There are many ruthless bosses living in my territory

He had no idea of ​​liberating the contracted citizens of the United States, nor did he have any plan to enlighten them.

Four thousand years of ideological control in the United States has become deeply entrenched, and the country has stagnated for a thousand years.

All he wanted was to establish his ideal territory, not to start a war in the country.

He hated war, especially war that was fought solely to satisfy the selfish desires of those in power.

He was lucky, when he thought about it.

Being able to find a very large basin with a suitable temperature, being able to obtain a system and having the possibility to open up transactions with other worlds.

Liszt put away his messy thoughts, opened his magic carbon eye, and used his farsightedness and perspective to observe his surroundings, especially the reactions of the clergy inside the church.

"Reina, Erza, did you find anything?"

At this time, Elsa whispered.

"Master, someone in the human team is passing notes, and their eyes are weird."

Lena was confused.

Liszt could tell from their expressions what they were doing when he was silent just now.

Reina was mostly looking at his face, while Erza was paying attention to her surroundings.

"Reina, be more careful. You are the captain of my guards."

"You used to be much more vigilant than you are now."

"Hold... I'm sorry."

Lena blushed a little. She felt so safe next to Liszt that she subconsciously relaxed.

At this time, Elsa took the initiative to ask, her voice gentle and delicate.

"Master, are they from the Dark Court?"

"…Probably. One of the reasons why I came here is to see if the Dark Court is in a position to add fuel to the flames."

"That group of people despised the Code of Law and the Etiquette System, and they also spread their own belief that 'everything is false, everything is permitted', saying that they can do anything without having to follow the rules."

"They are just a bunch of Chuunibyou. If they hadn't been lucky enough to get the training method of 'Shadow', they would have been wiped out long ago."

"I was so drunk that I was approached by them when I was walking on the street in disguise."

"How does their leader select members?"

Lister cursed and despised the brains of those shadow assassins.

The Temple sent people to wipe out that group of guys several times, but because of the characteristics of the shadow power, they ran very fast and they were never completely wiped out.

It seemed that the experience of successfully escaping several times gave them confidence, and they began to openly oppose the United States, especially the Temple, one of the three holy places.

In his opinion, it was because these guys with brains did unreasonable things, and also because these guys with brains were not valued by the Holy Land, that they survived.

"Okay, now let's go around the inner city."

"Master, have you found the information you were looking for?"

"Yeah, but this isn't the place to talk."

The three of them rode their horses slowly along the road, like a noble young master out for fun with his two maids.

In fact, Lister was observing the structure of the inner city to see if there were any secret passages.

The castle in the inner city of Baiyue City is huge. Not only is it built on a hill, but the city walls are also more than 20 meters high. However, it is not a difficult obstacle for assassins to cross.

and……

The gloom in Liszt's heart grew thicker and thicker, and by the time he had ridden around the inner city walls, the sun was about to set below the horizon.

The three returned to the inner city and met the guard Chris who was guarding there again.

Liszt looked at the other person and felt his fist itching.

"…Chris, is there anything important recently?"

Chris knelt on one knee and spoke loudly.

"Lord Lister, the retainers of the Dick family invite us to have a military duel with them outside the city tomorrow at dusk."

"I see."

It is quite normal that when two dukes meet, there will often be competitions between their subordinates.

But Duke Dick visited Baiyue Territory on the pretext of congratulating the new Duke of Baiyue on his accession to the throne.

This is clearly an act of sabotage.

A cold light flashed in Lister's eyes, and the possibility of his guess being confirmed was becoming increasingly greater.

"Sir, please rest assured that we will never bring disgrace upon the reputation of the Eller family!"

Chris swore alone, while the guards around him remained silent.

Liszt could feel that these guards, who were from the same collateral line of nobles as Chris, did not regard him as a member of the Eiler family who needed to be protected.

"...I wish you good luck in fighting."

Chris remained kneeling on one knee until Lister led his men away.

He stood up silently and looked back. Everyone was looking at him as if he were a monkey.

A monkey blending in with the crowd.

Chapter 26 Principality War

What Liszt didn't expect was that his parents actually didn't come to see him.

He had been back from noon and it was already dinner time, but they still wanted to stay in the small garden and be affectionate with each other.

Parents are true love, children are accidents.

He was the accident, right?

However, what made Lister happy was that Madara came back to have a free meal.

It seemed as if he had returned to his normal eating habits after his first meal, not to mention that today when he returned to the manor in Baiyue City, the dinner was very sumptuous.

