Chapter two hundred and eighty-ninth at the Jialan conference
The sky castle with howling cold wind, the huge city walls covered with snow, and the towering towers.
The corridors in the castle are full of figures of the Gloria Witches and female apprentices. They are wearing fancy clothes, long skirts, and various colorful jewelry, moving in the corridors.
This morning, a conference had just begun. The female spellcasters voted to strengthen their protection against witches from the Kingdom of Nord, the Empire of Oster, the Kingdom of Hawke, the Earl of Brittany Glamorgan, and the Kingdom of Kislev.
Dispatch quantity.
The Glory Council has been infiltrating the secular noble forces for a long time. In the wealthy south of the empire, it is dominated by the Imperial Royal Wizarding Academy. The nobles are willing to hire wizards from the Imperial Royal Wizarding Academy.
But in the north of the empire, the situation was different.
In the north of the empire, the power of the southern sects is even weaker. People are more willing to fight in the name of Yurik, the white wolf god of war, and Tal, the god of nature, rather than the name of Charlemagne, which is preferred in the south. Similarly, the lords in the northern part of the empire are not interested in cloth.
The royal wizards of Renswick were even more distrustful.
The confrontation between the northern sect and the southern sect began in the Three Emperors era, and the empire began to split from then on. There were three emperors in the empire. The orthodox legal emperor of the empire at that time was Emperor Tarabein, but this emperor's poor military ability made him
There was no prestige, so Elector Wolrich of White Wolf City proclaimed himself emperor under the instigation of the White Wolf Church Pope "Great Ulric", known as the "Wolf Emperor", and declared that the southern sect was a heresy.
The southern sect was very angry about this. They chose to support Sigismund, the elector of Reikland, as emperor, known as the "Emperor Reik", and declared the northern sect to be a heresy.
The empire officially entered the "Era of Three Emperors", and endless civil wars flooded the entire empire. It was not until the rise of the Von Carstein family of vampires in Sylvania that the three divided emperors chose to form an alliance to face the threat of vampires together.
threaten.
Then another two hundred years passed, and the Chaos army moved south. The then Emperor Rick died in battle, and the imperial capital fell. A country nobleman from Nuer called on all imperial people to unite, with his inspiring speeches and powerful strength.
, the devout faith unites all the remaining empire forces in the areas where the southern sect is located.
After Ludwig unified the forces of the southern sects of the empire, he chose to go north to seek support from the White Wolf City. The Wolf Emperor at that time refused to form an alliance with Ludwig, and the Pope of the White Wolf Church even declared Ludwig a heretic.
Upon seeing this, Ludwig asked to enter the White Wolf Temple. He asked to directly accept the test of the White Wolf's sacred fire.
Pope "Urik the Great" could not refuse Ludwig's request, so everyone watched Ludwig step into the holy fire. They laughed, waiting to see this country bumpkin burned to death by the white wolf's holy fire.
However, a miracle happened. The White Wolf Holy Fire escaped Ludwig, and the country bumpkin from Nuer entered the Holy Fire. When he came out, he had been personally blessed by the White Wolf Yurik.
The White Wolf Pope had to recognize Ludwig's authority. He was forced to declare that Ludwig was a person blessed by Ulric. The Wolf Emperor secretly took off the crown, changed his name to Elector and agreed to peace with Lu.
Ludwig formed an alliance, and the White Wolf Knights and the army in the northern part of the empire obeyed Ludwig's orders.
There is no doubt that the Garland Council has great influence in the northern part of the empire. Speaker Margarita and the savior Ludwig are lovers. They are particularly influential in the Kingdom of Nord and Kislev. Among them, Kislev
The Queen of Loew (self-proclaimed Tsar) Caroline is even one of the female elders of the Gloria Council. The Elector of Hawkland Edbrand Ludenhoff and the King of Nord Harald Frank are also interested in themselves.
Jialan's female courtiers obeyed her advice.
And now, a brand new witch star is rising. This witch named Veronica Bernadotte has just turned thirty this year, but she has accomplished what many witches cannot achieve in their lifetime.
A few days ago, she officially announced that she had advanced to the legendary high level, and at the same time she also had a luxurious wizard tower of her own.
Obviously, Veronica would not have been able to reach this point if it had not been for the help of the winner of the Lady of the Lake Selection, Ryan Macado, Earl of Glamorgan.
At least that's what Theresa Trowick thinks.
The thirty-two-year-old sorceress also participated in the Grand Gathering of Gloria today. This kind of gathering always likes to be held in the middle of winter, because the freezing environment and extremely high altitude of Sky Castle can effectively suppress women in the middle of winter.
The violent magic elements in the casters' bodies allowed them to talk calmly.
