"But you didn't interrupt him, right," Trudida put away the dagger, crossed her arms, and sighed: "Look, sometimes even though you speak hard, your body always reveals your inner thoughts."
He raised his eyes: "How is it?"
Olesiu frowned and looked back and forth between Lumba and Thales.
Ronny observed Olesiu's expression.
But Lumba just held up his sword with an expressionless face, making it difficult for people to guess what he was thinking.
Just when Thales became anxious, Grand Duke Lecco broke the silence again.
"You know," the old Grand Duke's voice was hoarse: "The King Selection requires the witness of the chief priest of the temple."
Thales was excited and spoke almost instinctively:
"The High Priest of Holm is outside the city gate at the moment, within five minutes' journey, waiting for your call."
"She has such a transcendent status that not even the Prime Minister of Lisban can stop her."
The princes all frowned.
"Did you plan it in advance?" Archduke Lecco asked in surprise.
Thales shrugged, sweating profusely.
silence.
Grand Duke Lecco and Trudida looked at each other.
Two seconds later, the old man closed his eyes and let out a desolate laugh.
Trudida glanced at Thales and also laughed dumbly.
Thales looked confused.
Ronnie and Olesio looked at each other, seemingly shocked by their companion's decision.
Lumba sighed.
"This is impossible!"
Grand Duke Ronny gritted his teeth and shook his head fiercely:
"There are only five of us here. The king-selection meeting cannot be held when the number of people is not equal. This is against convention."
He looked at Alessio, as if trying to find support.
However, the familiar female voice sounded again:
"in fact"
"The King's Selection can be held if the number of people is not satisfied."
The princes all moved, and their attention returned to Thelma.
The dirty girl said cautiously: "In the year 346 of the End Calendar, the King of Wrath died in the battle of King Nightwing, and Longxiao City fell to the enemy."
"The Kingdom of Exeter is leaderless and suffering from continuous wars. It is impossible to gather the grand dukes to choose a king." Thelma's words gradually became smoother, and her voice was clear and pleasant:
"So, the three Grand Dukes of the Outpost Territory in the north, the Grand Duke of Glacier Sea, and the Grand Duke of Guard City gathered together to cast their votes. At the same time, they notified the remaining six territories and sent their choices by letter crow.
."
Thelma lowered her head and glanced at Grand Duke Ronny secretly.
"This is how Erassaroni got four votes and sat on the throne during the war," the girl said softly, "and he is one of your ancestors, Grand Duke Ronny."
Ronnie was speechless and speechless.
Listening to Thelma's timid explanation, Thales just felt like he had met the savior.
But some people still raised objections.
"That was just a special case, and we didn't have time to wait for the votes of other Grand Dukes." Grand Duke Olesiu shook his head: "When Lisban takes the gate, the illusion of peace you created will be broken. In the end, we will fight to the death."
The end of death.”
Lumba raised his gaze: "My people are stronger than you think. They can resist long enough, for example, after my army kills all of you."
The eyes of Olesiu and Lumba met in mid-air, and sparks of hatred and anger were about to erupt again.
Thales quickly raised his hand:
"We don't have to inform the other Grand Dukes!"
He said urgently:
"As long as you make sure you have an overwhelming number of votes and ensure that the choices of other Grand Dukes will not affect the outcome, then we can decide who will be elected king!"
"Overwhelming?" The bearded Olesiu shook his head disdainfully and pointed at Lumba: "Counting him, there are only five of us Grand Dukes here. Even if all five of us choose Lumba as the king, there is still not enough."
Having said this, he suddenly froze.
The princes, including Lumba, were also stunned.
The next second, they all turned their heads.
Looking at the same person.
"That's right, everyone," Thales felt as if a stone had fallen to the ground in his heart, and he trembled with his arms: "We need six votes from the ten Grand Dukes in order to decide the next one for the whole country without any objection when the other Grand Dukes are absent.
The king’s belonging.”
His pupils shrank: "Only six votes."
Under the disbelieving gazes of all the archdukes, Thales took a few steps forward and walked to the girl who was so stunned by the gazes of the archdukes that she didn't even know where to put her hands.
"Allow me to introduce again," Thales grabbed the girl's hand and solemnly raised the 'triumph' on her finger:
"Thelma Alex Suriel Walton."
The princes looked at each other.
"The orthodox bloodline of the Dragonlance family, the next successor of Longxiao City"
Thales gritted his teeth, paused for a second, and then slowly opened his teeth:
"The Grand Duchess!"
There was a silence in the hall that lasted longer than ever.
Thelma was dumbfounded as she met the surprised and puzzled looks of the archdukes.
how
how so
The girl felt panic inside, and she subconsciously turned to the prince next to her:
"But"
Thales suddenly grabbed her hand and blocked Thelma's words in her mouth.
The penultimate brazier slowly extinguished in silence.
"No, no," Olesiu looked at Thelma who was about to cry in shock, and shook his head in disbelief: "She is a girl, Exeter, no, there has never been such a precedent in the whole North."
"Have you broken too many precedents today?"
Thales breathed out: "Conspiracy to assassinate the king, cover up the truth, carve up the territory, if the grand dukes drew their swords at each other in the Hall of Heroes, let these things happen."
"In comparison, the appearance of a female Grand Duchess is simply too conservative!"
