Act 148: Delphine, the highest wisdom from the Empire
Time goes back to three days ago, in a courtyard of Baron Ludwig's castle...
Brando, accompanied by Nymesis and Charles, came to this villa. This villa is located in the courtyard behind the castle. The entire courtyard is shaded by the lush and huge oak trees. Under the oak tree, there is a
A woman with black hair and shawl is sitting in a wheelchair. The sun shines on her body through the branches. The woman is motionless. Next to her, stands another silver-haired lady who is extremely tall. The silver-haired lady is Ms. Silver Dragon.
Mysriel, the woman in the wheelchair can be seen to be a stunning beauty from the figure, but the exposed skin and face are extremely terrifying, covered with burn marks, and pieces of necrotic brown skin are shedding, and
The new red skin left after molting is extremely inconsistent with the fair skin elsewhere.
If any other woman had suffered such a blow, she might have gone crazy because of the great blow, but Delphine, the daughter of the prime minister, was sitting quietly in a wheelchair. One of her eyes was already blind, and only
The eye socket shrank into a ball, but the other eye remained calm as usual, with a deep light hidden deep in the purple eyes, as if this huge disaster did not happen to her and had no impact on her.
When Brando saw the prime minister's daughter again, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. The first time he saw this woman in the Ring of Trade Winds, she did look like this, but when he saw her again later
, this prime minister's daughter has simply turned into an unreasonable shrew. He couldn't help but be a little stunned for a moment, not knowing which one is the real her. However, this prime minister's daughter is quite famous in history and is a famous genius in the empire.
The female knight next to Brando, Nymesis, seemed relatively calm. Seeing that Brando was silent, she spoke on his behalf: "Delphine, do you want to see us?"
The prime minister's daughter raised her head, glanced at her and Brando, and nodded: "I want to negotiate terms with you."
"condition?"
Delphine did not mention the previous things. Brando knew that this woman was famous for her wisdom in history. If she did not mention it anymore, it meant that she had figured it out. She did not bother to mention the past things again because she knew that it would be useless to mention them again.
, can neither change anything nor recover the loss, it is a waste of time. Such a woman is terrifyingly calm, so Brando also becomes serious, cheers up, and wants to hear what the conditions are in her mouth.
Different from the way most people talk, Delphine didn't intend to get into the details. He skipped the beginning and said: "I can get here through a mercenary named Solinz, who is near the imperial capital.
He is quite famous. He also has a nickname called Owl. He has a subordinate named Boli Huozhi, who is a dwarf, but now I suspect that these two people are not the same people at all. I can leave the Imperial Capital and go to Yonghe Galaxy
I found you nearby all thanks to these mercenaries. They were able to escape from the people sent by my father to chase me, and also bypassed the encirclement of Qiao Gendigang's army. They found you as a small envoy.
, I originally thought these people were quite capable.”
Before Brando could react, Nymesis replied coldly: "There are no such powerful mercenaries in the world. In other words, you can find them because someone wants you to find us."
After hearing this, Lando couldn't help but glance at Nimesis in surprise, feeling that the tone of Nimesis's words sounded very much like the senior sister he was familiar with.
"It's not someone. It was Her Majesty the Queen who wanted me to come to you. Later I found out that they have a boss named Rodney. This man is the earl of the empire. I believe you already know him--"
"Your Majesty the Queen? Why?"
Delphine didn't even have the slightest expression on her face. She seemed to be stating something that had nothing to do with her: "I'm also very curious about why, for you, a little Earl of Eruin, why does Her Majesty the Queen keep repeating this question so many times?
Wanting to cause trouble for you."
"Three times?" Nymesis asked.
"And last time in Tony Geer." Brando responded this time.
