Count Laval was walking quickly through the white courtyard of the Estonian people. He looked at the bare-armed gardener working hard among the pink dwarf rose bushes and felt a little disapproving.
For this palace, which is known as the crown of the desert and the beloved palace of Androma, he really has no intention to appreciate it at this time. Besides, the courtyard that the Istanians are proud of is placed in the grandeur of the Grand Palace.
It's not worth mentioning in front of me.
In the war that just passed, the Kaolin people sent troops at a critical moment to defeat the sand pirates, and gained the friendship of this ancient kingdom. Together with everyone in the envoy, they also gained the status of heroes in Questaq.
treatment.
But it got him into trouble
Because in that battle, people in the regiment died.
The young knights in the regiment are all high-ranking officials. They participated in this mission to gain experience and gilding. They must be protected by him, rather than being sent to the battlefield to die in cold blood. Of course, the young people have
They are full of passion, and after accepting the flowers from the local girls, they no longer care about the gain or loss of the stars, but the family behind them is not that easy to fool.
Maybe the country has already used titles like 'cold butcher' and 'ruthless killer' to call him.
The key is that he still has no way to explain to His Majesty and the Prime Minister, because he sent troops to capture the traitor's daughter, but the captured sand thief didn't know anything about it. No one knew where the poor girl died.
In the chaos, he was taken away, disappeared or something else.
All this was to blame on that nasty girl Florence. He had no choice but to let the girl stay in the mansion. It was best not to go anywhere. The streets outside had not yet completely restored order. He didn't want to cause any more trouble.
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The sky in the distance is slightly white. Against this background, the towers in the inner city are empty. The sound of clanging is heard from far in the city. The Istanians are rebuilding their buildings.
Home, this gives people the feeling that order is being reshaped.
He withdrew his gaze and walked quickly through the corridor. After turning a few turns among the green shades, he saw the waiter who had been waiting there.
The waiter showed great respect and said, "Dear Mr. Envoy, Your Majesty has been waiting at the Kashan Palace for a long time."
"Take me there."
The two walked through the palm grove one after another, passed the zigzag covered bridge, walked over a bright lake, and walked onto the high platform formed by white rocks.
Not far away is the main hall of Kashan Palace.
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There was silence in the Kashan Palace.
Aleph wore a silver-grey robe that represented the symbol of the King of Sand. He sat on the spot where his father once sat. His hands were naturally placed on the armrests of the throne, and he looked at his father's courtiers on the left and right sides.
At hand is a snow-white letter.
The letter was stamped with a silver stamp, with Thorin's Anvil and the Holy Sword of Dawn on it, which were the symbols of the Kaolin people. It was a decent letter with diplomatic rhetoric, but the content made him a little unhappy.
The right minister Secher stood aside, his eyes lowered and his face expressionless.
Aleph did not speak, and there was silence in the hall. After the death of Seniman and the death of the previous King of Sand, this was the first time that the ministers gathered here. However, although the crowd was silent, privately, people's hearts were floating.
Aleph naturally understands this. His throne is not stable, and he is far from the prestige of his father. Fortunately, his eldest sister, Her Royal Highness the Princess, has been supporting him behind his back.
At this time, the light outside the main hall dimmed, and the waiter came in with Count Laval.
Raval first saluted and said hello to the newly promoted King of Sand: "Dear King of Istania, Master of the Desert, I bring greetings from the Corinthians and congratulations from His Majesty the King."
His voice echoed through the hall.
Aleph also thanked the ambassador and asked the ambassador to send his message to the young king.
After the two sides exchanged greetings according to diplomatic etiquette, he got straight to the point: "Mr. Envoy, I know you have other intentions besides greetings, right?"
Count Laval raised his head, nodded, and said directly: "Your Majesty, we have received news that the daughter of a traitor has appeared in your kingdom."
He said loudly: "Miss Sylvide Albert, although she has not committed any crime, is related to the whereabouts of her father, Sir Mawei, so we must bring her back to the country."
"...I hope that the respected King of Sand can provide us with the whereabouts of this young lady."
Aleph's expression did not change and he denied: "But we have never seen such a lady, but if she is still in Questac, I can have someone help you find her whereabouts."
But before the young Sand King finished speaking, a sudden voice interrupted, "Your Majesty, actually we have met this young lady."
Aleph frowned and looked in that direction. He actually knew that someone would betray him. If someone hadn't tipped him off, how could the Kaolin people come so quickly and so simply?
No one from the direction of the voice came forward and just continued: "Your Majesty may not recognize this young lady, but she was indeed in the Kashan Palace with us that day."
Aleph clenched his fists. These people knew who saved Questak, but he did not expect that as an Istanian, they could be so shameless.
He was about to stand up, but Secher stopped the young and impulsive King with his eyes. "Please be patient, Your Majesty," the old man said in a low voice.
Aleph had no choice but to sit back again, feeling unhappy.
Laval looked in that direction, then looked at the owner on the throne, and asked: "Your Majesty, can I hear this?"
Aleph nodded, indicating that he could help himself.
