Warlord: King of All Clans

Although all the guests were in the same hall for this royal dinner, they were divided into two areas.

The upper level is occupied by members of the imperial family, their relatives, several powerful earls, and respected dukes of the imperial capital.

The next level down were several foreign diplomatic missions and small and medium-sized nobles.

But the protagonist of this dinner was the Elf Queen who suddenly visited the human imperial capital.

Elves rarely move around at the foot of the mountain, and there are only one or two clear records every few hundred years. Now few people pay attention to them.

But the situation is different for the top leaders of the empire; their heritage is even older and they know more.

Master Bobak, the elven demigod, even has a connection with the royal family.

He once traveled around the human territory and spent three years in the Imperial Library. The young prince Charles Alexander at that time - later Charles VI, grandfather of the current emperor - became his student by chance.

To this day, a portrait of Bobak Marimotas still hangs deep in the palace.

What's more, the Elf Queen directly opened a door in the palace square, and the Sword Saint Algernon who was guarding the palace did not show up the whole time, and the other high-level fighters did not say a word when asked.

Under such circumstances, the Elf Queen and the River Bay delegation who came out of the portal naturally received the highest level of reception.

This dinner is to welcome the Elf Queen.

Unlike Leo's impression of the emperor, he originally thought that the little mouse's father should be in his prime, majestic and strong.

But the emperor in front of him was nearly fifty years old, his hair was beginning to turn gray, and he looked very amiable.

If he hadn't known about it beforehand, he would have thought this was the little mouse's grandfather.

He wore a crown inlaid with magic crystals and gems, and a gorgeous robe embroidered with exquisite patterns in gold thread. A golden griffin pattern was embroidered on the chest, highlighting his noble status.

The Orlantis Empire made its fortune thanks to the Griffin Knights, and is also known as the Holy Griffin Empire. The royal family's surname contains "Griffin", which is the name of the first king who founded the Griffin Knights.

King Griffin Black was the first emperor of the Orlantis Empire. Relying on the invincible Griffin Knights, he unified the sixteen kingdoms in the south and established the glorious Orlantis Empire.

Later, Emperor Kim Black signed an alliance with the High King of the North and conquered the North.

Emperor Augustus launched the Western Expedition and conquered the Western Territory, which led to the current unification of the three territories.

However, in the past three hundred years, the Orlantis Empire has gone from glory to decline. The nobles have indulged in pleasure, the economy and culture have not made any progress in hundreds of years, the standing army has weakened, and it cannot even defeat the armed forces of local earls.

The two northwestern territories were dissatisfied with the long-term plundering of resources by the southern nobles, and they began to secede and establish their own regimes. The territory that originally supported the glory of the empire has now become a burden that continues to consume national strength.

According to history books, Charles VII was not a wise ruler, but he was also a king who maintained the status quo.

During his twenty years in power, he worked to ease conflicts with the separatist forces in the northwestern and northern borders, which was tantamount to acknowledging the independence of the western and northern borders, but at the same time also prevented the outbreak of a full-scale war.

After the death of his first queen, he married the daughter of Grand Duke Michael, Lola Odalov, known as the "Rose of the North", and jointly established the Order of the Rose. He established equal diplomacy with the Grand Duke of the North, won over the small and medium-sized nobles in the three realms, and eased the conflicts between the central and local governments.

Although these gentle and even conciliatory measures left various hidden dangers, they also maintained the royal family's overt rule and prevented the empire from completely splitting apart in his hands.

Charles VII's first queen was unable to give birth to children, and his second queen was the daughter of the late Grand Duke of the North.

The royal family has always had difficulty in having offspring, and it is very common for a single line to be the only one in the family, so there are very few blood relatives. The proper royal family only consists of the emperor and the princess, father and daughter.

Leo, Olivia and Freya followed the Elf Queen as she approached the Emperor's throne.

Next to the old emperor is the imperial princess Gulveg, the only heir to the empire and the little mouse of the river bay.

Freya winked at the little mouse, wanting to pounce on it and kiss it. She mouthed quietly, "Little mouse! Little mouse!"

Princess Gulveig's eyes were shining with irrepressible joy, but she just sat there the entire time and nodded subtly.

Freya was puzzled and looked at Leo helplessly, seeming a little at a loss.

Leo used his eyes to signal her to be patient, but in fact he was also very sad.

It feels like my daughter has grown up and I can’t hold her anymore. There is a generation gap after all!

The emperor of the empire, who was sitting on the throne, waited until the elven queen approached before he stood up to greet her.

Several powerful earls in the southern territory and dukes in the imperial capital who were around him all stepped forward to pay their respects.

"The Queen of Elf has come to visit us. We failed to welcome her and were not well prepared..."

The long string of polite words made the Elf Queen a little confused. This was the first time she had gone down the mountain in five hundred years. She didn't expect that humans could speak so elegantly.

Fortunately, the Elf Queen’s five hundred years of life experience was not all about eating, drinking and having fun, and she responded to each question without showing any weakness.

Freya next to her was stunned. She didn't expect there were so many rules for saying hello. She just wanted to get close to the little mouse and ask her how she was doing after coming back.

Compared to the Elf Queen, who is dignified, elegant and has a strong aura when serious, the Elf Princess is a little bit unpresentable.

She was used to the living habits of groundhogs, but not yet used to moving in human form. She squatted down subconsciously while standing, and looked around with a rat-like face. When she got tired of what she heard, she folded her hands on her chest and her eyes became dull.

Olivia, who was beside her, had to secretly hold Freya's hand to prevent her from making a fool of herself in public.

However, many human nobles noticed Freya's abnormality and felt that this elf princess must have had an inhuman experience.

The royal social procedures were one after another. After everyone sat down, they argued for another half an hour before Charles VII let go of the Elf Queen and turned his gaze to Leo and others.

"Hello, Leo Mondo, Olivia Uliyan, Princess Freya."

Leo and Olivia quickly led Freya to bow her head and said, "Greetings to His Majesty the Emperor."

Looking at the young Leo and Olivia, the old emperor felt a little embarrassed. Although he was much older and more powerful than them, he could not treat them as juniors in any way.

After the Grand Duke of the North adopted Leo as his adopted son, he announced it to the world immediately, and the royal family had already received the news.

Doesn’t this make him my brother-in-law?

Although the old emperor was very grateful to the commoner boy who saved his daughter, he was unwilling to admit that he was his daughter's adoptive father. Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, he still couldn't escape the relationship between equals.

But Charles VII knew the inside story of the peace talks in Frovald, and knew that the reason why Leo was adopted as the son of the Grand Duke of the North was not only because of the little princess, but also because of the elven demigod.

The core of social activities is personal connections. The higher the status, the more important personal connections are. If you can get in touch with the elf demigod, it is normal to show goodwill in any way.

If you think about it this way, it's not impossible.

So he looked at his daughter, "Gulveig, come and meet the three of you."

Princess Gulveig, who had been sitting quietly, stood up and saluted the three people. Although she was young, her elegant manners were impeccable.

"Good day, all three."