Lumba looked at Thelma with a strange expression, as if he had remembered something, and actually showed a bitter smile that he didn't know why.
Grand Duke Lecco looked at Thelma with difficulty and hesitated to speak.
"A woman," Grand Duke Ronny narrowed his eyes: "Neither the common people nor the nobles of the Kingdom of Exeter will recognize a female Grand Duke."
Thales said seriously: "So she needs your support."
"She needs the recognition and affirmation of the five Grand Dukes of Exeter in the kingdom to secure her position and suppress opposition and dissent!"
"And her status as a grand duke will ensure that we," Thales stopped in time and changed his pronouns, "ensure that your king selection goes smoothly, can solve the current dilemma: whether you die in the melee or Lumba dies in the melee.
We can all avoid the Prime Minister's knife."
"At the same time, we will compensate for the loss of Longxiao City and fill the vacancy left by the death of King Nun."
Trudida glanced at Thelma with interest, he stroked his beard and clicked his tongue.
"I have put the choice and its consequences in front of you, everyone." Thales wiped the sweat from his head and wiped a large amount of charcoal ash, but he didn't realize it and said solemnly: "I only ask
You: Maintain the utmost sanity.”
No one spoke.
Lecco seemed to have aged a few years, and the wrinkles on his face were becoming more terrifying.
Olesio pursed his lips.
Ronnie still stared at Lumba, even though the other party was not moved at all.
Thales held Selma's hand getting closer and closer: he knew that the archdukes were struggling and hesitating.
"King Nun's death," Alessio looked at Thelma with bitter eyes: "Can she accept it?"
Thales quickly poked Thelma.
"Ah, ah!" The girl seemed to wake up from a fright.
"I can compromise," Thelma looked at Thales' encouraging eyes and bit her lip: "But, this is the blood debt of Longxiao City and I will not forget it."
Lumba snorted sarcastically.
Olesiu closed his eyes: "Very good. What reason should I use to explain Nunn's death to Lisban?"
"Disaster." Trudida interjected.
There was a rare gloominess in the eyes of the Grand Duke of Zaizaota: "Let's just say that the king died in the attack of the Blood Disaster: they are evil enough anyway, and they don't care about another infamy."
Thales thought of the sealed Giza and was speechless.
The hall fell into silence again.
"Grand Dukes, what do you say?" Thales said softly.
"How to say?"
Time seems to have passed a long time.
No one spoke.
But someone took action.
It's Rumba.
Under the eyes of others, Chaman Lumba raised his sword with a cold look.
Thales's heart skipped a beat!
But in the next second, Lomba's wrist was slightly bent and the sword's edge was turned.
He sheathed the sword's blade.
The Grand Duke of Heisha raised his eyes and scanned the Grand Dukes aggressively.
At that moment, Thales held his breath.
He has already given the answer.
Grand Duke Lebien Alessio sighed deeply. He walked to the square table, clasped the heavy sword on the table, and then sat down angrily.
one.
Thales counted silently.
Trudida sneered, shrugged, pulled out her chair, and sat down.
two.
"Do you really know what you are doing?" Ronnie said in disbelief as he watched their actions.
"No." It was Archduke Lecco who answered him.
The old man's voice was tired. He shook his head, put away the dagger in his hand, pulled out his chair and sat down: "No one knows."
three.
At this moment.
"Hahahahaha," Rumba let out a desolate laugh.
The princes looked at him dissatisfied.
"I have never dreamed of destroying the oath of co-governance," Grand Duke Heisha looked back at the others sadly: "Now, as a king, I have to take refuge under this oath to protect myself."
Thales sighed.
"And you have worked hard to uphold the oath of co-governance," Lumba glanced at the faces of each grand duke: "Now you want to elect me as king and trample on this oath."
He spread his hands and mocked: "Isn't this the greatest irony?"
The faces of the princes became ugly.
"brush"
There was the sound of metal rubbing against leather.
"What's even more ironic is that you used the oath of co-governance in order to finally break it." Ronnie put away the blade and said coldly: "We broke the oath in order to better maintain it."
Ronnie gritted his teeth and glanced at Lumba.
"This is not over yet, Rumba."
Lumba looked back at him coldly without saying a word.
Ronnie walked to the square table and looked at Thales sharply.
The prince's heart trembled.
What's wrong?
"Listen, kid!" Ronnie grabbed the back of the chair next to Thales.
"This chair in this order has been the exclusive seat of the Ronnie family for six hundred years," he said coldly, "If you dare to jump on it again"
Thales quickly pulled Thelma and stepped back about ten steps, showing an innocent and flattering smile.
Oh shit
No wonder he looked so bad before
Ronnie sat down heavily.
Four.
Thales breathed a long sigh of relief, his spirit instantly relaxed, and cold sweat broke out in an instant.
He only felt that his eyes were flashing, his feet were weak, and he was about to collapse to the ground.
Amid Selma's exclamation, Thales felt his back stiffen as someone grabbed his back collar and lifted him up.
Avoided the fate of falling.
Thales calmed down the dizziness caused by weakness and looked at the person behind him in surprise.
"child."
Charmaine Lombard loosened his collar and looked at the prince with a complex expression, with a subtle look in his eyes: "You didn't drink that glass of wine."