Arad's Sword

Chapter 17 The Iron Duke
Dean Linde couldn't answer a single question.

Midi didn't need him to answer either.

"Take it away." Midi sighed and said simply and clearly.

In all fairness, this dean who has always been cautious and dared not offend anyone did nothing wrong, but if he chose the wrong position at the wrong time, the only result would be to step down.Of course, Midi wouldn't really do anything to the dean, and the Hamilton family would probably generously arrange a pension for him.

But at this moment, this poor guy who was just labeled as a congressman is the best example of killing chickens and monkeys.

Dean Linde smiled wryly, sighed, and didn't make any rebuttals. He just let his hands and feet be chained, and then walked away with his body bent under the complicated eyes of the students and lecturers.

Fenrir, who was standing aside, was about to grit his teeth.

Principal Linde was nothing but a pawn. However, when he was chained, it was Fenrir who hit him in the face, and what shook the authority of the Seth family!

How many years, how much manpower and material resources, how many deals, compromises, and black-box operations did it take before the Seth family finally gained the same influence as the Hamilton family at the Royal Academy of Magic?Now the head of the academy who was the first to stand in line was taken away lightly in less than 5 minutes?And after it was just announced that Fenrir won No.1?
This is more than just a confrontation between forces, this is simply a slap in the face!
Sensing the hostility, killing intent and malice from Fenrir, Midi deliberately turned his back on him, showing a big opening.

Although the Knights of the Principality were convened within a day, and they took down many parliamentarians installed in the academy with lightning speed, and even let a head of the academy who had just joined the team step down, but in the end, this was just a match. The Si family was caught off guard.The two factions in the principality have been fighting for many years, and there is no result yet. This raid alone is far from enough to shake the foundation of the Seth family.

But if Fenrir took the initiative to make a move at this moment, it would be another matter.Midi didn't mind a one-hit-kill counterattack.

"Let's go!" Fenrir's gloomy voice was heard, and then, the mighty heir of the Seth family, led three servants, and hurried out of the camp without even looking back.

"After all, he is a child of a great nobleman, so he still has the ability to endure." Midi sighed slightly in his heart.

Although Fenrir's face has been greatly weakened at this moment, Midi, who has been a man for two lifetimes, is no longer the dandy who rushed to the front. Even Fenrir could bear the insult, and Midi would not feel so happy. His thinking has already begun to consider the next series of possibilities.

"Is there something on your mind?" Fina's voice sounded from the side.

"Next, it will be war... No, the prelude to the war, right?" Midi glanced at the red-haired girl beside her.

Sensing the other party's gaze, the girl laughed and said, "Don't worry, we are in the same team, and I will stand by your side."

This sentence with full affirmation made Midi also turn out of her thoughts, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

Could it be that he has been busy for so long since his rebirth, just for this sentence?

"It will take time to open the Nibelungen Dragon Sealing Formation, and it will take three days to change jobs. During this period, do you have any plans?" Fina asked again.

Midi's heart tightened. Are you planning to invite her?Although the two of them had a close relationship in the previous life and talked about everything, but at this moment, when the red-haired girl made a temptation, Midi's heartbeat still accelerated a lot.

"It's nothing, I just want to take a good rest." Midi paused, and gave an answer with a lot of room.

"That's just right. After the graduation ceremony of the trial is over, take a rest and take care of yourself. Come to Hamilton House tomorrow." Fina nodded, her tone serious and serious, "Although it is an informal invitation , but my grandpa wants to see you."

Fina Hamilton's grandfather, Heydrich Hamilton, the current head of the Hamilton family, is the Grand Duke and holds the title of "Queen's Knight".

In the Principality of Bel Mare, his name is known to everyone. When he was young, he personally fought against the Bantu invasion, and then entered the Xuzu alone, and finally reached a strategic agreement, and killed countless pirates in Faroe Bay. is a legendary hero.

But at the same time, he is also the most feared nobleman in the Principality.

It is said that there was once a little nobleman who accidentally slipped his words after drinking at a banquet and doubted the Duke's bravery.So on the second day, without saying a word, the Duke directly led his troops into the opponent's territory, captured his whole family, and forced the nobleman and his only son to fight each other with swords until one of them fell down.Then he went on the field himself, and cut off the victor's head with a blow of his sword.

Tough, authoritarian, and irrefutable, and therefore, people call him the Iron Duke.

In contrast, although the parliamentarian faction dominated by the Seth family is insidious and cunning, at least there are no such scary rumors.There is a reason why the Asrex family would rather serve as cannon fodder for the MP faction than defect to the Queen's faction.

In the previous life, Midi had never had any interaction with the Iron-Blooded Duke, and her relationship with Fina only started after the Dukedom was destroyed.In this life, although Midi speculated that in the future, he would get the Duke's attention because he gradually penetrated into Fina's life, but he never expected that the day when he would face the Duke would come so soon.

Even Midi is still a little caught off guard.

Perhaps, the Jagged Duke had calculated this, so he proposed such an informal invitation without warning.

After a night of rest, healed the wounds from the fight with the killer, and put on the most formal dress. In the early morning of the next day, Midi arrived at the mansion of the Iron Duke directly from the academy in a carriage sent by the Hamilton family.

