Scene 62 Message to Akane II

Efram wanted to say something more, but suddenly found that Brando was staring at him coldly, quickly shrank his neck, and swallowed the second half of the sentence into his belly full of fat. The convoy of the embassy continued to move forward, driving past the imperial soldiers and refugees. When everyone's eyes passed the trembling men, women and children, most of them said nothing. Enid and the daughter of the Duke from Viero noticed that The atmosphere in the team was a bit weird. The little loli of Golan-Elson's family held her nurse's hand tightly, looking a little timid, while Aike, who followed closely behind Brando, looked eager to try. Looking like he wanted to help those refugees, he kept looking in the direction of Brando, but he didn't get permission. The non-commissioned officer from Yanilasu followed behind him, with one hand on the hilt of the sword hanging from his waist, and his eyes only fell on the imperial soldiers.

Chiara watched with cold eyes. This little girl wearing an extremely incongruously large scholar's square hat stood beside Enid, watching all this with a cold gaze beyond her age, only occasionally revealing in her expression Showing a sarcastic look towards Avram and the others. As for Shire, Hipamilla, and Metisa, they had their own ideas when they saw this scene, but they all stood behind Brando, waiting for the order calmly; while Juta looked at these refugees, only slightly frowned. She frowned, she had seen too many such scenes in this country.

Brando didn't even look at these refugees, and his eyes didn't stay on the soldiers of the empire for a moment. He pursed his lips and led the convoy through the chaos with a cold face. The imperial knights passing by him seemed to be ignored by him as if they were air. Although the people in the envoys have been together for nearly two weeks, they are still not familiar with the temper of the head of the mission. They only know that he is a close minister of Her Royal Highness, and that he is no less powerful than the former Grand Duke Alek outside. Whether it's Mu or Viero's Duke's daughter, most of them are reminded before the trip, so that they try not to offend the Earl, who is bound to be powerful in the future, so Brando doesn't speak, and they dare not act without authorization , The convoy remained silent, only approaching the majestic gate of the Black Sword Barrier step by step.

The envoys quickly passed by those caravans, and the detained refugees had been left far behind. For a while, only Aike was still looking at the back of the team, frowning with no expression on his face. He concealed his anxious look, as if he didn't understand why the chivalrous Earl whom he had always admired would not let him make a move, but Brando's image in his heart had already reached an unattainable height, and the latter didn't speak, although he I feel like a cat scratching my heart, but I can only stay in the team peacefully. He turned his head and found that the little girl from Golan-Elson's family was also turning her head. She tilted her head and looked at him, her hazel eyes were full of incomprehension—it seemed that she didn't understand why those people wanted to When she was arrested, she was only seven or eight years old, and the world of nobility was still too far away from her.

The scout cavalry in front of the mission had already informed the Cruz people, so at this time the Cruz people also knew the origin of this noble convoy. The convoy slowly arrived at the Black Sword Barrier, and Brando raised his hand to stop everyone. Not long after the convoy stopped, three Cruz knights came to them riding on the ground dragon. The leading knight was wearing a silver-gray ceremonial breastplate, and the breastplate was covered with shining medals. Brando saw The color of the long mane on his sash and helmet made it clear that this man was a knight commander—and behind him, the daughter of Grand Duke Viero had changed her face slightly,

According to the normal etiquette of the Temple of Flame's exchanges with subordinate countries, the empire should at least verify their identities with the deputy of the highest official in this place to personally verify their identities for their official envoys, and welcome them into the city. To replace him is already naked arrogance.

This is not the first time that such a thing has happened. As early as three years ago, Cruz's envoys had been treated like this when they went to the empire to meet the emperor and celebrate the new year as usual. Or even earlier, before the Frost Year, the kingdom's envoys seemed to have gotten used to such contempt. It's just that when the Duke's daughter read these contents from the history of literature, she only felt that Eruin's national power was meager, and it seemed natural that a giant like the Empire should be superior to him, but now it's her turn to personally experience the contempt of the Cruz people At that time, I still couldn't help but feel resentment and anger in my heart.

But she rationally did not speak.

Others in the team more or less sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, but except for Chiara and Ciel, the others had limited knowledge of diplomatic procedures, so they could only silently wait for Brando to make a decision. Brando had expected this earlier. He patted the shoulder of Evram, who was still ignorant, and told the meatball to submit the paperwork. Only then did the latter react, and hurriedly took out the documents and the seal ring, and came to the Cruz knights respectfully, and presented them with both hands.

