Realm of Power

"Zheniya! It's you!"

Turrit Colleen looked at the woman who was riding in the same carriage with the family housekeeper with surprise. This woman's name was Zheniya. She was her second sister's personal maid. She dared to address her family as a maid. The name of the housekeeper shows how much the family attaches importance to the second sister.

"Am I wrong? I know some people are jealous of Miss's extremely enviable marriage."

The woman wearing a white veil spoke in an arrogant and arrogant tone. She looked at Turrit Colleen with a clear look of hostility and said in a cold tone, "This kind of thing is a major matter related to the future of the family. Even if it is... Being full of envy and jealousy is beyond what some people can hope for! "

"I'm not interested in witches. I came here for other reasons and asked to see my mother!"

Turrit Colleen stood there with a solemn expression, her ten thin fingers clenched together because of these words, her nails dug into the palms of her hands, and there was a heartbreaking pain. Do you need her identity as a witch? As a dignified imperial princess, she would have ignored this false title a long time ago, if not. . . . . .

When Zheniya saw Turrit Colleen staying there, she thought she had hit on Turrit Colleen's weakness, and her tone became even more unscrupulous. "I said Miss Colleen, even if you lie, you have to find a convincing reason! What a pity," she said. , the Strand people want it. She is a real Turit witch, not an ordinary woman who has been deprived of her Turit name! How can someone have the nerve to come back here after he has abandoned this great surname? You are not welcome here, servant. Drive people away immediately! "

"you!"

Turit Corin's face turned pale with anger and her body trembled slightly. She didn't expect that just a little maid would dare to be so arrogant. If in the past, this Zheniya dared to show any face to her, it seems that in the eyes of most people in the family, she has no status at all!

"You guys, you didn't hear what I said, you still don't want to do it here! Ah!" Zheniya looked at the attendants and shouted again in a sharp tone. But with a loud slap, her shouts stopped abruptly. Her arrogant and domineering face was slapped hard, and her miserable howling sounded like a pig being killed.

"You dare to hit me! You dare to hit...Ah." Zheniya covered her face and took a few steps back in pain. She looked in disbelief and looked at the sudden appearance of Turrit Colin next to her with fear. The female guard in black skirt walked straight out. That frightened look was like that of a lost dog

She looked at the attendants for help, and watched with horrified eyes as the female guard's hand was raised high and fell again, with a strong wind blowing hard on her fair face.

"Pa"

The loud slaps that echoed through the rain made everyone raise their eyebrows and make everyone feel terrified.

Too cruel! . Several attendants were dumbfounded. The incident was so sudden that they did not react.

Only the housekeeper Takano seemed to have seen nothing, but raised her eyebrows slightly. She was the housekeeper of the super wealthy Burrows family. She had never seen anything like this before, but she didn't expect that the cold-faced woman next to Miss Third could have such great strength.

"Crack"

As the third slap sounded, the huge force directly knocked Zheniya's soft body more than a meter away. She rolled several times in the rain on the ground, and blood flowed from the corner of Zheniya's split mouth. It flows out like white rain mixed with red, so eye-catching,

This time, the whole person completely fainted in the rain, looking extremely miserable.

Everyone was stunned. Several attendants at the door looked at a loss and wanted to step forward, but the housekeeper coughed dryly and looked indifferent. Several attendants stepped back with strange expressions. Everyone could see it. Well, the third young lady in front of me is definitely the core figure of the family. This fight involving the Burrows family is not something that a few of my servants can handle.

"You know what I mean!"

The female guard Lina's expression was as usual, her sharp eyes were withdrawn from the retreating attendants, she turned around and walked back to Turrit Corinne who was still in a daze, picked up the umbrella on the ground again, and said in a calm tone, "As a guard , It is my duty to protect the master, princess, is such a family really worthy of you? "

Turit Colin looked at Zheniya who had passed out in the rain with a complicated expression, then looked at the family housekeeper with a cold face, took a deep breath, and said to that person with an unquestionable tone. The butler, who was obviously helping him, said slowly "Long Ze, tell my mother that this marriage between the family and the Strand people will have some twists and turns, but I will try my best to promote it! Please relax! I hope to meet her, Liant Road Seventy No. 1, I’ll be there for now!”

"I will obey your words, Miss Third! I will bring your words to the patriarch!"

The noble lady with a graceful expression bent down and nodded respectfully in front of everyone. The faces of several attendants became extremely ugly. They were secretly glad that they had not rushed up to her just now. The only women who could call the patriarch mother are the core members of the Turrit family. women, these women Not only are they noble and mysterious, they almost never appear in public. The only ones the attendants can see are the maids of these Turit women. Personal maids like Zheniya who have passed out in the mud are also Each eye saw the great man in the sky.

"Thank you! I will remember those truly good people!" Turrit Colleen nodded to the lady and said with a double entendre. She stepped back onto the waiting black carriage. The coachman raised his whip. The wheels rolled over the rain-filled gravel road and gradually turned into a small black dot.

