Lord of War

  The capital of the Duchy of Lembel is an extension of the village located at the foot of the historic Lembel Castle.

  After hundreds of years of continuous operation, this small village has gradually become exceptionally prosperous as it has been repaired and expanded again and again. And the mountain road leading to Lembel Castle, also in this expansion, has changed from a road that was originally located in the suburbs to a road that can only go up the mountain from Lembel City.

  For many years, the city of Lembel has become a symbol of honor for the entire Duchy of Lembel.

  There are no beggars or poor people here. Basically, anyone who is willing to work can have enough food and clothing. Of course, the standard of living and expenses in this city are also not low, and it can even be said to be more expensive than ordinary cities.

  But today, the whole city seems very quiet.

  Except for some patrolling soldiers wearing heavy armor, there are no residents or travelers walking on the streets in the entire capital, and almost everyone hides in their hotels and homes. Only those windows happened to face the houses on a clearly guarded street. Someone quietly opened a gap behind the windows, and then secretly observed the scenery outside.

  Not long, when the sun gradually rose to noon, the newly built teleporters in the capital city finally emitted a bright light.

  A young woman wearing a goose down and fur robe is walking out of the teleportation formation.

  At this time, the guards who had been waiting for a long time with him immediately greeted him, kneeled respectfully on one knee, and saluted him: "Congratulations to Miss Cecilia."

  These guards are soldiers of the Cecilia Guards.

  The earliest Cecilia Guards soldiers were basically Lembels. They were the people who followed Clover to leave the Duchy of Lembel and then went to the trading capital to collect news about Cecilia. It’s just that, after a series of changes took refuge in Cecilia, these people gradually became an extremely terrifying elite division, but the price was that the soldiers from the former Duchy of Lembel were declining. .

  Until today.

Although the Cecilia's Guards can reach 50,000 in size, they are actually Lembels, but there are only about a hundred people left.

At this moment, the people who came to greet Cecilia were these Lembels-even if they are now regarded as middle and high-level leaders in the Cecilia Guards, they were able to return to their homeland, but they still cried with joy. .

   Therefore, welcoming the real and only Grand Duke of the Principality of Lembel is also the most glorious place in their hearts.

   "What about people?" Cecilia asked, her voice very soft, but very soft.

  "Waiting for you at Lembel Castle." A guard replied.

"Rembel...Castle..." Cecilia murmured, her gaze involuntarily looked at the castle that could vaguely see the outline even if she was standing near the center of the teleportation array. "There is already ...I haven't come back in seventeen years."

  This old castle carries the memories of Cecilia's entire childhood.

From the time when she was able to remember when she was three years old, and until she was sent to the Maggie Empire’s Magic Academy at the age of eight, she lived in the castle. She was familiar with everything in the whole castle: brick and tile, One flower and one grass, the layout of each house, and the plants planted in the courtyard. Even though she has never been here since she was twelve years old, all the memories that were buried in her mind just when she saw this castle towering on the top of a mountain hundreds of meters above sea level, all came out. Out.

   Seventeen years.

  Since hearing the news of her parents’ death at the age of twelve and being forced to abscond, Cecilia has not set foot on her homeland for seventeen years.

until today.

   Tears rolled out of Cecilia’s eyes.

  "Miss Cecilia, please get in the car." One of the guards cleverly led out the carriage that had been waiting by the side, and then invited Cecilia to get in the car.

  Cecilia nodded slightly, then boarded the carriage, and then, under the **** of a whole group of more than fifty Cecilia Guards officers, began to drive towards Lembel Castle. It was not until the carriage gradually disappeared at the end of the street that the people hiding in the houses and hotels finally opened the door and walked out, and their eyes turned to the end of the street.

  Many people's looks are very complicated.

  From the moment the city of Lembel opened its doors and surrendered, these residents knew that their Principality of Lembel had once again been defeated.

  The last time they were defeated was hundreds of years ago. That time they became a vassal state of the Maggie Empire. From then on, they have always looked shorter in front of the people of the Maggie Empire. And this time, although the reason for the war was the battle of revenge, the former Grand Duchess of Lembel, who had been persecuted in the past, came back for revenge, but she brought power that did not belong to the Duchy of Lembel-in the eyes of the people of Lembel. , The Void Empire is a group of invaders.

  Who would have a good face for the aggressor?

  Countless people are beginning to worry about their future fate.

  ……

  Cecilia is a magician, so she is more sensitive to emotions than anyone.

  As early as when she arrived here, she had already felt the weird atmosphere of the whole city.

  But she didn't say anything, and in fact, she didn't know what she should say. But Cecilia, her heart has not changed. She still decides to implement the goal she had planned from the beginning: all the Rembels who are willing to leave with her can be in the ethics that have been divided in the void empire. Bell province and cities have obtained a piece of freehold land, and even in the next few years, they will have certain preferential treatment no matter what they are engaged in.

