Lords go left, Emperors go right

Meilan didn't dare to move rashly in Osta's arms, fearing that twisting her body and touching and rubbing would irritate him, and it would be embarrassing to be executed on the spot. Osta just hugged her quietly without taking any further action, which made Meilan's hidden expectation in her heart go to waste.

Osta stopped in time, not because she suddenly turned over a new leaf and became a gentleman. Osta had bullied Reina and Finia before, and he was temporarily satisfied with these beautiful knights of the "Thunder Knights", so he didn't want to kill Meilan now.

"Meilan, this is what happened. Those two idiots of mine...Ausdu and Osla went too far and bullied me."

"Meilan, do you know what the Imperial Military thinks about this and which prince they support?"

"Your Highness Oster, the Imperial Army is currently mainly supporting the Second Prince, His Highness Oster."

"As for disputes between other princes, territorial disputes, and border conflicts, the Imperial Military will remain completely neutral and will not take sides."

"Your Highness Aosta, rest assured that the Imperial Army will not get involved in your geopolitical conflict."

"Meilan, are you sure this information is correct?"

"No... no problem, I promise, I can swear, Your Highness Aosta, don't..."

Meilan's face flushed, and her tone of voice became intermittent and soft. When someone held her, the gentleman lord was serious on the surface, but he was not serious in secret. The mischievous claws took advantage of the conversation to touch her up and down, conducting evil explorations, and several times they were placed on the button on Meilan's back, almost unbuttoning it.

Meilan had no way to resist. Ever since they met, she had been controlled by a certain gentleman prince. Meilan had no fighting power in front of him, especially now that the rope connected to the black collar was under Aosta's control and was being pulled by him. Thinking of this, Meilan felt extremely shy and felt powerless to resist.

"By the way, Meilan, there is still time. Do you want to take a walk? Just in the room."

"This... Your Highness Aosta, please don't... don't joke around, okay? I'm just wearing it for fun, I don't want to experience it."

"Really? Are you sure?"

"Your Highness Aosta, are you ordering me?"

"No, Meilan, I'm just asking for your true thoughts. Be honest. There are no outsiders here, so there's nothing to worry about."

"I...I...don't...Your Highness Aosta, please, I want to..."

Meilan's face was flushed, and Osta's words echoed in her ears like the devil's whisper. After a brief and intense ideological struggle, she nodded shyly, her cherry lips slightly opened, and then were sealed by the red ball prop with holes. As her eyes went dark and her vision was restricted by the black lace blindfold, she heard the sound of the door being locked. Meilan didn't care about anything else, and lay down forward to start a special experience.

Osta basically did not interfere with the daily management of the lord's mansion, leaving it to the three exclusive accompanying combat maids, Chris and others. Among them, one was secretly promoting the spread of strange ideas.

Meilan has lived in the lord's mansion, this villa, for some time. Under the subtle influence of the special environment and atmosphere around her, she has become bolder without realizing it. Meilan didn't even realize that she was gradually opening up in front of someone to a degree that she had never dared to imagine before.

"Your Highness Osta, Miss Mary wants to see you for something. Are you free now?"

"Mary is here? Lanis's people are really fast. I'll go see her when I'm free."

"Your Highness Aosta, she has arrived and is in the study. Is it convenient for you to meet her?"

"Please wait a moment Mary, I'll be there soon. I'm always available."

What caught Meilan off guard was that at this special time, someone actually came to visit Aosta, and it was Mary, the beautiful housekeeper of Miss Lanis. Just when she was at a loss, she felt a pulling force on her neck, and with the sound of the door opening, a gentleman prince directly led Meilan to the study.

Aosta was still somewhat modest. He did not let Meilan crawl on the carpet like she did in the room, but walked upright, under the pretext of taking her out for a walk. The floor of the lord's mansion was covered with thick and soft carpets. Even without shoes or socks, it was no problem to walk barefoot. However, the shame of being exposed to the air was too subtle.

Meilan didn't want to leave at first, but she couldn't resist. Then she thought, except for a certain gentleman prince, all the others in the mansion were girls. Thinking this way, she didn't seem so shy anymore, and the road ahead became much easier.

Mary, the beautiful housekeeper beside Miss Lanis, is about 170cm tall. She is also a tall and slender beauty with a curvy figure. She is wearing a decent black suit, a full set of women's formal wear, similar to the working ladies in the office. This special women's suit is matched with a short skirt, black high heels and black silk stockings.

