Prince Tupe had never hated a person so much.
At this time, facing Vera's slender hand, the half-elf prince had no choice but to turn his head and look at the man who objected—
Viscount Colin Angelet.
And after hearing Ke Lin's voice, Vera's pale face also glowed with a glimmer of brilliance again.
Her big blue eyes fixedly looked at Colin, with longing and apprehension, looking forward to her own redemption.
"Colin, why do you object to this marriage?" The Duke of St. Hilde's tone was icy cold.
Colin walked out from the crowd and came to the Duke of St. Hilde with a calm expression.
After saluting respectfully, he said firmly, "My lord, since I have admired Miss Vera for a long time, I beg you to give me a chance to fulfill my long-cherished wish!"
As soon as Colin finished speaking, before the Duke of St. Hilde said anything, Prince Tupe next to him jumped out like a wild cat with fur:
"Let's fight! Viscount Angelet! Let's use a man's method to decide who is qualified to marry Miss Vera!"
Immediately, a white glove was thrown at Colin's feet.
Ke Lin raised his brows and complained to himself—do all of you nobles wear white gloves
This is already the second time he has been invited to a duel.
Last time it was that crazy woman Cynthia.
At that time, Colin did not pick up her gloves.
However, this time, Colin knew that he could not back down.
But just when he was about to bend down to pick up Prince Tupe's white gloves, the Duke of St. Hilde reminded him: "Colin, think carefully, Prince Tupe is a third-tier knight."
Half-elves, as a hybrid of humans and elves, can choose either the human-specific divine occupation - knight, or the elves' unique divine occupation - ranger.
But under the current world situation, humans have established a glorious empire, while the elves have disappeared in the depths of the Huiyue Forest, so the choice of the half-elf nobles is easy to guess.
Most of them chose to serve the Lord of Radiance, so it was no surprise that Prince Tupe was a knight.
However, he turned out to be a Tier 3 knight!
This is definitely a genius for a half-elf prince at his age.
However, Colin was not guilty.
He is also the third rank now!
And he has an immortal body, which is really an advantage in a duel.
As a result, a sneer appeared on the corner of Ke Lin's mouth: "My lord, I have made it clear, and I am willing to accept Prince Tupe's invitation to a duel. For Miss Vera, even if I am smashed to pieces!"
However, just when Colin's hand was about to touch the white glove on the ground, Vera suddenly stopped him:
"No! Colin, don't do that!"
Although Colin felt that he was sure of defeating Prince Tupe, the others did not think so.
Especially Vera.
In her memory, Colin was only a first-order knight. So of course she didn't want Colin to agree to Tupe's invitation to a duel.
That is simply courting death.
"Miss Vera, please don't worry about me..."
Colin also tried to reassure Vera, but how could Vera believe it.
Even this simple female mage really felt that Colin was willing to die for herself.
After all, Colin had done this before at the Battle of the Riverrun.
So, Vera, who was heartbroken, suddenly made a decision.
She decided that this time, she wanted to save her knight!
"Father, I am willing to marry His Royal Highness Prince Tupe! Please stop this meaningless duel!"
Hearing this, Colin, who had just picked up the white gloves, froze in place.
Can you have some confidence in me? ! ! !
Colin roared inwardly.
"Okay." The Duke of St. Hilde finally showed a smile.
Prince Tupe also looked ecstatic.
The mood of this half-elf prince can be said to have gone through a roller coaster-like journey, ups and downs, ups and downs.
But in the end, Vera chose him.
So, out of the generosity of the winner, Prince Tupe didn't even need the Duke of St. Hilde to stop him, and immediately said to Colin who was in a daze with white gloves:
"Viscount Angelet, your courage has conquered me. You will win this duel."
A strong humiliation enveloped Colin's body.
The other party's charity-like attitude completely angered him.
He took a big step forward, approaching Prince Tupe, and asked, "What do you mean 'even if I win'? If I win, should you take the initiative to withdraw from the pursuit of Vera?"
"Of course not. Miss Willa has already made her choice, and of course I respect her choice."
"Shit!" Ke Lin threw his white gloves on Prince Tupe's face, "He's a man, just have a real duel with me!"
Prince Tupe was also angry immediately.
Facing Colin who didn't know what to do, he also took a step forward, and shouted tit for tat: "Okay! Then let's fight, Viscount Angelet!"
"No!" Vera rushed out suddenly, standing between two men who looked like fighting cocks.
Interestingly, however, she was targeting Colin, not Prince Tupe, her just-hand-picked fiancé.
"Colin, don't do this. I don't deserve your sacrifice..."
Ke Lin looked deeply into Vera's eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "You don't believe me?"
"I… "
"If you believe me, please get out of the way. In fact, I am also a third-order!"
Colin is full of self-confidence, but in Vera's view, it is full of generosity to die.
"No! I won't let it!"
Prince Tupe behind Vera was going crazy.
No matter how dull he was, he could see at this moment that the reason why his fiancée chose to marry him was actually to protect Ke Lin.
This is not married yet, the green hat has already been put on...
How could Prince Tupe bear such humiliation, and immediately yelled: "Miss Vera, please step aside! Matters between men should be resolved by men themselves!"
"enough!"
A majestic voice interrupted the ongoing love triangle.
The Duke of St. Hilde strode up to Colin and asked, "Viscount Angelet, do you still have your loyalty to me?"
Faced with such a question, Colin had no choice but to kneel down on one knee and replied, "Of course, Your Excellency the Duke!"
"Okay! Now I will appoint you as the messenger to escort Vera to the half-elf kingdom and marry Prince Tupe!"
Colin's heart shook, and he fell silent for a moment.
He could already see at this time that the Duke was determined to marry Vera to the half-elf kingdom.
As for why
Obviously, the death of Marquis Adams made the Duke afraid.
He had to suspect that it was his younger brother, the Marquis Garcia, who wanted to get rid of the heir ahead of Vera, so that Vera would become the future Lord of the Northern Territory.
Therefore, the Duke must send Vera away at this time.
Let her stay away from Winter City, it is best to marry in a foreign country and give birth to a foreign descendant, so that she has no right to inherit the Duke's position at all!
As for Vera's feelings, the Duke obviously didn't take it seriously.
Perhaps, to him, Vera is just a tool for marriage.
Seeing that Colin did not speak for a long time, the Duke asked again: "Viscount Angelet? What about your loyalty? What about your unconditional obedience?"
The duke pressed on every step of the way, so Colin had no choice but to suppress his anger, buried his head deeply, and replied, "Yes, my lord duke, I will send Miss Vera to the half-elf kingdom safely!"
At this moment, Colin's inner anger could no longer be suppressed.
What a shit duke!
What shit loyalty!
All he wanted now was to completely burn down this indifferent and ruthless place full of conspiracies and schemes.
Do you want to win over the half-elven kingdom
You want to destroy Vera's duke succession
hehe!
But I won't let you do what you want!
Colin suddenly raised his head and looked at Marquis Garcia who was sitting on the high platform and watching all this coldly.
The two looked at each other, as if they had finally reached a tacit understanding.
(End of Volume 1)
Carrot will not deliberately write the plot of "sending off a girl" to disgust everyone, please be patient and read later.
In addition, the fragmentation of the past few days is indeed a bit too much, and Carrot apologizes.
After it goes on the shelves, there will be another wave to make up for everyone.
(end of this chapter)