  The carriage, and soon came to Lembel Castle.

  Hella, Alfred, Clover and Diana greeted Cecilia.

  The few people did not chat, but after a few simple questions about the situation, Cecilia and Heila and others walked to the large reception room in the castle.

  Any castle will have a large banquet hall and conference guest room. Similarly, there are also small side rooms that are more suitable for chatting in the banquet hall, as well as smaller reception rooms and private reception rooms that are more private.

  Diana chose to meet the peace messenger of the Duchy of Lembel in the conference room, which is obviously quite interesting.

Pushing the door of the meeting room, Cecilia saw Apollo sitting on a chair in the meeting room at a glance.

  This old man over half a hundred years old did not appear to be languished due to the war. On the contrary, his spirit and spirit seemed very vigorous, obviously not like the kind of dying person waiting to die. At this time, after seeing Cecilia entering the reception room, Apollo Beta greeted him with a few words of compliment at the same time.

Although the two parties have known each other for a long time-after all, Cecilia has lived in Lembel Castle for so long. Celia was naturally impressed. In the same way, the other party obviously had enough knowledge about Cecilia's death, but the two sides still officially started to cut into the subject under Diana's introduction.

"I don't know Lord Apollo, why did you come to me for a peace talk?" Cecilia said indifferently, "Even if you open the city gate and let us into the city, we will only thank you a little at most. But if you want to If you threaten, you should know what will end up."

   "I'm not here to fight at all." Apollo chuckled, "I'm here to make a proposal."

"If you want to repair our relationship, then I suggest you avoid talking." Cecilia glanced at Apollo, then said, "The people on my list must die. Who will come? It's useless to intercede."

"I'm not here to intercede." Apollo shook his head, "I'm here to petition for all the people of the Principality of Lembel, and I hope that there will be no more wars between us....Because this behavior has already led to Countless families have broken up and they have lost their sons, husbands, and parents, so I hope this behavior can be stopped."

"I don't want to cause any harm to the civilians of Lember, otherwise I would not handle it so gently." Cecilia took a serious look at Apollo Beta, "I know what you mean by Apollo. , It’s just that I also have responsibilities that I have to perform.... I can’t fail to avenge my parents’ hatred. And those nobles who participated in the rebellion back then are also indemnified.”

"I know." Apollo nodded, "So, I brought a gift, hoping to prove my sincerity.... As long as you believe me, Miss Cecilia, I promise you can add it to your list. Those people will be sent to you one by one?"

   "Oh?" Cecilia raised her eyebrows, "I'm really curious about what kind of gift can show your sincerity."

  Apollo did not speak, but got up and picked up a gift box at his feet, then placed it in front of Cecilia, motioning Cecilia to open it by herself.

  Cecilia glanced at Apollo, then gently opened the gift box.

  When she saw the contents of the gift box, Cecilia's pupils suddenly shrank.

  Even not only Cecilia, but the four people including Alfred, Hella, Diana, and Clover, all showed surprise on their faces.

  Because the so-called sincerity contained in this gift box is not something else, but Magellan Rembel's head with the color of perplexity still on his face.

"Grand Duke Magellan knows that his sins are serious, so he is willing to use his head in exchange for the opportunity to calm your monstrous flames, in order to pray that you will not anger the people of the Duchy of Rembel." Seeing Cecilia's expression, he sat down. Apollo on one side finally spoke again, "He said that this incident was his own fault. I hope you can forgive his children for the sake of the blood of the same race."

"The man under the wheel." Cecilia stared at the head. She thought she would feel unusually happy and excited after killing Magellan Rembel, but she didn't see it until she saw this head on her. When she was in front of her, she realized that the feelings she thought were all respect and love, and all that was left at the moment was emptiness.

  Apollo knew what Cecilia said.

  The male below the wheel refers to the descendants of Magellan Rembel. All males can survive only under the wheel, and those above the wheel must be executed. This is a very normal way to deal with blood feuds, because the men below the wheel can remember things that are not deep at the moment, so they don't know what will happen to their family, of course, the premise is that no one wants them to mention it.

  After all, it is definitely not an interesting thing to fight endlessly with blood feuders.

After a little hesitation, Apollo nodded: "I understand....The female family..."

"As long as you promise not to be hostile to me, I will ignore it." Cecilia gently re-covered the gift box, and then said in a tired voice, "I believe this, General Apollo, you will be able to do it. Right?...I don't need to do it myself, right?"

"No need at all." Apollo Beta nodded, and then saluted Cecilia again, "Thank you for your kindness, Queen Phoenix. I promise that everyone on the list will be there for you in ten days at the latest. In front of you." (To be continued~^~)