Chapter 662, Aurora's Dilemma

This year's Skydome is still shrouded in wind and snow. White snowflakes fall from the sky, covering the entire giant castle built on top of the mountain. , the headquarters of the Garland Council, which is composed of five large wizard towers, has stood here for more than a hundred years.

However, the recent situation of the Garland Council has gradually deteriorated.

First of all, the relationship between Margarita, who is the speaker, and the elder Aurora has further deteriorated. Aurora is extremely dissatisfied with Margarita who has been the speaker for more than a hundred years. Re-elect and reorganize the Presbyterian Church to absorb new blood.

In fact, Aurora's suggestion is not unreasonable. The Garland Council currently has about 30 witches or sorceresses with legendary strength, and there are currently only three of the sanctuary powerhouses. And the sky witch Margarita, the ice witch Aurora who is a high-level sanctuary, and the death and metal witch Carolina who is a mid-level sanctuary.

In addition, Kislev's empress Katalin also maintained a good relationship with the Jialan Council, but she was not considered a member of the Council.

The three have always maintained a delicate balance. Margarita and Aurora have been fighting all year round, while Carolina has always been doing research behind closed doors, leading not many students, and only in the most critical time will she let her go. research, leading the apprentices to the battlefield.

Originally, Margarita and Aurora were almost evenly matched in strength, and each had their own supporters in the parliament. For decades, both sides had been wooing young apprentice witches and forces outside the parliament.

Now, this balance has begun to be broken. The female elder Veronica is trying her best to attack the sanctuary. She has been in seclusion for nearly half a year, and everyone in the entire council is waiting to see whether Veronica's success will be successful. Once Veronica succeeds, Speaker Margarita will complete the suppression of Aurora.

Regarding this, Aurora also felt helpless. Teresa and Veronica are fundamentally different. One of them is a warlock and the other is a wizard. Concise, while wizards can learn all the spells that fit their own magical style. Veronica only needs to learn according to the routines specified by Teclis. Ka's magic reserve, and let her quickly touch the threshold of the sanctuary level.

Teresa is different. It takes a long time for the ice-type blood in her body to condense. The high elves are not interested in ice-type magic. Teresa had no choice but to turn to Aurora for help, but Aurora had nothing to do about it. The only thing she could do was to teach Teresa the next few great spells of ice magic. Sha, let her slowly ponder the experience, and then condense the power of the blood.

To put it simply, warlocks fight for father (mother), and wizards fight for money. Since Veronica received Ryan's financial and power support, Aurora felt threatened by the speed of her promotion.

Secondly, the external environment of the Garland Council has also begun to become harsh. Unlike the previous chief wizard of the royal family, Senus Gehrman, the head of the Flame Academy, the new chief wizard of the empire, Barshazer-Gelt Instead of exploring Obion Island like Gehrman, he focused on the abuse of magic within the empire.

The Garland Witches were soon on Gelt's blacklist. This group of witches pursued a luxurious and elegant life, but they were not very interested in resisting chaos and greenskins. Gelt was not interested in the Garland Council. , the great alchemist is very determined,

He thinks that these witches are a challenge to the existing order of the empire, and he can't tolerate it. He thinks that these witches have only two choices, either join the Imperial Academy of Wizardry and accept unified management, or be tied to the stake. burnt on the pillar.

(The only two exceptions are Veronica and Teresa. These two witches have the status of female courtiers on Ryan's side, and Gelt agrees with this)

Emperor Karl Franz disapproved of Gelt's use of such radical methods, but he trusted and relied heavily on Gelt in other matters. The attitude of the imperial court towards the Garland Council was also quite ambiguous, and the secret sanctions had already it has started.

The Garland Council will not bow to the Royal Wizarding Academy of the Empire because of this. They still maintain a strong influence in the northern part of the empire and Kislev, but without the acquiescence and support from the imperial court, they are again attacked by Gelt. It is an indisputable fact that the Garland Council must change its current domestic and foreign policy to suppress it.

Today Teresa is wearing a set of white rippling leaf top and black straight stretch trousers, a purple cassock outside, and a pair of black stiletto high-heeled boots. The long black hair at the waist was not coiled up, but was let down. The sorceress is forty years old this year, and it has been thirteen years since she and Ryan went on an adventure together.

In her hand was a letter from Brittania, engraved with the Holy Grail, with Lane's name written on it.

