Proof of the Sun King

Build walls high, store grain widely, and slowly become king.

Lane thought deeply about it, and he thought about it carefully after the war.

Francois and Berhemonde didn't plan to leave. Francois took out a bottle of fine wine, Latour, a fine wine from the first winery of Winford: "Want a drink? Lane?"

The Duke of Berhemond also sat down, and the servant behind the Duke of Red Dragon came in, put a small round table in front of the bed, and brought a lot of food.

"Don't drink if you're injured." Ryan shook his head. He lowered his head and thought for a second before continuing, "It seems that Richard dug a hole for me to jump in."

"Dig a hole?" Bethmond didn't quite understand this. He stuffed the roasted beef into his mouth and muttered, "Richard is quite decisive about abdicating. He said that if he can, he can abdicate tomorrow. But why do you say that, Ryan?"

Ryan raised the corners of his mouth. He looked out the window, didn't answer, just shook his head.

"Because the conditions are not met." François stretched out his hand to straighten his long blond hair, the old man's tone was brisk, he said with some sighs: "Berhemond, have you forgotten? What are the conditions for competing for the throne? "

"Isn't Ryan already the Duke of Mousillon?" Bethmonde thought for a moment and immediately understood, he slapped his thigh: "Ah! I understand, Ryan is still a 'Landless Duke' now!"

"Yes, the condition for being king is to regain Musillon." Ryan nodded, and he said slowly: "I did defeat Mathewbad and won the championship match, but I haven't recovered Musillon yet!"

Francois nodded, his father-in-law's sea-blue eyes contained deep wisdom, he held up the goblet to taste the wine, and then said: "Richard suddenly proposed that he would soon be located in Lane, to the well-meaning one. The reason is that he is tired of being king, and at the same time he lost his prestige because of the rebellion of his eldest son, Charles, and he was unable to find death in the previous battle, so he wants to quickly pass the throne and retire to end everything."

"And if you think about it from a malicious point of view, Richard is deliberately setting a trap for Ryan. If Ryan is excited and agrees immediately when he hears the news, Richard will naturally abdicate immediately, but what will happen to all the knights? Think? What will the lady think? The condition of competing for the throne is to regain Musillon. Now that Musillon has not really recovered, Ryan can't wait to become king, which will only make more people disappointed with Ryan. He was so difficult to defeat The Viper's record will also be tainted by this."

"This old thing is really bad! It's a lot of thought!" Only then did Berhemond figure out the problem, and the Duke of Red Dragon muttered dissatisfiedly: "That's why I hate the court and politics the most, it's really dirty!"

"Actually it's not." Ryan said a fair word for Richard at this time, and he shook his head: "In my opinion, it is mostly goodwill, Richard is already tired, and the betrayal of Baron Charles is to him. A major blow, Richard won't think so much at this time, now the throne is like a hot potato, and he can't wait to throw it to me."

After listening to Ryan's remarks, Veronica, the witch of Garland, felt a little unworthy for Ryan, she interrupted Ryan and said angrily: "Maybe he just wants to treat you again before he abdicates. What? He didn't oppress you like this before, have you forgotten that he once wanted you to lead the Knights Road Expedition and count the stars in the Nicohara Desert?"

Berhemond was unhappy, and the Duke of Red Dragon glared at Witch Garland: "What does the round table of the Holy Grail Knight have to do with you? This is not a topic that witches should be involved in. Now we already need wizards to provide us with the internal affairs of the kingdom. any suggestion?"

Veronica's face turned blue after Bethhemond's words, she widened her eyes, clenched her fists, and tried her best to endure her anger.

If it were normal, Witch Garland would have quarreled and even had a duel with those who reprimanded her like this. Veronica is now the female elder of the Garland Council, and she has her own wizard team and wizard tower. It is no longer necessary to look at people's faces, and he also has the qualifications to challenge most of the great human nobles.

However, unfortunately, most of them are not included in this list. He may be the duke with the highest status in the whole of Brittany. He is both a direct descendant of Arthur and a super strong at the peak of the sanctuary. Veronica knew that if she offended him, even with Ryan's protection, it would be difficult for her to stay in this kingdom.

She can only endure.

A hand stretched out from under the quilt and held Veronica's small hand. Ryan first smiled at Veronica to indicate that she should not be nervous, and then said to Berhemond, "Veronica is my daughter. Courtier, she has the right to advise me in this regard, she does not understand the requirements of the round table, and I am here to apologize to you."

