Lords go left, Emperors go right

Aosta had to make preparations in advance. Although the two sides had signed a secret military alliance agreement, Aosta obviously did not believe in fake brotherhood. Among the neighbors around the territory, at least one of them must be a real military ally with him, so that when a border war breaks out in the future, he will not fall into a passive situation of being attacked from all sides.

The target of this alliance is naturally Reina. She is now completely controlled by Osta and will basically not betray. Moreover, this gentleman prince intends to find an opportunity to completely possess this lady and all the members of the Thunder Knights under her command and make them his own. That is the ultimate goal. These treasures are very tempting. A gentleman has seen them all, and there is no reason to let them go.

"Lord Osta, I am truly sorry to disturb your rest. How about I report back later?"

"Yulia, there's no need to avoid me. What do you want to report?"

"Then I will report that the border is not peaceful. There are many bandit gangs. The neighboring lord has sent troops to the border in the name of eliminating bandits."

"Those two naughty brothers are too... Reina, I'm afraid it won't work this time, next time..."

"Well, Your Highness Aosta, go ahead and do your work. Next time, I will give you a surprise next time."

"Reina, I'm looking forward to the next time. By the way, none of you can be left behind."

When Osta's claws were about to extend to the valley area in front of him to explore, he was interrupted by Yulia's emergency report. Lena blushed, looked at Osta with a charming expression, and said that she would give him a big surprise next time.

Chapter 162: Causes of Territorial Border Disputes

In the Bloomfield area, the environment around the territory was not peaceful. After the super hurricane Queen Anna and Princess Vichy passed through and landed and attacked the neighboring Fitzgerald territory, some neighbors began to get restless after seeing that the super hurricane did not attack their own territory.

The Fitzgerald region, which was hit by the super hurricane, was in ruins everywhere. There was definitely nothing to gain. In addition, the area belonged to other empires, so it would not be a target of attack. The two closest neighbors to the Osta territory were members of the Obelisk Empire's royal family, the sixth prince Osdu and the fifth prince Osla.

The two princes were mobilizing heavy troops, under the pretext of suppressing bandits and clearing out robbers and mountain bandits, and the troops were approaching the border. They were approaching the outskirts of Aosta's territory and were very close to the border. The two sides had secretly signed a military alliance treaty before, and the two brothers sent troops under the banner of fulfilling the alliance. Aosta could not find a legitimate reason to condemn them for a while.

The relationship between the two princes and Osta was just a standard plastic brotherhood. Even the military alliance treaty that was secretly signed before was just a piece of waste paper in Osta's eyes. If someone did not abide by it, it would be useless.

According to the latest border situation reported by Yulia, the expeditionary forces of the two princes, after easily defeating the bandits, refused to leave the border. What's more, they also invaded the outer areas of Aosta's territory in the name of chasing the remaining bandits.

There are many places on the border that were originally allocated to Aosta according to the secret military alliance agreement, but they were all occupied by their army. Aosta was busy building the port city of St. Louis before, and he did not form his own territory army.

The military forces under Osta are mainly composed of surrendered members of primitive tribal clans. The actual command power still lies with the original female chief of the tribe. Osta does not directly control them. He always trusts the female chiefs under him and gives power to them directly.

Although Aosta had a large number of military forces and combatants, they were all concentrated in several towns such as Port St. Louis, and the border was almost empty without border guards. This gave the two brothers an opportunity to take advantage of it. Seeing that Aosta had no border guards, they openly sent troops to invade Aosta's territory.

When Osta received the report, many territories on the border of his territory had been occupied by the troops of Osdu and Osla. They were occupied in the name of suppressing bandits and robbers, and many strategic buffer zones were actually controlled by the other side. There was almost no possibility of resolving these border disputes through negotiation. If the other side was really sincere in negotiating a solution, they would not have sent troops directly without making a sound. Osta could only resort to force to subdue the enemy.

