People in Terra, governing a weird little country

He was still so young, and even though he was limited by Kjerag, his vision might not be broad enough, but this could be cultivated. If he was willing to join his team, the Duke of Kast would be happy to train him as his right-hand man.

Although her treatment of outsiders was criticized, no one could deny that the Duke of Castor was indeed generous to her own people, otherwise she would not be the top figure among the Grand Dukes of Victoria, trying to maintain her position as the second most powerful.

After asking the maid to pour him a glass of sobering wine, Duke Caister sat on the sofa in the living room, tapping the armrest of the sofa with his fingers:

"In that case, let's try another approach."

"Send an invitation to Shelagh, inviting the Shivaash family to attend my party."

Since you don't want me to go, then fine, I'll invite you. What other reasons do you have?

It is a great honor to be personally invited by the Duke of Caster. In the whole of Victoria, there are no more than a handful of people who can enjoy this treatment.

Duke Caister didn't believe that Ernst Shivaash, who had shown political wisdom and tactics recently, would refuse his invitation again. After all, there was no direct conflict of interest between her and Ernst. If she made such a joking invitation and he still chose to refuse, Caister might not be angry, but his evaluation of Ernst's political level might really drop a lot.

The man in the grey hat nodded and asked, "Are you inviting me as a duke, or as a dukedom?"

This is a subjective question. Inviting someone as a duke represents the duke's personal will and is more personal. Inviting someone as a dukedom is equivalent to a national invitation, which is more formal and requires preparation in advance.

Duke Caister thought for a moment, but unexpectedly shook his head and smiled:

“Invite as a relative.”

"Ernst and Enthiotis' mother is my niece. So, the two brothers can actually be considered my great-nephews."

Nephew, in terms of blood relationship, this identity is actually very distant, and its gold content is comparable to Liu Bei's Zhongshan Jing Wang's descendant. You say it is fake, he is indeed real, and Emperor Xian of Han has to call him Uncle Liu. But if you say there is anything special about it, it is not that special. Under normal circumstances, for such distant relatives, even if the Duke of Kaster has a banquet one day, it is not their turn to invite them.

But relatives are like this, if you are poor in the city, no one will care about you, but if you are rich in the mountains, you will have distant relatives. If the Duke of Kaster insisted on bringing up this identity, then Ernst and Enthiotis would indeed be unable to deny it.

Relatives, isn't it amazing?

Kaister waved his hand:

"You don't need to look at me like that. What's wrong with being a nephew? It's just a relationship between grandparents and grandchildren."

"I invite my dear nephew to my party to celebrate our blood-thicker-than-water relationship. Is that okay?"

The man in the gray hat nodded his head: "No problem, no problem."

It's just that you have a lot of nephews and grandchildren, so why didn't I see you showing such boundless love as before?

...............

"Relatives, it's amazing, isn't it?"

He handed the letter to Ernst, and while he was reading, Enthiotis rubbed his temple, looking like he had a headache.

He had a headache, and Ernst had an even bigger headache than him. He looked at Enthiotis with an incredible look on his face:

"My mother is the Duke of Caister's niece?"

"Yes." Enthiotis nodded.

"How come I didn't know that?" Ernst couldn't believe it.

"You were still young at the time," Enthiotis explained, "and I didn't mention it later."

"?" A question mark popped up in Ernst's head.

He went back and calculated that this year was 1094, and their parents had an accident 11 years ago, that is, in 1083. And Enthiotis went to Victoria to study at the end of the year when his parents died. At that time, Enya was forced to go to the mountains and become a bandit... no, become a saint, and Ernst was left alone to raise Enshia.

Ernst had just turned 10 that year.

"Sister is right to hate you." Ernst's face darkened. "Look at what you did. Didn't you tell me? You didn't have a chance to tell me!"

Something happened at home, and he chose to be a runner at the first time. No matter what, Enxioudis's choice at that time must have been inappropriate. And after he came back, he did not give any compensation to the injured family members. Especially Enya, in the past, relatives met respectfully, and I greeted them with a smile. You not only bowed to me, but also reminded me to pay attention to etiquette, which was a bit hurtful.

Damn it, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. I didn’t set off enough fireworks last time. I should have set off more!

Seeing Ernst angry, Enthiotis turned his head away feeling guilty.

He really had no explanation for this matter. In the past, he could still say "it's all for Kjerag", but now that he and Ernst are in a cooperative relationship, this statement is no longer applicable.

Moreover, he actually did not completely forget his relationship with the Duke of Kaster. The first large investment he obtained in Kalan Trade was related to this relationship.

Putting his hand to his mouth and pretending to cough, Enthyodis changed the subject abruptly:

"By the way, are we going?"

"Can I not go?" Ernst rolled his eyes and flicked his tail to untangle Enthiotis's tail. "If it's a political visit, there's still room for mediation. Relative relations are the most troublesome."

