The princesses all come to help me move the bricks [Infrastructure]

27.

Anna was taken aback for a moment, then swiped the system as quickly as possible.

Sure enough, it shows that the king's favorability is high enough, that is to say, it is very likely that today's ball is just to inform everyone of this news or the king has made up his mind, so he asked this question.

[Main task: [-]. Obtain your own territory]

Claim:

1. Open the complete system, unlock the battle mode and pet mode. (2/2)

2. The king's favorability reaches friendship (above 40) (favorability attribute is hidden, special conditions are required to enable display) (1/1)

But because there is still a piece of gold coins in the main mission that has not been completed, and because she hired a carriage and servants and spent some, the system did not prompt her, and it also showed that the entire mission was not completed.

【主线任务：一、获得自己的领地,完成进度（2/2）；获得5k金币的启动资金，完成进度（3000/5000）。】

"It's my pleasure." Anna replied cautiously.

"Actually, I still have some hesitation..." The king beckoned, motioning for his head of internal affairs to bring the things over.

He showed Anna a map of the territory of the Lore Kingdom. As one of the most powerful countries in Wilderland, the Lore Kingdom has a large territory, and part of the land is outside and does not border the main continent. .

He pointed to two of them. One is relatively prosperous but the land area is relatively small, and the administration may be relatively complicated. The other is relatively remote and underdeveloped, but the area is very large, and you can freely The large piece of land bordering the Northland was allotted to her.

The king also spoke very frankly, telling her the pros and cons of the two places. Anna was only his daughter in name, and he treated her so sincerely.

Anna also listened very carefully. It seemed that the king didn't mean to be polite to her, so she didn't need to put on a show, so she just made her own choice honestly, wouldn't she?

However, it cannot be denied, because this move basically cut off the possibility of Anna inheriting the throne. Although she did not have this intention, it is understandable that the king wants to treat her better to some extent.

As the sister of Princess Maria, the future queen of the Kingdom of Lore, she should not be treated lightly.

Anna is paying attention to the geographical advantages and disadvantages of the two places in the picture.

As the king said, Oran, which has a larger area, is near the north side of the entire continent. There is only one place similar to a river port, which is considered to be a small part of the border with the main area of ​​the mainland.

Most of it is close to other countries. On one side is the cold "Northland" that is said to have been brought under control. On the other side is the Principality of Württemberg and part of the Ulan Kingdom. It also has the advantage that the other side is close to the ocean. , facing the ocean like the Ulan Kingdom.

But because the rulers of that ocean are other creatures and have not established diplomatic relations with the human countries on the mainland, it is almost a "dead" side, and there have always been traces of magical creature activities and even riots in this place, so humans If it didn't take a lot of effort to govern here, it might be washed to pieces directly, belonging to an unstable opponent.

But the other place drawn is different, it is located in the inland of the whole continent, it belongs to a transportation hub exchange place, it is a bustling business place with a certain history and development, the king also carefully gestured for her with his hands For a moment, Anna could see more clearly.

But the bad thing is that this place did not completely belong to the Kingdom of Lore in the past, but was one of the dowry brought by a princess of a certain small country after marrying into the Kingdom of Lore. Lore's system, but more precisely, it is a special place where the nature of autonomy is higher than that of kings and lords.

If you choose the former, then because the place is relatively barren, even if the area is extremely large, the king will collect the lowest tax from her, which is almost none to some extent, and he promised her that even Mary Ya inherited the throne, this will not change at all, and will still be collected from her at the lowest standard. At the same time, as compensation for letting her inherit this place, the king and queen will subsidize part of her money in private.

If you choose the latter, then everything will follow the procedures, but the king will send two very experienced and outstanding internal affairs officers and a small knight guard of the palace, and reward them directly to her to help her participate in the management of that place. , and would often invite her back to the palace—

The hidden meaning is that she has someone behind her, and King Lore will always support her, even if some people in the territory may have other ideas, they must weigh it.

Hearing this, Anna already had a plan in mind.