Melv also knew that her brother did not like to eat with the servants at home, so she invited Liszt to have dinner and dessert in the garden.

It is very charming when it goes with the dusk.

At the same time, he could hear the music of a band on the other side of the garden and the familiar rough laughter of his old father.

According to his old father's habit, he was most likely dancing the court hug dance with his old mother.

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Liszt suspected that this was a plan discussed between the father and daughter.

Melv was still wearing the bright red dress. She glanced at Uchiha Madara who was enjoying Western dessert at the dining table and hesitated.

"Sister, just tell me anything. Everyone here can trust you."

Indeed, apart from his parents and the band who spoiled the fun, the only people present were Reina and Erza who stood behind him as maids, and Madara who served as his trump card.

"…Father said that I have full authority to decide this matter. I have already sent my most trusted team to disguise themselves as civilians and leave."

"Well, hiding their identities is important. The only thing they are afraid of is that they will be intercepted along the way."

Liszt picked up the small cake in front of him with a fork and put it in his mouth.

"Emm~~~Elsa, bring some more candy back before you leave."

"Yes."

Looking at her brother who was obsessed with cake, Melv didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She guessed that he hadn't eaten much in Red Maple Territory.

"Ahem, let's talk business."

After tasting the cake, Liszt immediately straightened his expression.

"I went to verify my guess this afternoon. Now I am quite sure that the Dick family came here for the Principality War."

Principality War?!

Melv was so shocked that she dropped her knife and fork.

"But according to the Code..."

She suddenly swallowed her words back, and Liszt added lightly.

"Today I went to a church near the South City Gate. The priests inside were in a panic, tidying up and decorating the rooms. Judging from the layout, it was ready for the reception of an archbishop."

"The arrival of the Archbishop will give us a supervisor for the Principality War."

"I also heard from Chris that Duke Dick's retainers and our family's retainers agreed in a letter to have a military duel outside the city tomorrow evening."

"If I were Duke Dick, I would declare a national war before the dinner and then start attacking the inner city."

"At that time, the inner city was short of manpower, and we hadn't eaten dinner yet, so we were at a disadvantage physically..."

"And none of these violate the Code of Law and the Etiquette."

Melv felt a chill on her back and grabbed her head, as if blaming herself for not thinking of it.

"Of course, these are not certain to happen, but we should always be on guard."

Lister continued to eat the cake with peace of mind. He believed that these reminders were enough. Melv naturally knew the situation in the territory better than he did.

At this time, Uchiha Madara asked.

"What is the Principality War?"

"…It is the last resort for the nobles to resolve conflicts."

Liszt cut the cake in front of him. The sharp knife cut through the strawberries on the cream without any hindrance, and the blade was stained with red juice.

"There are conflicts of all sizes in society. It can be said that conflicts are everywhere. As long as there are differences between people, conflicts are inevitable."

"Commoners can mediate, and minor nobles can also decide the outcome through duels under the supervision of major nobles."

"What about the Duke and above?"

"What if there are irreconcilable conflicts between the nobles?"

"So the Code stipulates that if there are major conflicts that must be resolved between nobles of the same class, they can apply for supervision from the head of the church at the next higher level, and one of them can declare war and start a national war."

"The national war between dukes is a duchy war."

"The rules of the national war are that you cannot plunder property, you cannot harm ordinary civilians, and you cannot kill nobles. You can win as long as you capture the inner city where the nobles are and capture them."

"After victory, you can choose a trophy within the scope of the regulations."

"In short, these are all options that can make the Eller family bleed heavily."

Uchiha Madara understood that a war that can be controlled and limited in scale is always better than a war without limits.

Of course, it would be better if there were no war.

"Mr. Madara."

Liszt put down the knife and fork in his hand, and there was an impenetrable shadow in his sky-blue pupils.

He smiled and said.

"If a national war really breaks out tomorrow, my sister will be the one they devote all their strength to."

"Although they are all trash that you cannot afford to ignore, Duke Dick's puppet-making magic, his knights who use blood and energy, and the casters should be able to relieve your boredom a little."

"Of course, don't hold back on anyone except the Duke himself."

"Kill me and I will take responsibility."

Ban observed Liszt with great interest.

In the afternoon, he had observed the energy properties of blood, holy light and arcane.

Before he met a strong man, he had no interest in the three powers.

Compared to all that, he wanted to know more about how Liszt would perform tomorrow night.

That look... is a look that wants to kill.

"I will protect her."