People in Terra, governing a weird little country

"And then? Why are you at the Duke of Wellington's house?"

"Because my sister killed the Earl of Warwick." Rafshini showed a bit of fear on her face, as if she remembered something bad. She was a little scared, but she still insisted, "Then my sister raised an army and defected to the Duke of Wellington, and the Duke of Wellington accepted us."

Hiss—killing his adoptive father, becoming a bandit, and then accepting amnesty?

Why does this script look familiar? It seems to have too many seams.

Ernst savored it carefully:

"It sounds like..." Ernst didn't dare to say the word normal, and changed the topic, asking the original question again, "Then why are you sure that Vina is Aslan?"

"Huh? Because my sister has pointed to the pictures in Victoria's textbooks and told me since we were little that this is what Aslan looks like! They will be our enemies from now on!"

Wow! You regard Aslan as an enemy? Aslan is a member of Victoria's royal family. Are you and your sister going to rebel? What is his background? Let me check?

"I'm Draco."

Miss Ravshini raised her head calmly and stated calmly.

Drake? What is that...I seem to have heard it somewhere before?

Ernst seemed to have thought of something, and his expression, which had just relaxed, changed drastically again.

"Ho-ho-ho-"

Holhaiya, who was also shocked by Ravshini's violent words, was the first to react and shouted, "Call an ambulance."

And Ravshini immediately took out her staff and responded: "I know a little bit of medical skills!"

Immediately afterwards, a fireball flew towards Ernst, and a layer of light blue ice crystal shield immediately appeared beside Ernst.

Fortunately, the fireball was not aggressive. The moment it touched the shield, Yaer, who was also watching the live broadcast, used the "Underage Behemoth Refund" to take back the ice crystal barrier that she had given out as a reward. The fireball successfully touched Ernst, and after a burst of green light, Ernst's health was restored.

At this point, including the time travel, Ernst can already proudly declare: I have witnessed the sunset three times!

There were often tears in his eyes, and there was a hint of pleading in his eyes when he looked at Lavushini:

"Rafushini, let's discuss something."

"You don't need to tell anyone that you are Draco, okay?"

"Okay!" Rafshini nodded, not quite understanding.

What a good and obedient child.

Ernst sighed, then remembered something and added:

"Also, don't treat Vina as an enemy, okay?"

Rafshini was silent for a moment, as if thinking about something, and then blinked at Ernst.

Why are you hesitating at this moment? I just praised you!

Chapter 273 Kaister: If you go late, you will have to queue up

Sherag, Tukarim.

Duke Caister seemed relieved. This land of deep suffering had lost another scourge... That was impossible.

In fact, not only did the Duke of Caister not die, he even felt like he had returned to youth. For the first time since she went through menopause, she felt that her brain was working so fast, with such a high load, and it could even run at high intensity with multiple cores and threads.

Come to think of it, if you don't have a great brain, how can you stir up shit in the world without getting yourself dirty?

However, even with a set of top-of-the-line hardware and rich experience in use, in this freezing cold Kjerag, Duke Kast still felt the heat that penetrated his lungs, came from his heart, and was even about to burst out!

It's like eating three pounds of Shangshu chili peppers a day and taking a sauna in the Sargon Desert, so the whole place smells like a burnt CPU overload.

I must be crazy. How could the legitimate heir of the Victorian Empire appear in Kjerag's territory? And have a particularly friendly relationship with Ernst? It seems that, maybe, it is possible that he is a member of Kjerag's government team and serves as "Foreign Minister".

Kaister still thinks of herself as a foreign guest. Although she often lies to others, saying that they should treat her as "one of their own", in fact, anyone who believes this either becomes her dog or a dead person.

Therefore, according to common sense, she should have discovered the Foreign Minister long ago after a few contacts with him, as he is someone she should have dealt with.

But why wasn’t it discovered?

Duke Kast glanced sideways. I don't know, but it's definitely not my fault. I'm too focused on Ernst, so I don't care about the other people in Kjerag.

Besides, even if she ignored it, it was because "human energy has a limit". What about all those gray hats she kept? What are they for? Why didn't she remind me?

Oh, the grey hat doesn't seem to fit in with Kjerag.

Kjerag's national defense was in a very metaphysical state. On the one hand, Ernst did not exclude the entry of official spies such as diplomats, and was even happy to let "foreign talents" take charge of some less important functional departments. But on the other hand, Ernst did a perfect job in controlling secret spies such as gray hats.

Most of the villagers are familiar with each other, so if there is an outsider, everyone can tell them apart at a glance. Even though there are more tourists and outsiders now, it is not so easy to distinguish them, but Kjerag has other ways.

