Make the dragon great again

Chapter 69 Anna and the Duchess (ask for tickets and investment!)
In the thundering city surrounded by thunderclouds all the year round, in the side hall of the royal palace facing the sea in the north, Anastasia, the first princess of Bechymos, once again fell into a stalemate with Elizabeth, the regent duchess.

Anastasia, who once said to Adrian that "Elizabeth is her closest relative", looked at the Duchess with puzzlement and anger.

Granny, the second-ranked member of the Supreme Council of the High Tower and the fifth-level heroic magician, looked at the two people in a tense atmosphere while eating food made from the seeds of a certain light-growing plant.

One of these two is her old friend for many years, and the other is her only student. Since returning to this Bechymos capital, this confrontation and stalemate has not eased at all.

Before leaving the dungeon, Adrian told Anna and Granny what he knew, "Elizabeth is the leader in hunting down Anastasia".

Therefore, after returning to the royal capital, although she was very reluctant to believe it, but with the help of Glennie, after getting rid of the entanglement of the nobles, Anna immediately found the person who should be the closest to her and had the best relationship with her. Aunt, ask her why she did this.

And Elizabeth's answer at the time made even Glenn, who was a bystander, still deeply impressed in retrospect:
"...the kingdom has accumulated so many ills that it is almost impossible to cure it. If nothing is done, the kingdom will only split and die under the double pressure of internal wars and external threats like other ancient human kingdoms of the second era in the future. ...

"...We need a foreign war that gathers the strength of the whole country to transfer the many domestic contradictions. Even if the price of this war is high, the kingdom will stand up again in the flames of war...

"I took the initiative to send people to look for you, just to prevent you, the 'reason' for the outbreak of war, from falling into the hands of Griffin or the opposition in the kingdom. This will cause my plan to become very passive..."

(Interlude: Since it is a story with a western fantasy background, in order to maintain the atmosphere, I will try my best to translate some descriptions without using idioms, otherwise I will feel a bit mixed, but some meanings are indeed only accurately expressed in mysterious oriental words and languages, so occasionally There will still be idioms, above, hope for understanding.)
Grainy summoned a group of arcane flames with all the high temperature concentrated inside, and burned the melon seed shell in her hand to ashes.

Looking at Elizabeth, who ignored Anna's sharp gaze and was flipping through the large amount of war information piled up on her desk, Glenn felt very emotional:
'Twenty years ago, when you were still in Gaotalin, you were so lively and bright. Your Excellency the Speaker once said that your existence could make the sun brighter during the day and the stars brighter at night...but now you have become You have to be good at politics, honed a ruthless heart in years of struggle for aristocratic power, and become what you once hated the most...'

Glenn turned her head and looked across the room, looking at Anna who was staring at Elizabeth with a tense expression.

In Glenn's opinion, Anna now is very similar to Elizabeth back then.

'20 years ago, what happened to the sacrificial ceremony held in the ancestral land of Behemoth?I'm pretty sure that after she went missing and came back suddenly, Elizabeth began to gradually become what she is now...'

Just when Glenn was eating melon seeds and thinking wildly, Anna, who couldn't stand the silent atmosphere, broke the atmosphere again:

"Elizabeth, this senseless war must stop!" (Note)
Elizabeth did not raise her head, she was still doing what she was doing, and said calmly:
"Anna, we have already talked about this topic. Before the serious division of various factions in the kingdom is resolved, the war cannot be stopped."

"This is just a game to safeguard the ruling interests of the nobles! And the people of the kingdom have already endured too much suffering that they shouldn't have!"

"You don't understand, Anna, this is not just a matter of kingdom rule. If I don't do this as soon as possible, the entire kingdom, and even the entire eastern continent will fall into disaster..."

"That's just your excuse!"

Anna stood up from her seat, her voice getting more and more excited.

"Do you think I don't know? You want to take advantage of this war to consume the southern villain nobles on the battlefield. It is best that this war will make them and the Principality of Griffin both losers, and then you can sit here and calm down." Divide the interests of the southern faction, and use these to buy the nobles of other factions! Use this method to achieve what you call eliminating the kingdom's ills!"

"Now that you know, you should support me. The southern faction is the most vocal faction in the kingdom, and they control a large area of ​​fertile soil in the south of the kingdom. They control [-]% of the grain production of the entire kingdom. , they are cancerous tumors that must be removed..."

Before Elizabeth could finish speaking, Anna took a few steps forward, slapped her hands on the table, and pressed down on a parchment that Elizabeth was flipping through.

"But there must be a better way! Do you know how much this will affect the commoners of the kingdom? During the time I left the capital, what I saw everywhere was not what you call the kingdom more powerful, but countless The civilians have lost their homes and loved ones, and the land of the kingdom is full of death and despair!"

Elizabeth paused holding the corner of the parchment.

"...Anna, after getting along with those inferior adventurers for a while, have you even forgotten the etiquette that the royal family should have? Forget it, it doesn't matter, you just need to remember your position now, and be a hero It is enough for the super magician to rely on and refuse to accept the role of [the initiator of the war] who entered the noble tribunal, so that this war can continue."

Like the previous conversations, the topic once again fell into a similar dead end.

"You were not such a person before, you were originally my most respected elder..."

Anna let go of her hand angrily, and walked out of the room.

Glenn also looked at Elizabeth helplessly, and followed Anna to leave.

No matter what Anna said, there is one thing that is just like what Elizabeth said——Anna has become [the initiator of the war] in the eyes of many people, so there are many people who hate Anna in the capital. If you follow by, it's hard to guarantee that some courageous guy will make some dangerous moves.

After Anna left the room, Elizabeth closed her eyes weakly, and muttered to herself in an inaudible voice:

"Of course I know what you said, but...we really have no time. I expected you to break the curse of the family in the future, but unfortunately, the growth rate of that thing exceeded my original estimate. The nobles in the kingdom Their filthy desires have accelerated its growth, and I can only stop it in the most possible way before everything has developed to the point of no return..."

Outside the door, Anna returned to her bedroom angrily, followed by Granny, who was behind Anna, and she heard some voices in the room.

Shaking her head, Grainy followed Anna's pace without thinking too much.

'What a headache, I just came to be little Anna's bodyguard, but now it seems that I may also need to be a psychiatrist or a conflict mediator... Sigh, I'm not made for such things, I'd better find time to ask Ed Mr. Meng, let's see what His Excellency Adrian has to say. '

……

To be continued.

Note: [terms between relatives of Western ethnic groups]

From the perspective of cultural anthropology, there are roughly six classifications of how humans address relatives: Hawaiian, Eskimo, Iroquois, Crow, Omaha, and Sudan;

The titles between relatives of the people in our country are "Sudanese", that is, "descriptive". The descriptions of three aunts, six women, four mothers, and five aunts are clear, and there is no fear of confusion at all;
The kinship titles of the white people in Europe and the United States use the "Eskimo style". Basically, they only have corresponding titles for immediate family members, and the scope of application of a title is quite wide. For example, all uncles and uncles are called "uncle", but in daily life , except for parents and grandparents, they usually directly address their relatives by their first names, and they also call their parents by their first names (not necessarily impolite);

These differences in the way of addressing are related to the differences in the systems of ancient society and the methods of inheritance, so I won’t talk about it. In short, Qin Shihuang is awesome.

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