The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

Early spring in the Talis League was much warmer than in the Nord Kingdom.Through the window, you can see the green branches on both sides of the road. When the wind blows in through the open window, what you feel is not a chill, but a comfortable warmth.

When she first came here, Selene marveled at the bustling streets here, and according to Hecate, the bustling level here not only far surpassed Frost-covered City, but also far surpassed Yoda City in Nagrand. It should not be exaggerated to be compared with Wilton.

The streets where Gu Yinuo lives are mostly high-end shops and villas. They are either wealthy businessmen or councilors. The houses on this street represent the highest living standards of the Talis Alliance, just like Selene’s in Frost-covered City. The royal palace represents the highest standard of living in the Nord Kingdom, but the gap between the two is so great that Selene is embarrassed to express any emotion in front of this foreigner, and is worried that Gu Yinuo will bring up this topic.

Every time this happens, Selene will become more and more aware that the Kingdom of Nord can be compared with the other three countries, almost all relying on Toynby's momentum of sweeping across half of the continent hundreds of years ago, After scaring away Nagrand and other people who are eyeing this land, what will happen next?The subsequent Nord Kingdom failed to keep up with the rapid development of other countries. When the chaotic era of war-determined status passed, and when the talents of the northerners could no longer make up for the backwardness of weapons and armor in their hands, the Nord Kingdom except If the outside is strong but the inside is dry, there is nothing left.

It was such a mess that was handed over to Selene.

No matter how great Toynby is, he is still a mortal. He is inevitably limited by the eyes of mortals. He did not expect that hundreds of years later, the power and shock brought by the "God" will not be as good as it was back then. Hundreds of years of stable development have been exchanged for it.

Every king will die at the most glorious time. For a king personally, that is the beginning of his most brilliant life and the glorious moment when he wants to show his grand plans. But for Nord?For the Kingdom of Nord, this means that starting from Toinby, every Nord king received a mess that was not completely dealt with.

Selene still remembered the two major events she accomplished when she first came to the throne: trade cooperation with the Fek Republic, and quelling the harassment of the people by the half-orcs in the territory.

These two things should be the achievements of future generations, but they are actually unfinished things for her father.On the one hand, the cooperation with Fek Republic was only halfway through, and the other party wanted to beat this little girl who didn't know the situation, and Selene didn't know what her father's original negotiation strategy was, so she had to proceed very conservatively. Negotiation, in retrospect, if Selene is allowed to negotiate from the beginning, the benefits to the Kingdom of Nord may be twice as much as it is now.

If the negotiations with the Fek Republic can at least be postponed, then the battle with the half-orcs cannot be waited for a moment. The elimination of the half-orcs has already begun, and this uncivilized barbarian nation has also spotted Luo The timing of Yi's death, desperately wanting to take advantage of this opportunity to counterattack, Selene also accumulated a lot of actual combat experience at this time, otherwise she would just stay at the stage of empty talk.

Selene has to admit that after doing these two things, she feels like a person who has survived a desperate situation, and has been reborn after undergoing trials, while the Nord Kingdom has experienced such messes and cleaning up messes more than 40 times resulting in disconnection.

A royal descendant who is about to become a god, and the precious time of peaceful development of the Nord Kingdom for hundreds of years, in Toynby's era, the former was still more attractive. After just a few hundred years, the situation was completely reversed come over.

Selene was sitting on the soft sofa, playing with the tassels on the cushions, while Gu Yinuo had already walked out of the kitchen with a plate, and placed the two plates on both sides of the table, so that she could sit on her own Sit down opposite.

Gu Yinuo is a person who makes no secret of his ambition.Coincidentally, because she was born in the royal family, Selene's views on power are basically the same as hers.

Gu Yinuo feels that power is not a cloud that is too far away and unattainable in the sky, but a gem on the top of a mountain. As long as you continue to climb, you will be able to hold it in your hands one day.But for Selene, this gem has been in her pocket since she was born, she just lost it temporarily, and finding her lost property is a matter of course.

