Duke is the highest-ranking title of nobility other than the royal family.
And as if to express her sincerity and determination, Stephanie continued: "Of course, I am not the kind of noble who only has a title but no real power. When the time comes, I will give you one-third of my territory, and Give you all the rights of the Grand Duke, such as basic conscription rights, basic territorial legal autonomy, and even the right to launch wars."
This is pure lord treatment.
Coupled with the title of Grand Duke, as long as Roland's ability is not too poor, he will become a rising star among the upper-class nobles of France.
The kind that's so bright it's purple.
Normally, no one would refuse such a gift as long as they are young people.
Even members of the royal family would most likely be overjoyed when this happened, and then throw themselves to the ground and say "Long live Her Majesty the Queen."
However, Roland didn't have much interest.
It's not that I'm not interested at all, I'm a little tempted.
After all, the conditions given by Stephanie are really very good.
But... After seeing Mordenkainen's floating city, Roland was no longer interested in the territory on the ground.
No matter how big your land is, it is still fixed in one place.
Can there be a floating city where people can come and go easily
No matter how high the noble position is, it doesn't matter. If you hold it to death, you will be titled as a king or a queen.
Still a common man.
But as long as the floating city is built, even if it is smaller, the meaning will be different.
It has developed in an otherworldly direction.
Therefore, Roland was indeed a little moved, but he still didn't care.
Andonara knew Roland too well. When she heard Stephanie's words, she smiled and said: "Your conditions are useful to others, but not to him. You promised him a big library, but it is better than yours." It is good for these powers to lure him."
"Do you only want knowledge?" Stephanie leaned on Andonara. Her body still didn't have much strength: "You don't like the power Roland, but how about the beauty?"
Now Andonara was unhappy: "What do you mean?"
Stephanie also reacted very quickly. She immediately said: "Don't worry, I'm just helping you test him."
"Don't do that." Andonara stopped and looked at Stephanie seriously: "Human nature cannot stand the test, do you understand?"
When she spoke, her eyes were dark, even with a little murderous intent.
Stephanie felt a little cold in her heart, and she nodded immediately.
Seeing that she gave in, Andonara was quite satisfied and said: "We are good friends. This is Delbon City and I am the hostess here. Don't worry, you will be safe and happy staying here."
Stephanie was noncommittal.
The French people have a somewhat "center of the world" complex. In their view, except for France, all other human countries are barbarians, and the elves are only slightly stronger than them.
Stephanie has no interest in the small country of Holevin and the small town of Delbon.
But there is no problem in taking refuge here.
Stephanie leaned on Andonara and walked forward slowly. At the same time, she asked Roland: "You have been unwilling to show me the secret of the multi-person teleportation array before, but now you are willing. How about you?" Speaking of investment, what deal do you want to make with me?”
"Because I suddenly feel that you becoming the queen is a good choice for me." Roland smiled and said: "You alone already have a good collection of books in the princess's underground library, so it is as famous as the Guangming Library. There should be many good books in the royal library. It is said that that place is only open to members of the royal family. If you become the queen, I should be able to go in and read it for a long time, right?"
"So you exposed the secret of your multi-person teleportation magic circle!" Stephanie looked at Roland in disbelief: "Do you know what this secret means?"
Roland nodded: "I think I should know better than you the importance of smooth transportation and the significance of smooth transportation to war strategy. Although you are a queen, except for etiquette education and worldly education, you are better than me in other comprehensive qualities. , I should be better than you."
Roland said this with confidence.
Just like what he said, except for the twists and turns of the upper class, Roland's other knowledge, which he has systematically cultivated for nearly twenty years, is completely beyond the scope of knowledge, both in terms of breadth and depth. Fanny, the big princess.
Stephanie didn't refute, she frowned: "Then why do you still expose yourself? Just for some books?"
"Just for books." Roland nodded: "The amount of knowledge determines the upper limit of a mage's growth."
"I can give you territory, and I can also let you enter the library. There is no conflict."
"But with the territory, I don't have so much time to study." At this time, they had walked outside Delbon City. Inside the city wall of his city, the magic tower could be seen from a distance: "I also have my own power. But I found that just maintaining such a small organization would take up a lot of my study time. If I add another territory and have the status of a Grand Duke and a high position of power, even if I don't care about anything, trouble will still come to my door. .”
Stephanie looked at Roland deeply and gave no more persuasion.
This wasn't that she gave up, but that she put the issue aside for the time being.
A young magician who can 'draw' a multi-person teleportation magic circle is worth spending a lot of energy and time to show goodwill and win over.
