You must know that the cost of building and maintaining one battleship in the Imperial Navy is enough for the Army to support a division.
The navy and army compete for budget from the imperial military every year.
It was not easy for the Kingdom of Boliva to hit the target. For the navy, it was the time to show off its capabilities. Who would have expected that it would encounter a super iron plate just after recruiting ships?
The face of the Imperial Navy was really like being pushed down to the ground and rubbed by Mark, unable to get up.
Then what?
On the surface, the emperor was cowardly, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that the emperor's cowardice meant that he was not cowardly.
After the "Lamington" incident, all noble ladies who had been contaminated by [abnormalities] became negative assets in a political sense. Arranging clergymen to prove that their minds are okay is more of a gesture - very simple.
If a noble can easily abandon his own children, then why should your political allies believe that you will not betray your allies?
In fact, nobles with enough sense will find ways to get rid of these unlucky women reasonably.
Even the royal family is no exception to this.
This aspect is also the biggest headache for the royal family. Even a princess who has been mentally polluted will be scolded by the nobles if she marries an earl or a small colonial country.
Reasons such as "no noble blood cannot be tarnished" are enough to spray the emperor to pieces.
Almost dead, Mark hit the muzzle of the gun.
As the direct grandson of the Cardinal's Destiny family, Mark's status is half a level higher than that of the Duke's son. Regardless of what the outside world thinks, since the Destiny family regards Mark as their signature, there is no separation of the family.
First of all, Mark's identity is enough.
Then, who doesn’t know that the third princess Marianne likes opera the most? The princess watched Mark’s first opera “Romeo and Juliet” ten times and expressed her desire to meet the opera writer Mark many times.
Not to mention that Mark is now regarded as an art master by the entire aristocratic circle.
As a disciple, Marianne studied art from an opera master who was of noble birth and was recognized by the whole society. No one could fault her.
What's more, Mark also has the status of an extraordinary person. With him here, the princess doesn't even need to hire a priest.
In the end, even if Mark unfortunately dies while on a mission, it doesn't matter to the royal family. Anyway, it will not be a loss for him to be with the prosperous Destiny family.
But it’s not okay for Mark not to accept the princess.
You, Mark, want our royal family to apologize. The emperor will send the princess to your ship right now.
Is this attitude sincere enough?
No matter how much you, Mark, ask for, it's your fault.
If the Navy unites with the Reincarnation Cult and the Brown family comes to trick Mark, this is on the second level. Mark uses the power of the Gemini Goddesses to fight back on the fifth level, then the royal family's multi-skill operation is definitely in the atmosphere.
Mark looked at Princess Marianne walking briskly on the gangway, and really didn't know what to say.
The princess is more than just dressed up today?
On the pure white floor-length lace dress, many rose shapes are designed with hollows and translucent white gauze, which vaguely reveals her beautiful figure. The white gauze on her head is paired with a luxurious and compact gold crown, highlighting her noble look.
As a princess, her manners have been trained for a long time, and her every move and every move has an air of ecstasy. As long as she has some aura overflowing from her body, especially if she is said to be the Saint of Light, Mark will believe her.
And looking at the battle, the royal family announced that it was a ceremony of apprenticeship:
A band of 100 people, a royal guard of honor of 300 people, and 500 servants... The drums were louder and louder, and the red carpet was spread from the entrance of the pier to the side of the ship. The leader was Prince Philips, the emperor's younger brother.
Holding Princess Marianne on his left arm, Prince Philips brought the princess to Mark.
This bearded old man cried and cried: "Mark! You must make Marianne and Mina happy!"
mark:"……"
Unprepared, Mark turned his rusty neck and looked at the princess in a pure white floral wedding dress. He squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "Your Highness, is this really okay?"
Marianne lowered her head, tried hard to restrain herself, and retained her final reserve: "I, I am ready to dedicate myself to art."
Yolanda next to her quickly followed: "Me too."
mark:"……"
He finally understood where his mistake was - "I can't repay the kindness of saving my life, I can only repay it with my body." The biggest difference between "The little girl can't repay her, she can repay her by being a cow or a horse in the next life." is saving lives.
The appearance of the benefactor. As the ceiling of appearance in this world, a woman would choose the former. Regardless of the fact that she later knew that Mark had so many dazzling auras, he was a great hero of Wapu, the greatest opera writer of the contemporary era, and a descendant of the sacred bloodline...
…
The two women didn't show it before, purely because they knew that their destiny was not under their control, and thinking too much would only increase their worries.
Now that the family is allowed to do it, they just stop pretending.
Mark felt that he was definitely trapped in a cocoon this time.
He still made his final resistance, with a straight face and a calm tone: "Since you are here to become a disciple, then just pick a room on the second floor."
The two women's hearts skipped a beat as they realized that this was definitely not the room the hostess should have.