"These two guys actually took advantage of the situation. Do they really think I don't have any troops to send out..."

"Your Highness Aosta, it hurts..."

"I'm sorry, Reina, Finia, I'll rub it for you. Where does it hurt?"

"Yes...wait, didn't you say to rub it? How come you kiss..."

"Reina, Finia, you two smell so good, can't you even give me a kiss?"

"Your Highness Aosta, you...you are welcome to do whatever you want. We are just not used to being suddenly...uuu..."

In the rest area in the underground special isolation room of the luxurious villa in the lord's mansion. After listening to Yulia's report, Lord Osta's face became a little gloomy, and his hands around the slender waist of the baby beside him unconsciously increased their strength.

This made the two beautiful girls, Reina the Thunder Knight and Finia, the vice leader of the Thunder Knights, who were nestled in Osta's arms, feel a little uncomfortable. Osta discovered the problem in time and relaxed his grip. He adjusted his mentality a little, and then kissed the two babies in his arms for a while, finally eliminating the discomfort caused just now.

The young lady blushed and allowed the gentleman prince to kiss her at will. Reina was a little disappointed. She had been expecting it just now, thinking that he would take her first kiss. In the end, Osta only kissed her face, and the kiss was more serious, not touching the sensitive areas. The gentleman lord was a gentleman for once. When he was close to the elf princess before, he kissed her all over her body.

The fifth prince Osla and the sixth prince Osdu, both of whom were Aosta's younger brothers in terms of seniority, now actually sent troops to invade their elder brother's territory and occupy Aosta's territory. This was clearly a violation of their superiors and needed to be taught a lesson.

Osta had known for a long time that fake brotherhood was unreliable, but he didn't expect that the falling out would happen so quickly, much faster than Osta had predicted. It might be caused by a change in the middle. Logically speaking, before accumulating enough strength to compete with his eldest brother Osed, the eldest prince, there was no reason for the sixth prince Osdu to fall out with his other brothers so quickly.

Osdu also needs to unite with other brothers to help him seize the right to inherit the throne of the empire from his elder brother Osder. It is obviously not the right time to break up with the other princes. The fifth prince Osla, the miser, is even less likely to turn against him too early. Wars are expensive, so he is reluctant to invest so much. Unless his temperament suddenly changes and he becomes generous from being stingy, that is another matter.

"Lord Osta, those merchants from the Western Continent revealed a lot of information to me. His Majesty recently held a secret meeting and then sent a special envoy to visit the Central Continent."

"Yulia, do you mean that this matter is related to my father?"

"Lord Osta, I am just guessing that His Majesty seems to have issued some new imperial edict. These abnormal changes may be related to the content of the imperial edict. The envoy has not yet arrived, so it is difficult to draw a conclusion."

"Chris, go talk to Gonias (White Witch) and Loritana (Black Witch) and ask them to call the female leaders to a meeting."

"Lord Osta, do you need us to tell Princess Audrey?"

"No need to inform Delis. I will handle the political matters."

Osta didn't know the content of the imperial edict, so he could only summon his female clan leaders to form a territory guard team by gathering the combat forces they could mobilize and the members of their clans and tribes. Osta would decide whether to take action against the invading Osdu and Osla and directly go to war with the troops sent by the two princes based on the actual situation and the development of the situation.

The two brothers were in the capital of the Obelisk Empire, and it was very likely that they had someone in the palace. They had an insider, and even knew the contents of the secret imperial edict that the emperor, Augustus VIII, was going to issue. Osdu and Osla knew in advance that their father was going to redivide the territory and adjust the area of ​​each prince's territory, so they couldn't sit still.

Emperor Augustus VIII, who had been lukewarm towards the third prince, Aosta, suddenly changed his attitude and did a 360-degree reversal. Although the new territorial division criteria were not yet known, judging from the reports from the insiders, it was not good for Aosta and Aosta.

