Lord of terror

self-esteem?backbone?Being a servant can still be regarded as a person, if she refuses, she will return to the bottom, and then she will face hell.

Before today, that kind of personal feeling was not so deep.But... the knife finally cut himself.

This is the class world, where small fish eat shrimp, big fish eat small fish, and sharks eat big fish.

As a high-ranking nobleman, the captain is also restricted. The short sentence "I am Fa" was originally cool and handsome, but suddenly it became bloody - when the incarnation of Fa hurts others, everything he does is reasonable and "legal", but the victim's resistance , fleeing, or even refusing, has become illegal.

What's even more frightening is that such rules have existed in this world for too long, and even such an outstanding talent as the captain has completely agreed with this kind of thing from the bottom of his heart.

"My little sun..." the captain patted him on the back, "Don't think about the right and wrong of those things in the past, Uriel is a good partner."

"...he kicked the Morphine family away."

"Uh..." The captain raised his eyebrows, "From the very beginning, he didn't want to cooperate with the Moorphin family, he just wanted to share some of the consumption with those fools, right?"

"Captain, are you sure we are not fools?"

"This... I think it's better for me to say it myself." Uriel Manton's voice came through the door.

Kunz's face turned red for a moment, the captain didn't soundproof?

The captain pinched Kunz's cheek: "He is better than me."

No soundproofing.

Although embarrassed and extremely distrustful of Grand Duke Manton, Kunz and the captain returned to the coffee table.

"Now that I make any verbal guarantees, I should not be able to gain your trust. Then we might as well be more frank. I may release the contract of the sleepless person on him."

Kunz's eyes widened, and he swallowed the "Impossible!" that had reached his throat: "How to relieve it?"

"He did a full set of priestly rituals in the temple, my son, it's impossible not to tell." The Grand Duke pushed the plate of biscuits forward, "Is there any more?"

"..." Kunz really wanted to hit him, but the captain wouldn't let him, and... probably couldn't beat him either.

"Wait a minute, I'll get it." The captain took the plate.

When the captain left, Kunz asked, "How to cancel it?" The other party asked the captain to leave on purpose. Kunz could still see this, and of course the captain knew better.This also proved that the captain really trusted the father and could let him be alone with Kunz.

"Actually, it cannot be said that the contract is terminated. After all, the contract has not been completed at all, and Selfie has not pledged allegiance to him. Prince Yatesina can voluntarily relinquish the contract." Sure enough, Uriel said it outright.

Kunz gathered what he knew in his mind and pondered the causal relationship for a while.

The captain said that he was going to perform the priest ceremony, but it turned out to be the contract ceremony of the sleepless people.Kunz's trust in the captain made him think that the two ceremonies were very similar, maybe it was the difference of some inconspicuous artifacts, so the knowledgeable captain couldn't find the clue and was deceived.

The Grand Duke said no, and the captain acquiesced.In other words, what the captain held was the priestly ceremony.

The contract involving the use of the national war to make a deal is really not simple-of course, the cause and effect of this matter may have to be reversed, the royal family needs an excuse for the national war, the prince has always been greedy for the captain, and there is a deep malice (if it is love, it would be too ridiculous).

So the contract with the Sun Lord actually directly distorted the contract and replaced the direction of the ceremony?

Sure enough, only gods can get it in this world.

[Butler J? 】Kunz is excited, as long as he can "persuade" Prince Yatesina to give up? !He didn't expect such a simple thing?

[Impossible] Butler J hit him [The replacement contract is not that simple, especially on the side of Prince Yatesina, which has multiple layers of protection.It is useless for him to say that he wants to give up.The termination of the contract requires multiple people to give up after the ceremony at the same time, and this multiple people include the emperor himself and the scepter of the favored person.Even if they fail to fight the Duchy of the Knights within 20 years, they only need to annex half of the territory of the Menac Federation and complete an emperor's parade on it.Once such a contract is established, it is strictly guaranteed. 】

It really wasn't that he didn't think about it, after all, even if he didn't think about it, it's impossible for the captain not to think about it.If it was so easy, the captain would have arrested Prince Yatesina long ago and tortured him so that he would give up the contract.The captain didn't do that, not because he had any scruples, but because it was useless.

But Kunz didn't give up at all [So, it's still possible? 】

[Infinitely close to the impossible possibility. 】

[That is possible!Thanks! ] Kunz is extremely happy, now he can only hear what he wants to hear.

