Chapter 316 166 The Missing Baron

Chapter 316 -166- The Missing Baron

Violet's actions were quite fast.

Perhaps because of the failure of the war, the situation within the Violet Principality began to become a bit unstable. The Duke of Violet was very efficient in fulfilling the contents of the treaty.

Less than half a month after the peace talks between the two parties, Violet delivered the first batch of materials for redemption of extraordinary equipment to Castel, and along with the materials, there was one-third of the ransom.

In addition, the contract documents related to the Baron of Bettel and the documents related to the transfer of the Baron of Bettel were also sent to Beigang.

From this moment on, the barony of Bettel was effectively ceded to Castres by Violet.

A week after Castor signed a peace treaty with Violet, an envoy from the Royal Capital also arrived at North Port and brought two pieces of bombshell news.

First, five of the nine Dukes of the Crescent Kingdom have jointly signed with the three principal officiants and the other 28 nobles and vassals directly under the Kingdom to apply to the Parliament of Nobles and the Kingdom's Court to convene a central meeting to discuss the blatant violation of the "Sacred Law" The legality of the inheritance of Philippe de Valva, the third prince of the Crescent, according to the Code of Laws and the Royal Contract.

Obviously, with the defeat of the war, the third prince had lost the support of most of the nobles. King Louis V's attempt to use the third prince to weaken the power of the local nobles and strengthen centralization was also countered by the nobles.

The messenger brought news that the central meeting of the kingdom will be held in the royal capital in one and a half months, and Castel also needs to attend as an important representative.

Secondly, King Louis V issued an edict giving Bold, Violet and Castres within a week to end the war and return to peace.

Of course, this truce came a little late, as Castel and Violet had already negotiated peace a week ago.

As for Bold, after Eleanor was captured and the expeditionary force was destroyed, the war was actually over, and all that was left was post-war negotiations.

"Lord Boit-Lint, the war is over. You can leave here with the Violet Knight."

In the Earl's Mansion, Viscount Len Castel looked at Earl Lint who was under house arrest and said with a smile.

Earl Lint, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed meditating, slowly opened his eyes and remained silent for a long time before saying:

"The negotiation...is over?"

"Yes, it ended a week ago. Violet has sent your ransom, and you can leave here."

"What is the ransom...?"

"2.43 million quintana, as well as extraordinary materials with a price equivalent to 20 million quintana. Of course... this is for soldiers, other nobles and enchanted equipment. As for you, the price offered by the earl is the Barony of Belt."

Viscount Len-Castell said.

"Barony of Belt..."

After hearing what the old Viscount said, Earl Lint had a complicated expression.

He closed his eyes gently and let out a helpless sigh.

Viscount Leon Castells continued:

"Lord Boit-Lint, news has come from the royal capital that the central meeting will be held in more than a month to hold the third prince Philip accountable for his crimes in the Boulder-Violet War."

"This war is actually the willful action of the third prince Philip. You should know very well what kind of person the third prince is and what he has done to Lady Eleanor..."

"Most of us have heard of your name. You are a true knight. The earl said that I hope you can stand up and expose the third prince's guilt at the central meeting in more than a month."

After hearing what the old Viscount said, Earl Lint fell silent.

"Of course, it is your freedom whether to stand up or not. Your Majesty the Earl just hopes that you can do so. You should know very well whether the third prince is suitable as the heir to the throne."

Viscount Len-Castell added.

After a long time, Earl Lint sighed:

"Let me... think about it..."

"This is natural. There is still some time before the meeting. You have enough time to think about it."

The old Viscount said with a smile.

After speaking, he looked at the time and saluted Earl Lint:

"Lord Boit-Lint, the knights from the Earl's Palace will take you to join Violet's team next. I have to report to the Earl, so I won't be with you."

After finishing speaking, the old Viscount turned around and planned to leave.

"etc……"

Earl Lint suddenly stopped him.

"Lord Boit-Lint, do you have anything else to say?"

the old viscount asked.