The words of the prime minister's daughter immediately planted the seeds of doubt in his heart. Yes, it can be said that Constance came to trouble him after the explosion in the center of the Dead Frost Forest. It can also be said that it was because of the Azure Spear.
came to test him, but before that, he had no contact with Her Majesty the Queen at all. Although he caused the Holy Temple of Fire to suffer a lot in Amperesel, everyone knew that the Holy Temple of Fire
The Temple is the Temple of Fire, and the Empire is the Empire. The Silver Queen should be grateful to him, let alone come to trouble him. The enmity between Delphine and him was forged during the Ring of Trade Winds.
, such a thing should be a trivial matter in the eyes of a person of Constance's stature, but not only did she notice this trivial matter, but she also took the trouble to take advantage of it. This is not what an empire supreme should do at all.
Things, unless she is free enough to pay attention to the daily activities of the nobles in the small country around her.
It is possible to say that there have been several emperors who were ostracized by the temple in the history of the empire, but the Silver Queen is definitely not such a person. Now it seems that she not only has the government affairs of the empire to deal with, but also has a lot of things to do privately.
Prepare.
How could she find time to pay attention to such an insignificant existence like herself?
This was obviously premeditated.
But the problem that puzzled Brando was how the Silver Queen knew about his existence. She obviously had only one reason for targeting him, and that was that she already knew that he had the inheritance of the Dark Dragon, but she
Where did you know this? Or is it a secret connection between the inheritors of the Dark Dragon? But this is obviously nonsense. Why does Her Majesty the Queen have feelings for him, but he has no feelings for Her Majesty at all?
No. It is impossible to say that it is because he is the grandson of Darus. The gray gemstone in her grandfather's hand was obviously absorbed by Constance herself. After she paid attention to her old friend,
That should be out of repayment of gratitude.
Of course, Brando doesn't expect Her Majesty to remember her grandfather's kindness to her in the past. As long as the other party doesn't cause trouble for him, he will be thankful. He shook his head and suddenly remembered what Delphine said before,
The prime minister's daughter said she wanted to negotiate terms with them, so she must have some idea of the whole process.
This is her condition.
When Delphine saw Brando's eyes returning to her, she knew that he had thought it through and said bluntly: "This is my condition."
"What do you want?" Brando thought to himself that all the prime minister's daughter wanted was freedom. After this time, the hatred between her and him was extremely deep, but she obviously couldn't take revenge here. She had to think
There was a way to return to the Imperial Capital, or at least to escape from this supervised environment. But what Brando never expected was that Delphine answered: "I heard that you have an aide in Eruin.
I met that lady once in your territory. She is an outstanding noble and I believe she can run your territory in an orderly manner. But with such ability, she can only be regarded as an excellent female officer at best. As a staff member, she is far from good.
Not qualified."
When Brando heard this sentence, he didn't react for a while. When he finally understood the true meaning of this sentence, he was stunned and stared at the prime minister's daughter in astonishment.
"What do you mean when you say that...?"
"What I mean is very obvious. It's just that you don't want to believe it. There is a best candidate in front of you. It depends on whether you are willing to accept it." Delphine replied calmly, her voice a little hoarse.
, I don’t know if it’s because of the burnt vocal cords before: “I am very confident in myself, and I believe that in the entire empire, there is no one better than me.”
"But..." Brando was a little dizzy for a moment. The prime minister's daughter became like this today. Although he was not the direct cause, if you want to express your anger, there is absolutely no way to escape the relationship, not to mention that he had killed someone before.
'Her fiance - at least he knew that Delphine definitely thought so before. Putting himself in his shoes, Brando felt that if it were him, he would definitely want to stab his enemy to death. Even if he couldn't kill him, he would
She would never say anything nice. But the idea of the young lady in front of her was obviously a bit different from ordinary people. Brando originally thought that his idea of a time traveler was already very unique in this world, but compared with this lady,
It's simply too vulgar.
"Why did you do this, and what's your motive?" Nymesis, who was on the side, asked the question he wanted to ask most at the moment very calmly.
"I thought about it for a moment. Her Majesty the Queen prompted me to leave the imperial capital. There are two reasons," Delphine still said in the same way: "The first is to send a message——"
"Signaling?"
