Rose Empire

Olivier Capino glanced at the troublemaker and asked, "How can we care so much?"

Martin Kramer shut up and said no more.

"Can we block the news and prevent Viscount Lanwan from knowing about Harvey Shelvin's death?" An elder put forward an idea that he thought was brilliant.

Jurgen Waller shook his head and shattered the elder's fantasy: "Harvey Shelvin's friend, Robin Mancini, is nowhere to be found. He probably has brought the news back to Viscount Lanwan."

Robin Mancini did not return to the Viscountry of Lanwan. He was still hiding in the slums of Ambrato, but he did send back the news of Harvey Sherwin's death using a raven as the communication tool.

The principle of the ravens in this world delivering messages is similar to that of the pigeons in Charlotte's previous life, both of which utilize the animals' strong desire to return to their nests. Having experienced the information society, Charlotte attaches great importance to her communication needs. Among the craftsmen she brought from the Green Plains Principality, there were crow breeders who were proficient in taming ravens. After arriving at the Viscount Lanwan's territory, the crow breeders began to cultivate the crows' sense of belonging to their new nest.

"The messenger crow is finally usable!"

This was Charlotte's first thought when she received the news sent back by Robin Mancini.

At this time, Charlotte happened to be inspecting the barracks of the Viscount's territory guard.

Thirty knights from the Earldom of Quick Forest arrived to provide support, and with them came more than seventy squire knights.

Black Wolf, who had been running around in the Campe Mountains, also came back. He also recruited thirty wolf warriors for Charlotte. However, compared to the knights of the Earldom of Quick Forest, these wolf warriors looked a little... desolate. Most of them were dark and thin, with ragged clothes, and most of the weapons in their hands were sticks tied with sharp stones. Only a few of them had a short knife or dagger.

However, Charlotte would not underestimate these ferocious wolf warriors just because of their appearance. After all, they have been fighting with the Orlan Knights with these inferior weapons.

After opening the letter sent by the raven and briefly reading it, Charlotte's face suddenly became solemn. She glanced at the knights in front of her - most of the knights belonging to the Viscount of Lanwan were here, and said, "I got some bad news. The ungrateful Ambratu people killed our compatriot, Knight Harvey Shelvin!"

Her voice trembled slightly and sounded very sad.

However, at this moment, the other knights present almost had question marks on their heads when they heard Charlotte's words.

Who is Harvey Shervin?

This was the first thought of Charlotte's old subordinates such as Herman Green and Jack Moore. They had very little contact with Harvey Sherwin. At most, they had met him a few times on the way to Lanwan. Herman Green had never even met Harvey Sherwin.

Does the Viscount have a knight named Harvey Sherwin? I didn't know that! Herman Green felt that he had failed in his duty as the commander of the guard.

Eric Scamario, Ed Adkins and other local knights of Lanwan had similar ideas to Herman Green, except that they were more confused and curious - was this Harvey Sherwin an important person? Why was the Viscount so sad about his death?

Harvey Shervin... just let him die.

This is the idea of ​​Ryan Nasazzi and Jarrod Garcia.

Ryan Nasaz was very dissatisfied with Harvey Sherwin because he only cared about his own enjoyment after coming to Lanwan, and did not fulfill the duty of assisting the Viscountess in governing the territory as instructed by the Duke and the Duchess.

Jarrod Garcia's reasons are easier to understand...

A hidden traitor lost his leader and he didn't even know who to betray Charlotte's secret to.

Charlotte also noticed that the atmosphere at the scene was a little strange, but she was quick-witted and thick-skinned, and she added calmly: "Knight Harvey Sherwin is the nephew of my mother, the Duchess, Rosie Melfield, and a descendant of the royal family of the Kingdom of Koshin. We can't just sit there and watch him be murdered by the Ambratu people!"

Everyone finally realized that he was a noble man. Then, they began to condemn the Ambratu people for their meanness, coldness and ingratitude.

Listening to everyone's agreement, Charlotte nodded with satisfaction. Just as she was about to open her mouth, a sudden howl interrupted Charlotte's words.

Everyone was startled by the sudden howling and turned to look, only to see the black wolf with white hair lying on the ground, pounding the ground and crying.

"What's wrong with you?" Charlotte asked confusedly.

Black Wolf wiped the tears and snot from his old face hastily, then kowtowed and explained: "The relatives of the honorable Viscount were murdered by the shameless Ambratu people! This is more painful to me than the death of my own relatives! I really couldn't control my grief, so I cried. Please forgive me, Viscount and all the knights."

