Realm of Power

Audrey pushed open the door of the study room in front of her and looked at the figure inside, her beautiful eyebrows slightly furrowed. She was wearing a long purple skirt, with two long legs wrapped in black lambskin long pointed boots, and she was walking elegantly. The 7cm slender heels of the pointed-toed boots stepped on the old wooden stairs, making a "creak" sound, as if reminding someone

"Miss Audrey, I wonder if there is any news about the books I entrusted to me?"

The black-haired young man heard the footsteps and came back from his thoughts. He raised his head and looked at her. His sharp eyes made Audrey feel a little scared. But now she has adapted to this guy's characteristics. This guy The gaze may be like this naturally, that is, it looks a little scary, but in fact, it just looks like that if you get used to it.

Except for the seemingly wise and trembling words he showed at the beginning, in the following time, this guy felt like a dude waiting to die. He was able to get as far as Lakoye at this age. To serve as an adjutant next to such an important official in the empire, he must be a descendant of one of the powerful people in the empire.

If there was an enigmatic impression before, now Audrey feels that she looks down on that lazy guy more and more.

As the adjutant of Mr. Rakoye, the chief internal affairs officer of the Feishan region of the empire, an imperial officer with a bright future did not follow in the footsteps of his chief officer to the battlefield. Instead, like a lazy bear in winter, he stayed on the battlefield. At home, I read various Fei Shan books out of boredom every day. Even an aristocratic woman like Audrey thought that a whole book A man who buries himself in a pile of books every day is destined to do nothing. Not to mention, in just a few days, this guy has almost read through all the books his father has collected for many years, and read It's extremely bad. Most of them just take a look at it. Only those who are interested will take a few more glances and then change to another one.

This is simply an insult to book collectors and disrespectful to these ancient books that record the ancient historical documents of Feishan. As the daughter of Hakara, a lover of ancient books, Audrey undoubtedly also has a considerable hobby. Seeing her treasures being used by others Ignoring the general random rummaging, if it were not for the identity of the other emperor, he would have ordered the servants to drive this lazy guy away!

"Hmm... No, you also know that those books cannot be bought with money. You need to be lucky enough to collect them, but this is not a very important thing to you. "

Audrey answered with a cold face, placed a few books in her hand in front of the black-haired young man, with a mocking smile on her lips, and said, "Although I didn't buy what you wanted, these are the latest books. , maybe it can relieve your boredom for a while, it’s hard to say, they were just released recently, and I heard the sales are very good!”

"It's really not that important, I just wanted to take a look on a whim." The black-haired young man seemed a little absent-minded, and he didn't notice that Audrey's tone was actually sarcastic. He glanced at Audrey and threw it at her. There were a few books on the table, and he seemed to realize what it was, and he was slightly surprised, "Is this it? Do you have it now?" "Are you an Imperial person? You haven't even read it? In the past two years, you have Very popular!"

Audrey rolled her eyes disdainfully at the black-haired young man and said coldly, "Since the empire mastered the papermaking technology in the past few years, it has rapidly replaced the previously expensive animal skin paper with cheap paper on a large scale, and has also mastered With the printing technology from the East and Central Asia, books can be printed at a speed that was unimaginable in the past. With more books, the price will naturally be cheaper. In this era of chaos and conflict, These various kinds of fantasy are naturally popular, but they are just the fantasy of some boring authors, but I think they are very suitable for people like you. Anyway, you are all the same kind of people, so you should be able to resonate with them! ""Oh! , Is that so? I didn’t expect Miss Audrey to know me so well, I’m really flattered! , In fact, I care more about this than these books, I wonder if there are any other Hakara families.”

The black-haired young man had a smile on his face. In the spacious sunroom, there was a desk by the window. The warm fireplace in the corner was burning brightly. In the quiet environment, the crackling sound of the wood was like jumping. The lazy guy pretended to be thinking and took out a book from the bookshelf against the wall.

"Be careful, that's the only one."