"Very good, then witch, what advice do you have?" Bethmond's long golden beard trembled on his chin, and the Duke of Red Dragon obviously did not intend to let Veronica go on this issue: "You intend to bring Someone go to the throne room and pull Richard off the throne? Or do you suggest that we prepare for a showdown with these noble knights of the north?"

"I didn't mean that..." Veronica knew that this was not a topic she could take up, and she suddenly realized that she couldn't say a definite plan. She opened her mouth, a little aggrieved, and a little angry.

"Then shut up!" Bethmonde sneered, he was going to say something, Francois took the initiative to signal Bethhemond not to chase after him: "Okay, all this has happened, Veronie Ms. Ka is also thinking about Ryan, don't be so harsh to her."

"Either say the solution to the problem, or just shut up and complain..." Bohemond muttered: "Okay, let's continue this topic, where did we just say?"

Ryan held Veronica's little hand to signal the witch not to take it to heart: "We said before, I think Richard's attitude is mostly kind, because the question is very simple, if he prevents me from being king, who will be the beneficiary? Could it be Lawn?"

"Of course not. In fact, all the nobles in this kingdom know that even if Raun is still alive, it is impossible for him to inherit the throne." Francois took over the topic, and he also nodded to Veronica to signal her. Don't take it to heart.

"Well, that's true." Bethmond understood now.

Matthew Bard has been confirmed to be Raun's illegitimate son. In this case, Raun has lost his qualifications to be king. Under these conditions, only Ryan is a qualified candidate. No matter how you choose he.

"Speaking of the Matthew Bard Rebellion, I think he is doomed to fail." Ryan took a sip of the fresh orange juice sent by the attendant, smashing it, smashing his mouth: "Because of what he did, he was doomed to fail."

"He is inconsistent." François used a fork to fork the delicious black pepper roast beef, and the wise Duke of Winford nodded: "Or, he is contradictory himself, on the one hand, he still thinks he is Laun His son, his rightful heir, deserves to get his things back and avenge his mother."

"On the other hand, Matthew Bard is the godson of the Lich King Arkhan. His godson status is destined to be a member of the undead vampire camp. His revenge relies on the power of the undead, so he must call himself Mu Xi Duke Long, he wants to become the leader of the undead." Francois finally concluded: "But this is out of the realm of the kingdom's internal affairs, and in this case everyone will fight against him."

Ryan was very calm, with a slight smile on his face, carefully recalling a series of deeds of Matthew Bard, the god-chosen champion of the fairy in the lake smiled bitterly: "It is true, so Matthew Bard is a contradiction If he just wants revenge and just wants to take power legally, he should try to be a Holy Grail Knight, try to get the power to speak and then fight for an honorable duel to defeat Raun and complete his revenge, if he just wants to destroy the country , he should turn everyone into undead and fight to the death, especially after he succumbed to Chaos, he can even pray for the power of the evil **** to help achieve his purpose of revenge, anyway, he has already paid no attention to revenge."

"But Matthew Bard didn't. He was very contradictory. His identity was doomed that he couldn't find his place. He couldn't find the balance between being a human being and being a undead camp. He was both a vengeful outcast and a Son of the Duke and godson of the Lich King, he tried to combine the three identities, so what he did seems contradictory, this is the reason why he was doomed to tragedy and he did something unsightly in his rebellion Understand the origin of decision-making." Ryan said in a deep voice, "Because the living and the dead are destined to coexist, and mortals are also destined to coexist with chaos!"

"He was just a **** to be used, but he was willing, and his life was a tragedy." Francois nodded in agreement: "His tragedy is that he was born as a laundry maid, and his tragedy is the burden of his life. Too much, his tragedy is that vengeance devoured him all, and he could have brought a glorious era to Brittany as a good knight."

"The viper is dead now." After Bethmond listened to the discussion between Ryan and François, the Duke of the Red Dragon only sighed: "Let's change the subject, Ryan, then you are planning to take back Musillon. Then take the throne?"

"It can't be that fast." Speaking of this topic, Ryan cheered up, and he said in a deep voice, "Even if I defeat Mousillon, I will need at least two to three years of buffering before I consider inheriting the throne."

"Why?!" Bethmond was very strange: "Didn't you always want to be the king of knights?"

Ryan and Francois looked at each other with helplessness in their eyes.

"Percy, don't forget, Ryan wants to be the Duke of Mousillon as king." Francois took the initiative to explain: "But now the entire Mousillon is a piece of white land, and I don't know if there are any left. Reconstruction is a huge project with a population of 100,000 people. Many complicated matters have to be handled by Ryan. If he does not lay a good foundation for his territory and resume production, he will rush to the throne. Even if Ryan becomes king, he will not be able to sit on the throne. ."

