Gold is Justice

Facing Ariel's "swearing of allegiance", Natalie just watched silently.

Compared with the prince and concubine next to her who was not so scheming, this genuine queen was not so innocent.

It can be said that this queen was also born as a maid. Even though she is not a slave in name, she who climbed up from the bottom obviously knows better what people like Ariel are thinking.

At that moment, Natalie walked up to Ariel silently, and while pretending to hug her, she whispered into Ariel's ear, "Are you loyal to this country?"

In an instant, Ariel trembled all over.

After a simple sentence, the queen's face also left.She squinted her eyes, and in that smile was only the generosity and tenderness of her mother, she stretched out her hand, patted Ariel's shoulder lightly, and said slowly——

"But it's not too late to change now. As long as you make the right choice, your future is limitless. It is even possible that you will leave a very strong mark in the history of our country. I even think that future historiography When people describe our era, they may be more concerned about you than me, the queen."

"All of this can be easily achieved as long as you make a correct choice. Isn't this difficult?"

Natalie's voice was gentle.

Her tone is even softer.

This sister is still the same Natalie sister who would wash clothes, clean the yard and tidy up the room with Ariel when she was a child.

However, Ariel vaguely felt that something very strange began to appear in this voice... It was a very obscure, but scary thing that seemed to have thorns.

Under those extremely gentle words, a heavy pressure is now on Ariel.This feeling... For a moment, it actually reminded her of the late emperor of the Blue Bay Empire!

Under such heavy pressure, the three women chatted for a while again, and Natalie spoke first——

"Okay, I've talked enough today. Ariel, I don't have anything to bless you as a queen. You are obviously more assertive than our two wives when it comes to missions. So, I wish You came back safely, you know?"

Chapter 320 Borderlands

The voice slowly fell.

Only the moonlight still hangs high in the sky, exuding a gloomy and cold tone, silently shining on the land...

Also after this conversation, after more than half a month of adjustments and preparations, the envoys of the Blue Bay Empire finally took off and began to officially sail towards the Hunting Seat Empire. —December 1304, 12, tax payment: exempt, Pelican City profit: ? ? ? , Mermaid Song Profit: ? ? ? , Old Tengshu gate repair: -2 gold, balance: 200 gold, 8995 silver and 3 iron (debt: 3 gold, interest 3512%; debt: 10 gold, interest 7733%; debt: 20 gold, interest 1521%) [urban development degree :? ? ]——

Even though Ariel had worked hard to learn a lot of stories about the relationship between Huntsman and Blue Bay during this period of time, she still felt that it was not enough.

The more she studies the relationship between the two countries, the more she feels that there are too many interests involved. In many cases, she doesn't even understand some of the professional knowledge.

Of course, there are many scholars and some intellectuals who study the relationship between the two countries in the accompanying ambassador team. Such an ambassador team with a total of more than [-] people including Song of the Mermaid should be able to solve some problems. question?

But for Ariel, she felt that it seemed difficult for her to find some convincing theories about the current trends of the Murderer Empire.

According to Ariel's own knowledge, the relationship between Murderer and Blue Bay is not harmonious on a daily basis. Even though many peace agreements have been signed before, these peace agreements are always fragile and weak.Even if there is peace for a period of time, it will soon be torn apart due to various reasons.

If so, then what is the reason why the Hunter Empire began to attack the Blue Bay Empire on a large scale this time?Those members of the embassy will basically only come up with an explanation like "the enemy's cunning wants to take advantage of the emptiness in our country".

But such an explanation is completely meaningless for this ambassador's mission.

After all, you can't just rely on "persuasion" to make an enemy let go of your weakness, nor can you let the enemy get rid of greedy desires just by a few words of preaching.

What's even worse is that Ariel found that in the ambassador group this time, her status has suddenly become... distinguished.

Apart from the fact that the Eldest Princess was an earl and was at the highest rank, she suddenly discovered that she was one of the few people with the highest rank in this envoy of more than a hundred people this time!

And the other few people, even with the status of Viscount, obviously don't know the relationship with the envoy this time.They all came here with the idea of ​​going to another country, and then seeing the world, and even directly reprimanding the enemy country.

Such an envoy... What can they talk about?

If Ariel were to think about it, she couldn't believe that such a team would be arranged by the emperor who had high hopes for her... No, maybe in some respects it might be understandable.

No matter how much I can gain the trust of the emperor as a girl like myself, to put it bluntly, I am still a viscount.If there are several other distinguished knights in the accompanying team, then his right to speak will undoubtedly become even lower.

And arranging such a group of nobles who hardly care about anything can be regarded as a way to let Ariel maintain a right to speak...