But then they laughed again.
They had already found out who was around Mark: Helena, who was born as a commoner, and then three barons' daughters who were maids, or subordinates of their family's subordinates. Whether it was status, appearance, or figure, they were absolutely stable.
They are on one side. Since good men are up for grabs, there is no reason why they can't grab them.
The two of them were not upset. They called "Master" sweetly and asked obediently where they should stand.
"Over there." Mark pointed casually.
Conrad and Helena were Mark's right-hand men and stood closest, followed by Hank behind Helena, and Ren behind Conrad.
There are only so many people in Mark's team. No matter how far apart they are, they are not that far apart. No matter how far they are, they still have a higher status than the three maids.
Mark was so angry that he started recruiting students in the afternoon.
Ever since "Romeo", there have been art students who wanted to be his disciples. After "Butterfly Lovers" became a hit, no matter it was music, opera, literature, or dance, there was no one in the art department who didn't want to be a student.
He's here.
This is the thing that lays golden eggs!
As long as you have something to do with Mark, your future will be bright.
Mark sent an order, and five hundred people immediately came to the dock waiting room. Mark randomly picked two girls with outstanding temperament, one was named Elaine who sang, and the other was named Basalia who danced.
In terms of appearance and figure alone, they are no worse than the two princesses, but their temperament and conversation are quite different.
The princess now knew that she was somewhat unpopular.
Mark's troubles were not over yet. The princess and the duchess came to study in name only, but they brought dozens of court musicians, hundreds of servants, and a 12-person escort team.
The guard level is not high, all in sequence 8.
After all, the princess has not been eaten by anyone, so she still needs necessary protection.
Mark's balls ached so much.
Then came the even worse pain.
Just the day after the princess arrived, a loud eagle cry came from the sky, and then several eagles of light landed majestically on the front deck of the Caribbean.
mark:"……"
"Hey, it's me, aren't you welcome? Or does Mr. Consultant not want to collect the blood moon card of the last Knight of the Apocalypse?" Vivian, wearing a black tights and a black cloak, stood on the deck like this.
Go up, put your right hand on your waist, and look at Mark with a half-smiling look: "Or am I hindering your play in the water?"
Vivian glanced at the Yingying Yanyan behind Mark with a slightly mysterious gaze.
Just by looking at this look, Mark didn't even know whether Vivian was angry? jealous? or had some other meaning.
If it were someone else, Mark would have slapped him in the face on the spot.
Mark's cheek muscles twitched slightly, and he finally choked out: "My swimming pool is quite big! You can also come down and play together."
This time it was Vivian's turn to almost lose her composure, and for a moment she wanted to go crazy.
It was just that she used her keen perception to discover that the girls behind Mark were divided into several camps. The most interesting thing was that the princess seemed not to be welcomed, and the one-sided scorching gaze was very subtle.
She suddenly lost her annoyance: "No more chatting. The reason we came here this time is to ask you, the consultant, if you would like to help go to Boliva?"
"What? Isn't that the territory of the Reincarnation Cult?"
Judge Abner came up and said: "Three hours ago, the first batch of the Samsara Religion's punitive troops were killed by the [War Knights], and the situation was out of control. The Reincarnation Religion had to come to the Orthodox Church's rescue and promised to give up the country.
Block profits. We can ignore the life and death of those idiots, but we cannot allow the [War Knights] to turn a country with a population of tens of millions into a cult war machine."
Vivian emphasized: "That is the Knight of the Apocalypse who uses [war] as his power! The larger the scale of the war, the stronger his power. A conservative estimate is that he may have been promoted to Sequence 5 due to this war. If he continues to let it go,
, [War Knight] can break through to Sequence 4 at any time. At that time, the Demon God will lead him back to the bottomless abyss. Not only will we not be able to kill him, but we will also help the opponent cultivate a Demon God General in disguise."
Mark spread his hands: "So? Are you going to use my ship to transport a group of Guardian Knights?"
Abner was calm: "It would be best if you agree. If you don't agree, I hope you can help transport at least one purification brigade there."
"A purification brigade? Okay, that's it. If there are more, my ship will turn into a warship." Mark agreed, and looked back at the princess and the art department guys: "Okay, let's go to war.
For your safety, I strongly recommend that you disembark."
"No! I will die on the Caribbean."
"..."
It seems that as a reciprocation, the Church of the Night borrowed the ship that the Admiralty was unable to borrow.
At noon on the second day after the second knights of the Reincarnation Cult attacked the streets, Mark led a 200-man purification squadron and quickly rushed to the sea opposite Bolivar Port.
On the Imperial Navy flagship [Sumir], Marshal Dewey saw through the telescope that this cruise ship was incompatible with the battlefield painting style and hung the two battle flags of the Church of Light and Night and the Church of the God of Knowledge. He had a bad taste in his mouth.
