Scene 296 The Plan Begins

Brando, Antitina, and Magdal were led into a separate box on the third floor of the auction house. ￠￡e￠￡ Novels￠￡.net, www.ExiaoSHUO.COm￠In fact, there is a terrace here, which is in the shape of a fan. Sitting here, you can have a panoramic view of the entire auction. The view is very good, which makes Brando very happy satisfy. However, he didn't know that the staff lady beside him was slightly surprised. In Antitina's prediction, Ampersel's auction venue must be extremely luxurious, at least it should be far away from the splendor of Prague, right? But the decoration here Not very noticeable, even a little too shabby for her.

The surrounding parapet wall made of dark wooden boards looks very simple, and the colors of the thick curtains hanging from the ceiling are too ordinary, so that the seats are not as detailed as the carvings on the Prague trade fair. , but she felt surprisingly comfortable sitting on it.

However, the daughter of a little noble from Bragos would never have thought that the seemingly inconspicuous black wooden planks were actually precious black wood, which can usually be used as raw materials for making staffs. The fabric hanging from the ceiling is also a textile that is more expensive than a thousand dollars in the southern desert country, and the cushion under her body is made of camel hair. It is worth fighting for several years for ordinary people here, Elu Because of the extravagant life of the nobles, she has long been out of her cognition.

Although Antitina herself can be regarded as a nobleman, her family has long since declined, and she can't afford these luxuries.

There is a continuous soundproofing spell around the terrace, and a feathery translucent curtain prevents others from seeing the identity of the guests on the terrace. The protection measures in the auction house were put in place, but just in case, Brando still cast a soundproofing spell himself. It is still very simple for an elementalist of more than 20 levels to use this qi system, which is less than one ring. But seeing that Brando didn't rely on any 'props' to make a move," the eyes of the nun and princess lit up.

"I didn't expect him to be able to use magic. A swordsman who stepped into the golden realm in his early twenties, how did Mr. Brando cultivate? Is there really such a big gap between a genius and a mortal?" Magdal The princess curiously raised her slender willow-leaf eyebrows slightly, her heart full of amazement. Although she always thought that her best friend, Princess Aruin, was already a genius, compared with Brando, she seemed to be overshadowed. up. This is because she didn't know that it took Brando just over a year to go from the black iron to the golden rank, otherwise, I'm afraid I really have to doubt which of Brando's ancestors or himself is simply a dragon in disguise. .

There are even rumors outside that this young man may be the most outstanding rising star of Aruin in a hundred years, but this rising star comes from the Yanbao family, but he is very close to Her Royal Highness, which makes some people care about it. Only Magda feels a little at ease when she is a person, because there are such talents in the camp of her best friends.

"Okay, you can speak, Your Royal Highness. May I ask what happened to the temple? If I remember correctly, Priest Wood should support the maintenance of Aruin's status quo. Is his opinion not enough to represent the Temple of Fire? opinion from above,

As far as I know, although there is more than one high priest, there are not many in the temple, let alone such a special parish as Ampersel. I wonder what changed the intent of the temple? "Brandel turned around and asked immediately after arranging the spell.

The beautiful nun and princess was stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses: "It should be a letter brought by Moros. 『≤E』≤Novel『≤网，www.exiaosh uo.COM≤It was originally scheduled to be announced a month later. The handover ceremony of the High Priest was held in the Temple of De Fleur, but Meros not only arrived early but also brought a letter. After reading the letter, Priest Wood locked himself up. In fact, his last order was to prohibit We left the temple at will, I found an opportunity to bypass the guards to meet you, Mr. Brando."

"Wood is not a guy who talks about human feelings, but he is one of the rare people with firm beliefs. It seems that the letter that made him break his promise must have come from the core of the temple, but why did the temple change in a hurry? What about the attitude? Generally speaking, the chief priest of a diocese represents the attitude of the temple, and there are very few cases in history where their opinions are completely contrary to the temple, so it must be because of some sudden incident. But in history, Not much." Brando couldn't help but frowned.

The moment he frowned, the auction outside finally started as scheduled. The first lot is a magic sword. The Amperesel auction is indeed several grades higher than the underground fair in Prague. The quality of this magic sword is extremely good, and it is even better than Brando's original elf in all aspects. The sword Zhanguang's Thorn was still going up, and the bidding price was 50,000 Torres. The lady in the staff who heard the asking price couldn't help but gasped slightly.

However, Brando was not interested in that sword. The Sword of the Earth in his hand was considered to be a high-ranking existence among fantasy weapons. The only flaw was that it was of a lower level. However, at the same level, it is indeed qualified to sweep all weapons below the divine weapon, otherwise it would not be called the holy sword of the earth. Among the swords of amber, there are not many weapons that can be called holy swords.

"It would be great if I could read the contents of that letter." His attention was only attracted for a moment by the sudden wave of noise outside the venue, and he immediately turned around and answered to himself.

