After Becoming The Tyrant

Longsword, Iron Gauntlet, Defender.

The king drew his sword and put it on General John's shoulder.

"In the name of Qiangwei, you will be my defender from now on."

He gazed into General John's eyes and announced.

General John knocked on his heart: "For the glory of Rose!"

Behind the king, the rose knights watched this scene. They drew out their long swords and held them up high: "For the glory of roses!"

Dignity, glory, vows.

This is the knight!

The king mounted his horse, and General John rode at his side, just as the Duke of Buckingham had done when he followed William III.

The standing triumphant marched forward again.

The welcoming crowd cheered, passing by on the red carpet spread out inside the Iron Armored Torrent City Gate, and people on both sides threw flowers on the triumphant knight.

The return of Balboa and Newcana to Legrand was an extraordinary victory.

When the Duke of Buckingham and the news of the death of the imperial lion came back to the country, everyone was sad and desperate, but immediately after the king declared to the people with his victory: Henry the Mad King, Charles the Lion King, after William III, Rogue Lang once again had a monarch strong enough.

He has grown enough to take over the heavy responsibility entrusted to him by his father and uncle and lead people to victory.

After 1000 years of division and disintegration, all the Legrand people who were fascinated by the previous prosperity are eager to see the scene of the unification of the flag. Balbo and New Cana are like a prologue, and they are seeing the dawn of hope.

The citizens of Mezl Castle put on red clothes symbolizing roses early, and flooded into the streets to meet the triumphant king and his knights. They extended a warm welcome to the victorious knights.In the streets, people built huge and elaborate fake castles, and painted theater actors sang in the castles to record generations of outstanding kings.

These plays, even the congratulations of Castle Mezl to her sovereign, are the pleas of the people:

They asked the king to continue leading his knights to guard the country.

When the king and his knights came to the center of the castle, some little boys and girls wearing rose garlands ran out of the crowd, their cheeks were red.These boys and girls took off the wreaths on their heads and presented them to the brave knights. The king also bent down to receive the childlike gift from a little girl.

After laying the wreaths, the little girls and boys held hands, and they sang, leading the way for the king and them:

"Long live, flower of the world, brave Knight Legrand!"

A chronicler witnessed the scene where the king took the garland from the girl, and he wrote this excitedly: "Excellent and strong and steadfast king, loyal defender, fearless knight, Love their people... such Legrand, such a Rose family, who can say that we cannot witness the arrival of glory?

After a long period of disintegration, there will be a great and glorious unity. "

The whole city gave her gifts and cheers to the king and his knights.

Wearing a double-breasted coat, First Officer Charles stood in the crowd. He watched the king walk into the Rose Palace surrounded by people, and General John accompanied him.Charles was slightly relieved. He raised his head and watched the rehearsal in the fake castle, which happened to be the scene where William III made the 36 nations bow their heads.

"Are all the Qiangwei family like this? William."

Charles asked softly.

Tough, silent, no matter how heavy the burden is, they always walk forward step by step with a straight spine, making people feel that they are omnipotent.It wasn't until the moment they died that they suddenly understood that they were also mortals and would die.So did William, and so did the Duke of Buckingham.

They will always let people see their own strength, from beginning to end, like a knife, a sword, and a shield.

Charles' voice was drowned in cheers.

When he received the news of the Duke of Buckingham's death, Charles was still not relieved after all, and rushed back from the southeast coast to assist General John in dealing with Legrand's internal affairs.Before leaving, he asked Captain Hawkins if he wanted to come back too.

At least, attend the Duke of Buckingham's funeral.

Charles didn't say this, but Hawkins must have understood.

The slightly cold sea breeze was blowing, and the ghost ship "Jenny" was gently rising and falling with the tide. Captain Hawkins, who was always unruly with a slanted hat, was sitting on the railing, shaking the wine bottle: "I won't go back, nobleman You can't believe a single word you say... I'll continue to be a coolie for him here."

None of the words of the nobles can be believed. Those who once said they would step on the deck died in the flames of war before seeing the old fellows again.

Charles pulled up his collar, and he followed the crowd to the palace.

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After completing the entire triumphant process, the king came to the residence of the Duke of Buckingham.

The residence of the Duke of Buckingham is very close to the Rose Palace. It was given to the Duke of Buckingham by William III. The emblem of the Rose family is engraved on the main entrance of the mansion.But after walking in, one can feel that, as a duke's mansion, its interior layout is a bit too shabby.

The sudden death of William III caused Legrand to fall into chaos. At that time, the Duke of Buckingham used almost all of his wealth to support the royal family's finances.But these dukes never mentioned it to him. After he became an adult, the duke burned all those IOUs.

