Hearing this mature voice, Ryan was stunned for a moment, and he quickly stood up.
"Emilia?"
A beautiful and moving imperial female nobleman appeared from the door of the room. She was wearing a lace hollow-carved classical princess dress, lined with a black crystal-buttoned lady's woolen windbreaker. Her long golden hair was tied high on the back of her head, and a pair of wraps were exposed under her skirt.
She has straight calves wearing black velvet stockings, and a pair of slender black suede high heels with bows and skull decorations on her feet.
Just below her shoulders hangs the black gold lion shield symbolizing Nuer. The lion is holding a golden scale, which represents Nuer's lofty status and just laws. In addition, there is also a golden scale holding a golden scale.
The white lion emblem of the Yanyang Banner symbolizes the Wesen Territory's will never to surrender to foreign enemies.
Her Excellency the Baroness of the Empire, Emmanuel von Lebwitz Bernardino's exquisite face appeared in front of everyone. She stared at Ryan with resentment and joy in her eyes: "The child's father, you are here.
It was quite early, I thought I would have to wait for you for a while."
"Amelia!" Ryan was a little excited. Sure enough, this child was his own! He picked up the little boy holding his calf and put it on the sofa chair, then turned around and faced the person in front of him.
The woman opened her arms: "Long time no see."
"Hmph! I am Emmanuel now, and I hope you can call me that in the future, Your Excellency Lane." The Baroness raised her head, and she walked step by step in front of Lane: "If the child hadn't been crying and making noises.
If you look for daddy, I won’t rush over right away.”
"Okay Emilia, no problem Emilia!" Ryan had a smile on his face. He still opened his arms and stood still, waiting for his little maid.
"...You!" The Baroness rolled her eyes at Ryan, and finally went up and hugged Ryan awkwardly: "Long time no see, Ryan, you should call me Emmanolly from now on."
She hugged Ryan gently and smelled the familiar scent. The countess's face instantly turned red. She trembled a few times, quickly pushed Ryan away gently, got out, and took a few deep breaths before calming down.
After thinking about it, she and Ryan had been separated for two years.
Emmanuel suppressed her restlessness, she pretended to cough twice, and first greeted Sulia: "Sister Sulia! Long time no see, congratulations!"
"Congratulations, Emmanuel." Sulia also quickly got up from her position. The female knight today wore a long dress with a hollow carved iris ripple neckline, paired with a red agate ribbed unicorn velvet coat, a slender and straight coat.
Her long legs are wrapped in black velvet pantyhose,
Wearing a pair of beautiful feet and a pair of knee-high high-heeled boots, her long golden curly hair draped over her shoulders and hanging straight down her waist, a gentle smile appeared on her gorgeous oval face. She walked up to Emmanolly and shook her hand.
He held her hand and said, "It's really been a long time!"
The two mothers held hands, with polite smiles on their faces, but Ryan, who was watching from the sidelines, always felt that there was a smell of sparks in the air, and the eyes of the little maid and the female knight obviously contained some different meanings.
.
As time passed, both of them had children, and some things became different. When they reunited after a long separation, the female knight and the little maid seemed to have become quite different, and their conversation became more polite.
Ryan's eyes fell on the two children who were playing, Devon Hill, born by Sulia, and Frederick, born by Emmanuel. Frederick was very happy to see Ryan looking at him.
, he pulled Ryan's sleeve: "Dad! I finally see my dad! Dad, can you play with me? You haven't played with me yet!"
"Why do you want dad to play with you?" Ryan picked up his son and said with a smile. He always felt that he owed something to the mother and son.
"Play with hot water to wash your hair!" Little Frederick shouted happily.
"What is hot water shampooing?" Ryan didn't quite understand.
"That's it!" The little boy stretched out his hand towards the beer on the table, and saw psychic fire coming out of his eyes, and then the whole bottle of beer flew directly towards Ryan's face at an extremely fast speed!
"This is hot water for hair washing!"
"!!!" Ryan immediately stretched out his hand in the air, and his father's eyes also had psychic fire. The beer bottle was fixed in the air, and then returned to its original position.
This process only took a moment, and even everyone present had not reacted.
"Great! You are indeed my daddy!" The little boy shouted twice in surprise. He became even more excited and stretched out his little hand to grab Ryan's face: "As expected of daddy, you have the same ability as me!
"
"Pah!" Ryan's face turned blue with anger, and he pinched little Frederick's face. What do you mean, dad is the same as me? Only sons are like me. How can I be like a son?
"Emilia, how do you teach our children?" Ryan said dissatisfiedly towards the Imperial Baroness: "Wash your hair with hot water?"
"How do I know that your son's magic was taught by the great alchemist?" Emmanuel couldn't help laughing when she saw that Ryan was a little unhappy: "If you have any questions, go to Galt, don't ask me."
"Why are they arranged for Gaelic education?" Ryan put down little Frederick, and the little boy took him to play with his half-brother Devon Hill.
