When she saw the stern faces of Adolf and the nobles who walked into the living room, Scarlett's heart skipped a beat.
The ominous premonition somehow became stronger.
However, she quickly calmed down.
Things had reached this point, and she didn't believe that Adolf, with his wisdom and stability, would make any impulsive decisions.
"Your Highness," Scarlett smiled slightly, knelt down to salute Adolf, and said, "I am bothering you so late, I hope I don't disturb your rest."
'Miss Scarlett,' Adolf walked up to Scarlett and turned a blind eye to her and Richard and others who were greeting him. He sat down on the sofa with his eyelids drooped and said lightly, "Your
My men are making such a big noise outside. Whether you come or not, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight. So..."
He raised his head, half-squinted his eyes and said, "You better stop pretending to be polite. If you have anything to say, just get straight to the point!"
The atmosphere in the living room suddenly became depressing and weird.
The nobles who came together looked at each other in embarrassment. The smiles on the faces of Scarlett, Richard, Oscar and Charles, who were standing at the front, suddenly became stiff.
No one expected that Adolf would leave them here without even the most basic courtesy when they met.
There was no invitation to sit down, no offer of tea, no smiles or pleasantries.
The old man who had ruled Lulian for decades was sitting quietly on the sofa, looking up at everyone with an indifferent expression.
Standing in front of him, instead of feeling condescending, everyone felt that they were like a group of criminals awaiting trial.
There was a sound of footsteps.
Lord Lulian and the generals who followed Adolf strode to the sofa and formed a semicircle with the Grand Duke as the center. They even vaguely surrounded Scarlett and others.
These people's eyes were cold and their aura was formidable. Everyone's hand was pressed on the hilt of the sword.
The hostility emanating silently made the nobles behind Scarlett feel chills in their shirts.
"Your Highness, Grand Duke," Richard saw something was wrong, took a step forward and gritted his teeth, "Is this the way the Lulian family treats guests?"
"Presumptuous!" Seeing that there was a hint of questioning in Richard's tone, Kahn immediately scolded him sharply.
Adolf waved his hand and stopped Kahn.
"Richard, right?" Adolf looked at Richard expressionlessly. He said slowly, "Your father, Archduke Ferro, has a total of seven sons. You are the third. There are two brothers in front of you. According to me
As far as I know, their talents are not inferior to yours. In terms of age and talent, the possibility of you inheriting the position of Grand Duke of the Duchy of Saxony in the future is very slim..."
Richard's expression changed.
"It's not a mistake to be born late and have little talent. As long as you work hard, you can still keep glory and wealth throughout your life," Archduke Adolf said coldly. "The scary thing is that you don't have enough strength and wisdom, but you have too much ambition! This is
Raising people will only bring trouble to yourself!"
At this point, the atmosphere in the hall has solidified to the extreme.
Adolf looked at Richard's face, which was turning blue and white, and said: "Your father asked you to come to Lulian, presumably because he wanted you to have more experience. But you forgot that you are not your father. If he were here, maybe he could still be called
I am a guest, but you, a junior, act recklessly in Lulian, and you dare to question my hospitality! You simply don’t understand the importance..."
At the end of the sentence, Adolf was already stern and slapped the armrest of the sofa: "Who do you think you are!"
Richard felt a buzzing sound in his head and went blank.
He was ashamed and angry for a moment.
Everyone nearby looked at Archduke Adolf in disbelief, unable to believe their ears.
If when they came here before, they all thought that with the cooperation of Prince Anthony, the Principality of Saxony, the Principality of Sinasili and the Renault family of the Tomahawk Knights, Adolf could only turn a blind eye even if he was unhappy, then
Now, they know that they guessed wrong.
No one expected that the Grand Duke, who had a reputation of being kind and generous and ranked last among the five principalities of the imperial capital, would react so strongly at this moment.
At this time, everyone suddenly realized that they seemed to have made a mistake.
No matter what Adolf was, he was still the king of a great principality. He ruled Lulian for decades, commanded more than 300 lords, and had many generals under his command. How could he not have any means?
Don’t forget, the current Lulian is the Lulian who just experienced the war!
They are the only principality that has achieved victory in the nearly two-year war between the Saint Solan Empire and the Philip Empire.
When the Prussian province, which was far more powerful than them, fell under the iron heel of the Fei Lie Empire, the Principality of Lullian won complete victories in two battles at Medin City and Fjord.
Especially before the Battle of the Fjords broke out, the entire empire thought that Lulian was doomed and Adolf was dead.
But the final result was that the entire Southern Army of Fei Lie Empire was wiped out.
Although the war for more than a year has caused great trauma to the Principality of Lullian, is it not a test?!
Look at Adolf at this moment, look at the lords and generals behind him, and then think about the proud soldiers who fought in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the Lulian military camp. If we look at it from the perspective of the remote and weak province in the past,
This is a mistake in itself!
Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Scarlett forced a smile and said, "Your Highness, why should you be angry? In fact, we also know that there is something wrong with us. This is what we came here to explain to you."
"Really?" Adolf looked at Scarlett with a sneer on his lips.
"Your Highness has always been far-sighted and considers the overall situation. You should know that the current situation is urgent due to the invasion of demons..." Scarlett said calmly, "But aliens like the dwarves, under the current circumstances, put forward such conditions.
