Lords go left, Emperors go right

"No, Chris, I was just asking."

"Lord Osta, nothing can stop our time unless we volunteer."

"Yulia, I won't be using this pocket watch for now."

Chris and the others had no influence on the exclusive accompanying battle maids around Osta. In the time-stopping world created by "Frozen Eternity", the three of them could move freely. Chris and the others had cunning expressions on their faces, and their beautiful eyes revealed meaningful looks. What they said was also ambiguous, as if they meant something, but they didn't say it clearly.

Osta was not sure for a moment whether Chris and the others knew any deeper inside information. Some bold and gentlemanly thoughts that had just occurred in Osta's mind had now disappeared, flashed by, and did not stay for long.

The special time-stopping ability of the "Frozen Eternity" pocket watch can even easily stop the gods or demons in different planes. It is hard to imagine whether the brave man holding this special pocket watch will take the opportunity to do some unspeakable strange things after stopping the goddess or the female demon.

The relevant historical records were deleted, and Osta was unable to learn what the previous user, the senior traverser, had done, and whether there was any successful precedent. The time-stopping effect was ineffective against the Creation Gods of various planes, or beings at the same level as the Creation Gods, and above.

Chris and the others were not affected by the time-stopping effect of the mysterious pocket watch, which basically confirmed from the side that these three were at least as powerful as the Creator God. Thinking of this, Osta instantly dispelled all his bold gentlemanly ideas.

Chris and the others have a good relationship with Osta at the moment. Osta will not use this pocket watch prop to commit suicide. It is possible that the previous user of the pocket watch, the senior time traveler, was ultimately punished because of these bold gentleman ideas.

"Okay, Lord Osta, we are just talking about it casually. How you use it is your freedom. We will not interfere."

"Lord Osta, I suggest you don't delve too deeply into this. There are some things that are not the right time to know now."

"Yulia, I have received your suggestion. I will use this mysterious pocket watch with caution."

After Chris and the others finished talking, they returned to their usual maid state and expression, as if the change of face just now was just an illusion. Osta, with lingering fear, pressed the switch of the time-stop pocket watch again, releasing the delicate state of time nearby.

The "Black Rose" Marceline returned to normal, and she didn't notice anything. Marceline didn't notice the time freeze just now. At this time, Osta had already put away the pocket watch and pretended that nothing happened.

The time-stopping range of the mysterious pocket watch can currently cover a town area at most. The previous user consumed too much of it, so the pocket watch, which was originally capable of stopping the time of an entire continent in the other world, can now only stop the time of a small or medium-sized town.

Osta still didn't know what happened to the senior time traveler, and what kind of shocking violation of the rules he had done. This mysterious pocket watch, when the time-stopping ability is activated, does not require the user to pay any price. In view of this point, even if it cannot be restored to the previous time-stopping range, it is still a huge profit. Osta does not need to stop a large area, a town is enough.

Chapter 174: The Official Visit of the Twin Princes’ Special Envoys

A week after the riot in the port town of Mager ended, Osta's territory, Bloomfield, welcomed a peaceful external environment. His neighbor, the lords of Gabeles and Christopher, members of the royal family of the Obelisk Empire who were brothers to Osta, the fifth prince Osla and the sixth prince Osdu, sent envoys to explain and apologize to the third brother Osta, saying that the previous border crossing incident was a complete misunderstanding and hoped to get the brother's understanding.

Aosta received the visiting envoys from the neighboring territory in the mansion of St. Louis, an important coastal port town in the Bloomfield region. The two royal brothers, Osdu and Osla, specially sent envoys to the mansion of the lord. In that luxurious villa, they met with Lord Aosta and explained the previous misunderstanding in person.

Osta had known about this for a long time. This was not a misunderstanding at all, but a robbery. Those who play political games are dirty. Osta does not reject political games, and joining them is also a kind of fun. He did not point out the hypocrisy of the other party in person, but took advantage of the situation, directly accepted the apology, and cooperated with the other party to continue the trick.

"Your Highness Osta, I am truly sorry. Your Highness Osra sent troops to your border to pursue the bandits and robbers. I did not mean to offend you."

"It's rare that Fifth Brother has bothered me this time. I don't care about the things on the border. We are all brothers."