The Orlan Knights were, after all, lower-class nobles, and had never seen Black Wolf in such a posture. They could not help but look at him sideways, with a bit of contempt in their eyes.

Charlotte smiled and praised: "I admire your loyalty."

"I am willing to lead the Wolf Warriors to conquer Ambratu for you, Your Excellency the Viscount, kill all the Ambratu people, and take out their hearts as sacrifices for your Excellency the Viscount's relatives!"

Black Wolf spoke with murderous intent, but his forehead was always pressed against the ground to show his awe of Charlotte.

Charlotte shook her head and said, "No need, Mr. Black Wolf. Your mission to recruit wolf warriors for me is also very important. I do need to question the Ambratu people, but there are so many gentlemen in Viscount Lanwan who have sworn allegiance to me, and I can't leave all the work to you alone."

"Yes."

Black Wolf wiped away his tears and stood aside hunched over, his face showing no complaint or disappointment at having his request rejected.

Charlotte looked at the captain of her territory guard again and said, "Knight Herman Green, the thirty wolf warriors are now in your hands. I hope you can teach and train them. Don't let them leave the barracks until they learn to abide by the rules of Viscount Lanwan's territory."

"Your will."

Hermann Green responded without hesitation.

In fact, Hermann Green had been skeptical about the arrival of the Fierce Wolf Warriors before. He knew the tribesmen better than Cecilia and was well aware of the cruel and violent nature of the Fierce Wolf Warriors. Now that Charlotte could hand over these Fierce Wolf Warriors to him to teach them the rules, in Hermann Green's view, this was naturally the best thing.

After giving the order, Charlotte said in a deep voice: "As I said before, I intend to seriously question the Ambratu people why they murdered Knight Harvey Sherwin, demand that they hand over Knight Sherwin's body, and severely punish the murderer. Therefore, I intend to select 100 knights from the territory guard to go with me, and this team will consist of..."

Charlotte's eyes swept through the crowd again, finally landing on Eric Scamario: "Let Knight Eric Scamario lead."

"Yes!" Eric Scamario immediately knelt on one knee, his face filled with unconcealable excitement. His previous assassination attempt, which he had done with all his heart and soul, was indeed valuable, and he would be reused this time.

"It's up to you to choose which one hundred knights to recruit." Charlotte said again.

Eric Scamario's excitement subsided a little, and he bowed his head and said, "I will do my best."

This should be the second test. Eric Scamario could guess what Charlotte wanted to see. The Viscount certainly didn't want his subordinates to be scheming against each other when facing foreign enemies. If Eric Scamario chose more southern knights, or deliberately didn't choose northern knights, he would definitely not be reused next time.

However, Eric Scamario had no intention of creating a north-south division. Charlotte's power was clearly expanding, and outsiders were constantly flowing into the Viscount of Lanwan. However, there were only a few local knights in Lanwan, and if the north-south division was created, it would only weaken itself.

After making these arrangements, Charlotte said, "I will write a diplomatic letter first, and Knight Adkins will deliver it to Ambratu for me later."

Ed Adkins was about to step forward to take the order, but Charlotte pointed at Celine beside her.

"Eh? Me?" Celine pointed at her nose.

"Celine doesn't want to be a knight anymore?" Charlotte said with a smile.

Xilin was stunned for a moment, then realized what was about to happen, and said with some stammering: "I, of course I want to..."

"Then kneel down before me." Charlotte drew the dagger from her waist.

Celine knelt down in front of Charlotte and swore allegiance to her. Charlotte put the dagger on Celine's shoulder and knighted Celine.

Seeing this scene, Ed Adkins and other northern knights were all surprised. In their hearts, they all felt that canonizing Celine was a way for Charlotte to send a reassuring signal to the northern knights after reusing the southern knight Eric Scamario.

However, after the canonization ceremony, when Charlotte put away the Viscount's dagger, she said something puzzling: "Well, now it's thirty-one to thirty..."

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Volume 64: Chapter 56 Chapter : Conquering Ambratu (I)

After accepting Charlotte's appointment, Eric Scamario immediately began to organize his army for the expedition, but he still had some concerns - after all, Umbrato was a city of a hundred thousand people, and he only had a hundred knights and five hundred squire knights.

With such a small number of people, it was easy to capture Ambratu, but it was difficult to occupy it.

Eric Scamario told Charlotte his idea, but Charlotte smiled and told him: "Cecilia will help you eliminate most of the potential resistance forces."