【…】

Kunz didn't bother with Butler J why he didn't say anything, because not only Butler J didn't say anything, he made a request to a group of followers that time, and none of them said anything.Even the captain himself has not mentioned it until now, and even said that death is not the end, this is the rhythm of "transferring" undead creatures, and he also thinks that this may be infinitely close to impossible.

After all, it was already very difficult to just get Prince Yatesina to give up—Kunz had never met this man, but he knew from the captain that he was not a good person in public or private.The captain's personal ability is outstanding, and he is also the heir of the great nobles, at least one of the political and military pillars of the next generation of the Sherfer Empire.Instead of befriending the captain, Prince Yatesina ruined him.

Such a contract, voluntarily giving up is equivalent to breaking the oath with God, what can that guy do?

Uriel looked at Kunz and knew that he was tempted: "Moreover, this matter must be done as soon as possible, otherwise the contract will be completely completed once the war with the Knight Duchy begins."

Kunz's heart skipped a beat, and he felt fortunate that he still had a chance now.He was so excited that his hands began to tremble, but he had to resist the urge to agree immediately: "This matter is too related. As the Grand Duke of Manton, you have never fought for your own son. Can it be done?"

Kunz is not stupid, this is definitely not a gift from Grand Duke Manton to meet him, but the other party also wants to do it, but they want to lure him into the gang.But before he didn't stand up to protect his son, and even joined forces with the Morphine family to attack the captain's only foothold, Kunz didn't think he had suddenly awakened his father's love.

"You really miscalculated how much temptation you have to the nobles." He held up a piece of biscuit, "It's more tempting than that. Anyone who can smell the smell will have infinite greed. Of course, some people It's fear. With that power, with fear and greed, we can do a lot of things we couldn't do in the past.

For example, Menac Federation, borrowing your strength, it is much easier to annex her now than in the past. "

Fortunately, the captain gave Kunz a literacy education for the Menac Federation. That place is a knightly federation. It is necessary to survive.

"The royal family wants to go to war with the Knight Principality, but we don't want to go to war. After all, what can we gain by attacking such a place far away from the mainland of the Sherfer Empire? The place is the border area of ​​various countries, with frequent commerce and trade, and several big cities, which we like very much. Especially for the Manton family, my territory is only two baronies away from there, so it is very convenient to expand."

"..."

This is really too greedy to hide.

Not only are you interested in the land of other people's homes, but you should also arrange the land in your own home clearly.

And the "we" he said should not refer to all the members of the Manton family, but most of the great nobles.This also makes sense. Going to war with the Principality of the Knights will indeed help consolidate the imperial power, and can also strengthen the theocratic authority of the Sun Lord, but it will not benefit the great nobles, and will even weaken their personal strength—they need to respond The emperor's conscription order sent troops, food, and even money.Even Kunz, a small place like this, has to increase taxes. It's the kind of document that doesn't write the exact tax amount. Once the war starts, the little nobles will be scraped to the bone.

"Since your territory is not far from the Menac Federation, there must be someone who maintains a good cooperative relationship with it. Sometimes, doing business can make more profits than direct rule." Kunz, who has lived in the Exploding World for more than 20 years, feels that this statement cannot be fully believed.

"You're right." Uriel sat up a little bit, "The more land and people, the better. Then the second reason, Prince Yatesina insulted the Manton family and ruined my entire life." The heir cultivated by my heart, but unfortunately, I am powerless to resist. Because it is not only Prince Yatesina who did this, but also other nobles, foreign powers, and..." He pointed upwards, Kun Ci knew that it referred to the divine right, or... the favored one, or even several favored ones.

Uriel curled the corners of his lips, showing a bitter but proud smile: "He's so outstanding, isn't he?"

"...Yes." It is true that the Manton family itself also suffered a sap.The first victim of this incident was the captain, and the second victim was the Manton family.Completely abandoning the captain is actually... a stop loss?

Kunz still couldn't forgive him, but at least he didn't hate him that much.

"I swear to the gods, I was also deceived. At that time, I thought the church accepted him. Not long ago, I intended to trouble you, not only because of my greed caused by sugar, but also because I wanted to kill Selfie. "

Kunz, who was just a little moved, immediately became angry: Shit!You are not a father!