"Your Highness Osta, we didn't expect to encounter a terrifying dragon-like monster in the Ernest Plain. Your Highness Osla has withdrawn his troops and is issuing a bounty. I believe that soon, a dragon-slayer will take the order to deal with the dragon-like monster."

"It's really rare that Lao Wu is willing to spend money this time. Okay, tell Osla for me that this matter is over."

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness Aosta. I will go back and report your intentions to Your Highness Osla. I hope this kind of misunderstanding will not happen again in the future."

The special envoy sent by the fifth prince Osla was a white-haired, vigorous old man. The old man was obviously a seasoned political veteran, and he spoke in a series of arguments, with a cunning look in his eyes. To deal with such an envoy, Osta simply stopped talking nonsense with him, pretending to be a man of great righteousness, and forgave Osla's mistakes, saying that they were still brothers.

Of course, this kind of fake brotherhood can't last long. As for Osla's proposal to offer a large reward and recruit brave men to defeat the prehistoric monster "Stone Dragon", Osta completely regarded it as a joke.

Osta had long known Osla's stingy character, he was simply an iron rooster. The idea that the boy was willing to spend money to issue a large reward and recruit heroes to slay the dragon was simply a fantasy, and even Osla himself probably didn't believe this joke.

Not much gold was mined on the Ernest Plains. Osta dug out a lot of relics of warriors from prehistoric civilizations, and those valuable magic ornaments. Osta didn't bother with Osla this time because of these gains.

After exchanging a few polite words with the envoy, Osta sent the old man away, forgetting about the compensation. With the style of the fifth prince Osra, unless you fight to the door of the treasury of his mansion, don't even think about getting a copper coin from this stingy man.

On the surface, Osla didn't seem to give Aosta any compensation, but in fact, Aosta had received special compensation through some special means. The pirate queens Lianna and Belus, who were arranged by Aosta before, took the opportunity to rob many merchant ships and cargo ships heading to the Gabrres area on the sea route, and robbed a lot of property that was originally intended to be tribute to Prince Osla.

The stingy fifth prince was now unable to speak out his grievances. Osla had suffered a loss, and he didn't know how much money he had lost to Aosta on the sea voyage. Aosta was secretly happy, pretending to value brotherhood and forgive the previous misunderstandings.

After sending away Osla's envoy, Osta also received Osdu's envoy. The one who suffered the most in this border conflict was undoubtedly the Sixth Prince Osdu, whose important port town of Mager was attacked by the mob army and lost. Not only did he suffer heavy losses, but he also lost face.

The town of Mager is currently assigned to Osdu. If something like this happens, it will damage the reputation of the Obelisk Empire. As the lord, Osdu must be responsible. The specific punishment will probably not fall on the Sixth Prince himself. Osdu will most likely find a scapegoat and arrange for someone to take the blame for him.

Through his exclusive combat maid, Chris, and their special channel intelligence network, Osta soon learned that the Sixth Prince Osdu had been making moves in his territory, Christopher, and had replaced a large number of important department heads, including the territory's military adviser and the commander-in-chief of the territory's legion, with new people.

This political move was obviously done for the Emperor Augustus VIII to see, to let his father know that he had learned a lesson after the riot in the port town of Mager and tried to avoid such a situation next time. Anyway, no matter how they were replaced, they were still the confidants around Ostus, and the counselors and strategists did not change.

The person responsible for the fall of the port town of Mager, the former city lord Baron Rodil, did not receive any actual punishment, but was simply transferred from his post to review his mistakes. It was euphemistically called observation, but in essence, no lessons were learned.

There is a vast ocean between the Central Continent and the Western Continent, and the emperor is far away. Even if Emperor Augustus VIII saw through Osto's tricks, his father would not care as long as it was not an open rebellion.

"Your Highness Osta, Your Highness Osdu is very sorry for not being able to communicate with you before and leading troops into the border area of ​​your territory."

"Old Six was too sudden this time. If something like this happens again next time, you should send someone to inform me first. It's not like I'm not in the territory."

"Your Highness Osta, when we learned the military situation, it was quite urgent. In order to suppress the bandits, Your Highness did not think too much about it. I hope you can understand. Your Highness specially arranged for me to explain it to you."

