In the palace area of Kagashi City, there is a group of palaces with a strong exotic style, where are the diplomatic envoys and embassies.
The Principality of Donglan did not have an embassy in the Oran Empire, but in a temporary villa, even though it was late at night, a girl who was deceived was still angry.
"Dasos! You didn't say that when you invited us here! This is a fraud, this is an insult to the entire principality!"
The fourteen-year-old girl was throwing her temper in the room, but unfortunately, what she faced was only the follower sister with a wry smile.
"Yes, they deceived us, but as a small country, what can we do? Are we going to spread the word and refuse to obey? I'm afraid, they will immediately regard it as an insult to the empire and the new king, and launch an all-out war. I'm afraid, this It's the raison d'être they need."
Yes, this time, the Principality of Donglan didn't mean to become a subordinate country at all. Princess Renee was just tricked into it. Same here, there are several small countries that insisted on not being subordinate.
"According to the current development situation, the rise of the Oran Empire has become unstoppable. When other countries have promised to become vassals, if we insist on not being subordinate, we will inevitably become a thorn in everyone's eyes, but only to maintain the dignity of a big country, Oran The Empire must also crusade against us, and the war with the orcs has just ended, and our current national strength can withstand this war."
This is to show that the fake show is real, in order to pressure people, Renee gritted her teeth.
"Yes, they saw through this and deceived us to come here. But Sister Kelly, didn't you say that the blood of Lan will never yield! We fought with them."
The wood elf woman in front of her was the court teacher Kayleigh Bryan, or Kaili for short, who had served the Royal Family of Lan for nearly five hundred years.
She has taught more than 20 monarchs in the royal family, and she is even the enlightenment teacher of the legendary Gemini. She has a high prestige in the country and has won the trust of the royal family.
"So, if the bloodline of Lan with a long history can be surrendered this time, Dasos and Oran Kingdom will definitely gain a higher reputation. And if we don't surrender, he will find a reason to fight. No matter how we respond, he will not It's a loss for me to play tricks and tricks so carelessly."
"Why? Isn't everyone human? Why is it more difficult to deal with than evil orcs."
The face of the girl princess was full of tiredness. These days in Kagoxi City, facing the nobles with honey swords, she felt that it was more difficult to deal with than the battlefield of war.
"Oh, it's hard to deal with them because they're all human. Have you forgotten, Your Highness, the fall of the Land of Lan? What did the Land of Lan get by defending the entire human society in the past dynasties? It's the shameless betrayal of all human nations and the heresy of the church. The referee is a savage knife at the vest, never trust those stupid, short-sighted and dishonest human kings, and the gods of order who have no faith."
Although he smiled slightly, the soft words in the green-haired wood elf's mouth contained distrust of the entire human society and the gods of order.
"Furthermore, if you agree to sign the Dependent Country Agreement, then your support rate in the country will plummet, or this is one of their goals. After all, the blood of Lan has caused them a lot of pain, and before you Their performance should make them alert. Perhaps this is the reason why they disregarded their face and set us up."
Renee was immediately dumbfounded, and then her face became even more incredible, just because she performed too well in the orc invasion? In order to suppress his reputation and force himself and the Principality of Donglan to bow their heads, he came to a forced subordination
"impossible!"
"No, this possibility is very high. Who told you to have two famous ancestors, Lan's bloodline is even more talented. They will naturally be very wary. Plus you and the twin princes have similar faces, no , it's exactly the same. They can't stand another demonic invasion, or night in Deefend."
While talking, the two of them turned their eyes to the oil painting on the wall. It was a battlefield full of war, the war was going on, and the young generals were marching with flags.
It was a pair of twins. The boy with the sword was raising his sword in mid-air and slashing down. The golden holy light shone down on him like a god, but even in the fiercest despair on the battlefield, he still wore a harmonious and sunny smile. , as if there was a smooth road ahead.
And behind him, another young man with the same face, holding a sword in the left and a wand in the right, the flames from hell are burning on his right arm, but the young faces are full of anger.
Behind them are the heroes charging knights, and in front of them are the boundless orcs and demons, and in the corner of the picture, the flag of the human kingdom is vaguely seen, expressing the artist's Anger and dissatisfaction.
It is a replica of the famous painting "The Last Princes" of the Principality of Donglan.
"His Royal Highness Roland and Cavans? Sister Kelly, are they really that powerful? If they were in my current situation, would it be much better?"