The emperor said that the map was incorrectly marked, so there was an error in the division of territories, which resulted in the territories of some princes being unreasonable and inappropriate in all aspects. In line with the principle of fairness, Augustus VIII redivided the territory. This statement was purely a lie. In fact, it was to adjust the territorial sphere of influence of each prince to balance the differences in power among the princes.

In this new division adjustment, the emperor reallocated the Mager Wharf, which originally belonged to the Sixth Prince Osla, to the Third Prince Aosta. This area of ​​town was once the largest commercial port and one of the important locations in the region before the construction of the St. Louis Wharf.

The emperor also reassigned the Ernest Plain area, which originally belonged to the fifth prince Osla, to the control area of ​​the third prince Aosta. This plain area was recently discovered to have a large gold mine with astonishing reserves underground.

For an extremely stingy miser like Osla, ceding this area would be very painful. No one wanted to give up the fat in their hands easily, even if the other party was their brother. In addition to these two important areas, the scope of adjustment of other territories is still unclear. Of course, the adjustment of those two territories alone is enough to turn the brothers against each other.

Due to the influence of the secret military alliance treaty signed before, neither Osla nor Oss could declare war directly, as they had to save face. They did not dare to openly turn against each other and directly send troops to occupy Aosta's territory. Under the planning and advice of their advisers, they resorted to the dirty trick of saving the country in a roundabout way.

Osla and Osdu occupied Aosta's territory in the name of suppressing bandits and robbers. After the imperial edict came down, their army would probably refuse to leave. There was a secret military alliance treaty, and if Aosta took the initiative to attack their army, it would be a violation of the covenant. At that time, on the surface, morality would not stand on the side of Aosta, but on the side of Osdu and Osla.

"Sophia, is this...is this reason credible?"

"Lord Osta, this is most likely the reason. When I was in the Eastern Continent, the Church of Light used many methods to balance and control various countries. This is a common method."

"My father is trying to trick me again. These days, it's impossible to develop things quietly."

"Lord Aosta, what do you plan to do..."

"Of course we fought back. Anyway, the imperial edict has not arrived here, and now is the best opportunity to take action."

Sophia, one of Osta's exclusive accompanying combat maids, combined the various political tactics used by the Church of Light when she was in the Eastern Continent of the Human Race, and analyzed the general reasons for Osta. Sophia was very talented in politics, and the results of her analysis were very close to the truth.

Sophia almost figured out where the disputed territory that the empire was going to give to Aosta was. Aosta already had a rough idea that the reason for the premature conflict between the brothers was probably the dispute over territory.

It was not just Osta who was in dispute. Among all the princes sent abroad by the Obelisk Empire, except for the territory of the eldest prince Osder, which had not been touched, the territories of other princes had disputed lands after the replanning.

The purpose of Emperor Augustus VIII was obvious, which was to make these princes turn against each other because of fighting for territory. By then, the other princes would be busy attacking each other and would not be able to form an alliance to face the outside world, threatening the authority of the eldest prince Osder and reducing the probability of competing for the position of heir to the throne.

Those two idiots, Osdu and Osla, were used as pawns. The counselors and staff around them were so cunning that they came up with such a rogue and scoundrel method, planning to send troops to occupy the disputed territory first.

By then, even if the imperial decree to redraw the border line came down, the other party could still occupy the place in the name of the secret military alliance treaty. After Osta learned the general truth of the matter, he felt a little tricky. He initially thought of sending troops, disguised as thieves, to drive the two brothers' troops out of the country.

This plan is not easy to arrange at present, as the Bloomfield territory has not yet been completely unified. The three primitive tribes of the Sarahanim, led by the "Snake Witch" Samadiya, have been in a state of preparation for war, watching this side with eager eyes, and they are just waiting for the opportunity to launch an attack.

Aosta had to focus on guarding against attacks from within the territory, and also retain troops to guard the safety of the port city of St. Louis to ensure the safety of the investment promotion conference in the near future. Aosta had no way to concentrate all his efforts and free up his hands to deal with the armies of the two troublemakers.