"By the way, I heard that something happened in Mager Port. The town was massacred by a mysterious mob, and the entire city was burned down by fire?"

"Your Highness Aosta, it is true. The current losses in the port are still being counted. I have not received any reports with more details."

"Old Six suffered a lot this time. We are all brothers, and everyone has difficulties. Let's forget about the past and focus on the future."

The envoy sent by the fifth prince Osdu was a young man with short brown hair and a mustache. He looked like a shrewd businessman, and there was a strong sense of déjà vu. Compared with the envoy of Osla, this envoy was much more pleasing to the eye. The real identity of the envoy was Viscount Lanster, one of the important confidants of the sixth prince Osdu.

At least in terms of sincerity, Osdu's superficial efforts were much better than Osra's. The latter just arranged a minister to come, who was not even a confidant, while the former at least arranged an important confidant around him, which seemed to be full of sincerity on the surface.

"Your Highness Aosta, it's great that you understand. Can the material transport fleet sent by the Empire temporarily use your Port of St. Louis for transit?"

"Isn't there another port over there, Lao Liu? No need to borrow a passage..."

"Your Highness Osta, you should know about the situation at Mager Port. Your Highness Osta hopes to transfer supplies from your Port of St. Louis. Our other ports have just been built and are temporarily unavailable."

"Well... my Port of St. Louis is busy with expansion these days, and the berthing space at the dock is too tight. There may be no way..."

"Your Highness Osta, I understand. His Highness Osta has specially prepared a great gift for you, which is enough to express his apology and sincerity to you. Do you think of another way?"

"You're too polite, Lao Liu. We are all brothers. It would be too formal to say this. I'll consider it."

Viscount Lanster had a flattering smile on his face, as if he had expected that Osta would find an excuse to shirk his responsibility. He immediately said that Prince Osto had prepared a gift and hoped that Osta could help. Giving gifts is a formal procedure when asking for favors, and even brothers have to pay the bill. Except for very few special cases like Osla who are stingy, most people know this.

Osta immediately said that he would consider it. The Viscount Lanster seemed to be very confident in the gift sent by his superior, the Sixth Prince Osdu, and left without staying to wait for Osta's reply. If Osta was willing to help, when the transport fleet sent by the Obelisk Empire arrived, everything would be clear, and there would be no need for the envoy to stay and wait for a reply.

After Osta sent Viscount Lanster away, he stood up from his office chair, stretched his arms, stretched his waist, and his expression became much more natural. Osta had been acting before, and his expression was not very natural when he was acting. It was difficult to maintain that expression for a long time.

Chris and the other special accompanying battle maids quickly stepped forward to help Osta massage his shoulders and relax his shoulders and arms. During the meeting just now, these people stood aside and listened quietly without intervening. Chris and the others were not very interested in the political struggle of the human race.

"What is that guy Lao Liu doing? Does he really think that if he just gives me some gifts, I will help with the port affairs? I don't need the gold and silver treasures he gave me."

"Lord Osta, you should go and see it for yourself before making a decision. It's not some gold or silver treasure. Viscount Lanster secretly handed the gift to us before, saying that he would tell you after he left."

"Viscount Lanster is quite confident. Chris, take me to see what the gift is."

"Lord Osta, please follow me."

Chris and the others had a special status in Osta, and the other members of the Obelix Empire's royal family and the princes all knew about it. They secretly regarded these ridiculously beautiful exclusive accompanying combat maids as the core trusted staff of Prince Osta. For such a big thing as giving gifts and asking for help, they must have been discussed with them in advance and greeted in advance.

Osta left the mansion with Chris and the others and headed for the Blom Treasury. In order to conceal their tracks, sometimes, the exchange of gifts between princes had to be done in secret. Viscount Lanster did not bring the gift directly to Prince Osta's mansion. Bribing at the villa would be easily discovered by outsiders. It is possible that there are other princes' spies in Osta's territory or in the port city of St. Louis.

Therefore, out of careful considerations in all aspects, Viscount Lanster directly deposited the gift into the Blom Vault, which was stored anonymously, which was equivalent to giving it to the Blom Vault for free. This financial institution was founded by Prince Aosta, and it was indirectly transferred to Lord Aosta.