As for other issues that the king said, such as faith, the establishment of the Temple of Light, etc., it was not enough for her to affect her decision.

"Your Majesty, I want to choose the land of Oran."

Anna feels that the system probably wants her to choose this area. The other area is not bad, but too complicated. She is not good at maneuvering, but this kind of problem cannot be solved by crushing it by force. Anyone who had a problem with her was killed——

It's okay if it's a game, but it's a realistic game.

It's time for her to be written down in history as one of the most evil and terrifying rulers in history.

She doesn't want this kind of fame.

She is also not good at asking her to engage in scheming.

It's better to give her a piece of land that looks relatively blank and let her grind it slowly.

Left and right she is different from others, she is a systematic person.

【Ding--】

[The system prompts that the player Anastasia has chosen the territory - Oran, to determine the location of the territory, please complete the main mission one as soon as possible. 】

The king nodded and did not comment on her choice. He just signed a document in front of her, stating that the owner of this territory would be Anastasia Lore from now on.

"I haven't discussed this with your mother yet, but I think she will agree."

Hearing this, coupled with the joy of gaining the territory, made Anna almost laugh out loud.

——I am afraid that the old witch will contort her face in anger.

cool!

Walking back, she naturally did not go with the king. The king still had to deal with some matters, and after talking to her about this matter, he would be busy with his government affairs.

And Anna also had to follow the regulations at the beginning, preparing to attend the dance, and the smile on the corner of Anna's mouth couldn't be suppressed anymore.

At this time, even the nightingale who flew over to her to blame her seemed much more pleasing to the eye.

"I'm a landed person now." Anna thought happily, "Who cares about you, a bastard..."

"Say it again?!" Before Nightingale could react, Anna pulled out her wand and pointed at it.

"If you insist that I dance ugly, I will turn you into a pig!"

Nightingale almost fell from mid-air, it gave her a very spineless look, and then flew to Maria's shoulder.

"You're messing with my sister again!" Maria nodded her head, "However, I'm on my sister's side."

The hair highlights on Nightingale's head were blown up.

Maria ran to Anna's side with a rattling sound, and took her hand actively.

"Sister, sister, let's go to the dance!"

Maria is looking forward to the ball, she likes to sing and dance.

My sister is an angel!

Anna smiled triumphantly at Nightingale, who turned her head aggrievedly and continued to comb.

The dance party started with soothing music, and the guests had basically determined their positions according to their respective camps long before the start.

Princes and princesses from other countries were also invited to this ball, but only a few neighbors and friendly ones, such as the princes and the only princess Alyssa of the Kingdom of Lot, fairies and elves were not invited, but the archbishop of the Temple of Light, Alyssa, was invited. Burt and his two colleagues, the relatively junior vicar.

They happened to be inside the royal city at first, and they originally wanted to investigate the miracle that happened before, but the results are not satisfactory now.

Not only did they not find the person or thing that caused the miracle, but they also did not find any instructions or indications from the God of Light.

If the vast majority of people hadn't seen such obvious traces of a miracle coming, they would even have wondered if this was a fantasy they had expected too much.

But it is not without benefits. Right now, there are many devout believers and even some other beings from the light camp, such as elves, in the royal city of the Kingdom of Lore.

During this period of time, there were more bards, and it happened to be during the Harvest Festival, so the royal city was bustling, and this achievement would be recorded on the king, so he would not lose much.

Anna took Maria's hand and walked out ahead of the king and queen, with the king and his wife following behind. This was agreed in advance.

Afterwards, the two stood on the king's side. In fact, Maria didn't want to be separated from Anna. They should have been on each side, but Anna didn't want to get together with the old witch, so they simply made out with Anna.

Then, the king delivered a speech first. He looked gentle, steady, and he was always mature and handsome.

With the queen's uncontrollable "cracking" look, he announced to everyone that he had awarded the title of "Duchess" to his eldest daughter, Princess Anastasia, and made a piece of land in Oran her fief A reward was given to her.

There was an uproar at the scene.

There was a faint sound.

"..."

The king's steward gestured for silence before the king continued.