The graceful lady looked away from the carriage that disappeared in the distance, turned around and prepared to get on the carriage that had just stopped. The situation here must be reported to the clan leader immediately.

"Lord Takano, what should we do with this woman!" The attendant panicked and pointed to Zheniya, who was unconscious in the rain, and asked the housekeeper for instructions.

"she?"

The elegant lady glanced at Zheniya with cold eyes, stretched out her hands to straighten her clothes, and curled her lips slightly. He said coldly, "Just let her stay there. It's time for the second lady to sober up!"

Only a few people in the family know the real reason why the third lady disappeared, and the housekeeper, who is the patriarch's confidant, is one of them.

Faced with the family's suppression for several years, this is an extremely rare opportunity to restore their reputation. The patriarch decisively announced to the outside world that the second young lady was a real witch, and the price of the second sister's personal maid was also raised to the sky. If he hadn't been unwilling to offend the second young lady too much at the critical moment, he would have taken steps to deal with this misfortune. The maid knows her identity! Long Ze opened the door of the carriage with an indifferent expression.

"Bang" the car door slammed shut, and the carriage flew past the puddle beside Zheniya, splashing countless water splashes, and the attendants lowered their heads. Pretend you haven't seen anything

Ten minutes later, after passing through the front corridor of the mansion, the elegant lady Long Ze walked into a room on the third floor of the mansion. She opened the door and saw Andrea, the patriarch of the Turrit family, holding a water glass in her hand and wearing a black dress. Standing on the window sill with a long skirt, she looked deeply at the white raindrops flying in the distance.

"Madam. I just met the third lady at the door!" The graceful lady closed the door, bent down with a respectful look and whispered.

"Colleen? You mean Colleen is back!"

Andrea, who was wearing a black dress, unexpectedly turned around from the window sill. In terms of appearance, Andrea was worthy of being the head of the witch family. She was still beautiful, mature and graceful even though she was over forty. The whole body exudes a charming charm that only mature women can have. The housekeeper Long Ze told Andrea what happened at the door just now and what Colleen Turrit said word for word. Hearing Andrea frown slightly, Andrea said softly, "You mean, Coleen Lin told you that there will be some twists and turns in this marriage with the Strand people. "Is that what you mean?"

"Yes, although the third lady didn't say it clearly! But I can feel it. It seems to be a problem with the empire!" Butler Takashi nodded and replied

"It's no wonder that the wedding representatives from the Strand people have arrived, but there is no one with real royal status! This is not in line with the content of the previous discussion." Andrea looked stunned, and picked up the wedding with her white fingers. A document on the table, said slowly

"This is the gift list this time. If it really involves the empire, let our people put it on hold immediately. After all, it is the Falcon Empire that controls Putou now! I will go see Colleen. Before there is a clear answer, Put this marriage on hold indefinitely"

A chill flashed through Andrea's charming eyes, her beautiful eyebrows were lightly swept, her bright eyes looked bright and beautiful, the makeup on her face was more colorful and charming than usual, the bright red lip gloss, the beautiful outline looked more three-dimensional, and the high plate An emerald green hairpin is inserted across the bun, and the long black pleated skirt takes this dark temperament to the extreme.

"It will be put on hold indefinitely! Then if the second lady asks more questions..." Butler Takashi showed a hint of shock on his face.

"I will tell you this in person! You don't have to worry about it." Andrea smiled at her confidant, waved her hand indifferently, and moved her eyes to the raindrops flying outside the window, slowly He said, "The second young lady's marriage was originally just a smoke used by the family to divert everyone's attention. The real princess of an empire is the family's biggest trump card, and it is also the foundation that we need to truly maintain."

"It doesn't matter who the miko of this generation is anymore. Even if she has this ability, it's not me, Turit, who will benefit."

Andrea stopped her voice and said slowly, "From now on, the most important thing for the family is to continue the family's bloodline in the most noble ranks of this continent. As for the second young lady's personal maid, you Let’s just do it! I don’t want the person who offended Colleen to still be in the family, you know?”

"Yes, I understand!" Butler Takashi quickly replied, lowering his head secretly in shock. It had been a long time since he saw the hostess so angry. He was also secretly glad that he was right to stand by the third lady, otherwise , even if it is a master-servant relationship for 20 years, Andrea will quickly abandon herself according to Andrea's historical ruthlessness and decisiveness.

"The best outcome is to be assigned to a certain area for retirement. If it is the worst outcome, it's hard to say!"

Thinking of this, even Takano, who was known as the patriarch's confidant, felt a cold feeling coming from his back. "The patriarch seems to have made up his mind to climb the big tree of the Falcon Empire!" With this thought, Long Ze came out of the room with a fearful expression.

The sun shines on the sea, forming a shimmering light on the blue sea. Unknown seabirds fly in the sky. "Pfft" a dark brown dolphin leaps out of the sea and draws a neat line on the sea level. shadow. The splashing white waves splashed directly onto the side of Tigel's fleet more than ten meters away.