He was already very humble, and even the military officer behind Ai Ke couldn't help but show dissatisfaction, but Knight Cruz didn't appreciate it. He took the document impatiently, glanced at it, and then threw it back to Ai Ke. Fram hands. These light movements made even the most ignorant Ephraim react - the document in his hand can be regarded as Aruin's credential, if the other party is an imperial Marquis of the Borderlands, then even if the letter of credence is thrown back in his face, he dare not say a word, but the other party is just a small knight commander, strictly speaking, he is not considered a noble in the true sense—he couldn’t help but Some stared at the other party dumbfounded, not understanding where the other party's confidence came from.

But the Cruz knight ignored him at all. He glanced at the meatball in disgust, waved his hand and said, "Come with me."

Efram stood there without daring to move. He subconsciously turned his head to look at Brando. This is no longer the etiquette that the empire should have for welcoming other countries under the rule of the Temple of Fire, or there is no etiquette at all. No matter how stupid he is, he still understands that if he makes his own claims, the accusation of diplomatic misconduct today will fall on him. But the meatball was about to cry but found that Brando stood there motionless as if he hadn't seen him.

In desperation, he had no choice but to say to the Cruz knight tremblingly: "Master Knight, this...doesn't seem to be in compliance with the rules?"

He hoped that it was a momentary negligence of the Cruz people, who forgot about diplomatic etiquette, but to his disappointment, the knight gave him a cold look: "This is a time of war, it is impossible for us to open the Knight's Gate (note) Welcome, if you are not satisfied with anything, you can choose to detour, or go back the same way."

(Note: Knight's Gate, Duke Sempley's name for the main entrance of the fortress, to commemorate the Cruz soldiers who died in this fortress.)

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Ephraim was sweating profusely. At this moment, he had really seen the superciliousness of the Cruz people. He used to take it for granted. The world respects strength, and the Cruz people's fists are big and hard, so they showed such a Attitude is also tolerable. But it wasn't until he enjoyed this arrogance himself that he realized how hateful this arrogance is. If he could, he would have punched the guy in front of him in the face, and then turned around and threw that damned arrogance Count Tonigal's face.

Of course, this is just thinking about it, even if he borrowed ten guts from him, he wouldn't have the guts.

But just when he was in a dilemma, Brando finally spoke: "Evram, tell him that we can't go back."

Ephraim sounded like a holy voice, and hurriedly turned his head to look at the Cruz people. The knight seemed to have expected this, and couldn't help but smiled contemptuously: "Then please follow me, all envoys." The envoy read very heavily, and with his heavily accented Cruz, it was full of irony. Hearing this sentence, Ephraim was frightened. He was afraid that the proud head of the group would not be able to bear the retort, and besides him, other people in the envoy also frowned, especially Ai. The capable man of Earl Yanilasu behind Ke, as a soldier, his right hand is already firmly on the hilt of his sword.

Although Ephram was well-known as a dandy nobleman in Karasu, he did not lose the ability to observe words and emotions that are necessary in this circle. Naturally, he could sense the tense atmosphere. He wiped his sweat , kept casting glances at Brando, wanting the Earl to make a statement whether he was dead or alive.

But unfortunately, Brando still stood there motionless as if he hadn't heard what the Cruz knight said.

This time, the Cruz knight finally realized that something was wrong. He directly put aside the fat man in front of him, raised his head and gave Brando a strange look, and realized that this is the person in charge of these Eruins. Knowing who the other party is, but this does not prevent him from speaking, he replied a little arrogantly: "What's the matter, everyone, are you planning to stay here forever?"

Brando glanced at this guy. He had already seen the arrogant faces of these Cruz people in his last life—the central nobles like Veronica, Lenarette, and Brende were slightly better, but especially these The Cruz soldiers on the border, because they have more opportunities to get in touch with the Eruin people on weekdays, it seems that the trembling refugees and the Eruin nobles who have seen the empire and their legs are weak have long spoiled their tempers-so this The group of people is almost the most arrogant group of people in the empire. In their eyes, the Eruin people are probably only higher than the beasts. This trend became especially obvious after the first Black Rose War. , Even affected Cruz players, dealing with the Cruz empire of that era was simply something that would drive Aruin players crazy.

Compared with it, this attitude is considered good now, at least there is no cynicism on the surface.

However, Brando didn't give birth to the slightest gratitude because of this 'better' attitude, because he was here to find trouble. For others, the mission to the empire was to participate in the mobilization ceremony held before the holy war. For him, this purpose is actually dispensable. He stared at the Cruz knight, and couldn't help saying that he didn't want to die, but he still suppressed his emotions and replied lightly: "We came here to go to the empire, so naturally we won't stay here. They won't go back the same way—Mr. Knight, do you understand?"

"Very well, then what do you mean?" The Cruz knight seemed to have heard the funniest thing in the world. He looked at Brando and his party as if they were looking at a group of idiots, and wondered if these country bumpkins came from somewhere. He came from a remote place and had never seen the world before, otherwise how could he stay like this?

