The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

"You... why don't you move to live with me?"

Hearing Gu Yinuo's suggestion, Selene felt relieved.Although she brought money with her when she came out, she didn't consider that Talis' consumption level was much higher than Nord's, and the gold coins in the bag were about to bottom out in just a few days. Now adding another Joshua, In a few days, she might really want to ask Gu Yinuo for help.

That would be a shame.

Although this group of councilors in Talis made Selene very angry, and in some respects they are very pedantic, but they are still good at their jobs, and they have never had too many tax deductions to fill their pockets. The house that Gu Yinuo, who has no residence in Seaman City, got a salary enough to live a decent life in Seaman City, was also given to her by the speaker in his own name, not in the name of the council.

But behind the old aristocratic councilors there is a huge family system. The best members of the family inherit the position of councilors left by the elders, and the rest work in various industries with the support of the family. In the current Talis Alliance Under the atmosphere, the profession they choose the most is businessman.

Therefore, the members of the old aristocrats have never been short of money. Some of the new aristocrats are attached to the old aristocrats, and some of them have started to have family power behind them. Although they cannot be compared with the old aristocrats, they are still considerable.

A member like Gu Yinuo who doesn't even have a friend, let alone a family, is really unique in the parliament.However, this does not mean that her life is very difficult. She is as good at this as those Penglai merchants who have occupied most of the market in Hindley's mainland—and she probably knows those Penglai merchants.

The city-state where Gu Yinuo was born was merged into the Talis Alliance by force. Joshua was forced by his own brother to leave his hometown and go to the enemy country. Hecate grew up in the enemy country since he was a child. It may be because of these similar experiences that the three People with completely different personalities actually had a good time talking.

"We have two Northlanders here, one from Penglai and one from Nagrand. If there is another Wilton, we'll be all together."

Life at Gu Yinuo's house is much better than that at the hotel.Although the Kingdom of Nord is poorer, Selene is also the king of the country. She grew up in the royal family and has never experienced what it feels like to be short of money, let alone counting gold coins to live.

What's more, she was too embarrassed to ask Hecate to drink less mead after killing her, which would be more embarrassing to her than asking Gu Yinuo to borrow money.

Gu Yinuo arranged an empty guest room for Joshua, and then only gave Selene and Hecate a room, winking at Selene, Selene nodded gratefully, and put their luggage on the Corner, ready to clean up at night.

Before they went downstairs, they heard someone knocking on the door. Gu Yinuo was preparing dinner in the kitchen. Hecate jumped down the steps in a few steps and ran to the door to open it.

Those standing at the door are not strangers.Hecate only went to the parliament for one day, but she recognized the old aristocratic councilor who scolded her and Selene for being a barbarian in the north at the meeting that day, so that she almost made a move to make Selene angry. Luckily, Joshua and Selene both reacted and rushed forward to hold her down, which saved the life of the old nobleman.

"Don't be impulsive." Selene leaned against Hecate's ear and warned her in a low voice, "Be good."

The old aristocratic councilor who was blocked by them at the door seemed to have seen nothing, looking over Hecate's shoulder into the living room: "Where's Gu Yinuo?"

"I'm here." Gu Yinuo waved his hand to let Joshua make room for her, "Griffin, it's not your style to visit in person."

"Because I want to see your expression after hearing the news with my own eyes." The MP called Griffin pressed his bowler hat, "Don't think that bringing in a Northlander can frighten the whole Members of the Central Council of Talis, those new aristocrats who have no guts and no strength will be bluffed by you, but we old orthodox nobles in Talis will not. Could it be that the four of you can still fight against a dozen of our families?"

The implication is that he has colluded with the old aristocrats in the parliament. As long as these old aristocrats who hold most of the voting rights in the parliament don't let go, Gu Yinuo really can't make waves. The councilors will also follow the defection to the camp that does not send troops to help the Nord Kingdom.

"Talis is orthodox?" Gu Yinuo thought this was so funny that she didn't know where to start, "Talis, orthodox? Do you think this is the Holy Church of Wilton or the Nagrand Empire? Freedom and Equality Where did you throw the word?"

"The freedom and equality that Talis should have most is that I don't have to see you, a Penglai pariah, in the parliament."

Gu Yinuo turned around and looked at Hecate and Selene without changing his face: "Hecate, Selene, I know you two are worried about whether Talis will help the Nord Kingdom..."

"Needless to say." Selene signaled her to stop, "Anyway, he went to lobby for a while and made those congressmen object to sending troops to help Nord, so why don't I vent your anger on you, and let others see it by the way. Look, the 'persuasion' of the Northlanders."

