"The situation is worse than I imagined. []" After the close contact last night, Anna became much more relaxed when facing Roger. She said to him as soon as she opened her mouth: "Vettel has gathered a lot of people together today.
The Royal Council objected to any commendation for you, and several people even said that your fight against the undead army at Linton Pass was a lie you made up, and asked His Majesty the King to punish you for pretending to claim military merit. It is really annoying!"
Unlike the indignant Anna, Roger seemed very calm and said to the angry Duke's daughter: "Anna, you are really beautiful, even when you are angry, you are so beautiful!"
"Ah, thank you for your compliment." Roger's compliment made Anna both happy and shy, but she quickly reacted and said dissatisfiedly to Roger: "We are discussing your future, what are you thinking about?"
Roger was touched by Anna's concern. He smiled at her and said, "Don't worry about this. As long as I can meet the king in private, I will be confident enough to convince him to give me the reward I deserve."
"I can arrange this." Anna agreed to Roger's request, but she quickly looked at Roger warily and asked, "Are you trying to hold His Majesty the King hostage and force him to give you the reward?"
Unexpectedly, Anna would say that. Roger was silent for a while and then asked depressedly: "Do you think I'm a fool?"
Seeing Roger's depressed look, Anna couldn't help but laugh softly. At that moment, Roger felt that the whole room became brighter because of her smile.
Anna also noticed something was wrong with Roger's eyes. Thinking of the close contact between the two last night, she felt a little flustered for no reason. She quickly stood up and said: "I will arrange for you to meet with His Majesty the King in private tomorrow. Now... I have to go."
Got it!"
Anna's ability to do things was indeed very strong. The next afternoon, she arranged an opportunity for Roger to meet the king privately. The location was in the king's small study. The small study was the place where the king usually took a nap and met with his ministers. He could be here
Meeting Roger is enough to explain some problems.
The Royal Palace is also located in the wealthy area in the south of Mandos City, and is much larger than the Duke's Palace where Anna lives. In Roger Lai, the palace itself is a solid castle, and the city walls are even higher than those in Mandos City.
If a war really breaks out, it will definitely be more difficult to capture the Royal Palace than Mandos City.
Anna often went in and out of the palace. Under her leadership, Roger successfully passed the palace guard sentry and entered the hub of the Kingdom of Thorne.
The palace was not as magnificent as Roger imagined, and the decoration inside was even a bit simple by the standards of a large country. However, the tall dome and long straight corridors still made the palace look solemn and solemn, even for Roger, who was an opponent of this country.
When people who showed little respect to the king arrived here, they were not as casual and formal as usual.
Roger was led by Anna to the small study and waited quietly for the king's arrival. The waiting did not last long. Soon another door in the study opened and a slender, handsome young man walked in.
This man has the standard features of an old aristocrat, blond hair and fair skin. His handsome face always seems to have a smile, and his gray eyes flash with the light of wisdom from time to time. It doesn’t take Anna to introduce Roger to know that he must be the real one.
The current king of the Kingdom of En is Fernando Alonso III.
Since he was now in the world of Toulonzo, Roger could only do as the Romans did and salute Alonso according to the rules that Anna had taught him before.
The king seemed very talkative when he went up. After Roger finished his salute, Alonso immediately came up and patted him on the shoulder: "You must be Roger Lee. I have heard about you a lot recently.
You did a great job outside Lingtong Pass. It would be great if there were more heroes like you in the kingdom!"
If other people were treated so affectionately by the king, they would definitely be overwhelmed with gratitude, and might even become speechless on the spot. But Roger didn't have much respect for the king, so his behavior at this time was very
Naturally, he just smiled lightly and said: "Your Majesty, you are very grateful. In that situation, I was just struggling to survive. Anyone would do that."
Roger's indifferent performance immediately made Alonso and Anna look up to him. It was not something ordinary people could do to act so calmly when they met the king for the first time.
This discovery made the smile on Alonso's face even happier. He sat down on the chair behind the desk and said, "Roger, you are too humble. Being able to make an army of tens of thousands of undead disappear into thin air is not something that anyone can do. That's right.
It is because of your efforts that the Linton Pass was prevented from being captured by the undead army. It is indeed a great contribution."
Ana and Alonso are very familiar with each other. Hearing this, he couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "What's the use of having a lot of credit? It's not like I was screwed by those people and couldn't even get a reward..."
After listening to Anna's words, Alonso's face turned gloomy, and he was very dissatisfied with this matter. He obviously regarded Roger as one of his own, and whispered to Anna: "These guys are too much.
, sooner or later their titles will be reduced and they will be demoted to civilians."
"The sooner the better!" Anna naturally hated those people and immediately continued: "As long as you give the order, the Privy Council will definitely support it."
When it came to this, Alonso seemed to hesitate again, shook his head and said dejectedly: "This matter has to be planned carefully. Acting rashly will definitely cause a counterattack by the Vattel faction, but it will also be counterattacking."
We are at a disadvantage!"
Roger was listening to the conversation between the two, his mind was spinning with various thoughts, and he soon roughly guessed the current situation. In fact, this matter is not complicated at all, except for the factional struggles and manipulation within the kingdom.
It's just the old story of a powerful minister with a high power and his master.
Now Anna and her father, Duke Hamilton, obviously support the king, and the Minister of Military Affairs, Walter, is their opponent. As the minister who commands all the forces, Walter does have this strength. If he gathers some other people in the kingdom,
It is not impossible for a powerful minister to fight against the king.
At the same time, Roger also came out, and Alonso also showed some deliberate weakness. The king deliberately allowed the people on the side of the Minister of Military Affairs to suppress Roger in order to further intensify the conflict between Hamilton and Vettel, while he himself could
Consolidating one's position in the struggle between the two factions is simply the emperor's balancing act.
There is not much difference between Roger's prediction and the facts. This is indeed the case in the Kingdom of Thorne now. Perhaps for civilians living in the world of Toulonzo, it is more difficult to penetrate the mysteries than to feel the magical elements. However,
For Roger, who came from Earth, similar things had appeared many times in history books and on television, so it was easy to make such a measurement.
"Well, you king wants to balance, right?" Alonso made a frustrated expression, Roger thought to himself: "Wait until I tell you this news, how can you balance it!"