"Mr. Brando, can you help Griffin. The current intention of the temple is to help the northern nobles unify the entire Aruin. Maybe even Grand Duke Anlek is under pressure to join this alliance. In this way, Griffin Riffy is very dangerous because she is still staying in Ampere Sear." Magdal said worriedly.

"Do you think the temple will do something in Amperesel and leave Her Royal Highness and her party here?" Brando couldn't help frowning. Although he doubted whether the nobles in the north had the courage, he had to consider this possibility. The temple claims to not interfere in the internal affairs of the kingdom, but they have actually had several previous convictions in history. "Even Alek was persuaded. The Temple's attitude this time is quite tough. But what are they trying to do? Aren't they afraid of causing a backlash?" He was puzzled. Eruin is not the only vassal state of the Temple of Fire, and the actions of the Cruz people are likely to cause other vassal states to feel sad and hurt their own kind. In history, the Temple of Fire interfered with the internal affairs of other countries for special reasons. Again and again for what?

The nun princess nodded, "Meros's attitude is very tough. He seems to be rushing to end the civil war in Eruin. But the royal party still has power in the south. If Her Royal Highness is returned to Vladah-Pace, the south and the north will It will take at least half a year to end the war. I don’t know how long the recovery period after the war will be, and I may not be able to wait that long to see how Moros looks."

There was a wave of noise outside the auction house. The magic sword had already been auctioned for a high price of nearly 120,000 Torres, and it was finally sold to a swordsman. ￠￡e￠￡ Novels￠￡Net, www.ExiaoSHUO.COM￠ But the noise outside could not attract the attention of the two people in the box, Brando almost frowned, and he asked, "His Royal Highness How can I help? The northern nobles will probably try their best to delay the time. If I guess correctly, the northern army has already begun to mobilize, but if Princess Griffin tears her face and withdraws from the meeting first, I am afraid the temple will use it It's an excuse to do it."

"At that time, if I want to stand on the side of Princess Griffin, Your Highness, do you want me to declare war on the Temple?" Brando replied lightly.

"Brando..." Antitina was taken aback. I am afraid that only Brando dared to say such a thing, declare war on the temple? She couldn't even bring up the thought of being afraid. The kingdom has been owned by the power of flames for centuries, and the temple of flames, one of the five temples, not only controls Cruz and Aruin, but also in the power it owns. In the vast territory of China, Aruin is just the most inconspicuous stone.

Magdal looked at Brando in embarrassment. She herself was a devout believer, and of course she knew how terrifying the Temple of Fire was. The small principality she lives in is completely sheltered under the protection of the temple, and she is able to retain her [free] body with her beauty that surpasses human beings, and it is entirely due to the title of nun princess—— this title It was also given to her by the temple.

It can be said that without the temple, she would not have everything she is today.

"Mr. Brando, I know that you have always been inclined to the royal party, so can you answer me, how much are you willing to invest in helping Griffin?" Thinking of the situation of her best friend, she still couldn't help asking .

"No, you're wrong, Her Royal Highness Princess Antobro. I have never supported the Royal Party, including their claims, and I don't even agree with Her Royal Highness's." Brando heard the Royal Party The name couldn't help frowning.

"Ah!" Magdal was taken aback: "How could it be... Could it be that everything you did in Tonigel was only for your own benefit?"

Brando shook his head, he didn't need to do that for his own benefit. With his ability, in Cruz, in Gracius, and even in the empire of the wind elves, St. Osor, he can get the status that ordinary people dream of. There is no need to go to such a desolate Tonigel to start from scratch.

"I admit that I have a crush on Her Majesty Princess Griffin. But it's not because of her claims at the moment, nor is it because of pursuing the lost glory of this kingdom. First of all, I am not a knight, Princess Magdal. What I care about is More importantly, I just want to protect the person I want to protect, and I just want the tragedy not to happen again." He asked lightly, "Do you understand what I mean, Princess Magdal."

Princess Magdal stared at him blankly, with a blank expression on her face: "Sorry, Mr. Brando...I don't quite understand. Do you mean...you like Griffin?"

Brando almost didn't choke, the association ability of Her Royal Highness is too rich. He hastily coughed twice, sighed and said: "You can think what you want, but what I just want to say is that I will not join this political wrestling because I support the views of the Royal Party or Her Royal Highness. Hands are not pawns either. Princess Magdal, if you really want me to intervene, everything must be done according to my way."

Ramona at this time? An Yao's painting in the glory age of the first era—that is, Brando's lot was put on the auction stage. This is the fourth lot; the artistic attainments of the Wind Elf royal family in St. Princess Yao is also known as an inexhaustible genius. This painting is a work of her golden period, and it is even more of a treasure. Therefore, the auction entered a small period from the very beginning. The starting price of one million Thor attracted Antitina's attention.

