hunting light

In September of 14750 in the new calendar, under the repeated urging of Pope Alfonso III and the coordination of the United Nations, the ruling party of the Byron Empire finally ceased fire with the Kruvia side and started the first peace talks since the war.

In September, Glory, the imperial capital, was still deeply sweltered in the sweltering heat of early autumn. Even the Champs Elysees Palace located on the mountainside was not easy in the daytime.

In the leisurely afternoon, the palace people sat in the shade of the trees in the garden to enjoy the cool and chat.

Entertaining gossip, noble scandals, and finally talked about the war that is extremely far away from here.

"I really don't know if the peace talks will succeed this time. I wish the war would end. My sister's boyfriend has joined the army. This girl almost sheds tears every day when she mentions it."

"But Prince Louis still firmly believes that he is the heir to the throne." A female official was worried. "You have all seen his televised speech. He also said that the empress dowager can testify for him."

"Don't mention this matter." An elderly female official said angrily, "You all forgot that when His Majesty questioned the Empress Dowager, most of the palace was alarmed? That poor lady fainted several times. ,I swear to God that I don’t know anything. I believe her. I have served her for almost half my life. She is indeed a very...simple woman. It’s not like she did this. "

"But His Majesty still refuses to trust his mother. Speaking of which, the Empress Dowager has been sent to the Shire Palace by His Majesty for half a year. Don't you really plan to bring her back?"

"Don't you understand?" The others lowered their voices, "Until His Majesty has dealt with Prince Louis, the Queen Mother will not be taken back. Princess Sophie was also kicked out of the palace by His Majesty because of her sympathy for Louis, and she was asked to meet with Prince Louis." The queen mother is with you."

"Speaking of..." The elder female officer looked sad, "Your Majesty's temper is really getting worse and worse..."

All the female officials showed a look of understanding, and nodded with bitter faces.

"It's completely different from before he took the throne. He's a completely different person."

"The last time there was an aide named Louis, His Majesty smashed him with a bottle and kicked him out of the court. Since then, all the men with similar names in the palace, whether aides or guards, have all changed their names. gone."

"He scolded the ministers every day. Seriously, those grown-ups are noble lords, but they are like a dog that has made a mistake with His Majesty."

"Do you know?" One of the youngest female officers hooked her fingers at her companions and smiled ambiguously, "Your Majesty must sleep with at least two lovers. Sometimes all the lovers will be summoned to take turns. Luckily..."

Except for the disgusted faces of the two older female officials, all the young girls covered their mouths and laughed, obviously they had heard a lot about the emperor's scandal.

"I heard from my roommate too."

"My handkerchief acquaintance is the lady in the bedroom, she told me in person. The man who said it was not his turn, just sat and waited, watching His Majesty and others...that..."

The girls were both excited and obscene, cooing and laughing like a flock of little pigeons.

"Have you seen His Majesty's new favorite boy? I think he looks the most like the Duke of Oran among all the men! He is the younger version!"

"I now believe that the Duke and His Majesty are innocent."

"Isn't it? Otherwise, why would Your Majesty look for a lover who looks exactly like him, because you didn't get him!"

"But the Duke of Oran is really a man like a god!"

With this exclamation, all the female officials showed longing looks, and the spring spirit floated on their faces.

"I used to think he was a country bumpkin. But now he is the most noble gentleman I have ever seen in the twenty years I have been at court."

"Do you know, what I admire most about him is that this man seems to know everything." Even the oldest female officer couldn't help saying in an admiring tone, "He always knows how to solve difficulties. No matter how rare , He will know how to deal with unexpected things. You can completely trust his wise and decisive, follow him. "

"The Duke of Oran was once the crown prince's man." The little lady smiled, "If His Majesty Adam hadn't passed away too early, he should be the one sitting on the throne now? Anthony IV, right?"

The female officials who were chatting and laughing before suddenly fell silent, and they didn't answer this question.

The little female officer had an epiphany in the white eyes, and laughed.She hurriedly found a new topic.