When her eyes fell on the book in the black-haired young man's hand, Audrey's pupils tightened, her face changed, and she said angrily. It was an only copy collected by Hakara. The cover was gorgeously decorated with deerskin. Audrey bought it with her own hands at a large price from a run-down noble of Feishan, and that run-down noble was a wealthy nobleman in the former Feishan Kingdom. The branch of Shan San's three wealthy families sold the last thing of the family after their financial resources were exhausted. This is enough to show how precious this book is. I didn't expect that this fat man's eyes would be so poisonous. There are so many books on the whole bookshelf. That one was not good, so I took out this one

"Okay, don't be so nervous, that's what I said."

The fat man looked at Audrey's nervous pretty face, smiled mischievously, and put the solitary book back to its original place. He unexpectedly saw so many old books by Fei Shan at Hakara's house, many of which were about Fei Shan. Historically, since he wanted to completely rectify the Feishan area, Fatty thought it would be good to understand the history of Feishan. It was necessary. After all, the war was fought too hastily. I actually turned a blind eye to this conquered area. I happened to stay in Bolong City and had nothing to do for the time being, so I simply used Hakara's house as a place to relax. What's more, in addition to these books, there is also Audrey, a lively beauty.

"As Lord Lakoye's adjutant, do you really not need to follow your superior?" Audrey's eyes flashed and she asked in a serious voice.

"As an adjutant, of course I should follow my superior, but Mr. Lakoye is not my superior, so I don't need to follow him." The fat man calmly picked up a book "Prince in Tragedy" on the table and said, "The Prince in Tragedy is in trouble." He found a beautiful girl, and then the girl helped the prince. After the prince returned to the country, he married the girl as the queen. Sure enough, it was still the same old routine of the knights in the past! But in this war! For this era, it is still quite attractive. Both civilian girls and noble girls have always been extremely enthusiastic about this routine. Think about how Snow White, Cinderella and the like can be circulated for hundreds of years, which is enough to illustrate its hugeness. Destructive power!" The fat man looked through it casually and said with a wry smile, "What are you talking about when you said you were not Lord Lakoye's adjutant?"

Audrey's face showed anger. Although she said she looked down on these things, in fact, as an unmarried girl waiting in the pavilion, who has never seen this kind of thing? The complex inside is murderous for women. Originally, she wanted to I wanted to deliberately mock the other person, but I didn’t expect this lazy guy to be so calm and composed.

"It seems we have some misunderstandings. How about we change the topic?" The fat man sat down on his seat.

"Before you explain clearly, there is no need for us to talk about anything!" Audrey's pretty face showed a hint of coldness. She was still thinking about the meaning of the fat man's words just now. If the dead fat man is not Mr. Lakoye's Adjutant, then why are you with Lord Lakoye?

"This is really reassuring. There is no need to discuss the life and death of Hakaris and the future of the Hakara family? I thought Miss Audrey was caring about me so much these days because she wanted to know the empire's whereabouts. It's a military deployment, so that I can inform your brother. It seems that I have overthought it." The fat man crossed his legs and put them on the table, smiling relaxedly.

"you!"

Audrey was shocked when the fat man told the main story. Her delicate body was shaken. She looked at the fat man with a stiff face. This fat man actually knew that his brother's name was Harkalis, and he seemed to be... I was very aware of the fact that my brother was on the rebel side. From the beginning, This damn fat man knew everything about the Hakara family. Thinking of this, Audrey felt that her body was paralyzed. It was difficult to move a finger. She felt that the other person's eyes were like a knife. He said that he was nailed to death from the inside out! Now there is a group of heavily armed imperial soldiers stationed outside the villa, who can eradicate the entire Hakara family at any time!

"Don't be so nervous. If I were to harm the Hakara family, the Hakara family would have ceased to exist!" The fat man picked up the silver water glass on the table and shrugged his shoulders. "The rebels always have one more officer named Hakaris." , it doesn’t matter to the empire at all. Since the empire can hand over the trading rights of the entire Feishan coast to the Hakara family, it is enough to show the empire’s trust in the Hakara family.”

"Now, what do you decide to do? This... Your Excellency!"