Delphine explained carefully: "Obviously I can't really cause you any trouble. Although I thought I could before, I failed to clearly understand your strength at that time. I will not deceive myself.
At least from today's point of view, my thoughts at that time were quite naive. Since I can see this today, Her Majesty the Queen must have known this, so did she ask me to come to you just to make you sick?
?I think Her Majesty the Queen does not have this leisure, so there is only one possibility. She asked me to appear by your side for some other purposes. I carefully recalled the entire process of my actions. During my actions, it seems that I did not cause any harm to you.
Any trouble, so either Her Majesty's plans have failed, or else she must have achieved her purpose by some means which I could not have imagined in advance."
"Lord," she changed her title inadvertently: "You have to know that reality is not a bedtime story. In reality, the more complex a plan is, the greater the chance of its failure. Since Her Majesty the Queen has taken the trouble to arrange for me to do this,
A chess piece obviously does not aim for failure. Therefore, after careful argumentation, I came to the conclusion that in Your Majesty's plan, as long as I appear in front of you, her plan will succeed."
Brando was like reading a book from heaven, and it took him a while to straighten out the logical relationship in this sentence: "You mean, you have already conveyed a certain message by appearing next to me." Before he could finish speaking, suddenly,
He frowned. If Delphine's words were not aimless or deliberately misleading, then there would be a big problem here. What message did Constance send, and to whom did she send it?
This means that there is probably someone placed by the Silver Queen around him.
He immediately remembered what Delphine had said before. If Constance had an informant around him early on, then her subsequent actions would make sense. Why would she be so mean to a little person like him in a remote area?
Interested, he repeatedly made trouble for himself. It was obvious that the other party had known about his existence for a long time. Brando suddenly realized that it had been nearly twenty years since the Silver Queen had obtained the inheritance of the Dark Dragon.
Get him up. She obviously knows more about everything about the Dark Dragon. In such a short period of time since he got the inheritance of the Dark Dragon, witches have come to him, so there is no reason for Constance not to have witch followers.
.
Therefore, it is very likely that the Silver Queen had placed spies among the witches early on. When Babasha was promoting the emergence of his successor as the Dark Dragon, she had already entered Her Majesty's sight. The more Brando thought about it, the more he felt.
This possibility is very high. Recently, he had a vague feeling that someone behind Fatan Port was inciting the nobles to cause trouble, but the culprit was never found. It was not until today that he suddenly understood.
Brando was silent for a while, frowning. There was a traitor around him, but it was not clear who the traitor was. Because there were too many possibilities, it could be a mercenary, an adventurer, or a witch. Fir
The power controlled by the leader was too complicated in composition, but there was nothing that could be done about it. Apart from the planeswalker's cards, in the early stages of Tonigel's development, he had no one of his own to use.
Seeing Brando's expression, Delphine knew that he had already thought about the cause and effect. She remained silent until Brando continued to ask: "Miss Delphine, what do you think the message Her Majesty the Queen wants you to convey?"
What is it?"
"I said before that Her Majesty the Queen prompted me to leave the Imperial City for two reasons. The second reason is to let me leave my father and my grandfather. In fact, this is a private secret. The current Niedwen family has actually always been
I am at the helm. My grandfather is old and my father is far less capable. In addition, I have a very important status in my grandfather's mind. If I leave the imperial capital, it will be equivalent to falling under the control of His Majesty. If she
If you use this again..." Delphine paused for a moment: "I haven't received news from the outside for many days, but I guess the lord should know what the current situation is in the imperial capital."
After hearing what she said, Brando couldn't help but feel a wave of turmoil in his heart. The fate of Nidwen, the largest aristocratic family in the empire, was secretly in the hands of this girl who was not yet twenty years old, and she knew that she
He actually dared to leave the imperial capital to seek revenge against himself. To say it was reckless, it was indeed considered reckless. He himself had even experienced such recklessness. She sought revenge from him again and again.
It caused a lot of trouble for myself.