Everyone knew that Cecilia was Charlotte's first civil officer, but it was also well known that Cecilia did not care about military affairs.

Eric Scamario wondered how Cecilia could help him, but since Charlotte was so sure, he didn't ask any more questions.

Celine came to Ambratu with the diplomatic documents written by Charlotte herself. Charlotte also asked her to bring a batch of relief food that had been promised before. Celine was very confused. Why did Charlotte still give relief food to Ambratu when she was planning to go to war with them?

The Ambratu Elders' Council was greatly relieved when it received Charlotte's diplomatic documents, because the wording in Charlotte's documents was very pertinent, not friendly, but not aggressive either.

It is normal to be unfriendly, after all, his relatives all died in Ambrato, but it is understandable that he is not aggressive.

"It seems that Viscount Lanwan does not want to go to war with us." Martin Kramer let out a long breath with a smile on his face.

"Indeed, Viscount Lanwan has never broken even his previous promise."

Obviously, the relief food sent by Charlotte gave the elders a strong signal of goodwill, which largely dispelled their inner anxiety.

One elder even suggested: "The price of food in Sokya has risen sharply recently. Perhaps we should ask Viscount Lanwan to provide us with more food."

Olivier Carpino waved his hand to interrupt the elder's unreliable suggestion: "Don't be too happy. Although Viscount Lanwan does not seem to be blinded by anger, she still demands the execution of the murderer of Knight Harvey Sherwin. How should we deal with this?"

Speaking of this, the elders' faces darkened again.

"What else can we do? Let the Citizens' Assembly decide for itself," Jurgen Voller said unhappily.

The Ambratu Council of Elders' plans to arrest the murderer Pande were blocked by the citizens several times. Another sequelae of Antanas' death in battle appeared. After his death, the Council of Elders lost an important bridge to communicate with the Citizens' Assembly. The democratic elders were seriously separated from the Citizens' Assembly, and John Rice, the only surviving elder of the oligarchs, was not good at speaking. Therefore, Ambratu gradually developed a strange mood that "no matter what the Council of Elders wanted to do, the Citizens' Assembly would oppose it."

Charlotte's diplomatic documents were sent to the Ambratu Citizens Assembly for public reading. Charlotte's restraint despite the death of her relatives and her righteous act of sending relief food made some Ambratu citizens feel ashamed, and they began to waver in whether to change their voting decision.

At one point, Celine and the Ambratu elders felt that things might be possible.

However, Pender's neighbor, the one-eyed old citizen Logan, carried Pender's mother up. The seriously ill bedridden woman pleaded with the citizens of Ambratu in tears, telling them how Pender's father and uncle died fighting for the city-state, how difficult Pender's growth was, and how she had worked hard to raise Pender.

The hearts of the citizens' assembly once again sided with Pande, and ultimately voted down the proposal to severely punish Pande for murder.

Xilin returned angrily and angrily, saying before leaving: "Don't regret your decision today."

The Ambratu people probably didn't take this to heart.

Looking at the coffin of Harvey Sherwin that Celine brought back, Charlotte instructed Knight Jack Moore, "Send two people to take Knight Sherwin's body and the reply letter I wrote back to Duchess Rosie."

"Yes, sir." Jack Moore responded and immediately went to make arrangements.

Then, Charlotte said to Cecilia who was waiting beside her, "You can start preparing for the banquet."

"Are you really going to do this?" Cecilia raised her eyebrows.

"Is there anything inappropriate?" Charlotte asked.

"I'm just worried that no one will dare to attend the banquet you prepare in the future." Cecilia sighed, and then reminded helplessly, "Also, you may not have enough gold and silver tableware."

"How is that possible? I have prepared more than 2,000 silver plates alone!"

Charlotte smiled, not seeming to care at all.

Cecilia prepared the so-called "banquet" according to Charlotte's request.

Charlotte looked at Celine again, who had been defeated in her first battle after being knighted, and said, "I need you to deliver another letter to Ambratu."

"Yes." Compared to this kind of errands which required her to endure humiliation, Celine would rather charge into battle, but she still accepted the task.

This time, the letter that Charlotte asked Celine to deliver was directly addressed to the Ambratu Citizens' Assembly. In the letter, she said that she could understand the good intentions of the Ambratu Citizens' Assembly to protect orphans and widows, but Harvey Sherwin was born in a noble family and was Rosie Melerfield's most beloved nephew. He must not die in obscurity. She was willing to invite 100 Ambratu citizens and 100 Lanwan Viscount nobles to hold a public debate for seven days at the border of the Lanwan Isthmus, and finally vote to judge the case.