Renee was a little frustrated, and this feeling of being ashamed of her ancestors made her feel powerless.
"Don't say anything unsatisfactory, you've done a good job."
Kelly shook her head.
"This kind of comparison is meaningless. Renee is Renee, and the twin princes are twin princes. If Cavins is in your position, it is estimated that the only option is to kill with a sword, and the situation will be worse."
"In other words, if His Royal Highness Roland were here, maybe the situation would be very different?"
Renee, keenly aware of the hidden meaning of Kelly's words, became even more frustrated.
Hearing this, Kelly was stunned for a moment, and then she showed a nostalgic smile.
"Roland, if it were him, he wouldn't let himself fall into such a passive situation from the beginning. That kid looks bright and cheerful, but in fact, his stomach is full of bad water. It's enough that he doesn't cheat others, and he will let others cheat. He? Cavens is 100% fooled, but most of the time, he will walk straight regardless, but often he rushes out with brute force without reason."
Renee was a little curious. Sister Kelly in front of her was a real elder of the royal family and a living library, but she didn't like to talk about the past very much. At this rare opportunity, she had to seize the opportunity to ask questions.
"Well, Sister Kelly, can you tell me about the deeds of those two Highnesses? Are they really as powerful as they say?"
Renee leaned on Kelly's body weakly, letting the other party weave her own braids and touch up her makeup, which had been her daily habit for the past two years.
Brows were thickened, eyeliner was drawn, excess hair was trimmed, and powder makeup was used to cover up the overly fair complexion. Under Kelly's skillful hand, the distinction between male and female faces was further blurred.
Under the increasingly unfavorable situation, the Principality of Donglan needed a heroic knight who was very similar to the legendary Paladin Roland, not a noble lady destined to be busy all day in social situations.
"Although it's unbelievable, they are actually stronger than the legends. If it wasn't for the outbreak of the war and not giving them enough time to grow up, that era would be destined to belong to both of them."
Hearing this, Renee raised her head suddenly, the makeup pencil was drawn crookedly from her face, and her makeup took a lot of time.
"Impossible. They were the same age as me when they died in battle. No, what Sister Kelly said must be true. As expected, I'm useless. It would be nice if His Royal Highness Roland could make a decision for me."
"puff."
What surprised Renee was Kelly, who covered her mouth and chuckled.
"Sister Kelly, what are you laughing at, I'm serious!"
"No, Renee, it's just that someone has said that before."
"Who?"
"Roland, he always said 'Oh, this is a hassle, it's a waste of my reading time, if only Cavens could get it all done, then I could be lazy by reading books every day.'"
The legendary hero actually has such a lazy side, that Roland, who is regarded as a paladin and a role model for the royal family, actually likes to be lazy too
"Does His Royal Highness Roland like reading books?"
"What he likes very much, whether it is art, music, literature, history, astronomy, geography, or messy alchemy and engineering, he likes it very much. If it wasn't for being sent to the church to be a paladin, if it weren't for the sudden war that followed. Outburst, I am afraid, he will eventually become a world-famous scholar."
"Wait, Miss Kelly, wasn't he only ten years old when he was sent to be a paladin, so he could read books when he was young?"
"Both His Royal Highnesses can read books when they are one year old, or they will become universally recognized geniuses. However, there is a little story here."
"Great. Story?"
"Well, it usually takes more than a year for a normal boy to learn to walk. Even if the blood of Lan will make children's intelligence open early, it is enough for Cavens to learn to walk and a few simple words just a month after birth, which is enough to go down in history. super genius."
"His Royal Highness Roland?"
"Hey, Cavens can walk, he is still crawling, Cavens will call Mom and Dad, and he will only cry. And when they were born a month ago, when we were all worried about Roland, Cavens fought He started to grab his bottle with all his strength, and he finally made a sound."
"Speak out?"
"Well, he first said to Cavens, 'Hey, boy, you're not afraid of being sliced, I'm afraid, take it easy, can you be professional, we are normal babies, we should learn to cry now. Come on, cry with brother One, wow! Come on, rise, wow,' and then found that Cavens couldn't understand and continued to snatch, so he shouted for help 'Hey, hey, you don't care about this bad boy, he will bully him Brother. Hmph, if you dare to rob the old man of food, the old man will perish for you.'"
"A child who is only one month old knows to hide his talents? It's unbelievable."