The sorceress hadn't seen Ryan for more than a year, holding Ryan's letter in her hand, Teresa was a little excited, forced herself to maintain her composure, and came to Aurora's wizard tower.

At this time, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, and the snow was still outside the castle. Aurora's Wizard Tower should have been very lively, but when Teresa uttered a secret word and entered Aurora's Wizard Tower, she found that there were not many witches The apprentices were active, and only a few ice golems were left on standby on the first floor. It was cold and damp in the deep wizard tower, and the cold wind blowing in front of her made Teresa frown. The apprentice, a witch apprentice named Emma, ​​asked, "Where is the mother? Where are the others?"

"Madam came back and got angry just now, Senator." Emma was wearing an ice blue robe, black pantyhose and brown leather shoes. Her long brown hair was messy, and she heard Teresa's inquiry , the apprentice lowered his head in fear: "She told all of us to go downstairs and not appear in front of her, otherwise she can't guarantee whether she will lose control of herself."

"Mother..." Teresa naturally knew that the Garland Council was in internal and external troubles, so she had to appease her apprentice and let her go to rest first, then took Ryan's letter and walked up the steps step by step. Came to the top floor, knocked on the door.

"Boom~ boom~ Can I come in?"

"Teresa? Come in?" The mature female voice was filled with unstoppable exhaustion. When she heard her daughter's voice, Aurora asked Teresa to come in: "What's the matter? My daughter, I Feeling a bit tired."

"Mother, Ryan has sent us a letter!" Teresa gently pushed the door open.

The room is extremely luxuriously furnished. The furniture made of high-quality cherry wood is displayed in the room. The carpet is made of high-quality white bear skin imported from Kislev. The goose-yellow magic lamp lights up the solemnity of the room. environment, Aurora hid in the room on a sofa chair made of a whole white wolf fur. The elegant and gorgeous sanctuary witch is wearing a white lace dress today, with a pair of slender and straight flesh silk beautiful feet. Wearing silver-white high-heeled shoes, her smooth, jet-black hair was fixed with a silver hairpin, and she wore gold-rimmed glasses. Her mature and beautiful facial features carved with jade showed a sacred, noble and beautiful elegance.

"Is there a letter from Ryan?" Aurora's face was not good. Seeing Teresa coming in, the sanctuary witch rubbed her brows, and she reached out her hand to signal Teresa to sit down: "What did he say?"

"He said he had already returned to his principality. He asked me when I would be able to go back, and invited mother to visit his territory again." Teresa strode in through the door, she hesitated a little, and sat down. Opposite Aurora: "Mother, what do you think?"

"Oh, men are like this." Aurora didn't even open her eyes. The sanctuary witch straightened her white and elegant dress, and didn't even turn her gaze to Teresa: "If he really wants to see you And to meet me, he can personally come to Sky Dome to pick you up and invite me by the way, now write a letter, all greetings and invitations are fake, they are all cover-ups, he must have some request, right?"

"Eh..." Teresa sat next to Aurora, she nodded: "Ryan proposed to import more magic ores, and he asked mother if there is any more here."

"Humph!" Aurora opened her silver eyes, she opened her mouth and was about to say something, but in the end there was only a sigh: "I really didn't expect that the boy who was trembling in front of me back then, now He has actually grown to this point, he is now one of the most powerful men in the entire old world, my daughter, even so, don't you regret it?"

"I've never regretted it." Teresa blushed when she heard Aurora's words, and she said firmly: "I don't regret it at all, this is my choice, mother, you have no right to interfere with my decision."

"Oh, yes, my daughter has grown up." The expression on Aurora's face changed back and forth, and the golden glasses chain swayed slightly with her movements: "Did you think that on this day, our mother and daughter will have Relying on Ryan's blessing?"

"Relying on Ryan's blessing?!" Teresa raised her head abruptly, and the sorceress' face was full of confusion and incomprehension: "Why? Mother, what happened?"

"We're about to be kicked out of the parliament, Teresa." Aurora sighed softly: "Maybe I can only live in Britannia, your wizard tower."

"Kicked out of Parliament? How could Speaker Margarita do that?!" Teresa gripped the violet staff tightly, her heels hitting the ground, a little anxious.

"I'm in a predicament now." Aurora shook her head wearily: "As we all know, Veronica is attacking the sanctuary, if she succeeds in attacking the sanctuary, then I will be at an absolute disadvantage in the council, Vero Nika is Margarita's personal apprentice, and they have a close relationship. Once a decision is made in the future, Veronica will undoubtedly stand by Margarita's side. If so, then I will be kicked out of the Presbyterian Council sooner or later thing."