Mary was holding a thick package of documents and waiting for Osta's arrival. After seeing Osta coming in, the elegant and graceful blonde housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and the gentle smile froze on her face, not knowing what expression to put on.

Although Mary had seen a lot of big things, this was the first time she had seen such an evil scene. The snow-white phantom behind Osta who was walking awkwardly had a figure that was no less beautiful than hers, with flaxen hair and beads of sweat on her fair skin.

The beauty was only wearing a thin black underwear pantyhose, with a sexy hollow lace design style, which was full of erotic value, and matched with suspender silk stockings of similar style. This special dressing style originally looked very cool. The reason for sweating was completely shy. After all, it was her first experience, and she was so shy that her whole body was hot, almost like having a fever.

"Your Highness Aosta, you...you are...sorry for disturbing me. I will come back later."

"Mary, don't mind me. I'm just taking a friend for a walk to cool off. If you have anything to say, you can tell me now!"

"Your Highness Aosta, are you taking someone for a walk? Our understandings may be a little different."

"Mary, you are in such a hurry to leave. Do you want to take a walk and cool off for a while?"

Osta's half-joking words made Mary afraid to leave, fearing that he would be serious and turn her into Meilan and take her to the lord's mansion for a walk. The thin underwear and panties worn by this beautiful housekeeper were also relatively open and bold. In terms of sexiness and interest, they were even much higher than the outfit Meilan was wearing now. Once the outer equipment was removed, it would be bad, and many secrets would be lost.

Thinking of this, Mary quickly put down the file bag in her hand and subconsciously covered her chest with both hands. She looked at Osta with a wary face. This beautiful housekeeper could only protect herself in this way. If a certain gentleman prince really wanted to, she could not escape. Mary herself had no fighting power, and resistance was impossible.

"Your Highness Aosta, I was just joking. This is the list of guests who will be attending this event."

"Your Highness Osta, my eldest daughter, Lanis, has already sorted it out and asked me to bring the list over for you to personally review and confirm."

"So that's what it is. Let me see, Mary, do you really not want to experience a refreshing walk?"

"No... no need, Your Highness Aosta, I appreciate your kindness, but it's not hot yet, so... let's talk about it later!"

Mary blushed and looked away, not daring to look over here. She had just wavered. Osta stopped teasing her and started to check the list to see if there were any of his acquaintances. Anyway, this girl couldn't escape. When a certain gentleman prince took Lanis down, this beautiful housekeeper would be taken over by Osta along with his eldest daughter.

Chapter 164: Armed Conflict on the Border Plain

The new nobles in the northern continent of the human race are quite complex. Osta took a rough look at the document that was sorted out by Lanis and brought by the housekeeper Mary. According to the records above, the new nobles in the northern continent of the human race are huge and have complicated relationships.

To put it simply, the Euphnics United Chamber of Commerce, to which Miss Lanis belongs, is one of the nine super business alliances. The nine super business alliances are the strongest organizations of the new noble forces in the northern continent. The three strongest forces in secret are hidden behind the scenes. Each behind-the-scenes force secretly controls three super business alliances, and those are the ones who are truly at the top of the pyramid.

The guests from the northern continent who came to participate in the trade fair held in Osta's territory, Bloomfield, were the daughters of the new aristocracy. They were mainly the daughters of Laness's close friends, and there was also a super business alliance and its affiliates.

The other eight super business alliances did not come to the appointment because of Aosta's low reputation. Even if Lanis went to invite them personally, the other party might not give face. Therefore, Aosta's reception target this time was Miss Lanis and her girlfriends. If they could get the support of a super business alliance, it would be enough to help Aosta raise relevant funds.

During the adventure in the Netherfire Forest, the mysterious lady that Osta helped was a member of one of the other nine super business alliances, and was not from the same business alliance as Lannis. She was busy going back to deal with family affairs and had to be absent from this super cosmetics exhibition.

Although the number of people was different from what was expected, Osta was very satisfied. As long as they could recruit people, there was hope. In the human race's northern continent, only Lanis advocated this activity. Naturally, she could only attract those young ladies who belonged to her circle of girlfriends, and could not attract people from other circles.

"Mary, please go back and report the progress to Lannis. I will prepare the venue as soon as possible. There will be no problem with safety."

