It didn't take long for Nalant to arrive at the forefront of the aristocratic district, which was also the most luxurious area.
The manor here no longer only has a front and back garden like Umu, but has a high wall and a deep courtyard. Even the people on duty at the door are no longer ordinary servants, but fully armed guards.
This is the most prosperous area in the capital of Nok besides the royal palace.
The people who can live here are all the result of the Nok Empire having real power.
The manor of Duke Miller is located here.
Although there was no indication on the outside of the manor which one was Duke Miller's mansion, the big number one on the exquisite door plate made Narante's target.
"Who is it?" When Nalant, with the big stone and others, approached the gate of the manor, the guard captain on duty immediately shouted on guard.
"Your Excellency, I come from the Storm Territory and am the Lord of the Storm Territory. I want to visit Duke Miller!"
"Storm Territory? I haven't heard of it, and if you want to meet the Duke, you need to leave a visiting note first. We will forward it to the steward. If you get permission, we will notify you at that time!" The guard captain listened to Nalant.
He was a lord, and the equipment he brought with him, such as Big Stone, was quite well-equipped, and his expression was quite normal.
When Narant heard this, he secretly thought that it was true.
When he came, he knew that he would definitely not be able to see Duke Miller.
An imperial prince is not a cat or a dog. In the eyes of others, he is now equivalent to a small county magistrate in the past life. How can he say that he can see the prince if he wants to?
If the prince was really so easy to meet, he wouldn't be too busy.
I mentioned this just now because I was lucky enough to give it a try.
Now Narant can only settle for the next best thing.
"Your Excellency, I am not prepared for the visit this time, so I will not meet Duke Miller. I would like to find the butler of your manor. Is this okay?"
"I'm sorry, Sir, you also need a visiting card if you want to see the housekeeper. If you don't have a visiting card, please go back and prepare before you come!" Nalant finished his words, but he was still rejected by the guard captain.
Nalant really didn't expect that it would be so troublesome to even meet the butler, even if he couldn't see the Duke.
However, tomorrow night is Duke Miller's birthday dinner. If I go back now to prepare a visit, I don't know if I have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
"Captain, to be honest, I heard that the steward of your manor wanted to purchase wine, so I came here specifically to find your steward, because I happened to have a batch of wine there."
"Originally, if the matter was not urgent, I could go back and prepare the visiting post and wait for a day or two."
"However, I heard that the steward of your manor is collecting wine for the Duke's birthday party. If it is delayed for a day or two, I'm afraid it won't make much sense to send the wine!"
"Wine!" the guard captain was stunned.
Although as a guard, he doesn't know much about ordinary things in the manor.
However, he certainly knows about wine.
First of all, this wine has become popular among the nobles recently, making their subordinates also talk about the wine.
The second is that the housekeeper has been collecting wine from various places under the protection of his guards in the past few days, and he is fully aware of this matter.
The nobleman in front of him actually said that he had wine, so this matter might be very important to the butler.
"Sir, are you telling the truth?" the guard captain looked at Nalant seriously.
"It's absolutely true. In addition, in this Nok Empire, I'm afraid no one would dare to come to Duke Miller's manor to defraud, right? So please go and inform the manor steward!" Nalant replied calmly.
"Okay, Your Excellency, please wait a moment, I will report to the housekeeper right away!" The guard captain did not dare to neglect, and then quickly walked towards the manor.
The captain of the guard did not keep Nalant waiting for too long. Perhaps the manor housekeeper needed wine too much. In just five or six minutes, the guard captain led the manor housekeeper to the gate.
"Are you from the Storm Territory?"
The manor's butler is not too old and is a energetic middle-aged man.
The luxurious dress was no better than the Marquis of Umm that Nalant had seen before.
If the guard captain hadn't led him here, Nalant would have thought he was another noble from the Nok Empire.
"Yes, sir, I am Lord Stormlord!"
"Lord of Stormlord, Baron Nalant, the fiancé of the Oracle Goddess?"
The captain of the guard had never heard of the Storm Territory, but he, Duke Miller's butler, had certainly heard of it.