Yelagund claimed that she had no ability to read minds and never did anything to read minds, whether this was true or her noble moral character prevented her from using those abilities. At least, Beast Master Gawain had no such scruples.

The Beast Master may not be able to do this or that, but his ability to grasp people's hearts is unparalleled.

"The Great" loves trends. From classical music to rock music, he is no longer satisfied with following the trend, but has begun to lead the way. "The High Priest" loves technology, but he doesn't like the famous technology city of Tremont. Instead, he is more keen on the challenge of farming. He plunged into the rain forest of Sargon and planned to train a group of green crocodiles by himself. "Dolly" likes to be lively and can't stand being lonely. For this reason, he is even willing to divide himself into many clones, and give each clone self-awareness to watch them play and relieve boredom. However, this ability to customize the "personality", "hobbies" and "behavior patterns" for each clone is actually a reflection of his endless experience and insight into people's hearts.

Except for the Wolf Lord "Zaro", he is such a disgrace that the wolf pack can't wait to purge him from within their own ranks!

And the owner of the beast is "Gawain".

We can use only one word to summarize the extent to which he understands human nature.

——Victoria.

From Sargon, the great king of kings, to Aslan Pasha, the first to launch an expedition to the Victoria region, to the establishment of the Victoria Aslan Dynasty, he was behind all the kings. He did not have the hobby of fighting crickets like the Wolf Lord, but was just doing it for a promise, but he was called "teacher" by all the Victoria Aslan emperors.

A teacher is one who teaches, accepts students, and resolves their doubts.

Victoria has so many anthropomorphic things, from emperors to nobles. It cannot be said that this has nothing to do with Gawain’s teachings. After all, the principle of leading by example still exists.

If they really want to play tricks, the Duke of Caster's methods are the worst among his brothers in Gawain's eyes, not to mention the Gray Hat who was trained by the Duke of Caster.

Yelagund, let's see who kills more!

You are just a petty trick, and you dare to act rashly in front of Gao? I think you are just like people who put their heads up for sale!

Duke Caster didn't care if one or two died. But when a bunch of people were expelled, he became a little annoyed and refused to believe in evil, so he tried again. After finally getting one person in, Duke Caster was finally satisfied.

Just one.

So Mr. [the poet] entered Kjerag.

This was of course tacitly agreed by Yelagund and Gawain.

Playing the game of finding the difference among tourists all day is also very tiring. Gawain suggested that "it is better to let them in than to block them", and let them in and monitor them strictly, so that they can have some thoughts while ensuring that they can't get any valuable information. Yelagund agreed.

That is why Mr. [Poet] can "move freely" in Kjerag.

Fortunately, the poet was essentially a man of few days, and his attitude towards tasks was to get by as long as he could. He also earned a reputation as a "harpist" at train stations and on trains. Otherwise, if he had really done something, his left foot might have been frozen into an ice sculpture the next day because he went out.

"He plays the harp very well. Every day when I am finding something new to do or studying, I will put the live broadcast on the side and listen to it as pure music to relieve stress." by a single mother who did not want to be named.

The grey hat had limited effect, so it didn't seem like they were to blame. Besides, the poet's performance during the expo was quite outstanding. Although he "coincidentally" discovered the woman from Windermere a step late, he still gained a lot, and the Duke of Castor had no intention of making things difficult for him.

Whose responsibility is it then?

The Duke of Castor thought again of the group of members of the Londinium City Council who had incited people back then.

Although she had planned the rebellion that pushed the Lion King to the gallows, she certainly had not been the one to carry it out.

She stirs up shit, but doesn't like to get involved in it. The assassination of the king was of course done by a group of Londinium councillors and mobs who instigated it.

"Damn it, it's all their fault. Why didn't they kill them all at the beginning? How could my brother's daughter escape?"

Duke Caister thought about it and immediately wanted to send someone to play a family tree elimination game with the members of the parliament. But as soon as she opened her mouth and before she could say anything, she swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.

It's not that she suddenly became kind-hearted, it's just that someone helped her do this.

Don’t forget who those people are – members of the Londinium City Council.

Didn't she know what was happening in Londinium now? After reaching a preliminary cooperation agreement with Tracys and rejecting the Duke of Windermere's proposal to march into Londinium, Londinium completely lost the chance to be redeemed.

To put it nicely, it is now called an isolated city. To put it bluntly, it is the largest open-air prison and open-air concentration camp on this earth.