The three of them were speechless all the way back to the manor in Delbon City.
After receiving the news, Vivian rushed from the Magic Tower, then hugged Roland hard and refused to let go.
Andonara very thoughtfully gave the two of them space to be alone.
After all, Andonara has been staying with Roland during this period of time.
In contrast, Vivian not only had to stay in Delbon City, but also had to manage the magic tower and all the affairs of the magic school.
Although Vivian had no complaints about this, and even enjoyed it a little, she was still a girl under the age of twenty, and she still felt empty after not meeting a capable lover for so long.
The two were alone for a night, and the next day, Vivian continued to deal with the affairs of the Magic Tower with a radiant face.
Roland was a little tired and slept until almost noon before getting up from bed.
When I came to the living room, I found that Andonara and Stephanie had already finished eating.
As soon as Roland sat down, Stephanie said, "It seems you are not a very diligent person after getting up so late."
Roland smiled and said nothing.
Who doesn't have time to rest
Roland understands the principle of combining work and rest.
But there's no point in arguing with a woman over these little things. Let her just say whatever she likes.
Andonara went back to the kitchen and took out the fried eggs and a glass of milk specially reserved for Roland.
Seeing Roland ignore her, Stephanie frowned and then asked: "How long do you plan to keep me here and when will you send me back!"
Roland took a sip of warm milk and said, "Let's wait until Shuke and I figure things out."
Stephanie looked unhappy: "Are you putting me under house arrest?"
Roland put down the cup in his hand and raised his eyebrows: "Under house arrest? Her Royal Highness, although we are considered acquaintances and acquaintances, you are always so suspicious, and it is really difficult for our relationship to be harmonious."
"But if you don't say when you will let me return to the royal city, you are not putting me under house arrest. What are you doing!"
Roland sighed: "I thought you were a princess and had been in the upper-class aristocracy all year round, so you should be quite smart. But it turned out that you were only a little smart, but you didn't understand the situation clearly?"
This seems a bit sarcastic.
After hearing this, Stephanie felt extremely angry and her face became much gloomier.
But she didn't have an attack. She just held back her anger and asked, "What do you mean?"
"There are only three parties involved in this matter now." Roland explained helplessly: "The royal family, the Temple of Light, and the Magic Association."
Stephanie chuckled: "Who doesn't know this?"
"But you don't understand the attitudes of these three families." Roland cut the omelette on the plate into three parts and pushed one of them towards Stephanie: "You represent the royal family, I represent the Magic Association, and Shu Gram represents the Temple of Light.”
Stephanie wanted to say, anyone can understand this, why do you still want to talk nonsense
But she decided to listen patiently and see what Roland had to say.
"It stands to reason that most people can imagine how powerful these three families are together. No matter how powerful the enemy is, they should have been found out. But they just didn't check and only pushed the three of us out to do things!" Roland The knife in his hand directly cut the omelette into ten pieces: "Shuke and I are both sons of gold and will not die, so we have no problem no matter what we do. I personally feel that the Magic Association saved and trained me, so that My idea of doing things independently is the same as Shuke's. Their Pope agreed with Shuke's idea of forming an investigation team, but stopped helping. Isn't it obvious? As for you... "
Stephanie understood what Roland meant.
Then I got chills all over my body.
Sometimes there is a blind spot in your vision and ideas, and you cannot change your ideas just because you are a player in the game.
Stephanie now understood that Roland and Shuke were just here to 'play', and she was the only one working hard.
Only you are being tested and watched by others!
"So, you are the one who is really in danger. All the nobles in the royal city want to see only you. They want to see your ability to do things, your communication skills, and your 'luck' to see whether you are qualified to be the queen. Roland finished the omelette and said slowly: "So, the nobles are watching, the Temple of Light is watching, and even the Magic Association where important people have died is watching."
Cold sweat broke out on Stephanie's forehead, and the beads were as big as soybeans.
She seemed to see three illusory giants staring at her in the sky of this world.
Every giant has a scrutinizing look in his eyes.
It's like looking at the little sow on the chopping board, struggling desperately, trying to escape.
Among the three superpowers, the "two superpowers" of the Temple of Light and the Magic Association have already chosen the "core" figures for their own forces in the future.
Only she, the eldest princess, has not even finished the exam.
"So, you just stay in this city first, wait until I go back to France, and break the situation with Shuke first." Roland said, "When the matter is over, I will come back and take you back to the royal family of France." . By the way, your dark chessmen should have good personalities. I let them go yesterday, so they don’t want to kill me."