In the autumn of 2511 in the Imperial Calendar, the Crown Prince of Britannia, the Duke of Mousilon, and the Divinely Chosen Champion of the Lake Fairy, Lion Macado, held a welcoming ceremony on the square outside the Holy Grail Cathedral in Curona, the capital of Britannia.
, officially welcomes the Imperial Emperor, Grand Prince of Reich, and Grand Duke of Braunschweig Carl-Franz Friedrich to pay a state visit to Britannia.
Laing brought his wife Sulia Cumani-Antry-Dewenford, Lake Witch Morgiana, Regent of the Kingdom and Duke of Connet, Laune, Duke of Le-Angoulant, Taubot, Lyon.
Adehad, Duke of Nasay, Hagen, Duke of Guisoleaux, Forde, Duke of Montfort, Boderick, Duke of Bordeaux, Berhemond, Duke of Bastogne, Verde, Duke of Unfort
François, Casfan, Duke of Palaon, Hubald, Duke of Carcassonne, Sir Eugene, the head of the branch of the Knights of the Holy Grail in Curona, Calard, the Count of Garament and the strong man of the sanctuary, Lao Jin
Sir Bertrand, Commander-in-Chief of the Guards, Marshal Roland of the Border Patrol, Veronica the courtier, Theresa the courtier, Alfred, the Patriarch of the Diocese of Western Britannia and others attended the welcoming ceremony.
Accompanying Emperor Karl-Franz on his visit to Britannia were his Queen Helena Corleone, Elector Boris Todbringer, and Elector Emmanuel von Lebouv.
Bernardotte, Prince-Elector Varmil von Zhukov, Prince-Elector Marius-
Leitdorf, Elector Helmut Feuerbach, Elector Wolfram Hertwig, Elector Theodorik Geisel, Field Marshal Kurt-
Heilberg, Flag Officer Ludwig Schwartzhammer, Hunter Marshal Markus Wolfhardt and others.
Amidst the grand and solemn bugle sound, the main entrance of the Holy Grail Cathedral opened. As the Crown Prince of Britannia, Ryan slowly walked out from the main entrance of the cathedral with his wife Sulia. The Knight of the Holy Grail, the Prophet of the Lake God, came from
The knights and old guards of the principalities had already lined up in the square outside the church to welcome the arrival of the emperor.
Emperor Karl-Franz was wearing a standard imperial dress, with a hearty smile on his face, and strode towards Ryan.
Ryan is also wearing a standard Duke of Britannia dress. His height of more than 1.9 meters makes him look extraordinary, and he has a strong aura like a human hero, which seems to contain endless hope and strength. The figure shrouded in light
On the outside, he showed an unruffled domineering attitude and a perseverance that stood tall like the peaks of the Gray Mountains. When he saw Karl-Franz, Lane also smiled. He took the initiative to reach out his hand and shake the emperor's hand: "Welcome."
"It's a great honor." Karl-Franz nodded.
After the brief ceremony, Ryan first introduced all the Britannian nobles and his courtiers present today to Karl Franz. The smile on the emperor's face did not change, and he shook hands with the dukes and Ryan's subordinates in turn.
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After shaking hands in turn, this time it was Ryan's turn to shake hands with all the guests from the empire under the introduction of Karl Franz. He and many of the electors were old acquaintances, and Emilia secretly added
With a little force, he gave him a wink. Ryan pretended not to notice and shook hands one by one.
Then the bands of both sides began to play the national anthem.
The imperial military band played the imperial national anthem "God Save Our Emperor Franz".
"The gods bless Charlemagne's empire, our great Emperor Franz.
We pray for a long-lasting national destiny, and we wish good luck to always be with you.
May that skull be immortal and may the crown of victory be his.
Gods bless the Empire of Charlemagne and our great Emperor Franz!"
The Royal Band of Brittany played the national anthem of Britannia "Lady Bless Brittany".
"Lady, bless Britannia, and may the kingdom shine forever.
Lady bless our king and grant him victory, happiness and glory.
Governing our country has a long-lasting national destiny.
Evil breaks before her, and the Holy Grail gives us strength.
Lady bless Brittany.”
Both sides fired a salute, and then Emperor Karl-Franz, accompanied by Crown Prince Ryan, inspected the Knights of the Holy Grail and the Old Guard. The military band performed again, and the two heads of state held an intimate meeting in the Holy Grail Cathedral.
Ryan said that looking back on the thousand-year history of establishing diplomatic relations between Britannia and the Empire, the relationship between the two countries has gone through an extraordinary development path. Through the joint efforts of both sides, the relationship between the two countries has become a major country with good neighborliness and friendship and mutual benefit.
A model of winning. Especially in recent years, under the joint leadership of Emperor Karl-Franz and I, our strategic mutual trust has been increasingly enhanced, we have provided each other with firm political support, and cooperation in various fields has achieved unprecedented development. In international and regional affairs,
Carry out close communication and collaboration.