"To express my love for my eldest daughter..."

The following words are roughly about the preferential treatment he gave her, including the three-generation hereditary award of the position of the lord, the convenience of taxation, and various measures to show love. Obviously, the specific content was determined after discussing with the officials.

Maria looked at her in surprise, Anna smiled back, and then the little girl seemed to understand something, and subconsciously clenched her hand.

Anna tapped the back of her hand reassuringly, and Maria seemed to relax a lot.

Looking up again, she saw Alisa and Emma both showing the same shocked look.

Although it is said that other non-heir children of the royal family will be rewarded more or less, but this situation still makes everyone very surprised——

It is rare for the Kingdom of Lot to have eleven princes and one daughter. Most of the royal families have only a small number of children, and even several of them are single heirs.

For example, Princess Aurora, the sole heir of the Kingdom of Slade who was cursed to sleep, and Prince Apuleius, the sole heir of Madaura, who has been cursed to become a beast.

Many royal families with several children will also entrust other children when the eldest son or daughter is about to inherit the throne, or give them some other official positions to assist the heir.

But after all, Maria is still very young, and she is still more than ten years away from becoming an adult. Relatively speaking, Princess Anastasia has not been in the royal family for a long time. Award a piece of land.

At this time, everyone began to think about Oran's position in Wangtu.

After reacting, they didn't know whether to say it was good or bad.

The place of Oran is too remote, and in the eyes of most nobles from the royal city, it is a barren land, and there are wars with other countries and the risk of being attacked by wild animals. In all aspects, it does not look like a young little girl. A princess can rule a good place.

But at this time, even though there were a few twists in their hearts, everyone still kept smiling.

After the first song, there were significantly more people walking towards Princess Anna.

Anna first handed Maria to one of the princes. The prince was already married. The invitation to Princess Maria was out of courtesy. Maria didn't seem to mind, she also wanted to dance, and then she Start thinking about your dance partner.

As a result, she discovered——

Alisa's youngest brother, who was supposed to come to invite her, was being dragged by a certain princess to talk. He was talking anxiously, as if he wanted to come over, but he couldn't just get rid of the other in public. The princess of a small country, otherwise it would be a diplomatic issue.

Anna began to worry, and she began to think about what she should do.

At this moment, she saw a man wearing a silver-white half-mask not far from the window, who looked very familiar.

There were also people wearing masks at the ball, probably to increase the fun, but this is the content of the second half, and the costumes and masks can be replaced at that time, which was also suggested by the old witch.

Anna already planned to find an excuse to slip away when the time came. Anyway, she hadn't turned 16 yet, and minors wouldn't play the nightlife like sleepovers. Besides, no one would recognize her when she ran away. Isn't it normal?

But since the first half, there are really not many people wearing masks.

Perhaps sensing her gaze, the man turned his head and stared at her for two seconds, tilting his head as if thinking, Anna blinked with him, and he finally came to his senses.

This slow half-beat rhythm——

"May I invite you...to dance...?"

He spoke slowly.

It's Mr. Silver Coin, that's right.

"of course."

Anna agreed immediately.

The men around who originally wanted to invite her seemed to have seen him just now. One or two showed a little confused look, but after looking at each other, they all politely maintained aristocratic social relations and left, choosing again. Well the partner or does not participate in the dance.

Anna didn't know where their strange emotions came from, and she was not in the mood to talk to these strange little noble men who wanted to take the opportunity to "cling" to her newly promoted duchess.

She danced the whole dance nervously and without joy.

Nothing went wrong, and all her energy had been spent.

"Thank you." Anna sincerely thanked her dance partner who actually stepped on her foot.

The two walked to a place with few people on one side to talk.

"Thank you Alisa for helping me choose the big skirt." She thought to herself, "I really told Emma that I couldn't tell if I stepped on it... and Mr. Silver Coin has such a good temper that he didn't care about me. Although I think his dancing is quite ordinary."

He seemed to have just realized it, and followed up slowly:

"It's ok."

Anna raised her head, and only then did she have the time to observe him.

