Public trial?You deserve it too!

"So why do you use that excuse? Your kick put me and your sister into the pit at the same time."

Claude was biting the sausage in a bit of depression, and after the replay, he also understood that this incident should not have been intentional by the princess in front of him. Without Ludwig's approval, this incident would not have happened, but After all, I still feel unhappy, so I can only stand on the moral high ground and feel refreshed.

As for why not slander Ludwig...

Claude said, does it make sense to blame a piece of char siew?

"Because I'm too anxious, I can't think of any other excuses. No matter how high my father and Mr. Jung have high expectations for me, it is impossible for me to tell me about the ongoing military operations." Christina said aggrieved , "I have Lina as the guardian knight again, and you don't want to be my guardian knight anyway, so I have to wrong you to be my sister's guardian knight."

Then, after realizing what she said, the more Christina thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, her brows raised in anger.

"Hey! What do you mean by me! Why did you feel wronged when you became Leticia's guardian knight? Don't you want to revitalize the family? What a great opportunity, how many people want to be but have not had this opportunity!"

"I just want to stand up and revitalize the family."

Claude curled his lips. Seeing that Christina had reacted, he didn't say anything more. After all, it was hard to say whether he or Letitia was the one who was wronged by this kind of thing.

"Okay, your heart is higher than the sky, and you don't even look down on the princess." Christina snorted twice, and then looked at the scar on Claude's face, her expression became a little distressed again.

"Does it hurt?"

"It hurts when you get cut."

Claude told the truth, it really hurts to cut this knife in his face every day.

"...I'm sorry, this time because of my willfulness, I put you in such a dangerous situation."

Christina lowered her head, bit her lips with her white teeth, and tightly grasped her skirt with her fingers, looking blue from the force.

"That's my willingness. Besides, isn't this a deal? You give me information, and I'll work hard for you." Claude said vaguely while nibbling on the ham, "Don't even think about relying on such a flimsy apology. If you can cover it, you won’t deny it, right?”

"of course not!"

The girl shouted angrily, and then immediately covered her mouth, for fear of being heard by others, and her eyes softened again when no one was found.

"In the future, I will never force you to do such dangerous things again. I'm sorry. I was terrified when I heard that the first batch of counter-rebels were wiped out. If it wasn't for my father who led the army to Countering the rebellion, I don’t even know how to face you.”

"I won't die." Claude said with certainty, "Do you really think that I will go if you want me to go this time? Without my idea, I'm sure I'm still locked up in the university, it's impossible out."

The princess blushed slightly. She was embarrassed to say that she was going to hide Claude in her carriage and take him out quietly.

"So you don't need to blame yourself. At least I'm very satisfied with the harvest this time. Although becoming Leticia's guardian knight was not what I expected, but after thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be a bad thing. At least I can Had an honorable excuse to leave school."

"That's what you think?" Christina's eyes widened in surprise.

"Well, what else?"

She then looked at Claude eating and drinking indifferently, and couldn't help but burst out laughing?

"Why, what's so funny?"

Claude grabbed an apple, ready to unwind.

"It's just that I haven't seen anyone else eat like this, and it feels very real."

"If you don't eat actively, then this person must be full." Claude chewed the apple crisply, "Besides, you are a princess, so everyone must eat with airs in front of you, etiquette , I remember eating a piece of steak and chewing a few times, is there a rule?"

"It's not that exaggerated!" Christina laughed. Seeing that Claude started to gobble up again, she couldn't help swallowing.

"Give me one."

Claude glanced at her, and directly picked up a sausage and handed it to her.

It was the first time for Christina to eat this kind of food without a knife and fork, and she took a bite directly like Claude.

"hot!"

Her Royal Highness burst into tears of pain, and Claude was frightened and panicked looking for a cup to pour water for her. After Christina felt better with tears in her eyes, she found that Claude was holding a saucer with a frightened face. In front of him, there was still the orange juice he squeezed out with his hands just now.

"……thanks"

Her Royal Highness wanted to laugh, but her eyes were filled with pain, so she could only say thank you, then took the plate and started drinking juice.

Both of them fell silent for a moment, Claude lowered his head, saw the bread he had just dropped on the ground, picked it up and blew it, and stuffed it into his mouth before Christina shouted "wait".

"Ok?"

The boy turned his head suspiciously.

"That... is dirty."

"Didn't I blow the ashes off?" He swallowed the bread in his mouth, "Besides, the floor here is probably cleaner than my dining table at home,"

When Her Royal Highness heard these words, her eyes lowered again.