The words of the old man's husband were exactly what Ryan was thinking about.

It's not that when Ryan really becomes king, he can take advantage of the situation to order the entire kingdom, which Francois discussed with him.

The power is on the bottom, not on the top. It has never been that you can command the entire kingdom casually with the throne, but you can better convince the public by sitting on the throne after winning the support of everyone.

If Ryan wants to be a king who can truly command the entire kingdom, he must solidify his fundamentals, he must restore Musillon's former glory, he must have an elite army, enough wealth and his own. The retainer group, but now he has none.

The Earl of Glamorgan is indeed rich, and Ryan's army is indeed elite, but it is still too small.

His son-in-law knows his own situation very well, and he also has his own long-term blueprint. Francois is very satisfied with this. It has always been his pride to marry Suria to Ryan, and now this Self-satisfaction continues to increase as Lane continues to grow.

My daughter, you are now a duchess. Francois couldn't help but feel smug in his heart, and this kind of smugness also showed on his face. After seeing each other, Bethmond and Veronica had different thoughts, both of them were cold. snorted.

Thinking of his daughter, François also asked with concern: "When Musillon is recovered, will you move Suria to Musillon?"

"Not for the time being." Ryan shook his head immediately, and said seriously: "At least one or two years, until Surya's production and recuperation are over, and then after Musillon's corruption has faded, I will consider putting their mother and son together. Move to Mousillon, or I may set the capital of the principality in Jean in the future, it depends on the situation."

"Well." François is quite satisfied with Ryan's attitude. Although Ryan has many women, he really loves Suria very much. He can feel that this political marriage is very happy from his daughter. The eldest son is already there, and everything has been decided.

"François, Your Excellency Behemond, I inherited the Principality of Mousillon of Landuin, not the Principality of Connaught after the vassal was cut down." Lane also raised this question by the way.

"You want to claim back the old leader of Mousillon in the south of Leonasse?" Francois immediately realized Lane's plan.

"That should belong to me, and it only belongs to me." Ryan said seriously: "I hope you can support me."

"It's a good time to take back Musillon's old collar now." Francois frowned, and his father-in-law was naturally on Ryan's side: "The knights and nobles in the south of Leonace have all chosen to be loyal to you. , and you are the inheritance of Landuin and have great strength. In the face of these knights and nobles who have been traitors, how to arrange them will not dare to have any complaints. As for Leonasse... There is nothing left in the north except for a ruin. Now, the number of knights in the book is less than 800, the Duke of Alderelde is dead, and Richard has sent someone to look for the Duke of Dalheid, who is on a redemption expedition. Although it is not very good, now is indeed the best time to take back the old collar. , it depends on what you think~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It's up to you to talk about it." Ryan thoughtfully said, "Food support, assistance in quelling the riots, and rebuilding our homes?"

"Well, it is estimated that you have to give some monetary compensation appropriately. Once these conditions are opened, it will be very difficult for the nobles of Leonace to refuse." François was also troubled by this: "But specifically how to recover it. , this will be a difficult process, let’s wait until you regain all of Musillon’s territory! As for those old Musillon nobles, there is also a precedent for Karon Castle to serve you.”

François was talking about the Castle of Cron in Midenland of the Empire. This castle belonged to Midenland and was the domain of the Elector of the White Wolf. There was also a palace for the Elector, but the nobles of Cronborg turned to him. Emperor Karl Franz of Rikland is loyal, and the most famous Kronborg Swordsmen in the Old World are under the command of Emperor Karl Franz rather than Elector Boris Todbringer.

Just as Ryan and François were discussing what to do, a young attendant walked into the room. He whispered a few words in the ear of Duke Berhemond, and then withdrew respectfully.

"Let me interrupt, Ryan, François, we have a new problem," Berhemonde said in a muffled voice, looking stumped by the problem.

"What's the problem?" François knew that it must be a big problem that would make Behemond difficult.

"Lawn is back. He was sent back to Curona by his mount, the Hippogryph Biquis. He is now seriously injured, has a high fever, and is confused."

"What shall we do with Lawn now? The father of the viper Matthew Bard, the Regent of the Kingdom, the Duke of Connet, the Lady's Champion and the noble Holy Grail Knight, one of the first twelve Holy Grail Knights, Calliod - Brave The last direct line of blood?"

This time Ryan and Francois also felt embarrassed.

"perhaps……"