"Why not. In the past few hundred years, I have taught many geniuses of the Lan royal family, but I have never seen such an outrageous child. The world thinks that Cavens is a super genius, but in fact Roland is even more outrageous. It's not that he spreads his energy in various disciplines, and he misses the prime season of exercise, and he can't be worse than Cavens."
"Can you say more about His Royal Highness Roland?"
Looking at Renee's tired face, Kelly stroked her hair, bowing her head and kissing the girl's forehead just like when she was a child.
"Well, then, you are tired after a busy day, so let's make it a bedtime story. Roland, although he is very smart, he is also very unreliable. Once, he happily took me to see his new invention, He also said triumphantly, 'Look, this transparent thing will definitely sell well, I call it glass, it will definitely make a lot of money, and our people's life will be much better.'"
"Is glass invented by Lord Roland? I remember it existed more than 6,000 years ago."
"Well, he didn't know it at the time, and when I told him, his depressed face was heartbreaking, and he was still muttering 'It's okay, then invent movable type'"
"Printing technology? Wasn't that already monopolized by the God of Knowledge?"
"Well, I said it at the time, so he was even more depressed, but the next day, he began to study astronomy and biology again, the evolution theory of survival of the fittest, although it seems obviously unfounded, but I still think about it now. There is some truth. For example, [species are not created by God, they are constant, they are variable, living things evolve, and natural selection is the driving force of biological evolution. is finite, so creatures must struggle to survive]"
"Aren't all beings in the mortal world created by the gods? Didn't all life originate from the source of order, the abyss of chaos. This is an obvious lie."
"Well, but he was not depressed, he quickly found a new toy, he has always been like this, never knew what it means to be discouraged and give up, even when the war started, he quickly went from a rookie to a real war god, If it weren't for the fact that we were facing a hundred times more enemies..."
Under the accumulation of fatigue and anger, Renee fell into a dreamland soon, while watching the armor that the girl took off, Kelly fell into contemplation.
The armor was gorgeous, it was Mithril heavy armor on the outside, but it was actually just soft armor with a light alloy coating, even lighter than leather armor.
It is impossible for the blood of Lan to represent a genius. Renee is not a genius, or even a qualified warrior. What is the difference between a fourteen-year-old black iron junior warrior and a commoner.
During the 3,000-mile charge, she was only responsible for raising the flag and shouting slogans, shaking her head and taking the lead. If she really met an opponent, any orc could easily kill her in seconds.
But unfortunately, the current domestic and foreign troubles of the Duke of Donglan really need an ancient heroic knight princess. Renee has sacrificed a lot, but according to the current situation, she will continue to sacrifice, even if the sacrifice is very likely In exchange for nothing in return, what even awaits her can only be notoriety and the incomprehension of the people.
"Hey, maybe Renee is right, this burden is too heavy for her. Roland, where the hell are you?"
Kelly caressed the short knife around her waist. At the hilt of the short knife, two giant dragons were surrounding each other, and two luminous pearls were embedded in it, emitting a white and a black light.
This is the lamp of life. It is a secret method that has been circulated in various royal families. When members of the royal family are just born, they take their first drop of blood and hold a ceremony. Then, this bead becomes his lamp of life. If the lamp goes out , it means that the person is dead, and this can also be used to prevent the royal family from being impersonated.
And this decorative short knife with two beads is the lamp of life for twins - Roland and Cavens.
"Cavance's lamp of life is getting darker and darker. It seems that he has fallen into chaos completely, but Roland..."
The situation of Roland's lamp of life is extremely strange. It lights up all of a sudden, goes out all of a sudden, turns white all of a sudden, blacks out all of a sudden, and transforms again and again.
A hundred years ago, the black one even surpassed Cavens, and not long ago, he went out strangely, and two months later, he was bright and white again.
"If this lamp of life reflects the real situation, and Roland is still in the world, his life should be wonderful."
Inexplicably, the blade trembled slightly, as if being summoned by something, Kelly stood up instinctively, looked around, but found a figure under the tree.
"Roland!!"
But when he looked closely, he found that it was just a willow tree floating in the wind.
Shaking her head, Kelly closed the window.
"Oh, it seems that, like Renee, I hope to have a reliable shoulder."
And in a corner she didn't notice, under the window, a figure with a silver mask tickled righteously.
"Dassos, dare to call the attention of the Land of Lan, I will make you worse than the ending in history!"