"That's good, Your Highness Aosta, I will go back and report right away."

After Mary got a clear answer from Osta, the beautiful housekeeper turned around and left the study room with an ambiguous atmosphere. She had already abandoned her usual calm and composed behavior and left as quickly as if she was going to escape. Because she was wearing black high heels, Mary looked particularly embarrassed when she was running away, and she almost fell down several times.

Osta put down the folder in his hand, gently picked up Meilan, and took her to her boudoir to rest. The previous shame game did not continue. After arriving at Meilan's boudoir, Osta untied the restraining props. Meilan's face was flushed, and she looked at Osta with shyness in her eyes. She soon lowered her head shyly, not daring to look at the gentleman prince, for fear that he would discover her reaction just now.

Osta had long discovered that Meilan's body reactions were very honest. After all, her panties were hollow, so it was easy to tell if there was anything wrong. Osta was very considerate and didn't point it out, giving Meilan some face. If he had said it directly, she would probably have avoided it in the future and would not have dared to continue playing this exciting game that broke taboos.

"Your Highness Aosta, just now you..."

"It's okay. Mary is one of us and won't talk nonsense. You should have a good rest. I will find you to continue when I have time."

"There will be a next time, Your Highness, you..."

"What's wrong, you don't like it?"

"No...No, I...I am looking forward to your highness's next visit."

"That's good, Meilan, just treat this place as your own home, don't be too restrained."

In front of Osta, Meilan was unable to stick to her principles and soon gave in. After achieving his goal of teasing, Osta left Meilan's boudoir, as he still had a lot of business to deal with. He called Chris and the others, who were the exclusive accompanying battle maids, and followed Osta throughout the whole process.

When Osta did something strange, the special combat maids would choose to hide and stay at a distance. Chris and the others did not really leave the protection range, but just moved to a position where Osta could not detect and continued to protect secretly. When Osta wanted to summon them, Chris and the others would suddenly appear like a flash.

"Lord Osta, this is the latest border situation map, please take a look."

"Let me see, those two guys are progressing too fast. They are almost reaching St. Louis. Are there really so many bandits in the border area of ​​our territory?"

Aosta frowned as he looked at the various markings on the map. The army of the Fifth Prince Osra's territory came from the east. Under the pretext of chasing down bandits and robbers, the army entered the Ernest Plain area and successively occupied several towns on the plain, with a tendency to expand further.

The Sixth Prince Osdu's army pressed forward from the north and infiltrated the south in large numbers. After increasing the number of garrisons at Mager Wharf, he also built a number of fortifications, intending to occupy it for a long time.

Among Osta's territory and the neighbors around the Bloomfield area, the most stable is the Fitzgerald territory in the south of the territory. After experiencing the great plague mutation and the baptism and ravages of double super hurricanes, this area is in ruins and has long posed no threat to Osta.

The west of Aosta's territory is close to the Great Western Sea, which is also very safe. Since he surrendered the pirate queens Belus and Lianna, Aosta's territory has a navy, and there is no need to worry about hostile forces coming from the sea and launching a surprise landing operation. Aosta always controls the sea power in the coastal areas of the territory.

"Lord Osta, please forgive me for being blunt. The bandits active on the border don't seem to be real bandits. They may be fake."

"Chris, no matter the true or false identities of these bandits, the area over the border needs to be deterred."

"Lord Osta, you can make the arrangements. We are loyal to you now, not the Empire, so... you know."

"Yulia, before the support you mentioned arrives, I plan to give those two ungrateful brothers a lesson."

"If we can deter them this time, we'll just ignore them for now. I'll settle accounts with them after the trade fair is over."

Osta didn't intend to sit there and wait for death, and he couldn't remain silent either, as the two might go too far and send troops to further encroach on the periphery of his territory. After comparing the personalities of the two brothers, Osta decided to start with the fifth prince Osra.

The fifth prince Osra is a stingy person. Once his territory army suffers heavy losses, he is likely to give up for fear of greater expenditure. After calculating that the action is not worth the loss, Osra will most likely choose to withdraw in disgrace.

As for Aosta, as long as they can destroy the enemy's army to the greatest extent and increase the loss of Osla's troops, they will win. At that time, Osla will take the initiative to withdraw and lead the troops back to their own territory, and Aosta will not need to make a big move.