We simply have no sense of morality and disregard for the overall situation, so our families have united together with the intention of forcing them to submit. After all, in this war with the demons, we humans are the main force!"
Scarlett's words made the nobles behind her nod.
Adolf and Lulian, on the other hand, had cold faces and just listened to her continue talking.
"We know that the responsibility for this conflict lies with the Bano family," Scarlett said. "They should never have done anything. They should not have taken action in Munich and offended Lulian's dignity. Here, I represent
All the major families apologize to Your Highness. But, having said that..."
She changed her subject and said: "After all, this is a major matter that affects the major families, and there is no room for a mercenary who does not know life or death to get involved. If it weren't for this mercenary's unnecessary action, Your Highness would not have a head-on conflict with the Bano family, and
How could something like tonight happen, which puts us all in embarrassment?"
She walked up to Adolf, picked up the teapot on the coffee table, and poured a cup of tea for Adolf. She lowered her attitude and said: "So many people in the Bano family have died, and we just want to vent our anger. The reason why we took action is also
I am afraid that they will conflict with His Highness. I have absolutely no intention of forcing you, Your Highness. Besides, the cost of starting a war with the Bano family for an ordinary mercenary is too high for Lulian, who is waiting for something to happen...
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Scarlett's voice became lower and lower, and she said sincerely: "The dwarves are a foreign race after all. Your Highness should put the interests of the human race first. If you conflict with the Bano family, those foreign races will sit back and watch the fight. At that time,
It will be very difficult to get them to compromise. Your Highness might as well turn a blind eye. After tonight, we will definitely give you an explanation..."
After saying these words, Scarlett put down the teapot.
The room was quiet.
Both Scarlett herself and Richard, Oscar, Charles and other nobles behind her believed that these words showed sincerity.
Lowering his stance like this can be regarded as giving Adolf the opportunity to step down. The matter should be resolved here.
However, at this moment, they were shocked to find that there was still no change in the expressions on the faces of Archduke Adolf or the Lullian lords behind him.
They just stared at themselves expressionlessly. Their eyes looked like they were seeing an idiot.
"Miss Scarlett," Adolf stood up and said in the silence, "do you still remember when you came to attend my Lulian's celebration ball a few months ago?"
As soon as she heard this, the color on Scarlett's face suddenly faded away.
This is the deepest scar in her heart.
And Adolf revealed it without mercy!
"If your memory is good enough," Adolf glanced at her contemptuously, "you should remember that Roy once told you what kind of person is a true noble."
As he said that, Adolf stopped looking at her, turned to look around, and said to everyone: "I don't care about anything else. I only know that when the murderer of the Bano family attacked a convoy that was legal and protected by me, Lulian, it was a
A young man with a sense of justice took action to stop all this. And after that, the Bano family dared to send people to kill him, right under my eyes, Adolf, in the city of Munich!"
Adolf sneered and said: "I don't care what your plans are. However, if you think that you can rely on your family to do whatever you want in Lulian, then you are wrong! Who dares to touch this young man named Leo again?
A cold hair is a declaration of war against me, Lulian!"
Adolf's words were very resounding.
In the horrified eyes of everyone, he walked past Charles, Oscar, Richard and Scarlett one by one, looked directly into everyone's eyes, and said word by word: "Now, you have a chance.
Pull all your people back. If not, you must be mentally prepared to represent your family and have a life-or-death showdown with me, Lulian!"
With a bang, the whole living room was in commotion.
Although Scarlett and the other four were struck by lightning, the other nobles behind them were even more panicked.
This is a situation they never expected.
Adolf was so tough! For the sake of a mercenary, he would not hesitate to fall out with all the families present!
"Your Highness..." Just as some people came forward one after another, trying to persuade again, suddenly, they heard a commotion at the door, and several people opened the door anxiously and rushed in.
"Sogg..." Turning around and seeing these people, Kahn frowned.
The person rushing at the front was none other than Sogg, who had come to report to Adolf before. He was seen striding over with a sad, angry and anxious look on his face. Behind him were two strong men from the Fire Bee Hall.
Kahn was stunned, "And Bradley, Byron, what are you doing?"
"Your Highness," Sauger ran straight to Adolf, knelt down on one leg and said angrily, "I have something important to report!"
"What's the matter?" Adolf's doubtful eyes flickered on the faces of Bradley and Byron. The two strong men who had joined not long ago but were treated with respect and courtesy by him had somewhat embarrassed expressions on their faces.
"Your Highness, please move!" Soge said through gritted teeth.
Without saying a word, Adolf turned around and walked out of the living room. Kahn, Fano, Engels and other confidant lords followed behind him.
"Tell me," he walked to an open area in the corridor and asked the guards to isolate the left and right sides to ensure that no one else could hear. Adolf looked at Sog, "What's the matter?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on Soge.
No one could understand what could happen that would warrant the captain of the Long Knight squadron to rush into the living room regardless of his dignity.
"Your Highness, please order the dispatch of troops immediately," Soge said anxiously, "Rescue Captain Roy! He is in danger now! If we delay any longer, it will be too late!"
"Roy?!" Everyone exclaimed.
Adolf grabbed Soger's shoulder and said urgently: "What did you say?"
"The captain is not dead," Soge said quickly, "That mercenary named Leo is him!"
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.Does everyone care about the title? I feel like this kind of attention is very strange.