Earl Lint hesitated and said:

"Please tell Lord Castel that Baron Belt... is a vassal worth recruiting."

"He was an excellent commander and a true knight."

After hearing his words, Viscount Len Castel raised his eyebrows slightly. He did not expect that even though he was the heir of the Boit-Lint family, he would have such comments about the last bloodline of the Willett family.

"I will, but... Baron Bert has been missing for many days. Some soldiers said that they saw him being cut off from his horse that night and falling into the Dorne River. Something must have happened to him."

Recalling the news discovered in the past two days, Viscount Len Castel said.

After hearing what the old Viscount said, Earl Lint opened his mouth and finally let out a long sigh:

"Maybe...this is fate."

…

After Violet handed over the contract documents, Earl Lint and the other first batch of prisoners were released.

During this period, Castel did not mistreat these people. At most, he only used the captured soldiers as laborers for a few days, cleaning up the ruins of the Beigang War and repairing the city wall.

As for the nobles, they are actually under house arrest and provided with good food and drink. To the victor, these people are walking Quintana.

"Have you sent him away already?"

In the aristocratic lounge of Northport Mission Hospital, Charlotte asked while sipping sweet milk gracefully.

She came to the mission hospital today specifically to see Eleanor.

Although Eleanor's mental state improved a lot with her comfort, she still suffered too much stimulation and needed to be nursed back to health and treated.

In this aspect, the Holy Royal Court is better than her.

Therefore, Eleanor has been receiving treatment from Priest Lottie in the mission hospital these days.

Today is the last session of treatment.

"Yes, Lord Earl, Earl Lint has been taken back by Violet's people. However, he did not make it clear that he would expose the third prince's crime at the central meeting in more than a month."

Viscount Leon Castells said respectfully.

"It doesn't matter. He is not the only witness. It would be better if he had one. It doesn't matter if he doesn't have one."

Charlotte said nonchalantly.

"By the way, Lord Earl, before Earl Lint left, he also said a few words and wanted to ask me to convey them to you."

Viscount Leon Castells hesitated for a moment and said respectfully.

"Oh? What did he say?"

Charlotte was a little curious.

"He said that Baron Bert was a worthy vassal, an excellent commander and a true knight."

The old viscount replied.

"Baron Bert..."

Charlotte chewed the name and pondered:

"If I remember correctly, there were reports a few days ago that the Baron had fallen into the Dorne River and disappeared?"

"indeed so."

The old viscount nodded.

"I've written this down. Let's talk about it when we have news. The battle that day was quite chaotic, and there were quite a few missing nobles. There has been no news after so many days, so there must be a high probability that something unexpected has happened."

Charlotte said.

As she spoke, she seemed to have thought of something, and asked again:

"By the way, how is the situation in the north?"

The old Viscount said respectfully:

"The war in the north is going well. Our army has advanced to the last territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Leglis family. The support of Viscount Romain Foul and the mercenary group has also arrived. I think the rebellion will be completely suppressed soon. But... "

"But what?"

"However, we encountered some problems near Beigang. There were too many broken soldiers who fled that night, and they have not been arrested. In recent days, they have been attacking towns more and more frequently, causing a lot of trouble to the nobles and the people. Big trouble..."

Charlotte frowned:

"It's been so long and you haven't caught all the deserters?"

Seeing Charlotte's dissatisfaction, the old Viscount quickly lowered his head, with sweat oozing out of his forehead:

"I have arranged for the cavalry troops to clear it up. I will give you a satisfactory answer within a week at most!"

Charlotte nodded slightly in recognition.

At this moment, the door of the ward was gently pushed open, and the priest Lottie, wearing a divine robe, came out, with exhaustion written on his face.

Seeing Charlotte, she bowed respectfully:

"Your Majesty the Earl..."

Charlotte waved her hand to excuse herself, and then asked:

"How? How is the treatment effect?"

Lottie sighed and said:

"The situation...is not very good."

Second update, posted earlier tonight