However, Uriel's golden-green eyes, which are almost exactly the same as the captain's, stared at him closely. Kunz could not see tenderness from these eyes, but only felt a kind of coldness. He felt like he was being killed by a snake. The frog staring at him was stiff, and even his anger was frozen: "If he had sworn loyalty to Prince Yatesina, he would have died a long time ago. My son, he cannot be a dog, let alone bear any temptation The monarch broke out in the national war for the voluptuous and dishonorable crimes. He persisted, so he can enjoy a few years of freedom, but he has been free for a long time. Instead of going crazy and dying, let me give it to him with my own hands A decent funeral."

Ulier blinked, and became gentle and harmless again. He picked up the teacup and leaned back in the chair relaxedly: "Third, let me come in person, sit down and talk with you so sincerely... what do you think? Who else, or what, can make me do this?"

"..." He and the captain are indeed father and son.

To make him bend down to talk is indeed the greatest sincerity in itself.

However, these were not enough for Kunz to trust him.The reason why Kunz chose to sit down and listen to him continue is still the way to save the captain.

Because everyone who knows that method, including Steward J, including the captain himself, and those favored by God!Neither said it.It's impossible for them to join hands to coax Kunz, but this method is really close to impossible.

After all, the character of Prince Yatesina couldn't be more clear.How can a despicable and selfish person be made to make a decision that greatly damages his vital interests?

It is not an easy damage. Kunz knows that if such a contract is revoked, the party who revokes will inevitably suffer backlash.As for the contract of the national war level, if you think about it with your toes, you can guess that the consequences of the backlash are not just a life, and whether the soul exists is still a question.

Can Prince Yatesina give up his easy-to-get throne and sacrifice so much to save the captain's life?

"You let the captain leave because the captain will definitely object?"

"He will definitely object. If there are other things that can make us allies, I don't want to use this as a condition. The feasibility is too low. But who made me Selfi's father?"

Uriel spread his hands, and the veins on Kunz's forehead were throbbing.These words really mean a lot.It can be understood that he is the father, and he still has to try when he encounters a possibility.It can also be understood that he, being a father, was too a jerk, and he completely offended Kunz, who was the captain's partner, so he could only do this.

"In the past, if I did it myself, I would inevitably fail, and the family would continue to be hit by all parties after losing Selfie. After all, in this matter, the interests of those guys are very stable. But Now, with you included, I am at least [-]% sure. Even if it fails, the family's benefits will not change."

One and a half percent... This may be what the other party wanted to persuade Kunz to say.

But Grand Duke Manton knew the royal family, the nobles, and the priests better.He who is in Fanvatina is also closer to them.Compared with other nobles who may meet in the future, the word "Save Captain" from his mouth is also a little bit more sincere.

Kunz was silent for a moment, then stood up: "Please wait a moment, if we talk about cooperation, there must be another person agreeing." As soon as he finished speaking, the captain pushed the door in with a plate of biscuits.

The captain put down the biscuits, Kunz said he would leave for a while, Ulier nodded: "I will wait here, your biscuits here are very delicious, does your cook sell them?"

"The cook doesn't sell it, but I can give you a cookbook as a gift."

"Thank you for your generosity." Ulier nodded. The conversation he had with Kunz meant that he put Kunz on an equal footing with himself.The captain couldn't help but look at his own father twice, and got a standard aristocratic fake smile from Uriel.

The captain's expression didn't change at all, and he left with Kunz.

When he walked outside, the door of another conference room on the side opened. Wan Dip was already waiting with his head poised and waving—it should have been called back by the captain.

Kunz just wanted to talk about changing to a safe place, but thinking about the captain's ability... he hid far away, and the Grand Duke wanted to eavesdrop, so it should be fine.But this is a bit depressing, every word and deed is under the supervision of others.

As soon as he entered, the captain gave Kunz a clipboard, and he took one himself, and wrote four words on the clipboard: write and communicate.

Kunz: "!!!"

It is four characters, the Chinese characters of flower growers, not the words similar to Western languages ​​in this world.

Although the captain's writing is not good-looking, and the upper right of the word "flow" is a little missing, but this is already terrible.Blue Star Modern's flower growers have many foreign friends who speak Mandarin fluently, and even many who speak Northeast dialect and Cantonese, and there are more and more such international friends, and it is becoming less and less unusual.But how long have those people been studying?The captain is talented...

No, the captain didn't learn the language, he only learned the writing.So you learned dumb Chinese?So is it harder, or easier?

