The Sun King's Evidence

Ryan had no reason to refuse Antelm's request. He wanted to rely on the strength of the Quinaris Champion Knights Brotherhood, and naturally he had to bear the corresponding responsibilities.

However, he made it clear that Sulia would not participate in this military operation. Attacking the Blackstone stronghold was risky. As his wife, the female knight's role in the territory was much more useful than going on an expedition with her.

Dinner is a sumptuous feast of delicious southern Brittany, including baked escargots, red wine chicken, pan-fried foie gras, fish soup, sirloin steak, baked snails and grilled lobster, carefully prepared by the chef brought by Sulia The food is particularly delicious, and the chef carefully adds truffles to the dishes, ensuring that the guests and guests will enjoy themselves.

By the way, these southern nobles also despised the poor cooking skills and monotonous dishes of the northerners.

After dinner, under the cover of night, Antelm offered to borrow Lane for a while and go out for a walk. Lane nodded, knowing that the earl had something to say to him.

In the boundless starry sky, the two Holy Grail Knights were walking slowly in the forest near the forest hut under the shining of the stars. Ryan fell slightly behind half a step, thinking about what Antelm would say to him.

He didn't know much about this earl. Generally speaking, he only knew that Antelm was a very powerful Holy Grail Knight, skilled in both spear and sword. He was about fifty to sixty years old. He had accomplished many feats. He was Francois's trusted cousin and an important nobleman in the Duchy of Winford loved Sulia very much.

He is also considered Ryan's elder, and it is necessary to respect him appropriately.

"Young man, I have seen a series of things that happened after you came to this kingdom. You have a big heart, do you know that?" The two walked along the forest for five minutes. Antelm thought about it for a moment. Then he continued: "Some are too big."

"I don't quite understand what you are referring to, Uncle Antelm." Ryan naturally followed Sulia and called him Uncle Antelm. In fact, after he came to this world, he discovered that the names for relatives were far different from those in the previous life in the Celestial Dynasty. It’s so complicated there. The elders are either grandpa or grandma, or uncles or aunts. Whether they are cousins ​​or cousins, they are all referred to by the same word.

"Ryan, let me call you that. You are an outsider. It is your honor to marry Sulia. In principle, our family generally does not marry the duke's daughter to a foreigner." Antelm replied. He turned around and looked at Ryan: "But since it's you, I don't have much objection. After all, you are the lady's chosen champion."

"So?" From this alone, Ryan couldn't tell what his uncle meant.

"However, just because Sulia is willing to marry you, it does not mean that you are qualified to compete for the throne." Antelm continued: "I know that you may be favored by the gods, you may be amazingly powerful, and you may be the king of the kingdom. A hero, but you are not qualified to compete for the throne.”

"I'm not a Duke." Ryan nodded,

"You are not qualified even if you are a duke." Antelm retorted, and the fine wrinkles at the corners of his eyes moved up and down: "Ryan, it is not that simple to become a king. Raun has the support of the entire northern part of the kingdom. What about you? At most Is it your cousin who will stand up to support you? Well, yes, you have a good relationship with Bastogne and Bordeaux, but so what? The Duke of Bastogne, Berhemond, himself has the power to compete for the throne. , Bordeleau’s Bodrick is at most slightly biased toward you, and he won’t take a stand until the overall situation is decided.”

"I know." Antelm's words were hard to hear, but yes, Ryan's foundation in this country was too shallow after all, and he accepted criticism with an open mind.

"What you have to do now is not to think about the throne. You have to get a dukedom first." Antelm continued: "The only title you can fight for in this country is the dukedom of Musilon. Fortunately, if you were as eager as a hungry wolf to obtain the dukedom, I wouldn't come to you today at all."

Ryan's expression was very bad. He really wanted to seek Musilon first and then consider the Blackstone Stronghold, but Sulia's words made him understand something.

Yes, the attack on Mousilon and the Blackstone stronghold are both against the undead. However, the main beneficiary of the attack on Mousilon is Ryan himself, and the main beneficiary of the attack on the Blackstone stronghold is the entire kingdom threatened by Kemmler.

There is no need for Antelm to say more about the rest, because Ryan understands that there is no need to speak so clearly between the two of them.