Now, after seeing Osta's growing strength, the "Snake Witch" Samadiya could no longer sit still and waited for an opportunity to launch an attack. Samadiya herself may have sensitively realized that this was probably the last chance to attack.

Once Aosta recruits a few more primitive tribes, the delicate situation of equal strength between the two sides will be irreversibly tilted. By then, the primitive tribes of the Sarahanim who missed the opportunity will be in a passive defensive position throughout the whole process because of the huge gap in strength between the two sides, and there will be no possibility of active attack.

"Lord Osta, don't worry about that. There will be unexpected support in the next few days. Just wait patiently."

"Lord Osta, you only need to prepare for the reception of Miss Lanis and the others. The rest of the matters will be sorted out soon."

"Well, Chris, let's talk about sending troops after the clan leaders' meeting. For the time being, just put up with those two brats for a while, and we'll deal with them together later."

Osta, whose good mood was disturbed, did not continue to enjoy the gentle land. He comforted Reina and Fenia for a while and let the Thunder Knights continue to recuperate here. Osta got up and left, walked out of the rest area of ​​the special isolation room in the basement of the villa, and went to the office of the lord's mansion to deal with business.

The tense situation on the border has not yet reached the Port of St. Louis. The residents of this town are unaware of the serious situation outside, and the merchants are doing business. If he could see the real person, Osta would definitely beat up the two brothers. They came to mess with him at such a critical moment. Time really jumped.

Aosta will hold an investment promotion conference soon. If a territory war breaks out and the situation is unstable, the new nobles and daughters of famous families in the northern continent will basically not dare to attend the event. The young ladies are worried about being affected by the war situation. Except for a few such as Lanis, who may come to support them reluctantly because of their friendship with Aosta, most of the ladies will not come.

The loss of the huge amount of money invested by these "rich women" is what hurts Osta the most. He doesn't know how much gold coins will be wasted. Considering that this is a war between brothers, in order not to embarrass his relatives, Osta concealed the tense situation on the border from his sister, "Jade Princess" Audrey.

Osta didn't want to confuse this cute little girl, so he asked Chris and the others to keep it a secret. He would consider whether to tell Audrey after the result of the matter came out. Now was not the right time.

"Your Highness Aosta, what's the matter with contacting them at this time? By the way, the sales of those potatoes and corns are very good."

"Your Highness Aosta, I'll have Mary bring the relevant bills to you later. Now, do you want me to report the real-time sales volume?"

"Lenice, this has nothing to do with the sales of agricultural products. I have a suggestion and would like to invite you..."

Although the future situation is still unclear, after returning to the office, Osta still turned on the magic communication crystal on the desk and communicated with Miss Lanis remotely. Through the magic crystal, Osta could see Lanis's beautiful face.

Osta felt a little pity that the magic crystal ball could only show the head and the area above the neck, and could not see more. The hair on Lanis's head was wet, with water droplets between the hair. This was obviously the state after taking a bath. Osta was limited by his vision and could not see more beautiful scenery.

Osta quickly put away his distracting thoughts, sorted out his emotions, and told Lenis about his new plan. A trade fair for high-end beauty and cosmetics products, as well as auctions and other such nonsense activities. As Osta predicted, when Lenis heard about beauty products, her beautiful eyes showed a special attention, as if she was very interested. She pursed her lips and thought for a while, then responded to Osta with an extremely bright smile.

"Your Highness Aosta, you are so lucky. I just happened to have an outdoor activity for the young ladies of the new noble faction, and I was worried about not having a suitable place."

"Your Highness Aosta, they can go on a trip to your place. As long as they are happy, they will not hesitate to spend any amount of money. By the way, is there any problem with safety? I heard..."

"It's all right, Lanis. Everything is fine. Don't believe any gossip."

