Chapter 607

In addition to sending a formal reply letter to Roland Wimbledon, he also wrote a personal letter to Edith. The letter expresses his thoughts tactfully - the young king has no heir, and if he can develop a better relationship with Roland, he will feel more at ease.

There is no real love in political marriage, or love is not the main character, there is no doubt about this for Pearl of the Northland. He believes that this is an excellent opportunity, especially since there will be no enfeoffment rights in the future, which means that the king will become the only nobleman in the entire Graycastle, and the queen's status is naturally extraordinary.

Calvin believed his daughter could read her own mind.

As a result, not only did His Majesty fail to reply, but so did Edith.

"Don't tell me because you don't like him," the Duke poured himself a third cup of black tea, "I haven't seen you like anyone, and it doesn't matter at all...Since you used to think about Timothy, why now?" Don't think about Roland?"

"That's not the same, Father."

"What's the difference, aren't they all kings?"

Edith closed the notepad, "Tifeco needs a reliable ally or subordinate in the North, and the way to guarantee it is marriage. If I don't agree, he will kick the Kant family away and support a Come up if you are willing to obey. In other words, if you don’t become the queen, your family’s status will be in jeopardy, and we can’t do anything. So I could only delay at that time. If Roland and his Western Region failed completely, then I would follow the rules of the nobles. According to the rules of the game, marry into the palace. But... Roland doesn't need it."

"What means?"

"He chose me only because of my ability, not the things behind me...Family, territory, and wealth are not important to him." The daughter stroked her drooping hair, "Since nobility and rules are no longer Existence, why should I limit myself to those old rules?"

"Did you know?" She continued, "In the city hall that manages Neverwinter for him, there are only a handful of officials of noble origin—most of them are ordinary civilians, selected after rounds of assessments. I have to admit that they It’s really bad in most aspects, but at least it’s not much worse than ordinary nobles when it comes to doing their jobs.”

"This is His Majesty's new rule. As long as you can complete the work for him, you don't have to worry about losing your status. So you should also get rid of the old one as soon as possible and adapt to the new policy issued by the city hall, so as not to drag me down."

"But even so, there is no harm for you to be a queen," the Duke still didn't want to give up, "You can still show your abilities and give birth to a prince for him... In this way, the Kant family will become an indispensable part of the royal family." A divided ally, your younger brother will also be guaranteed in the future."

"I..." Edith showed a rare look of hesitation, "I'm afraid I can't do this."

"Why?"

"Your Majesty Roland...he seems to believe in love."

The Duke frowned, "Is he interested?"

"Well, witch."

"What?" He wondered for a moment whether there was something wrong with his ears.

"Scroll said that His Majesty Roland will marry a witch," Edith said frankly, "Scroll is also a witch who works in the city hall and serves as the Minister of Education."

"Political marriage?" Calvin could only think of this answer, "But it's too...absurd, witches can't have offspring!"

"It's not a political marriage, it's just because he likes that witch," she leaned back in her chair, playing with the quill in her hand, "Yes, in this future marriage, love will be the protagonist—it sounds unbelievable, but For some reason, after a month of contact with him, I somewhat believed it."

"What's the reason?"

"I feel," the daughter raised the corners of her lips, "you will understand after you meet him—he is the least aristocratic aristocrat I have ever seen."

"What about the heir?"

"As long as we want to solve it, there is always a way to solve it," Edith shook her head, "but that's not something we should care about, and we must not interfere in it."

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Iron Ax led a group of officers to patrol among the criss-cross trenches.

The trenches are mainly used to avoid the enemy's spear throwing or other long-range attacks. According to His Majesty's instructions, they are divided into several roads, each with an interval of 20 to 30 meters. Wooden stakes and barbed wire prevent the enemy from breaking through quickly. Machine gun forts are set up on both sides of the battlefield, with low bunkers in the front and tall towers in the back, forming a firepower network with high and low matching and intersecting firing angles.

Behind the trench is the artillery position, fifty 12-pound field guns stand side by side, and behind it is the firing area reserved for the 152mm fortress guns.

In order to ensure the progress of the project, Iron Ax specifically applied to His Majesty for the Maixi express transportation, and transported Lian to Yougu Town in advance.

Just looking at this position with hidden murderous intentions, the commander of the First Army felt that the victory was half won.

A group of people came to the end of the position and looked at the gray-brown mountains in the distance.

This place is located at the foot of the big gap in the Impassable Mountain Range, and it is also the only way to go down the mountain. Less than a mile ahead is the steep Impassable Mountain Range.

Cold Wind Ridge is located halfway up the mountain.

Its strategic significance is similar to that of Frontier Town, and it was mainly established to monitor Hermes. Once the beacon fire is lit in the city, many villages in the Northland and the nearest Glen Town can see the early warning.

It takes a day and a half to reach the ambush site from Cold Wind Ridge, so the First Army has plenty of time to prepare for the enemy.

"Can't we really evacuate all the townspeople from Cold Wind Ridge in advance?" Bryan, who followed him and was familiar with the battlefield, couldn't help but ask, "The Holy City might turn them into the first batch of maddened attacking frontlines." By."

"That will alert the enemy, we can't take this risk until all the positions are set up," Iron Ax replied blankly, "Cold Wind Ridge is too close to the Holy City, so it can only be used as a bait, not the main battlefield .”

"And no one will listen to us," Faner added on the side, "Think about it, someone ran into the town and told the local people that the war is about to start, you should flee from this place and go to the foot of the mountain... Who Will you believe it? Unless something is forced to force them to leave. If we do this, the Holy City will immediately be able to see our intentions."

Brian sighed, "I understand that too, but..."

"Don't worry, the encirclement of the position will be completed in three days," Iron Ax said in a deep voice. "At that time, we will be able to notify the people of Cold Wind Ridge to evacuate. According to the information sent back by the spies, the large forces of the Holy City are still stationed in the In camp, we should have plenty of time to clear the town."

"Hopefully—" Brian's eyes widened suddenly, "Wait, what's that?"

Iron Ax followed his line of sight to the distant mountains, his heart sank slightly.

I saw a wisp of black smoke slowly rising from behind the mountain, like a black line in the gray sky. 17-02-25 11:10:03