The relationship between the Empire and Britannia has become the Old World alliance with the highest degree of mutual trust, highest level of collaboration, and highest strategic value. It has made important contributions to promoting the development and revitalization of the two countries and maintaining world peace, stability, and development.
At the beginning of last year, Ryan's visit to the Empire started a new process in the relationship between the two countries. The two most powerful human countries in the old world have never been so closely united. The joint efforts of both parties have given the relationship between the two countries a new look.
The vitality has opened up broad prospects.
Ryan emphasized that Britannia and the Empire have the same origin, and the two sides have an unbreakable and unbreakable relationship. As the crown prince and future king of Britannia, Ryan attaches great importance to and maintains the relationship with the Empire.
The development of relations focuses on mutual non-aggression, mutual assistance, trade exchanges, military complementarity and even the new connotation of bilateral relations in joint operations. We jointly lead the alliance of order against evil, work together to promote a community with a shared future for mankind, and prepare for possible crises. I wish the empire
The friendship with Brittany is long and lasting.
Karl-Franz sincerely expressed that on the occasion of Ryan's accession to the throne, he sent the warmest congratulations on behalf of the Empire. After Britannia declared its founding a thousand years ago, the Empire was the first to respond and try to cooperate with
Looking back on the course of the relationship between the two countries over the millennium, although there have been occasional frictions and territorial disputes, the Emperor affirmatively stated that whenever there is a threat or invasion from a foreign enemy, the relationship between the Empire and Britannia has always been
able
It has withstood the test. In recent years, under the promotion of Ryan, the two sides have carried out close economic and trade cooperation in many fields and achieved fruitful results. The people of the Empire are willing to work together with the people of Britannia to continuously strengthen diplomatic relations and various
Cooperation in various fields will better benefit the people of the two countries and contribute to the security and stability of the old world and the whole world. He believes that under the leadership of Ryan, the cooperation between the Empire and Britannia will bear more fruits.
The emperor was interviewed in front of the people gathered in Kurona. Karl-Franz said sincerely: "I am very close to His Excellency Lane. We are close friends. I think His Excellency Lane owns the world."
With a superior political concept and a clear mind, we can always focus on the overall situation and take precautions. Our mutual trust has reached the highest level in history. The Empire and Britannia have never been so closely united. I firmly believe that we will still be able to do better in the future.
It has extremely broad development prospects.”
Ryan expressed his affirmation, and the Crown Prince of Brittany, who is about to ascend the throne, also said: "In the new era environment, the strategic partnership between the Empire and Britannia has also been reflected in the economic field. Last year
, our bilateral trade volume has exceeded 500,000 gold crowns, and we hope to deepen cooperation in multiple fields and make our own contribution to world prosperity, peace, stability, and prosperity."
In the evening, Ryan held a state banquet at the palace in Kurona to entertain the imperial friends who came from afar.
The Britannian state banquet is held in the Landuin Hall of the Palace of Curona. The banquet tables there are 60 meters long and arranged in two rows. They can entertain more than two hundred distinguished guests at the same time. The banquet hall is magnificent and magnificent, with walls on both sides
There is a huge oil painting hanging, and the long dining table in the middle is in the shape of a horseshoe.
, above are six giant crystal chandeliers. The horizontal table facing the entrance is where the banquet host and guests of honor sit. The floor is covered with shops made of exotic animal fur from Arabi, silver tableware, candles and luxurious
The table decorations are neatly arranged on the dining table.
Ryan and Surya were sitting on the main seat, the Supreme Mage Tigris, the Lake God Witch Morgiana were sitting on Ryan's left, and Emperor Karl-Franz and Queen Helena were sitting on their right.
There is a row of long tables on the left, and all the people sitting there are nobles from Britannia. There are several Grand Knights and Dukes of the Holy Grail who are powerful in the Holy Domain. They look at it with complicated eyes with a touch of hostility and politeness.
The imperial people, and the imperial electors sitting at the long table on the right are also proud, with their heads held high, especially
Imperial Countess Emmanuel, holding her son Frederic Jr., loudly talked about whether her father's state banquet was delicious and whether it was as exquisite as Nour's? Elector Boris complained about the Breton cuisine
It was not to the taste of Lord Midden, but like the hunter marshal Marcus Wolfhart, he had already asked the waiter to replenish the dishes twice.
There are standard dishes for Brittany's state banquet.
The first main course was turbot fillet with lobster mousse.
The second main course was grilled Artois venison tenderloin with Wingfort red wine truffle sauce.
The main vegetables are braised red cabbage, roasted potatoes and roasted walnuts, pumpkin and celeriac.
The final dessert was Arabica chocolate, mango and fruit salad.
Drinking alcoholic beverages include water, juice, champagne, red wine, sparkling wine and spirits.