In fact, it seems that there is no difference from before, and it may even be because she has already known him, so she can subconsciously distinguish him from the male god, and will not mistake two people again.

At this moment, she seemed to see something shiny around his neck.

"What's that you're wearing around your neck?" she asked, only feeling a little rude after asking, hoping he wouldn't think too much about it.

"?" He paused, and then took out the necklace he was wearing around his neck. To her shock, it was actually a mermaid scale, and it looked the same as the three she got. blue purple.

Anna stood there in shock.

After an appraisal, the system only said that it was an ordinary mermaid scale, not an enchanted item.

The three scales she got were of a very beautiful blue-purple color. Because of the dreamy mixed-color blue-purple, she was very impressed, and even went to the college library to find some materials.

It is said that purple is the color of a special mermaid royal family, not all mermaids have it.

The one on Mr. Silver Coin's neck is exactly a complete blue-purple mermaid scale. The only difference from the three she owns is that the one on his neck is obviously smaller in size.

It's like one is the big scale of the adult mermaid and the other is the small scale of the little mermaid.

"What's wrong?" He didn't realize her shock at all, and Anna also restrained her expression the moment he asked.

"I thought of it suddenly..." Anna looked at him suspiciously.

"I don't think I've asked your name yet."

"My name is Anastasia. I am the princess of the Kingdom of Lore. Now I have the status of a duchess. What about you?"

"..." He blinked, as if he was also thinking. Anna wondered how someone would be thinking when they asked her name.

"Anna?" Emma came over, as if she wanted to say something to her, and Anna suddenly remembered that she still had a task today.

"Tal..."

There was an uproar, and it seemed that the king had kissed his queen in public, causing Anna to not hear what he said.

"Ok?"

"The Iliad."

said Mr Silver Coin.

"Oh, yes, Mr. Iliad, I'll talk about it later." Anna waved her hand, and went to Emma, ​​who was waiting impatiently, first. Mr. Silver Coin turned his head, and said "oh" half a minute later.

"I'm not mistaken, are you planning to leave today?" Emma looked at her in disbelief.

"Not today, but tomorrow after the ball," Anna corrected, "I have already mentioned it to the king."

"His Majesty agrees?!"

"He was a little surprised, but he agreed."

In fact, it was because the medicine to lift the curse had just been prepared today, and the sooner it was used, the better. Once the curse was lifted, the old witch must know that when she broke out, not only would she lose her fiefdom, but no one would be able to leave the royal city.

Although she was no longer afraid of the old witch, she was still a little apprehensive about being an enemy of the entire palace or even the entire country.

But there is no need to tell Emma about this to make her tremble with fear, and she also has her own position as Countess Perot.

"..." Emma stared at her for a while, and finally nodded.

"Well, since you said so, I must help you."

"Actually, it's already been arranged. There are no other problems. You should have the procedures for leaving the palace and the city, right?"

"of course."

Emma really is a person who doesn't speak uprightly, Anna thought.

"Okay, although there are several roads to your fief Oran, it's really a dilapidated place..." Emma told her.

"You can take the river, and the water passes through the river port. It is relatively far away, but it is more stable."

"But it looks like you are fleeing..." Emma's intuition is still very accurate, "I don't know what you are hiding, but if it is to avoid the influence of the royal family, then you'd better not take that waterway and most land routes."

"My suggestion to you is that you go from the Principality of Württemberg. Although the Principality of Württemberg is not large in size, its national strength is relatively strong, which can be said to be compared with ours."

"The Harvest Festival is approaching, and the Principality of Württemberg is also holding a festival, and it is organized by their heir, Prince Memphis. This is the biggest event he has undertaken so far before he became an adult, so he naturally hopes to be more grand and beautiful. a little."

"Our Kingdom of Lore has attracted many foreigners because of the miracles. Their Principality of Württemberg has also opened up its policy to accept all races and people who want to celebrate the Harvest Festival in Württemberg, so when you go ..." Emma whispered.

"The inspection should not be too strict. Even if you go there in disguise, it's fine. If you go to the Kingdom of Lore from another country, you won't be scrutinized."

