Chris held a simple funeral for his father and buried him on a wasteland in the north of the city.
He bought a tombstone without the king's name written on it. He knew how disgusting the old king was. If he wrote his name, he believed that someone would dig up the grave and whip the body tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, Reggie attended the king's funeral and laid a bouquet of white flowers in front of the king's tombstone.
Chris no longer shed tears for his father, and he even felt that the previous tears were not worth it. On the way back, Reggie told him a piece of news, news from Zhilin City.
"Your brother Charlemagne came to Zhilin City with an army of eight thousand."
Chris's heart tightened, he had already guessed Charlemagne's intention, and for Reggie, the old king was dead and he had lost his use value.
"Is he... coming for you?" Chris still held on to his last illusion. Maybe Charlemagne wasn't coming for Shattered Snow City, but perhaps he was gathering troops to regain Golden Light City.
"It's a pity that I don't have this honor yet," Reggie said with a smile, "He didn't come for me, but for you. Edwina sent me news, and he just wanted to seize it.
You and your father."
Chris licked his lips and said: "Will you let me go, or will you hand me over to Charlemagne?"
Reggie shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I won't let you go."
As soon as the words fell, Sandos, who was standing aside, immediately drew his sword and pointed it at Reggie: "No one can hurt the prince! No one can!"
Modesa said coldly at the side: "Put down your sword. I usually give others two warnings, but I only give you one chance. You have good skills. When my sword comes out of its sheath, I will cut you off directly."
neck."
Chris asked Sandos to put down his sword, then stood in front of Reggie and said with a smile: "Kill me. You can give my head to Charlemagne. This is my last request."
Reggie took Chris to a deserted place and whispered: "I said, I will give others the power to choose. Now you have two choices, but killing you is not one of them."
"Tell me, what are the two options?"
"The first option is that you stay with me and be my counselor. I lost Bachelo and now I need your help very much. Trust me, I will give you a generous reward."
"What's the other option?"
Reggie shook his head regretfully and said: "Isn't this condition enough to impress you? Well, another option is that I will help you regain your kingdom, but you must pay me the due reward."
"You want the land of Ryan Country?" The smart Chris immediately judged Reggie's intention.
Reggie smiled and said: "If you agree, we can discuss the price now."
Chris was silent for a long time and said: "I cannot sell my homeland for the throne."
Reggie smiled and said: "The way you talk is very much like a friend of mine. Your homeland does not belong to you, and you have no capital to sell it. If you are unwilling to cooperate with me, I will use my own way to conquer the Lion Country.
"
"What a cruel person," Chris said with a bitter smile, "Is that friend of yours Sophia?"
Reggie smiled and did not answer Chris's question: "I want to go back to Broken Snow City first. When you think about it clearly, go to the castle to find me."
Back in Broken Snow City, Reggie went directly to the hospital. It wasn't until today that he received the news that Doranor was ill.
Dolanor has been in a coma since he returned from the last expedition. Camilla can use witchcraft to make him drink some water. Other than that, Dolanor is no different from a vegetable.
"Is he injured? Or poisoned? What happened?"
"I really don't know what happened to him," Imma shook her head. "He had no injuries and no signs of poisoning."
Camila pointed to the little girl next to her and said, "She is responsible for everything. Chat with her for a few words, and maybe you will understand."
"She?" Reggie frowned and looked at the little girl and asked, "Who are you?"
The little girl looked at Reggie timidly and said, "You don't recognize me? We have met before. My name is Bella, and I am a student of the Pathfinder Wizard."
"Bella?" Reggie rubbed his forehead, "I remembered you. You are the little wizard brought back by Doranor. What did you do to him? Why did he become like this?"
"What do you think I can do to him?" Bella pouted and shed tears, "I'm just a child, and I don't even know witchcraft. Do you think it's possible for me to hurt him?"
"Okay," Reggie patiently squatted on the ground and said, "Good girl, tell me what happened."
"I just asked Dolanor a few questions and he fainted. Is it my fault?"
"Tell me first, what questions did you ask him?"
"Is it wrong to ask questions? What kid doesn't like asking questions?"
"That's not the point, I just want to say..."
"Have you already convicted me? Will you hang me? If I have become a wizard, will you burn me to death? Doranor wants to escape, is this really your order? Even if he
He is just a coward, do you think he is a winner..."
When Bella asked the thirtieth question, Reggie felt a little dizzy. He felt as if there was congestion in his chest that might spurt out at any time.
Imma, who was standing aside, picked up a ball of cotton and stuffed it into the girl's mouth. The girl wanted to take out the cotton, but Ima said fiercely: "Don't move! Otherwise I will sew your mouth shut!"
Camila smiled and said: "Do you understand now?"
Reggie nodded and staggered out of the hospital. At the door, he told Imma and Camila: "We must find a way to save him. You must have a way."
"If they can't do anything, Dolanor will die, right? You'll kill me too, right? But I didn't do anything wrong, why do you want to kill me..." At some point, Bella opened her mouth
Taking out the cotton cloth from inside, Imma quickly pinched Bella's mouth, but Reggie roared and spit out his lunch.
After returning to the castle, Reggie felt terrible. He wanted to have a good sleep in bed, but before he could fall asleep, he received news from Hanmaple Fortress.
Erwin encountered trouble, and a large number of refugees from the Bayer Kingdom flocked to the fortress. Erwin accepted some of them, but his troops were limited. He was afraid that the situation would get out of control, so he kept most of the refugees out of the fortress.
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But the refugees who stayed outside the city were restless. They attacked the city gate from time to time. Although they faced fierce resistance from the soldiers, many people chose to fight to the death in order to survive.
Erwin did not want to kill unarmed civilians, but these refugees had threatened the security of Hanmaple Fortress.
He is waiting for Reggie's order. As long as Reggie agrees, he will turn all the refugees outside the city into ashes.
"What can we do..." Reggie said to himself, and a familiar response came from behind: "You are eager for population, but you don't trust these refugees, especially the refugees from Bayer Country."
Reggie closed his eyes, shook his head helplessly and said, "Your Highness, can't you just come in through the gate openly?"
"I don't want to disturb you at this time," Chris laughed dryly, "I have made a choice, do you want to hear it?"
Reggie turned back and said, "Do you want to be my counselor, or do you want to take back your kingdom?"
Chris said: "Of course I want to take back my kingdom, but not now. You don't have the capital to conquer a country yet."
Reggie smiled and said: "Don't make things so absolute. Do you think I can't defeat the army of Lane Country?"
"You can defeat the army of the Ryan Kingdom, but even the most powerful White Tower Kingdom may not be your opponent," Chris changed his tone and expressed Reggie's vital pain, "But victory in a battle and
Conquering a country is completely different. You cannot afford the consumption of a long war, nor can you afford the consequences of failure."
Reggie said: "What do you want me to do? Hand you over to Charlemagne and surrender to him?"
Chris said: "You can find a way to repel Charlemagne, temporarily contain his offensive, and buy yourself more time, but the premise is that you must take action as soon as possible and use the fastest speed to make Charlemagne lose his fighting spirit.
"
"That makes sense," Reggie nodded and smiled, "In fact, I have already taken action. I asked Natalie to burn his food. I should be able to receive her success report early tomorrow morning."