"Sir, although I don't know who you are," Laval faced in that direction, "can you describe to me the image of this lady in detail?"
The voice did not hesitate and immediately described Sylvester's appearance. Although she later changed to silver hair, she had no disguise before that.
When LaVar heard this, he knew he had found the rightful owner.
He turned back and gave the Istanian leader a meaningful look, "Your Majesty, is what he said true?"
"The Kashan Palace was in chaos that day, with many people coming in and out, including people from the Holy Church and the Alchemy Association. I didn't notice everyone one by one," Aleph replied calmly, "
Maybe it's true, maybe it's just a mistake, maybe it's just two people who look very similar."
"With all due respect, Your Majesty," Raval asked, "In other words, those people did not stay in the Kashan Palace in the end?"
"indeed so."
Laval couldn't help but look in that direction again. But this time, there was no answer. Not many people knew where the Seven Seas Brigade went after leaving Questac.
The earl looked around the hall and realized that he could get nothing more here. He took a deep look at the man on the throne and then said:
"Your Majesty, I have got the answer I want. Please take your leave and leave."
Aleph wanted to keep the other party, but he couldn't find a suitable reason for it. After all, he was not his subject. What's more, considering the strength comparison between the Kaulin Kingdom and Istania, he couldn't force the other party to stay.
He could only nodded silently.
Seeing the Earl turn and leave, the temperature in the Cassian Palace seemed to suddenly drop several degrees.
The young Sand King's face turned cold, and he actually looked a bit like Babartan. Aleph looked at the corner of the hall, in the direction of the previous sound.
The owner of the voice probably realized that he could no longer hide it, so he simply separated from the crowd and walked out. Aleph looked at the leading people. In fact, he had already heard the identity of the other party from the voice before, and he was still the same person.
Those princes and nobles who had always opposed him and his father.
In fact, in that battle that day, he should have eliminated these cowardly people, but he was compassionate at the time and did not want the Istanians to bleed any more, but he did not expect that at this moment, they would lead the sharp blades in their hands to the Istanians.
The savior of the Stanians.
"I hope you remember that Istanians hate traitors the most."
Aleph looked at these people and said coldly.
But these nobles showed no fear, and spoke to their colleagues in the hall as if they were delivering a speech: "Your Majesty, what we are doing now, you have done before. Do you want to deny the achievements of your father and your grandfather?"
"Your grandfather once said that the Istanians and the Kaulins are one and the same. Only when the two countries unite can the Istanians have a bright future. And Count Laval also fought in that battle.
They have helped us, so should the Istanians be ungrateful?"
As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the hall changed their expressions. Naturally, they could hear the subtext of these people. In the past, the Penelope royal family relied on the Kaolin people to rise to power, and others could not do the same.
?
Aleph was also furious, but when he was about to explode, Sesher stretched out his hand to hold him down. The young King of Sand looked at the veteran minister's calm eyes and couldn't help but wake up suddenly.
These people are so arrogant. There must be people from Kaolin who endorse them behind the scenes. If he really takes action, it will be equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the people from Kaolin. These people are deliberately irritating themselves so that they can lose the Kaolin side.
assistant.
But for the sake of this throne, would he betray his brother? Aleph gritted his teeth and couldn't help but think to himself, if he were his father, what should he do in this position?
But while he was silent, there was a sound of footsteps outside the Kashan Palace.
In a moment, rows of guards appeared outside the main hall, fully clothed. Seeing this scene, the ministers thought that these people were so arrogant that they wanted to seize power with arms.
But in a blink of an eye, the princes and nobles who were in high positions also looked astonished. The next moment, Princess Rupert, dressed in military uniform, stepped out from among the guards, holding her long sword in her hand, looking at those people,
shouted coldly:
"Get these traitors!"
"wait wait wait"
Before the princes and nobles had time to figure out what was going on, the guards had already agreed in unison, rushed forward, cut their hands behind their backs, and pushed them to the ground.
These pampered princes have never experienced this. They howled like slaughtering pigs for a while, and how could they still have the dignity before? But they obviously still refused to admit defeat, and they were there with snot and tears in their faces.
Her Royal Highness does not follow the rules. At least in her heart, there is still a glimmer of hope that the Kaolin people can scare her.
But Princess Rupert didn't even look at them.
She only said directly to Aleph: "Don't worry about these people. Their previous collusion with the blind followers was enough to kill them ten times."
"What about the Corinthians?" Aleph asked.
"The Kaolin people have too much time to take care of themselves," Princess Rupert said calmly: "I just received the news that a full-scale rebellion broke out in the southern border of Kaolin. Starting from Baicheng, thirteen towns have declared their independence. They can't take care of it now.
We are in danger, and the war between the North and the South is about to break out.”
There was silence in the hall.
No one thought that something like this would happen at this moment.
When the princes and nobles heard this, they immediately collapsed on the ground, their faces pale and trembling. The courage they had mustered up because of the Kaolin people was gone at this moment.
In the silence, Secher said: "Your Majesty, you must inform Ed and the others immediately."