In addition to knowing that wine is the specialty of Storm Territory, I also know that the name of the lord of Storm Territory is Nalant.
Of course, if he relied on wine alone, his butler would definitely not remember Nalant's name so firmly.
It was because earlier today, he happened to hear the Duke talking about Narant.
It turned out that just a week ago, a team of envoys sent by the orcs came to the Holy City.
Although this team of orc envoys is not large in number, it can be regarded as the first time since the two sides have often had friction in recent years.
And this time, the envoy from the Orc Empire came, and it was unprecedented in history that they came because of a complaint.
As for the protagonist of the complaint, it is Baron Narant.
The Orc Empire accused Nalant of invading the territory of the Orc Empire without any reason, looting and killing more than 3,000 Orcs.
It even stole thousands of powerful fruits.
When the top leaders of the major empires learned about this, they all looked at each other in shock.
Because in the past, only the orcs plundered the small nobles on the border of the human race, but now they are being robbed by the human race. This is simply unheard of.
Moreover, the negotiation document submitted by the beastmen this time was very formal, with the beast king directly signing it.
If the orcs can sign it, it can be said that this matter has risen to a level related to the security of the mainland.
And, this is also true.
In the negotiation letter submitted, the Beast King asked the Holy Alliance to hand over Nalant, otherwise it would affect the covenant between the Holy Alliance and the Beast Empire.
Although the covenant between the Holy Alliance and the Orc Empire has gradually expired due to friction, it has been forgotten by both parties.
But it is also a link that does not cause large-scale conflicts between the two parties.
And now, because of Nalant's incident, the Beast King actually threatened to cancel the alliance signed between the two parties.
Faced with such a thing, the representatives of the alliance naturally did not dare to neglect, and immediately started talks in the Holy City to discuss this matter.
Although they also learned some of the reasons why Nalant entered the Orc Empire from the returning noble representatives.
But Narant's plunder was indeed a fact.
And sometimes the cause is not actually important, but depends on the comparison of strengths between the two parties, as well as the benefits and harms involved.
In this way, representatives of the principalities and empires in the Alliance were quarreling over whether to hand over Nalant.
First of all, representatives led by the Bach Empire stated that the alliance between humans and beasts should not be affected for the sake of a small foreign noble. Otherwise, if a large-scale conflict breaks out between the two parties, not only one or two people will die.
, probably tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.
All in all, the representatives of the Bach Empire supported the handing over of Nalant to the Orc Empire.
However, the proposal of the representatives of the Bach Empire was quickly rejected by the Blue Shield Empire, because Nalant was being hunted by the other party and had no choice but to break into the Orc Empire.
The reason why the orcs hunted him was because Nalant won the dwarf brewing competition.
However, after Nalant won this victory, he generously resold most of his weapons and equipment to many empires and principalities.
Therefore, speaking of what Nalant did, not only was he not at fault, he was even a hero of the human race.
Because he won the test, the orc's fruit wine was defeated, preventing the orc from getting the weapons forged by the dwarves and increasing their strength.
In this way, not only could they not punish Nalant, they also needed to make their position clear to the orcs, that is, Nalant was a hero of the human race and had no faults whatsoever. He could not be handed over to the orcs.
When the representatives of the Bach Empire heard the words of the representatives of the Blue Shield Empire, the two sides immediately started to confront each other.
One said that it was for the sake of the overall situation, sacrificing the small and large to strive for stability for the alliance.
And one said that a human hero like Nalant must not be let down.
Moreover, the stability of the alliance is not achieved by making friends and seeking peace, but by having more nobles like Narant who are not afraid of powerful enemies and fight bravely.
The two sides argued back and forth several times, but made no progress.
In fact, most of these representatives of the empire and principalities saw the orcs' attitude of waiting for a war if they didn't agree, and they were willing to hand over a small foreign noble like Nalant to settle the matter.
After all, a country aristocrat like Narant, who is not related to them, can trade one person for stability, which is a very good deal.
But after all, more than sixty of these empires and principalities have interests entangled with Nalant, especially those small principalities.
To be continued...