That night, the news was quickly delivered to Duke Otto. When he heard that Ella was not afraid after watching the training of the Guards, but instead clapped vigorously, Otto punched the table in anger.
superior.
"We are completely treated like monkeys!" he said through gritted teeth.
If Ella was just an ordinary noble, he would think that she lacked political consciousness. But now Ella is a "triumph" who is famous for her military achievements. Such performance only made Otto feel that he and his troops were underestimated.
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Amy and her troops have dealt a huge blow to the Alemannic Federation. Hamburg and Bremen, the commercial towns in the northern part of the Alemannic Federation, have all fallen one after another. And the nobles who fell into Amy's hands,
Without exception, they were all sentenced to death.
A group of nobles, including Duke Otto, have asked the Count of Île-de-France for help more than once, but have received no response.
In this case, supporting the reset of "Triumph" seems to be the best way - for those businessmen, if Triumph can be successfully reset, then they who assist her reset will have the opportunity to reach a friendly agreement with Triumph
And for Duke Otto, as long as the pirate kingdom falls into internal fighting, he can take advantage of the opportunity to seize benefits.
Restricting Ella's actions is out of consideration for the subsequent negotiations with Ella. If Ella knows less about their predicament, they will have more leverage in negotiations.
But at the same time, Duke Otto also had concerns: Just a little-known maid had caused chaos in the northern part of the Alemannic Federation. If the "Triumph" was put back, would it be like letting the tiger go home?
So he arranged this exercise. He had to let the "Triumpher" see the strength of their Alemannic Federation!
But this plan seems to have failed. Perhaps in the eyes of the "Triumpher", his army is really nothing more than a circus.
He turned his attention to the other people in the same room—the major lords and merchants from northern Alemany gathered there. They had been discussing here for several days in order to negotiate with the Triumphant.
"Is it really okay to let such a terrible person go back?" Duke Otto asked.
The mayor of Hamburg stood up. After Hamburg was occupied by Amy, he was actually the "former mayor", but relying on his properties scattered throughout the Alemannic Federation, the weight of his words still plays a decisive role.
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"There is no other way at the moment." The mayor of Hamburg said, "I will go to test her personally tomorrow."
That night, a carriage carried the mayor of Hamburg and left the capital of Duke Otto. He arrived at the castle where Ella was on the night of the second day. After a short rest, early on the third day
, he went to visit Ella with gifts.
"Oh oh oh! You actually want to give me so many gold coins!"
Ella's eyes lit up when she looked at the box full of gold coins. In the Qiqiu Empire, such gifts would never have caught Ella's eyes. But now she is burdened with a huge debt of 150,000 Nomisma.
If you are afraid of poverty, simply giving gold coins will be much more effective than giving other gifts.
The mayor of Hamburg breathed a sigh of relief at Ella's performance. The more Ella likes money, the more room for negotiation she has.
"We heard that the King of Sweden had arrived here, so we made a special trip to visit." said the mayor of Hamburg. "It's not just me. This box of gold coins was put together by three cities: Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck.
A gift for the King of Sweden."
"Oh oh oh oh! I will definitely come back and visit you with gifts some other time!"
"There is no need for a return visit. This is just an insignificant gift." The mayor of Hamburg bowed and said, "Our three cities have decided to invest to help the King of Sweden regain his position in the pirate kingdom."
"Take back the position of the Pirate Kingdom?" Ella was stunned for a moment, "The Pirate Kingdom...what happened?"
"Ah, it turns out that the King of Sweden 'knows nothing'." The mayor of Hamburg smiled inconspicuously, then took out a few letters from his arms and handed them to Ella's hand.
"This is……?"
The mayor of Hamburg lowered his head and said: "This is the correspondence between the current 'King of Sweden' in the Pirate Kingdom and us. There are three letters in total - about how to make the 'former King of Sweden' disappear forever."
Ella opened the envelope full of suspicion and took out the letter inside. After reading the content of the letter, her face turned dark.
"I've made things clear."
Ella threw the letter on the table and turned her back to the mayor of Hamburg...
"Let me think for a while, you go first."
The mayor of Hamburg took advantage of the situation and said: "King of Sweden, please rest assured that everyone who has seen this letter is on your side - because that Amy is a tyrant. No one will be willing to sacrifice their life for a tyrant..."
"I asked you to go first, didn't you hear me?"
Ella's sudden voice startled the mayor of Hamburg. From this position, he couldn't see clearly the expression on Ella's face. He couldn't guess what Ella was thinking, and he didn't see her after waiting for a while.
After talking, he had no choice but to leave in frustration.
After the sound of closing the door came from behind, Ella slowly turned around - she bit her lip and tried not to let tears flow out of her eyes.
In this state, she opened the letters again.
The handwriting on the letter was crooked, as if it had been scratched by a cat, and there were many alterations on it. Ella was very familiar with the handwriting - it was written by Amy. I think she had taught Amy how to write in person.
of.
"Amy, why would you do such a thing...?"
There were three letters in total. In the first letter, Amy told the Alemanni Federation that Ella had disappeared. She offered a series of conditions including trade privileges, hoping that the Alemanni Federation could eliminate them according to her ideas.
He wanted to get rid of Ella to stabilize her position in the pirate kingdom. The last two letters were urging the Alemanni Federation to complete the matter quickly, and there was a full sense of threat in the words.
Ella's hand brushed over each word, intending to let these words tell her what Amy was thinking when she wrote the letter.
Words cannot speak.
But Ella convinced herself over and over again: Amy would not really want her life.
She read from the beginning word by word, hoping to read the words from the words.
She convinced herself over and over again that Amy must be trying to tell something else through this letter, some information that could not be conveyed through literal meaning.
Finally, she noticed this sentence in the first letter:
"...Send that little golden bird to the paradise underground."
Ella wiped her eyes and wiped away the tears that were about to overflow.
Then she laughed easily.
This is a hint from Amy. And the only one who can understand its meaning, besides Amy, is Ella.
