Lord of Lowland

Chapter 30 The Earl's Political Calculations

For Cecil, the most regrettable thing was that he needed to clean up the vampire legion left on the city wall and didn't have the opportunity to watch how Gonzales defeated the Lich Winter. After seeing Mr. Collins's professor, Cecil Er understands that the battle process of any high-level paladin is a kind of valuable growth for him.It is a pity to miss this opportunity.

Ten days later, Earl Kasikud arrived here with 20 soldiers. It turned out that after receiving the news from Yellen, the Earl learned that the army of undead in Wharton City had been repelled, so he asked his adjutant to send his private army After bringing them back to the king's city, he and Ou Feilina rushed here with only a few personal soldiers in light clothes. After all, mobilizing private soldiers to act in the kingdom is also a taboo thing in the eyes of the king. The lighter the better.

Since Yellen served in the Knights of the Shield, he has rarely seen the count and his son. This time the father and son reunited after a long separation, and they were extremely happy. Yellen and Fiorina were also very happy to meet the brother and sister. They watched the scene of a family reunion. Ciel was also a little envious. After all, this kind of family happiness is also the most beautiful human emotion.

After that, the earl affirmed the success of Cecil's mission. Repelling the undead army was a major event that could show his face in the kingdom. Compared with the previous secret mission to assassinate the deputy, it seemed insignificant.

Count Kashikud then appointed a new local deputy. Cecil looked at the new deputy. He was an old, ugly and weak person. Cecil couldn't help smiling. It seems that Kashiku Before Earl De left the capital, he deliberately found a weak and incompetent person as a deputy to facilitate control.If a "young talent" like himself really becomes a deputy official, I'm afraid the earl will be restless instead.

However, in the final analysis of this battle, it was Henry who led the wolves into the house first, so from the Earl's standpoint, it was nothing but black humor. The Earl will take the blame for him if something goes wrong.In the face of the king's strong right to speak, the earl also had hardships.

Therefore, although Cecil made great contributions to the earl after the war, the earl did not intend to apply for him, because if Cecil wanted to be promoted to the title, it would mean that the earl's power would expand, and the king would have to do it for balance. There would be accountability about Henry, and the earl would get hit from elsewhere.On balance, Cecil can only suffer some grievances.

When Ofelina explained all this to Cecil, Cecil felt that his head was a bit big. These complicated things were really not what he was good at, but the central meaning of Ofelina's words was that Cecil It's clear that his plan to become a baron this time has basically come to nothing.

"Cecile, don't be discouraged. Everyone in the kingdom knows your performance this time, and your reputation has also risen sharply. With your current strength and ability, it will be a matter of time before you become a baron." At the breakfast table, Ou Felina said to Cecil gently while drinking fresh barley tea.

Ofilina was wearing a noble lotus-colored dress today. Her long hair looked extremely beautiful, and she was extremely feminine when she spoke.It’s just that these words made Cecil somewhat disappointed, but Cecil is not the kind of person who is born to complain, and this kind of unhappiness is quickly forgotten behind him. After all, Cecil is most concerned about him now. own strength.

Andy, who was sitting with him, was obviously dissatisfied, saying, "This Earl is really calculating, using Cecil's achievements to offset his own sins."

Ofelina was obviously also dissatisfied with Andy's words: "Cecil is also my father's subordinate, and the king knows that this is not my father's fault."

Andy snorted and stopped talking, just ate his meal in silence.

Cecil apparently smoothed things over, but then Ofelina brought up another topic that bored Cecil.

"Baron Curesta asked me to ask you to mention before leaving, if possible, can the engagement be resumed." Ofelina said casually.

Cecil obviously couldn't accept this kind of topic. If the baron had broken off the engagement before and he could understand it, then the baron's request to resume the engagement now seemed a bit shameless in Cecil's eyes. Whether it was a father or a daughter, a dignified person No one would talk about such things.

Seeing Cecil's sullen face, Ophelia smiled and said, "Don't be angry. I know you may be unhappy if I mention this kind of thing to you again, but the Baron's love for his daughter still makes it hard for me to bear." If you refuse this kind of thing, you don't have to answer if you are unhappy, and I will not talk to you about it again in the future."