"Did you... have a bad life?"

"I'm pretty good, at least I don't have to worry about food, but I just hate wasting food. Real civilians really even count on black bread." Claude picked up another piece of bread, "Speaking of it , why does this bread taste similar to the one in the military camp?"

"Most of the chefs here are retired from the army, and only a few chefs are in charge of noble banquets, so it should be about the same?"

Christina picked up the cooled sausage and ate it bit by bit. Claude stopped talking and focused on destroying the food in front of him.

"Then I'll go back first and let Maggie arrange a place to sleep for you."

Her Royal Highness put down the iron pick that had been eaten, looked at Claude and said.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I still have to go back to the barracks, otherwise His Royal Highness Ludwig and Mr. Jung will definitely worry about me if they don't know the situation. If possible, please help me prepare a horse." Ke Lauder shook his head, "Please also tell Her Majesty Letitia that I have no disrespect or dislike towards her, and I will definitely use my life and glory to fulfill the duty of guarding the knight."

"You should say these words yourself. Letitia has always wanted to be a knight, and she has longed for the guardian knight for a long time." Christina smiled.

"I believe you will be a good knight, Claude."

Watching Christina's figure disappear at the kitchen door, Claude suppressed all expressions on his face and quickly cleaned up the mess.

"That's almost it, the last possible flaw is filled by me."

The teenager put the used tableware into the sink.

【It was just a perfect "The Innocence Princess and the Foolish Knight"】

"Thank you for the compliment, I think so too." Claude nodded, "Speaking of which, I didn't expect the first person who became suspicious to come so quickly, even the point of doubt was so deadly, and the position he was in was still so Make it impossible for me to start."

[She hasn't completely dispelled her doubts about you, has she?And how could she believe that you were not acting just now? 】

"Because of 'sincerity'."

【……I don't know】

"From the disrespectful conversation at the beginning to the eating that I can describe as 'vulgar', all of them imply that I don't want to pretend to be in front of her anymore, that is to say, Her Royal Highness subconsciously thinks that the person in front of me I am the 'Knight Claude' who is no longer pretentious, no longer perfect."

[So she will subconsciously feel that every action of yours is sincere? 】

"That's right, from being at a loss in the face of emergencies to showing some small habits, these are helping her strengthen her perception of the image of 'sincere me'. So in her eyes, I am now a civilian born , high ideals, and a person who doesn't care much about nobles is still a knight with chivalry."

"Her doubts have been completely solved by me-why do I have no class concept? Because I don't like nobles. Why don't I see dignity in my eyes? Because I care about common people. Why would I help His Highness and Lina? Because I have my own ideals and chivalry."

Claude walked out of the manor with a smile, and took the rein handed to him by the guard.

"So, why do you say she still doubts me?"

[...Actually, you still have a loophole, which may expose your lack of chivalry. 】

Claude was taken aback, and hurriedly asked with disbelief: "Where?"

【You didn't wash the dishes after eating just now. 】

"..."

The young man thought for a while with a serious face, then gritted his teeth and made up his mind, and resolutely rode on the horse.

"I think the risk of not doing the dishes is worth it."

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"His Royal Highness Ludwig has returned in triumph..."

In the mansion of the prime minister, two people were drinking tea, and the old man sighed a little.

"I didn't expect to be able to process it so quickly and catch up with the sowing of the next season's crops," said the younger middle-aged man, obviously quite satisfied, "This way, we don't have to allocate too many grains from other regions to support the Turin trip." Save it. After checking those nobles, it is more than enough to use their warehouses to deal with local military disasters."

"You really hate variables, Albert."

The old man with a gray beard said with a smile.

"As the head of the Ministry of Finance, I hate other people to take away the budget from me with all kinds of inexplicable reasons that I can't refuse at all." The middle-aged Albert said with a face full of displeasure, "How well it was handled this time ? Next time someone asks for money, let him chop up two nobles and ransack their homes, and the territory of the people will belong to me to increase taxes, and the materials copied will belong to him.”

"Hahahahaha, it seems that the head of the military supply department gave me a headache." The prime minister laughed loudly.

"There are also those nobles who have saved so much and still lie to others. I am most annoyed by the kind of people who don't pay taxes well and ask me to give them annuities every year."

"I know you hate them, but don't say what you said just now, otherwise it will be difficult for you to continue to gain a foothold in the court, after all, you are still too young."

The old man shook his head, but only lightly exhorted a few words.