Viscount Lanster's bribery method is quite professional and well concealed. This is not the first time he has done this, and he is most likely an old hand. The Blom Vault is as busy as usual, but the manpower problem here has been greatly alleviated.

When Osta was in the port town of Mager, he rescued many prisoners who were politically persecuted and about to be executed from the underground secret prison built by the former city lord Baron Rodil in the city lord's mansion. Those rescued prisoners had nowhere to go for a while, so they all came to the Bloomfield Territory to seek political asylum according to the advice of a gentleman prince.

Osta made corresponding arrangements and let these beauties work as basic waiters in the Blom Vault, effectively solving the problem of shortage of manpower after the Blom Vault's business became more and more prosperous. Although these new employees were involved in financial business for the first time and had no previous work experience, their loyalty could be guaranteed. After all, this was their political asylum and they would not betray their territory.

"Your Highness Aosta, now that you are here, may I help you?"

"I'm not here to inspect. Go ahead and do your work. By the way, are there any anonymous items that you have specifically deposited here?"

"Yes, Your Highness Aosta, please wait a moment. Sir Lanster just came to our place and deposited a lot of things with us."

"That boy is quite good at giving gifts."

The rotating beautiful steward of the Blom Treasury stood up and saluted respectfully when she saw Osta coming. On her pretty face, there was a warm and friendly smile, which was different from the cold professional smile before. After all, she had some intimate and ambiguous physical contact with a gentleman prince in the luxurious villa of the city lord's mansion. In front of Lord Osta, she couldn't stay calm.

After hearing about Osta's purpose, the beautiful steward led the way and took Osta to the Blom vault, which was used to store various valuables. The gifts sent by Viscount Lanster were here. They were several locked thick boxes. The keys to the wooden boxes had been handed over to Chris and the others in advance.

Chris followed Osta's instructions and used the key to open the thick wooden boxes one by one. Most of the boxes were not filled with gold or silver treasures, but thick stacks of documents. Osta was inevitably disappointed at first. He picked up a stack of documents and flipped through them casually for a few times, then his expression became serious.

The contents of those confidential documents all record the various dark histories of the royal family members and nobles of the Obelisk Empire, as well as many illegal transactions. From the princes to the ministers, almost everything is recorded. The materials here are only a part of it, like the tip of the iceberg. These are all collected evidences of crimes. If they are made public in the political arena of the Obelisk Empire, it will cause an uproar.

Osdu nominally apologized and gave a gift to Aosta. In fact, this gift was a difficult one for Aosta to handle. The secret organization that collected these evidences was said to be related to a prince of the Obelisk Empire.

After the other party established this secret organization, they have been secretly collecting these evidences for many years. I don't know what they want to do. Not only the Obelisk Empire, but also the royal nobles of other empires have been monitored. The collected black historical evidence materials are almost all over the Western Continent of the human race.

The mysterious organization has been unable to carry out intelligence investigation work in Aosta. They arranged elite members to act secretly and secretly lurk in the Bloomfield area of ​​Aosta's territory to collect intelligence on Aosta and see if there is any dark history.

The mysterious organization's operation had not yet begun, but due to negligence, these boxes of black materials were left in Osdu's territory and were discovered by the Sixth Prince. Osdu took the opportunity to offer them to Prince Osta to seek credit. As for the undercover team, Osta was not sure whether it had entered the Port of St. Louis.

"This is really a great gift, Yulia. I'll leave this matter to you. Is that ok?"

"It's no problem, Lord Osta. They are just a few lurkers."

Osta's face was gloomy, but he finally decided to take care of it. His territory had a lot of dark history, such as secret connections and dealings with the pirate queen, southern slave traders, and the new noble forces in the north. If these secret relationships were discovered, it would definitely be a big trouble for Osta.

Chapter 175 The Imperial Envoy Fleet Arrives Successfully

In the Blomfield area, an important coastal town, the port city of St. Louis, the news that a delegation from the northern continent was coming to visit had spread throughout the town. Although the lord, Prince Aosta, did not reveal many specific details to the public, Aosta did not reveal any information about the purpose of the delegation from the northern human continent, who came from a new aristocratic background, to visit the Blomfield area.

