Ellie's big green eyes blinked slightly: "I, um... Mom, mother, actually really want to get back into the relationship between the Stel family and the royal family. This time the royal mage who came to Basia City... and her grandmother
I have some contact with my family.
They feel that Prince Alexei is about the same age as me... and we can get along."
Joshua was stunned for a moment, and then he realized belatedly that their eldest lady had reached this age and was beginning to be coveted by others!
He couldn't help but look at Elitelmann... Her long black hair hung down like a waterfall on her waist, her delicate oval face, and her pair of beautiful green eyes were like the clearest sea water in March.
She has a small and upright nose, thin rosy lips that seem to be smiling all the time, a slender and beautiful swan neck, a back that is always straight, and a slender but powerful waist.
Plus the identity of the official mage.
Elitelman of Earl Steer's family is indeed qualified to become a prince.
However, he belatedly said: "But, Count, I hope you can stay in Brasilia!
If I wanted to send you out, why would it take so long?
Besides, how could the Earl be willing to send his daughter into the mess in the royal capital?"
"But, mother..." Ellie also realized that some things might be different from what she thought.
But... although her mother, Helena Ruiz, has been bedridden for many years due to physical reasons, she does not dislike her children.
The reason why she was given to the housekeeper and his wife to raise was because Linde was the youngest and her father was always on the war in the past few years. It was only in the past few years that she was officially in charge of the city of Basia.
In the years when her father was away from the castle, Helena had to drag her seriously ill body to participate in various political struggles in the city of Basia, and she really could not devote any energy to her other children.
Even her eldest brother had to follow his father on the battlefield at a young age... so Dieter had the rare opportunity of being promoted to an official knight before he reached adulthood.
Even if other nobles envied the excellence of the eldest son of the Stur family, they would not dare to train their own heirs in the same way.
What if something happens?
Fortunately, Earl Ster did not care about the king's favor and returned home from the battlefield at almost any cost five years ago... The current king is just trying not to give away the sovereignty of the border army to other nobles. In the absence of any formal war
, only in the case of occasional conflicts between neighboring countries, Count Steer must always stick to the western border!
Ellie became extremely angry when she thought of that king's shamelessness... She couldn't train good generals, so she used the loyal generals of the previous king to death.
Let a naval general go to guard a desert border town for twelve years! During this period, he didn't even go home to take a look more than five times!
Otherwise, Helena would not have been recovering from her injuries for so long. She is also a magic swordsman!
Isn't it just because I was so exhausted when I was pregnant with Linde, and I happened to be attacked by pirates and was seriously injured that I was unlucky?
Then, these years, I have not been able to rest in peace and cultivate myself. I have to deal with various affairs of the Stel family while lying in bed... No matter how capable the butler is, the master cannot do nothing!
Having trust and knowing something are two different things.
Fortunately, nothing had to be done in the past five years, so that Helena could return to normal life... If you didn't look at her original physique, she would be no different from a delicate noble lady now.
However, Helena was not willing to accept this status quo and had been taking her young son Linde with her to practice hard every day.
Ellie could only see her during breakfast time every day... So when her mother rushed to her like a tornado and told her that she had found a blind date for her and would not allow her to refuse, the eldest lady would think that
, this is the unanimous decision of the parents... The Ster family plans to enter the upper echelons of the Damboro Kingdom through marriage.
Although he was a little reluctant, seeing how difficult it was for his family to reach this point and always being in a precarious situation, Elitelman could only accept his fate.
But... now it seems that there is a rare huge disagreement between her parents?
No wonder her mother has been staying in Linde's West Castle during this period and refused to go back to live in the main castle.
He probably didn't plan to quarrel with his father in front of the children.
"Your mother..." the count sighed, "probably doesn't want you to become a symbol of protecting the family...even a mage with his own magic tower.
That is indeed too hard a task for girls.
It’s not like you don’t know how Helena came here all those years ago.
Earl Ster is bound to go to the battlefield. We are indeed no longer the king's close subordinates... we are only the current king.
There are not many military aristocrats like us who are not very close to aristocratic families.
There is no way, the little nobles who have climbed up from the bottom need money if they want to live a decent life.
It is difficult enough for the royal family to support the hundreds of thousands of troops in the royal capital, so there is no way that there is any money left for the local nobles.