Finally, Antelm patted Ryan's shoulder hard: "Fortunately, you know how to control yourself very well. If you really take the lady out of everything, the promotion will also rely on the lady's favor and oracle. Otherwise, I might just keep thinking, why not me?”

"???" Ryan's boots stepped on the damp forest floor, leaving a footprint.

"Why can't I be the lady's chosen champion? Is it because I'm not good enough? I completed the Holy Grail Crusade in my forties. Is it because I'm not strong enough? I once killed a wyvern by myself and annihilated a goblin by myself. Tribe, I killed a bile troll. I once had great hope of inheriting the title of Duke. Even after my cousin inherited the title of Duke, I was still the third in line of succession after Sulia. Why couldn’t I become Lady's champion?" Antelme said with a smile: "Can't I be the king? Why would my cousin choose you instead of me? Just because you are my cousin's son-in-law? So I must be aware of current affairs and take advantage of opportunities. Give it to you? Why? Ryan, you are just a Nord country bumpkin, and I am a direct descendant of the Duke of Winford family!"

"Why can't I do what you can do? I just didn't get the chance! If the lady chooses me to be the God's Choice Champion, I can do it too!" Antelm kept asking a series of questions. Seeing Ryan thinking, he continued Said: "Ryan, many things are not your fault, I hope you understand."

"There are many great nobles in the kingdom who think so, right?" Ryan heard the implication of Antelm's words.

"Yes, Ryan, not everyone is aware of current affairs. If everyone were smart and aware of current affairs, His Majesty Arthur would not have desperately resisted in the face of an army of greenskins that was thirty times his size. He would have saved the world in the first place. Otherwise, His Majesty Ludwig would not have called on all the people of the Empire to unite to resist Chaos when the capital fell. Even Emperor Karl-Franz on the other side of the mountain would not have been as aware of current affairs as many people hoped. In the first round of voting, with an absolute disadvantage of 8:4, he competed with Boris Todbringer for the throne and finally narrowly won."

"If everyone knew the current affairs, the world would still be under the rule of the high elves, and there would be no Charlemagne's empire. If everyone knew the current affairs, His Majesty Ludwig would have won the great Holy War with great achievements. When the new empire invited Britannia to join the empire with the might of its 200,000 elite troops, would the then Knight King Taylor have to submit obediently?" Antelm continued: "My cousin favors you, won't you? I’m telling you this, but I want to tell you that there are so many people like this. They like to use the results to deduce the causes and processes to prove that they are right. They think they can see others clearly, but in fact they can’t even see themselves. Qing, fortunately, at least judging from what you have done so far, they can't find too many faults, but there are definitely many who have opinions in their hearts."

"Sadly, this kind of people make up the majority." Ryan said with a wry smile: "There are many people who want a little change, but very few people who want to make a little change."

"That's all I have to say." Count Antelm of Kuileu signaled that there was no need for Ryan to send him away. He blew the whistle, and a Pegasus fell from the sky and carried the count away.

The only one left in place was Ryan himself, who was lost in thought.

The Primarch of the Gray Knight stretched out his hands. He felt the power overflowing in his body. The spiritual sparks and lightning danced happily in his palms. These hands had many uses, but Ryan chose to use them to protect him. , to protect what he values, to protect his relatives and loved ones, to protect mankind, to protect order. He has used these hands to hold the warhammer thousands of times and kill the enemy. He has been doing this for more than ten years. In the future, He will continue as well.

What he did was definitely not for his own selfish desires or the interests of his family, and he had a clear conscience about this.

that's enough.

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The vacation time in the forest villa is always very short. Before Ryan can enjoy enough short leisure, he continues to devote himself to internal affairs. He has to handle countless government affairs by himself, including the preparation and selection of the army. The military rations have already been piled up in the Earl's building. In the huge barn, the dwarf trading caravans from the Gray Mountains and the wood elf trading caravans from Athel Loren came one after another. They came and left full of goods.

Gradually, summer has arrived, and the scorching sun has replaced the spring sunshine, scorching the ground. The recruitment day on Midsummer Eve is coming soon. This year, the serfs signed up to join the army more enthusiastically than anyone imagined. As long as they have no food and clothing, Worried serfs will loudly talk about conscription. They will bring themselves or their children to the count's castle to accept selection. Everyone is eager to join the army. Death is not terrible. What is terrible is to be a lowly serf for life. Freeman status was so in short supply that advancement could only be achieved by the earl's order and approval.