The threat from the Duchess of Green Plains still frightened the Ambratu Citizens Assembly, and the way of debating and voting to decide the trial results was in line with the thinking habits of the Ambratu citizens. They usually tried cases in this way, and 100 votes from both sides sounded fair. Therefore, the Ambratu Citizens Assembly finally agreed to Charlotte's proposal. They selected 99 citizens who were usually the most eloquent to attend the appointment, led by Elder John Rice.

John Rice originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, but now he is the only elder trusted by the citizens.

When the representatives of the citizens of Ambratu arrived at the Lanwan Isthmus, they discovered that the Viscount of Lanwan had built a simple camp at the other end of the isthmus, with a platform made of piled earth in the middle of the camp.

Although the debate was no longer held in the center of the isthmus but on the side of Viscount Lanwan's territory, the one hundred citizens who came to the meeting felt a little uncomfortable. However, the goodwill that Charlotte had been showing before took effect. These citizens felt that they were in the wrong deep down, so they did not care too much about this "small problem".

On the first day of the debate, John Rice was the first to take the stage to defend Pende. His defense speech lacked fancy rhetoric and was not considered brilliant in the eyes of many "cultured people" in this world, but it raised a very important point - Harvey Sherwin humiliated the city-state of Ambratu, and Pende's act of killing should be regarded as revenge for the city-state.

John Rice also mentioned a legend. It is said that a long time ago, there was a young man named Arcis in Fidelity. His mother was a foreigner. His mother repeatedly humiliated Fidelity on various occasions. Even after a failed war, when the whole of Fidelity was in grief, his mother still laughed at the incompetence of the Fidel people, so Arcis killed his mother in anger.

Charlotte knew that there was some truth to the legend of Arcis, for he was a war hero of Phaedo and a devout church member, and his remains were still preserved in the Cathedral of the Archangels.

The Sokyan people admired Alsis' spirit of "revenge for the city-state", and the glory of this behavior could cover up the huge moral flaw of his matricide. This is also the reason why the citizens of Ambratu are willing to withstand the pressure and protect Pendor.

Charlotte pointed out that after Arcis killed his mother, his brother avenged his mother and killed Arcis, and his son avenged his father and killed Arcis' uncle. This family disaster was entirely caused by Arcis's momentary impulse, so this behavior is not worthy of praise at all, but should be criticized. The church should carefully consider moving the remains of this matricide out of the Archangel Cathedral, no matter how many merits he had made.

As soon as Viscount Lanwan opened his mouth, he criticized the legendary hero of the Sokyan people as worthless. The debate immediately entered a fierce and heated stage, with both sides arguing until their faces were red.

Although Charlotte's rejection of the Sokya hero made the citizens of Ambratu very dissatisfied, the lunch in the camp was unanimously praised by the citizen representatives.

Cecilia prepared a buffet in the camp as Charlotte requested. Various large plates of meat were lined up in rows on the long open-air table. Guests could help themselves to whatever they wanted to eat. Exquisite and gorgeous gold and silver tableware were casually placed on the shelf on the side for guests to use and put back into the sink after eating.

Even the citizens of Ambratu who came along to watch the fun could eat and drink freely in the camp as long as they could prove their citizenship.

When the news reached Ambratu, some people did not believe that Viscount Lanwan would really be so friendly to the Ambratu people. However, an Ambratu person who had just returned from the negotiation site showed the golden fork he had "stolen", and everyone could not help but believe it.

On the second day, more than a thousand citizens of Ambratu went to watch the excitement.

On the third day, the number reached more than two thousand people.

On the fourth day, the number suddenly increased to more than 6,000 people.

……

At noon, the camp was as crowded and noisy as a market. As soon as the delicious meat on the long table was served, the citizens of Ambratu scrambled to grab it. The chefs and servants who were responsible for cooking and delivering the food were very busy, and their clothes were soaked with sweat in the winter.

John Rice ate his meal in silence, thinking back to the morning's debate. The more he thought about it, the weirder it seemed to him.

"Something's wrong," John Rice said.

"What's wrong?"

A citizen next to John Rice responded as he hid a silver table knife in his sleeve.

As more and more citizens of Ambratu arrived, there were fewer and fewer gold and silver tableware on the buffet table. The servants in the camp had to replace the "lost" gold and silver tableware with ceramic or wooden tableware. This caused the citizens of Ambratu who arrived later to complain and blame Viscount Lanwan for neglecting them.

"Those nobles... are too argumentative." John frowned.