Anna showed a look of "I have won my heart", while Emma rolled her eyes very clearly through the cover of the fan.

"The most important thing is that if you leave from the Duchy of Württemberg," Emma pursed her lips, hesitated a bit, but said it anyway, "My family has relatives in the Duchy of Wurttemberg."

"I can use the name of my second Miss Perot to help you repair a book. When you come to their house with this post, you should be able to get some help."

"Their family used to be in business. It is said that the business has gone overseas. It may even have some connection with some races in the ocean, such as the legendary mermaids, or some island countries." Emma explained more detailed.

"I just came back from there, because the uncle passed away, leaving only the step-wife, the two biological daughters of the step-wife, and the only daughter of the uncle's family, but anyway, my Perot Miss is still very face-saving, they will definitely do something for you, and the remaining strength of the network should be there, and it will definitely be no problem to arrange for you to go to Oran with the wind."

"Emma, ​​thank you."

Anna thanked her earnestly, and sincerely thanked her for not asking too much, but still willing to help her like this.

"As for some procedures, if you don't want to reveal your identity, you can ask Alisa for help. After all, she is also the princess of the Lot Kingdom. You told her, she must understand this."

"Oh, by the way, my cousin is called Cinderella Perot. She is also quite pitiful. I guess she is not doing very well under the stepwife. I don't sympathize with her. Of course, I don't have bad intentions. You are such a good person, you can get along well with Princess Maria... If possible, please take care of me—”

Emma's reddened face suddenly paused. She was a little embarrassed to say this, but when she saw Anna's expression, her shyness disappeared.

"What's your expression like?"

"You just said that your cousin is called Cinderella?" Anna looked at her in disbelief.

"Yes?" Emma asked back of course, "I know this name is not very nice, but what is your expression and your manners?!"

"No, no problem," Anna regained her composure, "no problem at all."

The one in question is the old witch who wakes up the next day.

The ball lasted very late, but Princess Maria and Princess Anna went to bed early.

The king doesn't get up late, even if there is a dance the day before, the hardworking king will keep working hard, and of course he is as crazy as the queen or other young people.

He sent Anna the letter of departure, the paperwork for taking office and obtaining the territory very early, as well as the money and jewels he subsidized privately. With these, Anna's mission was completed in an instant.

However, it seemed that the queen did not approve of his decision, and even wanted to use the procrastination formula to let him pay part of it first. Instead, the king gave her the green light because he felt guilty.

But Anna didn't care about these things, anyway, the old witch couldn't control her anymore.

Once again the palace awoke to the queen's howls of pain.

This time, it wasn't just allergies, but the queen who was hungover and played until the early morning suddenly woke up in the morning, and then directly vomited blood. Amidst the screams and panic expressions of many servants, she didn't say a word, and then Passed out.

The entire palace fell into an uproar, and immediately became chaotic, and the news spread not long after.

Emma, ​​who had imagined something terrifying, accidentally smashed her own cup, her face suddenly turned pale, but when her father asked, she still controlled her expression and said that she was very surprised.

At this time, Anna had already boarded the carriage leaving the royal city.

She happily ate fruit, brushed the system, and was very satisfied to see her state, and finally returned to normal, and completed one task after another.

The carriage drove away from the royal city all the way, and set off to the place agreed in advance.

The coachman will take her to the capital of the Duchy of Württemberg, where she will temporarily stay with Emma's relatives and Mrs. Perot for a day, and then accept their help—of course she will also provide remuneration and reschedule Carriage, directly to Oran.

Then, she noticed something was wrong.

"what sound?!"

When she got out of the car to rest, she was horrified to hear a sound coming from the box behind her carriage. She almost thought it was a rat.

"Damn it! Maria!"

Anna opened the box and was almost scared out of her wits.

At some point, Maria followed her secretly, and hid in her suitcase before she knew it. She thought about it, and this suitcase happened to be the only suitcase she took out from the palace bedroom. One, and then she actually followed all the way.

"Oh my God."

Anna was shocked.