Audrey's pretty face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and she turned slightly red under the other party's sharp gaze. After so many days, she still didn't know the other party's name. The other party was obviously up to some kind of conspiracy, and Audrey is quite confident about her appearance." Lakoye has already gone to attack Danzig City, one of the three cities in the rebellion. This news should be spread soon, so you don't need to send it every day. People went to expend effort to explore "

The fat man took a sip of tea and turned the silver ornate teacup with his fingers. The teacup was made of typical Feishan silver filigree inlays. On the side of the teacup was the heraldic mark of a lion wearing a laurel wreath holding a white sword. There are three red and blue gemstones on the laurel crown, and the tea cup is also inlaid with three small red and blue gemstones using superb inlay skills. "This is not something that the Hakara family can have."

The fat man put down the gorgeous silver tea cup in his hand and smiled at the nervous Audrey. "This is already related to the royal family. It can be seen that the Hakara family has grown from the dilapidated Feishan during the social fluctuations in Feishan in the past year. The royal nobles got a lot of good things from their hands. Hakara himself, your father can use such a tea set that represents his identity with peace of mind, which also shows that Hakara I, as rumored, have no ambitions for advancement at all. "In this case, why not simply become an agent of the empire. I believe you should also know very well that the Halaka family gets the entire Feishan coastal area. What does trade rights mean? If you don’t want to be killed by those Feishan nobles, you have no choice but to kill those Feishan nobles, right?”

"I have been reading the history of Feishan these past few days. Since the collapse of the Millennium Dynasty, the Feshan people have been sandwiched between the two major regions of Central Europe, Barrow and Istan. For more than three hundred years, all monarchs have been poor soldiers. Mo Wu struggled to survive under tremendous pressure, and his full name was Ji Bing. Only then did he develop his inner strength in the last ten years. Only then did the Feishan Kingdom rise strongly, but this dynasty has already squeezed out its own power. Once it suffers a heavy blow, it will be destroyed. After two hundred years of prosperity and sublimation, it is already worthy of gratitude. It is natural to lose all this! That's why." The fat man said slowly.

"Do you mean that I, Feishan, should be annexed by the empire?"

"The weak prey on the strong, everyone is out to mess around. Since you have stepped onto the ladder of ambition and want to reach the sky, you must be prepared to fall down. Even if it is not the empire, there will be other countries that will defeat Fei Shan. On the contrary, compared to For me, the empire's rule over Fei Shan is already the best outcome! But now the fate of Fei Shan is in front of you, and it is your mission to make a choice!"

"Why are you telling me this? I'm not the patriarch of the Hakara family. You should go and tell my father." Audrey was suffocated by the fat man's breath. There was a stubbornness in the corner of her pretty mouth. She originally thought that the other party might have some intention towards her, but she didn't expect that the other party would say something like this, "What does Fei Shan's fate have to do with me? Does this lazy guy have all his abilities in one mouth?" On! "I tell you because I think you have something your father doesn't have, which is courage! Your father has been inactive all his life, not because he has no ambition, but because he does not have the courage to take that step! The empire pushed him to the forefront, but Whether he can survive in the end depends on what you do."

The fat man stood up from his seat with a stern expression, went to the window and looked out at the city streets. The cold wind was blowing on the bare branches, and the pedestrians walking on the street could only wrap their bodies tightly.

The fat man retracted his gaze and looked at the confused Audrey behind him. "In ten days, the Imperial Army will bypass Danzig and attack the rebel base camp Badya. This time, not only the army, but also the Imperial Navy fleet will participate in the battle. Ba Deya won't be able to hold on for long. As long as you pass this news on, the nobles in Badya will definitely seek help. The Hakara family's gang, because only the Hakara family's fleet can leave safely under the imperial navy's blockade. That is the sea. In such a cold season, falling into the sea will be fatal!" "You want me to be at sea! Kill them! "Audrey's delicate body trembled suddenly, feeling that all her energy and energy had been drained away.

"You don't have to kill them, and then you can wait for them to kill your father!" In Audrey's eyes, the fat man was even more imposing at this moment, and his black eyes were shining with intense light, as if they were ignited in gems. There is a strange evil feeling in the burning and dancing flames rw