Many residents of the port town of St. Louis speculated that this was related to the expansion plan of the super city Odysseystrand that the lord, Prince Aosta, was about to start. To put it bluntly, he was looking for investors and backers. The investor who had a lot of spare money and was willing to invest abroad was undoubtedly a new noble from the northern continent of the human race, who came from a wealthy merchant background.

In order to welcome the visiting group from the northern continent, the Blom Treasury controlled and operated by Lord Aosta began to get busy. After careful consideration and comprehensive consideration of various factors, Aosta took into account political sensitivity and other issues. Aosta intended to minimize the political elements of this foreign activity.

The Lord's Mansion did not directly organize this external event. The organizer of the event was the Blom Treasury run by Aosta. The Blom Treasury claimed that this was an important business exchange event and had nothing to do with politics. It gave outsiders the impression that Lord Aosta was only aware of it, and the third prince of the empire was not involved.

The Western Continent countries of the human race do not have much contact with the Northern Continent countries. The countries that have a closer relationship with the Western Continent countries of the human race are the Southern Continent countries of the human race. Although the two sides are hostile to each other on the surface, and there is a serious conflict between feudalism and slavery, there are also many various exchanges between the two.

Most of the royal nobles in the southern continent simply rejected the social system of the western continent and disliked the feudal system, which was relatively progressive for them. These people did not reject or hate the royal nobles of the other side. They would not refuse anything that could make money or business dealings.

The northern continent delegation that visited Bloomfield Territory this time was a new aristocratic force led by Miss Lanis, who were all wealthy daughters of famous families, rich women and rich lolita. Although Lanis and her group's visit was not for any political purpose, but simply to participate in the high-end cosmetics exhibition hosted by Aosta, those with ulterior motives would not see it that way.

Osta had just received a great gift from the Sixth Prince Osdu. According to this important intelligence tip, there might be many spies lurking in his territory, spies from other princes of the Obelisk Empire. After Osta took these uncertainties into consideration, he could only treat the visit of the Northern Continent delegation as low-key as possible.

Osta had already sent his right-hand man, Yulia, one of the exclusive accompanying battle maids, to investigate the hidden personnel in the territory. The investigation also took some time. Osta could not eliminate those annoying spies in a short time, so he could only make arrangements secretly.

Osta had a lot of tricks up his sleeve. He quickly announced in the name of the lord that the Obelisk Empire's special envoys were coming to visit. The lord's mansion was busy preparing to welcome the Obelisk Empire's special envoys. Osta hyped up the incident and made various high-profile publicity to divert the attention of the outside world.

Most people no longer pay attention to the visit of the Northern Continent delegation. Aosta uses this operation to control and mediate the heat of the events in the territory and divert the public's attention. This is the first time that Aosta has used the method of diverting public attention, and so far, the effect is still very good.

The news that the third group of special envoys from the Obelisk Empire would visit the Blomfield region had already been notified to Lord Aosta in advance. According to the original itinerary plan, the fleet of the imperial envoys was to first go to the Christopher region, the neighboring region of Aosta, to meet with the sixth prince of the empire, Osdu, and convey the secret decree of the emperor Augustus VIII before turning to Aosta.

Because of the previous riot at Mager Port, the port docks were all burned down in the fire, and the town was deserted. Plans could not keep up with changes, and the envoy fleet sent by the Obelisk Empire could not dock there when they visited. The imperial envoy fleet had to temporarily change its itinerary and go to the territory of Aosta first. Go to the Bloomfield area and land at the dock of the port town of St. Louis.

"Your Highness Aosta, I don't know who the imperial envoy was arranged to be this time. I'm really sorry that the imperial military didn't tell me any news."

"No matter who he sends, Meilan, this is my territory, and I have the final say anyway. Don't take what the emperor says too seriously."

"Your Highness Aosta, your words are a bit dangerous. What if they are heard by the imperial courtiers?"

"Meilan, what I just said was a joke, you know what I mean, right?"

"Your Highness Aosta, I...I understand. Please stop testing my loyalty with jokes. Didn't I tell you the answer a long time ago?"