Chapter 163: Preparations for the Trade Fair Are in Progress

The new nobles of the human race in the northern continent are all wealthy businessmen who have risen with the prosperity of commercial activities. It is not accurate to call them new nobles. It is more accurate to define them as the bourgeoisie. The target of Aosta's investment attraction plan is the daughters of the new nobles and the eldest daughters of the new nobles.

When Osta held a high-end beauty cosmetics promotion meeting, he wanted to attract them to invest in Blom Vault and participate in the new expansion plan of the port city of St. Louis. Whether the super city Odyssey Thrite can be built depends mainly on the investment of these rich women and rich lolita.

In addition to Lenise, her wealthy besties of the same level will also come, all of them are celebrities who spend money without blinking an eye. Osta specifically asked Lenise to help act as a middleman and introduce the other party to invest.

Lanis quickly agreed to Osta's request, but she put forward an additional condition. The young lady wanted to hold a personal exhibition in Osta, and needed Osta to provide venue and personnel support.

Osta agreed to the other party's request without thinking, and promised to take care of everything. He had not yet thought about what those works of art were, which were personal works of Lanis. The gentleman prince had seen them in Lanis's private art studio before, so it was easy to guess.

Osta forgot for a moment and thought that the personal works that Lanis was going to display were works of art such as oil paintings. In order to hold this high-end beauty and cosmetics exhibition, Osta needed to make various preparations in advance. Other problems were not difficult. The most difficult problem at the moment was his two royal brothers who deliberately made trouble.

The fifth prince of the Obelisk Empire, Osla, and the sixth prince, Osdu, both sent large armies to attack the border. The other side sent heavy troops to occupy large tracts of land in the border area, and many strategic buffer zones were occupied.

Osla and Osdu, under the pretext of a secret military alliance and the suppression of bandits, have been occupying the border area in a shameless manner, and are showing a tendency to go further. If Osta does not respond, they may continue to advance and further expand the scope of their occupation.

It is not appropriate for Osta to start a war right now. At least we have to wait until Lanis's group of friends finish their visit, confirm their investment, and leave before we start. The unstable situation in the territory will seriously affect the confidence of investors.

"Your Highness Aosta, why are you here? I..."

"Meilan, I see you are here...How about I come visit you later? When you are ready to receive me."

"Wait, Your Highness Aosta, please come in! It's okay to meet now."

"Meilan, I'll come in then. I didn't realize you're also very good at choosing."

"Your Highness Aosta, I...I just chose it randomly, please don't misunderstand me."

"Meilan, this outfit suits you very well. I suggest you choose more of this style in the future."

Sophia, the exclusive battle maid accompanying Osta, said that they had a way to deal with the border issue and Osta didn't need to worry about it. However, as a lord, Osta still wanted to do something within his ability, and it didn't necessarily require Chris and the others to do it.

Before deciding whether to launch a military response to the rogue invasion of Osla and Osdu, Osta wanted to seek the opinion of the imperial military. Let's see the attitude of the military of the Obelisk Empire. In the face of this territorial conflict between the princes, will the military remain truly neutral or take sides?

Beside Osta, in the Blomfield Territory, there was someone representing the military of the Obelix Empire, and that was Brigadier General Meilan. This flaxen-haired, blue-eyed beauty was tall and 175cm tall, and was ranked at the top among Osta's female companions.

When Osta came to Meilan's room, he unexpectedly found that Meilan was changing her equipment. Her room door was not locked, but ajar. Osta reached out and gently pushed it open. When Osta came in, Meilan was standing in front of a tall floor-to-ceiling full-length mirror, trying on clothes. Not far behind her, there were a lot of clothes scattered on the pink sheets of the bed. There were also a lot of clothes placed randomly on the floor, and shoes and socks were everywhere, thrown on the carpet.

At this time, Meilan was only wearing a thin black underwear pantyhose, which was a lace suspender style, and had a hollow sexy design. The dress had a good see-through effect, and was matched with a pair of black hollow silk stockings of the same design.

