The first thousand two hundred and nine chapters fled the lady
"What kind of man can catch your eye? My daughter, tell me what you want." The man felt a headache and put down the pen in his hand.
"The most basic point is that my future partner cannot be worse than me. At least he should be better than me at the same age!"
Ariana proposed a very reasonable condition, but this made her father frown. The man knew very well how talented his daughter was, and it was very difficult to find a man of the same age who could match her.
Unless the age limit is lifted. However, let alone whether his daughter is willing to marry someone who is more than ten or even decades older than her, he is not willing to marry his daughter to such a mediocre waste.
The Frankel family no longer needs to sacrifice the lives of their own people to gain profits, that is what only the middle and lower class nobles need to do.
"This is quite difficult."
"Then forget it. If it doesn't work, just wait. I would rather die alone than settle for nothing. My partner must not be a waste."
"Ariana, my daughter, you are so outstanding. If you were a little more ordinary, your request would be easily met."
"It's a pity, father, that your daughter is a genius, a genius that no one in the younger generation of the empire can match."
"Don't be too complacent. The empire is vast and there are many strong men who can compare with me. However, their reputations are not spread in the empire. It is normal for these strong men to cultivate a genius who is comparable to you."
matter."
"But father, such a genius does not seem to belong to the aristocratic class. Can you agree to such an engagement?" A smile appeared on the girl's face.
"It is very easy for a young man whose talent is comparable to yours to obtain a knighthood. Why don't I agree?" the man asked.
"Then why don't you agree to your brother's marriage? Sister Lucia is also a very good person, but because she is a woman? She can't go to the battlefield? Can't get a title?"
After hearing her father's answer, the girl immediately defended her brother and asked. There was also a hint of unwillingness in her tone.
"That's right, it's because she doesn't have a title, so I object to her marrying your brother."
When talking about his son's lover, the head of the Frankel family not only showed no disdain on his face, but a hint of appreciation. However, the rules were like this, and even though he was a member of the family, he could not violate it.
"To be honest, I admire this little girl Lucia very much. If she had a title, even the lowest knighthood, I would not object to her marriage to her son. But it is a pity that she is a commoner without a title."
"Hmph, if Sister Lucia were a male, she would at least be able to obtain the title of an earl by now."
"A man?" A strange look appeared on the faces of the Frankel family. "If it is a man, then even if I am a noble, I will not agree to this marriage. There is no way I can bear such humiliation."
"Ahem, my statement was wrong!" After hearing her father's words, the girl blushed and coughed to relieve her embarrassment, "I made a mistake. If the empire allows women to go to the battlefield, let alone Sister Lucia.
, even I can prove myself on the battlefield."
"Men are responsible for war. This has been a rule since the establishment of the empire, and no one can tamper with it."
"This is unfair!" the girl said what she had always thought was very unreasonable. "Women are not inferior to men. Women can do anything that men can do."
"My daughter, you are a very special being. You cannot represent all the women in the empire with your situation. You are no worse than anyone else, but other women cannot."
"You know I can do it, then you let me go to the battlefield. With your power, you can definitely do this."
"Do you think it's possible for my daughter to enter a military camp and stay with tens of thousands of men? Which father do you think would agree to such a thing?"
"What are you thinking about? Father, who can take advantage of me? I am in the army, that is, marching and fighting, and I will never do anything that would disgrace the Frankel family."
"I knew nothing would happen, but I couldn't stop those women from talking nonsense and making up some messy news."
"Who dares?" The heroic girl slapped the tabletop with an angry look on her face. A clearly visible wave of air spread from under her palm, instantly making the tabletop messy and spilling countless imperial confidential documents.
"Many people dare, Ariana, you have to understand that once you enter the army, the relevant rumors will not stop. The Frankel family absolutely cannot bear such remarks."
Seeing his messy desktop, the head of the Frankel family held his forehead and sighed. He really felt a headache about his children's marriage. The eldest son fell in love with a woman who had nothing to do with the aristocratic class, and his daughter had extremely high vision.
"Okay, let's not discuss this matter anymore, I still have things to deal with."