There was a lot of noise outside, but Magdahl's soft voice in the box could not be suppressed: "Mr. Brando's way?"

"Before answering this question, Princess Magdal, I would like to ask you how you want me to help Her Highness the Eldest Princess."

The nun and princess froze for a moment, and replied with a frown: "Of course I hope that Griffin can leave this dangerous place. Ampersel is not safe, Mr. Brando..."

She didn't think so at first. At the beginning, she didn't think that Brando could change anything, but she just hoped to persuade the other party to join the royal party, so that the stronger the strength around Griffin, the safer she would be in Amperesel. Just don't know why, Brando's words unknowingly shook her original thoughts.

Brando replied, "But you have to understand that if Princess Griffin chooses to leave Ambethel, she will forever lose the chance to get the support of the Temple, and even the original balance of power will not be maintained. The royal party will be in Absolute disadvantage, failure is almost in sight, and everything that Her Royal Highness and the royal party advocated will come to naught."

Princess Magdal was slightly taken aback, but she immediately replied: "I only care about Griffin, she is my friend."

"Then I answer you, me too." Brando lowered his eyelids slightly and replied.

"I understand." Magdal took a light breath: "Why does Mr. Brando dislike the royal party so much, what you did in Tonigel is like a real knight, the concept of the royal party , Isn’t it the path you are pursuing? Why don’t you choose to advance and retreat together with them? There are very few upright people like you in Eruin, why don’t you unite and let the old nobles in the north gain Victory, Mr. Brando also loves this ancient country deeply, right?"

Brando shook his head, and replied lightly: "The Lionheart Sword in Freya's hand at this moment promises to protect the people, not to be a proof of the continuation of orthodoxy—His Royal Highness, the Valkyrie, and the residents of Butch , if even the people who are guarding it cannot be protected, what is the meaning of the existence of the title of country?"

"A country, after all, is made up of people. The knights are fighting on the front line to protect rather than sacrifice the people they want to protect. Do you understand? Only rely on the orthodoxy of blood and the glory that sticks to it, the king The so-called persistence of the party is nothing more than the stubborn persistence of the nobles, and it is in vain after all. Your Royal Highness, have you ever been to Butcher?"

"Butch?"

"Then you must not understand what Aruin really needs. The sword of the first king Eke is the sword that protects everyone, what about the sword of the king's party? I'm afraid it may not point to the nobles, right?"

The nun princess said nothing. She didn't quite understand the thoughts of Brando, Griffin and even the Royal Party, but she just privately felt that maybe Brando was right. "Mr. Brando has a temperament similar to that of Griffin, but Griffin doesn't see it as clearly as he does. All of us got it wrong. It turns out that the royal party didn't choose the right path at the beginning. .” Magdal nodded.

She looked up: "Can I help you, Mr. Brando?"

"I want to see the contents of that letter to confirm the true attitude of the temple. If it is as you said, Princess Magdal, then I have to take Her Royal Highness away by force." Brando replied.

"Yes. But in exchange, I hope that Mr. Brando will stop calling me Your Highness the Princess, and just call me Magdal." Her Highness said seriously.

"Is that okay?" Brando couldn't help turning around. At this moment, the oil painting of Princess An Yao fetched a high price of 3.3 million Thor, and after deducting the handling fee, there was still an income of more than 3 million. Antitina couldn't help but let out a low 'ah', and then returned He turned his head to look at his lord. But Brando looked at Magdal and asked, "Is Miss Magdal a believer in the temple?"

"The teachings of the King of Flame tell people to be upright, noble, and loyal to friendship. Although I respect the temple, I respect the truth in my heart even more. I think even Lord Wood will support my decision." Magdahl replied. Said: "For this, I am willing to pay all the price, so please rest assured Mr. Brando."

Brando groaned softly, "Her Royal Highness is as good and upright as the rumors say." He originally kept pious believers at arm's length, but he couldn't help admiring them at the moment. He thought for a while, and suddenly thought of the future fate of the princess, and couldn't help but remind him: "Miss Magdal, have you ever thought about fighting for yourself to be the master of fate?"

The nun princess's eyes widened, and she was deeply moved by the words of fighting for her own destiny. She didn't know why Brando would see through the struggle in her heart, and couldn't help staring at the latter in amazement.

"I have no ill intentions."

Magdal hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head. The temple gave her too much, and she didn't have the courage to fight—just like Griffin, who knew he was in a cocoon, but still had to move forward. Seeing that Magdal was unwilling to leave the temple, Brando could only sigh. In fact, he also knew that this was unlikely. After all, behind the nun and princess was her country. People are always not free, and he is just asking casually.

The auctioneer tapped the gavel for the third time to seal the deal.

"I'm waiting for your good news." Brando replied, "Be careful."

"En." Princess Magdal nodded.

...