"Have you all heard about Princess Elsa's blind date?"

The stale atmosphere was finally revived, and the ladies began to comment on the princess's blind date.

Behind the fence not too far from these female officials, a handsome middle-aged gentleman was walking under the shade of a tree holding the hand of a young lady.

These two people are exactly the two parties involved in the gossip among the female officials.

"I hope you don't care too much about the girls' mouths, Cousin Anthony." Princess Elsa smiled, "You have been the hottest man in the palace for more than half a year. Omegas love you, and Alpha youths admire you you."

"I'm so honored, but it's too late, Cousin Elsa." The Duke of Oran smiled. "As people like us, it is also one of our obligations to provide a little gossip for the servants."

"It has to be positive gossip." Elsa sighed softly, "I resigned from my job as a university professor and returned to the court to serve as the head of the house for my brother. I wanted to help him establish a good image of the royal family. It’s not that he’s messing around with a group of men every night!”

"I admire your contribution to the royal family very much." The Duke said, "But Raphael said that he can't sleep well, and he is very resistant to using drugs, so he only needs to take... physical stimulation to make himself fall asleep."

"It's the war that puts too much pressure on him." Elsa said, "I know you don't like this peace negotiation. Although I believe you really want to promote a ceasefire agreement."

"I am trying to change the situation by myself, just like an ant trying to lift an elephant." The Duke said.

"I think you can do it, dear cousin." Elsa smiled deeply, "Winston's resignation has been placed on Raphael's desk. The military department is already in your pocket. You Soon he will become the person who is under one person and above ten thousand people in this empire."

The Duke of Oran twitched his eyebrows imperceptibly, and said with a low laugh: "Everything I do is to serve His Majesty and the Empire. Let us stop talking about politics and military affairs, which will make ladies bored Talk about your latest blind date? Did you see any young lads who were interested?"

Elsa smiled erratically: "Yeah, I'm just a Beta girl. What do I know..."

They walked away along the boulevard.

The first peace talks after the war almost "lived up to expectations" ended in failure.

The artillery fire on the front sounded again.

After the "K-17 Star Incident", the Marquess of Winston was impeached all over his head, and finally took the blame and resigned.

The Duke of Oran immediately succeeded Winston as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Army, while continuing to serve as Chief of Staff to the Emperor's Cabinet.

Since then, the former crown prince, after spending a full 90 years wandering around the empire, finally returned to the top of the empire's power center.

The Duke in the TV media is handsome, noble, personable, full of convincing calmness and wisdom.Such a duke is the political leader that the people most look forward to seeing, the leader they can rely on and follow with confidence.

After the Duke of Oran became the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Army, the first order he gave was: Immediately increase the output of artillery fire on Kruvia, attack fiercely, and strive to take Kruvia in the shortest possible time. .

This military order immediately received cheers and applause from all over the country.

Earl Wilman, the eldest son of the Duke of Oran, led a powerful force, like a black sword, stabbing towards the heart of Cruvia——

Three years later.

January 14753, 7 in the new calendar.

Cruvia, Capital Star, Ferri.

Seen from space, Ferri Star is no different from other inhabited planets, except that it has a natural star ring composed of meteorite groups, such as a belt intertwined with yellow and purple.

At this moment, outside the star ring, thousands of large and small interstellar warships, shuttles, and individual mechas are scattered in the vast sky near the planet, bathed in the sunlight of the stars.Looking from the ground of Feili Star, these warships should be shining like stars in the daytime.

This planet, now inhabited by 4000 million inhabitants, is the last remaining territory of the Cruvia regime.

The air force of the Croatian army had been slaughtered by the imperial army in the previous "Battle of Twin Peaks", and now there is not even a third-level starship that can lift into the air.The remaining army forces were almost stacked with people, and the central city of the capital was surrounded like a huge ant nest.

King Luis of Cruvia and his newly married queen, their newborn son and daughter, are hiding in the deepest part of this lair, waiting for the bell of their final judgment to ring.

Today is the third day since the imperial army came to Ferry, and it is also the first day of the last peace talks in this four-year civil war.