"Because Ms. Elspeth believes that given Frederic's talent, it is the best choice to give it to Galt. This child has metal magic talent." Speaking of her son, Emilia's
His face was full of pride. Although Frederick was less than three years old, his IQ was already about the same as that of a seven or eight-year-old child.
"Okay." Ryan thought for a moment and thought it was okay. The Great Alchemist is a great wizard who was personally taught by the Emperor. He meets the requirements in terms of strength and moral character. Since Emilia thinks it is okay, let's do it.
After a brief exchange of greetings, the three of them walked to the sofa chairs in the room and sat down. Olica walked up to stand behind Ryan, while Sylvia took the initiative to go up and play with the two boys.
"I have asked Frederick to recognize Emperor Karl-Franz as his godfather." Emilia came to Nuer for two years, and the original youthful and pure feeling on her face has gradually faded, and now she appears in Lane
In front of her was a mature and beautiful Imperial Lady with a touch of majesty, wisdom and charm. If it weren't for the emotion in her eyes when she looked at Ryan, perhaps no one else would be able to compare that little maid with the current Imperial Lady.
Connecting: "It's a compromise, Ryan, don't blame me."
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire requested it?" Ryan smiled playfully.
"I asked for it." Emilia stretched out her hand to straighten her skirt unnaturally: "This is good for Frederick's future, and it is also a compromise on my part. You know, I don't trust the empire, nor do I
Trusting the Emperor, I just trust Karl Franz. If he needs me to sit in this position, then I will sit."
"So do you trust Ryan?" Sulia asked, and the duchess's sea-blue eyes stared at her son and Amelia's son.
They are building blocks.
"I only trust Ryan Macado." Emilia replied meaningfully: "I know what Ryan wants to do when he comes to Brunswick at this time."
"I was just invited to watch the game to see who will be the next royal chief wizard." Ryan also smiled.
After a slight pause, Lane continued: "I thought you would support Noor's Black Lady."
"From my standpoint, that is indeed the case." Emilia nodded first, then shook her head: "But now I support Galt, the great alchemist of the empire."
"I understand." Sulia nodded. The female knight hesitated for a moment, and then said: "We are too."
"You can support whoever you want to support, Sister Sulia." Emilia reached out and caressed the gold ring on her left hand. Her Majesty the Empire's Baroness smiled and said: "But I can't. If Ms. Black wants to fight for
, I must support it, but Noor compromised, so I must also compromise."
"Gaert's little gift?" Ryan said in a muffled voice.
"The new gunpowder formula, the new engineering miracle, and the covenant with the Amethyst Academy." Emilia sighed softly: "It is enough to make the officers and professors of the Nuer Gunnery Academy marvel at it.
There's the Black Lady, and she's allied with Gaelt."
"Well..." Ryan stood up. Duke Mousilon, the most powerful man in Britannia, stood in front of the window, frowning and saying nothing.
Emilia looks similar to Ryan, her three titles are all real titles, and so are Ryan's three knighthoods.
However, she is fundamentally different from Ryan after all.
After all, Noor just needs a Baroness to maintain the existing order, and the new order in Britannia was created by Ryan, and the entire kingdom's internal and external troubles have also been destroyed by him.
There are some things that when the Nur Iron Armored Army and Nur's Black Lady agree to, Emilia must agree.
But that doesn't have to be the case for Ryan, he no longer has to look at anyone's face.
"Odo of the Academy of Light is supported by the Archbishop of the Church of Justice, Vikma, and he is also supported by the Supreme Dean of the Sky Academy, the Supreme Nebula Master Skorn - the Radiant." Emilia told what she knew.
The information was passed on to Ryan.
"The Great Alchemist Galt won the support of the Nur Armored Army and Ms. Elspeth, the dean of the Amethyst Academy. At the same time, some people in the Brunswick Army also supported him."
"The current Supreme Dean of Flame Academy, Senus Gehrman, has received support from a large number of lower-level military and Supreme Dean of Amber Academy, Mattak, as well as Emerald Academy. In addition, the attitude of Shadow Academy
It’s not clear yet, but shadow mages are destined not to become the chief wizard of the royal family. These people like to hang out in the market, so their opinions don’t need to be considered.”
Historically, the position of Royal Chief Grand Wizard has generally only circulated among three colleges, the Academy of Light, the Academy of Fire and the Academy of Sky. No matter which academy gets this position, it means getting a lot of resources, the emperor's reliance and the ability to call on the imperial army.
The power of the empire has always been the focus of competition among the wizards of the empire.
Ryan couldn't help but laugh a little when he thought of this, but Brittania was not like that.
"So who does Carl mean to be?" Ryan then asked.
"Not sure." Emilia shook her head: "At least before the birth of the royal chief wizard, Karl Franz will never express his position easily. All I know is that he respects Odo and respects Hermann.
Respect and rely on Gaelt."
