Brookside is a city located in the center of the Kingdom of Cleveland. The city is close to the south shore of Lake Sapphire and straddles the mouth of the Cuyahoga River.
The Cuyahoga River passes through the center of Brookside, dividing the city into east and west cities. The geographical location here is also very important, as it is the main transportation artery between the north and south of the Kingdom of Cleveland.
It can be said that people in the northern and southern regions of the Kingdom of Cleveland need to pass through Brookside City if they want to communicate with each other. It has a very famous name.
That's called Kyoto.
Fox Street, the aristocratic district of Kyoto, is where the most powerful nobles in the aristocratic district live.
The nobles here, at worst, are marquises, and in Kyoto they can be considered ministers with a certain amount of power.
At the southernmost end of Fox Street, there is a huge mansion, covering an area of more than 100 acres. It is absolutely unimaginable in Kyoto where land is at a premium.
You must know that the palace where the royal family is located only covers an area of more than 1,200 acres, which is slightly larger than the Forbidden City on Earth.
This mansion is the mansion of the Sara family that owns the Kyoto Fox.
In the reception hall located at the front of the mansion, the current head of the house, Mrs. Bagir Catherine, is receiving Vlada with a smile on her face.
"Mr. Vlada! I wonder why you came here specially? My husband will be back in a few days, why don't you wait for him to come back before coming over." Although Lady Catherine was smiling, there was a repulsive tone in her words.
The attitude outside is extremely obvious.
Obviously, not only the local nobles but also the Kyoto nobles disliked the Inquisition.
Vlada seemed not to hear the implication of Lady Catherine's words, so she picked up the black tea cup and took a sip.
"I have long heard that Duke Patrick loves black tea. When I saw him today, he certainly lived up to his reputation."
Catherine frowned slightly, she also noticed that Vlada was pretending to be crazy.
"Your Excellency Vlada! I can't make the decision on many things. I need to wait for my husband to come back before I can make a decision."
Vlada put down the black tea cup, her eyes were sharp, and her whole aura became fierce and aggressive.
"Lady Catherine is really in charge of this matter. It's about Aslan Sara."
When Lady Catherine heard this name that disgusted her so much, her pupils shrank slightly, but the smile on her face became softer.
"Oh! Could it be that our Aslan has caused trouble for Lord Vlada?"
Vlada smiled and nodded, and said sincerely: "Aslan is truly worthy of being born in the Fox of Kyoto, and he will definitely become the most outstanding heir of the Sara family in the future."
Although Lady Catherine still had a soft smile on her face, her breathing was obviously a little faster.
As for the young man sitting at the bottom, after hearing this, his face changed slightly, and his face became more and more ugly.
A flash of ridicule flashed in Vlada's eyes.
It seems that the Fox of Kyoto is finished in this generation, provided that Aslan does not come back to inherit the Sara family.
Unlike others, Vlada was very aware of the filth within the Sarah family. For example, the lady Catherine in front of her had done so many tricks in secret to help her own child become the head of the family, or she had to kill Patrick's other sons.
Either raise him or force him to leave Kyoto.
Among them, Aslan is a representative figure. Because his mother was an ordinary person, she was treated as a target to scare the monkeys. She first poisoned his mother and almost killed Aslan.
The hatred with Aslan has reached an irreversible point.
But the effect was so obvious that other direct members of the entire family made way for Alonso.
Except for those who could not threaten Alonso and could stay in Kyoto, the others were either transferred to surrounding territories or took care of the family business.
"Oh! Your Excellency Vlada's words are somewhat interesting. It seems that Aslan has brought you a lot of trouble in Merox Province." Catherine asked very calmly.
"Well! Aslan has developed the Merlo region very well and has initially restored its popularity. It is said that it has gathered a population of nearly one million, and has also developed unique economic crops in the Merlo region. He is now a famous rich man in Merlox Province.
." Vlada answered the question incorrectly and even exaggerated.
His purpose is very simple, that is, to seduce Lady Catherine and make her disgust Aslan.
Vlada was very sure that with Aslan's current strength and the support of the Marquis of Medea, unless Patrick came forward in person, it would be absolutely impossible to remove Aslan from the position of Lord Mero.
possible things.
Instead, Aslan was alerted in advance. With the narrow-mindedness of Lady Catherine, a woman who suffered a big loss after Aslan's death, she would definitely use the resources of the Sarah family and the Bagir family to attack the Billy region and Merlot.
area.
This was his true purpose, and this was also the reason why he persuaded Governor Jack Su to insist on not retreating.
Hearing that Aslan was living such a happy life, Alonso couldn't sit still. Just when he wanted to sit up, he was glared back by Lady Catherine.
Vlada continued to add insult to injury and said: "Aslan has successfully developed the Mero area. I believe that soon the second great lord of the Sara family will be born."
In the Kingdom of Cleveland, a big lord generally refers to a lord who controls one to three regions, while the lords in a region are collectively called minor lords.
As for the lords of a province, there have been only three lords of the Kingdom of Cleveland since its founding, one of whom was born into the royal family. Unfortunately, as time went by, none of them ended up well.
Therefore, in the Kingdom of Cleveland, the lord of a region is already the most prominent noble in the kingdom, not much worse than the Minister of Kyoto.
The amount of information contained in Vlada's words was so large that Lady Catherine could no longer remain calm.
Because Emperor Cleveland II once made a will, as long as someone can develop the Merlot area, regardless of whether he is a commoner or a noble, he will be canonized as a Duke of the Kingdom to prove his achievements in developing the Merlot area.
Over the years, no one has been able to do it, so the Merlot area has become a hot potato, controlled by the top nobles in Kyoto in turns, with a different family taking control every thirty years.
Because of His Majesty the Emperor's watchful eye, these families would send their lords to develop it every year. As a result, for so many years, there was no success at all.
If Aslan is really canonized as Duke of Merlot by His Majesty the Emperor, then Lady Catherine will be shooting herself in the foot.
"Mother!" Alonso stood up and couldn't help but said.
Lady Catherine smiled and nodded.
"Alonso sends Mr. Vlada away."
Vlada didn't care about Lady Catherine's expulsion order. Ever since he joined the Inquisition, such things had happened from time to time, and he had long been immune to it.
But when leaving through the back door of the Sara family, Vlada asked with a solemn expression.