Otherwise... the Stel family wouldn't have come to the Basia Mountains to build a city, which would be... what an adventure.
Of course there is nothing to say if you succeed, but who doesn’t know how likely it is to fail?
But... amidst the constant attacks of pirates and natural disasters, the Ster family had already run out of ammunition and food until the end."
Count Steer shook his head: "However, after the city was built, jackals, tigers and leopards came behind it.
If Helena and I hadn't been persistent enough, the city of Brassia would have only belonged to Stir in name only.
Ellie, as my child, your path is indeed much more difficult than that of other noble girls.
They will always try to suppress the Stehr family in every aspect until we bow our heads and admit defeat.
Your mother... probably doesn't want your future to be difficult, no, it may be even more difficult.
We all understand that it might be okay if Dieter and I are here...but on the battlefield, who can say that he will definitely come back alive?"
He paused for a moment before continuing, "Lind...if Dieter had no children, he could still stay in Brasilia City.
But, how is that possible? He has to go his own way after all.
So, it’s just you.”
Ellie frowned tightly: "Damboro Kingdom has not had a major war for 20 years. Why are father and mother so pessimistic?"
The earl smiled and said: "If our king is still here, there will probably be twenty years of peace.
At that time, our Stur family is certainly not interested in the chaos in the royal capital, but... once there is a weakness, do you think Scarlet, who has fought a hundred years of war with us, and the desert kingdom Si, which has become more and more powerful in recent years?
Which Dom will remain silent?
The Stur family's foundation is always to be a tenacious and brave guardian.
It is our honor to die on the battlefield to protect our country."
He stared at his beloved eldest daughter quietly: "It will be our eternal glory to hang the portrait on the castle corridor.
There is no one member of the Steer family who can only put his portrait in the basement!"
Ellie smiled bitterly.
"So, Ellie, think about it for yourself!" Earl Steer closed his eyes gently, "My thoughts are always based on the perspective of a soldier, and my ideas are too rational. Maybe they are not good for you.
fair.
Your mother... although she was a little impulsive, she did it for you.
Prince Alexei's mother's family has the weakest power, and there is no chance that he will ascend to the throne... and he is also smart enough to never show his presence in front of the king.
But he is not so weak that he will be strangled to death as a soft persimmon. After all, his abilities are outstanding enough, and his mother clan is only weak, not not.
Indeed, marrying him is the most stable future for you.
Besides, the only flaw that a king's child will not have is his appearance.
It's just his luck that none of his children look like him."
Ignoring her father's attempts to lighten the atmosphere, Ellie stood up directly and said in an unusually firm tone: "My future does not need to be placed on men!
I won't say stupid things like I won't marry, but I...if I have a choice, of course I will marry the man I like!
The prince is..."
"Huh? My Miss Ellie, our green rose of Brazil, do you finally want to get married?" Butler Ted stood at the door with a smile, interrupting the bad words Ellie was about to say in a brisk tone, and then
Then he gently knocked on the open study door: "I'm back, Your Majesty, fortunately, Mr. Belveland accepted the invitation happily.
Moreover, he is willing to accept the guards of our family to guard him for the time being... He seems to have no plans to meet people from other families, which is really good news, isn't it?"
After saying this, Ted looked at Joshua: "Joshua, where is your brain?
Although before I left, I had already opened the isolation circle here.
But... are you chatting with the door open for fear that those people won't hear you?"
He finished speaking quickly, then closed the door and walked in.
"Sorry, Uncle Ted." Ellie patted her red cheeks sheepishly, "I didn't close the door when I came in."
Joshua laughed: "It doesn't matter, for Miss Ellie, I am willing to bear this trivial complaint."
The mature men looked at each other, and they all understood why Ted suddenly spoke without saying hello... This butler has been in charge of various internal affairs of the Ster family for decades, and it is rare that he violates his rule several times.
The old-fashioned etiquette is all for Elitelman, who was raised by one hand.
Joshua, who actively cooperates, is of course like Ted, and does not want Ellie to make a decision so easily because of impulsiveness.
Girls always think that love is everything... but men are still more sensible.
What if, that prince has a personality?
After all, they couldn't find any boy worthy of their eldest daughter in the city of Basia.
Of course they understood what the Earl was thinking, but... after watching Ellie grow up, once they knew there was a smoother road, they couldn't bear to let Ellie give up without even looking at it.