But before that, Ryan wanted to see the goods.

After Veronica spent three months with her apprentices on the magic carvings and magic circle construction of the Royal Wizarding Academy of the Empire, most of the settings were finally completed in the summer, including Adjust the degree of magic overload, construct and engrave magic circles by yourself, and perform internal repairs and magic experiments on the Light Magic Vehicle.

Now, the time has come to complete the assembly so that future Veronica can fight atop this powerful war machine.

Under the scorching sun, Ryan took his female courtier Theresa to Veronica's Dawn Wizard Tower to see the actual combat power of the Light Magic Vehicle.

The sorceress was a little unhappy. She was originally very dissatisfied with Ryan's priority in providing Veronica with the Light Magic Vehicle. However, after personal experiments, she discovered that Ryan's priority in purchasing the Light Magic Vehicle for Veronica was not entirely due to him. The preference for Veronica is related to magical adaptability.

The Light Magic Vehicle is manufactured by the Guangming Academy of the Empire's Royal Wizarding Academy. In principle, it is given priority to light wizards, and then spread to all great wizards in the entire Royal Wizarding Academy.

Therefore, Veronica, who is proficient in light magic, is very fast in getting started with this powerful war machine. As a sorceress of the ice system, Theresa has a gap in her ability to master magic theory. The ice system Magic also does not belong to the Eight Winds of Magic, which caused her to have a lot of trouble using this war machine.

For example, Veronica and her group of witch apprentices can complete the construction in three months, while Teresa and her group of witch apprentices may take three years, not to mention that her wizard tower is only half-way through construction. The apprentice group has not yet arrived. At this time, it is time to spend money and energy everywhere. The sorceress gave up her fight with Veronica for the ownership of the Light Magic Vehicle, and at the same time coerced Ryan to sign many unequal contracts with her. The agreement included going to Bordello with her alone for three days to purchase various magic supplies.

"Teresa, you don't seem to be in good spirits? Is it because of some problems with your meditation recently or because of the weather." Walking near the castle, Ryan asked his female courtier. He noticed Theresa's Mentally very low.

"The weather, especially this hot climate, I think you must understand." Teresa's face was very pale. The sorceress held Ryan's arm. She was wearing a white wavy white shirt and a black pair today. Wearing tight straight trousers and bare feet with a pair of black pointed high heels, it is very refreshing and simple, and it has a clean presidential look.

Sulia was quite good to the two witches. After completing her journey to the empire and returning to her territory, Sulia officially gave Teresa and Veronica the status of female courtiers, and reported this to the kingdom. From now on, Teresa and Veronica can legally stay with Ryan. If they have children, they will be legally recognized illegitimate children. In addition to having no inheritance rights, they can enjoy many noble treatment and rights.

To put it simply, Teresa and Veronica are "established" in Ryan's backyard. They cannot be arbitrarily expelled or dismissed as female courtiers without proper reasons.

Whether it is Britannia, the Empire or the southern countries, it is well known that nobles have many lovers. The female courtier system is a compromise for some powerful nobles in the aristocratic system, that is, there can only be one wife, and the female courtier system is a compromise for some powerful nobles in the aristocratic system. Courtiers allowed more.

Charlemagne married five wives and five concubines in his life. In addition to Julius and Surya, François also had three legitimate illegitimate children. The Elector of the Empire Wolfen, Vamil von Zhukov In addition to the two legitimate sons Oleg and Vasily, there are two female courtiers and N lovers, six legal illegitimate children and ten unrecognized illegal illegitimate children!

"In this season, ice wizards and warlocks like us are in this state. If I hadn't gone to see how that guy Veronica's light magic ride was, I might have stayed at your brother's building all day. Let’s enjoy the cool air in the forest villa.” Theresa nodded, with a lot of resentment in her tone: “On the other hand, Veronica’s magic is strongest in summer, and I’m strongest in winter. , what she likes most is to hide under the quilt and read a book, meditate, sit in front of the fireplace and warm up, and have sex with you.”

"What is the wizard's magic power like?" Ryan asked curiously.

"Then let me explain to you in detail the mana reserves and the method of mana chanting."

updated! I'm a little late today, sorry.