It's just that this method has both advantages and disadvantages.Even if she changed her mind, Ariel could directly doubt whether the emperor had thought about treating the ambassador team well this time.

The mighty team, after traveling for less than a month, finally arrived at the border of the Blue Bay Empire on the eve of the Holy Night Festival.Going over a mountain further forward should be the territory of the Murderer Empire.

And tonight, this envoy team was stationed in a nearby village.The village chief who had been pre-arranged warmly received these distinguished angel teams, and gave up all the best houses in the village to let everyone rest, and took the ragged villagers to hide behind the pillar of fire. Behind, all rushed into the small bushes behind, and it was going to be one night.

Along the way, Ariel has seen this situation too many times.It can only be said that the current situation is still good.Sometimes, when the team arrives, you can even see some village chiefs or town chiefs gathering those skinny people to build those simple dwellings to escort this great team.

Perhaps it was also for this reason that the most preferred path for the envoys was to pass through the territories of nobles and generals, and be received by those lords, because only in this way could they live comfortably and eat comfortably.If it is not necessary, this team really does not want to pass through those poor and simple villages.

"President, I checked."

Inside a thatched hut, Cream opened the door and walked in, talking to the bonfire burning on the ground——

"There seems to be a group of thieves near this village, who often come to harass. The village chief has repeatedly asked the nearest lords to come and eradicate them, but those lords refused to come because the land was not under their management. Some even verbally What was promised has been delayed.”

Ariel nodded lightly, and said: "The original lords have long since given up on these border villages after repeated entanglement and harassment with the Killer Seat... They seem to be completely fending for themselves now... ..."

Mochi rested his cheeks on his hands, pouted his mouth, and his red eyes flashed the bonfire in front of him, and said slowly, "Then, do you want to help?" Cream chuckled and shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "On the way , have you seen that our president has helped you in any way? Let’s not worry about it.”

Mochi just said that, and when she heard Cream's reaction, she immediately shut up and didn't reply.

Ariel looked at the bonfires, and turned her head to look at the jelly sitting next to her.

This former lightning elemental affinity person now has no elemental affinity at all.

Since he woke up from the coma, Ariel has not heard a word from him so far.

Every time when Ariel wanted to say a few words to him, he would listen silently, but his eyes never turned to Ariel's side.

Frequently, Ariel and the others could see the boy silently staying in the corner, and then cover his right arm with his left hand that had completely turned into pitch black.Sometimes, you can even see a little tear in his eyes...

Dak also went to greet him once, wanting to open up a little heart with this child.But the more he talked, the more his head lowered, without saying a word.

Ariel looked at the silent young man, and after a moment of silence, she slowly said: "Gel, next, we should enter the territory of the murderer's seat. Do you want to... go back? Or stay here first Waiting for us in a certain village?"

Jelly glanced at Ariel slightly, his face was confused, hesitant, and hazy.It's like a dead face, without any color that can be called confidence.

Then, he lowered his head again and stopped talking.

Seeing that performance, Ariel could only sigh helplessly and shook her head.

"How about... put him here? It's not good for him to go to the Hunting Seat with us like this."

Cream put his hands on his hips and said something.

Mochi stared at the human being who once called her "sister" with wide eyes, and said after a while, "Is it safe? He is useless now."

Cream: "Hush!"

Mochi: "Huh? Why, I don't want to pee right now."

Cream: "..."

Mochi: "In short, he's useless, so it's not good to leave him alone, right? Let's continue to take him with us."

Regarding this, Cream could only sigh helplessly, and said, "Mochi, you can't just dote on someone just because someone called you sister twice..."

The blood girl tilted her head and said seriously, "Why not? He calls me sister, so I have to protect him, right?"

Cream didn't bother to continue arguing anymore, so he could only wave his hands and stopped talking.

After thinking for a while, Ariel turned around, took out a few books and handwritten records from the package next to her, hugged them in her arms, and pushed the door out.

Seeing this, Cream immediately winked at Mochi.Mochi was still a little puzzled at first, but after seeing Cream's slightly harsh eyes, he put down the wood in his hand to fiddle with the bonfire, and walked out together, keeping pace with Ariel in front of him, Taking the documents from her, he walked out along the road of the village.

"Haven't you rested yet? I want to have a meeting and come out."

As Ariel walked, she knocked on the gates of the thatched houses where nobles and scholars lived.

Along the way, due to Ariel's title and being a member of the royal family, although the scholars and nobles were a little unhappy, they still came out with their clothes on after cursing in secret.

Finally, Ariel came to the largest house in the village and knocked on the door.

The maid inside pushed the door out, and after asking a question, she got a sentence——

"His Royal Highness the Princess has already gone out for a tour."

These words instantly made Ariel's anger rise in an instant!