The bulging sail made a snapping sound overhead. The tight cables were stretched so hard that they creaked.

The Dragon-class battleship moved very fast under this full wind, as swiftly as a huge iron plow breaking the sea surface. On both wings of the Dragon-class battleship were five fully armed Dragon Tooth battleships. On the mast of the battleship The large falcon flag of the Imperial Navy fluttered in the strong wind.

Under the warm early spring sunshine. After four days of sailing, the Tigel fleet finally entered the imperial patrol waters from the dangerous Gibral waters. The two Dragon Tooth ships patrolling nearby, after receiving the response order from the base camp, arrived at the nearest supply station. I have been waiting for two days.

I saw Tigre's fleet passing the supply point on the distant sea. The two Dragon Ya battleships responsible for the response quickly came over from the supply point. The two Dragon Ya battleships, which were approaching and running side by side, dragged out two eye-catching white lines on the sea, and raised the flag first at a very far distance. The flagman above gestured hurriedly, and soon caught the eye of Stink, who was standing on the deck of a Longya battleship. He looked nervously at the battleship of the same shape. During the past few days aboard the Falcon Navy battleship, the Strand sailor, who was a pirate, seemed curious about everything on the battleship.

"Is this your ship too?"

Stink pointed at the Dragon Tooth Battleship in the distance, looking a little shocked. In the past few days of communication, he gestured in broken Salander. He was acquainted with many sailors on the deck. Under the instruction of Commander Tigel, the captains of the Falcon Empire also took the opportunity of conversation to get information about Strand, and Stink also From the information exchanged, he learned that he was on a battleship of the Northern Falcon Navy. This powerful empire had controlled thousands of miles of sea areas in the northern and central Obarro. This shocked Stink.

Even the Strand Sea Country does not have such a vast sea territory. It is not that the Strant people do not have such strength, but because the inland sea area is too complicated and the forces are intertwined. Even if they temporarily control a certain sea area, It will also be snatched away by other forces soon. The sea is different from the land. There are no key points that can be defended, and it is impossible to build a strong fortress. This is something that makes the Strand people feel very entangled. Special people regard it as the biggest bottleneck that cannot break through the existing structure.

Because if you want to achieve real control of the sea area, you must first control the land area near the sea area, build a permanent port, and station a fleet for a long time. Unfortunately, the Strand people's army is really not very good, and the population of the island country is also limited. So that the Strand people cannot gain the superiority in strength on land,

So the Strand people put their thoughts on the outer continent that was rumored to be connected to the northern end of the continent, hoping to use their naval superiority to establish their own colonial rule on the relatively simple outer continent.

After more than a hundred years of unremitting exploration, the Strand people's exploration has reached the northern end of the continent, and has gained support in the Principality of Putau near the entrance of the crucial Gibral Sea Channel. Just when the Strant people were preparing to When Putao established a solid northward stronghold, the powerful Gangfei Empire invaded Putao with all its strength. , it only took just one week to defeat the capital of the Principality of Putau. The Gangfei Empire was the overlord on land, and the Strand people were the overlords on the sea. Forcibly sending the army to Putau to fight independently was undoubtedly asking for death. , Haiguo's reinforcements heading to Putau had just been assembled to board the ship, when they had to give the order to abandon the reinforcements.

This was a heavy blow to the entire strategy of the Strand Sea Kingdom, and even caused domestic turmoil. The old school believed that the strategy of advancing northward must be abandoned and re-planned the direction of the sea country, while the new faction believed that the northward strategy of a century-old operation must be abandoned. The advance strategy is undoubtedly wrong. Haiguo’s fleet can completely With the help of force, an open point was established directly at the northern end of Obaro. There was a dispute between the two factions, and a series of assassinations and ostracism even occurred. It was against this background that the witches of the Turrit family were asked to marry, but there was only one witch, and there were only two witches. Pie undoubtedly hopes that the witch can prove that he is right!

"It would be great if I had the opportunity to go to the rumored outer continent!" Stink couldn't help but think this way. Suddenly, the sailors cheered and cheered on the deck. "Long live, it's our relief fleet!" We're home! "The depression caused by the long voyage suddenly disappeared, and everyone was smiling.

Even a steady man like the captain of the Dragon Tooth Ship was a little excited. He came over and patted Stinker on the shoulder with a sneer on his face. "Brother, only those who have experienced dangerous and unpredictable seas know how to return to the place protected by the empire." "Safe Zone" is such an enjoyable thing, there are no enemies here, we are as safe as at home! "

Following the direction of the captain's finger, Stink saw on the sea not far away, a fleet of dragon tooth ships breaking through the waves, dragging a long white mark on the stern of the ship, passing by the side, and sailing for a while. About an hour later, the sea surface finally began to change, and a winding continent appeared at the far end of the sea level.

The white sky and earth suddenly magically gained a dazzling green color, which is the color of the woods on the mainland hills in the March season. The sea breeze was fresh, white seagulls appeared on the masts circling, and the world glowed with their unique calls. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes at Qidian. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)