The suffering of the common people was heavy enough - although the Duke of Castile didn't care at all - let alone the parliamentarians.

Before Kast came to Kjerag, he had received news that the speaker of the Londinium City Council was dead, stabbed eight times in the back. After a thorough investigation by the Kazdel Military Committee, it was determined to be suicide.

The Speaker was the same congressman who had put the noose on the Lion King.

All the wealth and glory were in vain. In the end, he was just a chess piece in her hands. Not to mention giving birth, he didn't even have the right to decide when he would die.

There is no need to blame those who carried out the massacre of Aslan's royal family. I am truly a person of great virtue and compassion.

The Duke of Caister sighed.

She suddenly lost a target, a purpose for her anger.

She couldn't blame the gray hat, nor the rebels. She did nothing wrong. Could she blame Ernst?

impossible.

If Vina's affair had been exposed earlier, even a day earlier, she might have immediately cut ties with Ernst and officially declared hostility. But now, this option is no longer on her list of options.

Because of the "future", because of the "airship" demonstrated by Ernst.

Every Terran leader who has witnessed an airship streak across the sky and whose vision has been obscured by its massive shadow can imagine the great future prospects of this technology.

With its existence, the walls of Londinium are just decorations; with its existence, the artillery of high-speed warships are just toys; with its existence, a new round of competition is about to begin.

This is a race about armaments, about technology, and about the future.

In this competition, Victoria must not fall behind! Because if she falls behind, she will fall behind step by step! Because it is the hegemony of Terra!

Anyone can lose, but it can never lose! The lesson of the Gallic Empire is laid bare before our eyes!

Admittedly, perhaps from the perspective of Earthling Ernst, the technology of airships is not complicated, but this is Terra, a place where the most advanced aircraft is so backward that it can be shot down by a little girl on Earth who has no military knowledge and is carrying a homemade rocket launcher.

That was not Black Hawk Down, that was MacArthur's "Young Eagle Takeoff", the most ruthless mockery and bullying of aircraft by mature senior ground equipment!

But Ernst's airship is different. At least, it has a shield. The Originium Technique Generator can form a shield around it. Although the strength of the shield is not high due to energy issues, it can still easily resist a rocket launcher or something.

This is already a dimensionality reduction blow to the Terrans.

It was for this reason that Ernst dared to let this "prototype" fly even though it still had many defects and loopholes, and show it in front of the Terrans, pretending to be "the future".

Because it does have the capital.

The Duke of Castor was a smart man, and Ernst realized it, and she realized it too.

Of course, she could also guess that the airship technology still had some flaws, but since the Terran nations knew basically nothing about airships, even a flawed technology would be enough to become an advantage if it could be mastered.

The person who eats the cake first will eat the most.

Victoria, or rather, if she gets this technology, then her position will no longer be a concern. Even if there is a Vina, so what? The size of Kjerag cannot be compared with the Dukedom of Kast. The common people admire the strong, so the advantage still lies with her.

But if she breaks up with Ernst, she will completely lose the opportunity to obtain this technology, and must start from scratch, recruit talents, and develop airships...

She won't have the time.

If they fall behind by one step, they will fall behind step by step. By that time, there will be no need for the Duke of Windermere, who has the best relationship with Ernst, to take action. Even Godottin, the "reindeer" who usually sits on the fence, will show his antlers at that time.

Who wouldn't covet the wealth of Castor?

The base that he had accumulated over such a long period of time was facing unimaginable threats. The mere thought of the possibility of such a thing happening made Duke Caister feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.

She was angry, annoyed and helpless, but she held it in.

Because she is an out-and-out political animal, in order to achieve her goals, she is willing to sacrifice herself.

After thinking for a long time, Duke Caister's eyes flickered and he said:

"Sir Bellingham, prepare a small gift, and inform Miss Rita Scamander, that is, the Horn."

"Have her get ready to come with me and visit Prime Minister Ernst."

"If you go too late, you might have to queue."

As the title says, as a history lover, Xi'an is definitely a must-visit place. The author has been traveling in Xi'an with a few friends these days. A few days ago, we visited the city wall, the museum, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the city that never sleeps. The smog here is very serious, but apart from the environment, the historical and cultural flavor is indeed strong. Walking on the street, you can see two or three people wearing Hanfu and Tang suits for every ten people. The museum is also worth seeing. Because I walk around during the day, I have been updating late at night.

I decided to go out of the city to visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum tomorrow. I will go there and come back on the same day, so I will take a day off today and update tomorrow night.

Although there are only 28 days in this month, I still guarantee at least 15 updates! Thank you for your support!