Although there is no room for rejection of political invitations. The Duke of Kaster's move of using the power of others to defeat them is indeed a brilliant move - didn't you say that Tukarim's reconstruction is not suitable for a visit? Well, I will just invite you to come to my place.

This forced Ernst to give a direct answer, and it was impossible for Ernst to directly refute the Grand Duke's face.

In order to prevent the one in ten thousand chance that Ernst really intended to go all the way and reject the invitation, Kaister gave Ernst a way out.

This visit has nothing to do with politics. It is an invitation between relatives, the care of elders for younger generations, and the blood is thicker than water, a reasonable and legitimate family relationship.

This is like a clarification statement. Everyone knows that other things will definitely be discussed during the interview, but this is the purpose of a clarification statement. It is not to clear the matter, but to clear the person.

Even the Duke of Windermere could not question such a request, because preventing the family from reuniting would make her look like a bad person.

"Alas, it's a pity that the Duke of Windermere is not a Sarkaz."

Ernst was somewhat helpless. Enthiotis did not understand what this sentence meant:

"What's up with Guan Sakaz?"

Ernst glanced at him and said, "The Sarkaz are specialized in this field. They specialize in this kind of thing."

Enchiodis was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

Ernst's Sarkaz jokes have improved again!

"There's nothing I can do. Life is like rape. Since I can't resist, I'll just enjoy it."

Ernst stood up and shrugged.

"Please prepare a dress for me. I don't have one."

Without giving Enchiodis time to refuse, he turned around and left the CEO's office.

Enxioudis shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Just when he was about to yell at Jiaofeng, he suddenly thought of something and pursed his lips with a complicated mood:

"I don't seem to know your size, Ernst."

Chapter 158 Female Companion

"That damn old woman."

Daphne was cursing all the time, and from her expression, it was clear that she really hated the Duke of Caister.

In fact, Ernst was sometimes very confused. Was the Duke of Castor so disliked? He had not come into contact with many Victorians, but at least 80% of them disliked the Duke of Castor.

The only remaining 20% ​​was barely made up by Vina, who had an unclear attitude, and Ceylon, who was saved by the Duke of Caster.

Moreover, Ernst felt that Vina did not seem to have any good feelings towards the Duke of Castor. After all, sometimes silence was also a statement. Every time they talked about the Duke of Castor, Vina looked like she did not want to participate, which explained a lot of problems.

But it happens that, in this environment, the Duke of Castres is actually the most prestigious Grand Duke in Victoria, and his reputation is genuine. This fully illustrates a truth - a person's aesthetics, intelligence, public morality and private morality are indeed four unrelated areas.

Considering his limited knowledge, Ernst decided to seek the advice of dear Miss Delphine.

"I'm very confused. Many Victorians are praising the Duke of Castor for being so great. What good things has the Duke done?"

Daphne glanced at Ernst and answered without hesitation: "She's dead."

Ernst was stunned for a moment, then he realized the cold joke that suddenly came out of Dai Feien's mouth.

You have accomplished nothing in your life, and only your death can be considered a good thing. This is much more disheartening than simple humiliation. It has a kind of "your body and name will be destroyed, but the rivers and streams will flow forever!"

Unable to hold back a laugh, Ernst asked again: "So what bad things did she do specifically?"

Speaking of this, Dai Feien became even more excited, and immediately counted on his fingers:

"That's a lot. He led the King of Kings to attack the Burning Wind, which led to the destruction of the Sargon Empire. He served as Draco's national teacher and led to the conquest of Aslan. He contacted the Agors and caused the Iberian Silence. He united the four-nation coalition to march into Kazdel and destroy the Sarkaz homeland. He instigated the Gaul emperor to start a war, but was defeated and his country was destroyed..."

"Stop, I said stop."

Ernst quickly stopped Dai Fein from giving increasingly outrageous examples.

God has done so many bad things. Is there anything you mentioned that has anything to do with the Duke of Caster?

Sargon, the King of Kings, was a prehistoric figure. The Duke of Kast didn't even have a cell at that time. Being the imperial teacher of Drake was even more outrageous. The Duke of Kast was a vassal of Aslan. Besides, it was still unclear whether there was such a title at that time. As for contacting the Argol people and causing the Iberian Silence, this statement is very consistent with the stereotype of the land people, but Ernst also knew a few Argol people - for example, "We United" caused the Titi of Boda. Although the specific details of the Great Silence are unknown, it is definitely not as simple as the Argol people launching it.

As for the last two, in the era of the Four-Nation Alliance, the position of Duke of Kaster should have come out, but it was definitely not the current one. As for whether that war had anything to do with the Duke of Kaster, Ernst didn't know.