"..." Ryan thought that given the current situation, it would be of course beneficial for him to have Galt ascend to the top, but he still didn't know whether Galt's strength could crush him.
Because the election of the royal chief wizard is not simply based on magic ability, the Alchemy Academy can be said to be the least powerful among the eight magic academies before the rise of Gelt, while the Academy of Light has countless legacies left by Teclis, the first
Volan, the chief royal wizard, is also a light wizard appointed by Teclis.
(By the way, Wolan was a great swordsman before he revealed his identity as a wizard.)
The Flame Academy is currently the most powerful and influential academy among the eight academies. Flame wizards also have the largest number of wizards in the empire, because flame magic is simple, crude and extremely lethal (both to enemies and to oneself).
).
"Ryan, we should follow Emilia's advice and look at the situation first." Sulia said calmly: "We are guests after all, not people in the imperial court. If we participate rashly, it will be counterproductive."
"Let's put this question aside for now, Amelia, how have you been doing in the past two years?" Ryan thought for a moment and felt that Sulia's opinion was reasonable, so he changed the subject and asked Ai instead.
How is Milia doing?
"Nur's palace is big, but very cold." Emilia originally wanted to emphasize that she could live well even without Ryan, but the little maid looked at Sulia's half-smiling eyes, and finally decided
Decided to tell the truth: "There is nothing more than the party and Frederick."
"You and Frederick can live here for a while." Ryan's heart moved after hearing this. He smiled and said: "It happens that there is nothing to do during this period. We can play around."
"Then you want a bowl of water to be balanced!" Emilia glanced at Sulia, and the Imperial Baroness said softly: "Me too, and so does Frederick."
"Hahaha, Emilia, do you always deal with Nuer City Council like this?" Ryan laughed heartily when he heard this. After listening to Emilia's words, he understood why his little maid could sit so high.
location.
"That's what elections are all about." Emilia also laughed, and she said sarcastically: "The majority of fools use their votes to coerce the minority elite."
"But this is one of the few ways to prevent a few elites from completely monopolizing the entire palace." Sulia said, the female knight still had a gentle and pleasant expression on her face: "It is not always possible to listen in the temple.
to all sounds.”
"So do we have to choose a creditor or a co-owner?" Emilia complained.
"What we want to elect is an excellent leader rather than a leader." Sulia answered.
"Lian is not always available." At this point, Amelia said with a slightly sour tone: "You have taken all the benefits, Sister Lidya Su."
After saying this, the three of them all laughed, and that was enough.
Everything is left unsaid.
.........I am the dividing line that separates everything without saying anything......
At the same time, Emperor Karl-Franz in the Imperial Palace was sitting behind a large desk. On the surface, the emperor was looking at documents, but in fact, the emperor was talking to Archbishop Vikmar the Resolute who was sitting opposite the desk.
chat.
"Odo has proven to be a strong man capable of resisting the corruption of Chaos. It was he and Kant who discovered the corruption of Egrim and saved the Pyramid of Light." Archbishop Vicmar sat on the sofa opposite the desk and emphasized.
He expressed his own point of view: "So I think Odo is the best candidate to be the next chief royal wizard."
"But even if the royal chief wizard is appointed, he still has to be elected according to the basic law left by Lord Teclis, and selected through competition..." The emperor tried to emphasize something to the archbishop: "I think the results of the competition should be respected."
"The competition only determines the strength of the contestants." Vekmar disagreed with Karl-Franz's idea: "Being strong may be a good thing or a bad thing. You also mentioned the example of Egrim earlier. Karl
, don’t you think that Galt’s strength has grown incredibly fast?”
"Gelt has had an adventure." The emperor emphasized.
"Is it an adventure? Or is it a sign of corruption?" Vicmar was still reluctant: "Many wizards suddenly increase in strength due to corruption. Obviously, Emperor Charlemagne pointed out a bright road for us, but the evil god's corruption of the old world will never stop.
It's going on unconsciously..."
"My Majesty! I have something to report!" At this time, a Rick guard walked in from outside. He was fully armed and walked in quickly.
"It's Rudolf? What's the matter?" Karl-Franz immediately stopped talking. Seeing that the topic was interrupted, Archbishop Wickmar frowned but stopped. He stretched out his hand to hold his command authority.
stick.
"...It's about the Royal Chief Grand Wizard Competition, that...His Excellency Sernus-Gehrman has arrived at Marienburg on a sea ship." Guard Rick did not expect that the archbishop was actually here, and for a moment
His voice was trembling, but he quickly calmed down.
Rudolf took a deep breath and touched the ink bottle with the quill on the table with his hand, seemingly recklessly.
Emperor Karl noticed this detail.
"Oh? Cernus is here too?" The emperor had a hearty smile on his face. He seemed to take this matter very seriously and even moved forward.
In this way, the ink bottle was delivered to the Rick Guards, along with a piece of parchment.
"Tell me more carefully, how is his exploration on Obion Island?"