The Sixth Prince Osdu is not so good. This guy has a bad personality. When he is furious, he can easily break off relations with Osta and openly attack Osta's territory. At this stage, Osta still has to maintain this plastic brotherhood and cannot completely break off relations with Osdu or Osla for the time being.

Aosta planned to attack selectively, as long as the army of the fifth prince Osla was defeated and could not bear the loss. The army of the sixth prince Osdu had no reason to stay and would probably choose to retreat without fighting. This time they were sent out together, and if one side retreated, it would be morally untenable for the other side not to retreat.

According to the latest military intelligence, the Fifth Prince Osla's territory army has dispatched about 100,000 troops. Among them, more than 30,000 are directly under his command, and the remaining more than 70,000 are war mercenaries hired by Osla at a high price.

In order to occupy the territory of Aosta, the "stingy man" did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to hire so many war mercenaries. These war mercenaries were defeated or even annihilated, but the loss was not a big deal to the fifth prince Osla. Those war mercenaries themselves were not legitimate, and they mainly came from the southern continent of the human race with a large population.

For the more regular war mercenary groups of the human race, according to employment practices, after these war mercenaries die on the battlefield, the employer and the mercenary guild must share the cost in half and bear the cost of pensions and other post-mortem expenses for the families of the dead mercenaries. If the mercenaries have no families, no payment is required.

In order to save money, many mercenary groups would give priority to homeless people when recruiting real mercenaries. Orphan mercenaries were more popular. War mercenaries without families received at least three times more salary than mercenaries with families.

The war mercenary groups in the southern continent of the human race were not regular. Without this basic security system, the hiring price was very low, and they were welcomed by many employers. Prince Osla would not feel sad about the losses of these cheap war mercenary groups. Instead, he was happy because he could pay less salary when settling the remuneration.

Based on these circumstances, Osta's strategic goal was to deplete the capital of the fifth prince Osla. The loss of more than 30,000 direct troops would definitely make this brother heartbroken, and then retreat in the face of difficulties. If he still didn't know what was going on, Osta wouldn't mind letting the fifth prince spend all his capital on the border.

"Chris, get ready. We are going to visit the military base in Osla tomorrow."

"Lord Osta, are you going to take action?"

"Yulia, let's use courtesy first and then force. If he doesn't realize it, you can't blame me. Then we won't talk about brotherhood."

Osta quickly decided on a schedule and went to Osla's camp first. It would be best if he could persuade him to withdraw. If Osla was stubborn, Osta would have to teach his stupid brother a lesson and let him know how serious the consequences of provoking his brother were.

Aosta could not send out the army directly, as the ground troops had to garrison the port city of St. Louis and several important towns. However, the navy was not affected. After receiving the secret letter from the lord, the pirate queens Belus and Lianna burned the contact letters overnight and commanded their respective pirate fleets to leave at midnight.

The fleet commanded by Belus and Lianna sailed towards several important cargo transport ports along the coast of Osla. The strategic purpose was self-evident, which was to put pressure on Osla from the sea. The territorial armies of the two princes, Osla and Osdu, only had a small number of navies, which posed no threat to Osta. Harassing the ports was no small matter for them.

The main mode of transportation between the Central Continent and the various human continents is currently the sea route. The teleportation magic array is expensive and extremely costly, and no one has built it yet. As for airship transportation, this mode of transportation is only available in the northern continent of the human race, which is unaffordable for most lords sent to the Central Continent. Controlling the sea route can suppress the opponent to a great extent.

Every week, the Obelix Empire would arrange for imperial transport ships to transport food supplies and various daily necessities to the territories of various princes. At the end of the month, each prince would pay the cost price to the empire.

Osta's secret letter to the pirate queen Belus and Lianna was to have them destroy the docks and force the imperial transport fleet to delay its arrival because it could not dock and unload. Osta's territory has initially achieved self-sufficiency, and there is no worry about food supply. Daily necessities can be imported from the northern continent through Lanis, with the help of the relationship of the eldest lady. Therefore, he is not afraid of retaliation for playing such a dirty trick. At most, no one can get the imperial supplies.

That night, after finishing a day's work, Osta returned to the bedroom and fell asleep, not noticing that there were two petite snow-white phantoms hiding in the corner of the bedroom. Chris and the others who were responsible for Osta's safety did not alert Osta after seeing the two little cuties, but pretended not to know. Yulia even waved to them to come over.