But to say that this woman has no brains, all this has now proved that even if Brando has no brains, Miss Delphine will definitely not have no brains. This can only explain one problem, the one who died in the Ring of Trade Winds
The guy named Viscount Elman was so important in this woman's heart that he couldn't help but feel a little jealous for a moment. He was really lucky to be able to fall in love with such a talented girl.
He was silent for a moment and then nodded: "Your grandfather and father were both put under house arrest. Like other nobles who opposed Her Majesty the Queen, the entire imperial capital is now under the control of the Silver Queen, and there is no second voice."
Delphine was not surprised by this. She nodded: "This is my motive. I am a member of the Nidwin family. I can't just watch it decline, although it is indeed my fault that it has reached this stage."
Inside, but now that I have calmed down, I will no longer insist on having my own way."
Brando remained silent.
Delphine has a good reason and a very good motive, but this woman is really too smart. How can he guarantee that everything she said is true, instead of waiting for an opportunity to give him a fatal blow in order to gain his trust?
What? In the final analysis, compared with Delphine, he can only be regarded as a mortal. He asked himself that he could not let go of hatred so freely, especially looking at the crisscross scars on this lady's face, leaving her by his side.
This is definitely a time bomb, and the most terrifying kind.
He thought for a while and replied: "You can join forces with me temporarily, but besides me, you actually have better candidates."
"You mean the eldest son of the emperor?" Delphine shook his head: "Compared with him, I still think more highly of you. The eldest son of the emperor has Ludwig's military nobles who support him. The Nidwen family cannot help him at this time.
What a favor, even if I stand on his side, it will only benefit me alone. This is not the purpose I want. On the contrary, it is you, the Earl. Although you are a foreigner, you are now considered a decisive force in the empire.
I hope that with the power of external governance, as long as you, Lord, are strong enough in the future, you can ensure the influence of the Nidwin family in the empire, and in turn, if the Nidwin family can maintain influence at the top of the empire, it can also
Consolidate your position in Eruin, Earl, this is a win-win alliance."
"You also know about the eldest son of the emperor?" Brando was shocked. He almost thought that there was another traitor around him. He didn't even tell the witch about this, and only the closest people around him knew about it.
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"It's not hard to guess. I followed the lord all the way from Loen Port. I watched the lord come to this point. It is already a desperate situation. There is almost no way to break the situation. But the lord is still confident. It is obviously already early.
You have a trump card. After summarizing recent events, I can only conclude that the eldest son of the emperor is still in your hands." Delphine replied quietly.
As soon as she said this, Brando and Nymesis immediately frowned, but Delphine seemed to know what they were worried about, and said: "Lord, please don't worry, I followed you all the way, so I can
Guessing this, the Silver Queen thinks that she has placed people around you to take advantage of you at every step, and may not have expected that you have a back-up plan."
"But, didn't you say before that she had an spy by my side?"
The prime minister's daughter smiled: "The lord must have monitored his lord very closely, and Her Majesty the Queen's spies couldn't convey information to her ears all the time, otherwise she wouldn't have arranged such a plan for me to come.
To pass on information, it can be seen that this spy is just a secret move arranged by her in advance for the lord, and this secret move has not yet come into full play."
Brando thinks about it. His territory is very different from the territories of other nobles. He has many mages under his command. It is not an easy task to quietly convey any news through magic from the Fir Territory.
.Think about it this way, the Silver Queen has placed spies around her, and she probably really knows that a person like her exists, but she probably won’t know too many secrets about herself.
He nodded, and the question returned to the original one.
"But," Brando asked: "How can you prove that what you are saying now is true? I am a layman, and I really don't trust having an enemy by my side. I may let you go, but as a
Staff...you know, there is nothing more than enmity between us."
"I have no way to prove it." Delphine replied quietly, her remaining eye radiating bright light: "But I have what you want. The Silver Queen has obviously decided to use it.
The secret chess piece beside you is gone. She is secretly targeting you, Lord, but Lord, you don’t seem to have a clue how to deal with it yet—"