Anyway, within a few months, the captain can communicate normally with text, conclusion:

_(:з」∠)_Every shock brought by Xue Shen is fatal.

However, this kind of communication really doesn't worry about the Grand Duke's peeking.

Just in case: We've got the general idea from the captain, and we agree to cooperate.To unite all forces that can be united is our purpose.If we can do our part to help the captain, we will definitely do our best.The captain is our very good friend, and we hope this friendship can last for a long time.

Just in case, try to use simple and straight common words as much as possible, and slowly finish what he wants to say.

"thanks, thanks!"

The official also believed that it was necessary to cooperate with the big local forces. After all, Meng Luofei was under too much restrictions now, and if he wanted to make money to buy some basic supplies, he would have to make a detour.But when it comes to which side to cooperate with, the official also has its own choice.

Now that they agree to choose Grand Duke Manton, of course it can be said that because Grand Duke Manton came the fastest, he came in person, which shows his sincerity.It can be said that after all, Grand Duke Manton and the captain are familiar with each other, which is relatively more trustworthy.It can be said that he did not want to offend Kunz.But it can also be said... the official agreed to choose a collaborator who could save a long life out of good intentions.

Kunz also believes that good intentions account for a greater proportion.

Captain: Your friendship is mine, precious, wealth.

The two sides looked at each other and smiled, and Kunz believed that the friendship they talked about was sincere in it, not just social rhetoric.

Just in case: Grand Duke Manton's vision is amazing.We thought that after the courtiers, there would be envoys from the royal family, but we didn't expect a grand duke himself to come.

Kunz never thought that there would be other forces coming, and he was also taken aback when the favored one came, but he didn't seem to be very surprised when he recalled the captain and Wan.

But people from the royal family... Indeed, compared to nobles and family members, Meng Luofei's ability to kill the cracks is more beneficial to the royal family.The nobles at the bottom are unstable, what if the nobles at the top are also unstable?For the royal family, this is their chance to flex their muscles.

Put yourself in the shoes of the royal family, the land of the nobility was allocated by the first emperor of the empire, and it was all the territory of the Sherfer Empire.But although taxes can be collected now, these territories cannot be said to be under their control, and the change of lords does not need to be reported, let alone taken back by the royal family.As long as it is an ambitious royal family, it will definitely not be satisfied.

Prince Yatesina colluded with the Church of the Sun Lord in order to improve the imperial power. As a result, a better time came at this time, but there was no royal family at all.If you don't come in person, at least send an envoy.

Kunz was not greedy for the messenger. If the messenger really came, it would be a trouble.However, this situation further shows that the royal family's vision is too narrow.

The national war against the Knight Principality dragged on for several years because the captain jumped out of the conspiracy, without the mind and tolerance that a big country should have.

Thinking about it this way, Kunz immediately felt very happy. If the royal family of the Sherfer Empire is useless, the possibility of saving the captain will be even greater.

Captain: Uriel Manton is a good partner.But his loyalty only gives benefits, and his trust must be limited.Although my surname is still Manton, I have completely severed all ties with the Manton family.To me, the lord and Monrofi are much more important than Uriel Manton and the Duchy of Manton.This is my home, where I will be buried when I die.

The captain wrote quickly, and there were more typos and typos later, but the feelings inside were sincere.

In case I held the pen at a point, I tapped the tip of the pen on the writing board a few times, and I didn't know how to write.Kunz realized belatedly, in case what he said just now...was also intended as a small compliment to the captain, right?But the result seemed to force the captain to stand in line instead.No one expected that the captain, who is usually very slick, would talk like this.

Kunz held the captain's hand that was still holding the pen tightly, his fingertips were a little white.The captain's hands are always cold, but the coldness now is not like in the past, bringing Kunz peace of mind: "Captain...will you marry me?"

"Don't mess around!" The captain was not moved, but frowned and refused loudly.

In the Sherfer Empire, nobles of the same sex can marry, but it must be a non-heir, or an honorary noble who has no territory and receives an annuity.As for the nobles in the territory, they must marry wives and give birth to heirs, no matter how much they mess around, they will be fine.For example, the captain once told him the story of the ancestors of the Baron Monroe family.

Kunz: "..."

The author has something to say: Kunz: _(:з」∠)_What should I do if my boyfriend and I have too different views on life?

Uriel Manton: →_→ Our Manton family has a lot of good-looking boys, do you want to take a look?

Captain: ... Get out!