"Actually, this is definitely not Talis's intention. She has been determined to serve Lord Heironeous for the rest of her life, and maybe she will become a priest of the Temple of the Brave in the future."

Speaking of this matter, Andy and Cecil thought of Darcy again, and couldn't help but feel a little sad. Everyone was speechless for a while.

After a while, Ophelia said again: "Is the name of the new soldier you recruited is Sanders?"

"Is there any problem?" The enmity between Sanders and a certain duke in the kingdom has always been something Cecil wanted to know, and Ophelina mentioned this problem so that Cecil wanted to ask him clearly.

"Actually, it's not a big deal. He once made a certain Duke very embarrassed because of an incident. At that time, the Duke had not inherited the title. The Duke who visited privately incognito still suffered a big loss from him at that time. This Duke For a while, he became the laughing stock of the nobles because of this incident. So the Duke hates this Sanders very much, you must be careful when using this person." Ofilina said to Cecil.

"It's okay for Sanders to be a soldier now, but his status can't be improved in the future, otherwise even my father will find it difficult to face the anger of a duke." When Ofelina said here, His expression was already very serious.

Seeing that Ofelina said so solemnly, Cecil couldn't help but feel depressed. It seems that Sanders' room for improvement has long been blocked by an invisible hand, which made Cecil unable to help him. To be sad, even if Cecil becomes more developed in the future, it will be difficult for Sanders to get promoted. Cecil's immediate boss, the Earl, will never offend the Duke because of Sanders or Cecil.

Unless Cecil can one day be able to compete with that Duke, but Cecil absolutely dare not have this extravagant hope now.

"I will pay attention to it, but I think after so many years, the Duke won't be worried about it." Cecil argued.

"It's hard to say, the duke is notoriously difficult to get along with, especially for such a high-ranking person, who puts face more important than life." Ofelina said helplessly.

"I'll pay attention to this." Cecil was perfunctory to Ofelina verbally, but he couldn't help worrying secretly about Sanders. It seemed that it would not be so easy to help him turn around in the future.

After breakfast, Ofelina finished her visit and returned to the earl's residence. Cecil actually didn't have a good impression of this woman, because she repeatedly made Cecil very upset about her marriage contract.But obviously he didn't want to offend her. The Earl's three sons were not around all year round. This unmarried daughter could almost be half of the Earl's family. Her opinion was very important to the Earl.

What's more important is that her status in the hidden profession in the Temple of Life is very special. In addition to the war priest of Freya, the most beautiful woman in the kingdom, this life priest has an important status. Irelia has already competed with the three members of the Eluk Empire. The Chosen Prince Mesar has entered into a marriage contract, so he is destined to marry into the Eluk Empire in the future. Then Kingdom Ofelina is the backbone of the Kingdom's Temple of Life and even the entire Kingdom's army.

Therefore, Cecil still tried his best to maintain a good relationship with this woman. If she could become his nobleman in the future, then his promotion to a baron and nobleman would be a matter of course.

Andy was not polite to this woman at all. It seemed that he had a natural prejudice against Ophelina, and he slandered Ophelina's back fiercely. Cecil did not expect Andy to treat her Ofilina seemed very surprised to be so hostile.

"This woman is really too arrogant. She always gives people a sense of aloofness, which is annoying." Andy said with a frown
Cecil was even more surprised by this theory. Generally speaking, proud women are more attractive to men. Men rarely really dislike women who are difficult to govern, especially the high-ranking ones. Ofelina's dislike was mainly due to specific things, not because of this, but Andy's reason made him feel strange.

Cecil did not pay too much attention to Andy's little mood. The arrival of the earl made Cecil feel a lot more relaxed. After Cecil and the new acting officer completed various handovers.Basically, this mission was completed. The count had to return to the capital and return to the king after staying for 10 days, and wanted Cecil to go back with him.

But Cecil only let Sanders and the earl's large army go south, because Cecil now wants to help Andy go to the ruins of the so-called god of magic and magic, Bokab, to find power.

Logically speaking, this matter should have been done a long time ago. This is also the main purpose of Andy accompanying Cecil to come here, but too many things happened, which caused Andy's mission to be neglected for a while. Now The matter here in Cecil has been settled, and Cecil and Andy agreed that on the day the Earl will go, the two will go to the south to look for the ruins of the God of Magic together.

(End of this chapter)