(The green-haired lynx spirit in Colombia, who was robbed of the credit and did not want to reveal his name or even his body size, sneezed.)

But in the end, the destruction of the Gallic Empire was the work of the Duke of Wellington. Aren't you being a bit disrespectful to your allies by making such a sharp comment?

There was no way to guess what "crimes" Dafen would list next. Even with Ernst's language management ability, he couldn't help but complain:

"So any evil thing could be done by the Duke of Caster?"

Dai Feien spread his hands, with an expression that said, "You don't understand this."

"My mother said that 80% of the bad things in the world today are related to Victoria, and at least 80% of these 80% of bad things are definitely related to the Duke of Castor."

"So, Ernst, if you hear that something bad has happened somewhere, but you don't know who did it or what the specific circumstances are, it doesn't matter. Just condemn the Duke of Kaster!"

Ernst was completely stunned.

But he thought seriously about a series of major events that have happened in this land now and in the past...

Columbia became independent from Victoria. The Eureka State in the fence incident was Victoria's enclave. Core countries such as Lethania and Casimir have been subjected to Victoria's suppression and border friction. The Gaul Empire was destroyed by Victoria. Victoria was involved in the siege of the Sarkaz. The action of letting the Sarkaz enter the city was also the operation of Victoria's Grand Dukes. The Ursus Empire, a country that wanted to get closer to the core circle, was targeted by Victoria's encirclement. The Four Emperors fought for a long time but got nothing. In the end, they could only turn into a military state and start fighting.

It is too late to list all the major events, not to mention the smaller things that happened in smaller places.

To some extent, this assessment seems quite reasonable. Ampherice Windermere actually has a clear self-awareness of this!

As expected of the Victorian Empire, which can call itself the beacon of democracy and freedom on Terra, your ability to lay mines is indeed comparable to that of 20th century Britain, and perhaps even that of the 21st century United States.

It’s over, the conjugated father and son have become one!

There were so many things to complain about that Ernst doubted that if he continued like this, he would not be able to accomplish anything today. Just chatting with Dai Finn would take the whole day.

That won’t work. If you delay too much time, you won’t be able to finish the work.

After coughing and forcibly changing the subject, Ernst looked at Dai Finn and said:

"That being said, it is difficult for Kjerag to refuse the Duke of Caister's invitation this time. I hope the Duke of Windermere can understand."

Dai Feien's expression was obviously still a little unhappy, but she also understood that Ernst had already weakened the political significance of this matter to the minimum.

It was not a state visit. Caister invited him as an elder, not as a duke. It was a family dinner, and the inviters were the Shivaash family, not Ernst alone. If the Duke of Windermere tried to stop it at this level, it would only give Duke Caister a bad reputation.

After all, the Duke of Windermere is not a Sarkaz, and he still needs some international reputation. Privately, no one believes that he would hinder the family reunion of old man Caster, but it is really hard to explain it out loud.

Moreover, judging from her own experience, even though the Grey Hat had attempted to assassinate Kent more than once, Amphillis still attended the secret meeting with the Duke of Londinium convened by the Duke of Castor. Private matters are private matters, and even if the enemies were hostile to each other, she had to keep smiling even when they were cursing at each other.

"I think Mom will be fine with that. But, Ernst, be safe."

Daphne warned,

"The Duke of Caister is a real vicious woman. Don't let me hear that you have capsized in the gutter."

"Understood." Ernst made an OK gesture to her, exchanged a few words of greeting, and turned to leave the room.

Enthyotis was waiting for him outside the door.

Duke Caister invited the Shivaash family. Although the person he really wanted to invite was undoubtedly Ernst, but because of the title, Enthiodis naturally had the right to participate.

Moreover, he was indeed willing to make this trip with Ernst.

This time, he was not here to discuss business with the Duke of Kaster, or to show off his connections in the Duke of Kaster in front of Ernst. He had only one purpose for this trip: to protect his brother.

The Duke of Castor may not be the most powerful among the Grand Dukes of Victoria, but she is definitely the most difficult to deal with, because she is really willing and happy to use some means that ordinary people would not use.

For example, poisoning, assassination, or using the smashing of cups as a signal, eight hundred swordsmen and axemen would come out together and cut the enemy into small pieces.

This method often makes people feel like they have returned to the Middle Ages. In modern society, everyone is very respectful. Killing the leader of an enemy country during a visit may cause others to question and resent it, and people generally do not use this method. But the Duke of Caster does not care.

She is very realistic, she only cares about the benefits. As long as the benefits are enough, she doesn't care about these small flaws.

So she dared to plot against the two dukes at once at the dukes' secret meeting, almost killing Kent Windermere and sacrificing the unfortunate Duke of Stafford.

It was difficult for Enchiodis to guarantee whether the Duke of Caister would have some dangerous thoughts if Ernst left a very bad impression on him, or if he was too good.