"It's just a bit greedy to see a lot of geese who are holding back their golden eggs and refuse to lay eggs. Sometimes facing chickens that refuse to lay eggs, killing the chickens and taking the eggs is a necessary measure." Albert shook his head, "I know those words are impossible It was realized, so I will only confide a few words to you."

Having said that, he obviously couldn't hold back his doubts.

"So, to be honest, why do you keep fighting against His Majesty? I think His Majesty's idea of ​​weakening the nobles is correct, and it can even be said that it is more urgent. Why do you always maintain them?"

He looked at the prime minister puzzled. "Obviously you are against the nobility!"

The old man laughed.

"Albert, your idea is very good, but have you ever thought, why not?"

"It's nothing more than turmoil, especially when the big nobles gather around the First Prince and look like they are supporting him, His Majesty is a bit hard to deal with."

Albert sighed, picked up the teacup, and just as he was about to drink it, he saw the old man's sly smile, and suddenly paused.

"...You don't want to start with His Highness Augustus first, do you?"

The corner of the old man's mouth twitched violently, and he picked up the tray holding the teapot and knocked on Albert.

"You fucking can't control your mouth? Sooner or later, you will die on this mouth!"

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong." Albert was beaten in a muffled voice, and then a strange light was released from his eyes. "Seriously, teacher, let me know."

"Get out! Get out! I'm going to 'secretly' invite you to drink tea alone, I'm a pig!"

The old man cursed and drove Albert out of the study.

The Wind Rises on Europa: Chapter 84 Chapter 80 The Curtain Opens

Gutenberg sat in his study, where he had been since his return from Augustus, ordering anyone to disturb him.He didn't eat or drink, but just stared at the piece of paper on the table.

The piece of paper handed to him by the First Prince Augustus.

"Gutenberg, although we have suffered heavy losses this time, the efforts we have made in the Chamber of Commerce have paid off. Take this piece of paper to Lübeck and find this Chamber of Commerce. They will be willing to cooperate with us. At any time, whether it is a business alliance, orcs, elves or even the Theocracy will open the door to your caravan. I believe that with my power as a backing and your ability, I will be able to create a brand new business empire for me! "

Thinking of Augustus patting himself on the shoulder very kindly at that time, and saying this, Gutenberg still feels a little dizzy even now, so that he doesn't even have much memory of going home, only remembering He walked out of the First Prince's study in a daze, and saw his own study the next moment.

He is not a political idiot, on the contrary, as a business genius, whether it is politics or business opportunities, his sense of smell is much more sensitive than anyone else. On paper, there are too many suspicious things.

When did Augustus send someone to clear the trade channels with the Merchant Alliance?When did a Chamber of Commerce in the Chamber of Commerce be able to open up business routes across the entire continent?Taking a step back, even if it is necessary to keep it secret, is it possible that Augustus will bypass himself, the No. 1 business world under his command, and choose others to contact?

Obviously at the last step, all these affairs must be handed over to him!

So as long as you take a closer look, you can know that this piece of paper came both abruptly and coincidentally. The suddenness is because this matter cannot be finalized in a short period of time. The coincidence is that the eldest prince just lost Provence.

As soon as His Highness's power suffered a loss, the trade route was sent immediately, in a posture that had been prepared long ago.So who sent it?And who prepared this line for the First Prince?Is it a business alliance?still……

Gutenberg slapped himself fiercely on the face, his voice was clear and loud, and his handsome face instantly turned red and swollen.

Can't think any more.

But no matter who it is, the eldest prince must have colluded with forces outside the empire, but the depth of this collusion is unknown.

The man is struggling in his heart, his rationality is telling him, don't think about it, just do everything that Augustus ordered, what does this have to do with you?But his tutors all along told him——

It could be treason!

He rested his head and gasped, now Gutenberg very much wanted to go to Mr. Leichter and leave this matter to him to decide, but he had done several black gloves for Augustus, and it was always like a shadow, Lingering in his mind.

If he went to Leicht now, he would definitely be shocked and angry based on the character of the other party, and no matter what kind of mood he was in, he would definitely go to Augustus to find out, no matter if the eldest prince prevaricates, explains, or shirks— —

I am absolutely doomed, and if I don't do it, it will harm the whole family.

He may even be under surveillance now, as long as he dares to show any intention to find Mr. Leichter, the other party will immediately kill him.

The man smiled wryly, but his fists clenched even tighter.

"Come on!"

His voice was so dry that he made a rough sound of rubbing against sand and gravel.