"As far as Talis's parliament is concerned, it is not much different from other imperial countries, not even comparable." Gu Yinuo poured a glass of red wine for Selene, "Wilton has a pope , Nagrand has an emperor, Nord has you as the king, and what about Talis? Talis is nothing more than a lot of slaves who allow each other to coexist with themselves in order to retain the power in front of them. And I, I just want to be the one who has the right to speak among these gangsters—”

Selene suddenly stood up from the table, and interrupted Gu Yinuo apologetically: "I'll get the eavesdropper over here."

eavesdrop? !Gu Yinuo turned around in surprise, and saw Selene walking to the window behind her, pushing open the closed window, grabbing the hands on the window sill, and pulling the people who were on the window sill. into the house.

"Okay, don't make trouble." Selene patted the dust on Hecate's clothes, "I'll go back after dinner and talk, can't you wait in the hotel?"

"No." Hecate shook his head seriously, "I have to come and see what you're doing."

"This is my sister, Hecate." Selene introduced to Gu Yinuo, "Don't worry, she followed me here just out of curiosity."

"You two don't look like sisters."

Gu Yinuo's eyes moved back and forth between the two of them, and Selene pointed at Hecate and herself in surprise: "Don't we look alike enough?"

"Looking alike doesn't mean anything. I still look like a Penglai person. Do you think I get along like a typical Penglai person? You two don't look like people who grew up in the same environment, and the difference is very different." Big." Gu Yinuo leaned down and searched for something deep in the cabinet, "Ah, I found it, so I said I should have mead."

After the wine bottle was in her hands, Hecate seemed a lot more at ease. She leaned on the back of the chair and swayed her legs, sipping the mead provided by Gu Yinuo, mixing it from Selene's plate from time to time. Ordering something to eat, looking very - sluggish.

"Don't worry about her, she can't get drunk. And when there's no fighting, she needs a little harmless entertainment."

After dozens of souls of the alcoholic Northland monarchs were added to his body, Hecate's liking for mead has risen to the point of dependence, but Selene is not worried about it. It won't get drunk, and such a cheap and easy-to-find thing can appease dozens of souls who don't know if it's bound or not. This deal is very profitable.

"The whole house looks defenseless, but I have set up traps since the day I moved in. It stands to reason that as soon as you step on the lawn in the yard..." Gu Yinuo took out a bell from his pocket and shook it. A few times, "The bell will ring, and you will be immediately trapped by Penglai Taoism, unable to move."

Penglai Daoism is just like Penglai characters. It is something full of mystery in the eyes of Hindley mainlanders. However, when he heard that Daoism failed on Hecate, Selene also understood that the principles of Taoism, divinity and magic are the same. similar.

Selene raised her head, and her feigned deep smile could not conceal her triumph: "If you send a few Penglai warriors to guard the door, she might make a big fuss. It's useless against Hecate."

Gu Yinuo put the bell back silently, and handed an empty cup to Hecate: "Drink from the cup."

Selene felt a long time ago that Penglai people are always able to accept some very strange things as if nothing had happened.In the eyes of the people in Hindley Continent, rejection of magic means heresy and an ominous omen cursed by the God of Light. If Hecate was not in the royal family of Nord, and her sister was not Selene, she would have died a long time ago. To be executed for a name—or to have been charged with heresy long ago.

"Anyway, I haven't said anything important yet, so let's start from here." Gu Yinuo stared at the red wine in the glass and said slowly, "First, I want to tell you the detailed situation here. I Although he is a member of parliament and his status is full of gimmicks, he has little chance to speak in the parliament."

"Oh... so you are going to rely solely on our help?" Hecate, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Then why don't we just find someone who can talk?"

"Then you have to be able to talk to people who are willing to help you!" Gu Yinuo clasped the table with his knuckles vigorously, "If you don't ask first, who is willing to inquire in the entire Talis Alliance? This muddy water Why should Talis rush up to make things difficult for Wilton now? I, the unlucky ghost, can only walk in the muddy water in order to climb up, otherwise, who would want to get involved with the two of you?"

Hecate consciously made a slip of the tongue, scratched his head, and looked at Selene in embarrassment.

"Sorry, my sister offended." Selene rubbed her temples, and covered Hecate's mouth with her hand to keep her from talking nonsense, "Then next, I will also explain to you the situation on my side."

She took a deep breath and drank the rest of the red wine with a wry smile: "As our partner, of course I want to let you know how bad our situation is."