When Meilan saw Aosta, her pretty face instantly turned red. Meilan was still wearing this bold and open style black thin underwear panties, and she posed in front of the mirror in a very tempting posture, which could easily make people who saw it bleed from the nose.

Osta couldn't take his eyes off her for a moment. It was the first time he realized that Meilan could be unserious. This attitude was in stark contrast to her usual conservative style.

Meilan was just admiring herself, but she didn't expect Aosta to come and visit her. Aosta's lord's mansion was very safe, and Aosta was the only man there. Therefore, Meilan didn't lock the door, and was bumped into by the other party.

Meilan originally thought that the maids in the mansion would remind her or Aosta to pay attention. Now, Meilan realized that this was Aosta's territory, a sphere of influence that was completely controlled by the other party.

The maids in the manor house and the luxurious villa were basically from Aosta's side. They had long been accustomed to the activities of a certain gentleman lord and would not remind Meilan or Aosta to pay attention.

Meilan almost wanted to raise her hands to cover her chest, but she put her hands down halfway and let the other party admire her to her heart's content. After all, all her secrets had been seen before, so there was no problem of exposure.

Meilan blushed at this moment. The main reason she felt shy was because she had put on a black leather collar for no reason, driven by her own strange ideas. It was a style with a rope in the middle that could be led. When Osta came in, Meilan had no time to take off this special accessory, which could easily cause misunderstandings on the other side, so she began to daydream about unspeakable things.

The most embarrassing thing was that Meilan held a red ball with a black strap in her left hand, and a black lace eye mask in her right hand. The translucent material seemed to match her underwear and panties. On the small wardrobe beside the bed, there was also a set of red leather handcuffs and leg cuffs.

In addition to Meilan, there were also the beautiful adjutants around her in this boudoir. Their outfits were the same as Meilan's, thin black underwear panties, the same hollow style and suspender silk stockings. The dress styles of all the members were open and bold styles of the hollow series, which looked very attractive.

These beautiful lieutenants were fully equipped, kneeling side by side on the bed, legs together, hands crossed behind their backs, and bodies leaning forward. They were wearing red leather collars, with the thin ropes attached to the collars casually placed aside. They were also wearing red leather handcuffs and leg cuffs on their wrists and ankles.

Those maids all had black lace eye masks on their faces. Their ability to speak was sealed by a red spherical prop with holes. They could not use their speech. Obvious water marks could be seen at the corners of their mouths, which were estimated to be saliva.

The maids in the room had obvious sweat stains all over their bodies, and they looked alluring and sweaty, with blushing faces. Meilan was shy, so she didn't dare to try on the whole set, so she asked the personal guards around her to try on the whole set and appreciate the effect for her, and to use it as a reference for comparison.

When Aosta came in, Meilan also had no time to restore the situation, so Aosta could only enjoy this special beauty. The beautiful adjutants were all tall and slender, with curvy figures, not much inferior to Meilan. After hearing the voice of a certain gentleman prince, these beautiful adjutants blushed, lowered their heads, and were too embarrassed to look up.

"Meilan, I won't be shy about it. I want to talk to you about something serious. There's no need to be so far away. Come closer so you can hear clearly."

"Your Highness Aosta, you...you are teasing me again."

"Meilan, you are mine, this is not a joke."

"Your Highness Aosta, do you have anything to ask me?"

After getting Meilan's permission, Osta entered the other's boudoir without hesitation, looking a little impatient. This gentleman was not the first time to visit a girl's boudoir. He was a repeat offender and was very familiar with the steps and procedures. Many of Osta's actions were smooth and seamless, with almost no hesitation throughout the whole process.

Aosta seemed to do it on purpose, her expression was still serious, but this gentleman lord picked up the red rope on the ground and gently pulled it, and Meilan was caught off guard and fell directly into Aosta's arms and was hugged by him. It seemed as if Meilan took the initiative to throw herself into his arms, and the sense of déjà vu was strong.