"Oh, I'll go first then." The unconscious girl saw the messy scene caused by her impulsiveness, said hello and wanted to leave.
"Stop!" A stern scolding sounded from behind the girl, "You will have to bear the corresponding consequences for the mistakes you make. Now you can tidy up these documents for me. I can't waste my time on these things.
superior."
"You can ask the housekeeper to clean it up." Under her father's stern gaze, the girl turned around reluctantly and began to pack up the documents scattered on the ground.
"Why should my butler be responsible for the mistakes you made?" The man who casually took out an unprocessed document and flipped through it said without raising his head.
"Humph." The girl made a dissatisfied sound, but she tidied up the documents on the floor. Every time she picked up a document, her eyes would subconsciously scan the contents of the document.
These documents recorded major events from all walks of life in the empire. However, in the eyes of the girl, these events were quite boring and had nothing to do with her. However, this boredom lasted until she saw a picture.
"What's this?"
The girl looked at the image engraved on the handpiece with an inexplicable expression of surprise. Above the dense ancient forest, the light that permeated the sky and the earth diffused, vaguely reflecting a rather peculiar city.
In the city, there are many buildings that are comparable to thousand-year-old trees. Between these buildings are regular roads and winding bridges. On these roads and bridges, many square-shaped steel structures can be faintly seen.
"This is the door to another world!"
A slightly emotional voice sounded from behind the girl. The girl who was obsessed with the image of the handpiece suddenly came back to her senses and found that her father had been standing behind her at some point.
"The door to another world? Isn't this the masterpiece of some imaginative master?" The girl couldn't suppress the shock and curiosity in her heart and couldn't help but ask.
"No matter which master's work it is, it is not qualified to appear in this room. There is no doubt that the scene in this picture is real."
"But why have I never heard of it?"
"Because this happened only three days ago, and this gate did not appear in the empire, but in the Forest of Beasts, which is not under the jurisdiction of the empire."
"Oh!" The girl nodded thoughtfully, and then she had new doubts, "Are you sure this is true? It's not some kind of illusion."
"Do you think this kind of uncertain news can appear on my desk?"
"Then what is the empire going to do with this gate?"
"It is still under discussion. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be based on observation."
"Observe!" The girl nodded thoughtfully.
"Okay, don't be in a daze, tidy it up for me honestly, and then find a man you like, bring him back, and settle your affairs as soon as possible."
a moment later
The girl walked out of her father's office with brisk steps and a happy mood, "I'm still so young, what kind of partner can I find? It's still early, and how can those losers explore the gates of other worlds? They are just boring."
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"Wild forest? It's kind of interesting. I don't know if this is luck or misfortune."
A young child with black hair and golden eyes stood on the top of an ancient tree that seemed to tower into the clouds, looking at the vast forests in front of him.
Behind him is the light that permeates the sky and the earth, which is the external manifestation of the space tunnel that connects different areas of the two big worlds.
For areas that have been isolated for a long time and can almost be regarded as two different worlds, the location of the suddenly opened space corridor is crucial.
For example, the portal behind him suddenly opened up on the outskirts of a city, but at the other end of the passage was a wild virgin forest.
The consequence of the sudden appearance of the portal was that a group of beasts suddenly rushed out and massacred the unsuspecting residents in the city, causing considerable losses to people and property.
Such losses can only be attributed to natural disasters, and the root cause of this disaster can be suppressed in a short period of time, so it can only be regarded as a temporary pain.
If a sudden portal connects two cities with different civilizations and races, the consequences will be unpredictable.
It could be the massacre of another race by one race, or it could be a war between two races, or even less likely, it could be two civilizations shaking hands and making peace and developing together.
However, the possibility of war is greater. The premise of peace is strength. Only when the strength is equal or about the same, can peaceful development be possible.
Otherwise, the powerful party will only think about how to destroy or annex the weak party. This is the instinct of civilization, to survive, develop, and then expand.
Therefore, when the cluster world begins to connect, chaos will inevitably occur, and a new, more powerful order will be born out of the chaos.