"Meilan, I don't doubt your loyalty. Our relationship is special."

The entourage accompanying Osta was Chris, and the beautiful military attaché sent by the Obelisk Empire to be by his side, who was now serving as the military adviser to the Bloomfield Territory, and the Imperial Brigadier General Miss Meilan. Together they went to the dock in the town of St. Louis to prepare to welcome the Obelisk Empire's special envoy fleet that had come from afar.

The other two exclusive battle maids accompanying Osta had other plans and did not come to participate in this event. Yulia went to investigate the matter of the lurkers in the territory, and Sophia stayed in the Blom Vault to ensure the safety of the human race's northern continent tour group and the reception activities, so she did not accompany Osta this time.

Osta was in his own territory, so he didn't worry about any safety issues. This was Osta's sphere of influence, and with Chris, a beautiful girl with silver hair and silver eyes, he was able to handle everything. The arrival time of the Obelisk Empire's special envoy fleet was brought forward due to a temporary schedule change, just before the human race's northern continent tour group.

This gave Osta plenty of time to deal with the situation calmly and arrange the reception. Osta's companion, Miss Meilan, was wearing a black and red-based female military uniform of the Obelix Empire. Meilan's face was blushing and she looked shy. She didn't have the usual cold and aloof character of a female general at all.

Meilan's changes were all due to the shameful experience of a gentleman prince taking her for a walk. Afterwards, Meilan unexpectedly discovered that she seemed to be addicted, so she secretly found Aosta and asked the gentleman lord for help.

Meilan half-heartedly experienced several cool special walks, and was almost taken to the bedroom by the gentleman prince to be executed on the spot. Aosta was obviously playing hard to get, not rushing to penetrate, waiting for the right time, and then having the final negative distance intimate contact.

"Lord Osta, the imperial fleet has arrived. There are quite a lot of ships visiting this time."

"After the fire at Mager Port, all nearby ships gathered here. Fortunately, I had cleared enough space in advance."

"Your Highness Aosta, please allow me to step back a few steps. It's not appropriate to be too close to you."

"Meilan, you are mine. There is nothing wrong with standing close to me. Just leave it as it is. No need to change it."

Chris had a long-range vision, and she saw the visiting fleet of the Obelisk Empire's envoys at the first moment. Osta looked in the direction indicated by the exclusive maid who accompanied him, and he soon saw the ships of the Obelisk Empire's envoy fleet sailing from the sea level. The imperial flags flying on them were particularly obvious.

The number of ships visiting the imperial fleet this time was close to over 100, more than ever before. In addition to the ships carrying the imperial envoys to deliver the imperial edict of Emperor Augustus VIII to the princes, a large part of the imperial fleet was transporting supplies to the princes in various regions.

The supplies transported by this imperial fleet are mainly for the Sixth Prince Ausdu and the Fifth Prince Ausla. The necessities of life in their territories, many important materials, still need to be obtained from the empire. Unlike the Third Prince Aosta, whose territory has initially achieved self-sufficiency, he does not need the support and assistance of the empire at all.

The two unlucky guys, Osdu and Osla, have had bad luck recently. One of their sea routes was robbed by pirates, and one of their docks was burned down by a fire set by their own people. They can only temporarily rely on Aosta and the Port of St. Louis in the territory to help transport supplies.

Osdu and Osla now both need help from Aosta, and for a long time at least, they dare not cause any border conflicts. That would be a joke to their own territory's life supply line, and Aosta has the initiative.

Before the Obelix Empire's special envoys arrived, the port town of St. Louis made a lot of preparations and arranged the relevant welcoming work. Aosta asked the pirate warships anchored at the port to go out to sea first to avoid it and clear the dock. This looks more normal. There are too many pirate ships parked. If they are seen by the imperial envoy, it will be difficult to explain.

The Obelix Empire's special envoy fleet soon docked. The fleet's flagship was the warship "Royal Power", which was once the flagship of the imperial emperor Augustus VIII when he led his troops to the Central Continent. It symbolized the supreme imperial power. Augustus VIII arranged this warship as the flagship of the special envoy fleet, which seemed to have a deeper meaning. He wanted to intimidate the princes sent abroad and make them respect their father.