

The girl in white who suddenly appeared was naturally Elizabeth, who was already furious. Unlike the princesses and princes who learned royal etiquette since childhood, Elizabeth has never been to school since she was born.

Everything she has was given to her by the mysterious "mother" in the Church of Light.

After finishing her studies every morning, she never participated in any social activities among the nobles, such as "polo", "fencing" and "afternoon tea".

She devoted most of her life to the orphans in the orphanage and the lonely old people in the slums.

Therefore, compared with the "normal" nobles, Elizabeth has a lot of wildness belonging to the common people in the market.

"You don't want to ignite the war to your country's homeland, and you force us to use our Sea Fortress with such a low-brow excuse as 'Mercia's navy is unparalleled in the world'."

"My father didn't say anything, so I endured it."

"But what happened next?"

"People, Mercia paid the most, not to mention money and food supplies, you either excused the long journey or cried poor on the spot! A little bit of supplies, external things, I endured it, because my father, the 'honest man' Elan you always talk about, silently took it all"

"But I really didn't expect that 'Ulysses Elan', who spent all his money and manpower for the six wolf cubs, was held hostage in the Sea Fortress. After three long days, none of you organized a rescue plan, but you still had the nerve to drink tea and chat with me and watch magic shows?

Holy Lord Christ, what kind of heartless monsters are you?!"

The girl shouted at the top of her lungs, using all the vicious words she could think of. She originally thought that the king and the generals would at least give her some response.

Even if there was no response, at least they expressed a certain degree of importance, which was acceptable to her.

However, she still overestimated the thickness of the kings' skin.

"Little sister, have you ever thought that your father is probably dead?"

"Dead? Didn't you see the people who were released from the city by the Viking lord? He couldn't bear to kill the people, how could he kill my father?"

"What's more, a considerable number of people who left the city have seen that he is still alive!"

Ecbert looked at Prince Lancelot of Mercia, and the bigwigs in the teahouse shrugged their shoulders, and the only response they gave was a dry laugh.

Afterwards, they drank tea and chatted as if nothing had happened, and no one took the roaring girl seriously.

The band started playing again, and the jugglers changed their positions and continued to perform. Even the owner of the teahouse, Mr. Harvey, just brought Elizabeth a cup of scented tea soaked with green oranges and rose petals. , without making any other expression.

This episode, which lasted only a few dozen seconds, was like the intermission of a magic show and was quickly forgotten by everyone.

Two lines of crystal tears fell from the girl's white cheeks.

Until this moment, he finally understood the cruelty hidden behind the seemingly harmless nickname of 'Honest Man'. In their eyes, their father, who has silently made many contributions to England's seven countries, is a servant who can be used and thrown away at any time.

That’s it for other kings and generals.

"Oh my God I can't believe this is real!"

Elizabeth walked to the corner of the house speechlessly. At this moment, she felt that there seemed to be an insurmountable high wall between herself and the English nobles.

When the real war came, she discovered that her brothers, who always talked about heavy words such as honor, responsibility, and obligation, did not even dare to enter the battlefield.

But after she actually came to the front line with the army, when her father became a hostage and her uncle became a vassal, and she tried to shoulder the responsibility of the Kingdom of Mercia on her own shoulders, she discovered that the word "Mercia" had a different meaning in England. It turned out to be such a status in China.

The king is captured, and no one even thinks of rescuing him!

After stretching out her snow-white palms and clenching them several times, a touch of determination appeared in the girl's eyes. During her 18 years of growing up, she has helped countless orphans who lost their parents to regain a new life from adversity.

She believed that she would be able to help her father escape from the clutches of the Vikings this time.