That night, Osta had a beautiful dream. He vaguely felt that there were two cute little kittens on his left and right sides, snuggling and rubbing against each other. The touch was excellent and silky smooth. However, these two little cuties were too inexperienced and had no skills at all. Apart from actively snuggling against a certain gentleman prince, they did not do anything else.

Almost at the same time, outside the Bloomfield area, at the border of the territory, in the east of the Ernest Plain, there was a scene of bright lights. More than 100,000 troops from the territory of Osra, the fifth prince of the Obelisk Empire, were stationed here.

On the surface, these troops claimed to be here to suppress bandits, and they flew the flag of the Obelisk Empire. In fact, after they arrived, they did not fight a single battle, but gathered the residents of several nearby villages and towns. Both the indigenous people and the outsiders were forced to work in the gold mines, which was to put it bluntly as conscription.

Many workers collapsed outside the gold mines due to the high intensity of labor day and night, and many died of exhaustion. In addition to the heavy work and poor food, they had to endure all kinds of cruel treatment from the supervisory soldiers. If they were dissatisfied, they would be physically punished. There was no pay for forced labor, and Prince Osra was notoriously stingy and would not pay any compensation at all.

At least 100,000 workers gathered on the Ernest Plain, working non-stop. The ore excavated from the gold mine was transported to the territory of Prince Osla through the road passage. Osla himself was a bit timid, in fact, he really didn't dare to have a head-on conflict with Aosta.

As the elder brother of the third prince, Aosta, and the only son of the Empress Margaret III, he was doted on by the Empress. Osra couldn't afford to offend him, so he did some petty thefts that were not worthy of being seen on the stage.

Osla wanted to take advantage of the situation before the imperial edict was issued. Smuggling precious mineral resources from Aosta's territory was almost the same as stealing. In this border conflict, Osla was mainly interested in the gold mine and did not want to give it to Aosta easily.

"Your Highness Osra, all the laborers that can be recruited have been dispatched. According to the current progress, we can..."

"The efficiency is still too low. Let's get the old, weak, sick and disabled people involved to speed up the process."

"Your Highness Osra, I'm afraid this is not appropriate!"

"It doesn't matter what's appropriate or inappropriate. If the Third Brother brings people here, we will retreat and take as much as we can."

After Prince Osla personally inspected the gold mine, he issued a cruel order without hesitation to squeeze out the surplus value of all the workers. In the human race's western continent, according to convention, the old, weak, sick and disabled do not need to perform labor service, but only need to pay a certain percentage of labor fee.

Osla, who was in the Central Continent, relied on the fact that the land was far away and the emperor was far away. He did not follow the traditional practices at all. He only wanted to make money, and before Osta could react and start a rebellion, he tried to grab the valuable resources as much as possible. Therefore, he issued a very inhumane order.

Although many of the counselors and strategists around Prince Osla felt that something was wrong, most of them did not dare to say a word for the sake of their jobs and lives, and pretended not to see anything. These counselors and strategists also had a job to make a living.

Among the nine imperial princes of the Obelix Empire, except for the third prince Aosta, who never recruited any counselors, the other princes recruited talents from all walks of life. In many cases, counselors had no choice. If they wanted to survive, they could only turn a blind eye to many things that went against their conscience.

"By the way, let the bandits disguise themselves as troops and advance towards the port town of St. Louis. Make some extra money while the emperor is not being polite."

Chapter 165: Initial Negotiations End in Failure

In the Bloomfield area, in the important coastal port city of St. Louis, although there have been various undercurrents around the territory, border conflicts have continued, and the situation is quite serious. However, the tense atmosphere on the border has not affected here.

Osta's territory was only on the surface, and there was no formal territorial army. The primitive tribal clan members who joined his ruling alliance and swore allegiance to Osta, all together, could gather a fighting force of over a million people. Even the elite troops of the Obelisk Empire's expeditionary force could not capture this port town.

Lord Aosta woke up early in the morning. He had rested in his private bedroom in the lord's mansion last night. For Aosta, this luxurious villa was a sanctuary where he could rest in peace without worrying about safety issues.

When the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone into the room through the gap in the curtains, Osta opened his eyes and stretched his waist lazily. He had a special dream last night and felt very good.

"Mavis, why are you and your sister here?"

"My Lord, it was my sister who suggested it. I just followed her."

"My Lord, I heard that this is a necessary rite of allegiance, so... could it be a mistake?"