This Griffin dared to provoke after seeing Selene's strength with his own eyes. Of course he was not alone. He snapped his fingers, and immediately two Penglai warriors with long swords ran up to protect him. forward.

Unlike Nagrand, Talis abolished slavery at the beginning of the founding of the country and strictly prohibited all slave trading.The abolition of slavery has always been regarded as the brilliance of the civilization of the Tallis Alliance, and it is an extremely important brick in this high-rise building of freedom and equality. No matter how brave Griffin is, it is impossible to cross this boundary. In other words, the two The Penglai man must have volunteered to work for him.

"You said you were from Penglai, but where is your Penglai?"

Gu Yinuo has listened to this question countless times, and to someone as quick and eloquent as her, she can only be speechless when encountering this sentence.Not only has she never seen Penglai with her own eyes, but no one living in Penglai has ever seen it. After 200 years, the survivors have been unable to cross the boundless ocean, and Penglai's merchant ships have never docked at any pier with rare cargo.

The Penglai country in the Far East seems to have become a legend.The survivors have not yet had time to make themselves Hindleys in appearance. Most of them still have the iconic black hair and black eyes of the Penglai people. They can be easily identified from the outline of the facial features, but not every one of them has the same characteristics. Like Gu Yinuo, he regards the country at the end of the sea that he has never met as his hometown, and regards himself as a Penglai person.

Because of this, a person like Griffin who is full of insults to the Penglai untouchables has two Penglai subordinates.

When Gu Yinuo looked at them, his eyes were full of sadness, but Selene only felt frightened.If she fails to reclaim the kingdom of Nord, it too will soon be reduced to a non-existent country in the dust of history, and in a few generations the Northlanders will no longer feel they are Nords.

There are not only adherents from Penglai in the world, but also adherents from the Northland.

"Hecate, don't damage Yinuo's lawn."

"Yes." Hecate nodded in agreement, then turned his head and stared at the two Penglai men, "Did you hear that? Go to the street and fight."

The two Penglai people never said a word, but they listened to Hecate's words, each lowered their long swords and walked to the street.

Gu Yinuo's house is quite big, but the yard really can't stretch out his hands and feet. The wide street that can accommodate ten carriages parallel is very suitable for play.

The two Penglai warriors had the upper hand against Hecate alone, but Hecate has always been a person who would break the common sense. One of the two Penglai warriors was full of strength, the other was tricky with swordsmanship, and the two cooperated There is a tacit understanding, no wonder Griffin dared to let them fight Hecate.

Just to compare strength with Hecate, I am afraid no one in this world can win.

Since coming to Talis, Hecate has indeed been more cautious. He knocked down the back of the Penglai warrior's sword with the back of the sword, but twisted his wrist and threw him aside, and then she simply retracted the crescent blade into its sheath. Taking advantage of the trend, he rolled on the ground and circled behind Penglai Warrior. Before he could react, he grabbed his neck and threw him out easily.

The forty pieces of soul in her body are not just for making noises in her mind, nor for her body to transform from a mortal to a god. Among the forty ancestors, most of them are the kings of the Northland who have fought on the battlefield for many years. With Hecate's incomparable actual combat experience, they are usually noisy, but now they are quietly helping Hecate to better use her strength and speed.

Hecate's body was originally created by magic, which is close to the limit of human beings. As long as she has not crossed the threshold between humans and gods, she cannot make a big breakthrough in this respect. However, the ancestors living in her body make her She can better use this power that is close to the limit.

After defeating the two Penglai warriors, Hecate patted the dust on his hands, walked slowly towards Griffin who had lost the protection of his subordinates, and grabbed his collar: "If you are too lazy to leave, I can give you a ride."

"Your Highness Hecate, please stop." Hecate turned his head and glanced, and he was stunned for a while before he remembered that this was the speaker of the Tallis Council.

"Hecate." Hearing Selene's words, Hecate reluctantly let go of his hand and stepped aside.

"Your Majesty." Speaker Charles walked up to Selene respectfully, took off his hat and bowed to her, "I apologize to you for the rudeness of some members of Tallis. Now, as long as you are willing to help the Tallis Alliance, The Talis Alliance is also willing to send troops to take back the land for you."

"Speaker, this is..." Griffin leaned over in embarrassment, and was glared at by the speaker.

"Griffin, put away what you did in the peaceful age." Charles said, "There are battle reports from the border, and the half-orcs have gathered from the original Nord Kingdom and began to enter the territory of Talis."

"No wonder Mr. Speaker is so polite to me all of a sudden." Selene laughed. "If you want to deal with those wild beasts, you can only think of the only northern barbarians who have beaten them back?"