Theresa was wearing a black down fur coat today, her favorite wide-leg pants and long high-heeled boots. Her long, shimmering black hair was draped casually over her shoulders and down to her waist. She wore a crocodile belt.
It is inlaid with rubies and the pearl necklace on her chest is a New Year's gift from Ryan.
There was some distress on Leng Yan's face. She looked at the small piece of paper in her hand, holding the quill in her little hand wearing white gloves, and was a little undecided.
Should I choose to vote for Veronica and support her entry into the Garland Presbyterian Church?
From a personal perspective, Teresa felt very disgusted with Veronica. If it weren't for her, she might have already established a relationship with Ryan. Since the beginning of the contact, Veronica, a woman, has made things difficult for her in every possible way, and even more so.
He took the initiative to stir up trouble many times.
If it were Teresa a few years ago, she would definitely vote against it without hesitation, and she would even go to her mother to find a way to prevent Veronica from entering the Presbyterian Church.
Just because I don't like it.
But that was herself several years ago. Since that time she set off from Winter City and traveled in Nord with Ryan for several weeks, the sorceress has worked hard to start growing up. Going to Ryan's territory is a kind of blessing for her.
The blow was also a test for her. Now Teresa is more willing to use her brain to think about problems.
Theresa finally shook her head slightly, and the sorceress picked up the quill.
"Agree."
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Veronica has successfully entered the Presbyterian Church. She will establish a branch in Britannia as a special elder. In the future, the Gloria Council will allocate more resources to her.
After the big meeting, the time came to noon, and the witches adjourned. The next meeting will open in three days. The witches of Gloria have accumulated a lot of things, and they need to vote one by one.
The door opened, and hundreds of Gloria congresswomen came out of the venue, singing and dancing, and the sound of their heels hitting the ground was endless.
"Our Speaker has achieved another small victory." The mature and beautiful Aurora held Teresa's arm with one hand, and the Holy Witch stood up straight, like a straight pine tree: "But this is not
It’s not important, what’s important is, my daughter, you will vote for it, I’m very happy.”
"Ryan is a piece of cake, and now this piece of cake has become so big that it can't be eaten by one person." Teresa shook her head slightly: "Veronica has already cut off a large piece, and now it's my turn to wrap it up.
The rest of it, I have to side with Veronica on this issue."
Aurora closed her eyes and nodded: "You are right, my daughter, you have really grown up."
"I will have dinner with Speaker Margarita and Her Majesty Caroline tonight. Recently, the northern barbarians on the Linsk River on the northern border of Kislev and the Troll Kingdom have been restless." Aurora said in a low voice: "You
Do you want to come together?"
"I..." Teresa thought for a moment, then shook her head: "No, there's no point in me going."
Aurora was a little surprised. Her daughter always liked to follow her actions in the past.
"Okay, you can arrange your own time." Aurora didn't say anything else. It's not that the Holy Witch has not advised her daughter. Ryan is already engaged to a duke's daughter, and there is Veronica by his side, leaving Trey
Sarah didn't have much space left, but seeing Theresa's resolute attitude and Ryan really having too much vision, Aurora decided to continue to support her daughter.
This character is really like mine.
After leaving her mother's room, Teresa returned to her own room. The left side of the luxurious sorceress's room was filled with various magic scrolls and books, as well as a large mirror. On the right side were several large wardrobes filled with
Filled with a lot of clothes, shoes, and jewelry.
There is a soft bed in the middle of the room, which is where Theresa has been resting for a while. There are several thick books on the bedside, which are the Gothic textbooks that Ryan gave her, and there are also
The epic given by Morgiana was written in High Gothic. Recently, the sorceress has been painfully learning High Gothic. She felt that when she closed her eyes, a scene of the Holy Grail Knight fighting evil would immediately appear in front of her eyes.
The sorceress had to replace Ryan's face with the appearance of those Holy Grail Knights, and then she felt much better.
"Miss!" There is a witch apprentice in the room, called Emma. She is one of the new witch apprentices of the Gloria Council this year who is very talented in the ice system. Aurora used a lot of tricks to get her.
middle.
"Emma, please go out first, I want to take a rest."
"yes."
After the witch apprentice exited, Teresa sighed softly. The sorceress took a bath, changed into a refreshing white nightgown, let the pearl necklace given by Ryan hang on her plump chest, and then quietly leaned on the bed.
head.
The soft mattress and feather pillows made Teresa feel comfortable. The snow was still whistling outside the window. The sorceress tried to take the Gothic textbook and read it for a few times, but the fatigue that hit her immediately made her subconsciously
Putting down the book, the cold sorceress sighed. Veronica's matter was actually secondary. After Ryan became the earl, the two witches had reached a consensus.
Teresa's real headache is the construction of her wizard's tower. The wizard's tower she plans needs to raise 20,000 gold crowns.