Sir Branson squeezed his beating heart tightly, followed the soldiers of the Imperial Army leading the way, and walked into the conference room of the army flagship 'Deep Sea Dawn'.

As the special envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kruvia, Sir Branson, on behalf of King Louis I, came to negotiate with this army that had reached the door.

In fact, everyone knows well that the so-called negotiation is just a euphemism for "begging for mercy".

Kruvia's remaining military strength is like a chicken egg in the palm of the hand in front of the imperial army.The imperial army only needs to use a little force, and it can easily crush the Greek army into a puddle of egg paste.

Fortunately, in order to put on a high profile of the army of justice, coupled with the unremitting dissuasion of the Holy See, the two sides had this last chance for peace talks.

The flagship meeting room is covered with crimson blankets, and outside the huge French windows on both sides, imperial warships are dotted all over.Small unmanned fighter planes passed by the window like a flock of birds, shuttling among the warships.

In the conference room, senior military officers abound, all casting indifferent glances at Sir Branson.Sir Branson adjusted his breathing, and under the guidance of the guards, he walked towards the officer in the center of the crowd.

The general who was called "War Ghost" by the Cruvia army was still very young.Even though his face was much more mature than that of his peers due to his years of leading troops in battle, he still looked like he was only in his twenties.

Although he had seen Leonardo Coleman's appearance in countless military newspapers and private media, Sir Branson was still deeply shocked when he saw him in person for the first time.

There is no doubt about the handsomeness of this young military officer. He stands out among a group of military officers, and his well-proportioned figure would put supermodels to shame.His military career endowed him with a blade-like temperament.

When he turned those ice-blue eyes to look over, Branson felt that he was instantly seen through by the other party.From heartbeat to sweating, from panic to involuntary worship, all were exposed in that ice field.

In the past three years or so, this young warrior has repeatedly created miracles on the battlefield, and his father is already the actual ruler of the Byron Empire.

Even in Kruvia, which is very closed due to information blockade, the people know little about Emperor Raphael and are not interested, but they are tirelessly collecting news about the father and son, and they have a fearful and uncontrollable worship of them. .

Those were the people living in the war-torn era, and they instinctively yearned for Alpha, which symbolizes power.

"Sir Branson, it's an honor to meet you." Although Major General Coleman's face was cold, there was nothing lacking in etiquette.He took the initiative to extend his hand to the special envoy.

"It is my honor, General." Sir Branson shook the general's hand in trepidation, "Please allow me, on behalf of the people of Cruvia, to express my gratitude for your decision to cease fire."

Leon smiled politely, with a very deep and honest voice: "The people have always been the most innocent victims in war. I have always spared no effort to fight for the rights and interests of civilians in the flames of war. But many times, with my own strength, I can What can be done is still limited. If Prince Louis can give up his rule over Cruvia and return to the empire, then we can avoid the next war."

Oh, it really cut to the chase.

Sir Branson smiled wryly.The officials of both sides sat down on both sides of the long table, and the orderly delivered fragrant lemon mint tea.

"The third-party special envoy of the Holy See seems to be delayed by something, and will arrive later." Leon held a teacup, with a trace of impatience flashing across his brows, "But those monks will only say 'Take a step back, each. 'Turn off the flames' talk is never constructive. So I think we can leave them alone and get started."

The iron-blooded and tough "War Ghost" Coleman actually likes to drink this kind of black tea preferred by literati and refined scholars. This idea flashed through Sir Branson's mind.

After all, he is an experienced diplomatic envoy. After the initial panic, he quickly found his own rhythm.

The author has something to say: Baby Ian is resting today and will come out tomorrow~~~

Let me reorganize the time. Because of the wrong calculation of the Duke's age, the time is a bit wrong.

The story begins in 14740, Ian is 20, and Leon is 12.

Ignore the time difference between the planets.

The two were officially together 10 years later, in 14750.

Counting the full age, one of the two is 30 and the other is 22.

Then another 3 years, one is 33, the other is 25.