Under the leadership of the red-haired girl, the black-haired boy walked through the empty and wide corridor of the mansion, and came to the two huge oak doors.

"Although I don't know what the owner wants to say to you, you must be cautious." Fina stopped and took a deep look at Midi, "Remember, I am me, and Hamilton is Hamilton. Do you understand? ?”

Midi nodded, and then walked forward alone.

At this point, even Fina couldn't move forward, and only guests with the Duke's permission could enter.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door a few times.

"Come in." A deep and solemn voice came from inside the door.

Midi pushed open the door, and his whole body was immediately bathed in pale golden light.

This is an extremely spacious office, with red sandalwood bookcases lined up on the left side, which are filled with books on magic, military, humanities, textbooks, etc., and even a few theories of mechanical engineering can be found.On the right side of the office, there are war halberds, double-edged axes, giant swords and other weapons lined up. Each handle has a considerable degree of wear and tear, and even bloodstains that cannot be wiped off. Obviously, it is by no means a decoration.

And in the center of the office, before half of the thick purple velvet curtains were opened, there was a large desk, behind which sat a person who was writing something quickly with his head bowed.

There was no "Hello" or "Please sit down". There was only the rustling sound of the pen rubbing against the paper in the room. Midi just stood in the room, waiting quietly.

The writer seemed to have forgotten that there was such a guest. After writing for nearly ten minutes, he finally raised his head: "Midi Asrex, let's skip the self-introduction, let's make a long story short. "

His face has sharp lines and a neat beard. Years of wind and frost and years of fighting have dyed his hair gray, but even so, this man is still like a mountain. People have to look up.

This is Heydrich Hamilton, the Iron-Blooded Grand Duke.

Even with a pair of postnatal eyes, Midi still can't see through his strength at all, which shows that the level of the Grand Duke is at least similar to that of Midi 20 years later, in other words, a strong man who has undergone a second awakening.

"Can you represent the whole family?" the Duke asked straight to the point.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke." Midi replied immediately. He realized that the confrontation of words had already begun, and if there was any hesitation, he would be extremely passive in the following time.

"Very good. Then let me just say it straight. I need the Asrex family to become the vassals of our Hamilton family, and set aside a territory for my army to station in it." The Duke said, spreading out a piece of paper. Huge map.

This map covers the entire continent of Arad, and the Principality of Belmar is only a part of it.

With Gran's Forest as the boundary, the Delos Empire and the Principality face each other across the endless sea of ​​forest, and the territory of the Asrex family is right next to Gran's Forest.

The Duke placed a heavy book case on that territory, which meant that this was the place he wanted, and he took it for granted.

Rescuing the future genius heir of the Hamilton family, the result is that the other party claims a piece of territory?
For a moment, Midi felt anger rising from her chest.

He barely suppressed his emotions, and asked in a cold voice: "Excuse me, my lord, why do you ask me to cede the territory?"

The Duke laughed, stroked his beard, and then said slowly: "There is reliable information that the Seth family is mobilizing troops, and the target is your family's territory. It is impossible for a small earl to resist The army of the Seth family, you need help, and I have the most powerful army in the principality."

"Hamilton helped us resist the attack of the Senator's nobles, and the price was to cede a piece of territory? It's so generous." Midi replied sarcastically.

"Young man, let's face the reality. There is no fairness in this world." The Duke replied coldly. The stubborn attitude of the other party made him, who was used to giving orders, feel a little unhappy.

"Indeed." Midi nodded calmly, "There is indeed no fairness in this world."

"Of course, I won't treat you badly. After the job change, I will provide you with the best resources for promotion, and I will also give you the status of a guard knight, accompanying my granddaughter. Isn't this a good condition? It can be seen that you like her very much, don't you?"

"Is this what Fina means?" Midi asked again.

"I'll make her promise." The Duke replied directly.

This time, Midi fully understood the ruthlessness of the Iron Duke.

No gratitude, no thanks, and no mention of what happened in Grand Forest, just because he saw the crisis that the Asrex family was about to face, he immediately offered a high price, and even his granddaughter was killed. Take it out as an emotional bait, this is the Iron-Blooded Earl.

Probably in this person's heart, everything has a price, and everything is his pawn, right?

In an instant, Midi suddenly understood the reason why Fina was so strong and independent.

Because he had to do that, otherwise, he would become a puppet in the hands of the Jagged Duke and lose himself forever.

If it was really for Fina, Midi would not hesitate to give up her territory, title, glory and even her life.However, at this moment, it is meaningless to compromise with the Jagged Duke.

Just like what Fina reminded him at the end - Fina is Fina, Hamilton is Hamilton, the former is the woman he cares about most in his heart, while the latter is a greedy and huge monster.

Midi still has a lot of things to do. In order to prepare for the coming disaster and war, he doesn't have much time, and becoming a pawn of the Jagged Duke is obviously out of consideration.

"Please allow me to reject your proposal, Your Excellency the Duke." Midi said.

His tone was calm and steady, just like he had rejected Fenrir before.

　Hmm... I'm still very excited, and after the birth of the first leader, the first rudder leader also appeared!Oda Bai, thank you for the reward!I also thank Ansheng Bingyan, Marking the Land as a Prison, So-and-so Ten, Drama is not as good as life book friends for their rewards!

　　Wait, there is one more!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)