"But from another point of view, if Veronica can successfully reach the Sanctuary level, then she will not be far away as the speaker. In this case, perhaps the chief wizard of the Imperial Royal Family, Gelt, will give up on us. The Garland Council will start." Aurora was very helpless when talking about this issue: "I don't know why, Geert seems to have a very good relationship with Ryan, and he made it clear that if you or Veronica can be the speaker, he can consider Take back the sanctions against the Garland Council. From this point of view, the entire council does not want Veronica to fail, otherwise it will be a wizard war. The nobles in the north of the empire will not stand by us, and no one is willing to move. to Kislev."

"...I'm useless, mother. I spent a lot of time and still haven't found where the threshold of the sanctuary step is." Teresa's expression darkened after hearing Aurora's narration, and the warlock condensed and strengthened the blood It takes a long time, she is not like Veronica who only needs to study to be promoted.

"So, now our mother and daughter can only count on Ryan." Aurora's face was a little annoyed: "But that man is no longer the little soldier he used to be, he is very proud now, and he still likes to be in front of me." Putting on airs! Teresa, did you see his attitude when I visited his territory last time, as if he treated his mother-in-law?"

"Lian is different from before, mother, if his attitude towards you is better than His Royal Highness Morgiana and the lady in the lake, it will be easy to attract criticism." Teresa in turn defended Ryan: "Actually When getting along in private, Ryan is a very gentle and easy-going person, mother, don't think too much."

"You don't need to tell me about your private relationship!" Aurora frowned, and she took a deep breath: "Forget it, there is nothing left in the meetings these days except accusing each other, and I'm tired of it, so just It’s not bad to go there for the holidays. I’ll make some preparations in the next few days, and I’ll go with you when the meeting is over. It’s said that Ryan is planning to help King Belega regain Eight Peaks Mountain. Let me see what our mother and daughter can gain from it. what."

"Ok."

……… I am the dividing line for regaining Bafeng Mountain………

Time passed quickly, and with the acceleration of various preparations, the time came to the end of November.

Several luxuriously decorated carriages ushered in the farm of Red Fish Village.

The whole body of the carriage is engraved with the Holy Grail pattern, the golden iris pattern and Ryan's family crest. At this time, Ryan's family crest has changed again. In addition to the sword through the book and the red and white coat of arms, the black iris flower and yellow coat of arms inherited from Landuin were added, as well as the duke's crown and ribbon.

As soon as the carriage stopped, a small figure opened the curtain. He was wearing a standard aristocratic dress, and he moved his legs excitedly: "Uncle Angron! Uncle Angron! Here I come!"

"Devonhill! Slow down, and be careful not to fall!" Su Liya poked her head out of the carriage, and her mother said anxiously, "Don't run so fast!"

"Hey hey, good nephew." Angron was standing at the gate of the village, seeing his nephew running towards him with unsteady footsteps, Angron's face was covered with a loving smile, He stretched out his big hand to fish it lightly, held the little Devinhill in the palm of his hand and brought it to his face: "You know how to play with uncle? Come, call uncle, uncle will take you to see the puppy and the big cat, okay?" what!"

"Okay! Uncle Angron, I want to see puppies and big cats!" Little Devonhill was very excited, waving his little fists. I don't know why, the little guy is very close to Angron, and he likes to come Angron is here to play.

"Hehe." Ryan got down from the carriage, and he noticed that Belegar, the king of the Eight Peaks Mountain, had also brought a few Angrond sworn guards, his wife Komanik and his son had arrived.

Angron happened to put little Devonhill down, and the little boy was very polite when he saw Bellegar's appearance. He said loudly: "Hello, Mr. Bellegar, your beard is so beautiful today!"

"Oh, I also think my beard is very beautiful." Bellegar shook his head, very proud, he stroked his white beard, pretending to be serious: "Little Devonhill, look at my white beard, you should What are you calling me?"

"Hmm~" Little Devonhill was troubled for a while, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "Grandpa Bellegar?"

"Hey!" Bellega laughed loudly, and he stretched out his hands to hug the little boy: "Scream again?"

"Grandpa Bellegar!" Little Devonhill was so excited that he got the correct answer, he didn't even realize what happened.

Ryan: "???"

Angron: "???"