Except for Belega, all the dwarf delegations of the Angrond clan were arranged in a side hall, while the high elf visitors were arranged in another place. Ryan separated the elves and dwarves to avoid conflicts, although
In this way, Belegar still stubbornly believed that Ryan's hospitality was not good enough. He thought he could sit next to Tigris, but because the table was too high and there was no booster seat in the palace, he forgot about it this time.
"Very welcome, human brothers across the mountain, welcome to Britannia, welcome to Curona." Ryan held up the goblet and said to the emperor: "I am not honored by your arrival.
, the whole palace is full of glory because of you."
"I received an invitation from the Green Knight, and I felt extremely honored that the legendary patron saint of Britannia could appear and invite me, so I immediately agreed to come." Karl Franz is not as tall as Ryan.
Therefore, sitting on the chair, he looked shorter than Ryan. The emperor heard Ryan's hint, and he carefully controlled his vulgar sense of humor: "Lian... Your Excellency, what should I call you now? Britannia
The Crown Prince? The Duke of Mousilon? Or the divinely chosen champion of the Lady of the Lake?”
"Just call me Ryan, Ryan Macado. Of course, I think we should just call each other simply, you call me Ryan, and I call you Carl, how about that?" Ryan also heard the implication of the emperor's words.
"Hahaha, what a virtue worthy of respect. I saw that the spirit of the first generation Holy Grail Knights has been carried forward in you." Karl Franz said playfully: "But, Your Majesty, dear Ryan, you
Now you must still call me, Your Majesty!"
"Hahahahaha~" bursts of laughter came from the long table on the other side of the empire. Everyone was amused by the emperor. The electors laughed with open expressions. The elector of Wamir even used a silver spoon.
He knocked on the table lightly, Boris slapped his thigh rudely, Emmanuel also covered her mouth and snickered, little Frederic still didn't understand, the little guy kept pulling his mother and asked loudly
: "Mom~Mom, why does father call him Godfather?"
On the contrary, almost all the Dukes of Britannia, including the Lake God Witch Morgiana, glared at the Emperor. The Red Dragon Duke Bohemond was even more furious. With a little force of his fingers, a fine silver table knife
It was bent into a bracelet. Francois also looked unhappy.
Ryan raised his eyebrows, and he cursed in his mind why the emperor of the empire was like that old guy Richard, who wanted to take advantage before he even ascended the throne.
Duke Mousilon kept a polite smile on his face: "Of course, Your Majesty Karl, I think there is no problem. By the way, since I call you Your Majesty, you can also call me, Champion?"
"Hahahahaha~" Now it was the turn of the long table on the Britannian side to burst into laughter. The dukes and nobles laughed sarcastically and loudly commented on the strength of the empire. Pershemon
De Geng and Francois loudly discussed how many blows they would need to defeat all the electors.
The empire was all in disgrace. Ryan was obviously mocking Karl for his lack of strength. As he said, in terms of high-end combat power, there are really not many people in the empire who are good at it. Even if the emperor himself is fully equipped with divine armor,
It is also difficult for him to be Ryan's opponent. Most of the electors have legendary strength, and there are quite a lot of strength in the Holy Domain on the Britannia Long Table. They clearly show a crushing trend from quantity to quality.
A small bench and table were specially arranged for Belega. Watching this scene, the King of Eight Peaks laughed so much that his beer dripped on his beard. As for Tigris, who was sitting next to Ryan, his face was expressionless throughout the whole process. In the Phoenix King
Court, he has seen too many temptations and verbal confrontations between nobles, and Teclis cannot be surprised at all by the tricks of human beings.
"Of course, Champion Ryan, the lady's divinely chosen champion, let's toast!" Karl held up the goblet, as if everything before was just a joke.
"Cheers! For mankind, for the old world." Ryan also pretended that nothing happened, the two goblets collided, and the previous unpleasantness disappeared with the wind.
After the grand state banquet, there was a reception. In the gardens and banquet hall of the Corona Palace, people began to move freely. Emilia soon brought little Frederick to find Sulia and Helena.
As well as little Devon Hill and the emperor's son Luitpold II, the three mothers took their three children to other places for entertainment, leaving space for Ryan and Karl-Franz.
"Sorry, Ryan, you know, in this environment, a qualified emperor must know how to perform." Karl Franz held the goblet, his face was apologetic and his expression was more friendly: "Choose
The support of the emperors is hard-won."
"Understood." Ryan said with a smile: "Of course we can also have a one-on-one duel. If you win, you are the champion."
"Hahahaha!" The two men looked at each other and smiled. An unspeakable tacit understanding was created between the leaders of the two most powerful countries in the old world, and they felt a sense of sympathy for each other.
Sometimes, friendship between men is so simple and unpretentious.
"By the way, just in time, taking this opportunity, Ryan, you may not be aware of the personnel changes in the Imperial Parliament. Let me introduce to you the two new electors."