"What we mean is that you must follow the etiquette, open the main door and welcome the envoys into the fortress. This is related to the dignity of the kingdom, and it is also to prove to the world that at least you Cruz people are not ignorant of etiquette." Brando answered succinctly road.

The Duke's daughter opened her mouth in the back, let's not talk about the Cruz knight now, even she thought why the head of the group had suddenly become so rigid, the Cruz people made it clear that they wanted to despise them and give them these "countrysides" How can the earl be used as a reminder of these diplomatic etiquettes? Obviously, the Cruz people already know it well, but it's just intentional. But if Brando doesn't expose the last fig leaf, then both sides can still save a bit of face, but after Brando exposes it, if the Cruz people still insist on doing so, then their envoys can lose even the last bit of face Nothing left.

But of course she didn't believe that Earl Tonigel was really that simple. She had a faint feeling that Brando seemed to be deliberately forcing the other party to this dead end.

The Cruz knight also changed his face at the same time.

"What are you talking about," he couldn't help shouting angrily, "I said that it is now a time of war, and it is impossible to open the Knight's Gate. Didn't you understand, sir?"

"This is within the borders of the Eruin Kingdom and the Cruz Empire. I have never heard of any war." Brando seemed to ignore the knight's scolding, and only replied lightly.

"Really?" The knight couldn't help sneering: "Then you can convince the Marquis that this order was issued by him. If you can convince him that this place will not be threatened by war, I will naturally give it to you personally." Open the Knight's Gate to welcome everyone into the city."

Brando glanced at him and replied: "Okay, I will persuade your Lord Marquis, but according to etiquette, you are not qualified to welcome us. Originally, this honor was reserved for your Lord's deputy. But if I come forward to persuade him, then he may have to come forward to meet us in person as an apology."

The Cruz knight couldn't help staring at him with wide eyes, as if looking at a madman.

"Daydreaming," he said, dropping the words at last, saying, "Well, if you're not going to go in with me, then you'll just wait here, of course, you're always welcome The Marquis who persuaded us."

After all, he left Brando and his party behind and returned to the fortress with his men, as if he really didn't intend to pay attention to these inexplicable Aruin bumpkins.

After the Cruz people left, the eyes of Evram, the Duke's daughter and others subconsciously fell on their leader. Evram only thought that the Earl wanted to show off his courage, so that he could To advance is to retreat, but the young lord obviously did not expect that the Cruz people would never accept this. And the Duke's daughter remained silent, obviously having similar thoughts in her heart. But the problem is that the Cruz people have left now, and their envoys can't stay here forever, but whether it is turning back or begging the Marquis, it is a shameful thing. The head of the group provoked it, so if it is said that someone should come out to deal with the aftermath, then naturally the head of the group should be the first to do it.

But Brando didn't seem to take this matter seriously at all. He looked up at the towering city wall, then turned around and said lightly to Charles behind him: "The Cruz's obsession, sixty years ago , sixty years later, and today, that has never changed. Charles, go to my carriage and fetch my sword."

Ephram hadn't understood what this sentence meant, but the Duke's daughter, who was more astute than him, had already realized it. She stared at them, the head of the envoy, dumbfounded, as if she had just remembered another One identity - Juggernaut.

"No," she quickly objected, "Master Earl, you must not be so impulsive!"

Brando looked at her and asked, "Why am I impulsive, Miss O'Neill?"

"He actually asked me why he was impulsive!" The Duke's daughter almost couldn't help pulling her hair. She thought Brando was just a little young and vigorous, but now it seems that the other party is completely crazy. She couldn't help but said loudly: "If you want to coerce and kidnap the Marquis, it may trigger a war."

Brando couldn't help being a little stunned: "Who said I'm going to coerce and kidnap a real nobleman, Miss O'Neill, you can't wantonly slander my reputation."

"You don't intend to do this?" The Duke's daughter was stunned.

"certainly."

"you swear?"

"Princess, although I don't like joking, but now your joke is a bit too much." Brando replied seriously.

Now the Duke's daughter became a little suspicious, and she couldn't help staring at Brando suspiciously.

But Brando really didn't intend to hold that shitty marquis in the past. First of all, he didn't know where the other party was staying. He couldn't kill seven in and seven out of this fortress. But at this time, Charles had already brought his saber. This sword was not the dark sword of the earth that he was used to, but a crystal-like long sword that seemed to be carved from ice crystals. .

Brando took the sword, weighed it in his hand, then raised his head and stared at the nearly four hundred-year-old fortress.

"You have to figure out one thing, Miss O'Neill," Brando replied, "I never do such troublesome things."

After finishing speaking, he raised his sword and waved towards the gate of the fortress.

A bright silver line seemed to rise from the ground, and in an instant, it slanted straight into the sky——

... (To be continued.)

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