When the king was just sober and wanted to collect [-] pounds to redeem his cousin, he once asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer about his income.The answer he got at that time surprised him.

For so many years, the Duke of Buckingham, like an ascetic, did not value pleasure. His only hobby was probably collecting weapons and armor.

The king walks along a long corridor where many armors are displayed.

He looked at a set of armors. These armors were not antiques, and even most of them were dilapidated.General John told him in a low voice that some of these armors belonged to the Duke himself, and more were left by his soldiers every time.After every battle, the Duke of Buckingham always tried his best to collect the armor of the dead knights.

"He looks at these armors a lot."

General John looked at the bloody armor.

The king looked around, as if he saw the white-haired old man walking alone through this corridor—he put his armor and the armor of the sacrificial knight together, did he think that they would still accompany him?

"He was always a good general."

the king whispered.

That's why there are so many people who will charge with him without hesitation when he draws his sword, so there are still so many people who forgot to be afraid of fighting on the battlefield after his death, just to let his coffin step on The land he wanted to reclaim.

They came to the end of the corridor, which was the study of the Duke of Buckingham.

"I put things on the table." General John looked at the king. "Every time he goes out, he will write a letter to me. If he fails to come back, I will give it to you. If he comes back, Just burn the letters. That's the only thing I didn't do that he asked me to do...I've kept them all. I think you'll want to see them all."

"Thank you."

The king put his hand on the doorknob, took a deep breath, and slowly pushed open the extremely heavy door.

Candles were burning in the study, the fireplace was still burning, and many manuscripts were displayed on the floor-to-ceiling bookcase.The desk was placed by the window, and a chair with worn-out armrests was slightly pulled away. On the back of the chair was the red cloak sent by the king to the Duke of Buckingham.

Everything looked as if the owner of the study had just left for a while and would be back.

The king watched everything in the room quietly for a long time, then closed the door and walked in alone.

He looked around the study, walked to the table, reached out and picked up the neat stack of letters.

Opening the first letter, the familiar strong and powerful words came into view:

"His Majesty:

Please allow me to apologize to you, when you read this letter, I can no longer walk with you..."

The vision suddenly became blurred, the king slid down slowly against the table, and a sense of astringency rolled up, and he could no longer hold on.

A cold truth has never been so strong——

In the future, the Duke of Buckingham will never accompany him to deal with those political affairs... No one can read all the letters first and sort out the important ones for him.No one will ever say to him, go out with me for a walk.

In the overwhelming coldness, the king raised his hands to cover his face, and he gasped in a low voice.

From now on, who else will give him a fatherly hug?

There is a thick stack of letters, each of which represents a battle of the Duke of Buckingham.After William III died of illness, what remained for the Duke of Buckingham was not only his infant nephew, but also a turbulent, war-torn Legrand... Over the years, the Duke has been like this, with one game after another. Knowing whether they can survive the war, defended the Qiangwei family's land.

Every time he played, he was ready to die on the battlefield.

The king read the letter.

In each letter, the Duke of Buckingham made a detailed analysis of the changes in the domestic situation after his death, from which nobleman's character to which state the country might take. , who is loyal to the royal family...

If he died in battle, the king could follow his advice to stabilize the political situation. If he won, the king would not know how his uncle was preparing to go into battle.

So many letters, so many wars of life and death.

Everyone is afraid of a war where human lives are worthless, and no matter how outstanding a knight is, it is possible to die in any accident in the war.What kind of person can prepare himself to die in battle time and time again?

He is a well-deserved imperial lion.

The king read them one by one, as if seeing a chaotic political situation gradually calming down in the face of the Duke of Buckingham's determination, and seeing himself growing up gradually.

The Duke of Buckingham's letters have been gentle but firm.

He is a ruthless general, a brave and fearless knight, and a gentle uncle.

Only the last letter remains, longer than all the previous ones.

"...I'm sorry, Your Majesty, for making you bear the entire fate of Legrand from birth."

This letter was written before the Pingdi Northland rebellion. At that time, he had already woken up from his madness, and the Qiangwei family's crazy gamble won.The Duke of Buckingham had never mentioned this matter in his previous letters, when he was still in the torment of madness, and the Duke did not want to make him bear any more responsibility.

In the last letter, the Duke of Buckingham told him all about his choice with William.

"The last thing I couldn't tell you before, I hope this will make you happy, my dear child." The Duke of Buckingham's handwriting finally brought some lightness, as if a heavy stone that had weighed on his heart for a long time Finally let go, "About your mother..."

The door was gently pushed open.

The King looked up, realizing that the Duke of Buckingham had left himself one last gift.

In front of the door, a woman with black hair and green eyes looked at him with tears in her eyes, trying to show a smile.