What are you kidding?Tomorrow you will enter the enemy's territory, and you still want to visit the surrounding area this evening?What is there to see around this border village?What should I do if I encounter robbers? !

Even though she thought so, Ariel immediately thought of her own berserker subordinate who disappeared as soon as she rested... Well, don't think about it, does the eldest princess really think that falling in love is much more important than national affairs?

"Mochi, first discuss with everyone about tomorrow's itinerary, the handover procedure with the Hunting Seat Empire's welcome personnel, the confirmation of each other's identities, the security work, etc., and then confirm all the work from beginning to end. There can't be any mistakes. I'll go find our honorable eldest princess!"

After finishing speaking, Ariel waved her hands, and immediately walked out towards the grove outside the village in the direction indicated by the maid.Only Mochi was left behind with a bewildered face, and this blood girl, who was only 12 years old in the appearance of a human being, was holding the books in her hands after she continued to be bewildered, turned her head with a little fear, and immediately read At the back, a large group of human beings were staring at her with very weird eyes. For a while, this serious girl also began to look a little scared...

Leaving the meeting site, Ariel barely walked far along the edge of the village.Soon, I saw a pair of "dog man and woman" standing side by side at the edge of the village in front of us.

No, it seems a bit unfair to just open the mouth to scold. After all, it took so much time for the two of them to stay on the edge of the village and not go too far. It can be seen that Dak still has a sense of proportion, deliberately controlling the distance that will not stay away from everyone.

"Princess, it's getting cold, let's go back." As Ariel gradually approached, Duck's voice was very gentle.He gently held the gloved hand of the eldest princess, looked at her face still wearing a mask, and said something softly.

However, the princess shook her head vigorously, and even threw herself into Dak's arms, rubbing against his chest constantly: "I won't go back... After you go back, you will go to accompany that woman, right? ? I don't want you to go back."

Darke sighed helplessly, and said, "That's my president, I'm not called to accompany other women..."

Princess: "I don't care, anyway, you are following other women, I just can't stand it! If you must follow the president of Song of the Mermaid, then I will order that woman to be abolished as president tomorrow. Come to be the president of Mermaid Song, so you will follow me, right?"

Da Ke put his hand on the shoulders of the eldest princess who was covered with a thick cloak, and said slowly: "Grand... Tianjiuche, you know very well, my heart... If I let the president If I choose with you, then I will definitely stand on your side. But now, what I am most worried about is your body. This time we are going to the Hunting Seat Empire, and I must find a way to cure you ...So, we must listen carefully to what the president said. I love you as much as you don't want me to be by the president's side, can you understand this?"

Originally, Ariel wanted to rush over and yell directly, but after hearing this, she suddenly felt that if she rushed up like this now, did she look like the bad woman in a musical that punctures the good things of men and women?Hmm... If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have been so hot-headed just now, but let Mochi come over and call for someone.

Sure enough, after Dake comforted her, the Eldest Princess seemed to be calmed down a bit.She poked her head out of Dak's arms, raised her head, and said with a smile: "Hee hee, I knew you loved me. Then... Okay! I will allow you to continue to follow that woman first. However, it is absolutely impossible for you to make any intimate moves towards her! Otherwise, I will kill her! I will do what I say, just like I tear off the skin of that monster, I will really take her skin I tore it all down for you to see!"

Dak laughed, nodded and said: "Okay, okay, if I have any intimacy, you can just tear off the president's skin and hang it in your trophy room. I absolutely have no objection!"

In fact, until just now, Ariel felt as if she was about to forget one thing.

That is... this person who seems to be a very gentle scholar on weekdays - Dak Guangzhongguang is actually a berserker in essence.

That's right, he is a berserker!No matter how well he conceals himself and how well he restrains himself, this can't change the fact that he is a berserker!

As we all know, all berserkers are basically not mentally normal.In other words, the members of the Hand of Heaven guild all regarded their president as a lunatic in the end, but it was definitely not an additional prejudice.

It's because he is really a lunatic, really a mentally abnormal guy!

A handsome, gentle, handsome, excellent male lunatic fell in love with a dignified, beautiful, selfish, manic female lunatic...

Ha... Hahaha... This love is really earth-shattering, and Ariel felt that she couldn't bear it for a while...

Now, if Ariel didn't go out just now because she didn't think it was suitable, then now she felt that she was a little scared so she didn't dare to break into the love conversation between the lunatics.She even regretted it a little, and wanted to turn her head to look for Mochi, and let her call these two instead of herself.

"Do you want to eat?"

But when Ariel was wondering whether she should turn back, the voice of the princess came from there again.

Ariel turned her head and saw the princess took out a medicine bottle from the pocket under her cloak and waved it in front of Dak.