Veronica's wizard tower cost a total of about 28,000 gold crowns to complete. If it weren't for her luck, she and Ryan received an astonishing income after participating in the annihilation of the Aesthetic Society in Marienburg. Ryan is also a passionate person.
, her wizard tower was not so easy to build.
And Teresa couldn't find the money. She wasn't as lucky as Veronica. First, it happened that the Grand Duke of Marienburg was an acquaintance of Lane, then she happened to meet the Society for the Extermination of Aestheticism, and then she happened to meet someone like Lane.
A good man who won't embezzle Veronica's income.
This is a lot of money, enough to make any man turn against him.
Many times Teresa wondered where so many coincidences could come from in the world, but this just happened.
It was not convenient for her to discuss this matter with her mother. She knew something about the financial sorceress at home. Aurora's promise to pay out eight thousand gold dinars (eight thousand gold crowns) was already a large amount of money.
Teresa knew she couldn't ask her mother for any more money.
She has to figure it out on her own.
Teresa has thought of some ways these days, including selling her magic scrolls, including using her contribution to the council in exchange for funds. The council also lent some to her, but now she still has a gap of at least six thousand gold crowns.
To fill in.
How to find ways to spend this money?
First of all, the simplest thing is to borrow money from some chambers of commerce or lords in the empire or Marienburg in her mother's name. It should not be difficult to raise six thousand gold crowns.
Again, she could not and was not willing to let her mother waste energy on her own affairs. After a series of events, the sorceress understood that only her own excellence could be worthy of Ryan, so she blindly relied on her mother's power to achieve practical results.
The above is to lower his own evaluation in Ryan's mind.
Just like when the two started traveling in Nord, Ryan would choose to accommodate her and tolerate her not because he liked her very much, but purely for the sake of her mother. Aurora's feelings towards Ryan's adoptive father Norman and his
The territory of Auternay takes care of a lot, so Ryan naturally has a bad attitude toward Teresa.
So Theresa was left with two options: borrow money in her own name, ask the Witch of Gloria for a loan, or find a way to find a large chamber of commerce for a loan.
Teresa decided to rest for a while before looking for someone else.
At the same time, in the Sky Castle and the Falcon Tower.
Veronica, the newly promoted elder of Gloria, was sitting in front of the fireplace. At the same time, there were two other witches in the room, talking to her.
The congresswoman from Gloria, who has long brown hair, wears a lake-green Nord court dress, has an oval face and small eyes, is named Noel. She is a legendary witch of the life system and has a quarter of an elf.
bloodline.
Another congresswoman with short black lop-eared hair, wearing a black wizard's robe, high-heeled boots and gray stockings is talking to Veronica. She looks very beautiful, but her eyes are a little dark, and her clothes are slovenly.
, the robe had burrs in many places and the cuffs were frayed, but she didn't care too much.
The female congresswoman's name is Phyllis, a legendary witch of the death and shadow systems. Her husband just died in the counter-insurgency campaign in the Kingdom of Nord. This major blow could not defeat her, but it was enough.
It left her depressed for a while.
These two are the few friends Veronica can talk to in the Gloria Council.
Veronica is wearing a brown mink trench coat today, with a scented coffee satin dress underneath. Her long black brown hair is draped over her shoulders. The red agate earrings from the wood elf and the platinum necklace gifted from Ryan are shining brightly.
Her slender and straight legs in black stockings are raised high, and she wears black suede high heels on her small silk feet. Her sweet face still looks like a girl in her twenties, but after many years of experience, Veronica's temperament has become even colder.
.
"Phyllis, I feel very sorry for what happened this time." In her guest room, Veronica's posture was relatively relaxed, and she whispered: "Cohen is a good person, but he is just unlucky."
"Hey~" Phyllis didn't say anything more. She focused her eyes on the burning fire: "Let's not talk about this anymore, Veronica, today is a good day for you. Congratulations."
"Yes, Veronica, congratulations." Noel also said, her long brown hair was tied into long braids and hung down. The life witch said enviously: "There is still a good relationship between us.
You are the most successful."
"I just won the bet." Veronica shook her head modestly: "Everything you gain will naturally come with a loss. I'm lucky to have met Ryan."
Noel and Phyllis were both a little embarrassed. They had also participated in persuading Veronica at the beginning. Now it seems that Veronica's choice was the right one and they were the wrong ones.
This is decisiveness, and it is impossible to envy. Who would have thought that the young knight errant in his early twenties, the taciturn Ryan, would become the divine champion of the Fairy of the Lake in less than ten years, and be promoted to earl?
Woolen cloth?
"Mentor!" At this time, Veronica's apprentice Catherine suddenly knocked on the door: "Mentor, someone is looking for you."