The Knight of Light plants the sun in the eternal night.

Chapter 109 Border Friction

Lisa Glowing Mushroom is of noble lineage; her father is Baron Glowing Mushroom, and her mother is the daughter of Count Evening Primrose.

Logically speaking...

Even if Lisa cannot marry the earl's heir, given her status, she could easily marry the baron's heir.

But the truth is, Lisa stayed in the Firefly Wilderness and married Phoenix Lantern Pepper, a lord knight under the Baron. Phoenix wasn't even a Beast Knight, just a 2nd-tier Grand Knight.

It's fair to say that Lisa practically found herself a live-in son-in-law.

This is not reasonable.

However, existence is its own justification. Lisa's fate was partly due to her mother's early death and partly self-inflicted.

Lady Heysel's early death caused Lisa's popularity to plummet, as the nobility placed great importance on family education. Lacking a mother's guidance, and with the Baron remarrying, Lisa's character was destined to be questioned.

Therefore, it will be very difficult for Lisa to marry the earl's heir.

Then, when she had just come of age, Lisa did something that ruined her reputation: she got pregnant out of wedlock!

Although the child was aborted, the baron's heir is out of the question; he'll have to find an honest man to take over.

Phoenix Bellpie is that honest guy.

However, Leo did not know who Lisa was pregnant with, and the family kept it a secret and never mentioned it.

"Leo!" Before Lisa could erupt in anger, Madam Cecilia sternly reprimanded her, "You foul-mouthed brat, apologize to your sister right now! I've said before that I don't want anyone in the family to mention this again!"

Under Lisa's murderous glare, Leo bowed and apologized, "I'm sorry, sister, it was my fault."

Done.

He simply took this opportunity to turn around and leave.

He has his own ambitions, and the baron has granted him permission not to discuss marriage before the age of twenty, so there's no need to waste his energy.

After Leo left, Lisa could no longer hold back and threw herself into the arms of old lady Cecilia, weeping bitterly.

Grandmother, sob sob sob—

"Good boy—" What could old lady Cecilia say? "Everyone makes mistakes—it's all in the past, all in the past. Phoenix is ​​a good boy. You two live your lives well, and you will still be happy."

The next day, when Lisa saw Leo, her eyes still seemed to be spitting fire, and even Neant glared at Leo with a gloomy expression.

Obviously.

Leo's sarcastic remarks about the matter angered his brother and sister.

However, Leo didn't care. He deliberately brought this up because he really wanted to do what was best for Lisa, to reopen old wounds and prevent her from getting carried away and making any more irreparable mistakes.

After all, his brother-in-law Phoenix is ​​an honest man, and Leo doesn't want an honest man to get hurt again.

After all, even honest people can get angry—

"I'm doing this all for Lisa's sake, for the sake of the family," Leo muttered to himself.

They then followed behind the Baron and Baroness, standing in a row with Neander and Lisa at the castle gate to greet their distinguished guests.

A magnificent carriage pulled up in front of the gate.

A young couple stepped out of the car, and the Baron and Duchess immediately stepped forward and bowed: "Welcome, Your Excellency Earl and Duchess William. It is a great honor for the entire Glowing Fungus Castle to have you here."

The visitor was the only Earl of Lancashire.

Earl of Camellia, William Camellia, and his wife.

Baron Linard was able to become the leader in the noble circles of Lancashire because the old Earl Chameleon had passed away and the new Earl Chameleon was too young; otherwise, the Earl Chameleon would certainly have been the head of the noble circles.

With the arrival of the Earl of Camellia, one earl and seven barons from the entire County of Lancashire gathered together.

As for the marquises and viscounts, who were lifelong nobles among the officials, none of them came.

In the Kingdom of White Rose, nobles and officials have different conditions for promotion to titles. Nobles who achieve military merit are granted hereditary titles; officials who act as regents for the king and govern the people are promoted through civil administration and are granted lifelong titles.

They were not part of the same system, and the king was wary of local officials colluding with nobles to undermine his tax revenue.

Therefore, it was impossible for an official to attend the birthday banquet of a high-ranking nobleman.

Before lunch.

In the grand study of the Glowing Fungus Castle, the enormous desk had been converted into a conference table, where eight nobles took their seats.

It is Earl William Camellia.

And Baron Turner Olive, Baron Lenard Glowing Fungus, Baron Stephen Drumstick Grass, Baron Osborne Starstripes, Baron Garner Nutmeg, Baron Marquis Redwood, and Baron Jim Bigflower.

Several younger members of noble families stood on the periphery.

Neant and Leo were the same; standing behind Baron Lenard, they had no right to sit down.

"Lord Lenard, we all support you in taking this further," Baron Turnas Olive said casually. "The Northeast has always been excluded from White Dragon City, and the King hasn't visited Rose Palace in a long time. It's time to make some noise."

The White Rose Kingdom is divided into eight realms, equivalent to eight provinces.

The capital, Bailongcheng, is located in the south, while the northeastern border is thousands of kilometers away, resulting in a long distance and limited communication.

The nobles here all feel like they're being excluded from the mainstream.

Therefore, they stick together more closely.

The eight noble families had been intermarried for generations, their members intertwined with each other. Although there were their own conflicts, they were able to unite against external threats on a major policy basis.

"Indeed, this time the border kingdom has invaded the border of my White Rose Kingdom, and we must retaliate. A great battle is inevitable, and it is the time for us to show our strength," Baron Ghana Nutmeg said, stroking his beard.

The Border Kingdom, as its name suggests, is a vast kingdom situated to the north and east of the White Rose Kingdom.

Fortunately, there was the Grand Duchy of Crescent Vine as a buffer.

Otherwise, the northern and eastern borders of the White Rose Kingdom would be completely surrounded by border kingdoms, and the length of the border between the two countries would exceed several thousand kilometers.

Even with the establishment of the Grand Duchy of Crescent Vine, the Kingdom of White Rose and the Border Kingdom still share more than a thousand kilometers of land border in the north and east, resulting in numerous conflicts between them over the past thousand years.

However, in recent decades, the border kingdom has been plagued by internal turmoil and has been at war with another powerful nation, the Pioneer Empire, year after year.

This led to decades of peace in the Kingdom of White Rose.

The heroes had no place to use their talents, which nearly drove the nobles, including Baron Lenard, crazy with impatience. Finally, a small opportunity had arrived.

The study was filled with the sounds of clouds and mist.

It also features the atmosphere of clinking glasses and exchanging toasts.

The nobles settled on their strategy while smoking and drinking.

Once war breaks out between the two countries, Baron Linard will be the first to respond to the call to join the war on behalf of the nobles of the Northeast. As the scale of the war expands, the other nobles will join in one after another. If the situation calms down, they will try to stir up trouble.

We must turn this friction into a war.

"Lord Lenard, you must be prepared. The King may not allow you to participate in the battle directly. We can certainly give you the opportunity, but if you fail to seize it, Lord Turner will take your place."

Although Earl William Chamei was young, his title carried weight: "In any case, it is time for the Northeast to produce another Earl of the Kingdom, to stand on equal footing with the other territories."

Baron Lenard nodded emphatically, confident: "Don't worry, I will mobilize all my connections to secure a spot in the war!"

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