Aleph turned back, and the old patriarch of the Oath Keepers clan spoke: "The Kaolin people are here well prepared. Although not many people know the whereabouts of Mr. Ed and others, if Laval intends to investigate, I believe it won't be necessary."
How long will it take to know where the Seven Seas Brigade went that day?"
He just finished speaking.
A messenger hurried in from outside the door. As soon as he walked into the hall and saw the situation in the hall, he couldn't help but be frightened and stood there at a loss.
Aleph glanced at the person, motioned for the person to come forward, and asked: "What happened?"
The messenger immediately lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, you asked me to monitor the movements of the Kaolin people. I found that their airship went south not long ago."
south
Aleph turned around and looked at each other with his eldest sister. That was exactly the direction Tansnir was.
The Kaolin people moved so fast.
At this time, Secher was suddenly startled: "Your Highness, Your Majesty, it's not good... If I remember correctly, because of the big dust storm not long ago, the Kaolin people have a fleet that is supplying supplies near Tansnir...
"
"If they pass us by and give orders to the mystics..."
Aleph and Rupert's expressions both changed.
…
Fang Piao locked the lock and opened his locker. He raised his head and his eyes became a little softer. He looked from left to right. In this small cabinet, there were several books, a dagger, and a knife.
A glass jar filled with colorful sand and gravel, a few specimens, a gun, and some other miscellaneous things.
Under each item, there is a small note indicating their origin. The basic book was given to him by Hu Di, a basic textbook on alchemy. The colorful sand was collected from the coast south of Dolifen.
Works by Papalar.
The specimens come from beetles and mushrooms on Fenris Island, written by Ms. Naturalist. The lion hand gun was the first gift given to him by Sylvide. In addition, there is also a crystal, from Grande
Some souvenirs I bought, a bunch of holly branches, and pebbles from the shore of the long lake.
What is recorded in it is full of memories of the Seven Seas Brigade from El Paxin to today. Every small thing carries the memory of a period of time. His eyes stayed on one of the boxes, where
It's a dusty crystal.
Fang Yu looked at the crystal for a moment and couldn't help but laugh. This little girl Tianlan was really tired of teaching and could not learn the lesson. He shook his head slightly, then put the recording crystal in his hand up, and spoke with
adjacent to it.
Then put a label on it that read: 'Documentary images of the Seven Seas Traveler'
Under the dusty crystal, there is also a line of small words on the label: 'Mr. Gray Rock's recorded images'
Fang Yu looked at the two crystals for a moment, then closed the cabinet again and locked it. He smiled again. Although these images cannot be disclosed to the public, for everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade, it may be a precious time in the future.
image memory.
In some ways, Tian Lan has done something useful. He decided to end the two-day ban on the other party ahead of schedule before tonight's party.
He turned around and looked around his captain's room. The new captain's room was much more luxurious than the previous one. Not only was there a desk in the spacious room, but the floor was covered with thick, beautifully patterned handmade carpets.
There are woven carpets and crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.
On one side is a row of long bookcases, and some specimen display tables, of course there is nothing on them. Behind the desk is a row of long windows with two curtains. And directly opposite is a star tracker, of course he will not use this thing.
, that is Miss Ship Officer's 'professional prop'.
The curtain was drawn on the other side, and behind it was his bed, a personal cabinet, and an exclusive bathroom.
Fang Plover looked at it for a moment, feeling a little satisfied, then he took off his coat from the shelf on the side and pushed the door open. Outside was his new alchemy workshop, which was similar to the original one, except that the magic furnace had been assembled and there were a few more
A magical device that didn't exist originally.
On the other side was Sylvide's room, but when he glanced over there, he realized that the ship's stewardess was not there.
His eyes couldn't help but fall on the workbench not far away, where there was a gray-white crystal, some parts, and an open letter next to it.
The letter was sent by Tang De. The crystal was what he and Karatu found for him. It was the last piece of the beta crystal puzzle. With this thing, it would be logical to replace the next generation of non-attribute crystals.
All that's left is just time.
However, as he expected, Karatu had left Istania and headed for the Second World. Tangde did not say goodbye either. He only said some things he wanted to pay attention to in the letter, but did not say where he went.
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However, Fang Yu always felt that the other party should be tracking down the whereabouts of the murderer who killed his sister, the wanderer.
After saying goodbye now, I don’t know when the two parties will meet again next time.
His eyes paused on the working table for a while before moving away again. The beta crystal has not been completed yet, but he has not had time to deal with matters here in the past few days. The Tansnir Craftsmen Association promised to send a magic weapon
The guided artillery should arrive today.
And it just so happened that he had to go to the Artisans Association to apply for a batch of combat structures for his own use, which were specially allocated from Questac, and Her Royal Highness the Princess opened the back door for them.
He has been looking forward to these so-called 'gifts' for a long time.
He just put his windbreaker on his arm, walked out of the alchemy studio, and came to the deck outside. Fang Plover met Alyssa in person, who was hurriedly walking over.
Fang Yu subconsciously took a step back, fearing that the gossipy Miss Nightingale would come to pry into his privacy again, but he didn't expect that Alyssa didn't seem to be in such a mood.